Rongshan.

Zhang Tianyi expressed his concerns.

The imperial court's spring offensive should be the most worrying thing for the strength of the Southern Witch Cult.

What they urgently need to do is to prevent Luo Fengtang from leading troops to attack Bozhou.

"Just think about it from that aspect."

Zhang Tianyi said.

"I've guessed this too, but what method will he use to stop it?"

Luo Fengtang frowned.

He was not a fool. He also thought of what Zhang Tianyi thought of, but when he thought about it more deeply, he couldn't think of anything.

"They can think of ways from the aspects of funds, ordnance, food and grass, soldiers, generals, the court, etc."

Zhang Tianyi stood up and walked gently, holding his chin with his fingers and thinking.

"On the court side, the Southern Witch Cult should be powerless. Even if they infiltrate into the court, they will not hold a high position. As long as the emperor can always support Brother Luo, there will not be a big problem in this regard."

Da Qi court officials have always been infiltrated by various forces, but the current Qi Emperor Qi Xingyun is not a mediocre person. Those important officials of the imperial court have been investigated by hidden guards for eight generations. It is almost impossible for the enemy to reach the level of important officials.

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Therefore, it is difficult for the Southern Witch Cult to influence the grand plans of the Qi court.

"General, if they want to assassinate Brother Luo, it will probably be extremely difficult for them."

The Southern Witch Cult should have considerable strength in Yizhou, but it is unlikely that they would directly assassinate Luo Fengtang. Even if they wanted to, it would be difficult to do so.

After all, Luo Fengtang was a rare martial arts master, and he had a powerful personal guard around him. If he was assassinated, it would be an evil act.

"Look at the funds again. Money is allocated by the imperial court. If the imperial court is stable, the money will also be stable." Zhang Tianyi said.

"The imperial court only allocated part of it, and part of it was self-raised. Currently, it is self-raised in Yizhou."

Luo Fengtang suddenly said.

In some aspects, he knew a lot of information that Zhang Tianyi did not know.

Since Zhang Tianyi is responsible for planning, there is no need to hide some confidential information.

Otherwise, it would be an injustice if Zhang Tianyi came to the wrong conclusion because some of the information was wrong.

"Some of it is self-raised... Then the funds are not 100% safe. I wonder where Brother Luo is going to raise funds?"

Zhang Tianyi asked.

"When I came to Yizhou this time, I brought a lot of bonds from the imperial court. I raised funds by issuing bonds and letting people in Yizhou buy them."

Luo Fengtang said.

"Aren't you collecting donations from wealthy gentry households in Yizhou?"

Zhang Tianyi couldn't help but ask.

In the past, when the imperial court wanted to raise money, it basically used donations, but this time Luo Fengtang did not use the same old tricks.

"If fundraising doesn't work, those wealthy squires will definitely cry out for poverty. They won't give a lot of money, and they will hate the court privately... Those people are not very capable of helping, but they are not capable of causing destruction behind the scenes.

It’s small, so the old methods won’t work.”

Luo Fengtang said slowly.

"I understand, if we use bond issuance to raise funds, we can avoid many problems, but the consequence will be an increase in the financial burden of the Yizhou County Sheriff's Yamen."

Zhang Tianyi could spot the problem at a glance.

This is to transfer part of the financial burden of the imperial court to the local government.

The local yamen itself also needs to be maintained. There are so many officials whose salaries have to be paid, and all the yamen's affairs have to be handled. Corresponding funds are indispensable.

"That's for the future..."

Luo Fengtang said slowly: "If we can defeat Bozhou and destroy the Yang family in Bozhou, any financial crisis can be resolved."

"If we lose the battle, Yizhou may not be safe, and its financial crisis will no longer exist."

"Brother Luo said that no matter you win or lose, you can solve the problem."

Zhang Tianyi nodded and admitted that Luo Fengtang was right.

"In this case, due to funding issues, it may be difficult for the Southern Witch Cult to do anything. I believe that there will be people buying the government's bonds, and I'm afraid the supply will still exceed demand."

"Bonds sent by the capital have been redeemed by previous imperial courts, which shows that the imperial court has a high credibility, so the people of Yizhou are not afraid of the imperial court defaulting on its debts."

Zhang Tianyi saw that this was a question of credit. If the court had enough credit, it could raise enough money.

"Take away the funding issue, and all that's left are weapons, food, grass and soldiers."

"Ordnance and food should not be a big problem. It seems that the most likely problem is soldiers."

Zhang Tianyi locked the target.

"Why is it not a big problem for arms and food?"

Luo Fengtang said doubtfully.

"Brother Luo is not from Sixiang County."

"The battle of Sixiang shook the world. Daqi's new firearms became famous all over the world, and Brother Luo's name became even more famous. How could there be any problem when the ordnance was transported from Sixiang City? As for the food and grass, Brother Luo had already

We overthrew the county governor Wan Yiren. Wan Yiren had hoarded a large amount of food and probably wouldn't have time to move it away."

Zhang Tianyi said.

"Brother Zhang is indeed very knowledgeable. You guessed it right. We found a large amount of food in an underground warehouse in the west of the city. All of it was accumulated by Wan Yiren over the years. He didn't have time to take it away."

Luo Fengtang said.

"That's easy to handle. In the end, there's only one possibility left, and that's soldiers."

"The Southern Witch Cult is most likely to manipulate its soldiers."

Zhang Tianyi squinted his eyes.

Now that he has found the best possible direction, Zhang Tianyi is spending time thinking.

He considered himself as the Southern Witch Cult.

"For soldiers, I plan to look for soldiers from four aspects."

Luo Fengtang said slowly: "One is the veterans I brought from Sixiang City. There are two thousand people in total. These are elite soldiers, veterans who have experienced life and death battles."

Zhang Tianyi himself is also a leader of troops. On the surface, he looks like a wild man, but in fact, he has read serious military books.

In this way, he has both theory and practice, so he can be regarded as a qualified general.

"Veterans are the most precious. Two thousand veterans can be expanded to 200,000 in extraordinary times."

Zhang Tianyi said.

"These are veterans. Secondly, I will obtain soldiers from the native tribe of Shiwandashan."

Luo Fengtang said.

"I think there must be something fishy among the hundreds of thousands of indigenous tribes in the mountains."

Zhang Tianyi frowned.

"No way?"

Luo Fengtang said.

"The hundreds of thousands of native tribes in the mountains are mixed, good and bad. They all seem to be indigenous. In fact, they have different factions. There are dozens of small tribes among them. There may be ethnic groups that have been completely infiltrated by the Southern Witch Cult. If the soldiers come from there, it is very likely that they will

Someone might cause trouble."

Zhang Tianyi said.

"How can they cause trouble? As soon as I enter the barracks, I will disrupt them and manage them separately. They will not be able to cause trouble."
Chapter completed!