Fan Jinyan didn't expect that Li Zicheng would send someone to contact him, but out of curiosity, he still did not hesitate to order the representative of the mission to use a warship to go around the coast of Dongzhou to the richest man in Nanzhou.

After all, the huge steel shipyard in Xizhou Bay can be seen from far away in the sea, and he doesn't want too many people to know about it. Therefore, there is not only an army of 2,000 men, but also an escort force of 50 warships, which cruises near the bay all the year round, completely isolating the bay and land of the entire settlement area.

Both sides are forces that started by force, so there are no Tang Fei, who is also the Minister of Military Affairs, who is also the Minister of Military Affairs, and met with the envoys on behalf of Fan Jinyan.

But it made a big oolong.

It turned out that in order to show the strength of Qiongzhou's armed forces, Tang Fei specially selected a group of special forces soldiers with superb martial arts and strong calves to greet them at the dock.

I know that after the members of Li Zicheng's mission got off the ship, they were greeted by a group of brightly dressed and Confucian talents.

Tang Fei was dumbfounded, and secretly scolded Li Zicheng for being sick, and actually sent a group of people to play with his mouth, didn't he deliberately sarcastically ridicule Qiongzhou as barbarians?

Tang Fei really wanted to find a bunch of big Confucians to humiliate these bastards, but Qiongzhou really couldn't find this kind of person, the only few Xiucai were still two knives, and they couldn't even explain the Analects clearly.

Fan Jinyan still did not participate in the dinner, and poor Tang Fei could only face the chatter and nagging of a group of old masters by himself.

Afterwards, Tang Fei vowed never to receive any more missions in his life.

In fact, Fan Jinyan had already learned from the soldiers who came to report that the representatives sent by Li Zicheng were a group of Confucians. That's why he deliberately asked Tang Fei to replace him with this ugliness.

If Tang Fei knew that Fan Jinyan was careful with bad intentions, he would probably scold Fan Jinyan angrily for not being kind and giving birth to a son without an asshole

In fact, the head of Li Zicheng's mission this time was Li Dingguo.

Fan Jinyan may not know Mu Tianbo's deeds, but he knows Li Dingguo well.

Because, before crossing over, he had met Li Dingguo, who was unwilling to be reincarnated, and fought side by side with him.

Therefore, he knows what kind of person Li Dingguo is.

Li Dingguo was born in poverty, his parents were double kings since he was a child, and at the age of 12 he was coerced by the peasant army and embarked on the road of rebellion. At the age of fifteen, he was favored by Zhang Xianzhong and accepted as his son, and this time he followed Zhang Xianzhong all the way to the north and south until the establishment of the Great Western Dynasty.

After Zhang Xianzhong's death, Li Dingguo did not participate in the rebellion of the sons, but took the soldiers and embarked on the road of resisting the Manchu Qing. Later, he followed the Yongli Emperor Zhu Youlang at that time.

When the entire Southern Ming ****** was still fighting, he led his soldiers to travel north and south of the river, and forced to kill Kong Youde, the commander of the Qing army at the time, and killed the prince Nikan in front of the battle. Seeing that the revival of the Ming Dynasty was promising, Li Dingguo, who was far away in Hunan, never thought that Wu Shangui led a partial division through the vast mountains, bypassing his main force all the way, entering Myanmar from Yunnan, capturing alive and strangling the Yongli Emperor with his own hands.

The grief-stricken Li Dingguo also died of illness a year later, and before his death, he still repeatedly told his only son and soldiers that even if they fought to the last man, they could not surrender and become traitors.

However, his sons and generals did not insist on his last wish, and did not even insist on the past year, and then fell to the bitter clearing.

In the end, in order to calm people's hearts, the Manchu Qing Dynasty also moved Li Dingguo's tomb to Beijing and buried him with the rites of a prince.

When Fan Jinyan saw this handsome old boy who was both familiar and unfamiliar again, he felt an inexplicable jealousy in his heart.

