When Zhu Ying's thirty arrows all hit the flagpole forty steps away, the whole army was in an uproar.
Although the bows used by the Ming Dynasty today are soft bows, the ones used by the Xuanjia Guards can also be considered high-power bows. Ordinary people will become exhausted after drawing the bow a few times.
The Black Armor Guards can certainly shoot thirty arrows in a row, but this will also put a great burden on the arms. The first ten arrows may be accurate, but the rest may not be.
The key point is that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince shot the thirty arrows in one go without any pause.
And now he looks calm and composed, and it is obvious that thirty arrows is not the limit for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
This move truly shocked all the Black Armor Guards.
This means that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can easily take a large number of lives when riding and shooting. Such a person is simply a god of death on the battlefield.
If equipped with top-quality war horses and enough arrows, who can stop him on the battlefield?
"Your Highness the Crown Prince is invincible!!!"
Guo Zhong, who reacted quickly, was almost frightened to death just now. At this moment, he immediately took a deep breath and shouted loudly.
Following this shout, all the soldiers, including the accompanying Jinyiwei, could not help but shout together: "Your Highness the Crown Prince is invincible!!!"
After three full waves, the sound finally stopped.
When Zhu Ying walked up to the reviewing platform again, the looks that all the soldiers gave him were no longer just admiration, but also a strong fanaticism.
This kind of extreme fanaticism is no less than that of religious elements, and this is what Zhu Ying needs.
An army that is absolutely loyal to itself ideologically.
You have to know that this move was a miraculous performance even to the Black Armor Guards who practiced hard day and night, or in other words, in their cognition, they had never seen such a scene.
Even if they are martial arts masters or grandmasters in the martial arts world, it is impossible for them to reach the level of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
If such a person really appears, once he joins the army he will at least be promoted to a general and will leave a great name in history.
Perhaps in a battle, one person can kill dozens of people at most, or hundreds of people at most.
But with such skills, one general can defeat thousands of soldiers.
Momentum is extremely important on the battlefield. When such a situation occurs, the enemy will be frightened and the friendly forces will surely be in high spirits.
There is nothing strange about hundreds of people chasing and killing thousands of people.
This was the first time that Zhu Ying demonstrated his military prowess in the Ming army.
I didn't use it before because I just thought it wasn't necessary.
His personal martial arts skills were extremely strong, but for the Ming Dynasty, especially as the Crown Prince, it was just icing on the cake.
Showing off to win the admiration of the soldiers may be the greatest purpose.
This is different from when we were in the Western Regions.
In fact, the first people who followed Zhu Ying, especially Zhu Ying’s disciples, had a deep understanding of the Dong family’s martial arts strength.
Why could Zhu Ying remotely control many of his generals without his men having the slightest intention of resisting?
In addition to some daily brainwashing work, the mysterious boss's personal fighting power is also a great deterrent.
Especially the surrendered desert cavalry, they naturally admire the strong. When Zhu Ying led them to win victory after victory, the impression of invincibility was deeply engraved in their hearts.
You know, Zhu Ying has a total of 3,000 cavalry under his command.
Under the leadership of Zhu Ying, a team of several hundred cavalrymen could easily massacre a grassland tribe with tens of thousands of people.
Of course, Zhu Ying never did so, but instead conducted normal business trade in a friendly manner.
We can’t afford to offend the big tribes, but that doesn’t mean we can bully Zhu Ying’s Heroes Chamber of Commerce at will.
If they are provoked, even if there are dozens of them, they will launch crazy revenge actions around the tribe, which no one can tolerate.
Even if several thousand cavalry were dispatched to pursue him, they might not be able to kill Zhu Ying due to the heavy losses.
In just one year, the reputation of the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce was established.
If the grassland is like this, what about the small countries in the Western Regions?
As his base camp, even the rulers of some small countries were able to treat Zhu Ying as an equal. Those so-called princes and princesses were not at all arrogant in front of Zhu Ying and needed to salute him respectfully and call him "Sir".
Combined with the profits from business activities, Zhu Ying's status in the Western Regions can only be described as omnipotent.
In this age dominated by cold weapons, powerful military force, especially personal military force far beyond that of ordinary people, is the guarantee of loyalty.
As a member of the Heroes Chamber of Commerce, when betrayal occurs, the first thing to do is to think clearly whether you can accept the consequences.
