It seems that the capital must be visited, and this is also something that cannot be helped, it is all forced by money. For the sake of these 800,000 taels of silver, Li Xiao decided to fool the Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen.

However, before going to the capital, there are still some things to deal with.

"See the Chief Soldier!" After Tokugawa Katsuyori saw Li Xiao, he bowed down like a Ming man.

For this Japanese soldier, Li Xiao still appreciates it very much. After arriving in Shandong, there was no incident of attacking the common people. Instead, he actively did business with the people, and later inquired and found out that these guys were all from Osaka.

"I promised General Tokugawa that the cost of your troops would come from Chen Hailong's family property. And now his possessions are yours. You can return home with his possessions! Seeing Chen Hailong's family property of up to more than 100,000 taels of silver, Li Xiao was a little painful.

But it can't be helped! Credit is more important, even though the guy on the other side is a soldier. But after all, Li Xiao had already promised Tokugawa Ieyasu that this time they would take advantage of it, and it should not be difficult for them to send troops next time there was something to do.

"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief! However, Katsuyori still wanted to ask the chief soldier if he could exchange the silver for the same amount of arms. Let's just come back with the cost of this trip! ”

"Oh!" Li Xiao looked at Tokugawa Katsuyori, and now he regretted selling so many arms to Shi Kefa. Now that the Japanese are here again, Shi Kefa is a Ming man, and this Japanese soldier is ......! If it is not of my race, its heart will be different!

Seeing Li Xiao's expression, Tokugawa Katsuyori's eyes rolled. "Commander-in-Chief, we just want to buy muskets and grenades."

"Oh!" Listening to Tokugawa Katsuyori's words, Li Xiao's face improved a little.

Muskets and grenades are definitely melee weapons in Li Xiao's army. Even in the fierce battle of Penglai Harbor, the role of firearms was extremely limited.

After the battlefield was cleaned up, the total number of people killed by gunshot wounds on both sides was only two or three hundred. Many more people were killed by artillery shells, which had to do with the large number of artillery used by both sides of the battle. Most of the casualties on Li Xiao's side were actually caused by mortars.

That thing is warp firepower, and there are many fragments. If it weren't for Li Xiao's preparation of a lot of steel helmets, the casualties would have been large. Hitting the body with shrapnel is not the same as being hit in the head.

It's okay that Tokugawa Katsuyori was self-aware and didn't open his mouth to buy mortars.

Tokugawa Katsuyori has his plans, although the mortar is good. But the cannonballs can't be made in the Wa Kingdom, so they can only be bought from Li Xiao.

Moreover, the cannonball is expensive and expensive, and no gunner can feed it with silver, so that the cannonball can be accurately fired.

In today's Wa Kingdom, no one has such a powerful cannon as Li Xiao. At most, it is the cannon of the Franc man, and there are not many of them. The musket is the best cost-effective thing.

Li Xiao's musket has a strong structure and a sufficient charge. Long-range killing power is high, and only gun powder needs to be purchased from Li Xiao. The remaining bullets can be made by yourself, and the cost of use is reduced exponentially. And it can also equip more people, and when fighting against Li Xiao, the power of the platoon gun impressed the Japanese people.

As for the grenade, it's even more enjoyable. The structure is simple, the use is simple, and the explosion is powerful. is really the king of individual weapons, but the Japanese country has copied it many times, but it has not succeeded.

"Since you only need muskets, I promise to give them to you. But in a while, I can't make up that much. Li Xiao remembered that he and Shi Kefa still had an arms order contract. They even paid a deposit, which was tens of thousands of taels of silver. Now that the money is spent, it hurts too much to tear up the contract.

"Don't worry, you can delay some delivery." Hearing Li Xiao spit out, Tokugawa Katsuyori was greatly excited. With this batch of munitions, they would regain their advantage over the Maori.

"Then it's no problem, the military expenses you sent this time will be cleared to Sun Lao, and he will settle it for you. For the rest, guns and ammunition will be put on top. The specific number, you go and Sun Lao to figure it out. "Settle accounts, Li Xiao thinks it's better to let Sun Chengzong, an old fox, do it.

It was quite difficult to pluck the old fox. In this regard, he is far worse than Sun Chengzong.

"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief!" Tokugawa Katsuyori Fukashi bowed and left.

After killing such street gangsters, the law and order in Jinan City has improved unprecedentedly. Li Xiao didn't have time to see Baotu Spring, nor did he have time to visit Daming Lake. Although Li Xiao wanted to see if there was a summer rain lotus on the shore of Daming Lake.

Guarded by the First Cavalry Division and the First Division, Li Xiao was not afraid of problems in Jinan. The problem now is to hurry to the capital, and the fucking can't open the pot.

Now that Li Xiao is the governor, it is naturally impossible for him to enter Beijing at will as he did before. Lao Chen Fu operated in the capital for a while, and a will to let Li Xiao go to Beijing to report on his work arrived in Jinan.

With a battalion of spies, a cavalry with clear water. Li Xiao rushed to the capital in a hurry, asking for money and not being active, and there was a problem with his brain.

brought people to Tongzhou, and the old Chen Fu and the fifth master, who came back in advance, came out from afar.

