In terms of fishing, fishing boats are provided by the official, with a tax of 60% to 80%. The tax level is definitely a heavy tax. However, the profits of marine fishing are immeasurable, and this is not farming in the ground. In addition, fishing boats are provided by shipyards, so it is natural to collect such high taxes.

While high taxes, Zhao Yan is also responsible for improving the fishing efficiency of fishermen. Most of the fishing boats that will be built next year will be far-sea fishing boats.

At the same time, a fishery research group, a fishery breeding group, and a fishery processing research group were established in the Academy of Sciences, and 200,000 taels of research funds were allocated.

After deducting the budget for education and fisheries, the remaining budget funds were 6.3 million taels left. The Navy allocated another 1 million taels of military expenses to transform warships, cast heavy artillery, and pay for sailors.

There are still 5.3 million taels left, which is definitely extremely abundant. Therefore, the budget for raising horses and raising cattle has been increased to 2 million taels, 500,000 taels are used to buy oxen and 1.5 million to buy horses. The budget for raising horses is 500,000 taels more than before, while oxen are relatively tight. Last year, 400,000 households were placed in Dengzhou. The number of oxen is already slightly short of capital, and it is urgent to buy oxen from other places.

Another 1.5 million taels are allocated to pay for the craftsmen’s work. Currently, the craftsmen in the Military Weapons Bureau do not spend 80,000 taels a month, and Handan also needs to spend 30,000 taels a month.

There are mainly blacksmiths and miners in Handan, and the steel produced is transported back to Denglai to produce weapons. Although it is a bit harder, the victory is in the insurance. The Military Weapon Bureau is a very important department and one of the core combat forces. If a branch is opened outside, if something happens, such as the generals who are out of control, it will be more than worth the loss.

As long as the military weapon bureau is in hand, Zhao Yan believes that the subordinates generally will not rebel. Zhao Yong, Lin Yi, and Wang Wenyue were the first to follow him, and they were also from the Zhao family. Besides, Zhao Yan is not bad to them, and the rebellion may be minimal. Moreover, if they want to rebel, the soldiers below will not agree.

The only ones who will rebel will be rebels, such as the Yingzhou regiment and the Handan regiment. However, there are also political commissars to supervise the rebels. The rebels may not be of high status. If they hold the military weapon in their hands, it will not be a big deal. When they cannot produce military weapons on their own, those rebels will not be idiotic to rebel. After all, once they rebel, the army will lose supplies from Denglai, and Denglai can raise hundreds of thousands of militias at any time.

In terms of military rebellion, the only thing that will surrender is the court, but the court cannot support Zhao Yan's army, and from top to bottom, there is also restraint between the generals and the political commissar.

The remaining 2.8 million taels will be used to open the Denglai Bank. The commercial bank is currently engaged in commodity trafficking, but the turnover is slow. For example, the goods shipped from Japan have millions of taels not yet cashed.

Therefore, it is very necessary to raise funds from private sources. If there is no large amount of funds, it will seriously slow down the development speed. From management to bill exchange, banks have to wait for the next year before making precise plans. They will not be anxious for a while. Take bills as an example. You have to put some effort into preventing forgery, otherwise you will not know where to cry when you lose.

This year's budget adjusted all the revenues from last year, not leaving any surplus or deficit, and the fiscal situation was very stable.

After making the budget, it was New Year's Eve. Every household went home for holidays for the New Year. Except for those soldiers in charge of defense and some people who could not leave jobs, they were all given triple salaries during the New Year.

The people celebrate the New Year roughly the same way, but their habits are different. After all, there are refugees placed in all provinces. The 100,000 households in the plains around Huang County, the scent of stewed chicken that every household wafts out, and the New Year goods they purchased, made a festive New Year celebration.

The 400,000 households in Dengzhou also received a chicken and half a pound of pork before the New Year, and each of them gave him a cotton jacket.

These 400,000 households only had a casual New Year and had to continue working on work on the second day of the lunar month. Although winter wheat was sown in autumn, they still had to continue to build roads and forts.

When Zhao Yan was in the first year of the first year, he began to visit the families of the fallen soldiers, as well as the widowed elderly, etc. Now he is also a leader, and he is inevitably infected with the show habits of those leaders in later generations. Who made TV news play such content all day long? However, Zhao Yan is not a show. Those difficult households all have subsidies during the New Year.

The temperature this winter was abnormally warm, and the winter wheat in the field was rising day by day. Tang Zhengze was very worried about this and said to Zhao Yan: "When it comes to the Miao Erzhuang, the wheat harvest next year may not be very good."

"Hones!" Zhao Yan had no choice. The abnormality of the climate was too strange. Fortunately, with the strong crop of sweet potatoes, there would be no famine when the wheat yield was reduced next year.

...When Zhao Yan and Tang Zhengze were worried about the abnormal temperature this year, Hong Chengchou also encountered big trouble because of the abnormal temperature, a big trouble that burned his butt.

It is said that Li Zicheng and Guotianxing, Mantianxing, Huntianxing, Liu Team, Zhenggongwang and other troops were stationed in Hancheng, and planned to wait for the Yellow River to freeze and move to Shanxi. However, due to the high temperature this winter, the Yellow River did not freeze.

