Facing the gazes of Lu Xiangsheng and Yang Tinglin, Sun Chuanting was not as embarrassed as others expected, but said lightly: "Since the Xuan army is so delicate, this official is from a hard background, and he can't afford to serve it, as for the split, forget it." ”

"Tut-tut......"

Looking at Sun Chuanting's breezy appearance, all the generals present had a feeling of admiration in their hearts, looking at this shameless Cheng Dù, no wonder people can be the governor of Ganxi and Shaanxi, and he can only be a big-headed soldier.

In fact, don't look at Sun Chuanting's appearance so relaxed now, in fact, he is secretly complaining in his heart, he did everything just now without leaving any room. If it weren't for this army, he really couldn't afford to raise him, he would never say such a thing, in fact, according to his strength, it is not impossible to spend hundreds of thousands of taels of silver a year to support four or five thousand Xuan troops, but this is not how to lead troops. Since ancient times, the most taboo of the superior is not to suffer from widowhood and unevenness, if you give Xuan Dajun such a high treatment, then what will other people think, people will definitely ask you accordingly, what should you do? At that time, I am afraid that the generals under Sun Chuanting's command will be disheartened overnight, which is absolutely impossible.

The original tense atmosphere in the big tent immediately became a little embarrassed after Yang Guozhu said his conditions, people have already put out the price, Lao Tzu and the 10,000 brothers under his command are now this treatment, you can if you want to adopt Lao Tzu, but first you have to silver.

Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting, who couldn't take out the silver, didn't mention how embarrassing they were, a reception banquet finally changed its taste, and finally it ended in a tiger.

Late at night, the candlelight was still lit in Lu Xiangsheng's big tent, and Yang Tinglin, Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting were sitting at the table sipping fragrant tea.

Yang Tinglin asked a little unwillingly: "Jiandou, can't we really bring this elite army under our command?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng didn't answer, but asked rhetorically: "Boxiang, do you have so much silver?" Even if we barely scrape together all this silver, what about the other troops? It's hard to know that the rogues didn't destroy us, and our own house started a mutiny first. ”

"Alas......" Yang Tinglin pulled his beard in distress and sighed: "Speaking of which, it's still silver, who made us not like that kid in Yueyang to be a rich man." ”

Lu Xiangsheng ignored Yang Tinglin's look of being a fan of money, turned his head to Sun Chuanting and said, "Brother Boya." You have always been steady, why do you do this today? You have offended General Yang and General Hu today, and it will be inconvenient for them to help them in the future. ”

Sun Chuanting smiled bitterly and said: "At this time, I don't know it, but what can I do, you also know, since the death of Cao Wenzhao the year before last, I have not had a single soldier and horse, although He Renlong is brave, but this person is brave and strategic, I am dreaming of having a team of elite soldiers who will set the situation in a game, today I saw the soldiers and horses of Yang and Hu, and I was also in a hurry to make this decision, I thought I could win it in one fell swoop. But I didn't think about it...... Alas......" Speaking of this, Sun Chuanting's face was full of bitterness.

Lu Xiangsheng nodded understandingly, "I can understand Brother Boya's distress, but you are too reckless, if you really take down Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei tonight, I am afraid that if you can't swallow the 10,000 Xuanda elites, I am afraid that it will cause a big disaster, have you forgotten Hong Chengchou's experience?" ”

Speaking of this, the faces of several people began to become solemn. How could they not know that Hong Chengchou coveted Yueyang's belongings at the beginning, and planned to take advantage of Yueyang's war with the Manchus when Yueyang was out of the customs to fight with the Manchus. Who would have thought that although Yue Yang was gone, his Mongolian daughter-in-law was not a good stubble, and dared to order the army to take the initiative to cut off his outstretched hand, and in the end, even his confidant and favorite general were killed in the chaos. Frightened, Hong Chengchou hurriedly fled from Shanxi. This is not counting, when Yue Yang came back from Guanwai, he still asked the court to give him an explanation, if it weren't for Yang Sichang's protection, I am afraid that Hong Chengchou would have been handed over by the court to calm Yueyang's anger, and until now he can only nest in Sichuan and dare not come out.

