Zuo Liangyu's appetite is too big, too pressing, Zhu Cihong has decided not to bear it anymore, but if he wants to kill Zuo Liangyu, now is not the time, he still needs about three months to prepare, so he must find a way to delay the time.

For a moment, Zhu Cihong smiled coldly.

He immediately had an idea in his heart, he planned to send a minister to Wuchang to negotiate with Zuo Liangyu on the grounds that the court did not have so much silver, and let Zuo Liangyu reduce the amount some, regardless of whether Zuo Liangyu agreed or not, Wuchang to Nanjing is more than 1,000 miles, according to the speed of the carriage at the fastest speed of more than 100 miles a day, this back and forth, plus the time to negotiate with Zuo Liangyu, will inevitably be delayed for more than 20 days.

At that time, no matter what the result of the minister brought back, he pretended to agree to Zuo Liangyu's request, and according to the negotiated amount, he sent someone to transport the silver to Zuo Liangyu. You must know that the weight of these millions of taels of silver is not light, and it will take at least twenty days to transport it to Zuo Liangyu, and it will take nearly two months to go back and forth.

Of course, it is said that it is silver, but it is not necessarily silver that is packed in the box, it may also be something else, Zhu Cihong does not dare to guarantee anything, but there is one thing he can guarantee, that is, the weight of these silver in the box must be as heavy as real silver, as for whether it can be used as real silver after taking it out of the box, Zhu Cihong does not know.

"I really want to know what Zuo Liangyu's expression will be like when the time comes, hehe" Zhu Cihong said with a smile.

The smile was extremely cold, very thief, gradually, it turned into laughter, the laughter was extremely terrifying, and it contained weirdness, which made people hear it, and they couldn't help but feel hairy.

No, the two little palace maids of Lanxiang and Begonia were waiting on the side, especially Haitang, who was holding a cup of brewed tea and walked towards Zhu Cihong, and suddenly Zhu Cihong's sudden mad laughter made his heart tremble suddenly, and his little hand shook violently.

Syllable! A good cup of tea suddenly slipped to the ground, and the teacup was torn apart.

Not only Lanxiang Begonia is a little palace maid, but also the eunuch Zhao Dequan, who is also on standby at all times, was also taken aback.

"The emperor atoned for his sins! Slave, slave maid didn't mean it" The little palace maid Haitang who broke the teacup knelt on the ground, and she was about to cry, this was the first time she made a mistake in front of the emperor, will the emperor be angry and treat her guilt, Haitang is so afraid.

"Karma" Zhu Cihong was stunned for a moment, stopped laughing, looked over, and realized what was going on.

"It's okay, get up, just be careful next time, I'm really thirsty, you just go make a cup of tea again." Zhu Cihong waved his hand, he is not a tyrant, how could he be angry about such a trivial matter, but the laughter just now scared the little girl, and she was quite embarrassed.

"The slave obeys." Haitang stroked his chest, which had developed a lot, breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly went down to make tea again.

"Zhao Dequan, you immediately go and pass the decree, and let Liang Jinde, a member of the military department, come to see me." This is the candidate discussed by Zhu Cihong, Ma Shiying and other cabinet elders to negotiate with Zuo Liangyu.

This person has a good reputation, and the most important thing is that he has a kinship with Zuo Liangyu, and he is most suitable to negotiate with Zuo Liangyu.

I hope this person can delay Zuo Liangyu for some more time.

In addition to the negotiation delay, Zhu Cihong also has another layout, even if Zuo Liangyu is not satisfied after receiving the silver, and he is really angry and moves eastward, his next layout is absolutely sure that under the attack of Zuo Liangyu's hundreds of thousands of troops, it will drag on for a month or two, and when the time comes, Ying Long's army will be trained, and he can gather troops and horses to fight Zuo Liangyu for a decisive battle, and he will be able to destroy this fang in one fell swoop.

