Chapter 32
"Report to the Crown Prince, the palace has been cleaned."
Looking at the boxes behind Cao Renli, Zhu Ciyang nodded. He always felt that there was still something he had to do. He had already brought everything he should bring. What else?
Suddenly, Zhu Cixuan saw the busy soldiers and immediately walked towards Li Zicheng. Why did he forget about this?
It’s not enough to just carry these soldiers. If you want them to work hard for you, you have to take all their families away.
"What are you going to do? My people are making up for money."
Seeing Zhu Cixuan bringing people over, Li Ziben was a little scared. Could it be that he changed his mind again? It feels really bad to hold human life in someone else's hands.
"What are you thinking? I'll ask you something, do you think my weapon is very useful?"
Zhu Cixuan knew that Li Zicheng had misunderstood, so he simply went straight to the scene.
"It's all about me if it's easy to use, it's not my weapon."
The monk Li Zicheng's second-year-old monk couldn't figure it out, and he didn't know what Zhu Ciyang ran over excitedly and said what he was doing?
"Don't say that. After I left, the Qing people in the north, and the uprisings everywhere opposed to you, I guess your life will be difficult. Let's make another deal?"
Li Zicheng still didn't understand at this time. It's true that these are all our questions, but what does it have to do with you? Besides, what transactions are there to do? Weapons?
"Aren't you going to give me your weapon?"
Li Zicheng was a little excited at this moment, but unfortunately Zhu Cilang rolled his eyes wide.
Li Zicheng knew that there was no free lunch in the world. The man in front of him was as smart as a monkey. How could he give his weapon to him for nothing?
"I told you it was a deal, how could it be given to you for nothing? These people under me still have a lot of family members. I will ask someone to write a list later. You can find a way to send them to Tongzhou. When the people I brought out of the city, go back to the south with them. If you want, I will exchange them for a thousand muskets."
Zhu Cilang's voice was quite loud, and the soldiers around him heard it.
In fact, they had this concern for a long time, but they just didn't dare to say it out loud. When they heard that Zhu Cilang was thinking so well, they were all very excited. Following such a prince, we thought it was worth it.
"You really want to exchange a thousand muskets for their families?"
Li Zicheng said incredible.
In the eyes of these people, ordinary soldiers are worthless, let alone the families of these people.
These muskets have shown their power on the battlefield. I have never seen them before. This is something that can determine the course of the battlefield.
Is the Ming prince in front of me confused by using these good things to exchange for soldiers' families?
"Just say if you want it or not, I will only give you this chance. I believe you have also heard of the power of the Eight Banners Iron Cavalry of the Qing Dynasty. If you have these muskets of me, you..."
"make a deal!"
It was confirmed that Zhu Cilang was not a joke, and Li Zicheng was not a fool, so of course he had to make a deal soon. He was still afraid that Zhu Cilang would regret it.
"Report to His Highness the Crown Prince, the people outside the city said that their silver had been collected."
Just as Zhu Cixuan wanted to say something, news came from outside the city, which was fast enough.
Li Zicheng also stared at the side with big eyes. This capital city really has 40 million taels of silver...
In fact, these silvers are not all from the capital. In order to make Li Zicheng come out as soon as possible, the people under his command also took out all the silver they had robbed before.
Only more than 30 million taels were taken out in the capital.
Zhu Cilang hurriedly asked someone to press Li Zicheng to the city wall. Before leaving, he ordered Cao Renli to go down and register everyone's family.
When Zhu Cixuan climbed the city wall, he saw that the white and silver ones below were all silver, and all kinds of boxes were available.
"The surname of Zhu, please ask your person to come out and take a look. Forty million taels of silver are a little more. Let us be released soon."
Liu Zongmin was excited at this time, but Li Zicheng also smiled and we can finally get freedom.
Zhu Cilang waved his hand and the city gate was opened directly. There were also many eunuchs in the palace who settled the accounts. At this moment, dozens of people came out in a row and began to count the money. In fact, it was a little better, just a general amount.
When these people were making up for money, Zhu Cilang was also worried that if someone was jealous of money, it might cause a chain of collapse.
However, when seeing Li Zicheng's old camp troops at this moment, you will know the ability of these people. Even if others have other ideas, these old people will not let them succeed.
In addition, Li Yan's army supervised the entire process, so even if someone wanted to fill his pockets, he would not have that chance.
Of course, it was also fortunate that I had enough money so quickly. If I couldn't get enough money, the people below would have to take action against the people.
No matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat. In order to raise 40 million taels of silver, they can do anything.
Just as Zhu Cixuan counted the money, the following family list had already been filled out, and someone handed over to Liu Zongmin to take Li Zicheng's handwriting.
He asked him to find these people quickly, protect them well, and send them outside the city to wait.
If it were in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, even if you dig three feet of the ground, you would probably not have had so much money. The reason why you have these money now is because of the developed foreign trade.
Spanish and Portuguese colonists discovered silver mines in the Americas, and they prefer various items from the Ming Dynasty, so a large amount of silver flowed into the Ming Dynasty.
This situation will not stop until before the Opium War, so if foreign trade is carried out during this period, it will be a big profit.
"Are you so happy? This is not a decimal. Is it that easy for him to transport these silver to Jiangnan?"
Seeing Zhu Cilang's proud look, Li Zicheng was so angry that he had to cause some trouble for Zhu Cilang.
"This is all my business, do your bird's business?"
Zhu Cilang's attitude made Li Zicheng unhappy, but there was no other way.
Zhu Cixuan can hold the storage space, and he is not afraid of any danger on the road, not to mention that our musket team has already formed a preliminary army.
Although Li Zicheng was angry, he was also wondering that this guy wanted so much money, and it was not close to Nanjing from Beijing.
There are horses rampant along the way, can you really be able to keep it with just a few thousand people?
Chapter completed!