It is already the weather of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and at night there is a slight chill on the mighty Yangtze River. Although it was already night, the Xiaguan River was bustling with activity, with pieces of lights held high, and hundreds of Taiping Navy warships were still shuttling back and forth on the river.

Xiaguan Port has now become a very important port for the Taiping Army, where the money, food, and materials collected from all over the country are loaded into ships and then distributed to the cities occupied by the Taiping Army along the river, and at the same time, the transfer of troops everywhere also depends on the Yangtze River Naval Division to transport, so the following customs ports are still busy at night.

On a naval warship outside Xiaguan Port, a little spark on the river outside the porthole penetrated in, and Xiao Yungui in the cabin raised his wine glass, which was a tall glass wine glass commonly used in the West, and the liquid in it was like blood. With a faint smile on his face, Xiao Yungui said to the person opposite: "The last time my brother wrote to me that the foreign wine offered by the younger brother was quite mellow, it was like a famous miracle performed by the Heavenly Father Emperor God - turning water into wine. This wine is as red as blood, and it symbolizes the proverb that the blood in the Father's customized sacrament is wine. The elder brother said that he wanted to ask for more of this wine, and the younger brother came to bring a lot of it this time, and it will be handed over to the people in the East Hall later. Before that, the elder brother can have a drink with the younger brother. ”

Sitting opposite him was Yang Xiuqing, the current Eastern King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and he saw that his gloomy face was not moved at all, but he still raised his wine glass and toasted Xiao Yungui. In the glass is French red wine, which is the pure red wine that Xiao Yungui bought from a French foreign company.

The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom banned alcohol, and in the year of Jiayin, Tianjing issued the "Prohibition of Alcohol" issued by Yang Xiuqing, the king of the east, to order the people in the army in the court, saying that drinking alcohol is "the most likely to disturb people's temperament", and if someone violates the ban, the whistleblower will be rewarded with grace, and the person who eats alcohol will be beheaded for public display, and "regardless of the title of the closest relatives." Those who commit crimes will be prosecuted". A serious vigor of "the prince breaks the law and is guilty of the same crime as the common people". Even the army smelled the wine and changed color, using the word "tide" as a hidden word to refer to the mouth-watering elixir wine.

But in the thousand-year history of China, any decree issued by the superior seems to have no binding effect on the superior himself, and the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, which has always been an excuse to comfort the common people, and no one has ever asked Weishenme is not the emperor who is guilty of the same crime as the common people? Roughly because the imperial power has always been above the rule of law. It was Yang Xiuqing's prohibition that was useful to the subordinates, but it did not seem to have any binding effect on the princes who enjoyed privileges in the kingdom of heaven.

Moreover, Xiao Yungui also talked about the origin of this wine when he entered the wine, and this wine is made from grapes. It was not made of grain, which gave the kings of heaven an excuse that the wine would not waste precious grain. In fact, from a religious point of view, Jesus had a relationship with wine. He once performed a famous miracle - turning water into wine and saved a friend's wedding crisis. Before Ascension. Jesus also instituted the Eucharist ritual. Among them, the red wine symbolizes his blood. After Xiao Yungui quoted the foreign brothers' opinion that red wine is the same as religion, Yang Xiuqing and other heavenly kings happily believed that this wine was indeed heavenly wine, perhaps this was the reason why the heavenly kings who were familiar with the Bible drank without guilt.

Through Xiao Yungui's channels, the first foreign languages they learned were the names of foreign wines, brandy, whiskey, vodka, gin, champagne, Bordeaux...... Although the king still thinks that wine is not good. But drinking is one of the great pleasures of life, and once the puritanical abstinence is broken, no one can restrain the unrestrained desires of the princes. It is the dumping place for imports of the largest foreign liquor in Sufu Province is actually the residence of the princes of Tianjing, and of course the Tianwang Mansion is also among them.

