At the beginning of May, the sky was already warm in Shanghai.

Li Zhen talked to Tong Si in the study, since Li Zhen won the uncle with the help of Tong Si, Tong Si came to Daotai Mansion from time to time. On the one hand, it is to report the news that Tong Sida heard, and on the other hand, it is to make a familiar face and leave an impression in Li Zhen's heart.

No, Tong Si came with trivial things again.

Li Zhen listened patiently, but the conversation changed, ignoring Tong Si's affairs, and said in a deep voice: "Tong Si, it's too slow to use Dali Casino to inquire about the news, can you control all the gangs and gangs in Shanghai?" ”

When Tong Si heard this, his eyebrows were raised, his eyes flickered, but he was overjoyed in his heart.

The opportunity to wait is here!

Tong Si's eyes were rolling slightly, and he quickly pondered the method in his heart, and said confidently: "Lord Huiyu, if you only rely on the lowly Dali casino, it will definitely be difficult." After all, the humble position is only the owner of a casino, and even if there are some people under his command, the strength is still not enough. ”

Speaking of this, Tong Si stretched out his left hand, pinched his little thumb with his thumb, and said with a smile: "If the adults are willing to support a little bit, just a little bit, and with the connections in Shanghai, they will definitely be able to sweep the major gangs and gangs in Shanghai, so that they can bow down to the adults." ”

The corners of Li Zhen's mouth curled up and asked, "What do you mean a little bit?" ”

Tong Si said with high interest: "Lord Hui, this little help, in fact, only needs the support of Lord Lan Weiwen, the county commander of Shanghai County." To control the gangs and gangs in Shanghai, they must have official support. As long as the Lanxian Commander supports the lowly position, with the help of officers and soldiers, whether it is the Luohan Party, the Temple Gang, or the Bailong Party and other gangs, the lowly position can clean them up and obey, ensuring that Shanghai is peaceful and there will be no gang members. ”

Li Zhen didn't believe it, and asked again: "The people from the gang gang don't appear, do you raise them?" ”

"This, this ......"

Tong Si was stumped for a moment, although he had a little money, he couldn't afford to support so many people.

Li Zhen glanced at Tong Si intentionally or unintentionally, and said lightly: "You can't be too anxious to do things, you have to take it step by step." You first gather the members of the gangs and gangs in Shanghai to form a unified strength, and restrain them from bullying and dominating the market and harassing the people. Other than that, what to do, take your time, understand? ”

"My lord is far-sighted, and he is convinced."

Tong Si smiled, but heard a sound of footsteps outside the study. Tong Si glanced at the corner of his eyes, but found that it was Liu Taiping who strode in. Tong Si was a person with a heart, and knew that Liu Taiping must have something to do, so he immediately got up and said, "My lord, I have to deal with the affairs of the casino, so I won't disturb my lord." ”

Li Zhen smiled and nodded, saying in his heart that this guy is really good at observing words and feelings.

Liu Taiping walked in with a solemn expression, and bowed respectfully: "I've seen my lord!" ”

Seeing this, Li Zhen asked, "Sir, is there something wrong?" ”

"Qi Shan is dead!"

Liu Taiping did not hide it, and directly told the news.

In fact, when Wu Qigong asked his generals to fight hard with Li Xiucheng, he didn't show his tone, but when Wu Qigong took advantage of the night to leave the village and ran away from the camp in Jiangbei towards Shanghai, the news could no longer be hidden, so it leaked out. When the news of Qi Shan's death came out, the army's heart was in turmoil, and Wu Qigong's situation became more and more difficult.

Fortunately, the generals in the army knew that they were going to join Li Zhen, so they rushed to Shanghai as one.

Rao is like this, Li Xiucheng is still chasing after him with his soldiers, pestering Wu Qigong to the death, so that Wu Qigong can't go all out, and sometimes he can't even walk ten miles a day, which shows that Li Xiucheng is really ruthless.

Li Zhen was stunned in place, Qi Shan had been doing well, why did he suddenly die?

