As the lid of the wooden box was opened, many long cylindrical strips wrapped in paper appeared inside, neatly arranged in rows.
Kong Yinjing reached out and picked up one of them, grasped both sides and broke it with his hands, and silver coins scattered from it.
After breaking several of them in succession, the silver coins were piled into a small pile in the wooden box.
"Oh, that's quite a lot." Hong Chengchou's eyes lit up as he looked at the silver coins in the wooden box. This was the first time he saw so many silver dollars put together.
Kong Yinjing saw Hong Chengchou's expression and said with a smile: "These silver coins were brought to Hong Fantai by students specially sent by Yan Shenggong. I only hope that Hong Fantai can say a few good words for Kong."
"Easy to say, easy to say." Hong Chengchou stared at the silver coins in the box and nodded repeatedly, then said again,
"These are all for me, right?"
"Yes, they are all for Hong Fantai." Kong Yinjing was relieved. Seeing Hong Chengchou's attitude towards these silver coins reminded him of the Ming Dynasty officials he had dealt with before, and he knew in his heart that the Kong family's matter was settled.
"Come here, collect all my silver coins." Hong Chengchou called to the yamen servant outside and carried the silver coins sent by Kong Yinjing out together with the wooden box.
Kong Yinjing looked at the silver coins moved away from his eyes, his eyes fell back on Hong Chengchou, and he said: "Hong Fantai, the Kong family can rely on it for everything!"
"Keep it in your heart, I'm not the kind of person who takes money and doesn't do anything." Hong Chengchou said as if he meant what he said.
"Then there is Laohong Fantai." Kong Yin saluted with a bow. Several government officials quickly moved the wooden box containing the silver coins out of the room.
At this time, Hong Chengchou said: "If you have nothing to do, you can go back. I have remembered your Kong family's affairs and will speak for you. For now, I won't keep you here if I have something else to do." He paid tribute to Kong Yin. Expulsion order.
"Students will not disturb Hong Fantai." The matter was done, and Kong Yinjing left the signing room where Hong Chengchou worked in a relaxed manner.
As soon as the people left, Sun Chuanting in the signing room immediately said: "You just collected the money like this? Didn't you say that the Tiger Character Banner punished officials very severely for corruption and excessive expropriation? If the matter of you collecting silver dollars was spread. , can the tiger-character flag still accommodate you?"
"Don't give away things that others bring to your door." Hong Chengchou said disapprovingly. Sun Chuanting frowned deeply and said: "There is no such thing as a pie in the sky. The Kong family gave you money to let you take care of the Kong family, or even to restore the Kong family's former status. If you can't do it, Kong will How can you give up?"
"The Kong family asked me to speak for them. How come I didn't know that you heard it? Anyway, I didn't hear anything." Hong Chengchou started to pretend to be stupid.
"How could you not hear it? I heard it with my own ears!" As soon as he finished speaking, Sun Chuanting immediately reacted and pointed at Hong Chengchou and said,
"You are trying to be a rogue! You are going to accept the benefits and not do anything." After hearing this, Hong Chengchou shook his head and said: "Don't talk nonsense, I did not accept the benefits. Those silver coins were sent by the Kong family to support the Tiger Flag. , I will count and store them in the warehouse in the future, but I have not embezzled any of them."
"You are cruel." Sun Chuanting had no choice but to give Hong Chengchou a thumbs up, and immediately said,
"The Kong family suffered a big loss from you this time. Not only did they lose a good reputation, but they also lost a large amount of silver coins." Hearing this, Hong Chengchou said with a smile: "The Kong family has a great business, so they don't need this little silver dollar. , no matter how much they have, they can still take it out." After hearing this, Sun Chuanting was too lazy to say any more, and instead asked, "Are you still leaving the city today?"
"What? You want to go out of the city? Didn't you just come back from outside the city yesterday." Hong Chengchou looked at Sun Chuanting with a smile on his lips. He felt that the time for Sun Chuanting to join the Tiger Flag was coming soon.
Sun Chuanting didn't seem to hear what he meant, and said: "There are still some things I haven't figured out about the village I went to yesterday. I want to go and see it again." As he said that, he stared at Hong Chengchou.
Although he now had some freedom and no longer had to be held alone in a house, he clearly knew the identity of his prisoner.
"Okay, go ahead, but I have something to do tomorrow and won't be able to accompany you. I will arrange for two people to protect you later." Hong Chengchou said.
"Okay." Sun Chuanting nodded. As for arranging for two people to follow him, he was not surprised. In any case, he was a prisoner of the Tiger Flag. If he really wanted to let him go outside the city alone, he would have to wonder whether Hong Chengchou was planning to do something to him. what.
Kong Yinjing stayed in Huai County for one day and returned to Qufu with full joy the next day. After the Tiger Character Banner captured Dengzhou, it began to reorganize the Dengzhou Navy.
The Ming Navy was unable to defeat the Tiger Flag fleet at sea, and as the land was also lost one after another, the Ming Navy chose to surrender to the Tiger Flag.
Because the Ming Navy surrendered quickly, the ship losses were not large. Most of the ships only needed simple maintenance before they could continue to go to sea.
After taking Dengzhou, Chen Xunping did not rush to send troops to Lushun, but began to rectify the naval officers and soldiers left by the Ming army.
The navy is different from the soldiers on the shore, and it takes more time to train. Therefore, the navy soldiers of the Ming Army who surrendered were not treated harshly. Instead, the navy soldiers who joined the Tiger Flag were dispersed and became the Tiger Flag Navy. a member of.
The news that Deng Lai fell into the hands of Hu Ziqi reached Huang Taiji in Shengjing through some channels.
If Shengjing was not too far away from Denglai and it took too much time to transmit the news, Huang Taiji might have learned about the fall of Denglai earlier than Chongzhen in the capital.
"Find Fan Wencheng." Huang Taiji told the servants below. Since taking over the throne, he has become more and more fond of using Han people. On the one hand, by using some Han people, he can get more Han people to be loyal to Dajin. At the same time, he can also use these Han officials to fight against the Eight Banners nobles, so as to achieve his goal of winning the throne. the purpose of rights.
The four great Baylors back then, Amin was imprisoned, Daishan was deposed, and now only Mang Gurtai is left.
"My servant is prostrating." After Fan Wencheng arrived, he knelt on his knees and kowtowed to Huang Taiji. Huang Taiji took a deep look at Fan Wencheng on the ground and said, "Get up!"
"Thank you, Khan." Fan Wencheng stood up with his hands on his knees. However, he did not dare to look directly at Huang Taiji and lowered his head slightly.
"Obai, take this to Mr. Fan." Huang Taiji motioned to Obai to give Fan Wencheng the news about Shandong's arrival on the table.
"Hey!" The young Oboi walked over, respectfully took the things off the table, and handed them to Fan Wencheng's hands.
After giving the things to Fan Wencheng, he did not leave in a hurry, but waited for Fan Wencheng to read them before putting them back.
When Fan Wencheng took it and saw the contents, his eyes suddenly widened.