Although there is a bit of a heaviness in my heart. But Sun Chuanting still pretended to be relaxed and said: "Isn't it that he hasn't offended to death, no matter how difficult he Yueyang is, he still dares to attack me, the dignified governor of Ganshan?" No matter how loud his name is, he has to be reasonable. So be it...... The day after tomorrow, we will order Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei to take the initiative to advance towards the Shangqiu area, and dare to take Luo Rucai, who is entrenched in that area, to the Kaifeng area, I want to see if the famous Xuan army is in vain! ”

In this way, Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei's career of suppressing bandits began, and just when Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting were thinking about how to make good use of this new force, Yue Yang was receiving Lawrence who had rushed from the city of Puluo.

"What...... Governor Antony wants to work with us to develop a master? Yue Yang's voice was filled with unconcealed surprise.

"Yes, Your Excellency Marquis."

Due to the continuous hurry, Lawrence had a trace of tiredness on his face that could not be concealed, and he said very solemnly: "Governor Antony has said that the situation of the great people has stabilized now, and we can start construction. And a stable situation is conducive to the development of the staff, so we can sign an agreement to jointly develop the staff to enjoy the fruits of development, for which we can provide certain funds and help. ”

"Hehe......"

Yue Yang didn't get angry but laughed, he originally thought that he had just fought with the Dutch now, and he needed to take a good rest before driving the Spaniards away, but he didn't think that these guys were more anxious than himself, and he had only been jumping out to snatch the results with himself for a few days. The joint development of the staff to share the results, this is a good saying, but the bones are not the idea of the white wolf with empty gloves, what do they have, there are no manpower, material and financial resources, even if there is, it is only nominal, but they want to share the benefits of the staff with themselves, does Antony really think that he can deal with himself without the obstruction of the Dutch?

"What if you don't say no?" Yue Yang Sensen said.

"Then we can only express our regrets." Lawrence said with some apologies: "I'm sorry Your Excellency Marquis, I'm just a messenger, I'm just telling you the truth about His Excellency Governor Antony's words." ”

"I see." Yue Yang nodded, "After the development of human beings reaches a certain stage, when the interests of two countries collide, it will always take a war to finally resolve the dispute, and we must be no exception. But I have to say that Mr. Anthony was wrong. I have long stated that the territorial rights of the Ming Dynasty to the Daguan are sacred and unshakable, but I guess Antony may have forgotten, so he will repeatedly challenge my endurance. Now I have to say that he has succeeded, and I beg you to convey to His Excellency Governor Antony, that from now on my honeymoon with him is officially over, and that I will send a fleet at any time to recover the chicken coops and fresh water, and I will reserve a place for him in my prisoner of war camp at that time. ”

Lawrence's expression began to become embarrassed, he really couldn't imagine that His Excellency the Marquis of the Ming Dynasty turned his face faster than turning a book, he couldn't help but ask a little nervously: "Your Excellency the Marquis." Can I interpret your words to mean that from now on the relations between the Ming and Spain have changed from an alliance to a hostile one? ”

"It's up to you to interpret it." Yue Yang said lightly: "I have long said that the Daguan is an inseparable part of the Ming Dynasty, if Spain has to rely on the Daguan and not leave, then I am embarrassed, I will lead the Daming fleet to drive you away sooner or later." ”

Listening to the ironclad meaning in Yue Yang's tone, Lawrence knew that Governor Antony's wishful thinking had failed, and the character of His Excellency the Marquis of the Ming Dynasty was too strong, so strong that he could not allow others to refuse at all.

