On the 16th day of the first lunar month, Qian Yuan went to Shaoxing and Jinhua two prefectures, which had been used for two months.

These days, it is not as comfortable as going out in the future. In addition, there are so many things that are piled up in my heart, so I can't help but feel very tired. Qian Yuan slept with his head covered when he got home, and even Xiaoqi, who was clean and fragrant, was too lazy to tease him.

I slept until midnight before I woke up. Qian Yuan was too lazy to get up, and he hurried on the bed thinking about his worries. It was not until Tan Lun came to visit him that he went to wash up lazily.

"Training troops?" Qian Yuan glanced at the teacup brought by the maid, lifted the lid and smelled it, and said vaguely in dissatisfaction: "It's okay, it's okay."

For Tan, the one who came to visit her parents' brother, so he naturally wanted to visit the best Mingqian Longjing.

"Don't think I don't know." Tan Lun snorted, "Hou Jigao and Qi Jimei are in Chuzhou and Jinhua recruiting soldiers. He agreed to recruit a total of 2,000 soldiers. Now, it's good. Chuzhou is 1,500, and Yiwu in Jinhua actually recruits 3,000 soldiers. Do you think there is a silver mine in Taizhou?"

Qian Yuan hummed with a smile, "So nervous... My uncle still couldn't finish drinking one cup at a time in Mingqian Longjing. Just one cup, you can even get all the swords, guns, swords and halberds when you take it out."

Tan Lun smiled and scolded: "Look at your stingyness!"

Qian Yuan's eyes rolled, "Now, even a ounce of silver is so much money that I can spend in half. How much is Longjing's silver in the Ming Dynasty? My uncle is very generous, so it's not your money anyway."

"Yuan'er, how do you talk?" Tan, who entered the door, was displeased.

Yes, Qian Yuan had to get up and salute to apologize. After all, he was an elder, and he was not the kind of person like Xu Fan.

Tan Lun laughed and smoothed out the situation, and talked about the money again. "Since the 34th year of Jiajing, the regular rules presented by Taizhou Prefecture have been stopped every quarter, but the Governor's Office and the Governor's Office have also paid less. There are 3,500 new recruits and so many military equipment, so the government office really cannot afford it."

The so-called common example is that the gray income cannot be placed on the table. When encountering Hu Zongxian, he can still build bridges and embankments, and when encountering Zhao Wenhua, he can swallow it in one bite. Taizhou Prefecture has the worst Japanese disaster, so it is reasonable to not make any contribution. Tan Lun also recruits troops to build an army.

Qian Yuan was a little helpless, "Uncle, it's useless to ask me for such a thing. Do you really think I'm talking about anything... He, Hu Ruzhen, listened?"

"But don't worry about the recruits. On Hou Jigao's side, Chuzhou Guards can send out some of the weapons. After all, the Lu family has inherited the Qianhu Guards of Chuzhou Guards. Although Lu Tong was imprisoned, Lu Bin is still there."

"In Yiwu, Qi Jimei could not get three thousand soldiers. In the beginning of the month, Qi Yuanjing went to Yiwu in person... If you can come to Taizhou, it is estimated that at most, there will be only a thousand five to two thousand soldiers. I have my own arrangements for this part of the armour."

"But what about iron materials?" Tan Lun frowned. "There are very few iron ore in Zhejiang. Not to mention the official business, even the private business is less and less. Since the end of last year, the Governor's Office has allocated less and less iron materials, and the quality is...

Speaking of this, Tan Lun sighed, and there was a slight scent in his sigh. He only said one thing, and Qian Yuan understood it.

Since knowing the inside story of the great victory in Tongxiang County, Jiaxing Prefecture last year, Tan Lun also recruited craftsmen to make muskets, using the iron material allocated from the Governor's Office, and what was agreed was cooked iron.

As a result... More than a month later, Tan Lun was interested in coming here in person. Fortunately, the personal soldiers brought by a hometown next to him were in front of him, and they exploded on the spot, their faces were covered in pockmarks and their eyes were blinded.

Later, Tan Lun found an experienced old blacksmith to find out that those so-called familiar irons, not to mention making guns and cannons, even making gun heads, were not qualified and were too crisp!

Qian Yuan, who was sitting there firmly, seemed to be peaceful, but in fact he had to sweat on his head. Fortunately, he discovered this before, otherwise something big would happen when things came to an end.

Qian Yuan no longer expects Xu Wei to help, and said bluntly: "Brother Ruzhen is rare, so uncle, don't count on him. If possible, purchase from Fujian..."

Another long sigh interrupted Qian Yuan's words.

"Who pays the money?"

"The landlord's family has no surplus food!" Qian Yuan looked at Tan Lun speechlessly. Could it be that you still expect me to pay money?

Not to mention that this is not true, Qian Yuan could not bring so much money. After Wang Shizhen and his son were driven out of Kyoto, the Wang family in Taicang sent a lot of dividends. The restaurants in Beijing earned a lot of money every day, and Qian Yuan also knocked 20,000 taels from Hu Zongxian.

