Traveling through the Ming Dynasty, as soon as you open your eyes, you will die

Chapter 17 Confident
  As soon as the operation of selling and confiscating household goods started, all the maids and eunuchs were working hard to publicize the emperor's unyielding spirit, publicizing that the prince had gone to Shanhaiguan to supervise the army and resist the Manchus; publicizing that King Ding was working hard to raise military funds and prepare to fight to the death. Determination.

For a time, the royal family's reputation bottomed out and skyrocketed, and in a blink of an eye, the people of Beijing were greatly affected.

Not only the people who had fled came back, but the people in the surrounding villages also dragged their families with them and entered what they saw as a city of Beijing with iron walls and iron walls.

Another result of the sale of confiscated goods this time appeared, that is, the gold and silver recovered far exceeded the value of the tables, chairs and benches they sold.

Lu Mou, this time he is really rich.

He rushed back to the palace and inspected the construction office. Almost thousands of eunuchs and even palace maids were summoned, and each one was sweating profusely, jumping up and pressing the bars of the stamping machine.

We have no choice, no motivation, so we have to use people.

Several eunuchs and maids pressed down the lever of the stamping machine, and when they lifted it up again, a hundred shiny silver coins came out freshly.

Ask Sun Bin, the eunuch of Sanbao Bureau: "How many silver coins have been produced now?"

Sun Bin replied: "We have produced 20 yuan now. The manufacturing office is still working hard to make more stamping dies. The brothers in the East Factory are sending a steady stream of money from debt collection. Your Majesty. The money for selling the stolen goods is also arriving in a steady stream. As long as it gets dark, the old slave will absolutely guarantee the production of 50 silver dollars."

"Okay, immediately order the guards to carry the silver coins and go to the Ximen Livestock Market."

Ximen's livestock market has welcomed a big customer.

Prince Ding rushed over with a large number of royal guards, but instead of collecting and robbing, he used white silver coins to buy all the livestock from everyone.

Of course, pigs, cattle and sheep are included, and even the camels in the hands of regular customers are not spared. As long as it's meat, no matter what kind of meat it is, clean it all away. Pay with one hand and deliver the goods with the other hand. Fair business will never be in arrears.

This allowed these cattle dealers to make a lot of money, and at the same time, they also had a good impression of the royal family and the royal guards. Is this the royal guard brought out by the emperor who loves the people the most?

Protect the Ming Dynasty, and everyone will live a good life under the leadership of such an emperor and prince who loves the people.

After clearing the market, Lu Mou caught up with the animals and went straight to the Forbidden Army camp.

He wanted to fulfill his promise immediately.

The current Forbidden Army barracks has become a mess.

Because countless young men and women poured into the military camp to join the army, which made Zhang Zhiji, who was waiting for the return of King Ding in the military camp, both happy and sad.

The happy thing is that my ancestors have been soldiers for generations, and I have never seen ordinary people take the initiative to join the army. Sometimes, you have to recruit strong men, but defections and escapes often happen.

As a result, the common people voluntarily became Qiu Ba and worked for the emperor.

Worryingly, it was getting dark soon, but the prince who said he was bringing food and wine was still nowhere to be seen. The original 60,000 to 70,000 mouths were waiting for food and drink, but as a result, there were an additional 30,000 to 40,000. If the prince doesn't come, people will starve to death, and they will eat themselves.

While he was stamping his feet anxiously, suddenly there were pigs braying and cows roaring outside the military camp, and then he saw countless livestock being driven in, and saw carts of grain being transported in. The soldiers who had been hungry for a long time, as well as the newly joined strong men, all burst into earth-shattering cheers.

Lu Mou, who looked tired, stood on the general platform and faced all the soldiers who had calmed down: "Brothers, you have been hungry for a long time, so let me ask you, do you still have the strength to kill pigs and sheep?"

The soldiers immediately raised their arms and shouted: "There is -"

Facing the young men: "Brothers, you are about to go into battle to kill the enemy, so let's practice your courage by killing cattle and sheep first." The strong men immediately pounced on the livestock.

Pieces of meat were thrown into the rusty iron pot.

Bag after bag of rice was poured into the rusty rice cooker.   The whole military camp was immediately filled with the aroma of rice and meat.

The formerly lifeless military camp was now filled with laughter, laughter, and vitality.

Another batch of silver coins arrived.

Lu Mou picked up a still warm silver dollar and announced loudly to the soldiers: "To the original soldiers, I will give you 10 silver coins each. To the new young men, I will give you 5 silver coins each." Settling down. After you have eaten and drank enough, line up and collect the silver coins, then take them home and give them to your family, and then come back to the military camp to officially report."

Cheers broke out again below.

These soldiers all had tears in their eyes when they received the heavy and substantial silver coins. Because they knew that the emperor and the prince had raised money for everyone by selling their own stolen goods. How could they not be moved and wary?

Zhang Zhiji, who thought that the Ming Dynasty had lost all its people, worriedly reminded Lu Mou: "My lord, please give them the money and let them go home and give it to their families. What will happen if they run away with the money and don't come back?"

Lu Mou smiled calmly: "This can be considered as my king testing them and identifying them. If those who are greedy for life, afraid of death, greedy for money and cherish life will not come back until they come back, what does it matter? And once those who come back must be honest, They must be those who dare to fight to the death. Only such people form an army, and if we lead them, they will be invincible."

That night, Lu Mou did not return to the palace. Instead, he stayed in the military camp and urgently discussed the reorganization of the army.

The organization of the army at this time was extremely chaotic. There were generals who were on guard, generals who were guerrillas, thousands of generals with flags, and all kinds of official titles. It was so confusing that Lu Mou was dizzy.

How can this be done? You veterans are used to it, but I'm not used to it. In order to adapt to his own needs, Lu Mou Qianggang acted arbitrarily and completely reorganized the army according to the organization of later generations, arranging military divisions, brigade, regiments, battalions and companies. This is so smooth and friendly, and so convenient.

After arranging generals and generals at all levels, we are waiting for the soldiers to return tomorrow.

But Lu Mou was also worried. After all the troubles he had gone through, if the soldiers who returned home really took the money and ran away, they would be in trouble.

However, the military morale boosted by yesterday's sale of confiscated goods worked.

Just at daybreak, groups of soldiers returned to the military camp.

And behind these soldiers are their families. They repeatedly told their children that the emperor is so strong and the prince loves the people so much, how can we still be afraid of death? You must go to the battlefield and fight to the death to protect the Ming Dynasty and be loyal to the Emperor.

Finally, the people arrived, and after a brief count, there were actually one hundred thousand people, and each of them had changed their appearance and was full of energy.

Lu Mou immediately adapted it.

The entire army is organized into three corps and one independent division.

Each army has 30,000 men under its command, and every 10,000 men is divided into one division. Each division has three brigades under its command, and so on.

Zhang Zhiji was of course appointed as the commander-in-chief of the three armies, also called the commander.

Lu Mou considered himself the supervisor of the army, that is, the political commissar.

In the Chinese army, political commissars have greater real power than chief officers. Lu Jian will never give up on this point.

At this critical moment of success or failure, seizing the barrel of the gun and seizing the morale of the military is the key to turning defeat into victory.

Now, Lu Mou finally no longer worried, because he had such an army in his hands, and he was full of confidence to reborn the Ming Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)