The Ming Dynasty has just been exiled and the Luzon system has awakened.

In fact, Manqing is really that rich.

Otherwise, Mr. He, a super corrupt official who is still the richest man in the world even in modern times, would not have been raised.

Due to the abnormal tax structure of the Ming Dynasty, the officials and gentry did not have to pay taxes. The burden of the court's expenses fell entirely on the common people. The final result was that the Ming court and the people at the bottom became poorer and poorer, while the officials and gentry became richer and richer.

After switching to the rule of the Qing Dynasty, the Tatar emperor had to pay taxes to the court regardless of whether he was an official or a gentry. With the promotion of sweet potatoes, the treasury of the Qing Dynasty was naturally filled.

The fiscal revenue of the first year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty was 326 million taels of silver, while the fiscal revenue of Manqing in the 28th year of Kangxi (last year) was 3,217 million taels of silver!

The difference is nearly 10 times!

Therefore, in Kangxi's eyes, this rifle worth 50 taels of silver was indeed not expensive.

After agreeing to the reasonable price proposed by the Dutch, Kangxi also mentioned the issue of hiring a Dutch fleet to fight against the Ming Dynasty.

However, the Dutch refused without thinking.

In the previous war with the Ming Dynasty, they not only lost more than 10 ships and a large area of ​​land, but they were also defrauded by the Ming Dynasty of 20 pounds in food expenses for prisoners of war.

Coupled with the outbreak of dysentery in Batavia, their losses could no longer be measured in specific monetary terms. Even now, the Dutch have not fully recovered.

Now let them go to war with the Ming Dynasty?That is absolutely impossible.

And since the barbarian emperor's money is so easy to make, why do they still risk their lives to make money?

The Dutch were unwilling to be mercenaries, so they had no choice but to settle for the next best thing and offered to buy those warships that transported arms.

The Dutch couldn't refuse. They were just a few armed merchant ships, not a rarity.

Of course, this armed merchant ship is indeed not a rarity to the Dutch, but to the current Manchus, it is really a treasure.

After Shi Lang's Fujian Navy was sunk into the sea by the Ming army and fed to fish, Nuanqi ordered the establishment of the Guangzhou Navy, the Yangtze River Navy and the Imperial Guards Eight Banners Navy.

The Guangzhou Navy and the Yangtze River Navy were not clear about the specific situation of these two new naval forces due to the high mountains and the distance between them. However, he often paid attention to the Imperial Guard Eight Banners Navy, which was stationed at Dagukou.

But the more he paid attention to it, the more he became angry.

The Imperial Guard Eight Banners Navy, which was composed of elite Eight Banners soldiers drawn from the Zhili garrison, just bought a few bird boats from the private sector, set up a show, and then nothing more happened.

Nanxi sent someone to inquire, and the reply was that there was a lack of shipbuilding wood and it was impossible to build new warships.

This made Nuanxi very angry.

My Qing Dynasty is rich in resources, with trees all over the mountains and plains, and you actually told me that I lack wood?This is the crime of deceiving the emperor!

As a result, Xi Dian, the governor of Zhili, and Su Hetai, the newly appointed naval admiral, were both dismissed, and the boatmen responsible for building ships for the Eight Banners Navy lost their heads inexplicably.

Then a new group of people came in, but they didn't expect that the answer they got was still the same.

At this time, Nanxi asked professionals to find out more.

It turns out that the materials used in shipbuilding are extremely demanding, and there are requirements for tree species, tree age, and degree of shade drying. If new wood is used to build a ship, the hull will soon be corroded by seawater.

Nanxi suddenly realized, then those boatmen before...

However, because the Ming navy fleet brought too much pressure to him, Kangxi still ordered to use new wood to build ships. Regardless of the life of the hull, even if all warships were disposable items, the navy had to be established in a short time.

But even shipbuilding like this takes time. Although the armed merchant ships brought by the Dutch are not powerful, they are already treasures for the poor Qing navy.

So, with Nanxi's decision, the arms deal with a total price of 200 million taels of silver was finalized.

Among them, 150 million taels of silver were for the purchase of 3 new rifles, and the other 50 were for the purchase of the four armed merchant ships of the Dutch.

At this price, Li Hongzhang shook his head.

After all, the purchase price of the Dingyuan was only 163 million taels of silver...

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January 1990, [-], the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, New Year’s Eve.

This is Zhu Heyi's first New Year's Eve in this world.

For his modern soul, this New Year's Eve is still a little different.

For example, there is no mobile phone that is always in the hand.

But when he looked at the dancing orioles on the stage,

"Go and ride the horse's mobile phone, it's not as beautiful as a little girl's mobile phone."

The Spring Festival Gala in the palace did not last for more than four hours like later Spring Festival Galas. There were only a few programs rehearsed by the girls from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Propaganda Department and Communications Department.

Beautiful and elegant.

Of course, this requires getting rid of the show where those rough guys in Jin Yiwei put on a show about dancing with swords and guns.

After the party, Zhu Heyi gave everyone a big red envelope of ten taels of silver, and then announced the holiday notice.

In addition to ensuring basic operating personnel, each department will have five days of rest to go home and reunite with their families.

As soon as the news was announced, the little girls were extremely happy.

Although they are now assigned to various departments by Zhu Heyi, everyone thinks that their first identity is still that of palace maids.

Once entering the palace, the gate is as deep as the sea. Except for the Han Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, the maids of all dynasties were not allowed to leave the palace unless they encountered a general amnesty or suffered from an incurable disease.

But now, Zhu Heyi not only gave them big red envelopes, but also allowed them to go out of the palace to visit relatives. How could this not make them happy?

So after arranging their work, the little girls happily went home with big red envelopes.

Even three of the little maids around Zhu Heyu ran away.

"These heartless people are better off with Xue Wen!"

"But then again, without that little girl Yinxiang, the world will be peaceful!"

Zhu Heyi looked at the remaining snow patterns around him, stretched out and sighed.

Xue Wen did not dare to answer, but lowered his head with red cheeks.

Because she has no relatives and no home, now this palace, and... Your Majesty, are all she has.

"Hmph! It's all my brother's fault for driving away Sister Li Meng, and now I don't have anyone to play with!"

At this time, Zhu Zhaoyu ran up to Zhu Heyi and punched him twice with her small fist, and said with a bulging face and an unhappy look.

Zhu Heyi knelt down and pinched the little girl's cheek.

"Your sister Limeng went home to visit relatives and will be back in a few days. Besides, don't you have your brother and other sisters to play with you?"

"Besides, I know how to play every day. Have you finished your winter vacation homework?" Zhu Heyi looked at his little sister pretending to be majestic.

"Ah! This..."

As soon as Zhu He mentioned the winter vacation homework, the little girl's face fell.

Seeing the little girl's appearance reminded Zhu Heyi of his own childhood. He probably hadn't written a word yet, but he just mentioned it casually, and what homework to do during the Chinese New Year? Even Zhu Zhaoyu didn't write a word. Write, except for the little girl who he might say a few words to, everyone else in the palace follows this little girl in everything.

After all, this is Her Royal Highness the Princess of the Ming Dynasty!Daming group favorite!

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