When the formation of a navy was put on the agenda, the craftsman's workshop began to have busy days again. Jia Rong was determined to form a powerful navy. It was best to go to sea and conquer the island country. The most important battleship building
Jia Rong decided to build a building boat with all its exterior made of steel. In the eyes of people of this era, iron would sink when placed in the water. They did not understand the role of such a building boat.
Jia Rong only made slight modifications to the blueprint of the building ship sent by Zhou Tai, and then ordered the craftsman's workshop to build it. There was also a stern battlefield for charging into the formation. Naturally, it had to be well-built. Seawater is very corrosive.
Building too many warships will only become a burden to the Xiliang army.
Tens of thousands of craftsmen started building it day and night, and the money stored in the warehouse also flowed out like running water. At this rate, even if the navy army was completed, the money would be almost consumed.
Fortunately, there was no fighting between the Xiliang Army and everything was on track.
Jia Rong didn't seem to want all the money to come from Prince Liang's palace, so he openly started to recruit funds, called setting up a naval army to defend his homeland. People, businessmen, officials, and aristocratic families could donate money. No matter how much, the donated money should be made public for the people to see.
See.
The officials in Chang'an were a little confused when faced with such a situation. It is said that the establishment of a navy army should be a very confidential matter. Why should they openly ask for money from businessmen, common people and officials' families? Moreover, it follows the principle of voluntariness. It can really be done voluntarily.
? If the businessman does not donate money, will he feel comfortable? Will doing business in the city be scary? These are all unknown. Under such unknown fear, businessmen are more willing to choose to spend money, and only need to hand over some money.
You can buy peace of mind, so why not?
The people have an inexplicable trust in Prince Liang's Mansion. Many people even donated a small amount of their property in order to establish the Navy Army. They didn't know what the Navy Army was, but they knew that their happy life was the Xiliang Army.
The defense is the result of the army's hard work outside. The officials who govern the place not only make the people under their rule live and work in peace and contentment, but also publicize the Xiliang Army from time to time so that the people can think of digging for a happy life.
Well man.
The purpose of Jia Rong's doing this is to give the people under the Xiliang Army a sense of responsibility, that is, the development of the army has nothing to do with you. When the enemy comes, you have to pay when you have to pay, instead of just thinking about it.
What kind of man of peace should he be? He will flee in panic when the war starts. Only by making the people pay enough efforts will he have a deep feeling for the army and the city, and a strong sense of belonging. When the enemy comes,
, hesitantly raised the sword and gun in his hand and went into battle to kill the enemy. This kind of ideological change needs to be carried out slowly and cannot be achieved overnight.
The people contributed the least amount of money, but it was to implement Jia Rong's general purpose. The merchants contributed the least amount of money. Jia Rong would definitely not let the merchants leave Chang'an just because you donated less money. Maybe it was because the merchants of the Han Dynasty were used to it.
Being exploited and not adaptable to this too democratic life.[
The formation of the navy army was extremely vigorous. At this time, there were nearly two million people under the rule of the Xiliang Army, and the donated money reached more than 300 million. Such an amount is probably the annual income of Jizhou.
There was not so much, but Jia Rong collected so much money easily with just one edict.
When the Liang Prince's Mansion announced the amount, not only Chang'an was shocked, but the whole world was alarmed. Three hundred and twenty million dollars. The princes knew that the people and merchants of Chang'an were very rich, but they did not expect that they would be willing to donate money to Xiliang.
The army was used to build the army, 320 million. When Yuan Shao heard this amount, his face was full of surprise, and then he was unwilling to accept it. The Yuan family has always been the backbone of the family, but it is not as good as Jia Rong, who was a military general.
I'm afraid it would be difficult for Jizhou to have so much money in two years, but Jia Rong just said it in one sentence. Do you still need to fight with the Xiliang army in the future? The other party will kill you with money.
The Xiliang army once again showed its ferocious side, with unparalleled cohesion. The people who suffered back then came to Chang'an and took everything. They could not forget how they got there now. Everyone even donated half of their family property.
When it comes out, maybe those few hundred dollars are not worth accumulating, and now we have 320 million.
Not only the princes, but also the officials of Chang'an were very surprised. However, when they saw Jia Rong's calm and calm expression, and everything was expected, they realized that he had done so many things for the people by gathering the refugees back then.
, is waiting for the day of reward, and this is just the beginning.
Businessmen donated the most money. No matter which state or county they came from in the Han Dynasty, their interests at this time were shared by the Xiliang army.
Not only the cohesion of the people, Jia Rong also needs the cohesion of businessmen. War is a huge money-burning machine. Why not mobilize the enthusiasm of businessmen and let them truly experience the pleasure of profiting from the war.
Jia Rong secretly summoned the famous businessmen in the city and discussed at Fenglai Tower a strategy that was very important for the Xiliang army's future battles, and how to earn money and supplies from the princes.
