At midnight, Qin Feng finally finished the last memorial at hand, stood up and stretched, and let out a long breath. No matter where he went, there were always endless memorials following his pace.

Xintong County has been taken down, and the mines of Xintong County, which made the people and the Ministry of Works, have now become the property of the Ming Dynasty. When the Ming army entered Xintong, the mine owners of all sizes organized their own private troops to join Chen Chu's army to fight against the Ming Dynasty. As a result, they were taken down. Not to mention him, the living people have now become prisoners of the Ming army. It is not that easy to go out.

As soon as the Minister of Works in Hulao received the news, he immediately took a large number of people to Xintong. Now, accompanied by the war horses of Zhuifeng Camp, he is accepting the mines one by one.

Mining areas have always been difficult to deal with. Not to mention anything else, miners with a large number of thousands and a few hundred people in each mine were a big trouble. When Taipingshan Daye City was developed, there were troops there. This was still my own territory. Now Xintong has just been put into a bag, but I am afraid that there will be many big and small messes in the future. It will take a certain amount of time to completely digest them.

Qin Feng criticized his opinion in the memorial, and wanted to skillfully choose a few slightly more attentive people from the local mine owners to serve as role models. He could not swallow them all in one bite. If locals come out to help, it would always be easier.

These mines are scattered and their productivity is extremely low. For the Ming Dynasty, the technology of iron smelting is completely slag-like, and basically all have to be pushed back. It is necessary to build a large scale. Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty is not short of money now, and it is only worried about how to use the money. If it can integrate these mines, Xintong County will basically settle down. When they can play a role, the Ming Dynasty will have another stable source of steel.

More importantly, the experience of Shencai Daye City is easy to build a benchmark urban area with relatively rich mineral deposits. Simply put, it can make this area rich first, and then radiate to the surrounding areas, driving the economic vitality of the surrounding areas.

Qin Feng has a clear understanding of the current Ming Dynasty. Compared with Qi, he still has great shortcomings, especially economic potential. If the two countries fight now, or they will not suffer any losses in the early Ming Dynasty, and they will even gain considerable advantages with advanced weapons and equipment. However, it is absolutely impossible to defeat Qi in a short period of time. This war will last for a long time. Qin Feng doesn't even feel strange for ten or twenty years.

The Ming Dynasty was developing. Similarly, Emperor Cao Tiancheng of Qi also realized his own crisis and began reforms in China, and power was also concentrated on the emperor. With the foundation of Qi, once they got on the right track and the court could integrate all its power, it would definitely become a giant existence.

Neither wealth nor population were comparable to that of the Ming Dynasty.

Qin Feng was eager to annex Qin, not only to eliminate the hidden dangers around him, but also to use the population and land of Qin. With Qin, the Ming Dynasty had a deeper strategic depth. To achieve this goal, it was obviously not enough to conquer Qin, and the economy of Qin must be developed in a short time. In this way, it will be more confident when confronting Qi in the future.

Taoyuan, Wuling and Yiyang were all the original wealthy areas of the Ming Dynasty. When Qin withdraws these three counties, his purpose is to destroy the Ming Dynasty's war potential. In fact, their purpose has indeed been achieved. Now, in order to restore the economy of these three areas, the funds that the Ming Dynasty has to inject in every year are astronomical. In particular, the population losses cannot be compensated in a short period of time.

Qin State has a large surplus population. The poorer they are, the more they are, the more they are, the more they are, Qin State is really a model. Qin State is remote in the western border. He has the Luoying Mountains and Qi against Chu, and he has the Hengduan Mountains. The only neighboring country without any obstacles was Yue State. The country of Yue State was weak in military strength and did not pose any threat to Qin State at all. This also allowed Qin State to be able to play in the back of the door. It was only when the Ming Dynasty rose that it beat him to an end.

Qin was played with by its own rulers in its current miserable appearance. The tragic domestic political struggle was far more intense than the external struggle. Li Zhi spent his whole life just to make the forces that might threaten the imperial power honest, but he was helpless about other domestic contradictions. When he died, Qin immediately became in trouble.

The reason why Qin Feng and Min Ruoxi wanted to kill Li Zhi was because the existence of this old man could match the Qin power to the greatest extent to the outside world. This was of course the biggest obstacle to Qin Feng's conquest plan. Facts also prove that as soon as Li Zhi died, everything returned to the track expected by the Ming Dynasty.

