Zheng Fusong was puzzled, looked at Zheng Hongkui and asked, "Fourth uncle, why not?" ”

"The son of a daughter doesn't sit in the hall, you are the eldest son of my Zheng family, how can you be in danger!" Zheng Hongkui pushed away Li Zhaoji's wrench and said firmly.

Why did Zheng Hongkui agree to Zheng Fusong to participate in the war, it was for him to gain fame, the so-called participation in the war was nothing more than the Zheng family sending some elites to participate in the attack, and then putting the credit for the victory on Zheng Fusong's head, which was essentially gold-plated.

And Li Zhaoji is a radical general, but he let the dignified eldest son of the Zheng family personally risk the arrow and charge into battle, can this be repaid?

Zheng Hongkui would never agree, Zheng Fusong argued: "My father is a hero, even if the red-haired boat is strong and fierce, and his nephew is not afraid, I have to let these thieves know how powerful my Zheng family is." ”

"I'll be in charge here, where is your part to speak, if you dare to go to war, I can only tie you up and throw you on the boat." Zheng Hongkui directly took out his uncle's majesty at this time and said sternly.

As everyone knows, this is exactly Li Zhaoji's strategy to get out, he knows that Lin Cha Daode kidnapping himself to participate in the war is a conspiracy, since it is a conspiracy, no matter what difficulties he raises, he can't get rid of it, so how to solve it is to pull in a person that Lin Cha can't provoke.

Zheng Hongkui looked at Li Zhaoji again, and said coldly: "Li Tongyi, you are so different from my nephew, how can he risk his life to gamble with you?" You'd better switch to a different way of betting. ”

Li Zhaoji laughed out loud, pointed at Zheng Fusong's nose and scolded: "Zheng Gongzi, I thought you were a proud and righteous person, but I didn't want to be a narrow-minded and sinister villain. ”

Zheng Fusong was directly scolded by Li Zhaoji, if he didn't participate in the war, at most he would be scolded for being cowardly and cowardly, how did he become a sinister villain?

"You...... What do you mean? Zheng Fusong asked.

Li Zhaoji said: "When you and I first met, I misunderstood that I Li Zhaoji burned your Zheng family's ship, you must be angry, just now pretending to serve the country, the righteous Ling Ran appearance of the red hair, deceived me Li Zhaoji to accompany me, I agreed to go to war, but your uncle and nephew co-starred in a scene, chose you yourself, tricked me in, and harmed me with the help of the hands of the English red hair, and said that you are not a sinister villain!" ”

"Nothing happens!" Zheng Fusong has always been an extremely proud person, how can he accept being misunderstood so much, he said at the moment: "It's you who are thinking nonsense, there is no such thing." ”

Li Zhaoji laughed: "Yes or no, you know it in your heart." Now you don't have to take the risk, but you left me alone to participate in the war, just now I have promised Mr. Lin to send capable brothers to attack the foreign ship, the husband said that it is difficult to chase the horse, you let me retreat without retreating, and said that I am not insidious? ”

"How can you tarnish my innocence out of thin air?" Zheng Fusong was furious, and immediately said to Lin Cha: "General Lin Bing, the matter of Fang Cai is definitely not what I meant, in order to prove my innocence, please give an order, do not let Li Zhaoji lead his troops to participate in the war, otherwise my grievances will be difficult to wash away in this life." ”

"Fuson, what does this have to do with you? Shut up and talk nonsense. Zheng Hongkui pulled his nephew, but was pushed away by Zheng Fusong.

Zheng Fusong said: "Fourth uncle, my nephew can still listen to you, but it is a matter of honor and disgrace in my life, please don't stop the fourth uncle." ”

Zheng Fusong said to Lin Cha again: "Lord Commander, my Zheng family is willing to send a hundred elite soldiers for you to dispatch to attack foreign ships, please don't let Li Zhaoji participate in the battle." ”

Lin Cha immediately felt embarrassed, he was bent on pitting Li Zhaoji just now, but he didn't expect Li Zhaoji to involve the big fish of the Zheng family, which made it difficult for him to ride a tiger. Lin Cha looked at Zheng Hongkui, Zheng Hongkui nodded slightly, Lin Cha said: "The reputation of the son of the Zheng family is big, so it is as you said." ”

Li Zhaoji's face showed a painful feeling, he smashed his fist in the palm of his hand, and said angrily: "It's really bad luck, I had the heart to revenge the country's hatred and family hatred, but I didn't want to do it." ”

Lin Chaleng treats Li Zhaoji, since he is not a person, then by this time, Li Zhaoji's role is gone, and naturally there is no need to be kind to Li Zhaoji.

