This is because the mercenaries are no longer recruiting for the time being, otherwise, there are many young men in Jiaozhi who want to join the army. After all, the treatment and conditions of mercenaries are too good, which is really eye-catching.

Just to ensure the purity of the army, Yang Chendong had no intention of asking other aliens to join. If he really needed temporary auxiliary troops, Nanming had prepared 4.5 million people for him, of which the proportion of adult men alone reached more than 1 million, so there was no amount at that time.

After this adjustment, nearly a month passed in a hurry. At this time, the coast of Songjiang Prefecture in Nanming can be described as a busy scene.

For nearly a month, the Yang Navy has been doing transportation work. In addition, after the prisons were opened in the state capitals of the Southern Ming Dynasty and 200,000 prisoners were traded to mercenaries, the total population of the transaction reached 4.5 million people, and the transaction amount also reached 99 million taels.

Because the Ming Dynasty did not attach importance to commerce, but mainly to agriculture, their total tax revenue was more than 10 million taels a year. After deducting the officials' salaries and various expenses, the amount of silver that can really be deposited into the treasury in a year is only between 600 and 8 million taels.

It can be said that the Ming Dynasty has never been rich, but compared with the weaker Song Dynasty, the annual treasury income of the people is more than 15 million taels. After adding that the Ming Dynasty is now divided into the north and the south, and the southern Ming is less taxed by the three provinces, in fact, the north and the south are the Ming Dynasty, and their annual treasury income is only about three million taels.

This time, it will be 99 million taels at once, and it is conceivable that Zhu Qizhen, the Emperor of Yingzong of the Southern Ming Dynasty, will have a sense of wealth and wealth.

When the last group of people were sent to the transport ship of the Yang navy, and the last transaction of silver taels was also sent from Yang Yang's hands to the hands of Cao Jixiang, the chief eunuch, Nanming's vigorous new army training began, and various lively weapons factories also appeared.

With money in the treasury, all departments of Nanming began to cry poverty. Faced with this situation, Yingzong Zhu Qizhen, who was in a good mood, waved his pen, as long as there was a legitimate reason to ask for silver, all of them were approved and agreed, and for a while, the entire high-level of Nanming was beaming, so that the voices that criticized Zhu Qizhen's trading population before were much less.

Different from the general mentality of the nouveau riche in the Southern Ming Dynasty, the former capital of Cochin, Hanoi City, the newly built commercial street at this time also began to open soon.

At this moment, Jiaozhi has been changed by Yang Chendong and named Vietnam, (that is, their names in later generations). Originally, Yang Chendong wanted to directly change it to Vietnam Province, but considering the feelings of the two emperors of the Southern Ming Dynasty, in the end, it did not stimulate them, and he did not do it immediately.

The commercial street was opened with the full preparation of Song Chol, the first governor of Vietnam. The whole street is 1,500 meters long, and there are more than 100 shops of all sizes standing here, where you can see all kinds of items sold by mercenaries, such as toothpaste, toothbrushes, toilet paper, soap, chewing gum, sugar, various condiments, etc., to various new types of clothes (coats, cheongsam, women's underwear), glasses, and all kinds of well-packaged drinks, as well as instant noodles, ham sausages, and all kinds of portable canned food (canned elbows, plum cabbage button meat, Sixi meatballs, mushroom meat sauce, sweet and sour pork ribs). , braised pork); High-end mirrors, floor-standing watches, perfumes and beautifully packaged cosmetics, lipsticks and much more.

As soon as you enter this commercial street, you will immediately give people a sense of flawlessness and dazzling, so that the merchants from all over the world who come to get the news nearby only hate that their eyes are not enough, and they only hate that the silver they carry is too little.

Although the prices of the goods sold on this shopping street are not at the same price, the supply is still in short supply. Especially like the fetish mirror and floor-standing clock, the asking price of the former is 100,000 taels, and the latter is as high as 200,000 taels.

Such a good thing was quickly sold for more than a dozen, and this was because the merchant who came did not bring much silver, otherwise, I am afraid that there would be as much as it would be sold. Think about how many nobles there are in a country, even if a nobleman only needs one piece, then a country can sell hundreds or thousands of pieces.

On top of that, such things are sold only by mercenaries. As for what you said about imitating after you buy it, hehe, it's like a random thing found in a clock, that's enough for them to study for a while, and after they study it, there will be new products in Chichicheng.

The thing was sold, representing a large recovery of the silver taels. In this era of monopoly, what is even more hateful is that there is no need to pay professional taxes, in just seven days, the total transaction volume has reached more than 50 million taels of silver, and this is only the first batch, because there are already many businessmen who have said that they will immediately return to China to prepare for silver taels and prepare to come again.

