After Chongzhen and Zhao Yan made an agreement, Sun Chuanting immediately went to prepare for the war.

Among the 300,000 Beijing camps, Sun Chuanting temporarily transferred 100,000 to Zhending Mansion. Zhending Mansion is also one of the important military centers of Mingting, and is at the same level as Baoding.

In contrast, in Shandong, the Military Weapons Bureau is working overtime to produce weapons and ammunition.

Before the autumn harvest, two million rifle bullets, one million machine gun bullets, one million attack grenades, two hundred thousand landmines, and three hundred thousand shells and several barbed wire mesh must be produced.

Zhao Yan set 10 bullets as a base. Each infantry in this battle was equipped with 10 base rifle bullets, that is, 100 rounds per person, plus 5 grenades. Each machine gun was equipped with 7,000 rounds of bullets. The bedding comes with one set, one kettle, one helmet, and one engineer shovel.

An infantry's weight is 15 kilograms, which can be said to be very light and not as heavy as the plate armor. However, infantry needs to cooperate with the machine gun ammunition when marching.

Machine gun ammunition is usually dragged by horses, but infantry also needs assistance.

All equipment is expected to be delivered to the troops by September.

...Just when Zhao Yan and Chongzhen reached a consensus, all the royal association halls in the Jiangnan region were sealed off, and all the members of the royal association received warnings that if they held another gathering, their families would be confiscated and exterminated.

Seeing that the news had leaked, the royal associations in various places couldn't help but extinguish the fire and surrendered to Zhao Yan's silver power. At this time, the armed police forces in various provinces had as many as 20,000. How could they have the opportunity to raise an army to resist?

However, soon a shocking news came out.

The Ming Dynasty newspapers and the Royal Palace newspaper published the news of the decisive battle between the king and his ministers.

As soon as the news spread, the entire Ming Dynasty was in full swing, and all the old forces and classes were excited. There were ghosts in this invincible situation.

As long as Zhao Yan stepped down, the reforms of Shandong's political axe can be stopped. This duel allows officials and gentry to watch the battle to be witnessed.

As for why the decisive battle was necessary, the Ming Dynasty Yuebao said that Chongzhen violated the law, while the Royal Yuebao said that Zhao Yanxian violated the law.

Both sides have their own opinions in the newspaper, and as for whom they believe, they can only judge for themselves.

Chongzhen's reason was that Zhao Yan withdrew his salt tax last year, so that he could not get a penny of silver. Zhao Yan's reason for refuting was very strong, saying that the money had been given to Chongzhen in advance last year, and Chongzhen could receive eight million taels of military expenses last year.

Before the decisive battle, the two sides tried their best to mobilize public opinion that was beneficial to their side, but it was obvious that Zhao Yan still had the advantage.

This time, Zhao Yan fought against Chongzhen with 20,000 people, and there was nothing to say! This general did not use his superior forces to force Chongzhen to abdicate.

To outsiders, Zhao Yan was really at a disadvantage. Only Zhao Yan and a group of generals in Shandong understood that this decisive battle between Shandong's New 01st Division was a big advantage.

If Chongzhen wants to win this war, it will be useless to give him another million people. Of course, this is with the uninterrupted supply of the New 01 Division.

And this decisive battle allows for unlimited supplies.

Therefore, Zhao Yan did not take this decisive battle seriously at all. After nearly a month of training, the new army had basically mastered the new tactics.

Infantry and artillery coordination are old tactics, and the Shandong Army has played very purely.

At this moment, the First Fleet sent back the war report, and Su Buheng had already led his soldiers to occupy the South African region.

After receiving this battle report, Zhao Yan began to continue to improve his overseas colonial system, that is, to continue to increase troops overseas.

The plan for military system reform has been determined.

Five Type A infantry divisions, four Type A cavalry divisions, ten Type B infantry divisions, and three mountain brigades and three marine brigades will be formed within next year.

The total troop strength is 280,000, 80,000 professional soldiers, and the baggage personnel increased to 2:1, totaling 140,000.

More than 300,000 armed police forces were reorganized into reading battalions and local police. Of which 150,000 were formed into 245 reading battalions, and the remaining more than 150,000 were reorganized into local police. Another 300,000 people were drawn to form 491 reading battalions, a total of 736 reading battalions, a total of 450,000 people, all composed of conscripts.

Reading camps are mainly used to station in domestic and overseas colonies to deal with emergencies. Local police maintain local public order.

The A-type division is responsible for strategic defense, such as leaving one or two to guard the Ming Dynasty. The others are used for strategic offensives to deal with the hardest enemies.

