Zeng Fan and Gong Changyu had never met, but there was a faint murderous aura between the eyebrows of the red-robed man standing in front of him, and he intuitively felt that this person was Gong Changyu himself, so he arched his hand and said: "Is it General Gong Jichang Gong?" ”

"It's just not talented, dare to ask your lordship, but is it Lord Zeng Fan, the governor of Liangjiang?" Gong Changyu hugged his fist on horseback.

When Zeng Fan heard this, he immediately clasped his fists and saluted: "It's Bendu." From Jingjiang to Heyang, more than 2,000 miles, General Gong arrived in less than ten days, Er is fast, and Ben Du Fu dares to believe it. ”

"Why do you say that?" Gong Changyu asked.

"How is it possible that the governor trains troops in Tanzhou and walks at most forty miles a day, while the general travels two hundred miles in a day and night?" Zeng Fan was amazed.

"My lord, we didn't carry heavy artillery, we took most of the shortcuts, the journey was about 1,600 miles, and we could run more than 160 miles in one day and one night, and 200 miles was also the limit. In addition to eating and sleeping all day, I am walking. Gong Changyuhan said with a smile

"Oh, I see. General Gong, please in the camp tent. Zeng Fan hugged his fists.

"Please—" Gong Changyu said.

The group arrived at Zeng Fan's Zhongjun tent, drank tea for a while, and chatted about what they saw and heard on the road and the situation in Jingbei while drinking. In less than half an hour, the men brought three dishes and one soup: a plate of stinky tofu, a plate of fried meat with beans, two bowls of duck with blood sauce, a plate of peanuts, and a salted vegetable soup. Of course, there is little water and wine, Zeng Fan rarely drinks alcohol, but today he was very happy, so he made an exception to serve two pots of wine.

"Wow, that's a good meal...... My lord, is the food of the Jingnan Army so good on weekdays? Gong Changyu asked.

"Brother Rongfu (Gong Changyu, word Rongfu), this dish is not available every day." Zeng Fan first poured a glass of wine for Gong Changyu.

"Gong Laoxue, are you a restaurant in Jingbei Daying?" Jiang Changyi glanced at Gong Changyu.

"Governor Jiang, I didn't ask you, what kind of mouth do you have?" Gong Changyu did not show weakness, holding chopsticks and said.

"Gong Laoxue, this governor is the master here, you are a guest, the guest is as the host, you better keep a low profile for me." Jiang Changyi tapped his fingers on the table to warn Gong Changyu.

"Jiang Changyi, General Ben sees that you are not half a master, just like me, you are all a guest of Lord Zeng. I don't know what it means to be low-key and high-profile......" Gong Changyu looked at Jiang Changyi, he was not afraid of Jiang Changyi, the one-eyed dragon governor! If it weren't for the narrow road in Zeng Fan's camp, Gong Changyu really wanted to use the dragon sword to poke his other eye blind and make him a veritable blind man.

Gong Changyu's troops were all subordinate to the Jiang family's army for a long time, and everything was provided by the Jiang family. And Jiang Changyi controlled more than 10,000 people in the "Jiang Family Army", and he didn't take Gong Changyu seriously at all. Especially in the case of the eagle attack on Charlemagne, Gong Changyu not only let Jiang Changyi's stand-in be buried at the bottom, but also let Liu Tianyou transport Charlemagne's bones, which made Jiang Changyi hold a grudge for a long time, thinking that Gong Changyu was a gangster who saw the wind and steered the rudder.

"Gong Laoxue, this governor will tell you how to write the word low-key today!" Jiang Changyihuo stood up and drew his musket.

"Brother Changyi, Hugh has to come here." Liu Tianyou hurriedly got up and grabbed the barrel of the gun.

"Brother Yinqu (Liu Tianyou, word Yinqu), leave me alone." Jiang Changyi opened the safety of the musket and put the muzzle of the gun on Gong Changyu's forehead.

Gong Changyu was not frightened, he looked at the musket in Jiang Changyi's hand, and his eyes didn't blink: "Governor Jiang, I, Gong, should not have followed your Jiang family army to Suzhou from the beginning." But I still have to thank you for letting me be a Tuntian soldier for a while, if it weren't for the tempering in Lenghu Mountain, I really wouldn't have had the opportunity to fight the Eagle Strike Li mercenaries. ”

This Gong Changyu said thank you and chewed in his mouth, but in fact, he scolded in his heart, okay, you Jiang Changyi, you owe this general more than 1,000 taels of silver, and you took away hundreds of soldiers from my first battalion of Lenghu Mountain without permission, and I have to make a break with you today!

"Gong Laoxue, this time you came from Yuexi County, why don't you bring the latest heavy artillery?" Jiang Changyi asked.

"I'll go, if I bring heavy artillery, I won't be able to get to Heyang for a month. The military situation is urgent, how dare the last general delay time. Gong Changyu responded.

"Two, don't argue. Come and come, drink, eat. Zeng Fan greeted politely.

"Lord Zeng, Jiang wants to know how about the purchase of the Eagle Strike Li ironclad warship?" Gong Changyu asked, holding the wine glass.

"Brother Jichang, the old thing in the Hubu Shangshu is unwilling to give the silver, and the plan has been put on hold." Zeng Fan shook his head helplessly.

"Then why don't we go to the emperor and ask to build an ironclad warship ourselves?" Gong Changyu said.

