Jinling, Musket Bureau.

Since Fang Jue took people away, the Musket Bureau seemed to have become deserted all of a sudden, so that some people didn't care.

However, after Zhuge Yong took his wife and children and lived in the barracks of the Musket Bureau, all parties in the court also paid attention to it again.

And there are so many things that have happened in Beijing in recent days that the public's attention is constantly diverted, and it is difficult to focus on a certain event.

For the Musket Bureau, only the high-level will continue to pay attention, the power of firearms has not yet been demonstrated in the capital, and the results of the battle in the north have not been transmitted, so naturally the priority sequence should be lower.

"The young master has come back from the message, and the firearms that have been forged will be sent to the north overnight." Zhuge Yong and the officials of the Musket Bureau discussed together.

"This ...... The young master is not there, and only by the will of His Majesty can open the gun magazine and the ammunition depot at the same time. ”

"There is no need to send ammunition, the young master can make it improvised in the north, and he has craftsmen by his side." Zhuge Yongdao.

Someone said: "Does Your Majesty know that the young master wants to transfer the stock?" ”

Although the Musket Bureau has not performed much at the moment, many parties are puzzled why the level of secrecy here is so high.

But the law cannot be violated.

If you want to call up a large amount of inventory, you must ask Your Majesty's will, otherwise it will be a great crime to destroy the door.

"Chief Manager Wang Feng has come here and brought His Majesty's secret order, please take a look."

As he spoke, Zhuge Yong took out a warrant stamped with the Son of Heaven's treasure seal.

Everyone saw it, and they were relieved.

"Okay, in that case, let's open the gun magazine."

"How much do you want to take?"

Zhuge Yong: "What the young master means is that it is best to take the soldiers transferred from the well-trained forbidden army in the entire musket bureau to the north. ”

"The entire Thousand Households Battalion?"

"The secret order of the young master is here, you can also read it." Zhuge Yong said lightly.

……

The war in the north was about to start, and at the same time that Fang Jue Mixin entered the palace and was allowed by Xiao Pingsi, he was already deploying.

"The Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, can there be a charter?"

Although the three battalions in the north have been assigned, the emperor still has to care about the overall situation and arrange more.

After the Fengtian Temple was dispersed, Xiao Pingsi left behind the main officials of the two ministries and asked them to inform them of the plans made for this battle.

"Your Majesty, there is no problem with the household department, you can ask for as much as you want." Yan Lanfeng is bold and authentic, and his face is full of confidence.

The squire of the military department was a little overwhelmed.

Xia Song, the secretary of the military department, was imprisoned, and the new Shangshu had not yet been selected, so he had to be the squire.

It was not his turn to do this kind of thing, so the emperor suddenly asked for a brief plan to be made within a day, and he was a little in a hurry.

"Is the household rich?" Xiao Pingsi slanted.

He knows that Yan Lanfeng has always liked to cry poor.

In the past, when there were good years, I showed myself fake accounts, for fear that I would be extravagant.

Now that Yan Lanfeng actually said that he is rich, and he is so confident, it seems that the household department is not generally rich now.

"Back to Your Majesty, the fireworks and glass operated by the household department have been well patched recently, and they are quite moist, hehe." Yan Lanfeng held his head high, it was the first time he had answered so confidently.

Xiao Pingsi smiled and didn't ask how much he earned.

"Since the household department has money, the purchase of grain for disaster relief in Ganzhou is temporarily paid in advance by the young master and the emperor's pavilion, and the household department should not be in arrears for too long." Xiao Pingsi instructed.

To be an emperor, you don't have any money before your courtiers, and if you pay off your debts, it will be too shameless.

Yan Lanfeng arched his hand: "Obey the order, wait for the young master to triumph, and the household department will definitely have surplus money to offset the account." ”

"That's good, just don't let me lose face." Xiao Pingsi waved his hand.

"When the army goes out, logistics is extremely important, Luo Yang deliberately created a disaster in Suzhou, but I am afraid that there will not be much left when I leave...... We need to be prepared. ”

Yan Lanfeng nodded: "Your Majesty is right, the grain prepared by Gyeonggi has been transported, and it can be used as military food in addition to disaster relief." ”

"However, the war should not be delayed for too long, the soldiers' clothes are thin, even if there are cotton clothes, it is too cold in the north, and it is not suitable to go deep in winter, otherwise the cost is too great."

As the secretary of the household department, Yan Lanfeng does not only understand the household department, but has been supplying the front line for many years, so he naturally knows some simple common sense.

Although before departure, the Yulin Army was issued cotton clothes, but they could only operate in the north, and they were still a little reluctant.

If it is out of Beiliang, it is too cold, and more people will die of freezing than in battle, then this war will be meaningless.

didn't make it to Rinzhou, and most of the Yulin Army froze to death, and they farted.

"Well, that's reasonable, but we have a good young master!"

