"Hahahaha, Wang Xiang doesn't know, Mr. Zhao just arrived in Xuanfu and met Liu Yilin and Miss Liu of Qunfang Pavilion. This Lin of Pauling Pavilion is what Miss Liu means. Zuo Jin interjected at this time, and also picked up the wine jug and filled the wine glass for Wang Hezhi and Zhao Yingqi.

"Oh? And what's going on? It seems that Mr. Zhao is also a romantic gentleman, and he is a good match for my Dongwu Xuanfu. ”

"Miss Liu's pipa is indeed a must, and I like it very much, so I want to redeem myself for Miss Liu, and I can also take care of it in Baolin Pavilion at that time, which can be regarded as a livelihood." Zhao Yingqi smiled a little embarrassed, but there was also a slight feeling that friends at the wine table were joking with each other.

"That being the case, you can use Wang to draw a line for Mr. Zhao, say a favor with the eldest princess, and send Miss Liu to Mr. Yu now, a hero like Mr. wants to come to the eldest princess. It's good to comfort Mr. Zhao's admiration for Miss Liu. ”

Zhao Yingqi hurriedly shook his hand and retreated: "No, no, no, Wang Xiangjie don't make fun of him anymore, he still has a little money in the next, and after the Huanhua Meeting, he will communicate with Qunfang Pavilion about Miss Liu's redemption, otherwise it will seem that he is being a little child." ”

"Okay, okay, Mr. Zhao is a square person, then Wang won't be interested in this." Wang Hezhi retracted his words, and turned to Zuo Jin: "Zuo Daxia's master, Zuo Maniac, was also a great man in the Weizhen Lanjiang River back then, and he integrated the Daqi Gang and the Red Flag Gang with his own strength, making Sanshan Lake an important transit in the upper and lower reaches of the Lanjiang River, Wang admired it very much." ”

Zuo Jin hurriedly picked up the wine glass and touched it with Wang Hezhi, and politely said: "Zuo's ancestor has written about Wang Xiang, if the ancestor is still alive, he will definitely be happy to associate with characters like Wang Xiang, but unfortunately the ancestor is no longer there, and Zuo has no choice but to inherit the will of the ancestor and protect the safety of the boats coming and going in Sanshan Lake." ”

When Wang Hezhi heard Zuo Jin's answer, he drank all the wine in the cup with great satisfaction, and continued to greet him: "This is very good, since the establishment of the Double Flag Gang, it has maintained a lot of ships in the upper and lower reaches of the Lanjiang River in our Dongwu, and now it is also my luck in Dongwu." ”

"Zuo is on Sanshan Lake, although it is only a grass coquette, but it is not only the ship of Dongwu, from Western Chu to Nanyue, and then to Chen Guo and our ships of Dongwu, our Shuangqi Gang has always been to protect and hold Jia, the water system of Sanshan Lake is complex, and my Shuangqi Gang also has its own chivalrous place, but now because the Yue Kingdom has not dealt with my brothers several times, it has sent troops to encircle and suppress it many times."

Zhao Yingqi smiled and looked at the two people talking about the conditions, and what he said was actually very clear:

Wang Hezhi means that it is not impossible to recruit An, but the original old gang leader of the Shuangqi Gang is no longer there, so you only have the advantage of the geographical location of Sanshan Lake, so don't open your mouth.

And the old gang leader, as the head armor master, only kneaded the Big Banner Gang and the Red Flag Gang together, but you have to tell me if you can be the leader of the two gangs now.

Zuo Jin is also very smart, probably saying that if the old gang leader is still alive, he will not be so low-voiced, but on an equal footing with you Wang Hezhi, now I am very face-saving now, I hope Wang Xiang can understand my kindness.

And although the old gang leader is no longer there, but now the Shuangqi Gang is still in the hands of my Zuojin, and now the Shuangqi Gang is still the same as when the old gang leader was alive, escorting the east and west ships across Sanshan Lake is the best proof, as the apprentice of the old gang leader, my Zuojin is still in Sanshan Lake to have the final say.

