The Ming Dynasty has just been exiled and the Luzon system has awakened.

In fact, it has only been more than ten days since Mithril was launched.

However, its price has increased several times from the 10 times the weight of gold initially set by Zhu Heyi.

Because as soon as Mithril was born, Zhu Heyi gave it countless BUFFs, which are exclusively for the royal family, and can beautify and prolong life.

Coupled with the Jinyiwei's sparing no effort in promoting and building momentum, and profiteers also starting to follow suit, the price of mithril has risen so fast.

Even in places like Batavia where mithril products have not yet been introduced, thanks to Jin Yiwei's momentum, folk legends began to have mithril legends.

Of course, due to the limited power of Jinyiwei, the story of this mithril is currently only spread in the Nanyang region.

It just so happened that Thomas was the one who knew about the "rare and magical properties" of mithril, and he also spent a hundred times its weight in gold to buy such a teacup.

Now seeing that the Ming Emperor was willing to buy the natives for half a Mithril coin each, Thomas agreed without thinking.

As for the issue of war, can fighting with the indigenous people be called a war?

Besides, they are experts at dealing with the natives!

The aluminum coins that Zhu Heyu took out weighed more than 7 grams each. If calculated based on the price of 10 times the gold equivalent initially set by Zhu Heyu, each aluminum coin is almost equivalent to 2 taels of gold, and half of it is One tael of gold and ten taels of silver.

Ten taels of silver for an adult native. If calculated based on this price, Thomas might not take this job.

After all, even in this era when the price of black slaves has not yet begun to skyrocket, the FOB price of an adult black slave in Africa is three to four pounds, and after being sold to the Americas, the price reaches 20-30 pounds. (Some people say that the FOB price is twenty or thirty pounds, and then sell it for 140 pounds, no matter what they say)

Fortunately, the price of Mithril has risen rapidly. The price of half a Mithril per native now seems to Thomas to be very high.

Moreover, in the Central Islands, the islands are not large and are very close to Luzon. He does not have to worry about the extra consumption caused by the long-distance transportation of the indigenous people.

With the Ming Emperor's promise, Thomas left with a happy face.

He needs to return to Singapore immediately to prepare the army and start making money.

As long as he can catch a hundred or eighty thousand natives, he will have money to return to his country to do business. If he catches more, he can even make a fortune!

However, he seemed to remember that some officers were reselling arms when he left?

Buy it back!Whoever sells it will buy it!

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On the second day of the first lunar month of the first year of the Ming Dynasty, it is appropriate to dismantle, hunt, and repair tombs. Avoid fire and receive wealth.

In Fuzhou Prefecture, Fujian, the main force of more than [-] Ming troops gathered here.

On the high platform, Li Zhenhua looked at the densely packed Ming soldiers ready to go with a solemn expression.

Did you expect him to deliver a rousing tirade?

No, Li Zhenhua only said one sentence.

"We still have two and a half months to go!"

Although he just said these words, the fighting spirit of all the soldiers was instantly raised to the top.

Two and a half months!Reply to Tianfu to celebrate His Majesty’s wedding!

So the army set off amidst the mighty shouts of the Ming army.

At the same time, the Qing army gathered in Hengzhou Prefecture, Zhejiang Province did not know that the Ming army had already rushed towards them.

Now, most of them are still complaining about the lack of silver rewards during the New Year, the lack of holidays, and the poor food.

Due to the urgency of the rush, the Qing troops did not carry any food and grass. Therefore, Kangxi issued an imperial edict asking the government where the army gathered to temporarily provide the food and grass needed by the army.

In Nuanxi's mind, various state capitals had grain stores that could support the army's consumption in a short period of time.

However, what he didn't know was that [-]% of the grain in the official warehouse of Hengzhou Prefecture had been embezzled by local officials.

Except for the real grain prepared on the surface to cope with the surprise inspection, the other sacks in the granary were filled with sand, gravel and straw.

Under such circumstances, facing the sudden gathering of more than [-] troops, the Hengzhou Prefecture Yamen was on pins and needles.

Report no food?

They are so stupid. Now that the Ming army is overwhelming, if Fanxi is in a very bad mood and knows that they have embezzled money from the treasury, there is a [-]% chance that they will be killed by the nine tribes because of Fanxi's violent temper.

You said there is still [-]%?

Another [-]% are from the Zhushi clan...

Therefore, at this time, Nanxi must not let Nuanxi know that Hengzhou Mansion was out of food.

Since there is no food, they can only think of ways to spend money to purchase it?This is indeed a way.

But it’s easy for him to make money, but let them pay for it?

Isn't this a joke.

A group of officials spent a long time raising money, but the total amount was only a few thousand taels of silver. The grain that such a small amount of money could buy could be eaten by an army of 10,000+ in a few days, and this was even if they only bought inferior grain.

No one wanted to pay outside, so he immediately thought of collecting food from the private sector.

The Ming bandits are attacking. What's wrong with the imperial army confiscating some food to protect you?

As a result, a large number of government servants knocked on the doors of people's homes, and then forcibly carried away bags of grain despite the people's hoarse cries.

But even this only barely alleviated the food shortage, and good things were given priority to the Eight Banners veteran soldiers.

The soldiers in the green camp just need to give them soup and a sweet potato to keep them from starving to death.

"What the fuck! It's sweet potato, pickles and rice soup again. I'm feeding this to the dog, but the dog won't even eat it!"

A soldier from the Green Camp of the Qing Army slapped the clear soup in his hand on the table.

"No! At this time in previous years, everyone would have gone back to their respective homes. This year, let alone going home, we still have to drink the northwest wind here!"

Another soldier also said angrily.

"Look at what those Eight Banners veterans eat, and look at what we eat? Damn it, they don't treat us as human beings, and they want us to help them fight the war!"

"Shh! Keep your voice down, if your boss hears this, you will have to peel off your skin if you don't die."

A group of officers and soldiers of the Green Camp of the Qing Army were very resentful. Since their assembly, they have been eating rice soup and sweet potatoes every day, without any fishy taste. Even the New Year's food has not improved in the slightest.

On the other hand, the old soldiers of the Eight Banners were provided with wine and meat every day.

Under the huge disparity in treatment, the anger in the hearts of the green battalion soldiers has accumulated to the limit.

"Those who trample horses, if you don't want to eat, then you can die. The labor and management should go to them now to ask for an explanation! I don't believe those people can still kill me indiscriminately!"

A soldier from the Qing army became more and more angry as he thought about it, and slapped his hand on the table, causing all the rice soup on the table to spill out.

"Yes! I went to find an official to ask for an explanation. I rode on horseback and ate sweet potatoes every day. I farted all the leftovers after eating."

Someone took the lead, and others immediately echoed with red necks.

When the other soldiers shouted, the anger accumulated in their hearts was channeled out, and they all stood up to respond.

For a while, the pottery bowls were broken one after another.

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