Chapter 289: To Each His Heart
Li Qing's wedding was luxurious and grand, although Dingzhou was in a hurry to obey the power during the war, and too many rules and regulations had been streamlined, but even if several officials of the Ministry of Rites thought that this was a big violation of etiquette, the people of Dingzhou who had lived in the side hammer for a long time were still feasting their eyes, and these people at the bottom of Dachu never thought that marriage would have such twists and turns. They were elated, but Li Qing, who was the party concerned, was very distressed, he was worried about the puppets on the one hand, let the ceremonial officials fiddle, and on the other hand, he was worried about the war in Mawangji and other places, today, it should be Lu Dalin to launch an attack. The victory is undoubted, but the counterattack of the barbarians in a desperate situation is certainly unprecedented, and the energy that bursts out when a nation is on the verge of extinction must not be underestimated. I hope all the best.
Huge welcoming team from outside the city to the newly built Zhenxi Houfu, along the way, thunderous cheers, the only regret of the extremely enthusiastic people of Dingzhou is that they can not see the beautiful posture of the Dingzhou housemother, the beautiful seven Dingbao incense car blocked everyone's sight, but since you are the princess of the royal family, this appearance and figure are naturally not bad, otherwise how can you be worthy of our wise and martial Li Dashuai! The people of Dingzhou were guessing the appearance of the new housewife in their hearts, and on the other hand, they went to Lizheng to receive their share of the reward.
Li Qing's wedding, every household in Dingzhou City can get one penny of silver, two catties of meat, and half a catty of wine (a slight smell of wine!). Once the welcoming team stepped into the town of Xihou Mansion, there was no more excitement to see, and that place was not a place for ordinary people to set foot in.
At this time, in the town of Xihou Mansion, but the high-ranking officials gathered, the distinguished guests were like clouds, and the major forces of Great Chu coincidentally sent capable cadres to Dingzhou in the name of congratulations, and even in the Zhongzi period when Dingzhou returned to the west with his life, he also came to Dingzhou with the title of deputy envoy in a grand manner, which made Qingfeng, who was already in a very bad mood, even more hateful, and locked himself in the office of the Statistical Survey Department, wondering if he was looking for an opportunity to cut this guy in two and never suffer in the future.
After Zhong Ziqi escaped from Dingzhou, he has been jumping up and down in the hinterland of Dachu, collecting intelligence for King Ning, and at the same time, he is also able to win over, and his special service sent by Qingfeng to track is really not his opponent, either he was played around by Zhong Ziqi, or he lost his trace in three or two clicks, and when he reacted, Zhong Ziqi had already appeared in another place leisurely.
Not only King Ning, but also the Jing'an Hou Lu clan entrenched in the north, and the Zheng Guogong Zeng clan in the east, all sent envoys with a very high status in the clan to Dingzhou, of course, on the surface, they were congratulated, and secretly these envoys were working hard, wanting to find a suitable opportunity to meet Li Qing.
Speaking of the emperor of Great Chu is also very pitiful, now the matter of the family, the wealthy families that can shake the foundation of Great Chu, the separatist forces have clearly known what is about to happen, and the private vertical and horizontal development is vigorous, and in the palace, the high Emperor of the Apocalypse is still doing Li Qing's dream of expanding the border pass, providing him with foreign aid with immortal merits, and revitalizing the Great Chu.
The loyal commander of the Ministry Division made Yuan Fang be plotted by others, and he did not know whether he was alive or dead, and Ding Yu, who succeeded him, was already in Cao Ying's heart, and the loss of this key department of the Ministry Division made the Emperor of the Apocalypse completely deaf and blind.
Of course, these distinguished guests with special status are sitting in the hall, and it is of course unrealistic to want to meet Li Qing these days, but they can get in touch with Li Qing's most important civil and military generals, Shang Haibo and Lu Yiming, and from them they can also find out the next direction of Dingzhou, as for meeting Li Qing, of course, it is just to be able to pull in an ally of sufficient weight.
No matter how these wealthy families and warlords felt in their hearts, they all had to admit that after Li Qing pacified the barbarians, he had become one of the few figures in the Great Chu who could influence the direction of the entire situation. This is not counting the Li clan standing behind him, if this is counted, Li Qing's potential is even greater.
Of course, as these old forces that have been entrenched in Dachu for many years, Li Qing's forces, which are rising like rockets, are an ally worth making great efforts to win over, but they are not qualified to become opponents, and the endless years of war with the grassland have exhausted the financial, material, and manpower of the two states, in a short period of time, Li Qing will never be able to get involved in the Central Plains, maybe after a few years of recuperation, his strength is enough to win the Central Plains, but by then, the overall situation of the Central Plains has been decided, and he will never have such a good opportunity as now, so, What he can do now is to choose one of the many forces, and choose the one that he thinks has the best chance to form an alliance.
Whether it is King Ning, or the Lu clan in the north, or the Zeng clan in the east, they all have a strong self-confidence in themselves, and they have the courage to give up on themselves.
