"The Ming Dynasty is now fighting against the Great Shun Dynasty, and there are many opportunities for my Hongmen, so I call everyone to discuss the future of Hongmen."

In Keelung County, Hongmen, Li Tianyang, who had just been canonized as the king of the South China Sea not long ago, began to convene high-ranking officials at all levels of Hongmen at this time to discuss the choice of Hongmen next.

In addition to Wu Jie and his party from the military department in the northeast, and Zhang Yuyan, who was sent by Li Tianyang to be in charge of civil affairs in the northeast, the rest of the Hongmen high-level officials such as Gan Dabiao and Wu Chao were all present.

"However, striking iron still needs its own hardness, no matter what choice I make in the future, what kind of road I take out, all I can rely on is our Hongmen itself."

"Therefore, taking advantage of today's opportunity, all departments will expose the current Hongmen and other family backgrounds, so that everyone can have their own numbers in their hearts, and then make plans."

"Let's start with the Ministry of Finance!"

Li Tianyang sits firmly like a mountain, he is nearly fifty years old, and his head has grown a little gray, which is particularly regrettable, perhaps because of the relationship between using too many brains, the hair on the top of his head is gradually thinning, and it has the potential to become a Mediterranean characteristic hairstyle in later generations.

"Since the eighteenth year of Chongzhen, I Hongmen issued bonds, and since today, nearly two million bonds have been recovered one after another, and now there are more than one million bonds in circulation, and most of them belong to long-term bonds with a redemption period of more than three years, and the pressure on our Ministry of Finance will not be too great in the short term."

"At present, the surplus funds of our Ministry of Finance are 1.45 million yuan, and the reserves of various materials can be used by more than 50,000 troops for more than a year."

"If necessary, we can also issue bonds in a short period of time, and with previous bond experience and foreshadowing, I believe that our department can raise more than 3 million funds within a month."

“……”

"After two years of painstaking development, the number of troops has recovered to more than eighty percent, and now Hongtang has five armies stationed on Dayuan Island, Luzon, Ryukyu and other places, in addition to the northeast one, with a total of 100,000 troops, and if necessary, the military department can mobilize more than 80,000 soldiers to Huludao within half a month to stand by."

"At the same time, the Ministry of Defense has a grass-roots militia under its jurisdiction, which can complete the defense work of Dayuan Island, Luzon and other places, and if necessary, can recruit troops on the spot, and the total number of militias can reach 70,000 if they are conscripted at any cost."

"The grassroots militia has completed basic tactical training, which is enough to serve as a defense force on Hongmen Dayuan Island and Luzon in times of crisis, and to protect the territory of Hongmen in a comprehensive manner."

“……”

"In terms of the Gun Manufacturing Bureau, there are 20,000 muskets and 100 field artillery pieces in stock, and the number of bullets is enough to support the needs of a month's high-intensity combat, and if it is a conventional battle, the support time will be longer."

"Fifty tons of improved gunpowder are hoarded, and there are sufficient stocks of sulfur, saltpeter and other materials, and at the same time, our bureau also entrusts Qixintang and Nanyang Chamber of Commerce to purchase saltpeter and other materials from other places, which are stored every month."

“……”

"As for our shipyard, 25 steamships have been launched for the renewal of the Hongtang fleet, and about five can be launched in the next three months."

"If the construction of ships of other firms is temporarily stopped, the production capacity of our shipyard can be more than doubled by working overtime."

“……”

Good news, from the various departments of Hongmen one by one, with the solid foundation of Hongmen, Hongmen's heritage is so strong, just a few years of recuperation, Hongmen's heritage has returned to the original set foot in the Northeast war situation, and even exceeded, so that Li Tianyang is very relieved at the same time, but also extraordinarily proud and proud.

It took more than two hours just for the speeches and reports of various departments, and this is still the result of the reporters of each department trying their best to compress the content of the report, otherwise if it is a detailed report, I am afraid that it will not be completed in one day.

As the report came to an end, everyone present also had a comprehensive understanding of the background of Hongmen today, and at this time, Li Tianyang got up quietly.

"Very good, you have worked hard in the past few years, without everyone's efforts, there would be no results for me today!"

"Now let's talk about how we should prepare in the face of chaos in the Central Plains and other situations."

In fact, from the speeches of all the members present, Li Tianyang has heard everyone's thoughts, but the current Hongmen government has gradually embarked on a relatively healthy and harmonious road. Although Li Tianyang can make a decision to make a first move on many important matters and tight timing, but in the end, Li Tianyang also needs to make a reasonable explanation, so this meeting is actually Li Tianyang soliciting opinions from everyone and unifying his thoughts.

"I think we should wait and see what happens, no matter how the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Great Shun goes, for us Hongmen, the impact is actually not big."

The first to speak was Gan Dabiao of the Ministry of Finance, as the number one person in charge of the entire Hongmen finance, Gan Dabiao has become accustomed to starting from the perspective of saving expenses.

It is true that Hongmen's finances are in a very healthy state at this time, but in his opinion, as long as there is a war, it is like spending money, and the money they have earned in a few years will be spent in a few months of war.

"I agree, but I think we don't need to pay attention to the battle of the Central Plains for the time being, after all, the war between the two major forces cannot be divided in a short period of time, and even if the dominant Ming Dynasty wins, in the southwest of him, there is also Zhang Xianzhong and his group of people from the Great Western Dynasty, which needs to be faced."

Gan Dabiao's opinion unexpectedly won the support of Wu Chao of the military department, and after Gan Dabiao finished expressing his opinion, Wu Chao stood up to support it, which caused Gan Dabiao to give a praise with a smile on his face.

However, obviously, Gan Dabiao's praise was given a little earlier, and Wu Chao's suggestion later made Gan Dabiao's whole face collapse in an instant.

"But I think it's a good time to clean up the Liaodong Theater."

"The Shunzhi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty is the biggest trouble for our Hongmen now, in the Liaodong Theater, I coaxed her to not have enough troops to accumulate troops, and it has exceeded the strength of the headquarters of Dayuan Island, if it can be liberated, our army will also have more initiative in the future war."

"In the past six months, the Yehe Yitong Department has not contributed to its work, and the military operations such as Ai Xinjue Luo of the Great Qing Dynasty have become increasingly weak, and our department deeply believes that the two departments of the other side should have secretly reached a reconciliation."

"If we give the Shunzhi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty time to ease up, it will bring greater variables to the war situation in Liaodong, which is not conducive to the layout of our door in the future."

“……”

The rest of the departments were originally more inclined to set foot on the battlefield of the Central Plains, after all, the temptation of the Central Plains was countless times greater than that of the Liaodong side, and the foundation of the emerging dynasty was in front of them, so it was impossible for anyone else to stand on their side.

However, with Wu Chao's analysis, everyone felt that it might be more reasonable to put support on the military department, and for a while everyone began to fight in their hearts, thinking about the pros and cons.