Li Zhi summoned Zhu Kai, the general of the pro-army, Zhu Kai was originally the guard of Li Zhi's mother, and was sent to Li Zhi's side to protect Li Zhi after Li Zhi's letter to the queen, and he was appointed as the commander of the pro-army after taking up the domain, so he was also the most trusted person around Li Zhi.

Li Zhi urgently needed to understand the situation of his own soldiers so that he could make plans, and then asked, how many soldiers are on duty in the third battalion of this king?

Your Royal Highness, now there are more than 4,000 soldiers in the three battalions, Zhu Kai was a little apprehensive, and secretly thought in his heart, why did His Highness suddenly ask about this, and he was quite surprised in his heart, Li Zhi and Zhu Kai had asked nothing more than where a new gambling house had been opened, and at this moment it was actually related to the soldiers. But it's just a whisper in my heart.

Fuck, how can you play this, the three battalions have an establishment of nearly 10,000 people, and as a result, the deficit is so serious, Li Zhitou is helpless. But in fact, this is also the current situation of the entire Great Xia Dynasty, not only the garrisons in various places, but also the border army, the generals of the garrison lied about the preparation and empty salary, which can be seen everywhere in the Great Xia Dynasty.

But there is an exception, Li Zhi relied on the original memory of this body, and knew that he had a second brother, named Li Jie, two years older than himself, the king of Qi, the fief was the easternmost part of the dynasty, the province was not big, but it was extremely rich, all because the province had a big gold mine, rich resources and near the sea, so Li Zhi's second brother's fief not only did not have any army empty salary, but also wantonly conscripted more than 10,000 people, and made up more than 20,000 people in three battalions, but he was stunned that there were more than 20,000 people. Self-sufficiency can make a difference.

Although the emperor knows, he also opens one eye and closes one eye, because the annual tax revenue of the fief of King Qi can top half of the sky of the dynasty, so the emperor has no choice.

There are two jackals, tigers and leopards in the north, and the southwest border is also like a tiger, waiting for an opportunity to bite from the elephant's leg, and the people are famine, but the court is still fighting endlessly, and several princes are also intrigued, and the current situation of the Great Xia Dynasty is basically not much different from today's late Ming Dynasty.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Manchu Qing Dynasty created the "Ten Days of Yangzhou and the Three Massacres of Jiading", which were tragic murders, and the current situation of the Great Xia Dynasty in this time and space may also become the Ten Days of Anxi and the Three Massacres of Zhongwei, and Li Zhi will never allow the alien race to make waves again.

Zhu Kai! You are so bold to tell this king what the hell is going on! The deficit of the pro-soldiers was so huge that Li Zhi was furious.

"Your Royal Highness, the last general should die, the last general should die, but the shortage of soldiers is really the imperial court's military salary has been delayed for more than a year, some brothers have no choice but to unload their armor and return to the field, and some even work outside to make a living, and the current more than 4,000 soldiers of the third battalion are still relying on these brothers to raise outside."

Li Zhi was stunned after hearing this, he didn't expect that his own soldiers had been in such a mess, it was all caused by his own incompetence, Li Zhi was silent and thought for a long time.

There was silence for a long time...

"!" No matter what the rot looks like, Li Zhi is determined to be cured.

"The edifice is about to fall, and the military is the most critical thing, but if you want to fight a war, you have to rely on three things: money, people, and weapons"

Speaking of which, Li Zhi was extremely helpless, now not only in the fiefdom, but also in the entire dynasty, all three things were lacking, and he achieved the worst.

Leaving aside the rest of the country, it is said that the finances in the fiefdom are in shambles, the tax system is full of loopholes, there are always people who evade taxes in various ways, the agricultural tax is increased in the year of famine to supplement military spending, and the northern barbarians continue to invade and plunder the population, resulting in a large decrease in the number of young and middle-aged people in the fiefdom.

In addition, the outdated military system and the system of guarding the army have led to the overall low quality of the army, and the lack of training in farming and training in leisure time has led to low morale and collapse at the first blow.

As for the weapons, not to mention, Li Zhi has carefully observed, generally speaking, only the weapons used by the generals are forged from fine iron, and the weapon wear and tear rate of ordinary soldiers is very high, and the soldiers' armor is even more imaginary, and even the soldiers do not even have weapons and armor.

After summarizing these problems, how to implement the top priority, Li Zhi thought about it, or he had to start from the economy, pondered for a while, and thought of a good way to kill two birds with one stone.

Zhu Kai, is there a trustworthy workshop in Anxi City?

