Looking at Zhang Huangyan, who was stunned, Mo Zhi smiled and said, "Doesn't Lord Zhang understand the prince's intentions at this time?" If you want to go outside and go inside, hey...... Lord Zhang, if you want to come to the day of the Northern Expedition, it is not far away! ”

Yes, the day of the Northern Expedition is not far away, and because it is not far away, it is necessary to clean up the backyard.

In fact, everyone knows this truth.

Don't be obsessed and go.

Leaving Xiong Rulin, he looked at Zhang Huangyan with his mouth wide open in a daze, "Xuanzhuo, are you still going to advise the prince?" ”

Zhang Huangyan's face turned green for a while, and he stomped his feet and said angrily: "How do I know?!" ”

After saying that, he patted his ass and left.

Xiong Rulin caught up with two steps and shouted: "Then tomorrow's general order, will it be issued or not?" ”

"You are the political envoy, you can do it yourself!"

Xiong Rulin couldn't help but smile bitterly.

……。

Wu Zheng is indeed not a prevarication.

It is only two months before the beginning of spring.

It's not that Wu Zheng intends to meet with the bayonets of Mrs. Huguang Zhenyi's loyal battalion.

Instead, according to the previous plan, in the name of the loyal battalion, he must take Jiujiang, Raozhou, and Guangxin, so as to expand his living space.

In this western expedition, Zhu Cihong wanted half of Huguang (Hunan), and the Qing court could also easily get half of Huguang (Hubei) for one soldier and one soldier, and he contributed his own efforts, and only got 700,000 taels of silver before and after, which was obviously a loss-making deal.

Only by recovering the three prefectures of Jiujiang, Raozhou, and Guangxin, which are still occupied by the Qing court, can Wu Zheng's hunger and thirst for territory be quenched.

……。

Wei Kuangguo came in a hurry.

At the moment when he was notified by Mo Zhinian, he even gave up the mass he was going to do.

"Your Excellency, I have finally met you. You know that if I don't see you again, I'll be demoted and recalled to the Holy See, oh...... God, that would be a nightmare for my life. ”

"Dear Monsieur Maldini, it seems that it is not the king that you are anxious to see, but the pile of things."

"Ahh …… Oh my God, Your Excellency is right, even a merciful Lord needs the devotion of mortals, and that heap of things in Your Lord's mouth is enough to raise the most elite army in any country. Seeing that it is the end of the year, Your Excellency the King of the County, please pay the payment as agreed. ”

Wu Zheng laughed, "Dear Mr. Maldini, don't worry, this king has something to ask you to help ...... right now." ”

"No, no. Your Excellency, this payment has been delayed for half a year, and it must be paid off before discussing other matters. Wei Kuangguo is really nervous, indeed, Wu Zheng is a trustworthy person, he doesn't doubt this.

However, it is often that every time a payment is made on time, Wu Zheng will add a transaction, that is, the payment is only the payment for the next transaction, and even the next payment is not enough.

So much so that in just two years, the arrears have increased from hundreds of thousands to two million taels.

Therefore, Wei Kuangguo loves and hates at the same time, loves with huge profits, and hates with profits being delinquent and constantly devoured.

Wu Zheng raised his eyebrows and asked Mo Zhinian on the side: "Old Mo, is Mr. Maldini telling the truth?" ”

Mo Zhinian replied: "It's really been more than half a year." ”

Wu Zheng feigned anger and said, "How can this be? How can one be faithful to Monsieur Maldini and to the omnipotent God? It's too unusual, dear Monsieur Maldini, to see what went wrong ....... ”

When Wei Kuangguo heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Excuse me, how long will it take?" ”

Wu Zheng looked at Mo Zhinian, and Mo Zhinian said: "In fact, the most important thing is that in the past half a year, the prince has been leading the troops to fight, and he has flawlessly taken care of all the general affairs. Of course, if the prince decides to investigate thoroughly, his subordinates will definitely investigate to the end, and as for the time, the fastest is January and February, and the slow is March and May. ”

As soon as these words came out, Wei Kuangguo exclaimed, "No, no." Honorable Lord of the County, I don't need to track it down, I just need silver. ”

Wu Zheng spread his hands regretfully and said, "Look...... Dear Mr. Maldini, in fact, the main reason is simple, it is this damned war that has led to a misunderstanding between you and me. Since you don't want to check, this king has also complied with your wishes. ”

Wei Kuangguo's heart was filled with 10,000 grassland beasts, and this investigation had to drag on for three or five months, and he still had to be killed by the pit?

Although Mo Zhinian over there lowered his head slightly, his heart was also a mess, which was dragging and not giving, it was clear that he had no money, if it wasn't for the fact that he "robbed and copied the bottom" from Xiushui this time, and Wang Deren sent more than a dozen ships of goods, I am afraid that this year will be sad.

Wu Zheng naturally couldn't see what the two of them were thinking, of course, even if they could see it, they wouldn't pay attention to it, he said with a straight face: "This king knows your difficulties, and he feels the same way, so ...... This time, this king will pay you half a year's payment at a time to make up for your losses in the past six months, I don't know what Mr. Maldini thinks? ”

When Wei Kuangguo heard this, he touched his ears, for fear that he had heard it wrong, when did this young county king be so merciful? "Lord Wang...... Is what the prince said true? ”

Wu Zheng said in a deep voice: "This king has always done what he says!" ”

Wei Kuangguo couldn't be more excited, "Your Excellency, Honorable County King, you are kind and generous...... Oh no, you are my benefactor! ”

Wu Zheng laughed.

"My dear Monsieur Maldini, however, the king has a small condition. As I said earlier, there's something I want you to help me with. ”

The smile on Wei Kuangguo's face instantly stiffened, and he pulled down and shook his head, "No, no." Your Excellency, the payment must not be delayed again because of other things, and if you want to buy other goods on credit, you must first pay off all the arrears, otherwise there will be no new transactions. Your Excellency, did you know that the Qing court on the back was buying a huge amount of firearms from the Portuguese? They used it in full, and the price was 10% higher than what you paid for. The Holy See has already made a will, and if you want to buy it on credit, you will certainly not be able to. ”

Wu Zheng's face instantly turned cold, "It turns out that Mr. Maldini also knows that the Qing court is buying firearms, so the Holy See is also selling firearms to the Qing court?" Do you know that if the Holy See were to participate in such a dirty deal, it would hinder or even destroy the great cause of our Northern Expedition? Do you know that if the Holy See were involved in this dirty deal, the war would be prolonged indefinitely, countless people would die as a result, and you were supporting the barbarians of the north, a betrayal of the king, a betrayal of the civilized world! ”

Wei Kuangguo was so frightened that his head was full of cold sweat, and he hurriedly denied it: "No, no, Your Excellency the King of the County, please calm your anger." I swear that to this day the Holy See has not sold a single musket or a single cannon to the Qing court. ”