All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 5 I only hate the lack of financial resources
"Master Chen."

Zhu Laitong's housekeeper bowed respectfully and said, "My master is not at home."

"Oh."

Looking at the red painted door of Deputy General Zhu's house, Chen Ran smiled and waved his hand, "In that case, I will come visit you another day."

The butler looked around for a while and saw Chen Ran riding away on his horse. Then he wiped his forehead and turned back to the mansion.

"Master." He ran all the way to the study and saluted Zhu Laixing, "Then General Chen Qian has left."

"Whoo~~~"

Zhu Laitong breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the tea bowl and drank it all. "Hurry up and prepare the horse. I have to go to General Zhu on business."

Ever since he became Chen Ran's bootlicker, Lieutenant General Zhu's miserable days began.

On a daily basis, he would give money every now and then, and also help to open up various connections and use up the favors he had accumulated with great difficulty.

He couldn't resist or object, the only way was to hide.

If it wasn't temporarily impossible, he would have planned to move town.

After going out with his servants, Zhu Laitong rode his horse towards the general's mansion.

But as soon as he turned the corner, he was surprised to see Chen Ran, who was leading a horse, leaning against the wall and waving at him.

"Master Zhu, long time no see."

Looking at Chen Ran waving at him, Zhu Laitong's first thought was to run away.

But he really couldn't do it, so he could only ride his horse to Chen Ran's side, dismounted and laughed, "I was just about to look for you, how is the training going recently? Is there any difficulty?"

"Of course there are." Chen Ran nodded immediately. "I want to buy a copy of the New Book of Effectiveness, and I also want to buy some meat for the soldiers to replenish their energy."

At this point, he shook his head and sighed, "I just regret that I don't have enough financial resources~~~"

Zhu Laitong rolled his eyes to the sky. "Who would have nothing better to do than train soldiers and feed them meat? Wouldn't it be more fun to have that money to enjoy the Zuifeng Tower?"

I despised him in my heart, but I said quickly, "Just leave it to me for such a small matter."

He turned around and told the servants behind him, "Hurry back to the mansion, get the "New Book of Jixiao" from the study, and ask the housekeeper to bring two thousand taels of silver."

The servants wanted to dissuade him, but Zhu Laitong glared at them and scolded them, so they could only leave helplessly in the end.

It was not far from the mansion, and soon the servant brought the "Jixiao New Book" and the silver bills and presented them.

"Jixiao Xinshu" is a publication. It was not a royal collection or a secret treasure in the Ming Dynasty.

Almost every family has a military general of the level of a general or a deputy general.

In fact, these generals all knew something about the records inside.

The difference is that without enough money and food to support, even if you know it, you cannot do it.

Apart from anything else, during training, we do exercises every three days, perform exercises every five days, and exercise every day, which all require a lot of physical energy.

Not to mention meat and oil, the soldiers couldn't even get enough food, so where would they get the energy to do rigorous training?

The "Ji Xiao New Book" handed to Chen Ran at this time was obviously not turned over for a long time, and was even covered with a thin layer of dust.

Raising his hand to wipe off the dust, Chen Ran carefully put away this military work which became famous in later generations.

It doesn’t matter if he doesn’t understand, as long as someone else does.

This is called standing on the shoulders of giants and moving forward.

Zhu Laitong, with trembling hands, gritted his teeth and handed a thick stack of banknotes to Chen Ran, "Here are two thousand taels, take it first."

As he spoke, Lieutenant General Zhu's heart was bleeding.

These were all the savings from his years of hard work, and he just gave them to this bastard!

'I must have been cursed by this bastard!'

"Thank you, sir."

Chen Ran said dry words of thanks, but quickly put away the banknotes in his hands. "Don't worry, sir. I will train a team of elite soldiers."

Watching Chen Ran riding away on his horse, Zhu Laitong cried in anger and anger, "All this money is mine!"

Ignoring Zhu Laitong's impotent rage, Chen Ran returned to the camp and quickly arranged for people to buy meat and vegetables.

He had food of his own, fine rice.

But people can't just eat carbohydrates, they also need fat, sugar, vitamins, fiber and so on.

When the weather is good, the prices in the Ming Dynasty are still acceptable.

But now, there is not enough food to eat, so the amount of non-staple food has naturally decreased, and the price has also soared.

A chicken cost two hundred coins, a goose cost five hundred coins, and a pound of pork cost as much as forty coins.

According to Chen Ran's plan, the soldiers had to train continuously, and a meal of meat was a must every day, a chicken every now and then, and rice had to be supplied freely.

He is not short of rice for the time being, but the money to buy meat, calculated based on a thousand people, would cost more than ten taels a day!

This expense is too exaggerated.

You have to know that even for someone of Chen Yuanyuan's level, a cup of tea only costs five taels of silver.

But looking at those skinny and pale-faced soldiers, Chen Ran felt that it would be difficult for these soldiers to even put on armor and go into battle, let alone fight with the wild boarskins.

