Listening to Yao Tongshun's words, Zhou Zheng nodded, the Ming Dynasty is also such a virtue.

"In that case, you give the Ministry of Works a little silver and make a show, and we will do the rest ourselves."

Zhou Zheng actually expected this a long time ago, pondered for a moment, and said: "I have already arranged it for the Ordnance Bureau, I will give you a few letters, you take them back, and bring another 30,000 taels of silver." ”

Yao Tongshun is a person who has been at the bottom for too long, and he understood it as soon as he heard it, so he stepped forward and whispered: "My lord, do you want to buy it privately?" ”

Zhou Zheng glanced at him and said, "This official is ordered to rectify the armaments of Yongping Mansion, and it is normal to ask for military armor, besides, is it difficult to get the approval of the Ministry of War?" ”

Yao Tongshun understood in an instant, and said, "It's an adult, and the subordinate is commanded." ”

The reason why the military department is stuck with them is, firstly, there is indeed no money, and secondly, the dots are not in place, as long as they arrive in the capital, operate a little, and the approval will be obtained smoothly, and then the silver will be sent to the Ordnance Bureau, with people arranged by Zhou Zheng in advance, everything will not be a problem.

Zhou Zheng pondered for a moment and said, "Go a few more places and return home in July." ”

Yao Tongshun and Ding Qi raised their hands and said, "Yes." ”

Yongping Mansion is not a big mansion in the end, and Zhou is carrying out the agrarian revolution under the banner of liquidating Zhang Yonglian and suppressing bandits, and he can barely withstand the disturbance of the Beijing court, which can be regarded as not causing much trouble, and if he were someone else, he would have been arrested in the capital prison and waiting to be questioned.

Zhou Zheng almost walked through three counties before returning.

It was almost July for Zhou Zheng to return to Yongping Mansion, but he did not enter the city, but went to Cao Bianjiao's military camp.

Cao Bianjiao took a roster and knelt down on one knee and said: "My lord, it's been more than a month, and only more than 5,000 people have been recruited so far, plus the 2,000 who are still suppressing bandits everywhere, the total number is more than 7,000, and it is less than 10,000. ”

Zhou Zheng stood in front of him, took his roster, helped him up, and said: "The people of Yongping Mansion are tired, and it is dangerous to be a soldier now, and it is normal if you can't recruit it, get up." ”

"Master Xie." Cao Bianjiao stood up and said, "My lord, the population of Yongping Mansion is not large, and it is close to the second town of Jiliao, the people do not want to be soldiers, can they be recruited from other places?" ”

Zhou Zheng sat on the chair, flipped through the roster, shook his head, and said, "I don't have this power." In this way, we will continue to recruit while training, and strive to recruit 10,000 people by the end of the year. By the way, the armor and the like will also be sent before the end of the year, so now I'll be wronged for a while. ”

Cao Bianjiao has been in Liaodong for a long time, and he knows the paste of the imperial court, and said, "Yes." ”

Zhou Zheng flipped for a while, got up and said, "Let's go, go and see the training situation." Is it scheduled according to my training manual? ”

Cao Bianjiao accompanied Zhou Zheng to walk out and said, "Yes, the last general has also made some slight adjustments. ”

Zhou Zheng hummed and walked to the training ground with Cao Bianjiao.

Before he could go inside, he heard a burst of shouting.

When I walked into the simple wall, I saw a team of more than 20 people, naked, kicking and shouting forward.

"Obey orders! Fearless! Loyal to the Emperor! Defend the Ming! ”

"Obey orders! Fearless! Loyal to the Emperor! Defend the Ming! ”

Not far away, there were more than a dozen teams of people, doing the same movements and shouting the same slogans.

Zhou Zheng looked at his unfamiliar movements, stepped forward, and whispered to Cao Bianjiao: "We must continue to strengthen training, in addition, set up several literacy classes to teach soldiers to read and write, and strengthen their concept of obeying orders and being loyal to the country......"

