Ma De's actions did not provoke a counterattack from the two salt merchants, and even these salt merchants did not even react at all. According to investigations, many salt merchants are still living a life of drunkenness, luxury and luxury, and there is no sense of crisis at all. Perhaps, of course, they are waiting for the right opportunity to fight back. The two Huai salt merchants had abundant capital, which could almost reach most of the treasury of the Qing court, and they could afford to wait.

And at this juncture, Tianjin once again ushered in the Vladivostok Water Division, which filed off a general soldier and a deputy general.

But this time, it was not so convenient for the sea cucumber sailor to enter the port.

As soon as they appeared on the coastline, the trumpets immediately sounded at the mouth of Dagu, and groups of soldiers rushed to their respective posts in a hurry, and the red-coated cannons, which were still powerful, also raised their muzzles one after another, keeping a close eye on the fleet at sea.

Then, several so-so ships sailed out of the harbor and sailed over with a "fearless" attitude towards the big ship of the Qing court, which was the best in the Qing court.

……

"The cards are good, but I don't know how long they can hold out if we attack!" Looking at the posture of the soldiers at Dagukou with some amusement, Yu Zhong asked his subordinates with a smile.

"My lord, no one in Dagu will shoot. If we attack, it won't take more than two quarters of an hour! Li Shishi, a former soldier of the Dagukou Green Battalion, with his innate sense of touch, "wounded" the flagship of the Vladivostok Naval Division with three shells, and sank a captured Taiwanese warship, was forcibly captured by Yu Zhong from Tianjin to the Vladivostok Naval Division. Nearly thirty years old, he seems to have a congenital sensitivity to artillery shooting, and in a short period of time he has become an excellent gunner, although he is not yet at the level of a sharpshooter, but compared to those ordinary gunners, he can have this kind of achievement in such a short period of time, which is already quite good. When attacking Taiwan, it was he and two other sharpshooters sent by Yu Zhong who used howitzer-like "gunshots" to blast Qin Baoqi's camp in one fell swoop, so that Yu Zhong led his army to break through Yang Yuan's group of officers and soldiers of the Fujian Navy Division in less than half an hour, and failed to loosen it even if they lost thousands of lives. Although his credit is the smallest, he is also better than many people. Now, he and Tao Zhuzi and Wang Laoliu have formed a group, and they cooperate properly, and they can be regarded as having a "great future" among the Vladivostok soldiers! Just by looking at how he can hand two sentences in front of Yu Zhong, this can be determined.

"Not necessarily. After that incident, the imperial court would not find a way to strengthen the defense at Dagukou. Otherwise, if someone comes to raid at sea again, the capital will be in danger! Yu Zhong shook his head and said.

"My lord, in my opinion, this big mouth is still not like words. You see, their ships don't even have a formation. Although I don't know their firepower configuration, if we really want to attack in this formation, we only need to fire one round of artillery from the flagship, and they will be all finished! Then, if we rush forward again, the red-coated cannons on the fort will lose their effectiveness, and the troops they put on the shore can only become our targets! Musar interjected slightly smugly.

"yes. If you had been a few years ago, you wouldn't have been much better than them! Yu Zhong shook his head again and teased.

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"Hahaha, but Yu Junmen in front?"

The ship at the mouth of Dagu was approaching, and Lei Ru, who had not been the new Tianjin General Soldier for a long time, stood on the deck, hugged his fist towards Yu Zhong from a distance, and asked with a loud laugh.

"It turned out to be Chief Lei. Always good? Yu Zhong also hugged Lei Ru across the boat, and then let the warship on the side get out of the way and make way for Lei Ru's ship.

"Yu Junmen is just laughing at this, no matter how good I am Lei Ru, can I still keep up with you, the general who suppressed Taiwan's rebellion?" Lei Ru looked at the tall hull of the "Triton", and then looked at the third ship smaller than the smallest warship of the Vladivostok Naval Division, and his heart was very uncomfortable, especially when he saw Yu Zhong peeking his head out from the side of the "Triton" and looking at himself condescendingly, his mood was even more depressed. However, for this situation, he could only smile bitterly.

