Liu Ziguang entered the house, only to see a man and a woman waiting for him, the man was sitting on the Taishi chair, holding a tea bowl and gently blowing the heat, looking calm and relaxed, and the woman in Chinese clothes was standing meekly behind the man, putting her hands on the man's shoulders and gently hammering this woman, it was none other than Da Mingfu - the big shopkeeper of the Rishengchang ticket number, Hu Yimin, and Miss Hu.

The man had a handsome and unusual face that women would envy, and his eyebrows and eyes were somewhat similar to Hu Yimin's after a closer look, but there was a faint scar on this almost perfect face, which added a touch of toughness to this person.

Liu Ziguang has read countless people, and when he saw this scene, he immediately understood that this person must be the legendary old shopkeeper Hu Xueyan of Rishengchang, speaking of this Hu Xueyan, he is definitely a legendary figure, from a poor and sour show to the world, rich and rich, but more than ten years, this is nothing, when he and the second miss of the Li family, that was shocking, so far, those forty or fifty-year-old Obasang talk about the things of the year, and it is still embarrassing.

The sour Ding family in the mountainous area of southern Anhui has no bucket rice, and he broke into the capital with a sharp spirit, and as a result, he met Li Min, the second lady of the imperial master, when he was twenty years old, and she was only seventeen years old, so an unforgettable relationship began, this kind of love that is not the right door, naturally by the strong opposition of the Taishi Mansion, the specific story is no longer available, because the parties have died, and the dead are scattered, anyway, everyone knows that this seemingly weak scholar withstood the pressure of the world with unimaginable perseverance and the pursuit of the Li family, with his beloved wife, gave up the identity of a scholar, incognito, started from a merchant, started with a penny, and became the number one person in the Ming DynastyEven the magnates of the court had to be impressed, and the sweat and blood and tears paid in this can be imagined.

If Liu Ziguang is the idol in the hearts of today's people, then Hu Xueyan is an irreplaceable idol in the hearts of the generation 20 years ago, young, handsome, persistent and unrepentant, and more respectable is the loyalty to love, since Li Min's death, he has been single for decades, and there is not even a maid by his side, this alone is Liu Dashuai, who Liu Ziguang can't compare, whether he goes out to fight or is in distress and flees, he doesn't forget to accept a little wife or something by the way.

In the face of this legendary senior, Liu Ziguang naturally didn't dare to pretend to be big, he walked two steps quickly, and the junior wanted to salute Hu Xueyan, but Hu Xueyan held him up: "Grandpa Guo has killed the little people." ”

Hu Xueyan's voice is very magnetic, it makes people comfortable to listen to, and the smile on his face is even more like Mu Chunfeng, no wonder such an affinity person can make a fortune, Liu Ziguang said busily: "Ziguang is just a guilty body now, where is the grandfather of the country, Hu Lao shopkeeper, don't make fun of it." ”

Hu Xueyan smiled and said: "Your Excellency is the pillar of the country, the title of the prince of Shizhen is none other than you, this is the honorific title of thousands of people to you, not a few traitors and villains can cancel it if they say cancel, as long as we work together, there will always be a day when the clouds open and the moon will be bright, and then the saint will naturally return all the titles, so it is not wrong to call the grandfather of the country now, do you say that this is the reason?" ”

Liu Ziguang laughed and said, "Then follow the old shopkeeper's will, what are you doing standing and doing it, please sit down quickly." ”

The two sides sat down and greeted each other for a while, Hu Xueyan is very talkative, and at the same time he is a good listener, he is good at finding topics that are of interest to both parties, and chatting with such a person is really a pleasant thing.

After chatting, talking about the current situation, Hu Xueyan asked Liu Ziguang what his plans were for the future. Liu Ziguang sighed and repeated the old trick: "Liu really doesn't want to let the world fall into chaos because of his personal honor and disgrace, and the next step is to go into exile." ”

Hu Xueyan said: "Grandpa Guo's righteousness is thin and cloudy, and the sky is admirable, but this move has put hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians loyal to you in danger. If you surrender to the imperial court, it will inevitably lead to a purge, and then the blood will flow like a river, and people's heads will be rolling, I don't think this is the original intention of the grandfather of the country. ”

Liu Ziguang sighed: "Then what can I do, after all, the emperor is the emperor, I am a courtier after all, no matter what the reason is, raising troops and rebellion, I will always be criticized by the world's soldiers, don't look at the people now because of my death and march with filial piety, really want to fight, but there are not so many supporters, that is, half of the country, how to fight and kill in both compartments, it is the Han family, the Lang disciples, and those outsiders in the Western Xia Manchu Dynasty." ”

Hu Xueyan turned to his daughter who had been listening to them and said, "Min'er, you go outside for a walk, for your father, you have something important to discuss with Grandpa Guo." ”