Then Wang Hezhi agreed, affirmed the contribution of the Shuangqi Gang to the trade of Soochow, and as the prime minister of Soochow, he first expressed his attitude, that is, he was happy to see the Shuangqi Gang attached.

Now that Wang Hezhi has relented, Zuo Jin naturally has to give face, and at the same time show weakness, showing that no matter how good his Shuangqi Gang is, although it is just a group of grass robbers on Sanshan Lake, it has not harmed others, whether it is you Dongwu or him Chen Guo, or Nanyue, they have not been offended, but now they are forced by Yue Guo to have no room for anything, so they will seek Zhao'an from Dongwu.

Next, they continued to negotiate the conditions, the big conditions of Zhao'an have been negotiated, and the rest are some small details, such as:

"The Shuangqi Gang is also a big gang on the Lanjiang River, and now they are willing to work for my Dongwu, which is really a happy event, Wang Mou respects the left hero." Wang Hezhi first made the tone clear, it is effective, it is necessary to listen to the tune and listen to the propaganda, and it cannot be contrary to the yang and the yin.

Then Wang Hezhi toasted a glass of wine and continued: "The Shuangqi Gang has stood in Sanshan Lake for many years, and it has its own way of survival. After speaking, he filled the wine glass for Zuojin, which was asking Zuojin's attachment conditions.

Zuo Jin naturally took over the conversation: "Don't hide it from the king, although my Shuangqi Gang does not help many people, but it is also more than 5,000 people and more than 20,000 people, for so many years, I don't do those side business, just to be able to eat a full meal, fortunately, the Shuangqi Gang is working together, and it is okay to get by these years, I just ask me to help the brothers in the future to work together on Sanshan Lake for Soochow." ”

Zuo Jin's words are also very clear, the Shuangqi Gang has a full 5,000 gangs and a population of more than 20,000, not for anything else, but to be able to eat and drink enough.

Then the Shuangqi Gang worked together, did not want to separate, and after annexation, the Shuangqi Gang could not be disrupted, nor could it be transferred to other places, and it was still necessary not to move the place on Sanshan Lake, and finally made a statement and agreed with Wang Hezhi's "effectiveness" statement, which is the second condition.

"The Shuangqi Gang is also begging for a living on the water, but my Dawu Navy has always been directly under His Majesty's orders, and after this incident, Wang will ask His Majesty, and I won't take Your Majesty too seriously." Wang Hezhi's words are very simple, that is, your Shuangqi Gang is naturally incorporated into the water army, and the water army is the emperor's direct subordinate troops, but I, Wang Hezhi, will help you speak, and there will not be too many problems.

"Since it is my Great Wu's army, I naturally have to obey His Majesty's orders, Your Majesty is a corporal of Lixian, and it is not thin to treat the soldiers of the navy, but after all, Your Majesty has no skills, and you have to rely more on the middle and lower level generals and captains, and the Shuangqi Gang will not be an exception."

"That's natural, since it has been attached to Dawu, it will be obeyed by His Majesty's orders, but I don't know which lord in the court will land on the island, and my Shuangqi Gang should prepare for it as soon as possible."

"Your Majesty's meaning, Wang really doesn't dare to speculate, but during the Chinese New Year, His Majesty promoted many Zhaowu captains, and at this time he was worried that there was no good place to go, and it was not far from him."

"This is very good, when I go back and wait for the general to land on the island, I Zuojin will lead more than 5,000 people in the gang to greet him, receive His Majesty's holy decree, and the consul will receive the seal."

"That's how it should be, that's how it should be, come on, let's have a drink."

The above is the treatment issue after it is finalized, the Shuangqi Gang is attached to Dongwu to listen to His Majesty's dispatch, and His Majesty will definitely not treat the Shuangqi Gang slowly, but His Majesty cannot give you a small Shuangqi Gang direct play, so he will send Governor Sima to come.

