434 Five Million Milled Rice
For Bai Minghe, Wang Yuchen followed him, it can be said that it was a kind of sorrow. Who doesn’t want to enjoy the favor alone? But as a woman from a noble family, let alone marriage, even life does not belong to her.
This is the Ming Dynasty.
Bai Minghe did not get too close to Wang Yuchen. The intelligent Wang Yuchen knew that if others saw that he was more favored, he might be isolated. When Oda Kasumi measured his clothes and came back, Wang Yuchen and Bai Minghe were at least five steps away. There was a chat without a single sentence.
"Everyone go back first, I will go home tomorrow." Bai Minghe ordered calmly.
Wang Yuchen stood up and said a blessing, and left the house first. After leaving the house, Wang Yuchen felt a sour feeling in his heart. However, this feeling was fleeting. Even if he became a man's eldest wife, it would be impossible for him to monopolize a man. Because he was destined to be unable to marry a civilian household.
The first education that the daughter of the world received since childhood was "Wrong" "Restrain inner jealousy and learn to balance."
Bai Minghe was in the house, holding the jade flute in his hand, but after putting it on the side of his mouth, he lost his mood. He agreed to accompany Mo Chou tonight, but suddenly felt pitiful like he was rushing around to the stage. If he asked someone to complain, he would be scolded 100% of himself for being in a blessing and could even say such nonsense.
Sometimes there are too many women who cause trouble for themselves. At least Bai Minghe is not cold-blooded and does not want to neglect anyone. If you let others become someone else, the heat passes. Some old people are neglected and may not be able to see too many people in half a year. In this situation, there will naturally be no psychological pressure.
Women at home have to deal with it, but they still cannot relax in official duties.
Bai Minghe sighed slightly and shook the bell at his hand. Immediately someone came in and stood by the door.
"Send a message to the merchants and ask them to transport a large amount of food to the Hami Guard from now on. Then prepare paper and pen!" After the paper and pen, Bai Minghe wrote a letter to Yu Qian. The content of the letter was probably: It is recommended that the Gansu Dushi start to send troops to the northwest and increase the strength of the fortresses several times.
Why did this be done? Bai Minghe didn’t write it, nor did he plan to write it.
Bai Minghe believed that after Yu Qian saw this letter, he would definitely understand what he was going to do.
The entourage arranged a reliable person to deliver the letter, and then said to Bai Minghe: "Sir. Today's schedule is arranged to check the new musket." Seeing that Bai Minghe was a little tired, the entourage quickly said: "How about sending someone to inform and change it until tomorrow."
"Go today, there is something tomorrow."
The other new muskets mentioned by Bai Minghe can be called earth muskets in modern times. If you want to describe them in a very vivid way, there is a gun that is very similar to this one, which is the coin shotgun and a flintlock rifle in the Resident Evil, and then a shrapnel is added.
The people of the Ming Dynasty used shrapnel, iron spikes and diamond-shaped steel strips.
Speaking of size, this thing is really huge, with a diameter of nearly an inch, and it can be used as a cannon in modern times. However, in the Ming Dynasty, the name of this gun is called a hand cannon.
This thing can take about fifty steps, which is about seventy-five meters in later generations.
The effective lethality can be considered perfect from ten to twenty steps. There is basically no need to consider the existence of living people before a shot is shot. This is the hand cannon used for melee combat.
There are also regrets, it takes about one minute to load the bullet once. The bullet is wrapped in oil paper and it needs to be tightened after stuffing it into the gun bore. Then reinstall the base fire. After three shots, the gun bore must be cleaned, otherwise there will be danger.
"Master, let the master of Watshu taste the Ming Dynasty's musket!" Bai Minghe was very satisfied with this hand cannon.
Although it is very heavy and stupid, it can only be used with two hands, and it is definitely not as handsome as a shotgun fired with one hand in later generations.
What you need on the battlefield is not handsomeness, but effective lethality.
I was very satisfied with seeing this hand-made cannon. This is definitely a top killer weapon for melee combat. Before the enemy rushed up, I would have a few shots and then fight for a knife. It is definitely the best choice.
The white-known crane with a smile on his face had not yet left Nanjing Weapons. He heard the second good news.
The Siam prince raised five million stones of rice and could be transported at any time. In order to support the Ming Dynasty's great cause of the Northern Expedition, five million stones of grain were ready, and the letters were given, not sold to.
Bai Minghe smiled and said, "Don't be stingy. Carry a ship of thermos and a ship of silk to pass by, and it's said that it was a gift from my official to the King of Siam."
At this time, there is no need to calculate it anymore. The five million stones of rice are valuable, but the gifts given by Bai Minghe are valuable. During the war, allies are absolutely needed.
A few days later, the capital of Daming!
Because the war is imminent, the entire capital is busy, and the Ministry of Revenue is busy, so busy that everyone works overtime until late at night.
But the Ministry of War is not idle either!
To support the food required by the 100,000 army, the prediction of the Battle of Yiwasan has reached at least 370,000 stones of food required per month. Because Yiwasan distance, at the end of the battle, the monthly food consumption is likely to reach 800,000 stones of food per month for 100,000 people. After one stone of food is transported to the army, eighty kilograms of transportation on the road are consumed, which is the inconvenient transportation in ancient times.
