Chapter 107: Escape
Walking at the end of the line were several prisoner carts, which were loaded with the leaders of the Mu State, including Han Feng, and the prisoners were dressed like death row prisoners, with a prisoner plaque inserted behind them.
As soon as this team entered, the mood of the onlookers immediately changed.
Someone immediately took out the rotten eggs and rotten vegetables that had been prepared a long time ago and threw them at the leaders of Mubang, Han Feng was the leader of the thieves, so he naturally attracted key care. smashed down, Han Feng was smashed to a smash, his head was full of egg whites, vegetable leaves, etc., and the whole person was almost smashed to faint.
Chengtianmen is the Tiananmen Square of later generations, which is the reason why Zhu Youxiao wants to meet with the Longteng Army here.
When the new army entered Chengtianmen, the various companies began to assemble in regimental units and lined up on Chengtianmen Square.
After the entire Longteng Army stood in the square, it was finally Zhu Youxiao's turn to appear.
"The emperor has arrived!"
After the eunuch shouted, Zhu Youxiao appeared on the tower of Chengtianmen.
"Knock on the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" The dragon army marched in unison and shouted.
The Ming Dynasty military salute was actually a knee-bending. Zhu Youxiao didn't like this gift very much, but he didn't think about what kind of military salute to change to.
"Flat." Zhu Youxiao commanded.
After Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, he motioned to the eunuch beside him to read out the holy decree. The content of the decree is to affirm the battle of Mubang, then praise a group of people, promote a group of people, and finally the question of the bereavement of the dead, but no other material rewards are given. Zhu Youxiao originally wanted to get a medal, but felt that it was not the right time, so he gave up for the time being.
After the holy decree was read out, Zhu Youxiao said: "The performance of the Longteng Army in this battle is barely satisfactory to me, but Mu Bang is just a small toast, I used a knife to kill chickens this time, you have nothing to be proud of, and the north is the place to test everyone's true strength." ”
"In this battle of Mubang, there are countless meritorious soldiers, and I and the queen decided to give marriage to the first 100 unmarried soldiers with military merits. After Admiral Xiong reports the list, I will make specific arrangements. Zhu Youxiao's words filled many unmarried people with reverie, what a glorious thing it is for the emperor to give marriage.
"For those who were wounded in the Battle of Mubang, I have made other arrangements, and for those who died in battle, I have decided to have a thick burial, and the ceremony is scheduled to be held in seven days." Zhu Youxiao said.
Zhu Youxiao built a huge cemetery next to the mass grave on the outskirts of Beijing, called "Xuanyuan Garden", and the name comes from the phrase "I recommend Xuanyuan with my blood".
Zhu Youxiao suddenly had an idea at this time: that is, to hold a military parade. Of course, this is not possible now, and this requires long-term preparation.
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It only took half a day to complete the interview with the Long Tengjun. As for the handling of Han Feng and the others, Zhu Youxiao saw that he didn't see it, so he directly ordered a few people to be thrown into the imperial prison.
Zhu Youxiao also made special emphasis on letting Han Feng and several others be responsible for the health of the Imperial Prison and earn daily living expenses through labor, and of course Zhu Youxiao also emphasized that it was necessary to ensure that several people could live in the Imperial Prison for a few more years.
Just when Zhu Youxiao met with Long Tengjun, Zhang Hui and Quan Yuan were now in Shanghai, and the ocean plan planned by the two of them seemed to have entered the final stage. Since the opening of Shanghai, it has become more and more prosperous day by day, and a large number of ships have come and gone every day.
Although Zhu Youxiao restricted foreign trade, the Netherlands brought ten merchant ships this time, and the goods purchased by Zhu Youxiao from the Dutch were only enough to load four of the merchant ships, and the rest of the merchant ships still needed to be purchased by the Dutch themselves, which made the local trade volume in Shanghai increase dramatically.
Moreover, Zhu Youxiao's anti-smuggling bureau has not yet been formally established, and smuggling is still very serious. Zhang Hui and Quan Yuan saw the situation in Shanghai and decided to secretly go to sea from Shanghai.
As of the end of November this year, the two had defrauded more than 80 million taels of silver, and nearly 70 million taels of silver had been handed over to Zhu Youxiao. The more the two cheated, the closer they were to the goal of 100 million, the more panicked they became. Especially during this time, Zhang Hui and Quan Yuan found that there were more people staring at them.
They don't know what will happen to them when this scam ends, but they know that it will definitely not end, and the desire to survive makes the two decide to take a risk.
"Is everything already arranged?" Zhang Hui asked softly.
"Everything has been arranged, the ship and the people have been arranged, hidden in the cargo ship cargo in and out of Shanghai, out to sea, mixed with the Dutch merchant ship, and then to Taiwan's Bengang, and then from Taiwan's Bengang to board the ship we bought ourselves." Jeon Yuan said.
Quan Yuan and Zhang Hui spent a lot of money to buy a ship, hired sailors, and sent the ship to Bengang, Taiwan in the name of a merchant ship, where they waited for them. Now that Taiwan has just been recovered, there are still big loopholes in its management, and even prefectures and counties have not yet been divided. They were going to flee to Batavia first, and if it was even possible, they were going to flee to the West.
"How do we get out of here?" Zhang Hui asked.
"Wait a minute, let's go out to collect money in the name of going out to find the shopkeeper of Jubao Trading House, this shopkeeper is specialized in smuggling, there happens to be a shipload of goods to go to sea at night, and when we get there, he naturally has a way to let us leave Shanghai." Jeon Yuan said.
"Let's take the ledger with us, and we won't have any silver here, and I'll have exchanged the rest of the silver for gold and hid it on our ship, where there are a million taels." Zhang Hui said.
"Well, you clean up first, and I'll take another look at the silver." Jeon Won nodded.
"Haven't you seen enough of the silver? Hurry up and prepare. Zhang Hui scolded.
"Hey, I don't know when I'll see so much silver in my life?" Jeon Won said with a sigh.
"Stay in the green mountains, don't worry about no firewood. Hurry up and pack it up first. Zhang Hui urged.
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In order to avoid suspicion, Zhang Hui and Quan Yuan went out when they first arrived, and the two only brought the account book.
"This is the shopkeeper of the Jubao Firm, the shopkeeper of the king. And this is the Zhang Hui I often mention to you. Jeon Won said loudly.
"Fortunately, I will be lucky!" The two greeted each other.
"I heard Quan Yuan say that the shopkeeper Wang wants to invest in Jinshan, so I came to talk to the shopkeeper today." Zhang Hui deliberately said loudly.
"Okay, okay, two of you, please come in, I have prepared the food and drink, and we will talk while drinking." Shopkeeper Wang said cooperatively.
Of course, this shopkeeper Wang didn't know that Zhang Hui and Quan Yuan were targeted by people from Dongchang, if he knew this, Shopkeeper Wang would never dare to cooperate with the two of them acting. What Quan Yuan told him was that the two of them were being targeted at their gold mountain, and for safety, they wanted to go to sea early, and Quan Yuan also promised to give him a reward of 200,000 taels as long as they could send the two of them to sea safely, and Quan Yuan also paid 100,000 taels in advance.