Zhu Cihong sent another Jinyi guard to command Zhang Kuishan.

A few days later, Huang Degong Luzhou army was stationed, and more than a dozen Jinyi guards were led by a hundred households, holding Zhu Cihong's handwritten edict to come here.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor summoned and said, ordered the Luzhou General Soldier Huang Degong Department to secretly expand the army to 150,000 within a month, and wait for the imperial court to send it, there must be no mistake, Qin this!" After reading Zhu Cihong's edict, Jinyi Wei Baihu handed it over to Huang Degong.

The reason why Zhu Cihong issued a handwritten decree is because if the holy decree is issued, it needs to go through the cabinet, and the handwritten decree is much simpler, and the handwritten edict with the jade seal of the country is actually equivalent to the holy decree, which is the most suitable as a secret holy decree.

Huang Degong opened it and saw that the handwritten edict was indeed the emperor's seal, and there was no doubt that he had it, and with this certificate, he could rest assured that he would expand the army.

Huang Degong is undoubtedly loyal to the Ming Dynasty, the amount of soldiers given to him by the imperial court is as much as the amount of the army under his command, one is not more and one is not less, unlike some people with ambitions, more or less have the suspicion of expanding the army privately, especially Zuo Liangyu, the same amount of 80,000 troops, he was stunned to expand to more than 500,000, and dreamed of marching towards one million, how ambitious this is.

"Special envoy, the emperor asked me to expand the army, why did I have to do it secretly, and in addition, did the emperor allocate funds for weapons?" Huang Degong asked.

"Mr. Huang rest assured, since the emperor asked you to expand the army, he naturally sent a full set of weapons and armor, as well as 500,000 taels of silver, which will be delivered in about ten days. As for why it was a secret expansion of the army, General Huang only needed to follow the emperor's will, and the emperor had his own arrangements. Jinyi Wei Baihu conveyed Zhu Cihong's meaning.

This Jinyi Wei Baihu is one of the twenty soldiers of the Yinglong Army brought by Zhang Kuishan when he took over the Jinyi Guard, and he is about to be promoted to the general manager of Qian, and he is absolutely loyal to Zhu Cihong.

"Huang Degong obeys the holy order!" Huang Degong no longer doubted and received the order.

Huang Degong sent off the Jinyi guards who came to announce the decree, returned to the camp tent, and called a few right-hand men.

"My lord, why did the emperor let you secretly expand the army, and it was still a handwritten edict, it seems that it did not go through the military department, but the emperor's own will, it will not be to frame your lord, right?" Feng Yichun, one of Huang Degong's left wings, said with a frown.

The generals have to go through the military department to transfer troops and expand the army, otherwise it is likely to be regarded as a rebellion, Zhu Cihong previously killed Liu Zeqing, Liu Liangzuo and others in the same general army, Feng Yichun couldn't help but worry.

"Nonsense, the emperor is the king of the Holy Ming, all the way south, ascended the throne for only a few months, and everything he did made a certain admiration, how could it be such a person, since we are loyal to the emperor, then we just need to follow the holy order." Huang Degong glared at Feng Yichun and said.

There is no doubt that Huang Degong is a person with vision, under the premise of being disappointed in the Ming Dynasty, he is still loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and now Zhu Cihong is beginning to show the image of a holy monarch, how can there be doubts, he will do his best, only hope to assist Zhu Cihong, re-rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty, this is his insistence, but also his long-cherished wish, for this, he can pay for his life.

"Yes, sir! Subordinates know their mistakes! Feng Yichun bowed his head and said ashamedly.

Huang Degong immediately discussed the recruitment and expansion of the army with a cadre and others, and with the weapons and armor allocated by Zhu Cihong and 500,000 taels of silver salary, it was very easy to recruit troops.

Luzhou is close to Henan, there are a lot of refugees here, more of them are young and strong, if there is food, and there is a military salary to get, I believe that many people are willing to join the army.

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