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Seeing that Zhao Huan still looked disappreciative, Li Bangyan was a little anxious.

He came to burn Zhao Huan's cold stove, in fact, it was a secret operation, and the place where the two met at this time was in an inconspicuous teahouse, and Zhao Huan and Li Bangyan were also dressed as ordinary people.

It's not easy to meet like this, if you can't convince Zhao Huan, Li Bangyan feels that he may have to try another person again.

For example, King Kang Zhao Gou, since the Beijing-Xu Railway was proposed, Zhao Gou's status among the princes has risen sharply, and now it is second only to the crown prince and Zhao Kai. He has a good relationship with Zhou Quan, maybe he will get Zhou Quan's support?

Thinking of this, Li Bangyan suddenly understood why Zhao Huan and Zhao Kai would make a fuss on the Beijing-Xu Railway.

Both of them felt the threat of Zhao Gou, and Zhao Kai was particularly so, so they planned this matter, and Zhao Huan pushed the boat along the river, at least without obstructing it.

Li Bangyan was in a hurry, at this time he couldn't figure out who the biggest enemy was, this prince grew up in the deep palace, and he didn't have enough knowledge, Geng Nanzhong and the others around him were really waste fools!

"Your Highness, don't miss the opportunity, just show favor to that one a little bit, and want to ......"

"Don't worry, let's talk about it after this expedition." Zhao Huan suddenly spoke.

Li Bangyan was stunned, after the Liao War, the victory and defeat had been divided, and when he showed favor to Zhou Quan at that time, it was a desperate move, not only did he not have much bargaining chips to negotiate with Zhou Quan, but also ...... At that time, why should Zhou Quan agree?

He was still waiting to persuade again, but he saw Zhao Huan get up: "It's not early, I want to go back to the palace." ”

At this time, Zhao Huan was very envious of Zhao Kai in his heart, after he left the palace and went to the house, it was much easier for him to move, but Zhao Huan, as the crown prince, had to be careful with every move.

Li Bangyan was anxious: "Your Highness, do you know that in this Northern Expedition, that one is bound to win, and even ...... The imperial court also dispatched the newly formed Shenlei Army with twelve cannons! ”

Zhao Huan originally stood up straight, but when he heard this, he was shocked: "Cannon? ”

"Zhou Quan subdued the countries, making Liao, Jin, Goryeo, and Japan fearful, and the one he relied on was the cannon. The official family secretly ordered Tong Guan and Wang Hao to imitate the cannon, and after the beginning of the year, they organized the Shenlei Army, which was originally done extremely secretively, and it was the minister, and it was only accidentally learned a few days ago! ”

Zhao Huan was stunned for a while, although he didn't like Zhou Quan very much in his heart, but how could he not pay attention to some of Zhou Quan's main deeds, especially from the end of last year to the first half of this year, Zhou Quan only relied on more than 10,000 lonely troops to beat Yanjing Dao of Liaoguo to be embarrassed, this kind of thing, of course, he would hear about it.

However, until now, both the generals of the Western Army and the Forbidden Army in Beijing are still noncommittal about Zhou Quan's ability to command operations, but praise the power of artillery, believing that this thing is a good thing for attacking the enemy in dense formations and being good at archery.

Therefore, Zhao Huan heard that Zhao Ji secretly handed over the absolutely secret artillery to Zhao Kai, and he also understood that his father's determination had been made.

At this time, he looked around him, but he was desolate to find that he had been the crown prince for many years, but he did not have strong supporters at all.

Originally, Cai Jing, the prime minister, could act as his supporter in the court, but because of the indoctrination of Geng Nanzhong and others, he did not like his traitorous nature and offended him.

Then there is Zhou Quan, the artillery of the Great Song Dynasty is an imitation of Zhou Quan's artillery, if Zhou Quan is there, let alone artillery, with Zhou Quan's financial resources, it is enough to buy half of the court for him.

