Capturing Huai'an is not a difficult task.

Zheng Zhaoye led his troops to attack Jinan was guessed by Wang Xiao in advance, and Jinan City had already begun to be on guard before the Jiangnan army sent troops. And the defenders of Huai'an City didn't expect anyone to come to attack at all......

Wang Xiao asked Cai Wuzhen and the shepherd to lead 4,000 troops, and took Shi Gong and Wang Zhu as staff officers.

After they docked by sea boat, they were not in a hurry to attack Huai'an, but traveled by night and day and lay in ambush outside Huai'an.

Shi Gong took a small group of people into the city to inquire about intelligence. In addition, because he thought that Gu Zheyan was from Huai'an, Shi Gong also brought him with him.

In Huai'an City, the most eye-catching thing is Tong Yuanwei's mansion, with high houses and deep walls, sword guards, and beautiful people inside.

After some inquiry, Shi Gong found a rather interesting thing...... Guo Heyi of the Huai'an clan has a great friendship with Tong Yuanwei.

Guo Heyi was the 'Guo Ye' in Uncle Liu's mouth at that time, and he had a lot of business under his hands, one of which was to collect 'Ruili Children' and train him from an early age, and Gu Zheyan was one of them.

Shi Gong asked Gu Zheyan to help him find Zhang Wu, who bought the child from Uncle Ah Liu, according to his memories when he was young, and then followed Zhang Wu to find Guo Heyi.

First, Wang Zhu came forward to get acquainted with Guo Heyi, and after the other party let down their guard, they controlled Guo Heyi, fished out Liu Jing, the deputy general under Tong Yuanwei, and finally captured Huai'an City.

The whole thing is not easy, but Wang Zhu and Shi Gong are all thoughtful people, and they have done it one by one, and they are unprepared with mental calculations, and Huai'an City's troops are empty, and in the end it is quite smooth.

After capturing Huai'an, Wang Zhu led a thousand people to Xuzhou overnight. Shi Gong led the remaining 3,000 people to temporarily guard Huai'an.

And in Huai'an City, the shouting in Tong Yuanwei's mansion never stopped.

Shi Gong paced, his eyes were quite curious, and he probed around.

Hua Ye also looked everywhere, and sighed: "I have seen a lot of good things in Texas, and when I arrived today, I realized that I was a hillbilly." ”

Shi Gong's eyes swept over the rich gold and jade in the hall, grinned, and said, "You said that these people are like insects, so they like to move good things to the nest?" It's not enough to move......"

Hua Ye listened to the noise in the backyard, shook his head and said, "You said that he grabbed so many women, is he too busy?" ”

"It's not like you, everyone hangs themselves from a tree." Shi Gong responded casually and ordered loudly: "Move everything that can be moved." ”

"My lord, do you want to burn this house down?"

"Burn what? Burned down the house? The one surnamed Tong has no thoughts? Can you still be in a hurry to come back? Shi Gong then ordered: "Tie up all the sons surnamed Tong and send them to the ship, and bring them back to Grandpa Guo." ”

Hua Ye was stunned again? asked, "Has Grandpa Guo ever commanded him like this?" ”

"And if you want him to tell him everything? Why send a certain family? Shi Gong said: "Isn't it because a certain family is meticulous in its work?" ”

Hua Ye has an understanding......

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Xuzhou.

Yellow House.

"Prince Wang, General Cai, please ......"

With this call? A group of well-dressed people climbed the Yellow Building and took their seats.

Not much? Wine and food come up.

A richly dressed middle-aged man smiled and said, "Prince Wang? The Duke of the Kingdom of Yu is known as the reincarnation of Dongpo, so this Yellow House is actually quite related to the Grandpa of the Kingdom. It was built by Mr. Dongpo. In the tenth year of Song Xining, Su Dongpo came to Xuzhou to serve as the prefect, and the Yellow River broke at that time? Mr. Dongpo is desperate? He lived in a shed on the city wall, and commanded the army and the people to build embankments and protect the city...... After the flood receded, this high-rise building was built in Xuzhou, which is called 'soil can win water'. ”

Cai Wuzhen sat there, neither moving chopsticks nor lifting wine? He only pressed his hand on the hilt of the sword, and glanced around coldly.

Wang Zhu glanced at Cai Wuzhen obliquely? Seeing that he was even more indifferent than himself, Wang Zhu had no choice but to put on a look of businessman hospitality? Holding the cup and taking a sip, he opened his mouth and groaned: "But the jewel of the Yellow Building? To the left of the crown pheasant. Hold the sundial to go out horizontally? Thousands of clouds are on the march...... Xuzhou Yellow Building? I've heard about it, too. ”

"Yes, yes, Qin Shaoyou's "Yellow Mansion Fu" praises Su Dongpo's achievements. But the old man still prefers Xiao Su's article, 'Therefore, I will hang the ancients with my son, and Min He will be determined in the past, knowing that there is no change, pay a glass of wine all day long', haha, and with all the gentlemen, pay a glass of wine all day long. ”

The old man who spoke, Sima Shou, was a member of the Xu family. The white clothes look simple, but in the faint light, you can see the fine lines outlined on it.

