"What?" Emperor Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty stood up directly from the throne.

After repeated checks, the person in charge of the telegram replied very positively that he was not wrong, but he was also very nervous, kneeling on the ground and waiting for the Ming Emperor to speak.

The telegraph was still ringing, and the person in charge of answering it simply wrote down the code and set it aside one by one.

"Go and translate for me!"

The complete battle situation was all reported, and Wang Cheng only reported the situation of the time when the war began.

Li Xian looked at them one by one, and suddenly sighed: "I remember that day, Lord Bai said that he had a lot of silver, and this time he actually used silver to smash the enemy to death." Wang Cheng said that how these ordnance were sold overseas far exceeded one million taels. ”

One million taels is a huge number, and for the older generation of Ming courtiers, one million taels is enough to support a war that is not small. In exchange for military rations, 200,000 people can fight for a year. But the white crane consumed more than a million taels in a few breaths.

Is this a sin?

One million taels! Emperor Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty laughed and laughed loudly.

If it is placed before, there will definitely be courtiers who come forward to admonish them, thinking that the emperor has lost his honor.

But today, no one stepped forward and caught it first. This time it was a great effort, not to mention the Ming Emperor, and many people wanted to shout loudly to vent the excitement in their hearts.

As for the question of more than one million taels of silver, the courtiers who had experienced the white name crane silver bullet trick did not take it to heart.

If it is said that in order to catch it first, the white crane smashed in 10 million taels of silver, and it can be said that the white crane does not know thrift, etc., and one million taels of silver is connected with the name of the white crane, very little!

"Hooray, do you need to announce it to the public!" Yang Ning came over to ask for instructions.

Zhu Qiyu shook his head: "Don't worry, but you can order the whole army by telegram." I've been captured alive first, but don't mention the battle of the white crane. Then order Bai Minghe to return to Beijing, and among the existing old generals, you will elect an old and stable person to take charge of military affairs. Or one appointed by the commander of the Chinese army! ”

On the other side, Bai Minghe had just entered the Tianyin Camp, holding in his hand the few battle reports that he had already obtained.

The whole battalion is armed. This will be at least eighty and half of the troops outside, whether it is to pursue the enemy army, or to clear the battlefield, let alone in a short time, even tonight may not be able to rush back.

"My lord, long live you want to return to Beijing!"

"If you don't go back, please ask for long live, just say I'm going to Turpan, and by the way, I'll take it there. I would like to ask to bring the two battalions with me. Give me 40,000 soldiers and 20,000 auxiliaries. Let the left army and this place be combined, as for the next military affairs, I don't care, naturally there is Lord Yu! ”

Bai Minghe just instructed that the content of the telegram was Wang Cheng, and even if Wang Cheng did not write well, there was a scribe who was responsible for considering how to use words.

The telegram was sent back to Wuying Palace, and Zhu Qiyu frowned. Naturally, it was not because of the misuse of the telegram. It's that the white crane doesn't come back, does he really want to take down Turpan? Zhu Qiyu is not a famous general, but he has listened to these old generals talk about the art of war a lot these days.

At least he knew it. A commander-in-chief, after a completely established combat mission, will never go too deep. At present, if Turpan returns without success, the results of this big victory may be reduced.

Zhu Qiyu immediately asked the opinions of the courtiers present.

Jin Lian of the household department was lying on the bed, and was carried into the Wuying Palace, and there was also the imperial doctor guarding him. Headed by him, the opinions of the household department, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Officials, and the Criminal Department were all withdrawn. Even if you want to go to Turpan, it will be next year.

"Long live, the minister thinks that if he continues to fight, he will consume more than just silver and grain and grass. Once it's winter, then you need plenty of winter clothes. And it's also more difficult to transport. The Northern Expedition is a battle of revenge, and the Ming Dynasty naturally fully supports it. But now that it has been won, the people are even more looking forward to the resumption of production. ”

The Ministry of Industry is still thinking about building the river, and the idea of the Ministry of Household is that the merchants are still worried about the production of civilian materials. Whether it is for the needs of the people of the Ming Dynasty during the Chinese New Year, or the restoration of the supply of overseas trade, it is what the merchants are looking forward to, and it is also related to the tax issues of the Ming Dynasty.

You must know that the current Ming Dynasty has just risen to industrialization, and there are not many workshops.

In order to fight the war, this originally fledgling workshop was almost fully prepared for the Northern Expedition. According to the national procurement of the Northern Expedition, there are profits, but there are no huge profits. It is even better to sell it to ordinary people to earn more, which is also a kind of support for the merchants in the northern expedition.

But if the fight continues without limits, the merchants will no longer think that this is a kind of support, but a reckless force.

There are very few people who support it, Hu Hu and Gao Gu remain silent, and the military department also chooses to be silent, only Chen Xun and Shang Yu believe that there must be a reason why Bai Minghe wants to go to Turpan.

"There is a reason for sure, but there is not necessarily a reason to do it!" He Wenyuan stood up and objected.

"What if the white crane went to Turpan and had a way to control the Western Regions?" Shang asked rhetorically.

"The Western Regions are so easy to control, the Western Regions are vast and sparsely populated, and there are not many specialties. The Western Regions is just the ancient Silk Road for our Ming Dynasty, and it is a very good thing to control it. But can it really be controlled? The official only asked, if Bai Minghe dared to say that if he took this step, he would be able to control the Western Regions in ten years, and the official would support him unconditionally. Yang Ning's attitude was already a little excited.

