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With a burst of cheers like boiling, the last mighty invincible general cannon of the Ming army, dragged and pushed by dozens of cattle and countless soldiers, finally stopped next to the countless garden pavilions on the shore of Slender West Lake......

It's just once.

The prosperity of the salt merchants has long since ended.

On the one hand, it was Li Zicheng who beat the local tyrants in the salt tank, but more importantly, it was the abolition of Yang Feng's salt monopoly system, and this murderous blow completely destroyed the foundation of the salt merchants, because the government only collected salt tax and commercial tax for the people to cook salt and sell it themselves, and the production of Changlu salt, which was on a par with Huai salt, skyrocketed, and even began to be sold south along the canal. After Yang Feng seized the two Huai, the two Huai salt farms were also open to the common people and privately owned, and the salt introduction system became history, so the Yangzhou salt merchants who parasitized on this system, of course, also became history, in fact, Yang Feng was preparing for the salt company, and then vigorously developed the salt mines in Jiangxi and Hubei.

Now the only thing that can make people remember the glory of the salt merchants' wealth is this beautiful garden.

"It's a unique view!"

Yang Feng stood between the two and said.

On the one hand, he is still full of flowers in the early autumn season, and the pavilions and pavilions are hidden in the gardens, and on the other hand, there are five giant cannons lined up, the exquisiteness of classical art and the roughness of the early industrial age, flowers and black iron, quiet elegance and extreme rage, on his left and right are clearly separated by a ditch, which together form a picture full of disobedience, if it is accompanied by these cannons spraying flames, then this picture is even more chic.

"The cost of a garden is worth millions, every day the paper is drunk with gold, sheng singing and dancing, rewarding Ji women can spend a lot of money, the court disaster relief begged them to give some silver, immediately one by one like eating Shang Don did not have a meal like crying poor, look at this prosperous garden, and then think about the starvation in the north back then, the minister felt that the rebellion whipped them all over the body, and then soaked into the salt jar one by one is simply very happy!"

Liang Cheng said.

"Most of the salt merchants are from Huizhou, right?"

Yang Feng asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, most of the salt merchants are indeed from Huizhou, and there are very few local origins in Yangzhou, basically since the Wanli period of Shenzong, they have been controlled by several big surnames in Huizhou."

Liang Cheng said

"After conquering Nanjing, the task of going to Huizhou to raid your home will be handed over to you, if you like to soak them in a salt tank, just soak them!"

After Yang Feng finished speaking, he urged the rhinoceros and went straight to the front Gongchen Gate.

At this time, Yangzhou is divided into the old and new cities, the two cities are separated by the middle city wall, the city wall also has a moat inside, the old city is in the west and the new city is in the east, the north gate of the old city is the Gongchen gate, Yang Feng is the most convenient to attack the new city on the canal, there is Guangchu Gate to the north, but the problem is that the official office is basically all in the old city. The new city was formed by the prefect at that time in order to prevent the Japanese from being invaded during the Jiajing period, and the commercial area outside the city was surrounded by a city wall, so there were the most residents and shops. In order to avoid the collateral casualties of the siege, Yang Feng had no choice but to take Gongchen Gate as the main direction of attack, and after he captured the old city, the new city would definitely lose the will to resist.

The emperor, who was carrying a carburized alloy steel shield in one hand and a giant Mo knife in the other, slowly walked towards the Gongchen Gate in the background of the five Shenwei Invincible General Cannons and countless other types of artillery.

"Fire, fire!"

On the Gongchen Gate, Liu Liangzuo roared with a hideous face.

The artillerymen on either side of him hesitated.

Behind the artillerymen, a squad of gentry children who had been urgently cobbled together immediately drew their swords and stepped forward to make a threatening gesture.

"Enemy fears!"

Liu Liangzuo roared.

"Hit the wicked and reward 100,000 silver!"

Wu Weiye, who was invited by Qian Qianyi to supervise the battle, shouted.

At the same time, the four house slaves beside him carried a box to open, and poured a box full of silver on the ground, although this is not much, but the visual impact is very effective, those hesitant soldiers remembered the 10 million taels of silver specially prepared for them in Nanjing City, and immediately someone came to their hearts, after all, this Ming army is not so eager for land, there are also a lot of ruffians here, and under the deterrence of the knife of the Jiadu team, there is finally a soldier who gritted his teeth and put the arquebus into the ignition hole.

Blazing flames erupted.

Then the remaining artillery also ignited and fired, and in the dense cannon sound, more than fifty Hongyi cannons on the city wall all fired at Yang Feng.

Yang Feng's shield on the rhinoceros was on his back, and the two cannonballs suddenly hit, and the sparks that were rubbed out of the arc-shaped shield splashed, and the two cannonballs from eight hundred meters away were all wiped away, and Yang Feng on the rhinoceros was also hit by a huge force and almost fell, but fortunately, he still stabilized his body, after all, the kinetic energy of this cannonball flew so far that the kinetic energy dropped seriously, in fact, at the same time, his bones were broken, but it was just grown again in a blink of an eye, but it is difficult to say what will happen if he continues to move forward.

