The Qing Dynasty is about to end

Chapter 412: Heavenly King, Brother Heaven has given you too much! (Please subscribe and vote)
"Oh, one million a year? Ninth brother, you are really generous, very generous!"

Hong Xiuquan was planning his rebellion when someone on the podium started praising Luo Yaoguo. And it was a woman. It was none other than Hong Xuanjiao, who had angered Hong Xiuquan last time and had her buttocks brutally cut.

Sitting upright on the throne, the originally majestic Hong Tianwang's face suddenly turned dark. He turned his head and glared at Xiao Chaogui fiercely, as if saying, "Your wife is making trouble again, why don't you take care of it!"

Xiao Chaogui's head immediately became as pounded as garlic, and he nodded heavily at Hong Xiuquan, silently saying in his heart: I must take care of it when I go back, and take care of it to death! But as soon as he nodded, he turned his head and asked Luo Yaoguo beside him anxiously: "Ninth brother, can you really give me one million a year?"

When Hong Xiuquan heard this, he almost choked. He thought: How can you, the King of the West, only pursue this? You were "bribed" with just one million! You hold the three large territories of Wuchang, Hanyang, and Huangzhou in your hands, and the three towns of Wuhan, the thoroughfare of nine provinces, are all in your hands. The annual income of money and grain should be at least two or three million, right? Why are you so short-sighted, do you care about this little money?

"Of course not!" Luo Yaoguo smiled at Xiao Chaogui, his mouth almost grinning to his ears, "I know the situation well. Your brother-in-law and sister are in the west, fighting against the main forces of the Qing army from Hunan, Chu, Sichuan and Guizhou provinces. The expenses are terrifying. If we can earn an extra million every year, we will have more money. When you two have strong troops and horses, my brother and I can sleep well in Tianjing! From now on, your brother-in-law and sister don't have to bother sending food to Tianjing. I will pay for the rice and grain that Tianjing needs."

Good! Saving money is the same as making money!
After the autumn harvest last year, Xiao Chaogui transported a full 500,000 dan of rice to Tianjing. If converted into silver, it would be another 1 million yuan. With this in and out, Luo Yaoguo quietly sent a gift package of 2 million silver dollars to the Western Palace!
And it happens every year!

Originally, Xiao Chaogui's Western Palace could make about two million yuan a year after supplying rice to Tianjing. But now, the profit has soared to four million yuan, doubling it.

If the extra two million were used to support the army and equipment, it would be more than enough to support tens of thousands of foreign rifle troops. By then, with the support of tens of thousands of foreign rifles, it would be easy to conquer the entire Hubei Province. The "King of Wuchang" could be upgraded to the "King of Hubei" immediately.

“Hahaha,” Xiao Chaogui thought more and more about it, and finally couldn’t help but look up and laugh, “Ninth brother, you are really loyal… Thank you very much!”

Luo Yaoguo waved his hand in a casual manner, with a smile on his face: "Brother-in-law, why are you being polite to me? This is the order from above!" As he said this, he raised his hand and pointed to the sky in a serious manner.

"Above?" Xiao Chaogui and Hong Xuanjiao widened their eyes in shock when they heard it.

Luo Yaoguo nodded seriously and lowered his voice mysteriously: "It is Brother Tian's will. Brother Tian saw that your brother-in-law and fourth brother were carrying the main force of the Qing demons in the front. The pressure was as great as a mountain. It was not easy, so he told me to bear it more." After a pause, he shouted at Yang Xiuqing, who was sitting on the left of Hong Xiuquan and pretending to hold the "New Treatise on Aids to Administration", "Fourth brother, Brother Tian has to say that Yangzhou should not send salt to Tianjing for free in the future. Take it and sell it for money! If your central army is strong, I and the King of Heaven can rest assured in Tianjing, and Jiangnan Province and Jiangxi Province can develop industries with peace of mind!"

When Yang Xiuqing heard this, his expression immediately changed from gloomy to cheerful, and he said to Hong Xiuquan with a fake smile: "Heavenly King, this gift from your brother-in-law and me is really too much!"

When Hong Xiuquan heard the words "Brother Tian gave too much", the muscles on his face twitched immediately. Yang Xiuqing and Xiao Chaogui were both "double-vote kings", and Hong Xuanjiao also had one vote. The three of them together had five votes, plus Luo Yaoguo's two votes, so they had the majority of the kings' meeting!
That's right, this is a perfect majority. Even if the remaining kings all support Hong Xiuquan, seven votes are still greater than nine votes! Moreover, "God Yang", "Xiao Ji Du" and "Luo Tianshi" have already reached an agreement. Wei Changhui, Shi Dakai, Hu Yihuang and Qin Rigang would not oppose unless they were crazy. Even if the three of them wanted to abolish Hong Xiuquan's throne according to Ji Du's true imperial decree, these people would have to vote in favor.

