Li Gu was sure in his heart, but he smiled deliberately and said, "I don't think King Zhongshan is the kind of narrow-minded person. ”

"He is very generous to those who believe and those who are close to him." Xu Ziwen also didn't want to scold Xu Zixian against his will, it was not good for him to belittle his opponent, and everyone knew that Xu Zixian was wrong with Xu Ziwen, but now he has faintly promoted Xu Ziwen's status...... Just like the two of the Chen family, now they boast about their past with Xu Zixian, and some nobles with status and status will also ask the two brothers to go over to speak, and analyze Xu Zixian's character and past from their words, but they have invisibly raised a lot of status for the two unpromising sons of Chen Yan.

"What I can't get used to him is that kind of stiff and rigid expression, unruly, arrogant, and the look in his eyes has always been wrong, just like a lone wolf, a lone wolf......" Xu Ziwen thought about Xu Zixian's image a few years ago, Xu Zixian was a young man in the clan, obviously a ruined clan, but he always put on that arrogant appearance, and didn't seem to look at the rest of the people. In addition to Xu Xingwei, Wei Yi and Xu Zixian have a deep friendship, and the rest of the clan nobles and the sons of the official gentry are not used to seeing Xu Zixian in the elegant collection of Zhao Wangfu, Chen Jingzhong, Chen Jingfu likes to tease and make things difficult for Xu Zixian, mainly because of the unruly color in Xu Zixian's eyes.

Xu Ziwen was generous on the surface at that time, and he didn't seem to care about this little brother of the clan, but in fact, he didn't like this son very much in his heart, he knew the difficulties in Yazhong, but he never stopped it, who knew that today, everyone was thrown away by Xu Zixian, and he was no longer a person on the same level?

"He will definitely be ruthless to those he doesn't like, who used to be his opponent." Xu Ziwen said hatefully: "I know this kid, looking at harmony, in fact, he is arrogant in his heart, and he holds grudges, my father and son have two generations of Nan'anhou Mansion can't get by, even the old Nan'anhou is the same, three generations of hatred, he wants to gain power, how can he let us go?" ”

This is also one of King Zhao's worries, otherwise when Li Gu offered a plan, King Zhao would have turned his face on the spot and kicked him out.

When the old Nan Anhou and the old Zhao Wang were both in the palace as the princes, although the old Nan Anhou was not very advanced, and it was not as ridiculous as the rumors, but it seemed to be secretly designed by the old Zhao Wang, involving the matter of the harem concubines, which made Emperor Wenzong angry, so that this prince was only made a marquis, and the property given was extremely small, and the official household was very few.

Although the things in the palace are very obscure, and no one dares to say too much, but when it comes to three generations of grievances, I am afraid that Xu Zixian will even take the rumors seriously. Regardless of the original Nan'an Shizi, the later Nan'an Hou, the King of Zhongshan, and Xu Zixian all the way, it is obvious that there are clear grievances and grievances, and there is always a scale in his heart.

If you should kill, you will kill, never forgive, be lenient and generous to the people, and make all arrangements for the soldiers, officials, and people under your command.

Now many people are willing to move to the Eastern Domain, which is the most direct and significant proof of this.

But King Zhongshan is obviously also a man with clear grievances, and when it comes to ancestral grievances, even if he wants to be generous, he can't be generous. Xu Zixian is also a very filial person, and he had many choices, but he still directly chose to go to Qizhou to take office, bent on exterminating the Qishan bandits. In addition to the consideration of practical interests, the biggest reason is to avenge his father Xu Yingbin.

When Chen Yutai's head was hung at the gate of Fuzhou, when people raised their fingers to praise Nan'anhou's hero, everyone couldn't help muttering in their hearts, Chen Yutai just resisted the killing of the old Nan'anhou, more than ten years have passed, Xu Zixian still can't let go, and he cut off the head of this guy before he stopped. If you really offend Lao Nan Anhou, I'm afraid that you don't want to live in peace in this life.

"Childe is very right." Li Gu clapped his hands and exclaimed, "Since Gongzi understands it in his heart, he should also know the strategy he has offered?" ”

When he offered advice that day, Xu Ziwen was also present, and said immediately: "My father now means to wait for the news of the Northern Expedition, wait for the Son of Heaven to grant the festival to open the mansion, and take charge of the military and political power of Fujian Road." To be honest, I'm not optimistic. ”

"I'm not optimistic about the next one." Li Gu said in a deep voice: "Your Highness looks forward and backward, and has a lot of concerns, and you also understand the truth below. But in the current situation, we really can't wait any longer. If the Fujian Road is not chaotic, the Son of Heaven will have no excuse, only the Fujian Road and even the southeast are in chaos, and the King of Zhao will open the mansion to control the military power in the southeast, take into account the rule of officials, money, food and wealth, and we will have the opportunity to block the King of Zhongshan in the Eastern Domain, and not let him come out to make trouble. ”

"Will the imperial court grant the king of Zhongshan the opening of the mansion?"

