Now Zhu Cilang is most worried about one thing.

According to Shi Lang and the others' offensive ability.

It is only a matter of time before they conquer Liaodong. What if they defeated Liaodong by then and Dorgon and Haoge's army have not returned to Liaodong yet, so what should we do?

Zhu Cilang couldn't imagine that scene. Dorgon and Haoge were also a generation of heroes. If they could not return to Liaodong, they would definitely have flew around with their subordinates.

How did the Ming Dynasty destroy its country? Isn’t it because Li Zicheng’s army wandered everywhere, dragging down the entire Ming Dynasty.

Now that the Ming Dynasty has been in the hands of Zhu Cixuan, Zhu Cixuan will never allow such a thing to happen, so he cannot force it too much to prevent them from rushing to avoid the wall.

Thinking of this, Zhu Cilang sighed. Although our army has very strong combat power, its movement speed is too slow.

The main reason is that the north has not been occupied. If the north can be occupied, the soldiers can also be equipped with war horses.

In this way, no matter where the Qing soldiers went, our riding skills were not as good as them, but at least we could keep up with them.

But now, although we are equipped with carriages, which advance faster than ordinary infantry, the speed is still different from that of a cavalry.

There can be a gap of 200 miles in one day, and a gap of 400 miles in two days. If you want to catch up with others in three days, it is a dream.

So long-distance tug-of-war is by no means the strength of us.

When the last time in the Battle of Texas, why did Zhu Ciyang order to stop them?

Even if Mu Xianliang's subordinates suffered such great losses, Zhu Cilang did not order them to take a step back.

It is for this reason that we defeated them on a limited territory. Although we suffered a certain loss, if our horses were allowed to run, our losses would be ten times that of the time.

"Where has Hu Qiang's army gone now?"

When the Battle of Dezhou was remembered in his mind, Zhu Cilang thought of Hu Qiang's army.

Ten days ago, Zhu Cixuan had already issued an order to Hu Qiang to move towards the capital. Of course, they would never take the risk. They had to take one step at a time and go solidly.

"If you go back to the Crown Prince, they have arrived in Tongzhou at present, but we have not received any reports from the front line, but instead received official documents from the Minister of Works."

After hearing Ye Yun's answer, Zhu Ciyang looked at it in surprise. Isn't the most important thing now?

The main responsibility of the Ministry of Works is some construction facilities, so why do they receive their official documents at this time?

Ye Yun is not a person who doesn’t know the depth. It must be important to say these words at this time.

Drain the Grand Canal?

When Zhu Cilang saw the above memorial, he understood what was going on.

This is also closely related to military operations.

When the battle in Qufu was in the end, the Grand Canal had reached its limit, and it was useless to go north. If you want to play the role of the golden waterway, you must spend a lot of money to clear the Grand Canal.

There are no railways or highways in this era. The Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou is an extremely important golden waterway, which was attached very much to all dynasties before.

However, due to the war in the late Ming Dynasty, no special funds were allocated to maintain the Grand Canal. Now the northern region is no longer able to use it. If you want to strengthen the north-south connection, you must allocate huge funds to clear the Grand Canal.

"Is this a plan sent by the Ministry of Works?"

Zhu Cixuan saw a small box next to him, which contained various plans compiled by the Minister of Works. If he had finished reading them all, he would not have to do anything in half a month.

"When you say to Your Highness the Crown Prince, the Minister of Works led dozens of officials and set up several strongholds in the north for nearly two months. It was considered to have figured out the matters of the Grand Canal. They sent it as fast as possible, and now I'll wait for you to say something."

Ye Yun was very clear about the hard work of the officials of the Ministry of Works. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wanted to revitalize the whole country's transportation, which made the people in the Ministry of Works' yamen suffer.

Zhu Cixuan picked up the above summary.

Good guy...

"How many people did Cao Renli tell the Ministry of Internal Affairs that there is money?"

Zhu Cilang said jokingly.

Ye Yun was not convenient for money to interrupt, but the people in Nanjing knew that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had made a lot of money in business with foreigners. Just looking at the vehicles loading money on the street, one after another.

Eight million taels of silver...

This is the only way to clear the southern section of the Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou.

If you want to clear the northern section, you have to wait until you take down the capital, and then you have made an estimate that at least 17 million taels of silver will be needed.

"About the publication of Shi Lang's memorial, the people from the inner government office have sent people to review it. The northern section has not been reviewed yet. It is mainly because some of them are in the midst of war. General Hu Qiang did not ask them to inspect the north, but the south has been checked, and eight million taels of silver is considered a relatively saving."

These people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs were arranged by Zhu Ciyang himself and could be trusted, not to mention that the construction of a water conservancy project in this era cost so much money.

"Then let them start from the southern section. I will give them 8.5 million taels of silver, the Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou is related to the transportation of the whole country. They will not save money for me and must do this. This money will be spent vigorously. If it is not enough, they can also criticize the Ministry of Internal Affairs to do a good job. But at the same time, they must warn them that if someone dares to reach out on the project payment, I will chop off his hands."

What Zhu Cilang wants is to ensure quality and quantity, and there is no need for the people below to worry about money, but Zhu Cilang was also worried about these officials of the Ming Dynasty.

Judging from this plan, they do have this talent, but whether they can remain honest is probably another matter.

"Please rest assured by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. The people in the Office of the Internal Affairs will supervise the entire process, which should be different from before."

Ye Yun also believed in these people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In fact, according to Zhu Cilang's previous idea, transportation between the north and the south can also be transported by sea in addition to the Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou.

But now that the navigation has just begun, it will be extremely unfavorable to the entire country if it is just to pull out seedlings and encourage growth. What's more, the golden waterway of the Grand Canal is also easy to manage, so let's start here for the time being.
Chapter completed!