After dark, Lin Douyao came to visit the pacification envoy, and the two sides had many details to continue to discuss.

At the second watch, Lin Dou Yaofang came out of the Qi Palace, his face relaxed and happy.

After returning to the Yamen of the pacification envoy, Lin Douyao's henchmen and staff gathered around, and someone asked, "Is it all handed over?" ”

"That's pretty much it." Lin Douyao said with a relaxed expression: "His Royal Highness the King of Qi doesn't know how long he can last, of course, he has no reservations, he has summoned the generals of the Baixiang Army, and they have all worshiped this official in the mansion. ”

"That's great." A staff member said ecstatically: "My lord has been on the Fujian Road for several years, and he has not been able to stretch, that is, the king of Qi and the king of Zhao hold the military power, and now the forbidden army is divided into two, and the lord of the Xiang army has the advantage, and then he can greatly stretch his fists and feet." ”

"King Zhao is new, if the official is also determined to forge ahead, I am afraid that there will be a direct conflict." Lin Douyao shook his head and said, "You have to take care of the overall situation." ”

The staff looked at each other and understood each other.

It's spring, and the imperial court's Northern Expedition is in full swing.

The reserve is 200,000 forbidden troops and 100,000 Xiang troops to go north, but the forbidden army and Xiang army mobilized along the border must still have 200,000 or 300,000 people.

Supervise the transportation of grain and grass in the rear, protect the grain routes in the rear, strengthen the border defense in case of accidents, and strengthen the defense against the strong enemy in the west and north, this time the mobilization is the army of hundreds of thousands of people and the scale of millions of people, the money spent is really flowing water, the money in the treasury has been used up, and now the mobilization is the sealing pile warehouse of the Son of Heaven, fortunately, the Son of Heaven is aspiring to the Northern Expedition, and the Son of Heaven is not opposed to saving money for the Northern Expedition......

Some people have already calculated the military expenditure of this Northern Expedition, and the general opinion is that it starts at 6 million......

Of course, this is stupid talk, the scale of mobilization of hundreds of thousands or even millions of people, what can we do with 6 million guan? According to Lin Douyao's private calculations, the military expenditure is at least 20 million yuan, and it is very likely to spend more than 60 million yuan.

The Son of Heaven's pile vault hides money, which is the private property of the Son of Heaven in the past dynasties, and the number is at most twenty or thirty million......

Fujian is also the top priority, Lin Douyao is already preparing, and when the two governments want to increase the dispatch, they have to find a way to deal with the difference.

Only now do I realize how crazy Liu Zhiyuan's Northern Expedition plan is, how much does the million-strong army go north, how much does the mobilization strategy and border defense army get, how much does the people get, and how much does it cost?

Without hundreds of millions of dollars and two million standing forbidden troops and a million van troops, what dare you say about the Northern Expedition of a million troops?

Now even if the Son of Heaven is hung up and beaten, the dignified Emperor Wei Tianzi can't come up with hundreds of millions of dollars, not to mention the massive amount of food, armor, and soldiers, Liu Zhiyuan's absurdity lies in the fact that it is not good to talk about soldiers on paper, it is completely crazy.

Everyone knows in their hearts that now the overall situation of the Northern Expedition is the most important, and the money, food, soldiers and personnel are all inclined to the north, and the imperial court's requirements for all localities are to calm down, and not to cause problems and stumble for the imperial court at such a critical moment.

King Zhao's forbearance, of course, is the suppression and prestige of King Qi, and the layout is at work, but it is not because of the Northern Expedition, even if the Son of Heaven is his own son, at such a critical moment to make trouble for the Northern Expedition, King Zhao can't bear the anger from the Son of Heaven.

"In this way," one of the staff members pondered, "Fuzhou and Fujian Road, in the next few years, will still be a delicate balance situation, and the King of Qi is really painstakingly lonely. ”

"Not bad...... Lin Douyao sighed and said, "King Qi has a far-reaching layout, and what he does is the ......stability of Fujian Road."

"Not really." A staff member shook his head and said, "His Royal Highness King Qi is still for one person, my lord didn't expect it?" ”

"You mean Nan Anhou?"

