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With a smile on the corner of Ding Wu's mouth, he continued: "I don't know what happened to those guys from Fengziying back then."
"By the way, what about General Zhou? Back then, he had the best relationship with General Lin. How is he doing now?"
"Zhou Lan?"
Lin Yang glanced at Xiang Jun, thought for a while, and then said: "He served as the captain of the navy in Fanzhou, he practiced day and night, and his future looks promising."
"That's good." Ding Wu smiled honestly.
Xiang Jun's eyes flashed, and then he calmed down.
Shortly after.
After eating and drinking, the two said goodbye and rode away.
Ding Wu stood at the gate of the small courtyard, listening to the sound of horseshoes gradually going away, but the smile on his face gradually disappeared.
After a long time, he sighed quietly, and murmured: "General, although I, Ding Wu, am blind, I am not deaf!"
"The prince was thrown into prison three years ago. Did the general fall into this situation because he dealt with Yue Wang Li Xiao?"
"I know you don't want to implicate me, but I, Ding Wu, can't sit idly by."
After saying these words, Ding Wu went back to the house silently.
Go to the corner and open an old wooden box.
Inside lay a long rusty sword and a horn bow.
After packing the two weapons and hanging them on his back, Ding Wu went out with a torch.
He looked back one last time, but couldn't see anything.
But looking at his expression, there is a bit of reluctance, as if he is saying goodbye to the small courtyard where he has lived for many years.
After a long time, Ding Wu sighed, turned and left.
And the torch drew an arc in the air, and finally landed on the thatched hut.
The raging fire burned instantly.
Under the light of the fire, a lonely figure walked slowly forward...
After a few hours.
In an inn in Duling City.
Xiang Jun was sitting in front of the desk, writing something furiously.
Suddenly, Lin Yang pushed the door open and entered.
"I have sent a letter to Enzhou City, and someone will come to pick us up soon."
As he spoke, Lin Yang glanced suspiciously at Xiang Jun who was holding a pen, and continued, "What are you doing?"
The atmosphere suddenly became subtle.
Xiang Jun didn't seem to expect that Lin Yang would come back so soon, but he didn't panic at all, and said while writing: "Maybe you can find help, but I can't?"
After a pause, he raised his head and asked, "By the way, your friend Zhou Lan, the captain of the navy, will he lead the navy to help you attack Li Xiao?"
"If I look for him, there will be no problem, but I will check the situation in Enzhou first before making a decision. Maybe he won't be needed." Lin Yang thought for a while and said.
"Row."
Xiang Jun nodded, quickly wrote another line, then folded the paper and sealed it in an envelope.
Lin Yang just watched Xiang Jun's movements, not knowing what he was thinking.
After packing the envelope, Xiang Jun threw the letter to Lin Yang without any hesitation: "Let's go again!"
Seeing that Xiang Jun was so calm, Lin Yang dispelled his doubts.
He took Xiang Jun's letter, glanced at it, and immediately asked suspiciously: "Huaxia Trading Company? Do you know someone from Huaxia Trading Company?"
He was surprised to find that the address on the envelope was actually the headquarters of Huaxia Commercial Bank in Luozhou City.
Luozhou is just north of Leizhou, and the two are adjacent.
"What? Look down on me? Who doesn't have a few powerful friends?" Xiang Jun rolled his eyes and said angrily.
"What is your friend's status in Huaxia Commercial Bank?" Lin Yang asked quickly.
Huaxia Commercial Bank is the largest commercial bank in the country today.
No one knows who is behind it, but so far no one has dared to mess with Huaxia Commercial Bank. This is completely deterred by hard power.
Even if he used to be the captain of Leizhou, he should be polite when meeting the head of the Huaxia Commercial Bank of the Leizhou branch.
"This can't tell you that those who are officials will have endless troubles."
Xiang Jun said vigilantly: "But don't worry, my friend still has some power in Huaxia Commercial Bank."
"That's great. With the help of your friend, I will be more confident in dealing with Li Xiao." Lin Yang nodded excitedly.
"I'm going to arrange for someone to deliver the letter."
After a pause, he turned and left.
After Lin Yang left, the smile on Xiang Jun's face disappeared immediately.
Where does he have any friends from Huaxia Commercial Firm?
This is just to convey information to Li Xiao.
Looking back at the beginning, when he learned that Li Xiao had a close relationship with Huaxia Commercial Firm, he was also shocked for a long time.
