Conquering Jiangning and establishing a country is a temptation that is difficult to refuse for anyone, and a golden hat is placed there, just waiting for Ning Zhongyuan to reach out and put it on.

However, Ning Zhongyuan looked at the kneeling ministers, and finally chose to be patient, and sighed: "If the time has not yet arrived today, the geographical advantages are still lacking, and the people's hearts have not been stable, it is definitely not a good opportunity, but this is a trut to talk about." ”

When everyone in the audience heard this, they were anxious, you don't want to be the emperor, we still want to be the king and the marquis! How can it be left at that? At that moment, they stepped forward again to persuade one after another. Only Cui Wancai, who had been kneeling aside, had a smile on his face.

In fact, in Cui Wancai's heart, he doesn't think that now is a good opportunity to be the emperor, after all, being the king and being the emperor are completely different concepts. At the beginning, the Fu Han army was called the king, Zhu Yigui and Liu Ruhan were both kings, no matter how much difference in strength everyone was, they were all the same, and there was room for alliance and joint efforts to deal with the Qing Dynasty.

But if the Fu Han army is called the emperor, this face will be broken, and it will be necessary to fill in the things in the heart, especially for the White Lotus Sect and Zhu Yigui's righteous army, there are only two options: surrender and hostility, and it is impossible to make a fool of yourself, after all, they all know that the Qing Dynasty has been destroyed, and they are the next enemy of the Fu Han army.

Of course, they don't think so in their hearts now, but at the moment, after all, everyone is unanimously resisting the Qing Dynasty, even if they are half comrades-in-arms, plus their identities are also the same, they will not deliberately take the Fu Han Army as the first enemy to strike, so "slow to become the emperor" is still a very important step for the current Fu Han Army.

It's just that this enthusiasm within the Fu Han Army has been ignited, and Cui Wancai can't figure out the thoughts of his old friend, so he just kept silent and followed everyone to persuade him, and now seeing Ning Zhongyuan himself come out of the temptation, it made him feel very relieved in his heart.

Ning Zhongyuan sighed softly, but stopped everyone with a solemn face.

"The people sitting in it now are all the henchmen of my Fu Han Army, and this king will not play those false things. If you are not the emperor now, it is not that this king is unwilling, but for the sake of being able to be a better emperor in the future, and you can also be the founding hero of my Han Army in peace and stability! ”

The words were said to the hearts of a group of rough men, the big guy tied his head to his belt and followed the Ning family to play with his life, not only to drive away the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, but more people still wanted to take this big ship to get glory and wealth and become a master.

No matter who wants to stop them, they will find a way to eradicate this person, even if he is the emperor of the Great Qing Dynasty, even if he is His Royal Highness the King of Chu of the Fu Han Army. Readers may or may not understand this truth, but for a veteran like Ning Zhongyuan, he is simply clear in his heart.

Scholars can beat, scold, and kill, but these old people who hold military power in their hands have to be coaxed, frightened, and forced, otherwise it will be a catastrophe in the world.

Cheng Yuanzhi smiled and said loudly: "What the King of Chu said is very reasonable, this is the emperor, you can be the emperor at any time, there must be a charter here, everyone's heart is good, but we can't do bad things with good intentions!" ”

Everyone who said this was satisfied, which was in response to Ning Yu's evaluation of Cheng Yuanzhi, this old man was really ruthless when he was ruthless, but when he was slippery, it was really slippery. But thanks to the old man in the middle, everyone retreated.

Only after everyone left, Ning Zhongyuan sighed to Cui Wancai: "Everyone has finally waited until today, but I can't give them this glory now." ”

Cui Wancai was a long man, "What the prince did today really laid the overall situation for the future of my Han army, and it is really a decisive and courageous decision." ”

"It's just that I also know in my heart that this move is indispensable, and I have to let the army continue to move forward until Jiangnan is completely taken, and I can rest assured that I will be the emperor."

