The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 749

The appraiser thought for a while, then spoke.

"These commodities are worth about 300 silver dollars! This price is absolutely fair, no one in Incheon City can offer a higher price."

"But if you want banknotes, you can only pay 290 Yuan Ming banknotes!"

"Excuse me, do you want to cash in silver dollars or banknotes?"

When the soldiers of the Qing army heard the words, they were pondering in their hearts, and they were moved by the appraiser's words.

300 silver dollars is not a small amount!

If it is cashed into silver dollars, it will be very troublesome to carry.

For 300 silver dollars, one silver dollar weighs about one tael, and one catty weighs 16 taels. Three hundred silver dollars can weigh almost twenty catties, which is not a small number.

And paper currency is much more convenient to carry!

Of course, the main reason why he moved was not because the banknotes were easy to carry.

But the reputation of the current Daming banknotes is quite guaranteed!

In the whole of East Asia, the traditional celestial kingdom's sphere of influence is very large. In most countries and regions, Ming's banknotes are hard currency.

And you can redeem silver dollars at a premium at any time.

That's the key!
Didn't you see that if you pay silver dollars here, you can exchange 300 yuan, but you can only exchange 290 yuan for banknotes?
The price difference of the ten silver dollars is the premium of Ming paper money!

It is also a proof of how hard the Ming paper money is now!

Finally, the Qing soldier made up his mind and said.

"Cash it all into banknotes, it's easy to carry!"

The appraiser nodded in agreement, then took out a stack of documents and signed them.

After he signed, he handed the document to the Qing army soldier opposite, and said.

"Please sign to confirm!"

"After the guest signs, I can write a check for the guest, and then the guest can go to the counter to withdraw money."

The soldier of the Qing army brought the documents, but he could not read or write.

I could only take the ink pad, and then press my thumb on the ink pad. After the finger was covered with the ink pad, a red finger print was left on the document.

Seeing this, the appraiser took over the document inspection and began to issue a check for him.

The check reads to withdraw 290 banknotes, and the personal signature and seal of the appraiser.

The procedures are very complete!
"With the check, you can go to the counter and pay the corresponding silver dollars or banknotes directly!"

The soldiers of the Qing army on the opposite side took the check and asked in a low voice.

"Brother, I heard that some of you buy arms here. I don't know how to buy them?"

With money in hand, apart from taking it home for his family, the first choice for a soldier must be to buy a good weapon for himself.

And before the soldier of the Qing army pawned the property he robbed, he had inquired about it and knew that there were arms for sale in this shop.

It is said that many of the arms sold in this shop are [-] to [-]% new weapons and ordnance eliminated by the Ming army!
Although it is said to be second-hand goods that were eliminated by the Ming army, the quality is absolutely undeniable!

The appraiser raised his eyebrows when he heard this, but he still spoke.

"Well, there are, but the price is not cheap!"

Hearing this, the soldier of the Qing army didn't pay much attention to it, and just spoke.

"As long as you have it, as long as you have it, the price is not important!"

Weapons and equipment can save lives on the battlefield, as long as they are easy to use, it doesn't matter if they are more expensive.

Seeing this, the appraiser didn't say anything more, got up from the chair, and said.

"Come with me!"

While speaking, he led people to the backyard of the shop.

Once in the backyard, they walked through two doorways to a locked house.

The appraiser took out the key, opened the lock, pushed the door and walked in.

The light in the room was somewhat dim, and the sunlight shone in through the opened door, illuminating the dust in the air clearly.

The Qing soldier squinted his eyes, and then he saw clearly what was in the house.

The most conspicuous thing is the set of bust armor placed in the middle!
The breastplate was rubbed with tung oil for maintenance, and it was shiny.

There are faint traces left by swords and slashes on it, which are unusually conspicuous.

In addition to this set of breastplate, there is a musket, a bayonet, a Tang knife, as well as bows, arrows, grenades and other things.

But only one of each!
Clearly these are samples!
Of course, the weapons sold by these merchants would definitely not be the weapons currently in service of the Ming army, but basically second-hand goods that were scrapped by the Ming army.

For example, muskets have no rifling, and grenades are not pull-string type, but old-fashioned grenades that need to be ignited.

The gunpowder for the musket and the explosive inside the grenade are just ordinary powdered black powder and have not been granulated.

Nothing else!
When the Qing soldier saw these weapons, his eyes shone brightly.

