The method given by Zhu Cihong...... It can only alleviate the problem of food shortage a little, but it still can't cure the root cause!

At present, the gap in grain supply in the southeast is extremely large, and the rice and grain transported from Huguang to the southeast in previous years were about 20 million stone, but the Huguang War that began last year delayed the grain transportation. Although the war is now almost over, it is unlikely that the grain trade will resume immediately.

Even if Zhu Cihong was willing to give a deposit and was willing to let the two banks lend money, it would not be possible to ship 20 million stone white rice to the southeast so quickly.

There are no trains or cars these days, so it's troublesome to transport something! Where is it so easy to transport grain from the countryside to Wuchang?

Zhu Cihong exhaled heavily: "There will always be a way...... Go back to Nanjing first, and always control the situation! As long as there is no chaos in the southeast, there will always be a way! ”

"That's right! As long as the prince returns to the court, he will not be afraid of anything! Li Yan nodded, "Song Kai is still in the court, it can always boost people's hearts." And Li Zicheng was killed by us again, this is the biggest good news since the thief! ”

Zhu Cihong also nodded, "My father will be very happy to hear this news, he can finally retire with peace of mind!" ”

Hubei Governor Qiu Yu frowned tightly, he didn't think that Zhu Cihong could conjure up grain, and in the end, most of the gentry from Huguang would suffer!

Because Zhu Cihong regarded the "northerners" as a military dependent, and the "southeast" as the main source of finance.

One is a knife handle, and a money bag, neither of which can be dispensed without.

And the lake is wide, and the rest of the world is ...... It looks like it can only be an honest rice warehouse.

In fact, it's nothing to be a rice warehouse, it's been so many years. The question now is, will Huguang be able to return to its pre-war state? Can you pay more than 2 million stone of grain tax a year?

Qiu Yu, who settled in Xiangyang Mansion, and his fellow countryman Fang Yuegong glanced at each other, and Qiu Yu said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, now that Liukou is about to enter Sichuan, he will join forces with the thieves, and the good situation in Sichuan is not easy to come by, so you can't just give up." ”

Fang Yuegong said: "Yes! His Royal Highness the Prince, Sichuan is the country of abundance, if there are thieves, Huguang will have no peace. ”

Zhu Cihong nodded again and again, "Naturally, naturally, without Sichuan, it would be difficult for the lake to be safe...... If Sichuan is controlled by the Liukou, then the world will be divided into three points! ”

"Yes, yes!" He Tengjiao said, "It's not easy to unify three points!" When the time comes, the Liukou and the Dongyu are likely to collude against us! ”

Zhu Cihong's color sank suddenly: "But Sichuan's plate is not easy to pick up......"

Sichuan's plate, without 10 million, can't be received! However, the Ming court did not have 10 million taels of silver on its books—10 million silver was available, but the living money that was not included in the expenditure budget was only more than 5 million, and most of them had been transferred to Wuhan by two lines. Even if all this money is shipped to Sichuan, it is impossible to take the plate!

And Zhu Cihong can't do this, if he does this, it will be impossible for the two banks to establish credit in Huguang.

A quarter and one-third of the shares of the Salt Commercial Bank and the Maritime Commercial Bank were secretly held by Zhu Cihong...... Moreover, Zhu Cihong is also the actual controller of these two major banks. Therefore, the credit of the two major banks is that Zhu Cihong is money!

In addition, even if Zhu Cihong found 10 million from other places, it was impossible to rely on this money to quickly win the battle of Sichuan, exterminate the two major gangsters of thieves and thieves, and then easily deal with 120,000 cows, ghosts, snakes and gods in Sichuan.

Zhu Cihong would not be so naïve as to think that he would use two model divisions to defeat the thieves and sacrifice at least 200,000 troops...... His new army is not so powerful! Moreover, the officers of the new army also need time to hone their skills, so that some people can stand out and grow into handsome people who can take charge of their own affairs and calm the party.

Before that, Prince Zhu had to go out in person to control the situation! And it was impossible for him to go to Sichuan to command the operation.

Therefore, the battle of entering the river must be well prepared. Not only militarily, it is necessary to continue to expand the strength of the new army, but also to prepare economically.

The rectification of the southeast is now only half carried out, and if it is all completed, the imperial court will be able to get at least 30 million stone meters and 20 million taels of silver from the southeast every year. And here in Huguang, there is no 30 million stones, can Prince Zhu give up? 200 million acres of land, more than 2 million is sent to call flowers......

