Wu Sangui shook his head slightly: "If the Yue army and the vassal army arrive, wouldn't Lord Shen have a force that can restrain me?" ”

Li Zhaoji laughed: "Ping Xibo, you also underestimate yourself." I also think too much, and the truth is that there is no such possibility at all.

First, I am with you, although my Eastern Brigade only accounts for one-third of the southern reinforcements, I can guarantee that the Cantonese Army together is not my opponent.

Second, Shen Youlong didn't know that I was here, and he thought that I went to Dengzhou to purchase war horses.

Third, and most importantly, time! Time does not allow, you get the news that the Cantonese army and the vassal army have reached more than half, this is false news, in fact, my eastern brigade is more than half, and it is resting, while the Cantonese army is only a quarter.

What's more, the equipment and ammunition needed for the battle of the Cantonese army and the vassal army are all in my hands. ”

Wu Sangui squinted at Li Zhaoji, but Li Zhaoji did not dodge his eyes, but said: "Ping Xibo, as long as Shen Youlong has any changes and I am here, we can destroy him at any time." However, don't do it as a last resort.

I said, three eggs dance, the best choice is actually in Daming, twenty days, give me twenty days, everything will be clear. ”

"No problem." Wu Sangui said with a smile: "Mr. Li is here with me, if I still don't believe Mr., then I won't be interested." ”

Li Zhaoji laughed, he raised his wine glass, and said, "Then today I will not get drunk and not return." ”

"Of course, if you don't get drunk, you won't go home." Wu Sangui immediately raised his wine glass, and Xia Guoxiang naturally couldn't dodge.

Li Zhaoji finally got drunk, was personally supported by Wu Sangui, walked into the guest room, threw Li Zhaoji on the bed, and a maidservant took off his clothes and boots, Xia Guoxiang glanced at Li Zhaoji who was in a puddle of mud, and asked, "Uncle, what do you say this Li Zhaoji is trying to do." ”

"Bright future." Wu Sangui said lightly: "You think, he has been cooperating with Shen Youlong for some time, and he is still a white body, and he is still the king of the Ming Dynasty, and he still found a name for the Ryukyu Foreign Domain." Because of what? Not to mention, just by helping to exterminate the pirates, you can get an official position in Guangdong. ”

Xia Guoxiang nodded: "I can't figure this out either." ”

"This guy doesn't look like a businessman, but he has a lot of hills and valleys, and he is a talent who is not born in the world. Most of these capable people are ambitious. Why didn't he join the imperial court in Guangdong, and he also paid out of his own pocket to fight in the north, just for a greater future.

In Guangdong, he was attached to the left but to get a guerrilla general, but when he got to the north, to this point, he followed Benbo, no matter which side we voted for, Benbo made a prince, he fell at least one duke, Benbo became a duke, he fell at least one marquis, at least, an earl.

This is the wealth of a hundred generations. Wu Sangui said lightly.

Xia Guoxiang said: "I'm afraid that he will be too smart, he has to wait for 20 days, indeed, 20 days is nothing, we can also wait, we can do a lot of things in these 20 days, but the problem is that if it is late, it will change." ”

Wu Sangui glanced at Xia Guoxiang, knocked on his head, and said: "Prime Minister of State, Prime Minister of State, you are really smart and confused for a while, don't you understand this?" ”

"Dare to ask the uncle to solve his doubts." Xia Guoxiang said with a smile.

Wu Sangui said: "That's because among the three eggs now, it is more likely that we will choose from the Manchu Qing and Li Chuang, and the possibility of choosing Daming is small." You and I have assets and family businesses in western Liaoning, whichever side we choose, we can all preserve, but he Li Zhaoji is from Guangdong.

Most of the family business is in the south, if we choose Li Chuang or the Manchu Qing Dynasty, wouldn't it become an enemy with the Ming Dynasty? Then his previous foundation was lost, and he was unwilling to release the water. ”

"As far as you can see, he still wants us to choose the most dangerous Da Ming." Xia Guoxiang said.

