"So, what did the Heavenly Gong General Chen Wu send you to?"

After digesting the news that the Taiping Army had completely mastered Songjiang, Lin Anhe inquired about Chen Yunfeng's intentions, and he knew that the Taiping Army should be busy with personnel now. If it weren't for something, Chen Wu wouldn't have deliberately sent Chen Yunfeng all the way to catch up on the old days.

"That's right, almost a few days before Dengzhou was captured, the Imperial Center sent a secret envoy to Zhao'an......"

Chen Yunfeng told Vice Foreign Minister Fang An about it.

Because it was a secret envoy, Fang An's whereabouts were also blocked by the Taiping Army throughout the whole process, and the Lin family really didn't know about it. Suddenly learned that the empire took the initiative to recruit An, and Lin Anhe was shocked even more than the previous news.

He knew all too well what that meant!

First, the pressure on the center of the empire is even greater than the Lin family imagined, otherwise they will never take the initiative to bow to the rebels. The second is that Chen Wu is about to rise!

With the identity of Zhao'an, with Chen Wu's shrewdness, this King of Songjiang is only afraid that it will be decided.

Back in the winter last year, the other side retreated into the Bayan Mountains with a large number of supplies and troops to avoid the encirclement and suppression of the city guards. Many people assert that the Taiping army is only afraid of its demise. Who would have thought that in just half a year, the other party would transform and master the entire Songjiang!

If this news spreads, I am afraid that it will cause an uproar.

Even if Lin An and Jue had already looked up to Chen Wu, now they have to admit that they still underestimated the other party's ability!

"Have the conditions of Zhao'an been negotiated? Is there anything you need my Lin family to help with? Lin Anhe had already roughly understood Chen Yunfeng's intentions, and realized that Chen Wu's rise in Songjiang was a foregone conclusion, and he was about to be recognized by the center and integrated into the imperial political territory, Lin Anhe had quickly made up his mind to befriend him.

The one channel left behind now seems to be wise.

"The conditions have been basically negotiated, which is very beneficial to our Taiping army."

Chen Yunfeng outlined the main four points, and learned that the Taiping Army had obtained the power to appoint officials and the main tax interception, and Lin Anhe became more and more determined to be optimistic about Chen Wu and make friends. But at the same time, he also had a little more doubts in his heart.

He originally thought that Chen Wu sent someone to contact him because there was something to talk about the conditions of Zhao'an. Now it seems that Chen Wu has almost won all that he can control, and the empire only has nominal sovereignty over Songjiang. In this case, what is not satisfied?

"The problem is not here, it's Tiannan County!"

Chen Yunfeng told Chen Wu about his additional intentions.

Knowing that Chen Wu not only wanted to be the king of Songjiang, but also wanted to take advantage of this unique opportunity to take Tiannan County into his arms in one fell swoop, the shock in Lin Anhe's heart was difficult to express in words.

Chen Wu's appetite was so big!

Of course, having a big appetite is not a bad thing sometimes. As long as we can grasp the opportunity, there is indeed the possibility of picking up the chestnut in the fire and completing leapfrog development in one fell swoop. What Lin Anhe was shocked was Chen Wu's daring to think and do in this matter, as well as his broadened horizons and overall situation. Only by being familiar with the demands of each force on the chess game can he dare to take advantage of the fire and win Longwangshu without even sitting firmly in Songjiang.

The other party's age is only in his twenties, right?

Lin Anhe, as the contemporary head of the Eight Great Lords, is also a very conceited person. But compared to a handsome man like Chen Wu, it is nothing. When he himself was in his twenties, he barely managed to secure an official position with the help of his family forces. And Chen Wu has already taken the entire territory of a county from scratch, and even forced the empire to take the initiative to lower its posture to recruit peace!

If this plan to swallow an elephant can really succeed......

With Songjiang, a rich grain producing area in the world, Tiannan County providing troops as a barrier to the south, and controlling Daqing Pass in the north, it is completely possible to close the door and divide one side!

After weighing left and right, Lin Anhe gave a positive answer: "This favor, the Lin family helped!" ”

After learning the outline of Chen Wu's plan, the Lin family quickly sent a messenger to Zhongzhou urgently. When Fang An entered the royal room, the messenger of the Lin family had already found Lin Anping with the order of the head of the family. With this foreign minister and the representative of the Lin family in Zhongzhou presiding, the Lin family's forces and political allies in the court secretly launched.

At the same time, with Fang An's recommendation, Chen Wu's representative Yuan Xingwei also got on the head with Fuwang Qianyuanyi.

Compared with the countless Lin Mansion, the area of the Fuwang Mansion is smaller, only about two-thirds of the former. Don't forget, the Lin family is a monopoly in Wu'an, but here is Zhongzhou, where every inch of land is valuable! In terms of the value of the mansion alone, the Fuwang Mansion is only much higher than the Lin Mansion.

Under the leadership of the housekeeper, Yuan Xingwei entered King Fu's room.

Because he likes all kinds of strange things, King Fu's huge room is full of all kinds of gadgets from the four countries of the Western Regions and the Central and Western Continents, and there is no shortage of ingenious objects. At least half of the annual offerings of the Fu Wangfu Mansion and his own greedy belongings must be used to purchase these things. Even the well-informed Yuan Xingwei was inevitably attracted by the long collection shelves after he first came in.