Seeing Yang Xiuqing's expressionless face. Xiao Yungui didn't panic too much, he had already touched Yang Xiuqing's temperament very thoroughly, arrogant and domineering people, you can only follow his hair.

"Does my brother want to see my little brother this time?" Xiao Yungui lifted the hem of his robe and knelt on one knee, and said with a very sincere look in his eyes: "The little brother has a tender belly, if you anger the elder brother, the elder brother can punish the younger brother." ”

Yang Xiuqing snorted lightly, raised her wine glass and took another sip of sour wine, and said lightly: "The King of the West is so majestic, how dare this king see you guilty?" ”

Xiao Yungui smiled bitterly and said: "Brother, the matter in Jiangxi is indeed too reckless for my subordinates, the younger brother will teach them a lesson, and Chen Yucheng will go to the post of inspector when he arrives in Shanghai and be demoted to a small soldier." ”

Yang Xiuqing rolled his eyes and said: "It's just a checkpoint, and this king hasn't seen it yet." "He has a perennial eye disease, and when he was still in Jintian, it was the recurrence of his eye disease that caused Xiao Chaogui, the heavenly brother, to have to replace his heavenly father.

Xiao Yungui continued: "The younger brother found a famous Western doctor for his brother in Shanghai and told him about his brother's eye disease, and the doctor said that he could cure his brother's eye disease. I don't know what my brother thinks? If he agrees to this, the younger brother will soon order someone to send the foreign brother to treat the elder brother. ”

This eye disease has plagued Yang Xiuqing for many years, although the medical treatment has been extended many times, but there is not much improvement, at this time, when I heard that there are Western doctors who can treat eye diseases, I was a little moved: "Oh, it seems that there are still many talented people in the foreign brothers." Speaking of this, Yang Xiuqing paused, looked at Xiao Yungui and said, "Why did you suddenly think of finding someone to treat my eye disease?" ”

Xiao Yungui said very sincerely: "The younger brother has always taken his brother's illness to heart, and he has visited famous doctors many times before, and later came to Shanghai to find someone who can cure his brother's eye disease. Later, the younger brother also found a few patients with eye diseases to let the foreign brothers try their skills, and sure enough, the medicine was cured, and now he dares to recommend it to the elder brother. ”

Yang Xiuqing's big calloused hand kept rubbing the glass in his hand, and said with a sigh in his mouth: "You still have a heart." ”

Xiao Yungui's eyes were slightly red, and he said gloomily: "The younger brother will always remember the kindness of the elder brother, the elder brother's eye disease was only a slight illness back then, if the elder brother hadn't given the money to the younger brother to marry a wife, he would not have dragged a minor illness into a major illness......

Speaking of this, Yang Xiuqing interrupted him a little upset, raised his hand and stopped: "It's okay not to mention the old past, I didn't expect this disease to drag on to a serious illness at that time, it has nothing to do with you, I never blamed you." ”

Although Xiao Yungui was acting, when he saw Yang Xiuqing's move, he knew that he really regarded Xiao Chaogui as a brother sincerely, but people are like this, once they have the right in their hands, they will fall deeper and deeper, and later in order to protect their rights, they will become disowned. Yang Xiuqing didn't let Xiao Yungui continue, because he didn't want to think about some of the old kindnesses back then, and for no reason weakened the momentum of Xingshi's questioning.

"But I will always remember my brother's kindness." Xiao Yungui saw that he poked Yang Xiuqing's soft spot, and he had no intention of stopping.

"Remember the kindness of the past! So that's how you repay me? In the Battle of Nanchang, Chen Yucheng retreated from the battle, do you dare to say that he dared to withdraw without your instructions?!" Yang Xiuqing finally couldn't help but blurt out loud questions.

