For Bai Minghe, Wang Yuchen following him can be said to be a kind of sadness, who doesn't want to enjoy the favor alone. But as a woman from a big family, let alone marriage, even life doesn't belong to her.

This is Da Ming.

Bai Minghe did not have too much closeness to Wang Yuchen, and the intelligent Wang Yuchen understood that if he let others see that he was more favored, then he might be isolated. When Oda Kasumi weighed his clothes and came back, Wang Yuchen and Bai Minghe were sitting at least five paces away. There was a casual chatter without a word.

"Let's go back first, I'll go back tomorrow." The white crane commanded very calmly.

Wang Yuchen got up and said a thousand blessings, and was the first to leave the house, and when he went out, Wang Yuchen felt a sour feeling in his heart. But this feeling is fleeting, and even if you become a man's wife, it is impossible to monopolize a man. Because he was destined to marry a small commoner.

The first education that the daughter of the world received since she was a child was to restrain her inner jealousy and learn to balance.

The white crane was in the house, holding a jade flute in his hand, but when the flute was put to his mouth, he was in no mood. The one who promised to accompany Mo Chou tonight suddenly had a pitiful look of rushing around the stage to get on stage. If you find someone to complain, you will be 100% scolded for not knowing the blessings in the blessings, and you can still say such.

When there are more women, sometimes they also find guilt for themselves, at least Bai Minghe is not cold-blooded and unwilling to snub anyone. Let it be someone else, the enthusiasm has passed, some old people have been left out in the cold, and they may not be able to see too much for half a year, so there will naturally be no psychological pressure in this situation.

The women in the family have to deal with it, but they still can't relax their official duties.

Bai Minghe sighed slightly and shook the bell in his hand. Immediately someone came in and stood by the door.

"Send a message to the merchant gang and ask them to transport a large amount of grain to Hamiwei from now on. Then prepare pen and paper! After asking for a pen and paper, Bai Minghe wrote a letter to Yu Qian. The content of the letter is probably as follows: Jian yì asked the Gansu capital to start sending troops to the northwest and increasing the number of troops to the fortresses several times.

Why did he do this, Bai Minghe did not write it, and he did not intend to write it.

Bai Minghe believed that after Yu Qian saw this letter, he would definitely understand what he was going to do.

The attendant arranged for a reliable person to deliver the letter, and then said to Bai Minghe, "My lord. Today's schedule is on the table to check out the new muskets. Seeing that Bai Minghe was a little tired, the entourage hurriedly said, "If you don't send someone to inform you, change it to tomorrow." ”

"Go today, there will be tomorrow's things tomorrow."

The rest of the new musket mentioned by Shirana Crane can be called an earth musket in modern times, and if there is a very vivid description, there is a gun that is very similar to this one, that is, in Resident Evil, the coin shotgun. A flintlock pistol, which is then reloaded with shrapnel.

The Ming people used shrapnel, which was iron thorns and diamond-shaped steel plates.

Speaking of size. This thing is really huge, the caliber of the barrel is close to an inch, and it can be used as a cannon in modern times. In Daming, the name of this gun is called hand cannon.

This thing can hit about fifty steps, which is about seventy-five meters in the later life.

The effective lethality can be called perfect at ten to twenty paces, and there is basically no need to consider whether there are living people in front of a shot, which is a hand cannon used in close combat.

To say that there are regrets, it takes about a minute to load a bullet. Oiled paper wraps the bullet, and it needs to be pressed tightly after being stuffed into the gun boring. Reload the primer. The gun boring must be cleaned after three shots in a row, otherwise there is danger.

"Master, let the master of the tile spur taste the musket of the Ming Dynasty!" Shirana Crane was very satisfied with this hand cannon.

Although it is very heavy and clumsy, it can only be used with two hands, and it is definitely not as handsome as the one-handed shotgun of later generations.

What is needed on the battlefield is not handsome. It's about effective lethality.

Seeing this hand cannon Bai Minghe is very satisfied, this is definitely the top killer weapon in melee hand-to-hand combat, before the enemy rushes up, first come a few shots and then fight the knife, it is definitely the best choice.

The smiling white crane has not yet left the Nanjing Armory. I heard a second piece of good news.

The Siamese prince raised five million stone of rice, ready to be shipped. It was in order to support the great cause of the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition, and five million stone grain had been prepared, and it was written in the letter to offer, not sell.

Bai Minghe smiled: "Don't be stingy, transport a boatload of thermos and a boatload of silk over, and say that it is a gift from the official to the king of Siam." ”

At this time, there is no need to calculate anymore, these five million stone rice are worth much, or these gifts given by Bai Minghe are worth it. In times of war, there is an absolute need for allies.

A few days later, Daming Capital!

Because the war is imminent, the whole capital is busy, and the household department is busy, so busy that everyone works overtime until late at night.

But the military department is not idle!

The food needed to support the army of 100,000 people, the prediction of the Battle of Ivashorn has reached that the food needed each month is at least 370,000 stones. Because of the distance of Ivaspur, at the end of the battle, the monthly food consumption is likely to reach 100,000 people and 800,000 stone of grain per month. After a stone of grain was transported to the army, eighty catties were consumed for transportation on the road, which was inconvenient for transportation in ancient times.

