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Of course, Chen Zhong understood what Li Yuanqing meant.

The salary allocated by the imperial court is one thing, but how much can be distributed to the grassroots soldiers and used on the soldiers, this is the key.

Take, for example, a soldier's monthly salary of three and a half of silver.

After deducting one tael of salary, the remaining two halves include equipment, provisions, drills, illness, and even injuries.

According to the prices of the Ming Dynasty, especially in Liaodi at this time, to be honest, this bit of silver is really not enough......

But 'there is a policy above, and there is a countermeasure below'.

If you don't have enough food to eat, then grow your own.

If you don't have enough money to spend, then find a way to earn it.

Of course, this is only a very small number of generals who have a conscience and can lead troops, at this time~~, the entire Liaodi, including the entire Jiubian, the general trend of the entire Ming Dynasty, or 'drink the blood of soldiers'.

To put it crudely, the imperial court distributes three and a half halves of silver to a soldier every month, and it may only be one or two cents when it goes to the soldier and is used on the soldier.

Five cents of silver is for silver, five cents of silver for eating and drinking, and the remaining two cents of silver for miscellaneous chores, including clothes, boots, and bruises.

But even if it is Liaoxi, even if it is this treatment, it may not be implemented.

Liaoxi claims to be 100,000 elites, but in fact, the only soldiers who can really be used are those few under the command of the generals.

Even if they are domestic workers, they may not be able to completely stop production, and many of them have to bear a lot of manual labor, such as farming and grazing.

However, according to the economic situation of the Ming Dynasty at this time, it is impossible to pay the full salary.

Not to mention, you have to feed the bigwigs on the line.

Even if the Changsheng Battalion has reached the present level, with nearly 20,000 troops, and the food and salary allocated by the imperial court in a year is called 300,000 taels, in fact, it is not even 250,000.

"Yuanqing, we have won so many battles, the new emperor won't give us this little face, right? What the hell, we're still not the officials of the Ming Dynasty? ”

Chen Zhong almost jumped up for a while.

Li Yuanqing smiled and waved his hand: "Big brother, whether the new emperor agrees or not, it's hard to say now." However, I estimate that if we add one guerrilla formation per person, the problem should not be too big. ”

Chen Zhong was stunned for a moment, and also understood what Li Yuanqing meant, "Yuanqing, you mean, let's cultivate the plank road in the open and Chen Cang in the dark?" ”

Li Yuanqing nodded, "Big brother, you can eat as much as you have an appetite." It is indeed a good thing to cultivate more troops, but it must also be determined according to our affordability. I prepare, in the Immortal Camp, eight thousand new recruits. ”

"Eight thousand?"

Chen Zhong fell into deep thought for a while.

Li Yuanqing was not in a hurry, and quietly waited for Chen Zhong's thoughts.

The scale of the Changsheng Battalion's additional 8,000 troops was also a decision made by Li Yuanqing after careful consideration and careful consideration.

The primary task of these extra troops is to defend the defense of the first line of Gaizhou and central Liaoning, which can be regarded as half-war soldiers and half-tun soldiers, and use military strength to open up the wasteland of Gaizhou and central Liaoning, and expand the scope of action.

The other is to increase the ability of the Changsheng Camp and southern Liaoning to deal with emergencies.

It's still the same old saying, 'If you have food in your hands, you don't panic in your heart'.

At this time, the Changsheng Camp not only has to face the Tartars in the north, but in fact, the interior of the Ming Dynasty is also an important direction of prevention.

Especially in southern Liaoning at this time, although Li Yuanqing was the nominal 'guide', in fact, whether it was Chen Zhong, Zhang Pan, or Chen ~ Liangce, they were all individuals who existed independently and grasped the military and political power.

In order to maintain this balance, the Changsheng Battalion must ensure the leadership and deterrence of force.

And specifically to Chen Zhong's Guangludao aspect.

Although he has a lot of dividends in the Liaonan Commercial Bank, following Li Yuanqing, he can also get a lot of war dividends, especially the hard work in the past few years, whether it is Guangludao, or Jinzhou and Fuzhou, he can provide Chen Zhong with a lot of grain and grass, which can barely be regarded as 'living water'.

But in essence, his living water is still too small.

Supporting the sons and daughters in their early 10,000s at this time, coupled with the food and salary of the imperial court, coupled with the support of Li Yuanqing's side, it can barely be regarded as profitable.

If the army is expanded again, it will be difficult for Chen Zhong to bear it, so he can only rely on him Li Yuanqing.

Therefore, Li Yuanqing must explain this matter to Chen Zhong, so that Chen Zhong has a number in his heart.

"Yuanqing, if this is the case, then my Guangludao Department will expand the army by 5,000, 3,000 troops, and 2,000 soldiers. At that time, we will lay out the first line in the central part of southern Liaoning together and stabilize the situation! ”

Li Yuanqing was waiting for Chen Zhong's words, and couldn't help laughing: "Big brother." If so, then I'm relieved! The overall situation of Liaodi is determined! ”

Chen Zhong also reacted, and he also laughed.

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During lunch, Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong had a careful discussion on the specific details of the army expansion, including the affairs of the military academy.

The two quickly came to an agreement.

On the fifth day of November, the military academy officially closed. The matter of reporting to the imperial court was postponed until the end of November, before the New Year, and before the New Year, to give the new emperor a good start.

The main task of the two of them before the year was to expand the army.

After bidding farewell to Chen Zhong, Li Yuanqing successively went to several military camps in Nanxinkou to inspect the front-line soldiers, talk with them cordially, inquire about their needs, and solve their needs.

It wasn't until it was getting dark that Li Yuanqing changed to a carriage and returned to the official hall on the island.

