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After gossiping for a while, the sky was dark, and the lights and candles on the big ship were shining brightly as day, and the waves were light and very steady. Hua Zhang Lu found that Li Mao had a group of singing and dancing girls on the boat, all of them young and enchanting, with sultry postures.

Although he is a landlubber, he has heard that there are big rules on the boat, and women are not allowed to go on the boat, Li Mao doesn't understand this truth, why did he get so many singing and dancing girls on the boat

Before coming to Liaodong, Zhang Lu did some homework and did some understanding of Li Mao's life experience, but Li Mao was low-key, and everything he did was unpredictable, his background was foggy, and people couldn't figure it out, a very deep impression was that this person was very lustful, his family was as beautiful as a cloud, and he often went in and out of the fireworks with his henchman Qin Mo.

Ten years of Xijing dream, won the Qinglou Bo Xing name.

The poems are good, but the person is an authentic prodigal child, so it is no wonder that so many singing and dancing girls are kept on the boat.

Although Zhang Lu didn't think so, but the beauty was in his arms, he couldn't sit still, and the lamps squeezed by a group of warblers and Yanyan were exhausted, and he suddenly couldn't fall asleep.

Li Mao and Wei Yong walked onto the deck, the salty sea breeze blowing on their faces, very comfortable, and the guards arranged a cordon to ensure that no one would disturb them.

When Wei Yong confirmed that there were no outsiders present, and what he said knew Li Mao knows, and no third person can hear it, he opened his heart and expressed his allegiance to Li Mao, and told his resume from the beginning, and did not dare to hide it in the slightest, he believed that Li Mao did not care about his past, and he could not hide his past.

Li Mao really doesn't care about his past, what he cares about is whether he is willing to admit his past to himself, as one of the important chess pieces in his hand, Li Mao is no stranger to Wei Yong's past, and although the past described by Wei Yong is slightly different from what he has mastered, it is still acceptable.

Wei Yong finally said sincerely: "Cui Yong's sincerity can only be expressed, if there is a lie, he will be willing to die by the five thunders." ”

Li Mao smiled, pointed to the rattan chair arranged by the guard, and motioned for Wei Yong to sit down and speak.

Two rattan chairs are placed side by side, and there is a coffee table in front of each one, and the rattan chairs and coffee tables are placed in ways that Wei Yong has never seen. He had also heard that Li Mao's background was different, and there were often surprises in his words and actions, so he hesitated a little, but he reluctantly accepted it, but Li Mao was able to bury his body comfortably in the rattan chair, and he always only leaned on a little side, respectfully owing his body. The update is fast, the website page is refreshing, there are few ads, I like this kind of website the most, and I must praise it

Li Mao didn't intend to correct this respect, Wei Yong was not Qin Mo after all, and he was still very estranged from him.

"Yuan Li is a righteous gentleman, and he is also a good official who loves soldiers like a son, but in this place of Youzhou, just a good official can't bear it, the Zhu family has been running Youzhou for many years, and the power is intertwined, and the Liu father and son have been operating for many years, but they are only subdued and unable to cut the grass and eradicate the roots. Zhu Wei would rather abandon Yingzhou, but also preserve his strength, his ambition is not small, and the people of Chang'an, who doesn't need me to say, presumably they have also looked for you. ”

Wei Yong hurriedly replied: "I was about to report that Lin Ying had come to me when I was in Chang'an, and he wanted me to help him do a big thing, and he gave him a very good reward, but I thought he couldn't cash it in, just talking big things, and I have always hated this kind of person who betrays his lord and seeks glory, so I sternly rejected him." ”

Li Mao nodded appreciatively and said, "The Hebei Rebellion has been a disaster for a long time, and the imperial court is miserable. Among the three towns in Hebei, Youzhou is the weakest, but it is the most obedient to the imperial court, because Youzhou has two armies, Lulong and Xiongwu, and the two families do not buy each other, and they are always unable to twist a rope, and it is easy to be divided and ruled by the imperial court. Liu Ji's father and son fought infighting, the three of them did not end well, the strength of the Xiongwu army was greatly damaged, and they had lost the upper hand in the battle between the two armies, so they naturally expected to get the help of the imperial court, Lin Ying picked up a bargain, so he wanted to make a big deal, but to make a big deal has to have a big capital, does he have it?"

Wei Yong said: "He doesn't have it, he doesn't have the four taels of money." ”

Li Mao said: "So Youzhou will always have the upper hand in Zhu Wei, and the Xiongwu army will be suppressed, and they will definitely not accept it." ”

Wei Yong said: "What the marshal said is extremely true, the Xiongwu army envoy manor, the generals Han Yanlu and He Hong are not satisfied with Zhu Xun, and they are the party that can be used. ”

Li Mao said: "How are you going to use it?"

Li Mao was aggressive, Wei Yong suddenly felt nervous, thought about it, and said without reservation: "Yuan Ligong can't be a temperance envoy, you have to try to let him down, this is not to calculate him, but for his good." Youzhou cannot fall into the hands of Manor, Zhu Wei and others, but should be led by the marshal. can take advantage of the discord between the manor and Zhu Huan, design to let the two fight each other, and then invite the marshal to lead the army into the customs to mediate in the name of Yuan Ligong, and take the opportunity to take Youzhou. ”

Li Mao was satisfied with this answer, but asked quietly: "The imperial court will not agree." ”

Wei Yong blurted out: "The lesser of two evils will have no objections from the imperial court." Suddenly, he felt that his words were inappropriate, and he hurriedly explained: "The imperial court can't trust Zhu Huan, and the big thing that Lin Ying wants me to do is to encourage the Xiongwu army of Manor and Han Yanlu to destroy Zhu Huan and send Youzhou to the hands of the imperial court." ”

What Lin Ying wants to do, Li Mao still knows it in general, the source is mainly the newly established Jinju Academy in Shangdu, Chen Muyang thinks that the news still needs to be corroborated, observing the changes in the situation in Youzhou, he judged that Chen Muyang's news is credible, Lin Ying is indeed using the contradiction between the Xiongwu Army and the Lu Long Army to play a big game of chess, that is, what Lin Ying said to Wei Yong "that big deal".