So eating meat and eating enough is a must.

As for the silver needed, "I have to find another rich licker."

Chen Ran knew nothing about modern military training.

But it is still possible to read from the script.

Just follow the arrangements in the Jixiao New Book and you'll be done.

He blocked Zhu Laitong again, extorted several hundred taels of silver, and recruited a group of new soldiers from various villages in Ji County.

In this era, the Ming Dynasty had no shortage of population and even a surplus.

There were many young men in the village who had no food to eat, so when someone came to recruit soldiers, there were naturally many people who responded.

The resettlement allowance was sufficient, and when we arrived in the army we could eat as much rice as we wanted, and we also had one meal of meat every day.

This kind of treatment made the new recruits devote themselves to the training with great enthusiasm.

Such generous treatment naturally attracted the envy of other soldiers in the unit.

Many people were trying to find ways to transfer under Chen Ran, including some of his family servants.

Chen Ran also accepted a group of veteran soldiers, but they had to be selected, especially those who were good at riding and shooting.

He was well aware of the importance of cavalry and spent a huge amount of money to purchase a batch of military horses that should have been assigned to him.

The result of recruiting soldiers was that the troops were directly overstaffed, reaching more than a thousand people.

As for the dissatisfaction of all parties, it is naturally the toady Zhu Lai who will deal with it.

When they really couldn't handle the situation, such as the pressure from Zhu Guoyan, the commander-in-chief of the Central Association, they simply wrote a letter to Zhao Lujiao and asked him to suppress it.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was the second year of Chongzhen.

In the capital city, the Wei treason case that shocked the world has finally come to an end.

A group of Nine Thousand Year Old's followers were convicted and dealt with by beheading, autumn execution, exile, imprisonment, or dismissal from their posts.

The case involves a wide range of people, numbering hundreds.

In fact, these ministers used to belong to different court parties. They gathered around Eunuch Wei actively or passively under the oppression of the Donglin Party.

This time they were almost completely wiped out, and the court became completely dominated by the Donglin Party.

The so-called "many righteous people in the court" that the Donglin Party had always pursued was finally achieved after decades of efforts.

The entire Ming Dynasty court fell into the hands of the Donglin Party.

At the same time, the Ming Dynasty was truly heading towards its demise.

So many ministers were arrested in one go, and their properties were confiscated, and a lot of money was seized. The emperor took a part, the Donglin Party took a part, and the rest of the people took a part. Everyone was happy.

Zhou Yanru, the Right Vice Minister of Rites, who also received a copy, was not in such a good mood.

There are so many vacant positions in the court, and many people are busy fighting for them.

Especially the position in the cabinet, which was what Zhou Yanru had always dreamed of.

It’s a pity that he is not a member of the Donglin Party.

If you are not a member of the Donglin Party, you naturally have no qualifications to enter the cabinet at this time when the court is full of upright people.

Zhou Yanru, whose mind is only slightly smaller than the tip of a needle, has already started to make moves secretly.

At the same time, he was also preparing to build up his reputation and accumulate merit to lay the foundation for his entry into the cabinet.

He begged the emperor and took the initiative to get the task of sending the heads of Wei's rebels to the nine borders to publicize the emperor's power.

The first stop is Jizhen, which is closest to the capital.

"Master Chen, it's not that I don't want to help, it's just that my general is really not here."

In front of the gate of Zhu Guoyan's residence, the gatekeeper holding a red envelope in his hand said with a guilty look on his face, "It's not that I am being presumptuous. The general is really not here."

After the previous bootlicker was squeezed dry, Chen Ran wanted to find a replacement.

During these days, all the generals and generals of Jizhen headquarters have been visited.

Unfortunately, the subtitles that could be modified have never appeared again.

"Brother, there's no need to do this." Chen Ran patted the doorman's shoulder with a smile, "Let's make friends. I just don't know what General Zhu is busy with?"

After skillfully putting away the red envelope, the concierge responded with a smile, "The high-ranking official from the court has arrived, the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites!"

Chen Ran's smile became more sincere. "I see. I guess General Zhu is going to host a banquet. Please get me an invitation."

The concierge suddenly looked embarrassed.

It was inevitable to hold a banquet to entertain the guests, but the only person qualified to attend the banquet had to be at least a general.

A captain like Chen Ran is really not qualified to be seated.

Two large silver notes worth twenty taels were stuffed into the doorman's hand.

"Don't worry, Master Chen. Just come when the banquet is held. I'll take care of everything."

Zhu Guoyan, commander-in-chief of the Chinese Association, entertained Zhou Yanru very warmly.

He held a banquet in his own mansion and invited the civil and military officials of Jizhen to join him.

Everyone who comes here has status, and the military generals all start as guerrillas, lieutenant generals, or deputy generals.

The civil officials were all prefects, councilors, associate prefects, etc. Even the county magistrate was not qualified to come.

