The six infantry battalions of the Mandate of Heaven have been reorganized to 23 divisions, plus the ninth battalion to be formed, the number of soldiers has exceeded 500,000, and there are also 8 regiments of 40,000 cavalry in the first and second battalions.

The more soldiers, the stronger the strength of the Mandate of Heaven army will be, and the domination of the world by the Huaxia State is just around the corner, except for the Manchu Qing in Liaodong, Huaxia can already crush any opponent in the surrounding area.

But the more soldiers there are, the more food they need.

Li Zicheng doesn't have a headache.

More than sixty percent of the taxes of the Ming Dynasty came from the two provinces of Nanzhili and Zhejiang, mainly Jiangnan, and now the southern part of Jiangnan Province and Zhejiang Province are still the richest places.

According to Chinese law, the agricultural tax was extended to all land, and even if the poll tax was not levied, it would only exceed the tax paid in the Ming Dynasty if the agricultural tax omitted by the officials and gentry was added.

In addition, Huaxia Guokai levied industrial and commercial tax, and there was a large amount of income.

Although taxes have not yet been levied, Li Zicheng knows that there will be no difficulties in fiscal spending this year.

If you add Jiangxi, which did not have a war, and Fujian, Guangdong, which are likely to be a slight war, Huaxia's taxes are very likely to be doubled compared with the Ming Dynasty.

After surviving this year, agriculture in the north will be more stable, the economic form will improve, and it can support a large army.

In view of the fact that the Donglin Party members have always opposed the collection of industrial and commercial taxes, and if the Donglin Party members are appointed as tax officials, it is very likely that they will secretly communicate with the merchants and cause the loss of state-owned tax revenues, Li Zicheng appointed Ma Shiying's younger brother, Ruan Dacheng, the former left attendant of the military department, as the director of the Jiangnan Provincial Taxation Department, and is fully responsible for the tax collection in Jiangnan Province.

According to the original plan, after the war, the fifth battalion would be stationed in Jiangnan to guard the richest area, while the fourth battalion would begin to move south to Zhejiang and Fujian.

As long as Zuo Liangyu's troops are incorporated into China and Huguang loses military pressure in the Huguang direction, the units of the Eighth Battalion will assemble in the south and may march on Guizhou and Yunnan at any time.

After Li Zicheng issued a series of military orders, his heart was also relieved, and the Mandate of Heaven Army was moving towards the final goal of unifying China with the momentum of destroying and decaying......

Perhaps in the process of unifying China, there will also be some resistance, but no one can stop the general trend, and the mandate of heaven cannot be violated!

When marching from Xi'an to Jingshi that day, Zhou Yuji met at Yanmen Pass and Ningwu Pass, although it caused some trouble for the Mandate of Heaven Army and slowed down the pace of the Mandate of Heaven Army, but the strong and dangerous pass, as well as Zhou Yuji's determination, failed to save the Ming Dynasty in the end.

Now the southern provinces are already in a leaderless situation, they have lost their allegiance to the master, Li Zicheng believes that most people can recognize the current situation, mantis arm blocking the car, it is better to follow the trend.

Li Zicheng temporarily handed over the military conquest power to Li Ji, the commander of the fourth battalion, but he took Li Xiangjun, Zhou Qingrou, and Liu Ruyi, and after changing his disguise, he wandered around Nanjing's most prosperous Nancheng District.

Along the way, in addition to cloth and clothing, Li Zicheng saw that in the shops he passed, there were not many valuables such as grain, oil, rice and noodles, tea, daily necessities, etc., and there were even fewer novel high-end luxury goods.

Is it because the purchasing power of the people in Nanjing is not enough, or is it that the merchants have not been able to develop the goods that the people demand in time?

Nanjing is the richest area in China, even if the purchasing power of ordinary people is not enough, but there are many wealthy businessmen, if someone can open up the consumer goods that lead the times, there is no worry about no market.

In this era, if there are novelty high-end consumer goods, it is completely a seller's market!

Li Zicheng followed behind the three girls, holding his cheeks and thinking hard.

The Ming Dynasty is a closed country, especially at the end of the dynasty, all directions in the southeast, northwest and northwest have lost their vassal states, there is no normal trade with foreign countries, and the country does not pay attention to, or even reject the development of science and technology, so there is basically no industrial products, although the goods on the market are rich, daily life is not worried, but most of them are repeated sales.

The goods sold by each shop are basically the same, and excessive competition has made the profits of the merchants extremely low, and many merchants may not be able to survive without local protectionism.

In this era, how to lead the people's consumption concept?

Gadgets like chiming clocks may not be too profitable, but after it is put on the market, it is generally "moisturizing things silently", and it takes a long time to change people's living habits and consumption concepts.

Only products that change people's lifestyles can lead this era.

Li Zicheng naturally did not create WeChat and Alipay, but the emergence of bicycles and banknotes will definitely cause a sensation and change the lives of the people......

Today's bicycles, which are equivalent to heavy industry, can be both consumer goods and means of transportation, generating new value, should they be controlled in their own hands?

Li Zicheng thought for a moment, but still felt that monopoly is not conducive to technological innovation, and only competition can stimulate the innovation consciousness and enthusiasm of businessmen.

Huaxia is so big, it is difficult for a company to control a commodity, that is, long-distance transportation, which will also greatly increase the cost and reduce the competitiveness of the product.

In Li Zicheng's plan, if China wants to rise, it must develop industrially, and with the current situation of China, Jiangnan's economic strength is the first; Xining and Lanzhou have the best awareness of science and technology; The north, with Jingshi as the center, is also a force to be reckoned with because of its large population and the gathering of powerful people!

