"You want to win me over just that?"

On the fifth day of the third month, when the Ming army had begun to sweep the five major princely states, Huang Long also got the handwritten letters and gold coins of Meneses.

It's just that these two handwritten letters and gold coins made him feel humiliated in an instant.

The hot Tanjor plus this gift directly ignited Huanglong's temper.

The 1,000 gold coins were only worth less than 3,000 taels of silver.

For Huanglong, who was deeply influenced by the "culture" of the Ming Dynasty, which businessman who asked him for help was not tens of thousands, or even tens of thousands of taels of silver?

At present, Meneses and others want to let themselves interfere in politics, but they only give less than 3,000 taels of silver in gold coins, which is really humiliating to the extreme for Huang Long.

You must know that if he dares to interfere in politics, then he will become the first governor of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies to do politics.

Such a politically significant act, but Meneses and Menezes only gave 3,000 taels of silver as a bribe, which is really a slap in the face.

"Divide these things among the twelve commanders and thirty-two generals who led the troops on this expedition."

Huang Long, who was sitting on the throne of the Tanjor Palace, kicked the box of gold coins beside him, and Li Dan, who was standing in the palace, also responded when he heard this.

"Governor, in that case, do you still want to send this letter to the capital?" Li Dan asked, while Huang Long said without thinking:

"Naturally, we want to send it, we are from the Governor's Mansion, this thing belongs to the cabinet and the six ministries, don't you want people to impeach me for being involved in politics?"

The policy and rules for separating the civil and military from the military were determined by Zhu Youzhen as early as when the Governor's Office of the Five Armies was established, and he emphasized it emphatically.

Although Huang Long was domineering, he did not have the intention of secession, so it was naturally impossible to stop the letter.

What's more, his dominance is also an outsider, and he is still relatively easy to talk to the brothers of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, which can be seen from his willingness to give three thousand taels of gold to his subordinates.

Hearing his words, Li Dan bowed slightly, and Huang Long also asked:

"Have you figured out the number of acres of land, the number of people, and the seized gold and silver of the five major princely states?"

"I haven't figured it all out, but it's probably eight or nine." Li Dan responded and said:

"The population of the five princely states, according to their own statistics, is more than four million two hundred and seventy-four thousand, plus some of the slaves we have emanated, the total is actually close to six million."

"The number of acres of land, the statistics of the five major princely states is more than 7 million mu, and the number of aristocratic acres we have found out is more than 4 million mu, totaling more than 11 million mu of land."

"As for the gold and silver, the people below have already removed and smelted the gold and silver of many temples, although they have not completely finished it, but they can get at least more than 600,000 taels of gold, more than 3 million taels of silver, and fifty boxes of jewels."

After Li Dan's words were finished, these amounts basically represented most of the wealth of the five major states that occupy one-tenth of the area of South Asia.

"In such a small place, you can actually scavenge nearly 10 million taels of silver......

Huang Long was interested, and of course this interest was based on his "meritorious service".

He had already thought about how His Royal Highness King Qi would reward himself once he handed over the more than 600,000 taels of gold and more than 50 boxes of rare treasures.

"The silver was left, and the rest was transported to the capital by sea, and the handwritten letters of the Europeans and the summary documents of the five major states were taken by sea, and then transferred by land, and the eight hundred miles were expedited to the capital as quickly as possible."

"Your Highness, the salaries of all the soldiers and horses in the West have been raised this year, and they only need the imperial court to allocate subsidy silver."

Speaking of this, Huang Long touched the beard on his chin, and then asked:

"That Lu Xiangsheng, what has he been doing in the Yamen of the Supervision Envoy recently?"

Huang Long asked about Lu Xiangsheng, who was sent by Zhu Youzhen to the Xiaoxiyang Supervision Mission, and in this regard, Li Dan was stunned and said:

"I heard that he has been forming the Han soldiers and horses and the government for nearly half a month."

"Soldiers and horses?" Huang Long paused, and said with disgust on his face:

"A young literati like him still doesn't adapt to the rules of the south, and he still has to rely on the Gongwei battalion to manage the military in the south, what role can he play by relying only on the government service and the soldiers and horses?"

"Moreover, among the more than 100,000 people who have migrated right now, there are less than 50,000 men."

"He recruited men as soldiers and horses, and as government officials, purely to reduce taxes and increase local burdens."

