A century-old family that runs through the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 413

"Due to the unfriendly behavior of Parliament, our country will impose a trade embargo on areas controlled by the English Parliament, including but not limited to tea, porcelain, silk, soap..."

On the day when the news from Nanjing was received, the Chinese ambassador in London announced this.

The citizens of London were stunned.

After reacting, they all rushed to the shops in the market and began to grab the remaining items. Among them, the most people were buying tea leaves. However, the bosses had naturally gotten the news. When they arrived at the store, they saw this scene:
All tea leaves are sold in limited quantities, and in this short period of time, the price on the price tag has more than doubled.

"Everyone, I can't help it." The shop owner said with a sad face:
"No one knows how long the embargo will last... Even our supplier has raised the price of tea a lot, and our store is helpless!"

The citizens looked at each other, some were lamenting, some of them had two spare cash, and planned to spend more money to buy some while it was still only more than doubled.

If nothing else, tea has taken deep roots in Britain over the past few decades. Although it is widely spread in Europe, there is no doubt that they are the most obsessed with it.

Over such a period of time, I started drinking it as an arty drink in order to be equal to the upper class, but later I really liked it and gradually integrated it into my daily life. Now, it has become inseparable from the lives of many people.

From high-quality tea to ordinary tea, China's large-scale exports made British residents generally exposed to tea and gradually became accustomed to its existence.

The morale of the parliamentary army suddenly plummeted.

The battle lasted for about two months, with the parliamentary army retreating steadily, and the battle line was pushed directly to the vicinity of London.

Now that it has stopped, many people are not used to it. And when I heard that it was the government, I felt even more dissatisfied.

Of course, this cannot be said to be the decisive factor, but it is also an important reason. Soldiers are already a little tired of the long years of war, and good logistics is an important means to relieve their psychological pressure. Now even tea cannot be supplied, which can be said to be the straw that breaks the camel's back.

He was so angry that he cursed in his own camp, but there was no other good way. He could only arrange defense lines as much as possible to delay the king's attack.

After all, the reason lies with them.

In England, there was even a folk song at the time that said:
"When the clock strikes four, everything in the world stops for tea."

You can see his obsession.

The army was also affected by this and had low morale.

Previously, Cromwell was leading the parliamentary army to resist. Although the situation was no longer optimistic, he was still able to barely maintain the war situation from collapse. Now this wave of morale plummeted, but it finally made him unable to recover.

And tea is indeed good for the body, which has also been verified.

It was even classified as strategic material and distributed to frontline soldiers.

There are also many businessmen who are keenly aware of business opportunities. After all, the Chinese embargo only restricted the areas controlled by the parliamentary government, and there were no restrictions on the areas controlled by Charles I. So a large number of merchants under Charles I took the opportunity to resell and made a lot of money. Naturally, they were not so honest and sold some ordinary tea at high prices. Although this move made the citizens very dissatisfied, in the end , but it has exacerbated the loss of public support for the parliamentary government.

The two sides started a fierce battle in the suburbs of London.

The Parliament also realized that it was time for a decisive battle. They gathered tens of thousands of troops, spent all their money and food, barely boosted their morale, and prepared for the final showdown with the royal army.

...December of the seventh year of Dahua.

The Chinese army regrouped again.

There is one advantage to having a large population.

At least there is no shortage of soldiers.

With a population of more than 100 million, China had the confidence to maintain a standing army of more than one million.

Yan Quan couldn't help but smile as he listened to the military minister's report.

"Today, the total strength of our army stationed in various places has reached more than 1.2 million, and this number is still growing. The two new armies are already training, and it will not take long to complete the training."

"Guards from various places are being gradually replaced. Today, there are less than 100,000 guards stationed in Dahua, and most of them have been replaced by the Chinese army."

The emperor nodded and said:
"The Guardsmen must do a good job after retiring. Although they are not as elite as the main force, after all, they once guarded the country for me."

The Minister of Military Affairs quickly responded:
"It's all arranged. We will arrange police, low-level officials and other official positions for them in their hometowns."

Yan Quan gave a soft "hmm". As he gradually grew up, he now had more and more majesty as an emperor. Yan Shishu entered the cabinet some time ago. The newly appointed military minister obviously felt uncomfortable in front of him. Little pressure.

At this time, Dahua's military equipment has been quite complete. In recent years, a large number of new recruits have completed training and successfully enlisted, causing the number of troops to show a linear upward trend. However, because Dahua's territory is so vast, its more than one million troops are still somewhat insufficient.

A large number of military factories were also established in various places. Of the several large ordnance factories in Luzon, only one remained. The rest were all moved to the mainland, and several more were built, which enabled the production of ordnance to be extremely fast and complete the equipment for the army.

As for the division and command of the troops, certain changes were made based on the previous dynasty. In addition to the old military governor's offices of the central, left, right, front and rear armies, the Eastern Army's governor's office was added to control the three provinces of Japan, and the southern army's governor's office was added to control the Nanyang Islands and the southern mainland armies.

Various military and political systems have been basically perfected and are in a good stage of development.

Yan Quan cast his gaze south.

……

Luo Rucai's life has been pretty good lately while she was waiting for the bandits.

Liuwei had been severely beaten by the Ming Dynasty before, and its own military strength was not strong. Luo Rucai and others may not be their opponents when fighting against the Chinese, Shun, and Western armies, but after all, they were also experienced in battles and quickly defeated them. A big piece of land.

Nowadays, several rogue bandits have formed a large army in the local area, separatist power, and claim kingship and hegemony. The life is relaxed and happy. Luo Rucai is even more proud, and he is complacent about his original decision to flee south.

He has even begun to consider whether to establish a country and proclaim himself emperor here?
However, a piece of news came from the north, which shattered his ambition and caused all the bandits to fall into fear again.

"The Hua Dynasty's army has crossed the Chali River and is advancing towards our army!"

(End of this chapter)