"If you are not my subjects, how dare you fire at me!"

He raised his sword and roared.

Around the neck of the rhinoceros he sat down, a large horn with a battery immediately sent his roar to the arch door.

At the same time as the roar arrived, his raised Mo knife pointed forward, and a meteor cut through the passage five hundred meters above the Gongchen Gate, and a blazing acetone barrel immediately turned into a flaming meteor and fell, instantly smashing on the head of the first soldier to fire in a terrified scream on the city wall, and a burst of flames swallowed him and dozens of soldiers around him at once, leaving those artillerymen screaming and pushing away the stupid Overseer as fast as they could.

"Demon law, don't be afraid, this is his demon law, and the black dog's blood can break it!"

Wu Weiye shouted.

"And the riding cloth used by women!"

Liu Liangzuo roared.

"Big dung, big dung is fine, move a circle of big dung buckets on the city wall."

A goddess who had specially invited to break the enemy shouted.

"Poor monks have Ashoka Temple tower Buddha relics can be broken!"

An old monk hurriedly shouted.

"Holy water, this is holy water that can break all witchcraft!"

Bi Francis also joined in the fun.

Then it doesn't work, don't say it, it's better than nothing, so Liu Liangzuo immediately ordered Yangzhou City to collect big dung buckets and women's used riding cloths, he wanted to put Yangzhou City on a circle of dung buckets, and it was best for each soldier to be equipped with a woman's used riding cloth, in other words, I don't know if the women in Yangzhou City have this kind of production at this time, Liu Dashuai decided whether he would set up a separate agency, specifically responsible for sending people to keep an eye on those women, especially he himself, which had to be used by the best nuns......

"I'm here, what do you want? Quickly cut Liu Liangzuo's head and open the city gate! You don't want to divide the field! The invincible attack of the army of my relatives and unification is invincible, and the Jiannu is still destroyed, not to mention the useless struggle, otherwise the day the city is broken, the jade will be burned. ”

Yang Feng continued to roar.

"Ten million taels, ten million taels of silver are waiting for you, ten million taels, and the ten million taels to defend this Yangzhou city are yours."

Wu Weiye shouted.

"Those who dare to defect to the enemy will be punished by the Nine Clans!"

Liu Liangzuo roared.

Those soldiers looked at each other, it was obvious that the impact of 10 million taels was too great, and most of these soldiers were in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, although the land annexation here was also very serious, but the handicraft industry in this area was also developed, and a large part of the composition of these soldiers was not peasants, they were not as eager for land as the people in the north, especially north of the Huai River, and even if 10 million taels of silver were spread to 200,000 people, it was 50 taels per person, although it was impossible to divide it so evenly, but they could not have 200,000 people after the battle, In other words, fifty taels per person is almost guaranteed.

Fifty taels of silver!

The oil seller monopolized the Oiran, Qin Zhong worked hard for a whole year, and finally saved sixteen taels of silver, and as a trader in the southern city, he was definitely middle-class, and Fan Jin's father-in-law only earned about a penny of silver by killing a pig a day, that is, a wealthy butcher only earned more than thirty taels a year, it can be said that this money is equivalent to a small trader's profit for at least three years, which is equivalent to a modern ordinary worker suddenly winning the second prize of a two-color ball, and those soldiers are indeed full of awe of the emperor, But the problem is that the common people are more in awe of money than the emperor!

As for the question of heavenly punishment......

Maybe from the Buddha to the Jesus, those folk spells really worked?

Besides, it is impossible for the emperor to burn the city in Yangzhou like Shenyang, anyway, at least under the current situation, those soldiers still want to hold on, and they have to work hard for the silver.

"It's just stubborn!"

Yang Feng shouted angrily.

"In that case, then don't blame me for being ruthless!"

After saying that, he urged the rhinoceros to slowly retreat.

At the same time, on the artillery position behind him, the muzzles of the five Shenwei invincible general cannons were finally aimed, and after determining the aim of the Gongchen Gate, as the emperor's rhinoceros retreated to the side of the position, the gunners behind the five cannons fired at the same time. In the earth-shattering sound of cannons, five terrifying flames suddenly erupted from the half-meter-diameter cannon muzzle, and the five granite polished stone balls flew over the distance of two and a half miles in an instant with a terrifying roar like a rushing train.

The first is in the middle of the arch gate tower.

Under the frightened gaze of the defenders, the top of the tower suddenly turned into countless fragments and sprayed backwards, and the falling rubble hit the defenders on the city wall behind them screamed.

Then the second and third flew over the city wall, like a raging monster, and landed in a government office in the city, bounced and raged, creating a ruin in an instant, and the fourth and fifth hit the city wall almost at the same time, and in the dull sound of impact, it seemed that even the city wall was trembling violently, and the bricks and rammed earth where the cannonballs hit it collapsed with a bang.

But that's just the beginning.

On the artillery positions of the Ming army, a new round of shelling was about to begin.