Anti-Qing: I'm actually an honest person

Chapter 161 God-given opportunity
It is definitely impossible to spend money to hire a civilian husband. The so-called one rope with one million soldiers has never been the patent of a bald head.

At noon, after joint discussions between Huang Fangdu and Liu Guoxuan, they decided to let Zheng Jing's army stand in front, dig down the slope first, and then they would break up their respective troops and go to the nearby countryside to capture Civil husband.

The reason is also very good: this siege battle was originally initiated by you, Zheng Jing, and your name is also what you typed out. You must be respected. After breaking the city, you will gain the most, so whoever you do not care about this kind of thing Woolen cloth?
Zheng Jing was also helpless, more and more lamenting the cruelty of the world, the more and more no dignity for himself as the lord, but at this time it was already hard to get off, Huang and Liu even directly stated that they disagreed and withdrew the army, what could he do? Woolen cloth?

Besides, in fact, Huang Fangdu's soldiers were his direct descendants trained for many years, which were left to him by his father. Liu Guoxuan's soldiers were also expanded and expanded based on his direct descendants when he was in Wanwan.

Only Zheng Jing's soldiers are really pure recruits, and they are actually similar to civilian husbands.

There is no other way, I really can only bite the bullet and go up, so as to achieve the purpose of holding back the enemy's firepower. Naturally, Lei Zhentian will not be polite to him, taking advantage of the shooting angle of the slope, the rumbling artillery fire It didn't stop, and the recruits like Zheng Jun suffered heavy losses and complained endlessly. Naturally, the speed of digging the wall will not be so fast.

When Liu Dapao finally finished his busy work on the stocks in the city and climbed to the top of the city, the entire earth slope had just been dug down two inches, and it was too early to collapse.

Liu Dapao found Lei Zhentian and asked, "How are you doing, are you confident?"

"According to the current advance speed of the enemy army, it may take more than a month to dig the slope alone. In fact, the firepower net of the bastion really shows its terrifying face only after the slope is dug up."

"Didn't they try to blow up the outer city gate on that slope?"

"Zheng Jing and his team knew that we had Mingshen Cannons, and they also knew that there must be Mingshen Cannons aimed at the outer city gates in the inner city, but they were not fooled by this."

"Hey~, after they dig and collapse, next time we can simply make the earth slope outside the city into a masonry structure. If they want to dig and collapse, it will be useless. They can only dig holes. Let's You can still use the Myoshin Cannon to aim at his mother."

Lei Zhentian smiled wryly when he heard the words: "It's better...don't let it go."

"What's the matter?"

"In that case, the siege outside the city will be even slower."

"Isn't it good to be slow?"

"Brothers are in a hurry! The generals of the four battalions have reported to me that the soldiers can't help but want to leave the city. Zheng Jing, they all feel that the beating is too ink-stained and not happy."

"What's the matter, you hate shooting too comfortably on the top of the city, and want to go out of the city for excitement?"

"The soldiers disliked Zheng Jing's digging too slowly, and they all wanted to go out of the city to help him dig!"

"Isn't this sick?"

Jiu Nan heard the words and frowned and said: "Prime Minister, in fact... what the officers and soldiers said is also reasonable. I also heard that the stocks in the city have fallen so sharply that you have to announce the suspension of trading. Besides, since the city is besieged and the trade routes Cut off, the goods we produce cannot be sold, and the raw materials needed for production cannot be brought in. Maybe even the weapon factory and shipbuilding factory will be affected? This bastion, even if I don’t know anything about military affairs, I can see it. Come out, relying too much on firearms, if the follow-up supply of gunpowder and ammunition can't keep up, wouldn't it be a disaster?"

Liu Dapao couldn't help complaining in his heart: You feel uncomfortable because there are no papers from various places, and you can't continue to approve papers, right?

From this point of view, Liu Dapao really wished that Zheng Jing could persevere in the city.

After thinking about it, Liu Dapao explained: "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. The gunpowder in the factory is produced in the factory in Wanwan. It comes from the waterway, so there is no need to worry."

"As for commerce and trade, in fact, except for guns, most of the products produced in Chenghai City so far are mainly for export. Similarly, in terms of obtaining raw materials, even the most basic iron, due to the business route between us and Wu Sangui It is blocked by Nanchang, so the price of importing from overseas is still cheaper than transporting from Yunnan. In other words, the impact on business cannot be said to be zero, but it is actually very small.”

"As for the turmoil in the stock market, to be honest, I think it's not a bad thing. The original intention of the minister to create the stock market was to raise funds to do things, to gather the financial and material resources of everyone, and to do big things. It has already deviated from the actual value. To be honest, the company's overall profit has been low since we started the army. We just distributed a bonus last month, which has been halved compared to before the army. Therefore, I think that the stock in Chenghai City before The price is clearly inflated.”

"When people have money, they don't think about how to expand production and open up markets. Instead, they invest all of it in the stock market. After raising funds in the stock market, the twenty-odd branch companies that were spun off from the West Pacific Company bought and sold each other's stocks. The price of the stock is raised higher and higher, but in the end, it is just a money game, and the profit and output value do not rise but fall instead. Let the speculators lose some money and cool down the stock market. I'm afraid it is also necessary."

"In my opinion, in terms of the current company's dividends, even if the power of the shareholders of the board of directors is taken into account, the market value of the overall company's stock is suppressed in such a range of 400 taels to 500 taels per lot, which seems more reasonable and benign. , and before, this stock was already 800 taels of silver per lot, and it is still going up, this is crazy."

Jiu Nan heard the words, and nodded with half understanding: "It means that the higher the value of the stock, the better."

"It can be understood in this way, so even if Zheng Jing doesn't come to beat me, I will find other ways to suppress the company's stock."

"But... but our Chenghai City, as the capital of Ming Dynasty, is now surrounded by rebels. Doesn't it mean that we will lose contact with the courtiers from all over the country? Doesn't this cause chaos?"

When Liu Dapao heard this, he couldn't help but tilt his mouth.

Take a look, take a look, I'll tell you that you're here to review memorials!

This nine-difficulty reviewing those nonsense memorials seems to be addictive.

After thinking about it, Liu Dapao decided to speak more emphatically: "I think this is a good thing. The so-called capital of the Ming Dynasty is nothing more than a fig leaf after all. Wu Sangui, Geng Jingzhong, it is gratifying, and even Sun Yanling , everyone wants to rebel against the Qing Dynasty, and no one will obey anyone, so we have been asked to be the so-called co-lords of the world. In fact, you understand this truth, but the emperor is in front of him, why is he a little confused? Woolen cloth?"

"On the surface, my Ming Dynasty already owns the land of eight provinces. In fact, it is a bit exaggerated. It is not impossible to say that it is a land of ten provinces. There are hundreds of soldiers and two 10,000+ soldiers, but in fact it is really under our firm control. Yes, that is, Chaozhou is a prefecture, plus Wanwan, Qiongzhou, that's all."

"Among the hundreds of generals, among the hundreds of magistrates, how many are sincerely attached to the imperial court? How many are barely in awe of the imperial court? How many people are temporarily committed to the San Francisco, but in fact But they really want to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty? How many of them don’t take us seriously at all and just want to be warlords themselves? Can these things be approved by reviewing memorials?”

"Take advantage of Chenghai being besieged on three sides, but the waterway is still unimpeded. Taking this opportunity, send a letter asking for help to the heroes of the world, and test the hearts of the heroes of the world. What's wrong with that?"

(End of this chapter)