Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 161 Meeting the Admiral
Taihu Lake.

The two boats approached and gradually moved closer together.

Tu Guobao stood on the deck in a complicated mood, while Yan Wogong, Li Yuchun, Wu Zhikui and others beside him were very calm.

If it were not for desperation, Tu Guobao would not be willing to board the arrow boat of the false admiral Jiangnan to meet the false admiral Zhu Wu.

"I've seen the military gate!"

Li Yuchun felt a little familiar now, standing on the bow of the boat bowed his hands to the man in silver armor, it was very natural.

Tu Guobao gritted his teeth, and also bowed his hands to the smiling man. He had also heard about the name of Zhu Wu, the pseudo-Jiangnan Admiral. According to legend, he was the ninth younger brother of Lu Jianguo, and his title was General Zhenguo.But in the past, he heard about Zhu Wu's deeds, all about how he was abused by Li Yuchun in the west of Zhejiang Province, thousands of times, but he never conceded defeat.

At that time, I just thought this guy was good enough, but I didn't realize that he was actually quite elegant and heroic.

"Meet Admiral Zhu!"

On the opposite boat, Zhu Yihai, who was named Zhu Wu, smiled and said to the national treasure of Tu, "Admiral Tu is also welcome."

The official position of admiral was originally held by internal ministers and civil servants. Bin took Ping Rubo as the admiral, and Wuchen was the admiral from then on.

After the mid-Ming Dynasty, in many cases, the governor also served as an admiral with the rank of admiral. The Beijing camp had an admiral, and Nanjing had an admiral Caojiang.

But at this time, after the Manchus entered the customs, in order to appease the surrendered generals, they began to set up a general army indiscriminately, which could not only appease the surrendered generals, but also weaken their military power.In each province, admirals and general military officers were set up to take charge of the military affairs of a province.

Zhu Yihai became the state supervisor, and he did not hesitate to increase the army and town generals, and added admirals to the provinces.

He also appointed himself a Jiangnan Admiral, directly in charge of the military affairs of the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River. Anyway, along the three thousand miles along the banks of the Yangtze River, Zhu Yihai can supervise the military affairs, and his power is a bit limitless.

But in the eyes of the Qing generals like Tu Guobao, who surrendered to captivity, they felt that this was in line with his legendary status as the ninth younger brother of Lu Jianguo.

When the admiral saw the admiral, Tu Guobao burst into tears.

Zhu Wu, the pseudo-admiral, occupied the city where he, the governor of Jiangning, was in charge of military affairs, and wiped out his bidder, so that he, the admiral, now has no soldiers or cities left, which is really embarrassing.

"The headquarters heard from your envoy that you want to redeem Suzhou?"

Zhu Yihai cut to the chase.

When Tu Guobao heard the redemption word, he blushed and argued, "It's not a redemption for Suzhou, it's a peace negotiation, a truce and a strike, you withdraw from Suzhou, we will not surround you, let you go."

"Hmph, that's not what your envoy told me. He said that you want to redeem the city and redeem it with money. That's why I agree with you. What's going on now? Are you going to turn your back on what you said? Then the headquarters can just turn your back on it and deny it." People, please eat wonton noodles?"

"What wonton noodles?" My father Yan immediately cheered.

Tu Guobao, who has been a water bandit in Taihu Lake, knows very well that this is a black lake on the road. When water bandits rob people, they often say this sentence, which means throwing people into the water.

On the way to Tu Guobao, he still thought about various negotiation skills, and also calculated how many bargaining chips he had in his hands. For example, Yan Li and the others had 3 horses, and Li Sutai, Wu Shengzhao, and Li Chengdong had tens of thousands of horses out, and Jiang Ning He and Hangzhou are sure that reinforcements are on the way.

Unexpectedly, the young false admiral Zhu Wu didn't give him a chance at all.

If you want to talk, just show your sincerity and make an offer, and if you don't want to talk, just leave.

