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Volume 1 Songjiang Mansion Chapter 376 Chongzhen surrendered

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    Wang Chengen said: "Your Majesty, you have to decide who to believe. As far as I am concerned, I still believe in Mr. Zhang, because he naturally has his own ideas about the things Mr. Zhang does, and Ge  Your Excellency, you are guessing what Mr. Zhang thinks based on what you see, which will inevitably be biased."

    "How do you know what Zhang Lei said must be true? What if he said those sweet words to deceive people? Haha, Shanhaiguan is indeed very far away. If he" Chongzhen sneered.

    Wang Chengen couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Chongzhen already had a deep resentment towards Zhang Lei. No matter how much he said good things to Zhang Lei, he probably wouldn't be able to restore Zhang Lei's impression in Chongzhen's mind.

    At this moment, another voice came from outside: "Your Majesty, there is a memorial from Mr. Zhang."

    Chongzhen glanced at Wang Chengen and said with some confusion: "This is wrong. Why did the memorial come so hard today?"

    Wang Chengen went out and brought the memorial in and gave it to Chongzhen, saying, "Perhaps what Master Zhang wanted to write in the previous memorial was omitted, and then he immediately wrote another memorial to make up for it."

    Chongzhen opened it and looked at it, and then said to Wang Chengen: "He also wants to build a military factory."

    "Ah? Military factory? There are already two military factories now? Including the military factory on Taiping Island, there are already three. Why do we need to build another military factory?" Wang Chengen was also very confused and asked.

    Chongzhen said: "According to what he said, it was to equip all soldiers with three-eyed guns, so that all the rebels could be wiped out in one fell swoop."

    "Isn't this a good thing?" After listening to Chongzhen's words.  Wang Chengen said immediately.

    "Do you think this is a good thing?" Chongzhen asked.

    Wang Chengen was immediately stunned by the question, and his voice immediately became much lower.  Said: "Isn't it?"

    Chongzhen said: "Of course not. Think about it, if all the soldiers are equipped with three-eyed guns, what if Zhang Lei leads these troops to turn around and attack me? Can he withstand it?"

    Wang Chengen said without thinking: "Why does the emperor always think that Mr. Zhang will rebel? If it were not for Mr. Zhang, would the Ming Dynasty be in this situation now? It is very unfair for the emperor to doubt him like this."

    "How dare you talk to me like this?" After hearing Wang Chengen's words, Chongzhen slammed the table and roared loudly.  The face is ferocious and looks very scary.

    Wang Chengen also knew that he had gone too far. He was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, please atone. Your Majesty, please atone. It's my slave who talks too much. It's my slave who talks too much."

    Chongzhen stared at Wang Chengen closely.  Wang Chengen, on the other hand, was lying on the ground and didn't dare to express his anger. He regretted it to death now. Although he admired Zhang Lei very much, he didn't want to make the emperor angry before he went to say good things to Zhang Lei. He might as well have gone to his own head.  Just move, which is really not worth the gain.  After all, if you don't do it for yourself, you will be punished by heaven and earth.  Appreciation is appreciation, but the prerequisite is to protect yourself.

    After a long time, Chongzhen finally sighed and looked outside the door with blurred eyes.  He said: "Hey, get up. Get up, now do you think I will still be Zhang Lei's opponent? Haha, in fact, you and I both know that the current Zhang Lei is no longer the same person before, and you  What he said seems to be correct, haha, considering his strength, he should have rebelled long ago, why wait until now?"

    Wang Chengen stood up tremblingly, feeling very shocked. It seemed that the emperor finally gave in. Based on Zhang Lei's performance over the years, the proud emperor finally lowered his noble head. This was not an easy thing.

    "As long as you can be good to the people and do something for the people, then let him go. Maybe you are right. It is unfair for me to doubt him and doubt him. Okay.  Well, as long as he can manage this country well and make people all over the world live and work in peace and contentment, I will let him go." Chongzhen said.

    Wang Chengen couldn¡¯t believe his ears. He couldn¡¯t believe that Chongzhen would actually say such words, but that was the fact. Chongzhen finally relented. This was the first time in decades.

    So, Chongzhen made a mark on Zhang Lei's memorial, and then issued an edict, asking Ge Wei to return to the palace, raise his official position to one level, and said that Zhang Lei could directly make the decision on the construction of the military factory without having to ask the memorial.

    Zhang Lei was very shocked after receiving the memorial. Chongzhen's temper was clearly written in the history books. How could he say such a thing? He would rather believe that Chongzhen sent troops to conquer him. This talent  more realistic.

    But the result doesn¡¯t matterWell, that was the fact. Zhang Lei would not be stupid enough to ask him why. With Ge Wei not by his side, he felt as if he had lost a burden and felt inexplicably relaxed.

