Although Xu Xinsu had never fought against the Jurchens, as long as he looked at their results, he knew how capable they were. What's more, Yu Ren has also told him such an old saying many times: The Jurchen is not satisfied with 10,000, and the world is invincible. At this time, there were no less than 60,000 Jurchen cavalry. What a terrible force this is!

Xu Xinsu knew very well that compared to this person named Nurhachi, his strength was too weak. Therefore, he first detained Xiong Wencan with words, so that he could not send himself to the north to be cannon fodder.

Neng Wencan naturally wouldn't have thought that Xu Xinsu would think so far, he was just on guard now, not only to recruit Xu Xinsu, but also not to let him become bigger.

Seeing that Xu Xinsu had no objections, Xiong Wencan hurriedly asked his family to prepare horses. "I also prepared a guerrilla general's mansion for you in Suzhou City, I have prepared all the items for you, you can live here, I will take you to see it!"

Although Xu Xinsu is not ready to live in Suzhou City, it is good to have a foothold here. After all, he is now a guerrilla general of Su Song, and sometimes it is inevitable that he will go to Suzhou to meet with some officials from various places. When it comes to being an official, Xu Xinsu's desire is not too strong. But he also knows that if he wants to live a stable life, this is also the only way, and it is also the best way.

And he, a guerrilla general, is still different from others. Others are purely working for the imperial court, and one day they are unhappy, saying that they will remove you, and they will also remove you. And his subordinates as a guerrilla general are all his own old bottoms, his own brothers. has his own territory, even if the emperor wants to withdraw him, it is not so easy.

Xiong Wencan really snowed this time, and the guerrilla general's mansion he gave Xu Xinsu was the mansion of an old official in Suzhou who had his property confiscated. When the old master was in power, he was a big corrupt official, and he made a lot of money, so the family house was naturally built luxuriously.

In addition to the dozens of main courtyards in front, there is also a garden covering several acres in the back. Xiong Wencan took Xu Xinsu around the house, and the house had already been cleaned very clean.

"How? This house can still be lived, right? Xiong Wencan asked.

Xu Xinsu couldn't help but like it in his heart, after all, everyone is mortal, who can be exempt from vulgarity! Seeing that Xiong Wencan had built such a big house for himself, it showed that he attached great importance to himself, and Xu Xinsu had no reason to be unhappy. As for whether he can live or not, that's his business.

"Lord Bear is too bothered. In fact, I don't pay attention to these things, just a small courtyard with eight or nine rooms. ”

Xiong Wencan laughed, "I'm just a favor." This house is empty and empty, so it is better to give it to you. ”

Xu Xinsu hurriedly showed a flattered look again. Sun Sheng, who was accompanying him, did not look good. In fact, Sun Sheng has already taken a fancy to this house. It's just that because the house is under Xiong Wencan's hands, Sun Sheng asked Xiong Wencan several times, but Xiong Wencan didn't give it to him under the pretext. thought that he wanted to keep it for himself, but he didn't expect him to give it to Xu Xinsu. This made Sun Sheng very unhappy. After shopping for a while, he excused himself and went back, leaving only Huang Yuanji and Wang Wenyan with him.

After seeing the house, Xiong Wencan said to Xu Xinsu, "Xinsu! You see, we've recruited An. I've got everything you need to get for you. Can I let my 2,000 men come back? ”

Xu Xinsu pretended to be puzzled. "What did Lord Bear say? I kind of don't understand. ”

Xiong Wencan's face was a little ugly, he patiently fought with Xu Xinsu for so long, and the ultimate goal was just to get back the two thousand captured men. And this Xu Xinsu still has to pretend to be stupid with himself, so how can he not be angry.

Huang Yuanji knows his own adult the most, although his ability is average, he has an excellent face. At this time, seeing that his face was different, he knew that he must have been angry because of Xu Xinsu's words. However, at this time, Xu Xinsu, they can't be offended. So, Huang Yuanji hurriedly plugged in.

"This is what happened after Xin Su came to Suzhou, and he didn't know it."

When Xiong Wencan heard this, his face returned to normal. But if he wanted to tell him that he had been defeated in battle and that more than 2,000 people had been captured by them, he really couldn't open his mouth.

