"As long as we complete this transaction, we can do it on a small scale in the next transaction."

"Besides, the imperial court's attention is now focused on how to attack the two provinces of Shanxi and Shaanxi, and it will definitely not pay attention to what our local garrison usually does......

"Last thought, we are all people who have seen the Haw Par Army, do you think that with the combat effectiveness of those old soldiers in the Beijing camp, it may be the opponent of the Haw Par Army...... Therefore, this confrontation between the Haw Par Army and the imperial court will definitely not end in a short time. ”

"As long as this battle is not over, the price offered by the Haw Par Army is right...... We have to hold the idea of not being offended at both ends, and do whatever we have to do...... After all, we're just a local garrison that neither side values much. ”

At this time, even a few people who were still hesitant just now also expressed their agreement to continue trading with the Haw Par Army.

Since all his subordinates support him, the last bit of worry in his heart is gone.

After glancing at the 20,000 lights in front of him, it was as if he saw a large number of subordinates with a lot of silver. Mr. Qian affirmed in a firm tone: "Since this is the case, then we will be people in the same boat from now on...... Share the blessings and hardships, and earn money from the hands of the Haw Par Army together......"

"As for the final transaction price between us and the Haw Par Army, I will continue to negotiate with the Haw Par Army and strive to raise it to one or two silver for every two immigrants."

After more than half a year, nearly a year of development and accumulation, plus two raids by the Mongols, the treasury of the Shanxi Governor's Mansion has stored mountains of silver.

So. Even if the other party raises the price to one or two pieces of silver per person. The Haw Par Army will not hesitate to agree.

Because. In Wei Zheng's eyes, as long as these immigrants arrive in Shaanxi, as long as it takes a year, they can create a value for themselves that is far higher than one or two pieces of silver. Overall, this kind of trade is definitely a sure deal for the Haw Par Army.

In this way, although the imperial court issued a holy decree that the Haw Par Army was a rebel army and stopped immigrating to Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces. But. Under the temptation of the huge interests of the two immigrants and one tael of silver, several local garrisons in Shandong, which specially sent immigrants to Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, without exception, all signed agreements with the Haw Par Army to continue to secretly send immigrants to Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces......

The Governor's Mansion of Shanxi, because the holy decree issued by the imperial court has begun to spread among the people, in order to avoid accidents, the entire Governor's Mansion directly entered a state of martial law.

However, in the lobby of the Governor's Palace, which was a lot of tension, the face of Zhou Shuyuan, a military advisor who was reporting the situation to Wei Zheng. The calm facial expression did not suffer in any way because of this.

Because. The stability of the Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, at least so far, has not been undermined by the decision of the imperial court.

Under Wei Zheng's gaze, he said with a smile on his face: "Dashuai, the situation of immigration is really not beyond our expectations. ”

"As long as we give up the money, those garrison officers who only think about making money will forget their own identity, forget the laws and disciplines of the imperial court, and even disobey the holy decree of the imperial court and continue to emigrate to Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces."

"According to the latest statistics, under the influence of the imperial decree, the speed of immigration from Shandong to Shanxi Province has slowed down a lot. However, it is still possible to maintain a ...... of 100,000 people per month."

"With the 300,000 immigrants who have already entered Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, it will only take one year for the number of immigrants to enter Shaanxi to exceed 1.5 million...... To meet the needs of Shaanxi Province. ”

Hearing this, the Yan expression on Wei Zheng's face was replaced by a smile.

Facing Zhou Shuyuan, he sighed: "Now it seems that the problem of immigration is no longer to be worried. ”

"After all the calculations, what worries Ben Shuai the most is the salt field outside the two provinces......"

"Shandong patrol is already on the way to the capital, with the means of Jinyiwei and Dongchang, the secret of our salt field must not be kept. When the time comes, the salt farms that continue to provide us with sea salt will definitely bear the brunt of the attack by the official army. ”

Zhou Shuyuan nodded, directly took out the information that had been prepared a long time ago, and continued to speak.

"What the marshal said is right, the salt field must bear the brunt of the attack by the imperial court."

"This is a list that Xiaguan has already counted, in Shandong, there are three armies that can attack the salt farm, with a total strength of about 12,000 people. Therefore, in order to keep the salt works, our garrison stationed in the salt works must be prepared to meet the attack of 12,000 officers and troops. “

Wei Zheng nodded and asked, "What about the situation over there with He Guozhong?" “

"Very not optimistic...... Zhou Shuyuan did not hide it, and directly gave Wei Zheng a bad answer.

Then, under Wei Zheng's gaze, he analyzed: "In the hands of Division Commander He Guozhong, there are a total of five hundred musketeers brought over from Datong, one thousand musketeers who have completed training, and three thousand musketeers who are being trained. ”

"On the surface, He Guozhong's available troops are as many as four or five thousand, and those with combat effectiveness also have a musket regiment, but in fact this is not the case......

"Of all the problems faced by the saltworks garrison, the most important is the shortage of equipment."

"According to the plan of the new muskets and artillery to meet the Haw Par Army first, and then the local garrison. The strength of the saltworks garrison division, although it was repeatedly expanded. However, their equipment has not improved in the slightest. ”

"In addition to the five hundred muskets brought by five hundred veterans, three mortars. For the next month or two, we sent only 200 muskets and three mortars to the salt works for training. ”

"So, the current saltworks garrison is someone who is not equipped ......"

"On the other hand, there are more than 10,000 officers and soldiers, although their combat effectiveness is not very good, but they have a huge number of firearms."

"Although the performance of these firearms is not as good as ours, they can still put a lot of pressure on the garrison after they are more."

"If we hold on for a long time, with the limited equipment of the garrison division, we will definitely not be able to stop the long-term attack of the officers and troops."

Wei Zheng's brows furrowed, and he said in a deep voice: "No, not only can the salt field not be broken by the official army, but also through this battle, it is best to destroy the official army, and it is best to annihilate it all." ”

"Ben Shuai just said that as long as the imperial court sends troops, the salt field will bear the brunt of the rebel official army. If we can sue the officers and soldiers with a decisive victory, if they dare to attack us, they will be wiped out as much as the more than 10,000 people who attacked the salt farms......"

"Under such circumstances, do you think that the officers and troops who launched an attack on the two provinces of Shanxi would dare to penetrate into the territory of our two provinces of Shanxi and Shaanxi even though they lost the first battle, and it was Yan Zhan Ng?" (To be continued......)