Ning Zhongyuan thought for a while, and stretched out his hand to the map, covering the large piece of land that represented the south of the Yangtze River.

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In August in the south of the Yangtze River, the weather is gradually getting cooler, many Wuchang after busy with the work in the field, will also take advantage of this time to go to Wuchang City to do short-term work, although there is no salary, but it can also make the family a little more comfortable, especially in many places will provide farmers with a meal, but don't underestimate this meal, they eat less, which means that the family can eat a little more.

Now the whole world is in turmoil, but in Wuchang City, the center of the storm, it seems to be somewhat calm, and even very prosperous. Because after the Fu Han Army began to support industry and commerce, the Huguang Chamber of Commerce and the Anhui Jiangxi Chamber of Commerce brought a large amount of silver money to Wuchang City, and then there were factories rising from the ground.

The original Hanyang Gun Factory to the Hanyang Iron Works itself occupied a lot of local manpower in Huguang, but with the increase of the Fu Han Army's support for industry and commerce, there are also cement factories, hydraulic rice mills and some sugar factories are also slowly emerging, they may only have laid a stake, but the expectations for the future are still very sufficient.

At the same time, in order to better facilitate business and travel exchanges in various places, the relief road repair project led by the political hall is also being carried out, which is naturally Ning Yu's idea, the reason is also very simple, road repair is a very important basic project in the Han Dynasty at present, and it must be done sooner or later.

This idea was quickly endorsed by Ning Zhongjing, and he even planned to use this stage to carry out some construction activities in various places, such as building roads and digging canals, such as mining and smelting iron. He carefully calculated an account, at this stage, there are 200,000 subordinates in Xunyang alone, although these people have not made any trouble yet, but it is impossible to say if the time drags on.

On the contrary, if this group of displaced people is used for infrastructure construction, not only can civil strife be eliminated, but the labor costs are more than half lower than usual, and in addition, with the addition of such a group of laborers, it can even effectively reduce the levy of forced labor, and the damage to the people is much smaller.

In fact, in the previous time, Ning Yu had an idea, that is, if the future financial revenue allows, it can appropriately reduce or even cancel the forced labor, and change to the way of recruitment to recruit laborers. Although it costs a lot of money, it is well worth it, because the damage to people's livelihoods is too serious, ranging from heavy losses to new displaced families.

Therefore, this plan has been implemented by the political affairs hall, Wuchang City and several other cities have begun to recruit laborers, two dry meals a day can be guaranteed, plus ten yuan of labor fees, compared with the wharf to carry a bag Although it is much less, but the number of recruits is very huge, so many people have lined up at the recruitment point.

"This time, it is expected to recruit about 400,000 people, and the number of people in our several mines will be satisfied, and the roads from Wuchang to Hanyang, as well as to several other prefectures, can also be repaired. It is expected that the entire construction period will continue until the beginning of winter this year, and 400,000 people will consume 6,000 stone of grain per day, which will be about 600,000 stone in three months, and the total cost of silver plus labor will be about 850,000 taels. ”

Ning Zhongjing held an account book in his hand and began to elaborate in detail, "If compared with previous years, because the wages have been greatly reduced, the silver we need is more than half less, but if it is compared with the Qing Dynasty, then our silver is only about a quarter of the Qing Dynasty." ”

Ning Zhongyuan nodded, and advised: "This project is in the present, but it is beneficial for the future, there must be no greed for the wages of the migrant workers, let alone the deduction of the food of the displaced people, if someone dares to stretch out his hand at this time, he must not let it go." ”

Cui Wancai on the side had a smile on his face, he has always been very much in favor of this kind of practice, because such a large-scale construction project, the benefit is in the common people, and it is natural to vigorously support it, but if it is just to satisfy private pleasure, it will be a waste of labor and money.

It's just that doing these things right now has one more reason, that is, to buy people's hearts, and when Ning Zhongyuan becomes emperor in the future, he can try to avoid causing criticism, and let more people support the Ning family and support the Han army.