In the face of the turbulent discussion in the city, Li Xin, who is the protagonist of the center of the spiral nest, has his mind elsewhere. The construction of the Jubaoshan Iron Works is in full swing, recruiting experienced old blacksmiths to solve the access to high-quality iron ore, and he has done all these things himself. It's not that he doesn't want to let his subordinates take care of it, but all the people he trusts are people in the army, who don't know anything about these production things, and don't say anything, and have no business philosophy. It would be bad to let them take the lead and set a precedent for laymen to lead insiders.

At this time, he had to sigh that there were too few economic talents available around him. At the same time, the people in charge of these things were Master Guo and Albert, and now there is not even a reserve talent for such a person. Therefore, no matter how big or small, it is also a last resort to do it yourself.

"Brother Thirteen, the fire is about to burn into the room, and you are still here to play around and make some iron lumps. Now there are rumors flying all over the city of Nanjing, and if you don't deal with it, maybe there will be some big mess! ”

Li Xin Li Xin was in a hurry, and he didn't raise his head until an official document was written.

"I didn't let you out this time, didn't you get out of the two ways, didn't you lose your breath?" He knew that Lu Jiu was dissatisfied with himself for falling behind Cheng Mingjiu and Zhang Shishi, but at present, the situation in Nanjing was unstable, and the Three Guards Army was the foundation of his life, and without his cronies and capable people to help him promote, where would he have extra energy to build these iron factories and military ports?

Lu Jiu didn't answer, but sat on the simple chair in the room and protested silently. Li Xin knew that his brother was making trouble, and he didn't think about his rude behavior, but smiled again: "With Brother Lu here, if you don't go to the house on the fire, the sky won't fall!" ”

Li Xin knows his brother's temperament very well, he is a stubborn donkey master, the former does not go, he retreats, and can only arch him forward from behind. Sure enough, after a few good words, Lu Jiu's sullenness disappeared by half, and he replied with a little helplessness: "Thirteen Brother Mo only fooled me with a few good words, what should I do if it's late, what's the use?" ”

What Li Xin said just now is that Lu Jiu can't go to the house on the fire, and the sky can't fall, these are all heartfelt words, not deliberate compliments. When it comes to the situation in Nanjing, Li Xin doesn't bother to pay attention to it at all, as long as the military power is in hand and all the gates in Nanjing are under control, just because the few old men in the political hall who only know how to play tricks want to turn the sky upside down, and they look too highly up on them.

"Let them go! How do you know which is the enemy and which is the friend if you don't make a fuss? ”

After hearing this, Lu Jiu nodded in agreement, "Brother Thirteen, don't say that I haven't paid attention to it, the surname Xiong seems to have changed his sex, these days Zhang Lao'er and Wu Xiao'er have been jumping up and down in the city, but this person has maintained it several times!" ”

Xiong Mingyu's recent good actions do show that this person is quite familiar with current affairs. Moreover, he made a lot of efforts in the construction of the military port and the preparation of the iron factory, and he was always thoughtful, and even thought of going ahead of him to do things first. If you put aside this person's treacherous heart, he can definitely be called a capable official, and in comparison, he is better than the old men in the political hall who only know how to move their mouths, have a smelly and hard temper, and have no practical talents.

Li Xin, who was harmed, sighed several times, no wonder the emperor loved to use traitorous ministers instead of loyal ministers. The traitorous ministers are generally like Yan Song's generation, and they all have talents that can be used by the world, and the emperor can use his talents and enjoy the joy of his flattery. And the number of loyal ministers, in addition to only pulling their necks and scolding a few words, can't mention a useful way to do things, the only thing they get is to fight for a beautiful history book behind them.

This is basically the case with the clear talk and misleading the country, standing and talking without backache, knowing nothing about military affairs, shouting and shouting at every turn, ignorant of the economy, and not ashamed to criticize every many. In addition to scolding, he is almost good at nothing, and he is not helpful to national affairs.

"And that Zheng Sanjun, his nose is quite smart, he seems to smell something, and he has not been blindly mixed with Zhang Lao'er and Wu Xiao'er in recent days."

"Lu Jiu, Zhang Ge is also a scholar of the court, don't be an old man, he still deserves you a pavilion elder. As for that Wu Xiao'er, let him toss first, and they all said that the grasshoppers after the autumn ......"

Speaking of Zheng Sanjunlai, Li Xin does not have a good impression of this person, he is a typical wall grass, when you are in power, I can't wait to exchange posts with you. When you lose power, you quickly draw a clear relationship with you, as if you have never been sincere.

Until today, Li Xin has realized what it means to have clear water and no fish, if those so-called traitors are cleaned up, the so-called clear streams will be left in the court, and the Ming Dynasty is only afraid that it will die sooner.

"Even the elder of the pavilion? Ge Lao still has the face to spread rumors, saying that our Three Guards have been defeated? He has been in trouble several times, if it weren't for the thirteenth brother, he would have even fallen into the hands of evil businessmen now! ”

Lu Jiu deeply despised Zhang Fang Yanen's behavior of taking revenge, and there was also He Tengjiao on his list. However, Li Xin knew that whether it was Zhang Fangyan or He Tengjiao, these people were absolutely impeccable regardless of public or private morality. Now I am in trouble with myself everywhere, in the end, it is still the loyalty of the monarch in my bones to serve the country, as a martial artist, these civil servants are always vigilant and vigilant against restrictions, which is the matter of loyalty to the monarch, if it is the other way around, I am afraid that there is no difference between Xiong Mingyu and others.

