Empress Dowager Bumu Butai lifted the curtain and stared at Shi Lang with majestic eyes: "If you don't cede Dongfan or open the sea ban, why should the red-haired ghost cooperate with us?" I don't know if Shi Junmen has a clever plan? ”

Hearing Bumu Butai's voice, Shi Lang didn't even dare to raise his head, and his head fell to the ground tightly: "Back to the emperor, back to the Empress Dowager Lafayette!" Weichen suggested that the imperial court and the red-haired ghost cooperate to open a port for the red-haired ghost on Dongfan Island. The fleet of red-haired ghosts has traveled far and wide to trade in the east and needs fresh water and food. And Dongfan Island was taken away by Zheng Rebellion, and the red-haired ghost lost its port. We can promise them a port. In addition, if the red-haired ghost is willing to help the imperial court recover Qiongzhou, we might as well open a port in Qiongzhou for the red-haired ghost. ”

"What's the difference between this and an open sea ban?" Bumu Butai asked in a majestic voice.

"Back to Galeries Lafayette! This is completely different from an open sea ban! The imperial court still does not allow folk films to sail to the sea! Fishing boats are also not allowed to go out to sea to fish! But we have two or three ports open to the red-haired ghosts, and they are completely under the jurisdiction of my Great Shimizu Division! In this way, we can also do some trade with the red-haired ghost by the way, and the imperial court will come forward to handle official business in the open port, and sell the ceramics and silk they need to the red-haired ghost, which can also increase the income of the imperial court! Shi Lang reported.

Suke Saha said coldly: "Shi Junmen, is the opening of the harbor not the opening of the sea ban?" What if the thief is given an opportunity? ”

"Back to my lord! The lowly post is only the port of Kaidongfan and Qiongzhou. Dongfan is originally a barren land, rather than ceding it to the red-haired ghost, it is better to control it in our hands and open the port to the red-haired ghost; Qiongzhou has fallen into the hands of thieves, and our imperial court sailors are defeated by Haikou and cannot be recovered, so it is better to ask the red-haired ghost to take it back, and my court will open the port. What's wrong? Shi Lang replied.

Bu Mu Butai thought for a moment, and felt that this idea was really good, rather than giving Dongfan to the red-haired ghost, it was better to keep his own court open. In this way, Shi Lang's minion is not bad, so he smiled slightly and said: "Shi Junmen's plan is good!" It's played! The mourning family named you the admiral of the Fujian Navy Division. Rebuild the Fujian Sailor, and have full authority to negotiate with the red-haired ghost in the imperial court! ”

"Thank you, Emperor! Thank you Lafayette! Long live my emperor, long live, long live! Shi Lang bowed again and again and thanked him.

After Shi Lang received the holy decree, he simply sorted out the salute, and then couldn't wait to leave the capital and go to the south. Since his sailors were lost, he was idle in the capital for half a year, doing nothing every day, and he couldn't sit still, and he couldn't wait to go to the south as soon as possible to contact the Dutch and make great contributions to the unification of the Qing court. However, since Shi Lang wants to negotiate with the Dutch. He could only go to Macao first, wait for the Dutch to negotiate, and then return to Fujian to rebuild the sailors.

At this time, Aobai's new performance was also sent to the capital, and Aobai hoped to develop new firearms and build a strong army with sophisticated firearms. He mentioned in the recital that the Ming army's new swarm of bees, mortar cannons, electric guns and a kind of firearms that can shoot from a distance are very powerful, and the trench warfare invented by the Ming army has made the Qing army suffer enough. Future operations in the South. I am afraid that we will have to overturn the original concept and rebuild a new strong army suitable for fighting in the complex terrain of the south.

Bumu Butai saw the twists and turns of Aobai. Very angry: "This dog slave spent so much money on the mourning family to exterminate the Haikou, but the Haikou was not destroyed, and thousands of Eight Banner disciples were lost in vain!" Now it's time to form a new army again! This is a disguised request for money from the mourners, right? ”

"Why is Grandma angry?" Kangxi asked.

