There are more than 3,000 water thieves in Hongze Lake, and tens of thousands of nearby fishermen and water dependents, such a huge force must be firmly pinched in their own hands to rest assured, otherwise another Wang Tao, or Wang Tao's henchman, will be troublesome internally.

This work is very cumbersome, Wang Huan and the others spent almost an all-night, it can be basically sorted out, all the unreliable people were cleaned up by him, and the number of water thieves was reduced to more than 1,000 people, which was greatly reduced compared to the original scale.

Although there are fewer people, they are much more capable, and the remaining people are basically the hardcore of the ancestral brothers, and there is nothing to say about loyalty, so they are absolutely relieved to use. At the same time, the small number of people is also very beneficial to the expenditure of military salaries.

Wang Huan was busy, Li Tingyu was not idle, he hurried the time, took advantage of the night, and took the white pole soldiers to move the silver box on the boat to the island, and hid it safely in a cave in the west of the island.

When the roosters crow on the island and the morning light first appeared, things finally came to an end, the dismissed people were sent away by boat, and the people who stayed behind also returned to their respective camps, Li Tingyu unceremoniously took the white pole soldiers to sleep, they could only stay on the island for a day at most, if they didn't have a good rest, how could they hurry?

Wang Huan was very sad, he had red eyes, and took Zu Bian and Ma Quan, who were also red-eyed, to Zu Tianci's hospital bed.

I have to say that the body of people in this era is like iron, and they have serious penetrating injuries, and modern people have already burped, Zu Tianci was prescribed a few pills by Lang Zhong, who was caught overnight, after being bandaged, and then woke up leisurely.

Zu Tianci was lying on the bed, his upper body was carefully wrapped in bandages, and he looked at the ceiling with weak half-open eyes, his face bloodless. Wang Huan and the other three were sitting around his bed, and Zubian was talking in a low voice.

"That's the way it is, big brother, I have already taken my brothers to surrender Lord Li, and in the future, we will be the soldiers and horses under the general army of Daming Chuanzhongqin." Zu Bian told him everything that happened after Zu Tianci fell into a coma.

Zu Tianci sighed softly, his half-open eyes slowly closed, his face became more and more pale, and after a long time, he slowly opened his eyes and said: "Okay, it is better to be recruited by the Ming Court than to be robbed of innocence by the Qing dog, and the brothers on the lake also have something to rely on, but we are guilty of sin, will the court pardon us?" ”

Zubian didn't speak, and peeked at Wang Huan.

Wang Huan and Ma Quan glanced at each other, and Ma Quan immediately lowered his head, the meaning was very clear: You are the biggest here, you can come and go.

Wang Huan tried his best to open his bloodshot eyes, and said with a strong spirit: "You don't have to worry about this, now that the court is in the southeast and the world is in chaos, who can take care of your escape?" What's more, the four major towns in Jiangbei, which one didn't escape on the battlefield? They are not still knighted. ”

Zu Tianci shook his head and said: "Having said that, but the ancestral family is a generational military household, and what is important is a reputation, my brother is sorry for the imperial court, even if he is recruited, he will not dare to enter the army again." ”

The scene suddenly calmed down, Zu Bian and Ma all bowed their heads and were silent, Wang Huan looked at these people, and suddenly realized in his heart, the people of this era have the most important reputation, the same is true for scholars, and the same is true for reckless soldiers, of course, there are more people who don't know shame, but for a downright man like the ancestral brothers, etiquette and righteousness are more important than their own lives, he decided that there was something wrong with him, and ten cows didn't want to pull them back.

"Hahaha!" Wang Huan laughed.