Walking into the room with big strides, he kept stroking these samples, looking like a perverted idiot.

"Is it just these things? Let's make a price. If the price is right, I'll take it all!"

After the Qing soldier checked the weapons and ordnance in detail, he couldn't help but speak.

The appraiser heard the words, but shook his head and said.

"The ones here are just samples, not for sale!"

"If you want to buy weapons from us, you need to fill out the pre-order list first, and then we will transfer the goods from other places."

"If I write that list now, when will it arrive?"

Such a Qing soldier couldn't help asking.

The appraiser didn't hesitate, and said directly.

"If there is no accident, you can come to us to pick up the goods two to three days after you fill out the pre-order list."

It is said that the goods are transferred from other places, but it is not always true!

This store has an official background in Ming Dynasty, and their warehouse is actually floating on the sea outside Incheon Port.

Can transfer goods at any time!

As soon as this remark came out, the soldier of the Qing Dynasty showed emotion, and then followed the appraiser to fill out the pre-order list...

……

The second year of the restoration of Ming Dynasty, the ninth day of October!
The son of the Joseon Dynasty, Li Xuan, received an imperial decree from the son of the great emperor.

"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the imperial edict said: The son of Joseon, gentle, courteous and thrifty, with both ability and political integrity, sensitive and studious, wise and trustworthy... can succeed the king of Joseon!"

"To show enlightenment, to show merit!"

"Kin this!"

Zhong Ming personally led people to appear in front of Li Yun, and read the imperial edict of the Son of Heaven to Li Yun.

Li Xuan was wearing a prince's python robe, knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and then spoke.

"My lord, the Crown Prince of Joseon, accept the order!"

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live, long live!"

"..."

However, when receiving the order, Li Xuan's body was trembling slightly.

His face was also completely expressionless, without the slightest hint of joy.

However, at this time, he had figured it out and accepted the reality.

No longer have any fluke mentality about the matter of the Ming Dynasty attached to North Korea.

He only hopes that the emperor of tomorrow will treat him and his family well!

Don't cut the weeds and eradicate the roots after swallowing North Korea completely...

Afterwards, Li Wei was helped up from the ground, and several eunuchs and servants came up and put the python robe and crown bestowed by the emperor on Li Xuan.

This is the robe of a prince!

According to the etiquette system, the King of Joseon, who is only a county king, is not qualified to wear this suit.

However, as we all know, the Ming Dynasty had always given preferential treatment to North Korea. Although the king of North Korea was the king of the county, he was allowed to make an exception and use the prince's robes to show his favor.

However, now Li Xuan only feels irony in the robe he is wearing.

Favor?

What the hell kind of grace is this?
Surrounded by Li Xuan, he came out of the post house and went to the palace.

Prepare to worship the emperor and thank you!

In Fengtian Hall, Zhu Hongyu sat on the dragon chair, and Shi Shiran accepted Li Xuan's worship.

Then he said with a blank face.

"The Qing family is flat!"

Li Xuan got up from the ground and spoke.

"Your Majesty, now that our country is broken and the people are dying, our Li family is really powerless to protect the safety of North Korea."

"Today, the entire North Korea is willing to present the Atlas of Mountains and Rivers to His Majesty, and attach it to Daming!"

"I also ask Your Majesty for your permission!"

Li Xuan presented a letter of credence in public very sensiblely, and mentioned the matter of enclosing it.

Zhu Hongyu heard the words and knew that the time had come, so he didn't refuse any more.

He spoke directly.

"North Korea is my first vassal in Ming Dynasty, and the common people all admire Wang Hua!"

"Now that North Korea is willing to attach itself to Ming Dynasty, it is really a blessing for the people of North Korea!"

"But in this, the contribution of North Korea's Li family to the education of North Korea is also indelible..."

Zhu Hongyu first highly praised the wisdom of the Ming Dynasty attached to North Korea.

Then there is the praise of Lee's contribution to the education of North Korea.

At the end, Zhu Hongyu spoke.

"Pass down the decree, the King of Joseon is crowned as the Prince!"

"Reward a mansion in the city of Nanjing, [-] mu of fertile land, a Jiangnan manor, ten pairs of jade ruyis, ten pairs of palace lanterns, a thousand pieces of Sichuan brocade, a set of exquisite exquisite porcelain exclusively for the royal family, a set of four seasons robes embroidered in Suzhou, and a leather crown for the prince. bring……"

In addition to these rewards, there are a lot of gold, silver and jewelry, maids and servants and the like.

