In the Ming Dynasty, the proportion of regular taxes was extremely low, and the number of conscriptions, miscellaneous items, and additional assignments varied, and they were not the same in each period, and the key was to see how the officials ruled. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Compared with ordinary people, scholars and doctors enjoy preferential exemptions, and they are officials and gentry at home, so they are very little affected. The gentry on the border and along the coast were heavily involved in foreign trade, especially the latter, and duty-free and smuggling allowed them to hoard vast amounts of wealth. These wealth, in addition to satisfying the extravagant life, through bribery, bribery and a series of means to ensure the maximization of benefits, the rest is often buried in the cellar, the private circulation, and the court holds very little money.

Bank, Chen Wen had a plan for a long time, but the capital was too small before, and it was too much to play finance with the gentry who controlled the vast majority of the people's silver reserves.

Without him, you will hurt people with this, and no matter how much you have the means, you may not be able to do anything. It is unrealistic to expect that the Confucian scholar class is mentally handicapped, they are very smart, and the traverser can play, and it will not take long for them to figure out the doorway, so as to achieve the goal of maximizing benefits with more abundant capital. As for their consciousness, Chen Wen only thought of two words when he mentioned this matter-hehe.

Nowadays, Chen Wen has long been different from what he used to be, holding the territory of the two provinces, with tens of thousands of troops under his command, hundreds of thousands of military households, and more and more. Although the time for these military households to come out of abject poverty is still relatively short, with this base, especially the strong deterrent power of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies as an endorsement, they have come up with some financial means to accelerate the recovery of people's livelihood and the expansion of military strength, and there is already a certain foundation.

The central bank is ready to come to power, and there are official properties in many places in the areas occupied by the Ming army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Zhejiang, and it is enough to hand over them directly, and the key is the training of personnel, which takes time. However, you can consider digging some talents from private ticket numbers, which is not a difficult thing, and even many ticket number owners are willing to help Chen Wen, even if it is just to get acquainted.

Preparation takes time, and Chen Wen is not in a hurry to return to Jiangxi. On the one hand, Jiangxi has been eaten into the mouth of the Ming army of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and digestion has gradually been absorbed by the Ming army of Jiangsu and Zhejiang with the gastrointestinal peristalsis such as the implementation of administrative orders. On the one hand, Jiangxi is really fine, the surrounding forces have not moved for the time being, those who have been constrained are still constrained, and those who have just changed their doors also need time to reintegrate the internal and external environment; On the other hand, Chen Wen also has other things to do.

The army is expanding by a large margin, and there is a huge shortage of weapons and equipment, so Chen Wen rushed to the workshop of the Military Industry Department after arranging these urgent government affairs.

Entering the workshop of the Military Industry Division, the craftsmen stopped their work one after another and rushed to express their gratitude to Chen Wen. Such a warm scene has never been seen before, even if Chen Wen gave them a salary increase, adjusted the salary structure, and effectively increased their income, it is not as it is today.

The artisans were grateful that Chen Wen had exempted them from their status as artisans and classified them into the private households. In this way, even if these craftsmen have signed a long-term contract for decades, they are still very different from the status of untouchables such as craftsmen for generations, and the improvement of status still makes them grateful for Chen Wen's good governance.

After turning around, especially after taking a general look at the expanded workshop, Chen Wen came to Xu Yi's office to listen to the report.

In the past few months, while continuing to excavate and expand production capacity, the Military Industry Department has been working at full speed to manufacture weapons in order to keep up with the progress of the army expansion.

In terms of armor, Chen Wen has decided not to continue to produce cotton armor and invest the spare capacity in other aspects. The production of the armor has the existence of a hydraulic forging hammer, and the creation of the armor leaf is extremely fast. According to Chen Wen's plan, the heavy infantry and cavalry will be equipped with a full set of armor, and the firearms team and other units will be equipped with half-body armor, and the preliminary deployment of the battle barracks will be completed in April or May next year.

As for helmets and visors, the production speed is even more amazing, and it is estimated that it will not be able to complete the assembly at that time, and then start equipping the local garrison.

In terms of weapons, the bird guns have been eliminated from the barracks as early as last year, and the equipment in the army is basically all Lu Mi guns, and the turtle dove foot guns are slower to reload because they are heavy arquebuses.

Others, such as cold weapons and artillery, are being produced at different speeds, but the production of grenades has accelerated dramatically with a technological innovation.