The B Division is also responsible for foreign operations and border defense.

The military pay for the entire army, professional soldiers and officers is 5 million yuan per year, and each professional soldier is 5 yuan silver dollars. In terms of equipment renewal, last year's budget has calculated the cost of this equipment replacement. In terms of equipment maintenance and personnel supply, if there is no war, it will cost 12 million yuan per year, and the food standards are very high.

At this time, Zhao Yan was rich and powerful, and this little money was nothing.

On the Navy, the number of personnel will increase to 70,000 in the next two years. The size of 70,000 can cope with the 150 Honor-class warships and 200 frigates being built. The combat personnel of a Honor-class warship are 350, and the number of combat personnel of a Frigate is 100.

The military expenditure of the navy seems to be lower. 50,000 people are professional soldiers, with a monthly salary of 7 yuan and a yearly salary of 5 million yuan.

The construction funds for warships and frigates have been in place and no budget is required. In terms of maintenance and supply, it is about 5 million yuan per year, but the navy will fight at all times, so it is still necessary to spend 15 million yuan per year.

A year's military expenditure is enough to deal with the expansionary war.

As for the income, precious metal mining is enough to maintain war expenses, and it is much higher than that. Copper, silver, and gold mines are all official.

And not only overseas, but also at home.

Now Zhao Yan is making people mine everywhere. Since the yellow explosives and steam engines have been found, it has become very easy to mine.

In all administrative areas controlled by Zhao Yan are vigorously exploring, and privately mined mined mines are confiscated. Currently, more than 100 gold mines have been discovered in China, more than 200 silver mines, and more than 500 copper mines.

There are not many gold, silver and copper in China, and the highlight is still expanding in the region.

More than 80 gold mines, more than 100 silver mines and more than 200 copper mines have been discovered in Nurkandus gold mines, including one super-large copper mine.

The territory of Nurgandus is too large and the exploration is not very dense. There are still a large number of areas that have not been explored, and most areas have not been carefully explored.

There are not many people in Nurkandus, and many mines have not been mined yet. The main ones are gold and silver mines, while copper mines are basically not mined much.

Silver mines in Central America and copper mines in Intellectual Areas are intensive. In North America and Australia's gold mines are relatively scattered, but there are also a lot of them, and South Africa's gold has the largest number. Diamonds are the most common in South Africa and Australia.

The first overseas colonies to build a town centered on mining.

After this military reform, 30 reading battalions, or 18,000 people, will be dispatched to the islands of Nanyang to fight against the indigenous people.

50 Reading Battalions were dispatched to Jiaozhi, 30,000 people and 1 Type B Division. The Type B Division was responsible for the offense, and the Reading Battalion was responsible for following behind and receiving the territory to defend.

30 Reading Camps were dispatched to Australia, and no Class B Division was sent. The Australian natives were relatively weak and the Europeans did not get there. The Reading Camps were just going to Australia to maintain public order, and there was no challenge in the expansion.

A Type A Division was dispatched to America, two Type B Divisions, and Type A Division was stationed in Central America, and a Type B Division was one in North America and one in South America. 100 Reading Camps were also sent to the Americas.

Many ports were established in the American colonies, and these ports needed to be stationed, otherwise they would be invaded by pirates. At present, North America is constantly advancing inland, so there are many Indians who need to be wiped out by the Reading Camp. The more eastward they advance, the more areas they need to be stationed.

And 20 reading camps and 1 Type B division were dispatched to South Africa.

In addition, 50 reading camps were sent to the Nurkandusi, and the various bases of the Nurkandusi were stationed in various provinces in China and could be sent overseas at any time.

Last year's budget was only for the first and second divisions to change their clothes, while others did not make any budgets. However, the Reading Battalion did not need to go to the battlefield. It only needed to change into rifles and infantry cannons and get a few machine guns. Nothing else needed, so there was no need for any investment.

Zhao Yan determined the organization and the deployment of troops in overseas colonies, so he began to shoot telegrams, and dispatched troops everywhere to Shandong to change clothes, and the officers returned to Denglai Military University to study.

On the one hand, we were transferred to Shandong, and on the other hand, we transported equipment to the front line. The machine guns were transported the most in the past. Two machine guns were installed on the stronghold, which was definitely solid.

...Just while both sides were actively preparing for war, railway lines such as North Korea-Shenyang-Beijing-Shandong-Shanxi-Pukou were completed one after another.

The grain from North Korea and Liaodong can be transported to Nanjing in only two days. After the route is opened, the grain from North Korea and Liaodong will be transported into the pass, and the storm of rising grain prices will officially stop, and the autumn harvest will be around.

