Zhang Huang said: "The 1st and 2nd cavalry divisions have been formed, and the 3rd, 4th, and 5th divisions are still being formed, mainly because the horses are not in place. ”

Chongzhen was stunned: "Horses are not enough? I remember there were more than 100,000 horses, right? ”

Zhang Huang said: "Originally, it was enough to follow the standard of one person and one horse, but King Ding insisted on following the highest standard of one person and three horses, so the horses were not enough." ”

"What are you talking about, one man and three horses?" This is something Chongzhen didn't expect, "What does he want to do?" ”

Zhang Huang said: "Yichen guessed that King Ding should have wanted to launch a long-distance expedition in the same way as the Mongol cavalry in the past, so that each soldier would need to be equipped with three horses, and even carry cattle and sheep to march together. ”

At that time, the Mongolian cavalry could march nearly 200 miles a day, relying on one man and three horses.

As for logistics, it relied mainly on the cattle and sheep grazing with the army and the mare's milk.

In the absence of railways or roads, this is the only way to achieve a 10,000-mile expedition.

Zhu Cijiong insisted on matching each of the five cavalry divisions with three horses, apparently trying to emulate the Mongol cavalry.

"This kid is quite capable of making a living." Chongzhen scolded with a smile, and said, "If according to the highest standard of one person and three horses, five cavalry divisions have nearly 300,000 war horses, and now there is a difference of 200,000 horses, what is he going to do?" ”

"Needless to say, it must be robbed." Zhang Huangyan smiled and said, "Rob the Mongols." ”

……

In Zhang Huangyan's words, Zhu Cijiong really has this plan.

Zhu Cijiong not only has this plan, but is also taking action.

On the contrary, Hu Guozhu was a little worried and advised Zhu Cijiong not to worry.

"King Ding, it is already late October, and the first winter snow has fallen, and there is a risk of sending troops at this time, in case of white-haired wind, it will freeze to death."

"Fighting, originally I pinned my head to the waistband of my trousers to work, death and injury are common, and I am afraid of what white-haired wind." Zhu Cijiong said, "What's more, the use of troops in winter also has the benefit of using troops in winter, because in winter, all the Mongolian tribes gather in winter camps, and if you find a camp, you can connect a tribe to the pot, which is much easier than finding various tribes everywhere in other seasons, isn't it?" ”

Hu Guozhu was speechless.

Because what the king said is also reasonable.

It is indeed risky to use troops in winter, but it is true that the Mongolian tribes of Maodong can be wiped out, whether they are women and children, strong men, cattle, sheep, horses, camels, all of them.

Smiling, Zhu Cijiong said again: "Let the 1st Cavalry Division and the 2nd Cavalry Division prepare and leave today." ”

"Huh? Leaving today? Hu Guozhu was stunned and said, "King Ding, the next batch of military supplies will be delivered in a few days, do you want to wait for the second batch of military supplies to arrive before leaving?" ”

"There's no need for that." Zhu Cijiong said disapprovingly.

"One base of ammunition is enough, after all, this time it won't go too far, just hit Chahar."

Hu Guozhu didn't say anything more, if he only fought Chahar Mongolia, one base of ammunition would indeed be enough, or even not so much ammunition at all.

"Instead, bring more wine, and bring grains to burn."

Zhu Cijiong tightened his cotton armor and said: "In this weather, I can't fucking stand it without making a few mouthfuls of miscellaneous grains." ”

After staying in the army for a long time, Zhu Cijiong unconsciously faded the atmosphere of the prince and grandson on his body, and became like a big-headed soldier with foul language, but he was more down-to-earth.

……

Nanjing, the military camp in the Shence Gate.

After listening to Zhang Huangyan's guess, Chongzhen smiled and said: "Forget it, don't care about him, just let the children mess around." ”

Needless to say, Chongzhen did want to train Zhu Cijiong, so from the formation of the cavalry corps to the use of troops against the Mongolian tribes, Chongzhen was all by Zhu Cijiong.

Chongzhen is not worried that Zhu Cijiong will form his own power at all, and the tail will not fall.

Because the Ming Dynasty has entered the industrial civilization, as long as the heavy industry base in the eight provinces and one state in the south of the Yangtze River is under the effective control of the central government of the Ming Dynasty, no one can succeed in the rebellion, and Zhu Cijiong is also impossible.

What's more, it is impossible for Zhu Cijiong to rebel, at least in a short period of time.

It is based on such considerations that Chongzhen dared to exercise Zhu Cijiong openly.

However, at this time, Chongzhen never expected that Zhu Cijiong would make such a big move in the future, so big that it would even exceed the Mongolian cavalry back then.

"It's almost time."

Chongzhen said to Gao Qiqian again: "Let them all come over." ”

"Huh?" Gao Qiqian was stunned for a moment, and said, "Long live Lord, you don't seem to have summoned anyone to come?" ”

"I'm talking about the Chamber of Commerce." Chongzhen said angrily, "I don't want to go to the Royal City Office, so let the representatives of the Chamber of Commerce come to the Shencemen military camp, it is more convenient in the military camp." ”

What's more convenient, to put it bluntly, I'm afraid of death.

Because from the Shencemen barracks to the banknote street, you have to pass through several streets.

And by this time, the news of his return to Nanjing must have spread.

At this time, there must have been assassins preparing in Nanjing, so it was risky to go to the bankhouse street again.

