The lord's sudden order made Wu Jiu also puzzled, and the grass, trees, soldiers, stone people, tigers, wolves, and snakes were all making. It shouldn't be the Iron Man: many of the million-strong armies have no armor, and artillery guns are being produced in large quantities, making steel scarce. Blast furnace steelmaking is still being verified, and steel will be in short supply within a year.

"My lord." Chen Xiong suddenly appeared, and Wu Jiu was almost frightened.

Chen Xiong smiled secretly, his control over his body was now perfect. He is not lightweight, but he walks as light and steady as a cat.

"Sit! Now no one needs to be polite! ”

"It's the lord." Wu Jiu nodded and sat down.

"What are the financial revenues and expenditures of Wu Jiujun's government? There are still 10 million taels of water divisions in Anbei Prefecture that are about to be shipped back. "Originally, the battle of Annam yielded 20 million taels, but 10 million taels of them were reserved for the military and political purposes of Anbei Prefecture. The Annan gentry also contributed millions of taels, and also let Chen Xiong distribute them to the sailors and the soldiers of the Zhennan army.

Finance is the top priority, Wu Jiu immediately spoke: "The previous expenditure was too large, and there was no silver left, but in the past two months, the gentry have purchased the land for the Four Acropolis, so that the military government's finances have been quickly relaxed. Now there are 20 million taels that can be used, but there are not many commercial places in the Four Acropolis. ”

Now the Four Acropolis is becoming more and more lively, and the prosperity has surpassed that of the old city of Guangzhou. This is also what Chen Xiong hopes, and the old city will be dominated by political and cultural atmosphere in the future.

20 million taels is more than Chen Xiong thought, and it seems that the production of silver is promising.

"In that case, take out ten million taels and cast a thousand silver men." A thousand silver people are enough to meet the surveillance of the Lingnan military and government, but the ghast shards will be needed more.

Silver Man. Wu Jiu was stunned for a moment, it was not as practical as an iron man!

"Is the lord going to be the inner guard of the lord mother? Do you want all women? "Even if it's useless, Wu Jiu won't object, anyway, the silver is earned by the lord.

Chen Xiong shook his head and smiled: "White wind and white clouds, they have never forgotten it, and now their knowledge is even inferior to this king!" ”

Bai Feng Baiyun had already mastered most of his knowledge, and Chen Xiong was really inferior to them in terms of memory and brain power alone.

This~ Wu Jiu was taken aback, this was really unexpected.

"Obey the Lord, I will let people cast secretly."

Although the news of the grass and wood soldiers has spread now, they still don't want ordinary people to know too much.

Chen Xiong nodded: "After the casting is completed, it will be sent to the palace, and the king will personally train them, and then the county order and other civil officials will not be in a hurry!" ”

"The best! These gentry officials are always at ease! Wu Jiu also breathed a sigh of relief! There are fewer and fewer people under him who can be trusted, and he has to work hard, and he has to be on the lookout for them all the time!

Not only civilian officials, Wu Jiu also plans to personally train a group of officers. Even if he is a three-legged cat, he can only bite the bullet.

"By the way, can there be progress in the big steel furnace?" There are too few iron guards, which is always Chen Xiong's heart disease!

Wu Jiu shook his head: "My lord, they have failed, and now they are building a new furnace." ”

"It's okay, don't be afraid of failure, how can you succeed if you don't fail!" Chen Xiong was a little disappointed! Now even cement is not making much progress! The hardness of the ground cement is still not up to standard, but the progress is not too slow.

"It's the lord!" Wu Jiu sighed! The research institute has smashed tens of millions of taels! Thousands of craftsmen burn silver every day! Fortunately, there is Linggu to supplement the finances, otherwise the military government would have gone bankrupt.

"By the way, let people look for iron ore mines in Qiongzhou Island and Anbei Prefecture, and invest 10 million taels to build steel mills in the two places." Although the large blast furnace was not successful, the small converter that burned coal was able to produce crude steel.

Wu Jiu was puzzled: "Lord: Annan has some iron ore mines, is it necessary to build a steel mill?" Also Is there an iron ore mine in Qiongzhou? ”

Since Wu Jiu took power, he has never heard of a big iron mine in Qiongzhou!

At this time, none of the major coal mines or iron ore mines in Annam have been discovered, and the iron ore found now is only a few small veins.

