"The Francons have red barbarian cannons and have huge plywood ships. The shortcomings of our army's ship cannons can be supplemented by small amounts." Many people agreed with this proposal at the moment.

"It would be better to ask the Taiwanese master to come forward and persuade Zheng Zhilong to send a partial force to assist in the battle. Zheng Zhilong's troops have been accustomed to the sea for a long time and can be used as a vanguard."

"I'm afraid that Xiong Zhizong will not agree. He relies on Zheng Zhilong to build the Great Wall of Fujian. Now that Li Kuiqi and others have not yet consecrated the head, how can he be willing? It's inappropriate."

Some people reiterated the old tricks used by Yu Dayou and Dong Long during the Jiajing period when they captured pirates in Humen, thinking that they could seduce foreign pirates and promised to cooperate with the attack by offering huge profits from the cargo.

"This is not appropriate." Li Xijue shook his head, "Don't seduce foreign pirates, otherwise the tiger will be rejected from the front and the wolves will come from the back door. Things are not as good as they were back then. If you want to learn from me, you can only use the Franco machine.

people."

"How about borrowing a teacher from Lan Ren?"

"This generation originally intended to occupy Penghu and borrow lessons from it. Should it be allowed to return to Penghu?"

"This is wrong." The staff who made this suggestion thought that he had a plan, "When the Helan people were willing to retreat to the rank of senior officials, this dynasty allowed merchants to go to trade. Let's take this as an argument: If Helan people are

If people don’t use troops to help suppress the war, merchants will not be allowed to go to the high officials..."

"What a fallacy!" Li Xijue heard such high-minded arguments and had no choice but to come out and refute, "Banning merchant trade? Since Jiajing, the sea ban has been opened and closed. It has never been truly banned."

This method has some use in dealing with the Portuguese. But Da Yuan is not Hao Jing - it is very close to Guangzhou. The thousand-mile coast of Fujian and Guangdong is simply unstoppable. Besides, most of the people who trade with Da Yuan are Fujian merchants, and Zheng Zhilong is

One of the largest businessmen.

Zheng Zhilong will not pay attention to the order of the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the merchants along the coast of Fujian will not buy it. Xiong Wenhuan may not be willing to issue such an order for Guangdong. Therefore, this idea is completely unworkable.

"Ignoring borrowing troops, once the troops are mobilized, where will the food and pay come from?"

This is the key to fighting. The imperial court is not without an army, but the army can only be regarded as alive. In order for this group of armed beggars to go out to fight, the first thing to do is to pay them. If you cannot pay all the unpaid wages, at least part of them must be paid, otherwise the soldiers

The elders are reluctant to leave; secondly, as usual, settlement expenses and rewards are required before departure; after the battle, regardless of victory or defeat, the casualties must be compensated, and if the victory is won, there must be a military reward.

As for the food and grass needed for the start of the battle, it must also be well planned and prepared. Soldiers can be half hungry and half full on weekdays, but they cannot be starved during the war. The problem of food and grass is relatively easy to solve in Guangdong, and it is generally a year in Guangdong.

Two crops, the grain stored in the public treasury is quite abundant. Qiongzhou Prefecture also has many warehouses specially reserved for military grain for Beili. Tens of thousands of dan of grain are always available and can be allocated nearby.

"As for the pension and reward, that's a matter for the future, so we can leave it alone for the time being. We just have to raise the expenses for departure first," Lu Yizhong said.

"Now each army is in arrears of pay for nearly half a year. Each soldier's pay is equivalent to 2 taels per month, and he must be paid two or three months back. As for the settlement expenses, each person gets another 3 taels. If the soldiers are not moved, each soldier will pay at least seven taels.

, if 10,000 people are used, 70,000 will be spent before leaving the camp!" Some people were stunned as soon as they calculated the accounts.

"You are short. There are also various expenses for the march, ministerial expenses, and other expenses. This money can't be set off without the amount of 10,000 to 20,000 yuan." Some staff members have military experience. "As for artillery and ship renovation, don't we need it?"

money?"

"You don't have to forget it." Li Xijue said, "During the Tianqi period, Governor Yu expelled the red-haired barbarians from Penghu, which cost the vassal treasury nearly 400,000 taels. This deployment of troops will definitely not be less than that time. The military expenditure will be at least 300,000 taels.
Chapter completed!