To the north of the inner city of Nanjing, close to the bank of the Yangtze River, there is a low mountain called Lion Rock. On the top of Lion Rock there is a world-famous unfinished building called Yuejiang Tower. The name of Yuejiang Tower

It is a building, but in fact it only has a huge stone base, and there is nothing that looks like a building.

The reason for this is that when Emperor Hongwu built the Yuejiang Tower, he only completed the base and then changed his mind. Perhaps he felt that it was too much money and it was meaningless. So it was unfinished, and it was ruined.

Hundreds of years.

However, the base of the Yuejiang Tower, which sits high on the top of Lion Rock and has a panoramic view of the Yangtze River going east, has become a good place for the emperors, generals, ministers, talents and beauties in Nanjing to climb up and have a panoramic view.

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Today, it seems that a big shot is here at the base of Wangjiang Tower on the top of Lion Rock. The cuirass cavalry riding tall horses guarded the steps leading to the top of the mountain. They also erected a sign with the words "No Passage" tattooed on it.

Big flag.

On the inner street of Yifeng Gate under the Lion Rock, there is still a long line of carriages and horses parked, as well as officers and soldiers in bright armor. It is meal time now, and these officers and soldiers are all "leading" (quite a lot) under the command of the officers.

Julien) sat neatly on the floor, took out the dry food and ate the broth bought from a restaurant on the inner street of Yifengmen, eating with gusto.

It seems that a certain important official is traveling away from home today, and other dignitaries are farewelling him at the Yuejiang Tower on Lion Rock.

Looking at the base of Yuejiang Tower, I don’t know why a large golden-domed tent has been set up. There is also a shed set up next to the tent. Inside the shed is a mobile kitchen. Several cooks are busy frying and boiling beside the stove.

.One after another fragrant hot dishes were cooked, put on the plate, and then carried into the big tent on trays by several middle-aged women wearing short cross-collar jackets and horse-faced skirts.

Inside the tent, which had only been sitting for a few days, in the middle were Zhu Heji and Yang Qilong. Both of them were wearing brand-new black cotton cross-collar robes - this was the latest product of the Weaver Palace, dyed with sulfur black.

Made of cotton robe.

These are also the "only two" pieces of clothing in the world that are dyed with chemical synthetic dyes... Although black is not a particularly high-priced color, it is a good start after all!

Accompanying Zhu Heji and Yang Qilong is Yang Ziyun. Today she is wearing a rouge red dress, a red short jacket on the upper body, and a red horse-faced skirt on the lower body. The gorgeous red color and her white as jade skin

It forms a great contrast, coupled with her beauty and curvy figure, she is an eye-catching presence wherever she goes!

It's a pity that the two men in the tent today don't seem to be interested in this beauty like her. Ever since the farewell banquet, the conversation between the two of them has never left the topic of salt, salt households, salt merchants, bank accounts, silver yuan, silver notes, white silk, etc.

Cotton yarn etc.

Zhu Heji certainly had a big goal when he sent a character like Yang Qilong to Jiangbei!

Of course, what can be called a "big goal" is not just a little salt tax. Now Zhu Heji has only two big goals. One is to achieve equal land in the four provinces of Jiangbei, Jiangnan, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi.

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The second is to build the Ming Dynasty's silver dollar empire.

The achievement of these two major goals is inseparable from the efforts of Yang Qilong, the governor of Jiangbei, especially the establishment of the Yinyuan Empire.

If the Silver Dollar Empire wants to succeed, of course it cannot do without the support of bulk commodities... In fact, the Spanish Silver Empire was able to succeed because of the large international trade products such as silk, porcelain, tea, and sugar.

support.

It is no exaggeration to say that the reason why the Spaniards can use silver to buy and buy is because they can exchange silver for silk, porcelain, tea, and sugar produced in China. Once China stops exporting, or Europe stops importing these from China,

thing, then the Silver Anchor will cease to exist.

Since silk, porcelain, tea, and sugar can support silver's status as an international reserve currency, Zhu Heji certainly wanted to use Ming domestic commodities such as salt, raw silk, and cotton yarn to support the silver coins issued by the Ming East Silver Coin Factory.

Compared with raw silk and cotton yarn, salt, which is sold by the government, is of course the most valuable and profitable pillar.