Li Mao judged that between Zhu Wei and the Xiongwu Army, the imperial court would definitely choose the Xiongwu Army, although the Xiongwu Army was not very deferential, but it was better than Zhu Wei, who had a stain on his ancestors.

But if the Xiongwu army can't reach Zhu Xun, what will happen to the imperial court

And if it happens that Li Mao has the ability to suppress Zhu Wei and stabilize Youzhou

As a last resort, the imperial court can only choose Li Mao, which is Wei Yong's taboo "the lesser of two evils".

The key to all this is to let Zhu Huan jump out by himself, and then let the Xiongwu Army fight with Zhu Huan, and seize the opportunity to force the imperial court to accept the fact that Li Mao led the army into the customs and took charge of Youzhou.

Li Mao and Wei Yong glanced at each other, and many words were silent.

"We must try to get Zhu Wei back to Youzhou."

When parting late at night, Li Mao pointed out Wei Yong's task after returning to Youzhou.

Wei Yong comprehended: "Understood." ”

After floating on the sea for two days and two nights, I came to a harbor with a soft beach, a walled city on the shore, guarded by heavy soldiers, and it was one of Li Mao's four major salt fields, the Reed Bay Salt Field.

There is a wharf in the salt factory, and the sea salt produced is transported to East and Gaozhou by ship, where it is packaged and then sold to various parts of Liaodong.

Hedong pool salt, Wei Yong and Zhang Lu have visited, compared with this big salt field, Hedong's pool salt workshop is still very primitive, small scale, backward equipment, simple management, is not comparable.

The salt produced by the reed bay salt field is of good quality and low price, Wei Yong and Zhang Lu are very satisfied with it, and on behalf of Zhang Hongjing and Li Mao, they made a contract, stipulating that Li Mao will supply to Youzhou, and Youzhou will be responsible for distribution, and the profits will be twenty-eight points, Liaodong will take two, and Zhang Hongjing will take eight.

The result of 28 was fought for by Zhang Lu, Li Mao originally wanted 37 points, he was three, Zhang Hongjing was 7, and this extra layer was won by Zhang Lu after drinking a big bowl of wine.

The trip was a complete success, Wei Yong returned to Youzhou satisfied, but Zhang Lu temporarily proposed to go to Liaozhou and other places to see, Li Mao welcomed, sent someone to escort to Liaozhou, and was received by Clerical Cheng, Zheng Xiaozhang and others.

He himself went to Beisha City, Liaodong has been unified, Beisha City is not a foreign place, Sang Rong judged the situation, to Liaodong Jiedu envoy Li Mao dedicated the city, Li Mao gave him a Jiedu to escort the government and Beisha City soldiers and horses, still stationed in Beisha City, the department did not move, but let the prison military court symbolically send a prison envoy over.

The Liaozhou Military Supervision Institute is now Li Mao's personal seal, and whenever it is necessary to send a military supervisor to the army, the Military Supervision Institute of the Ministry of Military Affairs will draw up a list and hand it over to the Military Supervision Institute to handle it.

However, Zhang Jianjun has a high level of cultivation, and has long seen through the essence of power and fame, he has a wide range of hobbies, reciting poetry and painting, leisurely traveling in the mountains and forests, and living a very leisurely life, one of his protégés can imitate his handwriting, and stay in the prison to handle the routine.

Li Mao inspected Beisha City, mainly to see the overseas trade wharf he focused on, this wharf is outside Beisha City, said to be a wharf, in fact, a new city has been built, covering an area even larger than Beisha City.

In addition, Li Mao also had to attend the founding ceremony of the 10th Division of the Andong Army.

The name of the tenth division, Li Mao originally planned to leave it to Gao Su, but the Bohai general was suspicious of the new king because he followed Da Yuanyu too tightly, and the two families were in a tense situation, and at the same time sent someone to ask Li Mao to adjudicate.

Gao Su is a fierce general, he has proved this to Li Mao on the battlefield, and the more than 10,000 Chinese troops in the Eastern Expeditionary Army were almost defeated by him.

His subordinates are known as the "Iron Gao Family Army", and the main generals are all children of the Gao family. The Gao family army was stationed in the northern border of the Bohai Sea all the year round, dealing with the Tatar people, being good at fighting in the mountains and forests, with a tenacious style and clever tactics, and was the mainstay of defending the northern border of the Bohai Sea.

Da Yuanyu persuaded Gao Su to lead his troops south to block Li Mao under the city of Tiezhou, and Zhongjing City, not far from Tiezhou, was the place of prosperity of the Gao family and the roots of the family. Gao Su led 8,000 Gaojia troops to the south to participate in the Battle of Tiezhou organized by Daqilong, and repeatedly performed miraculous feats, Li Mao's soldiers took a dangerous front, suddenly used a big killing weapon, conquered Zhongjing City in one fell swoop, and took the lifeblood of Gao Su, forcing the 8,000 elite Gao Jiajun to have to watch from the wall, and did not participate in the final defense of Shangjing.

His family was thus preserved, but it had a bad reputation in Bohai, and now the country has changed hands, and the new owner has turned out the old accounts to rectify him, and Gao Su had to go to Liaodong with hatred.

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