"Choose all the things for Lao Tzu, don't just know how to pick expensive, choose more elegant, Your Highness doesn't like too vulgar!"

On the first day of October, as Huang Long expected, after Mirza led the soldiers of the Mughal Empire to retreat on all fronts, the Ming army regained lost ground without blood, and the battle line advanced back to the situation of the ninth year of the Apocalypse.

At the same time, Lu Xiangsheng exterminated the rebels in the south and beheaded more than 20,000 people before and after.

Seeing that the rebellion was put down, more than 20 vassal kings in Ceylon began to take up vassals.

Most of them were in the southern part of the domain, and the feudal kings in the north were now in the waters of the old port, heading towards the Little Western Ocean.

However, Huang Long didn't care about these things, and at this moment he sat on the throne of the palace of Tangor, commanding thirty soldiers to choose gifts among the hundred chests of gold and silver treasures in the palace.

King Qi was about to get married, and he only found out this morning.

Although he knew that he couldn't make it to the wedding, he still moved out of his private treasury.

Although he has destroyed several countries in the past three years in Xiaoxiyang, Huanglong's own private treasury does not have too many treasures.

"Uncle, it's all counted."

"A pair of red corals, 200 two-inch pearls, 600 gems of various colors, 20 gold vessels, 10,000 taels of gold, and a total of nearly 200,000 taels of silver."

Huang Fei walked up the steps with the written gift slip and handed it to Huang Long.

Huang Long took it and glanced at it, very satisfied:

"Your Highness is as kind to me as a mountain, and the weight of this gift list is just right."

"Good is good... It's just..."Huang Fei hesitated: "Wouldn't it be too high-profile?" ”

"High-profile?" Huang Long sneered:

"I was originally His Highness's person, if it weren't for His Highness's promotion, I might still be commanding the struggle now."

He shook the gift list in his hand: "Compared to His Highness's kindness to me, this gift list is not high-profile at all. ”

"Let people add another 10,000 taels of gold!"

Huang Long said as he handed the gift slip back.

Huang Fei was helpless, although he felt a little pain in his heart, but he had no choice but to arrange it according to what Huang Long said.

In addition to their arrangements, Qi Yuanfu, who was wearing regular clothes, walked into the hall.

He glanced at the gold, silver, and jewelry, and then walked down the steps to the yellow dragon:

"Governor, the fleet returning to Beijing is expected to depart on the tenth day of October."

The first phase of the war had ended, and Huanglong, according to Zhu Youzhen's account, did not inflict heavy losses on the Mughals, but let the Mughals use it as a force to balance the vassals until the Ming entered South Asia.

Qi Yuanbi and Lu Xiangsheng will stay behind to guard Xiaoxiyang, while Qi Yuanfu will return to Daming with Huanglong and them.

In addition to them, there are also Li Zicheng, Liu Zongmin and other outstanding frontline generals in this battle.

Zhu Youzhen's reply letter has already said that the meritorious generals returned to the capital and were enshrined in front of the palace.

Huang Long knew that he could not be promoted, and it was estimated that he should get a knighthood this time.

He heard that Qi Jin and the others had received the marquis, and he also knew that his qualifications were not enough, but he still felt that his merits were enough to be a marquis, or even a duke!

Therefore, although he was reluctant on his face, he still wanted to return to Beijing as soon as possible.

Hearing that there were still nine days to go, Huang Long still asked:

"In just these few days, don't make any mistakes, how is the defense line on the front line?"

Huang Long was asking, and Qi Yuanfu also replied:

"The Great Khan of the Southern Captives should be very angry when they retreat to the Vindia Mountains and the north of the Narmada River, and although there is no news coming back from Lahore."

"If nothing else, Mierru (Mirza) will be replaced, but he is already the first general in the south, and the people who will be replaced in the future will not perform better than him."

"As for the defense line, don't worry, Inspector Lu is sitting in the south with 30,000 people, and there are brothers in the north, plus 70,000 soldiers and horses such as the sea and land arch guard battalion and the navy, and they should be safe in a short time."

"The total number of men and horses who withdrew to the Central Plains was twenty-six battalions, seventy-eight thousand."

"According to the arrangement of the governor, the brothers withdrew in order of three battalions every ten days, and in turn within three months."

"I can't catch up with the Spring Festival on New Year's Day, but it shouldn't be a problem."

