Different things are happening at the same time and in different places. Almost at the same time that Lu Fatzi's simple team arrived in Wuzhou City, Guangxi, Wang Shaobo, the strange and ugly master who was pinned on by Lu Fatzi, finally arrived in Fuzhou City and came to the gate of the luxurious Jingnan Palace.

When Lu Fatzi came to Fuzhou five years ago as a Qipin County Order, he waited for six days before he was carried into the Jingnan Mansion by the guards of the then Jingnan Wangzi like garbage, and was mentioned in the Wanghai Tower in the side garden of the Jingnan Palace, and kowtowed to Geng Jingzhong, who was only the prince at that time. But now, when Lu Fatzi's ugly master Wang Shaobo came to the Jingnan Palace, Geng Jingzhong, who was already the king of Jingnan, actually greeted him out of the gate in person and politely invited Wang Shaobo to the main hall for tea - the difference in treatment was huge, although Wang Shaobo was also an accomplice hired by Lu Fatzi for fifty taels of silver a year, it was enough to make Lu Fatzi sigh with red eyes.

"Spread the king of the Jun system, prepare a banquet, prepare a feast, and entertain the king of Pingxi and the king of Lu for the king! Remember, to the best wine, the best dishes! Singers and dancers are all the best arranged! ”

The prince of Jingnan was so gracious, even our ugly master Wang Shaobo was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly saluted and said modestly: "The prince is too polite, too condescending, Wang Shaobo is clothed, how dare he be so hospitable as the prince?" I'm really flattered, and I dare not be ashamed. ”

"Mr. Young Uncle doesn't have to be polite, don't be polite." Geng Jingzhong laughed, took Wang Shaobo's hand and said very affectionately: "Let's not mention that Mr. Shaobo is the envoy of his uncle King Pingxi, and when he came to Fujian, he is like his uncle's father, which is the famous name of Mr. Shaobo, and Xiao Wang has admired him for a long time." I think that when Mr. Shaobo stood alone at the head of Bajiang City, taking the prince of the imperial court as a hostage, Leng is forcing back the enemy who surrounded your army, and helping Lu Yifeng and Lord Lu to achieve extraordinary feats, and his courage and resourcefulness are really rare in heaven and unparalleled on earth--remarkable! ”

"The prince has won awards, awards." Wang Shaobo hurriedly humbled himself, "The student is just the light of the three good adults of the owner, and he was lucky enough to establish some small achievements by chance, and the prince is so ridiculously praised, the student really can't afford it." ”

"Hey, deserve it, deserve it, how can Mr. Young Uncle and your owner, Master Lu Yifeng, like to be too modest so much?" Geng Jingzhong put on a high hat for Wang Shaobo, and then sighed: "Speaking of Lu Yifeng Lord Lu, Xiao Wang was really eyeless, eyed and uninfluential, and did not find his genius, he passed through Fujian, Xiao Wang not only did not humbly seek advice, tried his best to keep him, but also treated him quite slowly, now that I think about it, Xiao Wang is really ashamed and regretful." ”

"The prince blames himself too much." Uncle Wang hurriedly said good things to the boss Lu Fatzi, "The owner also mentioned the incident in front of the students, saying that if it weren't for the prince's life-saving grace and the virtue of giving silver, he would still be what he is today?" He also said that if he had the opportunity, he would do everything he could to repay the prince's great kindness, even if he was broken and went to the soup and fire. ”

"That's what the three good brothers really said?" Geng Jingzhong showed some surprise, and when he saw Wang Shaobo nodding solemnly, Geng Jingzhong was even more happy, and hurriedly patted Wang Shaobo's shoulder and said: "Mr. Shaobo, please repay the three good brothers, don't talk about kindness or anything, another day he has time, please go to Fujian for a trip, let Xiao Wang make up for the slow treatment of the year, and Xiao Wang will be very happy." Also, if the three good brothers were tired of staying in the southwest that day and wanted to come to Fujian to live for a few days, then although he could come, Xiao Wang, the position in the Jingnan Palace, could be chosen by him. ”

"It must be certain, and the student must report it to the owner truthfully." Wang Shaobo bowed his hand, respectfully agreed, but his heart was depressed, and said in his heart No wonder the prince of Pingxi refused to send the owner as this messenger, it turned out that he had already known that the prince of Jingnan was also fighting the idea of the owner, my owner is more handsome than me, why is he so popular than me?

