The early autumn wind has softened, and the Taiping City is as always, but the palace is very lively. Approaching the evening, the Malay newspaper came quickly, and the Pingnan army thousands of miles away came with a report worthy of national celebration. Liu Ce, the generalissimo of Pingnan, captured the capital of Eastern Wu without spending a single soldier, and since then there has been no Wu State and only Liang.

The young emperor Xiao Yin held the newspaper in his hand and smiled, and after several emperors and emperors, Daliang finally captured the state of Wu in the southeast of Daliang in his own hands. Since then, Daliang has gotten rid of the limitation of no coast, and since then, the threat to Daliang is Nanchu, which is dominant in the south. Chen Geng led a decisive battle with more than 200,000 troops in Nanjing, although he did not achieve a major victory, he had already blocked the situation of the Chu army going north. Eastern Wu has been wiped out, and there is no need to worry about attacking Southern Chu.

Emperor Xiao Yin put down the good news and opened Liu Ce's personal notebook, only to open it and smile. From Liu Ce's troops to the capital of Eastern Wu, most officials in the DPRK and China were even more opposed to Liu Ce leading his troops south to attack Southern Chu. The army of more than 400,000 is definitely not a force to be underestimated, once Liu Ce waves his troops to the north, who else can show his hand, and whether he can stop Liu Ce's army.

Xun Sizhan looked at Xiao Yin and asked with a smile: "What did Your Majesty Liu Dashuai say, Your Majesty is so happy." ”

Putting down the piece with a smile, Xiao Yin didn't feel that there was anything wrong with Liu Ce's reward, but was happy. The credit of conquering a country is very few people in the history of Liang can do it, especially the wealthy Soochow. If Liu Ce didn't reward Xiao Yin, it would be difficult to deal with it, but now Liu Ce is much easier to reward himself.

said: "Our handsome! Ask me for a reward! As he spoke, he threw the piece to Xun Sizhan.

Looking at Tiao Luo Xun Sizhan was stunned for a moment, it was written: Weichen captured Dongwu, Dongwu is rich in gold and silver, and Lao Chen has never seen so many treasures in his life. Every time I think of the old wife at home, I don't even have a valuable hairpin, and the eldest son knows that the old minister is injured when he leaves, and he can't hurt the battlefield and can't relieve His Majesty's worries. If there are restrictions in the imperial court, please ask Your Majesty to be able to hold an idle position and support your children. The second son was fortunate to get married not long ago, and his wife and concubines in the family never got together, and he was really embarrassed to be his father. ...... I hope that Your Majesty will reward 200,000 taels of silver, and the treasury will be rich enough to reward more, so that his wife and children may live a prosperous life.

Only half of Xun Sizhan's eyes bulged out, and the opening was 200,000 taels of gold and silver mountains in the royal family. Holding the music and trembling, he said: "Liu Ce is such a bold man, he blatantly begged for a reward, and his mouth was 200,000 taels. ”

After attaching his hands, Xiao Yin pursed his lips and smiled: "Reward, of course you will be rewarded." It's only 200,000 taels, and I told the household department to take out 200,000 taels from my expenses and reward Liu Ce, and what other rewards are there for the Ministry of Rites to arrange, it can't be less. ”

Xun Sizhan took the piece and said, "Your Majesty, the expenditure of the Pingnan army is already an astronomical amount, plus the matter of Nanjing. Fortunately, this year's Daliang is not a disaster year, Liu Ce asked too much, please think twice. ”

Unexpectedly, Xiao Yin looked back and said, "It's a little less, then 300,000 is good." Liu Zhiming's reward before the merit of escorting was small, and the military department was not still lacking a fourth-grade master, so it was good to go somewhere. He turned his head to look at the prince beside him and asked, "Mrs. Liu is now." ”

The prince said: "Back to Your Majesty, the three products are ordained." ”

Xun Sizhan, who had been dissuading the emperor, was stunned for a moment, only to hear the emperor say: "It's just right, that pen comes, I personally write a decree." Xun Sizhan couldn't figure out that Liu Ce was so begging for the seal, but His Majesty was not worried, but happy.