After all, after entering the era of rifled guns, any killer hiding a hundred steps away can easily shoot the target he wants to shoot, and Chongzhen doesn't want to be shot in the head by an assassin.

Because now there are so many people who want to kill him.

The old nobles who had lost power, the vassal kings who had been cut off their vassal states, the relatives of the imperial family who had just been deprived of their privileges, and even the old Confucian scholars who had lost in the debate of the Great Rites and Religions, all had a strong motive to kill him.

"The old slave understood." Gao Qiqian reacted at this time.

A small eunuch was immediately sent to the royal city to deliver the decree.

After more than half an hour, more than 300 representatives of the Chamber of Commerce hurried to the Shencemen military camp.

Because they were in a hurry, these representatives of the Chamber of Commerce, who were usually pampered, did not dare to take the car, and they all came on fast horses, so they all ran out of sweat in winter.

Among the representatives of these chambers of commerce, Chongzhen saw many acquaintances.

For example, Zhan Yangzhi, the big shopkeeper of the Daming Arsenal, Sun Congli, the big shopkeeper of the Jiangnan Tea Firm, such as Cheng Suo, the big shopkeeper of the Nanjing Grain and Oil Firm, and Xu Guo, the big shopkeeper of the Daming Printing Bookstore.

Another example is the righteousness of Weng, the big shopkeeper of Daming Machinery Factory.

Of course, there is also Xu Yingwei's in-law Shi Jiuke.

Chongzhen also deliberately said a few words to Shi Jiuke.

These are all the top business elites of Daming.

More than 99 percent of the entire Ming Dynasty's industry and commerce were in the hands of these elites.

Of course, it must be noted that the factories, workshops, or firms run by these business elites all have a common controlling shareholder, that is, the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

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This is called the official supervision and business office.

Or maybe it's the Marcy model.

Therefore, if the Imperial Palace of the Forbidden City is the place where major events in the political, military, diplomatic, cultural and other fields of the Ming Dynasty are decided, the current business congress decides the major events in the economic field of the Ming Dynasty.

"I already know about the labor shortage that has occurred in eight provinces and one state in the south of the Yangtze River recently." After a group of business representatives sat down, Chongzhen went directly to the topic, there was no superfluous cliché at all, and there was no speech draft.

To hold this kind of meeting, you still have to make a speech, and what kind of emperor is you, you can go home and sell sweet potatoes directly.

"I will try to solve this matter for you as soon as possible, please overcome it during this time."

"Let's stop raising workers' salaries without restraint, and stop digging into each other's corners."

"If it is true that the order cannot be completed due to insufficient labor and causes a breach of contract, you can ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to come forward to coordinate, do you have any objections to this?"

What objections can there be, of course not.

"Alright, let's get down to business." Chongzhen smiled and said again.

"I'm not afraid to tell you that the solution to the labor shortage is to arrest people, more precisely, to go to the Japanese country to catch the Japanese people and come back as slave laborers, since the Yongle year, the Japanese have plagued my Ming coast for hundreds of years, causing countless casualties and huge property losses to the people along my coast, and now, it is time to make the Japanese pay the price for this."

Whispers immediately sounded below, and many deputies began to discuss in low voices.

Chongzhen was not angry, and said with a smile: "If there is anything you want to ask, just ask." ”

Immediately, a businessman asked: "Holy Lord, is there any difference between these Japanese slaves and the maids and domestic slaves sold by human teeth?" ”

"It makes no difference." Chongzhen said with a smile, "As long as you buy these Japanese slaves, you can let them do whatever they want, let them work in the factory, let them stay in your mansion to wait, and even if you take a fancy to the good-looking Japanese girls and want to accept them as concubines, it's up to you." ”

There was a burst of laughter from below, and everyone was happy.

A businessman smiled and said: "Forget it if you accept it as a concubine, I heard that the widow is short and ugly." ”

"That's not quite true." Chongzhen shook his head with a smile and said, "There are also beautiful women among them, but if this is the price, it is definitely not the price of ordinary Japanese slaves." ”

Another merchant asked, "What is the price of a Japanese slave?" ”

"We don't know yet." Chongzhen said, "It has to be decided based on the situation of all aspects, to put it simply, after deducting the military salaries and bonuses, logistics and material costs, and the pensions of the fallen soldiers, and finally adding 30% of the profits, which is the total value of all the Japanese slaves, and then pricing the Japanese slaves according to categories." ”

In fact, this was done to standardize the slave trade in order to minimize population losses.

Because the civilian armed forces went overseas to arrest slave labor and smuggle it into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the price to be paid would definitely far exceed the expenditure of the navy, and the price of slave labor would also skyrocket, so that it would become uncompetitive in the face of official parity slave labor provided by the Ming Navy in batches.

In short, in Chongzhen's future population planning, the Indians of Korea, Japan, Mongolia and even North America all belong to the most fully evolved yellow race, and they have the value of assimilation, and other races are counted.

Unless the other races were sterilized or castrated, they were not even eligible to enter the Ming Dynasty as slave laborers.

Therefore, the first step to be completed is to integrate the Koreans, Japanese people, and Mongols first.

As a result, the total population of Daming can increase to 200 million, and when the Liangjing railway is opened, a large market of at least 100 million people can be formed, which is enough to support the development of the first industrialization.