After arranging a qiē, Zhong Lei set up a feast in the back hall of the dragon ship for the Portuguese merchant William.

During the banquet, Tianxiao was very hostile, not only toasted William, but also gave him ten pieces of high-grade official kiln porcelain, and invited him to Pukou City Tianbo Mansion as a guest.

Zhong Lei also said: "Brother Yang, at least for now, the little prince's words are still effective." If you need any products, just come to me, I believe it will not be too difficult. ”

William nodded in response, and said, "If you need my William in the future, you can go to Ago or Malacca City, and say that it is my William's friend, and the Portuguese will do their best to help you." Also, if the little prince is in any danger in the future, you must send me a letter. With William's family background and prestige in Portugal, I am enough to gather more than a hundred merchant ships and organize a large fleet to aid the little prince. If necessary, I, William, will be bankrupt and be friends with Tianbo Mansion. ”

These words are also too touching, and at the same time as he was present, he toasted William, Zhong Lei said: "Brother Yang, in response to what you just said, you William is my brother in life and death in Tianbo Mansion." If the young master of my family gains power and has territory in the future, the transaction with the foreigners will be all done by you. ”

When the exchange of foreign emotions came to this, it was natural that there was nothing to say, and William said: "Chief Administrator, I have a daughter named Dixie, who is the same age as His Royal Highness the Little Prince, and she is very cute and smart, but she is a little naughty. ”

As he spoke, he took out a portrait from his bag and put it in front of Zhong Lei.

"This is the little girl Dixi. ”

Zhong Lei understood what William meant, and just wanted to see the portrait, but he didn't want Tianxiao to snatch the portrait quickly and look at it with Dan Ying.

The portrait depicts a beautiful little girl with curly blue eyes, white skin, a straight nose, large eyes, bright eyes, and noticeably attractive dimples.

Tianxiao liked it when he saw it and asked William.

"Where's she? let her play on the dragon ship, I'm going to give her a gift." ”

Zhong Lei smiled, took the portrait and said, "Young master, she is not here, she is far, far away in Portugal." If you want to see her, then let my brother bring her next time. ”

Tianxiao nodded and reached out to grab the portrait, and said to William: "If I see you next time and don't see her, I will be unhappy." ”

took the portrait and took Dan Ying's hand and left.

Seeing that the young master was so cute, everyone immediately laughed, and Zhong Lei said to William: "My young master is not joking. Brother Yang, if His Royal Highness the Little Prince can't see her, he will really be angry. ”

After sending William's merchant ship away, Zhong Lei suddenly felt like an arrow, and wrote an enthusiastic letter overnight, handed it to his apprentices Qian Gui and Deng Jia, and asked them to rush to Tianbo Mansion in Pukou City first, and instructed him to hand over the letter to Yingchun himself.

Three days later, Zhong Lei and the young master sent away the two boats of the Flying Demon Heroine, Azaguri, Yang Biao, and the iron-headed monk, and then with Wang Bao, Zhao Hu, Dan Ying, Dexi, Jixiang, Ruyi, Nian Bo, and the horses and sedan chairs, 13,000 taels of gold, 12,574,000 taels of silver, and countless treasures.

The fleet left the sea and entered the mouth of the river at noon, and at noon on April 26, the fifth year of Longqing, it was already 10 minutes of the night.

"Stop. ”

The Hukou defenders used two large ships to stop the sudden intrusion of the pet fleet, and the soldiers and horses on the shore were also like facing the enemy, setting up a formation with fire and loquat ready to tear and kill at any time.

One of the generals, dressed in armor, rode on a white horse, and shouted, "Where are you, horsemen? ”

Zhong Lei listened to it on the boat, and said to Feng Guang: "Virtuous nephew, I am from a family in the rivers and lakes, and I can't talk to them, so you should go." ”

Feng Guang nodded in agreement, went back to the cabin to change into an official robe and walked out of the front hall, came to the left side of the boat, and said, "I am Feng Guang, the nephew of Feng Li, the guerrilla general of the right battalion of Datong Mansion, who is the guard below?"

As soon as the words fell, the keeper of the mouth of the pot suddenly "ouch"

He shouted happily: "It turned out to be General Feng Xiao, do you remember me Qin Laoqi?"

Feng Guang was also happy when he heard this, and exclaimed, "Of course I remember." General Qin Yin, aren't you in Baoding Mansion, why are you here?"

As soon as the defenders heard that they were friends with the general, and knew that they were all right, they went back to their camps to rest.

Feng Guang got off the boat and went to the shore, Qin Yin dismounted, and the two talked about the old days.