At the same time, in order to show his respect for the envoy of the Pingxi Wangfu and his sincerity in seeking talent, it was also reported that two absolute henchmen Zeng Yang surnamed and Ma Jiuyu were trained, and Geng Jingzhong's two uncles, Geng Jishan and Geng Jimei, who resolutely supported the anti-Qing Dynasty in Jingnan Wangfu in history, were also invited to the scene, and together with Geng Jingzhong, they warmly entertained the southwest envoys, and took the opportunity to test Wang Shaobo's intentions and the next strategic trend of Wu Jun.

After three rounds of drinking, the song and dance began, more than ten beautiful dancers with outstanding posture danced in the sound of silk and bamboo, the posture was soft and moving, sultry and thoughtful, Wang Shaobo, a typical old-style literati, was not as ignorant and not interested in these as Lu Fatzi, not only fascinated, but also praised all the time, praising the beauty of the song and the beauty of the song is more beautiful, and sighing that Geng Jing is loyal to enjoy it too well. And Geng Jingzhong and his dogs saw Wang Shaobo's obscene appearance, and they also quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and said in their hearts that this ugly guy is just Erer, good wine and lust are easy to deal with.

After singing a song, the dancers bowed down and retreated, but Geng Jingzhong stopped them, pointed at the dozen or so dancers and smiled at Wang Shaobo: "Mr. Shaobo, if these girls can see it, then pick two out and let them serve in your room." ”

"It's ......." Wang Shaobo pretended to hesitate for a moment, and immediately couldn't wait to thank him, "Since the prince is so gracious, it would be disobedient for the student to dare to resign, and the student can only dare to accept the reward." After that, Wang Shaobo pointed to the two most beautiful dancers among them, Geng Jingzhong laughed, and hurriedly ordered the two beautiful dancers to stay and serve Wang Shaobo to drink. (Fat Lu: Young uncle, I hate you!) ）

The wine flattered Wang Shaobo and all of them were tricked, and Geng Jingzhong, who estimated that Wang Shaobo must be soft-mouthed, opened his mouth and asked: "Mr. Shaobo, if Xiao Wang is not mistaken, you seem to be Lu Yifeng's confidant of Lord Lu, right?" And Xiao Wang also heard that Lord Lu's confidential documents were all entrusted to Mr. Ghostwriting, is there such a thing? ”

"Back to the prince, it's true." Wang Shaobo replied respectfully: "Meng Dongjia is wrongly loved, and the students are indeed quite reused in the Dongjia shogunate, and the public and private documents of the Dongjia are all ghostwritten by the students and Mr. Zhu Fangdan Zhu. ”

"So, can Mr. Young Uncle do our prince a small favor?" Zeng Yang asked impatiently.

"Zeng Junmen, please say that the students are warmly entertained by the prince, and dare not serve." Wang Shaobo hurriedly replied.

"Then you're welcome." Zeng Yang's surname said: "Zeng Yang's surname is a rough person, and he won't say that those who are crepe-claired, so he said straight to the point, last time we Jingnan Wangfu bought rockets and flowering shells from the prince of Pingxi, as well as explosives bags for siege, the power is really terrifying!" It's so fucking convenient to use to kill people! But the quantity is too small, the price is too expensive, and it is too dangerous to transport it from the sea, and it is not even necessary to ship it on land, so we want to ask Mr. Shao Bo to help, help us build a construction site in Fujian that can make these firearms, please Mr. Shao Bo must help with this, if we can, we will naturally not forget Mr. Shao Bo's great kindness. ”