Bumu Butai pointed to the folds of Aobai and said angrily: "Good grandson, look! It's not a matter of the silver yet! The three feudal clans want silver, especially that Wu Sangui wants the most ruthless! But Ao Bai, the dog slave, went to Jiangnan and didn't come back in Anqing. Now he has to beg for silver, this dog slave really thinks of himself as the fourth domain! ”

"None of these vassal kings are good! They're all moths of my Qing Dynasty! And the old thief, it's not a good thing! Sooner or later, I'll wipe them all out! Kangxi said angrily.

"Good grandson!" Bumu Butai said, "There are still good ones in the vassal kings. Kong Sizhen is good! She is the de facto king of Dingnan, and she is loyal to our court! With her, we can contain the letter of Monk Wu Sangui. As for Aobai, let Sukh Saha deal with him. He wants silver? Hum! The mourning family asked him to talk to Sukh Saha, the minion! ”

Guangyuan thousands of miles away.

Except for a lonely city within a radius of hundreds of miles, the surrounding area is desolate, the originally fertile farmland is overgrown with weeds, and on both sides of the spacious official road, there are many white bones everywhere. Wild animals chase hares and other herbivores with impunity, and there is no need to worry about being hunted by humans, because this is already a paradise for wild animals.

Guangyuan City is located on the east bank of the upper reaches of the Jialing River, the tributaries of the Jialing River flow from the south of Guangyuan City, this city is surrounded by water on both sides, and is surrounded by mountains and hills.

Since Wang Jinzhong's scouts arrived at the Sword Pavilion, they walked along the mountains and forests by the river, and finally found the Qing army's grain fleet sailing on the Jialing River, so they judged that the grain and grass of the Qingqing army must be stored in Guangyuan, and they were transported down the river to Yucheng by boat. As long as he attacked Guangyuan and burned the grain and grass of the Qing army, Li Guoying's plan to encircle and suppress the Kuidong Righteous Army would all come to naught.

The terrain of the Sword Pavilion is dangerous, it is the throat fortress of the mountainous area of northern Sichuan leading to the Sichuan Basin, and there has always been the saying that "the Sword Pavilion is magnificent and Cui Wei, one husband is the pass, and ten thousand people are not open". But in such a military town, the Qing army stationed at Jianmen Pass actually had only one hundred-man team, guarded by a general guard!

In fact, the Qing army did not have a hundred people in a team of 100 people at all, and due to empty salaries, a team of 100 people was generally about 50 or 60 people.

Hearing the scout's report that the Qing army at Jianmen Pass was less than 100 people, Wang Jinzhong was taken aback, he didn't expect that the Qing army could be so careless at such an important pass. He even felt that the Qing army was deceitful and wanted to lure the Western Expeditionary Army into an ambush circle. After careful reconnaissance, it was found that there was indeed no ambush nearby.

This is not to blame the Qing army for being too lax, but because there is no danger to defend near the Chengdu Plain, and the forces of the Ming army and the camp in Sichuan have been compressed to the eastern part of Sichuan, and the vicinity of Chengdu is basically the rear of Li Guoying's safety. A few months ago, Wang Jinzhong attacked Chengdu, and Li Guoying did not think so, and led his troops to attack Chengdu again. As a result, Wang Jinzhong took the initiative to abandon Chengdu and led his troops to retreat into the mountains. For a long time to come, the Western Expeditionary Army disappeared into the mountains of western Sichuan as if it had evaporated from the world. Such a result made Li Guoying think that the Ming army operating in western Sichuan was just a partial division, and there was nothing to be afraid of.

Although there were only fifty or sixty Qing troops stationed in the Sword Pavilion, Wang Jinzhong did not dare to be careless, after all, the terrain of Jianmen Pass was too dangerous, and if it was attacked, it would not only suffer unnecessary losses, but also expose the whereabouts of the Western Expeditionary Army.