"I heard that the capital is in chaos now?" Li Xiao entered the hall of the cheap room headquarters, took the towel handed over by the servant, and asked while wiping his face.

"It's a bit chaotic, Wei Zhongxian hanged himself when he was demoted to Fengyang Road. Now that everyone in the eunuch party is in danger, there is a person named Qian Qianyi from the south, who is jumping up and down very actively. But strangely, he didn't serve as the first assistant. Instead, he recommended Master Li, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, but I don't know why.

Only one month after taking office, Mr. Li resigned and returned to his hometown. The current Shoufu is when he was at Wenyuange University, and he came to Zongdao and came to adulthood. The officials in the court are also transferring. I don't have an accurate score for a day! ”

"Oh, that's ......!" Li Xiao thought that the capital would be chaotic, but he didn't expect it to be so chaotic. Shoufu Li Guo stopped doing it for a month, obviously this emperor is not so easy to serve.

"Hakka was arrested and confessed many things. I heard that there are several pregnant women in Wei Zhongxian's mansion, and they are going to be sent to the palace as being planted by the first emperor. As a result, before the implementation began, the first emperor died.

Later, I heard that Hakka was imprisoned in a beekeeping trap and later died. After her death, her son was also beheaded. ”

Li Xiao nodded and didn't speak, the Hakka family deserved such an end.

"How's Choi Chengxiu?" Li Xiao remembered that it seemed that this guy was the first to be attacked.

"It seems that someone protects him, and there are many people who impeach him, but Banzai has never ordered him to be arrested. It's just that Jin Yiwei watched and didn't let him go out.

Oh! By the way, Tian Ergeng, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, was also arrested and is now locked up in the Imperial Prison. Xu Xianchun and Cui Yingyuan were also arrested. Sun Yuanhe ran away, and his whereabouts are unknown! ”

"Oh, Cui Chengxiu hasn't been arrested yet." Li Xiao was stunned for a moment, it seems that this guy is not simple. People with high IQs always know how to survive the storm.

Li Xiao didn't know that it was at this moment. Cui Chengxiu is doing the final tear with Qian Qianyi!

"Lord Qian! I've done everything you want me to do, do you really want my life like that? I said it all, the deaths of Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou have nothing to do with me. ”

"Master Cui, it's not that Banzai wants your life. It's that the people of the world want your life! How Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou died, you know better than me. It's useless to say these things now, even if someone believes in you, will the world believe you? ”

Qian Qianyi was also helpless, he didn't want Cui Chengxiu to die. This guy is extremely smart, and he's a capable guy. Those people in the Donglin Party may be able to shout blindly in ordinary times, but to deal with the affairs of the imperial court is to catch blindness.

Party strife must be engaged, but there must be people to do the work. In Qian Qianyi's eyes, Cui Chengxiu is the one who does the work.

But there is no way, Cui Chengxiu's ass is really not clean. has done all the bad things with Wei Zhongxian over the years, and those celebrities in Jiangnan want to peel him off and cramp when they hear Cui Chengxiu's name.

These days, Qian Qianyi has worn out his tongue and wants to save Cui Chengxiu. It's a pity that this feud is too deep.

It's easier said than done if you want to resolve it with lip service.

Just a few so-called celebrities, Qian Qianyi will not buy it. After all, now Lao Tzu is a celebrity in front of the emperor, and it is a favor to give you face, and it is your duty not to give you face.

But when several big money owners behind him came forward to speak, Qian Qianyi couldn't sit still. After all, with the support of these big donors, he can come up with money to support Zhu Youzhen's ascension. Now that you have just ascended the throne, you want to unload the mill and kill the donkey?

These big money owners are all very wealthy, and no one has some high-rollers. If you really annoy them, you might be hacked in the middle of the night.

In the spirit of preferring to die to a Taoist friend rather than a poor Taoist, Qian Qianyi came to Cui Chengxiu's house. He did not come to persuade Master Cui to surrender and seek leniency, but to persuade Cui Chengxiu to commit suicide.

This guy knows too much about Zhu Youzhen's seizure of the throne, if he is really taken away, this guy has gone to the extreme and said it in public. What's the matter?

"I just want to live! Is it that hard? Cui Chengxiu had a bitter face, and tears were about to fall.

"After you leave, I will do my best to save your family. I will never let them be humiliated, and I will pledge my money and my life. If I Qian Qianyi violates my oath, I am willing to be thundered by the sky. After death, he fell into the animal path, and he could not be reincarnated forever. Qian Qianyi had no choice but to swear by God.

Cui Chengxiu closed her eyes in pain, and sat on the chair with a soft body.

"Cui Bingbu! Qian's words have been finished, and you can consider the pros and cons for yourself. ”

When Qian Qianyi left, Cui Chengxiu didn't know. He just sat in his chair like he was demented. Looking at the sun in the glass window, from east to west, the sky gradually dimmed.

His mind was blank, and Cui Chengxiu didn't know what he was thinking. It seems that I have thought about a lot of things, but I don't seem to think about it. Anyway, my brain is empty, and I have lost the ability to think.

