"Big brother, that little prince actually dares to repeatedly violate my Ming territory, it's just too indifferent to me, I have decided, I want to drive the expedition in person and take the guards to clean up the little prince!"

In addition to the external crisis, there has also been a lot of trouble within Xie Hong's group, and Zhu Houzhao is Xie Hong's strongest backing, but also the biggest unstable factor. [No pop-up novel network]

"Second brother, it's good that you have this idea and ambition, but you have to think about the actual situation, right?" Looking at the indignant Zhengde, Xie Hong was speechless.

In history, Zhengde also drove the expedition in person, but that should be when his strength was relatively strong, with his current strength, it was barely enough to control the capital, but it was very nonsense to go to the pro-government, and it was even more unreliable than Yingzong back then.

They all have their own people pulling their own hind legs, and even conspiring and plotting, but when Tumu Fort was in the city, Yingzong had an army of 500,000 troops; And now there is only a backbone of 4,000 men and horses on his side, and what he can really rely on is the 1,000 border army.

The previous training of the Guards was completely based on the mode of street fighting, and the hypothetical enemy was also the Beijing camp and the forbidden army, which were mainly infantry, and the weapons in their hands were completely unsuitable for dealing with cavalry.

And the other party is not a forbidden army with low morale, but a murderous Tartar, and the number is even larger, with these 4,000 men and horses, if you really meet the elite soldiers of the Tartar king's account, I am afraid that you will have to repeat the mistakes of the civil fort.

Although Jiang Bin and the others are training the Beijing camp, how can those old soldiers change their faces every year and a half? The forbidden army can come in handy, but in terms of the degree of elite, the forbidden army is similar to the ordinary border army, but in terms of quantity, the forbidden army is far inferior.

Besides, the current calm in the capital is only a superficial phenomenon, and if it is really calm, there will be no emergencies in various places.

The scholars did not admit defeat, but after recognizing the reality, they adopted a more targeted response method, and this move was not presided over by anyone, but the scholars spontaneously, causing Xie Hong to capture the thief and capture the king, unless he dismissed the officials all over the world, but that was obviously asking for trouble.

Leaving Beijing in this situation? Even if he can win the Tartars, it is estimated that Zhengde will not be able to come back, and when he comes back, he can only end up with Ming Yingzong, and what awaits him can only be a cold palace and even poisonous wine.

"So, big brother, you have to help me find a way to get some new weapons out so that we can sweep away the Tartars in one fell swoop." Zhengde obviously regards Xie Hong as a greater existence than Tinker Bell, and also puts higher demands on him.

"......" Xie Hong was teary-eyed, this request was really beyond his ability, even if he wore his underwear outside, he couldn't do it! Defeat tens of thousands of elite Tartar cavalry with 4,000 men and horses? And to sweep it in one fell swoop? Then you have to equip it with mechanized troops, right?

Well, the mechanized corps is too exaggerated, but at least it will not be possible until the firearms technology matures, and the current primitive grenades alone will definitely not work.

That group of scholars can't have calculated the reaction of the second brother, right? If it's true, then these people are too powerful, even brighter than Zhuge Liang, except for the second brother, I'm afraid no emperor will have such unreliable thoughts.

"Second brother, if you trust me, of course the eldest brother is very happy, but we have to think about this kind of thing in the long run...... Well, well, don't worry, at least you can't find the place of the little prince now, right? Even if we want to arrest him, should we go to Gansu or Datong, or to Jizhen? If you can't find anyone, how do you fight? ”

Xie Hong thought quickly and talked nonsense casually, which can be regarded as allowing him to find a reason to get by.

"That's just as well." Zhengde nodded, and was also puzzled by the big move of the shadow clone of the little prince.

Seeing that Zhengde began to think, Xie Hong took a long breath, "In fact, the biggest problem now is not the Tartars, eighty percent of those military intelligence is exaggerated, and the most important and urgent problem in front of us is to make money." ”

"Make money?" Except for Ma Yongcheng, Zhengde and several other eunuchs all exclaimed, obviously surprised.

"Yes, it's about making money." Xie Hong spread his hands and said that he was serious.

"Big brother, don't we have a lot of money now? Where is the need to make money? Zhu Houzhao has not been short of money for a long time, so much so that he forgot his original poor man, and asked Xie Hong very unambitiously.

"It's not like I'm running out of money now, but ......" Xie Hong shook his head, disagreeing with Zhengde's lack of progress in wealth, "Grandpa Ma, you can tell everyone." ”

"Yes." Ma Yongcheng has now become a veritable professional manager, not only accounting, but also the operation of Zhenbao Zhai is mostly managed by him and Ma Wentao.

"Long live the lord," Ma Yongcheng took out a notebook from his arms, opened it and pointed to the accounts on it and said, "The money we make seems to be quite a lot, but the cost is not small." First of all, the expenses of the Ordnance Division, the labor of the craftsmen was already very high, and now Lord Xie has listed a lot of research and development expenses......"

Since the night of the thunder and fire, Xie Hong has begun to expand the research institute. First of all, Dong Ping was the leader and established the smelting and casting institute; At the same time, led by Zeng Zheng, the School of Chemical Engineering was established; Then there is Li Binghe as a deputy, and he himself leads the physics school; In the end, after Wang Yun came to vote, he established the Navigation College.

