What is the concept of 100 million taels of silver!

During the Wanli period, the income of the Ming Dynasty was about four million taels, and during the Taichang period, due to the invasion of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the northwest, the locust drought in the northwest sharply reduced the annual income to about 1.8 million taels, after the beginning of the Apocalypse Dynasty, the Manchu Qing Dynasty was busy absorbing and digesting the north, occupying the land, giving the south of the Yangtze River time to recuperate, and the income rose to three million taels, and after Zhu Youxiao's pro-government, Liu Ziguang went east to the west to seek the Ming Dynasty, and the national economy in the sea was even more developed, taking the 14th year of the Apocalypse as an example, the annual income reached an incredible 15 million taels, which does not include the silver raised from the securities market, so the statement that the Apocalypse Zhongxing was not blown out of thin air。

And the silver that Hu Xueyan took out to Liu Ziguang as military expenses was more than six times more than the income of the Ming Dynasty at its peak, which shows that the financial resources of the Ming Dynasty are so abundant, even if Liu Ziguang is so well-informed, he can't help but be shocked. This is only a preliminary preparation, if the follow-up is counted, it will not catch up with the financial revenue of the Ming Dynasty for half a century, so simply don't do this battle, just take the silver and buy the Ming Dynasty.

100 million taels of silver is 10 million catties, 5 million kilograms, 5,000 tons of silver, it takes thousands of wagons to transport by train, and it takes 3,000 materials to be transported by steamer.

With such sufficient financial resources to support it, the chances of winning this battle have greatly increased, but Liu Ziguang did not immediately show surprise, but shook his head and said: "Silver can only be used as military salaries, and it can't buy grain, grass, and ordnance, it's not the same as scrap iron, as long as the south blocks the border, controls traffic, doesn't allow pieces of board to go to sea, and doesn't allow an inch of iron to cross the border, no matter how much silver can be exchanged for materials, there is nowhere to consume for soldiers, and it doesn't have much effect." ”

Hu Xueyan said: "These old men have long thought of the things in this world, as long as there is silver, ninety percent can be solved, the south can't buy grain, grass and ordnance, it doesn't matter, we can buy arms from the Song Dynasty, buy rice from the South Seas, and completely block the border is not possible, the current Ming economy has fifty percent to rely on overseas trade, where does the trade come from, so the imperial court will never make such a decision, the cloth, silk and tea in the south of the Yangtze River mainly go to the sea and go to the north to unload, who knows?" 6. The border of thousands of miles cannot be closed, and you can't buy what you want. ”

Liu Ziguang said: "Even so, it takes time to raise supplies, and it is impossible to move the southern expedition in less than a year and a half, if you have to raise troops now, I still can't help." ”

Hu Xueyan said: "This natural old man will send you eight words: retreat as advance, want to capture, so indulge in exile and wait for the traitors in the DPRK and China to toss the world and then come back to clean up the old rivers and mountains, when the time comes, the army will be twice the result with half the effort, and the losses caused by the war will be reduced to the lowest point." ”

Hu Xueyan said that the eight-character policy is exactly the strategy that Liu Ziguang is implementing now, and the two of them can be regarded as thinking of going together, and when it comes to this extent, there is no longer any need to hide it, Liu Ziguang said: "The old shopkeeper, after the world is decided, I will definitely repay you well, and the ticket number of Rishengchang will definitely spread all over the world again." ”

Hu Xueyan stretched out a finger and shook it: "The old man wants not to do this." ”

"What is the old shopkeeper asking for so much support?" Liu Ziguang said suspiciously, Old man Hu, you won't say that it is for world peace.

Hu Xueyan suddenly changed the topic and said: "Do you know why the old man gave his daughter the name Yimin? ”

Liu Ziguang said: "It is said to commemorate the first lady. ”

"Yes, she was the second lady of the Li Taishi family who leaned towards the government and the opposition, I was just a poor scholar, and she was about to enter the palace as a concubine, which can be described as a bright future, but she gave up her glory and wealth, and was willing to live on the streets with me, living a life with a meal without a meal, and gave birth to our daughter in a grass shed outside Luzhou City, and then went early because of lack of medical treatment, in order to commemorate her, I named my daughter Yi Min is to commemorate the meaning of my beloved wife Li Min, my daughter is very sensible, she grew up with me when she was less than three years old, she grew up with me to do business, she didn't have enough to eat, she was bullied, she never cried, she was stubborn, and she was very stubborn, which was very with her mother。 ”

Hu Xueyan was immersed in the memories of the past, his voice became a little choked, Liu Ziguang didn't dare to interrupt, just listened quietly, and suddenly Hu Xueyan smiled: "It's far away, let the grandfather of the country laugh, the old man is this one daughter, who is twenty-five years old this year, my Hu family is rich, and there is naturally no shortage of people in the world who come to the door to propose marriage, but this girl has a very high vision, and she has taken a fancy to a person in the world, but this person is the husband of her best friend, so ...... Alas, watching my daughter suffer, I'm not afraid of being ashamed of being a father......"

