Outside the city of Jiading, the sound of gongs resounded through the ridges of the countryside, and an old man and a young man straightened up from the field, each with their own thoughts.

Carrying the hoe on the ridge, the young man said: "Dad, it's the government that is recruiting the villagers, I want to go." ”

The old man stopped, the hoe almost slipped off his shoulder, and after a moment, the old man said irritably, "What are you going to do?" Sent to death? You're also a reader, what's the fun?! ”

The young man's face flushed: "The master said, the righteousness of the monarch and the minister is the head of the five luns, and if you can keep the righteousness, you will be perfect in this life!" Nanban saw that he was going to cause trouble to our Jiangnan, and sacrificed his life for our Qing Dynasty and Long Live Lord, which is a matter of glory to the ancestors. ”

The old man shook his head and said, "What is the glory of the ancestors!?" Do you know about our ancestors? ”

He pointed to a forest in the distance, "In that forest, there is a crooked neck tree, eighty years ago, the three Xiucai in our Lin family village were all hanged on it, including your uncle ......"

The boy frowned: "Really? Why hang yourself? ”

The old man laughed strangely: "Why? Eighty years ago, the Qing Dynasty came from the north and laid down Jiading, and your uncle and many scholars in Jiading were martyred. ”

The young man paused for a moment, and then said: "Yes, my uncle lives in Daming, and he is favored by Daming, so he has kept the festival for Daming." Our current court is the Qing Dynasty, so we should contribute to the Qing Dynasty, although we die without regrets. ”

The old man said again: "Soon after your uncle died, your great-grandfather also hanged himself on that crooked-necked tree......."

The boy blinked, waiting for his father to say what was going on.

The old man shook his head and said, "Why? Because the Qing Dynasty wanted to shave his hair and keep braids, your great-ancestor felt that the court could be changed, but the clothes and crowns could not be changed, so he was also martyred. ”

The young man frowned, as if he wanted to say something, of course, it was all poured into him by the master of the private villa.

The old man did not allow him to interject, and continued: "Immediately after that, your uncle hanged himself on that tree again, why? Because the people of Jiading didn't want to shave their hair, they fought with the Qing Dynasty. The Qing soldiers attacked Jiading and slaughtered again. That's right, that's the third time. Your uncle escaped by chance, but when he learned that his classmates were dead, he felt that he couldn't live alone, so he hanged himself there. ”

The young man shuddered, his eyes began to lose focus, and his tone became irritable: "Dad, why are you just like those foolish people that the master said, always thinking about the old rotten grain? Break this court and let everyone be oppressed by the Nanban? ”

The old man snorted angrily: "This court, that court, isn't it all about collecting money and food from our people to support the official lord and the long live lord?" What is the difference between the north and the south? Dad asked you to study because he wanted you to become an official master, so that our family could live a good life. It's not for you to be tricked by the court to lay down your life! ”

The young man hated him and said: "Only by reading can you know integrity, and only when you know shame can you understand integrity!" The court supports us, and we have to serve the court. Dad, you have also heard the hadith, don't you know the truth that Banzai today preaches in the "Mystery of the Great Righteous Enlightenment"? ”

With a snort, the hoe fell in the air, and the young man was able to dodge, sweating all over.

The old man panted and shouted, "Get out! your court! My father and mother have raised you for eighteen years, providing you with food and clothing, when did you become the court to support you? ”

The young man gritted his teeth and spit out hatefully: "Sure enough, I listened to Nanban's stupid theory!" Without a king and a father, Nanban will do this! ”

In the face of his father's anger, the young man raised his braids and said in high spirits: "Dad, you wait, the national disaster is at the head, and it is the time when the court is employing people, I, Lin Yuanfu, will not make a career and will never return home!" ”

Ignoring his father who was trembling with anger, Lin Yuanfu left his hometown with his head held high, and arrived in Zhenyang County in a few days, and heard that Li Ba, the governor of Jiangsu, was here to recruit people with lofty ideals for Nian Dashuai.

"Now it's not the young man who is in charge, but the Marseilla horse, where is the man? What identity? What are the strengths? ”

There was a long queue in front of the recruitment booth, and it seemed that there were a lot of people with lofty ideals, but Lin Yuanfu felt that he was different, and the others probably came for silver.

