The choice of inheriting the Heavenly Court also determined the choice of the alliance of the five northern provinces.

In fact, they made a decision earlier than Chengtian.

Tian Le and others are truly facing the pressure of the Red Turban Army. If they do not agree to participate, then this winter will be the time for their decisive battle.

As for the decisive battle...

They are really unsure!

At this time, the alliance of the five provinces was attacked from all sides.

Needless to say, the Red Turban Army in the north, the south was Zhang Shijue and You Jixian in the west, and Zhao Menglin and Qi Bingzhong's families were not stable. At this time, Jia Tiewen had already formed a new army in Shaanxi so that these two families could have self-protection when they turned against each other. They had completely relied on Liu Jing before, but they really didn't expect Liu Jing to sell them. As a result, they were in a hurry to even protect themselves.

Once Zhang Shijue advances eastward or You Jixian goes south from Yan'an, the gentry in Shaanxi will be really blind.

There is also Dusong in the east, which also directly threatens Shandong. In addition, the Red Turban Army fleet can also land in Jiaozhou.

Shandong is already very dangerous.

More importantly...

They are an alliance, and there is no such alliance.

Northern Zhili wants Shandong to reinforce them, Shandong wants Henan to reinforce them, Henan wants Shaanxi to send troops to help, Shaanxi wants Shanxi to send troops to support...

What can be done in this situation?

Yang Feng simply didn't care about other places, but sent troops to land in Jiaozhou, allowing Du Song and the Red Turban Army to march towards Jinan together. Could it be that Tian Le could still send troops to support Shandong? Or could Fang Congzhe be able to send troops to support Shandong from Henan? It is impossible, and everyone knows that what they really hope is to build a battalion and cast cannons, hoping that the Red Turban Army can hold on when it attacks, and then use the huge cost of offensive to force Yang Feng to choose to negotiate.

But now Yang Feng is going to negotiate directly?

A surprise!

Since this is the case, of course I will agree quickly.

In this way, four invitation letters and three received consent responses.

The Guangzhou court has never made a reply with consent, but has not made a reply with rejection.

Guangzhou.

"A group of idiots, they really don't deserve this colorful world!"

Mu Changzuo, who was riding a horse on the streets of Guangzhou, said, looking at the bustling streets around.

"Ma, we guard the borders of the country in Yunnan, so we protect these dogs and things to enjoy the happiness in the mainland. According to me, what Yang Feng did is so happy."

His general He Shixun said.

Although Guangzhou was not as good as Suzhou at this time, it was also a top city. Especially because Zhejiang surrendered, the court had already prevented the Portuguese from going north. In fact, the Portuguese did not dare to go north. After all, their identities are now a rebel party, and the Jingguan in Wusongkou is enough to prevent them from going north. So, like in the past, all the Portuguese stayed in Macau for trade, and Guangzhou's export volume increased sharply. Moreover, because the Nanyang Company wanted to go to India to sell soldiers, the Ming Dynasty's trade volume to India also increased sharply.

And the Guangdong gentry found another thing they needed in India.

cotton.

Yang Feng's militia in Jiangsu Song, Zhejiang has seriously affected cotton production, and the current price of cotton continues to rise.

Cotton sales from India have become a very profitable business.

Nanyang Company is increasing the number of merchant ships, going to India to sell cotton, and then transporting them to Susong to sell to textile owners there.

Yang Feng did not ban them from trading.

Susong's cotton textile industry was severely damaged by Yang Feng's reform, and a large number of refugees were organized into militia and went to other places to reclaim wasteland and divide land. Excellent workers abandoned Susong's factory owners because enterprises in Yingtian and other places openly went to recruit workers. Similarly, the distribution of fields in rural areas led to farmers reducing cotton planting. After all, militia had to pay public grain, and public grain did not charge cash, so farmers still had to grow grain, and at most they could grow cotton in addition to planting grain, so that the cotton planting area would definitely be reduced.

Local cotton is getting more and more expensive.

Moreover, the quality of local cotton is not as good as that of Indian cotton.

In this case, the factory owner will inevitably start choosing Indian cotton.

Nanyang Company purchased sugar porcelain tea and other goods in Guangzhou, and then shipped them to India for sale, and then transported them back to India.

The profit is huge.

In fact, before the raven in history, Guangzhou imported a large amount of Indian cotton.

The city's prosperity is changing with each passing day.

But the prosperity of this city has nothing to do with these inland troops who came to serve the king. The exquisite gardens were all gentry with no power. They had to protect these gentry so that these guys who could be killed with one knife could continue to be frugal. This made it difficult for people to balance it.

"Earning so much money, I'm even slowing down on giving a military pay."

Another general, Zhang Ju, said angrily.

Military pay...

Of course, military pay must be slow.

There are 300,000 taels per month. The gentry from Fujian and Guangdong provinces do not want to give it, at least they don’t want to give it themselves.

What's more, they have to support their own army and naval forces. In their opinion, naval forces are the most important.

