"Lord, the more you owe your debts......

Yao Daqiao, dressed in a crimson official robe and a black gauze hat on his head, followed Zhu Cihuan and walked on the edge of a small lake. The corners of his eyes kept looking at Bao Ke Zhenghui, who was carrying a katana and walking behind him, this kid was too pink, and his figure could be described as petite, no matter how he looked at it, he looked a bit like a girl dressed as a man, and he was still glued to the prince all day long...... That's not right!

The prince is becoming more and more manly, originally when he was in Yingtianfu and Shanghai Mansion, he was a guy with oily hair and powder. Now being blown by the sea breeze in the Pacific Ocean, the scorching sun, the beard, and the thousands of miles of displacement, it has actually honed a killing atmosphere.

Where Zhu and Yao Daqiao now walk, is a small island in the middle of the Gulf of America, about 60 miles from the city of the peninsula. However, the 60 miles of waterway are not a straight line, and they have to travel between several islands and peninsulas.

The topography of this Gulf of the Americas is really speechless, the huge bay is crammed with islands and peninsulas, except for Dashan Island (Vancouver Island), the other islands are very flat, the land on the island is fertile, and the vegetation is dense. Moreover, there is no shortage of rain in this area, and the rainfall throughout the year is more than that of Jiangnan.

So just cut down a little bit of the trees on these islands and you can sow wheat or soybeans. The only tricky thing is digging the roots, but it's easier to dig up the roots than digging up rocks in the soil.

In addition, crops harvested on these islands can be transported by water to the entire Gulf of America region and even the entire west coast of the New World.

If the grain produced in the Gulf of the Americas can be used to raise pigs, and then made into cured meat and plate oil, it can be transported back to Daming by galleon to be sold!

Therefore, Yao Daqiao, who was born as a grain merchant, after some investigation and research, used a small part of the proceeds from the sale of the iron, copper, and lead he brought (the American Mansion was fully preparing for war, and of course Yao Daqiao purchased these war materials at a high price, so that Yao Daqiao made a lot of money) from the market in Peninsula City to buy 15 United States common stocks, and then bought Zhu Cihuan's 5 United States common stocks. The 20 United States stocks were exchanged for an island with an area of more than 20,000 acres, a flat terrain, and a small freshwater lake, and named it Little Chongqing Island.

Now that Zhu Cihuan and his Japanese soldiers are stationed on the island, Yao Daqiao also employs hundreds of stock refugees from Peninsula City. Relying on the labor of these Japanese samurai and stock refugees, by the autumn of the fifteenth year of Hongxing, there was already a little situation on the island of Little Chongqing. Around a bay in the north of the island, a small harbour and a series of wooden houses have been built, and some farmland has been created. On the edge of the lake in the middle of the island, there are several decent wooden houses. That is where Zhu Cihuan's palace and Yao Daqiao's long history mansion are located - Yao Daqiao is also an official now, a dignified long history of the palace! It's just that this official not only has to take it, but also has to put money into it.

The prince's own expenses and his 2,000 Japanese samurai's expenses and food expenses are all Yao Daqiao's "unjust head"!

Not more than 10,000 taels of silver a month!

Although Yao Daqiao now has money, he has sold more than 500,000 taels of iron, copper, and lead alone, and after deducting the shipping fee, the purchase of United States stocks, and the various expenses for the development of small Chongqing Island, there are no less than 400,000 taels on hand, and the interest stored in the Pacific Bank for a year can also be more than 20,000 taels.

But Zhu Cihuan and his Japanese soldiers were able to spend 120,000 taels of Yao Daqiao a year...... You can't afford to rely on interest!

And the development of small Chongqing Island has to continue to invest!

Cutting down trees, digging roots, leveling land, building canals and pools, building storehouses and dwellings, buying and raising farm horses, buying all kinds of farm implements and seeds...... All kinds of expenses are added together, and without an investment of 70,000 or 80,000 taels, the 20,000 acres of fertile land on small Chongqing Island cannot be developed.

And even if these 20,000 acres of land are developed, there will be no net profit of 120,000 taels a year......

So Yao Daqiao can't afford to raise Zhu Cihuan, a gold-swallowing dragon!

