With a rooster crow, Guo Shao woke up from his sleep. There were no chickens in the court, it was the eunuchs who learned to crow roosters.

Guo Shao opened his eyes and was stunned for a moment, because there was a "strange" woman lying next to him, and her smooth bare shoulders were still outside the quilt. It took him a while to come back to his senses, this woman was Lu Qiongxian, and the pictures and sounds of last night were like fragments of a spent disk, sporadically pouring into his mind.

She curled up, still asleep. The women didn't seem to like each other, but Guo Shao felt for a moment that although Lu Qiongxian had a bad reputation, she was still very cute and a little pitiful when she fell asleep.

Guo Shao turned his head to look at the window, it was not very bright. However, the eunuch's crowing is very accurate, more accurate than the real rooster's crowing.

He gently pulled the quilt with his hand, covered Lu Qiongxian's bare shoulders, and compacted the corners of the quilt under her, and got up from the wide big bed.

At this moment, a lazy voice said: "I don't want Your Majesty to dominate the world, but you are a careful and gentle person." ”

Guo Shao turned around and said, "I have business, you can sleep again." ”

This girl always says things that people like to hear, and Dujun must like such people, such as the former king of the Southern Han Dynasty.

At this moment, she said quietly: "Leave after sleeping, it's always sad at this time...... Your Majesty, will you still look for me? ”

Guo Shao was silent, he was the most reluctant to give promises. He picked up a purple round-necked robe and put it on, and at this time, Lu Qiongxian got up with a coat and came over to comb Guo Shao's hair on his head.

She whispered: "When the concubine gets up, she feels that the bones are scattered." ”

Guo Shao smiled: "I will treat you as a compliment." ”

He made some preparations, washed up and had breakfast, and drove straight to the Jinxiang Palace. From the inside of the Jinxiang Palace, the pattern inside is very complicated...... There seem to be countless corridors, small courtyards, and houses, and if ordinary people can enter here, they will definitely get lost.

However, facing the front of the outside, several halls are grand and square, and the layout is very simple. This Jinxiang Hall alone, also known as Guo Shao, feels like the politics of the dynasty, the outside is high-sounding and even dull, but the back is inextricably linked and not transparent at all.

Today, Guo Shao neither discussed politics with the ministers, nor did he meet the court, so he came to the study first and asked someone to take a look at the chapters and files during the expedition.

Turning over the file, I first saw the administrative layout written by Fu Jinzhan that combined the waste materials of the ** workshop with the farm. The handsome and neat little Kai, Guo Shao saw a slight wave in his heart.

Fu Jinzhan's fingers smoothing his clothes flashed in his mind, as well as the meticulous and careful management in front of him. Even the purple robe he wears now is sewn by marigold. Guo Shao had no warning, and he had an indescribable feeling in his heart.

He exhaled and continued to look at the things on the table.

At this time, he realized that there was a very important thing that had not been done. The last time he was on the front line, he ordered to equip the Jiaolong Army warships with new bronze cannons, but so far he has not succeeded.

There are many drawings below, Guo Shao looked at them and said: "Come on, summon Han Tong, Zan Jurun, and Li Xin to the east hall to see me." ”

"Yes."

After waiting for a long time, the two eunuchs at the door opened the wooden door, and the three of them strode up, clasped their fists and bowed: "The ministers are ordered to meet you, and your majesty will live forever." ”

Guo Shao raised the sleeves of his robe and waved it, and said straightforwardly: "We have also obtained the shipbuilding structure of the Great Food Merchant, but if the sea ship is not equipped with cannons, how can there be an advantage in water warfare?" Still fighting with swords on the side, no matter how far you sail, it's useless. ”

Guo Shaoxin said: Naval warfare cannot form an absolute advantage, how can you fight Dongdao? If you can't fight the East Island, where will the gold and silver minting expenses come from, and the huge military expenses will be there?! Now this rule, the cost of fighting is extremely high, and a Pingxia battle is so smooth, and after returning to the reward, the account is settled, and the loss goes to grandma's house.

The soldiers only know that they are treated favorably, but now they are rich all over the world, and the treatment of their brothers cannot be thinner than before, but they don't know where the money comes from...... Most of the tax revenue is in kind, but the expenses require a lot of cash; Now the essence is a conscription consequence.

Guo Shao knew from the dossier written by Marigold that there was not much treasure left from the palace treasury of the southern countries. Guo Shao also knows that he has used troops year after year in the past few years, and the wars are too frequent.

He didn't care about thirty-seven twenty-one, and expressed his attitude first: "You must carry the cannon onto the warship!" ”

Han Tong turned his head to look at Li Xin, and Li Xin bowed and said, "Your Majesty is angry." The most different thing between the big food boat and the Central Plains ship is that the hull is narrow and long, and it is a longitudinal sail, which is convenient for long-distance travel at sea; But the shipbuilding skills are not much better than those of the Central Plains ship.

The disadvantage of the big food boat is that it is too small. The bronze cannon is too heavy, according to His Majesty's will, to set up cannons on both sides, if there are only five cannons on one side, it will also weigh 10,000 catties, and the hull of the cannon will almost capsize, and it will not be able to bear it.

The ministers and other craftsmen tried their best to build a kind of wooden rail gun carriage for the artillery, which was tied by iron chains. When the cannon is fired, the gun body moves back along the wooden rail, and the impulse is buffered by iron chains. I wanted to reduce the aftershock force, but I found that it still didn't work...... The only way is to have a big ship! ”

Guo Shao listened to his nonsense for a while, and almost blurted out: Since you want a big ship, won't you enlarge the hull and build it?!