"Mr. Young Uncle, Zeng Junmen's words are not rough." Geng Jingzhong's uncle Geng Jimei echoed: "It's not that our Jingnan Mansion wants to steal anything from the Pingxi Palace, the key is that the major event agreed by our Pingxi Prince is imminent, and new firearms are urgently needed to enhance combat effectiveness, but the sea wind is high and the road is dangerous, and the Guangdong Navy Division and Taiwan Zheng Rui are disturbing and investigating, and the land route is not connected, so we just can't buy more and can't transport it to Fujian, so we have the idea of making it locally in Fujian." If Mr. Young Uncle can help this a lot, we will be grateful to Jingnan Palace! ”

Geng Jingzhong didn't speak, a pair of sharp eyes just stared at Wang Shaobo, waiting for Wang Shaobo's reply. Wang Shaobo smiled bitterly, and arched his hand and said: "Zeng Junmen, General Geng, it's not that the students are shirking, it's just that the students are really powerless about it. To tell the truth, our prince and the student's proprietor have done an excellent job of secrecy in this regard, and the recipe process of this kind of firearm is never recorded in writing, and it is all in the head of the proprietor and the most reliable craftsmen, not to mention the student, even the second prince of the prince of Pingxi, General Wu Yingqi Wu, has no way to access these secrets. ”

"So strict?" Geng Jingzhong frowned, and asked without giving up: "When Mr. Young Uncle followed Master Lu into the firearms camp, did he ever see how your craftsmen made these firearms?" ”

"Lord Wang, the students don't dare to lie to you." Wang Shaobo smiled even more wryly, "The student has been with the owner for almost a year, but the owner has never been able to enter the firearms construction site - not to mention the students, even Mr. Zhu Fangdan Zhu, who has been with the owner for six years, has never had the opportunity to step into the firearms construction site." However, this can't blame the student's owner for being mean and suspicious, the key is that our prince has a strict order, if you want to enter and exit the core construction site of the firearms camp at will, you must hold the token given by the prince himself, otherwise, those who trespass without permission will be killed! ”

"Really?" Geng Jingzhong was disappointed, and glanced at each other with Zeng Yang's surname, Ma Jiuyu and other henchmen, and they all saw the regretful look in each other's eyes, and secretly scolded Wu Lao Han for not being a thing, and a few broken formulas were kept secret so strictly. I also regret that I had no eyes back then, when Lu Fatzi came to Fujian, why didn't they leave him resolutely, why did they return this fat rooster with golden eggs to Wu Laohan Jian?

"Lord Wang, in fact, the students think that you don't have to be so sorry." Wang Shaobo took the opportunity to mention his intentions, and said to Geng Jingzhong: "Don't dare to deceive the prince, the student came to Fujian to meet the prince at the behest of the prince of Pingxi this time, and there are two things he wants to report to the prince, one of which is related to the transportation and sales of our arms. ”

"Oh, yes, please tell me more about it." Geng Jingzhong, who had gotten the new gunpowder formula from Wang Shaobo's hands, regained his spirits and listened attentively to Wang Shaobo's intentions.

"Lord, this is our handwritten letter from the prince of Pingxi." Wang Shaobo took out Wu Lao Han's handwritten letter, presented it with both hands, and patiently explained: "Lord Jingnan, our Prince of Pingxi mainly mentioned two things in the letter, the first thing is about the issue of your army and our army agreeing to start an incident. ”

"Oh, what do you mean by Prince Pingxi?" Geng Jingzhong was not in a hurry to open the letter, he just asked casually, and at the same time secretly made up his mind in his heart, if Wu Laohan wanted to start an incident against the Qing Dynasty in advance, then he didn't even think about it, he was not stupid enough to be a bird.