The application of knowledge, the accumulation of experience, the use of machinery, and the effective mobilization of the enthusiasm and creativity of craftsmen, the Department of Military Industry has begun to gradually build the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies into steel heroes armed to the teeth.

Chen Wen listened to these reports and was quite satisfied with the production speed, but with the start of Jiangxi, a raw material production area, whether to build another workshop nearby has become a question that needs to be considered.

"It is better to set up a branch factory in Jiangxi to facilitate the transportation of raw materials than to transport the weapons produced from Jiangxi to Jinhua for production, and it is more efficient to transport the weapons produced back to equip the troops. But the king, there are also problems, such as management, such as training craftsmen, such as the initial investment in the construction of the branch, there are still many problems, and the lower officials think that they should still focus on completing the production task. ”

Today's military industry workshops rely mainly on the rough processing of hydraulic machinery, followed by craftsmen for finishing and assembly. There are also more traditional methods of manufacturing, and then the next steps are completed by hydraulic machinery, such as artillery.

The use of hydraulic machinery has greatly increased the production capacity, but if you want to establish a branch, you must also choose those places where you can effectively use hydraulic resources and rely on the hydraulic machinery produced by Jinhua to build a workshop. However, in this way, it will inevitably occupy more production capacity and affect the creation of weapons and equipment.

Hearing this, Chen Wen nodded and said: "The motion to establish a branch factory has been put on hold for the time being, and the army will be completely armed first, the existence of those gaps is a matter of human life, and it is really not appropriate to move lightly now." ”

Always surrounded by the Qing army in several aspects, the civil and military officials of the Ming army in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Zhejiang have a great sense of distress, and the priority army needs is already a fixed thinking, and now is not the time to put the horse in Nanshan and turn the sword into a plow, and the faster equipment of the troops is likely to mean the level of casualties on the battlefield, which cannot be ignored.

Speaking of this, Chen Wen suddenly remembered something, which he had arranged when he was in Jiangxi before, and the difficulty was not very high, and it should be developed now.

"Back to the king's words, according to your request, the Department of Military Industry has already manufactured it."

Xu Yi took out a box like a monkey offering a treasure, and there was a modified firearm and something that Chen Wen wanted.

After looking at the two separate objects, Chen Wen skillfully mounted the thing on the firecracker, then held the body with his left hand, held it near the trigger with his right hand, straightened his left arm and bent his right arm, and took a pose to remove the thing again.

"That's what I want, how fast is the production?"

"If you go back to the king, there is no great technical difficulty in this thing, and it can be produced quickly. It's ......" Speaking of this, Xu Yi shook his head with a wry smile. "It just needs to be renovated, or it can't be installed at all. As you know, now the Military Industry Department is already working three shifts, and the people and machinery are not stopping, and it is really difficult to ensure the production of this thing and the transformation of the firecracker. ”

This is indeed a problem, Chen Wen did not embarrass Xu Yi, anyway, he can't use it for the time being, there is no need to squeeze the production capacity of other weapons and equipment.

Next, Xu Yi brought another box, and in the box was a short-barreled handcuff, which contained a flintlock bolt. Suifa handcuffs, this kind of thing Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies are not absent, but they are not common, because they cannot be used as the main weapon in battle. But this flintlock handcuff looks a little different.

"This is, the switch?"

The Qingdian gun is another masterpiece of Zhao Shizhen, a firearms expert in the late Ming Dynasty who made the Lu Mi gun, which absorbed the ideas of the Lu Mi gun and the Franc machine gun, and used the rear gun to increase the rate of fire. The so-called word "lightning" is the word "lightning speed", which describes the speed of fire of this weapon.

However, while inheriting the advantages of the Franc cannon's amazing rate of fire, the Flame Gun also inherited its disadvantages, that is, the poor airtightness led to a shorter firing range and poor usability. At this time, Xu Yi turned it into a handcuff-like weapon, and this idea instantly ignited Chen Wen's thinking.

"This thing is very good, the production doesn't matter, it doesn't need too much, but it must be as carefully crafted as possible, and ensuring the effectiveness of the weapon is the first priority."

Xu Yi is very happy to get Chen Wen's approval, these years the Department of Military Industry has mainly followed Chen Wen's guidance to develop weapons, this time the "self-assertion" or independent research and development has been recognized, even if it does not require too much production, it is enough to prove the necessity of independent research and development.