Even if you escape to the ends of the earth, can you escape the pursuit of the Heroes Chamber of Commerce?
You should know that in just a few years, Zhu Ying joined in the form of Snowflake Salt, and a large number of merchants joined in and established branches everywhere.
Even if you escape to the other side of the sea, you will still be hunted down by the Heroes Chamber of Commerce.
After all, for a chamber of commerce spanning a vast territory, the thing it has the most is money.
Unless he hides in the mountains and never shows up again.
But compared to this, what is the point of betrayal?
Being able to extend its influence into Goryeo and even develop a huge secret force, some things cannot be accomplished by wisdom alone.
What is needed more is deterrence, authority, and fear of the Chamber of Commerce.
Since the identity of Crown Prince Zhu Ying was exposed, it has been a big blow to the chamber of commerce market outside the territory of the Ming Dynasty, especially in places like the grasslands.
There is nothing we can do about it.
After all, everyone knows one thing: the former God of Death has become the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, it is impossible for him to personally go into battle and kill the enemy like he did before.
Moreover, the Ming Dynasty was a powerful country. It couldn't possibly cause trouble with a tribe of thousands or tens of thousands of people.
It is not that the Ming army can invade the grassland at will.
The arrival of the army will naturally be responded to by the big men from various tents on the grassland, and there will also be tribal alliances to resist.
So instead, I don't have so many fears in my mind.
This is nothing for Zhu Ying.
There are only a few people in the grassland, and how many people are there in the Ming Dynasty? The Heroes Chamber of Commerce once seemed to span various countries and even had trade relations with Obaro, but in fact the profits were not that much.
Because in this world, in this era, the richest country is the Ming Dynasty.
The wealth possessed by the so-called tribal leaders on the grassland is roughly much greater than that of a landlord in the Ming Dynasty.
Especially in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the wealth controlled by the landlords and wealthy families is comparable to that of tens of thousands of large tribes on the grassland.
Not to mention the extra money, it’s no problem at all to take out thousands of taels of silver.
On the grassland, people traded snowflake salt for furs and other supplies, and then resold them, and might only earn dozens or hundreds of taels of silver in a year.
This is already considered pretty good. This is the general environment in the Western Region grasslands.
Apart from their cattle and sheep, those herdsmen have basically nothing else.
Others are completely unproductive.
The only thing that can be said to be a lot is that some tribes robbed property during the autumn season and then dumped it here at the Heroes Chamber of Commerce.
But places like the border are often invaded, and there is no big family that would hide a lot of wealth there. They are also extremely poor.
On the contrary, it was only after giving up trade with the Western Regions and the grasslands that the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce began to make huge fortunes in the Ming Dynasty.
The interests of the people have already been taken into consideration, but even a small profit is extremely huge given the scale.
Moreover, Zhu Ying’s target is mainly on rich people. Making money from rich people is what we call making money.
Many of the entertainment industries spread across the country have now been acquired by Zhu Ying.
Naturally, it is not under the name of the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce, but a newly established chamber of commerce. The name is different, but the substance is the same.
The personnel inside are basically managed by the original staff of the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce.
Zhu Ying, who had some memories of his previous life, had seen pigs run even though he had never eaten pork. He applied some methods from the entertainment industry and made money at an unimaginable speed.
Compared with the hard days in the Western Regions before, the current Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce has only developed for one year, and its overall size has exceeded dozens or hundreds of times of its previous size.
The land deeds, factory shares, various shops, rented houses, daily department store sales and all other industries under its jurisdiction are involved in the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce.
At present, the Qunying Chamber of Commerce has become the largest taxpayer in Ming Dynasty.
The commercial taxes paid each year alone amounted to nearly 10 million in treasure notes.
You should know that Zhu Yuanzhang once printed one or two thousand strings of banknotes every year to pay military salaries to soldiers and officials, and to maintain people's livelihood.
It can be said that the court's credit was constantly overdrawn.
Not only is it no longer needed now, there is also a large surplus.
After leaving the Xuanjiawei military camp, Zhu Ying discovered a problem.
That is the question of armaments.
At present, the Gunpowder Bureau is conducting continuous research on firearms.
But Zhu Ying had not paid much attention to armaments before.