At this moment, Zhao Huan's heart was full of panic, and at the same time, this thought was born for the first time: Is what Geng Nanzhong and others taught him correct?

"Your Highness, Zhou Quan is the only chance!" Li Bangyan almost shouted.

"However, I heard that Zhou Quan had a very good relationship with Lao Jiu, and Lao Jiu went to Xuzhou twice and got a lot of promises from him." After hesitating for a moment, Zhao Huan told Geng Nanzhong and the others what they had heard.

Li Bangyan paused: "What can the nine kings give Zhou Quan, it's just to wave the flag for him and shout to prepare for the Beijing-Xu Railway, the nine kings can do this, Your Highness, can't you do it?" What the nine kings can give him, you can give him more, Zhou Quan, Shang Jia also, mercenary, His Royal Highness is so profitable, he will support His Highness, how can the nine kings do it? ”

Zhao Huan couldn't listen to anything else, but he listened to the words that Zhou Quan was a businessman.

It's all a deal...... That being the case, Lone will trade with Zhou Quan once, if he is interested, when he ascends to the treasure alone, he will only copy his house and not destroy his door!

"It's just because of the Zhu family's affairs, Lone and Zhou Quan, there are a lot of discord, I am afraid that they will not be accepted by them, but will be laughed at by them." Zhao Huan wanted to understand this and then said.

Li Bangyan saw his attitude change, and his heart was overjoyed: "Your Highness, why worry about this, Your Highness is not the Nine Kings, everything needs to be done personally, and you have your own ministers to run for Your Highness!" ”

"You?"

"It's the minister!"

Li Bangyan has been waiting for an opportunity to ease relations between him and Zhou Quan, but he couldn't get enough chips before, so he didn't dare to see Zhou Quan, now it's different, if he runs for Zhao Huan, presumably Zhou Quan will be very happy about his arrival.

"How do you want to be alone?" Zhao Huan thought for a while and asked.

"It doesn't take too much, His Royal Highness only needs to write a letter, saying that His Royal Highness supports the Beijing-Xu Railway, this matter is beneficial to the country and the people, and it is advisable to hurry rather than delay, and the matter of the Zhu family, His Royal Highness knows, and reprimanded the people of the Zhu family. At the end of the point, Zhou Quan will know His Highness's kindness! ”

Li Bangyan thought that Zhao Huan should immediately accept this matter, but this one hesitated.

"Concubine Zhu is virtuous, it is not difficult for Gu Xiao to take advantage of the risks, but on Geng Shuzi's side, they may not agree to do this."

Li Bangyan shook his head again and again: "Your Highness has relied on Nan Zhong and others in everything, and the result has come to this point!" Although Geng Nanzhong and others boast of their loyalty, they have no practical experience, they are just sitting and talking, and His Royal Highness is the master of the people, how can they be held hostage by this generation? ”

This sentence "His Royal Highness is the lord of the people" finally made Zhao Huan make up his mind.

The two discussed secretly for a while, finalized some details, and Zhao Huan personally wrote a letter and handed it to Li Bangyan.

Although Li Bangyan got the letter, the matter was very important, and he did not dare to entrust it to others, so he decided to personally hand over the letter to Zhou Quan. It's just that he wants to leave Beijing, and he has to wait for the opportunity, so after a few days, he found an excuse to leave Beijing.

Originally, he said that he was going to Hedong, but after leaving Beijing Baili, he disguised himself and suddenly went to Ying Tianfu.

At this time, the wind direction in the court also changed suddenly, and many officials who originally supported the prince and had a close relationship with the Zhu family suddenly turned from fiercely criticizing the peasant association to praising the peasant association. The Zhu family, the imperial prince, also gathered their minions and warned those gentry who had taken refuge not to be embarrassed by the peasant association.

This change came too suddenly, and Zhou Quan couldn't help but be a little stunned when he received the secret report from Beijing.