"The prince of Pingxi hopes that the prince of Jingnan will be cautious and not rash and start the army in advance." Wang Shaobo's answer made Geng Jingzhong and the others all a lot, Wang Shaobo said very sincerely: "The prince of Jingnan must also know that although our Pingxi Wangfu has successively won the five southwestern provinces, it has not yet opened up the land connection with your army, and at the same time, the internal problems of our army need to be solved urgently, and the military salary and food promised by the imperial court have not been paid off so far, so it is really inconvenient to immediately raise troops and form an alliance with your army in the Central Plains." ”

"Therefore, we Pingxi Princes hope that Jingnan Princes can be cautious in raising troops, and we must not rush to raise troops because of villains' provocations or because of momentary will, and fall into strategic passivity. We must wait until our Pingxi Royal Mansion takes the lead in raising troops and attracts the main elite of the enemy, and then the prince raises a major army, so as to ensure that the enemy is taken by surprise and receives a sudden effect. Otherwise, our Pingxi Palace's soldiers, horses, money and food will not be able to be complete for a while, and even if the prince of Jingnan asks for help, it will be difficult for us to provide reinforcements. ”

"Wu Sangui's old thief is not bad, he has thought about me so thoroughly." Geng Jingzhong was overjoyed in his heart, and he didn't expect that Wu Lao Hanjian would have such a bodhisattva heart, and he even took the initiative to arrange a good position for himself to pick peaches behind his back. At that moment, Geng Jingzhong immediately replied: "Please Mr. Young Uncle to report back to the prince of Pingxi, his kind advice, Xiao Wang must be remembered, and he will not live up to his expectations and cause a big disaster." ”

"It's the best, and the students will report it truthfully." Uncle Wang happily agreed, and said uneasily: "Lord Jingnan, please don't blame the students for nagging too much. At present, although the imperial court has just experienced a fiasco, its vitality has been greatly damaged, and the deployment of troops is overstretched everywhere, and the rich land in Jiangnan in northern Fujian is also empty of troops, although the prince suddenly raised troops to attack Jiangnan, although he has a great chance of victory. But because our Pingxi Royal Mansion has been for a considerable period of time, it is really difficult to provide strong support for the prince. ”

"Therefore, in order to prevent accidents, it is best for the prince not to act in a hurry, and must wait until our army first rises to capture Anqing, Jiangxi, and opens the door to the south of the Yangtze River in the east, and then sends troops to join our army in Nanjing, this is the best strategy!"

It's good that Uncle Wang didn't tell me like this, but after such an advice, Geng Jingzhong, who was suspicious and suspicious, inevitably became suspicious again, and said in his heart: "Why is Wu Sangui's old thief so worried about me suddenly starting an army?" Do you want me to wait until they take Anqing first, open the Jiangnan gate, and then raise troops? Mom, this old fox doesn't want to swallow the rich land in the south of the Yangtze River, right? If he takes Anqing, there will be no danger to defend in the south of the Yangtze River, and he will be able to fight under the city of Nanjing in three days at most, I received the news and then start the army in Nanjing, even if it goes smoothly, it will take more than a month, and then he will have already entered the city of Nanjing and lived in the palace of the former Ming Dynasty, I still want to get a piece of the pie? ”

"Virtuous nephew, will Wu Sangui's old thief want to stabilize us?" Geng Jingzhong's uncle, Geng Jishan, who was also suspicious, also came up, and said in a low voice in Geng Jingzhong's ear: "Could it be that he wants to monopolize the wealth of Jiangnan, and he is afraid that we will take Jiangnan first, so he is so hypocritical to persuade us not to raise troops in advance?" When he takes Anqing, we will raise troops again, so do we still have a chance to get involved in Jiangnan? ”

"I'll talk about it later, and we'll discuss it carefully." Geng Jingzhong agreed in a low voice, let his uncle sit back in his place, and smiled at Uncle Wang and said: "Mr. Young Uncle, please report to Uncle Pingxi Wang, please rest assured, the little nephew is his junior, but his old man's horse is the first to look forward, so as long as there is no accident, when the little nephew and I will start the army, I will all listen to his orders." ”

"Thank you, the student must report to the king." Wang Shaobo was very happy to hold his fists and agreed, and said: "The second thing that the prince of Pingxi asked the students to entrust is related to the transportation of new firearms by sea, and it is also related to the Pingnan Palace, just because our Pingxi prince and the prince of Pingnan have always been at odds, and there have been many unpleasant events recently, so we Pingxi prince wants to ask the prince of Jingnan to come forward and negotiate with the prince of Pingnan." ”

"Oh, what do you negotiate?" Geng Jingzhong asked casually.