Qi Yuanfu's answer was orderly, but the number of people who withdrew made the people in the hall stop what they were doing.

Everyone looked at Huanglong, you must know that there are not a few brothers who died in the war, more than 30,000 people before and after, it can be said that after the battle of Fuliao, the first bloody battle of the Ming army.

Whether it is the navy or the Gongwei battalion, who comes first and who comes last, in retrospect, everyone feels a sour nose.

"For the brothers who died in battle this time, His Royal Highness has already given out a pension silver and a pension field."

Huang Long spoke with a slightly depressed mood:

"This time, the army can't leave them behind when they go home, and take all the ashes with them."

"The Navy Governor's Mansion gave 300,000 taels of silver and 30,000 taels of gold to the bereaved families of the brothers who died in battle."

Huang Long took out a bereavement pension worth 600,000 taels of silver out of his own pocket, which made the people in the palace very moved, and Qi Yuanfu was also shocked.

First, he didn't expect Huang Long to come up with so much gold and silver, and second, he didn't expect Huang Long to have so much gold and silver.

Although he knew that the expeditionary force had captured a lot, and the seizure system formulated by Zhu Youzhen had also allowed many upper-level generals to get rich in one battle, he didn't expect Huanglong to get so much.

You must know that in the first battle to destroy Annan, the capture of the Governor's Mansion of the Southern Army and the Governor's Mansion of the Western Army was only more than 6 million taels, half of which was handed over to the imperial court, 40% was reserved for more than 100,000 soldiers, and the remaining 100,000 taels of 600,000 taels were distributed by the top level of the Governor's Mansion according to the level of official positions.

For example, Qi Yuanfu was already the third person in the Southern Military Governor's Mansion, but he only got more than 30,000 taels of silver.

Although he participated in the small Western expeditionary force in South Asia this time, he came too late, and only took more than 90,000 taels of silver in several major battles.

He originally thought that Huang Long had already received more than 500,000 taels before and after, but now it seems that he is afraid that there will be more than 1 million, otherwise it is unlikely that he will throw 600,000 taels of silver in one go.

If Huang Long has the act of stealing, I am afraid that this amount will have to be multiplied several times......

"Thank you, Governor Longne!"

Qi Yuanfu was silent for a while, but the other soldiers in the hall shouted to express their gratitude.

"Hurry up and get to work!" Huang Long laughed and roared, and then asked Qi Yuanfu:

"Although the defense line is not hindered for a short time, the defense must not be slackened."

"Xu Xiake, the King of Shu, the King of Zhou and other strong feudal clans only arrived in Palembang Mansion three days ago, and it will take two months to arrive at the domain."

"The twenty battalions of soldiers and horses they brought this time are from the imperial court, and the soldiers and horses of the feudal clans have also been assembled, and as soon as the soldiers and horses of the feudal clans arrive, the second batch of soldiers and horses can also take a year off."

Huang Long's words made Qi Yuanfu bow slightly, expressing his agreement.

At present, although the second batch of soldiers has only been in South Asia for less than a year, it will take at least half a year for the soldiers and horses of the feudal domains to reach South Asia.

Half a year later, the second batch of 100,000 soldiers and horses in South Asia could also withdraw to the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, there will still be 120,000 troops in South Asia, enough to resist and even counterattack the Mughals.

However, looking at this posture, unless Hong Chengchou attacked Donghu Burma and "emigrated to Shibian" in large numbers, King Qi should not have ordered the imperial court to organize a counteroffensive.

Let the vassal and the Mughal check and balance each other, and wait for four or five years later, and then the imperial court will send troops from the mouth of the Ganges, Hebei will be returned to the imperial court, and Henan will be returned to the vassals.

In addition to the province of Ceylon in the south, the two control the vassals in the south and the north, echoing each other, so that South Asia can be determined.

Thinking of this, Qi Yuanfu said to Huang Long: "Then the general will retire." ”

"Hmm......" Huang Long replied, and after the order, his attention was on his gold and silver.

Seeing this, Qi Yuanfu retreated, and Huang Fei watched him leave completely, and then said to Huang Long:

"Uncle, if you send gold and silver like this, you only have more than 400,000 taels left."

Huang Long has silver, but he has a limited amount of money.

This time when he entered the Little West, he also took more than 1.3 million taels of gold and silver.

At present, he gave King Qi a gift list of 300,000 yuan for his wedding, and 600,000 taels for the army, so he only has 400,000 taels personally.

