Li Shuangcai's degeneration and corrosion are so fast that it is equivalent to sounding the alarm bell for Li Xin, which is also a problem that he has been ignoring. That is, the soldiers of the Three Guards who followed him in the southern and northern wars are still alone, and as the situation develops, the hope of these people returning to Shanxi is becoming more and more slim, and the property they left in Taiyuan Mansion is likely to be lost. Although the military discipline in the Three Guards is strict, people are mortal in the flesh, how can they ignore the personal feelings of each soldier?

Li Xin decided to start thinking about buying an industry for the veterans who had been following him to Jiangnan, on the other hand, the Three Guards had a single nationality component, which would often be transformed into a kind of cohesion, but at some point it would also become a double-edged sword, so another problem was also at hand, and it was necessary to increase the ratio of officers and soldiers from Jiangnan provinces in the army.

Of course, these are all later words, and there are still problems in front of him that need to be solved urgently. For example, Liu Sheng, the president of Qianzong from Quanzhou.

"So, the people who attacked the official army with you are also from the command of the Fujian General Military Mansion?"

Liu Sheng hesitated, but nodded.

"Excellent! All military attachés who are on the register, whether they are dead or alive, you should draw up a list of resumes. ”

Li Xin made a further request, Liu Sheng wanted to resist, but he heard Li Xin say to Zhu Yuncai again: "When the confession is finished, let Liu Qian move to live in the wing room of Ying Tianfu, and I can also go to the shackles on my hands and feet!" ”

Zhu Yuncai was full of disapproval of Li Xin's words, but he had seen him bully the Marquis of Zhenyu several times before, and now he couldn't speak and suggest, so he could only respond solemnly. Only this answer fell into Liu Sheng's ears, but it was a different aftertaste.

Liu Sheng said in his heart, the Marquis of Zhenyu is showing favor to himself, maybe he is really a man of his word, maybe he can really return to Quanzhou one day and reunite with his wife and children. He has been crisscrossing the southeast sea for more than ten years, and has killed countless people, but he has only been ashore for a few years, and there are too many worries in his heart, no wonder many old sailors say that sailors go ashore like a big tree planted in the soil, and once the roots are rooted, they can never return to the sea. At first, Liu Sheng didn't believe it, but now it seems that it is true, today's self is not like the big tree that has taken root, although the branches are luxuriant, but it can no longer be separated from the land under his feet.

He was accompanied by four commanders, and the rest were basically paid soldiers. Liu Sheng told Li Xin the original basic situation, and Zhu Yuncai wrote down one by one. At the same time, he was also secretly looking down on the chief military officer who was thousands of miles away, carrying out such a secret mission, and actually calling the Ming army generals who were registered.

Who said that Liu Sheng suddenly sighed, "Alas! It's all villains. At the beginning, the big handsome said that he wanted to find some strongmen to come over. But the villain thought that the rivers and lakes were more than strong and brave and the military discipline was corrupted, but he was afraid that if the success was insufficient, he would lose more than anything, and he never thought about ......it."

Liu Sheng seemed to be talking to himself, and sighed again and again.

Zhu Yuncai suddenly teased.

"I don't want you to do this, God let you belong to the town captive, and you will thank God for taking extra care of you in the future!"

These words seemed to hurt Liu Sheng's self-esteem, and he suddenly raised his eyebrows at Zhu Yuncai, but in an instant, he was like a deflated pig urine bubble, and he withered. How can the defeated army be brave? should be humiliated by himself, the big husband can bend and stretch, why bother to fight for this short time? However, he didn't know that when he remembered today's humiliation a few years later, he was fortunate to be said by Zhu Yuncai.

Nearly two hours later, Li Xin looked at the confession recorded by Zhu Yuncai, and the main points of the record had been recorded.

"Mr. Liu Qian, come and sign and draw!"

108,000 miles have passed, of course Liu Sheng will not wipe the sweat for the last trembling, so when he came to the table in front of Zhu Yuncai, he picked up the pen and wrote his name crookedly, and then dyed the ink mud with his fingers one by one, and pressed it all on it.

After the completion of the procedures for signing and drawing, Liu Sheng looked at Li Xin for a while, hoping that he would fulfill the promise he had just made, but at this time he didn't know what he had thought of, and suddenly said to Li Xin in a pleading tone: "Many brothers under the villain's command have been injured, and many of them are still seriously injured, and the villain has the courage to beg the marquis of Zhen, and also, give them ......" He originally wanted to say that Li Xin would also give them the same preferential treatment as himself, but he was only halfway through the words, and was rudely interrupted by Zhu Yuncai.

"You can rest assured that all the injured and undead people have been properly arranged, and Liu Qian doesn't have to worry. Please clean up and follow me to the wing room to settle down in a while. However, there is one thing that must warn you in advance, don't have any suspicious intentions when you go outside, otherwise you will be caught, and you are only afraid of ...... Hum! ”

Zhu Yuncai sneered twice, it seemed that he didn't find the right words, after all, he had to pay some attention to proportionality when speaking in front of the Marquis of Zhen, but the effect of warning Liu Sheng was also achieved. Sure enough, this warning made Liu Sheng's face stagnant for no reason, and then said slightly deferentially: "The villain should obey the order of the marquis!" ”

"This is still an acquaintance, and you are now in this cell for a while more grievances, arrange it properly and ask Liu Qian to move!"