Wu Sangui laughed: "How can he be the master of our Liao Town?" Twenty days later, listen to him, if the conditions given by Daming are good, we can handle it, and it doesn't hurt to choose, if the conditions given by Daming can't impress me, can we take that risk? ”

"Then Li Zhaoji is willing to give up his family business in Guangdong?" Xia Guoxiang was puzzled.

Wu Sangui said: "It depends on the situation, obviously, he is under my control, and he can't help himself." Moreover, you see that Shang Keg, dozens of members of the family were wiped out by the Dongyu, but now, he is not a king of Shun on the Manchu side.

As long as the interests are big enough, any family business with a small wife can be given up. ”

The two spoke, and walked away together.

Li Zhaoji on the bed was covered with a thin cup, suddenly opened his eyes, he put his hands under his head, and said: "Tang Mu, Tang Mu, Lao Tzu, I have put my life and reputation in the hands of your kid, don't let me down." ”

Three days ago, Huai'an, Huzui.

The weather in Huai'an in March is already warm, and on the canal, the warm breeze mixed with the fragrance of peach blossoms blows the boats and pedestrians passing by.

At this time, people did not know that the Shun army had conquered the capital, let alone that their emperor had been hanged on the coal mountain, but still enjoyed a peaceful and prosperous life.

The most touching place in Huai'an is the area around the mouth of the canal and lake, where the business is prosperous, there are many ships in and out, there are many restaurants and teahouses along the street, the salt industry in Huai'an is developed, and the canal passes, Huai'an is a commercial city.

But the real rich and noble people will not go to those teahouses and wine shops for recreation, which are the places that merchants and citizens like to go, too noisy, comfortable and private places, except for the various manors hidden outside the city, that is, the pleasure boats on the canals.

In the boat, there is a most colorful one called picking stars, at this time it is slowly swinging on the water, this picking stars belongs to the largest local salt merchant Du Guangshao, is two months ago, from Nanjing custom-made, bought to entertain a few VIPs, not only the ship to Nanjing, the thin horse, the musician, the boat lady, together from the south of the Yangtze River, at this time on the ship in addition to the host Du Guangshao, there are only four or five guests, but the accompanying woman is no less than ten.

On the star-picking cruise, Wu Nong spoke softly, full of fat and powder, and the boat was full of wealth and luxury.

The guests are all dressed as scholars, but they are all luxurious, and the people who come and go to serve wine and food are fair-skinned slaves, and it can be seen that these slaves are white-faced and beardless, and they are all eunuchs, and the people who are served by the eunuchs are naturally nobles.

In fact, it is the case that Du Guangshao, a big salt merchant, can be entertained by the vassal kings such as King Fu of the Ming Dynasty, King Lu, and King Chong.

"Lord Wang, you don't seem to be in a good mood, do you want to go back to the garden to rest?" Du Guangshao lay in front of King Fu and asked carefully.

King Fu raised his head, the two big faces almost touched each other, one of the two people was raised in the feudal country like a pig, so his brain was full of fat, and the other was rich in his family, living a luxurious life, and he was also wide and fat.

"King Zhou died, and this king can't help but have relatives." King Fu said lightly.

King Fu's father, Lao Fu Wang, was killed by Li Chuang after the city of Luoyang was broken, and cooked it with the deer in the garden, called it the Fu Lu Banquet, he escaped by luck, went to Wei Hui to join his uncle King Lu, and after hearing about the attack of the thieves, he came to Huai'an with King Zhou and King Chong, but he never thought that ten days ago, King Zhou died of illness, so that he felt a little depressed in the drift.

King Lu is the uncle of King Fu, but the two are of the same age, he is holding two thin horses in his arms, he is having fun, seeing King Fu talking like this, he said: "Fu Ba, life must be happy, you and I finally get this temporary peace, and the rules of the court can not restrain you and me, and it is not good to have fun."

When the will of the capital arrives, we will be confined to a certain city again, and we will not be free for a moment. ”

King Fu shook his head: "I always feel uneasy these days, I always feel that something big is about to happen, but I don't know where to start ........" ”

"You, it's just that the weather is getting hot, and you don't know what to eat. Go, call the cook, and see what there is to cool off. King Lu said.

