The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 473
Last year, Ding Yi's two shipyards built a total of three [-]-material Haicang warships and two thousand-material blessing ships.

Because the Changsheng Island shipyard has just been put into use, according to Li Zhi's estimation, from today to next year, Ding Yi can build 5-6 Haicang warships, 3-4 Qianliaofu ships, and two more in the next year. Fuchuan, the largest warship in thousands of materials.

The annual output of the two shipyards is 8-10 ships. Ding Yi is of course dissatisfied, but he has no choice. He is limited by shipwrights and workers, and he is looking for them every time he goes to sea. Many shipwrights from North Korea and Japan have also been recruited. There is only the current output, and it will take time to develop.

The new group of sailors has a lot of lucky boats, which are used to transport troops.

Then Ding Yi dropped a blockbuster.

In the new group, Chang Jiangang of the 9th Battalion, Yu Liangtai of the 10th Battalion, garrison officers, and 5000 soldiers and horses are in charge of Zhao Dashan.

After this adjustment and reorganization, Lushun has 24000 people, Phi Island has 17000 people, and Japan has 2000 people.

Not counting the 4500 soldiers on the main island of Jeju Island, Xiang Huailai had 4500 troops stationed and trained. The [-] soldiers did not come back. When these [-] soldiers return next year, Ding Yi will arrange them in Beigou City.

In addition, there are 32 people from the 3000nd Battalion of Yanxiong in Dengzhou, 3000 people from Wang Weizhong in Qingzhou, 2000 people from Yang Zhen, the general of Dengzhou (who is being locked up for training), and 8000 people in Ding Yi in Denglai area.

The maximum number is 7000 people, plus 7500 people in five naval battalions.

Ding Yi's army has reached 67500.

Among them, the soldiers and horses who go to the senior officers are basically veterans drawn from various ministries, and the newly recruited recruits are redistributed to various ministries to supplement, ensuring that among the [-] soldiers and horses in Zhao Dashan's hands, [-] are veterans.

At the end of the meeting, Ding Yi asked Zhao Dashan to organize his troops as soon as possible, and after a month or two of training, he would set off when he came back.

At this time, there are more troops, and Ding Yi's annual expenditure has increased by a large amount in an instant.

Except for the 2000 people in Yangzhen who were paid by the imperial court, the remaining 65500 people had to be paid by Ding Yi.

This is why Ding Yi and Ruan Wenlong have studied carefully in advance before deciding to increase the number of troops.

There are more than 6 people in the army, and the annual salary reaches about 90 yuan. Including the consumption of clothing, gunpowder and firearms, the minimum is 150 million taels.

Coupled with other expenses, Ding Yi's current annual expenses have exceeded 200 million.

Of course, in the future, Ding Yi will make sure that everyone manages their own affairs.

That is to say, Dengzhou's soldiers and horses were paid by Dengzhou Du Ruhai, Liu Yuan, and Song Zhe.

For Lushun and Pidao, Ding Yi is responsible for the expenses.

Zhao Dashan is responsible for the expenses of the senior staff.

On Jeju Island, Zhong Zhennu and Wei Jiye are responsible for the expenses, so that each base can support itself.

But in the early stage, Ding Yi must invest a lot, including the first year of Jeju Island, and Ding Yi also invested purely.

Now, the two yuan produced by Ding Yi, Dengzhou Kadongjiang Town, add up to about 250 million taels a year, plus the expenses of craftsmen and others, it is barely enough, and there is not much left.

This year I made a lot of money by selling houses in the school district, but next year it will be gone, and I will have a chance to make money again after the schools are established.

So far, Ding Yi has less than 150 million taels of silver on hand, and the pressure on spending is still a bit high.

On August 8, Ding Yi came to Dengzhou again.

Convene Liu Yuan, Du Ruhai, Yan Xiong, Song Zhe and others to discuss the matter.

When I came last year, Dengzhou calculated that by the end of the year it would be short of more than 20 taels, and Du Ruhai's money would be reduced by more than half.

Ding Yi has increased his troops this year, and the economic pressure is relatively high. In the next year, the expenditure will exceed 200 million. If Dengzhou cannot support itself, his pressure will increase.

So he took a look at how Dengzhou was doing after this year, and did he think of any new ways to make money.

