The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 557

After Zhu Hongyu left, the bun-faced maid who had been serving Qian Yuwan since she was a child appeared at the door of the bedroom.

Looking into the bedroom, looking around!

Qian Yuwan, who sat up from the bed, saw her personal maid, rolled her eyes angrily and said.

"What are you doing at the door? Come in and help Miss Ben get dressed!"

Qian Yuwan said a little savagely.

The bun-faced little girl stopped poking around when she heard the words, walked quickly into the bedroom, and began to help her young lady get dressed.

Zhu Hongyu's physical fitness far exceeds that of ordinary people. Whether it is recovery ability or strength, they are all abnormal.

Even in any aspect of ability, it is also beyond ordinary people.

Qian Yuwan was tortured miserably last night, and when she woke up, her whole body was sore.

She was so weak that she couldn't dress herself at all, so she put the clothes on her body one by one under the service of the little maid.

The bun-faced little maid looked at her lady who was obviously ruddy, and couldn't help asking.

"Miss, will that really hurt?"

"I was in the outhouse yesterday, and I was so miserable when I heard the lady screaming..."

Qian Yuwan rolled her eyes at the little maid, blushed pretty, and reprimanded her.

"You are still young, don't inquire about adults' affairs!"

However, unconsciously, she still heard the absurdity of last night, looking at the red plum on the white sheet under her, her face became more rosy.

After getting dressed, he ordered his maid to put away the sheets carefully.

Now she just wants to take a good bath and relieve her fatigue.

……

In the study room, Zhu Hongyu looked at a bill in his hand, with an expression on his face that made it hard to tell whether he was happy or angry.

In addition to the 50 taels when the Ming army entered the city, the subsequent landlords and gentry in Nanjing collected another 150 million taels.

Together, they gave Daming 200 million taels of silver as protection fees!

To be honest, this number is quite a lot.

In the year of Jiashen, Chongzhen asked Wu Sangui to join King Qin of Guan, but the condition Wu Sangui put forward was only one million taels.

If Chongzhen could have these 200 million taels in his hands back then, the fate of Daming might have been directly changed!
If Wu Sangui entered the pass with Guan Ning's iron cavalry, although there was a high probability that he would not be able to defeat Li Zicheng, it would definitely be no problem to protect Chongzhen and go south.

Since then, wouldn't the history of Ming Dynasty be changed?
However, this is quite a lot, for that poor ghost of Chongzhen.

For Zhu Hongyu, 200 million taels?
How dare you send beggars away!
After the Qing Dynasty crossed the river to take Nanjing, it extorted 8000 million taels of silver from the city of Nanjing.

If you don't give it, you will slaughter the city and grab it yourself!
Although the Ming Dynasty was different from the Manchu Qing Dynasty, they definitely couldn't do things like massacre and looting.

But the big gentry in Nanjing city only give 200 million taels, isn't it a bit too coping?

Zhu Hongyu didn't ask for 8000 million taels, but why can't you just scrape together 1000 million taels?

"Your Highness, the big gentry households in Nanjing City said that the 200 million taels are military expenses they donated to Daming to reward the army for recovering Nanjing. I hope His Highness Jian Guo will accept it."

Qian Qianyi acted as a mouthpiece and said so in front of Zhu Hongyu.

Zhu Hongyu just hummed lightly, and then spoke.

"Drink tea, this tea is pretty good!"

Zhu Hongyu didn't say it clearly, but his dissatisfaction was clearly revealed.

Qian Qianyi picked up the teacup and took a sip. He couldn't help complaining in his heart that the tea was so ordinary, but he didn't dare to say it out, instead he opened his mouth to test it out.

"How much money does your Highness have for this tea, the old minister also wants some!"

Zhu Hongyu said with a slight smile.

"Two hundred is definitely not enough, one thousand is almost the same."

Qian Qianyi looked embarrassed, and he understood Zhu Hongyu's hint.

To be honest, is it more than 1000 million taels?
That's a lot for an individual!
But for these big dogs in Nanjing, that's all.

After all, since the beginning of the Great Voyage, gold and silver from all over the world have flowed into Daming.

And Nanjing City is the southern capital of Ming Dynasty, the core of Jiangnan.

In Nanjing like this, how can it be short of money?
Isn't that a joke? !

However, if Zhu Hongyu wanted to open his mouth and asked someone to hand over 1000 million taels of silver, that was not that simple.

Seeing Qian Qianyi's embarrassed expression, Zhu Hongyu spoke again.

"This tea is indeed quite expensive, but it is a good tea specially provided by the royal family. It costs 1000 taels, so you can't afford it."

Zhu Hongyu's hint was obvious!
1000 million taels, no negotiation!
If those people make Zhu Hongyu unhappy for a while, Zhu Hongyu can make them unhappy for a lifetime.

Another point is that Zhu Hongyu is implying to those people that whoever gives more money will be able to take the royal road.

Qian Qianyi bowed his promise, and then withdrew.

Zhu Hongyu looked at the clock on his desk, it was already lunch time.

He casually ordered someone to pass the meal.

At noon, Zhu Hongyu ate lunch alone.

But a thought came to his mind, should he also take Li Lingxiu's mother and son to Nanjing?

Now the situation in the continental war is basically stable. If there is no accident, Da Ming will not overturn.

In addition, the child is no longer young, and can almost withstand the bumps in the sea.

It's also time to take Li Lingxiu's mother and son to Nanjing!

The more important reason was that as the situation stabilized, Zhu Hongyu's concern for Li Lingxiu's mother and son surged like a raging tide.

He, the father, has never seen his eldest son since he was born!

How can I not miss it.

Although the appearance of Li Qiuyue eased Zhu Hongyu's lovesickness.

But it's just a relief. Li Qiuyue does look like Li Lingxiu, but she doesn't.

Now Zhu Hongyu really wants to see what his son looks like!

Is it cute, healthy or not, will he grin at his father...

All of a sudden, thoughts flooded in!
Just do it when you think of it, Zhu Hongyu ordered the matter down, and ordered someone to send a letter to Lu Song.

……

On the other side, Wu Sangui, who was stationed in Wuchang, also received the news that the decisive battle in the south of the Yangtze River had been divided.

Look at the detailed records in the battle report!
Wu Sangui fell into a daze.

From the beginning to the end of the month, the entire Qing army crossing the river was wiped out, and hundreds of thousands of troops were wiped out.

Nearly half of the main force of the Qing Dynasty was wiped out in the south of the Yangtze River!
Wu Sangui was really frightened.

For this decisive battle in the south of the Yangtze River between the Ming and Qing Dynasties, he always thought that there would only be two results.

Either the Qing Dynasty won the victory simply and swiftly, and the army went south to wipe out Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangdong and Guangxi in one go, and expel the Ming thieves from the mainland.

Either the Qing Dynasty won miserably, and then the army went south and wiped out the land in one go. Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, and Guangdong and Guangxi drove the Ming thieves out of the mainland.

In his view, judging from the size of the army sent by the Qing Dynasty to the south this time, there is absolutely no possibility of defeat!
But the result is that the Qing Dynasty was defeated!
Not only was the battle defeated, but the main force of the army going south was also wiped out!

The defeat was straightforward, without the slightest surprise.

(End of this chapter)