As soon as he thought of this, Li Xin suddenly thought of a Sun Ji who was standing with him. Is he never afraid of himself?

But the sound of hurried footsteps soon interrupted his thoughts.

"General, good news, good news! General Zhenguo defeated the rebels outside Dehua City, Jiujiang Prefecture, and captured the main general General Tianpeng alive! ”

"What general?"

Li Xin, who was distracted for a while, couldn't hear it very clearly, until the personal soldier who reported the news repeated General Tianpeng again, and he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. Aren't General Tianpeng and Marshal Tianpeng the same thing? The leader of this yellow plum thief is also interesting, the image of Zhu Bajie's fat head and big ears has not yet been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in this era, and the dignified marshal of the heavenly court, naturally some people are willing to take his name.

Then, Li Xin took the military report from the hands of his own soldiers, and called in the pawn who had returned to Nanjing to deliver the letter, and carefully inquired about the battle situation.

After hearing that Zhang Shishi's grenadier battalion landed in advance with only 2,000 people, he defeated the Huangmei thieves, who claimed to be 100,000 people, and captured the thief's first general, Tianpeng. Lu Jiu was so shocked that his jaw almost fell to the ground, since the Three Guards Army became an army, they have been good at fighting more with less, defeating the strong with the weak, but there has never been such an outrageous thing, with thousands of people waving hundreds of thousands of people behind the buttocks, it is really unbelievable. Not only Lu Jiu, but even Li Xin felt incredible.

"General Zhenguo has now chased south with the grenadier battalion and the infantry battalion, and this kung fu is likely to have recovered Nanchang Mansion!"

Although the pawn has a low status, he is neither humble nor arrogant when he talks in front of Li Xin, the marquis of the town, and Lu Jiu, an auxiliary general, and even faintly with a little pride. This is evident in his words about the restoration of Nanjing.

"Don't speak in front of the marquis! How can we assert that there is no real military report? ”

Lu Jiu scolded from the side, he was also amazed by the self-confidence of this pawn, and at the same time he felt a little pity in his heart, there was no such confident person in his army. I don't know how that stone trained his soldiers, and I have to have a good exchange another day.

Not only was the pawn reprimanded, not only did he not bow down and plead guilty, but argued: "A few thousand of us can chase after the rebels and fight more than 100,000 people, and if we can't take down a Nanchang Mansion, won't it make people laugh?" ”

These words made Lu Jiuding unable to say a word for a long time, and Li Xin wanted to laugh when he saw it, today this Lu Jiu was planted in the hands of a pawn. Li Xin didn't want to dwell on such non-substantive issues any longer, so he sent the pawn out to rest, and even cut off the opportunity for Lu Jiu to turn over.

After another half of the night, Lu Jiu hesitated and said with a little excitement: "Whether the news of this great victory is made public, so that those young people can also cool down, and save people the annoyance of jumping up and down." ”

Li Xin shook his head, "It's not time yet, let's let them make trouble first, the more incisive the performance, the more interesting it is!" ”

At this moment, as the pawn said, Zhang Shi chased from Jiujiang Mansion to Nanchang Mansion almost in one day and night, and the rebels in Nanchang Mansion did not have a strong sense of resistance, and after hearing that General Tianpeng was captured alive by the official army, he had no intention of facing the battle. Zhang Shi forced General Tian Peng to persuade him to surrender, and the defenders in the city simply surrendered the official army.

The rebels also turned into auxiliaries recruited by the official army, and Lu Jiu disorganized these people, redistributed them, and laid off the old and weak, leaving only half of the men and horses, and the rest were formed into another battalion of people. It's not that Zhang Shi doesn't want to dismiss these people, but it's that they are homeless and can only be thieves, so it's better to spend money to raise them.

General Tianpeng has now been subdued by Zhang Shizhi, and Zhang Shishi does not believe that the rebellion of King Huai came from the head of this straw bag. After several inquiries, they learned that there was a mysterious strategist who had given them advice, and the accent sounded a bit like a northerner, but it was not clear what it was.

"Where is this man now?"

General Tianpeng had no choice but to reply: "Now in Taiping Mansion!" ”

Zhang Shi secretly said that it was a fluke, if this person was in the army of General Tianpeng, he might not be able to fight this battle so smoothly.

"If the general wants to fight Raozhou, the villain can lead the way, now the three troops are not in Raozhou, it is easy to take Raozhou, and capture the king of Huai......"

He wanted to invite a few merits in front of Zhang Shi, and was thinking about what to say, but he heard Zhang Shi say coldly: "Don't worry, the army has been tired all the way, rest and recuperate in Nanchang Mansion, just send a partial division to feint!" ”

Feint of partial? General Tianpeng was puzzled, and when he went back, he talked to his former subordinates, who were also generals, and the doubts in his heart were in his heart, but the subordinates were thoughtful.

"Isn't General Zhenguo going to raise his own respect?"