"The elder of Min Ge has sent Ba Dengding back to Mubang to contact the old department, and there are other details to provoke the resistance of the local forces in Dongwu, but the king of Ta Long has a heavy army, although he can stop him, he will be suppressed by him in the end."

It can be heard from King Tang's words that they are already trying their best to prepare, but there is still not enough time.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen replied: "In this case, the Governor Zhu Xieyuan's troops are nearing the end of the pacification of the Northwest Rebellion, and I can order him to send some elites to Yunnan to participate in the Battle of Dongwu. However, the cost of the army's promotion and related expenses still need to be provided, how? ”

When the king of Tang heard this, he was overjoyed, accumulated hundreds of years of property, and the income from the sale of land in the future, it can be said that the most important thing he lacked at the moment was money. Therefore, King Tang immediately replied without hesitation: "The minister is willing, thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

He could feel that the emperor really wanted to let him go down.

He didn't know that Zhu Xieyuan was always crying poor, and even hit the idea to the branch of Daming Construction Bank there. At present, the imperial court has no money to allocate it for the time being. But the king of Tang has money, so he went back to Zhu Xieyuan and secretly explained that he sent an army that was good at fighting in the mountains and rainforests to the king of Tang, and the military expenses requested, including the cost of the troops sent and the funds required by Zhu Xieyuan, as for how much they could get from the king of Tang, they would talk about it themselves.

Emperor Chongzhen thought so, so he chatted with Tang Wang in private: "In addition, the Jingshi side has developed a new type of firearm, called the flintlock pistol, which is no longer lit with a fire rope, and is not afraid of wind and rain, which has many advantages. The use of such firearms to train the army is, firstly, not very demanding on the physical fitness of the soldiers, and secondly, it can become an elite division in half a year. At present, the Mongol tribes of Oirat have proposed to me to purchase at a high price. But I thought that Qing might need it more, so I asked Qing if he needed it, I could give priority to Yu Qing at a low price, after all, there was a difference between intimacy and intimacy. How is it? ”

What the Tang King lacked was time. If the firearms army can train ordinary people into elite divisions in a short period of time, it will really be sleepy and meet a pillow. However, based on the old practice of firearms used by the Ming army in the past, he still hesitated for a moment and said: "Since Your Majesty said so, this flintlock pistol must be very good. I want to ask, what is the probability of this flintlock pistol exploding? ”

As soon as he heard this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help shaking his head, and replied: "I have rectified the Ordnance Bureau and the War Bureau, strictly controlled, and the firearms that come out, whether they are flintlock pistols or artillery, are the strictest controls, and if they are operated according to the norms, there is no possibility of exploding!" ”

After a pause, he added: "The Oirat Mongol envoys participated in the training of the new army, and personally experienced the sophistication and power of these firearms, so they offered me a high price for them. ”

King Tang was rich anyway, and when he heard it, he weighed it a little in his heart, and felt that the emperor didn't need to lie to him, so he replied that he would buy a batch.

Hey, hey, another arms business deal! Emperor Chongzhen thought in his heart, so he said: "Now that this batch of new troops has just finished training, I was originally going to send them to Haizhou, Liaodong, to prepare to fight against Jianyu. However, since Qing wanted to use flintlock pistols, then it would be good, and I selected 500 new army flintlock musketeers who could adapt to the southern climate to go to Yunnan as instructors and backbone of Qing to train firearms troops. In this way, the army of the Qing can complete the training as soon as possible, how about it? ”

"I am grateful for Your Majesty's grace!" When Tang Wang heard this, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly responded, and decided to kill this matter!

Emperor Chongzhen looked at this private chat and smiled in his heart. On the Mongolian side of Oirat, cattle and sheep were traded, but because it was too far away, for the arms deal to be finalized, not only had to obtain the consent of Gushi Khan and other rulers, but also negotiated with each other to finalize it, it would take at least a year.

But the Tang King of Yunnan is different, and now this matter can be arranged as soon as the decision is made, and it will take less than a month for the Tang King's property to reach Beijing. In this way, funds will be available for the continued training of the new army.

Emperor Chongzhen thought about this, and couldn't help but sigh a little, after all, it is the best arms business!

So, he quit the chat group, and invited the head of the household department to be strict and tell him about it, which solved his worries; Then he called Bi Maokang, director of the Ordnance Bureau, and also revealed the matter of Tang Wang, asking him to further optimize the production process, if necessary, although the steam engine produced by the Military War Bureau is still being improved, but regardless of power consumption, it can also be used to provide necessary and stable power. Of course, he also had to inform Shoufu Wen Tiren of this.

After all this, the day passed again.

When he was about to sleep, Emperor Chongzhen went to the chat group to see if there were any messages.

In the chat group, as always, the most topics are talking about things that are contrary to the law, after all, this matter affects almost everyone in the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Chongzhen flipped a few screens, then did not continue, and was about to quit to sleep when he suddenly received a private chat, which was sent by Wang Chengen, the governor of Dongchang: "Your Majesty, the slaves and maids have found some Husi wealthy merchants, most of whom are transported to the coast, and then sold overseas privately. ”

In the past, the Ming Dynasty was forbidden to the sea. However, it is not surprising that these wealthy businessmen in Fujian and Guangdong have been buying a large number of lake silk for smuggling. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen was not surprised by this news. But when he had time to say anything, he saw Wang Chengen send another private chat with emotion, saying that this business was really profitable, and then elaborated on the reasons for the huge profits, saying that after the acquisition of Husi, he used more meritorious people to avoid taxes along the way, and then sold to the sea, which can get about three times the profit......

Seeing these private chats in the back, Emperor Chongzhen's heart moved, and he replied to Wang Chengen: "Keep an eye on those Fujian and Guangdong wealthy businessmen, if they smuggle again, report to me and ask for guilt." ”

To tell the truth, he really wants these wealthy businessmen to continue to do the smuggling business and not pay taxes to the government, so that they are fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered!

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the slaves and maids have found that smuggling is prevalent in Fujian and Guangdong, not only these wealthy businessmen, but even ordinary people. The slave can promise that they will continue to do that illegal thing! ”

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen frowned instead. Wang Chengen's words reminded him that although the sea was opened, if Sun Chuanting's side strictly collected taxes, it would definitely allow this large-scale smuggling to continue to prevail, so there must be enough sailors to patrol the coast!

But now along the coast of Fujian and Guangdong, there are still a lot of pirates such as Xu Xiang, and on the side of the government, there is only Zheng Zhilong, a main sailor, if this sailor is scattered to investigate smuggling, the power will be scattered, but it will be conducive to those sea thieves, which is not good!