Xiao Pingsi said with a smile: "Yan Aiqing doesn't know, the young master said in the letter that he has already purchased a large amount of cotton in the Tai'an Chamber of Commerce, and cotton clothes and shoes have been made for many days. ”

"Before the messenger who expedites the military order arrives in Liangzhou, these preparations should be sufficient."

"The money was paid in advance by the young master?" Yan Lanfeng questioned.

Xiao Pingsi nodded and smiled happily, if this is changed to someone else, how can there be money to buy and pay in advance, and the fighter will have to be delayed again.

The squire of the military department was surprised: "The young master has so much money? ”

Then he realized the gaffe and added: "Xia Guan didn't suspect anything, he just felt surprised." ”

"Master Zhang doesn't know that the young master is richer than the treasury, and he can call the money and silver of Taishan Zhuang." Xiao Pingsi smiled.

But that smile, Yan Lanfeng and Zhang Xian both felt that they were clearly a little jealous.

"Taishan Qianzhuang...... Hehe, just don't ask the minister......" Zhang Xian laughed and shook his head again and again.

I'm a drip mother!

The world's No. 1 money bank!

It's really rich, very capricious, more than the available funds in the Great Xia treasury, it's really not a joke.

A court is naturally extremely rich, and the annual tax revenue of the treasury is an astronomical amount.

However, the money used each year is also more.

Unless there are successive good years and there is no great famine, the money in the treasury will be used like water, and there will really not be much left every year.

For example, the disaster relief in Suzhou will cost at least more than one million taels before and after. Not just food, but also post-disaster reconstruction, resumption of production, and recovery from epidemics.

In which year have few state capitals been hit by disasters?

Floods in the south of the Yangtze River, snow disasters in the north, rogue in the northeast, and border bandits......

Over the course of a year, it is impossible to keep 10% of the treasury left, and it is often necessary to put some of it in. But what to do, doesn't the court care about these natural and man-made disasters?

If you dare to try it regardless of it, you will immediately rise up in all directions, and the history books will scold the emperor of the current dynasty for being mediocre, so that the people are not happy......

Look at Taishan Qianzhuang again.

How many people are there on Taihuang Mountain?

Even if the Emperor Pavilion has a group of soldiers and horses, the number is really small, even if it is an informant and a master to be raised secretly, it does not add up to as many people as there are people in the land of Great Xia.

But Taishan Qianzhuang runs the world, and although the money generated is not as good as the annual court tax, people don't spend much.

All countries have also borrowed money from Taishan Qianzhuang......

This is also one of the reasons for the high status of the emperor's pavilion.

All countries owe money to others, and they can't stand up.

And Fang Jue can actually call the savings of Taishan Qianzhuang, which is very outrageous, this is the power that only the emperors and pavilion masters of previous dynasties have.

"The young master is so young and promising, does the old pavilion master want to pass on the throne to him, and give him so much power." Zhang Xian couldn't help but sigh.

"The young master has the world in his heart, otherwise where would he be able to enter the court." Yan Lanfeng is already a hardcore "Young Master Party".

"Where's the military department?" Xiao Pingsi finished asking the household department and turned his head to look at Zhang Xian.

Zhang Xian paused for a moment before saying, "Your Majesty ......"

"The Ministry of War thinks that it is too ...... for His Majesty to appoint the young master as the general of the expedition to the north."

There are some things that Zhang Xian is reluctant to say, but he is in this position and must speak for the military department.

Xiao Pingsi chuckled: "It's too sloppy, isn't it?" ”

"Ahem......" Zhang Xian lowered his head and looked at the upper of his shoes, how dare he criticize dragon scales like the old ministers of the pavilion.

"Didn't your military department still say that the Musket Bureau was a little redundant?"

Xiao Pingsi smiled: "This time, it depends on how the young master will open your eyes." ”

"Huh?" Zhang Xian didn't understand what His Majesty meant by this.

"Regarding the conscription and reconstruction of the Suzhou battalion in Suzhou, He Feng has already gone to the Ministry of War to assist; Ganzhou I sent Qin Shiyi, he will inevitably go on a killing spree, and the military attachés in Ganzhou will also be replaced, and the military department will have a draft? ”

Xiao Pingsi's series of questions made Zhang Xian a little unable to take it.

Zhang Xian hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, minister...... It's only been a few days since I took office......"

"I forgot ......," Xiao Pingsi smiled bitterly.

Xia Song was imprisoned and investigated because of the Ganzhou incident; Li Han, the original squire of the military department, was also deprived of his post and demoted to the state capital because he was involved in the case of King Wei.

This Zhang Xian was originally just the head of the fourth grade of the Ministry of War, and he was suddenly promoted to a squire. A few days after I got up, I was not very proficient in the affairs of the military department, so how could I answer it all at once.

"Then go back and think about it first, most of this battle will not need the military department, the young master should be able to come out of nowhere, or the household department should manage the logistics." Xiao Pingsi waved his hand and retreated from the two.