In the carriage, Zhao Mei's two little hands were tightly entangled, and Yinghong's little mouth pursed slightly, although she didn't dare to directly express her dissatisfaction with Li Yuanqing's coquettishness, but she used her small movements to express her protest against Li Yuanqing.

Today, she ran with Li Yuanqing for most of the day, but she didn't have a chance to say anything to Li Yuanqing.

Li Yuanqing noticed Zhao Mei's small appearance and said with a smile: "What's wrong?" Feeling wronged? ”

"Slaves don't dare." Zhao Mei saw that she had successfully attracted Li Yuanqing's attention, and her heart was overjoyed, but the expression on her pretty face did not change much.

Li Yuanqing couldn't help but smile and said in her ear: "Later, you go to the inner study to serve, and tonight, stay with your master." ”

"Huh?"

Zhao Mei couldn't help but be overjoyed, but for a moment, there was some fear in her big eyes: "Master, then, the eldest lady and the second lady are ......."

Li Yuanqing smiled: "You little girl, you also know that you are afraid?" ”

Zhao Meiden was speechless, shy like a bird, and leaned into Li Yuanqing's arms.

Li Yuanqing whispered a few words in Zhao Mei's ear, Zhao Meiqiao's face became more and more red, and after a moment, she nodded obediently, and whispered in Li Yuanqing's ear: "Master, before you finish eating, the slave and maid are waiting for you in the cubicle......"

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Back in the official hall, Zhang Yunniang and Qu Minqiu had already prepared a sumptuous dinner.

However, because Li Yuanqing wanted to invite Shang Lao Liu and Ma Steward to a banquet, the banquet could not be placed together, and it was divided into two waves, Li Yuanqing's family members were in the back of the official hall, and Li Yuanqing, Shang Lao Liu, and Ma Steward were in the front of the official hall.

The day after Li Yuanqing came back, he directly invited them to a banquet, and Shang Lao Liu and Steward Ma were also quite honored.

Although they are military civilian officials, Shang Lao Liu is a deputy general, and Ma Steward is a temporary guerrilla rank, but their real power and actual financial resources are not much to concede even compared to the bigwigs of the six departments.

They are all their own people, and there are not so many rules, a few people talk while eating, drinking, and soon, the atmosphere is warm.

Li Yuanqing also directly explained the decision to expand the army to the two of them.

The matter of expanding the army, Shang Lao Liu and Steward Ma had already prepared, because of this matter, Li Yuanqing mentioned it the year before and last year, but in the end they were all suppressed.

At this time, the conditions in all aspects have matured, and Shang Lao Liu and Steward Ma no longer have to be like iron roosters, guarding the money bags in their hands.

Shang Lao Liu's face was red at this time, and he said with a smile: "Yuanqing, according to our financial resources at this time, there is no problem with expanding the army by 30,000." We have to get the middle line down as soon as possible. Although the growth of sweet potatoes this year is good, the grain is not too ideal. We still need more good land. ”

The state of Changsheng Island and southern Liaoning at this time is to grow grain on good land, mainly wheat and corn, and on the worse land, it is to grow sweet potatoes, and no matter how bad it is, it is used as a vegetable garden.

Steward Ma also smiled and said: "General, Master Shang said that the expansion of the army by 30,000 is a slight exaggeration, but the expansion of 20,000 soldiers, let's raise it, it is not a big problem." The wealthy businessmen and wealthy families on the island have also clearly expressed to the Political Affairs Bureau on many occasions that they are willing to contribute money and efforts to support and feed the army. It's just ~, general, I don't know ...... the imperial court"

Li Yuanqing was a little speechless.

He originally thought that his expansion of the army by 8,000 and the increase of the combat strength of the Changsheng Battalion to the scale of 25,000 people was already a big deal.

Unexpectedly, Shang Lao Liu and Steward Ma had a bigger appetite than him......

Especially these wealthy businessmen.

In the past, wanting them to contribute some money and effort to the army was like asking for their lives.

But at this time, they were begging Li Yuanqing to expand the army and continue to increase their influence.

As Li Yuanqing expected before, once Pandora's box is opened, the power is really staggering.

The magic of capital, as expected.

"Twenty or thirty thousand, it's still too much. Let's customize it according to 8,000 people. As for those wealthy businessmen, since they want to pay money, then ~~, give them a chance! ”

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A dinner party was extremely smooth, Shang Lao Liu and Steward Ma left confidently, and Li Yuanqing also went to the back room, informed Zhang Yunniang, and went to the toilet.

But turning his feet, Li Yuanqing came to the cubicle in the inner study, pushed the door open and just entered, a familiar fiery and delicate body had already pounced on Li Yuanqing's arms like a bird......

Ten minutes later, Zhao Mei had already helped Li Yuanqing clean up, with spring in her eyebrows and eyes, and she was extremely reluctant.

Li Yuanqing stroked her soft green silk hard, and said with a smile: "Little goblin, if you pester people like this again, I have to eat you in my stomach." ”

Zhao Mei leaned hard into Li Yuanqing's arms and said, "Master, the slave is willing to serve the master for the rest of her life, just ask the master not to hate the slave and the maid." ”

Li Yuanqing smiled slightly: "Don't worry." Ye Xiaomei, but the baby. ”

Li Yuanqing had just walked into the back room to have a drink with his wives and concubines, but at this time, Yang Lei ran over quickly and reported in a low voice: "General, the latest information of the Beijing Division." ”

"Huh?"

Li Yuanqing frowned, took the information, scanned it carefully, and couldn't help but squint slightly.

The end of Gonggong Wei has arrived.

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