C3464 I want silver! Silver! (2/2)

”None... He didn't say anything … What's for lunch today, sir? ”Is there meat …”

”Just you wait, His Majesty is here, how can I not have your meat …”

He had just finished reprimanding the soldiers when he turned his head and whispered into their ears, ”Look, even Company Commander doesn't know about this. It seems like the matter of the bounty is really suspenseful …”

The soldiers complained indignantly, ”We are not greedy for money, it is enough for us to just make up for our debt. Selling our lives for the His Majesty is already doing our best to repay the debt …”

”But what is this nonsense? His Majesty cannot lie and play as well … ”

”Don't spout nonsense …” His Majesty would not lie, didn't I heard from the officials that there are traitors in the court, they just do not want the His Majesty to take control of the situation personally … ”

”The His Majesty is guarding this mountain, he can't make the decision!”

”That's right, the money was taken away by those traitors … If you dare to lie to us with paper money, we'll tear you apart and burn you on the spot! ”

”That's right, I remember people saying in the past that the big lords of Beijing had torn paper money before, and they were cheated as well …”

This was a matter of years and months, those were the jokes made in Beijing when the paper money had just been promoted, but they never thought that Fujian, which was thousands of miles away, would actually take the joke as real.

They really thought that paper money was paper money. They just couldn't believe that this paper, which was burned to death, could be used as money! If the imperial guards gave them paper money, they would be cursing them to die!

There were more and more rumors, and the atmosphere became more and more gloomy. Inside the tent, Tongzhi could no longer sit still.

The bodyguards kept reporting to the tent, but the little emperor was aware of everything that was happening outside!

He checked his pocket watch. It was already half past twelve, yet the soldiers were still not in the mood to open fire and cook.

It seemed like these soldiers would not rest until they got their hands on the silver!

”Let's take a look …” Take a look... A million taels of silver and we're going to be crushed like this? What face does This Emperor have to be able to go out and meet the soldiers? ”

Tongzhi did not say a word. This morning, he had even refused to pay a visit to the English. Originally, the foreigners engineers and the officials of the British Fleet were going to come together to meet Tongzhi.

”We have rejected all requests from the foreigners to view the ceremony... I really want to let them see this New Imperial Army, and let them walk in personally … ”

”But how could I dare to agree with the morale of the troops in front of me?”

”This official is waiting for death …” Shen Baozhen led the officials and all kneeled down. Lin Zexu's young master's eyes were crying like peaches.

”This official is going to die...” This subject will die... Fujian was poor on one hand, but it was definitely a coincidence … He had just settled a sum of money for the Mawei Shipyard's foreign goods and a sum of money for Marshal Zuo's military expenses … ”

”Actually, in another half a month, if I were to collect business tax...” The magistrate office only had money left … Now I've really gotten to the point... ”Sob, sob, sob …”

Just then, an official behind Shen Baozhen suddenly cried out and said, ”His Majesty ah …” Why don't we just issue the south ticket... ”The government office still has more than 600,000 yuan in south tickets …”

”Pah …” You fart... Are you asking me to slap myself in the face? What I said yesterday was silver! Silver! ”Silver!”