disappointment!

Great disappointment!

Beijing, the capital of the Ming Empire, is a disappointing, cold and even a little dead city at least seen the prosperous Hans. Putsman, Zheng Zhilong, Li Guozhu, Han Buan and other profiteers in the southeast of the Ming Dynasty. The commercial atmosphere of this huge city is not only inferior to that of a prefecture and a prefecture city in the southeast, but also to the Tianjin Wei that is close to the close.

With the opening of Tianjin's ports and the transportation of grain, this city, which has both harbors, inland rivers and canals, has become a little like taking off.

Of course, the big picture of the Little Ice Age is here. No matter how much a northern port city takes off, its height is limited.

However, compared to Beijing, Tianjin Wei is still a place full of fireworks and the development of the city is also a prosperous place.

Zheng Zhilong lifted the curtain of the car again and looked out the car. The streets were full of shops that had closed or were about to close, and there were only a few shops selling food and were a little popular.

It is almost noon now, which is logically a lively time, but the streets are cold and there are no pedestrians. Because there is no popularity, the color of Beijing City looks even more dull, which makes people feel uncomfortable. Looking further away, there is a tall and dark Zhengyangmen Arrow Tower here. A team of infantrymen in front of the hall are training in the urn at Zhengyangmen. From time to time, shouts, suona and whistle sounds are heard, which are very lively and deeply awe.

The capital of the empire is very depressed and cold. There is no money here, but only well-trained elite soldiers!

So whoever has the intention to enter Beijing City and grab a lot of money, should I cancel the current Beijing City as soon as possible, and it would have been rectified by Zhu Youjian long ago and turned it into a military city.

Now you just open the door of Shanhaiguan and ask Huang Taiji to rob him, but he will not come.

When the carriage that Zheng Zhilong and others were riding passed through Zhengyang Gate, a team of cavalry walked towards him. Although they were not a good horse, the queue was very strict and the knights were extremely well equipped, and some of them even carried Lumi guns on their shoulders.

While moving, the knights were singing their military songs: "The wind whistles and the Yishui is cold, and the heroes will never return once they leave."

The singing was passionate and murderous, which scared the little girl who was sitting next to Zheng Zhilong, and she started crying, and said while crying: "I want mom, I want mom."

Zheng Zhilong felt a little embarrassed when he looked at his daughter Cha Gu, but there was nothing he could do. Long Sui's words opened his name and asked her for her, and gave her the opportunity to be the concubine of the nun. It would be better to choose one of them. This time the Zheng family has a big backer!

Don’t say that the Zheng family has a navy, don’t be afraid of the officers and soldiers (actually, Zheng Zhilong is also an officer and soldier now). From Dagukou, the officers and soldiers Zheng Zhilong saw were all murderous intent, looking similar to the samurai he saw in Japan in his early years.

Of course, the same is just momentum. In terms of combat effectiveness, of course, the troops in front of Zhu Youjian’s tent and the hall were powerful.

In front of the hall, the army in front of the tent had many firearms and elites, many cavalry and fierceness, and could produce relatively smooth artillery, infantry and cavalry cooperation, and even camel soldiers who could play a huge role in the desert and Gobi, and could also act fiercely in the grassland. Such an army with multiple arms coordinated cooperation is difficult to deal with wherever they are placed. Their level is basically the same as the Jenicheri Legion of the Ottoman Empire and the European army baptized by long-term high-intensity wars.

Oh, this is not the view of the pirate Zheng Zhilong, but the view of Hans Putsman, the naval admiral of the United East India Company of the Netherlands who entered Beijing with him.

This German had participated in 30 years of war and fought a cruel and bloody land battle on the German battlefield for five or six years before changing to become a sailor in the Netherlands. Although he had not made any progress on the German battlefield, he still worked as a small officer, so his vision was still very good.

After his careful observation, the Ming army seen from Dagukou to Beijing City was not easy to deal with any idea of ​​forcing the Ming Dynasty to surrender with military invasion. It can only be said that it was too naive.

