Ming Dynasty entry: I am Chongzhen, the greatest emperor of all time!

Chapter 38 Continue the lottery
Too lazy to continue flipping through the pages, he threw the account book back to Li Ruolian and gave her some advice.

"Continue to investigate the assets of the nobles in the capital, especially the wealthy merchants. If you find anyone whose wealth comes from unknown sources, there's no need to delve into the details. I believe the Imperial Guards have evidence. Efficiency is paramount. Do you understand?"

Li Ruo Lian immediately bowed and obeyed, "I understand. I will definitely speed up."

"Well, the officials should not relax. Pay attention to how they evaluate the matter of the Thirty-Six Heroes in private, and pick out a few who are sincere and report them to me." Zhu Youjian added.

"Understood, Your Majesty. I will go down right away."

"Go and get it."

Zhu Youjian waved his hand, and Li Ruolian led his men away.

Looking at the empty Qianqing Palace in front of him, Zhu Youjian did not go in again.

He rode a white horse straight to the inner transport warehouse.

……

The Neichengyun Warehouse at this time was very different from when he first arrived.

More than 3.3 million taels of silver were stacked on rows of neatly arranged silver racks.

Among them, one million taels were obtained by selling official positions and titles.

Although there are many wealthy businessmen in the capital, some of them have their head offices in Jiangnan, and some do not have that much cash.

Even fewer are willing to exchange it for a title.

After all, the Ming Dynasty did not collect commercial taxes. If it did, it would be competing with the people for profits.

The title does not provide any support for business, at most it only brings about a qualitative change in status.

They can gradually transform into a class of large landowners.

Being able to sell one million taels in two days is already a lot.

Putting his hand on the silver rack, Zhu Youjian did not convert all of it into system funds.

Instead, he set aside two hundred thousand taels for emergencies.

【3.1 million taels of silver have been recharged】

[Number of redeemable draws: 31]

[Number of redeemable upgrades: 3]

As before, Zhu Youjian didn't care about the number of upgrades at all.

Exchange all silver for draw times.

The familiar turntable in front of me has also changed a little from last time.

Because a red entry has been drawn, two more red areas have been added on the turntable.

Uh... although it's not very useful, it's still a good start!

Last time, there was one red out of fourteen draws.

This is the thirty-first time, I don’t ask for anything else, just one more red entry will do!
As per custom, Zhu Youjian prayed before drawing the numbers.

He mentally worshipped all the gods he knew, even calling out "Om Messiah" twice, before taking a deep breath.

Click the Extract button.

The turntable spun rapidly and then slowly stopped.

A flash of purple bloomed from the turntable.

Zhu Youjian was shocked. Could it be that praising Om Messiah really worked?

The first draw gave me a purple one! ?
Quickly open the system and check the prompts.

[Draw the purple entry "Iron Wall": Designate a 1,000-man unit to gain a heavy infantry bonus, toughness +55%, endurance +100%]

[Successfully extracted a purple entry, reward: Tiger Guard x1, (Note: Triple Heavy Armor buff, requires double auxiliary troops.)]

Zhu Youjian didn't know what the rewarded Tiger Guards were, but he knew what the increase in the Iron Wall meant.

The heavy infantry with three layers of heavy armor are exactly the troops needed to defend the city!
A thousand-household unit has only two thousand soldiers, double the number of auxiliary soldiers, which can be easily drawn from the militia.

What's more, he had just delivered a speech, and the refugees were grateful to him at the moment.

With a guaranteed shot, Zhu Youjian was afraid that this bit of luck would run away. While praising the God of All Things in his heart, he stared at the turntable.

[Draw the white entry "Wangshan": Designated unit's reconnaissance range +10%]

[Draw the white entry "Tight Food": Designated troops...]

[Draw the green entry "Good Medicine": Designated unit's non-combat attrition rate -30%.]

[Successfully extracted a green entry, reward: 2 Military Doctors and Hundred Households Offices.]

[Extract white...]

[Draw green...] I don't know if I used up all my luck on the first purple, but the next twenty times I drew, it was either white or green.

A total of 2,000 people were drawn from the border army, and there was only one military doctor whom Zhu Youjian had never seen before.

There are now ten draws left.