"Yes!" The staff said: "According to the agreement reached between the Lord and the King of Qi, Xu Zi withdrew from Qizhou first, and with the heart of King Zhao, he reduced the training of the Nan'an regiment, and since then it has not been expanded, and his water camp has left Nan'an and Qizhou, and can only be stationed in the sea off Penghu to search for and chase the escaped pirates. It seems that Xu Zi suffered a loss first, but he just arrived in Qizhou, and he had no foundation in the first place. In the first battle of Qizhou, all the seizures were lost, and now it is equivalent to handing over Chen Yutai's private property and ships to him. In addition, the Eastern Domain and Penghu were given to this person, and if he was given the foundation for his development and growth, it was only for a while, and it was not really eradicated from Xu Zixian's roots...... King Qi has good intentions. ”

"It's really ...... to say that," Lin Douyao smiled: "But it's a good thing for this official, with Xu Zi first, it has always been a thorn in King Zhao's heart." ”

"King Qi also thinks a little highly of Nan'anhou." A staff member smiled and said: "Eastern Domain, Penghu, what tricks can be managed?" ”

Lin Douyao was a little tired, too many things had happened in this day and night, and things had changed too quickly, which made him a little overwhelmed, and faintly, he felt that Xu Zixian might not be as the staff said, he would be trapped in Penghu and the Eastern Domain, deep in the quagmire and unable to do anything, and Xu Zixian in his cognition was not so easy to be calculated.

Lin Douyao closed his eyes and said softly, "Don't worry, just wait and see." ”

……

The suppression of the Qizhou thieves was a major event, which caused a sensation from all sides, at least in the report of the war exploits, the special pages of various newspapers, and the reactions of the gentry and common people in Fuzhou, Zhangzhou, and Quanzhou, all of which were full of recognition, gratitude, admiration, and other emotions for Xu Zixian, the Marquis of Nan'an.

But this jubilant atmosphere was quickly broken, the king of Qi was poisoned by a traitor, although he was not poisoned on the spot, but from the various clues that followed, His Royal Highness the King of Qi was afraid that his life would not be long.

This is the people who call Fujian Road are worried!

Of course, there are pacification envoys, there are Zhao Wang, there are punishments, according to the inspection, transport, Changping, and the control of the envoys, there are military prefectures in the local area, and there are forbidden armies and van armies such as permanent garrisons, and the forces of all parties in Fuzhou City have not had bloody conflicts, and the overall situation has been maintained...... But no matter what, King Zhao and many officials, everyone's share is not as noble as King Qi in people's hearts, and it makes people feel more stable.

More than 20 days have passed, Xu Zixian has been staying in Qizhou Port with peace of mind, he destroyed a large number of vegetable fields, burned down houses, and all the materials were transported back and forth by the water camp ships such as Fu Yi Fu and Fu Fu and Fu III.

The rest of the warships are still damaged and to be repaired, the Qishan pirates are all looting along the coast and on both sides of the Min River, their maintenance of the warships is limited to being able to travel near the sea and the Min River, Xu Zixian had to ask the Lin family to send a large number of craftsmen to come over to repair, and after spending more than ten days to ensure that the battleship is not sinkable, he summoned the sailors of the sailor camp to go aboard, and all the captured eleven pirate ships raised their mainsails, went to the temporary dock of the Eastern Domain, and began to repair the shipyard, ready for further repairs.

At the same time, due to the abundance of funds, a large number of equipment, including agricultural and industrial equipment, as well as marine equipment, including a large amount of timber, iron nails, canvas, ropes, Nan'an Hou Mansion was purchased in large quantities, and as long as there was enough to buy a ship, it was immediately shipped on the ship.

Xu Zixian himself returned to Qizhou City after the destruction of the Qizhou port.

"Shangzhai can really give up."

In the state ya, Xu Zixian, who was the commander of Qizhou and the defense envoy of Tongzhi and the commander of Shangzhai, sat opposite Lu Wenxian of Zhizhou, Lu Wenxian was a little delirious, and Xu Zixian's expression was very determined.

