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Taiyuan City, the Palace of the Prince of Jin.

Zhu Qiugui, who was sitting on the imperial stool, was still trembling with fear, muttering: "You are a traitor, you are a traitor, you are a traitor!"

"My lord, it's best that you and your son are safe and sound." Governor Song Xian comforted him.

"Governor Song, do you want to allow the rebels to come and go freely in the Taiyuan City you are guarding? They have all invaded the palace to coerce the king." King Jin asked accusingly.

"Your Majesty, now we in Shanxi are short of money and food. We really can't expand the army. My official number is less than a thousand people. It is very difficult to defend Taiyuan City. I have to ask Your Majesty for your understanding." Song Xian explained. , but he was very disapproving in his heart. Your Prince Jin's Mansion was not much better. Lin Feng led a hundred people and attacked it.

"Huh, that's all because of the inaction of your local government agencies. I must come to my office to intervene with you." After Zhu Qiugui calmed down for a while, he resumed his arrogant posture in front of the Shanxi officials, trying to repeat his old tricks and force Song Xian to give in.

"The state affairs are so difficult. If you want to take part, you can take part. I will take my leave." Song Xian said in frustration. These vassal kings did not forget to poach the Ming Dynasty at this time. What else could he do?

Nowadays, Shanxi is oppressed by powerful enemies like the Zhenming Army outside the country, there are vassal kings poaching internally, and bureaucrats at all levels of prefectures and counties are inactive. As the governor of Shanxi, Song Xian feels powerless and can only lie down.

Zhu Qiugui looked at Song Xian in surprise and could only cough twice to cover up.

The vassal king seemed to have a noble status, but in fact he had no real power except impeachment. Since Song Xian was not afraid of his impeachment, there was nothing he could do.

"Your Majesty, something bad happened!" As soon as Song Xian left, the palace steward ran over and reported.

"What happened again?" Zhu Qiugui asked.

"My lord, please go to the treasury and have a look yourself." The steward did not dare to say anything.

Zhu Qiugui's heart skipped a beat, and an unknown premonition came to him.

With an uneasy mood, Zhu Qiugui came to the palace warehouse, opened the door, and saw that it was empty. He rubbed his eyes in disbelief. When he looked carefully, it was still empty!

"Silver! Where is the silver from our Jin Palace?" Zhu Qiugui shouted.

"Your Majesty, Lin Feng from the Zhenming Army once entered the warehouse, but no one in the palace saw them transporting the cash box or anything out." The steward replied.

"Look for it, look for it for me, even if you dig three feet into the ground, you can still find the money from our palace!"

"My lord, I have searched everywhere, but there is no trace of the money," the steward replied.

"Damn Lin Feng, you and I are incompatible with each other!!" Zhu Qiugui yelled and fainted from the pain. Anyone can see that the wealth accumulated in a lifetime, no, ten generations, is gone, can they not feel dizzy?

Different from the gloom and gloom in Prince Jin's Mansion, Lin Feng felt extremely happy when he returned to Jiazhou.

Although Zhenming's shop in Taiyuan City was closed, he got back no less than 500,000 taels of silver from the Jin Palace this time. He finally had the money to develop and expand his army.

Considering that there were too many silver boxes in the space to hold other things, Lin Feng took Lin Jiakang and Su Shunnian to the warehouse of the Governor's Mansion.

In front of the two of them, about 400,000 taels of gold and silver boxes and treasures were taken out from the space.

Seeing the large piles of property that appeared out of thin air, Lin Jiakang's eyes widened. Su Shunnian rushed over like a miser, opened the silver box, took out the silver ingot and bit it with his teeth. After confirming that it was real silver, he danced happily. The Governor's Office was finally rich, and he, the head of the Civil Affairs Department, would have an easier life. too much.

"Sir, you are truly a god. Did you conjure up all these properties?" Su Shunnian asked with a trembling voice.

"Properties cannot be conjured out of thin air. These are the people's wealth and anointing collected by the King of Jin. I used the magical power taught by the master to move it here." Lin Feng explained.

"It would be great to have so much money. We can do many things we want to do." Su Shunnian said.

"Yes, I have said it before. Money hidden away is just a pile of scrap metal. It must be used to generate value. Ieyasu, please register it in the treasury. The money used by the Governor's Mansion must be regulated.

We will hold another meeting tomorrow to discuss how to make good use of the money and accelerate the development of our Zhenming Army. Lin Feng ordered.

"Yes!" The two of them happily accepted the order.

Soon, the Governor's Mansion's spoils sharing, oh, accelerated development meeting was held. "This time we attacked Prince Jin's Mansion and gained an additional 400,000 taels of silver. I decided to spend 200,000 taels at a time to speed up the development of the Zhenming Army. Please report any plans from each department." Lin Feng said first.

