The reason why Chen Di mentioned to Yan Song about Lu Bing's connection with the provincial guards was to let Yan Song understand that without him, the governor of the army, you Yan Shoufu's position would not be stable!

Yan Song asked worriedly: "Di'er, if the Weisuo Army of the two capitals and thirteen provinces really enters the Beijing 'King of Qin' under Lu Bing's rhetoric, will the Flying Tiger Army be able to stop it?" ”

Chen Di smiled: "Father-in-law doesn't have to worry! The guards in the provinces are just a bunch of wine bags and rice bags in my eyes! The combat power of the Flying Tiger Army is known to the world! I'd like to see who dares to be the first bird! ”

Yan Song nodded: "With Di'er, your Flying Tiger Army, my first auxiliary waist pole is much harder!" ”

Chen Di's words changed: "Well, then again, no matter how strong the Flying Tiger Army is, it is only more than a thousand people." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Although the Franco mercenaries can help us for a while, they can't help us for a lifetime! After all, it is a foreigner, and its heart will be different。。。。。 ”

Yan Song is such a smart person: "Di'er, do you mean to expand the Flying Tiger Army?" ”

Chen Di said: "Exactly! To expand the Flying Tiger Army, you need silver。。。。。 ”

Yan Song said worriedly: "Alas, silver? Silver is needed for everything right now. The Datong area of Xuanfu had just suffered from the Tatar military disaster and needed money to rebuild the people. Zhejiang has just suffered from the scourge of the Japanese and needs money to rebuild the people. Henan is suffering from drought this year and needs silver. Huguang has a poor harvest this year, and it also needs silver。。。。。 Silver is needed everywhere, but the treasury is not able to make ends meet! ”

Chen Di said: "But at present, the provincial guards are eyeing us, although the Tatars have reached a peace agreement with us, it is inevitable that they will not enter the army again after two years!" All of this requires a strong army to defend itself! ”

Yan Song thought for a while, and finally made up his mind: "Okay!" Di'er, you want to expand the army, for the father's full support! It is to squeeze out the military salary needed to expand the army from between the teeth of the hundreds of officials in the capital! ”

Chen Di said: "The matter of the silver is entrusted to the father-in-law!" ”

Yan Song said: "We don't have to be polite between father and son!" ”

The Taicang Treasury of the Ministry of Household is empty. In order to raise the military salary needed for Chen Di to expand the army, Yan Song also made a bloody investment! He actually ordered the opening of the inner carrier warehouse as the head of the cabinet! You know, the inner carrier warehouse of the Ming Dynasty is, to put it bluntly, the emperor's private warehouse! Touching the emperor's private money is a big sin to lose his head in the past!

It's a pity that now Emperor Jiajing is under house arrest by Chen Di, even if he wants to cure Yan Song's crimes, he can't do it.

Chen Di took the five hundred Flying Tiger Army and Zhang Juzheng, the left attendant of the household department, to the front of the inner carrier.

The person in charge of the inner transport warehouse is the eunuch who holds the seal of the celebrant and seals. So Lu Fang was also present.

Lu Fang reluctantly opened the door of the inner warehouse, and the soldiers of the Flying Tiger Army began to transport silver out.

Lu Fang took the account book and said to Chen Di: "Governor Dadu, there are eight million taels of silver in the inner transport warehouse, this is the account book, please take a look!" ”

"What? Eight million taels? Chen Di was shocked.

It is recorded in the history books of later generations that Emperor Jiajing was an out-and-out emperor who was a fan of wealth. His biggest hobby is two, one is to cultivate immortals, and the other is to lead a group of little eunuchs in the Yongshou Palace to calculate the annual income of the inner treasury!

Chen Di never expected that the silver that Emperor Jiajing had amassed in his private treasury would reach a huge amount of eight million taels! Emperor Jiajing's private treasury is in stark contrast to the empty treasury!

With such an emperor who thinks he is greedy for money and good goods, how can the national strength of the Ming Dynasty not be weak?

Chen Di said to Zhang Juzheng: "In the future, the internal carrier warehouse will be under the control of the household department. ”

Zhang Juzheng arched his hand and said: "Yes!" ”

Lu Fang said to Chen Di with an angry face: "Metropolitan Governor, the internal carrier warehouse is the emperor's private treasury!" It has been a hundred years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and it has always been this rule! Belonging to the household department is against the Ming system! ”

Chen Di smiled: "Father-in-law Lu, the emperor is rich all over the world. Isn't the money of the household department his money? In this case, what is the distinction between the inner treasury and the national treasury? ”

Lu Fang lowered his voice and said: "Governor, the money in this internal transportation treasury is, to put it bluntly, the emperor's private money!" You're robbing the emperor's private money! ”

Chen Di shook his head: "Gonggong Lu is wrong! As I just said, the emperor is rich all over the world! The wealth of the world is the private wealth of the emperor! Now that the court needs silver, I believe that the emperor will agree to my approach for the sake of the common people in the world! ”

Lu Fang secretly said, you are now under house arrest for the emperor, what if the emperor doesn't agree?

Lu Fang said: "That's it! What does the Metropolitan Governor say, what is it! ”

Eight million taels of silver, Chen Di took out four million taels of silver for military expansion. The other four million taels were given to the household.

With the military salary, if you want to expand the Flying Tiger Army, you must have enough ordnance!

Chen Di went to the military department to find Style Sun.

"How is the Tiger Weapon and the Leech Mechanism Crossbow being manufactured?" Chen Di asked Style Sun.

Shi Sun replied: "The brothers of the construction office have been working day and night, and now they have built more than 1,000 tiger poles and more than 1,000 crossbows. ”

Chen Di said with satisfaction: "Old Sun has worked hard! ”

Style Sun replied: "Alas, it is a pity that the craftsmen who can be used are always limited! ”

Chen Di said: "The craftsmen are limited, just recruit again!" ”

Style Sun shook his head: "There are too many people!" A new craftsman, if he is talented, needs several months to become proficient. If the talent is low, it will take a few years. The old man divided the craftsmen of the office into two groups, one group of skilled craftsmen made tiger power guns and leech crossbows, and the other group of newcomers were responsible for making paper shells and grenades. ”

Chen Di said: "I still say that! The affairs of the office, Mr. Sun, you look at it! If you want money, just talk to me! In this way, I set a goal for Sun Lao, within half a year, to produce another 8,000 Tiger Guns and 8,000 Leech Organ Crossbows, how about it? ”

Style Sun stiffened his head and said, "Eight thousand tiger power guns, eight thousand leech crossbows? This..... Okay, if you fight for your old life, you will definitely strive to fulfill the entrustment of the Grand Governor! ”

There must be a brave man under the heavy reward, Chen Di is well versed in this principle: "In addition, Sun Lao, I have already greeted the officials and promoted you, the head of the craftsman, to the head of the manufacturing office!" The skilled craftsmen of the office will be paid an additional 10 taels per month! The monthly salary of general craftsmen is an additional five taels! ”

Style Sun has no fame, and he can only be a craftsman for the rest of his life. Now that Chen Di has promoted him to the head of the military department of the sixth grade, how can he not be grateful to Dade?

Style Sun arched his hand and said: "The old man has thanked the Metropolitan Governor!" ”

Chen Di said: "You don't need to thank me, this is what Sun Lao deserves!" Who said that a craftsman can't be an official for the rest of his life? If the Ming Dynasty wants to raise its prestige to foreign countries, it needs a strong army. A mighty army needs a huge amount of new ordnance to back it up! Sun Lao's responsibility is heavier than Mount Tai! Well done, don't say it's the main thing, even the left and right servants of the military department can do it! ”