"Gonggong Li, Shandong is a major place for the White Lotus Sect to rebel and bandits, and there are many displaced people, Your Majesty recruited new soldiers from Shandong, deliberately sucking away the young and strong among the displaced people, so that the White Lotus bandits have nothing to rely on. And now the displaced people do not trust the imperial court, and now there is only one way to go. Xiong Tingbi thought for a while and said.

"Please also ask Admiral Xiong to make it clear." Li Yongzhen said urgently.

"The father-in-law may issue a notice, and anyone who is willing to join the army will be paid three months' salary as a settling-in allowance." Xiong Tingbi said.

"But the emperor didn't let the miscellaneous family bring the silver!" Li Yongzhen said.

"There is no silver in the treasury now, and the emperor has no choice, now we have to find a way by ourselves, in order to recruit a new army this time, I am willing to pay a thousand taels of silver." Xiong Tingbi said.

"A thousand taels? A thousand taels can't recruit a few soldiers, and it takes 65,000 taels of silver to recruit 15,000 people, as well as their food and shelter, and it is not enough to have 100,000 taels, even if the recruits who have been recruited are not paid for the time being, it will cost tens of thousands of taels of silver. Li Yongzhen silently calculated and found that nearly 100,000 taels of silver were needed.

"It's not okay if the recruited recruits don't pay them, there will be a mutiny, if there is a mutiny, I'm afraid that the emperor will really ask for the heads of the two of us at that time." Xiong Tingbi stopped.

"So what do you say? Even if the miscellaneous family takes out all the local filial piety this time, it is not enough to pay 20,000 taels. Li Yongzhen said depressedly. The current Shandong is not rich, there is the White Lotus Sect inside, and there are Jianyu outside, so it can be said that there is no oil and water to fish.

"It's too late to find a place to raise money now, not to mention that the emperor didn't give us an order to find a place to raise military salaries, and now the emperor is investigating Gu Bingqian's corruption case, and at this time, you can't lose your life for the silver." Xiong Tingbi said. Xiong Tingbi knew that Li Yongzhen must be rich, and everyone in the celebrant supervisor was rich, not to mention 100,000 taels, even 200,000 taels, he could take it out, Xiong Tingbi was now thinking about how to let him take out the money.

Hearing Xiong Tingbi's words, Li Yongzhen hesitated for a moment before gritting his teeth and said: "It seems that the miscellaneous family can only find a way by themselves, Admiral Xiong, the matter of money will be solved by the miscellaneous family, but the matter of recruiting troops depends on you, and this miscellaneous family doesn't understand." ”

"Gonggong Li, as long as you have money, let alone 15,000 recruits, even if you have 100,000 recruits, you can recruit them all." Xiong Tingbi patted his chest and reassured.

"Okay, the money thing, the miscellaneous family will do it immediately." In order to supervise the East Factory, and more importantly, to save his head, Li Yongzhen also fought hard.

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Tu Wenfu's search for a flintlock pistol didn't go well. It is true that flintlock pistols have appeared in the West, but they are not being popularized for two reasons, one is that "the sparks from flint are not enough to ignite black powder", and the other is that Henry II, who vigorously promoted flintlock pistol equipment, was assassinated in 1610.

Tu Wenfu had only obtained a damaged flintlock pistol through Jinyiwei, and through this flintlock pistol, he already had a rough idea of what a flintlock pistol was, and he had heard that it was in the hands of the Francoman. It's just that the Franco people who have contact with Daming now don't have a spot in their hands, and it will take at least two months to get the spot.

But Tu Wenfu didn't have so much time to wait, so he decided to ask Francois to help make it while looking for it.

Of course, the most depressed thing now is Zhang Tianshi, he is really depressed, the things that Zhu Youxiao handed over to him, in addition to the construction of the Taoist temple in the mass grave, the most important thing he has not started yet.

"Ying Jing, from today when you return to Longhu Mountain, you must not leave Longhu Mountain without my order." Zhang Tianshi said to his son Zhang Yingjing. Zhang Tianshi knew that Zhang Yingjing must not be allowed to get involved in this matter.

"Dad, what the hell is going on? I've found that you've been distracted for the past few days. Zhang Yingjing asked.

"Don't ask about me, don't inquire, the less you know, the better, otherwise, no one will be able to protect you." Zhang Tianshi said sternly.

"The boy knows. The child immediately set off back to Longhu Mountain. "Zhang Yingjing is a smart man, when the Qing soldiers entered the customs, he took the initiative to enter the Qing Dynasty from the Ming Dynasty. Now he immediately understood from his father's words and expression that this matter was not something he could meddle in, and he did not continue to ask.

"Hmm. Go ahead. Zhang Tianshi said.

After Zhang Yingjing left, Zhang Tianshi said to the Taoist priest beside him, "Let Zhang Hui come in." ”

Zhang Hui is an orphan, he has joined Zhengyi since he was a child, because he is smart, effective, loyal and reliable, he has been appreciated by Zhang Tianshi, and he has always taken him with him, and even his name was given by Zhang Tianshi.

After Zhang Hui came in, Zhang Tianshi stepped back, "Zhang Hui, I have a very important thing for you to do, are you willing?" ”

"The disciple will fulfill the master's entrustment." Zhang Hui nodded and said.

"Okay, since you take over this matter, you must not leak the slightest rumor, from beginning to end, I will not show up, everything is up to you to operate, if you leak the slightest rumor, not only will your head be lost, but our Zhengyi Sect will also be wiped out." Zhang Tianshi said solemnly. His eyes were fixed on Zhang Hui, even if Zhang Hui had a hint of hesitation, he would immediately change people, and even consider killing him.

"The disciple has been favored by the master since he was a child, and this life was given by the master, and the disciple will never give up." Zhang Hui said without hesitation.

"Okay, I'll leave this matter to you, from today onwards you are no longer a member of our Zhengyi Sect, and I will find an excuse to expel you from the Zhengyi Sect." Regarding Zhang Hui's attitude, Zhang Tianshi was very satisfied.

Zhang Hui was stunned for a moment, and immediately came to his senses and said, "The disciple understands. ”

"Now you have been expelled from the sect by the Zhengyi Sect for violating the rules of the sect and have become an outcast of the Zhengyi Sect. And after you left the Zhengyi Church, you met a businessman who returned from overseas, this businessman you went to look for yourself, you must be a reliable person, this businessman found a gold mountain overseas, intended to develop, but the cash in hand was insufficient, deliberately rushed back to Daming to raise funds, anyone who is willing to pay, one or two silver per month can get a penny and five cents. Zhang Tianshi said carefully and seriously.

"Is that the master?" Zhang Hui asked.

"That's probably the case, the first two or three months must be paid on time, only in this way can more people believe that at the beginning, one or two silver can join, and there are more people in the back, and you must ask for ten taels of silver to join. Remember, don't forget that. At the beginning, if you are short of money, you can go to the Taoist temple in the mass grave of Jingshi to get money, and remember that all the money you get must be quietly transferred to that Taoist temple. Zhang Tianshi admonished.

"Disciple understands." Zhang Hui nodded and said.