Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 394 But it's disrespectful (please subscribe!)
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"What else?" Li Yan asked.

Wang Qing said leisurely: "Do you know what Tian Hu said before he died?"

Li Yandao: "I was in Hebei at that time."

Wang Qingdao: "Tian Hu blames me and Fang La for not saving him."

Li Yan didn't speak.

Wang Qing said again: "If you push all the responsibility to Fang La, it seems that Wang Qing is too irresponsible, so I won't shirk this matter... But, to be honest, I really never thought that Tian Hu would die, let alone him. He would hate me so much, and wait for me in the eighteenth floor of hell... Tell me, how could he be so stupid? It's not that he has no way out, so why choose to die?"

Li Yan still did not speak, Tian Hu has his own choice, Li Yan is not going to comment on this.

After being silent for a while, Wang Qing said again: "Back then, the three of us made an oath that if we didn't rescue each other, we would die by hacking each other... I don't want to fulfill that oath."

Li Yan was puzzled and said, "What does this have to do with your accepting the recruitment?"

Wang Qingdao: "Of course it has something to do with it. If I resist my partner stubbornly and get caught by the court in the end, if I am appointed to fulfill the oath, if I accept the recruitment, I will not be punished by this inch, and I will still be rich and honored for a lifetime."

Li Yandao: "Third brother, you are a smart person, why don't you understand that the imperial court will not sincerely recruit you?"

Wang Qingdao: "Just say this to you, fourth brother, you are right in choosing you for my brother."

Without waiting for Li Yan to ask why, Wang Qing explained: "My father is a wealthy man in the city of Tokyo, and he only manages the yamen. It can be said that I have been in contact with the imperial court since I was a child. How can I not know the faces of those gentlemen in the court?", After a pause, Wang Qing continued: "So, I have to find a backer for myself so that the court will not dare to go too far with me, and you are my chosen backer."

Li Yan understood somewhat, but still said: "Me?"

Wang Qingdao: "You hold a large army in your hand, and you are powerful. With you as my backer, and I don't do anything too extreme, how can the court move me?"

Li Yan said: "Aren't you afraid that one day I will turn against you and cause you trouble?"

Wang Qing said with a smile: "Fourth brother, you are frank enough. Be good. I believe you more and more... If you rebel, that's even better. Based on what I know about you, you must have prepared for the day you rebelled. It is extremely sufficient, and it is possible to take the world of Zhao Song in one fell swoop. Taking a step back, even if you can't take the world of Zhao Song, you can still smash it. No matter what the situation is, to me, it is very important. It's good news. The former, just because I give you hundreds of civil and military troops and an army of one or two million, you have to reward me as a happy prince, right? The latter, the court will definitely rely on the relationship between me and you."

This time Li Yan understood everything.

However, Li Yan thought for a while, and then said: "Then you and I merged into one place, wouldn't it be better?"

Wang Qingdao: "Fourth brother, you are a good person everywhere, but you are a little too greedy. Li Zhu is a very good military adviser. Du Yan, Liu Min, and Li Yan are all very good commanders. Feng Tai, Ma Xie, Ma Jin, Teng Kan, and Teng Jian are all rare generals. They are all very disappointed in the imperial court, and they can go with you, but those who go with me are my relatives and friends. You have too much ambition, and your abilities are mediocre. If I give it to you, it won't be of much use... Besides, don't blame the third brother for speaking too directly. Although your strength is strong, after all, Zhao Song has established a country for more than 100 years and has a deep foundation. Whether you can replace it is unknown, but I bet on both sides. Although I can't win a big one, I can guarantee that I won't lose... I have experienced everything that should be experienced. Although the position of emperor is good , but not everyone can sit on it, and it’s good to live a life of cockfighting without knowing the rise and fall of the world.”

Li Yan suddenly discovered that Wang Qing might be the smartest person—once he has been recruited, as long as there are no major accidents, he can indeed live a rich and happy life, be a rascal, and spend his free time with Playing cockfights and riding horses, and living a happy life like this, how can I be like myself, running around, so rare to be free?
At this time, Wang Qing suddenly showed resentment on his face again, and said: "There is another reason. I once told Fang La that if the Song army came to attack me, and I couldn't see his reinforcements, I would turn around and go to the Song Dynasty." Army, and then help Song Jun beat him, Fang La must think that I scare him, I have to fulfill my promise to him!"

"Uh... No matter how you say it, we are all brothers with our heads on the ground..." Li Yan said.

Wang Qing sneered and said, "He doesn't regard us as brothers, he only sees those rich counties and counties in the south of the Yangtze River... Okay, you don't care about this matter, now let me tell you about my conditions, let's start A villain becomes a gentleman."

Li Yan really couldn't and didn't want to care about the matter between Wang Qing and Fang La, so Li Yan was silent for a while, and said, "Okay, just say it."

Wang Qingdao: "First, you have to send competent people to help me accomplish this... Li Zhu and those people have deep feelings for me, the Chu country, and have placed great hopes in it. Without your people Help me suppress it, I am afraid that announcing this will lead to a coup."

Li Yan replied very simply: "I will help you do this myself."

Wang Qingdao: "That's the best... I heard that you have never given a watch to the official?"

Li Yandao: "When I was recruited, I went to one."

Wang Qingdao: "After I've been recruited, it's okay for you to send a congratulatory form, right?"

Li Yandao: "I promise to let everyone know the intimate relationship between you and me. In addition, in the future, as long as it is not too much, I will try my best to sell your face."

Wang Qing nodded, and said again: "If you come to the world in the future, it will be no problem to give me the false title of Prince Xiaoyao?"

Li Yan swore directly: "If one day I, Li Yan, can rule the world, I will make my third elder brother Wang Qing king. If I violate this oath, I will be punished by an inch and die."

Wang Qing was very satisfied, and said: "Just these few, if there are more, you should think I'm greedy."

Li Yan liked the smart and well-measured Wang Qing more and more.

suddenly!

Wang Qing remembered something again, and while looking at the luxurious "Liangshanbo", he said: "By the way, can you give me one of this boat?"

Li Yan agreed without hesitation: "No problem, it's fine if you want this one from me, but it's a sea-going ship, you can only use it in the sea, you can't drive it to the mainland."

Wang Qing thought about it, in all likelihood, he would live in Bianliang, Tokyo in the future, and there would be no chance to hang out on the sea, so even if he wanted this sea boat, it would be useless.

Li Yan has no shortage of boats, even if he is far away, it is impossible to lack boats, but the keel for building such a big boat is hard to find—not counting the three that Li Yan got from Zhao Ji, so far, he has been helping Li Yan find the keel Wang Lun helped Li Yan find less than twenty such long keels.

Twenty keel bones seem to be a lot, but they are useless at the moment—these twenty or so keel bones are all new trees, and it is impossible to become real keel bones without several years of secret method production.

In other words, currently Li Yan only has one "Liangshanbo" and two such keels.

Therefore, Li Yan was really reluctant to give it to Wang Qing.

Of course, if Wang Qing insisted on taking it, Li Yan would give it to Wang Qing no matter how reluctant he was. No matter how hard a ship was, it was impossible to compare with the talents and troops in Wang Qing's hands, even if it was a treasure ship.

Seeing that Wang Qing was a little shaken, Li Yan said: "Third Brother, can you see if this works? I'll build you a smaller one that can run in the Bian River. It must be more luxurious than mine."

Thinking of being surrounded by beauties, hugging left and right, taking such a luxurious boat and enjoying the Bianhe River, Wang Qing smiled from the bottom of his heart, and said, "It would be disrespectful to be a brother."

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(End of this chapter)