After Wen Rensheng made these preparations, he began further actions.

That is to do business and accumulate funds.

Only with money can you have food, only with money can you have armor, only with armor can you have Ding, and only with Ding can you fight.

Military merit can only be accumulated after the war.

Only with military merit can one become a general or a vassal.

The rulers of the Ming Dynasty generally did not allow officials to serve in their native places in order to prevent local forces from becoming stronger.

However, Frontier is an exception.

Because the Northern Barbarians, that is, the Mongols, often invaded, many generals had to be appointed by locals.

Later, when the Donglu rose up, it was the same.

Because outsiders are not familiar with the local geographical environment, they will be given meat when they arrive.

Moreover, outsiders cannot stay in the local area for a long time. Morale will drop, soldiers will be homesick, and generals will also be homesick.

In ancient times, the march was slow, and if the guest troops were stationed for a long time, they could not be rotated in time. If they could not be rotated, the guest troops would become locals over time.

Local people are familiar with local conditions and have stronger combat effectiveness.

In order to prevent foreign invaders, the imperial court had to make an exception and allow locals to serve as generals locally for a long time.

This is actually a replica of the rise of bandits in the Han Dynasty, which led to the rise of state herdsmen.

There were foreign invaders in the Ming Dynasty and they could not be eradicated. So there was no other choice but to raise generals and let them guard the border walls for generations.

The imperial court had no choice but to keep the home of the general at the frontier fortress by default.

Whichever is the lesser of two evils.

Of course, generals are also subject to various restrictions. Civil servants control military affairs, and civilian governors and governors suppress generals.

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Let them be submissive and silent in front of civil servants.

Why do they bow their heads like this: Because their logistical supplies are in the hands of the imperial court.

The land of the border wall was bitterly cold and food production was scarce, so we had to rely on the imperial court to provide military rations.

It can't feed too many elite soldiers.

Without food, even if you want to rebel, you can't become powerful.

The reason why the Donglu became powerful is because they mastered the method of farming and reclamation, and were able to produce their own grain, and then they became stronger and stronger as they fought, turning Dingkou into their own strength.

The current governor where Wen Rensheng lives is specifically the governor of Yanghe.

The whole process was conducted by the governor of Yanghe and in charge of military affairs.

Of course, his position as governor will not be permanent, and he may be transferred to the south one day.

Because he is a civilian official, he does not have a fixed foundation like the local military commanders.

In fact, military commanders will also move their towns, but this is relatively rare.

The main task that Governor Wang faces now, the main military affairs, is the invasion of the Mongols.

The current Mongols were basically no longer a threat at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

One or two thousand servants can go deep into the grassland and defeat them.

The reason is also very simple. After a long period of horse trading and the spread of lamas, they have lost their fighting spirit and forgotten their fighting skills.

They were accustomed to guerrilla warfare by riding horses and shooting arrows, but they did not dare to fight in formation.

Don't dare to launch a strong charge, don't dare to face the opponent's charge.

If you find the enemy coming, you can only go around and fight.

When the Mongols conquered the world, apart from the cavalry and archery in people's minds, the most important force was actually the heavy cavalry, which could break formations in field battles, rather than the cavalry bows which could only shoot light arrows and soft arrows.

That thing can't deal with heavy armored infantry, and it will only be at a disadvantage against infantry's infantry fire.

The two sides are shooting at each other, and the cavalry cannot take advantage and can only retreat. If the opponent has elite cavalry, they can be trapped and wiped out.

Today's Mongols will only use a large number of herdsmen and cavalry, and rely on numbers to carry out assaults.

When the opponent is not wearing armor or forming a formation, use the cavalry bow to kill him.

Then rely on a small number of armored cavalry to win the battle.

That is to say, ordinary soldiers who deal with beggars and servants often choose to retreat and disperse in a hurry.

Most servants have horses.

Because one of their important tasks is to protect the master's family from escaping when the battle is unfavorable.

How to cover without a horse?

In this case, the Mongols were fine with some unarmored soldiers, but against an elite formation, they would be defeated.

Especially when facing the fierce charge of elite cavalry with double armor, they had no choice but to break up.

If they break up, they will be covered up and killed from behind.

Not to mention facing the powerful Jurchens, they couldn't even defeat the servants of the Ming Dynasty generals.

Now Wen Rensheng is looking for merchants in the city.

He is a scholar after all, but of course he cannot do business himself.

An agent must be found to help him make money.

Following the typical current model, the front is a businessman and the shopkeeper, and the back owner is a powerful person.

He asked Li Da, Li Er and Li San, the three newly adopted sons, to go to the city to collect business information.

What kind of business do they do, who is behind them, how many goods they sell every day, and how much they make every day, try to find out as much as possible.

For this reason, Wen Rensheng also found a poor old shopkeeper who had retired and taught them how to read and calculate accounts every night.

This is not some technology that is ahead of its time.

So that they can remember it.

You should at least know what a quantity like ten hundred thousand is.

It didn't take long for Wen Rensheng's agent to come to the door.

One evening, the concierge, Li Da's father, sent a greeting card and a gift list.

Wen Rensheng took a look and found that the owner of the post was a merchant in the city.

But the gift list was very generous, totaling 5,000 taels of silver.

This is just the initial results, there will be more to come.

Why are so many sent?

This amount is enough to impress Mr. Ge and do something alone.

Of course, the premise is that you have to have a channel to give it to Mr. Ge, and Mr. Ge will not accept everyone’s money.

Accepting your money means that you have almost the same status as Mr. Ge.

And if no one else would give this money, why would they give it to him?

Wen Rensheng quickly figured out the whole story.

Needless to say, this merchant was chosen as the person in charge of imperial court buying.

What is Hemai?

This was a cruel plunder of the merchant class by the imperial court.

When the imperial court needed to buy some goods, it would tell the merchants, and they would come up with money and ask the merchants to prepare the goods and then buy them.

Sounds good, right?

Make money while lying down, underwriting goods.

It would be too naive to think so.

It is said that the merchants should prepare it. If you think about it, how could the court give you the money for free?

If I can give you one thousand taels of goods for ten thousand taels, that is absolutely conscientious.

More often than not, not a cent is given.

You are also required to prepare all the goods within a limited time.

Not only that, you have to pay an additional bribe.

Otherwise, the officials can torment you repeatedly in the name of substandard goods.

In short, as long as you know which merchant sells it and buys it, prepare your whole family to escape. If you can't escape, just commit suicide.

Or just find a strong backer quickly.

But how can we do it if we just improvise?

No one dares to accept money even if it is given away, because choosing you means that there is an official force that will take over you.

How is it possible that if you don't make a relationship at ordinary times, then think about it again when things happen?

There is no way out.

Wen Rensheng knew very well that even in later generations, there were many bankrupts who were owed project payments due to construction projects.

Originally, they were all free families with wealth of 20 million or 10 million, but because they couldn't control it and thought they could do it, they ended up being unlucky.
To be continued...