Although 400,000 taels is also a huge wealth, for a person of Huanglong's status, the average score of three years is only 100,000 per year, which is not much.

"Afraid? There will be a battle in the future! "Huang Long is very open-minded, but Huang Fei thinks it's not that simple.

It's just that the current situation is not good to say, he can only nod, and then said:

"This time my uncle is back in Beijing, should I go back too?"

"Naturally, Your Highness hasn't seen you yet, and if you go back and show your face, it will be good for you to take over the position of Governor in the future."

Huang Long had a smile on his face, but Huang Fei stopped talking, feeling that his uncle was thinking too simply.

In his opinion, he should lead the navy to be stationed in the Ryukyu Prefecture and enter Beijing by Huanglong.

Although he hadn't seen King Qi and didn't know what charm he had, he hadn't read much of his history books.

The matter of the dead lackey cooking of the cunning rabbit has been staged many times in history.

"I'm the only one to be careful......

Huang Fei thought secretly in his heart, and then continued to count the gift list that his uncle gave to King Qi.

His uncle and nephew are counting the gift list, and others will naturally not be bad.

Qin Bangping of the Western Military Governor's Mansion and Qi Jin of the Southern Military Governor's Mansion were not able to pay tribute, although they were disappointed in their hearts, but when they learned of Zhu Youzhen's wedding, they still prepared a rich gift list.

In addition to them, Man Gui of the Northern Army, Sun Yingyuan of the Eastern Army, as well as Hong Chengchou, Yang Wenyue, Wu Aheng, Yan Siqi and others have prepared a richer gift list.

Although everyone was not as prepared as Huanglong, and they could not arrive in the capital to congratulate them in person, the gift lists sent one by one expressed their hearts.

"Qi sent 200 pearls, 3,000 taels of gold, 30,000 taels of silver, and a box of jewels of various colors......"

"Qin's ...... to send pearls"

In mid-October, with the onset of winter, the entire northern land begins to cool down.

In this situation, Zhu Youzhen went to Fangshan to escape the winter, and met Zhu Youxiao here.

The two brothers were sitting in a warm pavilion playing chess at the moment, and Wang Chengen next to him was reading the contents of the gift list.

That pen of gold, silver and treasures made Wei Zhongxian, who was standing in the corner, breathe heavily, and when Wang Chengen finished reading, Zhu Youzhen's words made him break the defense.

"All in all, almost two million taels of silver, right?"

"Back to His Royal Highness, a total of 2.67 million taels, in addition, there are more than ten people such as Huang Long and Shen Tingyang whose gift lists have not been delivered."

In just a few seconds, Zhu Youzhen asked, Wang Chengen replied, Wei Zhongxian broke the defense, and Zhu Youxiao was stunned.

The four of them had their own expressions, and Zhu Youxiao looked at his younger brother with a complicated expression:

"I'm afraid it's more than three million taels to send it all down, if my brother's big wedding is held a few more times, I'm afraid half of the treasury will come out......"

"......" Zhu Youxiao's words made the hall quiet, but Zhu Youzhen unhurriedly raised the teacup and took a sip:

"It does ......"

He didn't have any explanation, but Zhu Youxiao knew it.

He knew that his brother was reminding him that he had already achieved great merit and could not be sealed.

Most of the people in the court have sent a rich gift list, which is enough to show the power of the Qi Palace.

When others got the gift list, they wouldn't let the emperor know the total number at all, but Zhu Youzhen was blatant.

His move was very simple, he wanted Zhu Youxiao to be vigilant, because the current situation was very bad for him.

Zhu Youzhen was not afraid of his own rebellion, he was afraid that others would rebel for him, and he was even more afraid that his brother would be defenseless.

If he was in the capital, he could naturally protect his brother, but now that he was about to go on an expedition, Zhu Youxiao's safety would be a problem.

Zhu Youzhen's meaning was very clear, and Zhu Youxiao also understood, so he looked embarrassed:

"Plough Ting Jianyu, how about leaving this matter to Xiong Tingbi?"

"I can't ...... it," Zhu Youzhen shook his head in response.

What Hong Chengchou wants is very close to what Zhu Youzhen wants to do, he must go out on the expedition and let the four words of the meritorious master stay on him alone, otherwise others will be in danger.

"There is no seal, there is no reward, and the ministers can be killed" This kind of thing cannot happen to the two of them.

