As long as you are strong enough, the soldiers will be proud of you, and they will naturally be willing to obey your command. At this moment, Chen Jisheng has obviously reached this height in the Dongjiang Army.

Mao Wenlong handed over the affairs of the whole army to him, and no one in the army had any opinions, and Xu Fuzuo was directly promoted to deputy general by Mao Wenlong because of his same contribution this time, which was only half a step worse than Chen Jisheng.

After the matter of the whole army was thrown out, Mao Wenlong began to pay attention to Anton Wei's Japanese affairs. He has already ordered the three brothers of the Lijia family to attack, and whether he can beat those Japanese robbers this time is a very intuitive proof.

The victory will be greatly encouraging, and Mao Wenlong's maritime trade route will be able to unfold with the trend, and he may also be able to unexpectedly gain a lot of support.

If it is temporarily calm today, it is a good time for Mao Wenlong to concentrate on development. After two rounds of rapid sprints, he also needs to stop the pace of expansion again at this moment, first stabilize the territory he occupies, and then seek development.

A few days later, Chen Jisheng's army development was very smooth, and the original 300,000 soldiers and horses also took the opportunity to expand to 500,000, which is half of the current population of the people under Mao Wenlong's rule.

This is the maximum number of soldiers and horses that Mao Wenlong can afford at present after discussion, and if it goes any further, he will have to wait to expand his territory again.

At this moment, Mao Wenlong was discussing military affairs with the generals in the council hall, when there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside, and then a roar of the elder rang out: "Report the ......"

When the generals and Mao Wenlong heard the voice, they all looked at the door, only to see a herald coming in a hurry, and as soon as he entered the hall, he immediately knelt down and said: "Chief soldier, good news has come from Yunzhou, Anton Wei's navy has defeated the Japanese who came to attack, and captured thirty enemy troops and four small warships. Our army suffered no casualties and won a complete victory. ”

"Hahaha...... The three brothers of the Lijia family never disappointed me! Mao Wenlong immediately burst out laughing.

Chen Jisheng was also full of smiles, and he congratulated: "The general army can develop the sea trade route with peace of mind from now on, as long as the trade is opened, the daily income will not be far away." ”

Behind Chen Jisheng, many of the generals present also got up to congratulate him, and Mao Wenlong accepted all the orders, and the smile on his face continued to expand.

After some happiness, Mao Wenlong asked the herald to send a message to the three brothers of the Lijia family, informing them that they would have a heavy reward in the future, and then sent the herald down.

After calming down, Mao Wenlong looked at Chen Jisheng with a smile and said, "Jisheng! You see, this navy still seems to be successful, and as you just said, we are not far from making money every day. For this reason, I hope that in the future, you can reduce your military spending and save some money for building up the navy. ”

Chen Jisheng was still smiling just now, but even if he collapsed, it was related to his vital interests, so it would be different.

He exchanged glances with the generals, and then with the encouragement of the generals, he smiled with a bitter face: "Chief soldier, you see that our army is currently the main force, and it is the main force guarding the security of Henan and Shaanxi. And just now the army has been reorganized, and it has been expanded to 500,000 soldiers and horses, if under this premise, the military budget in the army is reduced, don't you think this will hit the ambition of the officers and men in the army? ”

Mao Wenlong didn't listen to Chen Jisheng's complaints, and he had already made a lot of concessions for the sake of military spending. It can be said that for the sake of this army expansion and expansion, he saved almost all other expenditures and transferred all of them to the expansion of the army.

Now there is nothing to save elsewhere, and even if it can be saved, it will not help to expand the navy. So this time we have to deduct military spending from Chen Jisheng, and there is no other way.

"You kid don't have to complain, as long as there is no war in the army for the time being, you won't need so much military spending at all, so you have to give up the profits no matter what this time. Also, do you want to decide how much to give up for yourself, or do you want me to think about it myself. Mao Wenlong's tone was full of threat.

Chen Jisheng was completely out of action now, he knew that Mao Wenlong didn't mean to joke.

After asking Mao Wenlong for instructions, he began to discuss with the generals in a low voice, and the sound of discussion began to sound constantly in the lobby. And Mao Wenlong didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, and he looked like he was holding a pearl of wisdom.

Hong Chengchou glanced at him and asked in a low voice, "You are so confident, are you so sure?" ”

Mao Wenlong chuckled: "We'll see the results later." ”

didn't get Mao Wenlong's answer, Hong Chengchou also gave up, anyway, he would be able to know the final answer after a while.

At this time, Chen Jisheng had already finished discussing with the generals, and he hugged his fists and said: "General soldier, our military spending is indeed tight at present, but the establishment of a navy is actually a matter in our army, and we can't ignore it." ”

Mao Wenlong laughed and said: "You know that the navy is also a member of the army, so no matter how much you toss, it is also a matter in your army, and now you don't have the feeling of cutting meat!" ”

Chen Jisheng laughed dryly, indeed, he didn't expect that the navy was actually in the system of the Dongjiang Army at first. Now that this point is clear, he naturally has nothing to complain about, in the final analysis, it is still a matter in the army, and of course the military budget or something must be deducted from the military budget.

"Chief soldier, we understand, so we will do our best to meet the problem of naval military spending, please rest assured!" Chen Jisheng assured Mao Wenlong in person.

Mao Wenlong nodded with satisfaction, and then asked Chen Jisheng and them to go down immediately to arrange, the construction of the navy is urgent.

After everyone left one after another, Mao Wenlong looked at Hong Chengchou with a smile: "How is it?" Got it now? ”

Hong Chengchou nodded and smiled: "I understand, in this way, the people in the army really have nothing to say." ”

Hong Chengchou also suddenly woke up after the fact that the navy was not excluded from the Dongjiang Army, they still belonged to the Dongjiang Army, so it was natural that military expenses needed to be deducted from the Dongjiang Army.

The exciting news on Mao Wenlong's side came one after another, but the imperial court was once again in distress, and after two months of calm, Jiayuguan once again ushered in the army of Huang Taiji.

"Damn Huang Taiji, always make me uneasy, this time I will defeat him once, for my Ming to boost the morale of the army. Immediately summoned Lu Xiangsheng to come, and I wanted to discuss with him how to deal with Houjin. Chongzhen's deep voice echoed in the Wenhua Palace.

Wu Chengen didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly retired to arrange for people to invite Lu Xiangsheng to see Chongzhen.