Zuo Jin then asked who this governor Sima was, the focus was not on who came, but on the official rank, which was related to his Zuo Jin's status in Eastern Wu.

Wang Hezhi also clearly said that it was the level of Zhaowu Captain on the sixth grade.

Zuo Jin said that he was very satisfied, which means that he Zuo Jin is at least a guerrilla general of Wupin, which is much higher than the position of captain promised by Chen Xiang, and he also made it clear that the Shuangqi Gang will definitely respect the generals sent, that is to say, they will respect the emperor very much, but they will also receive the seal, and the seal will not hand over the command of the Shuangqi Gang.

Wang Hezhi also happily said that it was acceptable.

The four of us had another drink together, indicating that the matter had been decided and everyone had a testimony.

If Zuo Jin didn't accept it so easily before, but now that Zhao Yingqi and his master and servant are present, he is a lot more relieved.

After all, Zhao Yingqi's master and servant also have to accept the recruitment of Dongwu, if the conditions that he said to Zuojin today are not fulfilled, it will naturally affect Zhao Yingqi's confidence in Dongwu's sincerity.

Although his Shuangqi Gang is just a group of water thieves, but Zhao Yingqi's master and servant are real head armor masters, and Zhao Yingqi himself is a rare talent for commanding troops, although he can't be on an equal footing with the emperor, but it will not be too far away from Wang Hezhi, the prime minister, and having the two of them as a witness makes Zuo Jin more confident.

This matter is decided, for Wang Hezhi is not in vain, originally learned that the Shuangqi Gang intended to belong to the still thinking about finding a reason to contact it, but I didn't expect to take the initiative to send it to the door today, as the prime minister who has a great influence on the Dongwu Navy, he definitely doesn't want the second minister Chen Tao to put his hand in, and now Zuo Jin and the Shuangqi Gang are introduced in, Wang Hezhi not only broke Chen Tao's thoughts, but also made his influence stronger.

Next, it's time for Wang Hezhi and Zhao Yingqi to talk about the conditions, Zhao Yingqi was forced to leave from the Northern Zhou, and now he has come directly to Dongwu, I think he must be very interested in Dongwu, this opportunity must be seized, as long as he can successfully recruit Zhao Yingqi's master and servant, with Zhao Yingqi's amazing performance outside the Tongying Mansion, plus his original seven head armor masters in Dongwu, then Dongwu can even overpower the top one in the north.

And over the years, because Chen Tao facilitated the alliance between Eastern Wu and Wei, in addition to Chen Tao not having much say in the army, the power in the government and the opposition has become more and more threatening to Wang Hezhi, if Zhao Yingqi can stay in his Eastern Wu, it can also become a big help for Wang Hezhi.

The latter content has little to do with Zuo Jin, and Zuo Jin also deduced that there are still many things to deal with in Baolin Pavilion, leaving only Wang Hezhi and Zhao Yingqi's master and servant to have a banquet.

However, Zuo Jin did not go far, but waited for Zhao Yingqi and them on the street.

It didn't take long, that is, half an hour, for Zhao Yingqi and Zhao Tong to appear on Fang Street and go out of the city in a carriage with Zuo Jin.

For today's meeting, Zhao Yingqi is not very satisfied, because he did not get any useful information, Wang Hezhi is not unreasonable to be called a poisonous minister, it is said that the death of the third prince and Qunfang Pavilion must be inseparable, it is rumored that Wang Hezhi and Yang Wanrong have a leg, it is impossible not to participate, but there is no wind leaking out, Zhao Yingqi also agreed to his official position in Eastern Wu, which makes Zhao Yingqi feel that he has lost his wife and broken his army.

But fortunately, it is not for nothing today, at least the opening of Baolin Pavilion has been solved, and some news from Zheng Guo has been obtained.

At this time, the two generals of Yue State each led 40,000 troops to capture half of Zheng State's territory, and Zheng Guo's envoys had already arrived in Chen State for help.