Li Zhaoji was stunned at first when he saw these two beauties, and a ripple rippled in his heart, he has been busy with military affairs in the past few months, dealing with people from all walks of life every day, and his head is full of intrigues, he has not touched a woman for a long time, and she is such a beautiful woman.

He couldn't help but sigh and said: "It's really a happy event when people are in good spirits, and they marry a daughter-in-law and celebrate the New Year." Ping Xibo has a heart, a heart. ”

Xia Guo saw Li Zhaoji's appearance and nodded slightly, it seemed that Li Zhaoji was satisfied with this gift. But after thinking about it, he was not satisfied, these two beauties are both famous in Jiangnan, which one is no less beautiful and glamorous than his little mother-in-law Chen Yuanyuan, which man will be overjoyed if he gets two at once.

"Take it, take it, Changshui, send me to my place." Li Zhaoji commanded.

Xia Guoxiang was satisfied with Li Zhaoji, and said with a smile: "Sir, you have to worry more about Ping Xibo's worries." ”

Li Zhaoji looked like a matter of course and said: "What Lord Xia said is very true, take people's money and people to eliminate disasters. Come, Lord Xia, sit down and talk. ”

The two sat opposite each other, and Li Zhaoji said: "You just said, Ping Xibo is worried that Dashun will not be able to support it, if so, let Ping Xibo send me 3,000 cavalry, I will immediately go north, plough the court and sweep the cave, and I can't tolerate him Dolgon not coming back to rescue." ”

Xia Guoxiang laughed: "Mr. looked at my joke again." You also know that Ping Xibo will definitely not agree to this plan, and I also know that with the great talent of Mr. Ping, there will definitely not be such a simple solution. ”

In the matter of the Manchu Qing and Dashun wars, Li Zhaoji and Wu Sangui actually had common interests.

Both hoped that both sides would lose, and only if they were both defeated, would the Ming have time to rebuild the army, improve the rule, and favor Jiangnan. Of course, Wu Sangui's request was more precise, and for him, it was best for both sides to fight until the north wind season arrived in September, and give him enough time to move Liaozhen and his family from western Liaoning to Jiangnan.

On this basis, it would be better if you could lose both. But it's only June 24th, and there are still more than two months left before the northerly wind season.

Li Zhaoji said with a smile: "Lord Xia, let me ask you, if there is really a situation where the Manchu Qing Dynasty defeated the Shun army on the battlefield in Guannei, it would be most beneficial for your uncle to deal with it like this?" ”

Xia Guoxiang and Wu Sangui discussed this matter, and they wanted to talk about it at this time, but they were a little embarrassed. Seeing him hesitate, Li Zhaoji said: "Master Xia, although you and I said that when we first met, there were some misunderstandings, and people were beaten by Ping Xibo, but those are over, since you are embarrassed, don't say it, I'll tell you for you."

If that kind of crisis really arises, it is natural that an army will be sent from southern Liaoning to Shenyang, forcing the Manchu defenders to come back to help. It is best that this army can disregard life and death, and contain the Qing army for a while longer, so that Liaozhen can withdraw to the south of the Yangtze River.

The most perfect situation is that this army fights spontaneously, and does not ask Ping Xibo for a penny, and does not want Ping Xibo to use a single soldier.

Isn't that the truth? ”

Xia Guoxiang smiled: "Mr. canceled me again, Rao is what you said is right, but where is this truth in the world, all the good things are occupied by me Liaozhen?"

Ping Xibo means that he is willing to pay a lot of money to let Mr. Dongfang Brigade force the Qing army to return at a critical time, and if the Dongfang Brigade is damaged, he will also fund to help rebuild it in the future. ”

Li Zhaoji heard this and understood the plan of Xia Guoxiang and Ping Xibo, that is to say, when Dashun could not support it, Wu Sangui hoped that Li Zhaoji could lead the army north and force the Qing army to return to help, of course, this was a life and death for the Eastern Brigade, so Wu Sangui wanted to exchange money for troops.