As soon as he heard Yao Daqiao mention "debt", Zhu Cihuan sighed.

Wei Zhongzhong, Qi Yuanbi and Yu Daren are all traitors who withhold military salaries!

They used the excuse that the guards of the county palace were not subordinate to the palace of the Americas or the army of the Americas, so they could not bear their daily expenses, and could only agree on the remuneration before the guards of the county palace entered the combat operation - Wei Zhongzhong, Qi Yuanbi and Yu Daren actually acted according to the rules, and if Zhu Cihuan was the king of the United States, of course his guards could make the palace of the Americas pay for it.

But he was not the king of the United States, or even the county king of the United States, but the county king of the Ming Dynasty. How could he afford to spend money in the Americas?

Therefore, the government of the Americas can only hire royal guards to fight.

Zhu Cihuan turned his head and looked at Yao Daqiao with a sad face, "Long history...... Are you worried that the king will not pay his debts? Is this the king such a person? ”

Aren't you just a "debt king"? Yao Daqiao said: You still rely on me! I'm so miserable! I've been exiled to the Americas, and I haven't avoided you, the unlucky prince, do you really have to be eaten and wiped out by you to finish?

Zhu Cihuan looked at Yao Daqiao's face, and felt a little embarrassed - the biggest difference between him and his third brother Zhu Cijiong was that he was still a little shameful, and he was still thinking about repaying his debts...... But now there are more and more debts, let alone repayment of the principal, and I can't even afford the interest!

Moreover, the Japanese samurai who followed him to the Americas Mansion were also to seek a rich future, not to cut down trees and dig roots for Yao Daqiao.

It's been almost three months now......

Zhu Cihuan and Yao Daqiao, the two "destined people" (who are also monarchs and ministers, creditors and debt slaves, too fateful) were sighing when they suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves. Zhu Wangye turned his head and found that it was one of his retainers, a guy named Takeda Shinnaga, who was riding a horse. When he reached the edge of the lake, he turned over and dismounted, then galloped to Zhu Cihuan, and after half-kneeling, he reported in stiff Chinese: "His Royal Highness, Wei Taishou and Admiral Qi have come to visit, and they have arrived in Bay Village. ”

Bay Village is on the edge of the small bay in the north of Little Chongqing Island, where boats visiting Little Chongqing Island are parked.

Zhu Cihuan and Yao Daqiao glanced at each other, and both found a hint of joy on each other's faces.

There's a play!

Those two guys are the masters of the Three Treasures Hall for nothing - that's natural, as soon as he didn't recruit the county king to be seen by Emperor Zhu, he suddenly came with troops, Wei Zhongzhong and Qi Yuanbi didn't transfer troops to arrest them, they were already very polite, how could they be close? Zhu Cihuan is not a "local tyrant king", and if you want to make a sycophant, you have to look at the object!

So after Zhu Cihuan went to Little Chongqing Island, the two of them and Yu Daren, the chief of staff of the American Army, never came.

When they came over today, they must have something to ask for!

......

"My lord, the envoy of the Shimazu family said that he is willing to call you a minister and take refuge in you...... If this succeeds, we will advance seven or eight hundred miles south into the Satsuma River Valley!" ”

"Moreover, the Satsuma River valley has been cultivated by the Shimazu family for two years, and there are already more than 10,000 people and 100,000 acres of land...... At least tens of thousands of troops can be stationed! ”

"Lord Wang, your chance to make meritorious service is here!"

"Lord Wang, with this credit, Your Majesty will definitely not care about it anymore......"

"Yes, yes, and with this, the American Mansion can also justifiably produce silver!"

Wei Zhongzhong and Yu Daren sang and drank, and in a few words, Zhu Cihuan's heart came alive. Meritorious service! And it can also open his mouth widely, and slander the Yamen of the Americas Mansion for a large sum.

With the merit, the emperor's brother in Ying Tianfu should not be held accountable for his "crime of cheating his father", this is a meritorious service!

And the silver of the American Mansion is what Zhu Cihuan urgently needs...... He can't really pull out Yao's skin, if Yao Daqiao dies, where will he find money to turn around?

Without silver, wouldn't his Japanese soldiers be scattered? When the time comes, what will you rely on to repay your debts?

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