Since it cannot be invaded, how should this transaction be done? United East India Company does not seem to be able to make normal transactions!

The one who was very surprised by the coldness and solemnity of the city of Beijing was also the eunuch Pang Tianshou, the eunuch in Nanjing. He was sent to Guangdong to contact the Portuguese shortly after Zhu Youjian came to power. Later, he was transferred to the eunuch in Nanjing, responsible for purchasing new firearms such as turtle dove guns from Guangdong and Fujian for Zhu Youjian. Later, he was responsible for contacting Zheng Zhilong, Li Guozhu and others.

And he, the old Beijing, now doesn’t know the city of Beijing at all. Where is it the capital of the best under the emperor’s feet? This is simply a military city at the head of the Nine Counties!

This is really warlike, turning a good Beijing city into a military camp.

With a lot of thought, the carriages that Zheng Zhilong, Hans Putsman, Li Guozhu, and Pang Tianshou and others finally stopped outside Xi'an Gate.

Several eunuchs from the Imperial Horse Prison were guarding Xi'an Gate. When they saw Pang Tianshou coming out of a two-wheeled carriage, they hurried up to greet him. The leading one was Shang Fuming, the current eunuch in charge of the Imperial Horse Prison, who was one of the several big wands who followed Zhu Youjian into the palace from the palace in Xin. Although Zhu Youjian did not trust or value the eunuchs in general after taking power, these old people in the vassal residence were doing well. Even a guy like Xu Yingyuan, who was not very clean, still steadily occupied the position of Sili Supervisor.

The reason for this is to set an example for later generations or not, Emperor Zhu is a very reliable master, so you can follow with confidence!

"Eunuch Pang, I finally waited for you," Shang Fuming and Pang Tianshou have not seen each other for many years, but they still recognized each other at a glance, "By the way, are everyone here?"

"Everything has arrived," said Pang Tianshou, "there are the daughters of Admiral Zheng from Shanghai and the daughters of Admiral Zheng from Fuzhou, the Admiral Han (Hans Putsman) from Batavia, and Han Buan who serves as a member of the affairs."

Pang Tianshou introduced the people in the future to Shang Fuming one by one. Shang Fuming asked his eunuchs to search and led everyone in. At this moment, Zheng Zhilong took the initiative to step forward, and made a large bag of gold leaves like magic in his hand, weighing more than 10 pounds. He smiled and wanted to give it to Shang Fuming.

Shang Fuming did not dare to accept it, and smiled and bowed, "Admiral Zheng will be the in-laws of the Emperor in a few years. It is the old Taishan of the Crown Prince's nephew. Our family dare not accept it!"

Don’t dare to accept gifts? Zheng Zhilong was stunned. What happened? Are you afraid that people would report to the emperor after seeing it?

Of course, Zheng Zhilong would not have thought that Zhu Youjian had fallen in love with Zheng Chagu's daughter-in-law for a long time. Chagu was filial. In his previous life, he respected Zhu Youjian's "poor father-in-law". Her son, the rich king, was also a good grandson, and gave him a lot of money to the emperor's grandfather!

The hand that holds people is short! Zhu Youjian has brought Zheng Chagu for millions. Can this hand not be short? But Wu Sanmei is an iron hen, and she will never pull off any penis!

So in this life, Zheng Chagu's concubine will be the queen! In the future, she will be the queen of the Ming Dynasty! In the previous life, Zhu Youjian could not make the decision, he could not give Zheng Chagu the title of queen, nor could he let the rich king become the emperor. But in this life, Zhu Youjian had the final say!

As Zhu Youjian’s confidant, Shang Fuming still doesn’t know that Zhu Youjian attaches importance to Zheng Chagu far more than Wu Sanmei? Although he said that he asked Zhu Ciyang to choose by himself, he arranged a complete set of “pre-school education” for Zheng Chagu, who was only four years old and had not yet entered the palace, and the queen would also start with the baby!
Chapter completed!