Mo Chenbo looked up and looked like his father Mo obsessed, and then said, "Actually, after these years, all the uncles and uncles know the ways and ability of the prince to make money. From the restoration of Hangzhou Prefecture to the present, in just six years, the earth-shaking changes in Jiangnan have not noticed?"

Huang Zongxi said, "No one said that the prince is incompetent...but the prince is even more capable of spending money."

"Is there a tael of silver that the prince spent on himself?"

Mo Chenbo frowned and said, "Sages and wise men have existed since ancient times, but those who are as honest as the prince can be said to be ancient people. We must always talk about some conscience. Let's ask, if it weren't for the prince's regaining Hangzhou and Yingtian prefectures, we would still live a life of the Tartars. If it weren't for the prince's planning to build the Mo family's money house, there would be no Hanming Bank now. If it weren't for the prince's merger of the imperial bank, how could the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce have become bigger?..."

"... Besides, the prince did increase the commercial tax, but the commercial tax levied by the General's Mansion every year is a fixed quota. The prince imposed tariffs on foreign merchants, which not only offset some of the losses caused by commercial taxes, but also increased the profits of domestic merchants, which was equivalent to subsidizing them in disguise... All uncles and uncles asked themselves, have they earned more or less in the past few years?"

After saying these words, Mo Chenbo stood up and bowed, "Dear uncles and nephews said this... the taste of it must be savored carefully... goodbye."

Several people in the hall watched Mo Chenbo leave in a daze.

Huang Zongxi turned his head and looked at Xi Benzhen, "Please give us an idea for our brother Xi."

Xi Benzhen sighed and said, "What else can Xi do? Let's... let's do this. Speaking of which, Songjiang New City is considered a prosperous trade. Although the land price has increased faster than before, it is still rising, right? Brother Huang, the investment of land purchases of tens of millions of silver in the Chamber of Commerce at the time is now more than 30 million taels on the books... The eldest young master of the Mo family is right, he must always talk about his conscience."

Huang Zongxi said, "I'm not blaming the prince, but the books... are really unsightly."

Xi Benzhen stood up, walked out with his hands on his back, and said slowly, "The General's Mansion is like a big ship. You and I are all people on the boat. If the boat capsizes, no one can get on the shore... Huang said that, "God's words are all right!"

....

The first thing Wu Zheng did when he returned to Hangzhou Prefecture was to urgently summon Qian Qiaogong, who was training troops, to come to see him.

He trusted Qian Qiaogong, even more than Qian Qiaogong's father, his father-in-law Qian Sule.

It’s not that Qian Sule is not trustworthy, but for Qian Sule, whose three views have been formed, Qian Qiaogong is more likely to accept new things in his youth. At the same time, Qian Qiaogong has the passion that the elderly do not have.

This kind of passion can boil so much that people sacrifice themselves for their ideals, subvert the old world and create a new world.

Qi Daokun and Chen Shoujie's successful rifle gun manufacturing and the continuous shooting structure developed by Song Yingxing gave Wu Zheng the interest in building a new type of gun.

Qian Qiaogong's spear training in the north is actually a semi-finished product. Its firepower output is only two single-shot short guns, which means that after two shots, it is still a sword cavalry.

The effective range of the short gun is only more than twenty steps due to the poor sealing of the front loading.

The distance of more than twenty steps is not satisfactory for infantry, but it is a bit useless for the spear cavalry.

Just imagine, when the light cavalry with a speed of 40 or 50 per hour, the distance between 2 or 30 steps is almost at a blink of an eye. The first shot is okay, and the second shot is almost shot against the enemy's nose. So why not just slash?

Therefore, Wu Zheng did not take Qian Qiaogong's spear cavalry too seriously. In fact, Wu Zheng was just to resettle Qian Qiaogong's brother-in-law. Of course, Wu Zheng had a guard cavalry under his command at this time.

In the past, there were no war horses, and it was too difficult to add war horses. Wu Zheng could only comfort himself by "expensive and unpractical".

In fact, Wu Zheng knew very well that even three hundred years later, during the Anti-Japanese War, the cavalry was still a nightmare for infantry.

But now, the war horses that Qian Qiaogong "snatched" from Sizhou and the war horses seized during the Xuzhou War, Wu Zheng already has enough war horses to support his dream.

....

"How are the soldiers practicing?"

Wu Zheng poured a cup of tea for Qian Qiaogong with his own hands and placed it in front of Qian Qiaogong.

Qian Qiao stood attentively and saluted: "Reply to the general's words... As long as the general gives the order, the Fenglei Cavalry can serve the general at any time."

Wu Zheng nodded with satisfaction and said, "Sit, sit first... Then how are your heavy rider practicing?"

The heavy cavalry mentioned by Wu Zheng is the "Kolin Cavalry" named after the fallen Yue Xiaolin.

Qian Qiaogong hesitated for a moment and replied: "It will take three months before he can join the battle."

Wu Zheng asked: "Why... difficult to practice?"

"Yes." Qian Qiaogong said in a deep voice, "The iron armor is too heavy, and it is difficult for the soldiers from Jiangnan to bear it for a short time, so they must improve their physical strength."

Wu Zheng nodded and smiled and said, "Don't be anxious, be patient... Give them more meat and milk. It's the time to grow up, so I don't believe that I can't feed them anymore."

These words made Qian Qiaogong smile with a hint of smile on his face.

Looking at Qian Qiaogong's haggard face, Wu Zheng knew that Qian Qiaogong was training troops with his life.

Practicing an invincible cavalry on the battlefield is not only Qian Qiaogong's dream and mission, but also Qian Qiaogong is making up for the pain in his own heart.

When Wu Zheng was in Shaoxing Prefecture, he had a cavalry of thousands of people, but because Wu Zheng was just a commander at that time, the lost war horses were difficult to replenish, and the remaining troops were disbanded.

Although that battle was not entirely due to Qian Qiaogong's miscommand, Qian Qiaogong always felt guilty, not only for Wu Zhengxin, but also for the soldiers who fell.

Therefore, when Qian Qiaogong heard Song An talk about a group of war horses in Sizhou in Huai'an, he knew that Song An had something to do, but he ignored the area and took people to grab them.

Now, he is trying his best to train the cavalry.

Wu Zheng couldn't help but think of Qian Sudian who was killed in Ningbo Prefecture, and sighed slightly in his heart. The Qian family is really loyal and kind.

"I have a task for you."

"yes."

"There will be a batch of new muskets in the military workshop soon, but the number will not be too large. The first army is not equipped enough, and it is too different... So I think it's just right to use Fenglei Rider."

Qian Qiaogong's eyes lit up, "Are you firing a gun?"

Wu Zheng was shocked and said in a deep voice: "How do you know?"

Qian Qiaogong said in surprise: "I heard it next to me when the general talked to Mr. Song."

Wu Zheng thought hard for a while and there was something going on, so he shook his head and said, "It's true that he fired guns continuously, but the reliability is still something that needs to be tested on the battlefield..."

"Don't worry, General, the Fenglei Cavalry will never let down his mission."
Chapter completed!