Although Qu Lie's plan was very thorough, and it was also very hidden, except for a few people such as him and Wu Qianhu, almost the entire Dinghaiwei and Zhou Chong were all counted, but it was a pity that he thought things too simply, and at the same time underestimated Zhou Chong's shrewdness, and the result fell short.

In fact, when he first saw Qu Lie, Zhou Zhong did not suspect the other party, but when he asked that Wu Qianhu, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, because when they came in, Qu Lie and the others had a mess on the wine table, and they should have drunk a lot, but although Wu Qianhu was nervous when he spoke, he was very organized, and he did not have any drunkenness, and including Qu Lie, although the other officers were full of alcohol, none of them were drunk, and there were only two explanations for this situation, The first is that Qu Lie and the others are all thousands of cups not drunk, this probability is almost negligible, and the second is that Qu Lie and they don't dare to get drunk, because they are acting in front of Zhou Chong, and it is easy to show their feet when they are drunk.

It was this small flaw that made Zhou Zhong suspicious of Qu Lie and others, and then thought carefully about the situation of his coming to Dinghaiwei from beginning to end, plus what he heard before, about the grievances between Qu Lie and Cheng Quan, which made him finally sure that Qu Lie and they must be acting.

"That's the way it is, the lower officials deceived the officials for their own personal gain, and they really deserve death, no matter how the Admiral punishes Qu, the Admiral has no complaints, I just ask the Admiral not to blame them for letting them go!" After seeing Qu Lie tell everything about the incident, he begged Zhou Zhong again.

However, when Zhou Chong heard this, he sneered and said, "Qu Lie, you don't have to act in front of this admiral, with your shrewdness." It should be possible to guess. The reason why this Admiral didn't directly expose your tricks in front of Governor Yu and them. Naturally, I don't want to make a big deal out of it, and Cheng Quan doesn't know how to practice, and this admiral has long been very dissatisfied with him in his heart, even if there is no calculation from you, I will remove him from his post and investigate him, so what you have done is really a bit of a snake! ”

Hearing Zhou Chong's words, Qu Lie was stunned at first, and then there was a wry smile. He didn't expect that Zhou Chong had already saved his mind to remove Cheng Quan, so that all the preparations he had made with all his heart were a bit redundant, and even he himself was smart against his clever mistakes, and accidentally messed things up, which left a bad impression on the Admiral.

Zhou Zhong saw the wry smile on Qu Lie's face, but suddenly showed a strange smile and said: "Qu Lie, your family has held the position of commander and Tongzhi for generations, and you are naturally the most familiar with Dinghaiwei, but this admiral originally planned to remove Cheng Quan's position as commander and envoy. Let you take over his position, but now what you are doing makes this official really hesitate. Do you think there is anyone else in Dinghaiwei who is qualified for the position of commander besides you? ”

Hearing Zhou Chong's somewhat tricky question, Qu Lie raised his head and looked at the young admiral in front of him carefully, and he was also thinking about Zhou Chong's thoughts in his heart, but it was a pity that although he asked himself to understand people's hearts, he couldn't guess Zhou Zhongzhong's thoughts anyway, which made Qu Lie a little frustrated, so he had to answer honestly according to the thoughts in his heart: "Lord Qiqi, my subordinates think that in the entire Dinghaiwei, except for his subordinates, no one can take over the position of commander!" ”

"Ha Lu Ha Ha ~ , Qu Lie, you are really conceited, but this Admiral doesn't think so, as far as I know, Ding Lin, the pacification envoy of Dinghaiwei, is brave and strategic, and has led a sailor to exterminate the pirates off the coast of Zhoushan before, and Sun Ming, the Qianhu of the Thousand Households in Zhoushan, is also a general who is proficient in naval warfare, the talents of these two people are not below you, what they lack is only prestige and you are not up to you, but with the support of this Admiral, it is not difficult to let any of them take over the position of commander!" Zhou Zhong said with a smile after hearing Da Lu, he had done an investigation on Ding Haiwei in advance, and he had already drawn up several candidates to succeed Cheng Quan in his heart, of course, Qu Lie was ranked first, but he had not made a decision before.

Qu Lie heard that Zhou Zhong actually knew so much about the situation in Dinghaiwei, and also said that Ding Lin and Sun Ming, two people whose talents were not under him, his face suddenly became a little pale, in all fairness, with the talents of Ding Lin and the others, they could indeed take over the position of commander, and even in some aspects, they would do better than themselves after taking over as commander.

Thinking that if he was really snatched up the position of commander by Ding Lin and the others, who were not as good as himself, Qu Lie was like ashes, although after Cheng Quan's downfall, he could be regarded as avenging the shame of the family, but the position of commander should obviously fall to him, but now he gave it to others because of his own actions, which made him unwilling no matter what.

