I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 213 Plan
"General Staff?" Zhu Houzhao repeated the name, "It's a good name, concise and to the point, let's use this name! Tomorrow I will issue an order to establish the General Staff, and it will be built in the Leopard House."

After saying that he burst into laughter.

Jiang Bin and Zhang Yong were also laughing along, but Zhu Houzhao couldn't laugh anymore and actually started sighing.

"What's wrong with you, brother? Why did you suddenly start sighing?" Zhu Houxun asked curiously.

"I suddenly thought that we have been so happily deducing for a long time, but it's just paper talk, and we haven't even seen a hair of the new army." Zhu Houzhao said listlessly.

Zhu Houxuan was silent now. He knew what Zhu Houzhao wanted to say, and he also knew that as soon as he opened his mouth, Zhu Houzhao would take advantage of the situation again.

"Although this new army is good, it is too expensive. Unfortunately, my treasury is empty, otherwise I would have to train a new army," Zhu Houzhao continued, while secretly observing Zhu Houxuan.

As a result, Zhu Houxuan was calmly concentrating on eating and didn't respond to him at all.
Zhu Houzhao had no choice but to eat a few mouthfuls of rice. At this moment, Zhu Houxuan had already started drinking tea, as if he had not heard what Zhu Houzhao had just said.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help it and took the initiative to ask: "When will the Royal Group get dividends? I need to train a new army and need money urgently."

"I've told you many times that the group's money has been planned for use. We're investing and building projects everywhere this year, and dividends will be paid next year." Zhu Houxuan said as he blew the tea leaves in the teacup.

"But, but can't you be flexible?" Zhu Houxuan said unwillingly, "It will take another thousand days to maintain the troops."

"Do you remember what I told you before? We can't be impatient in the war against Mongolia. Brother, you have to be patient. The development of the group takes time." Zhu Houxuan said calmly.

Zhu Houzhao opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but nothing came out, and his expression became a little depressed.
Seeing his expression, Zhu Houxuan deliberately said, "Besides, training a new army is just my immature suggestion. I don't know much about military affairs. Just listen to it, brother, don't take it to heart."

Zhu Houzhao looked at Zhu Houxun, who was smiling, and suddenly felt the urge to punch him. His tone and smile were too hateful.
However, he still resisted the urge and said, "I just listened to my brother's analysis, which is indeed very reasonable. Training a new army is indeed the best way."

"So brother must train a new army?" Zhu Houxuan showed a surprised expression and asked deliberately.

"That's for sure, it's just a matter of time. Of course, the sooner the better." Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but look at Zhu Houxuan with hope.

"Is that so? There is a solution." Seeing that Zhu Houzhao had made up his mind, Zhu Houxuan decided not to tease him anymore.

Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he grabbed Zhu Houxuan's arm and said impatiently: "Brother, what do you have in mind? Tell me quickly."

"In the beginning, we prepared a lot of food for the construction of the northern factory. As a result, the number of fish caught in the sea exceeded our expectations, and the workers consumed less food after eating the fish. As a result, we saved a lot of food, as much as 6 shi," Zhu Houxuan said with a chuckle.

"You mean we can recruit a wave of new soldiers to train first?" Zhu Houzhao said thoughtfully. "Yes, we can recruit 3 people first. The 6 dan of grain plus salted fish can last for three months. After three months, the situation will be much better," Zhu Houxuan nodded.

"Great!" Zhu Houzhao waved his arms excitedly, then thought of something and continued, "What about the military pay and weapons? Thirty thousand people need 45,000 taels of silver a month, plus the weapons, that's a lot of money, the Ministry of War will definitely not pay that much."

"The first three months are counted as the recruit period, during which the military pay is one tael of silver per month. After the recruits complete the three-month training and become regular soldiers, the military pay will be increased. In this way, the monthly pay only needs 30,000 taels of silver to maintain their position. I can still come up with 30,000 taels of silver a month by scraping together some money here and there," Zhu Houxuan made another calculation.

"Yes! That's it! This way we can set up the new army." Zhu Houzhao said excitedly, "Then what about the military equipment?"

"You'll need to figure out the military equipment issue yourself. We haven't started manufacturing military equipment yet, and we haven't started trial production of new equipment. The newly built farm tool factory does have some shovels and hayforks, but I don't think you'll need them." Zhu Houxuan shrugged.

Zhu Houzhao was speechless after hearing this. "I'll think of a way. I don't believe a living person can be killed by holding his urine."

"In fact, training does not necessarily require weapons. You can practice formations and queues first, or you can use wooden sticks or something instead," Zhu Houxuan instigated.

"Well, that's fine." Zhu Houzhao nodded with some difficulty.

Then he suddenly raised his head and looked at Zhu Houxuan and said, "We have a deal! You quickly send the food and the first month's military pay, and I will issue an order to start recruiting 30,000 miners from the surrounding mines."

"It's settled! Don't worry!" Zhu Houxuan said with a smile.

The two people reached an agreement in this way.

Jiang Bin listened to the conversation between the two people and felt that a huge opportunity was in front of him.
Zhu Houzhao left excitedly and began to prepare for the general staff and the new army.

Zhu Houxun fell into deep thought as he looked at Zhu Houzhao's departing figure.

In fact, the Royal Group is not so difficult that it cannot afford to support tens of thousands of new troops. The Royal Group has a bank that can issue currency!

The obstacles to building the new army were actually deliberately set up by Zhu Houxun in order to make Zhu Houzhao cherish and pay more attention to this new army.

He knew Zhu Houzhao and human nature too well. People always pay less attention to things that can be easily obtained.
The more energy Zhu Houzhao invested in the new army, the more he would rely on it, and the new army would repay his investment in the future.
In fact, many things that happened after arriving in the capital were beyond Zhu Houxuan's expectations. For example, regarding the manufacture of military equipment, Zhu Houxuan originally estimated that it would take until the tenth year of Zhengde to get it, but he got it before the end of the ninth year of Zhengde.

As for today's events, Zhu Houzhao started chatting with him about the Beijing camp, and ended up talking about the new army and the General Staff.

This was beyond Zhu Houxuan's expectations, and many of his plans had to be implemented ahead of schedule.
(End of this chapter)