"Young Master, today, 7,000 young and strong people have been selected and trained on Zhifu Island, thousands of coachmen, and nearly 3,000 vehicles of all sizes and sizes. Tens of thousands of large livestock such as cattle, horses, donkeys, and mules." In the Qishan Thousand Household Institute (later Yantai City), Feng Chengshi reported to Zheng Sen about the achievements of his group in recent times.

As the Zheng army's momentum became louder in the Central Plains, and as the Zheng army's presence in Denglai became more and more eye-catching, the dominance of the Qishan Qianhu Institute had long been transferred from local officers to Zheng army.

Otherwise, on the small Zhifu Island, just granaries and military warehouses would be filled with them.

——More than 300,000 stones of grain storage, 130,000 linen cloth, 200,000 cotton cloth, and 85,000 stones of cotton. Each of salt, sugar, sauce and vinegar has tens of thousands of stones, and each of them has tens of thousands of kilograms of various medicinal materials... This is people's livelihood.

There are 30,000 spears and big swords, 3,000 hard bows, 200,000 arrows; 15,000 pairs of cotton armor, 2,000 pairs of iron armor, and 1,000 pairs of refined armor. This is a cold weapon.

Five thousand flintlock guns, one thousand large and small turtle dove-foot guns, ten thousand bayonets, sixty light and heavy cannons, two hundred small cannons (tiger squat cannons, Franc machine cannons), 3,000 barrels of refined pharmaceutical powder (50 kilograms per barrel), a large number of saltpeter sulfur, and more many lead, tin, copper, iron and flint reserves...

After Zheng Zhilong traveled through two and a half years, the establishment of workshops and technological improvements in Anping City, the expansion and use of water conservancy, wind and animal power, and the fruits produced were piled up to Zhifu, except for the water and army used to arm themselves.

The number is spectacular, right?

But their reserves require closed warehouses and the guards must be tighter. How can the next wave of refugees and refugees be stored in Zhifu Island?

As the epidemic broke out in the capital, the people of northern Zhili fled south one after another. Compared with the war-torn Central Plains, Qilu was obviously a better and more appropriate place for them to live in peace.

Many people even turned their attention to the Zheng family.

Zheng Zhilong has been continuously transporting refugees to the south in the past two years, and the news has long been spreading.

The gathering of a large number of refugees and refugees, and warehouses rose from the ground, these were not something that could be spread out on the small Zhifu Island. Taking down the Qishan Qianhu Institution was a tacit understanding between them and Denglai.

Besides, the officers of all sizes and other large and small households in the Thousand Houses were not at a loss. Although most of these individuals should be killed and beheaded, the Zheng army still needed the support of Denglai local areas. Zheng Zhilong did not completely raise the flag to rebel, and the rules that should be followed must be followed.

The capital was properly placed.

Now Zheng Sen is like a different person, and his attitude is very different from the previous few days. He is concerned about the matters arranged by Zheng Zhilong. He heard Feng Chengshi's report, a subconscious expression of dissatisfaction appeared on his face. Because there was still a big gap compared to the number his father wanted.

However, Zheng Sen also knew that with the size of the land of Denglai, Feng Chengshi and others had already tried their best to prepare so many personnel, cars and horses in the next month.

This is thanks to the strong assistance of Governor Zeng Ying.

Since Zheng Sen received the gesture from Zheng Zhilong, he immediately went to Dengzhou in person. Zeng Ying highly agreed with Zheng Zhilong's idea of ​​"preparing carriages, horses, and civilians to prepare for future needs." Because he was not optimistic about the Battle of the Central Plains initiated by Emperor Chongzhen.

The court has no money and the army has poor food and salary. How can we win a battle? Even if we win in the early stage, it will be difficult to last for a long time.

Of course, Zeng Ying never expected that the consequences of the Battle of Ruzhou would be so disastrous - the end of the Ming Dynasty!

