The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 683 Golden Avenue
Although the world seems to have initially calmed down, there is only one Zhang Xianzhong lingering in Shuzhou, which can't affect the overall situation at all.

But Jiang Chuan knew that this was only superficial calm.Just like when Qin Shihuang used his powerful military power to destroy the six kingdoms, it seemed that he swept away the world and created a great cause through the ages.But in fact, the remnants of the Six Kingdoms still exist, waiting for an opportunity to overthrow the Great Qin Empire.

In the final chaos at the end of the Qin Dynasty, apart from the main reason for Zhao Gao's usurpation of the throne and chaotic government, the subversion of the remnants of the Six Kingdoms absolutely cannot be ignored.

In the end, a fire was extinguished and Xianyang was burned, and Qin Ziying was killed. It was Xiang Yu, the queen of the Chu nobleman, who killed Daqin.

Jiang Chuan preliminarily pacified the world in just two years, and it looked as unbeatable as the autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves, but these leaves were not completely burned, and many of them were swept away by the fallen leaves and hidden in every corner.

Once the strong wind blows again, they are likely to drift up and down again, causing chaos in all directions.

Jiang Chuan knew this very well, so he expanded his army to one million in a short period of time, just to prevent the remnants of those leftovers from re-emerging.

But feeding an army is extremely costly.Although there is a fortress base as the foundation, it is far from enough to support such a huge army.

If it wasn't for the extermination of the Japanese pirates, the raiding of the homes of many powerful ministers, and some money seized from Dashun, Jiang Chuan would have been unable to support such a large army.

Moreover, his current army is still mainly based on hot weapons. Although there is no need to build heavy-duty armor like the army in the cold weapon era, the remaining part of the money is spent on bullets, shells and gunpowder. .

In the era of cold weapons, swords, guns, swords and halberds can be reused many times.Even if it is an arrow, many of them can be recovered and reused after each shot.

But cannonballs and musket bullets cannot be reused when they are shot out, and at this time, the bullets with copper shells of later generations are not used, but lead bullets without bullet shells, so there is no possibility of reuse at all.

Moreover, this kind of consumption is actually a small part on the battlefield, and the big part is actually in the daily training of the troops.

The ammunition consumed by the daily training of the army across the country alone is an astronomical figure that can scare Tobu Shangshui to death.

Moreover, due to the ravages of the war, many places in Jiangchuan decreed tax reductions and exemptions after the recovery, usually at least for one year, and the situation in Shanzhou and other original bases of the Dashun Army was even more serious, where taxes were exempted for three years.

Moreover, coupled with post-war reconstruction, building houses, road repairs, and rebuilding of various infrastructures, money is needed everywhere.

These alone are enough to empty out the little family property that Jiang Chuan has accumulated.

If Jiang Chuan hadn't reformed the currency value, issued legal currency, and forced it forward with strong and bloody means, I am afraid that the court would have gone bankrupt.

If that is the case, the situation that has just calmed down may become turbulent again.

Moreover, Di Qing's southwest theater has now started to attack Zhang Xianzhong, and supplies of food, grass, weapons, ammunition and logistics cost a lot of money.

After being the regent for a year, Jiang Chuan felt that he was several years older, and his gray hair had increased a lot.

The person he is most afraid of seeing now is the Minister of the Household Department.Naomizu Tobe would cry for money every time he met.

So when I heard Ji Biao say that the Cao Gang is so strong, and there is a big backer in the court, what I thought of was not the question of who the backer was, but saw a way to make money from it.

Although the imperial court was very poor, there were many people among the people who were very rich, and very rich.

This gang almost controls and monopolizes the water transport goods and even warehouse storage in the entire north. It is absolutely impossible to say that there is no money.

Of course, those gang members at the lowest level must have no money, so they can only earn a living.Many people have no choice but to join the Cao Gang.

If you join the Cao Gang, you can make a living, but if you don't join, you won't be able to survive at all.

The gang members at the lower level have no money, but the leaders of the Cao Gang at the top are absolutely rich.Of course, Jiang Chuan believed that the big head was still taken away by the so-called backers of the DPRK and China.

If you can hold the Cao Gang in your hands, it will definitely solve a big problem.

Seeing Jiang Chuan's pensive look, Ji Biao didn't dare to disturb him, and concentrated on looking around, guarding against possible dangers.

After a while, Jiang Chuan said to Ji Biao: "Remember this and remind me when you return to the capital."

Although Ji Biao was puzzled, he nodded to express his understanding.

With an idea in mind, Jiang Chuan specially watched the convoys with the small flags of the Cao Gang along the way.

Looking at it this way, I really saw a lot of tricks.

Except for the men who drove the cars, there were men in uniform bunt shirts guarding the front and back of the convoy.

The imperial court has regulations that civilians are not allowed to use weapons such as bows and crossbows, but there is no regulation that light weapons such as swords cannot be used.

The guards of these Cao gangs all had a short knife of the same style stuck in their waists.

Jiang Chuan took a closer look and found that there was a pattern of a Jinpeng bird embroidered on their chests.

The only difference is that their belts vary in color.Among them, the brown belts are the most, followed by the red belts. There are two or three people in each team.

And there is only one man wearing a black belt in each team, who seems to be the leader of the team.

Obviously, these belts are the symbols used to distinguish the ranks of these gangs.

On the contrary, the clothes on the men driving the carts were messy, and they didn't wear belts around their waists.

Obviously, these people with belts are the backbone of the Cao Gang, responsible for escorting and protecting goods and maintaining order.

"The Cao Gang can become the largest gang in the world, it really has some skills." Jiang Chuan said to himself.

"It's just a small gang, why does the young master seem to take it so seriously?" Ji Biao was surprised, but he didn't say it out.

Jiang Chuan saw what he meant, and smiled slightly: "The Cao Gang has a long history, even comparable to the history of a dynasty. I am afraid that the history of the Ming Dynasty is not as long as the history of the Cao Gang. Just imagine, such a long history How can gangs have no background and knowledge?"

Ji Biao looked surprised, thought for a while and said, "Is the young master interested in this Cao Gang?"

Jiang Chuan smiled without saying a word. During the cutscene he observed just now, he had already formed some formed ideas.

Although these ideas may not be realistic for others, they are not difficult for him.

Once these ideas are realized, not only will there be a lot of financial comfort, but the court's logistics and transportation capabilities will also be greatly improved.

And there is another great advantage, that is, the imperial court will also have an excellent channel for collecting information.

With these thoughts in mind, Jiang Chuan looked at the people of the Cao Gang as if he was looking at piles of gold.

　Thank you, boss, for the reward of "thumbs are good for names".

　　
　
(End of this chapter)