When asked where to go, Feng Guang said: "My uncle was ordered by the emperor to take the right battalion to Pukou City as the general of Pukou. ”

Qin Yin was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and hurriedly said, "This is a fat difference." I don't know if you've heard of it, but the Tianbo Mansion in Pukou City is where the little prince lives today. ”

Feng Guang thought that Zhong Lei had said that he wanted him to recruit reliable people to join the young master, so as to increase his strength for the young master and the crown prince to compete for the throne in the future, so he said softly: "Uncle Qin, His Royal Highness the prince is on the ship." ”

Qin Yin was very surprised when he heard this, clasped Feng Guang's hands and said, "Virtuous nephew, our two families are world friends." If you have any bright future, you must bring Uncle Qin with you. ”

Feng Guang nodded and smiled, "Of course. If you sincerely treat the little prince as your master and be loyal, I will introduce you to the chief manager of Tianbo Mansion now. ”

Qin Yin was grateful, so he said: "Virtuous nephew, Uncle Qin is not an ungrateful person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, he will follow General Feng to protect the little prince, life and death will follow, and there will be no two hearts." ”

Feng Guang took Qin Yin on the boat and came to Zhong Lei and said: "The chief manager, he was originally the guard of Baoding Mansion, General Qin Yin. Our Feng and Qin families are world friends, and he has a very good relationship with my uncle. He just said that life and death follow the little prince. ”

Zhong Lei, Wang Bao, and Zhao Hu laughed, and their own Nian Bo moved a chair to invite Qin Yin to sit down, and Jixiang handed over tea.

"General Qin. ”

Zhong Lei also heard Feng Li say that Taiyin was a brave general, so he said: "Since you are a friend of the Feng family, then I won't treat you as an outsider." Even if you know each other today, no matter what difficulties you have in the future, you will come to Pukou City Tianbo Mansion to find me. General Qin, I wonder how you're doing now?"

Seeing Qin Yin shaking his head and sighing, Feng Guang hurriedly said: "Chief Manager, General Qin has just told General Sù that General Wang will deduct his military salary, and half of the grain and grass will be provided, and everyone who is a soldier wants to desert." ”

Zhong Lei was immediately angry when he heard this, and said, "Foreign soldiers are not soldiers."

After that, he instructed Nian Bo: "Go and bring 10,000 taels of silver." ”

After Nian Bo left, he said: "General Qin, those who lead the troops must not be paid less silver, this is the lifeblood of the soldiers and horses, otherwise you will not be able to do well as a general." ”

Qin Yin seemed to have met a good master, moved his body and said, "Boss, I, Qin Yin, am also a person who knows how to be good. If you treat Qin so well, then Qin's 4,700 soldiers and horses will be the people of Tianbo Mansion in the future. Except for the current emperor, I am the master of the little prince, and I have no two hearts. ”

Tianbo Mansion suddenly had 4,700 more soldiers and horses, Zhong Lei was overjoyed, and said to Feng Guang: "General Qin let people pay silver, and the family's livelihood will be cut off, you go and get five hundred taels of silver, you can't let the general's family cut off the cooking smoke." ”

Hearing this, Qin Yin hurriedly left his seat and knelt on one leg towards Zhong Lei, and said, "Boss, thank you Qin Mou, don't say anything, if you have any orders, Qin Mou will definitely do it." ”

Only at this time did Lei say: "Don't hide it from you General Qin, Feng Li is now the chief soldier, and you will be the deputy chief soldier of Tianbo Mansion from now on." You can wait for the plane to expand the soldiers and horses, and the silver taels you need will be provided by my Tianbo Mansion. But we must be cautious in our work, and we must not leak it out, so as not to spread it to the ears of the Lord of Long Live and cause trouble. ”

Seeing that Zhong Lei trusted him so much, Qin Yin said: "Chief Administrator, I have a disciple named Wang Chao, a native of Xinyang, strong in martial arts, familiar with military books, and is farming at home at this time. If the chief governor allows, I will repair a letter tomorrow and send someone to send it, so that he can occupy the mountain and recruit more troops and horses for the king, I wonder if this is possible?"

Zhong Lei immediately agreed, and seeing that Nian Bo and Feng Guang had already brought the silver, he had a secret conversation with Qin Yin for a while, and then let people carry the silver to send him ashore, and then continued to move forward.

When the fleet arrived in Zhenjiang, Zhong Lei gave Feng Guang three hundred taels of silver, asked him to take forty or fifty people ashore, and almost bought back all the clothes in Zhenjiang City, so that the sailors and soldiers could change them, so as not to lose the face of Tianbo Mansion in tattered clothes.

