Chapter 58 Unwilling to be lonely, Mao Wenlong (asking for a monthly ticket collection)

Zhu Youzhen was furious when he heard this, but he thought that the words of the British Duke forcibly suppressed his emotions, so he said coldly: "Pass the decree, let the British Duke guard the city well, don't pay attention to Huang Taiji's provocation, and I will go to the city to visit the soldiers later." ”

"The minions obeyed. The little eunuch took the order and left.

Zhu Youzhen thought of Huang Taiji's triumphant appearance outside, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and said viciously: "Mao Wenlong should have received the will, I want you to cry when the time comes!"

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Far away in the evening of Denglai, the red sun is sinking in the west, and the sky is getting late, but see:

The light clouds are chaotic, and the mountains and the moon are dim.

The sky is full of frost and cold, and the wind is heard on all sides.

When the lonely bird goes, the sky is wide, and the mountains are low in the distance.

Thousands of trees roar in the sparse forest, and the lone ape cries in the empty mountains.

There are no pedestrians for a long time, and the Milky Way is shining brightly.

A tall man stood on a hill and looked south with a worried face.

A guard in the back stepped forward and asked, "Master Hou, are you worried about the safety of the capital?"

The man in front turned around and saw who it was that the beard was not Mao Wenlong, and he said worriedly: "Ben Hou is really worried about the safety of His Majesty, according to the news from the capital, the situation is not good at this time."

The day before yesterday, His Majesty led the army out of the station just to fight a draw with the demon army, and even a small defeat can be said.

After all, the soldiers of the Beijing camp suffered heavy losses. ”

"Shall I go to King Qin, then?" asked the guard.

Mao Wenlong shook his head, took a deep breath and said, "No need, I can't wait for the whip to be long, even if I rush over, it's too late."

Moreover, His Majesty's will is for me to attack the hinterland of the Houjin Demon Clan and pose a threat to the Demon Clan, so as to reduce the pressure in the direction of the capital. ”

As soon as Mao Wenlong's words fell, he saw an extremely rough voice coming, and Mao Wenlong didn't have to guess that this must be Liu Xingzuo.

Sure enough, I saw Liu Xingzuo come over with an excited face, and saluted: "General Mao, tell you good news!"

Mao Wenlong's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said with a smile: "What is the news that makes General Liu so happy, let's hear it?"

Liu Xingzuo didn't hide it, and said briskly: "According to the information I got below, the hinterland of the Houjin Demon Clan at this time is extremely weak, especially in Demon Yang City, there are only 10,000 soldiers.

At this time, if we attack the hinterland of the demon clan by surprise, not to mention defeating the demon yang city, it is certain that the demon clan will suffer heavy losses!"

Mao Wenlong said excitedly: "Okay, what General Liu brought is really good news, if the sneak attack is successful this time, the demon clan will suffer heavy losses, and this will definitely play the Son of Heaven and ask for credit for General Liu!"

Although Mao Wenlong had this on his face, he still had a trace of suspicion about Liu Xingzuo in his heart when he was rough on the surface, but there was no suspicious action after the other party came, and the Son of Heaven trusted him extremely much.

Therefore, Mao Wenlong showed great trust, as long as the Golden Demon Clan succeeded after this sneak attack, then Liu Xingzuo would no longer have the slightest doubt, and he would also regard him as a real confidant and put his heart into his heart.

When Liu Xingzuo saw that the other party trusted him so much, he was also grateful, and immediately made a military order, willing to be the vanguard and remove all obstacles for attacking the demon clan's lair!

When Mao Wenlong saw this, the doubts in his heart were even less than a point, and he agreed without hesitation.

For a moment, two loud laughter sounded on the hills, startling unknown wild birds to fly and leaves to fall.

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But he said that Zhu Youzhen came back from the city wall, and he was very happy in his heart, after all, he saw the morale of the soldiers in the capital high, and the British public commander was well-organized, and the safety of the capital was more than enough!

However, the happy Zhu Youzhen didn't know that another big event had happened in the seemingly calm capital.

No, when Zhu Youzhen returned to the warm pavilion, Wang Chengen was waiting anxiously.

"Your Majesty, it's not good, the people in the south of the city are making trouble!"

"Trouble, does anyone really dare to make trouble in the capital?"

Zhu Youzhen had just sat down, and after hearing this, he stood up again, and hurriedly asked, "Big companion, what's going on?"

"It is said that there is no food, so the victims are in a commotion!" Wang Chengen replied.

Zhu Youzhen was puzzled: "Didn't I send 500,000 spirit stones to go down to the disaster relief?

"The old slave didn't know, he had already sent someone to investigate. Wang Chengen replied.

"If there is still food in the treasury and the inner treasury, if there is, it will be distributed first. Zhu Youzhen asked.

Wang Chengen replied: "Your Majesty, there has been no grain in the treasury for a long time, and there is no grain left in the inner treasury except for daily needs. ”

Zhu Youzhen's face turned dark, and he was about to get angry. At this moment, a little eunuch muttered a few words in Wang Chengen's ear, and then Wang Chengen said: "Your Majesty, this matter is related to the grain merchants in the capital. ”

As soon as Zhu Youzhen heard it and understood, he said coldly: "Big companion, you go and tell Tian Ergeng that no matter what method he uses, he will give me enough food for disaster relief within an hour, even if it is to raid the house, I will make it up, and I can't ask for his head!"

