All the new troops have changed into well-fitting and beautiful new military uniforms, gray-white tops with copper buttons, tight waists, compact and comfortable fabrics, and exquisite materials, very thick.

The pants are an earthy yellow caftan with a tie between the calves, and when the legs are tied, the figure is even more beautiful and athletic.

Coupled with the improved Ming army standard hat, the red tassels are blowing and swaying in the wind, and if you look at it from a high place, the military camp of tens of thousands of people is like a large field of flowers.

On the feet are black leather boots, in the late Ming Dynasty, only scholars and students from good families, or the children of official eunuchs, eunuchs, would wear white leather boots, which is also a symbol of status.

A pair of boots with exquisite materials and good workmanship are not available for a few taels of silver, or even dozens of taels of silver. At this moment, all the soldiers of the new army have changed into leather boots and turned their heads one by one, it seems that they are completely unaccustomed to wearing such a suit.

At that time, cotton was popular in the Jiangnan area, and it was also the most profitable crop in Songjiang Province.

Since the Southern Song Dynasty, cotton has been promoted, but until now, you can wear such a cloth clothes, as well as a change of clothes, and then wear leather boots, as well as legging belts, and the waist is also a small soldier with a calfskin circlip belt.

"Thank you for the great grace of the crown prince!"

I don't know where it is, anyway, in the Huaiyang area, the accents are different, they are all the taste of Jianghuai official dialect, first there is one person, then ten people and hundreds of people, thousands of people, and finally the roar gathers into a thunderous rumbling sound, rolling in the blue sky.

"These bastards, Lao Tzu spent more than a million dollars to get to where he is now...... The old bottom has been taken out, and it can't be exchanged for this shout, and it is also a group of white-eyed wolves! ”

At this moment, Zhu Cihong's face showed a little tiredness.

Before and after the Nanjing Mutiny, he had already decided to abandon the remnants of the old Liu Zeqing, and Lu Zhenfei's Fu Biao soldiers only picked out a limited number of veterans and scattered them.

Coupled with the Yangzhou soldiers with high diving, the same is true.

Add up to more than 2,000 veterans, used to be the backbone of an army of nearly 40,000 people, the experience of these veterans will help the new soldiers, and the old habits or something will also be cleaned up in this new big group!

Listening to Zhu Cihong's words, Zheng Yuanxun frowned, and what he wanted to say sighed again, so he could only stand aside and make no sound. The rest of the generals also looked indifferent, recruiting troops to settle down, installing equipment, building this military camp, the generalissimo's mansion camp, dredging the river, and building a few important official roads, which one does not cost money?

Nanjing Household Department is really no money, and secondly, the prince needs it, and has always been extorted, rather than fighting a lawsuit with Gao Hongtu, an old bureaucrat, it is better for the crown prince to admit it himself, all the money is out of the prince's private treasury!

All in all, the crown prince has spent a small amount of 2 million, not to mention anything else, more than 20 prefectures and counties in the Huaiyang area have all abolished redundant government service, and the Generalissimo's Office has sent personnel to be responsible for tax collection, statistics, and storage, which is a lot of expenses.

The setting of customs and gold cards is also in silver.

There are all kinds of money, and it can be said that the little silver poured in Yanjing is also a sea of flowers.

"Your Highness, don't worry, it's a big deal, I'll go ...... again"

Others were silent, only Wang Yuan was grinning, and he was about to speak, Zhu Cihong glared at him and shouted: "What are you, hurry up and take your battalion head to adjust and rest, they came all the way, and they are tired now, give me an hour to rest, and then give me a to practice!" ”

"Yes, yes, the minister knows."

Knowing that Zhu Cihong's surname was not very good, Wang Yuan didn't dare to say anything anymore, and quietly retreated.

Zhu Cihong is indeed a lawsuit, and Nanming's family background, he knows it clearly. With the addition of 60,000 forbidden troops and 60,000 soldiers from Zuo Liangyu, the central government's financial expenditure will not be able to withstand it, and the expenditure of local prefectures and counties will not be counted, and the military salary alone will have an annual income of 7 million, and the military salary expenditure of these military towns under the central government will go to the converted income of 6 million taels of silver...... The true spending, as well as the indiscriminate collection of the towns themselves, are not included!

No wonder during the Hongguang period, building a few palaces to live in caused public resentment, and the poor were really going to be pants.

The abacus of the ministers of the Southern Ming Dynasty is to add more land endowments, in fact, they are also doing this, all prefectures and counties are endowments, and the towns stationed in the local areas are also making chickens and dogs go, poisoning the people and harming the localities.

As soon as the Qing army came, before shaving their hair, including the area south of the Yangtze River, Hubei, Hunan, especially Hunan, which had been harmed by He Tengjiao, until Li Dingguo came, the local people still supported the Qing army and opposed the Ming army.

From this, we can see how shameless and vicious these bastards are!

