Speaking from the heart, although Lu Fatzi is known as the first firearms expert in Pingxi Palace, he can also create gunpowder weapons far beyond this era, but these weapons are really difficult to compliment in terms of technology and craftsmanship, for example, Wu Jun's field weapon rocket, just because Lu Fatzi's craftsmanship is not enough to pass the test, and the apprentices brought out by inferior teachers and inferior apprentices are not better there, resulting in outrageous launch accuracy to Wu Laohan's grandmother's house, large-scale launch relies on dense coverage, and single-shot launch is completely blind by luck, The jokes of aiming at the enemy's flag formation but hitting the enemy's two flanks are endless, which makes Lu Fatzi hurt his brain and lose face.

There is also Wu Jun's magic weapon airship, because Lu Fatzi is really not good enough at machinery, even if the airship is clear and windless, the speed in the sky is less than 20 miles per hour - compared with the speed of more than 10 kilometers per hour of the airship that is also a hand-cranked propeller in later generations, this speed is simply like a snail crawling.

Also, the Wu Jun airship needs to release a part of the hydrogen before it can land, but because the air pump made by a group of third-rate craftsmen is too bad, the landing speed of the Wu Jun airship is also very slow, and it usually takes four airship soldiers to desperately rotate the fan for more than half an hour to make the airship land, so that the Wu Jun airship does not dare to fill the hydrogen too much when it is inflated, let alone fly too high, and fortunately, the Qing army has always regarded the airship as a fetish, and the sub-mother cannon that can seriously threaten the safety of the airship has also been captured by the Wu army earlyOtherwise, whether the three airships built by Wu Jun at great expense can still be preserved to the present is a question that no one can say.

In addition, because of Lu Fatzi's craftsmanship and the technological limitations of this era, some weapons that Lu Fatzi knows the principles and formulas, such as lathes, paper shell bullets, breezed rifled guns, poison gas bombs and cannon incendiary bombs, these things, the inferior Lu Fatzi just can't say anything - but this can't be blamed on Lu Fatzi, Lu Fatzi is a high-achieving student in the Department of Chemical Engineering, not a high-achieving mechanical student, and obviously has no talent in manufacturing, and it is not easy to achieve the current results.

When Lu Fatzi was worrying about spending too much time and craftsmanship for the improvement of weapons, a letter from Dai Zi, a genius craftsman who had already thrown himself into the Qing Dynasty, sent a letter to Lu Fatzi, an accomplice who was not well-known but the craft genius was not under Dai Zi at all, and solved countless troubles for Fatzi Lu at once, and also let Wu Jun see the dawn of more sophisticated weapons, which can be said to make Fatman Lu like a tiger with wings and teeth like a snake.

After a long talk, Lu Fatzi finally learned the details of the matter from Xu Zhengming's mouth, it turned out that it was about the end of August of the eleventh year of Kang Mazi, Xu Zhengming, who was known as the first craftsman in Suzhou, suddenly received a letter from Dai Zi, who had been known for a long time, in addition to telling Xu Zhengming about the situation of Wu Jun's airship, there was also an invitation to Xu Zhengming to visit the capital to help the Qing court build an airship, and promised to sponsor Xu Zhengming for an official position in front of Kang Mazi.

But it's a pity that unlike Dai Zi, who is quite famous and wealthy, Xu Zhengming is a complete scientific madman, in the case that his whole family can't even eat, Xu Zhengming in order to build a jujube flying car, Leng is to refuse the high-paying hire offered by the Suzhou workshop, this will see Dai Zi's letter that Wu Jun has a flying boat that can carry four soldiers into the sky, Xu Zhengming naturally immediately left the glory and wealth promised by Dai Zi behind, and did not even say hello to his wife and children, and embarked on the road to the west alone. Begging all the way to inquire about the location of the Wu army, and walking thousands of miles to find the Wu Laohan army, in order to see the majestic posture of the Wu army's airship with his own eyes, and ask Lu Fatzi for the airship manufacturing process.