After crossing the Zhenjiang River, the river gradually became congested, and the boat was slow.

At noon on April 28, the fifth year of Longqing, seven speedboats from Tianbo Province arrived at the pier of Pukou City.

On this day, the sun is in the sky, the climate is pleasant, looking at the bustling street market where the traders on the wharf are bargaining, Zhong Lei is very emotional, afraid that all the people will immediately rush to the street, which will disturb the people and cause chaos, so he and Zhao Hu, Wang Bao, Feng Guang, Nian Bo, Dexi, Ruyi, Jixiang brought the young lord and the county lord ashore, and left the sailors and soldiers on the ship to carefully guard the gold and silver treasures.

Zhong Lei held the young master one by one, and the county lord went to the dock, looking around the way to find the location of Tianbo Mansion.

"Mr. Zhong. ”

At the bustling crossroads, someone suddenly shouted happily, it was Geng Biao, the shopkeeper of the Jiangnan Inn.

Then two people ran out of Yingtian Restaurant and Pukou Hotel, it was the thunder dragon, Jiao Yi.

"Young master, I want to die Lei. ”

Lei Long said, hugging the young master, tears in his eyes.

Jiao Yi didn't speak, leading everyone straight forward, and when he was about to arrive at Tianbo Mansion, he shouted to the two guards from afar: "You go and tell the master book, just say that the young master and the chief manager are back." ”

He didn't need to be reported by the military man with such a loud voice, and most of the people in Tianbo Mansion had already heard it.

For a while, the master and servant were so happy that they burst into tears, rushed to tell each other, and rushed to the front garden to greet the young master and the chief manager.

Yingchun took the peony, Xuemei was playing in the back garden, and suddenly heard a faint sound in front of her, "The master is back." The Grand Steward is back. ”

After being stunned, he took the hands of the two daughters and said, "Hurry up, child, it's your father who is back." ”

Dare to say this "your father" to your child

These words, that is, Zhong Lei has ** in his letter to Yingchun.

At that moment, Yingchun led the peony, and Xuemei's little hand rushed to the door of the house.

Tianbo Mansion is very thriving, and the people are thriving.

In addition to Hu Yanxue who couldn't find his children, Tuba is a lama, Sun Litang and Fang Shichuan were on the boat, Zhao Hu and Wang Bao just returned to Pukou City, Lei Long, Jiao Yi, Geng Biao, Wang Jie, Lu Feng, Wei Yang, Zheng Ba, Gu Huo, Fang Shimin, Qu Jing, Yan Zheng, Feng Li, Feng Guo, Feng Guang, Murong Fei, Yin Guanghai, Han Dezhong, Ye Xiaodong, Hu Yanxue, Hu Yanli, the late Shen Fang, Zhang Qi'er, these more than 30 households, as few as three or four people, as many as ten or twenty people, have been picked up, and there are more than 300 family members.

plus more than 100 maids, 780 maids, more than 60 cooks, 3670 subordinates, 500 soldiers, 300 Mulan soldiers, as well as old slaves, langzhong, handymen, warlocks, all kinds of craftsmen, and florists, a total of more than 300 people.

More than 2,000 masters, servants, and soldiers poured inside and outside the palace gate at the same time, and the scene of squeaking, talking, laughing and laughing was very lively.

After the young master and his entourage arrived, everyone knelt down to greet each other and shouted in unison: "Welcome to His Royal Highness the Prince." Chitose, Chitose, Chitose. ”

Tianxiao hurriedly smiled and waved his hand and said, "Get up." ”

Everyone said "Thank you, His Royal Highness"

As soon as he got up, he heard Zhong Lei say, "This is the county lord Danying." ”

Hurriedly knelt down again and shouted in unison: "Welcome to the county lord." ”

Dan Ying was afraid that Zhong Lei would complain that she was not kind to her subordinates, so she hurriedly said: "Uncle Zhong, I didn't let them kneel, you are not allowed to talk about me." ”

Zhong Lei smiled and said to everyone: "Get up quickly, the county lord doesn't like others to kneel on her." ”

Dan Ying listened and nodded again and again and said, "Hmm"

It's very cute.

After Yingchun got up, he let go of the little hands of the two girls, hugged the young lord and the county lord, kissed and kissed and burst into tears.

"Son, this is your father. ”

Lei Long pointed at Zhong Lei and said to Peony Xuemei.

