Hua Niang was stunned by Hu Honglian's words, and she didn't know how to answer.

She really didn't dare to say a word, the guards on the boat had already been thrown into the river by the men in green clothes, the girls were not punched, kicked and abused, but they also cowered together and didn't dare to move, now she had no one to rely on, and saying more would only make her situation more miserable.

But no matter what, Hu Honglian's words were like knives, and every word stabbed her in the heart, making her extremely uncomfortable, so although she didn't dare to refute Hu Honglian, her eyes were full of resentment and malice when she looked at the other party, she had already made up her mind in her heart, no matter who was behind the other party, when she returned to Yunzhou, she must let the master's family mobilize the power of the government and send a master to cut Hu Honglian with a thousand knives.

This thought flashed, and Hua Niang quickly lowered her head, hiding the resentment in her heart well, not wanting Hu Honglian to find out her hatred.

Hu Hong Lian smiled, "I'm sorry, I said so much in one breath, I have long wanted to spit out these words, and today I finally have a chance, and I will inevitably feel calmer." ”

"But it's because I've said so much that I think you're even more unpleasant, I didn't intend to torture you cruelly, but now I'm embarrassed, I changed my mind. ”

Before the words fell, Hu Honglian suddenly stepped forward, and in the panicked gaze of Hua Niang, he stepped on her arm, accompanied by the cracking sound of bones, Hua Niang let out a terrible scream.

But this is not the end, Hu Honglian quickly stepped on her other arm again, this time Hua Niang didn't even have the strength to scream, and fainted as soon as her eyes rolled. But even after falling into a coma, the intense pain still made her convulsive, and her fat body trembled like maggots.

Hu Honglian smiled with satisfaction and comfort.

The little girl who was still very afraid of life just now, no longer trembling at this time, looked at the unconscious flower girl with wide eyes, and then looked at Hu Honglian in front of her, with the unique sensitivity of children, she realized that Hu Honglian was a good person, and finally was willing to hug her neck and get closer to her.

Hu Honglian was thoughtful, and the little girl's move made her realize that although she had just boarded the boat today, the little girl must have suffered under Hua Niang, and she may have been scared by the other party. When dealing with new girls, no matter how big or small, the old bustard always has to come first to "kill the mighty stick", otherwise it will be difficult to manage.

Thinking of this, she asked Hua Niang to be tied up and did not deal with the other party's wounds. In the middle, Hua Niang tossed and woke up once, and she screamed in pain again, and as a result, a man in Tsing Yi punched all her remaining teeth away, and she didn't dare to scream again.

Hu Honglian, who was holding the little girl, looked at the geisha who were squatting in the corner and looking at her fearfully, "We are Tsing Yi swordsmen, you may have heard our name, if you don't want to be a prostitute, you can go with me, I will arrange for you to be a regular businessman, maybe you can no longer wear gold and silver, and your life will be harder, but I promise that no one will bully you, and the people around you will not look at you with strange eyes."

"Those who have cultivation qualifications, if they are of good character, can follow us to practice after passing the assessment. But the ugly words are ahead, when we get on our ship, we have to abide by our rules, we can't do evil, and at the same time, we can't tolerate betrayal.

"If you don't want to go with us, I won't hurt you. Think it through and make a decision now. ”

The girls divided into two groups, one did not move in place, and the other lowered their heads and walked behind Hu Honglian. The big ones who haven't moved are just right, and the jewelry is also worth a lot of money, and those who are behind Hu Hong's practice are either older or younger.

Hu Honglian is not surprised by the group of geisha, those who are young and beautiful are obviously used to the geisha career, and

And gradually enjoyed it, especially obsessed with gold, silver and money, and did not want to abandon this so-called prosperity.

The older ones are about to be old Zhuhuang, and they haven't been in the painting boat for a few years, and they have suffered a lot, and they have experienced a lot of things, so they should also understand and get tired of such days, and now they have the opportunity to change their lives, of course, I hope to seize it.

The younger ones have not fully accepted their identity as geisha, and their dignity still exists, and they don't want to continue to sink, even if they live a hard life, they want to live a personal life.

Hu Honglian didn't force anything, and left the painting boat with the geisha and the people in Tsing Yi.

Zhao Ning and Yang Jiani finally finished playing a game of chess.

After taking a sip of tea, Yang Jiani glanced at the painting boat that was getting farther and farther away, and asked Zhao Ning: "This time along the canal south, don't you want to meddle in Caoyun, help Chen Yi establish and stabilize the power of the River Gang, and create more benefits for the two of us? Why don't you be in a hurry now, let Yipinlou be chivalrous everywhere?"

When Zhao Ning and the Yanmen army were fighting in the grassland, Chen Yi, with the help of Zhao and Yipinlou, established a cargo ship line that had begun to take shape and was now doing business on the canal.

The canal reaches Yanping in the north and Hangzhou in the south, which is the economic lifeline of Daqi, and the benefits are astronomical.

From the imperial court to the boatmen, the shipwrights, the shippers who traveled from south to north, the various workshops that produced goods, the farmers in the land of fish and rice in the south, the river bandits who robbed houses, the shops, painting boats, restaurants, kilns, and so on in the towns along the river...... Countless people depend on it for food and survival.

It can even be said that Daqi can have today's prosperous and prosperous era, and the canal is the keel that supports this grand scene.

