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Early the next morning.

After Lin Feng got up, he was having breakfast with Chen Yuanyuan in a room in the Qingliangmen Gate Tower. He had to cultivate a relationship with the beauty he had just brought back.

Breakfast is Zhenmingjun's standard meal, porridge, steamed buns, pickles, and today I even added scrambled eggs.

Lin Feng was holding a big bowl of porridge, eating it very delicious with pickles and steamed buns. While eating, he asked:

"Yuanyuan, the food in the army is simple, are you still used to it?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Yuanyuan immediately put down the small porcelain bowl in her hand and whispered back: "Master Hou, my father is a salesman. When I was a child, my family was in a poor family. I suffered all kinds of hardships. I couldn't eat eggs a few times a year. How can I have such a good breakfast?" How can I not get used to it?"

"Just get used to eating. Our Zhenming Army always pays attention to the officers and soldiers eating together. Today we added scrambled eggs because you are here. You should eat more."

"The life of the Marquis is really simple. The contrast with the dignitaries in Nanjing is really huge." Chen Yuanyuan said with admiration.

"Not everyone eats like this. You spend your own money to eat in the Marquis Mansion, and there are more varieties. Dong Xiaowan also likes to think about food, and has developed many new snacks, waiting for you to try when you go back." Lin Feng also He is not an ascetic, and when he is not in the army, he will not deliberately eat poorly.

"Sister Xiaowan is also in the Hou Mansion. Is Mr. Hou planning to collect all the famous actors in Qinhuaihe and take them home?" Chen Yuanyuan saw that Lin Feng was kinder and kinder, so she boldly made a joke.

"Haha, it's all a coincidence. Only Yuan Yuan is the one I redeemed for you and brought back to the Hou Mansion." Lin Feng replied.

"Has Mr. Hou seen Yuanyuan before?"

"The night before yesterday, when Zhao Bailai, the eldest son of Xinchengbo Mansion, went to Meixiang Tower, I went to see Yuanyuan's performance. It was truly amazing."

"Haha, it turns out that the Marquis has long been interested in Yuanyuan. That is also the slave family's luck."

"I'm mainly afraid that your beauty will go against the will of heaven and endanger the country, so I risked my life to cross over." Lin Feng joked, but this is not nonsense. Historically, Chen Yuanyuan did cause Wu Sangui, a great traitor, to become a beauty in anger. Directly led to the collapse of Li Zicheng's Dashun regime.

"The Marquis will make fun of Yuanyuan, but I won't tell you anymore." Chen Yuanyuan said shyly.

While the two were in love with their concubine, Huang Hongchang knocked on the door and came in, reporting that Ming court officials in Nanjing wanted to negotiate with the Zhenming Army.

"Oh, they want to negotiate. Who did they send here?" Lin Feng asked.

"We sent Zhu Zhichen, the minister of the Nanjing Ministry of War." Huang Hongchang replied.

"Okay, let's take him to the side room of the city gate building. I'll be there as soon as I get back." Lin Feng thought it would be a good idea to talk and see if he could gain anything.

Seeing Lin Feng walking in, Zhu Zhichen quickly stood up and saluted: "Zhu Zhichen, the Minister of War in Nanjing, has met Marquis Zhenming!"

"Oh, do I, the Marquis Zhenming, still count among you?" Lin Feng said sarcastically.

"The Marquis is joking. The Emperor has not issued an order to deprive the Marquis of his title. This will naturally count." Zhu Zhichen could only reply cautiously under the eaves.

"Since you still recognize me as Zhenming Hou, why did your Nanjing government seal down the legitimate businesses of our Zhenming Group, causing huge losses to our Zhenming Army!" Lin Feng asked.

"This, this was all done by Xincheng Bo Zhao Zhilong and his son. In fact, many Nanjing officials disagreed." Zhu Zhichen quickly put the blame on Zhao Zhilong.

"I won't bother you with this question anymore. What's the main purpose of your visit this time?" Lin Feng asked straightforwardly.