After listening to Xu Zhengming's introduction of his own situation, Lu Fatzi naturally smiled so much that he couldn't close his mouth, not only immediately agreed to let Xu Zhengming visit his airship, but also recommended an official position to Wu Laohanjian for Xu Zhengming, although Wu Laohanjian was not very cold to Xu Zhengming, but for the sake of his grandson-in-law's face, he immediately canonized Xu Zhengming as the director of Gongcao and the chief craftsman of the Jijia Mountain Firearms Battalion. But Xu Zhengming was obsessed with craftsmanship, but he didn't want to accept this hard-won official position, and in the end it was Lu Fatzi who threatened that if Xu Zhengming did not serve in Wu Junjun, then he would not let Xu Zhengming see the airship, and Xu Zhengming honestly got on Wu Jun's thief ship and became Lu Fatzi's chief deputy in firearms development.

Just when Lu Fatzi was ecstatic because he got a powerful accomplice, in Yanjing City at about the same time, the three major princes of Mites Qing, Jieshu and Leerjin and Shang Kexi, who were redeemed by Kang Mazi with silver, also entered the Forbidden City under the guidance of officials of the Ministry of Rites to kowtow to Kang Mazi and thank him, and made his first Majesty's gift after returning to Beijing. At the same time, there was also Yue Le, Prince An, who had been deprived of his military power by Kang Mazi - he was also received by Kang Mazi for the first time after returning to Beijing.

"The servants and others are ordered to come to the audience and thank our emperor for saving his life." Seeing Kang Mazi again after more than a year, Yue Le, Le Erjin and Jie Shu were all in tears and choked up. And the old man who has not seen Kang Mazi for nearly ten years is even more crying, kowtowing desperately, and crying: "The slave is still gratifying, thank my emperor for his grace, the slave is incompetent, the slave is useless, he has lost face to the master, let the master be heartbroken, the slave deserves death, please ...... the master, and cure the slave what he deserves." ”

"Four Aiqing, please be even." Although he had long wanted to cut these four wastes with a thousand knives in his heart, Kang Mazi still beat his spirits and said with a smile: "Shang Aiqing, you don't have to blame yourself too much, I also have a general understanding of your situation, it is you who care about family affection, so you fell for the trick of your unfilial son-in-law, and unfortunately you were caught." It's no wonder you, who would have thought that Lu Yifeng, the dog thief, was shameless and vicious to this point, not only living up to my expectations of him, but also poisoning you, your father-in-law, and you are not too much at fault. ”

"As for Prince An, King Shunjun and Prince Kang, the three of you are completely tired by the Aobai and the thieves, you are all his subordinates, and you have to follow his orders, so you have suffered defeat, the root of the crime is on Aobai, and you are not very responsible. But you also have to forgive me, if you are guilty, you will be punished, if you lose your teacher and humiliate the country, if I don't give you a little punishment, I am afraid that some people will say that I am biased and favoritism-so that I will punish you by one rank and a fine of three years, and you can accept it? ”

"Thank the emperor for not killing him, and the minions will be convinced." Yue Le and Jie Shu hurriedly kowtowed and breathed a sigh of relief together, but Le Erjin cried and mourned - Yue Le and Jie Shu are both princes, and they are still the county kings, and their own county kings are reduced to the first rank, but they are only Baylor.

"Shang Aiqing, you raised troops in time in a critical situation in Guangxi." Kang Mazi said to the old man again: "Although you have suffered a defeat and have the crime of losing your teacher and humiliating the country, but after you were captured, you would rather die than bow to the Wu thief, refuse to be bribed by the Wu thief and refuse to rebel with the thief, loyal and commendable, thinking of this, I decided not to reward or punish you, can you be convinced?" ”

"Slave thanks to the emperor." Shang Laohan kowtowed, cried and said: "But the old slave rescued Guangxi without the size of the merit, but lost the humiliation of the country and was captured by the thief army, and finally had to bother to redeem the saint, the old slave is really shameless, unforgivable, the slave asked to cut off the king, to correct the law of the country." ”

"Loyal minister, among the three feudatories, only this slave can be relied on." Kang Mazi sighed in his heart, and patiently comforted: "Shang Aiqing doesn't have to be like this, I have already said that the culpability of Guangxi is not on you, and you heard that Guangxi had fallen, and before you could ask for an order, you personally led the troops to counterattack in an eighty-year-old body, and you can be loyal to Yueyue, how can I bear to deal with you again?" If this is also a sin, wouldn't I also have to cure Geng Fan for the sin of sitting back and watching the fall of Guangxi? ”