As a strong soldier in Qilu, the Zheng army, who was in Denglai, left the lower Central Plains of Qilu when necessary and threatened the security of the military troops going north from the flanks. This is necessary and very necessary.

If Zheng Zhilong can make such a proposal at this time, it is to plan for the country in a successful manner and prepare for the future!

Naturally, I don’t know that Zheng Zhilong asked Zheng Sen to prepare so many chariots and horses in Denglai, purely to facilitate his timely march in the future.

Because it's winter now.

Zheng Zhilong can also take a boat to enter the unfreezing port of Zhifu Island by sea, but he cannot enter the Bohai Sea or Tianjin.

The long winter makes the Bohai front line a restricted area. If Zheng Zhilong wants to enter the capital in time, he can only start by land.

However, it was a long and arduous process to fight Denglai by land to the capital.

First, go from Zhifu Island (Qishan District) to Dengzhou, then take the official road from Dengzhou to Qingzhou, and go north to Dezhou in Jinan (you don’t need to go to Dongchangfu to find the canal), then follow the canal to Tianjin, and then rush from Tianjin to the capital - the total mileage is almost 2,000 miles!

If you just walk with your legs and bring a lot of military supplies, it cannot be less than two months.

Chongzhen was in history but he hung on Coal Mountain in mid-March. In other words, Zheng Zhilong had to set off from Denglai just after the New Year so that he could arrive in the capital in time. If Li Zicheng's advance time had not changed.

Similarly, Zheng Zhilong also needs to lead his army from Fujian Province to head north in November! In this way, he can arrive at Zhifu before the New Year...

He had already sent a message to Jiang Dejing, who was in the capital, and Emperor Chongzhen's imperial edict to support the king had not been completed. The latter still had confidence in western Jin, not to mention that there were two important towns, Datong and Xuanfu inside. Moreover, Wu Sangui was also in the neighboring place.

Compared to Zheng Zhilong, Emperor Chongzhen obviously trusted Zhou Yuji (Western Jin), Jiang Guan (Datong), Wang Chengyun (Xuanfu), Wu Sangui and others more.

Therefore, Zheng Zhilong's abacus was wrong. Zheng Sen could only prepare a large number of livestock and vehicles in Denglai, as well as a large number of civilians. Military soldiers were riding in chariots and horses, which was definitely much faster than walking out with a pair of legs. At the same time, enough chariots and horses and civilians could greatly reduce the burden on military supplies.

"The chariot and grooms are two thousand, the people are strong, the people are five thousand, the big and small, the animals are tens of thousands, and the animals are tens of thousands, and the inner horses and cattle are over 70% of them. This is the constitution set by the father and commander. If it is not completed over the time limit before the New Year and delays the national affairs, what crime should be done? You know in your heart!"

Zheng Sen was not polite to Feng Chengshi and the others.

The latter and others dared not defend a word. Feng Chengshi and the others felt that they had disappeared in a short time, and the eldest son Zheng Sen seemed to have undergone some changes.

A sense of ruthlessness appeared on the whole person, no, sharpness? No, it should be said to be a faint anger.

This made them dare not breathe at this moment.

For example, within the Zheng group, Xiang Feng Chengshi had no fame and fortune, but because he was a fellow villager with the Zheng family and was also aware of the words, he became a vain in the Zheng group, which was quite unstable.

Just like Chen Ding at the time, these are all the top "literati" and are still excluded from the decision-making level of the Zheng family. There is no need to say more about people like Feng Chengshi.

His current status is roughly different from Zhang Leshu, because he has been promoted recently.

"If my father had no idea, Li Zicheng would probably be able to pacify the northwest of Guanzhong soon, and it would be easy to capture the west of Jin in the next year. Will he approach Yanjing in March and April?"

Zheng Sen could not fully understand Zheng Zhilong's thoughts, but he could also infer what the big moves of the year were from what he was doing now.
Chapter completed!