As he spoke, he picked up the wine glass and saluted Wang Zhu, raised his head and drank it, and his gestures were full of ease.

The people in the audience stroking their palms and laughing, and they were happy, and they talked about the appearance of their feelings.

After a while, the dancing queen came upstairs to dance, and the atmosphere became more and more harmonious.

A dancing girl turned around, and she came to Wang Zhu's side in the middle of the dance, and the muslin dance belt was wrapped around Wang Zhu's body, and her half-wrapped arms were about to be hugged.

The pot head snorted, and he was very puzzled and put his hand in front of the dancing girl.

Wang Zhu put down his wine glass, smiled faintly, and said, "I am a businessman, and I am not good at writing ancient arias and poems. Why don't you talk about business? ”

The scene was a little quiet.

Sima Shou clapped his palms and stopped singing and dancing.

"What does Wang Gongzi want to talk about?"

"Before I came, my brother said that this Xuzhou City is not Guan Ming's, nor is it Zheng Yuanhua's, and it is not something that my brother can occupy. After all, it belongs to you Jiangnan clans. The boats on the canals, the mountains of salt, cloth, tea and iron, and the shops all over the city...... The prosperity of the entire Xuzhou is in your hands. Of course, we can kill you all and snatch you up......"

At this point, the faces of everyone in the audience sank.

Wang Zhu continued: "But it doesn't make sense. Without you, even if you take this Xuzhou, it will only be an empty city. Taking the wealth you have is only killing chickens and eggs. Next, the towns of Yangzhou, Nanjing, Suzhou, and Hangzhou ...... Everyone will oppose us, and there will be no gains. So, after thinking about it, let's work together as well. ”

"Wang Gongzi is right." Sima Shou said slowly: "We don't want to fight, and the two highnesses are both of the blood of the first emperor, so why bother to fight?" But the affairs of the imperial court, how can I wait for these grass people to have the final say? ”

"Mr. Sima doesn't have to be too modest, you are connected with half of the officials of the imperial court behind you." Wang Zhu said: "How many of these big and small political affairs in Jiangnan are that you can't interfere in?" But I have to say, let Guan Ming guard Xuzhou, you will lose. ”

What you want, I know very well. At present, the world is not peaceful, it used to be a wolf, and then it was a rogue, and then the world was in chaos, and in the future, Tang rebels or Jiannu may come to Xuzhou. You want to have a military commander to protect this place, so that you can continue to be prosperous and rich, and live this life of drunken dreams and death. But alas, you are not ladylike.

Guan Ming, who was originally a rogue, had a dislike with Zhang Xianzhong and surrendered. Then he began to turn around and kill the rogue. This person's character, loyal? Righteousness? is such a person, who supports the army and respects himself, and becomes the general soldier all the way. In Xuzhou, he took your money, and in the end, can he protect your peace? We understand the truth that killing chickens and taking eggs is not lost, does he understand? ”

Sima Shou stroked his long beard and glanced at everyone in the seat.

"We also understand what Wang Gongzi said, but what can we do about it?"

Wang Zhu continued: "Zhou Yu issued an edict, and the four towns in Jiangbei went to attack Jinan. Guan Ming's money and food for raising soldiers, but you gave it for him. Turning back, he made meritorious contributions, made an earl, and continued to recruit troops. In the end, don't come to fish you. Of course, that's just for another time. Now the problem is...... Jinan City is by no means as easy to fight as you think. ”

At this point, Wang Zhu's face turned cold, and he said slowly: "I might as well tell you now." Shedi has sent troops to cut off the grain route of the Jiangnan Army and take the grain and grass of Yizhou. The silver grain you gave out has gone down the drain. ”

The already not very good faces of the people in the audience became more and more difficult to look at.

Cai Wuzhen stood up suddenly, looked out the window, and saw a soldier in the distance coming this way. His body was instantly flooded with murderous intent, and he said to Wang Zhu: "Someone is here." ”

Wang Zhu took another glass of wine and said slowly: "If I die here today, then next time my third brother will come over in person." In our Wang family, my third brother is the one with the worst temper. He is here, and he will slaughter you in Xuzhou City, one by one, no matter how many of you there are. By the way, I'm just threatening you. We can capture Huai'an City, and Xuzhou City is no problem. ”

The faces of everyone in the audience changed again.

They didn't know how many soldiers and horses Wang Xiao sent to attack Huai'an, but they knew that Huai'an City had not received any news in advance, and it was defeated overnight. In addition, Wang Xiao's soldiers and horses have an excellent control over Huai'an City, and until now, the soldiers and horses stationed outside the city have not been able to recover Huai'an City.