It seems that it is time to upgrade armor, combat boots, etc.
Zhu Ying noticed that most of the soldiers were still wearing cloth shoes.
Military boots are not popular in the Ming Dynasty today.
Boots are now considered luxury items, and leather products were also considered expensive goods in the Ming Dynasty.
Even high-ranking officials may wear a pair of leather boots for a lifetime.
It's not that I wear it every day. I definitely wouldn't wear it on normal days. I only wear it when I attend important occasions or when I'm wearing formal clothes.
'The price of leather boots should be brought down.'
Thinking of this, Zhu Ying gave the next instruction to the Qunying Chamber of Commerce, which was to purchase a large amount of furs.
The fur is mainly produced from pastures.
There were not many pastures in the Ming Dynasty, and foreign furs were not popular in the Ming Dynasty because most people did not need them at all.
When goods are scarce in the market, prices will naturally rise.
In fact, the price of fur is very ordinary outside the Ming Dynasty. It is just that after long-distance transportation and when it is difficult to sell, it is not very valuable.
The furs sent to the Ming Dynasty for sale are often more precious and their prices are usually higher.
There is not much point in bringing in ordinary furs as there is no market for them here.
Under Zhu Ying's order, the Chamber of Commerce sent a special person to deliver the message, and the speed of passing through the post station was extremely fast.
Now the Daming Post Station is almost becoming the post station of the Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce.
Normally, many post stations are not used for a long time.
Official documents are rare because they are not often used when officials take office or convey urgent military intelligence.
Except in wartime, it is rarely used nowadays.
After Zhu Yuanzhang approved the Qunying Chamber of Commerce to use the post station, the changes in the post station brought about great changes.
The first is staffing.
Originally, an ordinary post station had only a few dozen people, and a larger one had several hundred people.
The work of a postman is actually quite hard, but it does not happen every day. Generally, he will have a day off after a few busy days.
However, since the Heroes Chamber of Commerce joined, the business of the post station has become busy.
Even the most remote post stations were extremely busy.
The Qun Ying Chamber of Commerce currently has a presence in most of the Ming Dynasty.
Except for some very remote places, goods are transported almost every day, which is why there are so many goods in the capital city.
Including food transportation, famine response, etc., all are extremely fast.
Under these circumstances, it was obvious that the previous station members had found it difficult to afford it.
There is no other way but to add more people on a large scale.
Dozens of people became hundreds, and hundreds of people became thousands, and the scale of the post station continued to be built and expanded.
Zhu Ying is well aware of the importance of logistics, so every month he takes out a portion of the money from the Chamber of Commerce to provide subsidies to all the post stations.
For the postmen nowadays, salary is no longer the major expense, allowances are.
The allowances will naturally vary depending on the amount of goods transported. The larger the post station, the higher the allowance. A large part of this expense is used to subsidize the postmen and to repair the post station.
For example, the Zhengyang Posthouse, which is the posthouse entering the Zhengyang Gate, is currently the number one posthouse in the Ming Dynasty.
There are countless goods passing through every day, and the number of people working in the post station is already over ten thousand. The scale of the post station can accommodate 30,000 people on a single day, and there are thousands of houses built in the back.
The postmen at Zhengyang Post Station also have the highest allowance among the post station staff in the Ming Dynasty.
An ordinary postman at Zhengyang Post Station could receive treasure notes every month, plus what was paid after the salary reform, the basic amount was around twelve strings of coins.
Therefore, many people nowadays are trying their best to get into Zhengyang Posthouse.
Twelve strings of cash every month, what a concept.
Even some high-ranking officials do not have such high salaries.
It is a bit hard, but in this world, who is afraid of hard work? And what can be done without hardship?
As long as you can make money, it’s no big deal to say it’s hard work.
No matter how hard it is, can it be better than having less corvee labor?
Moreover, the cafeteria at Zhengyang Station provides generous subsidies, and meat and vegetables are provided to the fullest, so you can eat as much as you want.
Naturally, the court didn't feel anything.
But for the common people, if it is Zhengyang Posthouse, it is completely different.
Moreover, as long as there is one person in the family who is a postman at Zhengyang Post Station, the younger brothers in the family will never have to worry about not being able to find a wife.
You yourself will be even more likely to be stepped on the door by the matchmaker.