Zeng Kaiyu said that it was not bad at all, the old dog, Hua Qimei and a Bai Hongru, just these three people, hiding in the dark to find him Liu Zheng's trouble, not only enough for him to drink one pot, it should be enough for him to drink several pots. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

It is precisely because of this that Luo Sigong said that he wanted to help kill the old dog, and Liu Zheng agreed without blinking his eyes.

In the past half a year, the territory in his hands has not expanded, firstly, because of the lack of troops in his hands, and secondly, the six doors have been secretly peeping, and from time to time they will give him a look, so that he is constrained.

There is really not much time left for him now, and now it is November, and the war on the Korean side will have a big victory in February next year, and then in July, Toyotomi Hideyoshi will kneel, and the Korean war will basically be a war of annihilation.

Wanli will gather troops to plan to engage Yang Yinglong at that time, but this is the original historical trajectory, now he has jumped out, and he is still in Shandong, this damn will immediately block the gun for Yang Yinglong, the Wanli Emperor will use the knife against him first, that is, before Toyotomi Hideyoshi kneels next year, he must have enough troops in his hands to resist the offensive of the imperial court elite in order to survive, Yang Yinglong has 140,000 troops, and in a bad environment like Banzhou, they were all annihilated by the imperial court elite in one fell swoop.

Shandong is mostly plains, there are no mountains and steep, and it is really not easy to defeat the last elite under Wanli's hands on the plains.

If you want to have soldiers, you have to have enough silver, although he is not short of money now, but he can't bear the money in many places, and now the imperial court has no intention of doing anything to Laizhou and Dengzhou, so Laizhou and Dengzhou can not be ignored where they were defeated, and it is not easy for 50,000 troops to defend the Shandong Peninsula full of holes.

"Big brother, how are the soldiers we captured are being trained?"

Liu Zheng suddenly changed the topic, Zhou Yun paused slightly, and then said: "It's not bad, although it is not as good as our original soldiers, it can be regarded as the last army!" ”

Hearing Zhou Yun say this, Liu Zheng's brows furrowed suddenly, he can only count an army, what he wants must be elite soldiers, otherwise as soon as these people go to the battlefield, they will definitely become pig teammates, and the battle that would not have been lost will also be defeated because of these people.

You'll have to find a way to sharpen this team! But even if you want to sharpen this team, there is no place!

Suddenly, Liu Zheng had a flash of inspiration and thought of something!

"Brother Zeng, how are your brothers adapting?"

Zeng Kaiyu was also stunned by Liu Zheng's jumping words, and only after a while did he react and said: "It's not bad, although I'm still not very used to it, but I can also go to sea, in August, I have already gone out once, according to the instructions of the lord, I went to North Korea, but I walked around the sea near North Korea for a while and came back, there are not only North Korean warships but also Japanese ships, if it weren't for the good wind, we ran fast, maybe we couldn't come back!" ”

Liu Zheng nodded, didn't say anything to Zeng Kaiyu, but turned to Wei Boyuan and said, "Old man, I plan to send these people to the battlefield in North Korea to practice!" ”

"What? Sent to North Korea? ”

There was one in the room who was all shocked by Liu Zheng's words, and sent it to North Korea, what does this mean? Helping the Imperial Court fight? This is ridiculous!

Liu Zheng nodded and said: "Yes, it is impossible to become elite soldiers if they don't let them see blood, so I plan to invite the imperial court to send troops to North Korea, so that they can see blood in North Korea!" ”

Everyone was silent for a moment when they heard this, and after a long time, Wei Boyuan spoke: "Lord, even if you want them to see blood, you don't need to send it to North Korea, now there is Yanzhou in Shandong, you can let them attack Yanzhou, so that they can not only get exercise, but also control Yanzhou in their hands!" ”

After listening to Wei Boyuan's words, everyone nodded, feeling that what Wei Boyuan said was very right, the training can go to Yanzhou, which can not only achieve the purpose of military training, but also have benefits!

I didn't want Liu Zheng to shake his head and said: "No, no, I have other considerations for North Korea, I not only want to let more than 20,000 people go to North Korea this time, I also want my eldest brother to lead the 102nd Division to North Korea!" ”

Zhou Yun heard that he was also going, and just as he wanted to speak, he saw Liu Zheng wave his hand and signal him not to speak yet.

"Listen to me first, don't look at our smooth sailing now, it's not a problem to attack the city and plunder the land, but what kind of people are we facing, they are all some guards who are rotten to the roots, the real elite of the imperial court are all in North Korea, you go to train troops on the one hand, on the other hand, to take a look at the strength of the imperial court, and the army of the Japanese is also elite soldiers, go and see it, in order to know where the gap is!"

Liu Zheng said this, these people in the room are a little moved, Liu Zheng said is not bad at all, this is the same as playing chess, you have been playing chess with the stinky chess basket, not only the more you play, the more stinky it is, but also may develop a bad habit of pride and complacency, only by playing chess with those top chess players, your chess ability can grow.

Besides, Liu Zheng once told them that if they want to open up the Silk Road, if they want to open up the Silk Road, they have to fight with the people in the Western Regions.