"Please make an appointment with the prince of Pingnan, ask him to raise his noble hand, and don't let the Guangdong sailors intercept our ships in Pingxi Wangfu on the sea." Wang Shaobo said very seriously: "For more than a year, the prince of Pingnan has been arrogant and has intercepted and harassed our Pingxi Wangfu on the sea many times, causing us heavy losses. Therefore, for the safety of our sea ships in Pingxi Palace, and for the safety of Jingnan Wangye's sea transportation, please come forward to talk to Pingnan Wangye, and ask him to raise his noble hand to let our sea ships go, of course, as compensation, we will also thank Jingnan Wang Ye and Pingnan Wang Ye. ”

"That's it." Geng Jingzhong breathed a sigh of relief, frowned again and said: "It stands to reason that your army is an ally of our army, we should help and must help with such a favor, and it is not difficult for Prince Pingnan to negotiate, but with the temper of Prince Pingnan, and the current situation, I am afraid that Prince Pingnan will never agree, right?" ”

"That's why we want to ask Prince Jingnan to come forward in person." Wang Shaobo said sincerely: "Jingnan Mansion and Pingnan Mansion are in-laws, and they are like brothers, if they are just sent to negotiate, the Prince of Pingnan will definitely not agree, and only by asking the prince to come forward to persuade him in person, this matter can be successful." If the prince of Jingnan can do us a great favor, after the matter is completed, the price of the firearms sold to your army by our Pingxi Royal Mansion will be reduced by one percent! ”

"Also." Wang Shaobo suddenly lowered his voice, "Presumably the prince of Jingnan also knows that because of the destruction of the war, there is still a lot of backlog of the Eight Banners paste we planted the year before last, if the prince of Jingnan can persuade the prince of Pingnan to raise his noble hand, then the eight flags paste of our Pingxi palace can also be transported to the port of Fujian to entrust the prince to sell." - Lord Wang, how profitable is the Eight Banners Fushou Ointment, there must be no need for students to be verbose, right? ”

Thinking of the rich profits of the Eight Banners Fushou Ointment, Geng Jingzhong inevitably swallowed a mouthful of saliva in his throat, and his heart moved, but thinking of Shang Lao Han's bear temper, and thinking of Shang Lao Han's jealous attitude towards himself when he returned to Guangdong this time, Geng Jingzhong inevitably felt a little embarrassed, and finally Geng Jishan coughed and made a look, Geng Jingzhong came back to his senses and said: "Mr. Shaobo, the matter is very high, I have to allow Xiao Wang to discuss it carefully with everyone, please go down and rest first, Rong Xiaowang thought carefully before giving a reply to Mr. ”

"Then the student will wait for good news." Wang Shaobo hurriedly got up, thanked him, and added: "Lord Wang, please allow the students to express their personal opinions, in fact, the students feel that this matter seems difficult, but in fact it is not difficult at all. Although the prince of Pingnan is hostile to our army, he is not hostile to your army, so the prince only needs to persuade the prince of Pingnan to agree, not to intercept and search the sea ships flying the flag of your army at sea, and the prince of Jingnan will agree to our sea ships to hang the flag of your army, and send us a letter of introduction, and all the problems will be solved. ”

"Hey, this is a good idea, I can't imagine that this guy is ugly, and he is quite clever." Geng Jingzhong's heart moved again, and he hurriedly said: "Thank you Mr. Shaobo for your advice, Xiao Wang will definitely consider this matter carefully." Come on, send Mr. Shaobo to Jiabin Building to rest, and be sure to be well treated. ”

Wang Shaobo thanked him, hugged the two beautiful dancing girls and left first under the guidance of the guards, but Geng Jingzhong and the others did not rush to remove the remnants, and directly discussed in the living room. Among them, Geng Jishan, who was the most cunning, was the first to say: "Virtuous nephew, Wu Sangui wants us not to raise troops for the time being, although it is very in line with our minds, how can he have such a good heart and help us think about it so thoroughly?" Wouldn't it be unkind? ”