"Li Tongyi, this official has to discuss the matter of the battle with General Zheng and the generals under his command, so you should go and get busy first." Lin Cha said lightly.

Li Zhaoji knew that Lin Cha unloaded the mill and killed the donkey, and he didn't want to see him, but he couldn't do it, so he immediately left the grass shed.

After he left, he hurried to a house in Nanguan, where he lived temporarily, and Liu Shun opened the gate and led Li Zhaoji in.

"How's it going?" Li Zhaoji asked.

Liu Shun said: "I didn't find anyone watching nearby, the Dahe brothers came back and brought Chen Ping, Chen Ping arrived secretly, and after arriving, he didn't contact anyone." ”

Li Zhaoji was relieved at this time, and he said: "You send someone to order wine and food outside, and you must do it as usual." If the prince of the Zheng family sends someone to invite me, you can tell me that I will go to the appointment, if it is someone else, you must first make sure that it is safe, and if you find anything wrong, immediately warn you, and we can escape. ”

"Understood." Liu Shun immediately arranged to go.

Li Zhaoji did not enter the house, but went under the east wall, climbed the tree next to the wall, and climbed directly into the courtyard on the side of the wall.

This yard is leaning on, separated by a wall, when Li Zhaoji arranged for someone to come to Xin'an, Liu Shun chose here, the reason why he rented the yard he just came in was because the courtyard on the side was dilapidated and uninhabited, so that everyone had a way out, on the surface, Li Zhaoji lived in the rented yard, whether it was for eating on weekdays or holding the lamp at night, but in fact he lived in a broken courtyard separated by a wall, in case of emergency.

Entering the house, Chen Ping greeted him and said, "Big shopkeeper, I didn't expect you to become such a big name when you arrived in Guangzhou for only twenty years." It was a great pleasure to be a guest of the Governor's court. ”

Chen Ping was very happy when he heard that Li Zhaoji was reused by Shen Youlong, the governor of Liangguang, which meant that Li Zhaoji had entered the official career, and he would have the opportunity to continue his future.

But Li Zhaoji's words directly extinguished Chen Ping's originally rising hope.

Li Zhaoji said: "What is there to celebrate, people who are Venerable today may lose their heads tomorrow." ”

Chen Ping was stunned for a moment, and asked directly: "Big shopkeeper, what happened, is it because you took in our brother, and Lin Cha won't allow you?" ”

Li Zhaoji waved his hand and said: "It has nothing to do with you, during this time, my edge is too exposed, not only Lin Cha can't tolerate me, but even the governor of Liangguang may not tolerate me." ”

"How do you say that?" Chen Ping was puzzled.

Li Zhaoji didn't hide it from Chen Ping, and said his hidden worries.

Li Zhaoji knew very well that his scenery during this period was completely based on being able to raise 100,000 taels of silver for Shen Youlong, and now that the salary has been settled, and when Lin Cha sent troops to exterminate the English red hair, the role that Li Zhaoji himself could play was over.

It can be said that at this time, it is time to reward him for his meritorious deeds, but Shen Youlong did not move at all, and still let Li Zhaoji participate in the operation against foreign ships.

Speaking of which, if Shen Youlong really wants Li Zhaoji to join the army, he should also say at this time that he can perform in the battle against the English Red Hair in order to be promoted.

And Lin Cha's temptation of him also made Li Zhaoji feel threatened, he didn't know how Shen Youlong would settle himself, but he also knew that this old guy would definitely not give two foreign ships to himself easily, otherwise he should also tell Lin Cha to keep the two ships as much as possible.

"Yes, the big shopkeeper has made such a name for himself in the 20th day, and he has been in the limelight for a while, and he is indeed hated by others." Chen Ping said helplessly, he clenched his fists, and continued: "The gentleman doesn't care about his deeds, although the big shopkeeper did it, not only for personal revenge, but also for the sake of those two foreign ships, but in the end, it is beneficial to the imperial court and the overall situation."