"Nine Kings calm down, we are very sincere. You see, we dare to come to meet alone, and we have taken a great risk. If we are not sincere, how dare we come?" Yan Wogong hurriedly said.

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and quote, what benefits can you give to the headquarters, is it worth letting me out of Suzhou City?"

"Jiangning and Hangzhou armies are coming, Admiral Zhu, even if you occupy Suzhou, you won't be able to hold it." Tu Guobao said.

"Then ride a donkey and read the libretto, let's wait and see, there's no need to talk about it."

"Wait a moment!"

"What benefit does Admiral Zhu want before he is willing to withdraw his troops?" Tu Guobao was in a hurry. This feeling of seeking skin from a tiger made him a little uneasy, but also a little irritating.

"I heard that the Tartars from Jiangning City are coming to aid Suzhou, so the headquarters just took the soldiers to Nanjing to worship Xiaoling. Maybe there is a chance to enter Nanjing City."

The next step is to negotiate. Although Tu Guobao is always a bit reluctant to let go, he obviously wants to redeem Suzhou and keep his life and official position, but he still has some scruples.

Fortunately, with Yan Wogong, a super spy, driving the atmosphere, Tu Guobao, a brutal and tyrannical governor, slowly got on the road, and even Li Yuchun was at his side from time to time. After all, he had a good cooperation with Zhu Yihai. , has a lot of experience and can point out some inappropriateness of Tu Guobao's proposal.

Zheng Jiwu also chimed in a few words from time to time.

Even Wu Zhikui nodded from time to time.

Tu Guobao really thought that everyone had this attitude, he didn't know that this was actually a big show, and the other people were all actors, and they all accompanied him in acting.

It’s like when Zhu Yihai was young, he wrote part-time books and earned some manuscript fees, so he also wanted to follow the trend and buy a house. When he entered the sales office, he finally got a house, and after waiting for a few years, he finally got it. Hand over the house, take the key to decorate.

After finishing the installation, I realized that at night, the real estate in the suburban new area was silent, and the whole high-rise building was lit with lights on the top floor, which he managed to grab at the beginning, reflecting the bright moon. night sky.

Tu Guobao originally had a lot of experience, but he never dreamed that Yan Wogong, Zheng Jiwu, and Wu Zhikui were all his mothers who belonged to Zhu Wu, and Zhu Wu was not called Zhu Wu, but was actually Lu Jianguo.

Even Li Yuchun was limped by the boiled frog long ago.

In such a muddleheaded way, you finally negotiated a secret agreement, just like Li Yuchun back then.

Zhu Yihai's asking price was not high, and he only asked Suzhou's one-year tax to be converted into silver, which was more than 110 million taels, and the total amount was 200 million taels.Tu Guobao cursed in his heart, is there such a way to make up the whole thing?

In the end, after haggling for a long time, Zhu Yihai insisted on paying a tax for one year, and rounded it up to 120 million taels of silver.

Such a large sum of money, of course Tu Guobao couldn't get it out.

Of course, Zhu Yihai didn't expect him to be able to get it out. The few 10 taels that Tu Guobao embezzled through hard work are now in his hands.

So in the end, we came up with a payment plan for redeeming the city and converting it into silver. Zhu Yihai was very generous, saying that it doesn’t matter if you don’t have money, as long as you have valuable things, you can use them to convert into silver, from gold and silver to jewelry, from grain to cloth, from horses. Cattle and sheep, from armor to knives and guns, from gunpowder to gunpowder, and even slaves, as long as they can be valuable.

"Don't feel bad about it, you are a fake governor of Jiangning, you can use the money and materials in the treasury, and you don't have to pay for it yourself. Even, to thank you for your cooperation, I can give you a little cash back."

　Thank you Fengwu Yufei and Kun Zhi for your rewards. Thank you. This week I had a very severe cold and cough, and infected the whole family. It was a very torturous week, and the update was not stable. Please forgive me.

　　
　
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