After all, the navy can go out to make money.

At present, the imperial court is forming the Imperial Navy. It is still commander Chen Ce and Yu Zigao, who pieced together all the main battleships of the Fujian and Guangdong provinces, including several large armed merchant ships of the Nanyang Navy. The ultimate goal is to build a navy of no less than forty bucket-level battleships. At the same level, at least four warships of the same level are also built for the six horizontal ships in Yang Feng's hands, and a large amount of ironwood is used to ensure the advantage.

It all costs money.

Therefore, officials from Fujian and Guangdong who controlled the imperial court asked to share the military pay for the royal army.

In other words, Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan provinces also have to pay, especially Sichuan, not to mention that Yunnan itself relies on the trading of copper, tin and gemstones to make a lot of money.

Even Guangxi has long been self-sufficient in tax collection because it acts as the outlet for Hongguang Dynasty trade.

There is no need to pay in Guangdong at all.

In fact, it was not necessary. In the past, it was because of the Jingjiang King's family. Now, how could the gentry in Guangxi raise pigs? They were already very proud of eating meat without slaughtering them.

Now they are all in the same court, why do we just need money by saving two of us?

Especially in Sichuan.

Since Yang Feng made a rebellion, he has never paid taxes there. He has lived a very comfortable life over the years. He sold barren and salt while selling barren and made a fortune. Now it has finally been opened. Why don’t he pay taxes? Not only do he have to pay taxes, but he also has to pay more. In recent years, Sichuan has not paid less than 10 million taels, but also 8 million taels. It should be worth paying military pay to Mu Changzuo’s military guards?

Anyway, that's what it is now.

"When Emperor Taizu Gao, it was time for such a person to be confiscated, and it was time for him to be arrested and opened up the land in Fengyang. Our ancestors followed Emperor Taizu Gao and shot him with one sword. Now they are making these dogs and things rich and well-behaved. If these civil servants hadn't messed up the Ming Dynasty, there would be no such chaos. These dogs and things were guarding us everywhere and making things difficult for us everywhere, trying every means to weaken us, and they would not fight themselves, and in the end they would make the army weak.

It can actually be disrupted by one person.

If it is time for Taizu, Yang Feng will not even be able to leave Shimen Village, let alone disrupting the world!"

Zhang Ju continued to be indignant.

Mu Changzuo smiled calmly and continued to walk towards the palace.

Wang Xijue had just sent someone to inform him, and then went to the cabinet to discuss whether to participate in the alliance. At this time, they already knew that Hongguang had agreed, and the alliance of the five northern provinces must have agreed. Li Chengliang had agreed long ago, which means that the Guangzhou court did not agree, and today we have to discuss a result.

Otherwise, Yang Feng's navy should have blocked the Humen.

However, in Mu Changzuo's opinion, it is a waste of time to discuss these wastes. There is no need to discuss the current situation.

If Yang Feng gives him a chance, just continue.

Besides, even if the alliance fails, can we still really surrender? We just come back and continue fighting, but the year we fight for is truly precious. One year is enough for Guangdong and Fujian to complete the construction of new fortresses, and it is obviously more certain to fight again. But these wastes are entangled here for those inexplicable reasons. Look at the fact that Hongguang Dynasty is much more sensible and agrees to the alliance quickly. At this time, they are still entangled with some uselessness. They are simply a group of idiots.

Of course, more importantly, they and their subordinates can earn millions of taels in a year.

As for the end...

If you can't beat it, just withdraw it to Yunnan!

He originally took the emperor to Yunnan and then to Sichuan.

The reason why I stayed to protect Guangdong is purely because these guys are too rich and I am sorry for my conscience if I don’t make a big fuck.

But for him...

He was so idle that he was worried about the life or death of the Guangdong gentry?

It is fake to be a king, but it is real to take advantage of the opportunity to be a king to make a fortune in Guangdong.

"Okay, don't say anything more. Now it's a great enemy. For your Majesty, we still have to do what we should do."

He said.

After saying that, he headed straight to the palace in front.

At this time, the palace guards were selected by the Guangdong New Army. As for the original imperial camp of His Majesty, they were not brought in because they were in a hurry. Moreover, except for those under Xu Xinsu, the other imperial camps were from Zhejiang. Of course, the gentry of Fujian and Guangdong could not be used at this time.

So it is to select some soldiers from the Guangdong New Army, but His Majesty the Emperor also has a guard team, which are Xu Xinsu's...

You can rest assured about him.

He is Li Dan's brother.

As for Mu Changzuo's army of royal supporters was not stationed in Guangzhou, it was impossible for Guangdong gentry to let them station in Guangzhou.

He was the left governor of the Grand Governor's Office, the army stationed in Zhaoqing, and Liang Yunlong, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, was stationed in Dongguan.

One east and one west defend Guangzhou.

Among them, Xijiang and Beijiang are Muchangzuo defense zone and Dongjiang are Liangyunlong defense zone.
To be continued...