Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

() After Wu Shigong made a pointing pose for a while, he turned around and asked Deng Qifan: "Mr. Deng, let's get down to business! In the current situation, what strategy should I adopt? Can Mr. Deng teach me?"

It's one thing to restore your confidence; it's one thing to solve the problem at hand.Wu Shigong hoped that Deng Qifan, the chief aide, would come up with a clever plan, and hoped that he could find a way to get himself out of the predicament in front of him.

"There is no good strategy." Deng Qifan shook his head and replied.Deng Qifan's answer broke Wu Shigong's hope, but it was not beyond Wu Shigong's expectation, so Wu Shigong was not very disappointed with Deng Qifan's answer.

Deng Qifan then thought about it.Said to Wu Shigong: "My lord, the only way to do it is to 'delay'. It will take a long time to wait for a change."

Wu Shigong also thought about it, nodded and replied: "That's all."

Speaking of this, Deng Qifan walked up to Wu Shigong's side, bowed his hands and said: "My lord, this time our Runing Camp is mighty! In just one or two days, we have snatched back the iron mine in Nanyang Prefecture. The students thought this The bandits will continue to stay for a long time, I really didn't expect the elite soldiers trained by the adults to be so brave!"

"My family doesn't have to be so polite." Wu Shigong replied with a smile.But there was a bitter smile in his smile.Wu Shigong and Deng Qifan have also been in contact for a long time, and he also knows Deng Qifan's talking habits.

Deng Qifan didn't have the habit of flattering Wu Shigong all the time. When he said good things to Wu Shigong, he would often have a twist at the end and say some harsh words of persuasion.To be honest, the current Wu Shigong is devastated, and he hates to hear any more twists and turns.

Sure enough, as expected by Wu Shigong, Deng Qifan then said a "but!" Wu Shigong smiled wryly and shook his head, listening to Deng Qifan's words, "Sir, can you settle the score for sending troops this time? In terms of food and salary, it can be said that the gain outweighs the loss!"

"Although my lord has received 3000 taels of Nanyang gentry's labor expenses, I can remove the double pay of the conscripts and the pensions of the casualties. Although I have obtained an iron mine, a saltpeter mine, and two counties of salt goods, I can sell the iron. After the construction of the mine and the saltpeter mine, plus the construction of the iron workshop, a large sum of money will have to be invested before the adults can make any profit. It cannot satisfy the immediate hunger and thirst."

"If this is the case, it will be fine, and it will finally increase the income of the Runing Camp. But if you build another Nanyang Camp, the silver for building the Nanyang Camp and the food and wages for the new soldiers in the Nanyang Camp will be another waste of money." pin."

"Also, the Ministry of Internal Affairs that my lord is going to establish by Xue Qiang, the establishment and personnel costs are also indispensable. The students originally thought that the establishment of the Department of Internal Affairs can be delayed until the money is turned around. But this time, my lord is going to send troops to Liaodong , in order to ensure order in these two prefectures and counties, the establishment of the Department of Internal Affairs really cannot be slowed down."

Wu Shigong named the unit that Xue Qiang was in charge of, which was similar to the modern military police, the Department of Internal Affairs. According to Wu Shigong's idea, the head of the Department of Internal Affairs would also receive rations, and his team members would more or less be exempted from paying Wu Shigong's food tax, so although the food and salary of the personnel in this department is not as much as that of the same number of army soldiers, the total amount of food and salary is not a small amount.

Wu Shigong frowned, and his mood also jumped out of the joy of victory in Nanyang Mansion.Wu Shigong asked: "Then how long can our Runing Camp last?"

"The students and the accountant have also calculated carefully. According to the current income and expenses of the Runing Camp, it can last until the middle to the end of the sixth year of Chongzhen. However, there cannot be any other unexpected expenses. But in front of our Runing Camp There is a hurdle, and there is nowhere to pay for the food and expenses for the expedition to Liaodong!"

Wu Shigong sighed secretly in his heart: "It's not too bad to say that my identity through time travel is not too bad, and my luck can also be said to be unsatisfactory. But to establish such a small foundation, more than [-]% of the effort was spent on I want to get money here."

"It's no wonder that other transversal people know how to use cheats. It turns out that they can save the trouble of earning money and focus on fighting for hegemony or reciting poems to pick up girls!"

