Because the area that needed to be cleaned was too large, and the enemy was already familiar with the mountainous terrain, they were no longer willing to fight head-on with the army after suffering repeated losses.
With the opponent actively avoiding the real and attacking the weak and wandering around, Hong Chengchou didn't have much confidence in wiping out the rogue bandits in the Dabie Mountains as soon as possible.
He reached out to a certain prince to ask for reinforcements but was too embarrassed to ask. Jifu had been in emergency for many years, and the situation was even more critical than in the south. Hong Chengchou also understood the difficulties of the court.
The advancing and suppressing army is still equipped with airships, which can carry out high-altitude reconnaissance and search. Weapons such as copper cannons, mortars, and grenades are also in place, but they are of little use for operations in mountainous areas.
The only way to temporarily implement the blockade method is to confine the bandits to the Dabie Mountains as much as possible to avoid causing damage to surrounding areas.
For the new round of suppression, a certain prince had some options without mobilizing the troops stationed in various parts of the north.
There is another army in the south that is good at fighting and one of the original five trump cards of the Ming Dynasty. It is Qin Liangyu's White Pole Army!
After Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai broke into the eastern Sichuan area and were repelled by the army, the Baigan Army was still stationed in eastern Sichuan.
Now that there are no rogue bandits at all in Sichuan, and even the rogue bandits in the Huguang area have been almost wiped out, the Baigan Army can be drawn out to participate in the siege of the Dabie Mountains.
More importantly, the Baigan Army is a mountain infantry unit that is very familiar with and good at mountain warfare. It is almost the most adept at fighting mountain warfare in the official army.
Under the command of Qin Liangyu, the 30,000 white-pole army, which was fully fed and paid, and equipped with new weapons and armor, became the main force in suppressing the rogue bandits.
There is no need to walk this time. It only takes less than half a month to travel down the river from the eastern Sichuan area to the area south of the Dabie Mountains.
The weapons and equipment provided by a certain prince to Aunt Qin have already been transported to Wuchang via waterways.
The governor of Huguang, Fang Yizhi's biological father Fang Kongzhen, will hand over these equipment to Qin Liangyu along with food and salary.
The rest is the responsibility of Hong Chengchou and Qin Liangyu. A certain prince can only help so much.
At most, we can add Sun Chuanting's 30,000 to 40,000 troops from Gansu. This is assuming that Li Zicheng and Chai Shihua will not counterattack.
Now, a certain prince still has many tasks at hand, such as building a house for the henchmen.
After defeating Braid again and receiving a large bonus, some guys who didn't live in the building started to stir up trouble.
But this time is different from last time. We can no longer rely on the imperial court, which has spent tens of millions of taels of silver to reward the army, to spend money to build buildings.
What to do?
Let’s raise funds to build a house!
That is, people who want to buy a house must pay part of the down payment first, and the remaining house payment will be deducted from their salary in the form of monthly payments.
Since most of the people who want to live in buildings are those with stable jobs such as court officials or military generals, there is naturally no pressure for stable output.
Those rich people who are not short of money also want to buy a set and try it out. This is not a bad idea, as long as the rich people are concentrated in one or several communities.
The total payment after the loan will be higher, making it more affordable to buy a house with full payment.
As a result... there were thousands of people who paid the full amount.
Even a general who owns a house wants to buy one, and the value will increase even if he doesn't keep it.
In view of this, a certain prince could only order those who already owned properties to buy at most one property and not to resell it within five years.
This reduces the chances that people who don’t have a house will not be able to live in it, and those who have a house will come to speculate in real estate. It is basically impossible to prevent this situation.
The planned arena was not built yet, and the area west of the Cao River and even east of the river to Xisi Pailou Street were all used to build residential buildings.
Only the thermal power plant remains, and the units in the first and second phases are running smoothly and starting to generate electricity. We cannot demolish them and build houses for fun.
Thermal power plants are one of the intrinsic reasons that make every new community fashionable. Because they are close to the power plants, it is very easy to connect phone lines.
No matter what kind of house it is, as long as it has a telephone line, it will immediately make people feel taller. If it is equipped with a flush toilet, it will be even more extraordinary.
This is why people flock to buildings. Luxury houses with garden views are good, but after all, the cost is too high and they are not suitable for most people.
A certain prince considered it a great merit to be able to allow middlemen, including officials and school captains, to live in a house with a telephone and a toilet. The civil servants and military generals also thought so.
All officials of the third rank or above have already realized that every household has electric lights and telephones, just upstairs and downstairs.
In order to ensure that the housing project proceeds as scheduled, a certain prince has no plans to build large residences in the old city.