Zu Bian and Ma Quan were startled at the same time, and looked up together, even Zu Tianci on the hospital bed opened his eyes a little in surprise, and asked unhappily: "Lord Wang is mocking Zu Tianci for being shameless, and he is still so pretentious after being recruited?" ”

Wang Huan stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyes, and said with a smile: "Where is it, you misunderstood, the reason why I laugh is because your so-called thing is just a letter of pardon, why is it difficult?" ”

There were two people sitting in the room, one lying down, and they were all stunned when they heard this, Ma Quan immediately became anxious, and hurriedly said: "Senator, that's a letter of pardon, but the emperor can only go down!" ”

He was afraid that Wang Huan would be lowly and didn't know the origin of the pardon book, so it would not be beautiful to talk about it and make jokes. But I don't know that Wang Huan is familiar with history, and knows that in order to entrap Qin Liangyu, the Nanming regime was also named a pillar country and a decree when she was seventy years old, and she was rewarded with a hundred blank pardons, and let her appoint officials by herself.

Of course, Nanming is narrow and has few people, everything is missing, what is not lacking is the pardon book, at the end of the period, the pardon book is like waste paper, anyway, SC has long been out of his hands for a long time, give a few pardon letters and Qin Liangyu, appoint as many officials as she wishes, anyway, Nanming does not pay silver, so as to keep Qin Liangyu still loyal to the Nanming court, and stabilize the territory of the middle of Sichuan, then make a lot of money.

Therefore, Wang Huan didn't think so at all, and casually made a gesture of "I have my own opinion" towards Ma Quan, patted his chest and promised: "This matter is wrapped up in me, the court relies most on my general soldier, and when Lord Li returns to SC, he will definitely be able to do it." If you don't come to pardon the lives of your two brothers, I will not be a senator, and I will go back to the temple and then be my little monk. ”

Zu Tianci and Zu Bian saw that his face was serious, and the words he said were loud, not like a random fool, coupled with the prestige of the white pole soldiers and the prestige of Li Tingyu behind them, the two of them felt a little bit in their hearts, but they thought that at this moment, the Qing army was going south, Nanjing might have been breached, and the emperor of the Ming Dynasty did not know where to flee, if he wanted to get a pardon, even if the court was willing to give it, he didn't know where to go, and immediately gloomy, feeling that although Wang Huan's words were righteous, it was difficult to realize.

Zu Tianci smiled bitterly and said: "The senator is righteous and gracious, my brothers and sisters are unforgettable, but this matter needs to be discussed in the long run, let's talk about it later." ”

Wang Huan took the opportunity to say: "Okay, this matter has been revealed, we still have one more important matter, and we must tell you about it now." ”

Saying that, he straightened his waist, and his expression became a little more serious, he presided over a mining meeting of thousands of people in later generations, and he had a demeanor of everyone, Zu Bian and others faintly felt that Wang Huan's entire momentum had changed, as if he was promoted to the account, and he couldn't help but straighten up and listen carefully.

"I want to disband the Hongze Lake Water Kou, led by Ma Quan, take the heads of the two, as a letter of nomination, and go to the Qing court to ask for surrender." Wang Huan took a breath, spit out slowly, and said slowly: "At the same time, I will work up and down in the Qinggou camp, and strive to find a position as a general with troops in the Caoyun Yamen, as an external response." ”

As soon as these words came out, it was like a shock, so that the people sitting almost fell, and the people lying down almost sat up!

The three of them looked at Wang Huan in amazement, Zu Tianci's white face actually had a bloody color, and he was red by anger, and Zu Bian's face almost became black, and his hands were clenched tightly and almost wanted to get out of the water, Ma Quan's face was white, his eyes were round and he looked at Wang Huan, his mouth opened, but he couldn't say half a word, and his hand quietly touched the handle of the knife on his waist, for fear that the ancestral brothers would hurt people.

Wang Huan saw the reactions of several people in his eyes, but he didn't have a panicked look, these reactions were all in his expectation, but he pressed his hands neatly at this time, and then said: "A few people are in a hurry, your two brothers are an important support for our army in the future, and they will not hurt half a hair, and listen to me carefully." ”