"It seems that this is the only way!" Foolish King Zhu Cihuan has been convinced.
I can’t accept it! This king, Shimazu Mitsuhisa, Hoshina Masaki, and the 3,780 warriors below (there were originally more than 5,000, but a small 2,000 died in the Battle of Flood Valley), are all living in poverty and happiness!
Before His Highness the Silly King led his troops south to the Satsuma Valley, the Yamen of the American Mansion gave him a "military fee" of one hundred thousand taels. Later, Zhu Cihuan proposed to break the soil and ask for a seal, and the Yamen of the American Mansion did not give him any more money, but only allocated it on a monthly basis. Rice grain.
And Yao Daqiao's net worth is also limited. The 2,000 people who supported Zhu Cihuan and his guards were almost vomiting blood. Now it has increased to 3,780. How can he still afford it?
Besides, the cost of moving Zhu Cihuan and the Shimazu family from Satsuma Valley City to the City of Angels was all borne by Yao Daqiao... It’s hard to move with a broken family!
So many people have moved to settle around the City of Angels, including many orphans and widows who have lost their husbands and fathers. How can it be so easy? Thanks to Boss Yao who spent money to buy a lot of daily necessities, production tools and livestock from Peninsula City, and then transported them to Angel City for distribution, everyone was barely able to live in peace.
Therefore, Zhu Cihuan was really embarrassed to let people spend more money. It is estimated that if the money continues to be spent, Yao Daqiao will also go bankrupt.
Without Yao Daqiao's money, Zhu Cihuan and his warriors would have become paupers with no income... If they don't build a vassal state to sell titles, how will they live in the future?
The City of Angels is so desolate, and it would require a lot of investment to develop it!
However, Zhu Cihuan, the stupid king, still knew that what he had done these days was a bit big, and it might anger his emperor brother.
So when Yao Daqiao left the City of Angels and went to Yingtian Mansion, he gave many instructions on the dock.
"Yao Changshi," Zhu Cihuan sighed, "what I am doing now is setting a bad example. I am afraid that the Holy One will be furious... Fortunately, the Holy One is a filial son, as long as the Emperor and the Queen If you plead for mercy, you will probably forgive me. So when you arrive at Yingtian Mansion, you must go to the Emperor first, and when you see the Queen, tell him that I did all this to repay his old man's 250,000 taels of pension money."
Speaking of the 250,000 taels, Zhu Cihuan burst into tears.
He is really in debt now. If he cannot build a vassal state and sell his titles, he may not be able to pay back his father's pension money until he dies.
Yao Daqiao knew that Zhu Cihuan was acting stupid again. He was about to found the country, so why should he pay back!
So he smiled and comforted: "Don't worry, Your Majesty... The Emperor and the Empress will definitely speak for you. The Emperor will also reward the Emperor based on his merits. He will reward the Prince greatly, and it will not be a problem to break the earth and seal a vassal." "
Zhu Cihuan nodded and said: "It would be great if that's the case... Yao Changshi, if His Majesty really grants me the vassal state, you will be the first envoy to the academy, and the matter of selling the title will be over. I have entrusted you with the full power. Remember, when you get some money, you must first pay back the 250,000 taels of the Taishang’s pension."
This is really a "good old guy". He is about to establish a vassal state and he has not forgotten to pay back the money!
"I know," Yao Daqiao said with a smile, "As long as the emperor seals you, the emperor's pension money will not be a problem."
"There's another thing," Zhu Cihuan added, "Naiji's brothers and sisters are all in the hands of the Japanese king. When I make the vassal king, I will rub shoulders with the Japanese queen. Then you go and fight with the Japanese king." Please tell me, the official, can you please ask the Queen of Japan to release the Shimadzu family members? Let them all come to California to reunite with Mitsuhisa and Noyoshi."
Yao Daqiao nodded again, "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely handle this matter for you."
Zhu Cihuan breathed out, reached out and patted Yao Daqiao's shoulder, and said: "Daqiao, thanks to you this time... If my vassal state is sealed, you will be my great hero, and Shimazu Mitsuhisa and Hoshina Masaki both want to be granted the title of marquis, and both have a thousand-mile land!"
Of course, the foolish king's vassal kingdom cannot only have barons, but also viscounts, counts and marquises, among which marquises are the largest titles under the king.
The bigger the title, the more land. The baron claims a land of ten miles, the viscount claims a land of fifty miles, the earl claims a land of two hundred and fifty miles, and the marquis claims a land of a thousand miles - that is, 400,000 acres of land! Big landowner!
