"Master, we really have to take away ten big cars?" Qian Zongshu, the chief minister of the cabinet, covering an area of ​​more than ten acres, looked at the dozens of big cars filled with various wealth in the courtyard, Qian Zongshu's wife seemed to have died, and said with a heartache and reluctance on her face...

After glaring at his wife fiercely, Qian Zongshu said helplessly: "If this is not the case, do you want to end up like the Marquis' Mansion? Beating to death by the Tiger and Leopard Army at the city gate, and all your property was stolen by the Tiger and Leopard Army..."

After Qian Zong finished telling, his wife's face turned pale in an instant.q.e

Because the incident of the Marquis' Mansion hitting the city gate and being killed was shocked to them.

In the past, he was very arrogant in Beijing. Even Emperor Chongzhen turned a blind eye and was killed in front of the Tiger and Leopard Army. He could not even save his family property accumulated over hundreds of years.

In front of this living example, although the lady was unwilling to accept it, she could only accept it.

Because the large trucks were limited, even though they knew that during the half month of passing Shandong, the Tiger and Leopard Army would not provide any food supplies, and when loading the goods into these large trucks, no one loaded the food on the trucks.

Soon, ten large trucks were filled with hundreds of thousands of taels of silver and antique calligraphy and paintings.

Looking at the remaining property in the house, Qian Zongshu had to give up even if he was reluctant to leave.

Then, he walked towards the city gate with his family and ten large cars.

Although he was the chief minister of the cabinet who had reached the peak of his ministers in the Ming Dynasty, he not only did not receive any preferential treatment in front of the Tiger and Leopard Army at the gate of the city, but was like a prisoner. He was constantly scrutinized by hundreds of Tiger and Leopard Army's eyes.

As soon as his identity was confirmed by the other party, Qian Zongshu couldn't help but speak: "This general, I am the chief minister of the cabinet and a first-rank official of the court. According to the rules set by your prince, I can take away ten large cars... I wonder if I can leave the city now."

"Of course..." The cavalry company commander who stood in front of Qian Zongshu answered without thinking.

Just when Qian Zongshu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and was about to leave the city gate where the bloody smell was still in the air. The cavalry company commander standing in front of him not only did not make way. Instead, he changed his mind and said, "But, I just received the military order issued by the prince to us. From today on, all the big carts carried by the imperial officials and royal relatives from the city must pay 10,000 taels of silver to leave the city before they can leave the city..."

Qian Zongshu, who was standing in front of him, was stunned and asked back with an incredible look on his face: "Your prince is talking about it, how much is the cost of leaving the city..."

"A big cart of ten thousand taels of silver. If there is no silver, it's okay to use gold. That's a big cart of one thousand taels of gold... Lord Qian, you brought a total of ten big cars. According to the military order issued by the prince to us, you need to pay the 100,000 taels of silver to leave the city before you can leave Beijing..."

"100,000 taels of silver, you are not paying for the city to leave the city at all. You are robbing at this time..." After hearing the cavalry company commander's answer again, Qian Zongshu's face showed an unprecedented expression of shock. Then, he exclaimed loudly at the cavalry company commander who was standing in front of him.

Then, it was like an angry lion cursing at the city gate regardless of his identity.

As for the cavalry company commander, he stood in the city gate without expression, and remained indifferent...

Of course, this does not mean that Qian Zongshu cannot afford the 100,000 taels of silver. As the chief minister of the cabinet, even if Qian Zongshu is honest, he has accumulated hundreds of thousands of taels of wealth in his decades of official career.

However, the wealth of hundreds of thousands of taels was accumulated bit by bit by bit by bit. Now, I suddenly took out 100,000 taels of silver to waste it. As long as I am a normal person, I feel particularly uncomfortable.

As time passed, perhaps because Qian Zongshu was tired of scolding, or perhaps because the indifferent commander of the cavalry company made him feel that there was no point in continuing to scold. Qian Zongshu, who still had a strong anger on his face, finally stopped.

He stared at the cavalry company commander in front of him to see if there was room for relief.

However, Qian Zongshu was disappointed. From the calm face of the cavalry company commander, Qian Zongshu clearly felt that if he didn't pay the money, he would definitely not be able to leave Beijing City today.

After taking a deep breath, Qian Zongshu directly called his housekeeper and ordered loudly: "Leave two silver carts and 80,000 taels of silver, and hand them over to this general. We will take the remaining eight big carts out of the city... In this Beijing city under our feet, I don't want to stay at all..."

