Zhou Shixiang was very surprised to learn that Shang Zhixin had called Tang Sanshui's Zhaoqing battalion to be captured, but he was not surprised that Shang Zhixin was captured, but because Tang Sanshui was able to do one more step in the matter.

Zhou Shixiang admired Tang Sanshui very much, and if he didn't rush anything else, he was afraid that he could pack up the more than 2,000 battalions under his command and be willing to sell the master with him, which was enough to make Zhou Shixiang look at him with admiration.

Zhou Shixiang did not rush to see Shang Zhixin, but met Tang Sanshui first. In order to prevent accidental injuries from the Taiping army, Tang Sanshui had already pulled his men to the riverside, and Shang Zhixin was tied up and escorted to the Taiping army. For Shang Zhixin, a hot baby, he has no idea of a strange thing to live in.

The two sides met in a pleasant atmosphere, tacitly understood each other, and exchanged a few polite words before getting to the point.

Zhou Shixiang originally wanted to ask Tang Sanshui about his future plans, whether he would return to the Taiping Army or have other ideas, if the other party was willing to follow him, looking at his outstanding "contributions" to the Taiping Army, Zhou Shixiang would definitely ask the Yongli Imperial Court for a position in the general army.

Huizhou Xu gave it to Hu Qili, and Zhaoqing gave it to Chen Qice and Zhu Tong, so he chose one place in Shaozhou, Chaozhou, and Nanxiong for him. If the other party is unwilling to return to Ming, Zhou Shixiang will not be strong, although he wants to eat the 2,000 battalions under the other party, but it does not mean that he will be "ungrateful".

A gentleman, how can you be untrustworthy in your word, how can you see profit and forget righteousness?

didn't want Zhou Shixiang to open his mouth yet, Tang Sanshui spoke first, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he asked for money.

"Xiucai, let's not make those fake politenesses. Say, I brought someone to solve such a big trouble for you, how much money do you give me? ”

Tang Sanshui went straight with a single knife. Pick out that he wants money. Zhou Shixiang thought of the famous saying in his previous life - "If you can solve things with red envelopes, don't express them in words." ”

He really wanted to pull down a bitter face immediately, and then say to Tang Sanshui: "Money is not a problem, the problem is that there is no money." ”

But in fact, Zhou Shixiang is very rich, if there is a rich list of the Ming and Qing dynasties, his name can definitely enter the top five, or even the top three.

Wrench your fingers to do the math. Kunming's great son Zhu Youlang is definitely not as rich as himself, he has been aggrieved in Anlong for several years, and he is so poor that he is almost like pants. The only thing he is valuable is his status as the Son of Heaven. If he didn't have this identity as the Son of Heaven, Zhu Youlang would be an unlucky clan of the Ming Dynasty. Fulin's pseudo-emperor must be richer than himself, but in addition to Fulin, those princes and ministers in Manchu may not be richer than himself, right?

Well. Maybe the Zheng family is richer than himself. After all, both father and son have been giant thieves in the ocean, and his Zheng family has monopolized the maritime trade in East Asia, and it is not a boast that the rich rival country should be blown, otherwise it would be impossible to raise more than 100,000 or 200,000 soldiers and horses without even a piece of land territory.

Sun Kewang should be richer than himself, Li Dingguo may not be, Zhou Shixiang thinks about it, even if he can't enter the top three on the rich list. The top five will definitely not be able to run, after all, the hammer business he did in Guangzhou is too big. It's unimaginably big.

The wealth that the Han army under the two feudal domains has robbed for so many years, plus the wealth that has looted the eight banners of the city, how much money has been robbed from Guangzhou, Zhou Shixiang has not calculated, because he has no time to count, and he has not had time to dispose of these trophies, but one thing he can be sure of is that he is really rich.

"Money is not an issue, it is not important, what matters is the relationship between us! Brother Sanshui has helped me many times, brother, I am grateful, and today I helped me get rid of this big trouble, and also helped me capture Shang Zhixin, so I only paid Brother Sanshui with money, brother, I am really a little guilty. It's better for Brother Sanshui to make some other requests, but if I can do it, brother, I will definitely do it for Brother Sanshui."

