Sorrow is followed by a feast.

Our tradition, no matter how sad it is, is to laugh when it passes.

First, to comfort the deceased, let's go, we will live well. The second is to tell the living and tell yourself that no matter how bumpy and difficult life is, life will go on.

Before crossing the river, Zhu Wu said that he would take his brothers to eat white rice.

In the camp, countless white rice dishes are stacked in triangles. Hot rice on the tip, steaming hot. Before the meal, there were incense offerings, as well as tablets for brothers who died in battle.

"The chief manager is incense!"

Lan Yu stood in front of the tablets, solemn and solemn.

Zhu Wu's left hand was wrapped in a thick bandage, and there were faint red blood stains on his broken finger.

Holding three incense sticks in his hand, he came to the spirit step by step. His eyes were full of sadness, or he seemed to be full of nostalgia.

I bowed and thanked these most familiar strangers for helping me capture Jinling.

Second bow, I, Zhu Wu, will not let you cut off the incense, I will worship when I am alive, and my descendants will worship when I die.

Three bows, I Zhu Wu can't remember the names of each of you, but you are all my siblings.

After bowing, incense is inserted, and wine is served.

Whoa......

Transparent wine, sprinkled from the bowl like a waterfall on the ground.

Syllable!

Zhu Wu broke the wine glass, "Go on the road with peace of mind!" ”

………

At the beginning of the feast, Zhu Wugao sat on the stage, and the camp was full of wine and meat, which was more sumptuous than the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner when the year was good.

After taking Jinling, the road ahead of the Dingyuan Army suddenly opened up, and everyone pushed the cup and changed the lamp.

Only Xi Yingzhen chattered in Zhu Wu's ear, "Broken fingers to make amends?" You can figure it out. There are a thousand ways to solve it, and you actually use the stupidest one, and you are reluctant to kill them, so you can just find a few people to replace them, and it's over? Is it okay to accompany more money? Even if you chop off the hands of those criminals, why chop off yourself? ”

"My head is hot!" Zhu Wu smiled faintly, "The little finger of the left hand, it's okay!" ”

As soon as he said this, Xi Yingzhen became even more angry, "You also said that your parents are affected by the body, and now that you have captured Jinling and the foundation has just begun, it is the time when you need the world's talents to serve." A man with incomplete limbs, a reckless man who cuts off his fingers for a soldier, who will vote for you? ”

"The people recognize me, and the soldiers love me, and that's enough!"

That's right, Zhu Wu broke his finger to make amends, and the people in Jinling City praised him. Everyone has a conscience, and if the officials and soldiers do such a thing, there is no place to reason. However, the new master of Jinling actually used his fingers to pay for the death penalty of his soldiers. For a time, the people in the city were stable, and the officials and soldiers were stable.

Because, the new owner of Jinling City is a person who knows right and wrong, good and evil.

Xi Ying really hated that iron could not become steel, and pouted, "Okay, even so, you can't learn from Cao Mengde?" Have you ever heard of a haircut deager? It's a shame that you're still studying, and the sages don't learn to play self-harm! ”

Zhu Wu sneered, "Fake model, fake feeling, I don't do it!" As he spoke, he smiled coldly again and looked at Xi Yingzhen's eyes.

"Besides, who is Cao Mengde? He is shepherding the people for the Son of Heaven, he is an official! He's a nobleman! He's the one on top! He is a noble man whom the people revered!

What about my Zhu Wu, Xiao Wu is just a rebellious thief, hated by the people, hated by the scholars, a thief who does not follow the three guidelines and five constants, and does not abide by the ethics of the monarch and the people! ”

Xi Yingzhen was silent.

Thief! Since ancient times, even if you are an emperor, this is a thief! Thousands of people are infamous for all ages.

Since he is a thief, why bother to learn those vain things, others will say that he is crowned by a monkey. It's not as good as true feelings, true feelings.

Look at the soldiers of the Dingyuan Army, they are proud to have such a sincere manager for them. As long as Zhu Wuyi gives an order, they will never flinch.

There is no commander in the world who is so loved by the soldiers as he is. Now. Even those officers and soldiers who surrendered to Cheng were willing to die under Zhu Wu's command!

Perhaps, he is destined to take a different path from others!

Coughing a few times, Xi Yingzhen stopped pestering, looked at Zhu Wu's severed finger, and asked gently, "Xiao Wu, does it hurt?" ”

Zhu Wu's brows furrowed, "You try?" ”

…………

In addition to the flowing water banquet in the camp, there was also a banquet to entertain the gentry in the city.

Jinling is an important town in the southeast, encompassing one-third of the wealth of the southeast half. The richest is not the government, but the wealthy family that has been there for generations.

These people are scheming and know that there is no good wine and no good feast. In addition, the wine and meat on the table were too vulgar, and no one moved the chopsticks.

Only the young Gongzi Xie was eating and drinking as if no one was around. The strange thing is that the people at the table with him not only did not have the slightest disgust and contempt, but kept saying good things about Xie Gongzi's informality and heroic atmosphere.