Li Gu smiled slightly and said, "If it is a few months later, it will be difficult to say." But if you hurry up now, will the imperial court grant the Son of Heaven's biological father and the old prince of the Chengzong family who has been in control of the forbidden army for many years to open the mansion, or will it give it to a young prince who is determined to forge ahead and has only his roots in the Eastern Domain? Even if it is the two mansions, it cannot be said that the King of Zhongshan is more suitable than His Royal Highness the King of Zhao. Moreover, once the matter starts, His Royal Highness King Zhao can command the army and fight a few beautiful battles first, and then the two governments will have nothing to say. ”

Xu Ziwen looked at Li Gu and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Li, you are playing with fire, do you know it yourself?" ”

Li Gu bowed his head for a while, then raised his head and smiled bitterly at Xu Ziwen: "It is indeed playing with fire, and there will definitely be unexpected accidents, but in this situation, not to mention for himself, it is for the overall situation of Zhao Wangfu, and to sit and wait is to wait for death." Xu Zi first took the power of the great victory of the King of Zhongshan and took office in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, and he could completely empty His Royal Highness King Zhao in a month. As long as he takes over and there is no mistake, even if there is a great chaos among the people, or even hundreds of thousands of pirates attack, the court will only believe in him, and it will not be His Royal Highness King Zhao's turn to build a festival and open the mansion. Don't you fight at this time and wait to become a dry bone? ”

These words were actually accusing King Zhao, but Xu Ziwen was not disgusted, and said with red eyes: "Father is just waiting for death!" ”

"Childe is very right." Li Gu said in a low voice: "Your Highness hesitates, we must not hesitate." Now I have found manpower, is one of the thirteen liukou of Qin Feng, transferred to Fuzhou, Quzhou and Tanzhou, as well as Jianzhou lurking, as long as we hook up with them, send people to help them settle in Jianzhou, transport materials, money to them, in an instant, this gang of thieves can turn the Jianzhou area upside down, when the time comes, the imperial court is exerting force in the northern expedition, Xu Zixian's prestige is not enough, this is secondly, the important thing is that there is no real foundation in Fujian Road, the imperial court in order to stabilize the overall situation, Using Zhao Wang Nai is the best choice, the Son of Heaven will push it, and the two governments will not oppose it after weighing it. If it drags on any longer, the two governments will push Xu Zi to come first, and the Son of Heaven will have nothing to say! ”

"Sir's opinion is correct." Xu Ziwen said in a hoarse voice: "But what are we going to do now, and what do you want me to do?" ”

This is worthy of a smart person who is smart-minded and draws inferences, and saves a lot of trouble.

Li Gu is a busy man, Xu Ziwen knows that it is impossible for him to come over and talk a bunch of useless nonsense to himself, and after analyzing this, he also knows that he has to push the chaos, this is the only chance to win in the chaos of Zhao Wangfu.

King Zhao's hesitation, in the eyes of Li Gu and Xu Ziwen, is the living Yuan Shao, who was born rich and wealthy, and has abundant resources, but lacks the necessary ruthlessness and hard work, and is not decisive and decisive, so it will not be a big deal.

Seeing that Xiaoli forgets his life, does big things and cherishes his life, and learns from the past, he must not take it as a warning.

"I know that Gongzi has some power in the house, some old generals, as well as ordinary government soldiers and officials, with them, plus some power in the next place, you can transport money and materials, and send them to cooperate with the Liukou, it is best to be able to control the Liukou, so the manpower sent must be shrewd and capable, and the number of people should be large."

"That's it." Xu Ziwen's voice was a little hoarse, but from beginning to end, he didn't hesitate at all, and he said to Li Gu: "I want Xu Zixian to know that I also have decisions, I can also make big decisions, and I can also succeed." Once he is a hero, he will honestly stay in the Eastern Domain, plant his cotton, Fujian Road, he doesn't want to get involved! ”

Li Gu sighed secretly, this is an obsession, if it weren't for this obsession, a noble son like Xu Ziwen, who had never experienced a major event, would hide from King Zhao and make decisions, once he failed, there was no life to live in front of him, and King Zhao might be anxious and difficult to protect himself. If necessary, push Xu Ziwen out to resist the anger of the officials on Fujian Road, put it on the national law, and the lightest punishment is to cut off the clan and then exile, the court is a little more ruthless, and it is not impossible to give Xu Ziwen suicide.