Seeing that the emperor didn't pay attention to it, he had no choice but to retreat. Only then did he return to Zhongshu Province, Wang An looked at Xun Sizhan and asked with a frown: "Lord Xun, what's the matter, the Pingnan army has returned victorious, and it should be worth being happy to return to the court in the past few days." ”

He handed it to Wang An and said: "Liu Ce unreasonably asked His Majesty to be sealed, and his opening was 200,000 taels, and it must have increased by 100,000 taels." ”

After taking the recital handed by Xun Sizhan, he simply read it and said with a smile: "Lord Xun is too worried, with this recital, His Majesty's heart can be regarded as relaxed." Liu Ce is not a stupid person, and he was the first in the military exploits of pacifying the Turks. I didn't see a reward, because I was afraid that the high merit would make His Majesty jealous. ”

Listening to Wang An's words, Xun Sizhan was still uneasy, so he built a Dongwu, and there was a bigger Southern Chu, did he want a treasury. I only heard Wang An continue: "Liu Ce did not ask for the title, he is already very restrained. Now it has become a first-class national prince, and then it is the king, and there is already a king with a different surname in Daliang, and there must not be another one. Liu Ce is already very knowledgeable, knows how to make trade-offs, and also reassures His Majesty's heart, so that he can attack Nanchu with confidence. ”

Speaking of this, Wang An's mind was even more uneasy, Liu Ce's merits were too high, how to deal with it. If Daliang can't smoothly receive the remaining national strength of Eastern Wu, it will be difficult to capture Southern Chu again with the current national strength of Daliang. It is not unreasonable for Liu Ce to insist on waiting until Emperor Wu surrenders.

Xun Sizhan put away the chapter, and what Wang An said may be the most important thing. For this moment, the most important thing is to collect Dongwu as soon as possible, and it is indeed easier to have Emperor Wu to surrender to Cheng than to capture the capital. Next, there will be great changes in the imperial court, and a large number of Eastern Wu officials will not be able to accept it.

The news of the subjugation of Wu spread throughout Taiping City in just a few days, and there was no official announcement from the imperial court, and the people of the whole city cheered. After Zhang Wenzheng's guidance, the peach blossom building is like a market, and the guests come and go. As the shopkeeper, Lu Xiaozhao has to be busy all day long, and his business has been getting better and better day by day since he changed a cook. Swordsmanship is progressing day by day, and the mystery of the Hundred Flowers Sword has been initially mastered, although it is a generation of masters to reach the grandmaster.

Today's Lu Xiaozhao has a good calculation, and all the crackling is silver. Seeing that there are still people queuing up outside the restaurant, just to eat a bite of authentic Xuzhou cuisine. In particular, the two kinds of peach blossom brew sent by the Lu family winery made people rush to grab it, but the woodcutter with the worst condition did not sell very well.

While making calculations, I suddenly heard someone shouting: "Have you heard, General Liu besieged the city for a month and scared the old emperor of Eastern Wu, I heard that the old emperor was going to marry the general with the princess." ”

Sitting opposite, a man in his thirties took a sip of the liquor and said, "Don't talk nonsense, what's the matter." If I wasn't the only man in the family, and the court didn't accept it, maybe Lao Tzu would still be enjoying happiness in the capital of Eastern Wu! ”

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Peach Blossom Building is not lively. The old man in his fifties at the next table likes the worst woodcutter, not to mention how much he likes it. From time to time, I came to the two peaks to disperse for the New Year, and I heard the two young people chatting and turned their heads and smiled.

The man who shares the table drinks alone and is also a frequent visitor to the restaurant. If nothing else, it is because the wine in Peach Blossom House is not expensive or cheap, as long as you have silver on your waist, you can buy it. Unlike other luxurious restaurants, you can't enter if you are not neatly dressed. I like this young shopkeeper the most, he is not very old and very good at being a person.

