Just as Zhu Daolin was inspecting the industries under his command non-stop, one eye was still staring at the deteriorating situation in the north.

The peasant army, which had rapidly swelled to 600,000 men, unexpectedly gradually assembled in the border area of Shanxi, Henan, and Shaanxi, attracting 300,000 officers and soldiers from all walks of life to press forward step by step.

Based on Zhu Daolin's understanding of history, the 600,000 peasant army will soon be suddenly launched, fighting its way out of the encirclement, sacking dozens of prefectures and counties in the Central Plains, and then attacking southern Shaanxi and Nanyang, and finally capturing Nanyang, threatening Huguang, and then flowing to Bashu, causing greater chaos and turmoil.

In the direction of Liaodong, the main force of Houjin will soon move south to Jinzhou and pull out this stinger that has kept Huang Taiji in his throat for more than ten years.

Faced with the fate of the imminent fall of Jinzhouwei, Zhu Daolin had already made the choice of watching coldly and profiting from the fisherman.

Jinzhou Wei has always been an important place under the jurisdiction of Dongjiang Town, but he didn't know which string Emperor Chongzhen had put in his brain, and he actually divided Jinzhou Wei out of Zhu Daolin's jurisdiction, causing Zhu Daolin to have to drastically change his strategic plan, and now he is still full of resentment and has no way to vent.

Secondly, most of the more than 9,000 officers and soldiers guarding Jinzhou Wei were the former Dongjiang Army, which had always been undisciplined and unruly.

Zhu Daolin had shown favor to them several times before, but he could not win the trust and return of Jinzhou Wei from top to bottom, but instead swallowed a large amount of military expenses and food given by Zhu Daolin, as well as various compensation for changing guards, but did not sincerely cooperate.

Such a selfish army is no longer worthy of Zhu Daolin's support and fighting. to save.

As for the Guan Ning Army, which is across the sea from Jinzhou Wei, it is definitely the object that Zhu Daolin hates the most after this era, and it is a potential enemy that must be resolutely eliminated!

If Emperor Chongzhen had kept his promise and trusted Zhu Daolin, Zhu Daolin's tens of thousands of elite soldiers would have already gone to Ningyuan and Jinzhou to station on the front line, shouldering the heavy responsibility of resisting the enemy head-on. Launching continuous attacks and provocations against the Houjin army forced the Houjin army to fall into the quagmire of the most undesirable war of attrition, so as to achieve the goal of effectively containing the enemy's main force and liberating the forces on the front line of Xuanda.

In this way, Emperor Chongzhen could justifiably transfer the Guanning army, which had been out of control, into the Guannei, and forced this warlord army, which had spent the country's huge wealth for more than ten years but did nothing, to go to the northwest region to suppress bandits.

Things have developed to this point, due to Emperor Chongzhen's indiscriminate administration and the constraints of the imperial court, Zhu Daolin is powerless to return to heaven no matter how capable he is.

Especially the whole of Gangnam. Both the military and the civilian population are mostly immersed in singing and dancing, as the so-called "outside the mountain, Qingshan Lou Wailou, West Lake singing and dancing when will it be off", as if the safety of the north has nothing to do with themselves.

Such a society and such a people have reached the point of incomparably depraved and incurable, and they are not worthy of Zhu Daolin's sympathy at all.

It was with this idea in mind that Zhu Daolin quickly adjusted his strategic direction. Turn your energy to the south, to the vast ocean.

But before the official force. Zhu Daolin must stabilize his foundation and take care of the belongings he has accumulated with great difficulty.

On the afternoon of the day when Zhu Daolin convened the military and political meeting, Wu Jingxian, the eunuch of Nanjing, and Xu Hongji, the duke of Wei, came to the door together.

A day ago, more than a dozen families, including Wu Jingxian, Wei Guogong, Longping Hou, the Ying family and several partners, all received gifts sent by Zhu Daolin.

Although Zhu Daolin knew from the bottom of his heart that these collaborators could no longer be trusted. For this reason, he did not hesitate to persuade the master to withdraw from the hugely profitable Bofu Money Bank on the grounds of large-scale construction, and he also formulated a detailed response plan, and was ready to withdraw at any time and make the decision to part ways.

The reason why Zhu Daolin dared to do this was because he had a trump card in his hand that was enough to decide the fate of Bofu Money - the copper needed to mint money!

It's been a few months. Coming to Zhu Daolin's back study to sit and drink tea again, Wu Jingxian and Xu Hongji were really a little emotional.

However, Xu Wenjue, the heir of the Duke of Wei who followed, was still the same as before, happy to see Zhu Daolin, and his attitude was extremely kind.

After tasting a cup of Zhu Daolin's top-quality Longjing, Wu Jingxian's whole person relaxed, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Zhu Daolin was taken aback: "Daolin, you have offended Guan Ningjun and half of the ministers of the court." ”

"It can't be that serious, right? Haven't your old man hated Guan Ningjun who was lying on Da Ming's body and sucking blood in the past few years? Right, Grandpa Guo? Zhu Daolin immediately asked.

Xu Hongji, who had two more wrinkles on his forehead, laughed: "That's true, but you make such a fuss, but you have cut off the financial route of countless people!" ”

Zhu Daolin immediately understood: "So that's the case...... I kind of understand, no wonder I am so hated, Guan Ningjun's annual consumption of no less than 3 million taels of silver is indeed an incomparably huge piece of fat, if I didn't come too late and not qualified, I'm afraid even I want to take a bite. ”

Xu Hongji and his son immediately burst out laughing.

Wu Jingxian shook his head and said pertinently: "Fortunately, the emperor quickly understood your good intentions, otherwise he would definitely punish you for the crime of rebellion." ”

"Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, I have never had such an unscrupulous and bold retaliation action from you, although the matter has passed, but every time I think of it, I am worried, and I am really convinced."

Zhu Daolin smiled apologetically: "Uncle, let's not talk about these troubles, if there is anything you should say, as long as I can do it, there will be no ambiguity." ”

"You said that! Wei Guogong and Wen Jue's nephew, you all heard it! ”

After Wu Jingxian finished nagging, he immediately turned to Zhu Daolin: "Tell me the truth, what is going on with the Sihai Bank opened by the Cheng family, the richest man in the capital, and the three wealthy businessmen of Beizhili?" ”

How could Zhu Daolin say his sinister intentions of plundering the wealth of the north, seeing Wu Jingxian looking at him angrily, the Xu family father and son pricked up their ears happily, and could only shake their heads and explain:

"The Cheng family father and son and the three wealthy businessmen of Beizhili are all big businessmen who have been operating routes to North Korea, Liaodong and Japan for many years.

"As long as you think carefully about Dongjiang Town and Yingzhou Island, which I now govern, and think about the bigger and bigger business I am doing with the Francophone people, anyone can see that this is making money from outsiders, and it has almost no impact on our Bofu Money Village, but it can bring benefits to workshops all over Daming."

"If the two banks can establish a good relationship, but have the role of complementing and promoting each other, do you think this is the truth?"

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PS: Thank you Qin Han Tang Ming for your big reward! (To be continued.) )