Zhou Shixiang really felt embarrassed, Tang Sanshui's help to himself was really not something that could be measured by money, he sincerely wanted to seek better interests for the other party, rather than simply something outside his body.

didn't want to, but Tang Sanshui didn't accept it, he said, "Hey! After a while, he interrupted Zhou Shixiang and said directly: "Xiucai, don't you tell me that these things are useless, let's say, how much money do you give me?" ”

"This"

Zhou Shixiang is rich, but he doesn't want to be the wrongdoer, without Tang Sanshui's rebellion, he can also clean up this group of Qing troops who have no morale at all, but it is just a matter of spending more hands and feet, and more casualties. However, since Tang Sanshui only needs silver, he doesn't talk about anything else, and just talks about things.

Zhou Shixiang didn't know how much silver Tang Sanshui wanted, so he stretched out his finger inquiringly, and was about to say ten thousand taels, but when Vice General Tang looked at him with only one finger, his face immediately changed.

Seeing this, Zhou Shixiang hurriedly turned one finger into two, but Vice General Tang's expression was still ugly.

Sangen, Vice Admiral Tang felt insulted;

Sigen, Vice General Tang felt very aggrieved;

Wugen, Vice General Tang felt that Xiucai didn't take himself seriously;

Six, Vice Admiral Tang is impatient;

Seven roots, Vice General Tang is almost about to collapse;

Bagen, Vice General Tang looked at Xiucai speechlessly;

Jiugen, Vice General Tang's expression was slightly moved, but he only moved slightly.

Zhou Shixiang sighed, and pulled out all ten fingers. This time, Vice General Tang finally no longer had an expression, but said angrily: "Xiucai, you are too much of a bully, if it weren't for me, you would be able to have today!" Drink water and don't forget to dig wells, think about how much I have done for you, brother? If I hadn't hidden it for you that day, would you have been able to run from Luoding to Xinhui smoothly? If I hadn't covered for your people, would your people have been able to transport food from Zhaoqing to Xinhui? If it weren't for my help, your people would have been able to get information in Guangzhou? If it weren't for me, would Shunde City be able to take it from you? If it weren't for me, would Kong Guozhi and them be defeated? If it weren't for me, could Shang Zhixin be captured alive? ”

Vice General Tang's angry series of questions made Zhou Shixiang ashamed, the other party was a great favor to the Taiping Army and himself, and he was obviously very rich, how could he be so calculating, he must be compared, he was really a philistine, stingy!

"Brother, you can make a price, you say, say as much as I Zhou Shixiang without frowning." Zhou Shixiang decided to bleed profusely, and Tang Sanshui was a friend he had made. We must not let yellow and white things hurt this rare friendship.

"You want me to say it, then I can say it."

Vice General Tang looked at Zhou Shixiang with a satisfied face, and the more he looked at it, the more happy he became. After dealing with this person, his Vice General Tang not only has a lot of money, but his official fortune is also prosperous, this Xiucai is really a noble person in his life.

"Say it!"

Zhou Shixiang looked generous, but there was an inexplicable pain in his heart, and he always felt that his statement was a bit too much, in case Vice General Tang did not talk about morality. Ask him for a million taels, how can he be good?

Fortunately, Vice General Tang is greedy. But he is not a person who doesn't know what to do, he smiled and quoted a price, he said: "Xiucai, don't worry, I only need 200,000 taels." "Finished. and afraid that the show will kill his price. Hurriedly said: "I don't want this silver alone, you also know that the more than 2,000 soldiers under my command are to be fed with silver, otherwise how would they listen to me like this, this soldier is better to say, one person can bluff over if he gives a dozen or twenty taels, but those officers can be successful without giving a few hundred taels?" I don't give much, and I'm embarrassed to see them, let alone take them. If this person's heart is scattered, it will be difficult for the team to lead. You won't not understand this truth, Xiucai, right? ”

Zhou Shixiang held his breath and listened to these words, and when Vice General Tang finished speaking, Fang let out a long breath, and said with a bright smile on his face: "Brother Sanshui is right, this is the truth, this is the truth, I will give 200,000 taels, and I will give you another 100,000 taels." ”

"Huh?"

