When dealing with daily government affairs, Zhou Qingfeng generally puts the less urgent but most difficult ones last. Today's tricky report is a mere few pages, with a few crude strokes on the drawings, outlining the shape of a cannon and a high-nosed, deep-eyed Western face.

This was sent back from Liaodong by intelligence officers from the Ministry of Security. By the time the information was received, the informant had already died. Recently, there has been a devastating loss of the intelligence system within Jiannu, and one line has killed more than a dozen intelligence agents in a matter of days.

The few pages in Zhou Qingfeng's hand were arranged for the ice phoenix suitable for the ice and snow weather in the north to obtain. When the little Lori came back, she said that there had been a big change on the Jiannu side, and the Han slaves were forcibly believed in the teachings of the Taixi people, which was very similar to the Catholicism in Goa, but it was a little different.

On the information retrieved, it clearly depicts the progress that Jiannu has made in the past nearly a year. The most conspicuous of them is that they have a lot of more artillery on hand, and they are all large-caliber heavy artillery. The sacrificial intelligence officer drew the shape of this artillery, which could never be the progress that Jiannu could achieve in his own development, and there must have been foreign aid.

"There seems to be a consensus among the top leaders of Jiannu that they are afraid of the rapidly growing power of our 'revolutionary army', and intend to forcibly expand the army in the near future to launch a decisive battle to curb our development." The handwriting left by the intelligence officer was sloppy, and it was evident that he had written it in a hurry. Perhaps the nameless man was killed shortly after writing the information.

On the second page of the information, "The Ming court is providing Jiannu with a large amount of iron to help them make artillery guns. With the participation of Tessie craftsmen, hundreds of artillery pieces of all sizes were installed in half a year. In addition, there are people from the Taixi army to help him train, and the military strength is not to be underestimated. ”

There are even blackened blood stains on the third page, and the handwriting is the most illegible, "The priest Taixi has the power of brainwashing, and the people of my Han family are afraid to become obedient people." Last year, Jiannu had a bumper grain harvest, and its strength increased dramatically, and this year it is ....... ”

After that, the handwriting is completely illegible. Zhou Qingfeng carefully identified it for a long time, and could only guess that the intelligence officer seemed to be writing about Jiannu's foreign aid, but unfortunately the language was not detailed, making it difficult to deduce.

"Jiannu, Mingting, Taixi." Zhou Qingfeng looked at the map hanging on the wall of the office, and frowned.

At present, the coal-steel complex in Tangshan is under construction and is developing rapidly. As long as this consortium starts to put into production, the annual steel output of the 'revolutionary army' will quickly climb to 100,000 tons. In order to defend this prominent steel base, the 'revolutionary army' began the fourth phase of military expansion in the second half of last year, preparing to increase the number of troops to 100,000.

"100,000 troops equipped with flintlock pistols and new artillery, with a complete logistics and command system." Zhou Qingfeng pinched his forehead and whispered to himself, "It's too expensive." ”

Since the establishment of the blessed land, the talent gap within the 'revolutionary army' has been greatly alleviated. The command personnel of the troops were also thrown in for further training and reconstruction. However, as the size of the Guards expanded like a balloon, the shortage of qualified officers was not alleviated, but worsened.

The consumption of a hundred thousand troops is not the consumption of ten thousand troops multiplied by ten, but multiplied by one hundred!

The scale has grown, and the consumption has skyrocketed. Even at the speed at which the 'revolutionary army' makes money, it is unbearable to bear the consumption of a strong army. After all, their industrialization has only just begun, the prices of industrial products are still too expensive, and the output of agricultural products, although skyrocketing, is still insufficient.

"If you give me another year, I'll need another year." Zhou Qingfeng muttered in his heart, and he looked at the mottled pages sent back by the sacrificial intelligence officer, "But the enemy won't give me this time." Huang Taiji has been to my hinterland, and he probably knows that if he doesn't fight to the death, he will be pushed by me. ”

Nowadays, the territory of the 'revolutionary army' is thriving.

Goa also has temperatures in the mid-twenties in winter, and Pyongyang and Seoul in North Korea have been taken. The kings of India are very well-behaved, and Gwanghaejun was also arrested in Jinzhou to write his memoirs. Both places were supplying the 'revolutionary army' with food and minerals, as well as a huge foreign market.

After half a year of recuperation, order has been restored in Shandong, and the countryside after the land reform is being revitalized. Shandong's population is larger than that of Tianjin and southern Liaoning combined, and the 'revolutionary army' can easily obtain human resources from here. Most of the soldiers in the fourth phase of the expansion came from Shandong.

But now the common people just go from not having enough to eat and not covering their bodies to being able to eat a little and wear warm clothes. It's still a long way from having enough food and clothing. After all, the foundation of the past was too poor, and the Ming Court's ability to manage society was too poor, and even seriously destroyed. And what about the enemy......

"Since he has the hatred of taking his wife, Huang Taiji will definitely not give up. But even with Ming Ting's help, his current development speed is too fast, right? Zhou Qingfeng looked at the map again.

The Ming court was rotten, and although there were still some forces in Jiangnan, they were not enough to pose a threat to the 'revolutionary army'. Zhou Qingfeng also sent troops from Tangshan to the north, blocking the connection between the capital and Shanhaiguan, and cutting off the passage for Jiannu to provide assistance. But now it seems that this kind of encirclement only created some trouble for Jiannu, but did not cut off all ways for him to obtain foreign aid.

