Turbulent Times Chapter 1015: Sorrowful Admiral Zhonglang

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The weather was getting warmer at the end of April, and he could go out in a single cloth shirt at noon. In the evening, Wang Junlin stood by the beach, wearing a jacket, and the sea breeze was blowing on his face, refreshing him.

Wang Junlin spent several days in the salt field discussing future development plans with everyone. He originally wanted to go back to the county seat, but Xue Li was invited by Zhao Chen to Rongcheng County to discuss the issue of naval reinforcements and expansion.

Because of Dou Shihai's rebellion a few years ago, excluding those who were dug to Snake Island by Wang Junlin and some of those who were beheaded, the navy now has about 15,000 people. According to the above operation, the rank of the navy has been raised by one level, and the number of troops has also been increased to 30,000.

After Zhao Chen took office as Admiral Zhonglang of the Navy, he realized that completing these tasks was far more complicated than he imagined. There were too many things involved in increasing the number of troops by 10,000.

First of all, there is the question of the number of soldiers. It is necessary to recruit soldiers from Fanyang County, and without Wang Junlin, the prefect, Zhao Chen can't recruit anyone, but his relationship with Wang Junlin is very tense.

Secondly, to expand the barracks, this requires a place, and it also needs to be coordinated with the Fanyang County, and Wang Junlin still cannot be bypassed.

Thirdly, he needs warships, but some sailors defected before, and a group of rebels fled into the shipyard to which the navy belonged, wanting to grab a sum of money, but they didn't get the money, so they kidnapped a lot of money. At that time, no one took the master craftsmen seriously. After all, the craftsmen were pariahs in the eyes of these officials and nobles. But when Zhao Chen asked the shipyard for a new boat, he found that the shipyard had no such master craftsmen and could only build small boats. Immediately, Qi and seven orifices smoke.

Of course he didn't know that these master craftsmen and their families had already moved to the salt field and became Wang Junlin's important technical staff. Technology, on the other hand, is because of these master craftsmen who have stolen from the naval shipbuilding workshop.

Finally, there is the question of money. None of the above three things need money, and there is a lot of money. Now the imperial court is also short of silver. It was allocated directly from the inside, even if Yu Wenshu was there to support it, it would be good if the general's salary could be paid on time and according to the amount, and there would be no extra money.

Originally, the two hundred thousand taels of silver obtained from the ransacking of Dou Shihai's home was just used by the navy, but Wang Junlin handed it over to the emperor directly, and he benefited greatly.

Also, Dou Shihai has seized 70,000 to 80,000 mu of fertile land over the years. This is also not a small amount. If these fertile land are sold, the money will be enough. ", all these good fields were distributed to the poor people in Rongcheng County, and some of them became the official land of Rongcheng County. Now that a few months have passed, how can Zhao Chen get it back.

In short, Zhao Chen's face became more and more ugly and depressed as the work entered the state. Up to now, I still owe nearly 100,000 taels of silver to the county soldiers!

It is only now that Zhao Chen understands that without Wang Junlin's help, he can't do anything, let alone complete what Yu Wenshu told him before he came here, and build a powerful navy army of 30,000 people .

Xue Li came forward to invite Wang Junlin, and Wang Junlin was very generous, so he met Zhao Chen. In the living room of Zhao Chen's new mansion in Rongcheng County, I listened to Zhao Chen talking for an hour with a smile, and finally said: "Master Zhao, we don't have any money in Fanyang County!"

After finishing speaking, he stood up and left, Zhao Chen was so angry that he was half dead, thinking that this guy came to see me just to annoy people!

Back to the courtyard of the temporary post house, watching the sunset, Wang Junlin walked around the garden of the post house with perfume and others. Chen Danying practiced martial arts very diligently recently, and after dinner he sat in the room in practice.

"Master, you have been frowning all day today. What are you thinking about?" Xiang Xiang stared at Wang Junlin's eyes from the side of her head, and her eyes had a strange brilliance under the sunset light.

"I'm worried about money!" Wang Junlin raised his eyebrows and laughed. After hearing what Zhao Chen said just now, he suddenly realized that if he didn't open up new sources of income as soon as possible, sooner or later he would be as short of money as Zhao Chen was.

"It turns out that there are things that can make the prefect worry..." Suddenly, a woman's charming voice came from the door.

Wang Junlin looked back and saw Yang Kongchan, the salt girl, coming from the door, and said with a smile, "You came quickly, I thought you would come to see me tomorrow."

"My lord is looking for a favor, and my slaves are naturally rushing here without stopping." Yang Kongchan smiled sweetly, glanced at the perfume, and said with a smile: "It's only been two months since we last met, and the perfume girl is getting more and more amazing The delicate water spirit..."

It was only then that Wang Junlin discovered that there was a female guard behind Yang Kongchan. She was wearing a red armor, and most of her delicate face was hidden in a cold metal pocket. Except for the empty cicada who just followed him to salute him, she has always looked indifferent and stood there motionless.

"Not really! Sister Kongchan is becoming more and more charming." Although Xiangxiang knew that Yang Kongchan intended to befriend her, she couldn't help but feel happy after hearing Yang Kongchan's words, but she had always been interested in Yang Kongchan's love. I don't like the foxy temperament very much, so I have always been a little indifferent to it.

"Really?" Yang Kongchan pretended not to see the indifference of the perfume, and said with a smile: "It's no use being charming, but it's only used to make money by adults, and it won't be used to warm the bed."

Yang Kongchan looked at Wang Junlin when he said this blunt sentence, but Wang Junlin looked at the sunset in the west and pretended not to hear. Of course he knew that the other party wanted to become his own woman, but no matter how charming this woman is, No matter how beautiful she was, but when he thought that the other party had been teased by Lu Bian first, and then by Lu Youwei, he lost interest.

Turning his eyes away from the setting sun, Wang Junlin walked to a stone table under a bodhi tree and sat down. He pointed to the stone bench opposite and motioned for Yang Kongchan to sit down. You are so smart and wise, you should understand that what I lack right now is not a woman to warm my bed, but someone who can help me solve my problems."

"Thank you for your teaching, my master, I understand, I will try my best to do things for you, and stop thinking about it..." Yang Kongchan also restrained his aggressive aura, and said softly.