Cao Kou, the reason why the four big Kou are grass coars, to put it bluntly, is led by a group of rabble, how can there be discipline at all, the way to survive is still to rely on power to suppress, still rely on plundering to accumulate wealth.

Liu Zhenglong incorporated Li Zhu, and Wang Yin would disrupt their original establishment, rectify these two armies, and if they could not achieve the discipline of Long Xiang's army, then they would be eliminated.

In the end, Liu Zhenglong said: "The backbone of the Dragon Soul Society will go deep into the team to help enforce military discipline. Long Xiang's army has strict military discipline, and if it can't be executed, without exception. For example, if you disobey, the Dragon Soul Society still has the power to dispose of it, of course, they are not qualified to execute you, but they will escort you to Guangzhou. Now, you have to think about it clearly, if you can't stand the iron discipline, then continue to choose to be a grass coward. ”

"Please rest assured, this army will definitely become the new dragon army, with steely discipline."

"Okay, you go to clean up the army, three days later, the official will set up a banquet for you, and then you and Wang Yin will get together and build a new army together, you don't want to call the Long Xiang Army, your command is called the Long Yi Army, and Wang Yin's command is called the Long War Army, the scale is controlled at three to fifty thousand, you need elite soldiers, don't be redundant. What was dragged down in the Great Song Dynasty was redundant officials and redundant soldiers. ”

Li Zhu is also a ruthless character, this guy personally solved Duan 2, Duan 5, and Duan 7 that night. Obviously, he never took the Duan family brothers seriously, in fact, he even looked down on Wang Qing in his bones.

Rectify the army, the original 100,000 army, after such a long time of fighting, there are less than 80,000 left, many of which are destined to be eliminated, but Li Zhu did not do it immediately, and it will have to wait for the drill to follow, after all, the Dragon Wing Army is the new forbidden army, how can it be as unorganized and undisciplined as before.

Wang Yin also began to purge the army, which would eventually be reduced to less than 50,000. In the duel during this time, Wang Yin and Li Zhu were heroes and won each other's respect. used to be just a superficial cognition, but now I understand that the two don't know each other and have really become good friends.

At the banquet, Yang Zhi, Lu Junyi, Wang Yin, and Li Zhu drank in the dark, and everyone will fight side by side in Jiangnan in the future. Li Zhu and Yang Zhi went to exterminate Song Jiang, and Wang Yin and Lu Junyi went to pacify Wang Qing.

Liu Zhenglong didn't accompany these people to drink, he wanted to accompany the new father-in-law Xue Yunqi in the future, the two talked a lot, the hidden power of the Xue family in Jiangnan is really unimaginable, but Xue Yunqi is just a side branch, whether he can win the support of the Xue family in the end depends on Liu Zhenglong's trip to Jiangzhou.

It's another wonderful night, and it's a stunning city, maybe many people envy Liu Zhenglong's Yanfu, and think that this guy is greedy for money and lustful, is he a generation of heroes. However, in the Great Song Dynasty in the civil and official world, a young man in his early thirties who was in high power and controlled heavy troops, if he did not pursue it, how could the official family allow him to exist.

A self-deprecating official is the most powerful, the king doesn't care about the officials below who are greedy for money and lustful, after all, you can't ask all officials to be Hai Rui and Kou Zhun for thousands of miles to be food and clothing, and these officials are not liked by the king. Liu Zhenglong is ten wonderful, he is rich, there is no problem of greed for ink, and if he is clean, if he is not close to women, the official family will not be able to sleep.

Liu Zhenglong took his bride Xue Yurou and Chai Jinjiao to continue south, and Fang Baihua, who was pregnant with Liujia, stayed in Xiangfan. It's just that everyone didn't go directly to Guangzhou, they want to go to Hangzhou for a turn, after all, this will be the national capital in the future, see what sincerity has been restored, and also meet the new Hangzhou prefect Cao Sheng, this guy has finally survived to the position of prefect in Hangzhou in the past few years.