"Sir! Master! The housekeeper Cui Fu walked in boldly, and the master had been sitting in a daze for an afternoon. It's been like this since that Lord Qian left, and now it's an eventful time, so don't get sick. The whole family is counting on this adult to use his means to lead the Cui family through this most difficult difficulty.

"Oh! Cui Fu, what time is it? Cui Chengxiu's voice, as if squeezed out of his throat, was very ugly.

"There's still a quarter of an hour left!"

"Dinner is a little more sumptuous to-day, and I will call Madame and those men. The children also called, sir, I have something to say. ”

"No!"

Cui Fu listened to Cui Chengxiu's words, and his heart "chuckled". He instinctively felt that something big was going to happen tonight.

Hurriedly withdrew, and gathered a few good meals on the table. Call Mrs. Shang and several aunts, and even the ladies and sons in the house.

Cui Chengxiu has many wives, and naturally has many children. In the capital, all the people were gathered, and there were more than 20 people. There were three tables in the large dining room, and everyone looked nervous, wondering why the master had called the whole family to eat together.

Everyone arrived, and Cui Chengxiu was late.

To everyone's shock, Cui Chengxiu was followed by a long list of dozens of maids and servants. Everyone is holding a box in their hands, and if you look at those luxurious boxes, you can know that the contents are definitely not ordinary. Could it be that the family is going to split up tonight, has it come to this point?

Cui Chengxiu didn't speak, after walking in. walked straight to his place, touched the wine glass with his hand, and the concubine next to him hurriedly poured him a glass of wine.

"I was worried about listening to the first change, the drum was beating, and I was annoyed.

I thought about it at the beginning, what a luxury it was to have a night banquet.

Entering the lamb, pouring wine, singing loudly. Now in the lonely deserted shop, I have to get drunk on the village mash.

I'm afraid that the wine will be weak and sorrowful, how can I sweep away my sorrow? ”

Cui Chengxiu said as he opened a brocade box. Take out a jade Ruyi contained inside, this jade Ruyi's first emperor gave the best Hetian jade. The jade is white with green, warm and moist like a virgin's chest.

"Smack!" Yu Ruyi slammed it on the table.

Everyone was shocked, and it was a great sin to deliberately damage the royal gift.

"When the second watch is bleak, the exhibition turns sad, and the dream is difficult.

I want to sleep in the gums, and the splendid quilt is thick.

Now the reeds are curtains, the soil is pits, and the cold wind is in.

The wall wears the cold moon and cold, and the eaves are shallow and the night is sad.

Poor and desolate, I got up again and walked around the house. ”

Cui Chengxiu picked up a glass cup from the Tang Dynasty again, which was a birthday gift from Wei Zhongxian on his birthday. Cui Chengxiu, who likes antiques, couldn't put it down after seeing it.

"Smack!" The glass cup was slammed to the ground.

"Three watches, floating in the night, drums are pounding, and the gongs are beating three times.

The dream came true, and I was shocked, and I sighed infinitely.

Think about it at the beginning, who is disrespectful?

Jiuqing called the junior, and the prime minister was a private official.

Now the trend is declining, scattered like floating grass. ”

picked up a pair of calligraphy in the brocade box again, and Mrs. Cui next to her was stunned when she saw the thin gold body on it. This is the true work of Song Huizong, and the old man regards it as a treasure on weekdays.

Then the candle flame on the candle, and in the midst of everyone's exclamations, Choi Chengxiu lit the calligraphy.

"Daddy! No, I can't! Cui Su was just about to step forward to grab it, but Cui Chengxiu rounded it with a mouth. Frightened, Cui Su hurriedly knelt on the ground and didn't dare to move again!

"Four watches, upstairs in the hopeless city, beating four drums, the stars are moving.

Thinking about it, in that day, the python was facing the sky.

Now don't Dragon Tower, Cifeng Pavilion, and the desolate lonely hall.

In the chicken sound thatched shop, the moon shadow grass bridge smokes.

It's really a long distance, and it's far away. ”

This time, what came out was the true handiwork of Mi Fu of the Tang and Song dynasties. No one dared to stop them, and everyone just watched the precious calligraphy turn to ashes in the flames.

"Five watches, desolate and noisy, people are urging, five watches of weather.

It is winter, the wind is cold, and the frost is blowing.

What's more, be diligent and warm to each other.

Accompanied by the cold moon shadow, the shouting was the neighing of the horse.

It's so desolate that it's better to die!

The fifth watch has arrived, the end of the song, and the soul is broken. ”

Cui Chengxiu sang and drank while drinking, and smashed while drinking.

There were paper ashes and fragments of all kinds of treasures all over the ground, and none of the family dared to step forward. Madame cried and fainted, sir, this is crazy.

Maybe it's crazy, maybe it's not crazy. For Choi Chengxiu, none of this matters.

After eating, drinking, and smashing. Cui Chengxiu staggered back to the study and ordered no one to come in.

The three-foot white silk hung on the beam, the head stuck in, and the feet kicked ...... violently!