Chen Xiong couldn't help but feel proud: "Don't worry! Let people look for it slowly, and if they can't find it, they don't have to come back. Then I let the Second Fleet control Qiongzhou first, and the Anbei side let the city guards cooperate. ”

"Honorable Order!" Wu Jiu smiled bitterly, it seems that he must find it, even if it takes a year or two.

Chen Xiong is also helpless! He doesn't remember the Gu tǐ wèi 置! But he just knew there was! It can only be found slowly.

"And tonight, send 10,000 scarecrows and 10,000 wooden people to the barracks."

Originally, he planned not to use scarecrows, but when attacking the walled city and the dense formation, Chen Xiong found that the casualties were greater without scarecrows. Although the scarecrow has low defense, it can jump several meters high, and with the scarecrow it can quickly break through the enemy's defenses. Although the tiger wolf and snake soldiers are brave, they are very wasteful of meat! The practical situation is not as good as the grass and wood soldiers! However, the wooden snake made Chen Xiong very satisfied, and the wooden snake was the strongest in conquering the city!

"It's the lord." Wu Jiu nodded lightly, and the endless flow of grass and trees represented that the junta would never fail. With the Han pro-army pressing the formation, even if a certain general has hundreds of thousands of mercenaries, he does not dare to rebel against the lord easily.

As soon as Wu Jiu retired, Wu Li immediately came to the door.

"Hey, lord!" Wu Li smiled embarrassedly, his request was a little difficult to speak.

The boy was much more mature and handsome, but he still couldn't hide his thoughts.

Hehe~ Chen Xiong smiled: "Little Liu, say? Chen Xiong knew that Wu Li must have come to ask for war horses and war oxen.

"Hey! Lord! These southern horses are always inferior to the northern horses! There are also Tartar war horses that are becoming more and more squeamish when they come to Lingnan! I'm really afraid that they will lose their fat after a while! Wu Li couldn't help but smile bitterly, it turned out that the north horse would slowly become the south when it entered the south! It's even worse!

Chen Xiong frowned! The cavalry's war horses are indeed getting worse and worse, and they are simply rubbish compared to the Trojan horses! Trojan horses can charge normally with a thousand pounds of weight, and they are faster and can defend against arrows.

Seeing the face of the lord, Wu Li immediately snickered his fun, he knew that the lord was willing to make a move.

"That's it! There are still more than three months to celebrate the New Year, and all the war horses of the cavalry this year have been replaced with green war horses. Those war horses were also sold for silver one after another! ”

Wu Li was overjoyed, but then he became depressed: "Lord, these war horses are not bad, don't you keep them for the various armies?" It's good to leave it to the people to raise! ”

The war horses that he had worked so hard to collect, Wu Li was really reluctant to sell them!

Chen Xiong smiled secretly and said: "Then you can keep the Sixth Army as a horse, but the green ox will not be provided to the Sixth Army." ”

Wu Li was taken aback: "No, don't stay!" No matter how good these war horses are, they can't compare to the war bulls! I'm just reluctant to do it all at once! ”

"Don't worry, there will be no shortage of war horses and wooden cattle in the future." Warhorses only need one-third of the ghast fragments of the scarecrow, and even fewer wooden oxen only need a quarter.

If the soul of the scarecrow is one, then the soul of the wooden man is two, the soul of the stone man is five, the soul of the iron man is nine, and the soul of the silver man is up to eighteen times that of the scarecrow.

It is also the Trojan Ox Trojan Horse that does not need many ghast fragments in order to be reincarnated in large numbers and provided to the cavalry and military government ministries.

Wu Li left with a smile on his face, and Zhang Shou, who was outside the gate, immediately stepped forward: "What's the matter, does the lord agree?" ”

The lord has just returned, and he shouldn't have bothered him! However, as soon as he saw the more than 10,000 war horses of the heavy cavalry, Wu Li and Zhang Shou couldn't help but discuss.

Wu Li smiled: "Hehe, of course it's a success!" However, you have to replace the 6th Cavalry before you get to your 5th Cavalry. ”

Zhang Shou frowned and quickly said, "Hehe, what you think is beautiful, do you want me to confirm with the lord?" ”

Cut! Wu Li shook his head and sighed: "Okay, don't bother the lord!" As soon as the next batch of war horses comes out, they will be divided equally with you! ”

"Hmph, that's pretty much it!" Zhang Shou was finally relieved, which was why he had been guarding Wu Li.

Now the grass and wood barracks have lifted the state of martial law. The commanders of the battalions under the command of the generals are eligible to visit the heavy cavalry barracks, and even lead their troops to compete with them.