"Arm help?"

Hearing this word, Kuang Lu sighed, and then said to Chen Kai: "I am now in Chengli, Guangzhou, just an idler waiting for death." Instead of working me, it is better to give Du Yonghe and Zhang Yue some more money, maybe it will be more useful. ”

Kuang Lu is He Wusu's doorman, when Li Chengdong was anyway, He Wulu once wrote a biography for Li Chengdong's concubine Mrs. Zhao, and at the same time ordered Kuang Lu to compose a song for him, in order to commemorate Mrs. Zhao's death to inspire Li Chengdong to be martyred.

However, after Li Chengdong's death, Kuang Lu, who was appointed by the imperial court as a scholar of Zhongshu, preferred the Yongli court more towards the Yongli court than Du Yonghe, who took control of the seal letter of the governor of Liangguang and forced the court to recognize him as the governor of Liangguang. Even when he returned to Guangzhou this time, he was ordered by the imperial court to announce the edict.

Originally, after the edict was announced, Kuang Lu could return to Wuzhou. But not only did he not leave, but he also sent his wife and children back to his hometown, returned to the city alone, and was ready to die with the city. The only one who was waiting around was the old servant who guarded the door.

He was originally a disciple of He Wusu, but now Du Yonghe is too guarded against He Wusu, and even Chen Qice's sailors dare not invite him to help, let alone count on Kuang Lu and his literati to persuade them to change their battle plan. In this way, it is not as useful as Chen Kai, a boy who scatters wealth.

"No, Brother Zhan Ruo, I'm afraid this matter really has to be you."

The two had a secret conversation, and the next day, Chen Kai took his leave and left Guangzhou by boat. A few days later, Kuang Lu sent invitations to the prefect of Guangzhou, the prefect of Nanhai and the prefect of Panyu in the city, saying that he had a new work and wanted to invite these people to appreciate it together.

Kwong Lu was a talented man in the city of Guangzhou, skilled in poetry, and not only that, he was also proficient in the art of war, horseback riding, fencing, archery, and was a connoisseur and collector of antiquities. He is also proficient in prose; It is also an accomplished calligrapher who is good at seal, subordinate, line, grass and Kai, and his cursive handwriting is vigorous, and he has his own style by the teacher Wang Xizhi.

Such a talented man was invited, and everyone thought it was glorious, and they hurriedly postponed their official duties and went to Haixue Hall to attend this literary event. Unexpectedly, when they arrived here, some of them were not newly written, and some were just Kuang Luzhi's deception of them.

"Zhan Ruo, it's just that you're used to being chic on weekdays, and no one forces you to do anything. But now that official business is so busy, all of you are rushing to find time to come over because of your talents, how can you deceive each other? ”

When the prefect opened his mouth, several indignant civil officials opened their mouths. In this regard, Kuang Lu just smiled, and laughed so much that everyone realized that it was a fist on the cotton, and then gave a salute.

"This deception is indeed rude, but it is definitely not maliciously delaying the official duties of the monarchs." As he spoke, Kuang Lu took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to them: "After reading it, you will know my intentions." ”

With doubts in his eyes, he took the letter, and everyone gathered together, and when they looked closely, they were shocked when they were surprised that the moment the confidence appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

“…… According to the intelligence, the captive division mobilized the Hongyi artillery of Jiangxi and Southern Jiangxi, and also cast the cannon of Ji Mou, the former governor of Conghua Ling. It is gratifying to be rebellious, Geng Rebel Jimao wants to imitate Yangzhou's old skills, and Guangzhou is a city, there is no reinforcement to be hoped for, and there is no courage to go out of the city to face the battle. The city has fallen, and at most more than a month, hundreds of thousands of fathers and elders in Guangzhou will be no different from 800,000 unjust souls in Yangzhou! ”

As far as the eye can see, it is shocking, and the city defense of Guangzhou, which originally looked solid at first glance, seems to be thicker than this letter paper. For most of the past six months, they have been working hard every day to stabilize people's hearts and raise food and clothing, but now it seems as if they are just doing useless work, just to appease their own conscience, and the hundreds of thousands of people in this city are of no use at all.

The name of the inscription is clearly written with the word Chen Kai. The prefect they had heard of earlier who came from Fujian to do business was very unimpressed. However, he has made a name for himself in Guangdong in recent years, and since he was able to persuade Kuang Lu and try to lure them here, there must be his reasons, and it is not a big deal to listen to them.

"This person is so sensational, but it looks more like he is planning to empty his gloves and white wolf, coaxing us to send all the people of Guangzhou to his ship for him to transport to Nanao and Chaozhou."

Kuang Lu knew very well the thoughts of these civil officials, and even he had doubted Chen Kai's words. But Chen Kai only used one sentence to convince him, and he also planned to use this sentence directly at this moment.

What Chen Jingcheng said was not that the monarchs would hand over the people to his ship now, but that he hoped to prepare before the Tartars broke the city. These preparations did not need to alarm the people, nor did they arouse the dissatisfaction of the Du army. If the city of Guangzhou is impregnable, and the Tartars return with a feather, this matter can be treated as if it has not happened; But if the Tartars really blasted open the city of Guangzhou as he said, these preparations could give the people an extra way to live. Even if it is a monarch, there can be incense and fame in future generations. ”

Chen Kai did not compete for the dominance, this is the greatest sincerity, everyone couldn't help but fall into contemplation, it seems that this matter is not in any disadvantage to them, to the people of Guangzhou, and once the real disaster comes, to work in Chaozhou, it is much better than being slaughtered in the city of Guangzhou.

"Why didn't he come and talk to me on his own, and he could use such a sneaky thing?"

"This is really a last resort, you must know that Du Zhijun and Zhang Houye are quite jealous of him, and it is not enough to associate with idlers like me, but if you interact with you, I am afraid that you may not even be able to sleep, let alone do things."

Chen Kai's reputation is both capital and burden. Don't say that Du Yong and these warlords who have regarded Guangdong as their own fiefdom, even if they are these civil officials, aren't they also suspecting Chen Kai of luring the people under his rule to Chaozhou to enrich the human resources there? However, once he thought about it like this, Chen Kai's words resurfaced in his mind.

It is undeniable that the city of Guangzhou was well defended, and the defenders had repelled a welcome large-scale offensive, but the silence for a long time was nothing more than the calm before the storm. Now that the strongholds around Guangzhou have been lost, perhaps the worse is just those artillery.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Chen Kai has no loss in this matter, he has gone back and forth three times, after all, he has already fished out seven or eight thousand people, plus the goods purchased from Guangzhou, even if he stops here, there will not be much loss. But once this matter is known to Du Yonghe, the governor will definitely stop it, otherwise they would have handed over the real power to the imperial court early, and they would not even dare to call for reinforcements like now.

"Zhan Ruo, I have to think about this matter carefully. Within three days, I will give you an answer. ”

"No, it's not to give me an answer, it's not to give Chen Jingcheng an answer, it's to give hundreds of thousands of fathers and elders in Guangzhou a chance to live!"