After returning from Yingzhou, Yang Lian was in a slightly depressed mood, but quickly recovered. With the arrival of Chinese New Year's Eve, the streets and alleys of Jinling are full of lanterns, a lively scene. Yang Lian was single, and Wang Hu, Zhao Peng, and Xiao Erhei were all alone, so they stayed at Yang's Inn to celebrate the New Year together.

Lin Renzhao and Chen Tie did not have any relatives in Jinling, and the soldiers of the old Fujian Kingdom were also scattered, and they were friendly with Yang Lian, so they all came to Yang's Inn, and the five of them were lively and lively, and they spent a year. During the banquet, as the owner of Yang's Inn, Yang Lian sent red envelopes to Wang Hu, Zhao Peng, and Xiao Erhei, after all, for several months, the three of them have been in charge, and this red envelope is also a reward for the three of them.

The three of them got a heavy red envelope, and their faces were smiling, although Yang Lian was a little fierce, but he was still good to the three of them. Holding the red envelope in his hand, he weighed it, there were at least five taels, even if it was silver, there were more than five hanging coins, which was already a lot. I suddenly felt that life was full of hope.

Yang Lian didn't care, with the fame of King Qi and Zeng Yiling, Yang's Restaurant had a great reputation and had a certain influence in Jinling City, especially after Zeng Yiling played a song in the restaurant, many literati often came here to eat. Yang Lian took the opportunity to raise the price of the box where Zeng Yiling stayed by two percent - typical extortion, but the business was surprisingly good, and the people who customized the box lined up, and the supply exceeded demand, and almost started a price war.

The three of them were all wearing new clothes, and they had a newly bought hairpin in their hair, but they looked more energetic than Chen Tie. Although Chen Tie has a fortune in the imperial court, he loves to drink and often goes to Xiaoxiang Pavilion to listen to music, so Zeng Yiling's fees are naturally quite high. made Chen Tie unable to make ends meet, wearing an old coat on his body, looking very shabby.

Although Lin Renzhao is better, it is not much better. He is a general, and the armor, blades, and longbows on his body need to be maintained, but it is a large expense.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Yang Lian took out two pieces of paper and said, "You and I have known each other for half a year, and my Yang someone's things are the things of the two." This restaurant and inn are also shared by the two. As he spoke, he handed over the paper.

Lin Renzhao saw that Yang Lian wanted to give the two of them one percent of the income of the inn and the restaurant, and the two of them added up, which was two percent. Lin Renzhao estimated that this restaurant and inn could bring Yang Lian at least more than 100 yuan of income every month. After deducting the miscellaneous expenses, the profit is also seventy or eighty dollars. If the two of them accept, they will get seven or eight dollars or more every month for no reason.

Lin Renzhao hurriedly excused himself and said, "Brother Yang, this is your hard-earned money, how can we accept it?" ”

Yang Lian sank his face and said, "Renzhao, you and I know each other, and it's almost half a year, right?" ”

"It's been more than five months." Lin replied. Yang Lian arrived in Jinling in mid-August, and soon entered the Shenwu Army, unexpectedly the years are like a shuttle, all this seems to be yesterday, but half a year has passed.

"What does Renzhao think of me?" Yang Lian asked again.

"Naturally, he is a friend of Renzhao." Lin replied.

"Since we're friends, you're welcome. If you don't think it's good, then I'll ask you to help me find someone. Yang Lian said. Zhang Qili said that he came to Jinling, but he searched for a long time and never found any news of Zhang Qili.

"Looking for someone?" Chen Tie asked strangely.

"It's a poor woman." Yang Lian said, took a long box from his hand, opened it and handed the scroll to Lin Renzhao, and said, "This is what I painted, you can take a look." ”

Lin Renzhao opened it and saw that it was a young girl, young and energetic, Chen Tie also came over, looked at it, and said, "It seems that I have seen it somewhere." ”

Yang Lian's eyes widened and he asked, "Chen Tie, have you seen it there?!" ”

Chen Tie scratched his head, thought for a while, and said, "I can't remember, I'm not sure." ”

Lin Renzhao thought for a moment and said, "What else can there be?" It's either a brothel or a liquor store. ”

Chen Tie smiled, lowered his head and didn't speak.