Li Zhaoji has always shown himself as a businessman, as if there is nothing that cannot be traded with him, so in Wu Sangui's view, the Eastern Brigade is completely annihilated, as long as Li Zhaoji is given enough money, Li Zhaoji should be willing.

"Haha, Lord Xia, does Ping Xibo have a lot of money, you, as his subordinate and son-in-law, are so anxious to help him spend it." Li Zhaoji asked with a smile.

Xia Guoxiang's face tightened, and he said in his heart, Li Zhaoji, this is about to open his mouth again.

Li Zhaoji said: "Lord Xia, what I just said is my idea, this idea can allow Ping Xibo to send an elite army to Shenyang at a critical time without spending a penny of silver, and force the Qing army to return to help." ”

Xia Guoxiang thought for a while: "I think, this army will definitely not be your Eastern Brigade. ”

Li Zhaoji nodded: "That's nature." The army I'm talking about is the Shun army. ”

"Shun Jun!" After Xia Guoxiang heard this, he almost jumped.

Li Zhaoji stretched out his hands and said helplessly: "It can be seen from your performance that my idea is a bad idea. ”

Xia Guoxiang hesitated for a moment, and then thought about it, this is indeed a bad idea, but it is also a good idea, if the Shun army can't beat the Qing army, the most anxious thing is definitely not Liaozhen, but the Shun army itself, if there is really a Shun army in southern Liaoning at that time, and this army is loyal to Dashun, then this army will definitely go north to Shenyang at the most dangerous time, forcing the Qing army to come back.

Li Zhaoji said again: "Of course, maybe Ping Xibo is unwilling to use the Shun army, maybe Ping Xibo can't spend a lot of money, or maybe Ping Xibo doesn't like my Eastern Brigade." Simple, one million taels of silver, Lord Xia went back and told Ping Xibo, as long as one million taels of silver came into my hands, thousands of people, guns, and all artillery pieces in the Eastern Brigade would be at the disposal of Ping Xibo, and it would not hurt for me to give up the position of Commander Li Zhaoji directly to Lord Xia.

But if Ping Xibo doesn't want to give up this million taels, then I only have the bad idea of uniting the Shun army. ”

Xia Guoxiang came back to his senses at this time, and he immediately said: "Mr. Li, I know exactly what you mean, so I will immediately go back to Ningyuan to tell Ping Xibo." ”

Li Zhaoji nodded: "Okay, anyway, we still have time, remember, if this matter is settled like this, I have to bother you Lord Xia to come again and witness it." ”

"That's nature." Xia Guoxiang got up, regardless of the fatigue of the journey, and hurriedly went.

Let's say that Li Xiangjun and Bian Yujing were led by Zhao Changshui to lead their horses all the way to the east, and entered a Zhuangtun, which is a Shangfan Zhuangtun, just by the river, and Li Zhaoji and his relatives and some artillery are stationed in the Zhuangzi, which has been cleaned up and looked new.

Li Zhaoji's residence is a Niu Lu Zhangjing's home, it is very clean, the yard is full of flowers, which is refreshing, Zhao Changshui led people to pull the carriage into the yard and sent the two beauties into Li Zhaoji's study, which is also a bedroom.

"Two, please wait here." Zhao Changshui opened the door and told again: "Please don't touch the things inside, otherwise the commander will be angry." ”

The two walked into the room and found that there was no woman's breath in this room, or rather, since they were handed over to Li Zhaoji, they had not seen a single woman in the army or in the tunzhong.

The room was well organized, there was no pen, ink, paper, inkstone, no Four Books and Five Classics, only cold swords, beautiful horsewhips, and maps hanging all over the walls.

There is also a peculiar table, in the middle of which the terrain is piled with various grains, and on which elaborate models of cavalry, infantry, and artillery are arranged.

The second daughter didn't dare to move, didn't dare to stand, and didn't dare to sit.

And Zhao Changshui turned back and sent a pot of hot water and a set of tea sets, as well as some melons and fruits and food.

"Wait, this ...... This young man, we ........ Li Xiangjun was a little bolder and stopped Zhao Changshui, who was leaving.