Zhu Youzhen knows his brother's trust in him, so it is the best choice for him to become this person.

Even if Zhu Youxiao said that he would not doubt others, he would always think in his heart.

Ideas are seeds, and they will eventually take root and sprout.

The greater Zhu Youzhen's merits, the safer the generals will be.

He wants to protect the generals, and he also has to protect his brother.

At the moment, he is like a daughter-in-law, with in-laws to be filial to be on top and heirs to be appeased below, both of which are inseparable from him, and he will change as soon as he leaves.

Zhu Youzhen had already thought about it, as long as the construction of Qi State was on the right track, he would start from Huanglong and transfer the generals to Qi State one by one for retirement.

This is the best arrangement for the generals, for Zhu Youxiao, for Zhu Youzhen himself, and even for the Ming Dynasty and Qi Guo.

"Your Highness, Yang Wenyue has a letter, in which he said that he has ordered people to garrison a battalion in Kugu (Sakhalin Island) and send tens of thousands of laborers to reclaim the area."

As the atmosphere froze, Wang Chengen broke the deadlock and continued:

"He also sent a fleet to North Asia to Melica, where he discovered a warm current."

"According to what Yang Wenyue said, it will only take about twenty days to go to North Asia Merica, and you can reach the second supply depot from north to south in North Asia Melica, Your Highness."

Yang Wenyue asked if he would give up going to Kamchatka, along with the other two supply points, and go directly to North Asia Melica.

"If that's the case, then he can now organize laborers to reclaim North America, and it will only take about four years to reclaim more than 100,000 acres of arable land."

The fleet under Yang Wenyue discovered the North Pacific Ocean Warm Current, which Zhu Youzhen did not expect.

However, the development of this warm current, combined with steam engines, boats, tractors, etc., should be able to achieve the relocation of the people of Southern Zhili to North Asia in about 30 days.

Of course, if this is the kind of migration, then I am afraid that it will have to be configured according to the configuration of one shipload of people and grain, plus one shipload of coal and two ships of water, to achieve the migration across the North Pacific.

As a result, the cost of migration will increase significantly, but the time will be greatly reduced.

"According to Yang Wenyue's estimate, how long will it take to move the people from Nanzhili to the Qi State? How much does it cost? ”

Zhu Youzhen picked up the teacup and took a sip, Zhu Youxiao's heart sank when he heard it, and Wang Chengen looked carefully at Yang Wenyue's handwriting, and then said:

"With the current 9,000 material ship, starting from Songjiang Mansion, Yang Wenyue estimates that it will take about six months."

"The cost of moving one person is two taels of silver per person, not counting the migration of silver......

Speaking of migrating silver, Wang Chengen glanced at the emperor vaguely.

Although the migration silver system was established by Zhu You, it depends on Zhu Youxiao.

"It's not ......"

"Migration silver has to be paid." Without waiting for Zhu Youxiao to finish speaking, Zhu Youzhen preemptively spoke:

"Since the rules are set, they need to be followed."

"The migration silver of the migration of Merica in North Asia is according to the same standard as the migration of Levia, five taels per person."

Zhu Youzhen opened his mouth to set rules for himself, and Wang Chengen responded when he heard this:

"In that case, it will be seven taels of silver to move one person."

"Could it be too much?" Zhu Youxiao was a little unbearable, and Zhu Youzhen shook his head:

"With my money, it is enough to move 20,000 or 30,000 people a year."

"In addition, the silver of this gift list is enough to move hundreds of thousands of people."

"It's still a long time, and the younger brother is not in a hurry."

Zhu Youzhen's words made Zhu Youxiao shut up, because time really pinched him.

He wanted his younger brother to stay in Daming for a longer time, so according to his younger brother's salary, it was estimated that it would take ten years to move two or three hundred thousand people, and there would be millions of people counting the gift list.

"Non-three million people" is not a feudal domain, this is what Zhu Youzhen promised Zhu Youxiao.

Thinking about it this way, if you only rely on Yulu, then Zhu Youzhen can only move three million people to Qi for more than 80 years.

"Do I want to drop my brother's ......?"

Zhu Youxiao thought secretly in his heart.

"Just do it according to Yang Wenyue's idea, start reclamation directly from the second supply point, and name the local area "Jinshan" for Yang Wenyue to handle well. ”

When Zhu Youxiao was thinking, Zhu Youzhen instructed Wang Chengen, and Wang Chengen also responded, and then Zhu Youzhen continued to ask:

"How's the food preparation at the front?"

