It was Zhou Zhisheng, the most important young general of Liu Kongzhao, who rushed to report the news of the closure.

Sincerity Bofu has been the governor of the river four times, and the three generations of the Zhou family are the core force of the Sincerity Bofu in the new Jiangkou naval army, and Zhou Zhisheng's work is still no exception, so Liu Kongzhao is ready to make an exception Zhou Zhisheng specially sent him to pick up Liu Kongzhao, but neither Liu Kongzhao nor Zhou Zhisheng expected that he would plant a big heel here in a small bookstore.

Without Liu Yongxi to speak, Shi Chaoli jumped out and accused: "Master Tong, what the hell is going on?" Our little uncle was ordered to Nanjing to lead the soldiers to the north to Qinwang, but Tongzhou first sent the child to prevent the little uncle from leaving Beijing, and now Zhangjiawan has directly detained the ship of our sincere uncle, I will ask, is there a thief and a spy sent by Jiannu in Tongzhou City? ”

Shi Chaoli's question was a little heart-wrenching, the sweat on Tong Yili's forehead seeped down directly, and he was about to turn around and turn his face with Liu Yongxi, but now he had to reprimand loudly: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, what the hell is going on?" Let Li Shuban hurry up! ”

Although the household department set up a yamen in Zhangjiawan and sent a director to be stationed here, but I heard that thousands of thieves appeared near Tongzhou, so the director took a few cronies to Tongzhou to "assist in defense" as soon as possible, Zhangjiawan now has only one Li Shuban in charge here, he can only run to shout injustice: "Wronged, this is an order issued by the General Food Department, the villain just obeys, I don't know that the little uncle is going to Beijing this time to ...... King Qin."

As soon as he said "General Grain Hall", Shi Chaoli had already caught the fatal handle: "General Grain Hall? There are indeed spies sent by thieves in Tongzhou City! Tell me clearly, is it the order of the General Food Department or the Shangshu Mansion? Also, since your surname is Li, what is the relationship between you and the thief Li Zicheng? Is it a spy sent by Li Zicheng! This matter must be investigated! ”

Li Shuban was already scared, but now he is even more nervous: "Wronged! Wronged! This is purely a misunderstanding, the reason why the General Grain Department ordered the ship to be closed is because the boat in the south has been parked for several days, and I feel that we need to have some boats in hand just in case, so it ordered us to close the ship, and it has nothing to do with the thieves! Also, although the villain's surname is Li, he has nothing to do with Li Zicheng at all, please don't wronged the good guy! ”

As soon as Li Shuban said this, Master Tong also remembered it, but he didn't dare to say that the General Grain Department closed the ship in order to prepare for escape, so he could only find a relatively lofty reason: "There is indeed such a thing, the General Grain Department closed the ship in order to make a foolproof strategy, and it has nothing to do with King Boqin, who is a little sincere!" ”

Before Liu Yongxi could speak, Shi Chaoli sneered: "Why is it okay? I don't think there are thieves in Tongzhou City, but there are also thieves in Zhangjiawan, how can Li Zicheng's fellow sect be used in such a critical position. ”

Li Shuban was so frightened by this big crime that he couldn't speak, but Master Tong was scared all the way and now he was scared into a habit, so he finally took a little responsibility: "Little uncle, Eunuch Shi, this is all the decision of the General Food Department, although it is an expedient measure, but from the perspective of the situation at the time, it is not a big mistake, besides, no one's ship can be sealed on the little uncle's ship!" ”

Li Shuban reacted immediately: "Yes, yes, Master Tong is right, no one's ship can be sealed on the little uncle's boat, when will the little uncle's ship be ready to leave?" ”

Liu Yongxi immediately made a decision: "Okay, I'm going to prepare six big boats for me, I will go to the southern capital with Master Tong Yili, and then we will lead the army north to King Qin!" ”

The child master was scared to pee in advance, he didn't expect that Liu Yongxi would not only coerce himself to Zhangjiawan but also go all the way south, it was extremely difficult for him to be promoted from a person's background, and finally made a supervisor with the reputation of "knowing soldiers", but he didn't expect to lose his official position in just a few months, but he quickly reacted: "Just do it according to the little uncle's wishes, let's go south to Qinwang together!" ”

Although he has always been short of fat as the head of the prison warehouse in Tongzhou, not only has his own yamen, but also sits on the mountain to eat and guard the grain depot without fear of starving himself, and in normal years he can't run away with thousands of taels of silver, but the hundreds of thousands of troops of the thief Li Zicheng can be killed in Beijing at any time.

And now Liu Yongxi has given himself an excellent excuse to leave Tongzhou, and Uncle Cao Jiang Chengyi can at least be reinstated when he arrives in Nandu, so Master Tong suddenly became angry: "Little uncle, we will be colleagues from now on, this time we will go south to recruit troops and Qin Wang, we must cooperate sincerely!" ”

If Tong Yili had not joined the gang, the local clerks, officials, and Cao Jun in Zhangjiawan would definitely play all kinds of tricks, but with Tong Yi's joining, the situation would be completely different, the entire Zhangjiawan was mobilized for the first time, and Zhou Zhisheng was also very happy to take Liu Yongxi to see the big boat that Liu Kongzhao prepared for him.

It was difficult for only one big boat to fill Liu Yongxi's elite team, and Master Tong and Zhou Zhisheng were immediately busy, and they quickly found a suitable boat.

Although Liu Yongxi's army was so powerful that it finally filled up five large boats, the real problem was how to transport the surplus horses, and it took them a lot of effort to transport the mules and horses and some of the carriages.

And Liu Yongxi gave the big ship that Liu Kongzhao prepared for himself to Empress Zhang and Taikanghou: "Brother Zhisheng, I will entrust you with the nobles on this ship, these two nobles are more important than me, you have to ensure that it is absolutely foolproof!" ”

Zhou Zhisheng heard Liu Yongxi say so solemnly and knew that it was not a trivial matter: "Little uncle, which noble person is this?" ”

Liu Yongxi shook his head and said: "Don't say, don't say, after you set off, you will naturally know in your heart, don't despise these two nobles, otherwise even my father won't be able to protect you, if you can ensure that these two nobles are safe and sound, you will be promoted to the general matter!" ”

Zhou Zhisheng heard Liu Yongxi say this, and he knew in his heart: "Little uncle, I understand, I will serve these two nobles well in a while!" ”

And Zhou Zhisheng has just made arrangements here, and Tong Yili over there has come over again: "Little uncle, I am willing to cross south with you, but you can't let me cross south alone with my bare hands, right?" Can you get one more boat, can you let all these loyal people under my command go south with me! ”

Tong Yili's subordinates have four or five scribes and thirty or forty sergeants who have been coerced by Liu Yongxi, Tong Yili is known as a "knowing soldier", so he naturally knows the importance of grasping more strength, and is ready to use these people and horses who have been coerced by Liu Yongxi.

But Liu Yongxi directly discounted: "Master Tong, ten truly loyal people are enough!" ”