When he thought of the Ji Du in heaven looking down at the one who was about to be dismissed with a smug look on his face, Hong Xiuquan could no longer hold back and thought to himself, "It's time to make up my mind. I must rebel!" Thinking of this, he gave Maria, who was standing behind Luo Yaoguo, a fierce look that seemed to say, "Junior Sister Maria, it's time to take action!"

Maria immediately nodded firmly, then made a sign of the cross on her "big" chest, then took a half step forward, reached out and picked up a purple clay teapot on the table in front of Luo Yaoguo, turned around and walked away, trotting down the rostrum, and slipped out of the back door of the Great Hall. When you go out of the back door of the Great Hall, you can see a row of low houses with chimneys on the roofs and blue smoke coming out. That is the kitchen of the Great Hall. The cooks and cooks sent by the Ten Kings of Heaven are busy there.

Hong Xiuquan's woman Daozi was waiting outside one of the "tea rooms" where water was boiling. When she saw Maria walking towards her quickly, she quietly took out a wax-sealed glass bottle, which was the bottle containing "Maria's Tears".

Maria walked over quickly, took the bottle, and carefully checked it. The wax seal on the mouth of the bottle was intact. Daozi lowered his voice and said, "There's no one inside... I'll keep an eye on it for you!"

Maria's face was pale and her expression was a little stiff. She nodded gently and muttered in Italian that Daozi couldn't understand: "If you really are a devil, don't blame me!"

Then she walked into the "tea room" with a step that didn't recognize her relatives. As expected, there was no one inside, only a few large copper kettles of boiling water on the stove. Maria placed the purple clay teapot she brought with her on a small table, picked up the wax-sealed glass bottle, peeled off the red wax with her fingernails, and then carefully pulled out the stopper, and then began to recite the rosary in Latin.

After reciting the sutra, she poured the entire bottle of colorless, odorless and completely transparent mysterious liquid into the teapot, then added some boiling water to the teapot and carried the teapot out of the tea room.

She saw Daozi standing outside, nodded heavily and said, "If he is a devil or a fallen angel, he will definitely go to hell if he drinks even a little bit of the Virgin Mary's Tears. Even if he doesn't drink it, as long as the water mixed with Mary's Tears is poured on him, he will go to hell."

"What if he's not a devil or a fallen angel?" Daozi asked worriedly. She knew Luo Yaoguo's "true identity" better than Maria did, and knew that he was sent by Ji Du to deal with King Hong Tian! Acting on Ji Du's orders, how could he be considered a fallen angel?
Maria said, "That's just like drinking water!" After that, she held the purple clay teapot and walked towards the meeting hall with firm steps.

"Oh my, this seems a bit hopeless!" Daozi thought to himself, "Fortunately, the king still has the Spear of Longnusky, which is a magic weapon that can even kill Ji Du!" Thinking of this, Daozi followed Maria and walked into the hall together...

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Inside the Great Hall, Luo Yaoguo was holding a microphone and lecturing to the national representatives below on the benefits of industrialization and following the British Empire in becoming an imperialist. He talked about how vast the South Seas islands were, how rich their resources were, and how sparse their population were. He seemed so excited as if as long as they could get South Seas, the surplus population in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom would have a good place to go, and even the common people who didn't leave would be able to easily earn enough to eat.

In short, in his words, as long as industrialization is achieved and one becomes that "devil" imperialist, everything will be fine.

At this time, Maria had already come behind Luo Yaoguo with a purple clay teapot and refilled the empty tea bowl with a cup of tea. Luo Yaoguo was talking until his mouth was dry and his saliva was flying. He never thought that his favorite woman would use the "Maria's Tears" from more than 1,800 years ago to deal with him. So when he saw the tea, he picked it up and poured it into his mouth without saying a word. As a result, he was scalded and choked, and started coughing violently.

Seeing Luo Yaoguo coughing loudly after drinking the "Tears of Mary", Hong Xiuquan was so excited that he immediately opened his throat and shouted: "Luo Yaoguo, you demon, you have drunk the tears of the Virgin Mary, you are going to hell soon!"

(End of this chapter)