In Dong Changqing's secret report, he believed that there must be a conspiracy behind this, and this conclusion was also the same as Zhou Quan's speculation. Therefore, when Ji Chun came to tell him with a strange face that someone claiming to be Li Bangyan had secretly come to see him, Zhou Quan was surprised at the time, and he was almost overflowing.

You must know that Li Bangyan has avoided him for the past few years, as long as he returns to Beijing, this person will either call himself sick, or simply leave Beijing, and will not appear in front of him at all, but at this time, he ran to Ying Tianfu to take the initiative to ask for a meeting, it can be said that it is as weird as it is!

"Is it really Li Bangyan?" Zhou Quan asked.

"The villain has seen his portrait and is sure it's him." Ji Chundao.

Zhou Quan is now famous and has offended many people, and this year alone, he has caught two batches of assassins who tried to assassinate him. Therefore, he is also very heavily guarded, and it is actually quite difficult for ordinary people to get close to him.

"Some time ago, this guy went out of Beijing, saying that he was asking for leave to go back to his hometown in Hedong, and suddenly appeared in Yingtianfu at this time...... It seems that what has changed in Kyochu? But in Rubai's secret report, everything is normal in Beijing, and everything revolves around the Northern Expedition. ”

"The villain asked him, and he resolutely refused to reveal his tone, but only said that he wanted to see the county prince."

"Then let's meet him." Zhou Quan thought for a while.

After a while, Li Bangyan appeared in front of Zhou Quan.

The two are quite familiar with each other and have seen each other many times, so Zhou Quan confirmed at a glance that it was Li Bangyan himself. He looked up to the sky and smiled: "Hahahaha, I have been looking for you many times in Jingshi, but you have avoided it, but I didn't expect you to send it to the door today, come to someone, drag it out and kill it, sink the corpse in the river, let Jingshi go to Hedong to find him." ”

As soon as he gave this order, a guard came in and wanted to drag Li Bangyan out. Li Bangyan was so shocked that his face turned pale and his legs trembled, but his mouth was still tough: "Zhou Jungong, you ...... If you really want to kill me, you won't see me...... What's more, I am here to plead with you today, and at the same time, I have confidential matters to report to you! ”

Zhou Quan saw that he didn't scare him, so he stopped acting, waved his hand, signaled everyone to let go of him, and then looked at the clock: "Give you five minutes, if you have anything to say, say it as soon as possible." ”

"The imperial court formed the Shenlei Army and imitated the artillery, with the ability of Zhou Jungong, you should know about it, right?" Li Bangyan knew that he was going to kill him just now to scare people, but five minutes was not to scare people, so he said quickly: "It's just that Zhou Jungong knows that the imperial court plans to build gunboats in Guangzhou?" ”

Li Bangyan believes that Zhou Quan's lifeline is at sea, and Zhou Quan will not take the Shenlei Army of the imperial court to heart, but Zhou Quan will definitely be vigilant when the imperial court builds gunboats.

Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, Zhou Quan's face was obviously surprised.

It's just that what Li Bangyan didn't know was that Zhou Quan was even more surprised that the other party would say this.

How could the gunboats be so easy to build, and now the shipbuilding technology controlled by Zhou Quan, especially the gunboat technology, is far superior to the imperial court, even if the imperial court organizes a fleet and encounters Zhou Quan's East China Sea Fleet, it will be a target to send to the door.

"What else?"

Zhou Quan's response made Li Bangyan see hope, he took a breath, and continued: "I came this time to release goodwill for the prince, the news of the imperial court building a gunboat is just one of the goodwill, I have a letter here, and I invite the county prince to read it in person!" ”

After he finished speaking, he untied his hair, took off the headcloth covering his head, and when he unfolded it, it turned out to be a secret letter.

Ji Chun watched from the side and glared at him angrily, this thing was not found, it was really their dereliction of duty! (To be continued.) )