In Zhu Tzu Hong gave to Mary. Inside Mancini's house, it was bright tonight. In a small Western-style building, a banquet is the time for the guests and hosts to enjoy themselves.

Mancini's house was originally called Pang's Garden, which was Pang Tianshou's house, the location was a bit secluded, and it was next to the old mountain palace, which was a good place for the golden house to hide Jiaojiao, so it was purchased by Zhu Cihong and given to Mancini. After Mancini moved in, Emperor Zhu continued to spend money to expand, doubling the area of the mansion and building a small Western-style building. After the completion of this small Western-style building, Zhu Cihong spent about a quarter of his nights here when he was in Laoshan.

Of course, the main reason why Zhu Cihong spent the night here in Mancini was for work...... It's really hard to be an emperor, I don't have any concept of going to work and getting off work at all, I am busy during the day, and sometimes I continue to work for the country and the people at night, which is really hard.

When Emperor Zhu spent the night in Mancini's mansion, he usually arranged some very private receptions - unlike those former emperors who were watched by people for 12 hours a day, Zhu Cihong always had his own "private time" to carry out some activities that were inconvenient to public. At first, he contacted some scum in Jiangnan Shilin through Kou Baimen's "club" to carry out smear and rumor spreading activities...... What touched the golden prince, what was the regent of the inverted fight, and what kind of big signature activities to beg Hu Luyu were all organized through this channel.

Later, the court moved to Laoshan, Kou Baimen's "clubhouse" was also closed, and she herself was called into the court as a female official, and Emperor Zhu temporarily lost his "private channels", so he had to perform some special tasks through the treasurers of the Royal Chamber of Commerce, which always felt inconvenient.

After Mancini arrived and asked to become the royal mistress, Zhu Cihong treated Mancini's mansion as a "gray space". It is not only used to meet with the celebrities in the opposition, but also to carry out some business activities that are inconvenient to carry out in the palace - business activities inevitably require the signing of contracts, and contract disputes cannot be completely avoided, and it is sometimes the best way to resolve disputes through legal means after they arise.

Therefore, Zhu Cihong can't use the identity of the emperor to sign the contract, otherwise how can he litigate if there is a dispute? Emperor Ming sued so-and-so? Or did someone sue the Ming Emperor? This must not make Ji Kun's Dali Temple Qing difficult to die?

Therefore, Emperor Zhu needed a false identity and an agent who could replace him in court, so he signed a contract with someone in the Mancini mansion in the name of "Zhu Yaofei, the Imperial Chamber of Commerce". Mancini acted as a "guarantor" of the contract.

In the event that "Zhu Yaofei" is unable to perform the contract, the other party to the contract may choose to sue Mary. Mancini, and Mary. Mancini bears all the legal consequences...... If "Zhu Yaofei" needs to be prosecuted, it will also make Mary. Mancini came forward to file a complaint.

In this way, Dali Temple and the local magistrate's office can conduct judgments in accordance with the law.

And today the people who were invited to Mancini's mansion by "Zhu Yaofei" are not outsiders, but Zhu Cijiong, the acting king, Zheng Zhilong, the secretary of the household department, Shen Tingyang, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Zhu Cixiong, the blessed king who has just been brought back from Shanghai.

Zhu Cihong, no, but the purpose of "Zhu Yaofei" to invite Zheng Zhilong, Shen Tingyang, and Zhu Cijian to Mancini Mansion is to replace Wang Zhu Cijiongla Venture Capital.

Zhu Cihong is a good brother, of course a good brother will not dig a big pit and push his younger brother down, so he is not a good brother. The good brother will definitely prepare a shovel for the younger brother in the pit, and let him dig the ladder to climb up by himself.

And invited Zheng Zhilong, Shen Tingyang, and Zhu Cijiong, of course, to raise money to "buy shovels" for his good brother Zhu Cijiong.

It is not an ordinary "shovel" that can dig Zhu Cijiong out of the big pit in the northwest, it is a very expensive "shovel", and it has to raise millions of taels, and it is not possible to expect the Ming Dynasty to dig it out, and it is not suitable, because it is a commercial project that can dig Zhu Cijiong out.

Although Zhu Cihong promised his younger brother that only the court can take it, he must have nothing to say, but the court is in difficulty!

I don't believe it, let him go to Zheng Zhilong and ask him himself, he really doesn't have much money...... Since the court has no money, it can only let private people pay for it, so there is a party tonight.