"I think so too." Geng Jingzhong nodded, and said in a deep voice: "At present, the main force of the imperial court has been destroyed, the elite has been lost, although Jiangnan has not been ravaged by the war, and the army still exists, but basically it is some second-line army, and the combat effectiveness is not very strong, and most of them have been transferred to Anqing to prevent Wu Sangui's old thieves from going down the river." What I'm most worried about now is whether Wu Sangui's old thief wants to swallow Jiangnan alone, so he deliberately uses these obedient words to stabilize us, lest we suddenly raise troops and occupy Jiangnan alone. ”

"That's the only explanation!" Geng Jimei said categorically: "Wu Sangui old thief is greedy and has become a surname, and he has long coveted the rich land of Jiangnan, for him, after he raised his army, the most favorable situation is to use us to block Zheng Jing and Shang Kexi old thief, to make time for him to attack Jiangnan, what I am most afraid of is that we will take Jiangnan first, so that he has no place in Jiangnan, so he deliberately said good things so pretendiously, wanting to stabilize us." ”

"Lord Wang, why don't we do it now." Zeng Yang's surname couldn't wait to say: "Taking advantage of the fact that the main force of the full dog has been pinned down by Wu Sangui's old thief in Huguang, and we can't spare troops to consolidate the defense of Jiangnan, we will take Zhejiang and Nanjing in the north first, and get this land with abundant money and food, and the prince's big things can help!" ”

"What's the hurry?" Geng Jingzhong glared at Zeng Yang's surname, and snorted coldly: "Jiangnan, of course this king wants it, but not now, we must first wait for the war between Wu Sangui and Mangou to reopen, and further contain the main force of Mangou, and then it is not too late to raise troops to attack Nanjing." If you do it now, you will only be a bird to be a shield for Wu Sangui's old thief. ”

"But after this village, I'm afraid there won't be this shop." Zeng Yang's surname said unconvinced: "Mangou has the power of the whole country, and it is easy to rebuild the army, if you don't take advantage of the weakest opportunity of Mangou to take Jiangnan, and then think of attacking Jiangnan in the future, I am afraid the difficulty will be unusually high." ”

Geng Jingzhong stopped talking, this is also Geng Jingzhong has been tossing and turning during this time, hesitating and difficult to decide, now the main force of the dog has been destroyed, and the remaining main force has been contained by the Wu army in the Huguang battlefield, and now it is very advantageous to attack Nanjing, Zhejiang, but the harm is to become the shield of Wu Laohan's annihilation, and attract the attention of the Qing court for the Wu army. And if this opportunity is missed, although it is ironclad to re-start the war between the Wu army and the Mites Qing army in the future, the Mangou army has taken a breath and recovered its vitality, do you still want to take Jiangnan so easily?

"Let's discuss this slowly." After thinking about it, Geng Jingzhong finally put this thought aside and changed the topic: "What do you think of the second request made by Wu Sangui's old thief? ”

"You can give it a try, and even if we fail, we won't lose anything." Geng Jimei agreed, and said: "But if the negotiation is completed, we can not only save a lot of money on the cost of buying weapons, but also use the Eight Banners Fushou Paste to make a lot of money and accumulate military salaries." And that Wang Shaobo's idea is not bad, even if the old thief does not agree to let go of Wu Sangui's old thief's sea ship, it is very likely that he will agree to let go of our sea ship, and then we will take advantage of Wu Sangui's old thief's weakness to take advantage of our flag and knock out another sum of silver from him. ”

"I'm afraid it's not necessarily, right?" Ma Jiuyu, the commander of Fuzhou, who had not spoken before, suddenly spoke, and Yin Yin said: "Shang Kexi and Yue Le went south to return to Guangdong this time, and they didn't even enter Fujian controlled by us, and spared a big circle to go home from Jiangxi controlled by Mangou, proving that he and Mangou are also guarding against us, and what we are afraid of is that we will rob and kill them halfway." Shang Kexi old thief is so suspicious of us, we ask him to open the sea route, he will be so easy to agree? ”