Wu Xuan, the governor of Shanxi in Ming Dynasty, strengthened his troops to defend the river, but his plan to enter Jin was not realized. Li Zicheng and other troops stationed in Hancheng County for more than 40 days. On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, they suddenly set off for Heyang and Chengcheng.

Originally, Hong Chengchou wanted to cause trouble to the east, which would cause trouble to Shanxi, but he didn't expect that the thief suddenly changed the direction of the traitor, and now he could only swallow the bitter fruit by himself.

With the deadline for the suppression of the bandits in June and even to the end, Hong Chengchou issued a military order to Zhu Youjian last year, which can only be said that the plan cannot keep up with the changes.

Hong Chengchou couldn't help but scold Li Zicheng in his heart. He was simply a pig's head. I obviously wanted to let you cross the river. You were so stupid. It was not good to choose which ferry crossing, but you just wanted to choose the ferry crossing of Hancheng.

The Yellow River, a section of Hancheng, is the widest area of ​​the river. Other sections have long been frozen, but this section of the river has not been sealed for a long time. There is only a floating ice slag. In addition, the Shanxi Governor Wu Yan sent troops to inspect and station on the other side. Li Zicheng and other troops could not cross the river at all, and the plan to flow into Shanxi could only go bankrupt.

Hong Chengchou had not been able to do anything for many years, so he urgently summoned all kinds of troops. It was only in January that he gathered 20,000 troops and desperately pursued Li Zicheng.

The situation in Huguang and Henan has improved a lot. Since Li Ran's third battalion arrived in Huguang, Lu Xiangsheng's battle with Zhang Xianzhong in Huguang was very smooth.

In the first month of the year, Zhang Xianzhong was driven back to Shaanxi by the third battalion.

The elite level of the Denglai soldiers and horses was far beyond Lu Xiangsheng's expectations. Lu Xiangsheng originally thought that fighting in the mountains, the Denglai soldiers and horses might have the same situation as the Liaodong soldiers.

Fighting in the mountains is very difficult. The bandits are good at guerrilla warfare, which is a combat terrain that tests the speed of the marching. In addition, the supply problem is also very difficult. Before Lu Xiangsheng, he relied on people to carry it, and the food was gone before he could be done.

But in fact, the third battalion led by Li Ran showed its strong marching ability in the mountains. Everyone led a horse to carry food. With two legs, they could force marching for 200 miles. Zhang Xianzhong was chased and fled in a panic.

The Third Battalion came to Huguang to suppress the thieves this time, and everyone was ready to prepare horses. At the same time, they did not bring heavy equipment. However, they were like fish in water when fighting in the mountains.

Using horses to carry food can be used for nearly half a month, and the supply is not a problem at all.

Forced marching is one of the most commonly trained events in the Denglai Army. Zhao Yanzhi's army has always emphasized mobility. How can those thieves compare to the Denglai soldiers who are strong and often conduct forced marching training.

The marching speed of the third battalion made Lu Xiangsheng himself difficult to keep up, but he still gritted his teeth and persevered, and walked in the mountains with the third battalion. The troops led by Lu Xiangsheng were left far behind. Lu Xiangsheng asked them to return to the outside of the mountain.

The Denglai Army is not unfamiliar with this kind of mountain marching. The battalions are often pulled to the hilly areas of Dengzhou for marching training, and they also have a set of mountain combat methods.

The mountain combat method is impossible to form a square array against the enemy like the plains, so the strait tactic is adopted. A battalion is divided into six combat companies, with 200 spearmen in each combat company, 100 musketeers, 50 artillerymen, and 5 rocket soldiers. Because it is inconvenient to carry artillery in the mountains, more rockets are carried with horses, and artillery helps rockets fire.

As soon as he entered the mountainous area, the third battalion bit Zhang Xianzhong's bandits' troops tightly, and Zhang Xianzhong's 50,000 or 60,000 thieves set up an ambush in late December.

Mountain reconnaissance is inconvenient, especially when marching in such a hurry, it is sometimes difficult for scouts to promptly report on the situation ahead. The Third Battalion crashed into an ambush circle without any preparation.

The bandits' bows and arrows and muskets were all over, like flying locusts. Lu Xiangsheng's heart skipped a beat at that time, thinking that a great defeat was coming. However, the third battalion showed tenacious combat power.

While in an ambush circle, the chaos was only a moment to calm down. Then the soldiers of the third battalion, in groups of three or five without any formation, launched a charge towards the bandits without fear of death.

After a cruel hand-to-hand battle, Zhang Xianzhong's troops were defeated.

This ambush also caused more than 300 casualties in the Third Battalion, and nearly one combat company was destroyed, which aroused the anger of all the officers and soldiers of the Third Battalion. On that day, the Third Battalion chased for more than 200 miles without any rules, which made Zhang Xianzhong's troops frightened.

On that day, Zhang Xianzhong lost nearly half of his men, most of whom were caught and captured. The backbone of the thieves caught this time were all cut off by angry third battalion soldiers.