For the sake of the court, the big treasurer offends the gentry and offends Lin Cha, and the governor should at least keep you safe. ”

Li Zhaoji nodded, Chen Ping is not a hereditary military family, in a word, if Shen Youlong really pulls himself out, he should take action at this time and give himself a way to live, otherwise the gentry, Lin Cha and others will counterattack, how can they retreat?

"Therefore, I have asked you to come here to ask you what you are going to do. If you are willing to follow me, you may not be an enemy of the imperial court in the future, if you want to retreat with your whole body, this is the right time, Lin Cha and Shen Youlong don't know the relationship between you and me, just think that we met by chance on Wailingding Island and cooperated.

If you go out, you will be able to make a thousand households. Li Zhaoji said.

When Chen Ping heard this, his face turned red, and he directly pulled out a knife and put it on his neck, and the frightened Zhao Dahe and others surrounded him.

Chen Ping said: "The big shopkeeper, what do you think of me, although I Chen Ping is loyal to the court, but I am also righteous to my friends, you saved my life, earned a future for me, and helped us appease our family. ”

"Yes, big shopkeeper, our brother has already followed you." Zhao Dahe also said.

Li Zhaoji nodded, he knew that Chen Ping was such a person worthy of entrusting his life, and it was precisely because he knew that he was willing to give him a chance to get out, so as not to have both loyalty and righteousness because of himself.

"Okay, since you said that, Fang Cai's words should be just that I didn't say it. Now that Guangzhou is fine, if you don't want to go against the imperial court, go back to the Dongfang to stand by first, if you don't have a taboo, I have something to entrust you. Li Zhaoji said.

Chen Ping immediately knelt down on one knee: "Chen Ping listened to the dispatch of the big shopkeeper, and he had nothing to say. ”

Xin'an County Ya.

Shen Youlong and Zhao Wenhe ate this year's new lychee, laughing and talking.

"This Lin Cha is really a mediocre person, fortunately, Li Zhaoji is clever, and he deceived a hundred English red hairs to get off the ship first, and he caught them all, otherwise he might not be able to do anything to the other party." Shen Youlong put down the battle report in his hand and said.

According to the battle report, in the afternoon, two foreign ships broke through to the south and sank a rowing boat in Shuizhai in Nantou, Guangdong.

Zhao Wenji nodded: "Li Zhaoji is indeed a brave and knowledgeable person, Dong Weng, now the English red hair is only a trapped beast, Li Zhaoji can be regarded as a great achievement, how can Dong Weng reward him?" ”

"Mr. Zhao, does Li Zhaoji still insist on those two foreign ships?" Shen Youlong asked casually.

Zhao Wenji said: "Yes, Hai Shuzu also interceded once, saying that the trading company was going to go to the South Seas to buy and sell, and the foreign ships were sturdy, crisscrossing the sea, and could be used for long voyages. Li Zhaoji also told the students yesterday that he was willing to give even some cash for cash, and he was only willing to donate money to suppress the thieves. ”

Shen Youlong smiled and said, "The old man wants to let him enter the governor's standard camp. ”

"Oh, that's a good future, why don't you go talk to him?" Zhao Wenji asked.

This time Shen Youlong returned to Guangzhou to raise salaries, which can be said to be quite smooth, originally these salaries were to fill the holes formed by entering the front line, but now because it is smooth, and counting the wealth on the English ship, it should be no less than 170,000 taels, Shen Youlong has other thoughts because of this money.

His mind now is not to put all his money on the front, but to build his own standard camp.

In the early days of the Ming Dynasty, the system of guards was implemented, but now most of the front-line wars are battalion soldiers, and the military and political chiefs in various places, especially the military and political chiefs who have thieves and thieves in the jurisdiction, have established their own standard battalions in order to control their subordinates and control the military, such as Shen Yulong, who can establish the standard camp of the governor and build the standard of the superintendent.

Of course, Guangdong is not the front line, the battalion is not as prevalent as the north, and the general soldier Lin Cha is only two battalions on the left and right.