As we all know, the combat effectiveness of the Xiliang Army is unparalleled in the world. It is not only the quality of the soldiers, but also the equipment. Which prince in the world does not yearn for the equipment of the Xiliang Army, and merchants can seize the mentality of the princes and sell them to them.
Weapons, sell war horses, obtain their iron materials, and sell them to the craftsman's workshop to continue to build weapons. In this way, the craftsman's workshop will not only be a money-burning warehouse for the Xiliang Army, but will become the largest rich man, refining refined steel hundreds of times.
, it is still very unfamiliar to the Central Plains. As long as such weapons are taken out, there is no need to set off a shopping frenzy in the Central Plains. In order to improve their own strength, the princes will not care about the expenditure of money, just like
Yuan Shao and Jia Rong only sold some of the weapons eliminated by the Xiliang army and easily obtained a large amount of money.
Of course, these weapons are not the best. They may be just twenty or so of a hundred steel-smeltings, but they are rare and good weapons in the hands of the princes. They can obtain big benefits with small consumption.
This matter was of great importance, so Jia Rong left it to the Wei family and the Mi family. For veterans in the shopping mall, it seemed much easier to do such a thing. However, within a few months, many princes were surprised to find that they
A merchant selling weapons appeared in the territory, named Xiliang Arms Shop. Anything named after Xiliang is very attractive, thinking that there is an invincible Xiliang army in this world.
Of course, the weapons on the surface are high-quality, but they are far from enough. They want to trade with the princes, so that the princes are willing to trade their money and raw materials, and the weapons on the surface are naturally provided to aristocratic families.
, princes need strong strength, and the same goes for aristocratic families. In "turbulent" times, the strength of aristocratic families cannot be underestimated. Their combined wealth cannot be compared to the ten princes who rule them. Their secret background is not trivial.
After Yuan Shao saw Jia Rong's fundraising behavior under his rule, he also yearned for it and issued an edict to have his officials hold fundraising activities. However, the final result was a bit bleak, with only 10 million yuan, and many businessmen gave Yuan Shao face.
Because of this, as for the people, they would not be willing to hand over their money to the Jizhou Army unless they were forced to do so. The fundraising activities were imitated by Yuan Shao, but not only did they not achieve the expected results, but they also suffered under the rule.
It caused waves of "riots" and "riots", and many people openly resisted because they could not bear the squeeze of the officials, so that more bandits and robbers appeared.
The Xiliang Army's generosity in setting up a navy army has spread all over the world. In fact, the money can't build much. The most important thing is to let the people find a sense of accomplishment.
Zhou Tai was very excited when he heard the news that the Xiliang Army was setting up a naval army again. He was the commander-in-chief of the Xiliang Army and the navy at that time. He was always thinking about the reconstruction of the navy. He had put so much effort into it and was wasted.
His heart bleeds, and he has been in the Jingzhou Navy. Gradually, he has discovered many things that he had never thought of before. He is confident that by forming the Navy again, the combat effectiveness will become stronger, surpassing the Jingzhou Navy and Jiangdong.
The military is not a problem.
Zhou Tai was highly skilled in martial arts and forthright, and easily gained the favor of the generals. Even Cai Mao and Zhang Yun trusted him. Of course, there was a big gap between Cai Mao, Zhang Yun, and Zhou Tai did not want to get involved in the Jingzhou family.
The disputes among the generals were at ease among the generals, otherwise he would not have obtained the map of the Jingzhou navy’s buildings and ships.[
Jiang Qin, who was in Jiangdong, kept in touch with Zhou Tai secretly.
Today's Jingzhou Navy and Jiangdong Navy are the best in the world, but when the Xiliang Navy grows up.
Regarding the Xiliang Army's establishment of a naval army, there were different reactions from various places. Liu Biao laughed and Sun Quan was puzzled. The cavalry on land is the king, but in the water, can they still maintain the enemy? If they knew about the Zhou Tai Water Village back then
If it were the Xiliang navy, they would definitely laugh at him severely, and the vigilance in their hearts would instantly collapse.
The contempt and confusion of the princes do not represent the thoughts of the people under the Xiliang Army. The thing they are most concerned about now is the Xiliang Navy. They have a blind trust in Jia Rong or the Liang Prince's Palace.
This trust is earned through years of sharing the joys and sorrows.
In the palace of Prince Liang, Gan Ning knelt on the ground and cried loudly: "My lord."
Jia Rong stood at the top, motionless, seeming to be remembering something, while Gan Ning knelt on the ground, feeling uneasy.
After a long time, Jia Rong sighed: "Get up."
Following his strength, Gan Ning stood up.
"Let what happened back then be in the past. No one will make things difficult for you. Practice your naval forces well to fight on the water in Japan, and let the Jiangdong Army and Jingzhou Army see the style of the Xiliang Army."