The inspection of the workshop of the Military Industry Department was carried out for most of the day, Chen Wen felt that there was nothing to inspect, so he was about to leave for home, but Xu Yi suddenly remembered something and asked Chen Wen: "Wang, now the hydraulic machinery of the Military Industry Division Workshop is being built more and more, but after the completion of this installation task, if a new factory is built, there may be a problem of excess capacity." ”

"Overcapacity?"

There is no need to complete the Zheng family's order now, the workshop of the Military Industry Department only needs to deal with the use and wear and tear of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Ming armies' own weapons, and it seems that this is indeed the case. But this word suddenly entered his ears, and Chen Wen actually felt stunned.

"If there is a surplus problem, we will build agricultural tools and produce other objects, and if we can't do it, we will divide some of the military to civilian use. The future of machinery is not just as simple as building weapons. ”

In the following days, Chen Wen spent a few days on duty during the day and went home at night to accompany Zhou Yueying, who was about to give birth, but within a few days, he had to set off, which was an established thing, and it was not appropriate to delay it any longer. On the way, in addition to the guards, three carriages accompanied them. Two of them are the father and daughter of the Zhou family's house, and the other is Wang Yi's daughter.

Zhou's family wants to return to their hometown, and walking with Chen Wen is also to get closer to each other, and the little girl on the road is also very interesting, and some naïve and stupid questions pop up from time to time, which can always make Chen Wen smile. In contrast, Wang Yi's daughter is unsmiling in front of people, behaves dignifiedly, and knows that she is Wang Yi's daughter at a glance, and only when she looks at Chen Wen will she be grateful.

"Wang Jingluo has the grace of knowing me, this is what I should do."

Wang Yi's head is still in the custody of Lu Yuding, and Chen Wen also caught Wang Sheng, the murderer who caused Wang Yi to be captured and killed.

The location, Wang Yi's daughter was chosen in Yin County, and it is also a comfort to be able to be buried in the same place with like-minded friends such as Feng Jingdi and Dong Zhining.

The speed was accelerated along the way, and Chen Wen and his entourage finally arrived at the capital city of Ningbo the day before the scheduled time. On the second day, on the bank of Magong Bridge in the north of Yinxian County, where the tomb of Sanzhong was located in later generations, the head of Wang Yi, the body of Dong Zhining and the arm of Feng Jingdi were buried on the same day.

In terms of ceremonies, the prefect of Ningbo and the prefect of Yinxian County have already been prepared, and even the gentry, elders, and officials who should be invited are also in place, and the people of Yinxian County are even more empty, in order to see with their own eyes the righteous deeds and grand occasion of the funeral of Zhongliang.

Chen Wen recited the sacrificial text written by Huang Zongxi himself to the people of a city under the stage on the altar, and after the sacrificial text was recited, Chen Wen shouted, and a few wrestlers selected from the soldiers put Wang Sheng on the pedestal.

"In the fourth year of Yongli, on the shore of Siming Lake, the rebellious king ascended to the battlefield and defected, tens of thousands of kings in Siming Mountain were wiped out, and Wang Jingluo was captured. In the same month, Feng Shilang, who was seriously ill, was betrayed to death by this traitor. In the second year, on the eve of the Battle of Zhoushan, the Tatars persuaded hard for a year, but they were cunning but never changed Wang Jinglue's loyalty, and finally killed Wang Jingliu in Dinghai in a frenzy, and it was this beast that did it. ”

"Today, I, Chen Wen, will use this thief to pay tribute to Wang Jinglue's spirit in the sky."

The execution began, and this time, it was no longer Ling Chi. On the one hand, Wang Sheng has been captured for several months, and after removing his jaw and hanging with rice soup for several months, he has almost lost his stomach tube, and he can't last long; On the other hand, in the past few months, the torture has been carried out one by one, and there is no need to do anything more.

At this moment, Wang Yi's daughter stood up, walked up to the altar, drew a sharp blade, and stabbed Wang Sheng's heart with a single sword.

The blood, splashed with the snow-white filial piety clothes, and even a few drops inevitably fell on the girl's little face. In the eyes of extreme hatred, Wang Sheng, who had already been tortured and had godless eyes, vomited two mouthfuls of blood, and lowered his head.

"May future generations remember that those who betray China will die!"