Little Chongqing Island, the Prince's Mansion.
It is said to be a county prince's mansion, but it is actually a rough wooden house built with white wood. Because the wood used to build the house was not dried in the sun, light and air leaked everywhere in the wooden house when it was exposed to the sun. It had to be constantly filled with plaster, leaving lumps of mud on the walls, which looked particularly unsightly.
To be honest, the place where Zhu Cihuan lives now is not as good as the prison cell in the Zongren Mansion - he is a county prince and the emperor's younger brother after all. Even if he went in because of the "crime of cheating", he is still a special criminal, and the prison cell must be treated well. Decorate it.
In addition to the house he lived in was not as good as the cell in the Zongren Mansion, Zhu Cixiang's daily necessities were not as good as those in the cell in the Yingtian Zongren Mansion. They were all shoddy items. It's not that Yao Daqiao is stingy, but that the foundation of the handicraft industry here in America Mansion is too poor to produce anything good at all. And there are no requirements for immigrants or refugees (stock refugees) living here, as long as they can use it. Therefore, the things shipped from the other side of the Pacific Ocean are poor and durable models, which cannot be compared with the high-end goods in the prison of Zongren Mansion.
Moreover, there is no charge for the prison in Zongren Mansion. Zhu Cihuan does not have to pay a penny as long as he lives there, and he does not have to worry about money when he lives there. And here in Little Chongqing Island, he has to spend 10,000 taels a month...so he has to find a way to make money!
In the large wooden house of the palace, Zhu Cihuan, who was heavily in debt, was talking about business with people with a smile on his face. But this time the business is not stocks, but a war!
If the stock speculation goes wrong, you will lose your entire family at most, and if you lose the war, you will lose your life... Fortunately, this prince can still laugh. His chief officer, Yao Daqiao, already knew something was wrong and his face turned pale!
Whatever the two traitorous ministers Wei Zhongcheng and Qi Yuanbi said was a trap no matter how you look at it!
Shimazu Mitsuhisa is faking surrender! Do you know about the fake surrender? This is a trap, just to trick the Ming army into that Satsuma Valley and destroy it.
Wei Zhongcheng and Qi Yuanbi looked very shrewd, but they were actually fooled... and asked the prince to go south in person to accept Shimazu Mitsuhisa's surrender!
If the prince has three advantages and two disadvantages, they will be guilty of "trapping the feudal clan"!
No, this is not to frame the vassal state...it is to frame the "local tycoon king" Zhu Hehao to death. Zhu Cihuan is not the king of the United States. He should not come to the American Mansion at all, let alone bring up 2000 people. People's protection.
A prince like Zhu Cihuan will definitely make things difficult for traitorous ministers like Wei Zhongcheng, Qi Yuanbi, and Yu Daren!
It's not possible to arrest him, let alone to offer him up... After much deliberation, it's most appropriate to arrange an opportunity for him to sacrifice his life for the country!
If he died for the country, the emperor would just cry twice, and the emperor would be fine... With more than 100 sons, what's wrong with missing one?
Prince, be careful! The traitor wants to harm you!
Yao Daqiao didn't dare to say what he was thinking in his heart - he had worked with the fourth prince Zhu Cizhao, and he knew very well when to be knowledgeable and when to be confused.
Now is the time to pretend to be confused...
Yao Daqiao pretended to be confused, but Zhu Cihuan was really confused. I didn't even think about pretending to surrender. The Ming Dynasty was elite and the heavenly soldiers were invincible. How could Shimazu, a homeless dog, dare to fight against the heavenly soldiers? Now that we have the opportunity to join the Celestial Empire, we must seize it. After seizing the opportunity, are you still worried that you won't be able to get three to five million stones from Brother Mo's place?
In addition, Zhu Cihuan has completely fallen into the eyes of money.
His monthly expenses are 10,000 taels! This doesn’t even include the interest on the debt!
Now it's all supported by Yao Daqiao, who was taken advantage of and burned money. If he doesn't find a way to find money anymore and really burns Yao Daqiao to death, then he, the prince, will really have no choice but to go back and apologize to the Supreme Emperor...
"If I garrison the Satsuma Valley, how much money can the American Government give me per month?"
When the prince opens his mouth, it’s money!
