Hu Zhongxian took out a large map of Jiangnan, on which maps related to the Japanese invaders were drawn, including Jiangnan, Jiangbei, Shandong, Fujian, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, and Guangxi, and these places were not completely under his control, in fact, he only managed the seven provinces south of the Yangtze River, but most of them were related to him.

"First of all, the armaments. He drew a line from top to bottom on the coastline with his hands, which started from Suzhou and ended at Quanzhou, drawing almost the entire coastal defense line south of the Yangtze River in the Ming Dynasty, and said seriously: "In this war of resistance against Japanese aggression, I decided to first carry out armament from three aspects. The first aspect: Gather the manpower and material resources of the seven provinces south of the Yangtze River to build 59 reserve forts on the coastline, each fort is stationed with 100 troops, and each fort is prepared with beacon fires and other materials...... In this way, the coastline can be stabilized. ”

"How much does it cost to keep the garrison?" the officials argued.

"How much did you spend?" Hu Zhongxian glared at his eyes: "It's not worth the empty salary you eat!"

The officials suddenly did not dare to say any more.

Hu Zhongxian said: "The second aspect: recruitment! Recruit a large number of soldiers! I can't believe the messy guards under your command, they may be used to fill the scene, shouting and scaring the enemy, but when they really fight with the Japanese bandits, they are all soft eggs." ”

As soon as the words fell, a group of civilian officials called out again: "Lord Hu, this recruited soldier may not be better than the current soldier, Jiangnan Chengping has been peaceful for hundreds of years, and he really can't recruit any decent soldiers." ”

Hu Zhongxian shook his head and said, "I also know that Jiangnan can't recruit decent soldiers, so this time I invited Mrs. Washi." ”

He beckoned to the middle-aged minority fù person that Yi Yun had just seen and said, "Mrs. Washi, please come on......

Everyone turned their heads, and Yi Yun also looked at her carefully, only to see that Mrs. Washi was about fifty years old, with dark skin and bright eyes, which was really not beautiful, but it could make people feel shrewd and capable. She was wearing a set of Zhuang national costumes, which looked very different from ordinary Han women, with two Pu knives hanging from her waist, and it seemed that she was still playing with double knives.

The fù man stood up and said, "Hu Dashuai plans to recruit wolf soldiers from our Guangxi Tusi territory this time. ”

"Wolf soldiers?" the civil officials were taken aback again, and hurriedly exclaimed: "Commander, don't you...... The wolf soldiers are terrible, this thing is even more spoof than the Woko......"

It turned out that the so-called wolf soldiers were ethnic minority soldiers of the Guangshui Zhuang tribe. The so-called poor mountains and bad waters come out of the people, this sentence is not only applicable to the Yiwu soldiers, the Sichuan army, and the Yungui army, but also to the wolf soldiers of the Guangxi Zhuang people. These wolf soldiers were born in the mountains of Guangxi, under the jurisdiction of the Tusi officials, and the ethnic minority areas of the Dameng Kingdom have not yet been civilized, unlike the 56 ethnic groups in later generations, and there is no tourism or anything to drive the economy of the areas inhabited by ethnic minorities, and even few Han people go to those mountainous areas.

Most of the ethnic minority people in the Great Meng Country are no different from the savages, and the soldiers selected in a group of savages are the battle savages among the savages, and their ferocity can be seen. The combat effectiveness of these wolf soldiers is very strong, and they don't want to die at all when they fight, as long as the battle merits are exchanged for rewards.

The way they look at the enemy is not at all at people, just like they are looking at lions and tigers in the mountains. Either you die or I die. Therefore, the combat effectiveness of the wolf soldiers is extremely strong, and they can fight with the Yiwu soldiers on the point of not dying. When encountering a Japanese robber, there will be no fright, let alone retreat.

With such a strong soldier, why don't the officials in Jiangnan like it?

It turns out that the wolf soldier also has its shortcomings, and his shortcomings are - wild. ...,

The wolf soldiers are real savage soldiers, and their military discipline is very chaotic, or there is no military discipline at all. When the wolf soldiers go out to fight, they not only do not regard the enemy as human beings, but also do not regard people of other nationalities as human beings...... Wherever they passed, whether you were a widow or a citizen of the Great Meng Kingdom, they would kill anyone who didn't like it, gold and silver treasures, take them whenever they wanted, and loot food utensils unceremoniously.

A few years ago, the imperial court of the Great Meng Kingdom also called the wolf soldiers once, and as a result, the wolf soldiers plundered and killed, defiled women, destroyed houses, and left chickens and dogs behind, which was more terrifying than bandits. And these guys don't know that what they are doing is bad, they snatched all the way from Guangxi to Nanjing, and actually took the women they snatched on the road to Nanjing City to sell...... Put on a posture of "this is what I picked up on the road...... It hurt the government of the big Meng country to cry and laugh.

The inspector hurriedly wrote to the imperial court: This thing is too terrible, don't use it in the future, let them continue to play as savages in the mountains of Guangxi.

