Not long after, Ma Shouying had already complied with Li Zicheng's order and began the operation of purchasing weapons.

These families don't know why, they always have some insecurity, and if they don't prepare some firearms in the family, it seems that someone will take all their wealth away the next day. In the past, when I didn't have firearms, I would always prepare some knives, guns, sticks, or something.

If Li Zicheng had just begun to rule here, they would naturally not dare to buy it, after all, they knew what Li Zicheng was. It's just that after a long time, everyone and Li Zicheng have been involved, and everyone's interests seem to be almost integrated, so I feel that there is no problem.

Seeing that in the past two years, the minds of the family members have become more and more active, and naturally in order to prevent accidents, they have begun to buy a batch of firearms.

They also know that the firearms they can buy are basically eliminated by the republic, but even the eliminated firearms are better than those produced by other forces, and most importantly, cheaper. In the past two years, every household has basically bought fifty or sixty firecrackers, the purpose of which is to use it to watch the family nursing home or something. Even if they knew that here in the Dashun Empire, there were no cottages or robbers, after all, the biggest bandit and robber was the one sitting on the throne now.

I thought that this firearm would not be able to set off any waves, so I kept it, but I didn't want to receive an order from the military department today, saying that it was to fully recover the weapons of the major families, and it was stated that none of them were allowed to be left, otherwise they would be severely punished.

There are a few people in the government who even learned about this matter half a day in advance.

Looking at the soldiers who were ready to attack their homes at any moment, many people understood that this was not a drill, it was a real game. It's just that many people are hesitant again, what if they sell their firearms, but they are extinguished because they have no resistance? It's just that this is just a momentary thought, because they understand that if they are so good at the firearm, how long can they resist even if they resist? Besides, I'm still looking for food on other people's territory.

Well-informed, naturally, he opened the door as soon as possible, took out all the firearms and handed them over to the army. Many people even made it clear that this is a tribute to the army, and it can be regarded as a contribution to the country. Originally, most of the officers were from bandits, and they naturally wouldn't mind if they could make a sum of money privately, so they gladly took it, and then turned around and left.

Looking at the figure of them leaving, the family breathed a sigh of relief, but it didn't catch fire, and the other party obviously also took into account everyone's common interests, so it didn't go too far. As for the dozens or hundreds of firearms, it really doesn't cost much, and if you can live in peace, this money can be easily earned.

If you are not well-informed, you will be in trouble, and if you hesitate for more than a minute, the soldier will lead someone to kill you without saying a word.

Fortunately, they generally strictly followed Li Zicheng's orders, and only took fifty percent of the silver money, grain and grass, but all the firearms were confiscated. Looking at their messy houses and their families who died in the resistance, these families wanted to cry without tears. Secret way: It's so difficult to eat under the command of hooligans!

In the past ten days, the weapons were shipped back one after another.

Li Zicheng asked people to count them, and in just these ten days, more than 8,000 guns were confiscated, and even more than 500 grenades. You know, this is only the harvest of Guangdong, if you count a few other places, how much? Sure enough, the family is the fattest group of people in this world, but I must learn to flow slowly, otherwise it will not be easy for this pig to gain weight again.

Along with the firearms came food enough for three hundred thousand people for three months, and nearly a million taels of silver.

Seriously, at that moment, Li Zicheng even wondered if these miscellaneous pieces had raided other people's homes, and then he finally heard the exact news from the political commissar who accompanied the army, and this group of miscellaneous miscellaneous items was carrying out military orders according to their own orders, which made him breathe a sigh of relief. But he didn't expect that these disobedient families were so fat, and this was only half of their savings!

"Immediately arm the soldiers on the front line, and focus on the death squads! In addition, double the wages of the craftsmen in the military factory, let them work overtime, and make sure to make the artillery and guns I need, as well as grenades, I also need a lot of them! Li Zicheng waved his hand, but he was sorry for the generosity of others.

But it doesn't matter, the silver is real, that's fine. As for what the source is, who cares so much?!

When the craftsmen increased their salaries, they naturally increased the intensity of their work, and even became more careful in their work. Several military factories began to run at full speed, and with the help of military drawings obtained from the Ming Empire, Li Zicheng was quickly arming his troops.

It's just that he still forgot one thing, that is, a war, fighting logistics. Not only weapons and equipment, but also the dispatch of materials.

The military factory was busy for three days and finally had to stop working.

Li Zicheng also got the news for the first time, he was very angry at the first time, he gave so much money, why did he stop working? Fortunately, he still kept a little sanity, and asked the person who reported the news to tell him what happened.