Cao Bianjiao listened and said, "Yes." ”

A few people ran over to salute Cao Bianjiao, Cao Bianjiao introduced, and these people hurriedly saluted Zhou Zheng again.

Zhou Zheng smiled and praised a few words, and then let them continue training.

Zhou Zheng and the two walked and watched, and when they saw several teams of soldiers chopping wooden stakes, Zhou Zheng said again: "In addition to training in the barracks, necessary training is also indispensable, and it is necessary to take turns to go out to suppress bandits and exercise actual combat ......."

Cao Bianjiao listened carefully, and said 'yes' from time to time.

Cao Bianjiao's uncle Cao Wenzhao is already the chief soldier of Datong, but Cao Bianjiao is young, has low qualifications, and has not done anything in Liaodong, and now he is entrusted with a heavy task by Zhou Zheng, commanding 10,000 soldiers and horses, where dare not be unsatisfied, he is also excited at the moment, and wants to do some achievements for Zhou Zheng to see.

There were too many things in the government, Zhou Zheng couldn't stay longer, he stayed in the barracks for three days, made adjustments and plans for some things, and ate and lived with the soldiers for three days before leaving.

Back at the mansion, Zhou Zheng was all kinds of official documents, and he was dizzy when he read it, and he didn't know what he was doing.

It was nearly August before Zhou Zheng breathed a sigh of relief and said to himself: "No wonder Lao Zhu finally got a university scholar, this is really not a human job......

Zhang Heyi came in from outside, also looking tired, and hurriedly said: "My lord, judging from the summary of the situation in various places, the land is measured and divided. ”

Zhou Zheng has been staring, which is similar to his estimate, and said: "Well, ploughing cattle and ploughing must also keep up, and each town must have a cultivation field for ploughing cattle, and each li must ensure that there are two ploughing cattle, and each li, the village must also help each other and help each other......"

Zhang Heyi listened, remembered, and said: "My lord, these are not problems, but now the problem is that there is a big drought and flooding, and the river canal is blocked......

Zhou Zheng nodded lightly, pondered for a while, and said: "In this way, twenty strong men will be drawn out from each of them, and the canals in each village will be repaired, and after September, the big rivers in the whole province will be dredged, and the silver will be allocated from the official first." ”

Zhang Heyi was stunned for a moment, and hesitated: "My lord, isn't it good to apportionment directly?" ”

Zhou Zheng looked at him and said, "These strong men, when they are busy farming, they farm the land, and when they are free, they have to enter the barracks to receive no less than half a year of military training. ”

Zhang Heyi suddenly realized, and suddenly said: "It's my lord, the next official will arrange it!" ”

Zhou Zheng snorted, and said: "The household should refine the various taxes, and before the end of September, it should be operated, circulated to all counties, and fully implemented." ”

Zhang Heyi knew that taxation was one of the things that Zhou Zheng cared about the most, so he hurriedly raised his hand and said, "Your subordinates obey orders." ”

Zhou Zheng nodded and didn't say anything more.

Yongping Mansion's commercial tax, agricultural tax and miscellaneous taxes and other detailed rules have long been introduced, and now they must be refined and fully implemented, once there is a year or two, they can be completely on the right track and mature.

Zhou Zheng was busy in Yongping Mansion without touching the ground, and the imperial court in the capital was like a soldering iron in water, boiling and surging endlessly.

Less than three months after Li Guopu took office as the first assistant to the cabinet, it was reported that the Qianqing Palace was dissatisfied with him and was about to send a minister.

The biggest dissatisfaction is that the 'Wei Zhongxian Reverse Case' has never been vigorously promoted, and it has not developed in the direction that Chongzhen wants, and even the voices of overturning the case for the eunuch party continue to emerge, which makes Chongzhen very angry.

In the first year of Chongzhen, August 22, Yongping Mansion Office.

Zhou Zheng and Hu Qingzheng sat opposite each other, and their expressions were different.