"Workshop? Your Highness, there is a small workshop in our palace, but it has been abandoned for some time now. Speaking of this, Zhu Kai was a little hesitant.

What caused the desolation, is there anything hidden?

Zhu Kai saw Li Zhi asking, and said helplessly, it is like this, in the early years, when His Royal Highness first arrived in the fiefdom, the soldiers built this workshop for the convenience of rest, but because of the famine in the fief later, a large number of displaced people scattered around the provinces of the imperial dynasty, and there were northern barbarians eyeing each other, in fact, in the eyes of most people, the province of Suxi was crumbling, and it was... Even more

Speaking of the back, Zhu Kai didn't dare to continue, Li Zhi waved his hand when he saw this

"What's more!? Say! ”

"It's even more because of His Royal Highness's gambling habits, the treasury can't make ends meet, and the military maintenance court doesn't have to ask, so we have to solve it ourselves, but due to the lack of the treasury, some institutions have been gradually abolished, and the workshop here is one of them."

Li Zhifu forehead, it turned out that the workshop was abolished due to his own reasons.

Li Zhi was silent, and secretly decided to rebuild the workshop and decided to take a look for himself, so he arranged to go down, prepared the carriage and horses, and the carriage swayed for a long time before reaching its destination.

Li Zhi staggered off the horse, his buttocks hurt, patted the ash on his body and looked at the workshop in front of him.

The workshop is located in the southern suburbs of Anxi City, it is called a workshop, but in fact, it is a courtyard surrounded by several broken grass houses, and there is a simple iron stove, and three or two children are playing in the mud.

Your Highness, this is it!

Sensing that someone was coming in the courtyard, a man who was not confused came out of the thatched hut next to the courtyard.

Strangers came to the courtyard, and the children dispersed in a hurry, and the man hurriedly stepped forward: "The grass people don't know that His Royal Highness the King is coming, and they have missed the welcome, please forgive me."

Li Zhi waved his hand: "No need to be polite, this king is here, no other than to rebuild the workshop"

The man has some muna, and the workshop needs to be rebuilt? The workshop that had been laid down for so long was finally about to be rebuilt.

In addition, the new workshop, these existing grass houses are all demolished and rebuilt, replaced with wooden buildings, the scale is increased, and it is required to accommodate more than 100 craftsmen of all kinds, as well as live, so that you can complete it within ten days, and all kinds of craftsmen must also be summoned to return, if completed, the king will be rewarded

The man saw that Li Zhizhi's posture did not look like a fake, and he attached great importance to it, so he hurriedly agreed.

Zhu Kai saw that Li Zhi seemed to be very interested in the workshop, so he said on the side: This craftsman's name is Zhao Jiujiang, his ancestral home is Longgang County, Futai Province, his father avoided flooding with his ancestors in his early years, and moved north to Su Xixing Province, where Zhao Jiujiang is located is only a branch of the Zhao family, the Zhao family is a famous official craftsman family, and has undertaken many important projects of the dynasty and the construction of the imperial palace.

Seeing that Zhao Jiujiang still had this background, he suddenly became interested, and suddenly said: "I don't know what kind of craftsman you know?" ”

Seeing Zhu Kai elevating himself so much, Zhao Jiujiang is not a fool and busy, not the conceit of the grass people, the world is so big, there are countless craftsmanship, but there is no skill that the grass people can't do.

Li Zhi suddenly pulled out his sword from his waist and asked, "I don't know if Craftsman Zhao may make a sword to make this king's sword open?" ”

Zhao Jiujiang carefully took the long sword and measured it carefully, and after looking at it for a while, he frowned and shook his head: "Your Highness, this is a truly peerless sword, and it should also be the best Chishu mine forging in western Sichuan Province, and the forging master is also one of the best famous teachers in China, isn't it embarrassing for the grass people" Zhao Jiujiang was a little helpless.

Zhao Gonggong, this king and you bet, if this king can have a way to make a sword that makes this sword gap, you will lose to this king, otherwise, this king promised that you should be separated from the craftsman after the workshop is rebuilt.

Li Zhi threw such a big radish in front of Zhao Jiujiang, but Zhao Jiujiang was still a little hesitant and more disdainful, although he couldn't make the so-called sword, but he didn't believe that the pampered King Xin would have any way, but out of the endless pursuit of craftsmanship and the temptation to break away from the craftsman's identity, Zhao Jiujiang nodded

Then according to what His Highness said, but I don't know what His Highness will do if the grass people lose.