Everyone expressed their opinions, and several veteran generals who were in charge of analyzing the battle situation did not speak.

They understand soldiers, but they don't know how to govern the country, so they don't interject.

It seems that everything is reasonable, and during this time, the merchant sent a telegram to ask Bai Minghe, what is the real reason for going to Turpan?

Bai Minghe was embarrassed, he couldn't openly say some secrets, such as the only saltpeter mine in all the territories of the Ming Dynasty. This secret can only be done face-to-face, selectively sue sù qualified to know.

After thinking for a long time, Shiramei Crane sent a telegram back. The content of the telegram was only three words: unspeakable!

Zhu Qiyu is happy, he is really happy, it is definitely a good thing to make Bai Ming's beak so tight. Just these three words also loosened the people who originally opposed it a little, and it is obvious that Bai Minghe has a huge purpose in it. When he first attacked Wajima, Shiraima Crane didn't tell anyone that he was going to fight Sigang, but it wasn't so mysterious, at least he publicly stated that he wanted to deal with the Wajima.

All the courtiers stopped talking and handed over the decision to Zhu Qiyu, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

"Ask Yu Qian!" Zhu Qiyu couldn't make up his mind.

Yu Qian was still waiting for the battle report, but he waited for an inquiry. The white-named crane wants to go to Turpan for the following reasons: it cannot be said. Let Yu Qian make a statement. Yu Qian was really blindsided, and did not answer this question, but directly asked Bai Minghe how the battle situation was?

The people in Wuyingdian all laughed, patronizing and Bai Minghe were moved, and forgot to announce the battle report.

A non-directed telegram was sent out at the same time from all the transit stations.

The content of the telegram was: The white name Tsurube has won a big victory, and half of the enemy has been annihilated, and it is the first to capture it alive!

How many really killed have not yet come up with a detailed battle report, although more than half of the enemy is conservative, it is a decent statement of Wu Yingdian, and then the second telegram said that the commander of the Chinese army will arrange the plan to effectively attack the forces of the rest of the troops as much as possible, and return to the army before late autumn.

Victory! Yu Qian looked at the telegram and rejoiced, he didn't know the details, it was enough to have this big victory plus capture alive first. Even if the rest of the armies don't even see the enemy, the strategic goal has been achieved, and it doesn't matter if the army returns for now. It's just a little more difficult to strike at the living power of the tile spurs.

Yu Qian called back: Ask Bai Minghe, let Bai Minghe give a number, how much is Tulupan worth?

"Clever!" Emperor Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty secretly praised in his heart, didn't you say that you have a lot of silver, and you smashed tens of thousands of people to death with silver, so Yu Qian asked you, how much is Turpan worth.

"As it is!" Zhu Qiyu instructed, and then said to the ministers: "I am looking forward to Bai Minghe's answer. ”

"Hooray, the minister wants to add. Ask Bai Minghe, he wants to go on an expedition to the west, so how to make the people of the world agree, not to bear the name of reckless soldiers, and not to lose the prestige of the court! Jin Lian said it cleverly, he believed that Bai Minghe could understand, because Bai Minghe knew more about the efforts of each workshop and the value of these industries than him.

Bai Minghe sat in the tent, thinking not about how to persuade the Ming Emperor, but about what to do when he went to Turpan. Bai Minghe remembers that he read an economic analysis in later generations, which was written about the economic circle around the Tianshan Mountains, which was huge in scale and reasonable in structure, and the most important thing was that with the Tianshan Mountains as the center, a radiation circle could be formed.

Development in the Western Regions is extremely uneven, and there is no need for balance.

As long as the economic core is in hand, it is enough to gain a firm foothold.

When the telegram came, Wang Cheng looked at Bai Minghe very nervously, he didn't want to be opposed by the court to this westward trip, because he was the only person in the Ming Dynasty who knew that the only saltpeter mine in the world except for Bai Minghe.

Seeing the arrogant firearm baptism of the white crane, Wang Cheng was ruthless to the mining area, and now he was in charge.

Bai Minghe remembered the prediction about the early stage of the construction of the Tianshan Economic Circle, and some of the content he saw before leaving, that is, hundreds of billions of gross domestic product, in the era of the Ming Dynasty, at least more than one billion taels of silver gross national product, of course, in the era of the Ming Dynasty, it will definitely not be reached.

Bai Minghe thought for twenty minutes, analyzing very seriously.

There was no urging on the capital's side, and they were all waiting for Bai Minghe's answer.

Finally the telegram came.

"You can summon representatives of the top ten business gangs and travel west to Turpan for five years of sustainable development, with an annual gross production value of 50 million taels. To enter or not to enter, the court and the people can discuss together! ”

At least seventy percent of those present could not understand this telegram, and they could not understand it at all when it came to the words of five years of continuous development and the annual gross domestic product.

Jin Lian understands, Hu Hui understands, and Shang Zhen has also heard these two words. Emperor Daming also didn't understand it halfway, and after Jin Lian specially explained, Zhu Qiyu also completely understood. That is, according to the five-year development calculation, after five years, the people, merchants, and the court can divide 50 million taels every year. Of course, this explanation is inaccurate, but it is the easiest to understand. (To be continued......)