Of course, Kang Mazi is not really just because Shang Lao Han betrayed the country and sold not even pants to treat his crime, a more critical reason is that the Wu army has occupied Guangxi, Geng Jingzhong of Fujian and Wu Jun are fighting fiercely, and there is also Taiwan Zheng Jing in the east, and openly revealed his intention to ally with the Wu army to resist the Qing Dynasty, Guangdong is already the last fortress of Kang Mazi on the southern coast, in this case, the crime of Shang Lao Han Annihilation, chilled the heart of the Qing army in Guangdong, what else did Kang Mazi use to contain Geng Wu Zhengjing?

To put it mildly, Shang Lao Han finally retracted his plea to cut off the prince, and the old man kowtowed in tears to thank him, and then stood up with Zhang Wanqiang's support and sat on the seat rewarded by Kang Mazi. Kang Mazi also glanced around at the ministers present, and said with emotion: "Zhongqing, it is really a blessing for me to be able to reunite with you after a long absence, you must not know, when the news of your fall into the hands of Wu thieves came, I simply couldn't sleep at night, I didn't think about tea and dinner, what I was afraid of was that Wu thieves and dogs jumped over the wall in a hurry, and poisoned you, my ministers." But fortunately, thanks to the blessing of God and the blessing of the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty, you finally returned to your side, and I finally did not lose you, the pillars of the country. ”

"The incompetence of the minions and so on, let the saint worry about the minions, and the minions will be guilty of capital crimes." Several Kang Mazi's hardcore minions hurriedly left their seats and kowtowed to excuse themselves.

"There's no need to excuse myself, I'm just talking about it." Kang Mazi waved his hand and sighed: "In short, it's good that you can come back, this time, I will not be left alone when the whole army fights again." ”

"Your Majesty, the servants are willing to return to Guangdong immediately to reorganize their troops and horses and recover the southwest for the emperor." Shang Laohan immediately kowtowed, gritted his teeth and said: "The slave vows to pacify Wu Shun, capture Wu Sangui's old thief and Lu Yifeng's thief, and escort them back to the capital to hand them over to the master. ”

"Master, the slave is also willing to lead the troops into battle again." Jie Shu also hurriedly kowtowed, raised his right hand without a thumb and said with tears: "Although the slave has no finger, he can still pick up a knife and pull an arrow, vowing to cut Wu Sangui's old thief and Lu Yifeng's dog thief with a thousand knives, and Ling Chi will be executed, so as to live up to the master's life-saving grace!" ”

"The slave also asks the master to give the slave another group of men and horses to the south." Leer Jin kowtowed vigorously and said loudly: "The slave swears to Tianming, this time, the slave will not capture Wu Sangui's old thief and Lu Yifeng's dog thief, and the slave will not withdraw the army." ”

Yue Le didn't speak-this will mean that the suspicion of his attempt to usurp the throne has not been completely cleared, and he took the initiative to ask Kang Mazi for military power, isn't it looking for death? However, Kang Mazi didn't pay attention to him, but said with a wry smile: "I understand and am very pleased with the three Aiqing's desire to serve the country-it's just that the three Aiqing can't help but think too highly of Lu Yifeng's dog thief, right?" This dog thief is not ranked in Wu Yijun's army, why should the three Aiqing put him alongside Wu Sangui's old thief? ”

"Master, have you ever met Lu Yifeng's dog thief on the battlefield." Jie Shu burst into tears, choked up and said: "This dog thief is usually very good at disguise, but as soon as he arrives on the battlefield, he immediately reveals his true form, which is more slippery than a fox, more ruthless than a jackal, and more poisonous than a pit viper. In the Southwest War, Wu Gou annihilated the main force of our Qing Dynasty and shook the foundation of our Qing Dynasty, Wu Sangui's old thief was the first evil, and Lu Yifeng's dog thief was the number one accomplice! His accumulated evil deeds are even above Wu Sangui's old thief! ”

"If Lu Yifeng's dog thief is not eliminated, I will never be able to say that I will never be able to do it!" Leerjin gritted his teeth and agreed.

