Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

The head of Wuqing City.

Summer has entered. Cao Huayu is wearing a thin gown and looking at the canal in the distance.

Like a white ribbon, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is spread out on the ground, dotted with patches of black spots.

Without looking carefully, Cao Huayu knew that this was a ship traveling from south to north.

In fact, most of them are grain ships.

"Let you be arrogant for a few more days!"

Cao Huayu gritted his molars.

The canal is full of grain ships, with tens of thousands of them passing through every day!

however……

In the northern land, a bucket of rice is worth thousands.

Since the 13th year of Chongzhen's reign, it has been normal for one stone of rice to be worth one hundred taels of silver.

Looking at the grain transport ships that are all over the canals, but they are hoarding, and the one hundred meters in the south of the Yangtze River are converted into one hundred taels and one stone.

Cao Huayu has already marked the death penalty for them in his heart!

Since the emperor moved south, the Jinyiwei who stayed in the capital, under the leadership of Luo Yangxing, surrendered to the Eastern Tatars.

This year, it was renamed Luan Yiwei.

And Luo Yangxing also contributed to retaining the ministers returning to the south. Dorgon also ordered him to serve as the crown prince Taifu, the former governor of Zuo, and the governor of Tianjin and other military affairs.

After all, the Cao brothers have been famous for many years.

Especially Cao Huachun, as the boss of the inner circle, he has secret channels.

Although the Qing government disrupted the establishment of Luan Yiwei, Cao Huachun lost a lot of intelligence sources.

However, after all, there are still some remnants.

Cao Huayu still knew where the food was going.

The wealthy gentry from the south of the Yangtze River transported boatloads of fine rice and white flour to the capital and donated it to the Qing court unconditionally.

Naturally, the lost money will not be suffered by oneself.

The big deal - if you raise the price a little in the north, you'll make money again!

Looking at the fleet of ships connected end to end, Cao Huayu snorted coldly.

"I bother!"

Opening his mouth and spitting out a mouthful of thick phlegm, Cao Huayu sneered, turned around and went downstairs.

"Master Cao!"

"Master Cao!"

The "yamen servants", all of whom were tall and thick, but dressed in soap uniforms and dressed as yamen servants, bent down to signal.

“Keep your post.

Remember, Wu Qing is only allowed in, not out! "

A group of strong men who looked nothing like government officials nodded in agreement.

Cao Huayu walked towards the county government office.

In the county government office, Cao Huachun was meeting guests.

The person who came was none other than Wu Biaolin, the governor of Bazhou who had a nose as sharp as a dog.

"Duke, you really have your heart set on me!"

After three dynasties, Mr. Wu is firmly seated as the governor of the state.

Facing this old eunuch who had lost his power, he was as respectful as a primary school student.

"Hehe~!"

Cao Huachun chuckled:

"Wuzhou, I'm afraid you burned the incense in the wrong place.

The old man was just a eunuch of the previous dynasty, but in this new dynasty, the old man is a common man..."

"Duke, please look at this!"

Wu Biaolin immediately took out a brocade bag from his arms and carefully took out a stack of paper.

Then he stretched out his hands and respectfully presented them in front of Cao Huachun.

"This……"

After just one glance, Cao Huachun's expression changed drastically. He hurriedly took it with both hands and looked at it carefully again.

"This……"

I saw that there was no signature on the paper, only the five characters "Can Become a Rich Man".

The paper is neither the "enlightenment paper" used by the palace, nor the expensive "porcelain blue paper" used for copying scriptures, nor even rice paper!

Just a regular piece of paper.

The kind of bamboo paper most commonly used in shops for rough counting.

However, Cao Huachun's eyes suddenly became sharp.

He squinted his eyes and quietly touched the edge of his clothes with one hand.

What was bulging there was the twelve-barrelled Glory No. [-] pepper bottle pistol.

"This thing...where did you get it?"

Wu Piaolin felt reassured. When he heard Cao Huachun's inquiry, he hurriedly bowed to the southwest.

This explains:

"So that the governor will know that the peach moon will last forever. (Ji Chun March's elegant saying)

The emperor moved south, and in order to hold off the intruders, Xiao had to defend Bazhou.

However, His Majesty was traveling south, but he was trapped and lacked horses.

Although the young man cannot serve me, he is still a minister of the Ming Dynasty. How can I see your father in poverty in food and clothing?

So, I gathered together a batch of food, grass and money and gave them to Your Majesty, hoping that His Majesty would be relieved of his embarrassment..."

Worthy of being Wu Piaolin.

It was originally just a helpless move, but it was completely vindicated by him.

In fact, from his words, the image of a loyal minister who was devoted to the Ming Dynasty and who was willing to risk his own life to hold off the pursuers emerged vividly.

Cao Huachun smiled.

As the eunuch of Si Li Bingbi, the admiral of the East Factory, the general admiral of the Jingying camp, and the one who trained the "Yongwei camp" on his own, he was naturally not someone who could be confused by just a few words.

Cao Huachun looked at the paper in his hand.

The five characters "can be a rich man" are as clear as ever.

This……

This is His Majesty’s attitude!

"Razing is loyal to state affairs, and I admire you."

Just a simple title explained Cao Huachun's attitude.

Wu Piaolin's eyes lit up!

The change from an unfamiliar official title to a commensurate name shows that Cao Huachun has recognized himself.

He hastily said:

"The Du Gong is making ridiculous compliments. This is the duty of a minister and should not be praised by the Du Gong."

"Hahaha!"

"Hahaha!"

The two smiled at each other.

Cao Huachun then asked people to serve tea. The maid brought the tea and placed it gently on the table.

Cao Huachun held the plate holder with one hand and picked up the tea cup with the other. He gently scraped the bubbles and then took a sip.

Put down the tea cup and asked:

"Zhiping is coming this time, but is there something wrong?"

Isn't this nonsense!

How can it be okay?

I am afraid!

Wu Piaolin smiled bitterly in his heart.

Who could have imagined that the situation would change so quickly!

At this time last year, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty was driven out of the capital by the invading army like a lost dog.

In this year's time, Li Zicheng was driven out of the capital by the Qing army.

Forget it, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty actually joined forces with the Emperor of Dashun. Li Zicheng even resigned from his imperial title and became the first vassal king of the Ming Dynasty...

Even the Donglu Tatars who occupied the capital were once again stationed in the capital by the Ming Emperor!

Today, all the Wandu headquarters in the north of the capital are in the hands of the Ming army.

Even the heavily-armed civil fort was only two hundred miles away from the capital.

Even Baoding Mansion was heavily occupied.

What the hell!

It's because I'm too old. Faced with this treacherous situation, I can't see through it!

Since Li Zicheng's surrender, the Ming Emperor has occupied two-thirds of the world.

Although Zhang Xianzhong is still rebelling in Sichuan...

Although Southwest and Tusi are not stable either...

Although Jiangnan was a land of great wealth and had its own imperial court...but it couldn't collect taxes anyway. With or without it, it would be the same to the Ming Dynasty.

The offensive and defensive positions have changed!

Wu Piaolin wanted to switch to Ming Dynasty.

However, he sent people to show his favor to Li Laiheng, who occupied Xuanfu Town.

Li Laiheng never responded...

He showed his favor to Li Ruogui, who occupied the important place of Zijingguan.

However, Li Ruogui also ignored him...

Wu Piaolin had no choice but to hug Cao Huachun's thigh.