After a short time, the cook was brought by the eunuch, knelt on the ground, and heard that some distinguished guests could not eat, and he said: "Returning to the lord and the lords, this season, the fish is the freshest, sprinkled with garlic and ginger, which makes people appetizing." I went in a few days ago, and the little one saw that this adult had eaten a lot. ”

King Fu remembered that he had indeed eaten some fish jelly a few days ago, and said, "Okay, you can make some." ”

The cook said, "This fish is fresh, and there is a fish market in front of it, so please dock with the boatmen." ”

After Du Guangshao agreed, the cook went back to the kitchen and kicked at a young man who was watching the fire: "Dumb, the boat will stop later, you go and buy that Tang Sanmu's fish again, although this merchant is full of foreign accents, he knows the rules, he gave Lao Tzu's kickback, you don't want to swallow it alone." ”

The dumb man screamed a few times, and his face was full of smiles.

After a while, the star-picking boat docked, the dumb man lifted the fish basket, got off the boat, and entered the village, he turned around a few times, came to a house, knocked on the door two times and then three times, and it was Tang Mu who opened the door.

"Changshui, why are you here?" Tang Mu asked.

This mute's name is Zhao Changshui, he is Zhao Dahe's own son, Tang Mu's nephew, the two are of the same age, and they have played since childhood. When Zhao Dahe first joined the Oriental Trading Company, he didn't want his son to fight for life and death, because he brought his brother-in-law Tang Mu, but he didn't bring his son, no one thought that the Oriental Trading Company became a trend, and Tang Mu immediately became famous, and his status was higher than Zhao Dahe.

Therefore, when Zhao Dahe entrusted his son to Tang Mu, Tang Mu immediately agreed, he always felt that if his brother-in-law took Zhao Changshui at the beginning, he would not have his own status, so he attached great importance to Zhao Changshui.

The two grew up together, and there was no trust, so even though Li Zhaoji told him when he was in Songjiang, he couldn't use Ming people to participate in this matter, Tang Mu also brought Zhao Changshui, just as it was to send letters back and forth, who knew that when arranging people in the boat where the target lived, others were beaten back, Zhao Changshui pretended to be mute, and he looked pitiful, but he was taken in by the boat lady of the boat.

This time he took on the most important responsibility for surveillance.

"Uncle, several princes are on the boat, just leaning on the dock over there in the fishing market, let's do it, it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." As soon as Zhao Changshui spoke, his mouth was full of Cantonese, which was the reason why he pretended to be dumb.

Tang Mu grinned and gave Zhao Changshui a kick on the buttocks: "Grandma, you kid is bold enough, you really deserve to grow up with me." ”

Tang Mu was most satisfied not that Zhao Changshui sneaked into the Star Picking Cruise, but that he had the courage, at the beginning, except for Tang Mu, no one knew that the target was the prince of Daming, but Zhao Changshui lurked on the boat, eavesdropping on their words, and it was inevitable that he would know, but when he heard that it was the prince who caught Daming, he was stunned and didn't even blink his eyes.

Zhao Changshui scratched his head: "That is, in these years, it is to support the bold and starve the cowardly."

Damn, those princes who eat meat, drink and play with women all day long should clean them up. ”

Tang Mu shook his head: "Don't panic, today is March 19th, and before the time comes, the big shopkeeper said that he must wait for his herald, or the twentieth before acting." Six hours to go. ”

Zhao Changshui's face was straight, and he said: "Uncle, you have thought about it, I see that the Fu King seems to be tired of playing, and wants to go back to the garden, this time, I don't know how long it will take to come out, let's just rush into Du Guangshao's garden, even if we beat his family, the garden is so big, we can't find the Fu King."

This fat man is quite capable of running, and the thief even killed his father, so he didn't catch him. ”

Tang Mu heard this, thought for a while, and asked, "Are there soldiers on the ship?" ”

Zhao Changshui said: "There are only four guards, and they have drunk a lot of wine. How else can I say that the opportunity is rare? ”

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