"Mr. Lei, you're welcome. This eradication of Taiwan is the main merit of the old General Lan Li, and I am just assisting from the side. While ordering someone to lower the rope ladder to connect Lei Ru to his flagship, Yu Zhong said with a smile.

"Yu Junmen, don't be modest, the eldest brother has already brought back the battle situation. If you hadn't broken the Lion Ridge in your mind, I'm afraid Taiwan wouldn't be able to stand up now! As soon as Lei Ru got on the "Triton", he stretched his waist greatly, and then, ignoring the middle, ran straight to the deck of the bow of the ship, stood at the bow of the ship, opened his arms again and took a deep breath, with a look of intoxication.

"Mr. Lei, what's wrong with you?" Yu Zhonghe and a group of subordinates looked at Lei Ru's inexplicable performance and couldn't help but ask.

"Huh? It's nothing! Lei Ru turned around from the bow of the ship, smiled and hugged his fists towards Yu Zhong and said: "Yu Junmen, your warship is really amazing, standing at the bow of the ship, Lei Mou actually feels as if he can swallow the whole Tianjin with one mouth!" ……”

"Swallow Tianjin? Hehe, Lord Lei is so courageous! Yu Zhong responded with a smile.

"Where, where, Yu Junmen! ......" Lei Ru seemed to be a little embarrassed and smiled, then bowed to Yu Zhong, and said: "Actually, Lei Mou came to greet you this time, but the main reason is to ask you to give you more guidance on this method of water warfare in the future!" ”

"Water wars? Mr. Lei, ...... you? Yu Zhong was stunned, and asked Lei Ru in some surprise.

"Hehe, I'm a little embarrassed to say. Lei is not talented, thanks to the emperor's grace, he was ordered to form a Zhili water division. Lei Ru said with some embarrassment and some pride.

"Naoli Marine? …… Oh, then congratulations to Lord Lei, no, no, it should be Lei Junmen. Yu Zhong was startled at first, and then bowed to Lei Ru and congratulated. However, although he said that, his heart was beating a big drum, Lei Ru was an army general, and he didn't know if he could fight, and he was suddenly promoted to the commander of the Naoli Navy Division, responsible for the defense of the Gyeonggi waters, isn't this playing the piano indiscriminately? What is the difference between this and sending Beijing directly into the mouth of the enemy?

"Yu Junmen doesn't laugh at me. In fact, although the Zhili Water Division is used by the Gongwei Beijing Division, the imperial court does not plan to make it too large, so Lei is still only a general soldier, not a commander! Lei Ru smiled a little wryly.

"That's the same. I'm afraid the position of the Tianjin General Army is still your Lord Lei, right? Yu Zhong asked.

"Hehe, the emperor's grace is mighty, Lei is ashamed!" Lei Ru smiled, but a smug expression changed on his face. It really makes people wonder if he has studied Sichuan opera.

"Yes, the emperor's grace is 'vast', and the two major commanders in charge of the Gongwei Jing Division have been handed over to you, Lord Lei, tsk, Yu is really envious!" Yu Zhong looked at Lei Ru's face, and also put on a look of envy, with a slight hint of jealousy.

"Where is it, you still need more guidance from the military gate!" Lei Ru said again.

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say!" Yu Zhong replied.

"By the way, there is one more thing that needs a lot of help from the military gate!" Lei Ru continued.

"Oh? What's up? Yu Zhong asked casually.

"The emperor made a decree two days ago, asking the lowly to select some elite soldiers from among the Vladivostok sailors to be plugged into Zhili, and a batch of warships in the military gate will be temporarily supplied to the Zhili sailors! So ......"

"What?"