The cost of these four colleges is quite large, and as of now, there is no output at all, which is a very wasteful thing in Ma Yongcheng's opinion, but Zhengde remembered what Xie Hong said at the beginning, and expressed his support for it, and when he heard Ma Yongcheng count these points, he just nodded.

"The second is the military salary, needless to say, the men and horses of the Guards and the Nanzhen Fusi, we have always been well paid. Now the forbidden army and the Beijing camp are also eliminating the weak and retaining the strong, and those who are left behind have also opened more money than before, and because of the frequent training, the food and clothing of tens of thousands of people is not a small amount......"

The forbidden army had a good foundation and high loyalty, so of course it was impossible for Xie Hong to dismiss them, and in addition, the tens of thousands of horses in the Beijing camp could not be dismissed.

After taking control of the Beijing camp, Xie Hong also recounted, the 100,000 troops on the roster, the actual points, including the old, weak, sick and disabled, are only more than 60,000, which is more than half.

Most of the regimental soldiers had little combat effectiveness, let alone morale, and what they were best at was drinking and gambling. Xie Hong selected some of the elites from them, and after inspecting the background, he added them to the forbidden army, and left the rest to Jiang Bin to practice.

The food is full, and he practices every day, as for whether he can use it in the future, Xie Hong is not sure, but this is better than dismissing them and then being instigated and used.

In these words, mixed with an urgent document, Xie Hong also saw a few letters asking for the restoration of the vassal king's guards, one of which Xie Hong also had the impression that King Ning had rebelled in the Zhengde Dynasty in his previous life!

"Besides, Jumbo Zhai repaired the city gate and city wall, and it cost a lot of silver taels...... "Now, Ma Yongcheng's mouth is also very smooth, while pointing, while explaining, he doesn't stumble after a long speech, "In fact, these alone are nothing, the silver we earn is enough for expenses, and there is a lot of surplus, just ......"

"Alas!" He sighed and said: "The current situation is worrying, the taxes in various places have been reduced, we have already made up for some of them, and then there are some moths in the south of the Yangtze River, and now there are very few dealers going south, and it is not enough to rely on the capital and the north alone, not to mention that the expenses of the academy are also greater......

Ma Yongcheng hesitated slightly, glanced at Zhengde, and then continued: "The other places can be self-financed, and it doesn't matter for a while, but if we can't deal with it as soon as possible, we will inevitably have a time to sit and eat empty, and then we will ......."

The midnight system is considered confidential, so Ma Yongcheng is also obscure. Although the business of Lichun Yuan is thriving, and there is an additional income from gambling, the intelligence system is now expanding, and the cost is also large, and there is not much left to make a profit to meet the expenses, but it is not something to be counted on.

"What then?" Zhengde was a little confused by what Ma Yongcheng said, and he looked at Xie Hong blankly.

Xie Hong had already discovered that Zhu Houzhao was not so omnipotent, he was very insensitive to the economy, or numbers, and had a headache when he settled the accounts, let alone let him think about how to make money.

"Now there is only one way to achieve the fastest effect...... Xie Hong has already been in his chest, although today it is because Zhengde is messing up again, and he has been in trouble with Gu Dayong, so he entered the palace, but the topic he wants to talk about today has already been brewed.

"Uh-huh." Zhengde nodded vigorously, and the expression on his face was obviously saying: Big brother, it's good if you have a way, and then you just do it, and I will wait for your good news.

“…… That is to open the sea ban, let's do sea trade, so that the wealth will roll in. Xie Hong's Guan Zi was not sold, and the momentum was much weaker.

"Brother Xie, now that the Navigation Academy has not yet built a ship, it has already cost a lot, if you start building a ship, then ......" Ma Yongcheng's face began to turn white.

Xie Hong's navigation academy, except for Wang Yun and a few boatwrights from the Zeng family, most of them turned out to be carpenters, although the ship was also made of wood, but even a layman like Ma Yongcheng knew that carpenters and shipwrights were two different things at all, and it was very unrealistic to expect a group of carpenters to build a qualified ship after only two months of study.

If you can't make it, it's okay, I'm most afraid of learning while building, which is what Xie Hong said: technological progress should be explored and advanced in practice, and the cost will be great, and whether you can persist in making a profit in sea trade is a matter.

"And, Brother Xie," it was Gu Dayong who spoke this time, the fat man had been practicing intensively in the celebrant for two months, and he was still influenced by Xie Hong, and now he has some insight, he raised concerns from another angle, "The local area has been so tossed now, especially in Jiangnan, if we open the sea ban again, then they are not allowed to blow up the nest?" ”

"We always have to try, anyway, we don't have much room for compromise with them, since they want to make trouble, of course we have to fight-for-tat." Xie Hong said uncertainly.

Now that the people of Jiangnan have started a business war with him, and they have made moves on taxes, it should be said that they are all torn apart, and they have done their best tricks, so it doesn't seem to make much difference whether they mention opening the sea or not. What's more, he also let Wang Wei into the cabinet, which can be regarded as a hostage, is Wang Wei not afraid of death if he dares to stand up?

"Well, it's a good thing to open the sea, and I still want to build an invincible armada." Zhengde nodded, agreed, and then asked with great interest: "Where is the port you said, big brother?" ”

"This is it." Xie Hong looked at the map and pointed to the nearest outlet to the sea, the name of this place has not changed until later generations, because it is on the side of the city where the Son of Heaven lives, so it is called: Tianjin Wei.

(To be continued)