To deal with these guys who are not too short of money, we need to lure them to Xincheng and then attack...
For a certain prince, this is not a difficult task. As long as the house is built to be extraordinary, people will naturally buy it.
No matter how difficult it is to sell a house, it can't be as difficult as buying a toilet!
Immediately after the Japanese army gave the order, there was a rush to buy toilets!
That's right!
This is the favorite of famous people!
The white and glossy ceramic toilet is the most popular product among famous people. If you buy one, you can use it yourself. If you buy more, you can give it to your relatives and friends!
According to statistics published in the newspaper, the Japanese purchased more than 5,000 toilets in total!
Although there are already imitations in the Japanese country, they are all made of wood. They are far different from genuine products in appearance, and the price is even more different.
This is due to word-of-mouth marketing. Ever since Abe returned to his homeland after leading the army for the first time in battle, the Ming Dynasty's toilet was the best in the world, and it became a confession throughout the Japanese country.
De Gong can't even use the Ming Dynasty toilet, so he must be a daimyo without strength!
Even General Tokugawa used this kind of toilet, which shows that it is really good!
Now the Tokugawa generals no longer mind participating in economic and trade activities, because the huge profits are really irresistible.
Spirits, snowflakes, photo studios, glass mirrors, stationery and toys, etc., including the long-published "Waguo Daily", are all industries under the command of General Tokugawa, either as a general agent or as a direct business.
On the one hand, making huge profits every year to support the army, on the other hand, the Tokugawa generals discovered that using these commodities could weaken the economic strength of the non-direct daimyo.
Since Shi Gao has already awarded the reward, the annual income of each daimyo is relatively stable, and the approximate amount can be estimated.
If a daimyo spends more money on goods, the money used to raise troops will naturally be reduced.
As one goes and the other goes, one's own economic and military strength will become stronger and stronger.
Insisting on trade with the Ming Dynasty, especially the Ming Dynasty prince, is very conducive to his control of the mainland.
This is the fundamental reason why General Tokugawa was willing to send 200,000 troops to aid the Ming Dynasty.
If you win, everyone will be happy. The occurrence of heavy casualties was enough to weaken the forces of other daimyo.
The famous people who had made money began to make large purchases in the capital, without even taking a tael of silver back to their homeland.
Of the nearly 6 million taels of silver distributed to the Japanese army, almost 400 taels were spent on the spot.
Part of it was money borrowed by the daimyo from the samurai and ashigaru below, and he could repay it with copper coins of the same value after he returned.
Only less than two million taels were actually brought back to the mainland, and all of them were copper coins that had been exchanged in advance. There was no silver, because Japan was rich in silver, which caused the market to go upside down.
This allowed a certain prince to directly receive more than 3.8 million taels. After taking into account various expenses, he could make a net profit of more than 3 million taels.
The profits from deceiving Japanese people into buying things were huge, so a certain prince spared no effort...
There is nothing wrong with doing this, because it is good for everyone, and the daimyo can make a fortune. The Tokugawa General's annual related income is nearly two million taels.
In order to thank this second-rate general for his cooperation, a certain prince planned to transfer the telephone business to Japan for a fee, and the second-rate general would be the sole operator of the Japanese country.
A certain prince just wants to let the general who is a fool understand that if he follows him, there will be great benefits!
The Japanese army was my human shield. Without these 200,000 troops, expecting the Ming army to deliver meals to Zu Dashou would really be like "delivering meals"!
After repeated entreaties from his subordinates, Abe once again stayed in the capital for ten days before leaving.
Mainly because many famous people want to shop, go shopping, have fun, and take photos along the way. It is even more essential to go to various hubs to enjoy life.
It is not that there are similar places in Japan, but compared with those in Ming Dynasty, the price of toilets made in the two countries is completely similar...
Especially after enjoying the wonderful programs of the Beauty Collection and the Pretty Girls Collection, thinking about the howling of ghosts and wolves by those local women, it is simply a waste of money.
In order to thank his old friend Abe Shigetsu, a certain prince also specially presented him with a set of the first edition of the "Secret History of Sekisawa Photo Album Collector's Edition" with a market price of more than ten thousand taels!
Naturally, the Tokugawa general also received gifts, and there were more than one set. As for whether to collect them or reward them for his subordinates, that was his own business.
This kind of thing can also be bought and given away on a large scale, but a certain prince cannot afford to give it away.
Under strong advice from all quarters, a certain prince could only send someone to print the book for the third time.
After a certain prince sent these gifts, the first edition was completely out of print. It would be impossible to obtain the few remaining sets of the first edition without the help of God.
