The new army was established by Chongzhen privately, although the food and salary were borne by the Xuanda Governor's District, and other ordnance and equipment were all silver from the internal treasury, plus the investment of the Firearms Bureau, it would cost more than one million taels of silver a year, and this was still Lu Xiangsheng's expenses after careful calculation.

If the 20,000 Forces nouvelles were all armed with firearms, the cost would be about three million taels. The average cost of equipping a new army is about 150 taels, which is also related to the backward manufacturing technology of the Firearms Bureau, and the new army is also equipped with a lot of horses for transporting logistics baggage.

The most expensive thing is the consumption of ammunition, and Chongzhen has a deep understanding of this.

Thinking about it, Wang Yue raised tens of thousands of firearms troops, and it is said that every time the bullets and shells of the war are shot out like flowing water, he is really rich, and he can't help but make Chongzhen envious, jealous and hateful.

Chongzhen had no choice but to give up his plan to use the new army now, and he also knew that it was not easy to make those bullets and shells, so he was still saving.

"How does Lu Aiqing feel about going to the starting point city this time? I heard that the current starting point city is thriving, but I didn't have the opportunity to see it. Chongzhen said.

"The starting point city can be described as a thousand miles a day, a day at a time." Lu Xiangsheng sighed: "It is a completely different city from Jingshi, rich, prosperous, densely populated, I don't know how many times more lively than Jingshi, it is said that at night there are many merchants who have to stay open until dawn, which can be described as a city that never sleeps." ”

Chongzhen nodded and said: "These days, every night, the direction of the starting point city is getting brighter and brighter, I have seen it in the palace, and I really want to go to the starting point city to see how prosperous it is." ”

Isn't it, since the power plant was put into operation, the power supply in the starting point city is very sufficient, and the night in the starting point city is getting brighter and brighter. The street lights of the starting point city have been extended to the Guangning Gate of the Jingshi, and at night, from the Jingshi, the night sky in the direction of the starting point city is a halo.

Hearing that Chongzhen actually wanted to go to the starting point city to have a look, Lu Xiang was jumped, and hurriedly persuaded: "Your Majesty's golden body, you can't be in danger, Wang Sihua must not be guarded against." ”

Chongzhen said disappreciatively: "I feel that Wang Sihua is loyal to the country and has no disobedience. ”

In the past two years, Wang Yue's actions have benefited Chongzhen a lot, but it makes him feel that Wang Yue is like a traitor.

Chongzhen's idea of going to the starting point city to have a look, once it arose, it became more and more intense.

If you want to say who is most familiar with the starting point city in the palace, it is the princess Kunxing, this princess will run to the starting point city every three or five times, compared with the Beijing Division, the starting point city is of course more attractive, especially for girls who love to go shopping.

It is said that Her Royal Highness the princess can't go out so frequently, but because of the existence of the royal toy store, Princess Kunxing has a legitimate excuse, after all, the business between the royal toy store and the starting point city is very frequent.

"Kun Xing, I always hear you praise the starting point city, I also yearn for it, how about you accompany your father to see it?"

In Kunning Palace, Chongzhen said to Princess Kunxing.

Princess Kunxing's eyes lit up, and she said happily: "Great, my father should have gone to the starting point city to have a look, I dare to say that it is more beautiful and fun than the palace." ”

Before this, she had expressed many times that Chongzhen had never been to the starting point city, which was a regret that was enough to regret for life.

Queen Zhou said: "Your Majesty, the starting point city is a land of tigers and wolves, and you must not risk your life." ”

Chongzhen snorted and said, "Why am I afraid? ”

Speaking of which, Emperor Chongzhen's courage is also well-known in history.

Princess Kunxing's mind is very simple: "The queen mother is too worried, the security of the starting point city can't even be compared with the Jingshi, I often take Ling'er shopping alone, and I have always been safe." ”

Queen Zhou was speechless about her daughter's young ignorance, can Chongzhen's identity be compared to the princess of the little girl's family?

However, what Princess Kunxing said was right, the security situation within the starting point city was even better than that of the cities in later generations.

First of all, there are countless job opportunities in the starting point city, and the pay is good, the cost of breaking the law for money is high, the income is low, and all the warehouses are full of etiquette.

In addition, the security conditions in the starting point city are very advanced, and once there is an illegal act, it will basically be extinguished immediately at the beginning stage. Anyone who has lived in the starting point city for a period of time has a deep understanding of this, so there are fewer and fewer criminals who risk their lives.

The hidden dangers of public security in the starting point city are mainly in the floating population and the foreign population, and the shorter the time of the people who come to the starting point city, the more strict the target of prevention.

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty could not be compared with Kangxi Yongzheng, and since Emperor Zhengde, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was able to go out of the palace and go around, almost no record in history.

This resistance comes entirely from the civil officials, and if any emperor dares to sneak out of the palace, the civil officials will definitely spray him to death. Of course, they generally can't get out, the eyes of the civil officials are pointed, and through their strict defense, the Forbidden City is like a prison under house arrest for the Ming Emperor, and can only move between these square inches.

Chongzhen didn't want to get into this trouble, so he chose to make a private visit to Weifu, and he could fully imagine how much headache it was to talk to the civil officials. If Chongzhen wants to sneak out of the palace unconsciously, the conditions he has are much stronger than those of the previous emperors.

This condition was created by Wang Yue for him, to be precise, Princess Kunxing created, because Princess Kunxing has a car.

Princess Kunxing often runs to the starting point, usually by bus, which is of course much more comfortable than a horse-drawn carriage. But for the sake of safety, Wang Yue still sent a car to her, which is a white Audi Q7, and the window glass is one-way see-through glass, so it is impossible to see the inside clearly from the outside.

Since such a big car was given to Princess Kunxing, Emperor Chongzhen's car was also replaced with a yellow Cadillac DTS, which was a car for the Thai royal family in the previous life, which matched Chongzhen's identity very well.

The original Q3 was assigned to Queen Zhou, and Chongzhen's harem was very noisy for a while for this matter, mainly because Tian Guifei's resentment was quite big, and in desperation, Chongzhen had to let Princess Kunxing open her mouth to Wang Yue, and asked for a red Q3, which calmed the dispute in the harem.

So now there are a total of four modern vehicles in the palace, but fortunately, now that the starting point city solves the fuel problem, Wang Yue can also afford such expenses.

Otherwise, Chongzhen's impression of Wang Yue has changed a lot? Many of Wang Yue's actions are indeed very interesting.

Chongzhen's private interview with Weifu only brought Princess Kunxing, Wang Chengen and the princess's direct guard Li Zhong, and the princess's car was usually driven by Li Zhong.

Because Queen Zhou's yellow one was too conspicuous, Tian Guifei's red Q3 was requisitioned, and the Q3 with less space was crammed into five imperial guards, which was the result of Queen Zhou's repeated requests.