Li Zicheng accompanied the three daughters to go shopping, but at the same time, he was thinking about the future industrial sector of China, and the foundation laid by Xining and Lanzhou could not be lost; Jiangnan's sufficient capital should be fully utilized; As a latecomer, Jingshi has a large scale and influence, covering the largest population.

In the current traffic environment, the three major industrial sectors are far away from each other, and it is likely that they will develop independently.

Li Zicheng thought for a moment and decided to start with bicycles, so that the three major industrial sectors should produce at least one large-scale bicycle manufacturing factory, and it is best to have a few small factories to assist, and enter the era of free competition.

The bicycle factory in Lanzhou is best sold to local merchants, and the personnel are withdrawn to open a bicycle factory in Beijing, and Li Feng will be at the helm in the future.

Of course, in order for the bicycles to be sold, in addition to purchasing power, there must also be roads suitable for bicycles.

Xining and Lanzhou have built a relatively complete road network, and all the cities at the provincial level have been connected to cement avenues, and they have also extended to many county seats; In the Jingshi area, the short-distance cement avenue centered on the Beijing division is being vigorously built, and it will expand outward in the future, in the west, through Taiyuan and Xi'an, and the highway network of Lanzhou is docked, and in the south, the Ministry of Communications has been surveying the official road from Beijing to Nanjing, and Li Zicheng even envisions that the avenue of the Beijing division will also extend to the outside of the Guan, connecting the entire north.

Only Jiangnan is relatively lagging behind and must be planned this morning.

Jiangnan road construction is not short of funds, just lack of time.

Now the south of the Yangtze River, Nanjing, Changzhou, Suzhou, Hangzhou is the richest, basically the Taihu Lake area, if it is not for accompanying Li Xiangjun and them to go shopping, Li Zicheng really wants to open the marching map to see.

However, the technical gold content of the bicycle is not high, once it is widely available in Jiangnan, with the wisdom and wisdom of Jiangnan people, it will soon be able to imitate, which will seriously hurt the research and development enthusiasm of the business, and must be protected in the form of patents.

With a huge amount of patent production license fees, it can also stimulate the creative enthusiasm of scientific researchers.

It seems that under the Ministry of Science and Technology, a special patent department should be established, and under the science and technology departments of each province, according to the need, corresponding patent institutions can also be set up to be responsible for the preliminary examination of patented technology.

Li Xiangjun discovered Li Zicheng's abnormal condition, took advantage of the opportunity of no outsiders, quietly leaned over, and said with a smile: "What is the emperor thinking?" Sisters buy a few clothes, the emperor won't feel sorry for the silver, right? ”

Liu Ru said angrily: "Hmph, who knows what thoughts are moving......

Li Zicheng was aggrieved in his heart, Lao Tzu is the prince, is it like something dirty in the daylight? Lao Tzu is accompanying you shopping, and I am still thinking about national events!

He grinned at Liu Ru is teeth and said, "No, no, you can just look at it, buy it if you like it, don't be afraid to spend money!"

"Slave obeys!" Li Xiangjun smiled lightly, looked up and saw a jewelry store, made a face at Li Zicheng, and went in with a smile.

Zhou Qingrou hesitated for a moment, turned around and looked at Li Zicheng, saw that Li Zicheng had a faint smile on his face, and also took Liu Ruye's hand, and both entered the jewelry store.

Li Zicheng's heart hurts, how to buy a few clothes, how to enter the jewelry store? Is the price of jewellery comparable to that of clothing?

When Li Zicheng followed up, Xiao Er was recommending jewelry to the third girl, probably thinking that the third girl was extraordinary, chatting a few words, and leading the three of them to the upstairs storage room, but leaving Li Zicheng aside.

Li Zicheng sighed secretly, what kind of vision is this little two, I won't pay the silver later, look at you dryly!

Li Xiangjun and the three of them went upstairs with Xiao Er, and the villain enthusiastically took out two exquisite rectangular boxes, "These are the finale treasures of our store, and they all have a regular way, and only the three sisters like jade are suitable for these babies!"

Liu Ru smiled lightly, leaving Li Zicheng's sight, her mood seemed to be much better, she took the initiative to open the square box on the table, and saw the dazzling array of treasures, she was stunned for a while, and her eyes were fixed on the string of earrings.

Li Xiangjun smiled: "What does my sister like?" ”

Liu Ru was surprised, she is a person who knows the goods, and she knows that the price of this string of earrings is expensive, do you want Li Zicheng to pay for the silver? I'm not one of hers...... She turned her face sharply and said, "It's nothing, it's just fun to watch!"

Li Xiangjun pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "Sister doesn't have to worry, our sister is busy serving him every day, and it is also appropriate to spend him some silver," she seemed to know Liu Ruye's thoughts, and said: "Sister rest assured, the earrings are my sister's favor, and after I bought them, I found that they were not suitable for my sister, so I transferred them to my sister." He waved his hand to Xiao Eryi and asked Xiao Er to wrap the two earrings.

How could Liu Ru not know Li Xiangjun's thoughts, but the earrings are too tempting, each earring is three strings of full, round white pearls, and the lower end is a diamond-shaped water-red gemstone, the gem shines with dazzling luster, red and white, round and jade, it is really beautiful!

"Sister Xiangjun......"

Xiao Er was afraid of losing business, so he hurriedly said: "This sister, the earrings are red and white and jade, with my sister's skin and face, that is a fairy descending to earth, the villain boldly predicted, my sister wears this string of earrings, if she walks on the street, I am afraid that even the road will be blocked......"

Liu Ru smiled "poof", and Xiao Er took the opportunity to wrap the earrings.

Li Xiangjun chose a delicate golden hairpin for herself, and seeing that Zhou Qingrou didn't know the goods, perhaps because she was afraid of spending money, she picked out a sapphire chicken heart necklace for her.