……

On the shore, Yu Zhong did not agree to Lei Ru's invitation, and he didn't care about the fatigue all the way, so he rode directly to Beijing.

Divide the troops, divide the troops, divide the troops......

Kangxi is robbing, he wants to divide all his "belongings"!

Therefore, he couldn't take care of anything else, so he had to ask Kangxi about it immediately.

*******

"Did the eighth really hook up with the boss?"

When Yu Zhong came to Kangxi for questioning, in the Yuqing Palace in the Forbidden City, there was a meeting, and everyone present, in addition to Ling Pu, Lao Zhibian and other hardcore party members, there was also Xu Zuyin, who was recalled to Beijing to report on his work.

The last time at the Qianqing Palace court meeting, Yinren felt a lot of pressure. It's normal for the boss to get along with him, but the last court meeting Yinchu didn't show much outstanding, but the old Bayinchu, who had never been taken into his eyes, always couldn't get along with him, and after a few words, coupled with the cooperation of Tong Guowei and Yinchu, he was dizzy. He was so angry that he almost lost his temper on the spot.

"Master, according to the investigation in the past two days, there doesn't seem to be any intersection between the eldest brother and the eighth elder brother, and they don't usually interact much. Especially the eldest brother, he has been closed to customers for a few days, and rarely comes forward to do things, which is very different from the past. Hearing Yinren's question, Ling Pu replied.

"Maybe the eldest brother wants to let the eighth elder brother be a knife and hide behind his back!" Qi Liang said.

"It's hard to say. The eldest brother's temperament is not calm, but he has suddenly changed recently, which is really strange. Lao Zhibian said.

"Zu Yin, what do you think?" Seeing that there were no outstanding answers from several cronies, Yinren turned to Xu Zuyin and asked. He still has some trust in the intelligence of this Jiangsu Zhentai, who is not yet a member of the core party.

"Master, the slave thinks that we don't need to care about the eldest brother and the eighth elder brother at all. You are the prince of the country, since Kangxi became the prince in the 14th year, it has now passed twenty-six spring and autumn periods, and the foundation is deep. Therefore, as long as they don't let them catch any tricks, no matter how many people they unite, they can't touch the master, in fact, even if it's the emperor, you can't touch it at will! After all, you are the prince of the world. What's more, judging from the emperor's performance at the beginning of this incident, he still attaches great importance to the master, otherwise, so many people are suspicious of the master, how could the emperor suppress all of them and not interrogate this matter at all? From this, the emperor's love for your master can be seen. Xu Zuyin bowed and replied.

"Hmm. There is some truth to that. However, you don't know much about the temper of my emperor. So many people doubted me about this, how could he not doubt it? It's just because there is no evidence that he didn't make any inquiries, this is to save face for me, the prince of the country, the Qing Dynasty, and the imperial court, but not asking doesn't mean that he won't delve into this matter. If I make any mistakes one day, he will never spare me without the boss and the eighth child coming forward to help me. Therefore, I must not make any mistakes in the Anhui salt shortage this time. …… You're close to Jiangsu, what's going on now? Why haven't I heard anything lately? Did those salt merchants just accept their fate? Yinren said.

"It's impossible to go back to the master and say that those salt merchants are not afraid. After all, this time, that Ma De actually united the governors of the three provinces to attack together, and this momentum alone was enough to scare the courage of many people. None of this is a problem, though. Rest assured, master, there will be no mistakes. Xu Zuyin replied.

"Brother Duanjin, can you control all the salt merchants?" Lingpu asked.

"Why control everything? Now in this situation, there is no room for those salt merchants not to go according to our wishes! Xu Zuyin replied.

"What do you mean by that?" Lingpu asked.

"Hehe, this is actually thanks to the emperor and Namad." Xu Zuyin smiled and said.

"Lord Xu, what do you mean by this?" Qi Liang said strangely.

