Such a start made Zhu Houxi look forward to the situation inside, and it all cost money, all these things he paid attention to, he directly allocated money, not through the household department, so although he made a lot of money last time, it cost money everywhere.

The key is to spend money to be fruitful, and I gave Qi Jingtong two chances, if I still can't satisfy him this time, my money is not taken for nothing.

"Weizhong, you said that I am an emperor and you are a servant of the ministry, and you are waiting here for a summons from Qi Jingtong, are we a little too cheap?" The two of them were idle and bored, but they hated that they didn't bring some melon seeds over at that time, otherwise they would be able to eat for a while now.

"You can't say that, if you let us in directly, Your Majesty will be unhappy."

"It seems to make sense to say this, after all, I spent money, if Qi Jingtong still achieves nothing, then I have to think carefully about this money, where he spent it." Zhu Houxi also smiled, he didn't care about many things, but that didn't mean he didn't care.

"What Your Majesty said is reasonable, we have to get something in return if we spend money, in case General Qi doesn't let us in, then what should we do, won't we go in?"

"Haha, if I want to go in, can they stop me? You'll know when the time comes. Zhu Houxi waved his hand, he is here, his time is also very precious, okay, he can't go home empty-handed.

Yan Song also knows His Majesty's ability, so he doesn't say anything, if His Majesty wants to, who can stop them.

The two didn't wait too long, and soon a pair of soldiers and horses came out, but it was not an order to let them go, but they waited for Qi Jingtong.

"My lord, my general is here."

"Oh? You go out to take a look, Qi Jingtong is quite particular. Zhu Houxi didn't expect Qi Jingtong to come out directly, which is quite interesting.

"No."

"How can Lord Yan have time to come to Qi, Qi has lost his welcome, and I hope Lord Yan will forgive me." Qi Jingtong is very polite, everyone is doing things for the emperor, and they still have to get along with each other, they are already at a disadvantage, if they don't help each other, it will not end well.

"It's okay, General Qi, can you go in now?" Yan Song smiled, looking unconcerned.

"Haha, is there anything wrong with Lord Yan, why don't I ask Lord Yan to rub it, and we will also exchange feelings." As he spoke, he walked to Yan Song's side, but he never mentioned the matter.

"Why, can't I go in?" Yan Song squinted his eyes, to be honest, he didn't have any ill feelings towards Qi Jingtong, and he really wanted to find a time to meet, but he didn't expect this to be the case.

"I'm afraid this won't work, besides, what's so good in it, Lord Yan, as a civil official, will definitely not like this place where knives and guns are danced, except for holding His Majesty's handwritten letter, no one can go in, and I hope Lord Yan won't embarrass me."

Yan Song was not angry, it seemed that he had won, and said with a smile: "General Qi must not let me in?" ”

"Yes, unless there is a will of His Majesty." Qi Jingtong's face was serious, although Yan Song did things for His Majesty like himself, but what if, so he was prepared, and he really shouldn't let Yan Song in.

"Hahaha, General Qi is really principled, okay, then please ask General Qi to come over and let you see someone." Yan Song laughed, okay, okay, you have principles, let's see if you see Your Majesty is still stubborn.

Qi Jingtong hesitated slightly, but he didn't hesitate for too long, and after explaining a few words to his subordinates, he passed, although he felt that Yan Song was weird, but it shouldn't hurt him, after all, so many people watched it.

After explaining to his subordinates twice, he walked towards Yan Song with full doubts, he always felt that this guy was weird, and this guy was a little cautious and panicked when he was laughing here.

"Lord Yan, don't laugh like this, I see that I'm a little cautious, then, can we be normal, and who do you want me to see?" Qi Jingtong smiled awkwardly, this guy won't want to do it, Lao Tzu doesn't eat this set.

"You'll know when you go in, I won't go in, the place is too small." Yan Song pursed his mouth, the meaning is self-evident, anyway, you can go in and take a look.