"The salt tax in the ten and eleven years of Emperor Kangxi's reign was about 3 million taels, of which Huaiyan salt accounted for more than half...about 16.7 million taels! And the Huaiyan salt tax

Sales revenue is estimated to be over 10 million taels.

Brother Qilong, if I give you three years, you must turn all Huaiyan bulk transactions into silver yuan settlement. In addition, you will also use three years to complete the equalization of land in Jiangbei Province.

As long as these two major things are accomplished, we can use the next five years to wipe out the Qingyao's home base of Liaodong! This is called 'three years of no war, five years of peace in Liaodong'."

Zhu Heji was talking to Yang Qilong about his plan - no war in three years, and peace in Liaoning in five years!

"No war for three years?" This was the first time Yang Qilong heard Zhu Heji talk about this, "My lord, do you mean that starting from this year, we will not fight for the next three years?"

"Yes!" Zhu Heji said, "Starting from June this year, for the next three years, we will not take the initiative to start a fight with anyone... If someone wants to fight, the Gu family will be happy to accompany them.

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"Your Majesty," Yang Qilong said, "Now the general trend of the world is in our favor!"

Zhu Heji said with a smile: "Before the Battle of Chibi, the general situation of the world was still favorable to Cao Cao!" He paused, "Brother Qilong, we have risen too fast in the past two years...the foundation is not stable.

, relying on Wu Sangui’s attack and the power of sugar and medicine, Kangxi was in a hurry."

In the history without Zhu Heji, sugar pills, and "Kaqiu Sha" rocket launchers, Wu Sangui also displayed a devastating momentum when he started his army.

If it weren't for Shang Zhixin, Geng Jingzhong, and Zheng Jing, these three helpers were too sparse and only favored their own people to strangle each other. The Qing army in the south of the Yangtze River would not have been able to stop the combined efforts of these three parties.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Zhu Heji's tone became a little heavy: "But Kangxi's chaos does not mean that we are solid! We won so easily before, but it was actually a fight between us and Wu Sangui

It was caused by one. But now Wu Sangui is dead, and Wu Yingxiong seems to have stabilized the situation within Wu Zhou.

This Wu Yingxiong has no ambition to conquer the world, but only wants to maintain three points in the world, so he will definitely unite with the Qing Dynasty to rebel against the Ming Dynasty!

So in the next few years, we will be one against two! If we cannot truly govern the six provinces in our hands, this Three Kingdoms situation may be maintained for a long time like the Three Kingdoms of the Later Han Dynasty."

Yang Qilong thought for a while, "Isn't there Wu Yingqi? He still has a large army in his hands!"

Zhu Heji shook his head and sneered: "This Wu Yingqi may not be Yuan Tan, but he is definitely not a hero who can sweep the world... He is not even as good as his father Wu Sangui!"

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The whole city of Kaifeng Mansion is plain and lifeless.

After Wu Yingqi was defeated by Kang Mazi, he settled in this famous capital of the Central Plains as a matter of course. At the same time, he also divided two armies, Wu Guogui and Ma Bao, to march westward to Henan Prefecture and Shaanxi Prefecture. He was ready to swallow these two pieces of fat first.

Say it again!

According to his thoughts, the peace treaty with Kang Mazi was just a scrap of paper. After he digested the Henan prefecture he had just captured, he would send his army westward and capture Shaanxi and Gansu.

Isn't this what Li Zicheng did back then? After defeating Sun Chuanting in Henan, he did not immediately attack Beijing. Instead, he marched west to Shaanxi. After he ascended the throne in Xi'an and proclaimed himself emperor, he left Shaanxi and went to Shanxi to fight all the way to Beijing.

This route looks good. He, Wu Yingqi, can also take a look. What if he succeeds? By then he will be "Wu Zicheng".

However, the development of things was far beyond Wu Yingqi's expectations. He thought he could be "Wu Zicheng", but he didn't expect that God would give him a "Yuan Tan's script" - his father Wu Sangui had someone kill him!

And this enemy who killed his father is probably his seemingly loyal eldest brother Wu Yingxiong... Now Wu Yingqi doesn't know what to do!

Let's raise troops to attack Wu Yingxiong. It seems that he has really become Yuan Tan, and let Zhu Heji pick up what he has already done.

Let's admit Wu Yingxiong's leadership... This guy's father would have been killed, let alone his brother?
Chapter completed!