"Tongsheng? Do you know how to study civil engineering? Yes, in this Jiangnan, children are as worthless as farmers, and there are not many people who understand civil construction. Come on, sign your name here, and follow me Mr. Zhuge in the future, well, the contemptible Zhuge Jisheng, is now on an errand under Li Xiantai. ”

The stall keeper was a scholar, seven or eight years older than Lin Yuanfu, and his eyes were extremely slippery, which made Lin Yuanfu secretly disdain in his heart, and felt that this person was a villain. Hearing him claim to be Li Xiantai's disciple, he suddenly felt humble again.

"A silly and poor sour, it can be used......"

Zhuge Jisheng commented on Lin Yuanfu, when he returned to Suzhou, he was already followed by two or three hundred people, including Lin Yuanfu. ..., "Xiantai, these are all available people in the Taicang area, don't look at their small number, there are Yifu people in the countryside." As long as you know the benefits and disadvantages, give kindness and righteousness, an army of 10,000 people, and hundreds of staff, you can get it overnight! ”

Zhuge Jisheng reported to Li Ba, who nodded dispensably. Zhuge recommended himself to the door, and Li Ba felt that this person knew a lot about the inside affairs of Nanban, so he accepted him as a staff member and helped with some chores. When he went to Taicang to recruit people, it was also because the troika of Marseille, Li Wei and Nian Qianyao ate the resources of Jiangnan officials to death, and he was extremely cramped to stretch his hands and feet, so he had to take out part of the accounts of supporting Marseille's money and grain, and recruit people himself to deal with all aspects of affairs.

"Xiantai really needs to hold a group of people, according to the villain's calculations, and rise up",... I'm afraid that if I want to negotiate peace with Nanban, some people will be introduced later, and I will be consumed with Nanban in Jiangnan, and Xiantai is the first choice. ”

Seeing that Li Bayu was in a daze and didn't care about what he was doing, Zhuge Jisheng suddenly became bold and took a key step for his future and ideals.

Li Ba was really frightened, "Negotiate peace!?" Marseille's army is converging on all sides, and Ortai in the north and Tian Wenjing in the west are also working hard to support the Ding army, Zhuge ......, why do you say this? ”

Zhuge Jisheng said with a smile: "Today, the Xishan camp has not been moved, and Ma Dashuai is going to raise money and grain in Jiangnan, is this a posture to fight with Nanban to the end?" Of course not, Ma Dashuai's fight today is for fear that it is the sum of his days. ”

Li Ba also smiled: "This is what the newspaper "Zhongliu" said......"

Zhuge Jisheng said ashamedly: "Xiantai Cave Candle Mingjian, the villain's knowledge, under the bright moon of Xiantai, is just the light of a grain of rice." ”

Li Ba waved his hand and said: "Since I have been watching "Zhongliu", my knowledge is not comparable to that of ordinary people, you are right, the court is spreading the rumors of peace talks, and what worries Benxian is that for this peace conference, where will Jiangnan be chaotic, and what responsibility Benxian will bear." ”

Zhuge Jisheng's eyes lit up, and he lowered his voice and said, "Why did Xiantai think about responsibility first? The two marshals are in front of one of the two commanders, and Xiantai doesn't want to pass the buck, do you still want to take responsibility in the hands of these three people!? ”

Li Ba was stunned for a moment, and only then did he feel that this Zhuge seemed to be a bit unexpected.

"If Xiantai can fulfill his current responsibilities, he should be as chaotic as possible in the south of the Yangtze River, and then he will ......."

As soon as Zhuge Jisheng said this, Li Ba's heart was already clear, and he quickly stopped, but the corners of his mouth had already raised a shallow smile.

Suzhou, Jiangnan Jingluo, Marseille roared at Nian Qianyao: "Don't think that I, Marseille, is so good at deceiving Jin Shanwei, the guns are all fired towards the sky!" That Bai Daolong, damn it! You built the Songjiang camp before, why didn't you do this person!? ”

Nian Qianyao spread his hands: "Jingluo, I was also angry with Bai Daolong, but he is not only the Hangzhou Banner Camp system, but also the position of Jinshan Guard, this is the full-time Green Battalion, according to the emperor's assignment, under the control of Li Wei, I have nothing to do with Bai Daolong." ”

Marseille smoked, "Then Li Wei said, Bai Daolong is the deputy capital of Hangzhou, and he can't control it, just you, the general of Hangzhou, can manage it!" ”

Nian Qianyao said with a smile: "Jingluo, it's really no wonder that Li Wei and I, none of us dare to reach out to take care of each other's affairs in Jiangnan Equality, otherwise we will violate the imperial court system." ”

Marseille was speechless, Nian Qianyao's words were actually reminding himself that when he came to Jiangnan, he only managed to fight, not Jinshanwei. Jinshanwei is a very special military town, both military and civilian, and this Bai Daolong's position is cross-flag, and he is simply a freak.

