This trip to the east left a deep impression on Zhu Cihong's mind, and he had secretly made up his mind that once he succeeded to the throne, he must reuse Zhang Bin, hand over the position of first assistant to him, and let him help him govern the Ming Dynasty.

If the Ming Dynasty, the two capitals and thirteen provinces can be governed as rich as the Dayuan City, why worry that the Ming Dynasty is not prosperous, if all the capital guards of the Ming Dynasty can be as strong as the avant-garde in the East, why worry that the Ming Dynasty is not strong!

He thought that Dayuan City was rich enough, but he never thought that his cognition would soon be subverted again.

Early the next morning, Zhang Bin took him by boat and set off to Yuegang, preparing to organize major businessmen to help pay donations, after all, they did not come to visit this time, but to collect donations, recruit new soldiers, and prepare to eliminate the thieves.

However, this time Zhang Bin did not bring his family with him, after all, they were not here for business, but to visit relatives and friends, to visit relatives and friends in Dayuan City, and even this time he didn't even bring Zheng Chenggong, so he took Chen Zilong, the right Zhongyun of Zhan Shifu, and rushed to Yuegang with Zhu Cihong.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came, and the officials of Yuegang were originally going to organize a grand welcome ceremony, and they were even ready to close Yuegang for a few days to clean up the idle people in the city, so as to ensure the safety of His Royal Highness the Prince, but unexpectedly, Zhang Bin gave a strange order, so that everything would be as usual, and the Zhenhaiwei Command Envoy took the officers at all levels of the guard to greet him in the military port, and the others should not know that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come down.

Such a strange order is really incomprehensible, but no one here will disobey Zhang Bin's intentions, Yuegang and Zhuhai are two important places Zhang Bin still controls quite strictly, and he even tried to turn these two places into military control, who dares not to listen to him.

He naturally did this for a reason, the officials of Yuegang wanted to show their respect for the prince, but he wanted Zhu Cihong to see the prosperity of Yuegang, if Yuegang was closed, Zhu Cihong would be able to see a fart.

This time, Zhang Bin did not take Zhu Cihong to take the Zhenhai cruiser, because Yuegang is located on the bank of the Jiulong River, and large warships can't rely on the port when they go in, but it is not as convenient as the wheels, besides, this is already his territory, and there is absolutely no problem in safety, so he just ordered dozens of wheels and set off with Jinyiwei, Dongchang Fanzi and the accompanying guards, so that the speed can be much faster.

Since the whole fleet was wheeled, the speed of travel was very fast, and the group entered Liuluo Bay before noon, but at this time, the speed of the fleet became extremely slow.

Because there are too many merchant ships here, there are not only ocean-going merchant ships like Fuchuan but also cargo clippers like Cangshan ships, under the auspices of Zhang Bin, the opening of the Fuguang sea ban is getting bigger and bigger, and the general merchant ships, in addition to not being able to go to other countries to do business at sea, can come and go freely along the entire coast of Fuguang.

Shipping is much more convenient than land transportation, and a ship does not know how many carriages it can hold, so the traders in Fuzhou and Guangzhou, and even the merchants in Nanzhili and Zhejiang, have all chosen shipping, and the business of shipyards in Fujian and other places has become very prosperous.

At present, the number of merchant ships shuttling along the southeast coast has reached a terrifying thousand, and the two places of Yuegang and Zhuhai are even more crowded with merchant ships, and even enter the port to load and unload goods have to queue up.

Zhu Cihong looked at the merchant ships in his eyes, and couldn't help but be stunned again, this number, I'm afraid there are hundreds, don't these ships cost money?

He couldn't help but ask curiously, "Why are there so many ships here, and are these ships cheap?" ”

Zhang Bin smiled and explained: "There are cheap and expensive, like that kind of eight-oared centipede boat only costs dozens of taels, like that kind of big Cangshan boat, you can't buy it without hundreds of taels, and that kind of large lucky boat, at least a thousand taels." ”

Among these ships, there are not many centipede ships, the most is the Cangshan boat, that guy, a hundred is tens of thousands of taels, hundreds of them are hundreds of thousands of taels, these ships alone are worth no less than one million taels, this Fuguang is really rich.

Zhu Cihong was really shocked by this merchant ship full of eyes, and when the fleet approached Yuegang, he was even more shocked by the scene in front of him.

The whole Yuegang City is densely packed with wharves, and the wharves that stretch out of the river are like a comb, and the neat merchant ships are parked next to them, and the goods on the wharf are piled up, and I don't know how many traders and coolies are busy on the wharf, just like ants moving.