There was a lot of noise in the main hall, and the sound of stringed instruments was endless.

All those who served as officials in the Ming Dynasty understood what it meant to have someone in the court to get things done.

Military generals are naturally no exception.

If a general wants to make a career in a foreign country, support from the court is essential.

Decades ago, Qi Jiguang was able to achieve his later great military achievements thanks to the support of Zhang Juzheng.

Even if you don't want to make any achievements, you still need to have connections in the court if you want to protect yourself, so that at least someone can help you speak up when something happens.

Therefore, the admiration and fawning of Zhou Yanru by many people was naturally in line with the unique national conditions of the Ming Dynasty.

"Master Chen."

The concierge outside the gate greeted Chen Ran with a smile on his face. "Please follow me."

"Thank you."

With the help of the doorman, there was no need to take out the invitation and I entered the mansion smoothly.

"Master Chen." As they walked out of the main hall, the doorman lowered his voice and said, "I have arranged a seat for you in the back row on the left side of the entrance."

Chen Ran calmly stuffed a twenty-liang silver note into the doorman's hand and patted him with a smile, "Thank you for your help."

There were at least dozens of guests in the main hall, plus the servants and maids coming and going, the dancers, the musicians, and so on, there were more than a hundred people.

Chen Ran walked in confidently and sat down at a table near the door. No one paid any attention to him at all.

"Tsk tsk, the dishes at the General's Mansion are really amazing."

There were so many people that they all sat at separate tables, with dishes and plates placed in front of each person.

The dishes are extremely exquisite, like the plate of melon seed meat in front of Chen Ran. Although it is called melon seed meat, it is actually the live meat from both sides of the head and face of pond carp that is stir-fried. There are about a hundred pond carps, but only a shallow plate.

This live meat is very small and shaped like melon seeds, so it is called melon seed meat.

Just for such a small plate, there are dozens of fish, which is more than just extravagant.

There is also bamboo shoot soup with pickled mustard greens.

Originally, to make bamboo shoot soup, you only need to stew bamboo shoots with bacon and fresh meat together. The three ingredients are absorbed and rendered together, making it very delicious.

But here, General Zhu only uses fat chicken, ham waist and bamboo shoots as ingredients, which makes the taste even better.

Looking at the dishes and wine in front of him, Chen Ran smacked his lips and said, "This meal will cost at least ten or twenty taels."

The purchasing power of silver in the Ming Dynasty was very high, and the average family only spent more than ten taels a year.

Thinking about the soldiers and their families in the military villages who ate wild vegetables and wheat bran, and then looking at Chen Ran holding a glass of wine in the fragrant room, he sighed heavily.

"Should we save the Ming Dynasty? How can we save it?"

He really has a headache.

What would be the use of destroying the Eastern Tartars? If the Ming Dynasty is still so rotten, there will always be Western Barbarians, Southern Barbarians, and refugees who cannot survive.

How long will it take for this person to be rescued and whether he can ever go home.

Saving the Ming Dynasty is not as easy as imagined.

Zhou Yanru, who was sitting in the main seat, was wearing an official robe and had a long beard. His face was a little thin, but he deserved a good look.

To be an official in the Ming Dynasty, a good-looking face is essential.

He responded to everyone's flattery with a smile, and his attitude was very appropriate.

He now needs to improve his political achievements, build up his popularity, and have people support him, so of course he is smiling.

"This time, I am following His Majesty's order to send the head of Wei's most treacherous criminal to the nine frontiers."

Zhou Yanru spoke calmly about his work and emphasized the importance that His Majesty and the court attached to the Wei ni case.

All the Mongolian tribes, the Eastern Tartars, etc., had to take a back seat in front of the Wei rebels.

Even among those present here, many have paid for the construction of a shrine for the Ninth Thousand Year Old Man, which was very popular throughout the country in the past two years.

But at this moment, everyone expressed indignation, saying that Wei the traitor deserved to be put to death and that His Majesty was wise and powerful.

"Jizhen is an important town in the Nine Frontiers, guarding the capital."

When Zhou Yanru was speaking in a serious tone, a heavy sigh suddenly came from the corner, which startled him so much that he subconsciously stopped talking.

The guests, who were all thinking MMP in their hearts but appeared to be listening attentively on the surface, also looked over in confusion.

"Who is so bold? Aren't you afraid that the Right Assistant Minister will be angry? Scholars are the most vindictive."

Interrupting your superior's speech is extremely disrespectful.

Zhou Yanru, who was narrow-minded to begin with, did not show any anger on his face, but his heart had already turned cold.

He looked over with his narrow eyes and asked calmly, "Who is dissatisfied? Are you speaking up for Wei Ni again?"

As expected of a scholar, he pushed a man to the brink of beheading with just one sentence.

The court’s top priority now is the Wei treason case. Whoever is involved will die!

(End of this chapter)