Zhu Yuncai spoke in a weird manner, and Liu Sheng seemed to be like the leader of the thieves in Dinghuaimen, although he was dissatisfied and indignant, he could only swallow his anger. Li Xin was thinking about important things, so naturally he would not entangle with them in these details.

"Zhu Langzhong, immediately transcribe a copy of the confession in your hand and send it to the "Gazette" newspaper in Jinzi Lane!" Li Xin paused, and then added: "Call a few painters to come and paint pictures for Mr. Liu Qian and his subordinates, and then I will explain otherwise!" ”

Zhu Yuncai was inexplicable about the painter's order to draw shadow figures, but it was not easy to ask rashly in front of Liu Sheng, so he had to ask Li Xin out of the cell first, and then locked the door one by one with the prison guards, and walked outside with him.

When they reached the door of the Chen brothers, Li Xin's personal soldiers were still standing motionless outside the cell, and no one was allowed to take a single step. Li Xin immediately assigned him to escort the Chen brothers to the wing of the back office of the Ying Tianfu, and at the same time specially ordered him to assign ten soldiers in a group of more than 10 soldiers to take turns to guard, and he made other arrangements for the rest.

After arranging the affairs of the Chen family brothers, Li Xin and Zhu Yuncai successively went out of Yingtianfu Prison, "Zhu Langzhong! After the confession is done, you immediately find out who instructed the Chen family brothers to be locked up in this official prison, if you don't find out, you and I can't explain to the people, to the court, and to this heavenly justice! ”

"Yes! The lower official has written it down! No matter who is involved in this case and what the background is, Xia Guan will definitely do his best to shake out the pickled filth behind this, so that they can bask in the sun! ”

The two men went their separate ways. Li Xin personally went to the "Gazette" newspaper in Jianzi Lane, and happened to meet Huang Zongxi writing hard in the study.

"Mr. Nanlei, Li Xin took the liberty to visit, so I didn't bother you!"

Huang Zongxi put down his pen and said with a smile: "Open the door here at any time to wait for the marquis, why bother!" It's just that the Marquis of Zhenyu took the time to come here today, and I'm afraid that he won't have anything to do without going to the Three Treasures Palace, right? "He has always acted chicly and informally, and it is natural for him to joke with Li Xin. Looking at the entire city of Nanjing, there are only a few people who can answer Li Xin so calmly.

Li Xin said with a smile: "It's really that he doesn't come to the door for nothing, it's not that Li Xin is burning incense when he has something to do, but he is really entangled in military affairs, you look at this burnt out, his hair has fallen out a lot!" He pointed to the head of the official hat and replied with a joke.

"I wonder if the engraving craftsmen in the newspaper may have carved the prints?" After a joke, Li Xin changed his words and mentioned his intentions. Huang Zongxi was stunned for a moment, and he didn't know what Li Xin wanted to engrave the prints.

"There are three engraving masters in the newspaper hall, and one of them has heard that he has carved prints, but I don't know if he can meet the requirements of the marquis of Zhenyu!"

Engraving prints is not three or two years of success, since Huang Zongxi said that this person has made a living from this, it must be extremely familiar, Li Xin immediately said: "When no problem, there are a few pictures here, just carve the charm!" Tomorrow in the newspapers! ”

Li Xin took out Liu Sheng's confession from his arms, as well as Liu Sheng and his subordinates, and put them on the table. Huang Zongxi was taken aback after reading Zhu Yuncai's confession that he had transcribed again.

"What? This military port fire was actually committed by the Fujian chief military officer? He, is he going to rebel again? ”

"It's hard to say whether there is a rebellion, Mr. Nan Lei has to work hard, no matter what today, I have to carve out these things overnight, and after I see the newspaper tomorrow, I Nanjing will stand on the absolute moral high ground."

Huang Zongxi was a little ignorant of Li Xin's way of thinking, and such a rebellious behavior as the chief military officer of Fujian, and a single bullet to go to the Beijing division was enough for this person to lose his official position, or even be in a different place. How, Li Xin wants to start from the bottom up and build momentum from the people first?

However, he immediately knew that there had been rumors in Nanjing for a long time, and it was said that the Marquis of Zhenyu had been suspicious of each other with the imperial court, but now it seems that it may not be groundless. Moreover, now that the north-south traffic is cut off, even if there is a bullet seal, I don't know if I can reach Beijing that day, even if the bullet chapter arrives in Beijing, it is unknown whether the imperial court and the cabinet can deal with Jiangnan in time due to various factors.

Therefore, after having these judgments, Huang Zongxi said categorically: "Don't worry, the marquis of Zhenyu will rush to work overnight, and tomorrow morning, no matter what, he will let the city sergeants know the mastermind behind the fire in the military port." Let the mouth of Yoyo determine this right and wrong! ”

Li Xin thanked him, and the conversation changed again.

"Mr. Nan Lei, have you ever heard of the tragedy of the Chen family, a great merchant in Yingtianfu?"

Huang Zongxi was stunned again, he had also heard a little about this matter, it is said that there was a lot of uproar in the spring and summer of last year, and the wealth of Wanguan family was ruined in one day.