However, just when Qu Lie's heart was extremely entangled, at this time, he saw Zhou Chong suddenly smile again and said: "However, although the talents of Ding Lin and Sun Ming are good, but Admiral Ben thought about it just now, and finally decided to take over the position of commander for the time being!" ”

"This ...... Is this true, my lord? Hearing Zhou Chong's sudden words, Qu Lie raised his head suddenly, and asked with an incredible face, he never thought that he had done so many wrong things, and the Admiral still chose himself, which was really unbelievable.

"Do you think Admiral Ben is joking?" Zhou Chong asked with a blank face, but when he heard his affirmative answer, not only Qu Lie was incredulous, but even Wu Shan, who was beside Zhou Chong, also showed a puzzled expression. It is said that Qu Lie is a subordinate, but he calculates his superior, which is already a big taboo in itself, no matter how broad-minded Zhou Zhong is, he should not let Qu Lie take on the position of commander?

"Thank you for your promotion, your subordinates will definitely repay you with death!" Seeing that Zhou Chong really didn't care about the previous things and wanted to give him the position of commander, this made Qu Lie also excited, and immediately knelt down and saluted, at this moment, he really had the heart to die for Zhou Chong, only in this way can he repay the kindness of the counterpart.

However, Zhou Zhong helped him up and said lightly: "Qu Lie, although I have decided to promote you, but you have to hear clearly, the position of commander is only temporarily held by you, if you can't meet my expectations, then don't blame Admiral Ben for turning his face and not recognizing people!" ”

"Don't worry, if your subordinates can't make your requests, you don't have to do it then, and your subordinates will ask your own adults for punishment!" Qu Lie also assured again at this time that although he didn't know what Lu Dao Zhou Chong would do when he took over Ningbo Wei for the time being, he had already made up his mind in his heart that no matter what Zhou Chong asked him to do in the future, as long as it was not a rebellion, he would not hesitate to do it.

"Good!" Zhou Zhong was also very satisfied with Qu Lie's attitude, but then he thought about it and then asked, "Qu Lie, Admiral Ben asked you, can Dinghaiwei go to sea to fight now, if you meet a well-trained and experienced navy from another country, are you sure that you will win the battle?" ”

If it was placed before, Qu Lie would definitely not hesitate to guarantee that no matter what enemy they encountered, they would be sure to defeat, but now he was very in awe of Zhou Zhong in his heart, and he didn't dare to lie at all, only to see him listen to the silence for a moment, and finally spoke: "Lord Qiyu, now there are a lot of 5,600 people in the entire Dinghaiwei, but the usual drills are much slack, and there is naturally no problem in going to sea to exterminate the pirates, but if it is at war with the regular army, and the other party is still well-trained, I'm afraid that these sailors of Dinghaiwei are more than lucky! ”

Hearing Qu Lie's honest answer, Zhou Zhong couldn't help but be a little disappointed again, but he still asked a little unwillingly: "Qu Lie, if I give you half a year to practice quickly, when you wait for June or July of the next year, are you sure that you will improve the combat power of this Dinghaiwei?" ”

"This ......" Qu Lie hesitated when he heard this, but he still smiled bitterly, "Lord Admiral doesn't know, the sailor is different from the Lu division, as long as the soldiers of the Lu division hurry up and practice, they can go to the battlefield with weapons in just half a year, but in addition to knowing how to fight, the sailor also knows how to operate the ship, identify the sea conditions, etc., the most important thing is that a sailor must have gone through the test of actual combat in order to truly become a qualified sailor, otherwise no matter how much he practiced, he could not become an elite sailor!" ”

Although Qu Lie's words extinguished Zhou Chong's most extravagant hope, but it also made him completely relieved, Qu Lie talked about the head of the sailor, it can be seen that he also has a lot of experience in how to build an elite sailor, but he has been fighting with Cheng Quan for power before, so he has no opportunity and no ability to give full play to his talents, and now with Zhou Chong's support, I believe that in a few years, Dinghaiwei will really transform into a real navy.

chatted with Qu Lie about Dinghaiwei, and then Zhou Chong took him out, and when he saw Yu Wenyuan and these people, Zhou Chong didn't show anything unusual. It's just that Yu Wenyuan and the old foxes who are rolling in the officialdom are also extremely shrewd, and they soon noticed that Qu Lie was respectful to Zhou Chong, as if Qu Lie had been completely subdued by Zhou Chong in just a moment, which made Yu Wenyuan and the others also surprised, and at the same time they were more confident in Zhou Chong.

Although Qu Lie was overtaken by Cheng Quan, but after all, he was the commander of Dinghaiwei, after Zhou Zhong found him, he immediately took everyone to Zhenhai Tower, and then asked Qu Lie to beat the drum to convene the generals of Weizhong, first, he wanted to announce the news of his arrival, and secondly, he also wanted to take this opportunity to take back the military power of Dinghaiwei from Cheng Quan in one fell swoop! (To be continued......)