I didn't expect to come over and see that Dengzhou can barely keep the same level this year.

"How did you do it?" Ding Yi asked in surprise.

Last year's expenditure and the last time Ding Yi came, the calculation error is not large. The total expenditure of Dengzhou is 42 taels.

Here are the two battalions of Wang Weizhong and Yan Xiong, and the expenditure is so huge, because it is very expensive to drain the victims and hoard troops and farmland, and the officials in Dengzhou are almost replaced by Ding Yi, who only arrest government servants, etc. There are nearly a thousand, all of which are large expenditures.

Du Ruhai calculated that this year can be flat, but it is only August, how does he calculate.

This year's expenditure will only be more, not less, at least more than 45 taels.

In terms of income, Song Xiang's mining department will bring about [-] yuan in income.

There are more than 20 taels of shops in Dengzhou.

Ding Yi was surprised when he heard this. When he came last year, there were only more than 3 shops in Dengzhou. In less than a year, it has increased seven or eight times?
It turned out that Lu Chao came up with an idea here last year, thinking of a source of income.

Back then, Lu Chao was the first group of people who followed Ding Yi to settle in Dengzhou.

He stayed in Dengzhou for a period of time, and now he is still holding the job of thousands of households in Wang Xuzhai's former office. He said that he found that there are more than a dozen traffic jams in Dengzhou, and we can close all the traffic jams of other people in Dengzhou. It can only be played by us, including the lottery tickets that Ding Yi has played before, if they are all placed in the jam, they will definitely make a lot of money.

But Du Ruhai, Song Zhe and others discussed it, and felt that they should not be so one-size-fits-all, as it would provoke public outrage.

Do you think there is a better way?

Lu Chao thought about it, and immediately came up with a solution.

Soon, Du Ruhai, in the name of the magistrate's yamen, stated that he could not open the blockade.

Because the Ming Dynasty banned blocking, but the punishment was not strict.

In the Daming Law, it is stated that criminals who participate in gambling are divided into three classes: the first class is the boss of the block shop and those who often block, and they will be tortured for two months after being questioned; the second class is those who do not often block gambling on weekdays, but Those who carry silver and other things will be shackled for one month after the indictment; the third class is some young and ignorant people who were kidnapped by others, and they are only indicted.

In the Ming Dynasty, if there were officials involved in gambling, and they were first-class or second-class regardless of literature and martial arts, they would all be dismissed.

Du Ruhai said that the magistrate was going to investigate and block them, and then sent police around every three days. The original underground blockades in Dengzhou immediately closed their doors to avoid the sharp edge.

According to the urine nature of the general court, after sweeping for a while, the sound will soon disappear, and the bosses of the blocking square will soon make a comeback.

But Du Ruhai asked the police officers to turn around and sweep every day. In less than half a month, the bosses of the blockhouse couldn't stand it anymore.

At this time, a gossip spread to them. Someone with a great relationship said that Dengzhou City could only open three blockades, and they had to be in specific places.

This is similar to the city blockage of later generations. Gathering several blockades in one place can also play a role in attracting tourists.

Du Ruhai and the others set the location of the blockade to the south of Dengzhou Port, which is also the gathering place for most foreigners.

Because there are only three blocking cards, all the bosses in the city need to fight for it.

The method is the same as that of later generations, the one with the highest price wins.

Soon, the bosses of Dengzhou City got the qualification at a high price.

Each blockhouse handed in 5 taels per year.

The annual income of three blocked cards is 15 taels.

Du Ruhai promised that, apart from these three blockades, whoever opens them in private will be swept away, and will be beheaded if caught. Everyone is welcome to report, and there will be rewards for reporting. Half of the money swept on the spot will be given to the whistleblower.

At that time, some people didn't believe it, and even secretly disclosed it. Sure enough, someone reported it, because half of the report was rewarded with silver.

Du Ruhai asked Yan Xiong to lead his troops to sweep, and when they caught him, he chopped off the boss's head and ransacked his house. He still had more than 20 taels of silver in his hands, and he had more than 40 taels of silver in his hands again.

Through Du Ruhai's thunderous means, the reputation of the Yamen has been established. If there are three blocked cards, there can only be three blocked cards.

Other bosses in the city praised it one after another.

So only this piece of income skyrocketed in an instant.

(End of this chapter)