"Although our Fang family is in Xuzhou, we have heard of such a big thing."

Zhu Yousong was worried about the country and the people, and said: "These two big floods have caused the people of Luoyang miserable, and now we don't have enough food in Henan Mansion, and we have to rely on your Fang family." ”

Fang Yingfan gritted his teeth and said, "Lord Wang, although our Fang family can't be compared with the palace, but it is quite rich, since the prince has spoken, I am willing to give 100,000 stone of rice." ”

Zhu Yousong was shocked, it seems that this old man is really rich. According to the price of grain, 100,000 stone is 200,000 taels of silver. But he didn't mean to let the Fang family pay for it, but he wanted them to do more important things, how could he ask someone for money first.

"You misunderstood, I don't want you to give food, but to cooperate with you."

Fang Yingfan was confused and wondered: "Cooperation? How to cooperate? ”

"My Menfu Wangfu purchased grain in Jiangnan, and your Fang family shipped it to Luoyang for me, in fact, as long as it has passed Kaifeng, it is fine, and there is no need to go to Luoyang. Out of Kaifeng, it's my territory.

As for the price, you just follow the price on the market, I am not short of money, as long as I send me grain, I will not be able to treat our own people. Zhu Yousong squeezed his eyebrows and tried his best to mislead Fang Yingfan and make him believe that he was his good son-in-law.

Fang Yingfan was a businessman after all, so he quickly weighed it in his heart, and after thinking about it for a while, he came to a conclusion. This deal can be done and must be done. Now they have nothing to do with the palace, and their whole family doesn't plan to go out of Luoyang, at most they will send a child to the Xuzhou area, watch the industry, and it will be convenient for them to escape alone when things are not good.

"Good! Don't worry, don't dare to say anything else, our Fang family can still rely on transportation for this kind of thing. ”

Zhu Yousong, who was in a good mood, held a banquet to entertain the Fang family who arrived one after another, because his two big territories were finally connected. After the Fang family's family arrived, they also bought a house and land in Luoyang with great interest, looking at it, they planned to live for a long time.

Luoyang was originally a prosperous area extending in all directions and the center of the world, but after these tosses, people's livelihood withered. Most of the merchants who come and go detour to Kaifeng, after all, whether it is Shaanxi or Luoyang, it is not a peaceful place. Just in time for the recruitment of soldiers, Ma Shiying came to report to Zhu Yousong with the results from all over the place, and said this matter casually.

Zhu Yousong looked at the roster in his hand, the dense names and places of origin, and the thick stacks of books piled up there, thinking about it in his heart.

"It's okay, special treatment in special periods, let's treat Henan Mansion as a military town now. 100,000 soldiers and horses, it is easy to say, but it is not easy to raise. Moreover, Taizu's set of methods of tuntian is obviously out of date. Our soldiers not only cannot go to farm, but also have to train every day, otherwise they will be useless if they fall on the battlefield in the future. Speaking of this, Zhu Yousong said happily: "Fortunately, I have the two gods of wealth of the Zou family, without the constraints of pirates, they are on the southeast coast, and the money they make every day is scary." Otherwise, even the Fuwang Mansion can't afford to raise so many soldiers. ”

Ma Shiying has never been to Quanzhou, Taiwan. But shipping was lucrative, and he knew about it in the imperial court, and when he heard it, he said: "This is all the foresight and foresight of the prince." ”

Zhu Yousong said secretly, this is all told to me by history books, and I belong to standing on the shoulders of truth. Because these things have been tested in practice, and they can never go wrong.

This kind of thing is easy to say, but in fact it is very knowledgeable. A good general can gallop with elite soldiers and be invincible. But it may not be able to train a hundred battle elites. Similarly, a general who is good at training troops may not be able to judge the situation and strategize when he fights. Of course, there are all-rounders like Qi Jiguang and Yue Fei, but Zhu Yousong obviously doesn't hope that his subordinates are all such talents.

The candidates for military training are very simple, and anyone who passes the exam has a chance. Those in the army who think they have talent in this area can sign up on their own, first write down their own theories, and then select some of them and assign them to a battalion of men and horses to train separately to see the after-effects.

When the news came out, there was jubilation in the army, and I had never heard of the literati exams that bit the pen, but I didn't expect that the generals would also have a chance. For a while, the officers at the bottom enthusiastically signed up, and after the literary examination, Zhu Yousong selected dozens of people who looked quite reasonable. Let them participate in the next stage of assessment, this is a real recruit camp, they are all newly recruited, and they are assigned a thousand people, half a month to train.

Zhu Yousong selected several generals he trusted, Zhao Hong, Cao Wenzhao and others, as examiners for this exam. After all, the quality of the soldiers trained cannot escape the eyes of these two generals who have commanded the army for many years.

Zhu Yousong personally awarded them the temporary order flag, and as long as the flag was not withdrawn, they were the absolute leader of these thousand people.

Zhao Hong nodded with satisfaction and said: "Lord Wang, this is a good idea, you must know that there is a dragon and a crouching tiger in the army, and I think eighty percent can select a few reliable people." Recruits have always been the most difficult to train, because they have no experience and means to train soldiers. As long as they have the talent in this area, the practice will be much smoother. ”

"That's right, our Luoyang is now like a military town, everything can be improvised, but our soldiers and horses can't make do with their combat effectiveness. Otherwise, it is self-destructive. ”

Zhao Hongshen nodded approvingly, but he quickly said optimistically: "Don't worry, Lord Wang, in my opinion, our soldiers in Luoyang are slightly inferior to the soldiers and horses in Liaodong and the soldiers of the Tartars outside Shanhaiguan. However, compared with the government soldiers of the neighboring provinces, they have already outnumbered them too much, and if the imperial court comes to conquer again, they will definitely be able to defeat them and flee. ”

Zhu Yousong sighed lightly and said: "We still have to take a long-term view, if we have the idea of a corner of peace, Luoyang is not a good place." ”

Cao Wenzhao and Zhao Hong, one left and one right, heard the words and stepped forward and said: "Lord Wang, I have seen your remarks several times, and I expect that Jiannu will be able to break through and enter. But according to what the last general has seen in Liaodong over the years, in fact, it is very difficult for Jiannu to break through and enter. Those gentry and soldiers in Liaodong really worked hard to guard their hometowns. Moreover, there is also the support of the imperial court from the treasury, there are food and soldiers, and the combat strength of the soldiers is not inferior to Jiannu. I think it is not difficult for Liaodong to defend the territory. ”

Zhu Yousong rubbed the handle of the chair with exquisite carvings in his palm, and said in a chattering voice: "I'm afraid that Huang Taiji will come around from Mongolia and come to the city of Beijing." ”