"Your Majesty," Wei Zhongcheng said with a smile, "I know that you have 2,000 elite soldiers. The American government does not care about the official position of these people. They will all be paid according to the rank of a captain. The monthly salary is 5 taels, which is 10,000 taels a month. Each person is paid per month. If you pay 5 bushels of grain, you can also discount it in cash, and give 5 taels of silver, plus 5 taels of vegetable money, for a total of 1 tael. So you can give 12,000 taels a month... This money is paid monthly, but When the prince sends troops, he can pay for 3 months at a time.
In addition, before the soldiers set off, there was also a package of silver hair for luggage. Each person was given 15 taels, which was 30,000 taels. "
That means you can get sixty-six thousand taels at a time!
When Zhu Cihuan heard this, he was already happy. If he had left it in the past, he would have nodded in agreement. But now he has matured a lot and knows how to do business.
"No, no, it's too little, not enough!" The prince shook his head repeatedly, "We have to add more money...at least 20,000 a month, and at least 50,000 for luggage."
Wei Zhongcheng frowned, "20,000 a month, 3 months at a time is 60,000, plus 50,000 silver, that's 110,000 taels... It's a bit much."
Zhu Cihuan shook his head: "Not much, not much, less than this number, I will never leave Little Chongqing Island for half a step."
Wei Zhongcheng glanced at Yu Daren, who said: "Your Majesty, please reduce it a little more... The luggage fee is still 30,000, and the monthly payment will be calculated as 20,000. In this way, the first payment will be 90,000 Bar!"
"Together, I'll give you 100,000 taels!" Zhu Cihuan stretched out his hands and said, "Nothing less is enough!"
Wei Zhongcheng had a look of pain on his face. After a while, he finally nodded: "Okay, 100,000 is 100,000... Your Majesty, when will we sign the contract?"
Today's Ming Dynasty is about the spirit of contract - mainly because Zhu Cixiang took the lead!
"What are you signing?" The prince shook his head, "We haven't negotiated yet!"
"What else are we talking about?" Wei Zhongcheng asked.
"Land!" the prince said, "If Shimazu surrenders to me, will all this land in California be owned by the United States?"
"Yes, yes." Qi Yuanbi smiled, "The ruling government of the United States has long wanted to establish a California capital. It is just because these seven or eight hundred miles of mountains and hills are not easy to pass, so it has been delaying it. If Shimazu surrenders, the army will We can pass through these seven or eight hundred miles of mountains and forests and enter the Satsuma Valley. From there, it will be easy to go to San Francesco, Angel Castle and San Diego."
Seven or eight hundred miles seems not far away, but the problem is that there is no way to go, you have to go through the mountains and forests, so don't think about carriages. It's good if a pack horse can get through it. How much food and grass can be brought by a pack horse?
If they don’t bring enough food and grass, how long can the Ming army last after marching south to the Satsuma Valley?
And if you want to take the sea route, you can't cross the Golden Gate Strait... The Presidio Fortress is not that easy to fight! As for finding a suitable port elsewhere, it is not that easy. How dare the Ming Navy’s expedition ships wander around the California coast?
Therefore, Shimazu's surrender gave the Ming army a good opportunity to seize California.
As long as the Ming army can gain a foothold in the Satsuma Valley, it can break through the Presidio Fortress by land and control the Golden Gate Strait. In this way, the Ming army would have a natural port in California, and food and troops from the Americas would be continuously transported to California.
Wei Zhongcheng thought for a while and said, "San Francisco is going to be the capital of California...or else the prince will enclose a piece of land in the Satsuma Valley."
"I don't want the Satsuma Valley," Zhu Cihuan shook his head and said, "I know that there are floods in the north and drought in the south, and transportation is inconvenient, so I don't want it!"
"Where do you want it?"
"I want Angel City!" Zhu Cihuan said, "I will be the King of Angel County from now on!"
He even became the King of Angels...
Wei Zhongcheng and Qi Yuanbi looked at each other and said to themselves: Has this prince asked about a better place in California? How about choosing the City of Angels all at once?
Wei Zhongcheng thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, you are going to be stationed in Angel City. I can agree to it...but your Angel County Prince must go to your Majesty to ask for a title!"
Zhu Cihuan laughed: "Don't you know this rule? I will naturally report to Your Majesty and ask for an angel king to take over!"
Qi Yuanbi smiled and said: "Your Majesty, let's discuss your trip south to the Satsuma Valley now!"
