"Mr. Wang, since our merchant ships have brought back a large amount of copper ore, do you think we can make a batch of copper mortar cannons, and how about designing the caliber according to the shape of the general's cannon?"

Li Dingguo used mortars to fire thunderbolts in Jinzhou, which caused great damage to the Manchurian soldiers hiding behind the shield carts, and the mortars were mainly fired from the back, which could be described as a sharp weapon for attacking the city.

"Don't worry, the manufacture of mortars is not a difficult task, as long as the clay mold is made well, I can make any specification of artillery."

Wang Hui had to go out again and receive Li Xingzhi's general order.

"Liu Buyuan, what is the current population of my Leiden and Qingzhou? How much land has been reclaimed? And can this summer harvest support 30,000 troops for half a year? ”

Liu Lishun was originally the governor of Shandong, but he took refuge with Li Xingzhi because of Xue Guoguan.

Although Liu Lishun has some love for money, it is not a fake Taoism that eats the ancients, the students of the martial arts hall have not completed their one-year studies, and there are not many pens in Li Xingzhi's pocket, and the matter of Jingjing also needs a high-ranking official of the court to support the scene, so Liu Lishun naturally became the leader of the Jingbei Army in managing civil affairs.

"Li Shuai, the former was captured in the east, and the northern Lubei region has long been crippled by the Tartars, and there has been no tax at all in recent years, and Shandong's finances mainly rely on Yanzhou and our Leiden Second Mansion."

"According to the statistics of the lower officials, at the end of last month, the population of Dengzhou has exceeded 150,000, and the population of Laizhou has also reached 450,000, mainly because of the good governance of the marshal, the displaced people can obtain land and food, this summer harvest, due to the introduction of corn and potatoes and other crops mentioned by Mr. John Tang, Leiden is still more than enough to feed the nearly 600,000 people, and even 50,000 to 60,000 stone of grain can be allocated for military rations."

"Yanzhou and Jinan, Xiaguan can also raise more than 170,000 stone grain and 200,000 taels of silver, after all, Yanzhou is close to Huaibei, the output is relatively more, as for Jinan, it has the advantage of the canal, although it has suffered a military disaster, but there is still a surplus in income, Xiaguan has transferred this batch of money and grain to Jinan, thinking that it is enough for the army to spend three to four months."

As the governor of Shandong, Liu Lishun still has an account of the money and grain income of the provinces in the jurisdiction, and he will naturally behave well not long after he joins the Jingbei Army.

"Liu Minyuan has done a very good job, crops such as corn and potatoes still have to be fully promoted in Shandong, as long as we have enough food here, we will not worry about not being able to recruit the population."

Liu Lishun was able to raise so much money and grain in the dilapidated Shandong, Li Xingzhi was also quite happy, with this batch of money and grain, taking Luoyang, Kaifeng and Jingshi would not be in danger of insufficient logistics supplies.

"Dashuai, the prefect of Qingzhou, Sun Kewang, entrusts the officials to report to you, although Qingzhou has been attacked by the east, but the state capital in the south of Qingzhou has not suffered any disaster, so at present, Qingzhou is still able to be self-sufficient, at present, Shouguang, Le'an, Changyi and other prefectures and counties in the north of Qingzhou have resumed production, as long as they survive this year, Qingzhou will be able to recover considerable taxes next year."

Qian Tianxi, the prefect of Laizhou, also reported the resumption of production and cultivation in Qingzhou Prefecture after Liu Lishun returned to this column.

"Marshal, on the basis of stabilizing the Zhaoyuan Manufacturing Bureau, after you set out on the expedition, I built sixty-four sailor warships, including forty-three bird ships and twenty-one transport ships, in addition to the keel model of the treasure ship transported by the Nandu, and began to build a sealed boat."

Under the temptation of huge returns, the nobles of the southern capital were still very attentive to the sailor career of the Jingbei Army, and after Liu Kongzhao returned to the southern capital, he rushed to the Longjiang Bao Shipyard non-stop.