Wang Wenyan is also a person who is very good at observing faces, and when he saw Xiong Wencan's face was different, he knew that he must have hurt his face, so he hurriedly whispered in Xu Xinsu's ear that 2,000 officers and soldiers were captured by his brother on the island and had not returned so far.

Xu Xinsu suddenly realized. Xindao, I said, why are you so good to me! He also gave me such a large mansion, which turned out to have so many captives in my hands.

But Xu Xinsu is also a smart person, of course he will not hurt Lord Xiong's face in person. So he said, "Lord Xiong is talking about the two thousand brothers who are still on the island!" This is very easy. I'll send someone to the island, let them sail, and send them back in batches.

I think they were having fun on the island, and they couldn't think about it for a while.

It's easy. It's just that those brothers of mine are on Nansha Island, and the place is too small, and sometimes they grow some food, which is not enough for everyone to eat. So I wondered if my lord could give me Chongming Island, so that my brothers could grow some grains on the island, and also save an expense for the imperial court. ”

Although Xu Xinsu said politely, Xiong Wencan didn't understand that he was taking the opportunity to ask for land from himself! But now that he has the handle in Xu Xinsu's hands, how dare he not agree.

So, Xiong Wencan pretended to be smiling and said, "This is not easy!" There were no people living on Chongming Island, only a guard house, and there were 180 guards. When I get back, I'll send someone to arrange it, and I'll leave this guard to you to take care of. ”

Actually, Xiong Wencan really doesn't care about such a small island. For him, whether this small island is given Xu Xinsu or not has almost no impact on the imperial court. But Xu Xinsu is different. This Chongming Island is bigger than his Nansha Island. One more island would double his territory. More importantly, by controlling these two islands, he completely controlled the estuary of the Yangtze River and the sea channel in the Susong area.

This is a golden waterway, and the number of merchant ships passing through it every year is really very small. With the control of these two places, even if he doesn't do anything, he can collect more than 100,000 taels of silver tax every year. And they're a strategic juncture in the area.

Xu Xinsu has been watching this Chongming Island for a long time, but in the past, he didn't do anything because he didn't want to offend the imperial court. I didn't expect to get it so easily this time.

Xu Xinsu was really overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked Xiong Wencan.

Back at Xiong Mansion, Xiong Wencan said to Xu Xinsu, "Xinsu! I would have liked to keep you in the city for a few more days. It's just that seeing that the end of the year is approaching, the more than 2,000 soldiers have not yet returned, and they are not allowed to reunite with their families. And you need to go back to spend the New Year with your family.

I won't keep you any longer. ”

Xu Xinsu was naturally happy when he heard that Xiong Wencan was finally going to let him go back, but he didn't dare to show it on his face.

"That's what my lord said. The adults take such care of the lowly position, and the lowly position is self-appointed to repay the adult's kindness. As soon as I returned, I sent my brother to send them back. By the way, let the younger brother stay in the city and be at the disposal of the adults at any time. ”

Xiong Wencan smiled reassuringly. "Okay, then I won't keep you. When your brother arrives, I will take care of him. ”

Xu Xinsu returned to Nansha Island in this way, and when he left Suzhou City, he had secretly made a decision that he would send Xu Hai to deal with all affairs in the future, and he would never go to Suzhou again. It's not that he's afraid that Xiong Wencan will embarrass him, but that he's really not used to the rules of officialdom.

When Xu Xinsu returned to Nansha Island, Nansha Island had already changed its appearance at this time, and many places had been completely destroyed because of the great battle with the officers and soldiers. Seeing that Nansha Island, which he had worked hard to manage for many years, was destroyed like this, Xu Xinsu's heart couldn't help but feel a little sad.

Yu Ren, who came with Xu Hai to greet him, hurriedly comforted, "This destruction is not a big deal. The key is that now we are all members of the imperial court, and we have an upright identity from now on. The road from now on will be much easier.

If it doesn't break, it won't stand! It's broken, we can build it again! It's not a big deal to have anything outside of you. As long as the brothers are still around, everything can be earned back. ”