Shengjing. (Present-day Shenyang.)

Huang Taiji looked at the letter in his hand, his face was extremely gloomy, and Da Ming suddenly sent a letter, the content of which made him extremely angry.

The loss of four million taels of silver, five hundred sheep, and the lives of the 1,000 cavalry are all trivial, and the important thing is that the affair between the eight families in Shanxi and the Qing Dynasty was discovered, which is a big deal.

He has been able to have material supplies for so many years in the Qing Dynasty, all relying on these eight, and now that this line is broken, it is a very serious loss for the Qing army, and the other party actually captured Sony alive, and dared to exchange hostages with him.

"The little prince of the Ming Dynasty wants to exchange Sony for Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi, and will exchange the four million silver, five hundred sheep, and one thousand war horses back, what do you think?"

Huang Taiji sat on the main throne and looked at the people below.

"Ridiculous, this kid uses our things to exchange for our people, I don't know what to do!"

Ao bowed down and patted the seat, although these three people were originally officials of the Ming Dynasty, but they surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and they were the people of the Qing Dynasty.

"Now that these have been seized by Prince Ming, then he is qualified to talk, and now the key is that the other party has written such a letter, how should we express our position?"

Huang Taiji pondered for a while, and then glanced at the three people who dismounted.

The three people who were seen were Kong Youde, Geng Zhongming, and Shang Kexi, who surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and were named the king of Sanshun, their faces were a little ugly at the moment, no one expected that this prince of the Ming Dynasty was actually beating the idea of the three of them.

"The three of them are all the princes of my Great Qing Dynasty, and it is impossible to change them out.

Huang Taiji thought about it, and directly decided, this is not only to damage the face of the Qing Dynasty, but also to make the ministers of the Qing Dynasty lose trust, so who will dare to serve the Qing Dynasty in the future.

"Sony was captured alive this time because he was incompetent in leading the troops, and he should have committed suicide on the spot when he was caught, which has made us in a dilemma now.

Dolgon snorted, unhappy that Sonny had been captured alive.

"This time, our supply line has been cut off, and we must march, and this battle must be fought.

Huang Taiji tore up the letter paper and said: "A reply letter, saying that I agreed to exchange it in the Qing Dynasty, but I still need to pay an extra 30 million taels of silver, and give them half a year to raise silver taels. "

......

Three days later.

East Palace.

Zhu Cihong looked at the reply, shook his head with a smile, and handed the letter to Qian Qianyi, this Huang Taiji was a little scheming.

He picked up the teacup and asked, "What do you think of Huang Taiji's reply?" "

Your Highness, Huang Taiji's words feel half-true and half-false.

Qian Qianyi took the letter, looked at it for a while, and then said his opinion.

"Tell me about it.

Zhu Cihong said and began to grind the ink.

"Those three traitors surrendered to the Manchus with so many firearms, craftsmen, and weapons, if Huang Taiji sold the three of them like this, then I'm afraid no one would dare to serve the Manchus in the future.

Qian Qianyi touched his beard, took two steps back and forth, and said: "But Huang Taiji put forward another request of 30 million taels of silver, and it seems that he really wants this huge amount of money. "

Are you saying that the other party will eat black and black, and both people and money want it?" Zhu

Cihong picked up and put down the ink block and smiled.

"That's what it means, when the time comes, the other party may set up an ambush, and at the time of the transaction, he will suddenly make trouble, not only will he not hand over people, but he will also snatch Sony and 30 million silver taels, or, Huang Taiji simply doesn't care about Sony's life or death, and he may want to deceive us of 30 million.

When Qian Qianyi heard this, he was slightly stunned, a little incomprehensible, so he explained again.

"Come, reply to Huang Taiji.

Zhu Cihong pushed the polished ink over, and said: "Let's just say that we agree to the request of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and after half a year, we will definitely be ready for 30 million taels of silver to trade."

"Your Highness, do you really want to raise 30 million taels of silver?"

Qian Qianyi picked up the brush, and when he heard this, he stopped his pen and asked: "Thirty million is not a small amount, and our annual income in the Ming Dynasty is barely 10 million."

"What kind of person is Huang Taiji, how can he embezzle these 30 million, the other party is paralyzing us."

Zhu Cihong stood up and walked a few steps, and said with a smile: "The other party wants us to relax our vigilance, the Qing army must be preparing for war at this moment, planning to invade our Ming Dynasty, now that the supply line of the Manchu Qing is broken, the Qing army will definitely come over to burn and loot."

"Therefore, within half a year, or even less, the Qing army will definitely invade in a big way.

"Replying like this will make the other party think that we have been paralyzed by them, and when the time comes, the victory will be decided on the battlefield, and the other party will be caught off guard. "

Your Highness is wise.

Qian Qianyi immediately understood, immediately gave a thumbs up, patted his ass, and then began to write letters.

Qiu Zhizhong. "

The slave is here. "

The Criminal Department, Sony doesn't need to keep it, immediately after the trial, connect the eight traitors in Shanxi, the nine clans of Zhou Yanru and a group of Zhou Party officials, parade through the streets, and then behead him in the West Market and announce his charges to the world. "

Zhu Cihong directly sentenced Sony to death, a few days ago, the heads of the eight families in Shanxi, Sony, and Zhou Yanru's nine clans have been escorted to Beijing, and they can be executed immediately after the trial of the three law divisions is completed.

"Ding~ clear traitor, get

the platinum gift package!" Suddenly, the long-lost voice sounded in Zhu Cihong's mind again, making him physically and mentally happy, he hadn't gotten the gift package for a long time, it was really a long time to be a nectar, and it was also a platinum gift bag.

"Open the package.

Zhu Cihong clicked on it without hesitation.

"Ding~ The gift package is open...... Congratulations on obtaining the refined salt production process, the national transportation value is 50,000 yuan, 10,000 bags of fertilizer, and 10,000 boxes of livestock breeding vaccines.

"Okay!"

Hearing this prompt, Zhu Cihong shouted happily on the spot, it was worthy of a platinum gift bag, and the contents were simply against the sky.

Refined salt technology, fertilizer, livestock breeding vaccines, are the top priority of the development of national strength, especially the refined salt production process, is simply beneficial to the country and the people, now salt wells, most of them are coarse salt, and many poisonous salt mines, ancient times simply could not be refined into edible refined salt.

And now with this refined salt making process, then everything is solved.

The poisonous salt mine occupies most of the place, and the salt from other salt wells and sea salt is coarse salt, and when the time comes, all the coarse salt of the whole country will be transported over to make refined salt, and then the production and output of salt will be controlled throughout the country, which can undoubtedly greatly enhance the national strength.

Zhu Cihong first took out the refined salt production process and looked at it, but soon, he felt a little big, damn, the tools you want are more difficult to do, what glasses, glass rods, filter cotton and the like, these things must not be ready-made for you.

Some tools can only be made by yourself.

Thinking about it, Zhu Cihong first went to the Household Salt Administration to get a piece of poisonous salt from the poisonous salt mine, and then went to the War Bureau to order the craftsmen to make some tools, and then rushed to the North Zhili Agricultural Division, where there was a factory for making glass.

Moreover, Zhu Cihong also plans to build the refined salt production factory on the side of the Department of Agriculture, and make it an agricultural production base of the Ming Dynasty, and now he wants to make the poisonous salt into edible refined salt first, and then proceed to the next step.

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