Now, it is just the last harvest season, and for all this, the Ming Dynasty has been preparing for many years.

A black-clothed guard walked into Qin Feng's tent quietly and said something to Qin Feng. Qin Feng was a little surprised, but then he laughed again, waved his hand, and the black-clothed guard turned around and retreated like a ghost.

When Eunuch Le walked into the tent with a tray, he happened to pass by the guard in black. The man in black didn't seem to see him, and Eunuch Le ignored the man in black. As soon as the two of them went in and out, it seemed that they did not exist with each other.

"Your Majesty, you can drink some of the millet porridge you just cooked while it's hot!" Eunuch Le put the tray on the big table and placed a bowl of golden millet porridge in front of Qin Feng.

"Yeah!" Qin Feng responded, and after working hard for the middle of the night, he was really hungry. He picked up the porridge and ate a few bites. Looking at Eunuch Le, he suddenly said thoughtfully: "Mr. Le, attack Zijing Mountain and Huanghua Mountain tomorrow. Do you think that team will win?"

Eunuch Le was stunned. Qin Feng never asked him about this, nor did he ask. But when the emperor spoke, he couldn't help but answer. After pondering for a while, he said carefully: "I'm optimistic about the two camps of Hu Ben and Yulin."

"Oh, why do you think they will definitely win the target first?" Qin Feng asked with interest after drinking the millet porridge in the bowl.

"Your Majesty, I think that Hu Ben and Yu Lin are both carefully selected troops by my Ming Dynasty. They are troops guarding the capital. Although they were the city gate army before, after General Gan Wei took over, they were weak and strong, vigorously rectified, and transferred a large number of other backbone members of the army. These two armies have been transformed. Now they are in a high spirit. After all, the New Third Battalion and the New Fourth Battalion were adapted from the Hulao Army. In terms of combat effectiveness, they are definitely not as good as Hu Ben and Yu Lin."

Qin Feng blinked, "Why do you think so? But that's true, most people will think so. Mr. Le, why not. Let's make a bet. Since you are optimistic about Hu Ben and Yulin, I will be optimistic about the New Third and New Fourth Battalions. Let's bet ten taels of silver, how about it?"

"I don't dare to bet with Your Majesty!" Eunuch Le shook his head repeatedly.

"What's the point of not daring? You can't afford to pay ten taels of silver. Come on, bet." Qin Feng touched his pocket, but became embarrassed again, with no penny in the pocket.

"Since Your Majesty is in high spirits, then I will accompany Your Majesty to have fun!" Eunuch Le smiled and took out ten taels of silver banknotes from his arms and pressed them on the big case.

"There is no money in your pocket, but it doesn't matter, because your ten taels must be mine." Qin Feng smiled and said with a hint, "If I lose, don't be afraid that I will pay you ten taels of silver."

"Your Majesty is rich all over the world, and he is very kind. How could I worry that Your Majesty will not give me money?" Eunuch Le said with a smile.

Money or something is not important to Eunuch Le at all. For him, as long as His Majesty is happy, that would be great.

The reason why Qin Feng wanted to make this bet with Eunuch Le was because the black-clothed guard just came in to report some relevant information about these two troops.

The New Third Battalion and the New Fourth Battalion have been integrated. All the heavy weapons and various different types of troops have begun to re-form the formation overnight, and the command power has been handed over to Chen Shaowei. On the other side of Zijing Mountain, Jian Fang and Jiang Hao simply divided the work. The two battalions attacked each other from two directions and were finished.

The four battle battalions are equal in position. Even though Qin Feng had previously designated Jian Fang and Chen Shaowei to command the war on the two battlefields, the results were very different when they were implemented. Obviously, in the direction of Huanghua Mountain, Ke Zhen, the commander general of the New Third Battalion, completely gave up his independent position and integrated the New Third Battalion and the New Fourth Battalion. On Hu Ben and Yulin, although Jiang Hao also obeyed Jian Fang's orders, he did not further optimize his troops and make reasonable arrangements. Although this battle has not started yet, Qin Feng, who has fought an old battle, can already predict the outcome of the battle.

Qin Feng did not intend to interfere in the command process of this battle specifically, because many things must be understood by the generals in person and realized them to truly play a role. This time, I have to say that the New Third Battalion and the New Fourth Battalion put their heart into it. Hu Ben and Yu Lin really lost this time, they should be able to learn a lot.
Chapter completed!