Hu Yimin, who has always been in the impression of a strong woman, is like a docile kitten today, basically didn't interject much, heard his father's words, hurriedly answered, and avoided Peng Jingrong, how smart a person is, without waiting for Liu Ziguang to speak, he said: "Sister Hu, I will accompany you to the beach for a walk." ”

The two women left, and only Liu Ziguang and Hu Xueyan were left in the house, and the old shopkeeper Hu said with a straight face: "Grandpa Guo won't hide it from you, I think you and we are not the same person." ”

Liu Ziguang was shocked: "Where do you start talking about this?" ”

Hu Xueyan said: "Thirty years ago, there was a hero in the Ming Dynasty, he introduced overseas advanced technology into the Ming Dynasty, and personally created a large factory, produced countless durable tools and weapons, laid the first railway in the Central Plains, formed an army, and fought on the front line of the anti-Qing Dynasty. ”

Liu Zi asked knowingly: "Who is this person?" ”

Hu Xueyan said: "This person is your father-in-law, Peng Jianguo, I think you and your son-in-law are not like people in this world, he has changed the Ming Dynasty, and you have also changed the Ming Dynasty, and the change you have brought is much greater than the change led by Elder Peng, the two of you also have a common characteristic, that is, you don't take the imperial power in your eyes at all, if I guess correctly, there is no king in your heart at all, the reason why the king is unwilling to raise troops to march south is because of some other reasons, such as insufficient military pay or something." ”

Liu Ziguang secretly said, since ancient times, the traitorous ministers, who have a king in their hearts, but Hu Xueyan is indeed more accurate in looking at people, he and his father-in-law are both traversers, naturally different from their Ming people, traversers have an innate advantage, either they die in obscurity at the beginning of the crossing, or they will vigorously change the world, Peng Jianguo changed the Ming Dynasty, and he himself changed the Ming Dynasty, but neither of them did it thoroughly enough, that is, to destroy the imperial rule and establish a republic.

Now that Hu Xueyan has already said this, Liu Ziguang no longer conceals it, and he said frankly: "Don't hide it from the old shopkeeper, now the grain and ammunition in Qingdao City are only enough for a month, and the warships in the port only have one base for a single voyage of coal-fired shells, and the road to transport grain and salary from Jiangnan has long been cut off, and not a single person will come out of next month's salary, and Hebei, Shanxi, and Gansu are even more so, and the lifeline is in the hands of others, what can I fight with?" ”

Hu Xueyan nodded, and Liu Ziguang continued: "The old foundation of the Red Shirts is the iron guards and eight hundred slave laborers in the early years, these people are almost dead, and those who are not dead have become rich people, how can they still have the spirit to fight, the current Red Shirts continue the tradition of the old Red Shirts, they are brave and fierce, and they are brave and move forward, but this is based on the rich military salary, they just have a simple personality cult for me, and without military salaries, they will die for me or two words." Moreover, our army fights with artillery first, without the cannonballs made in Jiangnan, the advantage of the Red Shirt Army is not great, on the other hand, the imperial army has the financial support of the rich land in Jiangnan, and the weapons and ammunition are even more abundant, and the number of reserve soldiers is also sufficient, as long as I join the army, the direction of public opinion will change immediately, after all, the idea of loyalty to the monarch for thousands of years is deep-rooted, and it cannot be changed overnight. To sum up, the odds of winning against the imperial court are not great. ”

Hu Xueyan said: "This is the financial and material resources of the south of the Yangtze River, far more than the north, from our Rishengchang business, it can be seen that the economic aggregate of the north is difficult to reach the point of competing with the south within ten years, if you are going to raise troops to the south just now, I will think that you are too impetuous, but you still did not disappoint me, it seems that Xiao Min is right, you are not only a handsome person who can fight well, but also a master who understands the national economy and people's livelihood." ”

Liu Ziguang said in his heart, Old man Hu, you are playing me, I know that I can't go to war, and I still nag me to raise troops, what is the reason, but since the old man said so, there must be something to say, he laughed twice and said: "The old shopkeeper Miao praised Ziguang, but he likes to think more when he encounters trouble." ”

Hu Xueyan said: "I think that when we Rishengchang chose to unite with you, in fact, we had expected today's situation, because a hero like you is by no means a subservient character, for the arrival of this day, our Hu family has already made all preparations, so a few hours after the incident in the capital, Rishengchang from all over the country reacted, so that the eunuchs who came to take over only picked up an empty shell." The silver coffers in Luzhou and the capital have long been emptied. ”

Jiang is still old and spicy, Liu Ziguang praised a few words from the bottom of his heart, Hu Xueyan suddenly changed his expression and said: "In this way, Rishengchang's reputation for many years will be ruined, and from now on, there will be no more Rishengchang in the world, our Hu family sacrificed so much, but it is not to let you go into exile, didn't you say that the military salary is not enough?" The old man has preliminarily prepared this number for you here. ”

As he spoke, Hu Xueyan stretched out a finger.

"Ten million taels?" Liu Ziguang asked.

"Fei also tattooed 100 million taels of silver."