"What the slave only regrets now is that why didn't he cut Lu Yifeng, a dog thief, with a knife?" Shang Lao Han cried bitterly.

Yue Le nodded silently, expressing his agreement and complete agreement.

"Everyone, please get up." Kang Mazi nodded and said, "Don't worry, Lu Yifeng's dog thief clown jumped off the beam, I will kill him, and vent my anger for all Aiqing." However, although this dog thief is hateful, at the moment, the biggest enemy of my Qing court is still the old thief Wu Sangui, as long as this old thief is removed, it is easy to clean up Lu Yifeng's dog thief. Ladies and gentlemen, what good strategies do you have for how to exterminate Wu Sangui's old thief? ”

"Master, the minion thinks that the most important thing at the moment should be to rebuild the army." Jie Shu hurriedly said: "As long as the master reorganizes a million-strong army and exterminates Wu Sangui's old thief, it is just around the corner." ”

"I've been doing this for a long time." Kang Mazi nodded, gritted his yellow teeth and said, "Although Wu Sangui, the old thief, took you as hostages and took away from me the salaries, money and food I used to rebuild the army, if he thought that my plan to reorganize the army would be broken, then he would be very wrong!" The abundance of manpower and material resources of my Qing Dynasty is by no means imaginable to this shameless old thief, and it is easy for me to rebuild an army of millions! ”

"In order to raise military salaries, grain and grass, I have dismissed the Governor of Liangjiang, Malji, who was ineffective in raising salaries, and renamed Ah Xixu as the Governor of Liangjiang! Before leaving, Ah Xixu had also left a military order in front of me, and within half a year, he could not get me a military salary of 20 million taels of silver, and I would not punish him, he committed suicide directly to me in Nanjing! In addition, I also decreed that all incumbent officials, except for Beijing officials, and local officials should stop distributing silver and rice, share weal and woe with the imperial court, and save money and grain to rebuild the army! Within a year, I was smashing pots and selling iron, a copper plate was wrenched into two petals, and I wanted to expand the Qing army by one million! (Notes 1, 2)

"My Emperor Shengming, long live, long live, long live." Several hardcore minions hurriedly kowtowed, praising Kang Mazi's wise decision-making and loving the people like children.

"Your Majesty, the minions still have some silver in the treasury of Guangdong." Shang Lao Han Jian took the initiative to say: "The slave is willing to lead the Pingnan Wangfu to reduce food and clothing, and offer one million taels of silver to the master to help the master build the army." (Note 3)

"Aiqing is loyal, but no more." Kang Mazi shook his head, gritted his teeth and said: "This silver, you can stay and rebuild the Guangdong army, I want you to expand the Guangdong army to 150,000 within a year, and contain the eastern front of Wugou for me, waiting for the opportunity to recover Guangxi and conquer Yungui." ”

"The minions obey." Shang Laohan kowtowed, and took the initiative to say: "Your Majesty, since the country is so difficult, the slave has roughly estimated that in addition to expanding the armament war, the slave can also save about 200,000 taels and is willing to sacrifice it to the master." ”

"Let's stay in Guangdong." Kang Mazi shook his head helplessly, and said with a wry smile: "The people of Guangdong are not very rich, although Aiqing has some surplus, but for the sake of long-term hard work, it is better to stay in Guangdong." Besides, with the current situation, it may be difficult for Aiqing's silver to reach the capital by land or sea. ”

"Can't get to the capital by land? Master, what's going on in Fujian? Shang Lao Han was taken aback.

"I received a secret report that Geng Jingzhong's dog thief colluded with Wu thief to buy a batch of new firearms from Wu thief with a lot of money." Kang Mazi said hatefully: "Although this thief has not been revealed at present, but he has colluded with Wu Gou so far, and he is afraid that it is a foregone conclusion to rebel, Shang Aiqing, you transport money and grain through Fujian, I am afraid that this thief will have evil intentions and hijack halfway!" ”

"Master, Geng Jingzhong is so bold, why doesn't the master immediately raise troops to exterminate him? Stifling the thief at the beginning? Shang Lao Han asked in surprise.