In fact, Cao Sheng is not suitable to be the prefect of Hangzhou, but as the sister-in-law of the Cao family, he finally stood in this position under the operation of the meritorious family. This time, the reason why Liu Zhenglong came to see Cao Sheng was to persuade this guy to take control of Hangzhou within a year and then leave as soon as possible to control the forbidden army stationed in Hangzhou. After all, once Hangzhou becomes the Beijing Division, then the position of the prefect will have to be replaced, which is necessary, and later there will be the change of Miao Liu, and controlling the army is the most important thing.

has reached the position of the prefect of Hangzhou, with the influence of the Cao family, Cao Sheng is destined to enter the cabinet in the future, in this case, it is indeed a difficult decision to become a military attaché, and it is not easy to convince this guy.

Cao Sheng didn't seem to know Liu Zhenglong's intentions, although this guy had not officially become the son-in-law of the Cao family, he still regarded the other party as his brother-in-law.

Hospitality, at the banquet, Cao Sheng said: "If you hadn't finally taken office as a Hangzhou general judge, I wouldn't have had the opportunity to sit in the position of prefect." Actually, this position is tailor-made for you by the official family, and I just take advantage of my brother-in-law's light, it seems that I can only toast more today to express my inner gratitude. ”

"It's still the result of your own efforts, after Hangzhou was occupied by traitors, it can be said that it has long become a hell on earth, and only the Pan family, and only you, Cao Sheng, can retransform this place into a paradise on earth, which has nothing to do with me, and you deserve to be the prefect." Speaking of this, Liu Zhenglong put down the wine glass, and he said with a smile: "However, Hangzhou will eventually become the capital, and when the time comes, it is destined that this prefect will change from the current fifth grade to the second or third grade, your level is not enough, you must move the nest to others, have you ever thought about changing it in advance?" ”

"No, why should I change, there are not many places in the world that are better than Hangzhou, although I am a positive five-product, but if it weren't for Hangzhou, such a good position would not be my turn, since I was allowed to stand up, I have to do a good job and make a name for myself." Cao Sheng was a little unhappy, his father had worked hard to push himself into this position, how could he easily give up because of a few words from others?

"It seems that you have to let me impeach you and get you down before you are willing to give up the position of this prefect?" Liu Zhenglong's face sank, and he said unhurriedly: "The interests of the family are greater than everything, you know this. What is the mission of the Cao family, you know very well, I hope you don't put the cart before the horse. I have the power to control the magistrates in Jiangnan, no matter how well you do in Hangzhou, you are not irreplaceable in the imperial court, you still have to choose to be a military general in the end, since fate dictates, why can't you propose it yourself to be the general of Hangzhou? You must know that there are still 30,000 troops here, and after the imperial court moves over, the general of Hangzhou will rise to the top and eventually become the general of the right guard, controlling the defense of the entire Beijing division, don't you know what this means? ”

Cao Sheng's face was ugly, he knew that his grandfather had said that Liu Zhenglong had to be listened to for many big things, but it was too unfair to himself.

There are more unfair things, Liu Zhenglong doesn't want to explain so much, he has already made up his mind If Cao Sheng is stupid and insists, then find a way to transfer Pan Jing over, as for Cao Sheng, the prefect of Hangzhou, he must move his nest, this position is set for the king, after all, as the prefect of the Beijing Division, if it is not the king's cronies, it is a joke.

The two finally broke up unhappily, Liu Zhenglong didn't say anything, he stayed in Hangzhou for seven days, inspected the Liu family, the Pan family, and the Liu family's industry in Hangzhou, the three have almost occupied one-third of Hangzhou, which is already very large, no matter how big it is, it will cause the dissatisfaction of the courtiers, and then the official family will also have opinions, or leave some room for the Xiang family, the Zheng family, the Cao family, the Shi family, etc., after all, the good position is basically taken down, there is no need to go out of the way.

Now Hangzhou is really in ruins, the land is cheap and scary, although it has begun to take shape now, but the land price is still not expensive, but Liu Zhenglong knows that at the beginning of the next year, a large number of powerful people will come over, at that time, the tide will definitely rise, and it will definitely be beyond imagination, so Hangzhou's plan must be released in advance, it is obvious that Cao Sheng's ability is not enough to do it, which is why he insisted on transferring this guy.

