In winter, the Bohai Bay and the cold wave from Siberia blow from north to south. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

After the crusade army boarded the ship, it set off from Yuguan, just in time to take advantage of this wind and sail all the way to the southeast.

Even if Zhou Daozhong froze to death, he didn't dare to be sloppy with his big backer Li Zhongyi, under his diligent arrangement, eight hot charcoal basins were placed in the handsome cabin, and the whole room was as warm as spring.

Li Zhongyi was so hot that he sweated, so he had to take off his soft armor and a special cashmere jacket, put on a green Confucian shirt, and sat at the round table drinking tea.

Zhou Daozhong stood respectfully at the round table, always watching Li Zhongyi's demeanor, and the first priority of mixed officialdom was to gain the trust and favor of the big backers.

Over the years, Zhou Daozhong has relied on Li Zhongyi's support, not only gaining a firm foothold in Goryeo, but also taking the opportunity to make a windfall that he will not spend in several lifetimes.

Zhou Daozhong is not short of money now, but he really wants to return to the flowery Bianliang City, which requires Li Zhongyi to nod.

Because Li Zhongyi has always placed Zhou Daozhong on the side of the Goryeo Kingdom, the staff around him, out of the basis of the interests of sharing honor and disgrace, privately came up with ideas, let Zhou Daozhong use money to open the way, sell through the model of power in the court, and strive to return to his hometown with honor, and be promoted several levels.

Although Zhou Daozhong was silent at the time, in the following days, he gradually snubbed the staff.

Throughout the ages, how many civil and military generals have the ability to step on a few boats but always stand in the officialdom?

Zhou Daozhong was an understanding person, he didn't say anything at the time, and he alienated the staff member afterwards. If it weren't for Li Zhongyi's support, he would be at most a commander of the Jingshi Xiang Army who was waiting for death.

At that time, the Jingshi Xiang Army nominally had 10,000 soldiers and horses, but in fact, it was already an empty shelf. Most of the soldiers under Zhou Daozhong were fishermen, small traders, and miscellaneous idlers, and seventy percent of these people were borrowed by the families of various powerful men and lords to be craftsmen or servants.

However, the old acquaintances with the same qualifications as Zhou Daozhong looked at him from the crack in the door one by one.

The reason for Zhou Daozhong's poor mixing is actually not complicated at all, who called the big backer who has been promoting him fall?

When Li Zhongyi started, there were no more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in the army, and in just a few years, Li Zhongyi was not only one of the eight ministers of the political affairs hall of the first emperor Tuogu, but also had more than 50,000 elite soldiers.

Zhou Daozhong is essentially a martial artist, and he has no culture, he only knows an unusually superficial truth: when Li Zhongyi only had 10,000 soldiers and horses in his hands, the court and the Khitans were already helpless against him, not to mention that he was now full-fledged?

"Zhongping, the friendship between you and me is extraordinary, you don't have to be so restrained, and sit down to talk." Li Zhongyi raised his hand with a smile and pointed to a brocade stool on the side, obviously not treating Zhou Daozhong as an outsider.

Li Zhongyi has always been not very interested in red tape, but he is familiar with Zhou Daozhong's temperament. If he is too affectionate to Zhou Daozhong, it will make him at a loss, so Li Zhongyi slightly took the shelf of the prime minister.

Zhou Daozhong really ate this set, he threw himself to the ground, arched his hands very humbly and said: "In front of the tiger power of Xianggong, how dare the last general make a mistake?" "Apparently flattered.

Li Zhongyi waved his hand generously and said with a smile: "If you want to sit down, you can sit, where did you get so much nonsense?" ”

Zhou Daozhong ate this scolding, but he smiled very happily, he took a step forward, sat sideways on the brocade stool, and did not dare to be a little sloppy.

"Brother Zhongping, eat tea to warm up your body first, and then let's talk slowly." Li Zhongyi personally put a freshly brewed green tea in front of Zhou Daozhong, and his gestures were full of affection.

Zhou Daozhong picked up the tea cup in fear, and saw Li Zhongyi take a sip of tea soup, so he moistened his lips and didn't dare to be rash at all.

Li Zhongyi noticed Zhou Daozhong's caution, he couldn't help but smile slightly, and said: "Over the years, the offerings in the Goryeo Kingdom have been extremely rich, and Lao Zhongping has bothered to do so. ”

Zhou Daozhong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, cheered up the spirit of twelve, accompanied by great caution, and said respectfully: "That Goryeo puppet king is quite cunning, and the last general will not notice it for a while, but he is really ashamed to take advantage of it!" ”

Li Zhongyi understood as soon as he heard it, because of the chaos in Goryeo, Jin Zinan was driven out of Kaijing, and the supply of various materials that were originally open to loot was also cut off, and Zhou Daozhong was very worried.

"I have heard that the Goryeo slaves in various provinces in the capital have many unclean hands and feet, and they have the evil state of bullying their masters, which is really hateful!" Li Zhongyi suddenly changed the conversation, which made Zhou Daozhong stunned for a while, but fortunately, his reaction was quite astute, so he followed Li Zhongyi's words, sighed and explained, "Don't hide your kindness, when the last general lived in Haidong, I knew that most of the people of Goryeo were treacherous and treacherous, and they did everything to deceive and deceive, which was extremely shameful. There was a merchant who was deceived, and he scolded angrily: Goryeo stick! ”

Li Zhongyi pretended to be surprised and asked Zhou Daozhong: "Goryeo sticks? Why? ”

Zhou Daozhong saw that Li Zhongyi was quite interested, so he explained: "Enxiang may not know that the people of our country often scold the traitorous people with a mallet. This rod refers to the son of the mallet, which means that it is equal to the next, and one generation is not as good as the next. ”

Li Zhongyi originally just wanted to divert Zhou Daozhong's attention so that he didn't have to be too nervous, but he didn't think about it, and instead led to this statement, which was really unexpected.

Zhou Daozhong's explanation made Li Zhongyi very satisfied, as far as Li Zhongyi knew, the name of the stick should have originated in the Ming and Qing dynasties, but he didn't expect Zhou Daozhong to find a "reasonable" statement, which was really unexpected.

"Brother Zhongping, the loss of Kaijing has nothing to do with you, don't worry about yourself." Li Zhongyi knew where Zhou Daozhong's heart disease was, and seeing that he was always restless, he simply broke this layer of window paper.

After Zhou Daozhong heard this, he couldn't help but feel a burst of ecstasy, he had more than 20,000 sailors in his hands, but he sat back and watched Jin Zinan be driven out of Kaijing, if he annoyed Li Zhongyi, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Li Zhongyi saw that Zhou Daozhong's mood was no longer so nervous, so he couldn't help but smile slightly, took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, spread it out on the round table, and pushed it in front of Zhou Daozhong.

Zhou Daozhong took the piece of paper, looked at it intently, and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, the east window finally happened!

Due to Jin Zinan's matchmaking, Zhou Daozhong had an adulterous affair with the concubine of the previous Goryeo king, the noble Zhang of Yonghetang.

Zhou Daozhong originally thought that he was doing it unknowingly, who would have thought that Li Zhongyi would have such a confidential privacy, this is a capital crime!