Several people glanced at each other, and they all understood what everyone thought from each other's eyes, so as soon as several people summed up, they nodded and agreed with Liu Zheng's idea.

Zhou Yunyi hugged his fists and said: "Since the lord wants to go to North Korea at the end of the year, then he will definitely live up to the trust of the lord and train all these people into a real elite!"

Liu Zheng nodded and said: "Well, since Brother Zhou also agrees, then this matter is so decided, and after a while, I will order someone to go to Qingzhou and let Neng Feiyu write a letter!" ”

Zeng Kaiyu followed Liu Zheng's words and said: "Lord, if you want to send people to North Korea, do we have to obey the dispatch of the imperial court?" ”

After a slight pause, Zeng Kaiyu said again: "If we want to obey the dispatch of the imperial court, then is the grain and straw from the imperial court?" ”

Liu Zheng wrung his brows and thought for a while: "No, we have to fight alone, and we will supply the grain and straw by ourselves!" ”

Jiang Mingda, who had not spoken, picked up and said: "When this is the case, if you really obey the dispatch of the imperial court, we people may not be able to come back, even if they don't have bad intentions, it is impossible to supply us in time in terms of grain and straw, and we don't know what those corrupt officials in the imperial court are like!" ”

Zhou Yun also followed: "That's true, there are too many benefits to being able to fight independently (defend) and supply grain by yourself, if nothing else, at least you don't have to be constrained by the imperial court!" ”

Seeing that everyone said this, Liu Zheng said: "Okay, then this matter is decided, let's focus here today, the focus is on Linqing, let's talk about Linqing first!" ”

The topic turned back, and everyone's thoughts also turned to Linqing, the importance of Linqing, Liu Zheng has said it countless times, so these people understand very well in their hearts, the key is how to deal with some people and things in Linqing.

This time, Jiang Mingda opened his mouth first and said: "In Linqing, in fact, the government is not the most important, the most important thing is the Cao Gang!" ”

Wei Boyuan nodded and said: "Mingda is right, Linqing is the world's first banknote pass, and it is the intersection of the three major canals, there are many wharves here, needless to say, there are about 60,000 Linqing locals registered in the government, and most of these people are ordinary people who farm the land, and only a small number of people are doing business or working on the wharf!" ”

"In fact, there are nearly one million people in Linqing, except for these 60,000 people, the rest are outsiders from Tiannan and Haibei, except for some giants and small merchants and hawkers, who account for less than thirty percent, the others are all related to the Cao Gang!"

"There is an inextricable connection between them and the Cao Gang, it is easy to destroy the Cao Gang, but after the Cao Gang is destroyed, who will clean up the trouble? Who's going to clean it up again? ”

Zeng Kaiyu thought for a while and said: "Old man, what you say, right or not, there will indeed be a lot of trouble if you destroy the Cao Gang, but you also have to think about it, the hustle and bustle in this world is all for profit, as long as we don't want the interests of this piece, some people will end it for us!" ”

Jiang Mingda followed closely and said, "But can we not want the benefits of this piece?" If he could really give up this piece, Zheng'er would not have gone to Linqing alone, even if he couldn't lead the troops to Linqing openly, he would secretly transfer troops to destroy the Cao Gang in one fell swoop! ”

Zeng Kaiyu smiled and said: "Second master, what you said is right, but you forgot, today is different, the lord has already discussed with the nobles, and when the time comes, we just need to throw this benefit to the nobles, you say, do you still need us to deal with the aftermath?" ”

Jiang Mingda was slightly stunned, feeling that what Zeng Kaiyu said was right, but there was something wrong, but after thinking about it, he couldn't think of anything wrong.

Just as he was thinking, Zhou Yun spoke: "Then since we have given up the greatest interests, why do we have to bother so much to go around this bend?" ”

Zeng Kaiyu smiled and said: "Master Zhou, you still don't understand the mind of the lord, the lord didn't plan to really control the Cao Gang in his hands from the beginning, what he cares about is the banknote!" ”

Liu Zheng laughed and said: "Those who know me have also been in all directions!" ”

After saying this, Liu Zheng explained to the unknown people: "Linqing is known as the world's first banknote, not only because Linqing is a choke point, but also because Linqing's banknote customs collect taxes!" ”

Everyone didn't understand when they heard Liu Zheng say this, and they glanced at each other, and found that the eyes of the people around them were as confused as themselves.

Fortunately, Liu Zheng didn't take Qiao, and explained directly: "If we can pinch this piece, we can easily see how much money the imperial court can collect in a year from the accounts, and we can also easily understand the economic trend of the entire Ming Dynasty, you may not understand this!" ”

"Let's not talk about one side, let's talk about something else, for example, after we hold this banknote, we can be exempted from goods tax and copying tax, you say that if this measure is announced, will the commercial goods from the south flock to the north frantically?"

Now everyone is even more confused, what do you mean? Everyone thinks you want to withhold taxes for your own use, but you say that you don't collect taxes at once, so what do you want to do with this money?