When I was in the mansion, I left a lot of money because of the rules of the Tiger and Leopard Army. Now, in order to leave the city, I left 80,000 taels of silver again.

Mrs. Qian Zongshu, who had been frustrated all the way, finally broke out at this time. She rushed to Qian Zongshu and cried loudly, "Master, you must not hand over these silver. This is the silver we have accumulated with great difficulty. You must not hand over... Are you not the chief minister of the cabinet? Why are you still afraid of these soldiers..."

Hearing his wife say that Yue Yue was too much for money, Qian Zongshu was also filled with anger, who had no place to send him, and directly pointed his finger at his wife, scolding loudly: "You lady, what do you know... The housekeeper, immediately drag the wife back to the carriage to the official and tied it with a rope. Without the order, no one can let the wife come out..."

In this way, Qian Zongshu, who had paid 80,000 taels of silver, had to leave Beijing in shame with anger and frustration, with the remaining eight carts and dozens of family members, and followed Chongzhen to Nanjing.

Qian Zongshu, the chief minister of the imperial cabinet, surrendered to the Tiger and Leopard Army and paid a sky-high price for leaving the city, not to mention other civil and military ministers.

Therefore, in just one day, the Tiger and Leopard Army guarding the major gates of the capital received almost 3.5 million taels of silver from royal relatives and civil and military officials.

And as time continues, the continuous expenses for leaving the city will increase.

However, this is just the first difficulty these people need to overcome when they go to Nanjing.

When the convoys left Beizhili to pick up and entered Shandong and Shanxi controlled by the Tiger and Leopard Army, Qian Zongshu, the chief minister of the cabinet, had to face a problem. After several days of travel, everyone had eaten all the dry food they carried with them.

In this case, Qian Zongshu's first reaction was to use silver to buy food along the way.

So, more than a dozen confidants were directly scattered to the villages on both sides of the official road, intending to buy food from the people...

However, the facts in front of him disappointed him again. The confidants who went out to buy soldiers returned empty-handed without exception. Even if they paid five times or even ten times the price they bought grain from the people of Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, no one sold the grain to himself. Even some coarse grains that they didn't usually look at were not available.

Faced with this problem, Qian Zongshu immediately thought of a rule in the agreement between the Tiger and Leopard Army.

All officials and royal relatives who moved to Nanjing will not receive any supplements after entering the area controlled by the Tiger and Leopard Army. Therefore, I hope that everyone can bring enough food when leaving Beijing.

For Qian Zongshu, the best way to ensure that all family members and confidants can successfully leave the Shanxi and Shaanxi area without going hungry is to free up a large truck to load the food.

However, when the carts are limited and even the property cannot be loaded, how could anyone be willing to use the limited carts to load very cheap food? Besides, I have to leave Beijing, who would take this sentence seriously?

So, almost tens of thousands of officials and royal relatives who entered the Shanxi and Shaanxi area were as if they had agreed, and at the same time they were in a food confirmation crisis.

Of course, these royal relatives and officials who held a large sum of money did not compromise on this.

In their eyes, as long as there is money, there is nothing that cannot be done.

However, these people obviously underestimated the influence and appeal of the Tiger and Leopard Army in this area.

No matter how much money they paid, no one sold them food. What's more, the people on both sides of the official road, when they saw them, were as if they saw a plague, and they were directly avoided...

As a last resort, these hungry officials and royal relatives who had their chests on their backs could only place their hopes on the tiger and leopard army that were escorting along the way, hoping to buy some life-saving food from the tiger and leopard army.

"This young general, we haven't eaten for a day. I wonder if your army can sell us some food. We are willing to buy it at a high price..." A senior official of the second-rank court, as if he was talking to Emperor Chongzhen, asked the company commander of the Tiger and Leopard Army beside him with a nervous face.

The company commander did not refuse. After hesitation, he directly offered an unprecedented sky-high price...

"Yes, our prince said that we can take out some military rations and sell them to you...but the price is a bit off..."

The official looked happy and said indifferently: "The current price of grain is five taels of silver per loo. I am willing to pay fifty taels of silver to buy a loo of grain from the tiger and leopard army..."

In the eyes of this official, the other party would agree to the high price of ten times. However, the real situation was beyond his expectations again.

Regarding the high price of fifty taels of silver, the company commander refused without thinking: "No, it's too low... If you follow the prince's orders and free up a large truck to load grain, this would not have happened. However, you actually loaded the large truck used to load grain. This is yours."
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