It is because of a little obsession with Xu Zixian that Xu Ziwen dares to take such a big risk, Li Gu estimates that it is not possible, it is estimated that there is still an obsession with Chen Wenjun, if it is successful, maybe the marriage will be repeated, Chen Wenjun is about to get married, and Xu Ziwen is also making a last stand.

"Childe has such a decision, sooner rather than later." Li Gu got up and arched his hand: "I arranged for a thief to be outside, and now I will go and talk to him, and Gongzi will prepare manpower early, and when the news over there comes back, we will immediately start to carry out major affairs." ”

Xu Ziwen didn't say anything, he was already pale, as long as this matter was decided, there was no possibility of regret, he didn't have some fear in his heart, but at this moment, the pleasure of revenge on Xu Zixian, and a little hope to stop the marriage had killed the last bit of reason in his heart, hearing Li Gu's words, Xu Ziwen didn't make a sound, but his eyes were red, and he nodded heavily at Li Gu.

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At dawn, a blast furnace spat out a little ember, and then black plumes of smoke rose into the air and covered the nearby hills, which were soon blown away by the morning breeze.

It was an August morning, and although the mountain was not high, Li Kaiming and the others had been hiding on the top of the mountain for a long time, and the supplies were almost exhausted, and everyone was thinly clothed and in a state of semi-starvation, even the gentle breeze made some people shiver.

"The stove is also off." Although in the predicament, the thirty-one-year-old Li Kaiming is still the same as usual, his tall figure is as tall as a pine, the eyes of his eyes are still sharp, he is as cold as his subordinates, the blue robe on his body is a summer cloth robe, which is quite thin, and he also feels cold after the weather turns cold, but Li Kaiming still does not show the slightest abnormality in front of his subordinates, and even the tone of his speech is the same as usual, resolute, firm, decisive, with a little gentleness.

Beside Li Kaiming, is another tall man, slightly shorter than Li Kaiming, but looks stronger, this person is called Liu Maoqi, a native of Yanzhou, was taken to Ulzhou mining on Hedong Road since he was a child, from his teens to his twenties, in addition to mining, this person is also a good hand in the bow and arrow club, due to his physical strength, his arms are unusually thick in his archery practice, and he knows that he is a rare marksman at a glance.

Liu Maoqi and Li Kaiming, are not satisfied with the poor life of the people, when in Ulzhou, he once hid in the mountains, did a howling gathering for bandits, and did not do less to rob the house, once pursued by officers and soldiers, in the middle of the mountain to a few hundred steps away, actually six or seven out of ten, the chasing soldiers could not raise their heads, what is even more amazing is that this person's arm seems to be cast of iron, on the way to escape, several hours in a row almost shot out more than a thousand arrows, equal to dozens of marksmen together to cover the shot, born with the power of one person, Shot more than a thousand chasing Xiang troops to the point that they did not dare to continue the pursuit, and when it was dark, Liu Maoqi laughed a few times, and fled into the mountains with his bow and arrows and his subordinates.

This is a legendary experience, but also made Liu Maoqi at the beginning of the incident became the focus of attention in the Northwest Zhulu, when he joined Li Kaiming, Li Kaiming was only a middle-level leader in the rogues, only a few thousand, but Liu Maoqi believed that Li Kaiming was the master of the troubled times, and the two were less than ten miles apart from each other.

Later, on the way to the east of the river in the northwest and then to Henan, Li Kaiming's department exceeded 100,000 people at most, conquered several county seats, obtained a large number of military supplies, and the most important thing was to obtain the investment of some talents. came out to break through, the picture is not a mellow beauty, do you want to win the world?

Li Kaiming is determined, not shaken by what others say, has insisted on this for several years, and later when the Liukou of the various tribes were killed by the forbidden army, most of the leaders were killed, and less than half fled to the deep mountains and grasslands, when the stars were scattered, although Li Kaiming's department was also a failure, but the core force, that is, now hidden in Jianzhou, Quzhou and the mountains in the mountains, there are still more than 1,600 people, this is followed for many years, and has experienced many bloody battles, and has fought thousands of miles in a few years, whether it is physical fitness, spirit, Or the will has experienced unimaginable tests and tribulations for ordinary people, countless sufferings are like a huge millstone, those who are not up to the mark of physical strength and will have long been crushed into powder by the millstone and disappeared in the long river of history.

Li Kaiming was only followed by dozens of people, even if he returned to the mountains of Jianzhou, there were only more than 100 people around him, all of them were on foot, there was not a single war horse, but more people and horses were hiding in Fuzhou, Quzhou, Jianchang Army, Qianzhou Shicheng in the deep mountains and dense forests, in addition to the foot soldiers, there were still more than 100 cavalry teams of war horses, that was the cavalry of the north, once galloped on the plains, the knights were experienced in a hundred battles, this is the old battalion of the Liukou, not the southern soldiers can resist.