Wang Jinzhong decided to adopt the old method: disguise himself as the convoy of the king of Pingxi, infiltrate the Jianmen Pass and then surprise attack.

After careful preparations, Wang Jinzhong took the mountain army disguised as the transport team of the Pingxi Wangfu Army, pushed the wheelbarrow to carry the burden, played the banner of the Pingxi Wangfu, and swaggered towards the direction of the Sword Pavilion.

"Who is coming! Hurry up and get your name on! The Qing army on the upper floor saw a team coming over and began to shout from afar.

Wang Jinzhong asked people to reply: "We are from Pingxi Palace!" Transporting valuable goods through here, to Shaanxi! ”

"Pingxi Wangfu? Didn't a convoy from the Pingxi Palace, just five days ago? The Qing army stationed at Jianmen Pass was suspicious, but when he saw the flag of Pingxi Wangfu hung by the transport team, he still didn't dare to slack off and went to report to the general.

The Qing army walked to the top of the gate, looked at the plank road below, and saw that the transport team below hung the banner of Pingxi Wangfu, the number of the transport team was not much, about 20 soldiers, more than 100 people, the leader was riding a short Dian horse, which looked about as tall as a donkey. The man on horseback is tall, probably with long legs, and the horse is short, and the rider seems to have two legs as if they were dragging on the ground, which is very funny.

The general manager glanced at it, and saw that the man was indeed riding a unique Yunnan horse of the Pingxi Wangfu Army, so he shouted: "You come here alone, hand over the waist card and take a look!" ”

Wang Jinzhong turned over and dismounted, stepped forward on foot, and handed over the waist card.

Qing Jun took the waist card and looked at it a few times in his hand, only to see that it was written: Wang Shirong of Pingxi Wangfu, as well as the number. This waist card is exquisitely made, and there is a unique logo of Pingxi Wangfu on it, which is true at a glance. Looking at this officer of the Pingxi Palace, there are no sideburns under his hat and a braid hanging from the back of his head, and he doesn't look like a Ming army or a person who broke into the camp.

"May I ask this lord, do you still have to determine the authenticity of the number?" Wang Jinzhong asked.

The authenticity of the waist card can be known by the number, but it is very troublesome to check the number. The general shook his head: "Since it's from the Pingxi Palace, there's no need to check!" It's just that you have to pay some customs clearance fees from this road. ”

Wang Jinzhong took out a silver ingot weighing about twenty taels and handed it over: "A little heart, not respect." ”

The general manager took the ingots and said with a smile: "How much silver can you earn on a trip to Pingxi Wangfu?" ”

Wang Jinzhong turned his head and shouted, "Push the car up!" ”

A soldier disguised as a civilian soldier pushed a wheelbarrow up. Wang Jinzhong took out a top-grade Nanyang red double happiness and a pack of Eight Flags special offerings from the car and handed them over: "Be careful, I hope the adults will smile!" ”

"That's pretty much it!" I always smiled in my heart. This high-grade Nanyang red double happiness is worth at least thirty or forty taels of silver, as well as this package of Eight Flags special offerings, not to mention three catties! You must know that the Eight Flags special offerings are almost equivalent to gold! The Pingxi Royal Mansion transport team that passed a few days ago was not as generous as this person today!

"Can we get over?" Wang Jinzhong asked.

"Yes!" The general answered, and turned his head to order the Qing army on the upper floor to let them go.

The Ming soldiers disguised as civilian men pushed wheelbarrows and carried flat poles, and a group passed through the gate. The Qing army on the upper floor of Jianmen Pass looked vigilantly at the "Pingxi Wangfu" transport team that passed from the plank road.

"Wait!" The general shouted suddenly. (To be continued.) )

PS: There is one more chapter at noon