"I can't say that......" Li Dan saw Huang Long say this, so he could only say good things for Lu Xiangsheng:

"Although the Ceylon Prefecture is under the jurisdiction of the Small Western Supervision Mission, it is not small after all, and after the imperial court has increased its efforts to relocate, this place will inevitably be on the right track, just like the old port."

"The soldiers and horses and the military service were made in advance, but also to get out of the military management earlier."

"Break away from the military ......" Huang Long's expression was a little unsightly, and he couldn't help but complain:

"Out of military control, then where should my Navy Governor's Mansion be moved?"

"The navy is supposed to defend the border for the imperial court, even if I have to return to Beijing to report after the end of the war, the navy also needs a barracks."

"According to me, Ceylon should be under military control......"

"This ...... Governor, it's better to say less about this kind of thing, His Royal Highness must have his thoughts when he arranges it like this. Li Dan was afraid that Huang Long's disaster would come out of his mouth, but Huang Long waved his hand and said indifferently:

"Your Highness is not so stingy, not to mention that things are like this."

"That's it...... Let Lu Xiangsheng mess around, you go and get busy. ”

"Yes!" Li Dan responded, and then slowly withdrew from the palace, and while exiting the palace, he arranged for someone to take a ship to Krabi County in Palembang Province with a collection of documents and letters from Europeans, while he himself went to arrange a fleet to escort gold and jewels back to the capital.

Since the defeat of Jiaozhi and the liquidation of many rebels, the Ming army's message has been delivered twice as quickly.

For example, at present, the ship arrived in Krabi County in Palembang in 26 days, and then crossed the road of 300 miles in half a day at an expedited speed of 800 li, sailed from the port of Song County in the east, and crossed the Gulf of Siam in six days before landing in Cham County, the southernmost part of Cochin.

With the remaining nearly 7,000 miles of road, it only takes nine days to send the things that need to be delivered to the capital in the case of 800 miles of expedited and changing horses and people.

The whole process only takes 42 days to complete, and even if there is a slight delay on the road, it will not exceed 45 days.

Counting up, this handwritten letter could have arrived in the capital in early April and was seen by Zhu Youzhen.

It's just that compared to the fast horses sent by Li Dan, thousands of miles away at this moment, hundreds of ships have landed in Osaka Port, and hundreds of salutes on the shore of the port also fired in unison in an instant......

"Put!"

"Bang bang bang-"

The welcome of the six gun salutes represented Yingzhou's attitude, and after the salute, the fleet docked, and the ladder of one of the ships was lowered, and Kim Xuan and the 10th battalion staff officer slowly walked down the ladder.

After getting off the boat ladder, they appeared in front of Yan Siqi, Lu Jianxing, who had been waiting for a long time, and the generals of the twelve battalions sent by the Ming Dynasty.

Although the Eastern Army Governor's Mansion has expanded its army several times, it is currently only 52 battalions of soldiers and horses, and 22 battalions of soldiers and horses have been transferred to Yingzhou.

In this way, excluding the previous losses, the Ming army in Yingzhou has reached more than 66,000 soldiers.

"Kim Xuan, the prefect of Xiaguan Nandao, see Yan Jingluo, Lu Commander Tongzhi ......"

"Eh, eh...... There is no need to be polite, no need to be polite......"

Jin Xuan got off the ladder and took the lead in making a move, and when Yan Siqi saw this, he also played his true colors as a former smuggler, and pretended to be panicked and stepped forward to help Jin Xuan.

Yan Siqi is not a fool, he knows that Jin Xuan came to Yingzhou to gild.

Or to say, even if Jin Xuan didn't come to gild it, but was maliciously targeted at the external transfer, it wasn't Yan Siqi who could provoke people.

Kim Hyun taught the prince for half a year, and he was a world-famous minister, no matter what, it was not a good thing to offend him.

Not only that, Yan Siqi had almost guessed Kim Hyun's path.

If nothing else, Kim Hyun will take over the position of political envoy of Yingzhou after he pacifies the shogunate, and then polish it for a few more years, and when he is in his thirties, he will be transferred to the capital as a high-ranking official, and he will be able to enter the cabinet in his forties.

Such a future minister, although he can't be the first assistant, is also a force, how can Yan Siqi not please him?

"Governor Jin, don't go to Nandao Prefecture for the time being, but stay in Osaka to handle official affairs and manage the government affairs of Nandao, Kyushu, Shikoku and Shibien."

