Wang Pu knelt down on one knee and clenched his fists ecstatically, "Don't worry, overseer, as long as I, Wang Pu, have a bite to eat, I won't let these brothers go hungry." Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info friendship of the overseers, Wang Pu must remember it in his heart, and never dare to forget! ”

Liu Fan helped Wang Pu and said, "Brother Wang is my friend of Liu Fan, when you are in trouble, as a friend, you should help." Moreover, I am about to return to Shandong in the near future, and it is inconvenient for these Henan soldiers to bring back, so handing them over to you can be regarded as finding them a good home. ”

There is no free lunch in the world, and the reason why Liu Fan handed over the recruits in his hands to Wang Pu was not as simple as he said, in fact, Liu Fan's deeper meaning was to take the opportunity to influence Wang Pu and the forces around him to prepare for a rainy day in the future. With the position of the chief soldier of Datong, Wang Pu can support only 10,000 soldiers. These 10,000 people even include the local border troops in Shanxi. In addition to the more than 3,000 soldiers of the Beijing battalion on Wang Pu's hands, the soldiers that Liu Fan handed over to Wang Pu accounted for one-third of the strength in Wang Pu's hands. With such a large force as the foundation, then Wang Pu will become one of Liu Fan's most loyal allies in the future. In terms of the current situation, Liu Fan will have to fight more and more battles with the Tartars, and with a relatively reliable ally, it will undoubtedly be much more convenient for Liu Fan to fight with other officers and troops in the future. This is also the main reason why Liu Fan strongly recommended Wang Pu to serve as the commander-in-chief of Datong.

Wang Pu is also a shrewd person, and Wang Pu also guessed a rough idea of Liu Fan's thoughts. But Wang Pu was very happy to see this matter. For Wang Pu, it doesn't matter who brought out the soldiers under his command, the important thing is that as long as these soldiers are willing to obey him. Those soldiers and ruffians in the Beijing camp, Wang Pu, can be able to put them in order, let alone these recruits of the Broken Army. And these recruits can not only fight, but also strengthen the connection with Liu Fan in his hands, why not Wang Pu?

According to the agreement between the two men, both sides are obliged to provide unconditional support and full support to the other side in future joint operations.

In the next few days, in addition to arranging for Gao Yingxiang to be sent to the Criminal Department for detention, Liu Fan spent the rest of his time inspecting the refined salt business cooperated with the British Gongzhang family in the capital, as well as the toothpaste and toothbrush workshop in Niutunburg. The progress of these two businesses was quite smooth, thanks to the huge power of the Zhang family in the capital, the business of refined salt developed rapidly, and until now, the store cooperating with the Zhang family can provide Liu Fan with a profit of up to 50,000 taels per month. Coupled with the sharing of costs, Liu Fan can get a profit of nearly 100,000 taels per month.

As for the handicraft workshop in Niutunburg, it is not satisfactory, even if the workshop is expanding in scale, the monthly profit so far is only a few thousand taels of silver. The only benefit is that it has fed tens of thousands of people, and the fame of the Broken Army and Liu Fan has spread throughout the surrounding areas of the capital. Now with Niutunbao as the radiation, Liu Fan's reputation for benevolence is known within a radius of 100 miles from Beijing to Tongzhou.

Just when Liu Fan had dealt with many chores in the capital and was about to return to Shandong, Chongzhen suddenly sent someone to summon Liu Fan. Liu Fan felt non-stop that after the palace met Chongzhen, he knew the reason. It turned out that Chongzhen was going to execute Gao Yingxiang, so he specially invited Liu Fan, the hero who personally captured Gao Yingxiang, to watch together.

Liu Fan couldn't smile bitterly after knowing the reason, and he didn't have much hatred for Gao Yingxiang. If he was allowed to watch Gao Yingxiang being cut by a thousand knives, his heart would still be a little awkward. And Liu Fan did not agree with Gao Yingxiang's immediate execution, so Liu Fan carefully suggested to Chongzhen, "Your Majesty, in fact, the minister has some new ideas on how to deal with Gao Yingxiang, I don't know if to talk about it?" ”

Chongzhen said in amazement, "Gao Yingxiang claims to be the king of Chuang, but he is the leader of the thieves, and the crime is unforgivable. ”

Liu Fan shook his head and said, "The minister doesn't want to intercede for him, but has some other ideas." Now Gao Yingxiang has been detained in the prison of the Criminal Department. It doesn't make much difference for us to die early and die later. But it has a great impact on Li Zicheng, Li Zicheng is Gao Yingxiang's former confidant and favorite general, and he has won the name of a general. If Gao Yingxiang died, then Li Zicheng could naturally accept Gao Yingxiang's remnants and develop and grow. But if Gao Yingxiang was only imprisoned and did not die immediately, then Li Zicheng would have to be subject to some constraints in his senses. At the very least, he must find a way to save Gao Yingxiang, which will inevitably involve a lot of his energy, so that he will not be able to develop and grow with peace of mind. Compared with Gao Yingxiang, who can be executed at any time, Li Zicheng, who is at large, is our henchman. What do you think, Your Majesty? ”

Chongzhen couldn't help but nodded: "According to Jimin, Li Chuang is the culprit who destroyed my Ming Dynasty, and I can't wait to cut it with a thousand knives." Alas, if it was an immortal thought this time, how could Li Chuang escape so easily? Regret not listening to the words of the people! ”

Liu Fan hurriedly comforted, "Your Majesty doesn't have to blame yourself, Your Majesty's thoughts are actually not wrong." It was Chen Qiyu who was wrong, he was too confident and underestimated Li Zicheng's cunning. If Chen Qiyu hadn't been soft-hearted and mishandled, Li Zicheng would not have had a chance to escape. ”

Chongzhen shook his head when he heard this, and said with a bitter smile: "Jimin, you and I don't have to hide it." This time it was indeed my mistake, and it didn't have much to do with Chen Qiyu. If I had listened to Jimin's words and put all the leaders of the thieves to death, they would not have had a chance to resurrect. Okay, now that this matter is over, let's not mention it. There is indeed some truth in Jimin's idea just now, since Gao Yingxiang's existence can suppress Li Zicheng, why don't we secretly release Gao Yingxiang? With him, the "king of breaking", wouldn't Li Zicheng have no chance to get ahead? ”

Liu Fan was shocked, and hurriedly persuaded, "Your Majesty, no!" We have already captured Gao Yingxiang, and if he lets him escape again, it will be too great a blow to the prestige of the imperial court. And even if Gao Yingxiang is not arrested, he can't fight the sinister and cunning Li Zicheng with his character. Now that he is in our hands, he can still make Li Zicheng have some scruples. Once he returns, sooner or later he will be played to death by Li Zicheng, and there will be no one to balance Li Zicheng at that time! ”

Chongzhen sighed, had to dispel this whimsical thought, and said with a little unwillingness, "Okay, just listen to Jimin." Let's let Gao Yi live for a while, and when I destroy Li Zicheng's henchman, it's not too late to kill him! (To be continued.) )