Xiao Yungui hurriedly said: "The battle of Nanchang is well prepared, the enemy and us have the advantage, it has become a situation of attrition, and it is imperative to retreat!" ”

Yang Xiuqing was even more angry: "Even if you want to retreat, it should be ordered by this king!" ”

Xiao Yungui sighed lightly and said: "The battle situation is changing rapidly, the Qing Demon is treacherous and cunning, if it is delayed any longer, it will be more passive, my brother is good at using soldiers, he should know the danger at that time." ”

Yang Xiuqing was still angry and said: "Then Chen Yucheng can't withdraw his troops alone!" ”

Xiao Yungui said lightly: "Brother, Yang Fuqing let the West Hall have less than 20,000 soldiers and horses alone in the south of the city to fight against the 60,000 Qing Demon Xunyue, and the younger brother thinks that Chen Yucheng has done enough, enough haode." ”

Yang Xiuqing's face was a little blue, Yang Fuqing's performance in this battle really left too many criticisms, Chen Yucheng of the West Hall first repelled several Qing troops, so that the flanks of the soldiers and horses in the East Hall were covered, and he was able to calmly arrange troops to surround Nanchang, and then alone in the south of the city to resist the Qing army reinforcements of more than 60,000 people in the south of the city for more than a month, so that the 80,000 troops in the East Hall could have a calm time to attack Nanchang. It's a pity that Yang Fuqing not only didn't take down Nanchang, but he didn't even have the gesture of extending a helping hand to the West Temple. In such a situation, there seems to be no reason for the soldiers and horses of the West Hall to evacuate alone, on the contrary, Chen Yucheng's troops also took the initiative to block the counterattack of the Qing army, and the soldiers and horses of the East Hall retreated, and rescued more than 30,000 soldiers and horses of the East Palace, as Xiao Yungui said, Chen Yucheng has done enough, enough haode.

But Yang Xiuqing didn't buy it at all, and the superior thought that there would be no mistake, and he reprimanded loudly at the moment: "Then why doesn't he do more and better?!" ”

Xiao Yungui didn't say anything more, there was nothing more to say. After the two stared at each other and were silent for a moment, Xiao Yungui sighed in a low voice: "Is my brother really determined to use this matter to establish his authority?" ”

Yang Xiuqing snorted and said, "It's your West Hall that demonstrates to this king again!" Why did the money and grain in Sufu Province stop moving? What about the mobilization of troops and horses in Zhenjiang?! ”

Xiao Yungui said lightly: "The younger brother is protecting himself, as long as the elder brother does not come to persecute the younger brother, the younger brother will definitely not demonstrate to the elder brother first." Didn't Qin Rigang's 20,000 troops already go to Jiangxi? ”

Yang Xiuqing sighed and said, "It turns out that you know a lot. ”

Xiao Yungui said in a low voice: "Brother, in fact, the younger brother has always been on the elder brother's side, does the elder brother know how the younger brother knows about the elder brother's arrangement?" ”

Yang Xiuqing's heart was shocked, and he immediately understood: "Someone is instigating it? ”

Xiao Yungui nodded and said: "This is natural, the junior brother secretly returned to Tianjing a few days ago, how many people can be called to move the junior brother to secretly return to Tianjing?" ”

Yang Xiuqing's brows furrowed, and he asked in a low voice, "What does he want to do?" ”

Xiao Yungui said calmly: "Take advantage of the fisherman." The East Hall and the West Hall are at odds, and the biggest winners are not you and me. ”

Yang Xiuqing's complexion finally changed, the wine glass in his hand was crushed by him with a bang, and he didn't care about the bright red in one hand, after a moment of silence, Yang Xiuqing finally said: "You have to be able to let me get down on the face!" ”

When Xiao Yungui heard this, he was overjoyed, he knew that Yang Xiuqing still regarded that person as his biggest enemy, and he was only ranked second, he still needed to continue to cooperate with the West Palace, so Yang Xiuqing gave up this blow and said yes to the two instead. At that moment, Xiao Yungui got up and gave a formal salute and said: "Brother, don't worry, the younger brother will definitely satisfy the elder brother......" (to be continued......)