Although North Korea was "voluntarily" attached to Daming under his many means.

But Zhu Hongyu didn't mind to handle the matter beautifully from beginning to end!
Give generous rewards to the Korean royal family to show the grace of the emperor!

Let other vassal states also see the benefits of enclosing Daming, and when they can't get along in their own country, they can also come to enclosing Daming...

To put it bluntly, it is just to decorate the facade!
For some big countries with good national strength, it is definitely not willing to attach Ming Dynasty.

Going to Nanjing to be a rich man, how can you feel comfortable being a dominator in your own country?

But for some small countries with a population of only tens of thousands and a small territory, he might be tempted!

Whether or not there is a date in this matter, it is never wrong to hit three shots, and there will be no loss anyway.

Compared with the benefits that Ming can get from annexing North Korea, these rewards that Zhu Hongyu gave to the King of North Korea are completely worthless.

……

The court finally finalized the matter of North Korea's internal attachment!

Daming also began to prepare for sending troops to recover North Korea, as well as publicizing matters.

The Ming Dynasty's mouthpiece, the Daming Daily, published a lengthy article about the North Korean annexation.

And it keeps showing how much the North Korea's internal attachment is beneficial to Daming!
And, in the official propaganda of Ming Dynasty!
This time North Korea's internal attachment was entirely due to North Koreans crying and shouting, and several times they wrote letters to be attached to Daming.

Daming was originally unwilling to agree, but in the end he really couldn't save face, so he was forced to agree to North Korea's attachment!
He kept emphasizing that it was bright, just, in line with etiquette and beneficial to the world that Ming took over North Korea this time.

To put it bluntly, Zhu Hongyu was cleaning the ground for himself!

Well, he wants face!
……

Staff, conference room!

At this time, the staff department was still discussing the issue of sending troops to North Korea.

The senior staff members of the staff department racked their brains to plan how Ming should capture North Korea.

In fact, it is not difficult for Ming to gain a firm foothold in North Korea militarily.

At this time, the army of the Kingdom of Korea had almost been defeated or incorporated by the invaded Manchu Qing.

Of the troops on the entire Korean peninsula, only the Qing army has grown into a climate and scale.

And after the next year, at the latest in the first half of next year, the Qing army will take these troops to conquer the Japanese across the sea!
At that time, the Ming army only needs to send troops to take over North Korea's defense.

There may be battles, but certainly not too violent.

What is really troublesome is actually Daming's effective occupation of the place.

Even if North Korea has a high degree of Sinicization, even if there is the inherent power of Man Qing to do dirty work for Ming Dynasty to clean up North Korea.

If Daming wants to eat the entire North Korea in one bite, there will definitely be resistance!
There will definitely be dead-headed people with vested interests in North Korea who choose to stand on the opposite side of Ming Dynasty for their own interests, and fight for the "independence" and "freedom" of North Korea.

These people are the real trouble!
At that time, in order to stabilize the situation in North Korea, Daming will have to station troops in North Korea.

……

Zhu Hongyu had lunch and received He Wen'an in the imperial study after the lunch break.

He Wen'an is an old minister. He had already won the Jinshi in the year of Chongzhen and became an official.

It's just a pity that the Jiashen national disaster broke out not long after he became an official!
Facing the iron hooves of the Qing army, although He Wen'an was afraid of death and did not die for the country, he did not choose to become an official in the Qing Dynasty, and he preserved his last backbone.

It belongs to the kind similar to Qian Qianyi!

He is afraid of death, but he is also unwilling to be a traitor and work for the Qing Dynasty.

After Daming was restored, He Wen'an chose to become an official again, wanting to show his ambition.

For such a courtier, Zhu Hongyu didn't like it, but he didn't dislike it either.

Because there is really nothing to say about being afraid of death, everyone is afraid of death, it is human nature!
Besides, Zhu Hongyu's moral bottom line, which was already very flexible, has been in this era for a long time, and now it is even more flexible.

Today, the reason why Zhu Hongyu chose to summon He Wen'an was because He Wen'an wrote a letter to Zhu Hongyu about restoring water transportation.

Zhu Hongyu couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he summoned He Wen'an for questioning.

(End of this chapter)