At this moment, Li Zhen's brain was a little confused. Qi Shan died, and Li Zhen's heart was also a little sad. There is no other reason, Qi Shan is the person who has been supporting Li Zhen since he arrived in this era, no matter what Qi Shan's purpose of supporting him is, but at least Qi Shan has sheltered Li Zhen from the wind and rain and reduced many dangers.

Liu Taiping didn't interject, just quietly waited for Li Zhen to recover.

Li Zhen endured the discomfort in his heart and asked, "Sir, Qi Shan has always been in good health, why did he suddenly pass away?" ”

Liu Taiping explained: "Qi Shan led an army of 100,000 and an army of 50,000 led by Li Xiucheng to fight, Li Xiucheng was defeated, and Qi Shan won consecutive battles, so he got carried away. Li Xiucheng seized the opportunity and easily wiped out Qi Shan's 100,000 army, so that Qi Shan fled back to Jiangbei camp in embarrassment. Qi Shan was originally an elderly person, but immediately after returning to the camp, he fell ill and died. ”

After Li Zhen figured it out, he said in a deep voice: "As soon as Qi Shan died, there was one less person to shelter me from the wind and rain. Not only that, but there was also chaos in the Jiangbei camp, and the situation was a bit complicated. ”

Liu Taiping said: "My lord, not only the Jiangbei battalion, but also Xiang Rong of the Jiangnan battalion has become a shrunken turtle and will not send troops. Judging from the old decay, the Jiangnan camp will be destroyed sooner or later. Now that we can't control the Jiangnan camp, we must first rescue the soldiers in the Jiangbei camp, and then take the opportunity to destroy the army led by Li Xiuqing and Li Xiucheng, and annihilate the Taiping army on this road. ”

Li Zhen asked, "Sir, do you mean it's time to send troops?" ”

"Yes, it's time to send troops!" Liu Taiping Road.

Li Zhenzi's eyes flashed, and he said to himself: "Shanghai has been completely controlled in his hands, with Lan Weiwen presiding over the overall situation on the table, and Tong Si under the stage, and even Ye Chengxin, Alice, Gu Lina and others controlling the shopping mall, it's almost over." Even if you send troops now, it's okay. ”

"Report!"

Suddenly, the shouts of the attendants were heard outside the study.

Liu Taiping asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The attendant said in a deep voice: "There is a eunuch from the house, who said that he is here to deliver the decree, and he is waiting in the hall. ”

Li Zhenluo stood up suddenly, waved his hand and said, "Go and tell the eunuch who passed the decree, ask him to wait for a while, and say that I will take a bath and change clothes, and then go to see him." The squire received the order, turned and left. Li Zhen walked out of the desk again, came to Liu Taiping's side, and asked in a low voice, "The emperor sent someone to deliver the decree, what does the purpose do you think Mr. has?" Could it be about banditry? ”

Liu Taiping smiled and said: "Your Excellency is wise, it must be that the emperor wants you to suppress the bandits." ”

Li Zhen laughed when he heard this, and said, "Okay, I'll go immediately." ”

With that, Li Zhen walked out of the study.

When he came to the hall, Li Zhen saw that the eunuch who delivered the decree was a man in his thirties. The eunuch was polite when he saw Li Zhen, and went around and said that he had a certain relationship with Han Laiyu. When Li Zhen learned that it was someone from Han Laiyu's side, he smiled in his heart, and after listening to the eunuch read out the holy decree, he really asked Li Zhen to lead the troops to suppress the bandits.

However, Xianfeng still praised Li Zhen and praised Li Zhen's great defeat of the prestige of foreigners.

Li Zhen received the order and asked the eunuch to spend a few days in Shanghai.

The eunuch was unwilling, so Li Zhen asked people to send 10,000 taels of silver tickets before sending the eunuch away. When the eunuch left, he was still happy in his heart, although 10,000 taels of silver was not much, at least it was not a big oil. Li Zhen sent the eunuch away, returned to the study and showed the holy decree to Liu Taiping, and then ordered someone to gather the generals to discuss the matter of sending troops.

ps: one of the three watches;