The next morning, Li Zicheng stood on the head of Taiyuan City. Seeing the Qing army retreating like a tide, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He could hardly hold on. The food in Guanzhong was almost scraped away by him. If he wanted to force the food to collect it, it would be aroused a civil unrest.

As for the pursuit, I never thought that although he was in a bad mood, he suffered a loss with the Qing Dynasty and would only give Li Xin a free gift.

‘Oh~~’

Li Zicheng sighed secretly, but missed the days that were wandering around.

He ate all the way, robbed the food without food, and didn't bother to raise food everywhere. But now, even though he established a capital and established a country, others called him the emperor, but he had less pleasure in his actions and was restricted in everything he did, especially when dealing with local gentry and surrendered officials of the Ming Dynasty, he had to be patient. In the past, he had to be pulled out and beaten to death.

Moreover, civil officials such as Niu Jinxing and Song Xiance repeatedly advised him to strictly abide by the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty, plan every word and action well for him, and practice it to demonstrate for him.

For example, every time Niu Jinxing goes out, he must carry a sedan chair eight times, and almost everyone will refuse to pay a visit to the teacher.

You should know that Venus in the Year of the Ox is only a Juren, but a considerable number of the disciples they receive are Jinshi.

Song Xiance was a little better. He was just a fortune teller on the street. He had no fame and did not dare to accept the disciples. However, the officials and nobles came to him to see fortune tellers and presented them with a lot of gifts.

In short, the current situation of the Dashun Dynasty is that civil officials make money, military generals torture their wages, and they all have big waists and big waists, but the lives of the people in Guanzhong have not improved at all, and they have even worsened than before.

After all, Li Zicheng did not have any policies and measures to benefit people's livelihood. He restrained his civil and military officials. Not to mention Li Xin, he was even worse than Chongzhen. Moreover, since he founded the People's Republic of China in Guanzhong, he has frequently used troops and Guanzhong has been squeezed out by him.

But I just squeezed it dry and couldn't run away. This is a damn emperor, it's hard to be an emperor!

"emperor!"

Just as Li Zicheng was upset, Niu Jinxing whispered: "I think that after Dorgon returns to Shenyang, he will send envoys to negotiate with the emperor, and the emperor must prepare early."

"oh?"

A flash of light flashed in Li Zicheng's eyes.

Niu Jinxing saw Li Zicheng's expression and felt sure, and advised: "Dorgon could not conquer for a long time. He retreated this time and would never come back. Therefore, the threat of the Qing Dynasty and I Dashun is not with each other, but with Li Xin. I saw that Dorgon was in a hurry when he left, it was mostly because of the change in Liaodong. It is very likely that Li Xin had already begun to use troops to Liaodong, so Dorgon would definitely send envoys to see the emperor."

"Damn it, the most unreliable man!"

Li Zicheng thought that Dorgon had just persuaded him to surrender, and then sent troops to attack. This attack on Shanxi was without any warning. If he hadn't reacted quickly and entered Taiyuan first, Shanxi would have been over. From then on, Guanzhong was exposed to the iron hoof of the Qing Dynasty. This ability to turn against him was simply chilling.

Niu Jinxing said again: "Emperor, everything can be done again and again. Dorgon has breached his trust in the emperor twice. How dare he do it for the third time?"

Li Zicheng said without comment: "Let's talk about it when Dorgon sends someone over."

Niu Jinxing's joy appeared in secret. He didn't care whether cooperation with the Qing Dynasty would bring in infamy. He only knew that his glory and wealth were hard-won. To keep Dashun was to keep him.

...

Also today, Zhou Han received an invitation from Zhou Hou and took Sun Di to the palace to visit. Fei Zhen'e accompanied the two daughters to Chengqian Palace.

The people in the palace were dismissed and sent out, which was much more sparse. Thousands of palace maids were left with only a few hundred. Half of them were absorbed by Zhou Han into the financial company, and some became teachers. After simple training, they taught children to learn books and read characters for free.

Fei Zhen'e looked at Zhou Han curiously. Although her figure did not distort after giving birth, her appearance was slightly worse than herself. She didn't understand why Li Xin could hand over the Finance Corporation to Zhou Han for the host? Isn't she afraid of Wu Zetian coming out?

Sun Di also pulled Zhou Han's sleeve and looked around curiously.

Zhou Han looked back lovingly, then smiled and said, "Is cousin a good life?"