Kang Mazi was silent, and after a long time, Kang Mazi whispered: "Shang Aiqing's proposal, how could I not have thought about it?" But, where do I get the soldiers, horses, money, and food now? The 650,000 Qing troops were defeated by the Ao Bai dog thieves by more than 200,000 at once, and there were 780,000 rebels, and half of the Qing soldiers and horses were no longer there. The rest must not only be deployed in the Yangtze River, but also garrison troops in the northwest, deter Geldan and prevent Wu Dog from going north, but also have to guard the place, guard against Rakshasas, and defend the wealth of Jiangnan. ”

Shang Lao Han Zhan was completely speechless, and only then did he understand why Kang Mazi would find out in conscience and use military salaries and money to buy himself back from Wu Lao Han Zhan - after a long time, Kang Mazi's situation has become so bad. And Yue Le, who had not spoken, finally spoke, and said in a deep voice: "Master Shengming, judging from the current situation, it is undoubtedly a rational move to temporarily stabilize Geng Fan and do not know what he is doing in collusion with Wu thieves. Otherwise, the reckless use of swords and soldiers will only make our Qing soldiers fall into a two-sided battle, exhausted and exhausted, and let Wu Gou sit and reap the benefits. Only by stabilizing Geng Fan first, preparing to take precautions, and when the Wu thief is exterminated, Geng Fan will not have to worry. ”

Kang Mazi nodded slightly, and was also very satisfied with his wise move - he was really a holy and wise Eternal Tartar Emperor.

"Master, the slave is foolish, it is important to rebuild the army, but it is even more important to build new firearms." Le Erjin was afraid that Kang Mazi would ignore his existence, so he hurriedly interjected: "This time in the Southwest War, the reason why Wu Gou was able to win by luck is not that our Eight Banners soldiers are unwilling to use their lives, not to mention that Wu Gou's bow and horse riding are better than our Eight Banners Iron Cavalry, the key is that Wu Gou's new firearms are too sharp, not only are they far more powerful than our firearms, but they can even fly to our army's head and throw gunpowder downward, so that our army can only be beaten passively and cannot fight back at all." If our Qing court can also make similar firearms, then the extermination of Wu Dog also means that it is just around the corner. ”

"That's what worries me the most." Kang Mazi frowned, and said with a helpless expression: "I have searched for skilled craftsmen and consulted countless Western priests, but none of them can build a boat that can fly in the sky, let alone a new type of gunpowder that is incomparably powerful like Wu Gou. Those Western priests even said that unless Wu Gou's flying boat and new gunpowder were Oriental magic arts, otherwise, there would be such powerful gunpowder firearms in the world? And is there a boat that can fly into the sky? They will not believe unless they see it with their own eyes. ”

"Master, the bell must be tied to the bell, if you want to create these things, you can only find a way from the Wu thief." Yue Le reminded softly.

"I've thought about it, too." Kang Mazi was even more sad, "I originally thought that if I took advantage of the greedy surname of Wu Yingqi, the second son of Wu Sangui's old thief, and bought it with gold, silver and jewelry, and got the new gunpowder formula and the flying boat sketch from him, then I could solve these problems." But judging from the matter of Xiong Cixu, although Wu Yingqi, a thief, is greedy for money, he is unambiguous in major matters, and it is too wishful thinking to start with him. ”

"Your Majesty, there is one more person." Yue Le said cautiously: "If you can let him be used by the emperor, then all the problems can be solved." ”

"Lord An, who are you talking about?" Shang Lao Han couldn't wait to ask. Jie Shu and Le Erjin were also very curious, and they both wanted to hear who Yue Le was talking about.

"You think I didn't beat him up?" Kang Mazi didn't even bother to ask, he just squinted at Yue Le and said: "The last time I sent Wang Xu to negotiate with Wu Gou, an important purpose was to use Wang Xu's personal friendship with him to persuade Wang Xu to come back anyway, but it's a pity how he answered Wang Xu, do you know?" ”

"Could it be that he refused?" Yue Le asked tentatively.