Before he finished speaking, Liu Ziguang had already laid down: "Father-in-law, please accept the worship of the son-in-law." ”

I thought that Liu Ziguang would pretend to be stupid and stunned, at least pretend to shirk a few words, but I didn't expect people to be so direct, but it made Lao Hu a lot of prepared words before he had time to say them, and he was stunned for a while, these young people are so unsubtle these years?

Liu Ziguang said: "Miss Hu is a heroine among women, Ziguang has long admired it, but because she is already married, she doesn't dare to climb high, and she has hidden her true feelings in her heart for several years. ”

When the matter was discussed, the two of them came out of the back hall with a happy face, Hu Xueyan was happy that he finally helped his daughter find a home, and at the same time helped Ri Shengchang find a stable backer, Liu Ziguang was happy that he married a good daughter-in-law again, and after someone took care of the family's accounts, not to mention, he also took out a dowry of 100 million taels, which is really a good thing that can't be found with a lantern.

Looking for Hu Yimin and Peng Jingrong again, I don't know where to run, presumably Miss Hu has expected that her father will mention family affairs to Liu Ziguang, and she is too ashamed to see anyone.

The next day, Liu Ziguang raised his tent again, and announced to everyone that he would go into exile, so that Lu Ying, who was garrisoned in Qingdao, could not confront the imperial court, and must accept the dispatch of Sun Qi, the minister of the inspection of Shandong.

As soon as the order was outstanding, they were in an uproar, originally thinking that Qingdao was the closest Red Shirt Army base to the south, and it would become the starting point of the southern expedition, but I didn't expect the marshal to go into exile, so where will these subordinates go?

But Liu Ziguang had already decided to let everyone persuade him, and he didn't want to turn back, Lu Ying looked at the situation, pulled out his sword, and said across his neck: "Dashuai, if you leave, we will have no way to live, rather than being tortured to death by the traitor surnamed Sun, it is better to die in front of you now!" ”

The men of the Red Shirt Army are not those hypocritical masters, they drew their swords and killed themselves, they really said that it was too late, that time was fast, Liu Ziguang flicked his fingers, flicked the saber away, and pulled it over, Lu Ying said: "Come, come, come, and listen to the persuasion of this commander." ”

The two of them didn't know what to say in the back account, and after a long time, Lu Ying came out and didn't mention the matter of looking for death, and said with a cold face: "If it's a master, help the handsome man take care of Qingdao's belongings, and no one can be a bad seed!" ”

When everyone saw it, even Lu Ying couldn't persuade him, and the handsome didn't dare to say anything, so he could only answer the order with tears in his eyes.

The families of the Red Shirts who escaped from the capital have already settled the disabled veterans on the spot, and they have also received enough money to let them live incognito, and the only thing that follows Liu Ziguang into exile overseas is only a hundred families and a 3,000-material sea ship.

A few days later, the seagulls at the Qingdao wharf soared at low altitude, the waves lapped against the trestle, and the ocean-going sailing ship of 3,000 materials stopped beside the trestle, and tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Qingdao bid farewell to the handsome Liu Ziguang in the drizzle, wearing a white-washed red shirt, no hat on his head, only a sword hanging from his waist, looking extremely simple, he stood at the head of the bridge and said goodbye to everyone: "Fathers and fellow villagers, the court is controlled by traitors, I Liu Ziguang does not want the people to suffer from the war, so I went into exile overseas, and never set foot on my homeland again, the sky is high and the sea is wide, everyone cherish it." ”

The villagers recommended a few respected old men to Liu Ziguang to send a bowl of send-off wine, Liu Ziguang took the wine bowl and drank it to everyone, no longer saying more, turned around and strode away with the hilt of the sword, just at the moment he turned around, the people who were close to clearly saw the seriousness of the grandfather of the country, and there were crystal things flashing.

Liu Ziguang left, the rain was heavier, the wind began to howl, the clouds in the distance were thick, and the petrels fought in the wind and rain, symbolizing that the grandfather of the country would go overseas and would be full of wind and rain, and the people couldn't help choking when they watched the ship gradually move away.

The two inconspicuous people in the crowd exchanged glances with each other, separated from the farewell team, returned to their residences, packed up their things, and left quickly, they were Liu Ziguang, a spy sent by the Qin Misi to Qingdao, and Liu Ziguang was in exile, of course, such a major news should be reported to the capital as soon as possible, so that the emperor and Wei Gonggong could rest assured.

The sea ship carrying Liu Ziguang's family sailed alone in Jiaozhou Bay, only the seagull was accompanied by it, and it looked very desolate, but as soon as it came out of Jiaozhou Bay, the fleet that had been waiting outside the harbor sounded the whistle together, saluted the marshal, and the Qingdao sailors stayed behind the ships and several warships from Tianjin Port to form a huge formation and followed Liu Ziguang into exile.

Liu Ziguang held on to the side of the ship to inspect this powerful fleet, countless steel giants braved the wind and waves, the thick muzzles were raised to the sky, and the sailors in white sailor suits stood on the side of the ship facing Liu Ziguang, and saluted in unison, and Liu Ziguang also saluted them solemnly.

I don't know when the heavy rain has stopped, the sun shows its face from behind the dark clouds, the golden light is sprinkled, the bright red flag flutters in the wind, and the fleet faces the sun and sails eastward.