And because of the large span of the canal, the communication of the big rivers and the big rivers, the various forces along the river are huge, in addition to the imperial court's transfer envoy yamen, the fleets of various families, there are also many civil forces: local tyrants, gangs in the rivers and lakes. There are also many local state and county governments involved.

If Cao Yun is compared to a fat snake, then all kinds of forces are flies lying on the big snake to suck blood, as many as cow hair and different colors. It is not an easy task to establish a powerful force on such a canal, and to penetrate everywhere and control the great wealth.

In the past, the gate did not interfere in Caoyun, now Zhao Ning intends to get a piece of the pie, relying only on Zhao, it is difficult to achieve great things in a short period of time, and Yang's foundation is in Jiangzuo, which is the southern end of the canal, Yangzhou (Guangling) is an important town, Huying Luoqi City is a jewel, the prosperity and wealth are among the best in the entire dynasty, and the Yang family and the Zhao family work together in the north and south to better show their strength in the matter of the canal.

Zhao Ning wants to achieve Zhao's goal of earning 20 million gold a year, and Cao Yun is the top priority and the key to success or failure.

Because of this, what Zhao Ning is doing now is suspected of "not doing his job" in Yang Jiani's opinion.

Zhao Ning put down the tea bowl and said with a smile: "Isn't it good to be chivalrous?"

"It's good to be chivalrous, but doing good deeds also makes people feel comfortable, if it weren't for you to stop me, I would like to personally punish the traitors and eliminate the evil, and hang the heads of those heinous people on the city tower. ”

Yang Jiani glanced at Zhao Ning, "But if it's just like this, the pattern is inevitably smaller, and it doesn't fit the style you always want to do things." You are the heir of the Zhao family, the military general who won the war in the north, and the future prince of Daqi Town. ”

When she said this, Yang Jiani looked like you had roundworms in your stomach, and I still didn't understand.

Zhao Ning didn't intend to hide it from Yang Jiani, but since the other party asked, he simply said: "What do you think I am doing to expand the Zhao clan's property and income, so that you and I will be more powerful?"

The answer to this question can be very simple, all of the great families

wants the family to grow further and stand tall, but if you dig deeper, it will be a different world, Yang Jiani did not answer immediately.

Zhao Ning continued: "In the battle of Fengming Mountain, we have all seen the combat power of the Tianyuan army, after that battle, the Yanmen army has indeed become stronger, but the Khitan army has also reaped growth. If one day, the Northern Hu is unified, the million-strong army goes south, and the national war with the Great Qi starts, do you think the border passes in the north can be defended?"

Yang Jiani shook her head very dryly.

The battle of Fengming Mountain can be won, and there are many factors that cannot be reproduced, among which Zhao Ning is the key to victory. And Zhao Ning only belongs to the Yanmen Army, and when the armies in other places encounter the Tianyuan Army, Yang Jiani will not say that they can win.

And once the Northern Hu army enters the customs in a big way, it will be a war of the entire dynasty, it will be an all-round competition, and there will be more things to compete in, and the role that the Yanmen Army can play will no longer be so big.

Zhao Ning continued: "The foundation of war is people, and the decisive victory on the battlefield depends on the fight between people. And what is the most important thing in people? A person's heart determines what kind of person he is. Only those who are willing to fight for the country can fight bloody battles with the enemy and defeat foreign enemies.

What is it that determines whether a person is willing to die on the battlefield for the sake of the country? A piece of paper from the imperial court or a decree of the emperor is not. It is whether they recognize the dynasty from the bottom of their hearts and love their country.

"What determines whether people love their country or not? It is their daily life, whether they feel that the country is good for them, and whether they feel that the world is worth their efforts.

"If the common people suffer injustice everywhere in their lives, are oppressed by the government, and are exploited by the powerful and rich, why do they think that the country is good to them? If good people do not get justice, if they endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens and still do not end up, if the wicked who do evil are always clothed and fed, and if the law of the jungle becomes the norm, why do the people feel that this world is worth fighting for?

"Once the people are disappointed in the country, do not feel justice and morality, and have resentment, everyone is angry and has a distorted personality, no longer respects morality, no longer cares about right and wrong, longs for everyone to die, and wants to change the world, then they will not fight for the country!

"They will want the country to collapse, and they may even welcome outsiders!

"When the war starts, who will the country rely on to protect it? on those powerful and rich people who have no morality in their hearts but only interests?

"To win the national war, it depends on the people, ordinary people!

"But look, in this so-called prosperous world, what kind of life are the common people living?"

After listening to these loud and point-to-the-point words, Yang Jiani was stunned.

She hadn't thought about this, at least not as deeply as Zhao Ning had thought about it and seen it so clearly.

At this moment, Yang Jiani's heart suddenly surged. Over the years, she has devoted herself to cultivation and doesn't care much about other things, which has indeed made her realm soar day by day, and even Zhao Ning can't catch up with her for the time being. But because she doesn't have these thoughts, no matter how strong she is, she is just a general who charges into battle, a pawn on the battlefield.

When the torrent of the general trend of the world is surging, she may be able to kill many powerful enemies, but she cannot control the general trend and cannot save the overall situation.

Only a person like Zhao Ning, who recognizes these key issues in time and plans early, can truly grasp the general trend of the world and control the fate of hundreds of millions of people when the catastrophe comes!

Thinking of this, Yang Jiani looked at Zhao Ning's gaze, and in addition to recognition, she had a lot of respect, and even a little worship. She never imagined that a peer could have such insight, which was not wisdom, but wisdom, great wisdom, and there was no one in ten thousand.

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