Just when Liu Zhenglong was about to leave Hangzhou, Mu Chun came to report that a large number of rebels had gathered in Dongting Lake, with a large number of people and great influence.

Who is rebelling here? Liu Zhenglong suddenly thought of the famous uprising of Zhong Xiang Yang Mi in history, which was completely different from the Four Great Kou, but this time it was finally suppressed by the imperial court, which caused great damage to the economy of Jiangnan.

Zhong Xiang and Yang Qi are both talents, and the uprising is also a rebellion against the government and the people, and they are forced to do so. At this time, the scale should not be very large, and it has not yet become a climate, Liu Zhenglong is determined to destroy this rebel army and recruit two people, so he secretly transferred Li Jun's sailor.

Li Jun, Zhang Shun, Zhang Heng and others led 10,000 sailors to kill them, for Li Jun, the mixed river dragon, a small rebel army, there was no need to mobilize the crowd at all, but in order to meet the lord, he deliberately came over in person.

Hangzhou in September is a blessing in the autumn breeze, the golden autumn sun, and the boating on the West Lake. Li Jun, Zhang Heng, and Zhang Shun all have a feeling of lingering.

Liu Zhenglong personally poured the wine for the three of them, and he said with a smile: "Do you know why you three were called?" ”

"Lord Qiqi, of course you know, it is to annihilate that rebel army. Tens of thousands of rebels can't make it to the climate, as long as our sailors enter Dongting Lake, they can be leveled. Li Jun didn't expect the lord to toast in person, and he was moved to tears, and his voice was choked when he spoke, where he looked like a decisive general, he was simply a little lady. Those who don't know don't believe that this was once the leader of the bandits who dominated the party.

Liu Zhenglong shook his head, and he said casually: "Tens of thousands of rebels can't become a climate, and it is not the scope of this official's responsibility to exterminate them. As long as the command is right, the local army can easily annihilate it, and there is no need to transfer you over at all. ”

At this moment, Li Jun was a little confused, he looked at Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun to see if these two brothers had any different opinions.

Zhang Shun thought for a moment and said, "Could it be that the lord intends to recruit this team?" ”

"Wrong, it's not to surrender, it's to make them surrender." Liu Zhenglong said categorically: "Zhong Xiang, Yang Qi are all strong and iron men, but the people below are uneven, mixed with fish and dragons, and direct surrender will cause a lot of trouble, and will also be feared by the imperial court." To fight them, no matter how many tens of thousands of horses there are now, the final scale of surrender must be reduced to less than 10,000, and another reorganization will be carried out, and finally three or five thousand will be left, and then they will be disorganized into the Thunderbolt army. ”

"Understood." Li Jun's favorite thing to listen to is to expand the army, as soon as he said that he would recruit thousands of people to come in, this guy was very happy, he said with a smile: "Lord, when will the size of the Thunderbolt Army reach 100,000, galloping in the waters, it definitely has more room to play than the infantry." Long-distance travel, we're better at it. ”

"That's why this official is looking for the three of you."

The plan to expand the navy army has been brewing in Liu Zhenglong's mind for a long time, and now it has finally matured, and he said: "100,000 is necessary, but it needs to be expanded step by step, so as not to arouse the fear of the DPRK and China, and to bypass the Privy Council." Now the Thunderbolts are to be dismembered and divided into five armies. The First Army is commanded by Li Junyou, and the army returns to the north, and Liang Hong cooperates with you to occupy several large islands in the East Ocean as a base, you must know that there are silver mines there, and the economic lifeline of this official will be in your hands in the future, and there must be no deviation. ”

"Swear allegiance to the lord to the death, and you will definitely gain a firm foothold in the East." Li Jun is a very intelligent person, occupying the big island of the East, if it is only for the silver mines, then Liang Hong is the brother-in-law of the lord, and it is most suitable to be stationed. In the past, it was obvious that he was preparing for a counterattack against Jin Guo in the future, after all, the advantage of the naval army was enough to crush Jin Guo, and a sneak attack from the rear would be hugely lethal.

