Chapter 268
Chapter 268
Chongzhen knew that every Daming citizen was limited to buying one homestead.
Each Daming citizen is also limited to buying a house in one city.
So in this way, Daming citizens can own a house in the countryside and a house in the city.
Now looking at the houses where the people of the Kingdom of Siam lived, Chongzhen scoffed.
"This Kingdom of Siam is also too poor!"
"Your Majesty, this is still the house of the wealthier villagers of the Kingdom of Siam!"
"Look over there, those are poor villagers in the Kingdom of Siam, and they only have straw huts. "
A guide in Annam province pointed to the densely packed grass sheds in the distance.
Chongzhen was shocked by this scene.
Can this also live in people?
"Your Majesty, these villagers of the Kingdom of Siam, the agricultural tax has reached forty percent!"
"Most of the people's cultivated land is still temples. "
"They paid 40% of the tax burden to the Siamese court, and the remaining 60% of the grain, and 20% of the grain to the temple. "
"Most villagers, if they can live, don't care whether they live in a straw hut or a bamboo house. "
The guide's words surprised Chongzhen.
It seems that the people of the Daming Empire are the happiest in life.
In the distance, the commander of the First Army ran over on horseback.
"Your Majesty, we are stationed in the border village and are waiting for your arrival!"
Chong 603 Zhen looked at the commander of the First Army and asked curiously, "The soldiers and horses of the Kingdom of Siam have not arrived yet?"
"No, but the surrounding temples often send monks to attack us!"
"The monks of this temple in the Kingdom of Siam heard that they are all nobles, and they occupy eight percent of the cultivated land of the Kingdom of Siam!"
Chongzhen was stunned, not expecting that eighty percent of a country's cultivated land was occupied by noble monks.
What is this terrible situation?
These people of the Kingdom of Siam did not resist?
"Guide, why didn't they resist?"
"Your Majesty, the kingdoms around the Daming Empire are basically influenced by the Confucian culture of the Daming Empire, and the people basically do not think of rebelling as long as they can starve and not die. The guide of Annan province explained in a low voice.
Chongzhen nodded silently, the entire country around Confucian culture was indeed mostly influenced by Confucian culture, so that if the people survived, they would not rebel.
Looking at these poor people of the Siamese Kingdom, Chongzhen directly gave them the Daming Empire untouchable ID cards.
As long as they assist the Ming army in fighting, they will receive rice provided by the Ming army.
When the people of these villages received the rice distributed by the Daming Empire, they all silently shed tears.
"Rice, it's white rice!"
"Only during the New Year and festival can you eat white rice!"
The villagers of the village sighed one by one with a surprised tone.
"Your Majesty, these villagers are now grateful to Daming and to you, and many of the people have applied to join the crusade against the King of Siam. "
"Wang Chengen, you take Jin Yiwei and are responsible for relocating the villagers who joined the Siamese Assistance Army!"
"Just give each of them a long-handled chopping knife!"
"Just follow the back of the Ming Army's Qinglong Battalion, there is no need to fight with the soldiers and horses of the Siam Kingdom!"
Woo!!
Whining~~~
The deep voice made Chongzhen suddenly alert.
Elephant, is the low roar of the elephant.
Chongzhen instantly became excited, and the template of the Daming War Elephant seemed to be coming.
"Your Majesty, a large number of war elephants have been found in the forest less than three miles away from us. "
Chongzhen was not flustered: "Go, just go and see!"
A small banner of Jinyiwei rode with Chongzhen to the edge of the forest.
Chongzhen took a telescope and observed, these war elephants had a huge elephant saddle on them, and three people sat on them.
There is a war elephant pilot, a pikeman, and a heavy crossbowman.
The heavy crossbow is as huge as the crossbow of the god's arm, and it is set up on the elephant saddle.
Without saying a word, Chongzhen copied 10,000 war elephants.
Chongzhen looked at the war elephant in front of him and frowned.
Mother, who will control these war elephants? (Read the violent novel, just go to Feilu Novel Network!)
The Daming Qinglong Battalion, the First Army and the Fourth Army are here, 20,000 people, controlling 10,000 war elephants, should be more than enough.
However, the First Army of the National Qinglong Battalion of the Emperor Ming Emperor (CEEE) did not need to drive war elephants.
The Fourth Army is responsible for sitting on the war elephants, and the auxiliary army is responsible for acting as the driver driving the war elephants.
"Wang Chengen, how many Annan assistants in Annam Province followed us into Siam?"
"Your Majesty, Annan assists the army, there are fifteen thousand people in total!"
"Immediately select 10,000 Annan Assistance Army to be responsible for driving the war elephants, and the remaining 5,000 people, plus 5,000 Siamese Assistance Army, will board the war elephants!"
"All the soldiers of the Fourth Army, all board the war elephants!"
After a while, all 30,000 people boarded the war elephants.
The 10,000 Ming troops of the First Army all rode on horseback and followed the large army of elephant soldiers.
The nephew of the King of Siam, sitting on a war elephant with binoculars in his hand.
Siam's war elephant troops have never lost a battle, which gives the Siamese prince's nephew great confidence.
"Warriors of Siam, you are all noble children of the Kingdom of Siam, you will fight for the Kingdom of Siam!"
"Scouts have found that they are three miles away from us, and they have already discovered the soldiers and horses of the Daming Empire, let us attack together and kill the enemy without leaving a piece of armor!"
Woooo
The trumpet sounded, and the dense army began to move.
"Report, General, it's not good! Discover a large number of Ming Army war elephant troops!"
What?
Where did the Ming army get the elephant?
To hell?
"Nonsense, there are no elephants at all in the Daming Empire, where did they get the elephant soldiers?"
"Really, we scouted and found a large number of Daming War Elephant troops!"
The Siamese king's own nephew was stunned, and he had never heard of the war elephant troops in the Daming Empire.
"How many? Surely not a lot, right?"
"At least 10,000 war elephants, overwhelming, everywhere!"
What?
In the air?
10,000 war elephants?
In our Kingdom of Siam, there are only 5,000 war elephants in total, and this is still the strength of the whole country.
The Daming Empire did not produce elephants, where did so many war elephant troops come from?
"Weren't you frightened by the Ming Army and deliberately lied about the military situation?"
The scout captain kept waving his hand: "No, no, really, there are Ming army war elephant troops everywhere, and their war elephants are exactly the same as ours, and they also have heavy crossbows!"
The Siam king's own nephew frowned and immediately signaled the horn player to stop playing.
"Stop moving now!"
"Ben is going to personally investigate it!"
With a team of scouts, the nephew of the Siam king carefully observed, and the whole scalp was numb.
Isn't it? So many war elephants?
Is the Ming army secretly feeding war elephants?
Impossible, impossible?
Their war elephants are the same as ours, which is really hell.
"Order the war elephant troops, attack immediately!"
"First test the strength of the Ming army war elephant!"
Woooo
The rapid trumpet of the Ming army sounded, and the densely packed war elephants rushed towards the war elephant troops in Siam.
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