(New books for collections, recommended votes, please, please!) Your attention is the motivation for my writing, thank you! ）

"This amount of silver is more than the treasury of the capital! Now, we should be the richest people in the world! Geng Jimao said to himself.

"Yes, with this money, we don't have to worry about our future development. It can be said that for at least 10 years, we will not need to worry about money, and all plans can be launched! Geng Jingzhong said solemnly.

"In the past two years, the imperial court's control over the local government has become more and more tightened. Although Fujian is far away from the imperial court, you can also feel the changes as it is today. Six years ago, the Southern Ming Dynasty had no more land on the mainland, and the world was in ruins, and the stability of the country was the desire of the people, so whoever started the war first would be the first to lose the support of the people. You remember to me, no matter how far you develop in the future, don't be the first to take the lead! It may be that he was thirsty after telling the story to the little guy for a long time just now, so Geng Jimao took a sip of the teacup.

"I know very well that our family, as well as the Wu family and the Shang family, were crowned kings for betraying the Ming Dynasty, and their reputation is not good. But now, you can do as much as you can, and this is the reason why I support you in developing Fujian. Looking at what you've done over the past few years, it's still very effective. Geng Jimao continued to say slowly to Geng Jingzhong.

Geng Jingzhong nodded and said: "I know this very well, but since ancient times, there has been no opposite-sex vassal king who has a good end, how Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang did it, the records in the history books couldn't be clearer." Yunnan Wushangui has also begun to prepare for a long time, Wu Sangui is the largest of the three feudatories, sitting on the Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. It is not that Wu Sangui must take the initiative to rebel, but the Manchu court will definitely take the initiative to force Wu Sangui to rebel. I don't think it will be long. ”

"At least in the past few years, the imperial court will not make any moves, and it has taken advantage of the fact that the imperial court has not taken us seriously. Just enough to cover your head and develop. When a few companies have almost developed, it is time to do it! ”

"It's all to blame! If Ao Bai could listen to our Jianyi, Kangxi would not have taken control of the imperial court so quickly. Nowadays, the court is united and united, and the overall development is much stronger than ours! Geng Jingzhong said hatefully. As early as when Kangxi was in power, he ordered Geng Hou to pass the news to Ao Bai in a roundabout way, saying that Kangxi would do something to him. It's a pity that Ao Bai was in power at that time, and he didn't take Kangxi in his eyes at all. And he didn't think that anyone in the capital would dare to deal with him, so he took these words as wind in his ears, so that he was wiped out by Kangxi.

Geng Jimao shook his head, pursed his lips and said: "I told you a long time ago, he is a powerful minister, not a traitor, he is loyal to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and he will not take the initiative to deal with Kangxi." And he's a very capable person, maybe when he's threatened. may join forces with our vassal kings; But he has always been in power, and he will not listen to what you send someone to say. If he was a traitor, he would have joined forces with Wu Sangui a long time ago. Where's your turn? Thankfully, Ao Bai didn't delve into the source of the news, otherwise we would have been the first to expose it! ”

"Ahem, this. It's the children who did it wrong! Geng Jingzhong coughed twice in embarrassment. This is all misled by the TV series of later generations, and Ao Bai received their money a few years ago. Speak for them, and think that Ao Bai is really a traitor. I went around the bush to contact him. Who would have thought that Ao Bai would not look down on his Geng family at all, and let his Geng family transform into a navy army, which would be even less threatening to the imperial court, so Ao Bai would help him speak so wholeheartedly. In fact, Ao Bai has always been thinking about the Manchu court.

"Although Wu Sangui is vigorously preparing for war, I think as long as the imperial court does not make a move, he will not take the lead. Then again, it's only a matter of time before the imperial court makes a move, do you think with our current strength, we can participate in the war between the two sides? ”

"The child feels that with our current strength, it is not as good as the imperial court, nor can it be as good as Wu Sangui. They were all deep inland, with plenty of soldiers, and there were hundreds of thousands. Although we have sharp muskets, after all, there are too few soldiers, and the hearts of the people in Fujian are not all towards us. At this moment, if the imperial army attacks Fujian, we can only learn from Taiwan's Zheng Jing and go into exile overseas. Geng Jingzhong shook his head, and then continued: "Zheng Jing's sailors have always been far stronger than the imperial court sailors, but he has never dared to attack the mainland, because he knows that the people on land will not help him. Once his soldiers were fought by the imperial court, he would no longer be able to compete with the imperial court. Our situation is so similar to Zheng Jing, now in Fujian we can still make a difference, once out of here, no one will help us! ”

"It's good that you know! This is also something that can't be helped, when your grandfather took refuge in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he just wanted to live. No matter how wrong he is, he is already immortal anyway. Now that you are at the helm of the Geng family, you must take a good road in the future! Geng Jimao said earnestly. By the way, this time you went to the Wa Kingdom, I think it won't be long before the imperial court will know the news, how are you ready to deal with it? Geng Jimao changed the topic and asked Geng Jingzhong.

