You should know that the court in western Liaoning has trained 20 new recruits, plus the original garrison of the horse has exceeded 100,000, and a large number of civil and military officials and hundreds of thousands of refugees to be resettled. It also needs to be repaired to Ningyuan to Shanhaiguan Forts. After so many things, the monthly expenses are only more than 300,000 taels. Even so, the court has spent a lot of effort to increase the income from commercial taxes and tariffs, and to increase Liao pay, and to increase the source of income, so that the military pay in Dongjiang Town cannot be reimbursed.

In the nine border towns, except for Liao Town, the military pay has not been owed, these military towns in the west have been owed military pay. Datong Town has not been paid for three months. The border soldiers who rely on military pay for food are almost out of food and clothing. They still don’t know that this situation is just the beginning. In the Chongzhen period, there was even more than half a year that the border soldiers had no salary. The border soldiers could only sell their wives and children. They couldn’t bear it and revolted together with the peasant army, becoming the main force of the rebel army, and eventually ruined the dynasty they had once defended.&;

At this time, whether it was a military officer, an original businessman, an original chamber of commerce, or a purely Heyusheng army, he vaguely understood why Zhang Han could do such a big career but the court was not able to do it. The current expenses were absolutely unaffordable, because people all understood that the expenses were only the beginning, and there was still war against the Northern Barbarians. It was impossible to digest the swallowed ones without completely subduing the Tartars. Going down, recruiting new troops, training, equipment and weapons, armor, war horses, daily military pay, training, and expenses during wars, building military forts, a large number of garrison soldiers, a large number of firearms, and cooperative civilians. After half a year, the expenses in the north may double.

In addition to the south, the north and south, there are two nooses, which makes Tian Jitang almost breathless, so of course his expression is not much better.

"Sir, it's gone ice."

Zhang Shixiong rode his horse in front, arrived on the high dike first, and shouted loudly behind him.

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

Not far behind his right hand was a large workshop area. There was originally an east-west river in front of him. When Su Nang and Bu Nang led the Beilu army to Lizhuang for the first time, they wanted to plunder, the river and complex terrain made the Beilu cavalry at a loss and eventually fled.

It was a famous war and a decisive victory that completely made He Yusheng enter the vision of all classes in Datong. After that, He Yusheng gradually changed from being a chess piece to a chess player. In the end, Zhang Han made a plan, and until now he stirred up the situation in all parties, and even on the grassland, he was a powerful force that determined the life and death of various Mongolian tribes such as Tumot.

When the war started, Zhang Shixiong was still in Xinpingbao, and was with Li Gui, Xia Xiping, Ma Wu and others. Later, he and Ma Wu and others left first, and after joining the army, he entered the military academy and became an officer. Although it was only two or three years, his own feeling was that a long time had passed.

At that time, Xinping Fort was surrounded, but the hearts of the people in the fort were very stable. Zhang Shixiong and others were thinking about the safety of Lizhuang and the main force of the Mongolian cavalry going south. Later, the news of the victory came, and Xinping Fort was boiling. Zhang Shixiong and others were even more excited. After arriving in Lizhuang, the first thing they did was to see the battlefield that day. As a result, when they rode their horses to this place, the traces of the past had disappeared without a trace.

The North and South Canals were replaced, which is an extremely magnificent project. It is called a canal, which is much wider than ordinary rivers. There are many projects for storing and regulating flow in the design of water conservancy projects. Even in the dry season, the water level is much lower than usual, the water level can be seen with the naked eye that the water flows very fast.

After Zhang Han and others arrived, a servant threw a wooden piece into the channel. In front of everyone, the wooden piece flew into the distance until it reached the forked channel.

Zhang Han praised him very much, saying, "It's very good, very good."

Zhang Han felt very satisfied. The canal was eleven miles long and was a tributary directed from the Sanggan River. The river flowed very quickly, enough to drive enough water trucks and more machines that rely on water.

The guided branch canal from the main canal is the next project. The small river that Lizhuang originally relies on is far from enough to drive many machinery. There are many hydraulic machines, and there are also many water diversion channels and water trucks. The insufficient water flow is not enough and the flow is not fast, which has already constrained the exhibition of various workshops in Lizhuang. When the north and south canals and diversion projects are improved, all workshops will benefit greatly.

Everyone present nodded, and Li Shenming said with great emotion: "This is really human power and even the victory of nature!"

Zhang Han laughed and said, "Brother Zunlu's tone is too loud. We are still ants under the sky."

"Otherwise." Li Shenming said seriously: "Man has a spirit, and we have always fought with the heaven for life. Today, this canal is a clear proof. If God doesn't give him food, we will build this canal. Wenlan, don't say how many machines this canal can drive, I don't pay attention to it. Like Li Ergui and Kong Zhizhi, I value more importantly how many acres of land this canal can nourish and irrigate, and grain is always the most important thing!"