But one carrot and one pit, Tian Zhoulang spent 5,000 taels of money. Hu Zongxian was nominally required to make up for him, but in fact it was a long way off.

There are even gold-swalking monsters on the Kuocangshan workshop. Qian Yuan has already paid six or seven thousand taels of silver. This is likely to be a long-term investment, including bird guns, weapons, and tiger squat cannons under Lu Bin. The money has allowed Xu Wei to cross the road in front of Emperor Jiajing, but it is basically impossible to get it back.

The remaining money... Less than a year after going south to Taizhou, the Qian family guards had recruited troops twice. Fortunately, the first time was only enough to make up 108 people, but the second time it expanded to more than 200 numbers.

Qian Yuan was quite close to these guards around him, with a rich silver reward, a lot of fish, meat, rice and rice. He also had rewards during festivals and festivals. The most important weapons and equipment were the first-class.

Last year, Qian Yuan spent more than 2,000 taels of silver in one go, of course, mainly Anjiayin, weapons and equipment.

Now Wang Yi and Liang Sheng have more than 200 under his command. Qian Yuan has begun to worry about silver. He has drawn more than 40 elderly people into the army. His strength has declined greatly. Wang Yi suggested distributing a batch of iron armor in the guard team... Generally speaking, the most taboo thing in the court is that the people do not allow firearms and iron armor, and one attack and one defense are all powerful weapons.

Once equipped with iron armor, ordinary soldiers can be called elite soldiers and their combat effectiveness will increase by at least two levels.

After hearing Qian Yuan say so much in detail, Tan Lun couldn't help but say angrily: "Tell me, you are a broom..."

Seeing Tan glance at him, Tan Lun changed his words temporarily: "The troublemaker... You can meet Japanese pirates everywhere, but now as a Zhejiang inspector, you have an official guard wherever you go, and you can spend so much money a year to support more than 200 guards?!"

Tan Lun felt so distressed. Before and after the New Year, his nephew came to pay homage to the guards who died in battle... In fact, the Qian family and the Governor's Office have already issued pensions, but his nephew still gave a large number of gifts, and the money was so scattered... If he could stay, not to mention the others, he could at least be equipped with three or four hundred military equipment.

"Haha." Qian Yuan sneered, "It's not yet the point where I, Qian Zhan, broke my family and made my country?"

"Mother, my uncle means... the money in the Qian family's treasury should be used for the government office. Do you think this?"

"Zhancai, I obviously don't mean that!"

"It is natural for the Qian family to be given the Qian family's silver to the Qian family's guards." Qian Yuan said leisurely: "But it's unreasonable to equip the official army with weapons... So, no matter how short of money, I'm useless to find my nephew, no matter how short of money you are, I'm not going to find my nephew."

Tan Lun gritted his teeth, took a deep breath of tea, sighed, and asked about what Qian Yuan had seen in Shaoxing in the past two months, and also about Qian Yuan sweeping away the fallen leaves like autumn wind sweeping away the fallen leaves... Since then, let alone Shanyin, even the nearby Hangzhou, Xiaoshan and Yuyao have disappeared.

But Tan, who was next to him, couldn't help it and interrupted: "Fourth brother, let Yuan'er take a break."

"Stop?" Tan Lun was a little puzzled. When he came to the door, this guy was still on the bed!

Qian Yuan was also puzzled, "Mother?"

Tan grabbed the handkerchief desperately, and as he spoke, two lines of tears came to tears, "Your aunt has written..."

Qian Yuan immediately had nothing to say. Tan Lun asked carefully before he found out... After two major victories in Jiaxing Mansion last year, Qian Yuan immediately went north and went to Beijing to meet Emperor Jiajing. He then fell asleep for a day and two nights. If it weren't for the imperial doctor Shi Miaoshou, he would not have been saved.

Exhausted energy... Tan Lun looked at Qian Yuan with a faint face and felt quite emotional. After all, he was only a young man in his early twenties, but he was forced to such an extent. Forget it, I will have less drinks from Longjing in the Ming Dynasty today.

Qian Yuan comforted him for a while, then cooked himself and then persuaded his mother to improve slightly.

When he sent Tan Lun out, Qian Yuan whispered: "Don't worry, my second uncle has no worries and has already contacted him."

"That's good." Tan Lun nodded repeatedly and asked again: "When will Xu Hai make a big attack this year?"

"have no idea."

Tan Lun looked a little suspicious. He had long guessed that his nephew buried Fuzi under Xu Hai's command, and his second brother had no worries about his life... This news could also confirm his speculation.

"I really don't know." Qian Yuan said calmly: "If there are Japanese pirates attacking in Taizhou... I have given instructions to Lu Bin to train with veterans, and my uncle... guard the peace, Huang Yan."

Seeing that Tan Lun was still asking, Qian Yuan raised his hand to stop him, "When the Governor's Office has an order, my nephew will also have a messenger. This year, this battle... my uncle should prepare more and not kill Xu Hai, I am afraid that the court will not have so much patience."
Chapter completed!