Zhao Changshui retreated, did not have any physical contact with Li Xiangjun, he pointed to the courtyard door and said: "That is the door of the inner courtyard, there are relatives guarding it, as long as the two of you don't leave the courtyard door, no one will disturb you, and there are also people patrolling outside the window, please don't try to escape."

When you go out of the house, the small house behind the flowers on the left hand side is the toilet, and you can go by yourself when you need to.

I am the commander's personal adjutant, and I am only responsible for the two of them, and the two girls don't ask me any questions, I only know that I will take care of the two of them until the commander arrives.

Everything needed is ready, and no one will bother here until the commander returns. ”

With that, Zhao Changshui took a few steps back and slowly walked out of the courtyard.

"Sister, they seem to be Cantonese people." Bian Yujing said.

Li Xiangjun nodded: "My sister has been practicing in the Taoist temple for a long time, I don't know what is going on outside, some time ago, there was a Qin Wang's army going north, one of which was the army that participated in the war in the name of the Ryukyu Domain, and its commander was named Li Zhaoji, who was the head of the Oriental Society.

Listening to those Liao people, we were given as gifts to Li Zhaoji of the Oriental Society. ”

The two figured out the environment they were in, lamenting the ill-fated journey, but found that, as Zhao Changshui said, no one had come to disturb them, and the two of them were bold, first eating some things, and then carefully looking at the surrounding environment.

Bian Yujing lifted the mosquito net on the bed, and saw a neat bed, a polished reflective riding boots under the bed, and neatly folded clothes on the bed, what surprised her the most was a thin quilt, Bian Yujing shouted: "Sister Xiangjun, come on, this quilt is so strange, you see, it doesn't look like a piece of tofu." ”

Li Xiangjun came over to take a look, the quilt was folded very neatly, like a knife and an axe, with sharp edges and corners, it really looked like a piece of tofu.

"There's something weird in there." Li Xiangjun stretched out his hand and tore it open, but he didn't see anything inside, but when he wanted to fold it into the same state, he found that he couldn't do it, and he was annoyed for a while, so he could only give up.

Bian Yujing didn't care, and said: "Sister, whether he is angry or not, I don't know how to treat you and me, and I don't know how many days he can live." ”

As she spoke, she walked to the back of the desk, looked through the books on the table, and found that there were mostly ledger books, letters, and the like, and she took out the unfinished letters on the table and read them with great interest.

Li Xiangjun tried a few more times, but he couldn't return to his original appearance, and when he saw Bian Yujing reading Li Zhaoji's letter, he immediately went over to stop him: "Sister, how can you read other people's letters, if you know his secret, you can't keep your head." ”

Bian Yujing patted the locked box next to him and said, "Those secrets, aren't they all locked here." Sister, you see, this Li Zhaoji is interesting and tight, writing letters to his wife and concubine, and writing so many of them. And it is one for one person, one for four wives and concubines, one for each person. ”

"It's even worse to read other people's letters." Li Xiangjun closed the letter.

Bian Yujing smiled and said: "I don't care about those people, if he despises me today, I will die directly, everyone will die, and I still abide by those rules, I want to see what kind of person he Li Zhaoji is." ”

Li Xiangjun sighed helplessly: "Why do you provoke him, if you can live, no one wants to live, I heard that Li Zhaoji has opened up a large area of foundation overseas in just two years, and he also participated in the affairs of King Qin, I don't think I am the kind of heartless person, if we talk to him well, we may not be bullied."

But if you upset him, you don't know what the consequences will be. ”

Bian Yujing didn't listen to this, looked at Li Zhaoji's family letter with interest, smiled like a silver bell from time to time, and quipped: "This Li Zhaoji is really interesting, you see, he not only remembers the birthday of his wife and concubine, but also remembers the moontime of his daughter's family, and also tells his concubine to drink brown sugar water."

looks like a tall man, but I can't imagine that he is still a delicate man. ”

"If you want to praise me, praise me to my face, why hide it." Li Zhaoji's hearty smile sounded outside the courtyard, his riding boots had already stepped into the door, and the frightened Bian Yujing hurriedly put down the letter and hid behind Li Xiangjun.

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