Tang Sanshui was not overjoyed by the extra 100,000 taels, but stared at Xiucai with a vigilant face, and hesitated: "Xiucai still wants me to help?" ”

Zhou Shixiang coughed lightly and said solemnly: "I wonder if Brother Sanshui is considering Guiming?" If you consider returning to the Ming Dynasty, brother, how about I guarantee you to the imperial court as the chief soldier of a town? ”

"I don't have this idea, I'm the deputy general of the Qing Dynasty doing very well." Tang Sanshui shook his head violently, not thinking about Gui Ming at all.

"Why?"

Zhou Shixiang was surprised, Tang Sanshui sold so many Qing troops, and the prince of Pingnan also asked him to sell it, but he didn't consider Guiming, and still wanted to be his deputy general of the Qing Dynasty.

"Xiucai, you are now doing a big job, but in Tang's opinion, it is still a little unsafe, if I follow you to Ming, in case you can't do it one day, won't I be unlucky. I'd better stay here in Daqing and be stable, as long as Xiucai doesn't come to beat me, I'm living a good life, it's good, hehe. Tang Sanshui smiled slyly, "Do you want me to cheat Zhaoqing City to you for the extra 100,000 taels you gave?" ”

"Since Brother Sanshui has this idea, then it's not easy for me to persuade my brother." Zhou Shixiang nodded, "This 100,000 taels of silver is indeed for Brother Sanshui to cheat the city, Zhaoqing doesn't know what Brother Sanshui did today, I intend to let the sailor send Brother Sanshui back to Zhaoqing, so that even if someone escapes, he will never rush back to Zhaoqing before Brother Sanshui." ”

Tang Sanshui thought about it, and then readily agreed, anyway, he had already done the seller's business, and it would not matter if he sold the city again, but he said: "This deal is no worse than today, 100,000 taels is too little." ”

"Two hundred thousand taels, no more." is rich again, and he went to 400,000 taels at once, and Zhou Shixiang was a little unbearable.

"Then it's 200,000 taels. In this case, I have to choose some reliable people to bring back, and ask Xiucai to take care of the rest for me for a few days, and then return the people to me along with the silver after taking Zhaoqing, what do you think? ”

Tang Sanshui thought about it thoughtfully, it was one thing to sell friendly troops on the battlefield, and it was another thing to cheat the city, and the subordinates he brought back must be loyal and reliable, otherwise he would risk his own head.

"But you occupy Zhaoqing, where am I going?" Tang Sanshui thought of a very important thing, he was the deputy general of Zhaoqing, but if the Taiping Army occupied Zhaoqing, where would he go to stay as a deputy general.

Zhou Shixiang said frankly: "Don't hide it from Brother Sanshui, Zhaoqing City is the gateway to my Guangzhou, and I have an agreement with General Linghai and General Zhenguo of Xinhui, and after taking Zhaoqing, I will hand over Zhaoqing to them to garrison." ”

"And where do I go?" Vice General Tang was also very embarrassed, he really wanted to make himself homeless for 200,000 taels of silver, but it was not cost-effective.

Zhou Shixiang mentioned a place name: "How is Shaozhou?" ”

"Shaozhou?" Vice General Tang was not happy, "I'm not the deputy general of Shaozhou, how can I go to Shaozhou, Xiucai is too bluffing me." ”

Zhou Shixiang said meaningfully: "Of course, you personally led the troops to recover this Shaozhou, with the credit of recovering Shaozhou, how can Brother Sanshui be the chief soldier on the side of the Qing Dynasty, maybe the Qing Dynasty is counting on Brother Sanshui in Guangdong." ”

Tang Sanshui laughed, Xiucai's eyes were very familiar to him, Luo Ding was not also recovered by himself with his troops that day.

"Okay, borrow your auspicious words, if I become the chief soldier, I will definitely invite you to drink."

"Brother Sanshui, please, brother, can I not go?"

The two looked at each other, understood, and laughed together. (To be continued.) )