Song Yingxing glanced at Ye Wuya, who was on the side, his face remained unchanged, but he smiled slightly bitterly in his heart.

He has struggled in Shilin Huanhai for so many years, how can he not hear Yu Guozhen's true intentions. It is false to ask for the opinions of the immigrants to Annan, and it is true to ask them if they are willing to serve!

What they see these days, not necessarily all they should see. For example, Xinxiang's "militia reserve" system, all Xinxiang men, over the age of 16 and under 40, as long as they are in good health, have to undergo military training every seven days, and the salary is calculated during the military training, which makes Xinxiang have a reserve force of about 20,000 people.

In Song Yingxing's opinion, the combat effectiveness of these 20,000 people is definitely not weaker than that of the regular officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.

This is only the new Xiang he has seen, and it is said that Hoi An is also the same, and the number is slightly higher. Song Yingxing felt quite frightened: 50,000 people could be transferred at any time, and all of them had sufficient armed equipment, if Yu Guozhen had a heart of disobedience......

Another thing that makes people feel incredible is Xinxiang's earning ability.

From October every year, Xinxiang has to make a final budget for the system, because the amount of work is relatively large, and the final budget will be finalized, I am afraid that it will not be until the first month of the following year. Just two days ago, on the fourth day of the end of Xinxiang's Spring Festival holiday, that is, on the tenth day of the first month of Chongzhen's tenth year, last year's final accounts and this year's budget came out and were announced to all Xinxiang residents - this is also something that makes Song Yingxing incredible, most of these residents' real identities can only be regarded as Yu Guozhen's domestic servants or tenants and long-term workers, what qualifications do they have to know what the money will be used for!

However, Yu Guozhen asked people to get out this still very rough budget and final account, and made it public, and the estimated income will be how much it will be used for port construction, how much it will be used for road construction, education, medical information, research, armament, public security, relief, public affairs, and so on, each of which is clearly listed.

Song Yingxing knew what this meant, which meant that at the end of the year, the plan listed above was not realized, and the people could use this to report to Yu Guozhen!

He was interested in the total amount of this expenditure, the figure of which amounted to a terrible four million nine hundred and one thousand taels!

From open channels, we can get the total population of Xinxiang and Hoi An, a total of more than 127,000 people, and on average, each person spends 40 taels of silver...... This is the era when ten taels of silver can feed a family!

Among them, the cost of armament is as high as 970,000 taels, and even if it is a big money-burning household like raising Guan Ningjun, it is only 10,000 yuan. However, the Xinxiang Huwei burned more money than the Guan Ning Army, and the same money was probably only enough for the salaries of five thousand Tiger Guards.

Song Yingxing didn't know that the 970,000 taels were only military expenditures on the surface, and their main purpose was to use them for the construction and training of the entire Xinxiang militia reserve. In fact, Yu Guozhen's military spending does not appear here, and he plans to expand the number of Huwei from the current 5,000 to 8,000 this year, which is also the limit of the current population under his control without affecting normal economic development.

Two of Yu's revenues "don't exist" in the budget table: agricultural income, and foreign trade, which is directly controlled by Xinxiang. Taking agricultural income as an example, Xinxiang's grain is not only self-sufficient, but also has a large surplus, and in the case of a large number of grain shortages everywhere, it can export about 100,000 stone of grain to Daming next year. Last year alone, as many as 16 Japanese smuggling ships and as many as 31 European merchant ships came to Hoi An to trade, and the total value of imported and exported goods exceeded 11 million taels, and according to the Xinxiang levy, tax rates ranging from 10 percent to 20 percent were levied according to the import and export price of the goods, and the total foreign trade tax was as high as 2 million taels.

In the unannounced internal budget, Chongzhen's figure for ten years can be increased to 3.5 million taels!

Even if he didn't know these numbers, Song Yingxing could judge that Nanhaibo's strength was far better than that known by the imperial court, and he was only afraid that there was a hidden disobedience!

"Nanhaibo's question, it's not my strength, I really can't respond." Just when Song Yingxing hesitated, Zhang Chi spoke: "The old decay is frustrated in the field, sinking into the subordinates, the elder is just a ruler copywriter, but in Xinxiang, the old decay's original ruler copywriting is useless. ”

When he said this, Yu Guozhen was slightly surprised, Zhang Chi knew his intentions and wanted to refuse, so he should be more tactful.

"However, do some trivial things, the old decay still has the ability, and the immigrants who want to come to Nanhaibo to increase to Annan are not from Xinxiang, but should be from the Central Plains of the Ming Dynasty, and it is inevitable to deal with the officials of the Ming Dynasty. This matter is old, but it can help a little, if Nanhai Uncle does not give up, the old man will send someone to pick up the family. ”

These words made Yu Guozhen extremely appreciative.

Zhang Chi is indeed not the kind of high-end talent that Yu Guozhen needs most, but his meticulous and down-to-earth style of acting is secretly in tune with what Yu Guozhen needs. At the same time, he also got some information from Yu Guozhen's words, and judged that Yu Guozhen might have a large population migration move.

"In this way, there is Mr. Lao Zhang."

After saying this, Yu Guozhen looked at Song Yingxing again, unlike Zhang Chi, who had never been an official, Song Yingxing had been a teacher for a term, but he was attracted to Xinxiang by Yu Guozhen's achievements in practical learning, and then he was surprised and fascinated by the great changes in Xinxiang.

"Between Nanhai Bo, Song already knew, but ...... I don't know why Nanhaibo didn't invite Wan Mao to be born, he is famous among Shilin, and he should be more useful than Song. Song Yingxing said.