With the gold-lettered signboard of the Duke of Wei, Liu Kongzhao excavated the keel of the treasure ship buried under the dock without much effort.

"Okay, Ben Shuai has thanked you here, and I hope that you will work with Ben Shuai with one heart and one mind to create a great cause, and after the success of Jing Nan, Ben Shuai will never forget your contributions."

Hearing that the treasure ship he had in mind had been built, Li Xing was also overjoyed, and he also praised these civilian officials in the Military Marshal's Mansion.

"This is what the lower officials and others should do!"

The Ming court was repeatedly defeated in the war against internal thieves and foreign criminals, and the Jingbei army won all battles, and the batch of civil officials used by Li Xingzhi did not have any Taoist gentlemen, and they were all immoral villains who saw the wind and steered the rudder.

The villain has the villain's way of survival, and joining the vigorous group of the Jingbei Army is obviously much more promising than the foolish and loyal Daming.

"Well, since there is no problem with our money and food, then Ben Shuai will act according to the original plan."

"Mr. Xu, you immediately replaced the commander of Jinan, and he transferred troops to block the main canal road, first cut off the supply of money and food for the Beijing Division, and at the same time transferred troops to control Yanzhou, and looked at Huaibei."

"Subordinates take orders!"

As the first adviser under Zhang Xianzhong, he was the most supportive of Li Xingzhi's rebellion.

"Wang Zhong, Ben Shuai has you as the commander-in-chief of Henan Military Affairs, and the military horses of the new second town and the sixth town are under your unified command, carrying 30,000 stone of military rations, and guarding Kaifeng and Luoyang for Ben Shuai, as for Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai to fight other places, you don't care."

“…… Marshal, in this case, there will be 15,000 military horses under the hands of the last general, so many people, where is there enough military rations for 30,000 stones. ”

Although Li Zicheng and Luo Rucai's coalition army claims to have millions of people, but the real battle is only 70,000 or 80,000 horses, as long as he does not fight with the rebel army, Wang Zhong still thinks that he can defend Kaifeng and Luoyang, the premise is that it is necessary to ensure the food used by the army, and now Li Xingzhi has only allocated 30,000 stone of grain, which can not last for two months.

"Wang Zhong, what did we get started? Ben Shuai won't give you food, the king of Zhou in Kaifeng, and the king of Fu in Luoyang have no food at home? Our Jingbei Army has worked hard to fight the rogues for them, shouldn't they provide our army with money and food? ”

"Uh...... Do you also want His Royal Highness to give out money? ”

Wang Zhong was stunned, Li Xingzhi's meaning was obvious, that is, let himself rob the Zhou Wangfu and the Fu Wangfu, this Zhou Wangfu is okay, but Fu Wang is your father-in-law, this is also to rob?

"Of course he wants to come out, so let's do it, Zhou Wangfu is at your disposal, and you can take eighty percent of Fuwangfu, and leave a little belongings for our cheap old man!"

"The last general received the order, and when he went back, he ordered the army and horses, packed up the equipment and prepared to go to the battle." With Li Xingzhi's endorsement, Wang Zhong no longer had any worries, and returned to this column after receiving Li Xingzhi's order.

"Zhang Shaoqian, Ben Shuai has you as the commander-in-chief of the North Zhili Military Affairs, and the fourth town, the new fourth town and the new sixth town are all under your unified command, and all of them are moved to the area of Dezhou, and the army of Ben Shuai is specially waited."

"Whoa!"

Zhang Shaoqian also came out of the ranks and received Li Xingzhi's general order, although he was still a little loyal to the Ming Dynasty, but he also knew that Li Xingzhi was ready to fly, and he had to send it, and Li Xingzhi did not say that he wanted to take the Ming Dynasty and stand on his own, but the new prison country, in the end, the descendants of the old Zhu family were sitting on the throne.