Anyway, I can't be envious of this matter, Wu Shigong deeply feels that a penny can't beat a hero.So he said to Deng Qifan: "The accounts of the Runing camp should be classified as top secret. Except for you and the gentlemen who settled the accounts with the accountant, no one can know the specific accounts of our Runing camp. Those are the accountants. The family members of the family should also control it. As for the money issue! We also need to brainstorm broadly and discuss it with the other gentlemen. It will be a while if it can be delayed for a while!"

After finishing talking with Deng Qifan, Wu Shigong immediately called Xue Zhinong over.He arranged for Xue Zhinong's Department of Mountains and Rivers to find out the exact time when the imperial court ordered Wu Shigong to dispatch troops at all costs.

Although Wu Shigong had already learned from Guo Zengan that the chief assistant Zhou Yanru had already transferred himself to Liaodong to fight the Tartars, but according to the protracted administrative procedures of the Ming Dynasty, the order to transfer troops was sent from the cabinet to the Ministry of War, and then from the Ministry of War. It will take some time for the process of sending official documents to the governor's office in Henan.For Wu Shigong now, the sooner he knows when to deploy troops, the better. This will also allow him to prepare early and not be caught off guard.

And since this is already a major matter about the life and death of the Runing camp, Wu Shigong no longer considered Xue Zhinong's difficulties, and he also issued a death order to Xue Zhinong, asking Xue Zhinong to absolutely complete the task he assigned.

But after Xue Zhinong accepted the death order, he was frowning.It wasn't long before the Shanchuan Division was established, and there were only some forces in Runing Mansion and Guide Mansion, and it didn't open up the situation in Kaifeng City, the capital of Henan Province, let alone in the center of the capital.

And at this moment, it is too late to spend money to buy some officials and servants in various yamen in Henan.After much deliberation, Xue Zhinong also came up with a way to push out the untrained Tang Mei and find a way to send her to the governor's house in Henan, so that Tang Mei could understand the order to mobilize Wu Shigong.

Just do what you say, although the operation of this "beauty trick" is a bit complicated, it is relatively simple to say.Xue Zhinong took advantage of Li's mother's relationship in Fengyuejie to send Tang Mei to a brothel in Kaifeng City to list her.

Then Xue Zhinong promised favors in that brothel, and asked the old bustard of that brothel to send Tang Mei to a meeting place of officials, and toss out Tang Mei's idea of ​​wanting to be good and commit herself to being an official present.

For the girls in the brothel at that time, this kind of thinking was normal, so Xue Zhinong's arrangement did not arouse anyone's suspicion.This Tang Mei also has the charm of a girl from the southern countries, and also has the reputation of Yangzhou Flower Card.In this era, it is really a famous brand in flower cards.Beware of fake labels.

So very smoothly, Tang Mei was spotted by an official present.But Xue Zhinong could arrange the process, but he couldn't control the result.The one who took a fancy to Tang Mei turned out to be the Supervisor of the Henan Army——Xiao Yuegui, Eunuch Xiao! ?

Knowing that Tang Mei used the beauty trick on an eunuch, Xue Zhinong felt the cold autumn wind and felt chills all over his body.But the ugly daughter-in-law always wanted to see her parents-in-law, so Xue Zhinong had no choice but to bite the bullet and report the news to his uncle-Wu Shigong.

But what Xue Zhinong didn't expect was that Wu Shigong was not angry when he heard the news, but just smiled with interest.Xue Zhinong didn't know that Wu Shigong was thinking: "At that time, the Qin Gonggong in the capital would talk nonsense, and this Xiao Gonggong would also marry a wife. It seems that this Ming Dynasty eunuch is physically disabled and strong!"

Neither Wu Shigong nor Xue Zhinong knew that in the Ming Dynasty, it was very common for eunuchs to marry wives and concubines in the folk besides looking for food in the palace.Regarding this incident, Wu Shigong and Xue Zhinong were a little surprised.

However, the main reason why Wu Shigong didn't blame Xue Zhinong was: Eunuch Xiao was also one of the officials who were qualified to receive Wu Shigong's order to dispatch troops, and Tang Mei could play the same role when she came to Eunuch Xiao's house.As for Tang Mei's happiness in life?To be honest, the current Wu Shigong doesn't even know Tang Mei's appearance and name.Would he still care about Tang Mei's happy life?