Ming Dynasty: I, Emperor Chongzhen, swear not to go to Meishan

Money is a man's backbone. Zhu Youjian's small treasury began to fill up, and his backbone gradually straightened.

Chen Yuanyuan, who was impressed by Zhu Youjian's talent and admired him greatly, now had another identity, the emperor's housekeeper.

She was in charge of Zhu Youjian's small treasury. She witnessed with her own eyes Zhu Youjian's ability to make money, which was extremely impressive. However, she also witnessed Zhu Youjian's waste of money and felt extremely distressed.

After Zhu Youjian made a lot of money, he really started to spend money. First, he demolished the Sanjin mansion where several criminal officials were raided and rebuilt it into a three-story brick and wood structure of the Science and Technology Research Institute and the Academy of Military Science.

In order to make the building stable, the foundation was dug two floors deep, and the marble was mixed with Ming Dynasty cement for reinforcement. A dozen large pillars were also built with marble, the walls were sealed with bricks, and the beam supports were made of wood. They were not only stable, but also had considerable capabilities. Strong defense.

In order to improve Daming's technology, Zhu Youjian could only spend his own money to build a research institute, which included small factories, testing grounds, staff dormitories, canteens, entertainment venues, etc. The design concept was advanced and practical, and it cost a lot of money.

In addition, he also made an additional investment in his arsenal, gunpowder factory, and clothing factory, and worked hard to produce sophisticated muskets and artillery, grenades, artillery shells, military uniforms and other military supplies.

Finally, he started recruiting troops again. The soldiers from Guangxi Lang Barracks and Sichuan Army Camp had not returned yet. At present, they were just empty frames. The 3,000-man Royal First Regiment was not enough, so he formed another 1,000-man regiment. Royal Guards Battalion.

Due to the shortage of manpower, the royal guards who originally served as royal eagle dogs, in addition to monitoring officials, collecting various intelligence, and doing all kinds of messy work, also had to work part-time as guards, which affected work efficiency and made their functions a bit confusing.

The purpose of his establishment of the Royal Guards Battalion was to replace the Imperial Guards in guarding the palace and other duties.

The palace was originally guarded by the Forbidden Army, but it had been bribed by various forces and infiltrated into a sieve. Zhu Youjian cherished his own life, how could he dare to use the Forbidden Army with confidence.

Some of the thousand soldiers of the Royal Guards Battalion were recruited from the four major royal estates and hunting estates, and some were recruited from outside. They did not recruit any veterans or martial arts masters. They only recruited young and strong young men from poor families.

The reason why we recruit soldiers from outside is because there are not many young men left in the Four Imperial Villages and Hunting Villages. If we recruit more soldiers, our work and income will be affected.

Most of the veterans of the Ming Dynasty were ruffians, and they had already acquired various bad habits in the army. As martial arts masters, Zhu Youjian doubted their character and purpose, and also wanted to avoid being infiltrated by various forces.

Young and strong young men from poor people's families are like unstained white paper, simple and simple, easy to train and train. Only the trained soldiers are good soldiers, which makes him feel at ease.

With experience in training the First Royal Regiment, and the First Royal Regiment was already barely an army, it would be much easier to train the Royal Guards Battalion. Zhu Youjian directly transferred a hundred soldiers with excellent performance from the First Royal Regiment. As an instructor, he is responsible for training a thousand recruits of the Royal Guards Battalion.

In order to boost the morale of the Royal Guards Battalion, he still took as much time as possible to go to the military camp to supervise the soldiers' training, and did queue training, running, etc. with the soldiers. He even squatted on the ground with the soldiers to cook with a large porcelain bowl. , earned enough soldiers' affection and loyalty.

Without spending a penny, just a little effort and time to earn the soldiers' affection and loyalty, this business is very profitable.

The young men of the Royal Guards Battalion were inspired by this, their morale was high, they were active in training, and they made rapid progress. Such effects made Zhu Youjian smile happily.

However, he seemed to have thought of something troubling, and the smile slowly froze on his face, his brows furrowed, and gradually turned into a bitter look.