In addition, there is a piece of Fujian and Guangzhou...... The richest man in the Ming Dynasty came out of that piece! Don't you have to do a good job of looting?

When the southeast, Huguang, Fujian, and Liangguang are all done, can Sichuan still run?

Moreover, Zhu Cihong could not promise that the people of Sichuan would only give 1.08 million stone of rice a year...... Sichuan Province does not have 50 or 60 million mu, who believes it? The land of abundance is more than 10 million acres? Where is the conscience?

However, Zhu Cihong can't ignore Sichuan now...... Sichuan's plate can't be picked up, but the project must be done!

......

Zhu Cihong met Qin Liangyu's grandmother again, and before he left Wuhan, he had to fully exchange views with his grandmother on the Sichuan issue.

"Mrs. Ma," Zhu Cihong said to Qin Liangyu, "something happened in Nanjing, and your old man must know about it." ”

Qin Liangyu sat on a chair, holding a crutch in his hand, squinted at the old man, looked at Zhu Cihong, and said thoughtfully: "The old body has already heard about it...... I don't know when the prince will be able to return to Wuhan again? ”

"It's going to take a month or two." Zhu Cihong sighed, "The war in Huguang is not over, and the bureau in Sichuan has not yet been arranged. ”

"What kind of bureau is Sichuan?" Qin Liangyu asked.

"How's the situation in the feudal town?" Zhu Cihong tentatively, "Just like Shandong...... Zeng Ying, Yang Zhan, and Qin Yiming are all talented people! ”

"But they may not be willing to be festival envoys!" Qin Liangyu was slightly disappointed.

The Jiedu envoy is not what the heroes of Sichuan want, what they want is that the imperial court will quickly send money, troops and equipment to take the mess in Sichuan.

As for the secession or something, anyway, they have already divided, so what difference does it make if there is a name for the festival envoy?

Zhu Cihong smiled: "Then bother the old lady to persuade them to save a party for the imperial court...... The palace will never treat the heroes badly, and in the future, when the court frees up their hands, they will all lose their position as the princes. Moreover, Sichuan will definitely have their eternal town and world-guarding territory! ”

"However, the armies in central Sichuan are now short of pay and weapons, and it is difficult to maintain the situation." Qin Liangyu said, "The imperial court always has to support one or two, right?" ”

"That's for sure!" Zhu Cihong nodded again and again, "But the imperial court doesn't know much about the situation in Sichuan, so I don't know how much to give." After a while, the palace wanted to recall Ma Shiying, asked him about the situation, and then decided how to set up the towns of the Central Sichuan Domain and subsidize the monthly salary of each town. What does the old lady think? ”

Qin Liangyu knew that Zhu Cihong was dragging her feet, she had dealt with the Ming bureaucrats all her life, and she didn't know this?

She doesn't need to paint pies now, she needs something tangible!

"But the thieves are about to enter the river!" The old lady lowered her tone, "The armies in central Sichuan are exhausted from dealing with a thief, how can they still have the spare strength to deal with the thieves at the same time?" If the imperial court does not help, the situation in Sichuan will inevitably be bad. Once the three-thirds situation is decided, I am afraid that it will not be easy for the imperial court to recover Sichuan. ”

Zhu Cihong frowned slightly, and he pondered for a while: "Soon a batch of guns and gunpowder will be shipped from Nanjing, and when the time comes, five thousand guns and some gunpowder will be sent to Sichuan, how about being distributed by the old lady?" ”

Five thousand Spanish light arquebuses were shipped from Nanjing, all of which were imported goods, which were shipped by the Dutch and sold to Prince Zhu - now the guns factories in Foshan, Anping, Shanghai, and Nanjing did not have the capacity to produce Spanish light arquebuses in large quantities, but the Spanish heavy arquebuses, that is, turtledoves and guns, could be produced in large quantities.

And this batch of Spanish light arquebuses transported from Nanjing was used to replace the Japanese bird guns in the Huguang army, and of course it was impossible to send them to Sichuan. However, Zhu Cihong will have people send the eliminated Japanese bird guns to Sichuan.

This time, Qin Liangyu finally showed a smile, she had already studied the "Fire Gun Spear Array" of the New Army, and found that it was just right to match the white pole soldiers of the Shizhu Tusi Army.