"This old horseman's eyes are really poisonous!"

Walking into the courtyard, Xi Ying couldn't help but sigh.

Although she didn't have much respect for Shen Yang, and she knew that Shen Yang didn't know how serious the real crisis Han Qian was facing, she was still shocked that Shen Yang could guess a lot of things that Han Qian deliberately concealed in a short period of time, and she thought to herself, maybe this is the so-called people outside the people and mountains outside the mountains, right?

"Emperor Tianyou is very suspicious, but his ability to see people is still first-class, he chose Shen Yang as a teacher for the third prince, how could it be wrong?"

Han Qian said with a smile, but in his heart, he thought of Shen Yang's cold attitude towards him, and secretly felt that from this incident onwards, Shen Yang would no longer regard him as a person from the road, right?

Thinking so, he also sighed slightly in his heart, he couldn't tell the conspiracy of the Marquis of Xinchang Mansion and the Late Red Mansion at this time, so he couldn't refute Shen Yang's accusations forcefully.

Of course, he was so resolute, mainly out of selfishness, and he couldn't refute Shen Yang's accusations with confidence.

Even if the final development of facts did not achieve the desired effect, depriving Chai Jian of the command of the guard battalion and completely suppressing Zhang Ping, making it difficult for them to dictate to the third prince in Xiangzhou, would at least win him the initiative during the few months when the war broke out.

As long as Han Qian can seize the initiative during the ongoing war on the Northern Front, let alone raise a huge amount of money of 350 million yuan in the name of the Linjiang Marquis Mansion, even if he can only embezzle some of it, he can redeem a considerable part of the Xi clan, and finally make the fleet led by Feng Xuan and the boat gang led by Yang Qin become the force in his hands that can compete with the four surnames.

This force doesn't need to be very strong, which is two or three hundred elites, it only needs to be able to compete with the four surnames, which is enough for his father and son to gain a foothold in Xuzhou.

And whether he coerced Li Zhihe or lured him, or Li Zhihe did not agree with his adoptive father Xin Changhou's approach, he was more pragmatic and more capable, but Li Zhihe was finally persuaded by Han Qian, and the most fundamental point was that Li Zhihe had his great ambitions.

Shen Yang may not know more about the inside story, but it is precisely because he has seen through these that he has a particularly big opinion on them.

"This old man will meet Du Chongtao with the third prince tomorrow, and Du Chongtao will easily agree to the Dragon Bird Army to eat the empty salary of 5,000 people?" Xi Ying asked with some concern.

She knew that the money that Han Qian had borrowed from the money shop, even if he didn't have a responsible attitude for it, would eventually use it to expand the strength of Zuo Si, but even if the Marquis of Xinchang Mansion and the Late Red Mansion chose to forbear, they would cut off the additional subsidies to Li Zhihe's department.

In order to fulfill his promise to Li Zhihe, the empty salary and the subsequent salt sales must be completed, otherwise, Han Qian still cannot control the development of the situation here.

It's just that she can't understand, why does Han Qian firmly think that Du Chongtao will easily agree to this?

"Du Chongtao may have different aspirations, but his wings are not yet full, so he will care more about Emperor Tianyou's attitude," Han Qian said, "You must know that Emperor Tianyou's attitude towards the three princes is naturally also an attitude of Emperor Tianyou, and it is likely to be Emperor Tianyou's main attitude at this time, if Du Chongtao can't understand this, he will be as stupid as Marquis Xinchang." ”

"......" Xi Ying was slightly stunned, he didn't expect Han Qian to calculate this matter, and he had already come to this point, but he thought about it and said, "When you go back to Jinling, you dare to act so recklessly, and you are sure that you will understand this point when you go back to Jinling, but the truth is not as developed as you expected?" ”

"How can you anticipate the enemy in everything? Of course, I also misestimated the open-mindedness of these people, this may be the key to Xinchang Hou Li Pu's inferiority to his brother, or Li Yu, the king of Zhedong County, has long known the existence of these people, but he has long recognized that they are not successful and more than defeated, so he will not conspire with them, right? Han Qian said a little tiredly, "Du Chongtao can be ranked with Li Yu, Xu Mingzhen and others, I believe his vision should be higher." Of course, in order to give an explanation to the Anning Palace, he estimated that there would be some twists and turns in the specific process, or in the end, the scale of the people who ate empty salaries would be reduced. ”

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At this time, Yang Qin led Feng Xuan and Gao Bao to walk in.