"This father, please rest assured, these things have already been dealt with by the child. The Wa Kingdom would not announce the results of the battle to the outside world, and the imperial court would not receive accurate information. Even if there is a businessman here who transmits the news of our victory to the capital, Kangxi has no way to confirm it. As long as we don't admit it, this matter will eventually have to be resolved. Geng Jingzhong was not worried about this matter, and the Tokugawa family had to slowly announce the contents of the treaty if they wanted to maintain their rule. They won't go around publicizing the news of their defeat, so when Kangxi gets the exact news, I don't know if it will be until the Year of the Monkey!

On the Fujian side, most of the coastal residents know about this matter, and some people must have reported to the capital. But even if what they say is conclusive, it is useless without real evidence. If the imperial court sent a letter to inquire, Geng Jingzhong only needed to push 625 and admit nothing, and the imperial court would not be sure whether the news was true or false. Unless they send someone to the Wakoku and find the Tokugawa family to inquire carefully.

The Wa and the Manchus never dealt with each other, and they did not send envoys to claim vassals, and the Manchus would not pay attention to a small island country.

"That's good, if you let the court know that we have got so much gold and silver, I guess you will have to find an excuse to deal with us immediately! It's better to be careful. Geng Jimao was still a little worried, but still admonished.

"Hehe, it's okay father, the specific content of the agreement we signed with the Tokugawa shogunate is only clear to us and the Tokugawa family, and no one else knows. In particular, the indemnity is one of them, which is only known to Wang Zhenbang and other henchmen among the naval officers. As for the gold and silver obtained from the Shimazu family, I have given strict orders, and the soldiers will not chew their tongues everywhere. Therefore, the court will not know. Even if someone sues Kangxi now, saying that my Geng family now has 10,000 taels of silver, then he has to believe it! Geng Jingzhong said with a smile.

Fujian has been considered a poor province since ancient times, and the sum of the silver taels in the province will not be 10,000 taels. Now if someone says that Geng Jingzhong alone has 10,000 taels of silver, it will only be regarded as crazy words and exaggerated rumors. Kangxi is so smart, without real evidence, he will not believe the rumors. Geng Jingzhong was right, as soon as the Mawei fleet returned, someone from Fujian would make a secret play to the imperial court. The main content is that the Mawei fleet won a great victory and obtained a huge amount of gold and silver, so that the imperial court could be careful to guard against it.

Kangxi received a secret report, although he paid attention, but he didn't pay much attention to it. His strength for the Geng family was roughly two years ago, and tens of thousands of sailors wanted to conquer the Wa Kingdom, which was really a fantasy. If you can conquer the Wa Kingdom with just the sailors of a local vassal king, it will also seem that the Wa Kingdom is too useless. Thinking that back then, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses and thousands of ships of the Mengyuan Dynasty did not take the Wa Kingdom, but returned defeated, so I knew that the Wa Kingdom was not so easy to fight. Besides, if a naval division was so strong, the Zheng family in Taiwan would have attacked Beijing more than ten years ago!

"That's right, Father. The child has something to report to you! Geng Jingzhong said, took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it to Geng Jimao. This is something that children have thought about for a long time, but they have never found the right opportunity to implement it, can you see if it is feasible? ”

There are two main items on this piece of paper. First, Geng Jingzhong was preparing to implement a new military rank system in the army, which he copied from later generations. The second is a new system of rewards and punishments. The treatment of the Mawei army is the best in the whole army, but he still knows the truth that the eagle cannot be full, and he is far away when he is full, and these two articles are set up to solve this problem.

When the horsetail soldiers have money and buy a family business, their desperate strength will also be sharply reduced. In order to prevent this incident from happening, it is necessary to learn the military merit title system of the pre-Qin period, so that the horsetail soldiers are also like wolves and tigers like the pre-Qin soldiers, and they are happy when they hear the battle, which is an invincible army.

Geng Jimao took the paper and read it carefully. These two columns are very clear, one of the front and back is stated, and the front is the military rank system of later generations copied by Geng Jingzhong. However, this is the military rank system established at the beginning of the Republic, which is divided into seven grades and twenty grades, which is very similar to the twenty-level military merit title system of the pre-Qin Dynasty. Specifically, it is divided into generalissimo and marshal; generals, generals, lieutenant generals, major generals; Colonels, Colonels, Lieutenant Colonels, Majors; Captain, Captain, Lieutenant, Ensign; Warrant officer; sergeant, sergeant, corporal; There are twenty ranks of private and private.

Each level requires corresponding military merits to obtain, and the treatment of each level is also very different. Geng Jingzhong had already decided that the army would no longer adopt the original set of military pay regulations customized by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but would instead adopt new regulations set up by himself. If you want to get good treatment, you have to rely on your military exploits. Those who are capable are up, and those who are mediocre must make a major adjustment in the army, otherwise the combat strength in the future will not only not improve, but will also have a great regression! (To be continued......)

PS: The second chapter finally caught up, and the little brother is really sorry!