But I didn't want to, but I didn't know through the mouth of this reporter that my raw materials were gone!

What raw materials are needed for gunpowder? Naturally, it is charcoal, sulfur and saltpeter, and Li Zicheng has not yet developed yellow gunpowder, so naturally there is no way to bypass these three raw materials.

What raw materials do you need for a musket cannon? Naturally, it is iron ore, but in the southern regions of Guangdong and Fujian, how many iron ore bonanzas are there? Even if there is, how many people in the Dashun Empire at this moment can be invested in mining?

Not to mention mining, just how many people can he put into iron smelting? If you are making iron and steel, do you need a lot of coal? So, how many people are needed to dig coal?

As Li Zicheng's troops continued to improve, and finally reached 5 million, he found that the labor force that could be mobilized was reduced below the danger line. This meant that he had no more raw materials to put into logistics. The most frustrating thing is that he can't buy these raw materials anywhere else.

Surrounded on all sides, it's not just about talking.

Just when Li Zicheng was entangled, Song Xiance came back in the dust, and looking at the smile, Li Zicheng relaxed a little.

"Did the Speaker bring back something good?" Li Zicheng quipped.

"I lived up to my trust, and even got back all kinds of materials that His Majesty needed the most at this stage!" Song Xiance said excitedly.

It turned out that in order to avoid any unexpected situation, he even went directly to the private area. With his current status, it is indeed difficult to imagine being a smuggler. However, he still came to the province of Myanmar and even accidentally contacted the members of the Myanmar Restoration Organization. He promised to carve out a piece of land on the border of Guangdong for them to restore the country, and let them have military and political autonomy, in exchange for the friendship of the restoration organization.

As a result, with the help of this group of Zionists, he not only spent 50,000 taels, but also bought back supplies worth 300,000 taels. During this period, he also heard that the materials of the Dashun Empire were insufficient, so he bought back a large number of iron ore and coal mines in Annam, and also bought back a lot of saltpeter and sulfur. The most important thing is that after you put this line on it, you can continue to spend money to buy it from them in the future. However, the people of the Restoration Organization are also helpless, and if they want to raise supplies, they must also use metal currency.

Li Zicheng heard the whole story, and without saying a word, he transferred 500,000 taels of silver to Song Xiance and asked him to continue to buy supplies.

Song Xiance naturally agreed, and after this time, he didn't need to continue to go to Myanmar in person. And the conditions he promised to the organization, Li Zicheng also agreed. Immediately, with a wave of his hand, he assigned the border of Qinzhou to the Burmese Restoration Organization, allowing them to restore the country and build an army there, and he will be able to truly restore the country one day.

The leaders of the Burmese Restoration Organization were the descendants of the king of Burma at that time, and they fled along the way, carefully living incognito under the cover of loyal ministers. Now that he heard that there was hope for the restoration of the country, he immediately did his best to help Li Zicheng fight. He even secretly contacted the restoration organizations of Siam and Annam, as well as the natives of the Nanyang countries, and fully supported Li Zicheng in this decisive battle.

In this way, the materials were continuously transported to Li Zicheng's Dashun Empire.

Li Zicheng expanded his army to seven million, and was ready for a decisive battle with the Republic. Now that the arrow is ready to be fired, even if the Republic does not fight, he will directly lead people to fight it! After all, this military expenditure must be reimbursed, otherwise even if Dashun is rich, it will be dragged down.

The most important thing is that as time goes by, the firearms and materials he can get are getting less and less, mainly the money, especially metal currency, which is shrinking. Under such a premise, the commodity prices of various commercial houses have doubled.

Nowadays, people drink gruel, which is a luxury, and eating wild vegetables with this rice bran is supreme happiness. The local workshops have all closed their doors, and the rest rely on those joint ventures with the Republic to maintain the prosperity of the market...... But is it really still prosperous? Even if the shops are open, looking at the dazzling array of goods, the people can sigh or sigh, because they can't afford the goods at all.

Li Zicheng continued to recruit soldiers, prices continued to rise, and the people were already complaining, and the scene of the end of an empire was actually catalyzed in this way.

It's not that Li Zicheng can't see this, so he needs to win one war after another to divert the attention of the people. Otherwise, he understands what kind of consequences he will face, and he understands even more that Zhang Hongbin is the black hand of Zhang Hongbin in terms of prices.

However, he has no way, on the economy, on financial warfare, he is not an opponent of the republic......