Puzikou, the big tent of the White Lotus thief soldiers.

The White Lotus Sect Leader is convening a military meeting with the main generals of the sect, and the discussion is naturally about the attack on Nanjing, and the participants in this military meeting are Li Qingshan and Yuan Shizhong, but Li Qingshan is now the general of the Guardian Holy Army, Yuan Shizhong is the second general, and Liu Badao, who was born in Taihu Lake, has now been mixed with the third general.

Since the defeat of Jining, and then the lair of Liu Zeqing, the general soldier of Shandong, the White Lotus Sect has changed to the south of the Yangtze River.

The White Lotus Sect Master also changed his previous mysterious style, and began to show his true face, the White Lotus Sect Master displayed in front of everyone has a beautiful face, skin like clotted fat, and can be called a charming beauty, but the most attractive thing is her tall and fiery body, and the tight black power suit outlines her plump curves to the fullest, which makes people see the blood flow.

There are also two maids standing behind the White Lotus Sect Master, who can also be regarded as beauties, and the one on the left is especially outstanding.

Li Qingshan, Yuan Shizhong and Liu Badao turned a blind eye to the three beauties who were close at hand, they didn't want to see it but didn't dare to look at it, don't look at the White Lotus Sect Master's charming appearance, but she didn't even blink her eyes when she killed people, what was even more shocking was that her martial arts were extremely high, and Li Qingshan, Yuan Shizhong and Liu Badao might not be her opponents when they joined forces.

There is also the most important reason, they have all been poisoned by the White Lotus Sect Master, and they must take the antidote every seven days, otherwise they will die of poison.

The White Lotus Sect Master glanced at Li Qingshan charmingly and asked, "General, have the spies sent to Nanjing come back?" ”

Li Qingshan hurriedly got up and replied respectfully, "Sect Master, I'm back." ”

The White Lotus Sect Leader said, "How is the defense of Nanjing City, and how many defenders are there?" ”

Li Qingshan responded: "There were originally 8,000 defenders in Nanjing City, among which Huang Degong's 3,000 sailors were the most difficult, but fortunately, half a month ago, he had been transferred to Taihu Lake to suppress Shui Kou and barefoot Zhang San, so that there were only 3,000 guards and 2,000 Jinyi guards left in Nanjing City, but ......."

"But how?"

"But three days ago, more than 10,000 of Wang Pu's elite soldiers came."

"What!?" White Lotus Sect Leader Huo Ran stood up and said in a condensed voice, "Wang Pu's Datong elite soldiers? ”

"Exactly." Li Qingshan said, "Yesterday there was a military parade outside the Taiping Gate, the military appearance is very neat, there are more than a dozen Hongyi cannons, the ground shakes when the cannon is fired, the momentum is very scary, the brother who sent to inquire about the news said that Wang Pu's Datong elite soldiers are not people at all, but heavenly soldiers and generals......

"Nonsense." The White Lotus Sect Master frowned and said, "What kind of heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals, it's just well-trained." ”

Li Qingshan hurriedly responded: "The sect leader is wise. ”

The White Lotus Sect Leader muttered, "Wang Pu actually came to Jiangnan and brought more than 10,000 Datong elite soldiers? It seems that the plan to attack Nanjing has been canceled, so the general and the second general led the main force of the Guardian Saint Army to attack Hezhou, and the third general continued to garrison Puzikou to confuse the ears and eyes of the officers and soldiers. ”

Li Qingshan, Yuan Shizhong and Liu Badao got up at the same time, clasped their fists and responded: "Obey the decree of the sect master." ”

When the three of them left, the White Lotus Sect Leader giggled, turned around and said to the two beautiful female disciples standing behind the tiger skin chair: "White Lotus Left Envoy, White Lotus Right Envoy, go with this seat to Nanjing to meet this Wang Pu, this time, this time, this seat wants him to plug his wings and it is difficult to fly, giggle......"

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Yanziji, the governor of Nanjing.

Wang Pu and Zhen Youcai are meeting to calculate the money and food that may be needed, and the young lady is dialing the abacus on the side, while using a quill dipped in ink to make records quickly, this little girl is now proficient in using Arabic numerals to make records, and can also perform the four operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

Zhen Youcai wrenched his fingers and elaborated one by one.

"To buy 100,000 acres of farmland to settle the families of the army, it will cost 1.2 million taels of silver."

"It is planned to buy fifty Hongyi cannons from Xiyi merchants, and it will cost fifty thousand taels of silver."

"It is planned to build an iron-smelting yard, purchase land and houses, relocate equipment, and recruit craftsmen for 200,000 taels of silver."

"It is planned to build an armory workshop, purchase land and houses, relocate equipment, and recruit craftsmen for 150,000 taels of silver."

"It is planned to build a gunpowder bureau, purchase land and houses, relocate equipment, and recruit craftsmen for 100,000 taels of silver."

"Huaiyin mines iron ore and requisitions Cao Gang ships to transport ore, which consumes 100,000 taels of silver every year."

"Before the completion of the iron-smelting workshop, the purchase of iron, sulfur, carbon powder, nitrate and various materials consumed 200,000 taels of silver every year."