As soon as he got up and walked to the counter, he took out two copper coins from the money bag, and slapped them on the counter to reveal a mouthful of big yellow teeth: "That's all for the little shopkeeper Lu today, and the rest will be sent another day." ”

But he didn't expect that today's little shopkeeper tilted his head and pushed the copper coin in front of the man. The man who often paid on credit suddenly changed his face, and the familiar drinker turned his head and quipped: "Wansan has a lot of credit, and the little shopkeeper is not willing to give it to you on credit, in the future, don't come if you don't have money, haha." Most of the drinkers burst into laughter.

The man Wansan lowered his head and reached out to touch the copper coins and shouted loudly: "Nonsense, I don't have any money anywhere in Wansan, but I didn't bring it today." The little shopkeeper, you wait, then go home and get it for you. There was even louder laughter in the restaurant.

Seeing everyone's joy, Lu Xiaozhao didn't want to hurt the face of this old customer. Although he often paid on credit, he never failed to pay back. smiled and pushed Wan San's big hand and said: "Uncle Wan, you are an old customer of the restaurant, it's not that you are on credit today, and I am happy to give Uncle Wan a free order today." ”

Wan Sanle put away the two copper coins, and the drinkers who were not satisfied started to coax. Lu Xiaozhao smiled: "Everyone is free of money for the rest of the wine except for the peach blossom wine today, don't drink too much and be beaten by the girls." ”

The gorgeously dressed boy got up and said, "The little shopkeeper is happy today, or he will be exempt if he doesn't give money for the dishes." ”

One sentence provoked more than a dozen tables of guests under the restaurant to coax, and the young shopkeeper was easy to talk to, and sometimes teased a few words. In the face of everyone's coaxing, Lu Xiaozhao said happily: "I still have to pay for the food, and I am a small business." ”

caused a burst of disappointment among everyone, and the young man in Chinese clothes stood up and shouted: "The little shopkeeper is happy today, let's order a few more dishes." ”

As he was talking, a guest said: "Have you heard, after the general captured Soochow, His Majesty rewarded him with a lot of treasures, but he did not have a knighthood. ”

Speaking of this older old man who was about to avenge Liu Ce's injustice, an old man took a sip of his wine glass and said: "You are young and don't know that the coalition forces of the Turkic tribes in the north of Daliang committed the border of Daliang. In just one month, he seized a state in a row, and there were no generals in the court during the reign of the emperor. Lin Shuai was unable to support Beijing in Nanjing, and General Liu led 100,000 cavalry to fight a decisive battle with the Turkic coalition army. Directly into the Turkic grassland, my Liang solved the disaster of the Northern Mirror War for the first time. ”

Speaking of a scholar who is about the same age here, the shooting is amazing. "This old brother is right, fifteen years ago, Daliang attacked Liu Ce and defended Lin Xie, but it was not what you young people saw. At that time, several Turkic Great Khans came to worship, and the Taiping City was not lively. ”

Suddenly, a young man stood up and said, "You say big."

The general pacifies the state of Wu, will His Majesty be crowned king. ”

Speaking of King Feng, many people can't help but think of King Tianshui, Lu Xiaozhao silently watched the different opinions alone. Suddenly, I wanted to drink, so I took out a small jar of wood and drank it secretly. In the past, there was no chance when the old shopkeeper was there, now? No one cares, but they don't want to drink anymore.

Speaking of which young general Liu Ce remembered, he still remembered that there was once a special room for several sons on the second floor. One by one, they drank and drank, thinking that the good news should be known to the owner. I haven't been there for a long time, and I heard that a few assassins with extremely high kung fu appeared not far from outside the Guanyin Temple earlier, but fortunately, Hu Hu and Steward Ye secretly dealt with it.

I really want to know what kind of hatred that person has with the owner, and if I know who it is, I must raise my sword and ask why.

Drinking wine and listening to the noise in the restaurant, this is the best appetizer. Suddenly, the two quarreled: "Nonsense, why can't the general be the king." ”

"You are talking nonsense, there is already a king with a different surname in the imperial court, and there can be no second person. If you don't believe us, we'll bet on it. Saying that someone opened a gambling game in a restaurant, Lu Xiaozhao just watched and didn't care.

(End of chapter)