"Why didn't Ben Governor want to...... Brother Jichang, your brain is bigger than mine, no technology, no talent, no silver, what do we make it with? Zeng Fan took the chopsticks and lightly tapped the porcelain bowl, "We in Qinghe can only make sunset products such as porcelain and silk." ”

"My lord, the weapon of the country, in the final analysis, still has a group of philosophers and weapons experts. Those so-called bullshit officials are not willing to invest a lot of money in weapon upgrading and research and development. Gong saw the warship of the Franc machine in the waters of Taipa Island, Macau, although it is not the latest, but the combat effectiveness cannot be underestimated, and one warship can kill dozens of pirate ships......" Gong Changyu picked up his cup and took a sip.

"Brother Jichang, you have also heard Prince Fu mentioned in Panyu and Macau, and his courage is commendable and remarkable. However, this governor still advises you, when it comes to the issue of diplomatic relations, it is better to be cautious, and we cannot afford to provoke the Eursians. Zeng Fan said.

"My lord, the reason why the Ouxi people dare to provoke our Qinghe country again and again is nothing more than two reasons, one is that their armament is superior to that of the regular army of the imperial court; Second, they have a long-term vision and are enterprising than we do. Gong Changyu said.

"My lord, we need not be afraid, we have 30,000 compatriots behind us." Zhu Rongchu, the chief bookkeeper, answered.

"May I ask what ...... little brother is," Zeng Fan asked.

"Back to my lord, I wish Rongsen in my late life, the master of the Jingyi Battalion." Zhu Rongsen replied.

Zeng Fan: "Little brother, have you ever been famous?" ”

Zhu Rongsen: "No. In his later years, he felt that the country was in danger, and he angrily threw his pen into the army. ”

Zeng Fan looked at Zhu Rongsen and saw that he had the momentum of a warlock: "Scholars lead soldiers and have ambition." The situation in the world is chaotic, the people's livelihood is difficult, the social order is corrupt, and the authority of the imperial court is declining. ”

"If you can quell the rebellion of the Red Lotus Sect, you can continue your life for fifty years, and then it will collapse and the world will be in chaos." Zhu Rongsen replied in shock.

Zeng Fan didn't react, and then asked, "Isn't that as peaceful as the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty?" ”

"Impossible." Zhu Rongsen's tone is resolute.

"The emperor is already very diligent, and he is not mediocre. Junde is still upright, why can't he suppress the Quartet? Confucianism, Zeng, expressed disbelief.

"It is too easy to start a business in this dynasty, it is too heavy to kill, and it is too clever to seize the world. The way of heaven is difficult to know, good and evil do not hide each other, and the virtue of the queen is not enough. Zhu Rongsen replied very surprised.

Gong Changyu couldn't understand what Zhu Rongsen and Master Zeng Fan were saying, especially the above paragraph that Zhu Rongsen said, he frowned and asked, "This sounds a bit metaphysical, what does it mean?" ”

Zhu Rongsen, who is still inexperienced, is not a fortune teller, and his judgment is not based on the gossip of the five elements, but the situation in the world. In fact, he has already seen that the state apparatus of the Qing and imperial courts has completely deviated from the track.

Zhu Rong Chuqing explained that the massacre policy of the founding of the dynasty and the behavior of taking advantage of the Tianshun regime caused serious ethnic contradictions, and that it failed to form a close alliance with the enlightened scholars, and severely suppressed the people of Jiangnan. Under these circumstances, the ruling foundation of the Qing Dynasty was not solid. After more than 200 years of seclusion and seclusion, development is lagging behind, and it is too late to delegate power to local officials, and all their efforts will eventually fail to solve the fundamental problem, so they will eventually perish.

When the people in the seat listened, they were dumbfounded, except for Gong Changyu, of course, who had made similar inferences in Jingjiang.

"Since the Qinghe Dynasty is going to perish, why don't we support Lord Zeng as the emperor?" Jiang Changyi was the first to stand up and said.

"Governor Jiang, our Jingnan Army does not have such strength at present, only 100,000 people, how can we fight against those 780,000 regular troops?" Liu Tianyou poured a basin of cold water on Jiang Changyi.

"If Lord Zeng has the heart to be the emperor, as long as he ascends to the heights, he will definitely respond to every call, why be afraid of the rotten regular army that is strong and strong in the middle?" Jiang Changyi said with a smile.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Blue Wolf Kingdom has not been eliminated, and the army has invaded, and someone has dared to covet the throne of the Golden Luan Palace?" Zeng Fan was surprisingly calm, "At this time, you are not allowed to talk about it with others, including Xu Zongtang, and Hugh has to mention the matter of becoming the emperor again." ”

"My lord, this invasion of Tianjin Wei by the Fan army is the best time to seize the throne, we will immediately send troops north, and when the imperial army and the Fan army fight each other half to death, we will clean them up together. is nominally the king of Qin, but in essence he is forcing the emperor to take the throne ......" Jiang Changyi is still unwilling.

As soon as Jiang Changyi said this, Zeng Fan was silent for a while, and then said slowly: "I'm afraid that as soon as we leave Heyang Town, the Blue Wolf Army elsewhere will return to save Heyang, it's too risky." ”

"My lord, you can't miss the opportunity, you can leave the blue wolf army to the lowly position. You'd better take 20,000 soldiers and horses to Kyoto yourself. Gong Changyu said, "Once the imperial court signs a peace treaty with the Eagle French coalition army, at that time, there will really be no hope." ”

Gong Changyu actually supported Jiang Changyi's plan of "snipe and clam fight, fishermen benefit", which surprised Jiang Changyi. The two of them hadn't fully figured out Zeng Fan's mind yet.

"This is not urgent. Before the Jingnan army was sealed, it wanted to seize the world of the Qing and imperial courts, and if it failed, we would die without a place to bury. Zeng Fan was worried.