Seeing off Lawrence, who was in a hurry, Yue Yang, who felt a little upset, stood up and strode out. Chen Dazhi didn't dare to ask when he saw that Yue Yang was in a bad mood, so he could only quickly arrange to strengthen the guard. After all, this time is different from the past, Yue Yang is now not only the Hou Ye, but also the commander of the current horse and the commander of the army of tens of thousands, it is no exaggeration to say that if he makes a mistake, then the entire Ming Dynasty will fall into turmoil.

Stroll through the streets of the city of Geranza. Yue Yang found that there were very few pedestrians on the street, and even the occasional pedestrians were in a hurry. He turned his head to look and found that Chen Dazhi and more than a dozen personal soldiers not far away had changed into civilian clothes and were following him closely.

Thinking about it angrily, Chen Dazhi waved his hand and asked with a displeased expression: "Tell me, why are there so few pedestrians on the street." Where have all the people here, are you the devil? ”

Chen Dazhi smiled bitterly when he heard this: "My lord, there are not many Han people in Relan City. You've served the Dutchman here again, and where are the people on the street for a while! ”

Yue Yang was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "That's it, I'm wrong to blame you." By the way, where are all the Dutch now? ”

"Back to Master Hou, those Dutch are all building roads now, but Lord Mao Xiang is responsible for these things, and the last general is not very clear." Chen Dazhi replied respectfully.

"Hmm...... It seems so. Yue Yang thought about it for a while, it seemed that this was really the case, anyway, there was nothing to do today, he waved his hand and said: "Okay, let's go to the Dutch camp today and see how Mao Xiang arranges those Dutch." ”

Since Yue Yang had decided to sit down, Mao Xiang naturally didn't dare to say a word, and the group quickly walked towards the outside of the city of Relanza......

…………

"Boom ......"

With a huge cloud of dust, a huge rock rolled down the hill and fell to the ground with a loud noise, and when the dust and smoke cleared, a group of people with the tools in their hands walked towards the big rock and began to tinkle.

"Master Hou, that's where those Dutch built roads." Not far from here, an overseer accompanied Yue Yang, pointing to the group of men wielding hoes and shovels, explaining that around them soldiers with muskets were watching the work of the Dutch prisoners of war.

Yue Yang looked carefully at the group of people with ragged clothes and black faces that could barely be seen, and asked in disbelief, "Are these people Dutch prisoners of war?" ”

"Yes." The overseer was sure.

"How did they end up like this?" Yue Yang asked in surprise, "How long do they work a day now?" How about eating? ”

The overseer secretly looked at Yue Yang's face and replied cautiously: "Back to Hou Ye's words, these red-haired devils start work every hour and finish work at the end of the day, and they don't eat much every day, that is, some wild vegetables and coarse grains, which will not add too much burden to us. ”

"Or halved?" Yue Yang only felt that his forehead suddenly felt a little swollen, and he wanted to have a seizure but was forcibly held back by him.

Yue Yang took a deep breath, then suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart and lowered his voice and asked, "Who set this working hour and food?" Are they lazy in their work? ”

The overseer didn't notice the gradually ugly face, but patted his chest very proudly and said: "Back to Hou Ye's words, this is the rule set by the villain, those red-haired ghosts don't treat us Han people as people on weekdays, and now that they have fallen into our hands and have not been slaughtered, they are already merciful to Hou Ye, how can they be better." Besides. Who dares to work and be lazy, let's give them white knives in and red knives out, after slaughtering a few blind ghosts a few days ago, they are all honest. ”

"Stupid!" Yue Yang couldn't hold back the dissatisfaction in his heart anymore, and finally scolded.

"Ah......h

Yue Yang's scolding made the overseer who was about to accept Hou Ye's praise stunned, what is going on, shouldn't Hou Ye praise me, why was he scolded instead? Am I too good for these red-haired ghosts?

"Idiot!"