That's right, it's jealousy.

Once, when he fought side by side with this old boy against the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he had seen this old boy's ability to attract bees and butterflies, basically as long as he was willing, the big girl and the little daughter-in-law were happy to stick it upside down.

However, Li Dingguo in this world didn't know the young man on the Taishi chair, and when he entered the front hall, he took the initiative to untie the long sword at his waist, stopped when he was three steps away from Fan Jinyan, bowed and saluted: "The last general, Li Dingguo, has seen Jinghai Houye." ”

Fan Jinyan smiled, raised his hand and said, "General Li, please get up, please take a seat." ”

After speaking, after Li Dingguo sat down and the maid put down the teacup, he said slowly: "General Li came from afar, are you still satisfied with the reception of Benhou?" ”

Li Dingguo is so smart, of course he knows that Fan Jinyan actually means something else, and he himself is actually very embarrassed, and said with a wry smile: "I still hope that Hou Ye Haihan, King Shunming has no malicious intent." ”

Fan Jinyan waved his hand indifferently and said, "Skills are not as good as others, and it is normal to lose face." ”

Li Dingguo came to Qiongzhou this time, and when he saw Fan Jinyan say this, he was still angry, and hurriedly explained: "Hou Ye, if it damages Hou Ye's prestige at this time, Dingguo is willing to take it with all his might, and I hope that Hou Ye will calm his anger and focus on the overall situation." ”

"The general thinks too much." Fan Jinyan got up and walked down the steps, stood in front of Li Dingguo, and said, "I don't know why the general came to Qiongzhou on behalf of Li Zicheng?" ”

Fan Jinyan stood, Li Dingguo naturally didn't sit well, then got up, hugged his fists and replied: "My king hopes to cooperate with the Hou Ye and conspire with great things." ”

"Hahaha" This caused Fan Jinyan to look up to the sky and laugh, and then patted Li Dingguo's shoulder and said: "Dingguo! What kind of person Li Zicheng is, you and I both know it, do you think Ben Hou will believe it? ”

The current Li Dingguo is equivalent to an ownerless and lonely soul, and it is really helpless to follow Li Zicheng as a repeated villain. was said by Fan Jinyan, which just stabbed him in the heart again.

However, Li Dingguo is not a repeated villain, since he follows Li Zicheng, he plans to go on all the time, even if the final outcome is death in battle.

Li Dingguo, who was originally a little shaken, became very firm again in a blink of an eye, and replied: "The world is unpredictable, and it is not my king's wish." This time, my Wang sincerely cooperated, and I hope that Jinghai will think twice. ”

Fan Jinyan shook his head, walked back to his place and sat down, and said slowly: "I don't care about his past, but his actions in Leizhou make Ben Hou have to guard against it!" ”

"My king's move is not aimed at Qiongzhou," Li Dingguo hurriedly explained.

But before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Fan Jinyan, "It has nothing to do with me, but you are building ships, and they are all flat-bottomed sand boats, do you know what he wants to do?" ”

"This" Li Dingguo was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to answer.

Of course, Li Dingguo knew what Li Zicheng wanted to do, flat-bottomed sand boats could not go to sea, but it was just right to link the small strait between Leizhou and Qiongzhou. Moreover, the sand ship process is simple, the cost is very low, and it can be manufactured in large quantities in a short time, if it is locked with iron chains, it can link Qiongzhou and Leizhou, and build a solid bridge between them, even the warship may not be able to do anything.

As long as Li Zicheng succeeds, Qiongzhou will lose the natural barrier of the sea, like a naked woman, he can pinch it as much as he wants.

But, the question arises, what do they use to prevent fire?

You know, whether it is a battleship or a sand boat, it is made of wood, in order to be waterproof and anti-corrosion, it must be often coated with tung oil, and the most afraid is fire! (To be continued.) )