The main force of the Dragon Bird Army arrived in Xiangzhou City and settled down in Niushouzhai in the east of the city, and Feng Xuan, Gao Bao, Feng Zhang and others also led a fleet of four surnames and arrived outside Xiangzhou City with eight boats full of supplies.

"You immediately transport the eight ships of supplies to Canglang, and the Dragon Bird Army will directly requisition these materials, but the money or corresponding discount materials will be settled to you in a few days," Han Qian instructed, "Xiangzhou does not dare to owe the three princes food and salary, but the soldiers and horses will be assembled on the western front in a short period of time, and the turnover of materials in the army is not so fast." ”

Han Qian didn't want to tear his face with the four surnames immediately, and temporarily borrowed the materials from the four surnames, but he still had to settle the money or the corresponding discount materials in time.

However, as long as Du Chongtao agreed to the Dragon Bird Army's false receipt of three or five thousand elite people's money and food—although there would be some twists and turns in this matter, Han Qian believed that Du Chongtao would eventually give in—and this money and grain was mainly controlled by him, Han Qian dared to advance the materials transported by the four surnamed fleets in advance.

A Ponzi scheme simply means tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall, and as long as there is an east wall to tear down, the west wall will not fall.

Before Shen Yang selected two hundred more young generals from the army to strengthen the strength of the newly formed guard battalion, Han Qian did not dare to leave Xiangzhou City easily, and decided that Tian Cheng and Yang Qin would go to Canglang with the four-surnamed fleet led by Feng Xuan, Gao Bao, and Feng Zhang, and lay out what he planned to do in Canglang first.

In order to fulfill his promise to Li Zhihe, Han Qian also asked Feng Xuan to transport military supplies such as tarpaulins, homespun cloths, wound medicine, tung oil, and leather worth three or four million yuan directly to Jingzikou and handed them over to Li Zhihe to take over.

Xiangzhou will ensure the supply of all the soldiers and horses assembled under the Deng Xiangxing camp, but it is mainly grain and horse materials, and the amount of supplies such as soldiers' armor, cold clothing, wounds, medicine, and even tarpaulins and grease used for fire is extremely limited, and the main thing is that the armies need to prepare their own.

At present, the imperial court ordered that the materials gathered from Jiang'e and Hubei prefectures to Xiangzhou were also mainly grain.

The Dragon Bird Army lacked too many materials, even if Li Zhihe's headquarters and the guard battalion had always received key material support, there was still a serious shortage of cold clothes and medicine.

Li Zhihe is only in his early thirties, and he is already a veteran in the army, and he leads his troops to garrison Jingzikou, so there is no need for Han Qian to worry about how much trouble will go wrong, but sometimes he has to admit that whether the morale of the generals is strong or not is directly proportional to the supply of materials.

Han Qian and Li Zhihe's mutiny, the Marquis of Xinchang Mansion and the Late Red Mansion have not reacted for the time being, even if Li Pu received the information in Jinling, the matter of Xiangzhou in a short period of time is beyond the reach of the whip, but Han Qian must be ready to meet their counterattack.

And the best preparation is that Li Zhihe can completely master the soldiers and horses of the first capital and establish military merits.

However, the main military attachés of the first capital are still loyal to the descendants of the Marquis of Xinchang, and it is still unknown how many of them Li Zhihe can win over at this time, but it is not easy for Li Zhihe to suppress his generals and soldiers on the one hand, and to reach the military pressure from Shaoxi Mountain (Wuguan) in the west wing.

arranged for Tian Cheng and Yang Qin to leave, and at this time, Yao Xishui's voice came faintly across the courtyard wall: "Everything is under your control, you should withdraw the people in this courtyard at this time and return me to freedom, right?" ”

"How have I ever detained Miss Yao's freedom, I'm not afraid that Miss Yao will be short-tempered, what kind of cold stab me?" Han Qian said with a smile, "I have a thin banquet here, if Miss Yao doesn't mind, you can come over and drink a glass of wine." ”

After a while, Yao Xishui came over with two maids, and before entering the courtyard, she deliberately rolled up her sleeves, revealing her arms that deceived Frost and Snow, and told Han Qian, who was staring at her vigilantly, that she did not hide any blades on her body.