With doubts in his heart, Qi Jingtong opened the sedan curtain, and saw Zhu Houxi with a smile on his face.

"Your ......Majesty" Qi Jingtong was frightened, I'll go, Yan Song, you dog, you brought me such a big surprise, I'll your grandma.

"Shh~"

"Come in, don't make a noise." Zhu Houxi pressed his hand, am I so scary, this expression is like seeing a ghost.

In fact, it is not surprising, the first time I saw His Majesty was in Wang Yangming's big tent, at that time he was still General Wang's adjutant general, and then he felt the strong pressure on His Majesty, and was later selected by His Majesty to be entrusted with important tasks, but unfortunately he was not angry at first, but fortunately, His Majesty's imperial grace was mighty and gave him another chance.

Although it is not considered to live up to His Majesty's trust now, he can make some achievements, but he is always worried that he will not meet His Majesty's requirements, so he can only be strict with himself.

Generally speaking, Qi Jingtong is more in awe of His Majesty, and now that he opened the sedan curtain and saw His Majesty, he naturally greeted Yan Song's eighth ancestor as soon as possible.

"I don't know ...... Your Majesty is coming this time" Qi Jingtong lowered his voice and whispered greetings, and at the same time kept cursing Yan Song in his heart, boy, you yin me.

"I just want you to come here to see if I have nothing to do, what, aren't you welcome?" Qi Jingtong couldn't hide it from Zhu Houxi if he was careful, but it didn't matter, he didn't scold him anyway.

"Welcome, naturally welcome, Weichen means that the next time His Majesty comes over, you can talk to Weichen in advance, so that Weichen can have a preparation or something." Qi Jingtong wiped the sweat from his forehead, the fright came a little too suddenly, and he almost didn't catch it, fortunately he is here today, otherwise he would have collided with His Majesty, it is really difficult to save his life, greet Yan Song again, and know that this guy is not holding back any good fart.

"Tell you what to do, I just came here to see how you are doing, and tell you in advance, what if you lie to me?" Zhu Houxi rolled his eyes, surprised, surprised, not surprised, not irritated, if he had told you earlier, it would have no effect.

"Wechen doesn't dare, how dare Wechen deceive Your Majesty." Qi Jingtong wiped the sweat on his head, scary, what does Your Majesty mean by this, is it specially to investigate me, are those little cubs lazy today? It seems that there is none, it is good if there is none, there should be no problem.

"So, can you take me in for a walk?" Zhu Houxi raised his eyebrows, and his tone was very soft, which made people feel an inexplicable sense of trust.

"Yes, of course you can, your majesty can go wherever he wants." Qi Jingtong's brain is running at a high speed, there should be no place for him to disclose, after thinking about it for a long time, it is probably nothing, and he can't help but breathe a sigh of relief, this is good, if he is embarrassed again, even if His Majesty does not say it, he will not have the face to see His Majesty.

"Then let's go, what are you waiting for, my time is also very precious, I haven't been back for several days, if I don't go back, Lu Fang will probably complain again." Zhu Houxi waved his hand, he did what he said, he was a resolute person, we would do it, what are you doing here, it is quite time-consuming to visit such a large place.

"No." What else can Qi Jingtong say, of course, he nodded yes.

"By the way, I sneaked out, you don't want to give me stuffing, understand?"

"Wechen understands."

"Well, let's go."

Actually, it's okay to come over and inspect it, as for why not come over officially, on the one hand, I still want to see the real situation, and on the other hand, I still want to avoid the eyeliner of those guys.

Although he attaches great importance to army building, those guys don't necessarily care much, and he naturally can't show too much attention, otherwise the pressure on Qi Jingtong's side is too great, and he still has to give him time to grow, so he has always been in a free-range state for Qi Jingtong, of course, there is no shortage of money and food, but he doesn't care about anything else.

He didn't even care about Qi Jingtong's training progress, showing a disregard for everyone and relaxing everyone's vigilance.