Sure enough, Liu Zhenglong's later words confirmed Li Jun's thoughts, but they were more complicated than he imagined.

Liu Zhenglong continued: "The civil strife in Goryeo is about to begin, and the imperial court should be asked to send troops to help, and when the time comes, the first army will be of great use, and the specific situation depends on the subsequent development. ”

"We will not fail in our mission." Li Jun knelt down and thanked him, and this guy began to think about how to see the First Army and how to make contributions in the East.

Liu Zhenglong continued: "The second army, led by Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun, you two brothers, you have to go to Nanyang, the task is clear to develop Nanyang, and to monitor Fang La and Fang Tianding, as long as you find any changes, you don't need to ask for instructions, just kill them." There are many islands in the South Seas, small countries, and many small tribes, don't annihilate, as long as you are willing to submit to it, of course, it is necessary to kill chickens and monkeys, you have to open up an ocean route, the merchants of Dashi have always been eager to do business with our dynasty, but pirates are rampant, shipping is difficult, it depends on you two brothers. ”

Fighting pirates, occupying bases, expanding routes, and protecting shipping is the mission of the two brothers Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun in charge of the Second Army.

In the face of his cronies, Liu Zhenglong was not ready to hide, he said arrogantly: "It is your mission to open up the territory and tear the soil and seal the king, and I will not treat you badly." The sky is high and the birds can fly, the sea is wide and the fish can jump, how much you have achieved in the end, it depends on your ability, of course, the top priority is to win Zhong Xiang, Yang Mi. The three of you discussed how to fight, and the official did not participate. ”

"Swear allegiance to the Lord." Li Jun, Zhang Heng, and Zhang Shun have followed Liu Zhenglong for many years, and they know that the Lord is determined to fly in the Dragon Nine Heavens, and the king of the ripping soil just now is a promise to himself. Following the lord, isn't everyone trying to have a great future, otherwise whoever is willing to take risks will swear allegiance to the death.

Liu Zhenglong motioned for the three of them to get up and said: "The third army is handed over to the two brothers Tong Wei and Tong Meng, and they will be stationed in Jiangzhou, and the fourth army is handed over to the three heroes of the Ruan family, and the fourth army is empty and must be re-recruited, so the main task of the three brothers is to train troops." ”

The recruitment of the water army is very simple, as long as you have money, are you afraid that you will not be able to recruit young people who know water to join the army in Jiangnan? The most complicated thing is the warship, after all, shipbuilding is a long process, which is why Liu Zhenglong opened his mouth to ask the official for a ship.

In the end, Liu Zhenglong said: "Zhang Shun, Zhang Heng, one of your two brothers is responsible for the rear base, and the other is responsible for the voyage to expand the route. I will only provide you with military salaries for one year, and you will leave 30% of the rest of the income. ”

Fat difference, definitely fat difference, but it is also destined to be hard work, Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun are two brothers from poor backgrounds, and hardship is nothing at all, but it is still unknown for Nanyang, so the two can only start from scratch.

Zhang Heng is a smart man, he understands what the lord emphasizes Fang La, what Fang Tianding means, not to kill the two, but to transport them to a farther place to open up the route, and finally complete the cutting with the old department. Of course, if it doesn't work, then just annihilate it.

Liu Zhenglong saw the envy on Li Jun's face, and he said with a smile: "Li Jun, the situation in the East and the South Seas is different, mainly based on military merits, so I won't repeat this point." But there is a big island in the northeast corner, and if you can develop it, you will be the owner of that island in the future, and you will be the first to achieve the king of the earth. ”

"Thank you for your grace."

"Okay, don't kneel and kowtow at every turn, Yanyulou is the official's property, you can live happily in it for a few days, choose a few satisfactory ones, handle the marriage, and consider starting a family, the manly husband gallops on the battlefield, it's not to seal his wife's shadow, you don't even have a wife, and you also seal your wife's shadow."

