No matter what others think of Bao Heizi, Xu Shiyang's perception of him is completely from the traditional stories and TV series of the previous life.

Whether he is willing to stand in the same trench as the main battle faction or not is not important to Xu Shiyang - in fact, on this trip to Jiangnan, Xu Shiyang was quite disappointed in the main battle faction.

Those people are full of all kinds of opportunists who take the Northern Expedition as a famous brand, and there are very few people who really contribute to the Central Plains of Beiding.

Of course, this is not surprising – the benefits are just as they should.

For the high-level leaders of the Great Zhou, being able to buy peace with 600,000 silver silk per year is of course much better than the Northern Expedition, which costs tens of millions of dollars a year and bears the risk of war.

Even for the people at the bottom, Xu Shiyang can indeed become a hero by word of mouth among the people to kill a few Tartars, and it is not surprising that someone took the initiative to compile his deeds into various forms of stories and dramas.

But if the men of their family are recruited to go to the battlefield of nine deaths and lives, and their harvest is collected as military rations, just for the land in Jiangbei that has nothing to do with the lives of the small people, it will definitely not get the support of the people for a little longer.

To put it simply, Jiangnan has been peaceful for a long time, and the Northern Expedition has become a matter that has no demand in the court and no foundation for the people.

If you can't solve this problem of interests, you should never count on the Northern Expedition of the Imperial Court in Jiangnan.

Therefore, it is okay to get some support from Jiangnan, and to truly restore the Central Plains, you can only rely on yourself.

When the group came to the wharf, Deng Yingzhou had all arrived, and as long as the last cargo on the twenty mule carts was loaded, they could set sail.

On the dock, Xu Shiyang got the last harvest of this trip to Jiangnan - a silk handkerchief with a sweet aromatic taste.

The one who brought him this thing was a little girl who had not yet grown up, and according to her meaning, she was the maid of Miss Hengbo of Xiaofanlou.

Along with the handkerchief, there was also a letter.

Xu Shiyang opened it and looked at it, as expected, this is really a love letter .......

The love letter begins with a small poem expressing lovesickness, and then it is very straightforward to show that the writer of the letter voluntarily accompanies the recipient for a long time.

Even, Hengbo secretly poked and poked to show that he had saved enough money to redeem himself, and Xu Shiyang didn't need to worry about this aspect.

"It's really ......, and it's the hardest thing to accept the grace of a beauty."

After reading the letter, Xu Shiyang smiled bitterly and shook his head.

He didn't think he had the charm to make a top Oiran fall in love with him overnight, and he didn't hesitate to entrust his body and mind with money.

The reason why Yokobo sent this letter is probably because he has been with the scholar for a long time, and he is very curious about a man with a completely different style, and he is grateful for saving his life last night, right?

Speaking of which, that Hengbo is at most 16 years old, the age when his true love has just begun, he loves fantasy, and he is particularly rebellious.

"Childe, how does the slave reply to my young lady?" The maid looked at Xu Shiyang anxiously, and her small chin kept skimming to the side.

Xu Shiyang is not stupid, of course he knows that where the girl is pointing, there is still a carriage parked in a small alleyway, if nothing else, the letter writer is watching the reaction from the carriage.

Xu Shiyang chuckled, put the handkerchief into his arms, called Zhao Lin again, took out a homemade notebook from her cross pocket, tore off a blank page from the back, and wrote a reply with a goose feather hard pen.

Finally, he folded the reply letter into a paper crane and handed it to the maid of Xiaofanlou:

"I'm tired of giving this letter to Miss Yokoba."

"Yes."

The maid replied obediently.

In fact, she was now very curious whether the man in front of her had agreed to Miss's courtship.

Judging from the handkerchief that was put away as a token, it seems that it was agreed.

But why don't you talk to the young lady? At this time, you can wait a few hours to redeem the young lady first.

Didn't Miss say that she came out with the ransom money herself?

It's a pity that she is just a maid, Xu Shiyang doesn't tell her the answer, and her curiosity can only be kept in her heart.

……

According to the itinerary, Xu Shiyang will stay at Shuangyu Port for a day, check the implementation of the previous contract here, and then sail directly to Rizhao Port to go home.

When leaving, Xu Shiyang stood at the stern of the boat and saw the carriage that had no end in sight driving directly to the edge of the dock, and the girl who had not appeared in the cross-wave waved goodbye while caressing her long hair.

The thin body looked more and more pitiful in the cold wind by the river.

"We can leave a few hours late." Zhao Lin stood behind Xu Shiyang and whispered: "It's just to take a woman away, it's not difficult for you, look at Lord Bao like that, if you stay in Lin'an for a while, he shouldn't be embarrassed." ”

"That's not the kind of problem." Xu Shiyang smiled: "I'm just giving her a chance to reconsider." ”

"She was different from your sisters, you didn't have a choice at the time, and she did."

"She now says that she likes me, I'm afraid that curiosity and gratitude are greater than love - to be honest, I doubt that she has love for me, so I asked her to wait for me in Jiangnan for a few years on the grounds that the war in Jiangbei is tight."

"Next time I come to Jiangnan, whether it is ability, status, or power, I am confident that I can better protect a woman who is willing to wait for me."

Zhao Lin tilted her head and thought about it, then asked, "A weak woman, will it be too dangerous?" ”

"If she really has the heart to leave the big dye vat in Xiaofan Building, I have already reminded her in the letter that she can go to Xu Shiliu and Wen Xianggong to ask for asylum."

Xu Shiyang smiled:

"Those who are sincere to me, I will also repay with sincerity."

"It's not like a tyrant's idea."

"I'm not a tyrant in the first place." Xu Shiyang replied: "Of course I'm not a hero, I'm another kind of person besides heroes and heroes." ”

……

When Deng Yingzhou left Lin'an and went to Shuangyu, the unification war in Qingzhou, Qi Province, Jiangbei Province was still in full swing.

In the first phase of the war, the subordinate forces of the newly joined Qingzhou Army performed very poorly, except for the dock fort that was caught off guard at the beginning, they held on to the enemy for nearly a month, but still failed to make any progress.

After that, those dock fort owners who were attached to the Qingzhou Army and wanted to borrow the banner of the Qingzhou Army to make some money came to Xu Muhe, hoping that Juzhou could share some military rations.

If Xu Shiyang faced this situation, I am afraid that he would really give some assistance to them for the sake of helping him fight.

But Xu Muhe didn't think so at all, on the contrary, in front of almost all the leaders of the powerful forces in the Qingzhou Army, the head of the Xu family scolded these dock fort masters to the fullest.

As a jinshi, the work of using his mouth can naturally easily crush the local tyrants, some people can't raise their heads when they are scolded by him, and some people are popular to draw their knives on the spot, and they want to ask the Xu family for an explanation.

Then, Xu Muhe really gave them an explanation.

The head of the Xu family gave an order, and three hundred selected soldiers surrounded the venue and took down all the dock castle masters who were arguing with him!

"In time of war! It is a capital offense to commit the following crimes! ”

Xu Muhe said coldly:

"Drag it out, cut it!"