After saying that, Zhu Houxi jumped out of the car directly and said to Yan Song: "Let's go, General Qi has agreed, and your guards will stay here." ”

"Well, you're waiting for us right here, you know?" Yan Song smiled, looked at Qi Jingtong, whose face was a little stiff, and sympathized with him.

"No."

Qi Jingtong saw Yan Song, and hated itchy, this dog thing, I don't know how to remind me, I said, what is he doing when he has nothing to do, he gave me a big gift together, and his conscience is greatly damaged.

Yan Song shrugged his shoulders, what do you care about me, Your Majesty suddenly found me, I was also very surprised Okay, Your Majesty wants to come out of it, why do you blame me.

Qi Jingtong stared at Yan Song viciously, don't blame you, I can still blame Your Majesty, you don't know how to remind me.

Zhu Houxi shook his head helplessly, how could the small actions of the two be hidden from him, but it was still the same sentence, as long as he was a capable person, he could tolerate it now, so as long as Qi Jingtong could complete his task, it was not a big problem, he was very kind, if he couldn't complete it, then don't blame him for being cruel.

Zhu Houxi and the three of them watched in front, and those soldiers followed behind, although they were also curious about the identity of the person who came, but they also knew that it was not good to ask too much, maybe they could ask the general after the person left.

"Your Majesty, do you want to beat the drums and gather the army?"

"No need, let's just go and see wherever we go, your pro-soldiers and the guards outside look pretty good, it looks like they should have some combat effectiveness." Who is Zhu Houxi, that is the great grandmaster, how much strength the other party has, he can almost know it at a glance.

"Thank you Your Majesty for the compliment, this is mainly Your Majesty's credit, and Weichen doesn't dare to be greedy." Qi Jingtong scratched his head, and it took a long time to hold back such a sentence.

"Come on, what's yours is yours, how did it become my credit, who did you learn from this sycophant?" Zhu Houxi waved his hand, patting his ass a little clumsy.

"It's really a credit to Your Majesty." Qi Jingtong was obviously a little anxious.

"Oh? Tell me, what did I do? If you don't tell me that you're ugly, I'm not done with you. Zhu Houxi couldn't help laughing, and at the same time completely let go of his opportunity, he didn't need to look at it, he could roughly estimate the combat effectiveness of this army by directly feeling the vitality here.

"That, because Your Majesty said that all the expenses of the Beijing camp are drawn from the inner treasury, and Your Majesty has also increased the salaries of the sergeants, as well as food, clothing, housing and transportation, and the living conditions have also been greatly improved, everyone is grateful for Your Majesty's kindness, the training is very hard, plus the food is also good, the physical fitness of the soldiers has also improved very quickly, about half a year, the previous veterans have formed combat effectiveness, and in another half a year, you can train a division of a hundred battles."

Speaking of this, Qi Jingtong is very confident, after all, this condition is really generous, the brothers are practicing with their lives, this condition, he is very excited when he sees it, it can be said that His Majesty has given the conditions that can be given to the limit, if he still can't do it well, that's his problem.

"It seems that there is such a thing, how is the current military salary compared to before?" Zhu Houxi remembered that there seemed to be such a thing, he said that all expenses would go to the inner treasury, which could be regarded as the emperor's private army, so this was one of the reasons why those guys did not make trouble, otherwise the military department would have started to make trouble a long time ago.

Now that I'm paying for it myself, it's hard for you to say anything, and if you go to the military department, the Ming Dynasty is like it is now, Zhu Houxi really can't say what this army will be trained into, so he will simply pay for it himself.

"That's much better, the military salary for the past year was about 1,000 catties of rice, which is converted to almost ten taels of silver, and the key is often in arrears, and it is really sent to the hand, this number has to be discounted, plus there is usually not enough to eat, so many people are reluctant to become soldiers, after all, just planting land at home is more than this income."