"Master Marquis, the main reason I came here this time is to discuss with you whether the Nanjing matter can be resolved peacefully. Otherwise, if the incident spreads to Beijing, the emperor will mobilize the entire Jiangnan army to besiege, which will not be good for the Marquis." Zhu Zhichen He told his purpose and looked like he was thinking about Lin Feng. "Haha, how many troops does Emperor Chongzhen still have to send? No matter how many Ming troops come, what do we, the Zhenming Army, have to fear?" Lin Feng glanced at him and said with a look of looking down on the world.

"This, this is the best way to avoid a sword-to-sword confrontation, but I don't know what the Marquis wants?" Zhu Zhichen quickly put down his body and begged.

After hearing this, Lin Feng pretended to meditate for a moment and said: "It's easy for me to evacuate Nanjing. I have three requirements: First, severely punish the person responsible for the seizure of our Zhenming Group's properties. I have already caught Zhao Zhilong and his son, and there is still one missing." Nanjing Governor, please hand him over.

Second, compensate me for the Zhenming Army’s military expenses of one million taels, otherwise I will attack the imperial city and take it for myself.

Third, from now on, Zhenming Group’s properties in Nanjing must not be affected by our war with the imperial court. Fighting is fighting, and doing business is doing business. Don’t you all understand this? "

"These three requirements of the Marquis are too harsh and may be difficult for the Nanjing ministers to accept. Can you lower the requirements a little?" Zhu Zhichen bargained.

"Are you harsh? I think you are not sincere in solving the problem peacefully, so let's discuss it on the battlefield." Lin Feng looked like he would start a fight if he disagreed.

"Master Marquis, Master Marquis, please don't be impulsive. The main persons responsible for the first item are actually Zhao Zhilong and his son, Ying Tianfu Yin was also forced to do this. Please ask the Lord for mercy and spare him a life." Zhu Zhichen He quickly pleaded, Ying Tianfu Yin was a third-grade civil servant, and they must try their best to protect it.

When Lin Feng thought that it wouldn't matter if he killed one more civil servant or one less civil servant, he replied: "Okay, then I will give you this face and Ying Tianfu Yin will forget it. You have no objection to the other conditions."

"Master Hou, can the compensation amount be lower? One million is too much." Zhu Zhichen still wanted to make an aggressive counteroffer.

"No! Not even a penny less!" Lin Feng stopped his thoughts with one sentence.

Article 3 Both parties did not bargain, and this did not require Nanjing to pay any price.

So Zhu Zhichen made up his mind and replied: "I will go back and report to your Lordships immediately. I think there should be no problem."

He thought to himself that the main problem now was to lose money. The guard eunuch Han Zanzhou alone had more than one million taels of property, and there were many wealthy businessmen in Nanjing. It shouldn't be a big problem to ask them to pay to save their lives.

"Okay, before noon, I will wait for your news. After noon, don't blame us for taking action." Lin Feng finally threatened.

"Yes, yes, I'll report right away." Zhu Zhichen said and ran back quickly.

Before noon, but an hour later, Zhu Zhichen came back and said that other senior officials in Nanjing had agreed to the peace negotiation plan and had brought gold and silver worth one million taels.

So Lin Feng promised them to evacuate Nanjing City in a few days. During this period, they would no longer search for the properties of Nanjing officials. Ying Tianfu Yamen Civil Service Officers could return to work first to maintain the normal operation of Nanjing City.

This was what Lin Feng had originally considered. At present, the power of the Zhenming Army has not spread to southern Zhili. Occupying Nanjing alone will not be of great benefit to the overall situation. On the contrary, it will greatly affect the strength of the Zhenming Army.

The two main purposes of coming here this time are to punish officials who dare to inspect Zhenming Group's properties, and to make a fortune in Nanjing. Both of these purposes have been achieved now, and they can evacuate.

Especially the silver captured in Nanjing this time was 4 million taels transported back by the Zhenming Army. This time they asked for another 1 million taels in compensation, plus the 2 million taels collected in their own space. The total amount reached seven million taels, which was almost as much as the tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty for a year.

Of course, the money in Nanjing City is far more than this, but it will be difficult to transport more money just by the Guards Division alone, and it will seriously affect the march of the troops.

Moreover, the Zhenming Army is not a rogue bandit. It will not search the properties of wealthy businessmen without legitimate reasons. It is enough to get so much money.

(End of this chapter)