Seeing this scene, he couldn't help but think of the people of the capital who couldn't get enough to eat and the desolate Gyeonggi area, which was too different.

At this time, he faintly doubted the ability of his father Chongzhen, a traitor like Wen Tiren, his father had trusted him for six or seven years, and Yang Sichang was a person who didn't know what to call him, and his father was actually a confidant!

He vaguely remembered that his father praised Yang Sichang's talent in front of him more than once, how outstanding he was that he couldn't clean up the northwest anti-thieves, and how outstanding he was that the Gyeonggi region became a cemetery?

He didn't understand what was going on with his father, he would rather reuse those traitorous villains than reuse the virtuous ability of his master, if it were him, it would never be like this.

The fleet slowly shuttled among the merchant ships, and after two quarters of an hour, they finally came to the outermost wharf at the mouth of the Jiulong River, which did not have any merchant ships, because this was a military port, and only a few wheels were docked on the wharf.

Zhenhaiwei's station has been moved here, and the southern end of Yuegang City has been transformed into a simple double-decker 2-sided fortress, and the cannons on it are enough to make people daunted, but the traders who come and go have a double sense of security, there is such a fortress, let alone pirates, even if it is a red hair, I don't dare to come.

At this time, the vicinity of the wharf has been lined up with guards, Zhen Haiwei commanded Zheng Xingzheng to wait there with a group of officers and dozens of wealthy businessmen from major merchant gangs, these rich businessmen are in response to Zhang Bin's call to donate money to help the salary, they don't know at this time that they can get a big official, but they are grateful for Zhang Bin's kindness, so they are all here, a lot of them, the heads of the four major merchant gangs are all here, and many people have brought their juniors, in order to get to know Zhang Bin!

After a simple ceremony to welcome the prince was held on the dock, Zheng Xing took Zhang Bin, Zhu Cihong and others, as well as a group of wealthy businessmen, into the Zhenhaiwei station, and came to the large school field on the second floor, which was already full of tables and chairs, and even a small platform more than five feet high was set up on the north side of the school field, on which a set of tables and chairs were also placed.

Obviously, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Zhang Bin the Crown Prince and Master Zhang Bin want to accompany everyone to lunch and persuade everyone to donate food.

As soon as I arrived in Yuegang, I persuaded everyone to donate silver, isn't it a bit too hasty?

The vendors didn't feel that people were crazy for money, since they came, they naturally planned to donate some food, just rely on Zhang Bin's face, let each of them pay tens of thousands of taels, and they would not frown.

Zheng Xing directly took Zhang Bin, Zhu Cihong, Chen Zilong, Qi Panzong and Wang Chengen to the platform to do a good job, and the rich businessmen sat down respectfully.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Bin did not open his mouth to persuade everyone to donate food, but asked Zheng Xing to directly arrange for someone to serve the food, which means, I don't know if I want to talk about it after eating, or if I want to talk while eating.

Soon, all kinds of dishes were served like water, and there were many patterns, but everyone soon found that these dishes were either tofu or green vegetables, and occasionally they could see a little meat, not to mention seafood, not even fish, and the wine was a good tribute wine, but the tribute wine was also a tribute to the emperor, and for His Royal Highness the Prince, it didn't cost money.

Is this to pretend to be thrifty, there is no need for this, right?

Zhang Bin didn't have any unusual expression on his face, even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looked very normal, so everyone naturally didn't say anything, but they all had a weird expression on their faces.

After a while, the dishes were all served, and the table was full, and it was estimated that it would not cost a tael of silver!

Zhang Bin then stood up and raised his glass and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can't drink alcohol, I will toast everyone for him, thank you for coming to cheer." ”

Everyone hurriedly stood up, raised their glasses together, and toasted Zhang Bin with this glass of wine.

Then, Zhang Bin put down the wine glass and raised his hand to signal: "Everyone please sit, don't be polite, and talk about it after eating." ”

After that, he took the lead in sitting down, accompanied His Royal Highness the Prince, and ate with relish.

Everyone sat down with strange faces, peeked a few times, and saw that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Zhang Bin were eating so with relish, and couldn't help but look at the dishes on the table, showing puzzled expressions.

Aren't these dishes what they seem, a new trick played in the palace?

Many people can't help but be curious, pick up chopsticks and try them one by one.

After everyone finished eating, the expressions on their faces became even more strange, aren't these all ordinary tofu and vegetables, and the meat is nothing special!

