Linqing City.

The Linqing Yingyi Branch, which used to produce gold bricks, changed careers more than ten years ago. Originally, the people of Zhangjiayao, Baita Kiln, Kawakuma Zhangzhuang and Hanging Horse Bridge and other kilns had to go to Linqing to do coolies and work hard to eat a full meal because they had no work to do and no source of income.

But now, everything has changed.

Zhu Cihong's orders were thrown over in an uproar, as if he didn't want money, and he placed a large order for a total of 6.9 million red bricks, blue bricks, various masonry and other building materials.

For this reason, the kilns everywhere are booming. Even, in September, kilns everywhere also opened high prices to Linqing to rush to recruit people.

You know, this world is an end time. Everywhere there are unemployed homeless people, groups of bandits and bandits in the mountain nests. Therefore, in such a prosperous place as Linqing, I don't know how many people who are poor and have no place to stand are difficult to find a coolie.

But after the opening of thirty-seven kilns, and the opening of nineteen kilns, the coolies in Linqing City were a bit like a fragrant glutton, and the labor money had risen by seventy percent, and they could not keep these untouchables.

And the reason for all this is because of a big expansion of the city.

This handwriting began after Zhu Cihong won the Kaifeng War. When the time slipped to December of the fifteenth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, when the Qing army began to march towards Linqing, the Linqing New Town, which had gathered tens of thousands of people for intensive construction, had gradually come to an end, showing a brand-new Linqing New City.

In this new city, the old government system no longer has a voice.

Instead, Yan Wei was appointed by Zhu Cihong as the mayor of Linqing New Town.

Ordinary officials may seem to have the same mayors as the officials who managed the bazaars in the Han and Tang dynasties, but in reality, Yan Wei had more official authority than the mayors of the Han and Tang dynasties.

In Zhu Cihong's planning, Yan Wei is the chief executive of a place. It has broad administrative powers, not just the management of the bazaar. This is also part of Zhu Cihong's new world.

There is no doubt that with the establishment of hospitals, schools, public security offices, and other departments, and with the knowledge of the sewers, roads, squares, and even the walls that are far stronger than Linqing City, the entire high-end residential area of Linqing City has changed in just one month.

Zhu Cihong recovered a huge sum of 330,000 taels just by selling the high-end residences in the new city, while the total cost of Zhu Cihong to build Linqing New City was only 1.03 million taels. This is achieved when neither the commercial property nor the workshop has been sold.

At the moment, if you want to continue to sell real estate, it is obviously impossible to do it for the time being.

Because the news of the Manchu army's march towards Linqing has already arrived.

The gates of the four cities of Linqing are only open for one hour a day, and perhaps the only one that is not affected is the Water Gate. This watergate, which was originally inefficient, has greatly increased its efficiency after the reform of the tax division, and these days, the tax division has been exempted from taxation in and out. The premise was to sell all kinds of military supplies that were urgently needed in the city: pig iron, knives and guns, armor, lead, sulfur saltpeter, and most importantly, food. According to the statistics of the people in the city, 600,000 stone of grain has been imported into the city in the past two months. This measure made all kinds of grain merchants in the city complain.

These grain merchants, who had seen Zhu Cihong's strength in Kaifeng, were afraid that Zhu Cihong would have another grain stamp, and they would wipe out the profiteers who had planned to push up the price of grain. So they ran to Zhu Cihong, hoping to maintain the price of two taels and one stone rice in the city.

This price is said to be twice as high as that of grain-producing places such as Huguang. But if you think that half a year ago, when Zhu Cihong was in charge of Linqing, he suppressed the price of grain before it slowly fell from four taels and one stone to two or three dollars and one stone, and this price can be regarded as fair.

In this regard, when Zhu Cihong agreed with a smile, he waved his hand again and filled a lot of military warehouses in the city.

Now. Zhu Cihong stood in front of the water gate, looking at the last batch of military fleets that entered Linqing City. said to Yang Wenyue on the side: "All the legions have already arrived, right?" ”

"Returning to Your Highness. The whole army has been assembled in Linqing, and this Linqing new city is really atmospheric! It is worthy of Linqing, where the economy has not withered, with the help of 37 large and small brick kilns, this Linqing New City was built so easily. Yang Wenyue sighed again and again: "My subordinates are still worried that if Linqing New City is built too small, how to put the whole army of soldiers and horses into a whole legion." ”

A fully functioning city. Of course, it can't be said that just building a row of houses for people to live in is done. In particular, when a legion is stationed, it is necessary not only to consider accommodation, but also to have a place for training and martial arts, and a place for horses to be placed. If there are too many people, ordinary towns will not be able to live in them if they are empty.

"After all, it's only half the city. The matter of encircling one more circle and then building a ring of city walls is not very practical. Moreover, the monthly expenditure of 170,000 taels has supported a total of 60,000 people to work, and if this new city cannot be built, Yan Wei's head will not be kept. Seeing this, Zhu Cihong turned around with a smile and looked at the big school field in the city, his eyes were deep.

Here, all of Zhu Cihong's hole cards are there.

None of the three main battle battalions of the Daming Royal Guards Regiment remained, and all of them were pulled over. The main force that remained in Kaifeng to defend the city was actually the Daobiao battalion led by Wang Xie of Xiangfu Zhixian County.

If there is a random thief again, I am afraid that Kaifeng will be beaten down.

OK...... Henan has been pacified. It is Liaodong, the most cruel, fierce, and dangerous enemy...... Jianzhou Jurchen!

And Zhu Cihong pulled the whole army to Linqing and prepared to fight.

In the middle of the entire school field are the cavalry battalion of Liu Zhen's department, the artillery chariot battalion of Liu Quan's department, and the baggage battalion of Xu Hong's department. In front of them was the Guards Regiment under Liu Zhucihong.

In addition to the Flying Bear Battalion of Xu Yanqi's Division, which is still holding out in Dezhou, the Guards Battalion of Ningwei's Division, the Fourth Infantry Battalion of Chen De's Division, the Fifth Infantry Battalion of Huzichen's Division, and the Sixth Infantry Battalion of Hongniangzi's Division.

The first regiment led by Lang General Hu Dawei was on the left, and the Tiger Battalion under his command Liu Sheng, the captain of the Tiger Colonel, was in high spirits and high morale. In addition, the third infantry battalion of the infantry captain Qi Xiansuo's department was also in place, and the seventh battalion of the infantry department was commanded by the fierce tiger who was recommended by Hu Dawei to be an infantry captain.

The Second Regiment commanded by Chen Yongfu, the former Henan commander-in-chief, was on the right, and under his command were the Second Infantry Battalion under the command of Infantry Captain Shi Zhanbang, the Eighth Infantry Battalion under Zhang Dechang's command, and Liu Shijie, who was recommended by Chen Yongfu as the infantry captain of the Ninth Infantry Battalion. (To be continued.) )

PS: Fortification speed...... Ahem, let's get over it