Li Zicheng was already a little anxious, and said: "King Chuang, the matter of incorporation cannot be delayed, how can it be delayed until the future......?

Before he finished speaking, Gao Yingxiang had already waved his hand and interrupted: "There are still some problems in this matter, this Shuai has not thought it through, it seems that it is not appropriate to be in a hurry, Hongji, don't say more!"

From the previous question raised by Zhang Xianzhong, when Li Zicheng said that he wanted to recruit the rebels and horses in Henan, Jin, and Shaanxi, Hua Bushi knew that something was wrong.

At present, the strength of tens of thousands of righteous troops in Huaiqing City is not enough to resist the large number of officers and soldiers who came to encircle and suppress, this eldest young master is scheming, in fact, he has already considered it, and the method he thought of is actually the same as Li Zicheng, the reason why he did not say it to Gao Yingxiang during the secret conversation in the Shuaifu was because he knew the weakness of the character of this King Gao Chuang.

Spending 300,000 taels of silver to obtain 30,000 righteous soldiers and horses in the city, Gao Yingxiang was already a little reluctant, if he told him that he had to collect more than 100,000 people from various realms, he would definitely not agree. In Li Zicheng's opinion, the co-optation of people is a peerless plan, and it is imperative, but in Gao Yingxiang's eyes, it is not necessarily, just because the courage and vision of the two people are really far apart.

According to Hua Bushi's original plan, he first persuaded Gao Yingxiang to collect all the men and horses in Huaiqing City, and then he could take the opportunity to make the rebels return the looted property and keep the assets of the people in this city. As for the matter of incorporating other rebel armies in the future, Gao Yingxiang will already have to ride a tiger by then, and with Li Zicheng on the side to support and help, there should be no problem.

But he didn't expect Zhang Xianzhong to be so cunning, and instantly saw Gao Yingxiang's weakness, and the roots of this Gao Chuang King's ears were so soft, he only listened to Zhang Xianzhong's few provocative words, and he had to change his mind when the matter came. It is no wonder that when Chu Yiyi evaluated Gao Yingxiang, he said that although he was kind-hearted, he acted too stupidly, lacked eloquence and strategy, and could not recognize and employ people, so he was not a commander.

Hua Bushi approached and said to Gao Yingxiang: "If the marshal is worried that the silver taels needed for military salaries and equipment will not be raised in the future, he can hand over this matter to Shi Xiao to handle." Although I don't have any talents, I still have some experience in making money, and I am willing to take on this responsibility!"

Until now, he could only try his best to try to make Gao Yingxiang change his mind.

Gao Yingxiang waved his hand and said: "Shi joins the army's intentions are commendable, but the cost of the army's salary and equipment is not a small amount, how can I leave it to you alone? As for the leaders who violated the order to loot in the city, if it is the first offense, the commander will not be able to pursue it, and there is no need to return those property, but from now on, they will not be robbed again!"

Gao Yingxiang should not allow Hua Bushi's request, obviously because he did not trust him enough.

The leaders of the rebels in the hall were already mixed with each other, and what they were most afraid of was asking them to return the looted property. As for what Gao Yingxiang said about not being allowed to rob again, the rich shops in the city have been robbed almost in the past few days, and it doesn't matter if they don't rob anymore, not to mention that they won't be investigated this time, even if they really commit it next time, it probably won't be anything.

Gao Yingxiang said: "Everyone must be hungry, Hongji, let's have a banquet, so that everyone can eat and drink happily!"

After saying this, there was another burst of cheers in the lobby, and Zhang Xianzhong also laughed a few times and walked back to his table and sat down.

Li Zicheng and Hua Bushi glanced at each other, but they both saw the helpless expressions on each other's faces. They can all see that Gao Yingxiang has already made a decision, even if it is useless to persuade again, today's plan to absorb the rebels from all walks of life in the city can be regarded as a failure to withdraw from the bottom!

Li Zicheng waved his hand, and a soldier led the order, and after a while, he brought up a pot of wine and food.

In this "celebration banquet", Li Zicheng prepared a very rich wine and food, chicken, duck and fish, and the wine is also an old cellar.

Hua Bushi sat at the bottom of the main table, seeing that the big plates and small lamps were constantly being served, he was disappointed in his heart, and naturally he had no appetite. And Gao Yingxiang, Li Zicheng and others at the main table are also worried and depressed.

However, the leaders of the rebels at the other tables ate and drank very happily, and many people began to give orders, and for a moment the hall of the General Soldier's Mansion was noisy and lively. During the banquet, many people came to the main table to toast King Chuang and Li Zicheng, and a few people clinked glasses with Hua Bushi to congratulate him on his promotion to the post of general staff of the 36th Battalion Volunteer Army.

For these people who came to congratulate, Hua Bushi just dealt with it casually, and the wine handed over by others was at most only a sip and then put down.

At this moment, I saw a big man in Tsing Yi striding to the table, it was Liu Zongmin. He was holding a wine bowl in one hand and a wine jar in the other, and his black face was a little reddened and turned purple, and he had obviously drunk a lot of wine.

He walked straight in front of Hua Bushi and said loudly: "Shi Gongzi, Liu wants to toast you with three bowls of wine today! This first bowl is to congratulate you on becoming the general staff of our righteous army, and you and I will be our own family members in the future!"