"Before the winter of Taining Mansion, 820,000 stone meters have been transported, and there are currently 7.3 million stone meters in Liaodong."

"The grain in Yingzhou is still being transported, and it is estimated that before the beginning of spring, the grain in Liaodong and Taining can be kept at about 8 million stones."

"The Imperial Horse Supervisor also discussed with the herdsmen of the three prefectures of Taining, and seconded 200,000 horses and horses."

"If the horse dies, the royal horse warden shall compensate according to the six taels and one horse, and the injured shall be compensated according to the injury."

"Counting the horses and horses of the Shangzhi and Eastern Army Governor's Mansions, 420,000 horses and horses were prepared for this battle."

"Eighteen million bunches of forage and 1.2 million stones of beans have been stored."

"That's enough to eat for five months."

Wang Chengen told the preparations of the Imperial Horse Supervisor on the front line one by one, so that everyone could see how much Zhu Youzhen had prepared for this battle.

"After the war, it is estimated that more than 2 million arable land will be captured, and the land of slaves will be completely taken."

After listening to the report, Zhu Youzhen specially told Zhu Youxiao about his plan.

"The population of Beizhili and Shanxi is a bit large, so it's good to move more after the fight."

Although Zhu Youxiao didn't know that the drought would continue, he was very clear about the things that Daming was worried about every year about the food in the north.

Every year, tens of millions of Shicao grains are transported from the south to the north, and they are basically snapped up by the people before they reach the border pass.

This phenomenon was difficult to see in the early Ming Dynasty, when the population of the north was less than one-third of that of the south.

If the population of Beizhili and Shanxi were stable at about six million, and the army's food was supplied from overseas, then the north would not need much grain.

"To move people to slaves, you still have to rely on trains."

Zhu Youzhen nodded slightly: "The local area is bitterly cold, and the cost of reclamation is not large, but the time is too short, and only half of the time can be cultivated in a year." ”

"I'm going to distribute the steam tractors to the local people according to the villages."

"With these machines, hundreds of acres can be cultivated in a year, and according to the production speed of six factories, only 20,000 or 30,000 people are needed to operate, and hundreds of thousands of acres of cultivated land can be newly cultivated outside the customs every year, and so on."

"It is estimated that in ten years, there will be tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions, of cultivated land in Nuergan and Taining."

Zhu Youzhen's words were a bit shocking, and with his calm expression, Wei Zhongxian, who didn't know what a tractor was, would be suspicious.

On the contrary, it was Zhu Youxiao, who believed his brother's words very much, and drew inferences:

"My brother said that if the factory continues to expand, I am afraid that in ten years, the dynasty will increase tens of thousands of acres of arable land."

"It's pretty much the same." Zhu Youzhen smiled and continued to take a sip of tea.

He is determined because there are examples to draw from.

Historically, the United States relied on a series of agricultural machinery such as seeders, lawn mowers, threshers, and steel plows to develop the cultivated land in the United States from 1 billion mu in the early 19th century to 2.5 billion mu in the 60s of the 19th century, with an annual increase of more than 20 million mu.

This is still the situation without steam tractors, and according to the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, it will be able to increase from at least 900 million mu of cultivated land to at least 3 billion mu in 50 years.

If we include the suzerainty system of South Asia, Leviia, and Merica in North and South Asia, the cultivated land area can reach nearly 10 billion.

In terms of Europe's food self-sufficiency rate, with the trade war alone, the Ming Dynasty was able to crush the other party to death with the size of the vassal system.

Of course, this premise is that the industrialization process of the Ming Dynasty cannot be interrupted, so the emperor of the Ming Dynasty has become the biggest variable in industrialization.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen glanced at Zhu Youxiao, and also thought of his eldest nephew Zhu Ciran.

Stabilize two generations, even if the Ming Dynasty finally interrupts industrialization, its volume is enough for the Han people to eat a hundred years of old capital.

"My brother's wedding is scheduled for October 30, you and I will rest here for a few more days, and then we will go back to Beijing to prepare for the wedding."

Zhu Youxiao mentioned Zhu Youzhen's marriage, and he also put the teacup in his hand on the table with an indifferent expression:

"It's ...... for my brother to decide this matter"

(End of chapter)