Under Hu Jichen's arrangement, the ministers in Annan began to spontaneously go to various parts of Annan to loot the silver taels, and the corrupt officials in the country instantly fell into a state of carnival.

With the king's decree, the officials of Annam no longer have any scruples and worries, and under the guise of raising taxes and silver, they privately wantonly amassed wealth and oppressed the people, and they were very free.

In the past, those corrupt officials and bullies did not dare to take risks to commit crimes and oppress the people, but now under the cover of the holy decree, they are becoming more and more arrogant.

For the sake of their own selfish desires, corrupt officials abuse their powers, and even adopt forceful means against the common people, amassing wealth and lust all day long, and they can be said to do everything they can.

The yamen in various localities had already received instructions from above, but the common people suffered so much that they pleaded to no avail, so they had to swallow their anger, and many innocent people lost their lives because of this.

Widespread oppression, killing, and atrocities have led many Annan citizens to organize themselves in protest.

But the people are no match for those corrupt officials at all, they are either killed or arrested, in short, none of them have a good end.

In this way, the Annan turmoil lasted for half a month, and finally under the strong pressure of Hu Jichen, Annan finally collected 10 million taels of silver.

However, when Hu Jichen saw the officials who went down to collect taxes, they all looked oily, and the prime minister knew that these people must have made a lot of money secretly.

According to the reports of his subordinates, the grain of the people of Annan has basically been requisitioned, and in addition to the grain, there are some valuable things, and all the places that can be looted are squeezed dry.

Chen Zheping was very sad about this, and sighed all day long, but he didn't have the slightest way to stop it, his Annan couldn't beat Daming externally, and he himself was not Hu Jichen's opponent internally, he couldn't do anything but add trouble.

But Hu Jichen himself didn't care, because it was all in the name of Chen Zheping, and it had nothing to do with him, even if he was scolded, it was Chen Zheping in front of him.

He had already decided that when this matter was over, he would directly push the king out as a scapegoat, so as to appease the people's grievances, and when the time came, it would be logical that he would become the new king of Annam, and everything was in his plan.

Although the Ming army attacked this time and blackmailed Annan with tens of millions of taels of silver, Hu Jichen did not feel distressed at all, but thanked the other party very much.

After all, all he cares about is the throne, and as for the life or death of those people, Hu Jichen doesn't care at all.

Seeing that the materials and silver taels from all over the country had been delivered one after another, Hu Jichen once again ordered an envoy to Daming to discuss how to deliver these silver and silver materials.

...

Daming Barracks.

Seeing Li Jin again, the messenger who had no worries could be described as flattering Li Jin in every way.

"The two adults of the Ming Dynasty, the little envoy brought good news this time."

The envoy saluted Li Jin and Fu Youde with a flattering face.

After Li Jin heard this, he said perfunctorily without smiling:

"Oh? But I don't know what else you Annan can call good news! ”

Regarding Li Jin's tone, the envoy didn't care, but still said excitedly alone:

"Hehe, my lord, my country has finally collected 10 million taels of silver, this is great news!"

Li Jin raised his eyebrows, and said without the slightest surprise:

"Well, this is indeed great news for your country."

"Of course, the credit of the envoy is also indispensable in this, after all, it is quite hard to come and go back and forth between the two armies."

"And the monarch and prime minister of your country, they are so familiar with current affairs, which makes the cooperation between our two countries very happy now!"

The muscles on Fu Youde's face trembled for a while, and he held back for a long time, but he didn't say anything.

The messenger still smiled and squinted, and there was no other emotion on his face, but asked:

"My lord, now that the amount of silver has been paid, I wonder when your country plans to withdraw its troops?"

Li Jin knew that the envoy wanted to withdraw from the army, but now he would definitely not retreat, so he just said vaguely:

"Of course, you will retire after you have paid the money."

Hearing this, the messenger paused for a moment, then asked again:

"Due to the huge amount of silver, how do you plan to arrange for our country to deliver?"

Li Jin said:

"Let your king order someone to transport the silver and supplies to the other side of the river, and we will send someone to receive it ourselves."

"As for security, as long as you arrange the money and stay safe, there will be no problem."

The messenger nodded, and said:

"That's no problem, my king also hopes that Daming can keep his promise."

"After the silver is given to your country, your country can immediately withdraw its troops!"

Hearing this, Li Jin said sincerely:

"And put your heart in your belly, I am dignified, and I will never break my word and get fat."

The envoy stared at Li Jin for a long time, and when he saw Li Jin's sincere expression, he nodded secretly.

Then the envoy gave Li Jin a brief description of the material situation:

"This time, the total amount of supplies is four million taels of silver, two hundred thousand taels of gold, and the remaining four million are offset with copper, iron, grain and other materials."

Fu Youde's eyes lit up green as he listened, and there was only one thought in his heart:

This time I really got rich.

After Li Jin heard this, he expressed his satisfaction and urged:

"Then be it, you can ship it as soon as possible."

Seeing that Li Jin was so happy, the envoy thought that this matter had finally been done, and his life had finally been saved.

The next day, the two sides began to carry out the handover, and this time, the atmosphere between the two sides seemed to be very harmonious, and there was no sign that the two armies had ever fought each other.

Annan Jun was anxious to carry the money and materials, and he had no nostalgia at all, while the Ming army was all excited to collect the silver and materials.

All the silver and materials were pulled back to the camp by Li Jin for safekeeping, and on the Annan side, Hu Jichen kept urging his subordinates to hurry up, and now he just wanted to send the Ming army back quickly.

The handover was finally completed on the fourth day, and just when Hu Jichen thought that Daming was about to retire, a shocking news came from the south.