Li Shanchang walked over with a smile, "Everyone, the chief manager has come to toast you!" ”

These gentry hurriedly stood up, and their posture was full, "Don't dare!" Can't! ”

Zhu Wu smiled and held the wine glass, looked around, and looked at the faces of these people.

"In the future, I will rely on you a lot, Zhu Wu will do it here first as a respect!" After speaking, the water in the wine glass was drunk in one go.

The gentry did not dare to slack off and drank one after another.

Zhu Wu smiled, these people are extravagant and extravagant, this kind of bad wine is probably the first time.

However, this is only the beginning, and there will be worse ones in the future, for fear that they will toast and not eat and drink.

looked at it, but found that there was a weak-crowned young brother on the table, sitting so big, with a smile on his face, and the wine in the cup didn't move.

Li Shanchang whispered in Zhu Wu's ear, "This son, Xie Fu'an, the only son of the wealthy Xie family in Jinling, and his mother family is the maritime merchant Pu family in Fujian. Pampered, he is a famous boy in this city, and he loves to spend a lot of money! ”

The second generation!

Zhu Wu smiled, squinted his eyes and asked, "Why doesn't Gongzi Xie drink it?" Zhu Wu's wine, can't it enter the mouth of the son? ”

The cold eyes made Xie Fuan shudder. However, it was cynical again.

"I drink wine when it's down, and I don't pay so much attention to it." Xie Fuan said with a smile, "However, you can drink wine at any time, but you can say it at any time." ”

As he spoke, he smiled again, "Manager Zhu didn't just invite us to drink today, right?" If you have something to say, let's talk about it, let's have a few drinks with Mr. Zhu in the future, and if you don't get drunk, you won't return! ”

This kid, Zhu Wu laughed immediately. It's a bit of a spiritual guy in the future.,Not only is not angry in my heart.,But there is a feeling of closeness.。。

So, he sat down casually and said with a smile, "Gongzi Xie also has something to say." Since they are all cheerful people, let's just say it! ”

Xie Fuan stroked his hair and said with a smile, "I'll just say it directly, don't worry about Manager Zhu." We are all rich and noble families with mountains and silver seas at home, and Mr. Zhu treats us well, how can we not know how to lift. If you need military help, the manager will open his mouth! ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Wumian did not change his color, but the other gentry panicked.

Huangkou Xiaoer doesn't know how thick the sky is, and his own worth and life are in the minds of others, how dare he talk like this.

Is it really not fast to be someone's knife?

However, what he said was in Zhu Wu's heart. These wealthy families, if they kill and rob them, they will ruin their reputation, and they are still killing chickens and eggs.

In the next step, there will be a big war in the Dingyuan army, and the gold and silver of the treasury are fundamental, and they cannot be moved. Military spending can only be found by these big families.

"That's exactly what I mean."

Zhu Wu didn't hide it, "Dingyuan soldiers are more than 100,000 soldiers, and the silver flows every day." You have also seen that the brothers below are like wolves. If you can't feed it, you have to eat people. In order to bring happiness to the brethren, the money from the treasury has been distributed. Now I'm the chief steward, empty-handed. You are all rich people, and I want to find you to make a fortune! ”

How could there be so many, Zhu Wu turned his head directly.

"Well said, well said!" The gentry laughed and said that it was not a matter of money to solve the problem, and besides, people still had knives in their hands.

Xie Fuan asked directly, "Boss, how much?" ”

Zhu Wu thought for a while, stretched out a slap, and the severed finger of his left hand was shocking, "This count!" ”

"Fifty thousand?" Someone asked.

"Five hundred thousand!" Zhu Wu lowered his face and stopped smiling, "That's the number this year." Your family's wealth is not easy to come by, and I, Zhu Wu, will not ask for it! ”

This year?

The gentry scolded in their hearts, it depends on the fact that this year is about to pass, and in a few months, you still have to ask for it!

However, he did not dare to be angry or speak.

I can only silently calculate, how many people are on the table, and how much money I have to share!

However, at this moment, Xie Fu'an's words stunned everyone.

"500,000, the Xie family is the only one to give 500,000!"

As he spoke, Xie Fuan stood up, ignored the murderous eyes of Zhu Wu's guards, put it to Zhu Wu's ear, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

"However, there is one thing to ask for below!"

The heat in his mouth made Zhu Wu's neck itch, and a smell of incense powder wafted in his nose inexplicably.

You're a big man, why are you so fragrant?

Zhu Wu slandered in his heart, and his face was silent, "What's the matter?" ”

Xie Fuan continued to lower his voice, but there was a chill in his words, "Help kill someone!" ”

"Who?"

"My cousin, Shen Wansan!"

Well?

Another familiar name!

It's so familiar!

Shen Wansan?

At this moment, Lan Yu suddenly trotted over, "Fifth brother! ”

Seeing his solemn face, Zhu Wu asked, "Something?" ”

"Letter from Haozhou, Guo Zixing is no longer good, I want to see you for the last time!"

………

In the early hours of the morning, I received a call from home.

My father was critically ill and called my name before he fell unconscious.

I have never been worthy of being a son, and I cried all the way to the airport.

Now the airport, there will be no interruption in the near future, and it may not break out at the time, so forgive me.