"At present, the soldiers spend 800,000 taels of silver every year, and if 100,000 new troops are recruited, according to the annual salary of each soldier 200,000 taels, the annual new salary expenditure will be 2 million taels."

"Every year, 25,000 stone of military food is consumed, and 50,000 taels of silver are consumed."

"The purchase of 100,000 stone of military rations in reserve will cost 200,000 taels of silver."

"The purchase of 100,000 sets of reserve military uniforms will cost 100,000 taels of silver."

……

"Okay, okay, stop reading it." Wang Pu finally couldn't sit still, forcibly interrupted Zhen Youcai, turned around and asked Nen Niang again, "Nen Niang, how much did these expenses add a total just now?" ”

The young lady picked up the manuscript and said in disbelief: "A total of five million and one hundred and fifty thousand taels." ”

Wang Pu's brows tightened in an instant, no wonder Emperor Chongzhen asked Wu Sangui to train a new army in history, Wu Sangui's son Wu Xiang opened his mouth to ask Emperor Chongzhen for three million silver, and also released cruel words If there is not enough silver, it is impossible to train a brave and good fighting new army, Emperor Chongzhen was even frightened, and the matter of training troops had to be stopped in the end.

Facts have proved that Wu Xiang does not have a lion's big mouth, he doesn't know that firewood and rice are expensive, and other expenses are just trivial, and the real big head is the salary and silver expenditure of the soldiers of the three armies!

In this era, it was impossible for Wang Pu to instill any proletarian revolutionary ideas into the big-headed soldiers under his command, nor could he carry out land reform and use land to tempt these big-headed soldiers to work for him.

"General." Zhen Youcai said with a solemn expression, "This does not include the silver reward to be distributed to the soldiers of the three armed forces after winning the battle, as well as the pension to the families of the fallen soldiers!" ”

Wang Pu nodded, and asked Nen Niang again: "Nen Niang, how much silver is there in the camp now?" ”

The young lady replied without thinking: "There are one hundred and seventy-nine thousand seven hundred and thirty-six taels. ”

Zhen Youcai reminded: "In two months, it will be the end of the year again, and the salary for the second half of the year should also be distributed, 50 taels per person for the 4,000 veterans of the firearms battalion, 20 taels per person for the 8,000 recruits of the spear battalion and the baggage battalion, plus one piece, it will be 360,000 taels, general, this army is simply a tiger that eats silver." ”

Wang Pu frowned and said: "There are not a few taels of silver left in the Admiral's Yamen, and the implementation of the new policy in the two provinces of Zhejiang has also been yellow, and we can't count on the taxes of the two provinces. ”

Zhen Youcai's eyes suddenly flashed with a fierce light, and he said in a low voice: "Simply, send the army to pretend to be water bandits to loot, there are countless gentry in Zhejiang and Zhizhi provinces, and all of them are wealthy, how can they make up forty or fifty million taels, which is enough to recruit 100,000 troops." ”

"Nope." Wang Pu said categorically, "This method of killing chickens and taking eggs must not be used, if you really want to do it like you, even if the army is trained, in the end, I am afraid that it will not be enough to suppress the civil rebellion in the two provinces of Zhejiang and Zhejiang, besides, what if the people of the two provinces of Zhejiang and the two provinces are not able to make a living, even if they are trained to have an army of 100,000?" It's not a rootless tree, and it's hard to last. ”

Zhen Youcai scratched his head and said, "Then I can't think of any good way." ”

"Think again." Wang Pu said, "There will be a way to do it eventually." ”

Wang Pu's voice fell, and Lu Liu suddenly walked in quickly, and said loudly: "General, the seventh brother has already taken the lady and the little young master from Songjiang." ”

Wang Pu hurriedly said: "What about people? ”

Lu Liudao: "It's almost outside the gate." ”

Wang Pu turned around and beckoned to the young lady and said, "Go, come with me to greet you." ”

"Hey."

The young lady responded crisply, and followed Wang Pu straight to the gate.

Outside the gate, Xiao Qi with two hundred elite family members have escorted two carriages slowly approaching the gate, before the carriage stopped, Wang Pu had already taken the young lady from the steps to meet him hurriedly, the young lady took a step forward and opened the curtain, Wang Pu saw Chen Yuanyuan holding the little Wang Fa sitting in the carriage.

Since the farewell of Zhangde Mansion, Wang Pu and Chen Yuanyuan, mother and son, have not seen each other for almost two months.

I haven't seen him for two months, Xiao Wang Fa has grown up and looked even more white and fat, this will lie in Chen Yuanyuan's arms and sleep soundly, Chen Yuanyuan looks a little haggard, maybe the child is making trouble.

Wang Pu's Adam's apple twitched, and he called in a low voice: "Lady." ”

Chen Yuanyuan looked at Wang Pu affectionately, a sweet smile had already appeared on his face, but the tenderness in his heart turned into a soft call: "Xianggong." ”

Wang Pu stretched out his hand and hugged Chen Yuanyuan and his son out of the carriage, and hugged the mother and son into his arms in front of all the family members.

"Xianggong." A faint flush appeared on Chen Yuanyuan's white face, and he said in a low voice, "The slave family also invited you a female middle school Zhuge . ”

(To be continued)