Li Banghua provided four people for Zhou Xian, British Duke Zhang Shize, Wuding Marquis Guo Peimin, Linhuai Marquis Li Zushu, Jiading Marquis Zhou Kui. Except for Zhou Kui, the father-in-law of Emperor Chongzhen, the other first groups were famous figures. Unfortunately, two hundred years have passed, and their descendants have become playboys and no doubts.

Zhou Xian checked the Jinyiwei handed over to him by Emperor Chongzhen, and there were 200 people. Zhou Xian pulled out 100 people from them to Wang Guoxing, the commander of the Jinyiwei, and then pulled out 300 people from the strokes he brought to him. "Commander Wang, you can understand what I said. As long as you have cashed in silver and food, except for the necessary rations for them, you will bring me all the rest. If you are in a dilemma, let my soldiers break the door and carry them, and you Jinyiwei stand by. I will be responsible for anything. But at dawn, everything will be over and you must not delay to minimize the impact."

Wang Guoxing bowed and said, "I understand."

Zhou Xian nodded and turned to Fang Jing and said, "Sir Fang, how many yamen runners have you summoned from the Five City Military and Horses Office so far?"

Fang Jing replied: "There are more than 300 people."

Zhou Xian frowned, and there were a few people. He turned to Li Ruogui, "Li Tongzhi, you bring fifty Jinyiwei and Lord Fang to seal me off the largest 15 grain stores in the capital, including their warehouses for storing grain. From today on, food control will be implemented. Grain is sold by people every day, and each person can not buy more than half a bucket at a time. If someone dares to make trouble, don't talk nonsense to him and just lock me up in the Zhao Prison of Jinyiwei."

Li Ruogui's face changed slightly, but in the end he bowed: "I obey the order."

Li Guozhen brought a group of generals in, with more than 30, less than 30% of the generals in the Beijing camp. Li Guozhen looked bad, "Some generals are sick, some are not at home, and some are still..."

Zhou Xian waved his hand, "Ignore them, a bunch of waste, what's the use of coming?" Zhou Xian welcomed them to sit down and asked about their current official positions and the situation of their soldiers.

After a while, Li Banghua also brought a group of officials from six ministries to arrive.

After asking about their opinions and combining the ideas of everyone, Zhou Xian decided that Deputy General Ye Tongzhou, Left Governor Wen Yao, and Xinle Hou Liu Wenbing would be divided into Xizhimen, Deshengmen and Andingmen, which were most vulnerable to attack. The other six sects also appointed generals, most of which were high-ranking, either Hou or Bo. However, some people were directly promoted, such as Zhengyang and Chaoyang Governor. Zhou Xian directly appointed Zhou Qian and another lower-level general named Shen Yuncheng, who was recommended by Li Banghua.

Due to the lack of troops, Zhou Xian did not pursue the combat power and quality of the soldiers, and only wanted to see the real number of people going up to defend the city. After obtaining the guarantee of the generals, he estimated the approximate force. Finally, he decided to set up defenses of 6,000 soldiers in the main three junctions, and 2,000 soldiers in the other six junctions.

When the generals heard this number, their faces suddenly became ugly. What could two thousand soldiers be divided into several kilometers of city walls?

Zhou Xian had no choice but to comfort them and said, "This is just a temporary force. When tomorrow dawn, I will mobilize troops from other places. Try to make the troops of the main three gates reach 10,000 and the other gates reach 3,000." Zhou Xian suddenly smiled miserably when he said this, as if this was still rare.

Looking at the pale generals below, Zhou Xian had no choice but to continue, "The rebel army has not yet attacked the city, don't worry too much. After you go back, tell all the soldiers that from today on, each guarding the city will provide them with one tael of silver a day, and I will provide them with food and drink. If there is no other problem, just do this first! You will all transfer troops to the city according to the general's order! Before dawn, all the soldiers will be in place, and I and Uncle Li will go to inspect them in person."

The generals dispersed, leaving only officials from various departments.

Zhou Xian breathed a sigh of relief, raised his spirits, and smiled with his face: "Mr. Ni, I didn't expect you to come in person. I hope you can forgive me if you are rude."

Ni Yuanlu is the Minister of Revenue and the only six ministers to attend. "Where is the matter of governor Zhou? If you shoulder the heavy responsibility of defending the city, I should cooperate with you with all my strength. If you have anything you need to do, please just say it."

Zhou Xian nodded and said, "I don't want to care about everything before the Ministry of Revenue. Now I just want to know how many auxiliary armors, guns, knives, cannons, fire guns, kilograms of gunpowder, stone grain, and horse materials are there in the warehouse of the Ministry of Revenue. I want a real number, because only by knowing these can I know how many strong men I can recruit to help defend the city. Before dawn, can the adults give me a correct number?"

Ni Yuanlu frowned. He had been the Minister of Revenue for less than three months, but he also knew that the Ministry of Revenue was seriously greedy, and many military funds probably did not even have 30% of the paper records. He hesitated for a moment and finally said: "I did my best."

Zhou Xian nodded, "Then I'll send someone to send the adults back." Zhou Xian stood up and sent Ni Yuanlu outside the door, "Master Ni, I know you are worried about being implicated, but the situation is critical at this time, and I have to do so. I don't want to turn over the bad debts of the Ministry of Revenue, nor do I want to punish anyone, I just want a real number. I will send someone to protect the adults and will never let anyone hurt you."

Ni Yuanlu sighed, "It's all because of the destruction of the country. We are incompetent. Forget about saying this, it's a bit underestimated me. I'll go to the Ministry of Revenue and try to give you an accurate number before dawn."

Zhou Xian looked at his far away back and turned back, and saw Gao Wencai and Wang Weidong standing not far away. He thought for a while, walked over and smiled, saying hello. "Gao Qianhu, Wang Qianhu, Commander Wang left you two?"

Wang Weidong smiled and said, "Commander Wang said that people know each other and it is easy to do things."

Zhou Xian nodded, "That's true. Then you can do something for me! Do you know which restaurants in the capital are more delicious?"

The two were obviously stunned for a moment, and Wang Weidong asked, "Supervisor, do you want to treat you?"

Zhou Xian nodded and smiled, "It's also considered a treat. There are hundreds of restaurants in the capital, which can be divided into four major sections according to the area. One of you contacted those restaurants and said that they will not open from today and will be responsible for cooking for the soldiers guarding the city. The other one went to find some big buckets and carts, and when they prepared the food, they will be transported to the nearest city gate. I don't care what they cook, but the soldiers guarding the city cannot be hungry. Otherwise, our military will do their laws."

Seeing the two frowning, Zhou Xianqi said, "What, this is difficult to deal with?"
Chapter completed!