The Nanban of Longmen has occupied Fengxian, occupied Nanqiao, and pushed all the way north to the Huangpu River. But to the west, Bai Daolong's Jinshan was guarded steadily.

He Marseille can impeach Bai Daolong, who is afraid of the enemy, cowardly the enemy, and even collaborates with the enemy, but he cannot deny this fact. And if he really wants to be impeached, is he here to fight the Nanban, or is he here to fight with the Jiangnan head snake?

"For the sake of safety, the new Songjiang camp should be bounded by Nanhui and Huangpu River, and the enemy should be trapped by water."

Nian Qianyao offered a strategy without pain, and then walked away.

"Water!? You, Li Wei, and all the officials in Jiangnan are all thinking of fishing in troubled waters, right!? ”

Marseille was full of anger, he didn't realize that the two emperors in the north and south who really wanted to fish in the troubled waters of Jiangnan were the two emperors in the north and south who had already decided on a peace policy.

"We are all relying on Bai Daolong's line to exchange business goods and news now, and if we really want to negotiate peace in the future, Bai Daolong is even more of a usable way, how can we clean up Bai Daolong's ......."

"The emperor's secret edict has said that although Bai Daolong and Nanban Li Shi have old friends, they do not hinder their duties, and this ancient style is admirable. Hearing this, the emperor didn't know how many layers of felt mats had been laid for the peace talks. ”…,

In the Liangjiang Governor's Mansion, Li Wei and Li Xu were discussing secretly, and the two had just talked about Bai Daolong.

"At this time in the Jiangnan chess game, I already feel that I am a superfluous person, it seems that he will negotiate peace in the future, and I, Li Wei, should also leave Jiangnan."

"Li Zhitai is young and promising, in this situation in the south of the Yangtze River, it is actually a needle placed by the emperor to set the sea, as for the superfluous people...", there should be someone else."

"Well, that handsome, I don't know what he's thinking right now, and he actually started to stand by."

"In Jiaxing Juqiying, it seems that there is a taste of watching the fire on the other side of Zhejiang, I really can't understand it."

Li Wei and Li Xu temporarily squatted in a trench at this time, and they were talking very closely, and they were suspicious of Nian Qianyao together.

In the convoy that was escorted by a large group of people and horses out of Suzhou City to the south, Nian Qianyao said to Zuo Weisheng: "Marseille wants to fight, but he doesn't have his own soldiers or money and food in his hands. Li Wei and Li Xu colluded to protect the wealth of Jiangnan for the emperor. The emperor sent me a secret edict again, asking my subordinates to act cautiously and not to go to danger casually, in fact, he didn't want me to send troops to help Marseille. Now Marseille can only rely on the soldiers of Tian Wenjing in Jiangxi, the ordnance of Ortai in Henan, and the money and grain begging everywhere to fight the enemy in the south of the Yangtze River. This situation is really ridiculous. ”

Zuo Weisheng sighed: "The emperor has lost the confidence to defeat the Nanban in the south of the river, this arrangement is to not only deal with the voice of the Manchu clan, but also to build a ladder for the future peace between the north and the south, and at the same time I don't want to destroy the south of the Yangtze River, the loss is too heavy, and there is a fluke that can defeat the Nanban once." If you think too much, I'm afraid that you won't be able to do well everywhere. ”

Nian Qianyao snorted coldly: "In this game, I am a redundant person now, but everyone has forgotten, even the emperor has forgotten, when it comes to fighting, who else dares to boast in the current court, compared to me Nian Qianyao!?" ”

He turned his head to look east: "Nanban is fighting very hard in Fengxian, he must have a belly full of fire, you look at it, this Jiangnan endgame must be cleaned up by my Nian Qianyao." At that time, the thing you said should also have the starting capital. ”

Zuo Weisheng smiled slightly, his eyes full of anticipation.