"These days, you gentlemen have been in Xinxiang for a long time, you are looking at Xinxiang, and Xinxiang is also looking at you." Yu Guozhen smiled meaningfully: "If it is just for the sake of fame, I will invite Zhang Pu and Zhang Tianru to come to Xinxiang in person, and it will not be enough for him and Mr. Wan to communicate privately to inquire about Xinxiang." ”

As soon as these words came out, the cold light in Zhang Chi's eyes flashed suddenly, and Song Yingxing raised his eyebrows!

Of course, Zhang Chi didn't know anything about Wan Shihua's secret correspondence with Zhang Pu, but Song Yingxing knew a little about it. He also knew that Wan Shihua was holding the subsidy given by Xinxiang on the one hand, but on the other hand, he revealed some secrets to others that should not be disclosed, which was really inappropriate, but he thought that Wan Shihua had no malicious intentions, so he did not stop it.

This is also because he feels that Wan Shihua is extremely secretive and should not be known.

"Wan Maosheng has no malicious intentions, Nanhai Bo must not misunderstand, he also praised the benevolent government of his uncle in his private messages." Song Yingxing thought that behind this meant that Yu Guozhen had actually been staring at them all the time, and he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart.

"That's natural, I don't have any big rebellious secrets, and I'm not afraid of him discussing it with others." Yu Guozhen smiled: "It's just ...... Since Zhang Tianru is so interested in Xinxiang and has always had a friendship with me, I don't know why I have to let Mr. Wan inquire instead of coming to see it myself. ”

These words made Song Yingxing feel at ease a little.

He is not stupid, if Yu Guozhen is hostile to Wan Shihua, at this time, Wan Shihua is already a dead man. Since Yu Guozhen can find out the secret correspondence between Wan Shihua and Zhang Pu, it will definitely not be difficult to arrange an unexpected death method for Wan Shihua.

"That being so, I, I ......"

When Song Yingxing said this, he was stunned for a moment, Zhang Chi can help Yu Guozhen, what can he help? Do you run a school? Xinxiang Primary School is better than any county school, and Song Yingxing vaguely saw that Yu Guozhen arranged Xiaolian to preside over the purpose of this school: all talents are his disciples, which is much larger than the imperial court only selecting hundreds of disciples of the Son of Heaven every three years!

"Xinxiang will build a comprehensive research institute to study the principles of various mechanical changes." Yu Guozhen smiled and said, "The first step to study is a matter that has been bothering me for a long time...... If Song Gong is willing to stay in Xinxiang, please preside over this hospital, how about it? ”

"That being the case, willing to serve." Song Yingxing finally spoke.

Hearing him say this, Yu Guozhen stood up and slowly walked to the window of his study. He was not very extravagant, but he did not pretend to be frugal, so his house, though small, occupied an excellent place under a hill, and by the window he could see the old wharf over there. Yu Guozhen pondered for a while, then turned back to Zhang Chi and Song Yingxing and said, "I actually know what the two of you are worried about. But although Zhang Tianru faintly regarded me as an enemy, he never thought that I would rebel, do you know why? ”

Zhang Chi and Song Yingxing both held their breath for a moment: Yu Guozhen was so calmly discussing the issue of rebellion!

Yu Guozhen does already have great power, but with this power, it is absolutely impossible to rebel immediately. With a population of more than 100,000 in Xinxiang, it is absolutely impossible to rule this large country with a population of hundreds of millions. Yu Guozhen knows this very well, Jianyu entered the customs, and with 300,000 Jianyu, can he really rule the entire Ming Dynasty? What they relied on was just some Han Annihilation who took refuge in them, and then they were quickly corrupted by these Han Anniversary, and even they rotted earlier and faster than Han Annihilation!

With more than 100,000 people in Xinxiang, even if Yu Guozhen made a strange plan and immediately overthrew the Ming Dynasty, it was impossible to rule peacefully, so he had to use a large number of surrendered people, so these surrendered people surrounded the two or three thousand tiger guards brought out by Yu Guozhen now, they are all incompetent people on the battlefield, but when it comes to corruption, they are all masters, and they will soon swallow these two or three thousand tiger guards clean, and there is no bone slag!

Therefore, he must slowly figure it out to Daming!

First rely on the huge manpower of the Ming Dynasty and the suzerainty of the surrounding countries, establish their own power in the surrounding areas, deal with some moths attached to the body of this nation, and then when their strength is enough, they will replace them in a dignified manner, which may take longer in time, but the effect and impact will be longer!

Of course, he will not completely say these words to Zhang Chi and Song Yingxing, and the premise that the two of them agreed to serve is obviously that he does not plot against the Ming Zhu family.

"If I want to rebel, why should I capture and kill Gao Yingxiang, and even sacrifice to fight a bloody battle with Jianlu in Gyeonggi, which has nothing to do with me? Let them plague the Ming Dynasty, wouldn't I have a better chance? Yu Guozhen turned back and smiled at the two: "Zhang Tianru knows this, so he doesn't suspect me of rebellion, but he hates me for not being used by him." The Son of Heaven also knew this, and even the ministers of the DPRK and China knew this, so even if I stayed in Qinzhou and did not go to Hoi An, no one was impeached. I have always been willing to treat people with sincerity, so I don't take the liberty to talk to you about this, and I ask your forgiveness. ”

Before Zhang Chi's reaction was anything, Song Yingxing suddenly felt ashamed.

Such a selfless person, he would even suspect him!

(To be continued)