This banquet began in this strange atmosphere, for the rich merchants who are accustomed to eating big fish and meat, although these dishes are not difficult to swallow, but they really can't arouse their appetite, everyone pretends to eat some food, and drank a few glasses of wine, as if they are full, put down their chopsticks, and wait for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Zhang Bin to finish eating.

Their eyes kept sneaking towards the platform, but they didn't expect that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was really eating with relish, and the rice was bowl after bowl, as if these dishes were quite delicious.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in his teens when he is growing up, and it is normal to eat a lot, but there is no need to be so hungry to eat, these things don't seem to match the emperor's life in their impression, and they are even 108,000 miles worse than the food at the vassal king's house.

Some of them also have something to do with some vassal kings, and they have also participated in the wine banquet in the vassal king's mansion, that guy, one is more extravagant than the other, if you want to take these dishes to eat, they have to splash your face!

Zhu Cihong ate three or four bowls of rice and finally ate enough, Zhang Bin hurriedly asked people to remove the dishes and chopsticks, cleaned up the table, replaced it with clear tea, and took a few sips, then stood up and said loudly: "Everyone knows that the northwest anti-thieves are rampant, the construction of slaves in Liaodong is rampant, the entire northern Ming Dynasty is miserable, and the people are miserable. ”

When the wealthy businessmen below heard this, they all stood up and said, "It should be, it should be." "We'll pay for it." ”。

Li Lao, the head of the Jiangxi Business Gang, said excitedly: "The so-called rise and fall of the country is the responsibility of the husband, not to mention that the anti-thieves have been raging in Huguang, and we are also in danger in Jiangxi. ”

Zhang Bin nodded, pretending to be embarrassed, and explained: "You may not know how much the current military expenditure of the Ming Dynasty is, let me briefly introduce it to you, the current garrison of the Ming Dynasty in Liaodong, the garrison of the capital and the men and horses of the northwest thieves add up to more than 400,000, according to the minimum standard, each person has one stone per month, one tael, one tael of grass per month, and one tael of grass per month, and the military expenditure for a month is more than one million taels, and it is nearly 20 million taels in a year, so the emperor was forced to levy more Liao's salary, expropriation and training salary, just like that, The household department still can't make ends meet, and the emperor eats green vegetables and tofu every day, and it has been like a day for several years, do you know? ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, has the Ming court been strapped to this extent!

It's not that they don't want to believe Zhang Bin, it's just that they have seen too many corrupt officials and relatives of the emperor, that guy, all of them are very rich, and many of them are richer than them, they really can't imagine that the court will have no money.

However, looking at this situation, Zhang Bin must not be lying, because children can't pretend, and they have seen the food of His Royal Highness the Prince, and their own children will disdain these dishes, but the prince eats them with such relish, which is enough to prove that this is what he usually eats.

The court is struggling like this, there is nothing to say, donate, everyone arched their hands and said: "My lord, just say, how much do you need?" ”

How much is needed, this number is indeed a bit scary, so Zhang Bin will make these foreshadowing, he coughed, slightly embarrassed and said: "This time I need more food, because to completely solve the anti-thieves in the northwest, we still need to recruit 100,000 troops, according to the three steps of horses, we also need 30,000 war horses, according to each war horse 100 taels, this is 3 million taels, according to each person per day of food 1 stone salary 1 stone of war horses per month pasture 1 tael, each month needs 230,000 taels, a year is 2.76 million taels, It will take at least three years to completely eradicate the anti-thieves, so this time the military expenditure will be 11.28 million taels! ”

"Hiss, hiss, hiss." When everyone heard this, they all gasped, my God, more than 10 million taels, this guy is too much.

Zhang Bin didn't think about how much these people could give, he just needed these people to show their bottoms and perfunctory Chongzhen, these silvers could be paid by Dongshengtang, but he couldn't let Chongzhen know that he was raising a private army.

However, after Chongzhen proposed to accept the donors, this matter seems to be different, and these people are estimated to really come up with more than 10 million taels.

He pondered for a while, and then said loudly: "Of course, this money will not be in vain, the emperor said, all those who donate silver and help are calculated according to the donation, and how much silver is donated, how big an official will be given, among the people, you can read it to everyone." ”

When Chen Zilong heard this, he hurriedly stood up, took out the "Salary Payment Law" in his arms, and read it aloud.

At first, the wealthy businessmen below didn't pay much attention to it, and they all knew about it, so there was nothing surprising.

However, when Chen Zilong read that he would donate 500,000 taels to Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple, donate 1 million taels and give Shaoqing of Taifu Temple, everyone's eyes showed a hot light, that was the fourth and fifth grade of the imperial court!

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