Yang Guang conquered Goryeo, and the consumption at that time was about 60 percent.

And this time, the Great Ming Expedition was even farther away, and even if it was to feed the war with war, it would require a huge amount of food supplements.

What's more, this time the dispatch is not only 100,000 people, the soldiers, auxiliaries, and people add up, and the Ming Dynasty can completely claim to the outside world, a million troops.

Yu Qian received Bai Minghe's letter and immediately understood Bai Minghe's strategic intentions. After discussing with a few old generals, he went directly to the palace, and this kind of strategic-level calculation needs to be approved by the Ming Emperor.

Emperor Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty is indeed a good emperor, and the real history says that he is greedy for the throne. But the real situation is that he consumed Zhu Qizhen, and the Ming Empire, which had almost no accumulation, took over and re-made the Ming Dynasty to glory. After daily hard work, he became seriously ill at the age of thirty.

In fact, it can be said that he is exhausted.

Although there is a cabinet at the moment, Emperor Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty still reads a large number of notebooks every day, or the handling of Ming Dynasty affairs reported by the cabinet.

Hearing that Yu Qian arrived, Zhu Qiyu asked people to arrange a seat.

"Long live, the white-named crane is on the book, and the construction yì uses the sound of the east and the west. The minister discussed it with the staff officer of the military department and thought it was feasible. Ming is the sound of the east and the west, but if the war goes smoothly, the minister will build a military force to send the Tianshan Mountains and regain control of the Western Regions. However, this plan will bring a huge burden to the Ming Dynasty, and the annual military expenditure will increase by at least two million taels, plus the grassland that the white crane wants to occupy, the annual military expenditure is estimated to increase by five million taels of silver. ”

"Five million taels!" Zhu Qiyu put down the notebook in his hand and smiled.

Yu Qian couldn't help laughing: "The minister lost his words, but it's better to take it." ”

"It's good to have silver." Zhu Qiyu sighed.

That's right, if it had been a few years ago, it would have been five million taels of silver. Even if the military expenditure of 500,000 taels of silver is increased, it needs to be carefully calculated, and the current annual expenditure of 5 million taels of silver can be afforded by the Ming Dynasty, and it will not hurt the bones at all, and the tariffs on Wadao alone are enough to support another war.

Zhu Qiyu said again: "Yu Aiqing, you still haven't figured it out, every time you have an extra piece of land, instead of thinking about how much you have to spend, it's better to study how much you can earn." A few days ago, it was clearly stated in the recital on the Hebei side that Hebei could add how many workshops and how many inland river wharves could be added in a year. ”

"Long live, the minister has also read this recital, and the minister has also had opinions."

"Yes!" Zhu Qiyu nodded: "I saw it, your opinion is that you should be more cautious at this time." Don't blindly follow the trend, for example, the yarn mill has been built too much, and there must always be an upper limit of the clothing needed by the people every year. This mention is also recognized, and the specific work should be considered by the Hebei Political Secretary. ”

"Long live the wise!" Yu Qian replied.

Zhu Qiyu picked up another notebook: "There are some clans to dispose of in this notebook, and according to the precedent, the female dependents should be enslaved in the palace." However, I don't want these resentful people in the palace, it will ruin the atmosphere in the palace. My opinion on this matter is to send it all to Bai Minghe and let him deal with it. ”

"I'm afraid it's ......," Yu Qianxin said, this may not be good.

Because the female relatives of the clan even have county lords and county lords. This is for the white crane to be looking for trouble.

Before he finished speaking, Zhu Qiyu waved his hand gently: "It's a good thing for them to hand it over to Bai Minghe." Then pass the decree, let Bai Minghe start to take charge of the marriage of the princess of Chongqing, how to give him full power, I don't ask, no one in the palace can ask, he is in charge. ”

Are Shira-naka cranes idle?

A boatload of such things is done by idle people, and the white crane is so busy that his feet don't stick to the ground, and he has to take care of this kind of idle work.

However, Emperor Daming has already spoken, and it is not a matter that affects the national policy, so Yu Qian has no reason to refuse, he can only sympathize with Bai Minghe, be busy more, and be good for his health. After all, you're still young.

The order was given, but it was not sent to Nanjing, because Bai Minghe was about to return to Beijing.

What needs to be arranged in Nanjing has also been arranged, and what needs to be prepared has also been prepared. Bai Minghe originally planned to take Sun Yuanjun back to Beijing together, but Sun Yuanjun disagreed, thinking that the eldest woman could not follow the official, which was a rule recognized by the Ming Dynasty, so there were only three women who followed Bai Minghe.

Naturally, it is Wang Yuchen, Wan Xueer, and Oda Xiangcheng.

This is also the preferential treatment given by Sun Yuanjun to the newcomer as a wife, but if you go to the battlefield, I am afraid that no one can follow her. No matter how powerful you are, it is impossible for you to take your concubine to the battlefield, no one dares to mess with this rule.

In the fourth year of Jingtai in the Ming Dynasty, on the first day of the seventh month, the Ming army set out in full gear and announced the world's northern expedition.

With Yu Qian, the head of the Ming Army, and Bai Minghe, the governor of Dongchang, as the supervising army, 3,000 generals and one million soldiers in the Ming Dynasty Chengtianmen held a ceremony to worship the heavens, and the day went out! (To be continued......)