"Mr. Governor, according to your prediction, the Jin Tatars will invade in the next step. Our military strength is still insufficient. I suggest that we prioritize military expansion." Wang Qin, the Chief of Staff, suggested.

"After the Jin Tatars invaded, what we lacked most was cavalry. Then allocate 10,000 taels to expand the cavalry by 1,000 people, separate Hongtu's cavalry battalion, and set up a separate second cavalry brigade with a strength of 1,600 people. Hofu Valley area.

The first cavalry brigade was still under the command of Wu Yunna, with a strength of 1,800 people, and was changed to garrison in Jiazhou.

In addition, another 20,000 taels of silver were allocated, and the Zhenfu Division was responsible for recruiting 5,000 new soldiers in the Jiazhou and Suidezhou areas to facilitate subsequent recruitment of soldiers. "Lin Feng issued the first order. Having money to expand the army is of course the first priority.

In addition, taking this opportunity, Lin Feng was also planning to transfer Wu Yunna back. It would be too difficult for her to stay alone in Fugu.

"Sir, Jiazhou is the current seat of the Governor's Palace. The city is too old. I suggest allocating a sum of money for renovation, improving infrastructure and stimulating economic vitality." Su Shunnian said.

"Jiazhou City needs to be well constructed, at least not worse than Taiyuan City. In this way, I will allocate 50,000 taels, and the Civil Affairs Department of Shunnian will be responsible for comprehensively renovating the old facilities in Jiazhou City." Lin Feng made the second decision. Order, since Jiazhou is now the residence of the Governor-General, it is equivalent to the capital of the Zhenming Army, and it must be built in a decent way.

"Understood, thank you sir!" Su Shunnian said with a smile after receiving a large piece of cake.

"Sir, our Tingfeng Guards now need to set up points in Shaanxi and surrounding areas. The financial pressure is quite high. Can we allocate some money to speed up the process of setting up points?" Guo Zheng continued.

"Okay, I'll also allocate 10,000 taels to you, and seize the time to set up Tingfeng Guard's intelligence stations in major cities. The expenses will be reimbursed in real terms." Lin Feng continued.

"Thank you, sir!" Guo Zheng replied.

"Sir, the next war with the Jin Tatars will require a large amount of ordnance support. It is recommended to increase the allocation of money to the ordnance factory." Zhao Zhixin, deputy director of the Logistics Department, said.

"Haha, it's rare for Zhixin to ask for money. I'll give you thirty thousand taels and seize the time to produce the in-demand ordnance." Lin Feng said.

"Understood, we will work day and night to speed up production." Zhao Zhixin said.

"Sir, this is the time when summer grain is ripe. I suggest increasing the purchase of grain to prepare for the next war." Fang Yu, who is still an intern at the Civil Affairs Department, suggested.

"Okay, at this time, we need to spend more money to purchase grain. I will allocate 20,000 taels to the Department of Civil Affairs. You should hurry up and purchase grain." Lin Feng ordered after listening.

"Understood, I will take care of it immediately," Su Shunnian responded.

"Now we have only spent 140,000 taels. Are there any urgent needs for various departments to spend money?" Lin Feng then asked.

"Sir, we now have more than 20,000 soldiers, and this time we have to recruit 6,000 more people. The pressure to support the soldiers is very high, and the monthly military salary expenditure will be more than 70,000 taels. The official suggested that other money should be saved for the time being. Let’s protect the military pay.” Fang Tiezhu, the head of the Zhenfu Division, said.

"What Tie Zhu said makes sense. Since each department has no urgent expenditure needs, we will save the remaining money and use it for future military expenditures." Lin Feng thought about it and agreed.

In the following period, a vigorous construction movement was carried out in the territory under Lin Feng's jurisdiction. During this period, there were no external enemy invasions, there was sufficient internal money, and the population continued to pour in. The development of the Zhenming Army's territory can be described as rapid.

Especially in Jiazhou, a large amount of money has been invested, and the Jiazhou City agricultural market and commercial street renovation project has started in full swing, and the old appearance will soon be replaced by a new one.

The key is to drive it through investment. As long as the people are willing to work, they will have jobs and wages. Their income will continue to increase, their consumption power will increase significantly, and the commerce and trade in Jiazhou City will become more and more developed.

The most direct reflection is the commercial tax collection, which has increased from less than 3,000 taels a month to more than 6,000 taels.

The two workshop areas of Zhenming Ordnance Factory, Jiazhou and Fugu, were operating at full capacity for production, and a large number of artillery and muskets were produced.

The purchase and storage of summer grain also went smoothly. From the centralized granary in Jiazhou to the granaries in various prefectures and counties, they were all piled with newly purchased grain.

In short, stimulated by a large amount of money investment, the development of Zhenming Army is almost at a speed visible to the naked eye, making great strides.

(End of this chapter)