Yan Siqi gave Jin Xuan a task with a smile on his face, but how could a direct minister like Jin Xuan not notice that this was a woo, so he frowned and refused:

"This ...... The lower official is just a prefect, how can he take care of the affairs of the political envoy? ”

"Huh! That can't be said. Yan Siqi explained with a smile:

"The old man is not only a political envoy, but also a peaceful and strategic minister."

"Now that the Northern Expedition is imminent, the old man has to go to Kyoto City to command all the armies and prepare grain and grass, so he has no time to take care of the affairs of the three governments."

"The Jin Governor is quite talented, and the old man has already heard of this, so he needs the Jin Governor to temporarily coordinate the rear on behalf of the old man, and when the peace is over, the old man will naturally let the Jin Governor return to the South Island Mansion to deal with government affairs."

"What's more, Jin Zhifu, you don't know much about the people of Yingzhou, and staying in Osaka to study for a period of time will also be beneficial to you."

Yan Siqi is worthy of being a smuggler, he used the state affairs of the war to suppress Jin Xuan, and used the identity of Shangguan to suppress Jin Xuan, and finally used his personal promotion to tempt Jin Xuan.

Under these three layers of suppression and temptation, Kim Hyun could not refuse his request no matter what his identity was.

"In that case, then the subordinate will receive the order...... Kim Hyun was a little unhappy, but he still complied.

"Okay, good......" Yan Siqi saw him respond, and said three good words in a row, and then looked at the ten generals behind Jin Xuan, and stepped forward to greet them one by one.

This is not good to ask for warmth, after all, if he wants to squeeze into the power center of the Ming Dynasty, he needs to be favored by Zhu Youzhen.

Quickly pacifying the Japanese, and then gradually advancing northward, reclamation, and setting up market towns in accordance with Zhu Youzhen's "Pingwei Matters" explained by Zhu Youzhen, is the shortcut he can squeeze into the center of power as quickly as possible.

It's just that when he was shushing the cold and asking for warmth, Lu Jianxing stepped forward to greet Jin Xuan, and whispered to Jin Xuan:

"Your Highness sent you, you should know exactly what you are doing."

As he spoke, he glanced at Yan Siqi vaguely, and Jin Xuan also bowed slightly:

"Lu Tongzhi rest assured, he knows how to ...... below"

"Just understand...... Seeing this, Lu Jianxing didn't say much, turned around and left with Jinyiwei.

However, Jin Xuan stayed, because he still had to have a good relationship with Yan Siqi so that he could take over Yingzhou in the future.

Their group of high-ranking officials were talking and laughing at the dock, while the Ming troops on other supply ships also disembarked one after another.

One artillery cannon after another was carefully pushed off the ship, and compared to the more than 30,000 soldiers in these ten battalions, what was more related to Kim Hyun was the more than 20,000 civilians who moved with the army.

He found Yan Siqi, who was still greeting the supporting generals, and said:

"Yan Jingluo, this time the imperial court not only sent reinforcements, but also recruited and relocated 120,000 people from all over the country to come one after another."

"The first batch to arrive is the people who are still there, more than 2,700 people, and there will be four more groups of people who will move in two months."

"Therefore, please allow me to look through the population and field registration of the political envoy, and arrange the relocation of the people in advance......"

"Okay, good......" Yan Siqi smiled and waved his hand, not caring and said:

"You don't need to tell me about these things in the future, Jin Zhifu, you can do it yourself, three days later, I will lead the army to Caojin City, and I will launch the Northern Expedition in a few days, and the land of these three mansions will be handed over to you."

"Rest assured, Boyu will not dare to neglect ......government affairs," Jin Xuan returned the salute, and Yan Siqi also laughed:

"Okay, okay, I've prepared a banquet in Osaka Castle, and tonight I will definitely not get drunk and not return!"

Yan Siqi said as he took Kim Hyun's wrist to the carriage and beckoned the reinforcement generals behind him to go with him.

I have to say that his self-cooked business style has narrowed a lot of distance between the two sides, and it doesn't seem so rusty.

Although Jin Xuan was reluctant to go and wanted to settle the people as soon as possible, he couldn't distract Yan Siqi's interest, so he also went with him.

However, as soon as everyone arrived at the mansion, Yan Siqi asked Jin Xuan about something he was very concerned about:

"Governor Jin, may I ask why the two political envoys Yang and Wu and the two Xiao Cao guards are gone?"