These troops, when Henan was defeated, from Xiang, Deng to enter Jinghu North Road, and then all the way south, into Jingnan, tens of thousands of remnants, into Jingnan was chased all the way to block, the department is only thousands, after arriving in Jingnan, Li Kaiming felt that the goal of erecting a banner was too big, so he disbanded in Jingnan on the spot, the generals divided the departments to break through, to Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi three road junction, his subordinates still left nearly 2,000 people, after fighting thousands of miles, most of the elite of the old battalion remained, I have to say that this is a miracle, and if it were not for Li Kaiming's resolute determination, Frugal, strict and benevolent, with personal charm to call for the troops, this miracle will not happen to him, the rest of the tribes are mostly lurking in Henan or Jingbei, those who have 100,000 giant leaders, now there are a few hundred people around it is quite a good result.

Hearing Li Kaiming's words, Liu Maoqi bent down the mountain and looked carefully for a while, the mountains of Jianzhou stretch endlessly, several large mountain ranges converge here, you can reach Fuzhou, Qianzhou or Quzhou by climbing along the mountains, there are more mountains there, and they are quite steep, except for a few mountain people, few people can survive in the mountains.

It is in the place surrounded by mountains, the road to the north of Fujian Road has built a number of heavy passes, and the same is true in western Zhejiang, the Xianxia Pass of Fujian Road, and the Dushi Pass in western Zhejiang.

Jianzhou to Shaowujun, Jianchang Army, and then to Tingzhou, are all surrounded by mountains, with very few plains, and Fujian Road is mountainous and has few fields, mainly concentrated in these military states.

Fuzhou and Quanzhou, as well as the Zhangzhou area, although there are mountains, but also a large area of rivers impact the plain, and it is also the most densely populated and richest place on Fujian Road.

"The iron here on Fujian Road is excellent." Liu Maoqi sighed: "Iron smelting with charcoal has very few impurities, which is much stronger than our coal smelting in the north. ”

"According to the people here, their mountains have also been cut thin." Li Kai's eyes were calm, and he continued: "Recently, I met several groups of miners, and they all said that they also wanted to use coal to make iron. ”

Liu Maoqi said with a smile: "You can't ask them to play this hand for us, if we want to make trouble, we must use a good Fujian iron cast good long sword and a good horizontal knife." ”

"It's nature."

A group of miners walked out of the vicinity of the mine and the blast furnace, each other was silent, and the chaotic crowd walked out of the iron yard carved out in the middle of the mountainside, although it was far away, Li Kaiming seemed to be able to see the dissatisfaction and anger on the faces of these people.

The originally prosperous iron field mine was completely made into what it is today because of human factors, and the miners can earn four or five times a month, and those who can endure hardships are willing to dig deep mines and even earn six or seven times a month.

Most of them are natives of Jianzhou, there are also people from the nearby Jiangnan West Road or Liangzhejiang Road, there are also Jingnan people, and even Guangxi people, more than 100,000 or 200,000 miners, with their families and relatives, this is a group of millions of people, in just over a year, this whole group finally completely lost the source of income, many miners left, and more people were trapped in Jianzhou and could not get out.

In addition to the miners, there are also the peasants who have been squeezed and breathless, ordinary people, all walks of life are bleak, and many people have gone from having food and clothing to now having difficulty in food and clothing.

"It's still warm and moist here in the south, and there is still money in the place." Liu Maoqi looked at the miners who left in frustration and said: "If it were our Yanzhou, so many people would lose their jobs all of a sudden, I am afraid that they will not be able to open the pot in a few days, and they will have rebelled a long time ago." ”

"Nanwen is weak." Li Kaiming usually doesn't like to make judgments easily, but he still can't help but say at this time: "It's really not as good as our people from the north, Guanzhong, Hedong, and Hebei. ”

"The miners are okay, they are all good men." Liu Maoqi said: "It's good to drill up and down the ground, to do things under the blast furnace splashed with sparks, I've been there a few times, and to be honest, it's scary." ”

"So it's a good place." Li Kaiming thought about it and said: "Originally, I planned to go further south, I saw Jianzhou, Quzhou, Shaowu, Jianchang, Xinghua, Tingzhou, straight to Qianzhou, Jizhou, Nan'an Army, Fuzhou, Linjiang Army, Xingguo Army, all of which are similar situations. ”

Liu Maoqi's eyes shone brightly when he heard this, and he clenched his fists, and he couldn't help himself with excitement.