Unbeknownst to Wang Qiang, his plan had caused such a big move in Nanjing, and he was resting at the foot of a hill in Liuyu Town, Lifei County (present-day Pingyi County, Shandong).

Because of the extremely accurate grasp of the situation of the Qing soldiers, and because there were guides and scouts to explore the way ahead, the regiment marched more than 150 miles in one day and one night, but did not encounter a single soldier of the Qing soldiers.

According to intelligence, there are more than 2,000 Qing soldiers in Surabaya County, and the Qing soldiers have a large grain and grass transit station in Si County, and it is estimated that these Qing soldiers are defending there.

Wang Qiang really wants to kill this Qing army, but if he can't destroy a large amount of food and grass for the Qing soldiers, the action will not be meaningful, and it will only startle the grass and bring trouble to the subsequent actions.

Early the next morning, Wang Qiang, who had already entered Si County, received a report from the scouts that Si County had not gathered a large amount of grain and grass from the Qing soldiers, and that the grain and grass of the Qing soldiers had been transported from here more than ten days earlier.

Since there was no large amount of grain and grass for the Qing soldiers, of course Wang Qiang would not move this Qing army, and rested in a mountain recess for most of the day, and at dusk, Wang Qiang set off with the troops again.

The night in September was a little cold, but the troops were just marching, and when the weather was hot during the day, the troops found a place to rest, and after three or four days of marching, the troops kept in good condition, which made Wang Qiang very satisfied.

The troops had been marching in the countryside far from the towns, and although many people saw the marching troops along the way, Wang Qiang saw their numb eyes and did not pay attention to them.

On the way, he also met several groups of Manchu officials, but Wang Qiang did not dare to let them go easily, and the head of the regiment wanted to kill these officials, but Wang Qiang did not have the habit of killing people easily. Just let people tie them up in the middle of nowhere. Can you escape on your own? It's up to their luck.

Huang Degong outside the city of Yizhou has already concentrated the fourth and sixth divisions, according to the previous discussion with Wang Qiang, Huang Degong does not need to launch a strong attack on Yizhou City, and when Wang Qiang conquers Jinan, the Qing army will definitely be mobilized, once the Qing army is mobilized, that is when Huang Degong here a large number of enemies are annihilated.

At this time, the outside of Yizhou was also dug up by the Qing soldiers, and there were trenches everywhere, and it seemed that the Qing soldiers wanted to use these trenches to kill and injure the national defense army in large numbers.

Huang Degong didn't care at all at this time. He now has three main divisions on hand, although there are more than 100,000 Qing soldiers on the opposite side, but they are nailed to death in Yizhou City, he can attack, retreat can defend, the initiative is in his hands, and he is not in a hurry at all.

Huang Degong ordered the three divisions to set up camp on the outskirts of Yizhou City, and the distance between the three divisions was only one mile. The Seventh Division was placed at the forefront, and although Wang Qiang took a regiment, the Seventh Division still had more than 10,000 horses. Combat effectiveness is still the strongest among the three divisions.

The Wehrmacht slowed down the pace of the offensive, which made Tan Tai and Wu Sangui in Yizhou City too anxious. There are 200,000 horses near Yizhou, and there are not a few people who eat horses and chew them at the end of this day.

Although the grain and grass can still last for more than ten days, this is already the limit that the whole Shandong can bear, Tan Tai has urgently reported to Beijing, hoping that the imperial court can support some grain and grass, and I don't know when this battle will be fought.

In the Wuying Hall of Beijing City, Dolgon is urgently convening the ministers to discuss, since the war together, the twists and turns from all over the country flew to Beijing City like snowflakes, there is almost no good news, either the loss of the city and the land, or the urgent documents, the most headache for Dolgon is that all the armies are desperately looking for him to ask for military salaries, food and grass.

The last year was good, and under the Qing Dynasty, he finally recovered a little, but Dolgon knew in his heart that this vitality would soon be exhausted in the war.

The Qing Dynasty can now only rely on the advantage of numbers to offset the strong combat capability of the national defense army, and now the imperial court's army has exceeded 1.3 million, which is already more than the beginning of the Ming Dynasty.

When he first entered the city of Beijing, Dolgon once felt that Emperor Chongzhen was too incompetent and had a huge country, and finally ended up hanging himself on a coal mountain.

Now Dolgon doesn't think so, he has even thought that maybe it won't be a long time before he will be like Emperor Chongzhen, but as a warrior of the Qing Dynasty, his most likely choice is to end his life with a knife rather than hang himself.

Dolgon carefully calculated the number of the Nanjing Defense Army, and it did not exceed 200,000 at full capacity, but Dolgon knew that the Nanjing government spent no less than his more than 1 million troops to raise these 200,000 troops, so why could they hold on?

Take that new musket as an example, Dolgon is so angry that he no longer has the joy of being able to make a new musket at the imperial court.

When Fan Wencheng said that it would cost thirty or forty taels of silver to make a new musket, it was no less than giving Dolgon a blow to the head, and I remember that he was angry at Fan Wencheng at that time, and scolded Fan Wencheng so much that he almost quit his job.

Dolgon really couldn't figure out why Nanjing was able to make so many muskets, and didn't they have to spend money to make muskets? And there are so many artillery pieces in the Wehrmacht, which has to be counted in a pile of silver, how can they do it?