Yang Wenyue, Wu Aheng, Cao Bianjiao and Cao Dingjiao, these four people were sent by Zhu Youzhen to help Yan Siqi win the war between the peaceful and Japanese people.

Earlier, Kim Hyun thought that the first two had not yet arrived, and the latter two were in the team.

But I didn't want to go all the way, and after many inquiries, I learned that these four people had not yet arrived in Yingzhou.

If it weren't for the help of Yang Wenyue and Wu Aheng, although it would not be a problem for him to win against Tokugawa Iemitsu and Tokugawa Hidetada, the loss of the book would be a little unsightly.

But fortunately, his worries didn't last long, and he was comforted by Kim Hyun's explanation:

"The two Xiao Cao garrisons came with the second batch of immigrants, and as for the political envoys of Wu Bu and Yang Bu, they came with refugees from Huguang and Jiangxi."

"Refugees? There are refugees in Huguang and Jiangxi? Yan Siqi was stunned, he didn't expect that there would be refugees in rich places like Huguang and Jiangxi.

"Hmm......" Kim Hyun nodded with a heavy heart and explained:

"Since the beginning of spring, although there have been a few rains in the north, there have been some droughts in Sichuan, Huguang, Nanzhili, Jiangxi and other places."

"In some areas, the land is arid and cracked, and it is impossible to cultivate at all."

"It is also because of this that the imperial court relocated 120,000 people to Yingzhou for resettlement."

It is true that the drought in the ninth year of the Apocalypse is not as strong as in the eighth year of the Apocalypse and the seventh year of the Apocalypse, but the scope of the drought is a little wider.

Each province has some areas where water is scarce, so when the drought hits, these lands cannot be cultivated, so they can only be relocated under the leadership of the government.

"Is the drought so severe within the country?"

Yan Siqi didn't expect the drought within Daming to be so affected, after all, according to the news he got, Daming's current national strength is still thriving.

It's just that as far as he knows, ten provinces are suffering from drought, which is really a bit terrifying.

"It's not as serious as last year, but the scope of the impact is a little wide."

Jin Xuan shook his head and told Yan Siqi about the scale of the current drought.

Generally speaking, there is still a severe drought in the eastern part of Hexi, and there is also a severe drought in northern Shaanxi, Hetao, and Hanzhong in Shaanxi.

The drought in the south of Taiyuan, Shanxi, has subsided, and some areas have begun to usher in Ganlin, but Taiyuan and Datong are still in drought.

Although there was also a drought in the North Zhili area, it basically subsided to the south of the capital, and the Shuntianfu and Yongpyeongfu in the north were fed by the rivers with melting snow from Yanshan, and there was no major drought.

It's just that nearly half of Sichuan's prefectures and counties have suffered a major drought, the northern part of Huguang has fallen, and Anqing, Luzhou, Hezhou, and Yangzhou in the south have also suffered a considerable drought.

In the south, there was a severe drought in the whole province of Guangdong, Pingle and Wuzhou in the eastern part of Guangxi also suffered from a severe drought, while the drought in Fujian was slightly reduced, and only Zhangzhou and Quanzhou were affected by drought.

In this way, this is the basic drought situation that Kim Hyun has so far grasped.

"In this way, this year, I'm afraid there will be a shortage of food in the country......

While Yan Siqi felt embarrassed, he also seemed to realize his value.

In Jin Xuan's mouth, in the ten provinces of the Ming Dynasty, there are more than 50 scattered prefectures, and more than 10 prefectures have suffered from drought, although it is not as serious as the previous two years, and the harvest will not be lost, but the grain will inevitably not produce too much.

These more than 50 prefectures and more than 10 states may involve thousands, or even tens of millions of mouths.

The imperial court will inevitably be short of food this year, and in this way, isn't Yingzhou, which is "smooth in wind and rain", a food supply place? This is a great opportunity for yourself......

Yan Siqi's eyes rolled, and then he pretended to be sad and said:

"The great drought in the country is like this, there must be many people who are hungry, and I don't know if the imperial court has so much money and food to help the victims, but it's a pity that I, as the parents of the people, are actually ...... Alas......"

"Alas......" Yan Siqi's sigh made Jin Xuan sigh as well.

Seeing Jin Xuan sighing, Yan Siqi opened his mouth and said:

"Jin Zhifu, to be honest, at present, Yingzhou only needs more than one million stones to maintain the Northern Expedition of the army, and Yingzhou has nearly six million acres of self-reserved cultivated land in the hands of the imperial court."

