Merchants can reward officials generously, let alone other people.

Immediately, Bi Ziyan was about to resign. His purpose of this trip had been achieved, so he still had to continue to raise money. With the success of the merchants, Bi Ziyan's confidence was greatly improved.

Although Chongzhen said 100 million taels of silver before, he remembered that Shen Yongmao said that if circumstances permit, the Ministry of War needs 40 taels of silver.

At the moment, he's really only halfway done.

Thinking of this, Bi Ziyan immediately resigned to Chongzhen: "If Your Majesty has no other orders, the old minister will retire."

"En." Chongzhen waved his hand straight away, and Bi Ziyan immediately backed away from the imperial study.

But at this moment, Wang Chengen handed a written imperial decree to Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, do you see?"

Chongzhen glanced at it, and said directly: "Let's post it like this."

Immediately, Wang Chengen shouted Zunzhi, and immediately called the little eunuch next to him to take the imperial edict to the Secretary of General Administration, and then returned to Chongzhen's side.

The next moment, Chongzhen's urging words sounded in Wang Cheng'en's ears: "What I asked you to do in Dongchang, you should do it quickly, and send me as much as you find."

Wang Chengen immediately nodded in agreement, he naturally knew that what Chongzhen was talking about was investigating Xungui's assets.

Chongzhen was stimulated by the taxes paid by the merchants, eager to raise more silver taels...

Chapter 499

Silver taels.

Silver taels.

Not only Chongzhen was thinking about silver taels, but the people in the entire capital were also talking about silver taels at the moment.

Just when Bi Ziyan reported to Chongzhen, the news of the 76 taels of silver had spread throughout the capital, and even children in the streets and alleys were talking about it.

In a wine shop on the wharf, the room was filled with miscellaneous people, and groups of three and four gathered around the tables, eating fennel beans and talking in one go:

"76 taels, my good boy, even if I earn ten lifetimes, I won't be able to earn this much money!!!"

"Who says it's not? I wait for the little people to work hard to eat, and I still can't feed the whole family, but these merchants who don't do production are earning a lot of money."

"This is fate. If I have the skills of those merchants, I don't want to suffer in the field."

"What's so good about being a merchant? I'm waiting for nothing, but I have land in my hands. As long as they are willing to endure hardships, the children in the family can also study and improve, and even if they are not good enough, they can join the army. Are merchants okay?"

"..."

A group of people spoke words of envy and jealousy, and the turbid smell of alcohol in the air could not overwhelm the floating sour smell. When everyone talked about money, they made no secret of their greed.

There were only a few people sitting on the table sighing, their faces looked lonely, as if they had been appointed.

At this time, a big man in Angzang suddenly said: "Hey! Let's not say a few words. It's good if they donate money. At least the court has money, and our life will be better for a few days."

He is quite tall, but under the patched coarse cloth clothes, he looks a little thin, and his yellow face looks malnourished.

While speaking, he took a sip of the stale wine in the tattered porcelain bowl, put the bowl on the table, breathed out the smell of alcohol, his thick hands were covered with calluses and wounds.

He seemed to have some prestige among this group of people, and as soon as he finished speaking, someone answered, "Second Brother Qi is right. Merchants have always donated money, and the court is finally rich, and the 'heavy levy' can finally stop for a while. gone."

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the restaurant burst into laughter, but their voices were not very loud, and the smiles on their faces were somewhat bitter.

They are all peasant households around the capital. If taxes continue to be collected, many of them will be doomed to ruin their families.

Thinking of this, the original laughter gradually sank, and even the most cheerful person in the past couldn't be happy at this moment.

In an instant, the atmosphere in the entire restaurant became heavy, and even the old couple who opened the shop had the same worried look.

But suddenly, someone muttered: "It might be better to change the emperor."

boom!

This sentence fell on everyone's ears without hesitation, and everyone's complexions turned pale in an instant.

No matter how the emperor is, it is not something people of their status can say.

Not to mention such rebellious words.

In an instant, the atmosphere in the restaurant became depressing, and there was no sound, no one spoke.

And the people who had finished mumbling the words seemed to have been woken up by fright, and no one answered the next sentence at all, and some people were fidgeting more like bugs under their buttocks.

Wanting to leave, but also worried about appearing guilty, everyone sat down in silence, the atmosphere gradually became dull, and it looked extremely weird in the busy street.

However, this atmosphere lasted for less than a breath, and a bitter word rang out, directly breaking the dullness of the wine shop.

"Maybe."

Second Brother Qi's muffled words fell, and he even drank the little stale wine in the bowl in one gulp, and a bitter taste exploded immediately.

The surrounding eyes all looked at Second Brother Qi. Everyone had different expressions, but they all heard Qi Er's words clearly, and they all swallowed their saliva in unison.

However, Qi Er's words did not stop and continued to resound in everyone's ears.

"¨When the eunuchs were around, life was never so difficult. My little brat survived for so many years, but he was gone after all. If we really changed, our lives would be easier."

"What kind of world is this!!!"

The dull words carried a lingering feeling of depression, and the people around Qi Er even patted Qi Er's shoulder with gloomy faces.

As soon as these words came out, the panic in everyone's hearts was instantly dispelled, and the complaints in their hearts were also expressed at once.