Yue Yang cursed again, and he asked the overseer, "Let me ask you, these Dutchmen are estimated to have died a lot these days, right?" ”

"Uh......" The overseer quickly replied, "Yes, some are dead, but there are not many of them." ”

"Okay, it's only a few dozen people." Yue Yang was amused. "It's only been a few days now, and dozens of people have died, Ben Hou asked you, if these people are all dead, who will you find to build the road? I tell you, if no one builds the road for us, I'll arrest your whole family to build the road!" ”

"Master Hou spares his life!" When the overseer heard this, his face turned pale with fright, and he knelt on the ground with a puff, "Master Hou...... Small...... The little one didn't mean it, and the little one didn't know it would be like this! ”

"You don't know?" Yue Yang was angry and said: "You use your brain, the big man is so big, there are so many roads we have to build." Not to mention a few years, it is estimated that it will not be able to be repaired for decades, if you are killed, where will we find so many coolies who don't need to pay to build roads? Are you here to fix it? ”

Yue Yang's face turned blue every time he said a word, and finally he simply turned pale. Kneel down and kowtow and said, "Master Hou spares his life!" Villain...... The villain really didn't know that these red-haired ghosts were so important, and he knew that the villain wouldn't dare to do this to them. ”

"You......" Yue Yang looked at the overseer who had already knocked his head bruised and already had blood stains, and sighed lightly, "Come on...... Don't pretend to be a dead dog, get up...... Why, do you want me to beg you to get up? ”

"The villain doesn't dare." The overseer hurriedly got up and fought well in front of Yue Yang.

Yue Yang looked at him and said in a serious tone: "You must know that our road is not to be cultivated. These Dutch are our long-term coolies, if we kill them, where will we get so many coolies who don't need to be paid? You have to be kind to them, you make them work for six hours a day. But they only gave them wild vegetables, not to mention people, and even cattle had to die of exhaustion. So from now on, you might as well be kind to them, let them eat three meals a day, although you can't let them fish and meat every day like serving the uncle, but at least you can't let them work hungry, and you have to let them take a bath after finishing work at night, and they have to let the doctor treat them when they are sick, so that they can work for us for a longer time, and isn't there a foreign woman here? After they have children in the future, their children and grandchildren can continue to work and build roads for us, so that we will not have a steady stream of coolies, don't you think this is the reason? ”

Yue Yang kept talking, and Chen Dazhi and the overseer on the side also heard it with straight eyes, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on their foreheads at some point. Of course, they were not rejoicing in Yue Yang's kindness, but were shocked by this marquis's "long-term plan". I couldn't stop muttering in my heart, "Damn, people say that my old man is ruthless, and he gave me a nickname called Lai Papi, but compared to Hou Ye, my Lao Lai is the reincarnation of a saint, so my Lao Lai is just pulling people to death, but Hou Ye is not counting these red-haired ghosts for a lifetime, and he wants their children and grandchildren to work forever, this idea is really amazing." No wonder people can be the marquis, I can only be a foreman who manages people, this is the gap between feelings! ”

After the lesson, Yue Yang continued to walk forward, Chen Dazhi was about to leave but was stopped by the overseer surnamed Lai and asked quietly: "General Chen, why is Hou Ye's temper so big today, is it not smooth in his heart?" ”

Chen Dazhi glanced at him and said angrily: "What does it matter to you that Hou Ye is not in a good mood, is it possible that you can also make fun of Hou Ye as a big man?" ”

After speaking, Chen Dazhi turned around and was about to leave, but he was unexpectedly stopped by the overseer again, Chen Dazhi was about to get angry, but he saw the overseer laughing, only to see him said mysteriously: "General Chen, the little one is a stinky man, so naturally there is no way to amuse Hou Ye, but there are people who can let Hou Ye relax and relax." ”

"Hmmm......"

Chen Dazhi was stunned for a moment......

The time slowly came to the evening, Yue Yang, who had been busy outside for a day, finally returned to the governor's mansion, he came to the inner courtyard and was about to take a bath, but found two Miaoman figures standing at the door...... (To be continued......)