Li Qing came over, toasted a glass of wine in turn and then left the table, Shang Haibo stayed here with a smile, while toasting, while listening to the mutual tilting of the people in the banquet, the intention of these people Shang Haibo is naturally very clear, his own handsome has become the object of these top gate valves, and he, in the eyes of these people, is of course a person who can exert great influence on the handsome, watching these people who used to need to look up to themselves keep raising their wine glasses to themselves, saying some flattering words that they are a little embarrassed to listen to, Shang Haibo was full of emotion.
A few years ago, he was still a person in Shouning Houfu who was arrogant and talented, eating a bowl of idle rice, looking at the white eyes of others, listening to other people's hungry laughter, a chance to let himself come to Dingzhou, I was afraid of myself, and I didn't expect that at that time, a whim at that time, actually achieved his lifelong dream, learned dragon slaying, and sold it to the emperor's family, since the emperor's family didn't want himself, then he came to support a new emperor, and Li Qing is the hero he has been looking for for many years.
The golden scales are not the things in the pool, and they will turn into dragons when they encounter wind and clouds. Thinking carefully about the past, I am afraid that I didn't expect that although I saw the resolute, but slightly young Captain Yunlu could grow into a commander in a few years, and the world could change the situation in a few years, and only 300 remnants of the army were defeated, and now it has become a strong army with hundreds of thousands of troops and a great Chu. At that time, Wang Qinian, Jiang Kui, Feng Guo, Tang Hu, and Yang Yidao were still small soldiers who were not worth mentioning, but now they are all generals who command tens of thousands of troops, and every bit and drop of this is condensed with their own sweat and hard work.
Those famous nobles who were only afraid that they would not even look at themselves in the past, but now they are all smiling and frequently raising their glasses to themselves, it is really fate, if they were swept out of the house as a waste by Shouning Houfu, and when they were sent to Dingzhou, they were really angry, how could they be high-spirited today!
Looking at these so-called VIPs coldly, Shang Haibo laughed in his heart, wait, wait for me to assist the handsome, sweep the six wildernesses, and sweep you high-ranking people into the garbage heap of history, and the future history of Dachu will be written by us in Dingzhou.
Of course, the current Dingzhou, as these people think, needs to follow the light and nourish, wait for the opportunity, the chaos of Chu, how can you distinguish the winner and the loser in a few years, but let you eat the dog first, this is a good time for us to take advantage of Dingzhou.
All the people in the hall, the person who has the most sober understanding of Li Qing is Zhong Ziqi, Li Qing is by no means the kind of person who is willing to obey women, but the current situation does not leave much time for Li Qing, Zhong Ziqi also believes that as long as His Royal Highness King Ning can quickly determine the overall situation and pacify the Central Plains when Li Qing's fangs have not yet fully grown, then no matter how ambitious Li Qing is, he can only surrender to His Royal Highness King Ning, Li Qing can defeat the grassland in a short time, but it is impossible to determine the overall situation in the Central Plains. With the land of Dingfu and the two states, it shook the hinterland of the Central Plains, and at that time, the eloquence of King Ning was enough to convince Li Qing, a tiger.
What Zhong Ziqi wants to do is to let Li Qing be able to effectively contain the Xiao family after pacifying the grassland, not only because the Li Xiao family has a long-standing feud, but also because Lanzhou is adjacent to Dingfu, and these two states have taken refuge in the Xiao family, in this case, it is impossible for Li Qing not to be wary of these two states, as long as Li Qing makes an attack on these two states at that time, it is enough to make the Xiao family very sad.
There is intrigue in the VIP hall, and there are also different ideas in the hall outside.
Xiang Wenjin and Long Sihai because of their contribution to the issuance of bonds in Dingzhou, were also invited to the banquet, you know, Dingfu two states of the giant businessmen how many, can be invited to sit here is Liao Liao few, and there is a time of honor, Xiang Wenjin is also extremely glad that he was the first time to make a decisive move, to avoid the disaster, as far as it seems, not only to avoid the disaster, the future is also bright, now he is already the director of the Dingzhou Department of Commerce and Trade, but what makes him slightly unhappy is that Long Sihai, a rich man from the countryside in Jing'an, is not only the same as himself, also became a director of the Department of Commerce and Trade, and when the seats were arranged, they were far higher than themselves. Not only was his son requisitioned by the state government as an official, but Li Dashuai also handed over the production rights of a batch of military materials to him, which was a monopoly business, and the huge profits can be imagined.
Long Sihai, who was jealous of Xiang Wenjin, has reason to be happy, his investment has never failed in this life, and now it is ushering in the peak of his career, closely following Li Dashuai, the Long family will climb to the peak in his own hands, his eyes swept over the VIP hall inside, maybe in a few years, he or his son can also have the opportunity to go inside and become a guest there.
The congratulatory people had their own thoughts, but Li Qing, who was a little drunk, came to the cave room under the guidance of several maids at this time. The conscientious Tang Hu followed step by step.
"Huzi, go have a few drinks, today, I don't need you to follow me!" Li Qing waved his hand and said with a smile. The girls around him also laughed.
(To be continued)