"If this tax continues, even after this year, it will not be able to survive next year."

"The weather is getting colder and colder, and the crops in the field are getting worse day by day. (For Zhao) next year will be completely useless."

"If it doesn't work this year, I will go to Jinan Mansion to seek refuge with relatives. I heard that it's okay there, and I still have the strength to survive."

"It's not enough to drag the family with the family. You can't go anywhere. The adults can make troubles, but the children can't stand the troubles, hey!"

"In such a world, when the hell will he be tall!!!"

A long sigh immediately made everyone empathize, and almost all clenched their fists, but they were extremely powerless.

They all want to know when such a day will be the end.

If Zhu Youchen heard their words, he would definitely give an accurate answer.

Before the end of the year! .

Chapter 500

Take the entire Ming Dynasty before the end of the year.

If Zhu Youzhen was just a plan before, then at this moment he can completely turn this plan into reality.

If the north and the south work together, they can go hand in hand to conquer the entire Ming Dynasty.

[Ding, Zhou Ji's army has occupied An Pei City. 】

[Ding, Zheng Rui's army has occupied Bazhen City. 】

[Ding, the Maogan army has occupied Chai Na City. 】

【…】

A series of reminder messages kept appearing in the system, and the fog of war on the virtual map dissipated crazily, exposing more land.

Zhu Youchen was staring at these territories at the moment, and the excitement in his eyes was fleeting. Under the ebb and flow, Annan and Siam could not resist his resistance at all.

There are even countless small cities and even towns and villages that are even more desperate.

This situation intensified the speed of Zhu Youchen's army's battle.

And Zhu Youchen was not idle either, he was still frantically building system cities on the virtual map.

However, on the land of a mansion, Zhu Youchen only built a system city.

However, the reserved peasant population in each city has a minimum population of 50.

At this moment, the region is not so tense for Zhu Youchen, but his population is growing crazily.

[Ding, farmer +4080]

[Ding, farmer +4080]

[Ding, farmer +4080]

【…】

Every minute, more than 1 farmers appeared in the newly occupied territory, completely occupying the occupied land.

The farmers who appeared in Annan and Siam directly started the feat of moving mountains and land according to Zhu Youchen's plan.

Countless resources are being consumed crazily, but there are also countless resources that are constantly enhancing Zhu Youchen's background.

The resources of a mountain are so huge, but at this moment they are all swallowed up by Zhu Youchen's system.

[Ding, collect food +7865]

[Ding, collecting stones +89743]

[Ding, collect wood +77456]

[Ding, collect gold +5643]

This is not counting the lumber mills and quarries specially developed by Zhu Youchen, which are all resources exchanged by cutting mountains and rocks.

At this moment, even if Zhu Youchen didn't look at it, he could feel that the resources on his resource panel were growing crazily.

The growth of 1 minute can exceed the growth of Daming in a month.

And the total peasant population of the system under his command directly crossed the 6000 million mark within a day and night, and continued to frantically move towards the upgraded population of 200 million.

"At this moment, more than 5807 million farmers can be added in one day and night. It only takes twelve days to upgrade to level 23."

"That is, at the end of the month, my population of farmers alone will directly exceed 1000 million. Adding in the soldiers stationed in the city, my actual population should be around [-] million."

One hundred and ten million.

One hundred and ten million.

This is a nation.

A nation that is wholeheartedly loyal to him is a nation that can put all its strength in one place.

No one can stop such a nation, and the world is doomed to surrender.

"Whoa, whoa!!!"

Zhu Youchen's heart was surging, and he couldn't restrain the excitement in his heart at all at this moment, but he didn't want to restrain it at all.

At this moment, he has such strength to support his ambition, even if the entire western world unites to kill him, he will not be afraid at all.

I can't wait to reach the sky in one step at this moment.

However, the huge territory still needs to be conquered step by step by his soldiers.

However, at this moment Zhu Youchen already had a clear time in his heart.

"Annan and Siam can be settled in ten days, and Champa can be pacified in five days. The terrain of Wa country is rugged, and it will take a month. Goryeo, hehe!"

Zhu Youchen sneered, and his next main energy will be on Nuer Gandusi.

It's not enough to take down here. If you want to completely occupy the large area of ​​Nuergandusi, you must develop it.

Zhu Youchen didn't pay attention to the Jurchens of Nuer Gandusi, but the extreme weather of Nuer Gandusi was indeed a problem.

Even later generations are relatively difficult to develop.

However, at this moment, Zhu Youchen has confidence in his heart, and the system has given Zhu Youchen the confidence to develop.

As long as you upgrade, you can develop more special buildings, and the special buildings of the system are even more powerful without any logic.

"Take one step at a time and look at it. Compared with Nuer Gandusi, Hou Jin is simply suffering from moss disease."

Only Zhu Youchen had the confidence to say this at the moment, and Daming and Mongolia didn't have the confidence to face Hou Jin's edge at all.

While speaking, Zhu Youchen looked at the virtual map in front of him. At this moment, the forward of the fleet is not far from Jeju Island.

At this moment, Chang Lu's voice came from outside the door: "Your Majesty, the vanguard battleship has sent a semaphore, are you turning to attack Goryeo?"

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