Peony, Xuemei seemed to be a father and daughter with this white-haired and silver-bearded Zhong Lei in her previous life, and she threw herself into his arms and said "Dad"

The screams were very affectionate, and the hearts of others were itching.

Zhong Lei picked up the two daughters, kissed each of them, and asked happily: "My little baby, tell me quickly, what kind of gifts do you want your father to give to the two of you." ”

The people of the city, the squire and the rich family, and the local bureaucrats heard that the little prince who had been waiting for a long time finally returned to Laipukou City today to govern the two rivers as the king.

The shopkeeper of the firecracker shop asked the man to take out all the goods in the store and start setting off them outside the store.

Those who have colorful lions and dragons at home also take them out to perform their skills on the street.

In an instant, the streets and alleys of Pukou City were full of laughter.

Zhong Lei saw that the villagers in Pukou were so gracious, so he smiled and said: "The fathers and villagers of Pukou, the little prince is back, and after dinner, he rides a horse to patrol the streets, so that the villagers can see the dignity of the little prince." Now let's all go back. ”

I heard that the little prince was going to ride a horse to patrol the streets after dinner, and the old folks hurriedly dispersed, went home to cook, and stood in a good position after the meal to see the dignity of the little prince.

After the villagers and elders of Pukou City dispersed, Yingchun waved his hand, and everyone poured into the house.

Lei Long, Jiao Yi led the way in front, and took the young master and the county lord to the Yunxiao Hall and sat down.

First, the 37 families in the palace knelt down to worship the prince and the county lord.

After that, Yan Zheng and Junhan, Chen Hong and Mulan Jun, and then the maids, subordinates, etc.

When Yingchun brought peonies and Xuemei was about to kneel down, Tianxiao hurriedly said something to stop her.

"Auntie, you are not allowed to kneel. And the two of you, the daughter of my Uncle Zhong, that is my sister-in-law, eat and drink at the same table with me in the future, practice literature and martial arts, just like brothers and sisters, how can you kneel. It's not appropriate. ”

He beckoned Peony and Xuemei to come over, sat on the left and right of himself and Danying, and said to everyone below: "Listen, from today on, Zhong Lei is my uncle, Yingchun is my aunt, Peony, Xuemei is my sister, then the four of them are the masters in this Tianbo Mansion." Whoever dares to be disrespectful to them, free Zhong Bo to dispose of. Zhong Bo is the chief steward of this Tianbo Mansion, and everyone has to listen to him. ”

The whole house did not expect that the little prince would be so majestic at such a young age, and he could still say such words, and they all nodded in agreement.

I know that this master will have a great future in the future, and maybe he can become the king of a country.

After the incident, Tianxiao left the peony, and Xuemei was in the Yunxiao Palace, saying that she would play with herself and Danying and eat together at night.

Zhong Lei summoned Zhao Hu, Wang Bao, Lei Long, Jiao Yi, Feng Guang, Yan Zheng, Han Dezhong, Ye Xiaodong, and Chen Hong to the pavilion in the front garden, and first talked about the route and safety of the young master's patrol of the street tonight, and then talked about the fact that Pukou City will never have a government office, in case Li Guifei secretly interfered with her ears and eyes, and finally said: "Although this city is not big, it is the courtyard of my Tianbo Mansion, so the five generals must guard the city and patrol the streets with their hearts to prevent theft." Of course, you don't have to pay attention to the Liangjiang officials, who make trouble in this city, bully men and women, needless to say, just take it together, and you don't need to look at anyone's feelings. ”

Feng Guang, Yan Zheng, Han Dezhong, Ye Xiaodong, Chen Hongying "yes"

。

Zhong Lei said again: "The young master is still young, and his future karma is all on us." The Flying Demon Lady and her son Yang Biao have gone to recruit soldiers with 200,000 taels of silver to train an elite division of 5,000 people for later use. The Ouchi guards Azaguri and the iron-headed monk who came out of the palace also brought 200,000 taels of silver to recruit troops, and then occupied the mountain as the king and raised troops for Tianbo Mansion. Feng Li and Bai Zizong have expanded their military resources at sea and trained soldiers and horses, this is my young master's capital, otherwise when the prince becomes the emperor, the young master's life will be suspended. ”

Subsequently, he made it clear about Concubine Li Guifei's hatred for the young master and the fact that the young master was stabbed and injured by a black-clothed masked man in the palace, and he sighed and said: "Long live the young master, and anyone dares to assassinate the young master in the palace." If the Long Live Lord is not there one day, will it let the soldiers surround Tianbo Mansion and put the young master to death? Alas, there is no long-term concern, there must be near-term worries. ”