Currently, all the ones on the market are selling or changing hands, the second version, priced at 3,000 taels, and the actual transaction price has doubled.
How popular is it?
It is said that some people have begun to hire thieves from the world to steal books from the homes of wealthy families...
In this case, a certain prince decided to print the third edition. Anyway, if he didn't braid his hair, it would be idle.
The text version of "Secret History Beyond the Pass" has been published to its twentieth volume, one volume at a time.
This time, a certain prince planned to turn all twenty books into photo album editions. One book would be three hundred taels, and twenty books would be six thousand taels.
After making a lot of money from the Japanese, I had the capital to start using the camera.
Due to the skyrocketing total cost, the printing cost for 500 sets was as high as 2 million taels.
Merchants who had tasted the benefits immediately placed orders after hearing the news. With the addition of civil servants and generals, including Du Guo Daddy and Zheng Zhilong, the total orders had exceeded 700 sets.
A certain prince believed that this was definitely not the final sales total, it should exceed a thousand.
After all, there are so many "gentlemen" in the Ming Dynasty who are full of benevolence, justice and morality...
For example, even Liu Zongzhou placed an order, fearing that he would not be able to grab it and would have to spend more money to buy it from others.
Thousands of miles away, I, the Holy Gong of Dayan, asked someone to order twenty sets, in the name of donating money to defend against the enemy!
You like what you hear and see, and you can also make money on the way. Of course, everyone is willing to do this business.
Lian Liu Rushi and Gu Hengbo jointly founded Bo Shi Trading Company, which has this agency business.
Once sold, one book can earn thousands or even thousands of taels of silver. Of course, these two beauties will not miss such a good thing.
A certain prince learned the lessons from the previous two times and simply moved Liu Zongzhou out and asked the great scholar to write a recommendation and put it on the first page of the book. The price was to give him a set for free.
The cunning guy saw the price of six thousand taels and wrote a six-word recommendation!
good! Very good! very good! ——Liu Zongzhou
After hanging out in the big dyeing vat in the capital for a long time, Old Liu Tou also learned to be cunning.
However, given the reputation, not many people would object if six words were worth six thousand taels.
Old Liu Tou got one set for nothing, bought another set with his own money, then sold it again, pocketing several thousand taels of silver.
I have placed an order for a hundred sets of books. I guess I will be stunned when I see the price of this set of books.
Most of the merchants in the south of the Yangtze River have been kept in obedience. Whether they are loyal or not will be known by whether they buy books or not.
This is a group of leeks, and they are affordable leeks. It is perfect to harvest them once a year.
The author of this book, Wu Weiye, previously received at least one thousand taels of silver in royalties for each book he wrote.
Twenty copies equaled 20,000 taels. After the album version was released, the total of the three times was worth tens of thousands taels.
By the way, I also got three sets of books for free, how happy it is!
Wu Weiye has now moved to the house he bought for 5,000 taels, but he still does dry land.
Apart from not being able to write my real name and fearing being killed by dog Tatars, the rest are all real benefits.
There are three concubines alone. The house has a telephone, a toilet, a sofa, and a big meal of fish and meat.
In order to increase his inspiration for writing a book, Xin Na's concubine is not a thin Yangzhou horse, but a tall horse!
A certain prince was not interested in how Old Wu Tou lived, as long as he could submit the manuscript on time.
Writing a book is like building a railway. They are both big projects and must be planned over the long term.
Thanks to the efforts of the Ministry of Industry and the Railway Corps, the railways in Shuntian Prefecture have been fully connected.
The section from Xuanfu Town to Datong is under construction and is expected to be completed within three years.
After leaving the customs, the railway was actually easier to repair because the terrain was flat and there were few mountains and rivers blocking it.
It is expected that within five years, the railway from the capital to the mining area will begin operation.
Various commodities produced in the capital, as well as ores and cattle and sheep from the mining areas, can be transported by railway.
A certain prince planned to spend another five years, that is, from 1648 to 1653, to build the railway to the foot of Tianshan Mountain.
In this way, we can completely control the eastern region of the Western Region and change the current situation of Hamiwei being passively beaten.
We cannot allow the rebels Li Zicheng and Chai Shihua to gain a foothold at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, otherwise they will become the second Galdan.
It seems that Galdan will be born next year. After those two guys pass, it is unclear whether Galdan can show up as scheduled.
There is no tree under the tree, but with Li Zicheng in the Western Regions, it may not be that easy for Galdan to become a hero.
If there were no Kangji, Yongji, and Galdan in the East, and no Napoleon in the West, the future would be even more interesting!
