I'm in the Red Mansion

Chapter 132: The Brave Wins

Chapter 132: The Brave Wins
Even Prime Minister Qin did not expect that Emperor Yonglong would be so generous this time. He actually paid out of his own pocket and took out 300,000 taels of silver directly from his treasury.

But when did Your Majesty have so much money in his treasury?
In previous years, the national treasury was empty, and the emperor's private treasury had even less silver.

There was even a side hall in the imperial palace that had fallen into disrepair and leaked when it rained, but His Majesty could not afford to repair it from the treasury.

The first thing that Prime Minister Qin thought of was the Rouge and Powder and the Chamber of Commerce.

Yes, it must be the money earned by the Rouge and Powder and the Chamber of Commerce!

But, it’s only been a few months?
Even if the Chamber of Commerce makes more money, I'm afraid it won't be able to make so much money, right?
Could it be that Your Majesty has other ways to make money?
This time, Prime Minister Qin guessed most of it right.

The silver in Emperor Yonglong's treasury mainly came from the Chamber of Commerce and Rouge and Powder.

In the past few months, the total dividends have amounted to more than 100,000 taels of silver.

And through the Chamber of Commerce, Feng Ziying also expanded other businesses that he was originally responsible for.

It has to be said that this was the first time that Feng Ziying realized the importance of channels.

After having the channel, the profit really increased a lot.

With the surge in profits, Emperor Yonglong's treasury was finally full again.

This is also the reason why Emperor Yonglong was willing to take out 300,000 taels of silver from the treasury to fight this war.

After Emperor Yonglong decided on the strategy of war, the state machinery began to move.

First, a large amount of food and fodder was stockpiled and transported, and then the troops from various directions set out straight for Caogu County.

Black clouds press down on the city, threatening to destroy it; armor shines in the sun, with golden scales. The horn sounds fill the sky with autumn colors; the rouge on the frontier turns purple at night.

The two countries were about to go to war, and the atmosphere in the entire capital city suddenly became solemn.

The people in the capital were all terrified, fearing that the Great Xia army would be defeated and the Qing army would march straight across the river and attack the capital.

Some wealthy people have even quietly left the capital and headed south to seek refuge.

The atmosphere of the capital city naturally also infected Jia Cong.

This made Jia Cong feel that the court's propaganda was not good enough.

How could the invasion of foreign enemies make the people of the capital panic?
Although he himself was somewhat frightened.

At times like this, we should carry out patriotic propaganda to make the people of the capital city filled with righteous indignation and rush to join the army and kill the enemy on the battlefield!
In fact, this war, regardless of victory or defeat, took place in Jiangbei.

It basically has no impact on the capital.

As for Jia Cong, it is useless to think too much and it is not appropriate to meddle in matters that are not within your jurisdiction.

Therefore, Jia Cong's life entered a bottleneck period.

He read books and practiced martial arts every day, and took time out to ride his horse outside the city.

This also enabled him to make great progress in his riding skills.

Unconsciously, his riding skills had quietly entered a minor level of success.

And it is still improving steadily.

Half a month later, good news came that Daxia won a great victory in the first battle between Daxia and the Qing army!

One hundred and thirty-seven enemies were killed and more than five hundred were injured!

This battle is a complete victory!
As soon as this news came, it caused a sensation in the entire capital.

In the battles between Daxia and the Qing army, Daxia suffered more defeats than victories.

Otherwise, the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun in Daxia would not have been occupied by the Qing army and would never have been recovered.

Unexpectedly, this first battle turned out to be a great victory.

How could this not make the people of the entire capital city rejoice?
In fact, it was not just the people in the capital who were cheering. The news spread so quickly that even people outside the capital were cheering.

At this time, Jia Cong sensed something wrong from the news of this great victory.

Because there was so little information provided about this great victory.

It only mentioned the number of enemies killed and wounded, but did not disclose the number of casualties among the Daxia army.

Jia Cong guessed that it was probably because the number of casualties on the Daxia army's side was greater than that of the Qing army?

But for Daxia, even if the number of casualties was twice that of the enemy, it was still a major victory.

In fact, Jia Cong really guessed it right this time. In this great victory, the Daxia side actually suffered heavy casualties, more than twice that of the Qing army.

However, such casualties and such battle results are what Daxia would like to see.

Because of such battles, Daxia could afford the consumption, but the Qing army could not.

In the past, when Daxia and the Qing army fought, they were often defeated. How could they have won such a tragic victory as today?

The war between the two sides is still going on.

Since the war, both sides have won and lost.

However, this time Daxia was really determined to fight to the death and continued to send troops to Caogu County.

Daxia has always been afraid of war. However, when Daxia started to fight fearlessly, the Qing army could no longer hold on.

Daxia was not afraid of casualties, but the Qing army was not afraid of that.

The Eight Banners Army's combat effectiveness was indeed extremely strong, but their total number was still too small.

The total number of the Eight Banners Army was less than 200,000.

In the war in Caogu County, more than two thousand people died.

Such casualties were already too much for them to bear.

Next, the Qing army began to stay in seclusion and actively avoid fighting.

This news once again excited the people of the capital.

After Jia Cong learned the news, he couldn't help but sigh.

As the saying goes, one soldier is raging, and a general is raging in a nest.

The number of Han people is hundreds or thousands of times that of the Qing Dynasty.

The Han army's military strength is also hundreds or thousands of times greater than theirs.

Therefore, as long as the Han emperor is not afraid and dares to fight, the Qing army will not be able to defeat Daxia.

After all, no matter how strong their fighting power is, their population base is an irreparable internal injury to them.

……

At this moment, Jia Cong received another good news from Jia Huan.

However, the patriarch of the Jia family, Master Zhen of the East Mansion, was seriously ill.

The imperial physician diagnosed that this was due to long-term excessive indulgence in sexual activities, which had caused the body's internal energy to dry up.

However, Jia Zhen's illness was quite serious and he was bedridden.

The imperial physician diagnosed that Master Zhen’s illness would require long-term treatment before he could recover.

After learning the news, Jia Cong couldn't help but smile knowingly.

It seems that Ruizhu and Qin Keqing really took action.

When he was driven out of the Jia Mansion, he had seen Jia Zhen's appearance and could roughly judge Jia Zhen's physical condition.

The prescription that Jia Cong gave Ruizhu was actually very poisonous.

Just taking it for half a month would make Jia Zhen seriously ill.

And the internal organs will gradually fail.

If you want to recover, you must get a prescription for poison and then prescribe the right medicine, then you can hope to recover slowly.

Unfortunately, the medicine prescribed by Jia Cong made it impossible to diagnose that Jia Zhen was poisoned.

I would just think that he had overindulged himself and had exhausted his energy.

As a result, Jia Zhen basically lost hope of recovery.