Kang Mazi nodded with a wry smile, and said helplessly: "Not only did he refuse, but he also persuaded Wang Xu to defect to Wu Sangui's old thief." He also said to Wang Xu that he was born in Dali, grew up in Yunnan, and won the love of the people of Yunnan and Guizhou after becoming an official, and wanted to repay the kindness of the people of Yunnan and Guizhou, but I connived at the thieves to conquer and poison the people of Yungui, and the old thief Wu Sangui not only had the grace of knowing him, but also really loved the people of Yunnan and Guizhou like a son, so he just wanted to stay by the side of the old thief Wu Sangui, one was to repay the kindness of the old thief Wu Sangui, and the other was to favor the southwest and benefit the people, and I didn't want to be suspicious of the villain in front of my palace. Aiding the plague of the southwest. ”

"Wu Sangui's old thief loves the people of the southwest like a son?" Yue Le suspected that his ears had heard it wrong.

"Your Majesty, Lord An, this person you are talking about is the dog thief Lu Yifeng?" Shang Lao Han asked tentatively. Seeing Kang Mazi and Yue Le nodding, Shang Lao Han Jian jumped up all of a sudden, and shouted: "Master, Lord An, you must not be fooled!" Lu Yifeng, this dog thief, is farting at all! This dog thief once said in front of the slave that he must kill all of us and recover the country of their Han barbarians, this dog thief hates us to the bone, believe his nonsense, we will only suffer a big loss! ”

"Do you guys talk less about things like that? But who really does it? How many courtiers in my court have said similar things? Kang Mazi, who was accustomed to listening to these words, didn't get angry, but just tapped the pseudo-dragon case with his fingers, and said in a deep voice: "Not only does he really want to rebel against the war, as long as he can be used by me, it will be enough for me, as long as he can leave Wu Sangui's old thief, it will be a great joy for me." ”

Speaking of this, Kang Mazi squinted at Shang Lao Han again, and asked, "Shang Aiqing, Lu Yifeng is your son-in-law, have you persuaded him to return anyway?" ”

"The slave trespassed the capital crime, and the slave did persuade him." Shang Lao Han replied weakly: "The slave also promised him that as long as he can return anyway, the slave will not only reward him, but also protect him from death in front of the master - but unfortunately, he repaid the slave with tricks and captured the slave alive." ”

"Disloyalty and filial piety deserve death!" Kang Mazi took a shot at the pseudo-dragon case, and shirked his responsibility and said: "Shang Aiqing, it's not that I said you, Lu Yifeng's dog thief is desperate to give Wu Sangui the old thief, and you also have a lot of responsibility - why can't you learn from Wu Sangui's old thief, the son-in-law has been reduced to the point of living by begging, and still admits that the marriage contract will marry his beloved daughter?" Why do you want to be poor and love rich, knowing that he and your daughter are in love, and he is a court official, he still has to stop him, and even expelled his daughter from the genealogy, and removed his daughter from the Zongren Mansion on the table! As a result, it's okay now, Wu Sangui's old thief is a little kind, and your son-in-law will die for him. You don't count it yourself, because you refuse to admit this son-in-law, how much have you lost over the years? ”

"The minion is a capital offense." Shang Laohan kowtowed, and said helplessly: "The slave really hates the poor and loves the rich, and the slave is narrow-minded, so please ask the master to punish the crime." ”

"It's too late to cure your sin now." Kang Mazi snorted coldly, and said: "Among you, if anyone can make Lu Yifeng return anyway, or if anyone can let Lu Yifeng's dog thief leave Wu Sangui's old thief, I will definitely have a heavy reward." ”

Yue Le, a monk who had already suffered a big loss from Lu Fatzi in persuasion, was speechless, and he refused to touch this mold. Jie Shu made a feud with Lu Fatzi because of his son-in-law, so he naturally didn't dare to speak, but Le Erjin, who had been demoted to Baylor, didn't know whether he was alive or dead, and he hurriedly said with an idea: "Your Majesty, the slave has a clever plan, and he will definitely make Lu Yifeng return anyway." ”

"Aiqing has any clever plan, tell me quickly." Kang Mazi asked with great joy.

