Chapter 253 The war machine has been launched, Lu Xiangsheng actually does not have to be nosy with a mouse, there is actually no shortage of troops around Beijing.After the Ming Dynasty moved the capital to Beijing, it strengthened the deployment of military camps, and increased to 72 guards in the initial 48 guards in Beijing, and the guards alone were as high as more than 400,000.Of course, the guards are useless, this is a common knowledge in the world, even if the guards around Beijing are removed, the Beijing division still has five military battalions, three thousand battalions, and Shenji battalions.The five military battalions consisted of cavalry and infantry, and were divided into the middle army, the left sentry army, the left sentry army, the right sentry army, and the right sentry army.The 3,000 battalion is composed of 3,000 cavalry surrendered by Mongolia, and in the Jiajing period, the 3,000 battalion has more than 70,000 people, and the Shenji battalion is not the 5,000 people in the ordinary legends on the Internet in later generations.Although the army in the late Ming Dynasty was very serious in eating empty salaries, generally speaking, it gradually became serious from the north to the south, and even in the most serious places of the northern border army, the amount of empty salaries was about 70 percent, and the Beijing camp was actually more serious, only about 40 percent of the actual book figures, and it would be good to have 10 percent in the south, especially in the Jiangnan region.Lu Xiangsheng knew more about the troops of the Beijing camp than ordinary Wenchen, mainly because after he became a jinshi, he had been in the household department to observe the government (internship), served as the head of the household department, and was a member of the foreign army, and finally rose to the position of the daimyo's mansion.Even if you don't count the tens of thousands of troops under Sun Chengzong, as well as the army of King Qin, who was brought to Beijing by generals such as Man Gui, You Shifu, and Hou Shilu, the number of troops around Beijing is no less than 400,000, which is not a water, but a real number.After King Qin's edict was issued, if you deal with it here, it will actually cost the people and money, but if you don't deal with it, what kind of demon moth will come out if you can't keep it?"
Dongsheng, what do you think about this matter?"
When Quan Xu heard this, he was slightly stunned: "What do I think?"
”He thought for a moment, and then said: "If the Son of Heaven is in trouble, how can the subjects take care of themselves and not help him?"
”In any case, political correctness must be made at this point.Whether things are done or not is another matter, the slogan must be shouted first.Lu Xiangsheng was silent, although Quan Xu's attitude was nothing new, the same as the officials and gentry of the Daimyo's Mansion, but although the purpose was the same, the intentions were different.The gentry of the Daimyo's Mansion were out of people, equipment, and food, and they were afraid that Lu Xiangsheng would not go north to King Qin, but in fact, they wanted to use Houjin's hand to get rid of Lu Xiangsheng.And Quan Xu is a relatively pure loyalty.As the so-called warehouse is honest and knows etiquette, food and clothing are sufficient and knows honor and disgrace.On the premise of having 'enough warehouses and enough food and clothing', Quan Xu began to know the etiquette, not only going north to study in Guozijian, but also providing necessary living guarantees for his tenants and tenants.In Quanjiazhuang Town, the original barren land, in the hands of Quan Xu, in less than two years, after governance, the population was about to catch up with the Daimyo County, and he alone bore more than a quarter of the taxes of the Daimyo Mansion.This time he went north, Lu Xiangsheng didn't think about the question of whether to fight or not, in fact, he just decided that this was a political show and a formality.Although there is a certain amount of risk, it is enough to let the monarch see his attitude and determination.Lu Xiangsheng asked again: "Dongsheng, if you go north to King Qin, how many young people can you transfer over there?"
”"Today, the number of people in Quanjiazhuang Town has exceeded 30,000, of course, most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, plus the Inspection Department, it is not a problem to transfer 2,000 young and strong!"
Of course, Quan Xu also has selfish intentions, he has trained nearly 3,000 soldiers, which does not include the 500 people of the Inspection Division, if you count the 300 people of the Inspection Department and the Chengguan Brigade, he actually has nearly 4,000 people, including two cavalry regiments, nearly 500 people.Of course, he couldn't take everyone away, and if something happened to the whole family town, then the fun would be great."
Okay, the matter of food and salary will be donated by all major households!"
Lu Xiangsheng just got up, Quan Xu hurriedly said: "Lord Lu, students have some industries in Beijing, after hearing that Houjin raided Jingshi, he specially ordered people to buy grain, and now the grain stored is about 3,000 stones, if King Qin's army goes north, students can bear the consumption along the way!"
”When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he was very satisfied.You must know that the Daimyo's Mansion Qingzhuang Tribe's families and Qingzhuang Bu archers have thousands of guarantees, plus Quanxu's manpower, there are 12,000 people, and they have to eat hundreds of stone grains every day, and the Daimyo's Mansion goes north to Beijing, which is more than 1,300 miles, and it takes more than 20 days to march 50 miles a day.The army had to eat two or three thousand stone of grain along the way."
In addition, the students also have several iron workshops to build agricultural tools, which can be reformed into sabers and ordnance, and the time is in a hurry, but I am afraid that the number will not be enough!"