After seizure of twenty-three grain banks, the reserves of Jimin Grain Bank were extremely sufficient, but with the arrival of autumn harvest, Jimin Grain Bank still increased its grain reserves.

At this time, the thorough investigation was over. Except for the part of the grain in the two granaries that had been misappropriated, the grain reserves of other granaries were consistent with the reported quantity.

As for those who misappropriate grain in the granary, the outcome can be imagined. The handling of corruption criminals has always been extremely strict, and skinning is an inevitable procedure.

Grain is a key reserve material, and it is not too troublesome to enter and leave the warehouse every year. Shandong’s strategic grain reserves are sufficient, but these grain reserves are rarely transferred to provide relief areas for disaster relief. The relief areas are still based on the reserves of the food banks in various places.

Therefore, Zhao Yan definitely increased his strategic reserves, and the way to strategic reserves is to set up large grain warehouses in each province, with provincial units at the top and prefectures and counties at the bottom to reserve grain separately. However, the grain warehouses are not usually managed by local officials, but are directly managed by the central government.

During the autumn harvest this year, the grain output in the Northeast region had increased a lot, and its total grain output exceeded that in Shandong, which had not undergone reforms in previous years.

However, the grain planting area in Northeast China and North Korea accounts for less than one-tenth.

This is mainly because Northeast China and North Korea have a lot of land, and when a family has 300 acres of land and does not have enough labor, not many people are willing to grow wheat and rice.

More people are still developing aquaculture, and the fields are planted with alfalfa and corn. However, not everyone is willing to take the whole corn for silage, and they will pull out the corn before harvesting. In fact, silage feed is just about getting what you pay for. The whole corn is silage, and the feeding effect is better. However, many people do not think so. It is a pity that good corn is eaten by animals.

In this way, Liaodong's grain output is very considerable, mainly based on corn. Corn is a cheap grain and is mainly used in the aquaculture industry.

However, corn is also a food in many backward countries.

Currently, under the strategic grain reserves, corn from Northeast China and North Korea have been transported to the pass and scattered to various places for storage.

As Zhao Yan carried out military reforms and grain reserves, the autumn harvest was approaching, and Shandong's political axe temporarily stopped eroding the Jiangnan region.

The grandsons of the princes, the children of Wuyi, and the officials and gentlemen from all over the country went to the Jifu area - Zhending Mansion, as the decisive battle was about to come!

The place of this decisive battle is in Fenglong Mountain south of Zhending Prefecture. No one knows that this is a secret move by Zhao Yan. He thought that the Beijing Camp would win in this decisive battle, and everyone was excited.

In contrast, the atmosphere in Shandong is not so warm, and the people are very worried about it. If they lose, the good days will come to an end.

What else is better than the region under the political governance of Shandong?

If the southeastern region is fine, it is a wealthy place. If officials spend money to buy official positions, they can only collect fixed taxes. Even if they are private, they will be able to live in a similar manner.

The northwest region is in trouble. It is not a wealthy place. The quota set by Zhu Yuanzhang did not increase much. After local officials took office, they not only had to recover the capital of buying officials, but also made a profit. Therefore, if they were assigned privately, they would simply not let people live.

It is no accident that the thieves in the Ming Dynasty broke out.

Mingting used a system of three guarantees and nine compensation. When this family ran away, they took the A family and paid all the A family. Then the security department would pay. After the three guarantees, nine compensation would be paid. The nine compensation means that relatives and nine clans would pay.

Therefore, since the Apocalypse period, people from a village often ran away in the northwest region, putting dozens of stones of food on one person's head.

Moreover, this system is very likely to cause chain reactions.

That is, if one person runs away, the other nine families can't afford to pay, nine families can't afford to pay, nine families can't afford to pay, nine families can't afford to pay, nine families can't afford to pay, and the relatives of these ninety families can't afford to pay, and they also run away... The Ming Dynasty is a two-faced country with relatively stable central and eastern regions, and the northwest is relatively turbulent, and then it spread to the central region, and the people in the central region are not very good. The people in the southeast region live the best, and the thieves have no living soil in the southeast region.

Now, the people under Shandong political axe do not have to be troubled by hunger and cold at all.

Under the rule of Shandong, there is no high agricultural tax, no private sect, and no corvee service. In addition to participating in agricultural production, the government will basically not force them to do anything, and there is also food for the people engaged in agricultural production.

Farmers in Shandong have at least one land (thirty acres), and more are fifty acres. The grain they grow can make people eat.
To be continued...