Anti-Qing: Starting from the Reincarnation of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 35 Counting
Hearing this, the Ming soldier turned his head and saw Zhu Jing'an. He was shocked at first, but then he came to his senses and saluted with cupped fists.

"The little man meets the great governor!"

Seeing this, everyone around them also saluted Zhu Jing'an one after another.

Zhu Jing'an waved his hand and said.

"You don't need to be polite."

"The governor is just wandering around casually, everyone just continues to do their own thing."

After hearing this, several Ming soldiers responded with clasped fists and continued to stand guard.

Zhu Jing'an, on the other hand, continued to walk around with his personal guards.

Walking to a big tree, Zhu Jing'an stood still, looking up at the lush tree crown and the waning moon in the sky.

He began to think about what Ming Dynasty should do next to continue to develop and grow.

After thinking for a long time, Zhu Jing'an had a general idea in his mind.

This winter, Ming Dynasty took advantage of the chaos in Guangxi to hibernate in Jintian Town. While training and preparing for war, it also took the road of surrounding the cities from the countryside and gradually developed outward.

As long as the Ming Dynasty does not take the initiative to attack the county, it can continue to develop its power by using the resources in the countryside.

By the time things can no longer be concealed, Ming's power should have quietly grown to a considerable level.

At that time, it will be the time when Ming Dynasty will soar into the sky and become a blockbuster.

To avoid forgetting, Zhu Jing'an returned to the room and wrote down the plan with a pen.

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In the early morning, the sky was just getting brighter.

Zhu Jing'an got up early and started exercising.

He ran around the Yang family mansion for more than ten times, almost five or six kilometers. After sweating all over, he ended the exercise feeling that his whole body was clear.

After stretching and taking a shower, Zhu Jing'an changed into dry clothes and ate breakfast.

The medical conditions these days are really poor. Many minor colds may turn into terminal illnesses, and there are too many diseases that can kill people.

If Zhu Jing'an doesn't want to die young and die halfway through entrepreneurship, then it's definitely right to strengthen his exercise and increase his immunity.

Two steamed buns, an egg, a bowl of rice porridge, and a plate of pickles were Zhu Jing'an's breakfast.

He has never pursued extravagance when it comes to eating, as long as he can fill his stomach and have balanced nutrition.

Besides, Daming is now in the early stages of entrepreneurship, and every resource is precious.

As long as Zhu Jing'an is not stupid, he will not do such extravagant and wasteful things.

Also, Zhu Jing'an understood that for a superior, showing that he shares the joys and sorrows with ordinary soldiers is the cheapest and most effective way to win people's hearts.

Zhu Jing'an will naturally not give up this rare opportunity to win people's hearts.

While eating breakfast, Zhu Jing'an looked through the Ming Dynasty development plan that he had stayed up late to record last night, wondering how he could improve it.

At this time, Li Mu asked for a meeting outside.

Zhu Jing'an put down the half-eaten steamed bun in his hand and spoke.

"Invite Li Shangshu in."

Not long after, Li Mu was brought to Zhu Jing'an.

Zhu Jing'an asked.

"Have you eaten, Li Shangshu? Do you want to eat some together?"

Li Mu heard this and shook his head.

"When I return to the Grand Governor, the lower official has already eaten."

"I came here to see the Grand Governor this time to report to the Grand Governor on the inventory of the Yang family's grain warehouses in our army."

Zhu Jing'an raised his hand to signal Li Mu to sit down next to him, then poured Li Mu a cup of tea and said.

"How is it? How about our army's capture?" Li Mu picked up the tea cup and took a sip, then said.

"Very generous!"

"Our army confiscated nearly two thousand dan of grain alone. In addition, there are also a large amount of iron materials, cloth, medicinal materials, salt and other goods, with a total price of about 3000 taels of silver."

"In terms of cash, nearly 400 taels were seized. In addition, there are also some gold and silver jewelry, jewelry and jade, etc. The estimated value is around 1000 taels."

Zhu Jing'an heard this and nodded in approval.

This is because drought locust disasters have occurred frequently in Guangxi this year, and local grain production has been reduced. Otherwise, the Ming army would have been able to collect more grain from the Yang family's warehouse.

You know, the Yang family is the largest landowner in Jintian Town, with thousands of acres of fertile land under their control, all of which is on the edge of the Qianjiang River.

However, the cash collected by the Yang family was only more than 400 taels, which made Zhu Jing'an a little suspicious.

You know, Zhu Jing'an's father could spend as little as 1 taels of silver as military expenses in order to rebel and restore the Ming Dynasty.

And the Yang family is much stronger than the Zhu family, so why do they only have so little silver?

He suspected that someone was causing trouble and stealing some of the loot.

"Is the cash amount a bit missing? Judging from the power of the Yang family, the amount of cash in the family is definitely more than this."

Zhu Jing'an opened his mouth to question, his eyes slightly cold.

Li Mu heard the words and explained.

"If you go back to the Grand Governor, this is what happened."

"Although the Yang family is powerful, it also spends a lot of money every year."

"According to the accounts of the servants of the Yang family we captured, after the eldest son of the Yang family passed the Jinshi examination, in order to find a job to be sent abroad, he spent a lot of money to clear his joints, and even borrowed stamp money from Beijing to buy an official position."

"After this, the Yang family's savings have been basically spent, and they still owe a lot."

"Until now, we haven't been able to pay back all the usury we owe. Of the remaining 400 taels, 1000 taels are to be used to repay the interest this year on the money that Yang's eldest son paid to buy an official position."

"In other words, the Yang family actually only has 400 taels of cash now."

When Zhu Jing'an heard this, he could only nod his head to express his understanding.

All we can say is that the Qing Dynasty has its own national conditions!

After passing the imperial examination, it was clearly stated that I had to spend money to buy things that were in short supply, so I was the only one in the Qing Dynasty who could do it.

Although this kind of thing has happened in all dynasties, all dynasties knew how to keep their face and would cover it up to some extent.

And I, the Qing Dynasty, really don’t have any shame!

Zhu Jing'an rubbed his eyebrows and asked.

"Is that all there is to it?"

Li Mu shook his head.

"In addition, our army also found a lot of weapons in a warehouse."

"Among them, there are thirty oxtail knives, fifty shields, and more than a hundred spear heads, all made of fine steel."

"Twenty longbows and five hundred arrows. In addition, there are thirty shotguns, one earth cannon, and almost two hundred kilograms of gunpowder."

When Zhu Jing'an heard this, he couldn't help but take a breath of air.

The old fellows in Guangxi are really full of martial virtue!
An ordinary landowner's house is equipped with such a complete set of swords and guns.

If all these weapons were really to be distributed to the militia, the militia's armament would be no worse than the Qing Dynasty's green battalion, the economic force of the Qing Dynasty.

Zhu Jing'an is now somewhat glad that he chose to take the initiative this time and caught the Yang family off guard.

Otherwise, we really have to wait for the Yang family to make all the preparations and mobilize a militia group to go into the mountains to encircle and suppress them.

The Ming army may not be able to defeat it!
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