On the road to London, the long caravans were blocked at the bridge. All caravans were blocked there. This is the only way to London.

At the bridgehead, a bearded tax officer shouted to the caravans coming from all over the country:

"According to the decree issued by the Republic, in order to prevent unscrupulous merchants from selling supplies to the Chinese, all caravans are not allowed to enter London at one rate!"

Another young and strong tax officer shouted at the merchants at the top of his lungs:

"All commodities are acquired by the Republic's government using bonds,..."

What!

Before the tax officer could finish his talk, there was an uproar around him.

Acquisition with bonds!

This is simply a forced robbery!

Who doesn’t know what the so-called “bond acquisition” is?

This is the most commonly used method in the Republic of England. It is to buy some paper with "how many pounds" written on it to buy supplies, and wait for a while to buy it. To put it bluntly, it is "white strips". In fact, making white strips has always been a "fine tradition" of Britain and the United States, and this was the case with the British and American people. Later, the same was true during the American War of Independence. The so-called "continental army" used a large number of "white strips" to confiscate the people's ships, food, horses, etc., and in the end, how many were cashed out? Even until the 21st century, some people took white strips and asked the government for compensation during the Civil War.

The federal government directly refused on the grounds of "no evidence to investigate". This reason is honest enough!

What is the lighthouse of democracy or the legal country is simply bullshit. In comparison, the IOUs written during the War of Resistance and Liberation of the People's Liberation Army will be discounted at a discount as long as you can find them. You will definitely not use a "righteous" investigation without any evidence to refuse.

Grab it openly!

This is the tradition of other people's ancestors.

Just robbed it openly, what can you do?

Great Britain has its own national conditions. In Great Britain, the leeks were cut one after another. However, the cuts were more effective.

When the crowd was excited, a man pushed forward and shouted:

"Master, why is this happening? Didn't you still go in yesterday? Why can't you go in today?"

The tax officer rolled his eyes at him.

"What an inexplicable country man. Now the Chinese are on the Thames. You businessmen are selling things to London, but once they cross the bridge, they go straight to the Chinese and sell things to the Chinese. If you don't stop you, you will all be in the enemy!"

As he spoke, he pointed at the iron cage hanging beside him, and a corpse was hanging in the cage.

"This guy sold the food to the Chinese and exchanged it for Chinese goods. He was caught here and cut his head directly."

Staring at the corpse in the iron cage, everyone turned into mute. Many of them were indeed thinking of doing business with the Chinese. There was nothing we could do about it, after all, the Chinese had gold in their hands.

Who doesn’t love the golden gold?

Now, not only did they not earn the gold, but they were trapped here, and the gates were suddenly in chaos. But they were just in chaos. No one dared to collide. After all, there were a few corpses hanging in the iron cage over there.

Moreover, behind the tax officials were soldiers wearing breastplates and holding muskets and spears. If they collided, they might just give them a reason to rob them.

If you don’t say anything, you will probably not be able to keep your head.

What to do now?

Ship things back?

If you transport the things back, you will definitely lose a lot of money. Then you will not be in vain.

"The bonds will definitely be cashed out. Do you transport the goods back? You will only lose more..."

The tax officials' words broke the fantasy of many people. These merchants transported things from all over the country, which also required capital. Whether they were willing or not, many people could only grit their teeth and "sell" the goods to the Republican government.

While selling, they cursed the Republic and Cromwell. They hated him!

They hated Cromwell's tyranny, hated him for blocking their plan to make money, and left them with no way to sell their country!

But at this time, even if they hated Cromwell no matter how much they hated Cromwell, they still prayed for Cromwell in their hearts. After all, only if that guy beat the white strip in their hands could he be fulfilled.

But the government just robbed it, but it was wrong. It was just acquired. Some of the goods were naturally used to supply the army, while the other part was sent to London. Of course, these goods were absolutely impossible to be supplied to refugees who lost their homes in the fire for free. Instead, they were sold to vendors at high prices, allowing them to sell them to London citizens at high prices.

Did they lose their house in the fire?

So what?

Cromwell also lost the palace!

Who can I make sense of this? How much is the dilapidated houses of ordinary people worth? They will burn them.

"Your Majesty, please come back quickly..."

Once again, the loyal people of London missed their king in their hearts, and they drifted away from the memory that once welcomed Charles I's head...

When these "loyal" London people cursed the profiteering merchants and the government of the Republic, they did not know that His Majesty the supreme king they missed had arrived at his faithful "London" today...the far suburbs.

Arrived at Chatham Dock, now it is the base camp of the Ming Dynasty in the UK. Although there are many wreckages of warships on the river surface, it does not prevent Zhu Youbin and Zhang Mingzhen and others from using this as their base camp.

When Charles II and his loyal minister Edward Hyde, the tried-and-tested secretary Nicholas came to the dock under the escort of several former royalist nobles, they happened to see the army training on the grass.

"Keep the queue! Don't squeeze! Stand for me! One, one, two, one..."

The officers roared there at the top of their lungs, and from time to time they beat the soldiers in the army with sticks, and constantly cursed these stupid Englishmen with national curses such as "grass mud horses".

Although the language was not clear and the culture was very different, under the lesson of the stick, the Englishmen still took Chinese style stance. It has to be said that the scene of nearly 10,000 people walking on Chinese style stance was really amazing, so that Charles II had an illusion that this was definitely an elite force.

"My God, look, how neatly they walked!"

"Yes, your majesty, they are much more neat than Cromwell's army!"

"The new model army is just a group of ducks when it walks..."

Even though King Charles II has not reached any agreement with the Chinese, nor has he won the support of the Chinese, it does not prevent these British nobles from complimenting these foreign countries... No, it is the "English Legion" trained by the "guests" from foreign countries. Even they couldn't help but fantasize that this "English Legion" easily destroyed the army of the Republic of England on the battlefield, defeated Cromwell, and then brought the damn guy to the execution ground, and chopped his head with a "kick"!

Then he hung Cromwell's body in an iron cage and allowed the crow to eat. Only in this way can they vent their hatred!

Why do they hate Cromwell so much?

It was that damn guy who abolished their noble status and confiscated their property!

As long as you can defeat Cromwell, not to mention cooperating with the Chinese, or joining the devil, what's the point?

In the past, they had never seen hope to defeat Cromwell, but now, the appearance of the Chinese has made them see hope, and what makes them even more excited is that the king is back!

The king is not only back, but also wants to form an alliance with the Chinese!

This is simply God's blessing!

Now they treason their country, but they did not treason. Instead, they responded to the king's call.

They were so excited that they had to stand up and cheer for the king and the Chinese, and of course they also cheered for this "English Legion"!

"Welcome to you, Your Majesty the King!"

The person who walked towards them was the acquaintance Earl Shaftesbury. He was following a Chinese, looking at them happily. When did he defect to the Chinese?
Chapter completed!