Wei Zheng shook his head and replied: "Mr. Wang, you just said that this will happen a year later..."

"Maybe within this year, we have bought the land deeds in King Jin's hands. This book is made by, and no one knows what Shanxi and Taiyuan Prefectures will become in a year?"

In fact, there was a sentence in Wei Zheng's mind that was: "A year later, I had already passed the military farms and controlled a large amount of food that the imperial court did not have. Not only that, I also owned tens of thousands of elite Tiger and Leopard Army soldiers and 100,000 local garrisons."

"With such a huge strength in hand, I no longer need to look at the court and His Majesty's eyes."

"At that time, if the King of Jin really wants to snatch these military farms from his hands, don't blame yourself for being rude and angering yourself. Even King of Jin has to deal with it... Wei Zheng is confident that facing the more than 100,000 troops in his hands and the millions of harbors of food he is about to hand over to the court, Emperor Chongzhen, who is far away in the capital, will definitely consider whether he is on his own side or to push himself to the opposite side for the sake of the King of Jin who cannot provide him with any help."

After thinking about it, Wei Zheng was not so arrogant that he directly revealed his thoughts to the two subordinates who had just applied to him.

With Wang Yang's thoughtful gaze on his face, Wei Zheng directly ordered: "General Wang, after you go down, you will immediately draw 500 elite troops from the army to surround the Jin Palace in the name of protecting the Jin Palace. Since the Jin King proposes to send troops to protect him, then we will have a complete protection. Anyone who wants to enter the Jin Palace must interrogate clearly. We must never let the news of our farming in Taiyuan Palace be leaked to the King of Jin..."

"Mr. Wang, your first priority is that after General Wang completes the siege of the King of Jin's Mansion, he will immediately organize refugees to carry out military farming to ensure the stability of Taiyuan Mansion..."

In the next half month, every prefecture in Shanxi was conquered by Wei.

Under the rectification of Wei Zheng's series of iron-fisted methods, the Shanxi officialdom became unprecedentedly clear. Of course, as the proposer and implementer of the entire plan, Wei Zheng also gained a lot...

In addition to installing a large number of confidants in each prefecture in Shanxi, the biggest gain is tantamount to the income from the search of the house from corrupt officials.

When Wei Zheng returned to the Governor's Office of Datong, he followed Wei Zheng back, in addition to the few talents he found along the way, there were also hundreds of large trucks filled with various financial services.

At the gate of Datong City, after a greeting with Zhou Shuyuan who came to greet him, Wei Zheng pointed directly at the few behind him. For the Ming Dynasty officialdom, several clerks who were completely inequality said: "Military advisor, these people were brought back along the way, and their abilities are pretty good. You can arrange them to go to the Governor's Office to do some documents and other things. After observing for a period of time, arrange specific positions for them according to their specific abilities..."

"As for the money collected from corrupt officials, I will arrange for someone to count it and put it into the warehouse immediately..."

Zhou Shuyuan did not show too many surprise expressions on his face for these clerks.

Because of the rules of the Ming Dynasty since its founding, once a literati becomes a clerk, even if he has the ability, he will never be able to pass the imperial examination and become an official.

Therefore, among the clerks at the lower-level officials of the Ming Dynasty, there were indeed a large number of talented people hidden. Including himself, he was also a clerk. By chance, he became a military advisor of the Tiger and Leopard Army, and then he had his current status.

However, when Zhou Shuyuan heard Wei Zheng say that the hundreds of large cars behind him were all filled with property, a stunned and shocked expression appeared on his calm face...

Calculate based on the calculation of a large carriage loading 50,000 taels of silver, hundreds of large cars in front of me mean tens of millions of taels of silver.

What Zhou Shuyuan even more unexpected was that, in addition to most of the big carts in front of him, there were a small number of them, all of which were filled with gold and valuable antique calligraphy and paintings, rare treasures-...

If all the property on these big trucks is converted into silver, it can be worth at least 15 million taels.

Under Wei Zheng's gaze, Zhou Shuyuan, who looked shocked, asked directly: "General, these property are all the proceeds from your house search in Shanxi..."

After receiving Wei Zheng's affirmative answer, the shock on Zhou Shuyuan's face was quickly replaced by anger.

Then, he said with a look of hatred, "I really didn't expect that there were so many corrupt officials in Shanxi, and so much money had been embezzled... Now I finally know, how could there be so many refugees in Shanxi who were homeless and could not even have a full meal. It turned out that the money in the hands of ordinary people was eaten by these corrupt officials..."

After some emotion, Zhou Shuyuan continued, "But it's really time for these silver to come..."

