Military expenditures are already at the end of the day, and they will not be able to make ends meet, and in a few months, it will be difficult to maintain even the salaries of the soldiers, and the soldiers will not be left without pay for a day, and the morale of the army will inevitably be in great turmoil.

Wang Zheng was worried about this matter all day long, but there was no substantive solution, and after seeing Shi Bangyao, he looked surprised, came down to hold his hand, and suddenly turned around and asked:

"Why are you still shackled to my husband?"

Hearing the true meaning revealed in Wang Zheng's words, Shi Bangyao's expression was moved, and his words became much more respectful, and said:

"Hou Ye is angry, he is inviting himself, and it has nothing to do with Fan Dongjia and the soldiers."

"Mr. Shi, why is this?"

Wang Zheng's questioning seemed to remind Shi Bangyao of something very unacceptable, and he was silent for a long time before he slowly spoke:

"In the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, he entered Beijing to temporarily act as the imperial historian, and he didn't think about it for a few days, but he was imprisoned, which attracted ridicule from all over the world." Speaking of this, Shi Bangyao laughed self-deprecatingly a few times and continued:

"Master Hou, do you know why you are in prison?"

Wang Zheng looked puzzled and didn't know why, Shi Bangyao glanced at him carefully and said:

"At that time, I was amazed by the Qingping scene under the rule of the Hou Ye, and after entering Beijing, I said a few words to the emperor, but it didn't come to fruition, so it caused Your Majesty to be angry and sent me to prison directly."

Hearing this, Wang Zheng became awe-struck, bowed to Shi Bangyao, and said:

"Yushi speaks for Shandong, although he is ridiculed by the world, but he admires my king, and passes on the military order, and Mr. Shi will be the guest of honor in my Shandong military seat in the future!"

Shi Bangyao looked a little surprised, and hurriedly took a few steps forward to help Wang Zheng, and looked at it carefully from top to bottom, this is the sigh:

"Anton Hou is tormented, and now he is already guilty, how dare he ask for anything else."

Wang Zhengcai's words actually have some temptation and solicitation.

Shi Bangyao has received a traditional education since he was a child, although he is righteous and upright, but the idea of loyalty to the country in his mind cannot be changed overnight, and Wang Zheng needs him to completely change it.

Although Shi Bangyao politely refused Fang Cai's words, his attitude was not tough, which showed that his heart had been shaken, and Wang Zheng was not only not angry when he heard it, but seemed very happy.

"Please also ask Mr. Shi to mention one or two!"

Looking at Wang Zheng, who has a sincere attitude and does not have the slightest official arrogance, Shi Bangyao can't believe it at all, there are often people in the north and south who say that Wang Zheng in Shandong is a vicious wolf who eats people and does not spit out bones, fierce and vicious.

Shi Bangyao didn't believe it, he just wanted to come and have a look, and he didn't mean to be obedient, but now that he saw it, he was deeply admired.

After admiration, the original loyalty to the court seemed to be a little shaken.

"Hou Ye, Yunlong Mountain, Xuzhou, where there have been bandits gathering since the early years of this dynasty, and then pacified by the imperial court, Shi Mou has also heard some rumors when he was an official in other places, saying that there is a gold mine in this place, but it was abolished due to the collapse of the land in the Wanli period, Hou Ye may be able to send someone to investigate one or two, maybe it can also be used."

After saying this, Shi Bangyao seemed to feel a little reluctant, after all, only the imperial court has the right to mine mineral deposits, and it is already a big rebellion to suggest that Wang fight for a local military general.

Hearing this sentence in Wang Zheng's ears was like an empowerment, he felt that his eyes suddenly opened up, and he even slapped his thigh hard.

"Why didn't you think about the ore vein!?"

In the past, all I could think of was the trading of private salt and business travel and freight, although I have been doing my best, but with the big business, I am still a little powerless.

In the final analysis, it is the shady things such as illegal salt and mineral deposits that can best solve the problem.

Wang Zheng suddenly got up, laughed and said:

"After listening to Mr. Shi's words, Wang felt like a spring breeze, and his eyes were cheerful, which can be said to be a blue sky through the clouds!"