Yang Lian thought for a while and said, "In addition to Xiaoxiang Pavilion, where else did you go?" ”

Chen Tie glanced at Lin Renzhao and said, "I can't remember clearly, I should have visited all the brothels in Jinling City." ”

Yang Lian was speechless for a while, thinking that this Chen Tie was really full of energy, and he actually visited all the brothels in Jinling City, and suddenly had a heart, Chen Tie can use it, but he can't use it much, otherwise he will fight on women sooner or later. Perhaps, I want to introduce him to a daughter-in-law.

"Think about it again." Yang Lian said. I don't know how Zhang Qili is doing?

With Yang Lian's support, Chen Tie traveled back and forth in the major brothels in Jinling, but no matter how he searched, he couldn't find any trace of Zhang Qili.

Winter went to spring, Chen Tie never found Zhang Qili, Yang Lian also searched carefully, but never found it, so he had to put the matter aside for the time being, because the news came that Wu Yueguo increased his troops in Fuzhou again. This time, it was Yu An who led the troops by Wu Yueren. Due to Yang Lian's reminder, the land route was blocked by the Tang army, and Yu An took the water route.

There were more than 100 warships, large and small, including baggage ships, covering the sky and the sun, and in the early spring days, they marched south. For this reason, the Southern Tang Dynasty court argued endlessly, Han Xizai wrote again, Wu Yueguo had gone crazy and wanted to drag the Tang Dynasty into the mud of war, and around the Southern Tang Dynasty, the Jin Kingdom, Wu Yue, Chu, Nanping, and Southern Han were all enemies.

Feng Yansi also wrote that the war in Fuzhou had made progress, Li Renda was trapped in the inner city of Fuzhou, and a few days ago, he even captured the Dongwu Gate and almost broke through the inner city of Fuzhou. As long as he is given some more time, he can capture Li Renda and end the war in Fujian. Feng Yansi suggested that it would be best to transfer troops and horses from Xuanzhou, Runzhou and other places to coerce Suzhou, and if it could not achieve a big victory, if not, it would at least be able to contain Wu Yueguo's troops, so that he could not go south with all his strength to support Li Renda.

Feng Yansi's book was supported by Song Qiqiu, Li Zhenggu and others, while Han Xizai's book was also supported by Xu Xuan, Sun Sheng, Chang Mengxi and others. The court is still very chaotic, the party is the same, and Yang Lian is not interested. However, as far as his heart is concerned, he still hopes to be able to send troops, especially the Shenwu Army, so that he can have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions and have the capital to climb up.

On this day, Yang Lian had just entered the Shenwu Army, and he saw his colleagues whispering, Yao Feng, Li Ping, and Lu Mengjun were discussing something, and seeing Yang Lian and Lin Renzhao coming in, Yao Feng said: "Yang General Yuhou, what are you still doing here, hurry home and pack your luggage." ”

Yang Lian was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why is this?" ”

"Your Majesty ordered the deputy envoy of the Privy Council to lead the troops and go south to Suzhou." Yao Feng said.

Yang Lian narrowed his eyes, the Son of Heaven still ordered the troops to send troops to Suzhou, it seems that Feng Yansi has an extraordinary status in Li Jing's heart. Yang Lian has been in Jinling for more than half a year, and he doesn't know anything, so although Li Zhenggu is the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, he is a literati, where can he lead troops? I don't know what Li Jing thinks?

