Chapter 1023 Old Business

Dahua's reinforcements arrived in London, which was huge bad news for Great Britain.

In an emergency, the news of the annihilation of the British navy was informed by the Chinese army. This was the second bad news.

Under the double blow, Charles II couldn't even eat.

All the troops surrounding London also withdrew to the Oxford line.

If they stay in London, their safety is no longer guaranteed.

After all, 3,000 Chinese troops could withstand their attack. Now 8,000 people gathered in London, already equipped with the ability to counterattack.

The withdrawal of the peripheral troops made the nobles in the city completely despair.

This means that they lose the chance of being rescued.

The government has yet to enter into peace talks with Dahua, and they are already in danger.

Even though the Chinese army hadn't started massacring them yet, some nobles were already starving to death.

Their property was all taken away by the Chinese army, so naturally they had no money to buy food.

Those who had the means to obtain food could barely survive, but the nobles who had no means had already starved to death.

"I wish I had a daughter."

A nobleman who was about to faint from hunger huddled in the corner with this thought in his mind.

If you have a daughter, you can please the Chinese soldiers at this time in exchange for some food.

Just when he was about to despair, the Chinese army, in a humanitarian spirit, specifically allowed the British to redeem people.

According to the previous status of these nobles, the price is clearly marked, and their relatives or the government can spend money to redeem them.

The Chinese army came up with this move mainly because they were too lazy to attack other places.

If you grab it yourself, you won't be as comfortable as letting the enemy take the initiative to send it to you.

Moreover, this is also the fine tradition of the Chinese army.

As early as when Wu Changqing first captured Nanjing, he sold prisoners to the Qing court for military expenses. Since then, this kind of selling of prisoners has not stopped.

Of course, Dahua's principle of selling prisoners is to only sell those who are useless and valuable.

Azig is valuable and useless, so it can be sold. Hong Chengchou was relatively less valuable than Azige, but he was much more capable than Azige, so naturally he couldn't be sold.

Most of these nobles in London are people with high status but little ability.

Those who are capable have already evacuated London with Charles II. Great Britain also knows how to protect talents and prevent them from dying in bombings.

Therefore, the nobles in London can sell it, even Donald can sell it.

Donald has some abilities, but so what. If he is put back, Great Britain's navy will still be finished, and it will not be possible to recover for another three to five years.

As soon as the news spread, the nobles in London began to write letters quickly.

And their relatives outside the city also began to think of ways to raise money to redeem the people. After all, there was too little security in London, and no one knew that the Chinese army would suddenly kill them.

Moreover, for some female nobles, it is also urgent to escape from London.

For those wealthy nobles, this news is not bad, as they can avoid disasters if they lose money. Although a piece of flesh has to be cut off, at least the person can be saved.

For those nobles who have no relatives and no money, they can only watch other nobles flee the sea of ​​misery.

"George, please ask your father to redeem our family. Don't you like Mero? If you redeem us, you can get married."

A nobleman begged another ransomed young nobleman.

"Uncle Ferguson, the men Melo keeps company with these days are no more than one company."

George said depressedly.

Although, he once liked Merlot.

However, what he likes is a virgin Merlot, not a tainted Merlot.

What's more, it's even more impossible to spend money to redeem the Ferguson family.

"Slom, this bastard, I'm going to kill him. Has he forgotten who brought him up?"

A nobleman yelled in the street and wrote a letter to his nephew, hoping that his nephew could redeem his family.

However, it is obvious that family affection lost to money at this time.

The price for his family was so high that Slom was reluctant to pay for it.

"Asshole, you mean my manor can't be sold for 10,000 yuan?"

A fat nobleman cursed.

He had no relatives outside, but he could sell his estate in the city.

Although London is currently occupied by Great Britain, there are still some speculators who are willing to gamble that London will return to Great Britain.

So, they took this opportunity to rob.

The manor of the fat nobleman was worth at least one hundred thousand dollars before London fell. But now, the speculator is only willing to pay 10,000 yuan, which can just redeem the fat man's family.

"Sir Arthur, you have no choice. I am taking a huge risk. If London is ceded to Dahua, I will directly lose 10,000 yuan. Besides, compared with your life, this city What’s a manor?”

The speculator laughed.

In the end, Fatty just had no choice but to compromise. Survive first, and then have a chance to make a comeback later.

In Oxford, Charles II was also discussing with others how to deal with Dahua's move. Should the government take action against those nobles who have no one to redeem them?

"You can't help, otherwise the nobles who have spent their own money will have objections."

A minister said.

"But if we stand idly by, we will be scolded by the nobles for inaction."

Charles II said depressedly.

It is easy to be an emperor in prosperous times, but the emperor in troubled times is not as good as Prince Xiaoyao.

No matter what he does or doesn't do at this time, it is wrong and someone will scold him.

"But we don't have any money anymore. We can't raise enough for the daily military expenses. Where can we have the money to ransom people?"

"The navy is gone. All the military expenditures allocated to the navy in the future can be saved."

"Asshole, do you want Great Britain to lose control of the sea forever?"

"Have you ever had sea control in front of the Great China Navy?"

"Your army is not much better. With tens of thousands of people, you can't even defend London. It was captured by thousands of people."

"If it weren't for your wasteful navy, how could the enemy get close to London? If it weren't for your wasteful navy, how could the enemy's naval guns hit London?"

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Soon, there was a noise in the conference room.

People from the navy faction naturally want to retain the navy.

Others felt that the investment in the navy was too great and was useless. They lost all their wealth in a naval battle and there was really no need to keep it.

Even when it comes to the survival of the country, people with different interest factions will not give in to each other when encountering disputes.

This scene made Charles II very discouraged for a time.

He now hopes that a minister with enough weight will stand up and ask him to surrender, so that he can end this war happily. He really doesn't want to live such a bad life.

He wants to end the war now and survive for more than ten years. As for what to do in the future, this mess will be left to future generations to deal with.