"These 6 million mu of self-retained cultivated land can hand over millions of stones every year after tenants cultivate, and with the field endowment, more than 6 million stone of rice can be harvested every year."

"You say, do we want to contribute to the country?"

Yan Siqi was afraid that his careful thinking would be seen through by Zhu Youzhen, so he was ready to use Jin Xuan as a shield to show his merits, and by the way, he would share a share of the credit to Jin Xuan and be a favor.

Jin Xuan has a straight temperament, and Yan Siqi's performance is full of emotion, he didn't think much about it for a while, but thought that Yan Siqi really cared about the court and the people, so he said widely:

"If the envoy is willing, then the imperial court is naturally willing to accept it, but it still needs to keep enough food for immigrants to eat."

"It's nature." Yan Siqi nodded again and again, and pretended to settle accounts, and finally said happily:

"According to the grain prepared by the imperial envoy, the political envoy can at least take out four million stones of rice to transport to the imperial court."

"Four million stone rice, if it is according to the standards of the Ministry of Industry for disaster relief, at least one million victims can live comfortably until next year."

Yan Siqi was first-class in accounting, and Jin Xuan was also moved by him, and while his favor for him skyrocketed, he also took the initiative to speak:

"In this case, I can write a copy to His Highness, and ask His Highness to send rice to the disaster area for disaster relief."

"Then bother the prefect of Jin...... Yan Siqi "red" expressed his gratitude with his eyes, and Jin Xuan also felt blushing in return.

He originally thought that Yan Siqi was a greedy person for money and merit, but now it seems that the other party is also a "kind person".

Although during this period, Jin Xuan felt that something was wrong, but when he thought that Yan Siqi actually transported all the rice that could be intercepted back to Daming, he no longer doubted.

As for Yan Siqi, he watched the scene almost, and also knocked on the side:

"I wonder when the victims of the relocation of Yingzhou will arrive in Osaka?"

"March 15th, 20th, 25th, three batches arrived." Kim Hyun didn't think much of it, because these things can be known by asking a little bit.

"That's ......" Yan Siqi was almost relieved when he heard this.

He was most afraid that Yang Wenyue and the four of them would have to delay their arrival for a few months, so he wouldn't want to make any more contributions this year, so he could only honestly wait for them to come before sending troops.

Now when I hear it, it is about the same time as the time it takes for grain and grass to be transported to the front.

As long as the four of them arrive in Osaka, they can go to the front line.

At that time, he only needs to hand over his military power, hang a title, and don't even have to go to the front line, Yang Wenyue and Wu Aheng can help him pacify the shogunate.

Yan Siqi is a smart person, he knows that Yang Wenyue and Wu Aheng are old, and sooner or later they will have to enter the sixth department, and maybe they can even enter the cabinet.

Although he defeated one-third of Yingzhou, it was still too far behind the merits and qualifications of these two people.

Therefore, Zhu Youzhen did not give an order, and transferred Yang Wenyue and Wu Aheng to Yan Siqi in the open, but said that the three of them were coordinated.

is talking about the three-person coordination, but if Yan Siqi thinks that he has a big face, then I am afraid that he will be slapped in the face by Yang Wenyue and Wu Aheng.

Obediently put up his name, and the post-war division of merit is what he has to do.

If it weren't for Liu Xiang and Zheng Zhilong's inability to achieve outstanding results, he would not have turned to Zhu Youzhen to lower his impression in Zhu Youzhen's heart.

Fortunately, now that Yang Wenyue and Wu Aheng are coming, it is only a matter of time before they are peaceful.

Thinking of this, Yan Siqi was a little fluttering, what he wanted most at the moment was to transfer him back to the capital after the war, so that he could be an idle high-ranking official, instead of letting him lick blood at the border.

Judging by the current progress, it seems that this dream is almost coming true.

Thinking of this, Yan Siqi raised his wine glass, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and said with some sadness:

"The front line guards the city, the rear grain and grass are co-ordinated, and you still need your assistance, the old man will give you a cup first......"

"The ...... of the Slightly Higher Meaning"

Seeing this, everyone raised their wine glasses in response, and then drank it all together with Yan Siqi.

In this way, it seems that the war only needs to wait for Yang Wenyue and Wu Aheng to arrive, and then the decisive battle can be started......