Tian Ergeng received Zhu Youzhen's order that the two nursing homes in the north and south of the capital need to immediately start receiving the displaced people, as well as the porridge factories in the capital, they should also immediately start giving porridge and rice to the victims.

These things have been abandoned for a long time, and if you look at it on a normal day, it is obviously whimsical that the emperor's decree is like to reopen, but this time the decree does not elaborate on the method.

Tian Ergeng understood after a little thought, and immediately turned around and shouted at the top of his voice:

"No matter what method you use, in short, if you can't raise the food and rice needed to make trouble within a stick of incense, you will all have to fall to the ground!"

"In extraordinary times, in extraordinary ways, do you understand?"

Hearing this, the rest of the thousands and hundreds of households glanced at each other, and they all saw the feeling of fighting against the water in their eyes, and they all clenched their fists and shouted:

"Got it!"

"Inferior obedience!"

When it comes to grain and rice, Jin Yiwei commanded Tian Ergeng to think of Rongchang Street first.

It is a prosperous anomaly, the rice shops in the capital, in addition to the millet shop, the big shops and businesses in the entire capital are basically concentrated in Rongchang Street.

In other words, this Rongchang Street is the grain and rice street of the capital.

In a short street, it is not even a stick of incense to walk back and forth, but now there are nearly 20 rice shops, and these big shops with the same spirit monopolize the grain and rice trade in the capital, and the price naturally depends on their mood.

In normal times, although the price of this Rongchang Street is a little black, it has always been a prosperous business, and now there are disasters and chaos in various places, and even the feet of the emperor in the capital are not stable.

Many people have no food to eat, and people are panicked, so they naturally want to buy some rice and noodles to go home to meet the needs of the emergency, so for a long time, this Rongchang Street has become even more popular.

This kind of year is an opportunity for businessmen, except for millet shops with no background, no one will directly sell the grain and rice in their hands, and even raising the price to sell it has become a fool's move.

Really smart merchants will say that they have no rice in their hands, and they will keep hoarding rice and noodles, wait and see for a while, wait for the opportunity to release a small part, and then continue to hoard, so as to get the maximum profit.

As for the survival of the court and the safety of the people, who is idle and has nothing to do?

The poor are getting poorer and poorer, but if you say that the royal family is rich, it is not necessarily true, not counting the nobles of the feudal kings who are outside, the Zhu family in the imperial palace of the Forbidden City can be regarded as the poorest royal family in history.

The imperial court is not rich, and even the taxes in most places cannot be collected, and the tax for the whole year last year was only more than four million spirit stones, and even the expenditure of Liao Yu was not enough.

It is ridiculous to say that Emperor Chongzhen casually copied the homes of several courtiers and corrupt officials, and the income has entered tens of millions of spirit stones.

Among them, only the former cabinet deputy assistant Gu Bingqian's family, now there are more than 4 million taels of spirit stones, and some other things such as acres of land, calligraphy and paintings, etc., I don't know how many in total.

It is said that the Ming Dynasty officials are corrupt, and the world is declining, and now it seems that this is true.

Chongzhen, who was the emperor in history, was not living a good life at all compared to ordinary people.

Emperor Chongzhen wore a patched underwear, which is a well-known thing, in addition, the daily meal is just three dishes and one soup, and the queen of Zhou, who is the mother of the world, actually cooked for the emperor herself, and there are not even a few accessories in the palace.

These unprecedented anecdotes have all happened to Emperor Chongzhen alone.

On the other hand, groups such as large families, merchants, and scholars took advantage of the chaos in the world and the people quickly became rich and solid.

This kind of deformed prosperity not only exists in Jingshi, but even in most places in Jiangnan, but this situation is talked about by Donglin Shizi.

In Rongchang Street, Yongchang is one of the largest shops, it is said that the owner behind the shopkeeper also has a deep background, black and white, the soldiers of the Five Cities Terracotta Division and the green skin in the city, the ruffians do not dare to come to pick quarrels and provoke trouble on weekdays.

Even in the current situation, the official yamen can't be saved, but Rongchang Street is still not very chaotic, all kinds of people gather here, but Yongchang is busy but not chaotic, compared to other places in the city, it can even be regarded as orderly.

"Oh my God, this still doesn't make people live-" Some ordinary people with rice bags in their hands, looking at the newly replaced rice price card, were all angry: "Yesterday it was still the price of four and a half spirit stones and one stone, why did it only pass a day and add another spirit stone!"

"Yes, how can it rise faster than the weather changes in summer, is this still lively!"

"I only earn three points of spirit stone for a day's hard work, he's good, this price goes up, I'll work for nothing in a day!

A man with a dark face and a big head said indignantly, turned his head and left.

"Hey, big brother, let's bear with it. ”

An old man behind the dark-faced man sighed when he saw this, and said, "Since you're here, buy as much as you want, otherwise, maybe it will go up again next time!"

A woman who went out to buy vegetables next to her also persuaded: "Yes, I can buy a little more this time, and maybe I can afford it next time!"