It is said that it is easy to do things with more people, and after the scientific expedition was over, the government agencies in various state capitals and towns were supplemented to the greatest extent and began to operate normally. The military management that was forced to be implemented earlier can finally come to an end.

As for the problem of the new civil servants' lack of professional skills, there is no need to worry too much about this, after all, the heads of the departments are all experienced former candidates.

And they are not facing old towns that have established their own rules, but white land that has just been ravaged by disasters and wars. It's much easier to rebuild in a blank space than to slowly revise the original rules. It doesn't matter if the experience is almost there, after all, the damage that can be caused will not be too great.

The Preparatory Civil Service School is filled with nearly 30,000 new students, all of whom are reserve civil servants selected from among the candidates who have failed to make the list. Originally, Zhang Hongbin planned to hold a civil service examination again in two years, but now that the conquest of the whole of Shaanxi has begun to pull the agenda, then the newly occupied land naturally needs a new batch of officials.

The battle of the Daling River made Zhang Hongbin dissatisfied with Houjin, but at the same time, he also found a new way to make money, that is, arms trading.

Houjin suffered a loss in firearms and offered to exchange materials or money for a batch of firearms, and Zhang Hongbin agreed. According to the primary model of self-produced gunpowder, with the most primitive lead bullet and relatively backward gunpowder formula for tie-in, the price is 30% cheaper than the cost price of the regular way, the real conscience price.

In fact, only the people in the firearms workshop know the price of this thing, and after the unified ruler and the assembly line assembly process were accelerated, the cost of such a primary product did not exceed ten taels of silver, but it was sold for twenty taels of silver. Of course, such a high-quality and powerful firecracker can't be built without thirty or forty taels of silver in Daming, let alone Houjin.

5,000 such firecrackers were directly sold in exchange for 20,000 horses, but there were only more than 5,000 qualified military horses, and Houjin was not a fool...... But it doesn't matter, anyway, this kind of self-produced firecracker, especially the initial type, the soldiers of the Salvation Army don't even look at it.

At present, the most advanced in Zhang Hongbin's hands is naturally the Lu Mi Gong produced by the system, followed by the 'Mu's Chongzhen Three-Year Type Five'. The former is mainly equipped with the main battle troops, the latter is equipped with local armed militias, and the rest are basically scrapped, and even scrapped are within the scope of loss.

After the first batch of muskets was sold, Napoleonic guns were also sold, using outdated gunpowder and solid shells, and flowering shells naturally would not be sold. The Napoleonic cannon may not be as powerful as the Hongyi cannon, but the advantage is that it is easy to carry, and it is the most suitable artillery for Houjin, especially since they don't have many craftsmen who cast cannons, and the existing ones are all trying to build red-coated cannons, but the artillery troops can't just need red-coated cannons, right? The Napoleonic cannon was a good addition.

The news of Houjin's purchase of firearms also reached the ears of Emperor Chongzhen through the brocade guards of the Ming Dynasty.

However, the emperor has no money, and he can produce it himself, so he can only pretend that he has not heard of it. However, the local armies, especially the new and border armies that were at war with the rogues and the Tartars, had to secretly negotiate with the Chamber of Commerce and secretly purchased a lot of guns and artillery.

Especially the border army in Liaodong, the amount they purchased was called large, and they directly purchased tens of thousands of guns and hundreds of cannons. Come to think of it, the last time they were used to win a battle, which made them begin to pay attention to the use of firearms, and at the same time, they were completely uneasy about the kind of firearms built by the imperial court.

If you are at ease, why do you need to travel thousands of miles to make a deal with an anti-thief force?

The news of the sale of firearms by the Salvation Army was also known to the rogues and other forces, and as a result, even Tibet, the Arab region, and even Southeast Asian countries such as Siam tried to get some artillery back. After all, compared to the kind of artillery sold by the red hair, Zhang Hongbin's artillery is not only light and suitable for their terrain, but the important thing is that the price is much cheaper.

Many people laughed at Zhang Hongbin for taking out such important firearms for sale, but only a few smart people would know that Zhang Hongbin was only afraid that he had better firearms in his hands, otherwise he would naturally not sell such a sharp weapon lightly.

It's just that Zhang Hongbin's firearms workshop experienced a robbery earlier, which made the defense here more stringent, and even all the craftsmen have been investigated for three generations, and his family and friends have even been protected by the internal guards, so that spies from other countries have no way to deal with them.

As for their own research and development, many people sadly find that what they make is not as cheap as what they buy, and the quality is also poor. In terms of practicality, buying firearms from Zhang Hongbin is far more cost-effective than making oneself. In this year, the concept of independent research and development has not yet been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

They also don't want to think about how many times can Zhang Hongbin's firearms be hit and how long they can support Zhang Hongbin's firearms in the context of the inevitable and protracted war of the national war, which is not at all capable of producing firearms on its own?

In June 1631, the Salvation Army began its campaign against the remaining territory of Shaanxi, dispatching 50,000 horses and horses to disperse into several troops and go around to conquer. In fact, at this point, there is no need to fight a tough battle, and here in Shaanxi, there are no forces that dare to oppose the Salvation Army. In other words, many people still hope that the Salvation Army will come as soon as possible to save them from danger.

By the end of July, the entire territory of Shaanxi had fallen into the hands of Zhang Hongbin.

Zhang Hongbin is no longer a small thief, and has begun to have the qualifications to be the king.

In fact, there are already many courtiers who have written to ask Zhang Hongbin to be the emperor, or at least the king. It can be seen from the source of the documents that they are all the candidates who have just been admitted to the civil service, and these guys plan to use the name of persuasion to become familiar in front of Zhang Hongbin. As for whether it will succeed or not, they originally had no hope. If they succeed, they naturally have a share of the credit; If it doesn't work, they don't have anything to lose.

"Yuanyuan, do you think I should be king? Or will you not be king? Zhang Hongbin asked Zhu Cunyuan with a wry smile.

This little girl has the knowledge of the future, and even her study of politics has made great progress during this time, and she is absolutely qualified as a political consultant.

"Even if you don't claim the title of king, aren't you the king of Shaanxi? We are not rogues, and those older rogues, such as Gao Yingxiang and Wang Jiayin, are also breaking away from the rogues step by step and developing towards the forces of the Central Plains. If they are the first to claim the title of king and emperor, and when the time comes to meet them, will we be a head or two lower than them? Besides, when are you going to let the subordinates who have been following you from the beginning and who are optimistic about you wait? Zhu Cunyuan thought about it and replied.

The answer is already there, and there is no need to go into further discussion.

At the beginning of August, Zhang Hongbin took the stage to worship the sky and officially called the king, called Qin!