After hearing Li Shenming's words, Zhang Han was stunned at first, then smiled and nodded, feeling very relieved.

He stood at the canal again and watched for a long time.

When Zhang Hanling was watching the wind, everyone present looked at him with admiration and even awe. Even Li Shenming and Zhang Han’s true father-in-law Chang Jinyou were all a little awe in their eyes.

As Li Shenming said, this is a clear proof of human power fighting against God. Although it is thousands of miles away from the famous water conservancy projects in later generations, even if it is far inferior to the ancient national water conservancy projects, looking at Datong and even Shanxi, in the past century, tens of thousands of manpower could be mobilized, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver were spent, and this canal was built for several months. Shanxi merchants were the best at accumulating wealth, but few people who returned the villages. When they had money, they built large courtyards and built cellars to store silver. Because there were many mountains and few fields, there were a lack of land and water-related fertile fields, a large number of Shanxi people could only give up land and become merchants. This was originally a good thing with enterprising spirit, but compared to what Zhang Han did at this time, it was far worse.

It doesn't matter to Zhang Han himself. His experience could not have been reduced to the level of ordinary businessmen. However, in the eyes of outsiders, whether it is the factory in Lizhuang, the iron farm in Lingqiu, the carriages traveling everywhere, and the magnificent canal in front of him. These things are extraordinary things, and they also confirm the rumors that Zhang Han is the so-called "true dragon" that many people circulate.

There may be contributions from the propaganda department of the Military Intelligence Department, but compared to publicity, the real thing in front of you will attract many people's associations.

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

No matter what, even if a hundred years later, even if he and everything disappear, the channel in front of him must be there, and there are branches and canals that stretch for dozens of miles, and more than one million acres of land have been watered. From this point of view alone, it will be worth the vain of this life.

"Okay." Zhang Han put away his complicated emotions and smiled at everyone, "We'll go to the Mint, Sun Chuyang is afraid of being anxious."

Sun Yuanhua had been waiting for the Mint west of the North and South Canal. He was surrounded by big bosses from various workshops such as Wang Debang Li Changnian. Sun Yuanhua was much more polite to these craftsmen than Zhang Han. He saw him dancing to these craftsmen from afar, and his expression was very pleasant.

Wang Debang and others were not the lowest craftsmen of that year. They followed Zhang Han for the longest time and have been following him since the 45th year of Wanli. Everyone was forced to learn and make progress by Zhang Han. The conditions on the factory were good, so they were not afraid of spending. As long as the experiment was useful, no matter how much they spent, they would be willing to spend.

Whether it is Wang Debang's improvement of muskets, or Yang Hegao and Li Changnian and others who try to make carriages, mails, and armor, as long as it is necessary, the money will be transferred. In addition, craftsmen from all over the world have been hiring craftsmen from all over the country to supplement their technical strength, and forced Wang Debang and others to read books. These craftsmen and leaders must study them. Over the years, when it comes to real skills, Wang Debang and others may still be inferior to Sun Yuanhua in theory, but in terms of actual operation, Sun Yuanhua must be far behind.

Zhang Han likes the scene in front of him. These technicians are typical science and engineering nerds. They don’t have too much red tape and speak concisely. They don’t feel like they are inspecting elsewhere. They always waste time on unnecessary things.

"I've seen an adult."

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

After spending time together for a long time, everyone fully understands Zhang Han's temperament and no longer has unnecessary unnecessary etiquette.

Zhang Han smiled and said to everyone: "Thank you for your hard work, everyone."

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

Everyone was shocked when they heard this. They had known that the Sun had been very rude and a little pedantic. They didn't expect that they were so rude.

Zhang Han didn't care and smiled and said, "Brother Chuyang is still as tough as this. OK, has the silver coins been minted?"

“That’s right.”

Sun Yuanhua also looked a little proud, but turned to look at the masters around him and said to Zhang Han: "The various workshops in Lizhuang have also helped a lot. Everyone is dedicated to their efforts, and it is not Sun's contribution."

From the selection of the site before the New Year, I first set up a shed to try to make coin minting machines. The principle of coin minting is the same as that of the rolling mill, but the details are different. Using hydraulic power to drive the machine to press, the process is quite simple after hundreds of years. It is even a casual matter to use any pattern on the coin. At this time, including European countries, it takes a lot of effort to mint coins. In terms of patterns, silver edges, and weight, it is necessary to go through many processes and strictly manage them.

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 into a thin and fixed silver plate, then cut into a long strip of fixed width, and then the silver edge strip is fed into the machine grinding and pressing. After passing the qualification, the silver edge strip is punched into round silver coins with the pressing edges at the same time. At this time, the silver coins are almost formed. Then, as Zhang Han saw, the tables are placed one by one, and the tops are filled with silver coins. The workers grind away the impurities and burrs, and the silver coins are finally made.
Chapter completed!