When Yang Lian was thinking, Zhou Hongzuo had already come, and the tiger glanced at everyone, and said, "I guess you already know, right?" The imperial court, with Deputy Envoy Li of the Privy Council as the main commander, led the Shenwu Army and the Tianxiong Army south to Suzhou. ”

Yao Feng said: "Commander Zhou, is this battle going to Suzhou?" "Yang Wu and the Southern Tang regime that inherited Yang Wu ended in failure in several campaigns against Suzhou. Yao Feng asked like this, but he also had no bottom in his heart, judging from the lessons of history, this battle is a battle that must be lost, and there is no way to fight it.

Zhou Hongzuo shook his head and said, "How do I know at this time, it doesn't depend on how Deputy Envoy Li decides. ”

Li Ping couldn't help but say: "Commander Zhou, although Deputy Envoy Li is the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, he has no experience in leading troops, how can Your Majesty let this person lead troops?" ”

Li Zhenggu was a jinshi in the third year of the ascension of the yuan, when Li Yu ascended the throne not long ago, in order to completely suppress the power of the old Yang Wu, a scientific expedition was held, and Li Zhenggu was the jinshi of that session. This person is very knowledgeable, a well-educated man, and is deeply trusted by Li Yu, who appointed him to wash horses for the crown prince. After Li Yu's death, the then crown prince Li Jing ascended the throne as emperor, and Li Zhenggu also rose to the top, and was appointed as the deputy envoy of the Privy Council and the secretary of the Ministry of Langzhong, which won Li Jing's trust.

When Zhou Hongzuo heard this, his eyebrows raised, and he scolded: "Your Majesty's decision, the obedience of the courtiers is, there is so much nonsense." ”

Li Ping was reprimanded, retreated, and kept silent on the side.

Yang Lian said: "Commander Zhou, I don't know when to leave?" ”

"The day after tomorrow, we will gather at the school and hold a ceremony to send troops." Zhou Hongzuo said.

"Yes." Yang Lian saluted and stepped aside.

After Zhou Hongzuo explained again, everyone left. Yang Lian returned to Yang's Inn and instructed Xiao Erhei, Wang Hu, and Zhao Peng to keep a low profile during his expedition and not compete with others. If there is anything, I will talk about it when he returns.

Because he was about to go on the expedition, Yang Lian took out the newly created long knife and wiped it silently, among all kinds of weapons, Yang Lian liked the knife the most, so he deliberately used heavy gold to build this long knife. The Southern Tang Dynasty inherited the Tang Dynasty, and the standard equipment equipped by the army must have a knife, or a horizontal knife, or a Mo knife. The proportion of horizontal knives accounts for 80 percent, and the rest is Mo knives.

However, this long knife, Yang Lian has made a little improvement, the blade of the long knife is relatively wide, and there is a joint spine, so that the blade of the same width can withstand greater stress, which not only makes up for the lack of straight knives, but also has the advantages of curved knives, but Yang Lian is not satisfied, and decided to find an opportunity to sell a blacksmith shop to create a more sophisticated war knife. Because the long knife is too heavy. On the battlefield, the more energy you can conserve, the more hope you have for survival.

In addition to long knives, the standard equipment of the Southern Tang Dynasty soldiers also includes bows, arrows, spears and other blades, Yang Lian wiped the Mo knife, took out the two-stone bow and arrow, and tried the flexibility. Due to the cold weather just now, the bowstring was not elastic, and when the sun came out, Yang Lian took the bow and arrow to the roof to make it.

The blade has been checked, and the armor has to be checked, Yang Lian has a set of fine scale armor on his body, which has nearly a hundred catties to carry up, which is not a small burden for the soldiers, but Yang Lian has to wear it again, and it seems that the progress of the blacksmith shop is going to be accelerated.

In fact, Yang Lian didn't expect that the Son of Heaven attached so much importance to Li Zhenggu that he actually let one of the Son of Heaven's Praetorian Guards go on the expedition. The fine scale armor was slowly coated with oil, and just about to hang it up, Xiao Erhei came and said, "Master, King Qi summoned me." ”

Yang Lian was stunned for a moment, and the King of Qi summoned him again, this time, was it for the sake of the expedition?