Liu Zongmin took the wine jar and filled the porcelain bowl in front of Hua Bushi, then touched the wine bowl in his hand with the porcelain bowl, put it to his mouth and drank it dry, and said: "Liu Zongmin did it first as a respect, and I also asked Shi to join the army to drink this bowl!"

Hua Bushi said: "Thank you General Liu, it's just that I can't drink too much, this ......"

He wanted to excuse himself, but Liu Zongmin interrupted: "I sincerely toast, if Shi Senjun refuses to drink, he will look down on me Liu Zongmin!"

Li Zicheng, who was sitting on the side, saw this scene and said with a smile: "Brother Shi, Zong Min speaks too straight, don't be surprised, you can drink this bowl with him, and the next bowl will be your brother's for you!"

Hua Bushi was helpless, so he had to make a few sips and drink the wine in the bowl, his amount of wine was not large, and after drinking a large bowl of wine, his mind was already a little dizzy.

Liu Zongmin poured two bowls full of wine jars, held one bowl in his hand, and said: "This second bowl of Liu Mou's tribute to Shi joining the army is for the righteous relationship between Shi joining the army and my big brother Hongji." Zong Min and Brother Hongji have cut off the head of the chicken and burned the yellow paper, and they have a fateful friendship, so Shi Senjun and I are also brothers, how old is Liu Zongmin, this bowl of foolish brother respects the virtuous brother, Shi Senjun must drink it!"

As he spoke, he touched the two bowls again, and raised his head to drink the other bowl of wine.

Before Hua Bushi could answer, Li Zicheng had already taken the wine bowl in front of him, and said with a smile: "I said that I wanted to drink a bowl for Brother Shi, this time Zong Min said that it is also a brotherly relationship, and I, the eldest brother, should have no problem!"

Liu Zongmin poured it full again, and said: "The bowl of the big brother just now can drink it on behalf of the eldest brother, but this bowl can't be substituted, you must drink it by Shi Senjun himself!"

Li Zicheng said: "Then why?"

Liu Zongmin said: "Because this third bowl of wine was made by Zong Min to make amends to Shi Senjun! This morning, just because Zong Min didn't know Shi Senjun, he misunderstood that he was a spy of the official army, and he offended many people in Qingyang Town, and he also fought with Shi Xue girl, which is really undeserved!"

Although Li Zicheng knew about the red wolf going to Qingyang Town to loot, he didn't know the specific situation of Liu Zongmin's going, and Li Guo didn't tell him after he came back. At this time, when he heard Liu Zongmin say, he couldn't help but be taken aback, and said, "Is there such a thing, you have done it with Miss Shi, but you didn't hurt anyone, right?"

Li Zicheng knew that Liu Zongmin's martial arts were strong, so he asked this question, but he only heard Liu Zongmin say: "Miss Shi Xue's swordsmanship is like a god, I can't hurt her even if I want to, Zuihou also lost to her, and Miss Shi's subordinates are merciful, otherwise Zong Min will even give his life!"

Hearing this, not only Li Zicheng was surprised, but Hua Bushi was also quite surprised. Liu Zongmin was defeated by Yang Jiangyi in Qingyang Town before, judging from his expression when he left, he was obviously not very willing, but at this moment, he said it generously, as if he didn't mind it in his heart, could it be that he had misseen him before?

I only heard Liu Zongmin say again: "This third bowl of wine for sin, Liu Zongmin did it first, Shi Senjun must drink it, otherwise he will not forgive Liu for his offense!"

He took a sip and drank the wine dry.

With Hua Bushi's amount of wine, he would be drunk if he drank another big bowl, but Liu Zongmin said such a thing, but he couldn't help but not drink, so he had to reach out and pick up the wine bowl. But before he could bring the wine to his lips, the porcelain bowl was suddenly taken away by a slender hand.

It was Yang Jiangyi who snatched the bowl, she had already seen that Hua Bushi was invincible in wine, and she didn't want the eldest young master to drink it again, so she took the wine bowl in her hand and said: "General Liu, Shi Xue is also at fault in the matter of Qingyang Town, let me drink this bowl of wine for my brother!"

Liu Zongmin looked at Yang Jiangyi and pointed up: "Miss Shi Xue is really a heroine among women, the country does not let her eyebrows, the swordsmanship is like this, and the amount of wine is also like this, which is really admirable! Zong Min was defeated by the girl, and he was convinced, he originally wanted to pay tribute to Brother Ling, so he wanted to come to pay tribute to Miss Shi, but now that the girl has drunk a bowl, Zong Min has to do another bowl!"

After he finished speaking, he lifted the wine jar and poured a full bowl, and drank it in one gulp.

Yang Jiangyi said lightly: "General Liu has won the award, Shi Xue's martial arts are shallow, and he was just lucky during the day, so he was lucky enough to win one and a half moves, which is not worth mentioning." ”

Liu Zongmin said: "Why should Miss Shi Xue be too humble? Zong Min has traveled south and north, and he can be regarded as quite knowledgeable, but he has never seen a woman like the girl who has peerless swordsmanship and has the appearance of a closed moon and a shy flower, and can meet and get acquainted with Miss Shi Xue, Zong Min is really fortunate in three lives!"

When he said this, his two eyes were staring at Yang Jiangyi, and there was indeed a sense of admiration in his eyes.