Qian Sudian couldn't help but take a breath when he heard this, and he was surprised: "He, a young man under twenty, is he really so terrible?" When you talked to him before, you were very arrogant, and I didn't see the slightest dissatisfaction with him, I thought you were enough to fight him. ”

Qian Qiaogong frowned, closed his eyes, and looked like a bitter melon, "Uncle, you know me, how could I have such a temper at home?" ”

Qian Sudian was stunned for a moment, indeed, the Qian family is a scholarly family, Qian Qiaogong has been taught by his eldest brother to be a humble gentleman since he was a child.

This realization made Qian Sudian's face solemn, "What is he capable of?" In my opinion, he is just a young man who is a little luckier, and perhaps he has some talent in running the army, but he is not as feared as you say. ”

Qian Qiaogong said: "At first, when I was in Lianghu, I thought the same thing. Even according to his father's instructions, he recruited more than 1,000 volunteers who were recruited at that time, and prepared to overhead Wu Zheng and control the thousands of households in Lianghu. But what happened later, Uncle should be clear. He doesn't seem to be obvious, an ordinary person, but he seems to have a mysterious magic that makes people want to believe in him and follow him, even if they do things that they know will not succeed. ”

"It's like deposing the king of Lu at that time and supporting the princess of Changping, he was just a thousand households at that time, uncle, it was such a thousand households, and he mobilized the military department Shangshu who everyone knew to be a good man in the dynasty, Zhang Cangshui and others, who were known as the knife of words, and even his father, finally obeyed his wishes."

After that, the imperial court was bent on the defensive, that is, he insisted on the Northern Expedition, without the support of the imperial court, he privately contacted Xingguo Gong, and the uncle should know Xingguo Gong as a person, but he was also moved by Wu Zheng's words, what is shocking is that the Northern Expedition was really successful, and even the harvest was far greater than expected. You say you're lucky, and that's true, but isn't it terrible for a person who has always been lucky? ”

Qian Sudian was silent, he could understand the meaning of these words, if a powerful person is terrible in the world, then a person who has always been lucky is undoubtedly more terrible than a powerful person, because he is unguardable, you don't know where his weaknesses are, he is full of weaknesses, but because of good luck, when you attack his weaknesses, you will find that these weaknesses have become his strengths.

But the above two kinds of people are not the most terrible, the most terrible thing is that they have always been lucky and powerful!

Wu Zheng is this kind of person.

"Uncle, the arrogance and resistance in front of Wu Zheng were deliberately done by me." Qian Qiaogong smiled bitterly, "You don't know, when I am by his side, I often have an urge to bow to him, every decision he makes, everyone thinks in advance is wrong or not the most suitable, but in the end, it turns out that he is the most correct, such a person, you have to admire him." I can only keep myself at a distance from him by deliberately squeezing and contradicting him, otherwise I will choose without hesitation...... Allegiance to him. ”

Qian Sudian was shocked, he had very little time by Wu Zheng's side, although he felt that Wu Zheng was easy to get close to and easy to talk, but this was too far from what Qian Qiaogong said.

Qian Qiaogong looked into Qian Sudian's eyes and asked, "If Uncle didn't think about the interests of the Qian family, what choice would you make?" ”

Qian Sudian groaned and replied with difficulty: "I...... Listen to Big Brother. ”

But this burst of groaning is already very revealing.

Qian Qiaogong said solemnly: "He can condense a plate of scattered sand into a strong army, can defeat the Eight Banners Army with a miscellaneous army, and recover the land of Jiufu, such a person...... I can't be beaten! ”

Qian Sudian said angrily: "In my opinion, it's just that he spends money like water, if I have so much money from him, I may not be able to do better than him!" ”

Qian Qiaogong opened his mouth wide in surprise and said, "Where did he get his money?" ”

Qian Sudian was stunned, "What the court gave, and he extorted the rich businessmen and extorted the income of those dignitaries." ”

Speaking of this, Qian Sudian said excitedly as if he had found evidence: "If you and I are in his position, we may be able to do more glorious than him." ”

Qian Qiaogong shook his head slightly and said: "From the fall of Shuntianfu, the Ming army retreated south, and the military discipline is like a fictitious, Uncle should know that the traitor Fang Guoan looted half of the city after the recovery of Hangzhou City, and the people in the city hated it so much that they gritted their teeth. But Wu Zheng, he got more than Fang Guoan, but if you go to Hangzhou City and ask, mentioning the word Jinghaihou, at least half of the people will give a thumbs up. ”

"What's the point?" Qian Sudian asked with a look of surprise on his face.

"I don't know, if I knew, Wu Zheng wouldn't be so feared by me." Qian Qiaogong said helplessly, "But one thing I know, Hangzhou City and even Yingtianfu, along the way, Wu Zheng collected more than one million dollars, but not a single tael of silver was looted from the ordinary people, and the Ming army did not commit any crimes against the people." But what is puzzling is that the rewards received by the soldiers of the Ming army are much higher than before, and the monthly salaries and supplies of all the soldiers have never been in arrears. ”

Qian Sudian licked his lips, he believed this, there was no doubt about it, because he was one of them, and the salaries and salaries of the soldiers of the Ming army were not a secret to him.

Qian Qiaogong pursed his lips and said, "This can only show one point, Wu Zheng has no money left around." ”

Qian Sudian can understand, this kind of expenditure is already very illustrative, he is already a thousand households, naturally he knows very well the monthly food allocation, never in arrears, easy to say, but difficult to do.

Especially the most upright people, they can't do the slightest stick, after all, they are all people, they all have families, and if they really want to be among the thousands of flowers, and the leaves do not stick to the body, that is the sage.

But is Wu Zheng a sage? Apparently not!

This is the reason for the awe and fear in Qian Qiaogong's heart.

People are always in awe and fear of things and people they don't understand.

Wu Zheng has no money around him, which is enough to shock the world.

A marshal who is a courtier, with tens of thousands of troops in his hands, and who has continuously recovered the land of Jiufu within three months, has no money around him, which is like a joke.

But Qian Qiaogong knew that it was true that Wu Zheng had no money left around.

Wu Zheng raised troops from Lianghu and marched all the way north, eating and living in the barracks, the money came easily, and he went faster, and even among the nine mansions, there was no place for him to live, which may not be surprising to ordinary generals, but for Wu Zheng's identity, this seems to be unreal.

Qian Sudian's eyes flickered, he looked at his nephew and said, "If it is really as you said, then you and I can fight." ”

Qian Qiaogong was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "But how can my father explain it?" Besides, if Wu Zheng wins this matter, his father and the Qian family will be implicated, how can you and I bear it? ”