"The batch of sea ships we robbed from the honorary nobles in Beijing at that time were 48.67 million taels of silver. Over the past year, we have spent 34.58 million taels of silver to support Liaodong, resettle refugees, cultivate Jiaodong, set up factories, purchase firearms, etc., Zhu Er Ge and Mr. Fu spent a total of 34.58 million taels..."

Su Mingxuan said, spread out the account book in his hand, and then said, "If you deduct the 10 million taels that Zhu Er Ge took away this time, there are still 4.09 million taels left."

"My cousin has worked hard for more than a year."

"It's not hard."

Wang Xiao took the account book and glanced at it, and said, "Second brother, this prodigal son."

Su Mingxuan nodded deeply in agreement.

"There is not enough to pay a year of military salary for 100,000 troops. The next one will be a difficult year."

Qin Xuance said: "The Jiangnan clan has some money. Who told you not to copy them? Instead, you will give them money."

"Is it so easy to conquer? It would be a blessing to be able to defend the Jiangnan Army's offensive this time." Wang Xiao said: "The Jiangnan clans are in a mess. The Huaian we captured is true. If we really dare to rob and capture the Huaian clans, the entire Jiangnan will attack them in groups. Unless you have the strength to slaughter each city, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Zhenjiang, Nanjing, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Jiading, and they will kill until they are terrified, they will swallow our blood and bones if they counterattack. Even people like Tong Yuanwei dare not blatantly conquer Huaian, but they just eat filial piety little. Didn't Zheng Yuanhua know that the Jiangnan clan has money? He has to slowly draw it. This is a mess that he can't even solve."

Dong Jihe sighed: "What the Duke is saying is. After all, these Jiangnan tribes do not want to fight. It was Zheng Yuanhua who forced them to pay money and grain to support the four towns in Jiangbei to send troops. If we really want to steal Huaian, we will force these Jiangnan tribes to become anxious and finally stand on Zheng Yuanhua's side."

Xia Xiangwei said: "But even if you convince the Xuzhou gentry, I'm afraid it's not enough?"

"The share of this year is not enough for Xuzhou gentry." Su Mingxuan said, "Brother Zhu has calculated that we have many kinds of goods. If they want to do this business, they need to work together to eat more than a dozen families in Nanzhili. These people are like a group of one network. After the first few companies have agreed, they will naturally be in line with the next thing. I believe that in a few days, the entire Jiangbei will report to Jinan and ask the four towns to withdraw their troops."

"Will they really do this for these money?" Qin Xuance said in confusion: "They are already very rich."

"This is only the share of the first year. They know how to smell the money and can see the greater benefits behind it. What's more, they don't do anything, they just need to let the left-behind generals and officials in each town send out a battle report. When the troops in the four towns are withdrawn, how can Zheng Yuanhua do to them? This is in their interests. Otherwise, if this battle continues, where will the military pay in Jiangnan come from? They are not going to continue to pay."

"On the other hand, breaking Huai'an is a deterrent. They do not know our reality and will never dare to take risks with their own wealth and life. On one side, the wife makes money in a fair manner, and on the other side, the net is broken. What do you think they will choose?"

"Then they do this, the Nanjing court..."

"They don't care about the life and death of the Nanjing court. They harm the world and enrich themselves, and their nature is like this." Wang smiled and said: "Zheng Zhaoye thought he could look down on his way by leading an army of 170,000 to attack, but their roots are rotten, so what's the use of no matter how lush the branches and leaves are?"

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"A 170,000 army attacked this 40,000 defenders in Jinan city? Not even half of the casualties, Jinan will be broken today? But you want to go back to the army? What are the bullshit words?" Zheng Zhaoye yelled. He angrily smashed Yang Jia's order to the ground.

Yang Jia sat in the coach's seat, watching Zheng Zhaoye step on his desk with one foot? There was a faint smell of horse feces. He couldn't help but feel embarrassed and said, "Ziyi? The problem is that Jinan City may not be able to be broken today."

To be honest? Yang Jia doesn’t believe in Zheng Zhaoye anymore.

Last time, Zheng Zhaoye said it would be broken within two days? It was clearly a decisive look. What else is it? "Does Master Yang know? I will break Jinan City in less than seven days." What happened? The person exploded the southern city gate and ate it here.

Then he said he would break the city in seven days? Now he has been sieging the city for ten days? Jinan City has not yet been captured.

The meticulous works in the city were gone, the soldiers who attacked the city were unstable, and the food and grass were sold out... In this case, I would say that "it will be broken today." Anyway, Yang Jia didn't believe it.

Zheng Zhaoye was furious when he heard this. He pointed to the generals of the four towns in Jiangbei and said, "It's time to come? You guys are still unwilling to attack the city. You all cherish your troops and want to preserve your strength, right? I tell you, no one can go back if you don't capture Jinan!"

Guan Ming's face was not very good, and he still clasped his fists for Zheng Yuanhua's face, "Second Young Master, it's not that I want to go back, but that the four towns are in a hurry one after another. We are really worried about Nanjing."

"Yes, Jiangbei is the gateway to Nanjing. Now that Jiangbei is lost, Nanjing city is in danger. What we are worried about is the safety of His Royal Highness..."

"Don't let your mother go!"

There was a silence in the big tent. Everyone didn't expect that Zheng Zhaoye, a young man, could even scold such swear words, and the atmosphere was still a little stuck.

"Wang Xiao has many soldiers and horses, don't you know, don't you know? Just a few thousand people attack Nanjing? You can say it out loud! If my Great Chu border wall could be as thick as you, Jiannu wouldn't have entered the barriers many times!"

The eunuch in Nanjing, the military supervisor Kong Yourong couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Kong Yourong hoped that after the emperor's grandson could be granted a seal of the rank of the rank of the throne, he was determined to make contributions, so he still supported Zheng Zhaoye's attack on Jinan. So he waved the boiling dust on his hand and said sharply: "Why are you doing with a stern face? Mr. Zheng is also joking with you. What a big deal. Isn't it over to capture Jinan and go back?"

Yang Jia, the commander, was also in a dilemma. He neither wanted to offend the four towns in Jiangbei nor Zheng Zhaoye. After thinking about it, he finally stood up to ease the atmosphere and persuaded him: "This governor is not nice. The defense of Jinan is really unbearable. If several generals were willing to attack the city with all their might, the Jinan city would be captured in three or five days. Of course, it is a good thing for Gu Xi's soldiers. But at the moment, we can't afford to spend the situation. We should capture Jinan first and then return to the army. Don't be hit by Wang Xiao's plan to surround Wei to save Zhao..."

"It's not your Wei who is surrounded." Tong Yuanwei muttered.

"I am not good at making plans." Zheng Zhaoye sneered and said sneered: "It's not that you are waiting to disobey your slander and misunderstand my plan."

"Say less, say less." Sun Yourong smiled and came out to smooth things over again.

After finally persuading the generals of the four towns, Guan Ming finally said: "You can wait for us to attack the city, but the food and grass are about to be reported."

"Ha." Zheng Zhaoye sneered again, "I have made a perfect plan and sent troops to capture Dezhou. When I take down the Dezhou Cao Cang, there will naturally be food and grass..."

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