"That's just as well." Geng Jingzhong hesitated and said bitterly: "Actually, Shang Kexi's old thing is really stupid, and we are not stupid, how can we rob and kill him halfway?" I'm afraid that he will be used by others under our banner halfway is true! And it will be more beneficial for us that he returns to Guangdong, at least he and his eldest son will contain each other, and it is even less likely to threaten our southern front, how can we be stupid enough to make a wedding dress for Shang Zhixin's boy? ”

"Jiuyu, in this way, are you objecting to the prince's request to agree to Wu Sangui's old thief?" Geng Jimei turned to Ma Jiuyu and asked.

"Nope." Ma Jiuyu shook his head and said in a deep voice: "On the contrary, the last general thinks that the prince should agree to Wu Sangui's request of the old thief, and the monk Kexi old thief will contact him and strive to meet to negotiate this matter." ”

"Why?" Geng Jingzhong asked intently.

"It's very simple, take the opportunity to test the hostility of the old thief to us." Ma Jiuyu replied: "We still don't know anything about the extent to which the old thief is wary and hostile to us, which is equivalent to the enemy being dark and I am clear, and we have to be afraid at all times. Taking this opportunity, the prince took the opportunity to meet Shang Kexi's old thief, not only gave Wu Sangui an explanation to the old thief and sold him a favor, but also took the opportunity to test Shang Kexi's attitude towards us, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone? ”

"Wonderful!" Geng Jingzhong applauded and praised: "This plan is wonderful, if the old thief agrees with me, then it proves that he is not wary of us to the point of treating us as enemies, and he can also take the opportunity to appease the old thief and reduce the pressure on our southern front." Furthermore, we can also persuade the old thief Shang Kexi to agree to open the sea route, so that we can get a sum of money from the old thief Wu Sangui. ”

"If Shang Kexi refuses to agree to meet, then we have a bottom in our hearts." Geng Jishan added: "What should be done when the time comes, this old thing is currently being severely restrained by the eldest son, we just need to watch out for his hidden arrows, and don't be afraid of his open guns." If we don't find out his attitude towards us soon, we will always have to be on the lookout. ”

"Since everyone has no opinion, let's do it." Geng Jingzhong clapped his hands and said: "Send a messenger to Guangzhou to ask for a meeting with Shang Kexi's old thief, and say that this king has a question about shipping routes and wants to talk to him face to face." The location is in the Chaozhou water divide, which is the border between Guangdong and Fujian, and the old thing is as timid as a mouse, and he is afraid that the king will not be good for him. ”

"Virtuous nephew, it's best to meet in secret, lest the old dog of Fan Chengmo (then the governor of Fujian, the second son of the notorious Fan Wencheng) target you and run to the Emperor Mangou to complain." Geng Jishan also suggested: "In order to reassure Shang Kexi and the old thief, it is best to use the excuse of inconvenience to disturb the people too much, and agree on the number of entourages, and each person should bring fifty retinues, so as not to disturb the people too much." ”

"Yes." Geng Jingzhong nodded in agreement, and then instructed: "Then let Lin Yueguang go on a trip, he is eloquent, let him tell Shang Kexi that the old thief is going to meet him with his son and nephew, and discuss with him the good things of Geng Shang's two families for mutual benefit, so that he doesn't have to worry about it." ”

"Yes." Geng Jishan agreed, and then suggested: "Virtuous nephew, we sold such a big favor to Wu Sangui old thief, we should get a little more from him, I think we must ask Wu Sangui old thief to agree to reduce the price of firearms by 20%!" ”

"Twenty percent is enough? At least 30% lower! The opening price is forty percent, and the reserve price is thirty percent! Fuck, he Wu Sangui thief dared to sell Lao Tzu twenty taels of silver with a rocket, and it was time for Lao Tzu to get back a little capital! ”

(To be continued)