"Sir! It is unwise to offend Mr. Yang Ge just for these mere foreign objects." Zhang Zhiheng whispered to Wu Shigong.
When Zhang Zhiheng learned that Wu Shigong had reached an agreement with Yan Jizu, although he still wrote the memorial for Wu Shigong, he still had objections in his heart. Today, while Wu Shigong was alone, Zhang Zhiheng took the initiative to ask for a meeting. He wanted to point out Wu Shigong's mistakes. It was best to find someone who could
Come up with a way to make amends.
"Mr. Zhang! It's not my own interests that make me stupid, but in fact I have no choice!" Wu Shigong sighed.
"But do you understand, Your Excellency? Governor Yan's promises are like castles in the air. Once he is no longer in his position, everything he said will be invalid. And the gap between Your Excellency and Mr. Yang Ge has been established, but it is difficult to ease it. It is really too much gain than loss!"
This time, in order to get Wu Shigong to help, Yan Jizu made a big deal. In order to get Wu Shigong to take action, not to mention the small conditions he agreed to, he also gave Wu Shigong two major benefits: First, Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing were given 10,000 acres of uninhabited land near Jinan City.
Second, they tacitly allowed Wu Shigong to open a shipping terminal in Denglai.
To be honest, if these two benefits are realized, they will indeed bring considerable benefits to the Runing Army. Let's talk about 10,000 acres of land first. Wu Shigong and Liu Zeqing agreed to share it 73%, so Wu Shigong can get 7,000 acres for free.
If you change hands, you can get tens of thousands of taels.
Besides, that dock, if realized, would be even more incredible. It would simply become a treasure trove for the Runing Army.
Because of the Ming Dynasty's sea ban, there were no commercial wharves in the northern coastal areas. However, the maritime merchants headed by Zheng Zhilong in Jiangnan and Fujian had some wharves on their own territory, but for the sake of concealment, most of them were on the islands.
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This has caused a very strange phenomenon, such as: the most profitable golden route - Ming Dynasty to Japan. If the north of Ming Dynasty conducts import and export trade with Japan, the goods must be sent to the south first, and then shipped through the southern terminal.
.This is simply a huge waste in the face of Ming Dynasty’s expensive logistics costs.
If there is a transfer station in Denglai, the cost of transportation will be greatly reduced, and the profitability of sea trade will be greatly increased. In addition, sea-going ships can have multiple places to supply and repair ships along the way. Therefore, in
When the Zheng family learned that Wu Shigong had two salt farms in Denglai, they had already asked Wu Shigong about the possibility of building a dock. At that time, because the time was not ripe, nothing was done about it. However, Wu Shigong had already discussed the matter.
Take it to heart.
After Wu Shigong owns this dock, he will also greatly improve his status in the cooperation with the Zheng family. At least he will have the right to speak, and will not be suppressed unscrupulously by the Zheng family like now.
It seems that there are indeed many benefits, but there is a basis for realizing all this, that is, Yan Jizu must remain as governor of Shandong. Not only can he not be punished, he cannot even be dismissed. From this, we can see that to achieve this,
One point is so difficult.
Moreover, the things that Yan Jizu gave to Wu Shigong were all obtained by using his power. And he did not need to pay anything for it personally. What Wu Shigong gave was real support. In other words, Wu Shigong used real support.
The things from Yan Jizuxu are exchanged for those from Yan Jizuxu. This always makes people feel like they are at a disadvantage.
"Mr. Zhang! You are also a former official in the court. From what you can see, if this had not happened, what would Mr. Yang Ge think of me?" Since it was difficult to explain clearly to Zhang Zhiheng directly, Wu Shigong was prepared to use roundabout methods.
method.
Zhang Zhiheng immediately frowned and thought hard. After thinking for a while, he sighed, shook his head and said, "Not good!"
In fact, this truth is also obvious. Although Wu Shigong and Yang Sichang had no personal interactions, and there was no talk of any opinions or prejudices between them. However, Emperor Chongzhen had a bad feeling for Wu Shigong, and Yang Sichang was Emperor Chongzhen's confidant, so then
It was decided: Yang Sichang would definitely have the same stance as Emperor Chongzhen. Therefore, Wu Shigong and Yang Sichang were natural enemies. Since they were already natural enemies, they were not afraid of offending Yang Sichang again.
Although he understood this point, Zhang Zhiheng continued to blame: "Sir! Even so, you should not be so anxious!" Zhang Zhiheng's words are also very reasonable. After all, it is better to have a fight later than to see red immediately with a bayonet.
Well, you must know that Wu Shigong is still young after all, so he shouldn't make too many enemies.
Wu Shigong also had a bitter look on his face, shook his head and sighed: "Hey! I made it clear to my husband that the soldiers in this battle were extremely brave and the command made no mistakes, but I still made the mistake of underestimating the enemy and underestimated the Tatars, thinking that with 16,000 Ru
The Ning army can defeat the Tatars, but we never imagined that the Tatars would be so difficult to defeat and suffer so many casualties. Therefore, although this battle is won, it is still a defeat. If we do not handle it properly, all our hard work for several years may be in vain."
"Why is that so?" Zhang Zhiheng was immediately surprised. Because he had only joined the Runing Army for a short time, Zhang Zhiheng did not fully understand the financial situation of the Runing Army.
