Zhou Shixian and Zheng Chenggong's internal and external cooperation, and with the blessing of Zheng Chenggong's actor-level acting skills, those housekeepers had to suffer some losses and kickbacks in the end, and got back ninety percent of the silver money of their respective masters, so that the explanation can probably be explained.

Moreover, each of them, more or less, took a bribe of two or three hundred taels of silver, which is a huge amount of money, and their own master invested tens of thousands of taels, and lost more than a thousand taels, so they are naturally not so sensitive, especially when they encounter disasters and have lost all their money.

But these subordinates, even if they do a good job, they may be able to get a reward of thirty or forty taels, so Zheng Chenggong's final purchases are very important in the whole plan. Otherwise, it is impossible to get these people to speak for him and win the trust of those officials.

can only say that Zhou Shixian really didn't see the wrong person, although he was only twenty years old, Zheng Chenggong was already a conspirator with a deep sense of the city, and his acting skills were even more first-class.

Zhou Shixian finally got seventy percent of the swallowed 320,000 taels of silver, plus the dirty silver obtained from the three towns in Jiangbei, in just one and a half months, he had nearly 700,000 taels of silver in his hands, which was enough to equip and train more than 10,000 strong troops.

However, there are not so many people under him for the time being, and since the wool is out of the sheep, Zhou Shixian naturally distributed the silver to the four towns of Jiangbei and Lu Zhenfei, Ma Shiying and others.

Of course, this point is not the other, what Zhou Shixian has to do is to send officers, select 10,000 elite in these four towns, distribute weapons and equipment, food, emphasize military discipline, train combat array martial arts, and regularly personally check and inspect them, so that they can be used in preparation for war.

He couldn't believe the military leaders, but now they were only temporarily suppressed.

And the number of troops of different generals is naturally different, Huang Degong has always been loyal, although his ability is not enough, but he is obedient and pragmatic, and he is also a person who will never surrender, Zhou Shixian gave him 3,500 soldiers. Lu Zhenfei's 1,000 pacesetter battalions are also all within the quota, and Zhou Shixian also specially asked Xue Lao Er to send henchmen to train, and Liu Zeqing, whom he restricted, was only allocated 1,000 soldiers.

Gao Jie's soldiers and horses can still fight, Zhou Shixian also gave 2,500 soldiers, the most incompetent and timid, Liu Liangzuo, who also surrendered to the Qing court in history, Zhou Shixian just meant that he gave him a thousand soldiers, but one of his henchmen in the army has been bought by Lu Jiude with the friendship of leading the troops to encircle and suppress the Liukou.

As for the last 1,000 soldiers, it is for Ma Shiying, although this is a villain, but the national integrity is still there, and Liu Liangzuo can still be restrained at a critical time, if Zhou Shixian does not give him any benefit at all, not to mention whether this person will really give refuge in Chongzhen, when Liu Zuoliang has an accident, he will cause trouble for himself.

Zheng Chenggong also swallowed nearly 100,000 taels of silver this time, and after he sponsored ten veterans at Zhou Shixian's suggestion and friendship, he also moved the idea of training private soldiers, not to mention that Fujian is close to Taiwan and Macao, and there are many red hairs, so it is not a problem to recruit twenty or thirty to train soldiers.

Moreover, Zheng Zhilong already had a plan to let him lead the troops, Fujian's army has tens of thousands of people, pick out 3,000 elite veterans, invest 100,000 taels of silver, within a year, as long as the training method is appropriate, he will become a good and capable soldier.

Moreover, Zheng Chenggong was not interested in the so-called scientific expedition at this time, and after he had a huge amount of assets and tasted the sweetness, he immediately repaired a book and went home, so that Zheng Zhilong could use his connections to cooperate with Zhou Shixian to help him get an official position in Nanjing Water Camp, and then transfer the Zheng family's 5,000 water divisions to the north and stuff them into the water camp.

Zhou Shixian is ready to sing red face again, Zheng Chenggong is naturally in the name of taking refuge in Chongzhen, when the time comes, Chongzhen and the Zheng family will be blackfaced, Zhou Shixian will collect Nanjing Xungui again, secretly betray the backstab, and help Zheng Chenggong take Nanjing Shuiying, there will be no big problem.

Coincidentally, Zheng Chenggong also thought so, he didn't want to go back to Fujian, that would be under the constraints of Zheng Zhilong and a group of uncles, Zheng Chenggong wanted the freedom and independent command.

Zhou Shixian and Zheng Chenggong did what they said, and they began to cooperate very quickly, and the Zheng family had the support of many officials in the DPRK and China, and things went smoothly.

Of course, the horse master is good, but the Zheng family is too hateful, thinking about their water camp, where is it like the horse master, helping them wholeheartedly, but they are weak and unable to return to the sky.

In September, John Tang finally returned to Nanjing, bringing back not only more than 1,500 Lumi guns, more than 2,000 Malacca arquebuses, but also more than 500 flintlock guns, ten four-pounder guns, three eight-pounder guns, and even more than 500 Portuguese mercenaries.

These weapons, in addition to the three eight-pounder guns, Zhou Shixian is not surprised, but more than 500 elite mercenaries, although less, but it is a big surprise, this force is not big or small, although it cannot independently support the battlefield, but at a critical time, it is very likely to give the Qing army a fatal blow.

After all, there was still a very common fear of the Qing army among the Ming army, and the Manchu Eight Banners had won for so many years, and this fear could not be eliminated casually. But these Portuguese, they don't know who you are, what's so powerful, anyway, they all have one head and two eyes.

Not only that, John Tang also brought back a lot of Western books, involving cannon and gun making, mechanical utensils, mining and smelting, etc., as well as military law battle arrays. The most important thing is that John Tang also brought more than a dozen missionaries who could understand these things and could speak Chinese to Nanjing, so that Zhou Shixian's translation work could be carried out smoothly.

Tang Ruowang's work efficiency is very high, and he is very attentive, Zhou Shixian is not the kind of stingy person, so naturally he immediately fulfilled his promise and sent him to Qintianjian at the same time, and then began to let Ni Yuanlu plan to set up a church in Nanjing.

In order to keep these missionaries and let them work for themselves, Zhou Shixian still has to do some practical things, and it is not okay to keep drawing a big pie. What's more, the money from the treasury used for this is not his money, and it is still next year.

Tang Ruowang received these rewards, and his heart was even more determined to follow the belief of this great Ming concubine, especially the other party's great tolerance in religion and science, which made him overjoyed.

However, as Zhou Shixian's power became more and more powerful, the heads of the various armies were suppressed one after another, and the Qing army did not have time to go south, the struggle in the court began to intensify, and the incompetence of Emperor Chongzhen was once again manifested, and the party struggle once again swept the Nanjing court.