"Tonight, there are no kings and ministers, only business, only business...... I invite the eldest brother of the first official, the helmsman of Shen, and the king of Xiaofu, if you think that the acting king's business in the northwest has no future, you don't have to give me Zhu Yaofei face, it doesn't matter if you don't invest a penny, you know? ”

is saying ugly things is Zhu Cihong, who is alias Zhu Yaofei, and the ugly words have to be said in front...... Venture capital, of course, is risky, don't come to Emperor Zhu if you lose all your money!

"Yes, yes, minister, I know, I know, at your own risk, at your own risk!" Zhu Cixiong, who looked tired, was the first to speak - he, the "charter king", has been tired for the past few days! On the day that Emperor Chongzhen looked for him, he found out about the Emperor's purpose from the eunuch who passed the decree (of course, he gave information fees), so he slipped away to Shanghai overnight to "collect rent".

Before he had time to catch his breath when he arrived in Shanghai, Luo Zhichen, the prefect of Shanghai, knocked on his door and brought an invitation from "Zhu Yaofei" and asked him to go to Mancini's mansion for dinner.

The Emperor Taishang looked for him, he dared not go, Zhu Yaofei asked him, he didn't dare not go, and he didn't dare to delay the hour, so he had to borrow a few good horses from Luo Zhichen and rode back to Yingtianfu.

Zheng Zhilong also smiled and said: "The acting king can do business, and there are capable people under his hands, and the business in the northwest can also be done by His Royal Highness the acting king...... I think it's possible to invest. What do you say, helmsman? ”

Shen Tingyang also smiled and nodded, "I also see it this way, acting king, how much money do you want to take?" Is there a number? ”

Zhu Cijiong sighed softly, the business in the northwest is not easy to do......

"Zhu Yaofei" saw Zhu Cijiong sighing, so he spoke for him, and he smiled: "The imperial court will be responsible for the cost of sending troops to the northwest, and it will also send 3 regiments of young guards to help...... The Beiting Domain Army will also send troops in large numbers, under the command of the acting king, and the cost will also be paid by the imperial court.

Now the king wants to raise money to rebuild the overland Silk Road. ”

The troops participating in the northwest will be divided into three parts, one part is to recruit brave soldiers in the four towns, that is, to recruit brave Ding Yu in the four towns of Anbei, Daning, Beiping, and Shuofang, and go to the northwest to join the army and settle down. According to the results of the discussion between Zhu Cihong and Zhu Cijiong, a total of 20,000 households will be raised! A household has to spend at least 200-300 taels of silver for moving and resettlement (because the location of the move is different, the cost is different), and the recruits have to pay at least 200 taels of packing fees.

A total of 9 million taels of silver is required!

In addition, the imperial court will also dispatch 3 regiments, a total of 7,500 young guards - Zhu Cihong built this special elite army, which is now very large, and has two different names, one is the Young Guard, the other is the Guard. These two numbers are divided according to the average age of the soldiers in the army, the average age is less than 22 years old is called the Young Guard, the average age is 22 years old - 32 years old is called the Guards, and more than 32 years old is called the Old Guard!

Now the Old Guards have not yet appeared, only the Young Guards and the Guards.

The Young Guards and Guards were paid very well, 50% more than the average New Army, but when performing combat missions, there was no additional pay, and if you wanted to earn a little more, you had to exchange credit or divide the spoils.

And since both the Young Guards and the Guards have the highest level of combat readiness and belong to the army that can be dispatched at any time, it does not cost too much extra money to mobilize them to the west, and only needs to bear the grain and grass along the way.

Because the number of troops sent is not much, the cost will not be too large, and 100,000 taels is enough.

In other words, this time the army sent troops to the northwest, and the imperial court had to pay an additional cost of 9.1 million taels, and it also had to bear the salary of 20,000 feudal troops in the northwest and the cost of sending troops to the north court.

It looks like an astronomical amount, but the cost of tens of millions of dollars when the Qing Dynasty fought the Junggar War in history is really not much at all.

The reason why there are not many is because the monks captured a large amount of grain in the previous war to destroy the Bukhara Khanate, and also stored some of it in the granaries of the city of Chuhe.

Therefore, the Western Expeditionary Army can call on the grain stocks of Chu River City, and the cost will be greatly reduced.

"Zhu Xiangli," Zheng Zhilong has long been accustomed to Zhu Cihong's "pseudonymous business", "how much will it cost to rebuild the land Silk Road now?" How much can this land Silk Road earn in a year? How many years can I be profitable? Are they all numbered? ”