Zhu Jie continued: "Qin Mufeng led three thousand elite cavalry, without artillery, they were able to kill the whole world in the hinterland of Zhili, so that the Manchurian Tartars were all soldiers; The three of you, with tens of thousands of troops, went deep into Manchuria, with guns and cannons, and now Azig has just reinforced, transferred 20,000 or 30,000 elites from Manchuria, and now Manchuria's defense is empty, there are few birdmen, if you still let people kill people, then what use do I want you to have? Whether it can be done or not, give me a satisfactory statement! ”

Cha Zhu grinned, the most annoying thing for him now is to hear others say that he is not as good as Qin Mufeng, grandma! This battle was fought by itself!

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, won't you just enter the hinterland of Manchuria? The minister agreed, if he didn't take Shengjing City, the minister would never return! ”

"Yes!"

Zhao Zhenghang on the side shouted: "The emperor can rest assured, Mu Feng can fight, but he is stronger than the three of us alone, why are we so unconvinced, if we don't win Shengjing City for the emperor, we will never come back to see you!" ”

After three months of preparation, although the current 20,000 elite troops are still new troops, the fierce spirit has been formed, and in the future, after two hearty battles, it will naturally grow into an elite division, as for the 30,000 troops in the back, even if the combat power is average, with the 20,000 troops in front, at least they will pee their pants as soon as they go to the battlefield.

The most important thing is that Zhu Jie's intention is obvious, that is, he hopes to prepare a batch of sophisticated firearms for the Beijing camp in three months, and with the current manufacturing capacity of the Firearms Bureau, not to mention anything else, it is still not a problem to produce 30 red-coated artillery; As for the flintlock musket, not to mention, three months is enough to produce 3,000 flintlock muskets, as well as shells and bullets, there will also be sufficient time to prepare for production, if the division is out now, without the help of firearms, it is almost impossible to take Shengjing City.

Of course, war is a money-burning machine, a bottomless pit, especially the production of these muskets, artillery and ammunition, it is too much money, even if the imperial court has the support of Yongxing Bank, it will continue to be consumed like this, for the imperial court, it is also a little unbearable.

Not to mention anything else, just artillery, the cost of a gun is thousands of taels of silver, not to build a cannon, it takes thousands of taels of silver, but in this era, the scrap rate of making artillery is too high, many times, artillery can not be used at all, and even ten artillery pieces can be used, only four or five, or even three or four, the Firearms Bureau can make hundreds of red-clothed artillery pieces a year, that is to say, the quality of the finished product, in fact, hundreds of finished artillery equipment, in fact, the materials consumed, It's enough to produce four or five hundred guns, there's no way, the technology is not up to par, no one can do it.

One hundred artillery, that is, 100,000 taels of silver, as for the flintlock musket, it is also not cheap, a flintlock musket, the production cost is not less than fifteen taels of silver, there is no way, the precision process, must be produced by skilled craftsmen, it consumes a lot of manpower and material resources, the price is naturally expensive, over the past year, the Firearms Bureau can produce more than 10,000 flintlock muskets, the musket also needs at least 200,000 taels of silver, these are actually small amounts, the real large number is the ammunition consumed in the war!

Ammunition consumption is the most terrifying, from the beginning of the war, until now, the Firearms Bureau has produced more than 200,000 shells, 300,000 catties of various gunpowder, 2 million rounds of ammunition, this consumption is the most terrifying, just the gunpowder and metal consumed in it, it is enough to be jaw-dropping, not to mention to produce it?

The monthly expenses of the Firearms Bureau are now rising in a straight line, from 100,000 taels of silver per month to more than 200,000 taels, and they are still rising, and the domestic production rate of copper and steel can no longer supply the consumption rate......

In addition to these, the imperial court also has to bear the salaries of hundreds of thousands of troops, grain and grass, as well as horse feed, weapons, and pensions for the casualties.

It consumes 700,000 taels a month, and if it is fought in a year, it will consume nearly 10 million taels of silver!

This kind of consumption, than the most severe situation in the previous years, is even more huge, the year's salary, side salary, Liao, together, there are not eight or nine million taels, such a huge hole to dig down, if the time is long, even if there is Yongxing Bank, it will definitely not be able to bear, after all, the people's money, is definitely not only in and out......

"Hmph, Your Majesty, how do you fight this battle, the concubines don't dare to say anything, even if you let the concubines go to Manchuria, the concubines won't have a word, but you can't always take my father-in-law as a cattle, right? The affairs of the Ministry of Taxation, the affairs of the Ministry of Households, and now even the affairs of the Ministry of War and even the affairs of the Cabinet Department are handed over to him, are you planning to knock it out and suck the marrow, and you are grinding your teeth and sucking blood? ”

Originally, it was the court's deliberations, but it was not the turn of the Red Lady to go to court, after all, he had no official position, but he was just the emperor's wife, but this time, after all, she personally caught Ma Shiying, and the credit was not small, Zhu Jie naturally also edicted the Red Lady into the Qianqing Palace.

It's okay now, the red lady feels sorry for her husband, and she starts to attack Zhu Jie directly, she can't use my father-in-law as an animal!

"Matchmaker! You're fooling around! ”

Li Yan's face darkened, wiped it, this old lady, is getting bolder and bolder, this is the court, where do you have the place to speak? Once it reaches the ears of the imperial historian, it will be acceptable!

Li Yan shouted, "Eat the king's lu, share the king's worries, the emperor treats us like siblings, we naturally have to work hard and do our best, how can we cherish ourselves too much?" ”

Zhu Jie's face was slightly red, and he said with a smile: "Okay, Brother Li Yan, my sister-in-law has picked it up, I don't dare not listen to it, okay, the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, except for Zhu Shunshui in Henan, you can deploy it, choose a few helpers for yourself, Jiang Gong is not in good health now, and it is difficult to see things; Baigu went on an expedition to Huguang again, and then he had to march into Shaanxi, and in a year and a half, he could not count on it; Hou Sui has just been martyred, but there are not many people available in this cabinet, if you don't add a few people to come in, just train your brother, is it a long-term solution? For the specific affairs of the Ministry of War, for the time being, the investigation will continue to be the agency; You can choose the candidates for the Shangshu of the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Taxation, and in the future, you can take charge of the overall situation of the government and government, and there is no need to do everything yourself......"

"Yes, thank you for the emperor's grace......"

(End of chapter)