Han Qian would not let down his vigilance because of this, in such a cold weather, Yao Xishui and the two maids were wearing thick jackets and robes, who knew that their bulging bodies were really real, or they were hiding other blades, and motioned Xi Ying to step forward and carefully search Yao Xishui's body.

Xi Ying originally admired Han Qian, especially Han Qian dared to take such a big risk to lobby Li Zhihe, which made her have a great change in her opinion of Han Qian, but at this time, seeing that he was afraid that the three girls would attack him, he couldn't help but glance at him with contempt, so he reluctantly stepped forward to search for Yao Xishui's body.

Mature men know how to weigh the benefits and disadvantages, and the development of behavior is therefore more predictable, and Han Qian is more defensive of women who are easily driven by emotions.

The reason why the Marquis of Xinchang Mansion and the Late Red Mansion made the situation so bad was not due to their overly emotional desire for control?

Therefore, in the past few days, Han Qian did not restrict the actions of Chai Jian, Zhang Ping, and Li Chong, but sent someone to put Yao Xishui under house arrest.

"Have you ever thought about how to clean up this mess, or simply ignore the flood outside of Xuzhou?" Yao Xishui looked at Han Qian and asked.

"If Miss Yao and Mrs. Yao can understand that Han Qian's move is really for your sake and for your good, there will be no endgame or endgame?" Han Qian untied the saber from his waist, put it on the table in front of him, and said with a smile.

"You put knives on other people's necks, and you have the face to say that you are thinking about others?" Yao Xishui sneered.

"Miss Yao, this is your long hair and short knowledge," Han Qian smacked his lips and said, "I think you sacrificed your hue to seduce me, and drugged me in wine, trying in every possible way to create the illusion that I died of a violent illness, tell me, did I ever complain about you afterwards, and didn't I diligently offer advice to you?" Why can I do this, because I know that Miss Yao has pointed me out a path with an infinitely bright future. Why can't you understand what has happened to you? ”

Yao Xishui's beautiful eyes flashed coldly.

Han Qian stood up, walked to Yao Xishui, Leng Buding reached out and took off the hairpin on her head, and knocked it with his fingers, not gold or silver, but made of stainless steel, and threw it to the tabletop, and the sharp hairpin pierced more than an inch into the tabletop.

Yao Xishui didn't expect Han Qian to say things like seduction, but it was really deliberate, in order to lure her to show her flaws.

"This is just a little woman's self-defense, in case someone has a wrong idea of the little girl, when did Lord Han become so timid and afraid, or does Lord Han still think about the little girl?" Yao Xishui asked.

"I'm not afraid of things, but I'm afraid of death, and I'm even more afraid of dying in the hands of a woman inexplicably." Han Qian said.

"Whether to kill you or not, it's not up to me to decide at this time," Yao Xishui said, "At least until you get further orders from Madame, you're still safe." ”

"......" Han Qian couldn't help but laugh, patted his thigh and said to Yao Xishui, "Speaking of tricks, you really don't have any opponents for me, instead of bothering to intimidate me here, it's better to find a way to repair Your Highness's already shattered trust in you!" You won't still understand it at this time, your biggest defeat is that you didn't think about how to win the trust of His Highness and then win the trust of Emperor Tianyou, but you tried to control everything! Could it be that you have always had a tradition of controlling kings to fulfill their own desires? ”

Yao Xishui's beautiful eyes narrowed, stared at Han Qian and said, "Don't try to test me with such words. ”

"Look, Miss Yao didn't fall for it this time, her brain has finally returned to a normal level, it seems that she will have to ask Miss Yao for more advice in the future!" Han Qian stood up and arched his hand, ready to invite Yao Xishui to leave, but had no intention of inviting her to stay for the banquet.