One Emperor through the Ages: Starting from Infinite Copying

Chapter 253

Temporarily conscripted soldiers of the Annan Kingdom, they all came for food and new clothes.

But they found that in the past three months, many soldiers around them have died in battle.

The point is that even Zhennanguan was killed by the Ming army without climbing up.

Now, looking at the red-clothed cannons on the wall of Zhennanguan, the soldiers were completely panicked.

"We came to eat in a mixed meal, not to send death!" , a soldier who had completely broken out, suddenly shouted at the generals in his ranks.

"Nonsense, we are here to restore the former glory of the Dayue Kingdom, and when the time comes to drink the Yangtze River, everyone can become a human being, and then the people of the Daming Empire will all be our slaves!" , Zheng Song stood among the soldiers and propagated to the soldiers.

"Your Majesty, they have retreated!"

"In other words, how are they eating in the past few months?"

"Why are you dressed in rags?"

The commander of the revolutionary guard said with a smile: "Two meals a day, one by one, they are as thin as skin and bones!" "

"The armor is only owned by the generals, and most of the soldiers are wearing armor made of bamboo sheets, and there is no defense at all!"

"The morale of the soldiers is even lower, and every time they come, they will drop hundreds of corpses and then collapse back!"

Chongzhen scratched his head, after thinking for a long time, he couldn't figure it out, this Annan Kingdom is so weak, why attack the powerful Daming Empire?

"What the hell! These melon babies, is there something wrong with the brain 550? "

The Revolutionary Guard commanded the helpless hand.

"Who knows if their king's brain was kicked by a donkey!"

"But fortunately, we just found an excuse to take back our Daming Annan Province!"

Chongzhen was very satisfied and gave a thumbs up to Commander Wei.

"Very good, you kid is still very smart, you came now to take the Annan Kingdom, after all, this Annan Kingdom has been our Daming territory since ancient times!"

"Your Majesty is wise, is it now immediately shelling the enemy?"

"All go far, no need to waste shells!"

Chongzhen took a telescope and observed that the roads in the land of the Annan Kingdom were very muddy.

"Mother, are the roads of the Annan Kingdom all such paths?"

"Your Majesty, the Annan Kingdom is too poor!"

"Don't talk about building roads, I heard that they gave new clothes to the soldiers they recruited, and they were stunned to recruit nearly 200,000 troops and 200,000 people!"

"The key is the new clothes, they still borrowed from the East India Company to buy these clothes!"

Chongzhen was dumbfounded, how poor this Annan Kingdom was.

The distribution of clothes to the soldiers turned out to be bought from a loan from the East India Company run by the Dutch Republic?

"Thang Long City, the capital of the kingdom of Annan (CEDA), allowed merchants from the Dutch Republic to do business here, and also opened a branch of the East India Company there!"

"I heard that the Annan Kingdom has borrowed a total of two million taels of silver!"

Chongzhen couldn't believe his ears, this Annan Kingdom has to take out loans to fight wars, how can it still fight with the Daming Empire?

"What? Loan two million taels of silver? "

"They borrowed two million taels of silver, what did they buy?"

The commander of the revolutionary guard handed the information to Chongzhen.

"Your Majesty, they have two million taels of silver, in addition to buying food for 200,000 soldiers, they also have to buy food for 200,000 ordinary people."

"What's more, these 400,000 people, in fact, the soldiers and horses who really have combat effectiveness, are only 30,000!"

"Everything else is made up!"

"They bought grain from the Donggu Kingdom next door, and I heard that two taels of silver and one stone of brown rice."

Chongzhen looked at what was written on the intelligence and frowned.

"400,000 people, one person two pounds of brown rice a day."

"One stone one hundred and twenty catties of brown rice, they will consume 200,000 stone grain in a month, almost 400,000 taels of silver!"

"400,000 pieces of coarse cloth and linen clothes actually cost 200,000 taels of silver, and in the past three months, they spent 1.2 million taels of silver on grain!"

"They can last a month and a half at most now!"

Chongzhen calculated carefully, and the guard commander on the side nodded.

"Yes, I heard that they borrowed two million taels of silver from the East India Company in the Dutch Republic at an annual interest rate of ten percent!"

Chongzhen thought about it, this East India Company was still quite conscientious, and some usury in later generations had long exceeded the 24 percent annualized interest rate.

"This intelligence says, King Annan, ready to pay off in ten years! The first nine years of annual interest repayment, and finally the principal repayment, one year interest of 200,000 taels of silver! "

"This fucking mother is so poor, how dare to fight with our Daming?"

"If you spend a few more months with them, they're afraid they're going to go bankrupt, right?"

"Yes, Your Majesty! I heard that the Annan Kingdom has begun to sell some royal utensils in the palace! "

"For the sake of the northern expedition, this Annan Kingdom has put a lot of effort!" , Commander Wei said with a smile. (Read violent novels, just go to Feilu Fiction Network!) ）

"The silver they borrowed bought grain, and the soldiers did not eat meat and salted vegetables?"

"Your Majesty, each of their soldiers is a vinegar cloth!"

"Cut a small piece of vinegar cloth every day, soak it in water, and eat it with rice! There is salt in the vinegar cloth! "

"It's so hard, they are also willing to follow the king of the Annan Kingdom on his northern expedition?"

"Just for the sake of mixed food!"

"Most of the people are in the forest, hunting in the rainforest, collecting wild fruits to eat."

Chongzhen frowned, isn't this Annan Kingdom in the subtropics?

Rice is ripe three times a year, why is there still a shortage of grain?

"Isn't it! Is this Annan Kingdom producing very little grain? "

"Rice is ripe three times a year, and the mu yield is very low!"

"I heard that the mu yield is more than two hundred catties!"

"Of course, the mu yield of our Daming Empire is almost two or three hundred catties!"

"However, the people are not short of grain again, the Daming Royal Grain Shop is five cents a pound of grain, and the big white rice that day is not distressed at all!" , Commander Wei said with a smile.

The surrounding soldiers nodded one after another: "In the past two years, like the soldiers of the Annan Kingdom, we only had grain and vinegar cloth to fight, and occasionally we could eat a little meat, which was simply an eye-opener!" "

"Now we can not only eat meat and eat all kinds of vegetables and fruits, but even chocolate and all kinds of sweets every day!"

"This candy, in the past, it was only eaten by nobles during the New Year!"

A soldier took a piece of chocolate and ate it directly.

"The point is that this candy is also strange, sometimes I am hungry, eat one, and I will have strength in an instant!"

Chongzhen nodded with a smile and continued to observe the movements of the army of the Annan Kingdom.

"They are at least five miles away from us, no need to attack!"

"Wait for them to come by themselves, as long as they get close, they will bombard them with red-clad cannons!"

The king of the Annan Kingdom and General Zheng Song were very sad in the marshal's tent.

"King, we should send an envoy to Zhennan Pass to see the truth!"

"I heard that it was the Chongzhen Emperor who came in person!"

"We must see how much grain is left in this town's Nanguan!"

"Otherwise, the loan of two million taels of silver will be spent!"

King Annan nodded: "The general is right, then how about letting your eldest son Zheng Chong go?" "

Zheng Song nodded: "Zheng Chong, you take the seal letter of the envoy of the Annan Kingdom and go to Zhennan Pass to test the falsehood of the reinforcements of the Daming Empire, it is best to check how much grain is still in Zhennanguan?" "。