"Those bastards of the Jin merchants, they must have gone to Mongolia to give Huang Taiji a blood transfusion. Steel, salt, herbs, tea, and possibly even grain. As long as Zhou Qingfeng thought that he would provide grain at a low price for the people of the north to survive, but these low-priced grains were likely to be sold to Jiannu at a high price by those profiteers, he felt a burst of anger in his heart.

Zhou Qingfeng once promised Sun Chengzong not to fight the capital within a year. But this promise is toilet paper, use it if it's easy to use, and throw it away if it's not good. He didn't fight the capital before because he didn't want the war to interrupt the rapid development of his territory. The reason why the capital is not being attacked now is also because the momentum of rapid development is extremely good, and a rash transition to a state of war will cause damage to the economy and industry.

For example, now the military industry and foreign trade are very good, and a large number of arquebuses and cast artillery are sold to Goa. Both the Indian kings and the European whites were full of praise for the quality of Eastern weapons. If there is to be a war, the military industry will definitely be preparing for war with all its might, and this money will not be earned.

"No, no, you can't be so impatient." Zhou Qingfeng shook his head in distress, "I'm not a businessman, I can't be so short-sighted." There's no end to business in this world, and I have to look at things from a strategic point of view. If you don't do business today, you can do it tomorrow. But war, a war that is never ready to be fought again. ”

Zhou Qingfeng has done several strategic-level simulations in the martial arts chessboard, and each time it is 'as long as I have a little more time to develop, I can do better'. But every time he goes to war with this idea, he is always beaten by a weak opponent.

It is said that 'barefoot is not afraid to wear shoes'. He used to be a peacebreaker barefoot, but now he is an order-keeper with his shoes on. The mentality and situation are completely different, and the way of coping is also very different.

At present, the 'revolutionary army' has two brigades in Tianjin, one brigade each in Tangshan, Haizhou, Lushun, Baoding, Jinan, Pyongyang, Seoul, and Goa. The 10 brigades here are 50,000 men, which is the initial result of the expansion of the fourth phase of military strength. The expansion has not yet been completed, and there are still 50,000 recruits in the training camp to step up their training. Arms factories are slowly producing weapons for the troops.

Compared with the hundreds of thousands of troops of other forces, the 'revolutionary army' has always had very limited troops. However, Zhou Qingfeng's subordinates are all elites, compared to other forces, there is often no distinction between soldiers and civilians, and the number of elites only accounts for one-tenth or even one-twentieth.

Now the territory of the 'revolutionary army' is large, but the Guards have almost become local garrisons. After pondering for a while, Zhou Qingfeng immediately wrote on his desk: "First, 100,000 militiamen will be dispatched for intensive training, and they will be organized into lightly armed reserve forces to be responsible for guarding major cities.

Second, the Guards were reorganized into the 'Wehrmacht'. It is necessary to concentrate the main forces and establish a staff command system at the army level to deal with the strategic offensive that is about to begin. Third, the 'revolutionary army' has been transferred to a wartime system, reducing orders for people's livelihood and foreign trade, and giving priority to the completion of military outfit and training. Fourth, prepare to take the capital and block the passage for Jiannu to obtain foreign aid. ”

Zhou Qingfeng wrote down a few memos, and then copied them to several other traversers along with the recent Liaodong intelligence. After internal discussions, everyone basically agreed to Zhou Qingfeng's action of preparing to fight to solve the problem of Jiannu's henchmen - after all, with these wild people, everyone always felt uncomfortable in their hearts, and they couldn't sleep well.

Just as Zhou Qingfeng was making changes about the situation in Liaodong, Nurhachi was holding Mass in a newly built church in Shenyang. There is still a cross and a statue of Jesus in the church, but the boar skin holding the scepter aloft is wearing a gorgeous robe, and shouts loudly to the believers who come to pray: "I, love Xinjueluo. Nurhachi is God who came down to earth to cleanse the sins of the world and take you to heaven. ”

Julius from Tessie stood aside and twitched, he never imagined that he had worked so hard to come to this wild place to preach, only to have the news of this freak in front of him. Other natives believe what they say, but the natives here like to transform. Especially after the combination of this barbaric slave owner and the stooping Han scholar, he made a new trick in a pioneering way.

"Praise the Lord, praise Nurhachi!" The believers below were chanting.

The wild boar skin on the stage was covered in golden light, and continued to shout: "Whatever you do, it will be in my name; Pray in my name, and ask ...... in my name. ”

Julius couldn't listen anymore, but he couldn't go. He came to preach with great sincerity, but the slave owners here immediately improved it after learning his brainwashing tricks. Originally believing in God, now it has become believing in this wild boar skin.

The Society of Jesus collects the wishes of believers and gives them to the empty God, and then distributes them uniformly by the clergy. The wild boar skin is very simple - why give the power of the wish to God, just give it to me.

The reformed 'Worship of God' has shown its powerful brainwashing effect. Through food and whips, a large number of Jurchens, Mongols, Han Chinese joined the church. Because you can only survive by joining the church.

As long as they are brainwashed, the heavily pressed slaves will not be able to resist, but will have a deformed affection for their masters. This management method was much better than blindly pressing, and the slaves became submissive and willing to work. Organized prayer provided Boar Skin with a powerful power of will, allowing him to perform even more horrific miracles, further strengthening his power.

Nurhachi radiated golden light on the stage, and with the help of the Mass, he gathered the wishes of millions of believers, causing his cultivation to directly rush into the transcendent realm of the tenth layer. Under his boundless majesty, everyone in the church bowed their heads.

Under the surging majesty, Huang Taiji, who was lying on the ground, felt both trembling and extremely excited, "What Father Khan can do, I can also do." I founded this religion, and I can become a pope. I want revenge, I'm going to kill Zhou Qingfeng who brought me humiliation. ”