"Do you all give out winter coats like this?"

Two guards, you look at me, I look at you, nodded. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"It's basically like this, the brothers think it's a little thin, but they think that the northerners also wear it so thin, and we are embarrassed to ask for thicker, so as not to make those northerners look down on it."

The big-headed soldier didn't speak lightly or heavily, and he didn't notice that Xiao Ruxun was also the "northerner" in their mouths, but Xiao Ruxun didn't care, just nodded, and let the two leave, and then Xiao Ruxun took a few guards to the munitions warehouse and stockpiled spare winter clothes.

The quartermaster saw Xiao Ruxun coming over with a black face, he didn't know what was going on, and hurriedly greeted him, and was just about to greet Xiao Ruxun when he pushed him away, Xiao Ruxun went straight to the place where the winter clothes were stored, picked up a set of winter clothes and weighed them, his face was even darker, and when he tore it hard, a thin layer of cotton and some reed wool fillers were scattered.

"Is this the only amount of cotton for winter clothes in the army?"

Xiao Ruxun pointed to the small amount of cotton scattered on the ground and looked at the quartermaster coldly, and the quartermaster immediately knelt down: "The villain should die!" Damn the villain! But Admiral, this, this has been the case all these years! Although the imperial court has a ration, the winter clothes issued are never in full amount, and eighty percent is considered good! Villain...... The villain is also helpless! ”

Xiao Ruxun looked at the broken winter coat, as if he could see the Ming Dynasty that was about to be hollowed out through the winter coat.

The outside is strong and the middle is enough to describe the Ming Dynasty at this time, right?

Who hollowed out the Ming Dynasty? Who left the Ming Dynasty without money? Who let the peasants of the Ming Dynasty not have enough to eat? Who made the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty unable to wear thick cotton clothes? Who made the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty not use a good bird gun?

"Get up, I won't kill you, do what you have to do, and in addition, issue another set of winter clothes to the Southern Barracks, now immediately!"

Xiao Ruxun turned around and left, leaving the quartermaster who was about to die on his knees in fear.

War is about to start, and this kind of system problem cannot be solved by a military general outside the system, at least not now, but one day, when I have the power of life and death, I will make each of you pay the price.

Xiao Ruxun gritted his teeth and looked to the west, and then cast a cold gaze on the Japanese on the east bank of the Imjin River.

On the evening of November 27, Xiao Ruxun received an urgent secret report from Jinyiwei, and a Jinyiwei Xiaoqi took advantage of the night to send it and told Xiao Ruxun that it was His Majesty's handwriting.

Xiao Ruxun hurriedly took it and opened it, only to see a small note, which said that Qing Zhi's loyalty and I also knew, but the resistance to the DPRK was too great, the sailors spent more to fight, and the treasury could not afford it, I don't know if there are other strategies.

After reading it, Xiao Ruxun knew that the civil official group was blackmailing the emperor to use the money from the inner treasury to fill the country, and while feeling helpless, he decided to sacrifice his own killer moves-Sado Island and Iwami Ginzan.

These two places are basically world-famous, Sado is famous for gold, Shimane Prefecture, where Iwami Ginzan is located, is naturally the most famous for silver, and most of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's military expenditure for attacking Korea comes from Iwami Ginzan, because this silver mountain can almost reach an annual output of one million taels of silver, Toyotomi Hideyoshi has the confidence to declare war on Korea.

And Sado Gold Mountain is not famous at this time, it is said that it will not be discovered that there is a large-scale gold mine until almost ten years later, and now there is a little silver mine, but the annual output of 400 kilograms of gold is not a small amount, not to mention that the mining time is so long, it takes hundreds of years to dry up, which is not a fatal temptation for the Wanli Emperor who wants to go crazy for money?

Defeat Japan, force them to cede Sado Island and Shimane as colonies of the Ming Dynasty, on the one hand, garrison troops to deter Japan, on the other hand, mining gold and silver mines, with external incentives to ensure the Ming Dynasty's maritime navigation ability, to ensure the Ming Dynasty's vigorous maritime transportation capacity, for the future to reach out to lay the foundation for further places.

Aren't civil servants fond of saying that there is no interest in fighting these small countries? Lao Tzu will show you the interests now, as long as there are enough interests, what reason will these bastards use to prevent the sailors from sending troops? Do you need one million taels of silver and eight thousand taels of gold a year for the military expenses of the sailors? Not to mention the manpower and material resources mobilized by the Ming Dynasty, maybe more can be mined, and the emperor's pockets can bulge in an instant.

The emperor paid money to support the naval army's attack, and the defeat was naturally the emperor's, so are the gentlemen who occupy the peak of morality embarrassed to grab food with the emperor? Do you believe it or not, Zhu Yijun came down with a big board to greet you?

Xiao Ruxun asked the brocade guard Xiaoqi to wait for a while, and then wrote down about the gold and silver production and mineral deposits of Sado Gold Mountain and Iwami Silver Mountain, Xiao Ruxun believed that this could not be moved by the emperor.

"Please hand it over to Your Majesty as soon as possible, it must be opened and read by Your Majesty himself, and the rest of you are not allowed to read it, this is the top secret."

Xiao Ruxun handed this information to Jinyi Wei Xiaoqi very seriously, and the Xiaoqi nodded, and soon disappeared into the night.

Not long after Xiaoqi left, Xiao Ruxun received a report from the guards, saying that the Imjin River had begun to freeze, the water had stopped flowing, and a thin layer of ice had formed.

That night, the artillery battalion dispatched 200 guns to build an artillery position here, and then transferred 3,000 sword and shield men, and 1,000 crossbowmen and 1,000 gunmen to prepare for battle.

In order to prevent the Japanese from shooting on the ice and making it impossible for him to pass through the river, Xiao Ruxun planned to strike preemptively, use artillery to sweep the Japanese invaders on the other side, and then lead the army to cross the river unharmed.

The general person in charge of guarding the defense line of the Imjin River is Shimazu Yoshihiro, he still does not know the strength of the Ming army's artillery, and everyone who knows is dead, although some people fled back to explain that the army's artillery is powerful, but it is not enough to attract the attention of the central leadership of the Japanese army, Li Rusong is relying on cavalry and bravery to defeat them, they are naturally afraid of Li Rusong's cavalry, but others, they hold their own protection of the river, and the Ming army has no ferry, and cannot pass.

Xiao Ruxun was also depressed, Liu Chenglong worked hard to collect ferries and found more than 20 small sampans, the other ships were either destroyed in the previous combat effectiveness, or this time they were burned by the Japanese robbers, so you can't let the soldiers rely on these more than 20 small sampans, right? How long will it take to transport 40,000 troops?

The only way is to wait for the river to freeze and everyone to go up together.

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