Yao Daqiao, who was awarded the title of Marquis, was of course overjoyed and quickly knelt down to thank him. Zhu Cihuan supported him and said with a smile: "This king is today because of you, Zhenghui and Naiji. It is because of me." , it’s all yours… Brother Daqiao must take care of himself as he travels thousands of miles by sea, and we will be rich and prosperous together in this city of angels in the future!”
When Yao Daqiao heard this, he bowed again. After he straightened up, he wanted to say something more, but someone from a Pacific sailing ship over there had already come to urge him.
The wind is blowing now, so it’s a good time to set sail!
So Yao Daqiao gave a final salute to Zhu Cihuan, then took Takeda Nobuyuki, Hoshina Masayu, Togo Shigetada and other entourages on the sailing ship and embarked on the thousands-mile sea journey back to the Ming Dynasty. By the time Yao Daqiao returned to the Ming Dynasty, where he had been away for a long time, it was already the spring of the 16th year of Hongxing's reign.
The Shanghai and Nanjing areas are still as prosperous as ever, and even the stock market has emerged from the shadow of the plunge and started to rise again. However, Yao Daqiao no longer cares about the ups and downs of the stock market. He is no longer a wealthy businessman, but the founding hero of a vassal state under the Celestial Empire, a dignified marquis of the vassal state, and a marquis with a fiefdom of thousands of miles. Ye, he is much more awesome than the Marquises of the Ming Dynasty who only had one or two thousand acres of land.
After he arrived at Yingtian Mansion, he took several accompanying warriors, took Zhu Cihuan's memorials and decrees, and went straight to the Yamen of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Ming Dynasty in Laoshan, Jiangbei.
It was a big deal for the Ming Dynasty king to send envoys to invite the vassal state. The officials of the reception department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs dared not neglect it, so they immediately reported it to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Grand Duke Luo, who was sitting in the Yamen.
"What? The prince of Chongqing wants to invite a vassal state?"
Seeing Yao Daqiao, Grand Duke Luo couldn't believe his ears - in fact, Wei Zhongcheng, Qi Yuanbi and Yu Daren's secret notes had already arrived at Yingtian Mansion. However, the secret report was submitted through the channels of the Grand Marshal's Palace, and after reading the secret report, Zhu Cixi only approved three words "I understand" and did not discuss it, so Grand Duke Luo, a cabinet minister, did not know about it.
"Exactly," Yao Daqiao said with a smile, "His Royal Highness the County Prince has opened up territory in the New Continent. Now he has occupied 30,000 square miles of land south of California, which is enough to establish a vassal and a country. I also asked the Minister to transfer His Highness the County Prince's land. The memorial reaches the emperor."
Grand Duke Luo picked up the memorial and looked at it, and then picked up the decree (actually a letter of introduction) and looked at it - there should be nothing wrong! The people at the reception department have checked it, and it shouldn't be a forgery...
He had no choice but to say to Yao Daqiao: "Yao Changshi can go to the Foreign Ministry's post to settle down first. I will go to see the saint immediately. The saint should summon him soon."
Yao Daqiao smiled and cupped his hands, "Then there is Lao Shangshu."
After ordering people to take Yao Daqiao and others to Guanyi to settle down, Grand Duke Luo immediately went to see Wei Zaode, the chief minister of the cabinet, and then the two of them handed over the invitation book. They met the Emperor of Heaven in Huangji Hall before dinner that day. Zhu Cixiang.
Regarding Zhu Cihuan's invitation to grant a vassal state, Zhu Cixiang was also a little surprised - the secret memorials of Wei Zhongcheng, Qi Yuanbi and Yu Daren did not mention the matter of the vassal state, only the fiefdom. Zhu Cixiang originally thought that his fifth brother only wanted to be the leader of a vassal town in the Ming Dynasty, but he did not expect that his ambition was even greater and he wanted to become a vassal state.
"Okay! He's actually going to be the king of the vassal state!" Zhu Cixiang nodded repeatedly, "This guy is more promising than the third and fourth sons. I still underestimate him!"
"Your Majesty," Wei Zaode said, "The Prince of Chongqing is far away across the ocean, and he is between the United States and New Spain. He needs to be treated with caution... You might as well persuade him with good words and invite him to visit Luo."
Zhu Cixiang smiled: "Chief Assistant, you want me to ambush some swordsmen and axemen in the Huangji Palace, and wait for the Five Kings to come and take them directly, right?"
Wei Zaode smiled awkwardly and said, "Your Majesty, the prince of Chongqing is indeed disloyal."
Zhu Cixiang looked at Grand Duke Luo again, and Grand Duke Luo said: "Your Majesty, the Chief of the Chongqing County Prince's Palace will meet you at the Yingtianfu Pavilion Post Office. Your Majesty may as well listen to what he has to say."
Zhu Cixi smiled: "It doesn't hurt to listen. I will summon him after noon tomorrow."