Jeon Wook, of course, didn't tell the truth.His production capacity and reserves in Quanjiazhuang Town, not to mention arming more than 10,000 people, even if there are more than 100,000 people, it is not difficult.In particular, the large and small workshops under his command are all under militarized management.The working class was initially formed in size, and these workers, whether they were working, or eating, washing, bathing, and commuting, all marched in formation, although they were not as uniform as the domestic soldiers, but they were not necessarily worse than the untrained guards.What's more, Quanxu's craftsmen eat well, eat well, and have good physical fitness, a year ago, almost everyone in the entire Quanjiazhuang Town was covered with skin and bones, and now, there have been many overnourished people in Quanjiazhuang Town, although Chen Ying has lost weight, but more Chen Ying has appeared one after another.Lu Xiangsheng asked: "I will leave after six days of preparation, and I will prepare in six days, how many blades can I use?"
”"This ......"
Quan Xu thought for a while and said: "The spear can make at least two or three thousand branches, and the knife can also have thousands of more handles, and the artillery can be cast a lot, but the gunpowder is ......"
"I want to find a way for gunpowder!"
”Lu Xiangsheng thought for a while and said: "The Daimyo Mansion is young and strong, and the weapons and equipment are not very anxious, but they are just ......"
"Just what?"
”"It's just that there are not enough cotton clothes, Beijing is colder than the Daimyo's Mansion!"
At this time, Lu Xiangsheng remembered Quanxu's military coats, made of pure cotton, thick and warm, which can be worn as coats and bedding at night, both to block the wind and the cold, especially those locomotive hats, gloves, and labor protection shoes.In order to let Lu Xiangsheng go north to King Qin, the gentry of the Daimyo Mansion made a bloody investment and donated as much as 200,000 taels of military funds.The gentry of the Daimyo Mansion were worried that Lu Xiangsheng would be cowardly, and if he did not have enough military salary, he would find an excuse not to go.The gentry of the Daimyo Mansion have made a lot of money, especially the three major families, each of which has contributed 50,000 taels of silver.Once Lu Xiangsheng goes to Beijing, it will be simple, and he will never come back.Quan Xu thought for a while and said: "The problem of cotton clothes is not too serious......
"Don't worry, you won't be able to suffer!"
”Lu Xiangsheng couldn't smile bitterly, he thought that Quan Xu was afraid of donating all, this as many as tens of thousands of cotton clothes, but it was worth a lot of money, Lu Xiangsheng didn't know the price, Quan Xu sold to the young and strong of the Daimyo Mansion was ten taels of silver per set."
Ten taels of silver per set, the quality must be guaranteed!""
What......"
Quan Xu asked with some curiosity: "Lord Lu, this ......"
"It's okay, 100,000 taels of silver!"
”Lu Xiangsheng said: "I want a cotton coat, a cotton jacket, cotton pants, and that kind of cotton leather shoes, a locomotive hat, gloves, 12,000 sets!"
”"This ......
No problem!
”Quan Xu sighed and said: "These clothes, in fact, my workshops can be made, but those people are not easy, they need to eat, my salary every month, as much as more than 20,000 taels of silver, our Daimyo Mansion is not rich in cotton, this needs to be transported from other places!"
”"Know, prepare as soon as possible, time is limited!"
Lu Xiangsheng continued: "Then leave in six days, and in five days, you will bring people to the Daimyo Mansion to gather!"
”This is a political show, and Lu Xiangsheng decided to take Quan Xu north to brush up on his political achievements.casually give Quan Xu a background.Gentlemen are not parties, Lu Xiangsheng is a gentleman, Quan Xu is also a gentleman, Quan Xu has never taken the initiative to send money and gifts and other bribes to Lu Xiangsheng, but once he needs Quan Xu's support, Quan Xu never shirks, such a person, there must be benefits.Quan Xu was ecstatic, 12,000 sets of cotton clothes, 100,000 taels of silver, it looked like Lu Xiangsheng was cheap, in fact, it was Quan Xu who took advantage of it the most.In later generations, the retail price of high-top suede cowhide labor protection shoes was only 25 yuan, and the retail price of a set of cotton clothes plus military coats was so-so 200 yuan.Considering the cold autumn at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Quan Xu is not ready to make more money for this money, ten taels of silver, even if it is placed in the future generations, it is about 370 grams, and it needs to be worth more than 1,000 yuan.Quan Xu earns ten times, and it's okay.He decided to customize a batch of thickened cotton coats, cotton pants, and cotton shoes for Lu Xiangsheng, and prepare a purchase budget of 200 yuan for each set, which can make a small garment factory make a lot of money.Quan Xu bowed and said, "Master Lu, the students go back and prepare!"
”"Very good!"
Quan Xu did not delay, went directly to Quanji Bank, asked for a private room, and directly took the opportunity to return to the afterlife, called Su Tong, and asked her to immediately purchase military coats, cotton pants, cotton clothes and other materials, and strive to transport the materials to the warehouse of the sports workshop within three days.After finishing these, Quan Xu took a carriage and returned to Quanjiazhuang Town, the war machine in Quanjiazhuang Town had already started, in fact, it had been officially started as early as when Quan Xu came back from Beijing.Quan Xu hugged the panorama Mu who was making trouble, looked at Erniang with some guilt and said, "Mu Mu's 100-year-old banquet, I have no way to participate!"
”"Xianggong, what's wrong?"
Erniang knows the overall situation."
Jiannu broke through the pass and is wreaking havoc around the capital, even a few passes, I will work with Lord Lu to go north to King Qin!""
The battlefield is dangerous, the sword and gun have no eyes, can you ......
Don't go!
”Erniang looked at Quan Xu cautiously.She knows that what Quan Xu has decided cannot be changed easily, but she is just a little woman, and she just wants Quan Xu to be safe."
Don't worry, the person who can kill me hasn't been born yet!"
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