Chen Mu's letter to Chen Bazhi not only asked for warmth, but also discussed the situation in Japan, urging Japan to resolve the chaos as soon as possible, and on the other hand, asking Li Dan to send Yin Zhengmao's trade war to Shizhou Mansion after refinement.

This is contrary to his strategy.

"It's not difficult to destroy the circulation of money here, but the difficulty is that we have to withdraw our troops, and the smugglers in various places have no calculation, and if they don't completely blockade it, they can't do it." Chen Bazhi spread out his arms, drank a pot of tea for Chen Jiujing and Li Dan, and said: "Once the army is withdrawn, the current good situation will come to naught. ”

"Hachiro, you are not the lord of this place, but the general of the imperial court, the country is uneasy, and the father-in-law is not worried about crossing east." Li Dan smiled lightly, he knew what the righteous brother said, but he felt that it was meaningless, and stretched out the wide robe and sleeves cross-legged and said: "Even if you defeat the Qingzhou army, what can you do, is it possible that you still want to blackmail the princes like him?" ”

In the next few years, Chen Mu and Li Dan both believed that Li Rusong and his seven guards could only achieve self-sufficiency in military rations - but their biggest advantage over the local daimyo was precisely that they did not have to be self-sufficient.

Others are limited by the weight of grain and grass, but they have the possibility of sending rice and grain from outside to have the time to attack, and once they rely on the land for cultivation, it is equivalent to tying their hands and feet.

In the final analysis, the group of people they led should not have come to Japan to fight in the first place.

If you really want to say that the situation is good, it can only be said that Chen Bazhi's side is very good, there are many strong lords of the Western Kingdom, although they have constant disputes with themselves, they have a clear goal, and they have enough motivation before they capture Wang Jing; Internally, the policy of dividing the land and purging the hearts of the oppressed peasants was a huge advantage in any case - until the discontent of the neighboring princes reached the point where they could suppress their fear of the Ming army.

Li Dan always believed that if Chen Bazhi did this, if he couldn't quickly grasp power, he would be rebelled and collapsed by the princes who had already surrendered.

Chen Bazhi didn't speak for a long time, holding the teacup and not knowing what he was thinking, before he suddenly raised his head and changed the topic.

"What is my father doing in Beiyang, I heard my brother say that he wants to train there for a year and a half?"

Li Dan tilted his head slightly, snorted a long snort, to be honest, he has become more and more afraid of Chen Bazhi in recent years, especially after leading the affairs of Japan, this righteous brother has led the troops for a long time, and he has a prestige of being a master, and sometimes he smiles and does not speak, so that people swallow the exhortation they want into their stomachs.

He said: "Beiyang should train the horse army, purchase war horses from northern Xinjiang, recruit manpower, and set up iron, mine, oil, and ordnance bureaus in Tianjin and Zunhua to prepare for the Eastern Expedition." ”

"It's going to take a lot of time, I still have time, brother, let's figure it out, we have a lot of money, if we recruit again, can the income and expenditure be offset?"

"Nowadays, the annual transportation of grain and grass is counted as the cost of sea transportation, 180,000 stones, and the sea transportation is impermanent, so it is always correct to record 210,000 stones. If you recruit troops again, you need to transport more 10,000 stones per 1,000 people, and you need to calculate more for fighting and road consumption, counting 3,000 people and 60,000 stones, and if you count 6,000 again, you will have to carry 320,000 stones, which is equivalent to 230,000 taels of silver. ”

"At present, the three governments produce wood, iron, copper, lead, tin and commercial goods to the sea in a year, and they can only exchange less than 130,000 yuan for silver...... Like confiscation, there were less than thirty thousand. ”

Li Dan quickly calculated the number, and then he spread his hands and said, "Therefore, it can't be offset." ”

"What do I do if I want it to match?"

"Want it to match?" Li Dan frowned slightly, got up and said, "If the flow is not out, then it must be open source." ”

Saying that, Li Dan walked out of the door, the tea in Chen Jiujing's hand was cold, so he simply put it down and asked Chen Bazhi, "Brother wants to fight?" ”

Before Li Dan came back, he had heard Chen Bazhi ask if he wanted to die if he wanted to die, and the answer to this question was too obvious, of course there was no one who wanted to die - if the attached daimyo didn't, then he would have to go to war.

Chen Bazhi didn't answer, biting his lip slightly and shaking his head, his mind was not on chatting with Chen Jiujing at all, he was waiting for Li Dan.

It didn't take long for Li Dan to pull the door back again, with an extra letter in his hand, unfolded it and slapped it on the table and said: "Sanfu collects more than 120,000 taels of silver a year, if these silver taels buy rice in the country, it is far less than the consumption of soldiers and horses in the three provinces, but if you change copper coins in the country, and then go to Sanfu to buy rice, it will be enough." ”

"Buying rice in Sanfu?"

Chen Bazhi and Chen Jiujing almost spoke in unison and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

"Ming money is worth more than Japanese money, because you collect less taxes, the people have more food in their hands, the price of grain in Sanfu is lower than that of the side, Ming money is worth four Japanese money, two or three hundred dollars to buy a stone of rice, more millet, so that not only the military expenditure is solved, the people still have money in their hands, they can develop commerce, collect taxes on merchants, and recover part of the money."

"In addition, Ni Shangzhong's side has many mines owned by thousands of households, and we control the shipping, so we can trade with that side, get things over, and also earn more income."

Li Dan explained the matter clearly against the prices on paper, and then asked Chen Bazhi: "What are you going to do when you recruit soldiers?" ”

Hearing Li Dan say this, Chen Bazhi's brows finally relaxed, changed to a comfortable sitting position and took a sip of tea, put down the tea bowl and said on the low table: "Recently, I got the news that Takeda Shingen died four years ago, and the Takeda clan was defeated last year, and it is impossible to expect them to contain Nobunaga in the east, but as Nobunaga's ally, he should gather all his strength to clean up Takeda in order to expand his territory." ”

"It is really not possible to count on those pirates, Long Junxiong encountered the main force of the enemy, and was attacked in the river channel only a hundred miles away from Wang Jing, and the gang of pirates under his command were defeated, gathered their troops and horses and fled back to Osaka Bay, and escaped back after grabbing a sum."

"This is my chance, I plan to attack east in a few months at the time of the autumn harvest, so that his allies will go hungry this year and defeat Oda again next year." Chen Bazhi, who is usually wilted, was very ambitious when he talked about this, and said: "They didn't transport food to Honganji, the Dharma Master won't last long, don't care if others think about it or not, when we enter Wangjing, it doesn't matter what others think." ”

Saying that, Chen Bazhi turned his head to Chen Jiujing and said: "You and Li Ruzhang are guarding the three mansions, General Wang is leading the army and the general of Bozhou Mansion to attack the east, and I and Li Rubai are from the sea route, guarding the first line, Li Rubai cut off the enemy's grain route, plundered the army, two or three months, and came back for the New Year." ”

Chen Jiujing tried his best to think about the situation in his mind, but according to Chen Bazhi's words, he was more concerned about guarding the three mansions, and said: "The army is overwhelmed, if the princes of Guanxi rebel?" ”

"I will leave you enough to pack up their soldiers, and it will not be difficult to beat them up and defend them for two or three months."