"Easy to say!"

"Why spend so much money on them?" He looked at the officers and soldiers of Guan Ning's army who were carrying goods bare-chested in the cold wind and sweating profusely.

Sun Zhiman asked with a smile: "Aren't you afraid that they will never come back?"

Cheng Shijie shrugged disapprovingly: "If they leave and never come back, it means they are hopelessly stupid!"

Sun Zhili smiled bitterly and said: "Commander, I still don't understand why you spend so much money on Guan Ningjun. You know, Guan Ningjun's record has never been very good..."

"I asked you to lead a group of soldiers who have been hungry all year round to fight. Can you give me a good record?"

"I want the horse to run but not let it eat grass. How is this possible?"

Cheng Shijie smiled and said: "Guan Ning's army received a lot of military expenditures from the imperial court, but the problem is that these military expenditures were spent on the generals' debauchery, and did not fall on ordinary soldiers. Let's not talk about anything else, let's just talk about Cao Wen.

Uncle Zhao and Nephew, aren’t they at a low level? How are they treated? What is the level of equipment of the troops? In this battle, you also saw that Zu Dabi and Wu Sangui led their direct descendants, and their equipment was no worse than that of the Ning Navy.

, do you know how much they spend a year?”

Sun Zhiman shook his head: "I really don't know!"

"This is actually just a part of the money. The biggest part is in the hands of Wu Xiang of Zu Dashou!"

Cheng Shijie sighed and said, "Guess how much land Wu Xiang has?"

"One hundred thousand acres of fertile land?"

"Guess again!"

"A million acres!"

"Triple it!"

Cheng Shijie smiled and said: "In a total of three million acres, almost 90% of the soldiers in Guan Ning's army are actually treated almost as well as the guards in the mainland, and they have all become slaves of the generals."

Cheng Shijie naturally knew that the offensive and defensive situation between Jiannu and Ming Dynasty was now changing. Jiannu's next operation was to show weakness and might sue for surrender, lower the court's vigilance against them, and delay the negotiations.

Cheng Shijie's wooing of the Guan Ning Army was mainly to attract low-level soldiers of the Guan Ning Army and their families. The climates in western Liaoning and Liaodong are similar, and they are also suitable for the living environment in Liaodong. As long as there are enough people, Cheng Shijie can crush Jian Nu to death.

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Just like now, if Cheng Shijie attacks again and Jiannu refuses to fight, but continues to escape to the northeast or northwest, even if Cheng Shijie tries his best, he can only pursue for one or two thousand miles.

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Since ancient times, no dynasty has ever been able to completely defeat a powerful nomad in a head-on confrontation, never!

When the Han Dynasty attacked the Huns, they first divided the Huns into northern and southern parts, and then gradually eliminated them. The Tang Dynasty destroyed the Turks. In fact, as early as the Sui Dynasty, Changsun Sheng and Pei Ju had deceived the Turks into splitting them. The Eastern Turks were divided into

Eastern and Western Turks and nomadic peoples all have this same behavior. If they are isolated, they will be weak. If they are weak, they will suffer from civil strife. If they suffer from civil strife, they will be besieged by the whole world.

The Xiongnu, Turks, Tubo, Jurchens...these once-prosperous steppe empires perished in this way.

Cheng Shijie now wants to leave a retreat in the hearts of the officers and soldiers of Guan Ning Army. As long as they can't survive, they can get what they want in southern Liaoning and on Cheng Shijie's territory with the head of a slave.

Land, food, and treatment.

Guan Ning's army is not monolithic. They will split. As long as some people's hearts turn toward Cheng Shijie, it will be much easier to take action again.

Sun Chengzong had to lament that Cheng Shijie was so good at grasping people's hearts.

In fact, from the moment Cheng Shijie captured Liaonan, Jiannu's nightmare began.

With Cheng Shijie here, Jiannu had no chance to fight a fair fight.

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In the backyard of Ninghai General's Mansion in Jinzhou, in the warm pavilion on the left wing, because the house is burning with earth dragons and fire walls, even though the wind is biting outside, the inside is as warm as spring. Yang Yuniang is wearing a milky white skirt at this time and is reading a book Account book.

Yang Yuniang's maid was also the adopted daughter of her master Feng Sanniang. Feng Cuier pushed the door in anxiously: "Commissioner Yang...Commissioner Yang...Commissioner Yang!"

Yang Yunniang frowned and said helplessly: "Tui'er, when will you be able to change your bad habits?"

Shen Cuier gasped, holding on to the table and saying: "The Marshal...the Marshal...has been granted the title of Duke!?

Yang Yunniang smiled calmly and said: "If I had waited until you started yelling and screaming before I found out about this, there would have been no place for me to stand in this Jinzhou!"

Shen Cuier opened her mouth wide and said, "Ah... you know everything?"

Yang Yunniang sighed and said: "Not only did I know that the commander-in-chief worshiped the Minister of War and was granted the title of Duke of Haiguo, I also knew that the little girl from the Xu family was gone!"

Miss Xu Shumin and Xu Si left Liaonan because she knew that she had no chance.

But Yang Yunniang is also having a headache. If she knows practical things, she should move out of the Ninghai General Military Mansion. But the problem is that although Cheng Shijie is lukewarm towards Yang Yunniang, he is very good to Xiao Jiaxin. No matter how tired or busy he is, he will always make time for her. Hug little Jiaxin, now she is babbling and learning to speak.

It is precisely because of Cheng Shijie's teaching that Xiao Jiaxin's accent is straight Mandarin.

Her master Feng Sanniang also advised Yang Yuniang that since Cheng Shijie was not interested in her and had no idea of ​​moving in, why would she bother to do so?

With Yang Yuniang's status and power today, what kind of man can she find that she can't find?