"But now it's different, according to His Majesty's standards, ordinary sergeants are fifteen taels of silver per person per year, and it is cash silver, every soldier who comes here will be paid a year's military salary first, and the silver of the white flowers will be sent to his hands, if these little cubs don't train well, needless to say, their superior companions and fellow villagers will not let him go, plus the food in the military camp is not limited, and occasionally meat, everyone is now squeezed out of their heads and wants to come here to be a soldier."

"The 100,000 quota given by His Majesty has long been full, and a large number of people were rejected some time ago, many of whom are fellow villagers of those little cubs, and there are many good seedlings, but unfortunately, I can't accept them here." Qi Jingtong vaguely thought that His Majesty put forward a request to expand the establishment, and now the conditions are really good, no one was willing to be it before, but now it is squeezed, of course, it is limited to here.

"That's good, good, do a good job." Zhu Houxi nodded with satisfaction, there was a lot of silver in the inner treasury, so he directly ordered the money to be sent at that time, after all, what is the money for, the grain is still troublesome, and in general, ten taels of silver is greater than a thousand catties of grain.

Zhu Houxi means that he will be paid in the future, after all, this thing is convenient, and if the soldier has money in his hands, it can also promote consumption, but he also has to wait for him to raise the commercial tax, otherwise it is purely for those businessmen to work now.

Coupled with the high-level non-commissioned officers and the usual food and clothing, the army of 100,000 people is nothing more than three million taels of silver a year, and he can afford it, as long as the money is well spent.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister swears to guard the Jingshi to the death, if there is the slightest mistake, Weichen will come to see you." With such conditions, if there can still be problems, he Qi Jingtong will ignore His Majesty's trust, and it is better to die.

"Dead? It's not so easy to die at that time, I spend so much money to support you in a year, if I raise a bunch of waste, I will punish your nine clans. Zhu Houxi glanced at this guy, this is not a joke, although the Nine Clans are exaggerated, but Qi Jingtong's family don't want to run.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I am willing to be said to be nine clans, ten clans." Qi Jingtong did not hesitate at all, since he wanted to gain something, he must take a certain risk.

"Ten clans? You don't want to learn from Fang Xiaoru. Thinking of this guy Zhu Houxi couldn't help it, why bother, as the saying goes, those who know the times are Junjie, sometimes, I have to complain that Confucianism is harmful, the key is that if it is really put forward by Sage Confucius, forget it, the key is that Confucianism has been over-interpreted and has become a kind of thought that tends to demonize.

"Your Majesty rest assured, Weichen ......"

"Yes, I don't want to hear your loyalty, I just want to see your actual actions and results, if you need anything, you can tell me directly, I can provide everything I can to help you, and new equipment is also being made, I can say what you want, I will give you something, but if it doesn't meet my expectations, I want to treat you offended, you should have no opinion, right?"

Zhu Houxi glanced at him, and at this time, several people happened to come to a camp, and some soldiers were training below.

"No problem, absolutely no problem, if it doesn't reach His Majesty's tone, any punishment Qi Jingtong will have no complaints." Qi Jingtong wiped the sweat from his forehead, His Majesty is so heavy.

"What a division of a hundred battles, what are these soldiers training below?" Yan Song couldn't help but sigh, he also has some knowledge, in a sense, he Yan Song is also an all-rounder, familiar with military books, and there is actually no problem for him to lead troops to fight.

He can see at a glance how the momentum of the entire army is, the soldiers are training hard, and there is no complaint, everyone is working hard, if the army of the Ming Dynasty has such a momentum, why worry about the Ming Dynasty?

But this costs money, according to what Qi Jingtong said just now, he roughly calculated, just the military salary, an army of 100,000 people may have two million taels of silver, which is equivalent to nearly half of the country's taxes, and His Majesty can only afford to play now with deep pockets, if others don't care which king has this heart, he doesn't have this money.

Therefore, no matter which dynasty or generation, money is the foundation, and without a good economic environment, the war will not be fought after all, because they cannot afford the expenses of the army.