    Without the obstacles in Chongzhen, Zhang Lei of course went on non-stop. The address of the arsenal in Tianjin had already been selected, and it was together with the dock. This was to facilitate the transportation of coal from Datong, Shanxi, and raw materials from Ryukyu, Japan and other places.  Shipments are coming in a steady stream.  Zhang Lei recruited local farmers to work.  Anyway, there are constant natural disasters, and there is no way to grow crops, and the high-yielding crops promoted by Zhang Lei do not require so many people. Some of those who are idle are recruited to work in the various factories set up by Zhang Lei. There are no jobs.  Zhang Lei did not refuse anyone who came, and arranged for them all to build a military factory.  Although the core work has a high technical content and cannot be done by ordinary people, these people can still do ordinary chores and transportation.

    People who have something to do and people who have money to make a living will not think of rebelling.  Who do rulers fear most?  Refugees, because refugees are the root of the problem, they are not afraid of death. They have nothing, and they will not care at all if they want to rebel. Anyway, they want money and their lives are not at stake.

    Tianjin has become lively, and so has Datong. The continuous mining of coal also requires more manpower. Zhang Lei has employed at least 100,000 people in this military factory in Tianjin alone.  Why are there so many?  Because in addition to building a military factory and mining coal, in order to facilitate transportation between the two places, he also had to dig a canal to connect the two places. This was the most labor-intensive part.

    Zhang Lei discovered that it was much easier to dig canals than to build railways on the mainland.

    Of course, if construction starts in Tianjin, then of course construction will also start in another place. This place is Taiyuan. Compared with Tianjin and Datong, Taiyuan is closer to Datong.

    The construction of the two military factories has basically mobilized the enthusiasm of the working people across the country, because Zhang Lei was given a lot of wages and the working conditions were good. The most important thing is that Zhang Lei stipulated that work should start at Mao o'clock every day.  , the work must be ended at the time of application. If anyone works at other times than this time, the leader must be held accountable. Any worker can report the manager's illegal behavior directly through the channels established by Zhang Lei, and  It is completely anonymous. Even if they are accused, they will not know who made the accusation.

    Migrant workers had money and were working outside, so of course they had needs, so restaurants and inns opened one after another in the places where they worked along the way. There were even cheap restaurants specially designed to meet the physiological needs of migrant workers like them.  Brothel.

    Zhang Lei is still in charge of Shanhaiguan, and the Sihai Escort Bureau that he spent half a year re-establishing is operating normally. It can be said that now from Tianjin in the south to Shenyang in the north, all troubles cannot escape the search of his intelligence system. In order to build this intelligence system  , Zhang Lei invested a lot of manpower and material resources, and all his subordinates were the most loyal people. Even if Chongzhen came, it would be impossible to command them.

    Now, with the newly added military factories in Tianjin and Taiyuan, plus Yingtian Mansion, the weapons supply system in the northern and central parts of the country has basically been established. As for the south, there is still unrest and is not suitable for layout at all.  , Zhang Lei decided to wait until the north was stable before moving closer to the south.

    "Mr. Zhang, this is the income and expenditure statistics calculated yesterday. The wages of these workers are basically deducted from the income of the shops we opened, so overall there is no loss, and there are still some small losses.  Surplus." After dinner that day, Feng Yong delivered a document to Zhang Lei's desk.  Regarding Zhang Lei's decision to open a thousand shops of various types, Feng Yong expressed his incomprehension at first, but he did not expect that when he really thought about everything together, he could actually make them all coherent.  First, hiring workers to do the work can quickly build a military factory, and then all the wages paid to the workers are spent in the shops opened by Zhang Lei, and all the money once again returns to Zhang Lei's pocket.  For those workers, they ate, ate and played, and it could be said that everyone was happy.

    "Well, really? Bring it over and let me take a look." Zhang Lei nodded slightly while reading the document. It seemed that what he had imagined was correct. No matter how much money these people paid, they would eventually spend it.  In such troubled times now, if you don¡¯t spend the money you get quickly, you may not know what will happen tomorrow. You don¡¯t know whether you will still have the life to spend money tomorrow, so it is better to enjoy yourself in time.  And this is exactly what Zhang Lei envisioned.

    Zhang Lei came to Feng Yong and said: "Very good, if this continues, the economy will be revitalized. Go down and keep an eye on it. With so much money running, don't let anyone tamper with it. I won't  I believe there are cats in this world who don¡¯t steal fish.¡±

      Feng Yong agreed, and Zhang Lei said: "Oh, by the way, if that's the case, then go down and announce that all workers' wages will be increased by another 50%." (To be continued)
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