I heard that they were doing business overseas, but Dolgon didn't quite understand that doing business overseas was so profitable? Why did the Ming Dynasty ban the sea for hundreds of years and not let everyone go to sea to do business?

"Ministers, let's talk about it, if this continues, if we don't wait for the National Defense Force to call, our Qing court itself will collapse." Dolgon pressed his temple with one hand, his eyes fixed on the two rows of ministers sitting below, and said in a gloomy voice.

The topic of discussion today is the financial issue, and everyone knows that the sad face of the head of the household department has already explained everything.

"Qiyu Regent, the minister thinks that the grain and grass can be dealt with, but this is the silver..."

Dolgon also knew that last year's harvest was good, and even Shaanxi, Henan and other provinces that had been in drought for many years had a slight surplus of grain, and the sweet potatoes from Nanming were really a good thing, with a high yield and a full stomach, and many places had begun to plant them.

Dolgon didn't understand why the Nanjing government didn't blockade the Qing Dynasty, but allowed the sweet potato to spread to the Qing Dynasty, and he didn't understand it for many days.

Later, he found the answer in the China Daily. It turned out that the Nanjing government thought that although it was under the rule of the Manchus. But the Han people are innocent. As long as everyone can eat their stomachs, the Nanjing government will not blockade its own compatriots.

This made Dolgon both happy and afraid, happy that the Qing Dynasty would not have the worry of famine now, and afraid that in the long run, people's hearts would go to Nanjing.

"The minister thinks that when this is critical, I must take drastic measures in the Qing Dynasty, and all the officials and gentry, including me, must pay taxes as one, otherwise. Sooner or later, an army without money will become a pile of sand, just like the army of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Sonny saw that the hall was quiet again, and no one spoke, so he stood up and said.

It took a lot of courage for Sonny to say this, and he also knew that as soon as he said this, countless officials and gentry and Manchu nobles would regard him as an enemy, but there was no other way at this time.

Sure enough, as soon as Sony's voice fell, there was a commotion in the hall, and even a Manchurian minister pointed at Sony and scolded him.

Dorgon glanced back at the little emperor sitting on the throne, and his heart beat a drum. Sony said exactly what he wanted to do, but he was going to do it. The consequences are difficult to predict themselves, so we have to discuss this with the Queen Mother.

In the Wuying Hall of the former Nanming Palace, Luo Jian was also convening a meeting of relevant government personnel.

There were a lot of people attending the meeting, and they really couldn't find such a big place, so Luo Jian asked people to tear down the throne in the Wuying Palace, and put up tables and chairs again, and the Wuying Hall was transformed into a large conference room.

Luo Jian originally wanted to arrange the tables and chairs in a circle and hold a round table, but the few large pillars in the hall could not be handled, so they had to be arranged in two rows, and Luo Jian and Shi Kefa were in the main position together.

Luo Jian also convened a financial work conference, the war together, the daily consumption of several armies is amazing, although the pre-war meeting made detailed arrangements and deployments, but with the change of the situation, a series of new problems will appear later.

"Minister Zhang, can you tell me about the financial situation?"

After everyone was seated, Luo Jian said to Zhang Youyu, who was sitting under Ren Minyu.

Finance Minister Zhang Youyu pushed the glasses on his eyes and opened the folder on the table.

The glasses were made for him by Luo Jian when he saw that he was always squinting at things, and knew that his eyes were not good, so he was specially made for him, with this thing, Zhang Youyu felt that his efficiency had improved a lot.

"Governors and Governors, ladies and gentlemen, the financial situation of the Nanjing Provisional Government this year is generally good; up to now, the total fiscal revenue is more than 38 million taels, the total expenditure is more than 32 million taels, and the total financial savings are 6 million taels."

Listening to Zhang Youyu's words, a sound of inhalation sounded in the huge Wuying Palace, and many people were shocked to hear that this year's financial revenue was so high.

"I would like to report to you the major items in the total expenditure, including more than 8 million taels for military expenditure, more than 11 million taels for education, more than 4 million taels for the salaries of government officials, and more than 6 million taels for the two major projects of chemical plants and railways.

Zhang Youyu's voice echoed in the Wuying Palace, and many officials were already stupid.

"Minister Zhang, are the construction of the 'Yue Fei' and other merchant ships counted?" Shi Kefa asked.

"Inspector, the cost of the construction of the 'Yue Fei' is included in the military expenditure, and the construction of the merchant ship did not cost the government's money, but was paid by the ocean trading company." Zhang Youyu replied quickly, obviously he knew all these things.

Zheng Zhilong also sat down, listening to Zhang Youyu's report, beads of sweat appeared on Zheng Zhilong's forehead.

In the past, he always felt that he was already rich enough to rival the country, but when he heard it today, he realized that the financial revenue of the Nanjing government was so high, and he felt that his vision was too shallow.

Just when Zheng Zhilong was still thinking nonsense, Shi Kefa's voice sounded in the hall.

"Do you know what the annual income of the Ming Dynasty was? At its peak, it was less than 30 million taels. Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, and other provinces have just stabilized, and the taxes they collect are not much; in other words, this year's fiscal revenue is mainly the income from Yangzhou and Jiangsu provinces and maritime trade, and our situation will get better and better in the future. ”

Listening to Shi Kefa's words, there was a burst of tsk in the Wuying Palace, and almost everyone was encouraged. (To be continued.) )

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