Seeing this, King Fu, who was a little obese and was sitting on the king-size Taishi chair, couldn't help but show a smug look.

"As early as when I was in Taiping County, I have always heard of the wisdom of the prince. Recently, I have time to come to Zhongzhou, entrusted by my general, I specially came to visit the prince, I wish you a long time of wealth and longevity, and longevity! ”

Saying this, Yuan Xingwei handed over the gift list prepared in advance. In order to invite this blessed king to speak for the Taiping army, Yuan Xingwei, who purchased this gift, definitely put a lot of thought into it, all kinds of gold, silver, jade and crystal, as well as the special red coral of the Oman Kingdom, and even the exotic agate sculpture of the Western Continent imported by sea from Donghai County.

The gift worth hundreds of thousands of gold made King Fu couldn't help but look sideways.

For the sake of these gifts, he had a little more affection for the leader of the thieves who had never met before, but it was said that he had stirred up the entire Taiping County and Songjiang County, and even looked at Yuan Xingwei with a lot of pleasing eyes, and it was rare for his subordinates to give him a seat and serve tea, and at the same time said: "This king will go to see the shadow show later, you only have a cup of tea to give such a gift, what does the lord of your family want to ask this king?" Say it and listen to it. ”

Seeing that King Fu was so direct, Yuan Xingwei put away the sycophancy he had prepared, and could only get straight to the point, clarifying the prayers of the Taiping army, and promised: "As long as King Fu is willing to make a move, my general is willing to offer this amount for this." ”

A whole million gold!

It is related to the recruitment of anti-thieves, and it is related to Songjiang and Tiannan counties, although such a reward is very heavy, it is not enough to ask King Dongfu to help. But Yuan Xingwei came at a very coincidental time, the business invested by King Fu some time ago lost a lot of money, and Qian Yuanyi lost a lot when he gambled, and the turnover at hand happened to be a little tight. After weighing it for a while, for the sake of the face of the previous heavy gift list, Qian Yuanyi decided to take the job.

In the imperial court, there is far more than one royal relative like King Fu. But there is one thing, what King Fu does better than others, and the reason why Chen Wu is looking for him, that is, King Fu has a good reputation. Greed is greed, as long as you receive money, you will definitely help with things.

If it was someone else, Chen Wu didn't dare to rest assured. It's likely that after collecting the money here, you won't mention it there, like no one else, and you'll tell you how much effort you have made when you turn around, but unfortunately you can't do it.

With this promise from King Fu, Yuan Xingwei was a lot more relieved.

Although the Taiping army paid a huge amount of wealth in order to plan the affairs of Tiannan County, as long as they could get Tiannan County recognized by the empire, they could earn it back tenfold and hundredfold. Not to mention a few million gold coins, if you can control the territory of a county alone, any family is willing to pay the price of more than half of the family property!

But alas, they can't!

Only Chen Wu, who started as a thief and had the right time, place and people, could take advantage of the Taiping Army's momentum of victory in a hundred battles, and take advantage of the opportunity when the Kingdom of Oman was on its back and the empire was unable to take care of the enemies on all sides, and planned Songjiang and Tiannan in one fell swoop!

………

After saying goodbye from King Fu, Yuan Xingwei visited the eldest prince non-stop.

The distance between Songjiang County and Yanyun County is still very close, and there is only a poor and chaotic Yuanshan County in the middle as a buffer. For the sudden rise of the anti-thief neighbor in the south of his hometown, the eldest prince still paid enough attention and vigilance. After Fang An helped to make the introduction, the eldest prince and his henchmen specially discussed for several hours, and finally decided to summon them secretly.

The result was not as Chen Wu expected.

At the beginning, when he heard about Yuan Xingwei's intention, the eldest prince Qian Mingde refused without thinking about it. His identity was too sensitive and he was unwilling to help at this time at the risk of leaving a bad impression on the old emperor. But when Yuan Xingwei said his conditions and said that several forces were linked together, Qian Mingde changed his mind!

Matsue's rice is famous all over the world.

If it can join forces with this state and county, which can be called a granary, the strength of the bitter cold Yanyun County will immediately usher in a leap. With the support of the Song family, plus enough food, he could have formed an additional five divisions!

If Qianyuanji finally appointed himself as the crown prince and became the fifteenth emperor of the empire, it would be just that, and the previous secret preparations should be taken precautions, and they could be used to deal with the Lena people in the north in the future. But if his father, who doted on Concubine Zhen, was biased, he finally pushed the fifth brother and even several other younger brothers up......

Then don't blame him for being ruthless!

After some discussion, Qian Mingde reached a secret agreement with Yuan Xingwei, who represented Chen Wu.

Qian Mingde was willing to speak for the Taiping Army in this matter, and in return, Songjiang County would secretly send grain to Yanyun County at eighty percent of the market price in the future. When necessary, Yan Yun's side can exchange iron ore and war horses for bargaining!

However, just when Yuan Xingwei was running around in Zhongzhou and establishing an offensive and defensive alliance, there were also people in another part of the imperial capital who were planning against the Taiping army.