Now at this moment, Liu Zeqing's expenses in this town are saved for these bastards, but the silver is not lenient, reforming the Beijing camp forbidden army, recruiting new troops, and enriching the guard office, these things are all top priorities, Chongzhen's eyes are also on this, Gao Hongtu is enough to support this item, and he is counting on him to allocate hundreds of thousands of millions of silver to Jiangbei...... It's better not to have such dreams.

And this year, in the Jiangbei area, there will be no longer a levy on the color, and all the fields will be collected according to their true colors.

This article was also reported to Chongzhen, and Chongzhen had nothing to say about Zhu Cihong's decision, he was too busy to take care of himself, and he really couldn't take care of Zhu Cihong's tossing method.

Expenditure is a bottomless pit, income is equal to zero so far, the income of centigold does not dominate, only small and medium-sized businessmen, the income is just enough to maintain expenses, and now the collection is not long, the income is really limited.

Raising soldiers is a real headache for a dynasty, not to mention what Zhu Cihong has in his hands now, that is, the two mansions of Huaiyang.

With the two mansions to raise tens of thousands of male soldiers in his mind, this money-making skill really has to be stronger.................. "Minister Li Laifu, knock on His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

Zhu Cihong's current place of Yan Xi is really not where the brilliance lies. The walls are bare, and even the pasting has not been done, and the bed has just been oiled, and there is a smell of varnish, and there are several quilts on the bed, and in addition, there is an oversized bookcase, and on the wall, there are all kinds of military maps presented by the Military Intelligence Department.

In such a place, don't say that it is simple and shabby, and it is really not worthy of using these four words, and it can only be said that there is no other strength to describe it, which is more suitable.

Such a puritan-like life, for a later generation of bachelors, what is lacking is the Internet and books and other leisure things, the things that the nobles and doctors of this era enjoy, such as gardens, family opera troupes, Qing guest ministers, chess horses and hanging shuanglu or something, plus antiques, the four treasures of the good study, as well as the shelf bed, the red sandalwood bookcase, the high-quality Su-made official hat chair of Huanghuali and so on...... These things, a traveler can't appreciate, or rather, they don't treat these as enjoyment.

When he was in the palace, Chongzhen's grandfather was not a luxury person, but the royal rules still had to be talked about, all kinds of beds, chairs, cases, furniture, and antique utensils on the Duobao shelf, most of them were still fully placed, and it didn't look too much, as for now, in addition to a bed and a case around Zhu Cihong, there were also maps on the wall, hanging swords and swords, and even a cabinet for clothes!

After coming in and kowtowing, Li Laifu, the chief flag officer of the Jinyi Guard, peeked at it for a while, and his eyes were a little red.

Jinyi Wei is a pro-army for hundreds of years, many people have served the Emperor Ming Taizu without playing the Hongwu year, and I don't know how many generations have passed down for hundreds of years, saying that they are the lackeys of the imperial family, eagle dogs, but they really did not wronged them.

As soon as he saw the crown prince living like this, Li Laifu was promoted and reused when he was in Yanjing, and he was added from a general flag all the way to commanding affairs, such a promotion, there is no need to think about it in peacetime, even if it is a troubled time now, it is also a great grace!

It's not surprising that this makes a move of emotion.

"Why do you do that?" Seeing that this pro-army commander rarely moved his feelings, Zhu Cihong was also very emotional, and he was also tired when he was parading the army, so he was not restrained at this time, half lying on the chair, and comforted this confidant military attache: "I have never cared much about the pleasures of those sensual dogs and horses...... There is a bed for rest, a house to shelter from the wind and rain, that is. ”

After that, he sat up a little straighter again, and asked the former Jinyi Eagle Dog, the deputy director of the current Military Intelligence Department, "How is it, how is the errand entrusted to you?" ”

When they answered, not only were there no idlers waiting for them, but even the direct guard commander like Liu Zhaohui also dodged outside, even though the weather was hot and humid, the doors and windows were closed, and people couldn't help but peep and probe.

The guard is so tight, Li Laifu still can't help but look around, and then kowtow and reply: "The minister is in the west of the well path, and he saw the person who called the letter to His Royal Highness, and the minister pretended to be his Henan family, saying that it was a family letter, of course, the letter is also true, the book written by the old family who entrusted his family to watch the house, after handing over the book, he did not suspect that there was something strange, and summoned him privately, and the minister gave His Highness's words 1510, and the appearance of the person at that time was also very shocked, and it took half a day to come back to his senses. However, there was no embarrassment for the minister later, and the next morning, he said that he had written it back and handed it over to the minister, and immediately sent the minister away. ”

"Oh!" When Li Laifu spoke, Zhu Cihong listened very attentively, his eyes were bright, and he obviously paid great attention to his work. Hearing that Li Laifu arranged to meet, especially when he brought a real letter to the other party's hometown in Henan, he smiled with satisfaction and praised: "Xiao Li, you are very cautious and careful, very proper, I am very satisfied and very happy to do this!" ”

(To be continued)