Fei Zhen'e said: "It's the same as before, there are more people in the palace. The queen thinks it's noisy. Madam, Chengqian Palace is ahead. Please follow the slave to go in."

Now Zhou Hou dares not put on the airs of the queen anymore, and personally brings Princess Changping to greet the palace yard. Zhou Han is seen walking towards Sun Di from afar.

"Mother, my cousin is also bringing a girl."

Princess Changping looked at Sun Ti and said softly.

Zhou Hou sighed: "That is Sun Yuanhua's granddaughter. Alas, it's also what the mother owes your cousin. I just hope your cousin comes over and don't blame him."

Princess Changping snorted: "You don't know that my grandfather did a good thing."

Zhou Hou shook his head and didn't say anything.

Queen Zhang also stood aside with a slight smile on her lips.

In the past, when Chongzhen was in power, Empress Zhang adhered to the moral character of a wife and the ancient Buddha of Qinglan. This was not to be willing to live a simple life, but she knew what kind of person Chongzhen was and knew what Chongzhen needed to do herself. In this flash, more than ten years have passed, and her youth was exhausted. She thought it would be like this for the rest of her life, but who could have expected that many earth-shaking events would happen in the year.

The Ming Dynasty was essentially dead. The self who should have died was still alive. Because Chongzhen lost power, he could walk freely in the palace ban. Such a life was at least not so depressing, much better than in the past.

"I've met my cousin!"

Zhou Han accelerated his pace and bowed to Zhou Hou.

Zhou Hou held Zhou Han's wrist, looked up and down, and smiled and said, "My sister is indeed beautiful. I want to apologize to you for the last incident. I really don't know that you have married into the capital, otherwise my father wouldn't let his father do anything wrong. Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened."

Zhou Han smiled and said, "What did my cousin say? What does this have to do with my cousin? OK, the matter is over, don't mention it anymore. This is... Princess Changping, right?"

"I've seen my cousin!"

Princess Changping gave a cursory salute.

"Oh, what a beautiful little princess, I don't have any good things on my cousin, so I'll give it to you."

Zhou Han held Princess Changping, took out an exquisite box from her arms and handed it over.

"this……"

Princess Changping looked at Zhou Hou. She didn't care about any gifts or gifts. As a princess, she was favored by Chongzhen and had never seen any treasures.

"You can take what my cousin gave it to you."

Zhou Hou smiled.

"Oh, thank you cousin."

Princess Changping took the box and opened it. It was a pocket watch with a sterling silver shell. It was inlaid with gems on the outside. Even though she was used to seeing treasures, she had never seen a pocket watch. When she opened the lid, she was walking around under the glass cover.

"Oh, it's great that such a small clock can still be carried with you."

Princess Changping exclaimed happily.

Sun Di corrected: "This is a pocket watch, not a clock, it is a VIP-shaped pocket watch produced by the watch company run by Mr. Li. This one costs ten thousand taels of silver."

"So expensive? Then I can't want it!"

Princess Changping stuck out her tongue and wanted to return the pocket watch.

Zhou Han stopped him and said with a smile: "Don't listen to her nonsense. It was sold at such a high price that Mr. Li asked. In fact, an ordinary pocket watch is only sold for ten taels of silver. Compared with the one in your hand, the difference is that it is not inlaid with gems. The shell is pure steel. How much can some fine gems be worth in this amount of silver?"

"Did anyone buy it?"

Princess Changping couldn't help asking.

Zhou Hou and Queen Zhang also looked over curiously.

Sun Ti burst into laughter: "It is said that dozens of them have been sold, and the big families in Nanjing are proud of wearing VIP-shaped pocket watches."

"Oh? Don't they know the price is too high?"

Princess Changping was puzzled.

Sun Ti said seriously: "Mr. Li said that this kind of pocket watch is a symbol of identity. Others buy him a identity, and it has nothing to do with how much money it costs. At first, no one believed it, but it turned out to be made, and someone really bought it. By the way, according to Mr. Li's requirements, VIP-shaped pocket watches are limited-edition, and there seems to be only one hundred. Once sold out, they will not be available again."

Zhou Hou, Princess Changping and Queen Zhang looked at each other. They didn’t understand the world of the rich, nor did they understand the mentality of those rich.

Immediately, Zhou Hou untied a jade pendant from his waist and stuffed it into Sun Ti's hand and smiled: "My aunt has nothing good, I have taken this jade pendant for more than ten years, and I'll give it to you today."

"Thank you aunt!"

Sun Diluoluo thanked generously.
Chapter completed!