You must know that now the imperial court in western Liaoning has trained 20 new battalions of recruits, plus the original garrison has exceeded 100,000 people, there are still a large number of civil and military officials and hundreds of thousands of refugees to be resettled, and it is necessary to repair Ningyuan to the Shanhaiguan Forts, so many things have been done, and the monthly expenses are only more than 300,000 taels. In addition to the Liaozhen military salary has not been in arrears, these military towns in the west are in arrears, Datong Town has not been paid for three months, those border soldiers who rely on military pay to eat have almost run out of food and clothing, and they don't know yet, this situation is just the beginning, to Chongzhen even more than half a year has not been paid, the border soldiers can only sell their wives and children, and they can't bear to revolt with the peasant army, become the main force in the righteous army, and finally bury the dynasty they once defended. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

At this time, whether it is a person in the military department, or a person in the original business bank, or a person in the original chamber of commerce, or a pure Heyusheng military talent, he faintly understands why Zhang Han can make such a big career and the imperial court can't, just the current expenses are absolutely unaffordable for the imperial court, because people understand that the current expenses are just the beginning, and there will be a war against the northern captives in the future, and it is impossible to digest what is swallowed without completely subduing the Tartars, and go down to recruit new troops, train soldiers, equip weapons, armor, and war horses, There are also daily military salaries, training, war expenses, building military forts, a large number of garrison soldiers, as well as a large number of firearms, and cooperating people, etc., after half a year, the expenses in the north may have doubled.

plus the south, this north and south, are considered two nooses, and Tian Jitang is almost out of breath, and his expression is certainly not much better.

"My lord, the ice has melted."

Zhang Shixiong rode his horse in front, reached the high embankment first, and shouted loudly behind him.

Seeing the East and West Rivers being dug and filled into the North and South Rivers, Zhang Shixiong's expression was also very complicated.

Not far behind his right hand side is a large area of the workshop, in front of him was originally an east-west river, in the first time Su Nang and Bu Nang led the Beiyu army to Lizhuang, intending to plunder, the river and the complex terrain made the Beilu cavalry advance and retreat, and finally fled in defeat.

It was a famous battle, and it was also a decisive victory that made He Yusheng completely enter the field of vision of all classes in Datong, after that, He Yusheng gradually changed from the identity of a chess piece to a chess player, and finally Zhang Han fell into the layout, until now it has stirred up the situation of all parties, and even in the steppe has been a powerful force that determines the life and death of the Mongolian tribes such as Tumut.

Zhang Shixiong was still studying in Xinping Fort when the war began, and Li Gui, Xia Xiping, Ma Wu and others were together, and later he and Ma Wu and others left early, and then entered the military academy after becoming a soldier, and then became an officer.

At that time, Xinping Fort was besieged, but the hearts of the people in the fort were very stable, Zhang Shixiong and others were thinking about the safety of Li Zhuang and the main force of the Mongolian cavalry to the south, and then the news of the big victory came, Xinping Fort was boiling, Zhang Shixiong and others were more excited, after arriving at Li Zhuang, the first thing was to see the battlefield of the day, and now when they rode to this place, the traces of the old days have disappeared without a trace.

Instead of the north and south canals, this is an unusually grand project, said to be a canal, much wider than the general river, in the design of water conservancy projects there are many water storage and flow rate adjustment projects, even in the dry season at this time, the water level is much lower than usual, with the naked eye can also see that the flow rate of the canal water is very fast.

After Zhang Han and the others arrived, one of the attendants threw a piece of wood into the channel, and in front of everyone's eyes, the piece of wood flowed quickly into the distance until it reached the forked channel.

Zhang Han praised and praised: "Very good, very good." ”

Zhang Han was very satisfied, the canal was eleven miles long, a tributary of the Sanggan River, and the river was fast enough to drive enough waterwheels and more water-powered machines.

Guiding the branch canal from the main canal is the next step of the project, the small river that Li Zhuang originally relied on has been far from enough to drive a lot of machinery, there are many hydraulic machines, there are many diversion canals and water wheels, the water flow is not enough, the flow rate is not fast, and the development of each workshop in Li Zhuang has been shackled, and so on the north and south canals and drainage projects are perfected, each workshop will benefit greatly.

Everyone present nodded, and Li Shenming said with emotion: "This is really manpower and even Shengtian!" ”

Zhang Han laughed and said, "Brother Zunlu's tone is too big, we are still ants in the sky." ”

"Not really." Li Shenming said: "People have a soul, and we have always fought for our lives with the sky, and today's canal is a clear proof." God doesn't give food to eat, we will build this canal out, Wen Lan, don't say how many machines this canal can drive, I don't pay attention, I, like Li Erjie and Kong Zhizhi, pay more attention to how many acres of fields can be nourished and watered by this canal, and grain is always the most important! ”

Listening to Li Shenming's words, Zhang Han was stunned at first, then smiled and nodded, feeling very relieved in his heart.