"Sir, you are wise. I just want to ask you for advice." So Wu Shigong introduced the situation that Runing Army would face to Zhang Zhiheng in detail.
First, Wu Shigong compared the combat effectiveness of the Runing Army and the Qing Army for Zhang Zhiheng. Wu Shigong believed that the Runing Army was a little stronger than the Qing Army, but not by much.
Wu Shigong analyzed: The Runing army's advantage is firearms, so it has an advantage in frontal confrontation; while the Qing army's advantage is its full cavalry, which is more mobile. The command, tactics, individual combat effectiveness and fighting will of the two armies are similar.
If the two armies faced each other head-on again, Wu Shigong was confident that even if it was not overwhelming, he would be able to defeat the Qing army. But if the Qing army retreated or fought, the Runing army would have nothing to do. And this was based on the numbers of the two armies.
The situation is almost the same. So in the following analysis, Wu Shigong is a little pessimistic.
Among the casualties of the Runing Army this time, most of the casualties were soldiers from the Teaching Association, Pegasus Town and Artillery Association. These soldiers are either technical arms or veterans of the Runing Army. It should be said that they are all the elites of the Runing Army. So.
Such casualties have weakened the Runing Army.
As for the Qing army, although the casualties were similar to those of the Runing army, Wu Shigong estimated that the number of the Manchu and Mongolian coalition forces in Liaodong would not be less than 200,000 (in fact, Wu Shigong's estimate was too high), so it should be said that they were not injured.
.So comparing here and abroad, the strength of the Runing Army and the Qing Army are actually wider.
The next step is recovery. Because the situation in the Qing army is unclear, Wu Shigong cannot estimate it. But if the Runing army wants to return to the pre-war level, it will need at least 400,000 taels of silver, not counting other horses and supplies. And this expedition
, the Runing Army did not achieve the purpose of supporting war with war at all, and it can be said that they did not get any money. So now Wu Shigong also encountered the same problem as Emperor Chongzhen - there was nowhere to raise food and salary.
The only good thing is that Wu Shigong has more than 100,000 troops to protect the village, mines and roads, so there is no shortage of prepared troops, but the key to hindering the explosion of troops is money.
In the end, Wu Shigong confessed to Zhang Zhiheng the fortune of Runing Army. Now, the most money Runing Army can use is 70,000 to 80,000 taels, so the gap is huge.
When Wu Shigong returned to Runing, he wanted to raise another 40,000 to 50,000 yuan by selling some properties. But other than that, there was no other source. So the gap was quite large. Therefore, Wu Shigong agreed to Yan Jizu, and he wanted to get some.
.There is no way, Wu Shigong is now too poor and crazy.
"How about you issue bonds again and raise funds from the gentry?" Zhang Zhiheng asked.
"I have thought about this method, but the previous debts have not been paid off, and the later debts are difficult to resolve. After all, the gentry families have a lot of floating wealth. Most of them buy stocks and save in banks. They can raise up to 20,000 to 30,000 yuan. It is really a drop in the bucket!" Wu Shigong had long thought
This method was used, but Runing, Guide's wandering money investment direction was too great, and stocks and futures were too attractive, so Wu Shigong was not sure about issuing bonds. At this time, Wu Shigong really felt like he was in a cocoon, and he invented it by himself.
Financial products have sucked away a lot of money from the market, so much so that even if you want to borrow money, it is difficult to get one. It is true that stocks succeed and stocks fail!
"Do you have any extra land to sell?" Zhang Zhiheng asked again.
"The land owned by the Runing Army is actually very tight. In the past few years, the land for disabled soldiers, pensions for fallen soldiers, resettlement of retired soldiers, farmers' redemption period, and the distribution of serfs to free people have all been gathered together in the past few years. In fact, the land is no longer enough.
Even if Yin eats and eats grain, it won't last long. The only things that can be used are the land of Jinan and the land of Zheng's guerrilla attack on Yizhou."
"But the land in Jinan cannot be sold for the price. After years of famine, the land price has been pushed to an extremely low level. If we are eager to sell, it is even harder to find a buyer unless we lower the price. And the land in Yizhou is even more impossible. Unless it is sold to
Zheng Youyi, otherwise, wouldn't even be able to find a buyer. But Zheng Youyi doesn't lack the Yizhou land at all, so there is no place for it." As he spoke, Wu Shigong scratched his scalp, and he looked quite nervous at this time.
troubles.
Zhang Zhiheng also felt that it was quite difficult. After thinking for a long time, he could only say: "Then you can only reduce the number of soldiers. Replace the number of soldiers with the best of them."
Wu Shigong smiled bitterly again. He knew that this question was very difficult, and asking Zhang Zhiheng was nothing more than treating a dead horse as a living horse. Seeing that Zhang Zhiheng could not come up with a solution, Wu Shigong felt a stone fall in his heart.
Wu Shigong thought to himself: He may be too persistent and has been dreaming of restoring the original strength. But there is really no choice but to take a step back. This way, the sea and the sky will be brighter. Although there were more than 10,000 casualties, Wu Shigong still had a strong force of 50,000.
As long as they work hard for a few more years, the strength of the Runing Army will still be restored. However, in the past few years, the Runing Army will not be able to fight another war. It can no longer withstand such losses. (To be continued, please search Piao Piao.
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