If we don’t send out two purples and increase the size of the system soldiers to 10,000, then the three million taels will be a huge loss!
After taking a few deep breaths, Zhu Youjian chose to draw again.

He kept repeating in his mind, "Purple! Purple!"

However, contrary to expectations, the purple color that Zhu Youjian expected did not appear on the turntable.

[Draw the blue entry "Hundred Steps to Hit the Target": Targeted unit's crossbow proficiency +50%, arm endurance +35%]

[Successfully extracted a blue entry, reward: Border Army Thousand Households x1.]

Although a bit disappointing, a thousand archers are not bad.

Continue to draw, and there are two more white entries.

Finally, purple appeared again.

[Purple entry "Golden Sword": Designated 1,000-man unit's longhandle weapon proficiency +200%, strength +70%]

[Successfully extracted a purple entry, reward: 1 Thousand Households Office of the Guard Division]

There are two purple entries and one blue entry as the base.

These three million taels of silver were not wasted.

There are still six chances to draw the lottery, although Zhu Youjian really hopes that a miracle will happen and a red will come out like last time.

Unfortunately, it's just something I can think about.

After drawing another blue entry, I was rewarded with 500 bird-gunners from the Shenji Camp.

The thirty-one draws were finally used up.

He gave them two thousand ordinary border troops, one thousand border archers, one thousand Tiger Guards, one thousand Royal Guards, and five hundred musketeers.

A total of 5,500 system soldiers.

Including those drawn before, Zhu Youjian now has 11,000 system soldiers.

It was getting closer and closer to the 30,000 mark he had predicted.

At this point, Zhu Youjian also roughly understood the system reward rules.

There is no reward for white entries, and two hundred people for green entries.

Blue entry: five hundred elite troops or one thousand ordinary troops.

Purple represents one thousand elite soldiers.

Red has only been drawn once, so I'm not sure yet, but it looks like it should be the full lineup.

Looking at the empty private treasury again, Zhu Youjian left with satisfaction.

Perhaps because the area outside the Meridian Gate was crowded with refugees, the reward distribution location was changed to the inner training ground.

Just as he was about to rush to the inner training ground to take over the troops, Wang Chengen rushed in in a hurry.

Only when he saw Zhu Youjian did he breathe a sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty, the rebel envoy has arrived again, and he wants to settle the score for last night!"

……

He returned to the Qianqing Palace at a leisurely pace.

As soon as Zhu Youjian got off his horse, he saw the last envoy Du Xun standing in the center of the hall, and he and the newly appointed Hanlin scholar Song Ye were spitting saliva all over the air.

"You've dispatched troops to launch a night attack while negotiations between the two armies haven't even begun! Shameless! My Heavenly King is furious. If the Ming Dynasty can't offer compensation, we'll have to destroy the city!"

"Bah!" Song Ye was worthy of being from the Ministry of Rites. Knowing that Zhu Youjian had no intention of peace talks, he became even more fearless and spat a mouthful of thick phlegm on Du Xun's face.

"You are a private slave of the imperial family, a traitor seeking glory and betraying the emperor! Li Zicheng, a mere postman, is even more disloyal and unfilial, plotting treason against the master! How dare you call the officials of the Ming Dynasty shameless!"

"As the ancient military strategy says, 'War is the art of deception.' When two armies are not at peace, they are at war. Our Great Ming is to punish the rebels and follow the will of Heaven. This is the first. Our lord is to punish his subjects. This is the second. And we are to recover lost territory and return it to the people and their villages. This is the third."

"You are unreasonable, disloyal, and unrighteous, yet you still have the nerve to criticize the Ming Dynasty? How can you be like that old dog on the ridge barking at its master?!"

"You...you...you..." Du Xun shouted three times in a row, but was unable to refute, and made himself red in anger.

In the end, not knowing how to fight back, he simply gave up and said, "Anyway, the Ming Dynasty cannot hand over 300,000 dan of grain and 10 million taels of silver and use the Taihang Mountains as the boundary."

"The Dashun army of one million will storm the capital city tomorrow and seize the Zhu family's kingdom!"

Song Ye was about to continue spitting out a few more words when he heard Zhu Youjian's sinister voice coming from outside the hall.

"In that case, go back and tell Li Zicheng that I will wait for him at Deshengmen tomorrow!"

(End of this chapter)