But he was not a shipbuilder, although he had read a lot of files and learned a lot. But interlacing like mountains is no joke. He immediately asked, "Can you make a big food ship into a big ship?" ”

Li Xin said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister asked the master craftsman of the shipyard. Shipbuilders can't zoom in, and the constraint lies in the keel. ”

"Keel?" Guo Shao had heard of this term.

Li Xin said: "The bigger and heavier the ship, the hull must be firm, and the keel must be stronger. With the keel of the big food boat, it will fall apart if it is built.

We can also build building boats, but they are flat-bottomed boats, and they can be in rivers, which are unstable at sea and cannot withstand strong winds and waves. ”

Guo Shao was at a loss, and he said he couldn't help. If it was in the construction of firearms, he could still figure out how to make an arquebus, but the sailboat ...... I really don't know much.

He knew that the treasure ship of Zheng He in the Ming Dynasty was very large, but now it was not the Ming Dynasty, and he had nowhere to get the shipbuilding map of the treasure ship.

"You think about it again." Guo Shao waved his hand. Can't force people, even if he is the emperor, he can't tell the minister: he wants an aircraft carrier, can they satisfy the emperor?

Han Tong and the others didn't succeed, so they didn't dare to say more, so they immediately said: "The ministers are grateful for their retirement." ”

At this moment, Guo Shao suddenly remembered Lu Qiongxian, she said that she could find shipbuilding talents?

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One of the barracks of the Crane Army was very lively. The founding prince Li Chuyun wore cloth clothes and rode horses with several retinues to the outside of the barracks. Li Chuyun looked into the barracks, and his entourage said, "Gong Li, are we going to go in to inspect?" Let's talk about it. ”

Li Chuyun immediately waved his hand and looked down at his dress: "No need, the old man just takes a look." ”

He turned to an old man and said, "The current Crane Control Army is not the past, and now the infantry of the Forbidden Army belong to the Crane Control Army. ”

The old man clasped his fists and bowed, "The soldiers seem to be leading the army's salary." ”

Li Chuyun stroked his beard and said, "The people in the military department are sending it." ”

The old man nodded, his face clear.

At this moment, I saw some soldiers come out with sacks and paper in their hands. Li Chuyunce immediately stepped forward and said, "The military salaries you have received are all in full? ”

"It's enough, but it's ......all like this" At this time, a soldier looked at Li Chuyun's beard, and someone shouted: "Isn't this General Li, the founding prince of the country!" ”

Li Chuyun smiled but did not speak. Everyone was busy with the military salute: "Meet Li Gong." ”

"What are you screwing?" Li Chuyun asked.

A soldier opened the sack and said, "Salt, cloth, and this, the official who paid the salary of the military department said that it was a ticket, and when the grain ships from all over the country arrived in Beijing, they would go to the grain ship at the Watergate Wharf with their respective generals to receive the wheat with the tickets." ”

Li Chuyun said: "Don't worry, the court has a letter, and you will definitely be able to receive it if you take it." ”

The army didn't seem to be much dissatisfied. The entourage asked for a ticket and showed it to Li Chuyun, and Li Chuyun looked at it, and half of it was numbered, and he still pressed his fingerprints. The method of the military department is still safe, and the soldiers must follow their respective generals to draw the charge when they receive food, and they have numbered tickets, so there are usually no mistakes.

The main thing is that this ticket will be cashed in kind soon, so it seems that there is no need for everyone to resist the system. As Li Chuyun asked in the first sentence, is there enough to give? Just give enough.

Li Chuyun didn't stay long, and left the barracks with his entourage.

After a while, the old man beside him said, "The imperial court doesn't seem to have much money." ”

Li Chuyun nodded and said: "The hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops live on military salaries, and when they fight, they will have to settle in before they are promoted, and they will be rewarded when they come back." This has been the rule for decades, and the cost is really not small.

The official family has recently been reorganizing the town soldiers in Zhubian Town, Liu Renzhan, Gao Yanyan, Zhe Deran, and Yang Ye, and the total number of people in the hands of these four people is more than 100,000. With the addition of the original two batches of 200,000 guards, the number of guards may reach 400,000 in the future.

The guards did not pay the army, but it was different from the government soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. In the same way, they had to receive money, and the expeditions, garrisons, and training were all paid for by the central treasury...... There is no way to do this, if the official family wants the center to control the world's soldiers and horses, the center must pay for the military needs first. ”

The old man said quietly: "As long as it can be solved with money, it is not a crucial matter for the imperial court." ”

Li Chuyun turned his head to look at him, and the two looked at each other without continuing.

Li Chuyun said: "What is the high opinion of Zhong Lao? ”

The old man said: "This matter is the fruit of the strong and the weak, and it is too radical. If the soldiers are collected quickly, but the financial collection is slow, there will be a shortage of money. ”

Li Chuyun said: "The official family is like that, if you do things like thunder, you can do it drastically!" ”

The old man said quietly: "However, the past dynasties and dynasties have unified the world, and there is really no such treatment for martial artists." He added, "The Han and Tang dynasties are fiefdoms, but they are easy to become divided into civil strife. ”

Li Chuyun pondered for a moment, "Now the officials have something to say again." Those people don't have a backache when they stand and talk, if the imperial court doesn't give them fiefs or money, what method do we use to lead the troops to let the brothers go up and fight hard? ”