At that time, one of the literate fake Japanese robbers also wrote a mocking letter to the court of the Great Meng Kingdom: "When our Japanese robbers come, burn and loot only a few small places, and often only rob property without killing people, and leave after taking things." However, the wolf soldiers are even more thorough than our wolf soldiers, even people and things, all of them are packed, I think the imperial court might as well come to transfer the wolf soldiers to help exterminate the wolf soldiers, how about it?"

So this time, as soon as Hu Zhongxian said that he would transfer wolf soldiers, the officials in the audience sweated wildly.

Mrs. Washi listened to everyone's protests, and hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, this time Hu Dashuai said that he wanted to transfer our wolf soldiers, and he has already considered the military discipline of the wolf soldiers. But the military salary must not be missing half of us, otherwise it is not certain what the wolf soldiers will do. ”

"Frightened, do you still want money?" The officials Khan: "How can we have so much money? And why do we want to give this money? We should go to the court and ask the emperor to send money." ”

Hu Zhongxian snorted coldly and said: "When the emperor is using money now, the battle in Luzhou in the southwest and the resistance against the Manchus in the northeast, which one does not need money? Now Jiangnan is also asking the emperor for money, can the emperor get it? You are usually greedy for a lot of silver that should be given to the emperor, so why not spit it out now? Otherwise, if the Japanese invade your city, you will die. ”

A group of officials frowned...... Depressed......

Hu Zhongxian didn't bother to pay attention to them, and said: "The third aspect: the Japanese are from the sea, we can only let them attack, but we are unable to counterattack, every time the Japanese attack, we can only passively defend, which is very unfavorable." I decided to spend money on a naval division with fifty giant ships, two hundred medium ships, and five hundred light ships...... It is definitely too late to build our own ships, and we can buy these ships from the maritime merchants of Ningbō...... With a ship, we can form a sailor, break the thieves on the sea, be flexible and flexible, and keep the enemy out of the country......"

As soon as his voice fell, the civil servants in the hall screamed in unison: "Do you want money again? God, kill us!"

"Don't be wordy!" Hu Zhongxian stretched out his hand and said, "My three armament plans are finished, everyone come up and donate." ”

The civil servants sat still, refusing to move their buttocks.

At this time, Zhao Yunxuan smiled again: "Donate money, right? I'll take the lead!" She took out a cute little purse from her waist, and there were two butterflies embroidered on the purse, which was very delicate, and she asked for a while in the purse, and finally found a copper plate, carefully held it in her hand, and said with a smile: "This is all my pocket money this month, donate it to you!"

After finishing speaking, her hand flicked, and the copper plate drew a beautiful arc in the air and fell into Hu Zhongxian's hand, she also added: "Don't underestimate the copper plate, you can buy a bun, I'm bleeding a lot." ”...,

Full House of Officials: "......"

Although Zhao Yunxuan is the king of Jinling, she has never been greedy, and she uses the monthly money issued to her by the court to distribute to the poor, so she only has a copper plate on her, but no one dares to laugh at her.

Not to mention buying ships, recruiting troops, and repairing castles, it is not something that can be done with a few dozen taels of silver.

Yi Yun sighed and thought: Forget it, although I am usually very wealthy, and Jiashan also needs money to develop, but the people of Dameng Country are also my Chinese lineage, and I can't just take care of my own little oasis, I should take care of all talents. At this time, come out and take the lead and do something good, Hu Zhongxian is not easy. Moreover, the anti-Japanese situation in the south of the Yangtze River as a whole is also related to the safety of one's own territory.

He took out a silver ticket from his arms, slapped it on Hu Zhongxian's hand, and said loudly: "Jiashan Oasis, donate 100,000 taels of silver." "He was so proud, but his heart was dripping blood, Nima, a thousand firearms, just like that...... Lao Tzu's caravan had to make several trips to make so much money, forget it!

Hu Zhongxian was overjoyed: "Lord Xie Jiashan, I was not mistaken, you are really a good person......

Yi Yun's shot immediately put other civil officials on fire, his Jiashan Oasis is only a small oasis the size of mung beans, and he actually donated 100,000 taels, how can other oases donate more? Everyone was sweating profusely.

Yi Yun's eyes were sharp, and he found a familiar figure in the crowd, he immediately jumped over, grabbed the man, and dragged him in front of Hu Zhongxian, it turned out that this person was the unlucky thirty-two father-in-law.

Yi Yunpi said with a smile: "Thirty-two father-in-law, as the commander of the East Factory, you are not short of money to spend, right?"

"This ...... The slave is not an official in Jiangnan!" The thirty-second father-in-law was shocked: "The slave is just here to preach the holy decree, and he will return to Beijing tomorrow......"

"Oh?" Yi Yun smiled evilly: "Thirty-two father-in-law, do you mean that if you are not an official in Jiangnan, you don't care whether Jiangnan lives or dies?" ”！。