"Master, I don't know if you have watched "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"?" Leer Jin Yin said: "As far as the slaves know, Lu Yifeng's dog thief is a single transmission for several generations, and he currently only has one son with Gege of Pingnan Palace, and he loves him like his surname, so Wu Sangui's old thief detains Shang Gege and Lu Yifeng's son as hostages in Kunming, and what he is afraid of is that Lu Yifeng will defect and betray Wu Dog Thief Army." ”

"In this case, why didn't the prince of Pingnan follow Sun Quan's example, send a team of capable soldiers disguised as ordinary people to sneak into Yunnan, and try to meet Shang Xiaogege, just say that the princess is seriously ill and may not be able to be guaranteed, and wants to see his daughter and grandson again before he dies, please Xiao Gege immediately take Lu Yifeng's only son to leave Yunnan and return to Guangdong. At that time, once the child falls into the hands of the prince of Pingnan, Lu Yifeng's son loves his son very much, can he still obey his fate and return anyway? ”

"Ridiculous!" Yue Le refuted: "When Wu Sangui's old thief rebelled, did he ever care about the safety of Wu Yingqi and Wu Shilin? Lu Yifeng is a dog thief in the prime of life, will he not have another son without him? Why did you leave Wu Gou and join our army? ”

Because of the mutiny in Sizhou, Leer Jin had a handle in Yue Le's hand, and Yue Le refuted it angrily, although he was not convinced, he still didn't dare to refute, so he could only honestly lower his head. Who knew that Kang Mazi suddenly said: "This plan is worth a try!" Even if he fails, there is not much loss, but if he succeeds, even if Lu Yifeng's dog thief refuses to return anyway, our army can also use his only son to make some articles, skillfully discord, so that Wu Sangui's old thief and Lu Yifeng's dog thief are suspicious of each other, which is conducive to our army to recruit Lu Yifeng's dog thief, or use the hand of Wu thief to get rid of Lu Yifeng's dog thief! Otherwise, the hostages will be held in the hands of Wu Sangui's old thief, and it will not be so easy for our army to solicit discord! ”

"Since the master said that this plan is feasible, then the slave will give it a try." Shang Lao Hanjian hurriedly kowtowed and volunteered: "After the slave returns to Guangdong, he will immediately act according to the plan, and strive to bring Wanyan and the evil breed of the dog thief back to Guangdong, so that the master can act conveniently." ”

"Then it's hard work for Shang Aiqing." Kang Mazi, who was eager to get rid of Lu Fatzi or recruit Lu Fatzi, immediately made a decision, and said: "This kind of thing, Kong Sizhen, the dog slave is the best, Shang Aiqing said that you can go and discuss with her, see what help she can provide to Aiqing, and strive for success!" ”

Note 1: Before the rebellion of the three feudatories, the governor of Liangjiang, Malji, had a clear name, and once asked for a decree to reduce the taxes in Jiangnan by half, and withheld the tax money to build water conservancy. However, because of the rise of the three feudatories, Maleji refused to raise taxes to the people, and Kang Mazi immediately devalued it on the pretext that he had no political achievements, and replaced him with A Xixu, who was good at collecting money, as the governor of Liangjiang, and did not unload and kill the donkey until the end of the rebellion of the three feudatories, and dismissed him on the pretext that A Xixu was too greedy.

Note 2: In the rebellion of the three feudatories in history, in order to save money, Kang Mazi ordered the suspension of the payment of all local officials in the country except for the Beijing officials in the fifteenth year of Kang Mazi, until the rebellion of the three feudatories was completely quelled - as for what these local officials ate and wore during this period, friends can guess for themselves.

Note 3: Shang Lao Han Zhan is good at collecting money, the richest man in the three feudatories, in the rebellion of the three feudatories, the Wu army besieged the city of Guangzhou, Shang Zhixin was forced to surrender and raise troops against the Qing Dynasty, Wu Jun also asked Shang Zhixin to help pay one million taels of silver, Shang Zhixin bargained and only paid 300,000 taels - but "The Beginning and End of Pingdian" records that before that, Shang Lao Han Zhan in order to help Kang Mazi clean up Wu Lao Han Jian, once his surname donated one million taels of silver to Kang Mazi!

(To be continued)