In the end, it was Sima Shou who smiled, stood up and whispered to someone outside the door.

When Sima Shou sat down again, Cai Wuzhen looked out the window again, only to see the soldiers in the distance slowly retreating.

Cai Wuzhen nodded to Wang Zhu, sat down again, and the atmosphere was harmonious again.

Wang Zhu said: "You also know that we have taken Huai'an. Originally, the younger brother meant to send troops directly over and capture Xuzhou. At that time, Xuzhou will inevitably be ruined again, and this must be what you don't want to see. I am different from my brother, I am a businessman, a businessman, and harmony is precious. ”

The people of Xuzhou looked at Wang Zhu's indifferent expression, and they didn't feel that Wang Zhu had the appearance of 'harmony is precious'.

"What does Wang Gongzi want?"

Wang Zhu said: "I want to do business with you." ”

Sima Shou sighed: "We also want to do business well, but in this situation, the two highnesses are fighting......

"Everyone is a subject of the Chu Dynasty." Wang Zhu said: "What's the benefit of fighting? ”

"This ...... Of course, we don't want to fight. ”

"Let's put it this way, our Wang family has some business in Shandong. There are also many goods that need to be bought urgently, a few can take a look, this is the manifest ......"

Wang Zhu said, taking out a large stack of papers from his sleeve.

For a moment, the Xuzhou clans in the audience were a little stunned. I don't think this big stack of things is obviously like a manifest. If it is a silver ticket, it is indeed a lot of money, but it is a little ridiculous to use money to buy yourself.

However, after taking the manifests and scanning them a few times, they couldn't laugh.

"What is this?"

Wang Zhu said: "We need a large number of raw silk, tea, and porcelain...... We basically have to buy what you can sell. And this quantity, only your Xuzhou alone can't supply it. ”

The field was quiet, and only Wang Zhu's voice was echoing.

"In the past two years, the canal has stopped, and the business in the north is not very easy, so you must have made a lot of money. But now, our Wang family can let you earn all this silver back, and it can be several times more than before. ”

Sima Shou took a few lists of goods and looked at them a few times, and muttered: "Prince Wang, this is not a small amount, can you swallow it?" Jiaodong is such a big place, this is really ......"

"Who told you that we only have a little bit of Jiaodong." Wang Zhu said: "You know how big a place there is in the countries of the four seas and how many goods you can swallow. It's not like you haven't done sea trade yourself. Of course, in my opinion, you guys are doing a terrible job. Everyone is a businessman, so naturally they can understand it. You can compare the contents of this manifest, and it is easy to understand how we plan and how far we want to do business. ”

"For another example, Nanjing's annual income is 8 million taels, and you can earn 8 million taels a year by doing business with my Wang family. Don't you understand who you want to work with? ”

"But this ......"

Before someone spoke, Wang Zhu interrupted again: "Is there an abacus?" ”

Sima Shou instructed a subordinate, and after a while, the subordinate came up with a beautiful abacus. Wang Zhu took it, took the manifest back, and counted it with a crackle.

"Eighty two million two hundred seventy four thousand one hundred thirty-six ......"

As he spoke, he pulled out a stack of silver tickets from his bosom.

"I'm sorry, but I can't redeem so much money in one ticket house, so I have to separate them. These ten are the silver tickets of Suzhou Richang ticket number, each 100,000 taels, here is 1 million taels...... These ten are the silver tickets of Hangzhou Kangsheng Ticket Village, and each one is also 100,000 taels ......"

He finished reading without bothering, raised his head and said, "It's a total of ten million taels, you can check it." This is a year's share. ”

The whole Yellow House fell silent.

After a while, Wang Zhu's voice sounded again.

"You see, we are different from Zheng Yuanhua, and we are not the same as those martial artists in the four towns of Jiangbei. We have soldiers, and we are all elite soldiers. 170,000 soldiers and horses from the four towns of Jiangbei came to attack Jinan, and in the end they could only go back in disgrace. We will also do business, not only without your filial piety, but also so that you can earn more money...... Why do you bother spending money on Guan Ming's white-eyed wolf?

Of course, I also understand that it is not easy to let you take refuge in a while. We can cooperate for a year or two, and then you will know who will be able to achieve great things.

By the way, my request is simple. If you had intended to take over this business. Let Xie Xue, the deputy chief soldier of Xuzhou Town, pass on a few urgent reports to Guan Ming, telling him that Xuzhou has been lost. Before I came, I found out very clearly that Xie Xue has a lot of tricks in your hands, and he doesn't dare not listen to you. This is in your interest. If the battle continues, all that will be burned will be your silver......"

After a while, on top of the Yellow Building, the dance and music resumed. It's fun again.

After a long time, Wang Zhu and Cai Wuzhen led people down the Yellow Building.

"Huh." Wang Zhu sneered, his eyes full of coldness.

"All the moths that mislead the country have bitten the roots of Jiangnan. Let you live for another year and a half......"