This may be the reason why Liangshan of Song Jiang fell, a group of big men are all light gourds, they have nothing to worry about, and they are destined not to settle down. Children are long, heroes are short-breathed. With family members and children, this group of guys has a goal to strive for, and of course they also know that family members are actually hostages in disguise. None of this matters, as long as you are loyal to the lord, then the wife and shadow are not empty words. The title he will win in the future, and the tens of thousands of family fortunes he earns will have an heir.

Liangshan heroes, all of them are singles, each of them is living a life of drinking and getting drunk today, and they are destined to have no future, this is Liu Zhenglong's biggest perception of reading the Water Margin, he has the same requirements for his subordinates, he must start a family, of course, these people have been fighting all year round, and they have no time to take care of these, so they can only help their subordinates solve lifelong events.

Yanyulou was born in this context, which can be said to be Liu Zhenglong's initiative, which will play an immeasurable role in the future career.

After settling Li Jun and the other three, Liu Zhenglong came out, he wanted to be familiar with the terrain of Hangzhou, and he wanted to visit the Qian family. You must know that the Qian family is the largest family in Yuhang and is a former royal noble. Although it had fallen in the Jiangnan Rebellion, the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, and it was still very influential in this land.

The Qian family's manor is still the largest in the entire Yuhang area, covering an area of thousands of acres, and is close to the West Lake, which is enough to see the status of the Qian family. It's just that the decline is a foregone conclusion, and after being ransacked, it is not easy to rise again.

The Qian family, although it is still called the Qian family, but the lack of money is the status quo. If it weren't for the lack of money, the Qian family wouldn't have paid attention to an upstart like Liu Zhenglong at all. But despite this, it did not show the respect due to the grandfather of this country.

This guy is in his early thirties, he looks the same age as Liu Zhenglong, and his peers have a common language, but in fact this is clearly disrespectful, after all, the Qian family is a former royal noble, how can he look down on an opportunistic nouveau riche like Liu Zhenglong?

Qian Shu said very politely: "I was surprised to hear that Liu Yuanjun came to the Humble House, which really made the Humble House shine, please come inside." When my brother went out today, he couldn't greet him in person, so he specially instructed him to take good care of Liu Yuanjun. ”

is not to call Grandpa Guo, but to call Liu Envoyjun, that is to say, Qian Shu just came to receive an overseas propaganda envoy who can't be beaten, and he didn't take Liu Zhenglong seriously.

Liu Zhenglong doesn't like these vain things very much, but it doesn't mean that Pan Yu, the brother-in-law, can bear it, this guy glanced around and said: "It is rumored that Fang Lazuo ransacked the Qian family, it seems that the rumors are true, it is so dilapidated, I already knew that the imperial court should be relieved." ”

"Shut up, there's no place for you to speak here." Liu Zhenglong pretended to reprimand his brother-in-law, he smiled and said to Qian Shu: "This is the brother-in-law of the father-in-law, the sister-in-law of the Pan family, the young man is arrogant, don't care." ”

Liu Zhenglong has always paid little attention to the names of those vain heads, and today he calls himself the prince of the country, which is already expressing his dissatisfaction.

It's strange if he doesn't care, Qian Shu's nose is almost crooked, but the person who came is a guest, and he is inconvenient to attack, so he has to invite Liu Zhenglong and others to the back room.

People call themselves the princes of the country, whether they admit it or not, since they are received, they must raise the specifications, but it is unrealistic to invite the head of the family temporarily, and Qian Shu can only hold on the one hand, try to improve the reception specifications, on the other hand, he can only raise his own value to accompany the grandfather of the country.

You must know that the Great Song Dynasty is hierarchical, although the Qian family is a nobleman of the previous dynasty, but after all, it is a yellow flower of tomorrow, and it is long in the past. Although it is said that the Qian family has a huge influence in Zhejiang, the Great Song Dynasty is a civil official, and a protégé of the Son of Heaven like Liu Zhenglong, who is a high-ranking and powerful son of heaven, can easily find a reason to suppress the Qian family, which is that the situation is stronger than people.