Seeing that Shi Bangyao was still wearing the costume of a prisoner, Wang Zheng raised his hand, and several soldiers walked in to remove these things one by one, and turned around and said:

"Come here, order Huang Yang, Dong Youyin, Deng Heizi, Gao Liang and the left and right military councils to come here to see Ben Hou as soon as possible."

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"Master Hou, my subordinates have already explored, what Shi Yushi said is good, there are still huge gold mines in Yunlong Mountain, Xuzhou, and there are gold and iron mines of different scales in Zhaoyuan, Dengzhou Prefecture, Yongcheng, Guide Mansion and other places."

About a stick of incense, the four generals and two members of the military council in the Shandong army came to the main hall, and after hearing this, the right army council Guan Qingtian seemed to have been prepared and took the lead in speaking.

The matter of mining various mineral veins, Wang Zheng had not thought about it in the past, but at that time, various conditions were not available, and until now he actually forgot all about it, if it wasn't for Shi Bangyao suddenly mentioning it, he would not have thought about it at all.

But the mining of gold mines and various veins, if they want to help Wang Zheng and the entire Shandong Army Group under his command, the amount cannot be small.

Just listing a few mining sites alone is far from meeting the requirements for alleviating the need to burn coal, and similarly, if you want to achieve such a scale of mining in a month, it will require a lot of manpower and material resources, and there will be no small resistance at that time.

The recent mining of these mineral deposits may only achieve an emergency effect, but Wang Zheng knows very well in his heart that these things will be of great use to him in the future.

Thinking of this, Wang Zheng cherished Shi Bangyao even more, such a good courtier, but Chongzhen didn't know how to reuse it, but exiled to the border because of a sentence, it's a pity.

Guan Qingtian continued:

"Master Hou, the current military expenses are urgent, and there is no room for a moment's delay, in the past, I needed a reputation to do things, but now I can't take care of that much!"

Fan Ruohai also arched his hand and said:

"Yes, Master Hou, we could have tossed those salt dealers, but it is not easy to extract the silver from these people, so it's time to think of other ways."

Now, although the Shandong army forcibly seized the land, set up a name, and constantly signed agreements with the wealthy households, and took away a large number of acres of land from them, but even so, forty percent of Shandong's acres of land are still concentrated in the hands of these landlords.

Of these forty percent, seventy percent of them are in the hands of the twenty or so largest landlords, and the remaining thirty percent are divided among other large wealthy families.

You can make an example of these wealthy families, but you must pay attention to proportion, Wang Zheng once had the idea of collecting taxes from them, and he also had the idea of collecting merchant Jia Lijin.

It's not impossible, it's just not right now.

No matter how unrelated these people are to each other and how they sweep themselves up, once they reach such a matter involving common interests, they can easily form an alliance with each other.

"Master Hou, the last general thinks that by now, my Shandong army doesn't have to worry about anything else!"

It was Huang Yang who came out of the ranks, he gave the military salute of the Shandong Army, and said with a solemn face:

"In the past, everyone was in a remote and poor place in Dengzhou, and their strength was weak, and even the slightly older thieves couldn't win, so they naturally had to walk on thin ice and be cautious, but now with such a situation, if you act like this, I am afraid that the world will look down on our Shandong soldiers!"

Huang Yang's words expressed the thoughts of most people in the Shandong army, we, the marshal, are good at everything, but we are too careful and thoughtful, and we will not make the slightest mistake.

This also caused the name of the Shandong Army, except for the fact that it can be known to the world after obtaining combat exploits, other aspects are always underestimated.

It's a little ridiculous to say, even Zuo Liangyu and other generals who have been defeated repeatedly haven't heard of any rats daring to offend their faces, but the Shandong Army, as the strongest army in the world, often has some young people who can't take the stage to provoke.

Although these people are very self-conscious, this also shows a truth.

In this era, no matter what your true strength is, as long as you retreat, you will be considered weak and bullied.

All the civil and military generals in the Shandong army, and even every ordinary infantry soldier, believe it in their hearts.

With Anton's strength and skill, as long as he lets go of his hands and does it, who can stop him?