Speaking of this, Zhou Shuyuan directly regarded this place as the study room of the Governor's Mansion and reported: "Governor, you don't know... In the more than 20 days you left, the money from our Governor's Mansion was spent like flowing water."

"Although the first batch of goods from the Jingyan Workshop and the glass Workshop brought us more than two million silver income, the money is still not enough to spend..."

"If you come back five days late, the money in the Governor's Office will be spent completely..."

"Now, with this money, whether it is the expansion of the Tiger and Leopard Army or the expansion of the Equipment Department, you can let go of your hands and feet and never slow down because of the money problem..."

Among all his layouts in Shanxi, the one that Wei Zheng valued the most was the Equipment Department.

Without the continuous production of weapons and ammunition by the Equipment Corporation, the Tiger and Leopard Army would not be able to expand its army.

The Tiger and Leopard Army has no way to expand its army, so it does not have enough strength to challenge the court and protect all its layouts in Shanxi...

So, after hearing Zhou Shuyuan mention the equipment department, Wei Zheng's eyes lit up and he subconsciously asked.

"Military advisor, what's going on... Didn't I say it when I left Datong? I could stop other plans, but the only way to expand the Equipment Department to quickly start production is to prevent this plan..."

Zhou Shuyuan quickly shook his head and explained: "General, don't worry, the lower official knows the importance of the Equipment Department to us. For the past month, I have almost stayed in the Equipment Department..."

"After a month of development, the most important part of the Equipment Department, the firearm workshop has begun to be put into production. Not only that, in order to ensure the supply of iron, we have fired several small iron ores..."

"With our efforts, the production capacity of firearm workshops has increased from 1,000 shots a month ago to 3,000 shots a month now... According to this development momentum, after half a year, after all the workshops under the Equipment Department are put into production, the output of firearm workshops will be directly increased to 5,000 shots a month."

"Not only that, the artillery workshop under the Equipment Department has also been put into production... Using our method of producing musket barrels, the artillery workshop has successfully created twenty medium-sized Folang machine cannons..."

"Compared with the cannons we built, the cannons we used fine iron and the barrel wall was very thin. They were not only light in weight, but also had a longer range..."

"In addition, the flowering ammunition workshop you specially explained has also created samples..."

"After testing, although some shells exploded after they landed, and some even more, explosions occurred directly in the air, and there were some hidden dangers... However, according to the opinions returned by the artillery regiment, this flowering bullet is very powerful. I hope that the ammunition workshop will produce immediately and a small number of equipment for training..."

After listening to Zhou Shuyuan's introduction to the Equipment Department, the expression on Wei Zheng's face has changed from calm at the beginning to excitement, then from excitement to excitement, and finally from excitement to shock...

Then, he ordered Zhou Shuyuan directly: "Military advisor, I'll leave the matter here to you... I decided to go to the equipment department immediately... I didn't really look at these equipment, and I felt uneasy..."

After a day of riding a horse, the tired Wei Zheng finally walked into the former Lingqiu County Government, the current headquarters of the Equipment Department.

Facing Wei Zheng who was rushing to see, although his face was already old, Wang Tiezhong, the director of the Equipment Department, was shocked and filled with complex expressions of surprise and surprise.

He quickly walked to Wei Zheng, fell to the ground, and said excitedly: "Secretary of the Lord General..."

"Old Wang..." Wei Zheng has always called Wang Tiezhong the old man with superb skills.

So, as soon as Wang Tiezhong fell to the ground, Wei Zheng quickly walked into the county government and helped him up...

Then, he said with emotion: "At such an old age, don't kneel... You have to keep your body and continue to work for the Equipment Department, and produce more and better weapons and equipment for the Tiger and Leopard Army..."

Wang Tiezhong was excited and his words were filled with trembling.

Under Wei Zheng's gaze, he said excitedly: "Please rest assured that the old bone of the Xiaguan can work for at least several years. I will definitely help the adults manage the equipment department..."

Wei Zheng nodded and said frankly that the specific purpose of his arrival: "Old Wang, the reason why I came here in such a hurry is because after listening to the military introduction of the Equipment Department, I was eager to see the results of the Equipment Department..."

"It's still one hour before dark. I want to see the flowering bullets produced by the cannon workshop and the ammunition workshop..."

A steel artillery barrel weighing only 500 kilograms appeared in front of Wei Zheng. Wei Zheng’s first thought was: Isn’t this a heavy mortar that often appears on the battlefield in later generations...

Yes, it is a heavy mortar. The only difference is that this heavy mortar does not have a special support, and the barrel is thicker, the barrel wall is thicker, and there is an extra hole in the tail of the barrel to insert the fuse...
Chapter completed!