But Yang Yunniang has her own concerns and ideas. No matter how bad she is in the Cheng Mansion, Xiao Jiaxin is still the adopted daughter of Cheng Shijie. Like Cheng Jingjing and Cheng Anning, at least the household registration given to Xiao Jiaxin by the Liaodong Management Committee has her surname. Cheng, his given name is Cheng Jiaxin, and his household registration is also in the name of Cheng Shijie.

Once she leaves Cheng Mansion, what will Cheng Jiaxin do?

So Yang Yunniang had an excuse: "It's all for the sake of the children!"

"Win! Win!"

At this time, the military households, farmers, workers, merchants, and soldiers left behind in Jinzhou were shouting wildly and their joy was beyond words.

For this war, Ning Haijun went out in full force. They endured huge sacrifices and won a huge victory. What could be more exciting than this!

Ning Haijun really beat Jian Nu badly this time. It is inevitable that Cheng Shijie will be promoted!

The bigger Cheng Shijie's official position is, the larger the territory he is in charge of; the larger the territory he is in charge of, the more opportunities others will have to make a fortune. Is there anything more joyful than this?

In a short period of time, the entire southern Liaoning Province fell into a carnival.

Since Nurhachi launched his army to rebel, the Ming army has been retreating steadily, losing cities and territory again and again, and leaving mountains of blood and corpses outside the pass. The people of the Ming Dynasty have been holding back this tone for more than thirty years. They have been dreaming that the Ming army can win a big victory. Now, their wish has finally come true!

When Cheng Shijie returned to Jinzhou from Haizhou, there was already a sea of ​​people more than ten miles outside Jinzhou City, and there was no room for standing on the roadside. Fortunately, the weather was cold and the ditches on the roadside were frozen solid.

Push the cart into the ditch and stand on the roof of the carriage, you can still see Cheng Shijie on the road.

Speaking of which, carriage-style carriages are also a characteristic of southern Liaoning. In the Central Plains, there are few large and small carriages, flat-bed carriages, and ox-carts are the most common. However, it is too cold in Liaodong, and riding in a carriage is a pain. Especially Cheng Shijie's horse

Pulling RVs has become a trend.

Of course, wealthy people buy two-wheel or four-wheel horse-drawn RVs directly from carriage factories. Even if it is a cargo-type flatbed carriage, there is a small compartment in front of the carriage that can be sheltered from the wind and cold, just like a truck.

The cab is the same.

The common people cheered loudly, rushed towards them, and handed the fine wine and food in their hands to these soldiers. Shang Keyi, the former Dongjiang Army, felt a little sore in his nose and murmured: "This is the first time that we, Old Shang, have fought in a war all our lives."

To receive such love from the people! Just for this love, it is worth risking my life for them!"

Shang Kexi looked at the Liao people kneeling on the shore, his heart was up and down, and then he thought about how he wanted to stand still and sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. His face was burning, and he suddenly had the urge to find a crack in the ground and crawl in.

In the crowd, Xu Shumin looked at Catherine beside her and said, "Let's go, let's go too."

When Catherine heard this, she was so excited that she wanted to cry.

She and her fleet were forced to flee to the far east three years ago, but she never thought that when they arrived near Dengzhou, they were tricked by pirates and were held captive for nearly three years, first in the hands of Meng Xianhan.

, although Cheng Shijie did not regard them as prisoners, he did not give them the necessary help.

They can only rely on their own two sides to work hard to make money. Some work as teachers at Golden State College, some work in factories, and some, like Catherine, become maids of wealthy ladies.

After more than half a year of getting along, Catherine finally gained Xu Shumin's trust. In fact, Xu Shumin also had limited trust in Catherine. This time, Xu Shumin used nearly 600 people from the Xu family and a total of five sand ships to go to sea.

The three large ships of the Ming Dynasty were Shachuan, Fuchuan (built by Jifu), and Guangzhou (made in Guangdong). In fact, Shachuan was a sand-proof flat-bottomed wooden boat used for navigation in ancient times. It appeared in the Tang Dynasty. The small one was 250

—400 tons, medium 500-800 tons, and large sand ships up to 1,200 tons or more.

The five large sand ships Xu Shumin gave Catherine were not actually large, but only medium-sized ships. Each ship was 800 tons, and they were fully loaded with materials purchased from southern Liaoning, such as white sugar, blue and white porcelain, and sea pearls produced in southern Liaoning.

Wool cloth, potato wine, and lots of steel.

Yes, what Catherine buys the most is steel. Each ton of steel costs one hundred and sixty taels of silver, which is equivalent to eighty yuan per catty. This price is not cheap. Of course, due to the large quantity, it is slightly lower than the market price by 20%.

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Catherine had no money, so he promised Xu Shuyuan that as long as he shipped it to Venice, he could earn ten times the profit. The profit was equivalent to that of silk, so it was better that Catherine did not mention silk.

Speaking of silk, Xu Shumin had people buy silk in Shanghai, collecting a total of 120,000 pieces and spending more than one million taels of silver. For the steel part, he borrowed money from the bank in the name of the Xu family and purchased it.

More than six hundred tons.

Catherine's plan succeeded, and she would open a commercial trade route between Venice and the Ming Dynasty.

"Which of you is the captain?"

Catherine stepped forward and said: "I am!"

"You can only go to sea when you lower the sails and allow you to go to sea!"

"Why?"

"Don't worry, it's a military secret!"

Soon Catherine knew why they were not allowed to go to sea. Cheng Shijie's motorcade arrived at the Jinzhou Port pier, and there were still a huge crowd of people and businessmen going to see them off.

When Cheng Shijie walked along the trestle to the battleship, I don't know who took the lead. Tens of thousands of people on the pier knelt down and screamed: "Cheng Shuai, you must have a safe journey!"
To be continued...