For these potential customers, mercenaries are naturally welcome. In order to stimulate them, Song Zhe also deliberately let out the wind, saying that good things are limited, and if they come late, they will not be able to buy it even if they have silver. As a result, the merchants left Vietnam without stopping, just to return to China immediately, dispose of what they had, and then rush here with more silver.

More than 50 million taels of silver, leaving a fraction for daily expenses, the whole amount of 50 million taels was loaded on the ship by Yang Chendong, and then he personally took two Leng Feng regiments and fourteen auxiliary battalions to Xiaoliuqiu Island by boat.

Considering the importance of Vietnam now, and the fact that Nguyen Xuan Cheng, Hong Jin and Chen Di had not completely stopped the rebellion of the original Jiaozhi Army, Yang Chendong left a cold front platoon, two auxiliary battalions and six temporary auxiliary battalions to be transferred to Song Zhe. At the same time, there are 50,000 young intellectuals in Chichicheng, and with them, the prosperity of Cochin, which is now Vietnam, is just around the corner.

This time Yang Chendong left without much fanfare, after all, he is still the loyal and courageous father of the Ming Dynasty, and he still has to consider some influences. But when he stood on the bow of the boat, watching the waves surging under his feet, getting closer and closer to the Red Embedded City, his heart still couldn't help but become very excited.

The last time I left Chichicheng was in 1448 AD, and now it is October 1451 AD, and in a blink of an eye, it is three years. Although I have been reading all kinds of information in the Red Embedded City, I have a certain understanding of the development there. But after all, I didn't see it with my own eyes, and I had some anticipation in my heart.

On the large sea ship, Nie Tong, the head of the Second Regiment of the Navy, Luo Po, the head of the Second Regiment of the Army, and Wu Sheng, the head of the Third Regiment, accompanied Yang Chendong.

"Head Nie, what's the situation on the island? The first Shang Dynasty should have been suppressed for a long time. After a burst of sea breeze, Yang Chendong's mood calmed down a bit, and he turned his head sideways to look at Nie Tong, the commander of the navy beside him.

The reason why Yang Chendong wanted to go to Chichicheng this time was not only to see how the development was there, but also to give appropriate technical guidance (of course, this kind of guidance refers to taking out some corresponding books. I didn't give it too advanced before, I was afraid that those people wouldn't understand it for a while and would be misled), and there was also the need to completely recover Xiaoliuqiu Island in their hands.

Originally, I was worried about the lack of population, and even if the First Shang Dynasty was destroyed, I would not be able to control it well. But now it is different, with the 4.5 million people from the Nanming trade, although it cannot be fully utilized, the population can already be called sufficient when there is half.

Hearing Yang Chendong ask about the situation of the First Shang Dynasty, Nie Tong immediately came over and said excitedly, "Sixth Young Master, everything is ready." The brothers below have all said that under the attack of the sea and land armies, the First Shang Dynasty can be completely wiped out in three days at most. ”

"Good." Listening to this answer, Yang Chendong laughed with satisfaction. It has only been more than three years since he came to this world, but he has changed too much, and once the foundation is laid, it will be time for the real Han nation to take off in the world.

The new wharf of Chichicheng City is crowded with people at the moment, and many people are standing on the newly built cement square and looking into the distance.

This is still because of the fact that Division Commander Leng Song led the team to maintain law and order, and some unnecessary people have been cleared, so they can do whatever they should do, otherwise, the people who are waiting here will still stand here at a geometric multiplication speed.

It's just that some people can be persuaded to leave, and some people can't be persuaded at all. For example, a few ladies standing under a large umbrella.

Even though it's October now, the sun still feels hot when the sun is full at noon. Holding a large umbrella is just to protect yourself from direct sunlight.

Hu Yan, Xue Niangzi and Hu Man'er are waiting here with their respective maids, Xiaoqing, Xiaowei and Xiaoyun.

And just more than fifty meters away from them, there was a tall girl in military uniform, who was also standing there looking forward.

I saw this woman wearing a camouflage military uniform with the rank of major, standing there upright.

Perhaps because she is often exposed to the sun, her skin is not very white, but in serious terms, she still has a healthy complexion like wheat. Because of this, under the flickering blinking of a pair of big eyes, it seems that the whole person is more aura, and it is more remarkable that there is an indescribable heroic temperament.

She is Luan Xiaoyu, the propaganda minister of the Red Embedded City Army, and she is the girl who was still in Yang Chendong's arms more than three years ago. It's just that compared to that time, she now has a height of nearly one meter six, you must know that she is not yet fourteen years old, and she already has a pair of long legs.