When Yang Guangzheng Goryeo was about 60% of the consumption at that time.
This time, the Ming Dynasty conquered the thorns even further, and even if it was used to fight, it would require a large amount of food to supplement it.
What's more, this time the dispatch was more than 100,000 soldiers, auxiliary soldiers, and civilians combined, the Ming Dynasty could fully declare to the outside world that a million troops were.
Yu Qian received a letter from Bai Minghe and immediately understood Bai Minghe's strategic intention. He found several veteran generals to discuss and then went directly to the palace. This strategic estimate requires the approval of the Emperor of Ming Dynasty.
Emperor Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty was indeed a good emperor. In real history, he said that he was greedy for the throne. But the real situation was that he consumed Zhu Qizhen and had almost no accumulation of the Ming Empire, which brought the Ming Dynasty to glory again. With daily hard work, he was seriously ill at the age of 30.
In fact, it can be said that he was exhausted.
Although there is a cabinet now, Emperor Zhu Qiyu of the Ming Dynasty still reads a large number of memorials every day, or records the handling of the Ming Dynasty affairs reported by the cabinet.
Upon hearing that Yu Qian had someone arrange a seat.
"Long live, Bai Minghe wrote a letter and suggested using the plan to attack the east and attack the west. I discussed it with the staff of the Ministry of War and thought it was feasible. Ming Dynasty wanted to attack the east and attack the west, but if the war went smoothly, I suggested that the troops be sent to Tianshan Mountain and regain the Western Regions. However, this plan would bring huge burdens to the Ming Dynasty, and the annual military expenditure would be increased by at least 2 million taels. In addition, the grassland that Bai Minghe wanted to occupy, the annual military expenditure would be increased by 5 million taels."
"Five million taels!" Zhu Qiyu put down the memoir in his hand and smiled.
Yu Qian couldn't help laughing: "I'm going to make a mistake, it's better to take it."
"It's great to have money." Zhu Qiyu sighed.
That's right. If it were a few years ago, let alone five million taels of silver, even the military expenditure of 500,000 taels of silver would need to be carefully calculated. The current annual expenditure of 5 million taels of silver can be afforded by the Ming Dynasty, and it will not hurt the muscles at all. The tariffs on the Japanese island alone are enough to support the war.
Zhu Qiyu said again: "Yu Aiqing, you still haven't figured it out. Instead of considering how much you spend for every extra piece of land, it's better to study how much you can earn carefully. The memorial in Hebei a few days ago clearly stated how many workshops can Hebei add and how many inland docks can it be added in a year."
"Long live, I have read this memorial, and I have also had opinions."
"Yes!" Zhu Qiyu nodded: "I saw it. Your opinion is that you must be more cautious at this time. You should not follow the trend blindly. For example, if there are too many yarn shops, there must be a limit on the clothing needed by the people every year. I also agree with this proposal. Let the Hebei Provincial Administration Office consider the specific work."
"Long live the wisdom!" Yu Qian replied.
Zhu Qiyu picked up another memorial: "Some royal families in this memorial need to be dealt with. According to precedent, the female family should have entered the palace as slaves. However, I do not want these resentful people in the palace, which will ruin the atmosphere in the palace. My opinion on this matter is to send all Bai Minghe and let him deal with the matter."
"I'm afraid..." Yu Qian thought to himself that this might be bad.
Because the female family members of the royal family even had princesses and county lords. This is to cause trouble for Bai Minghe.
Not until Yu Qian finished speaking, Zhu Qiyu waved his hand gently: "It is a good thing for them to leave it to Bai Minghe. I will send an order to let Bai Minghe start to take charge of the marriage of the Chongqing princess. How to give it to him in full? I will not ask, and no one in the palace will be allowed to ask, and he will take charge of everything."
Is the white-famous crane very idle?
A boat of things are done by idle people. Bai Minghe is so busy that his feet are not sticky, and he still has to care about such idiots.
However, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty had already spoken, and it was not an issue that affected the national policy, so Yu Qian had no reason to refuse, so he could only sympathize with Bai Minghe. Be more busy, it would be good for his health. After all, he was still young.
The decree was issued, but it was not sent to Nanjing because the white-famous heir was about to return to Beijing.
What needs to be arranged in Nanjing has been arranged, and what needs to be prepared is also prepared. Bai Minghe originally planned to take Sun Yuanjun back to Beijing with him, but Sun Yuanjun disagreed and believed that the eldest wife should not be a member of the official position. This is a recognized rule in the Ming Dynasty, so there were only three women following Bai Minghe.
Of course, it is Wang Yuchen, Wan Xueer, and Oda Kasumi.
This is also the preferential treatment Sun Yuanjun gave to newcomers as a big wife, but if you go to the battlefield, you are afraid that no one can follow you. No matter how powerful you are, you will never be able to take your concubine to the battlefield. No one dares to mess with this rule.
In the fourth year of Jingtai in the Ming Dynasty, on the first day of July, the Ming army set out to fight and announced that the world would fight against the north.
Yu Qian, the Minister of War of the Ming Dynasty, was the commander-in-chief, and Bai Minghe, the governor of the East Factory, was the military supervisor. He had three thousand soldiers and millions of troops to hold a ceremony to worship the sky at Chengtianmen, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and the battle will be launched today! (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!