"As expected of Your Highness..."
……
Qiongzhou.
"Your Highness, Li Yuanze sent someone to deliver something again."
Li Junxian came in.
"How much money?" Li Xiao's expression was shocked.
"You'd better see for yourself!"
Li Junxian smiled and didn't say much.
Li Xiao took a look at the list and frowned slightly.
"Only 5 taels of silver? Sending off the beggar!"
Li Xiao looked disgusted, and continued: "Three boxes of jewelry, it's not worth much!"
"Ten stunning beauties?"
Speaking of this, Li Xiao looked at the two turbulent servant girls beside him, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
He was a bit overwhelmed by these two alone.
"200 craftsmen, blacksmiths, tailors, etc.? It's useless!"
"Ugh……"
Li Xiao shook his head.
Even the best blacksmith craftsman in Datang is at the apprentice level for the current Qiongzhou.
Because the things being cast are not at the same level at all, even the most basic casting modes are different.
What is the use of these people?
"This guy is really getting more and more stingy, it won't work like this."
Li Xiao's eyes darkened, and then he fell into deep thought.
Li Junxian said with a wry smile: "Your Highness, Leizhou lost at least a million taels of silver in order to raise supplies and silver for His Highness the last two times. This is Leizhou's tax for a year, and it is not easy to get these together."
"Then I don't care!"
Li Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "I think he must still be clumsy. He has a lot of private soldiers in Leizhou City, right? Raising so many soldiers, how can it be done without money?"
"How does Your Highness want to respond to him?" Li Junxian asked.
Chapter 361: I'll Give This Opportunity!
Li Xiao thought for a while, but he didn't answer. Instead, he asked, "By the way, how is the situation at Ning Yuanpei's side? Has the city not been attacked yet?"
"No."
Li Junxian said slowly: "According to the reported information, Ning Yuanpei has been assassinated by us because of scouts, so we still don't know about Ning Qianjun's defeat."
"And Li Yuan mobilized all the horses in the vicinity to return to Leizhou City. Ning Yuanpei got the news somehow, so he just stood still."
"But until just now..."
Speaking of this, Li Junxian's eyes became subtle: "The information sent by Qinzhou shows that just yesterday, dozens of warships set off from the wharf of Qinzhou's coastal city and headed south. It seems that the target is Qiongzhou. .”
"No wonder Li Yuanze is so stingy!"
Li Xiao rolled his eyes and said angrily: "This Li Yuan has never experienced real despair, so he has the mind to play these little tricks."
"Okay."
"Since you want me to help him, then I will help him!"
"What is your Highness going to do?" Li Junxian asked.
"First of all, destroy the dozens of warships that came from Qinzhou! It's too courageous to attack me in Qiongzhou, this is impossible."
"Secondly, find someone to go to Leizhou City to make some noise. The more chaos he makes Leizhou City, the better."
"Didn't Ning Yuanpei feel that he has no chance to attack Leizhou City?"
"This opportunity, I will give it!"
"As ordered!"
Li Junxian cupped his fists and smiled wryly.
His Highness is going to force Li Yuanze's business.
It was the first time he saw such a transaction.
"and also!"
Li Xiao went on to say: "The assassins over there can rest for a while, it's time for Ning Yuanpei to know the truth."
The reason why Ning Yuanpei's scout was assassinated was that he didn't want him to know the truth about Ning Qianjun's defeat, so that he was too frightened to enter Leizhou.
But now that Ning Yuanpei has sent his army to Leizhou, there is no need to hide it.
Li Junxian clasped his fists and said, "Yes, I will arrange it right away."
After a pause, he thought of something, so he asked, "By the way, Your Highness, what should we do with those ten beauties? And those two hundred craftsmen."
"You can figure it out, use it if you can use it, and blast it out if you can't use it." Li Xiao waved his hand and said impatiently.
"Yes."
Li Junxian took the order and left.
……
at the same time.
In a room, there were nearly two hundred people of various shapes standing.
They are the blacksmiths and craftsmen that Li Yuanze sent to Qiongzhou.
in a corner.
A burly man carefully scanned his surroundings with a strange look in his eyes.
His name is Tie Kui, and he is the Chief Forging Master of Leizhou.
But no one knew that he was actually Li Yuanze's distant relative.
For Li Yuanze, his loyalty is impeccable.
Because of this, this time he was ordered to come to Qiongzhou to steal a weapon manufacturing process.