"You are in command of the village and said that you can give up, what else do I say?" Lu Wenxian smiled bitterly: "Do you want to say hello to the pacification envoy?" ”

"Just file it afterwards." Xu Zixian said: "They will not give up Qizhou Port, it is estimated that they will re-establish the military village at the port, and it is not Shangzhai, but Qizhou Port." Moreover, Xiazhai and Zhongzhai do not need to keep so many soldiers and horses, and will move a few battalions to the port. ”

"There's smoke and fire over there." Lu Wenxian said: "Mingda, have you been busy these days?" ”

"I guess I'm going to have to move soon." Xu Zixian said: "With the efficiency of the princes of Fuzhou, the port can be used for at least half a year, and those camps and houses are kept to give the robbers space to slowly breed and gain a foothold?" Without my Nan'an group training, if there is another Qishan bandit, I have to work hard to suppress it again? ”

Although it was a joke, it was also a reason to stand still, Lu Wenxian nodded, and he stopped dwelling on this matter.

"We've only been working together for less than two months." Lu Wenxian sighed: "Although the age difference is far away, it is a pity that he has the same temper as Mingda." ”

"Why is Lord Lu so sad." Xu Zixian laughed and said: "Chen Yutai conferred the head, this is a great military merit, as a knowledgeable military state, it is inevitable to improve the rank, do you still want to stay in Qizhou?" ”

"This, the court's order, how can the ministers speculate wildly?"

Lu Wenxian was embarrassed, and it was really weird for a bearded official to make such a gesture.

Xu Zixian sighed and said, "Lord Lu invited me here, presumably because he had something important to say, and please speak up." ”

"Okay, the lower official will say it directly." Lu Wenxian said: "According to my friend in the pacification envoy's department, there are several arrangements for me in the pacification envoy, one of which is Ren Tongzhi Jianzhou. Second, he was transferred out of Fujian Road to Shaozhou to serve as the governor of Junzhou, and third, he was appointed as the deputy envoy for transshipment. ”

Lu Wenxian said with a sincere face: "Please also ask Mingda to teach me." ”

Xu Zixian smiled and said, "Why did Lord Lu ask me about such a big matter?" ”

Lu Wenxian said as a matter of course: "The prince is already an important town on Fujian Road, how can the lower officials not ask what the prince means?" ”

Xu Zixian was slightly slight, and Lu Wenxian actually expressed his intention to take refuge at such a time?

When I thought about it, I was relieved.

Although King Zhao was aggressive, and even used the means of poisoning and killing, under the pressure of King Qi, the current situation is that King Zhao and Lin Douyao share the power equally.

In addition to King Zhao and Lin Douyao, the biggest powerful figure in Fujian Road is Xu Zixian, Marquis of Nan'an.

It's not that Xu Zixian has many private people in the garrisons of various roads, and there are not many protégés and former officials who are officials everywhere, and they can respond to every call.

All of Xu Zixian's team is limited to the civil and military generals around him.

His strength is nothing else, it is pure prestige and a strong force, the combat power shown by the Nan'an regimental training is no less than that of the forbidden army, and the evaluation of the outside world, Xu Zixian's combat power and his own command ability are at least worth two armies of the forbidden army!

The Xiang army is to dispatch twenty armies, and I am afraid that it is not the opponent of Nan'an Tuanlian and Xu Zixian.

This evaluation is artificially exaggerated, but it is not too far from the truth.

And Lu Wenxian knew even more that Chen Yutai's dozen or so ships also fell into the hands of Xu Zixian, and under the arrangement of King Qi, Penghu and the sailors were afraid that they would also fall into the hands of Xu Zixian.

Purely in terms of force, Xu Zixian is fully qualified to compete with King Zhao, and the so-called Xu Zixian occupies one percent in the outside world, which completely underestimates the territory and force that Xu Zixian mastered.

After all, the Eastern Domain has been barren for more than 200 years and has not been able to develop and utilize, even if Xu Zixian is capable, how many years can he use to develop the Eastern Domain?

It may be that a large amount of resources are wasted in the Eastern Domain.

If Xu Zixian can stay in Qizhou and control the mouth of Fuzhou, coupled with strong force, as well as the civil official connections of the Changwen Marquis Mansion, Xu Zixian will not occupy Yicheng, but Lin Douyao, King Zhao, and three points of Fujian Road in the world!

Lu Wenxian's evaluation may be higher, he does not have deep roots and connections in Fujian, otherwise he would not have been placed in a dangerous place like Qizhou for many years. Staying in Fujian, he didn't have much of a deep relationship with Lin Douyao, and he had no contact with King Zhao, and King Zhao's style was not liked by civil officials, and the Marquis of Changwen Mansion was on Xu Zixian's side, so there was no need to say much about how to choose.