And he stood again at the head of the canal, and watched for a long time.

When Zhang Han looked at him, everyone present looked at him with admiration and even awe, even Li Shenming and Zhang Han's father-in-law Chang Jinyou, who was a little in awe.

Although it is thousands of miles different from those famous water conservancy projects in later generations, even if it is far worse than the ancient state-level water conservancy projects, but looking at Datong and even Shanxi, this is the only thing that can mobilize tens of thousands of people, spend hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and spend several months to build this trunk canal. Jin merchants are the best at accumulating wealth, but there are few returns to the township, with money to build a large courtyard, repair the cellar to store silver, because of the mountains and few fields, lack of acres and near the water of good land, a large number of Shanxi people can only give up the land to become merchants, this was originally a good thing with an enterprising spirit, but compared to what Zhang Han did at this time, it is far worse.

Zhang Han himself didn't care, his experience could not have been reduced to the level of an ordinary businessman, but in the eyes of outsiders, whether it was the workshop in Lizhuang, the iron yard in Lingqiu, the carriage that traveled through various places, and the magnificent canal in front of him. These things are all extraordinary things, and they confirm the rumors that many people have circulated that Zhang Han is the so-called "real dragon".

There may be credit to the propaganda department of the Military Intelligence Department, but compared with propaganda, the real things in front of you will arouse many people's associations.

Zhang Han himself would not associate it in that direction, but he had enough pride and pride in his heart.

In any case, even if a hundred years later, even if he and everything disappear, the canal in front of him will definitely be there, and there will be various branch canals that stretch for dozens of miles, and more than one million acres of land will be watered.

"Alright." Zhang Han put away his complicated emotions and smiled at everyone: "Let's go to the mint, Sun Chuyang is afraid that he will be in a hurry." ”

Sun Yuanhua had been waiting for the mint bureau on the west side of the North and South Canals for a long time, and he was surrounded by Wang Debang, Li Changnian and other bigwigs in various workshops, Sun Yuanhua was much more polite to these craftsmen than Zhang Han, and he saw him dancing and talking to these masters from a distance, and his face was very pleasant.

Wang Debang and others are not the lowest craftsmen of the year, they have followed Zhang Han for the longest time, from the forty-fifth year of Wanli to the present, everyone has been forced by Zhang Han to learn and progress, the conditions on the factory side are good, not afraid of consumption, as long as the experiment is useful, no matter how much it costs, it is not hesitant.

Whether it is Wang Debang's improvement of the firearm, or Yang Hegao, Li Changnian and others trial production of carriages, chain mail, and armor, as long as it is really needed, the silver is set down, plus it has been hired from all over the world to supplement the technical strength of the Jingshi and other places, and forced Wang Debang and others to read and write, such as the famous books of the dynasty These craftsman leaders must be studied, after so many years, when it comes to real skills, Wang Debang and others may still be inferior to Sun Yuanhua in theory, but at the level of practical operation, Sun Yuanhua must be far worse again.

Zhang Han also likes the scene in front of him, these technicians are typical science and engineering nerds, without too much red tape, speaking concisely, not like inspecting elsewhere, always wasting time on meaningless things.

"I've seen adults."

When Wang Debang, Li Changnian and the others saw Zhang Han coming, they all just hugged their fists, but they just showed sincere smiles on their faces.

After getting along for a long time, everyone fully understands Zhang Han's temperament, and there is no longer unnecessary redundant etiquette.

Zhang Han smiled and said to everyone: "Everyone has worked hard. ”

Sun Yuanhua snorted and said, "Since Lord Zhang knows, he should come earlier." ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, they knew that this person surnamed Sun was very unpolite, a little pedantic and stupid, but they didn't expect to be so rude.

Zhang Han didn't care, and said with a smile: "Brother Chuyang is still so temperamental, okay, the silver coin has been minted?" ”

"Exactly."

Sun Yuanhua's expression was also a little proud, but he turned his head to look at the masters around him, and said to Zhang Han: "The various workshops in Li Zhuang have also helped a lot, everyone has worked hard, not the work of Sun alone. ”

The principle of the machine is the same as that of the rolling mill, but the details are different, the process is quite simple after a few hundred years, and even what pattern is used on the coin is very arbitrary, and at this time, including European countries, it takes a lot of effort to mint coins, and in the pattern, silver edge, and weight, it is necessary to go through a lot of processes and carry out strict management.

The machines in the shed were also divided into several minutes, and Sun Yuanhua began to demonstrate to Zhang Han.

First, the silver ingot or silver block is melted and pressed into a thin and fixed silver plate, and then cut into a long strip of fixed width, and then the silver edge bar is sent to the machine for grinding, after qualifying, the silver edge bar is punched into a round silver coin with a punch, and the edge is embossed at the same time, and then the silver coin is almost formed, and then it is as Zhang Han saw, a table is opened, and the silver coin is placed on it, and the impurity burr is removed by the hand grinding of the worker, and the silver coin is finally made.