"I don't know if Namad was too arrogant, and actually sent someone to spread the word to the salt merchants, saying that if they could not resume the supply of salt to Anhui within a month, they would never be spared. This is simply forcing the salt merchants to do something with him. Most of the two Huai salt merchants have the position of donor officials, and they have always been arrogant, how can they stand this? And, what did they not do? This time, the imperial court has made it clear that it will not interfere, and their courage will only get stronger! And the emperor didn't make a big deal about the pearl case at the beginning, which can be regarded as helping us. An Qi, the general merchant of Yangzhou Salt Affairs, was originally Mingzhu's domestic slave, but when Mingzhu fell, he bribed officials with his rich assets, not only saving his life, but also saving his net worth. It's just that he is the pearl remnant after all, and a lot of the family's money is of unknown origin. Therefore, with this handle in hand, in order to save his life, he will not dare to go down according to our wishes. And this person also controls a large number of salt merchants, so as long as we control this person, everything is almost all right. …… Even if there is a discord in the end, we can easily get out because we are not deeply involved. Xu Zuyin replied.

"Hmmm! But recently the three provinces have been blocked, why don't these salt merchants even react? Yinren asked again.

"Master, to put it bluntly, Ma De pulled Yu Chenglong and Zhun Tai together, but Henan and Shandong are just rubbing the edges, but in fact, only Anhui is still working against the two Huai salt merchants. In other words, Ma De is relying on his own strength to catch and tear apart the two Huai salt merchants in the rich world. This is the net worth. What is Anhui? Even if he is capable, how much money can he save in three years? With his financial resources, even if he can support the supply of salt to the provinces, it will not last long. What's more, the Liaodong salt field on which Ma De relied was not comparable to the two Huai, and the salt produced could not be fully supplied to several provinces. The two Huai salt merchants are waiting for an opportunity. When the time comes, they will naturally make a move. Xu Zuyin replied.

"That's fine. …… Actually, I just wanted to force Ma De to step down, and I didn't want to make things like this. It's just that I really didn't expect that Ma De to dare to come hard, and Huang Ama actually admitted it. It's really hard to ride a tiger now! Yinren sighed. Regret! He did regret it a little. Although he could have completely cleared up the matter by then, it was indeed not what he wanted to see when things got out of control now.

……

"Master, Tuo Heqi just sent someone to report that Yu Zhong has arrived in Beijing. Moreover, I just entered the palace! Yinren was continuing to discuss with his subordinates how to deal with the eldest brother and the eighth elder brother, when his cronies suddenly came to report.

"Toheqi?" When Xu Zuyin heard this name, his heart trembled slightly. This Tuoheqi is the commander of the Nine Gates of Beijing City and the commander of the infantry army, and he is an important position that holds the Forbidden City in the palm of his hand. It seems that he still underestimated this master, he has been raised by Kangxi for so many years, and he has been the prince for so many years, he is not a fuel-efficient lamp after all. It's just that these nine admirals ......

"Yu Zhong is back? Hehe...... There's a good show to watch now. Yinren, who didn't know what Xu Zuyin was thinking in his heart, was stunned at first when he heard the news reported by his subordinates, and then laughed.

"Fun? Master, what's the show? Xu Zuyin asked.

"Haha, Brother Duanjin, you just came back and you don't know. This Yu Zhong, this time it's in trouble! Ling Pu and Qi Liang also laughed on the side.

"This ...... Yu Zhong has made great contributions, it is the time to be favored, master, we must not ...... at this time" Xu Zuyin was laughed at by Yinren and Ling Pu, for fear that they would make something again, and couldn't help but want to admonish again, but was stopped by Yinren shaking his hand.

"Zuyin, don't get me wrong. Of course, I know that I can't mess with Yu Zhong again at this time, but this time it's not for me to trouble him. The one who wants to trouble him is Huang Ama. ”

"Your Majesty!?"

"It's not just the emperor, I'm afraid even Tong Guowei is inevitable! Hahaha......" Ling Pu and the others laughed again.