Lu Xiangsheng can only be described as shocking the combat effectiveness of this army. This army never robs the heads or seizes property. It also has good training and excellent equipment, and has steel-like will and discipline. What shocked Lu Xiangsheng the most was that everyone in the third battalion was that everyone could read.

Lu Xiangsheng often saw some soldiers practicing writing on the ground with branches while resting. This phenomenon is very common. A third-class private told him proudly that he had learned to read dictionaries and could be promoted to second-class private after returning. If he made military achievements in this battle, he would be promoted to first-class private and be given the rank of general military.

If you are promoted to first-class corps, not only will the military pay increase, but you may be promoted to platoon leader at any time as long as the troops are expanded. If you have brilliant military achievements and tight manpower, you may also win the deputy company commander directly. When you are promoted to company commander, you will report to the Ministry of War and have the rank of 100 households.

If promoted to deputy company commander, he would have the rank of thousands of households, and he would have the rank of thousands of households as the battalion commander increased. As the military achievements of the entire battalion increased, the rank of the battalion commander would also be increased. The Third Battalion was established later and he would usually suppress bandits in various places. He had never participated in a major war before, so the battalion commander Li Ran currently only had the rank of thousands of households.

At present, the highest rank among the Denglai Army is Han Sheng, the monkey who was recruited to recruit him. Zhao Yan asked Qian Zhiyi to apply for him as a general. However, this person is currently serving as a company commander in the new recruit battalion and has not even obtained the qualification for combat, which is not countable.

Zhao Yong, Wang Wenyue and Lin Yi, the highest one is Lin Yi. The cavalry battalion participated in the war the most times, and its rank had risen to guerrilla generals, while Zhao Yong and Wang Wenyue were still only guardians.

Although the three men have different military ranks, their status in the army is comparable. The entire army does not pay much attention to the gains and losses of military ranks.

Lu Xiangsheng got the so-called dictionary from Li Ran, and saw that the characters in the dictionary have pinyin annotations. The pinyin is explained in the meaning and several example sentences in vernacular.

Under Li Ran's explanation, Lu Xiangsheng also realized the benefits of pinyin. As long as he learns this auxiliary method and learns some common characters, he can learn by himself with the dictionary.

As for the changes in vernacular and classical Chinese, Lu Xiangsheng did not feel anything wrong. First of all, the written words in the late Ming Dynasty had begun to be mixed with some vernacular shadows, but they were not pointed out. Moreover, it was not appropriate to let these soldiers who didn't know a single big word to learn words, which was too complicated.

These soldiers not only know how to recognize and write, but also know the great righteousness. When Lu Xiangsheng asked them why they fought, most of them answered: Fight for the nation! Fight for their homeland! Those who offend our Han will be punished even if they are far away.

All those who wear Han people in the world are comrades and brothers and sisters.

Such remarks made Lu Xiangsheng feel excited.

If you know the righteousness, you will not be afraid of death. If you train such a hundred thousand elite soldiers, why worry about the injustice of Liaodong?

Zhang Xianzhong was chased for five days, with only a few hundred men left. He ran from the Sichuan plank road to Hanzhong in a panic. The Third Battalion stopped chasing and turned around and returned to Huguang due to insufficient military rations.

Along the way, Lu Xiangsheng seemed to have discovered a huge treasure and began to explore the training methods of Denglai's soldiers, but Li Ran was very happy to introduce them to him.

This time, Zhang Xianzhong, the eight kings were killed and killed more than 300 people. Nearly one combat company was crippled, and more than 100 people were killed. Military doctors reported that there may be thirty or forty wounded soldiers who could not be rescued, and the number of casualties would rise further.

However, Li Ran didn't know how to explain to the adults after he returned, so he had to write a letter to the adults to explain the reason, hoping to avoid being punished. Lu Xiangsheng was nominally the boss of the Denglai Army, and his words should still work.

Since the various camps of Denglai suppressed the bandits, there has never been such serious casualties. The Denglai army has always taken the elite route, and the cost of raising a soldier is seven or eight times that of ordinary officials. If you multiply the number of casualties by seven, Li Ran will feel bitter when he thinks of the terrifying number.

After hearing Li Ran's detailed rules on the selection, treatment, training and equipment of the military source, Lu Xiangsheng could only sigh that such an army was not something he could have formed.

The generous treatment alone is a problem that he can do nothing. Of course, this is not the main problem. No matter how good the treatment is, it can be reduced. However, the cost of equipment is powerless, and Lu Xiangsheng doesn't have that much money at all.

Lu Xiangsheng could only write a letter to Zhao Yan with shamelessness, hoping to lend some people from Zhao Yan to help him train troops, and hoped to transfer some artillery from Denglai to him.

In terms of requirements, Lu Xiangsheng's tone was very tactful. After contacting the Third Battalion, he also knew that the Denglai Army was an extremely reader military group.

Even if he is Zhao Yan's immediate boss, he would not be able to ask for people. Even if these soldiers were transferred to help him suppress the thieves, they were still firmly controlled by Zhao Yan. If those soldiers cut off the supplies from Denglai, they would have to rebel.

(To be continued)
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