Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 163 My Way Will Never Be Alone
When Tu Guobao returned to camp, he withered like an eggplant beaten by frost.

The bad news came one after another. The pseudo-admiral Zhu Wu extorted more than 100 million taels of silver. He was always the only one who blackmailed others. Unexpectedly, he was extorted by others now, and it was so ruthless. Much more ruthless.

But in order to keep his official title, especially his life, he had no choice but to swallow his anger.

After writing Zhu Wu a few letters of honesty and signing them with a very unwilling mood, Zhu Wu told him another bad news with a smile. The search was full, and when he heard the news, his eyes went dark, and he passed out without taking a breath.

After being awakened by pinching, he has been in a daze.

"Brother Tu, you don't need to be too sad. Money and wealth are things outside of your body. For us people, the most important thing is to survive between the cracks and save our lives. As long as we have lives and official positions, we can have horses and horses, as well as women with money. It's over." Li Yuchun was persuading, as if he had come here.

Yang Guohai, Zou Xixiang, and Cao Hu, the captured deputy general of the Chinese army who had just been released by Zhu Wu, were all listless. Cao Hu also lost tens of thousands of taels each.

Cao Hu was even more unlucky. He was abandoned in the Qionglong Mountain camp and was taken prisoner. He suffered a lot under the Ming army. He almost died with a whip and a tiger stool. Said brother, he actually sold him when the critical moment came.

Tu Guobao also felt a little ashamed of this brother, but now he didn't have the energy to comfort him.

Back at Yan Wogong's camp, Tu Guobao still asked suspiciously, "Are you really willing to help me like this?"

"They are also people who have fallen in the end of the world." While talking, Yan Wogong has quickly drafted a secret loan agreement. Horses, armor, knives and guns, food, etc. were given to Tu Guobao, so that the down payment of 36 taels of silver could be made up.

Of course, it is not selfless. This is borrowing, not only borrowing and repayment, but also interest.

After the pseudo-admiral Zhu Wu asked Tu Guobao to pay [-]% of the down payment, the remaining [-]% could be paid in ten-year installments without interest, but they would not be so generous, they had to charge interest.

There is even a handling fee.

Li Yuchun proposed to calculate the interest by 36% and then 16% of the handling fee. Of the 600 taels down payment that Tu Guobao needs, he is willing to give him 3 taels of supplies, 24% of the monthly interest, and the annual interest is 600. Two, and then the handling fee will be [-] taels. One year later, the principal and interest will total [-] taels.

He can earn half of the profit in a year. Li Yuchun's business is a good deal. Anyway, he is learning and selling now. The redemption money Zhu Wu gave him was more ruthless. The compound interest increases year by year, and the handling fee is even higher high.

The muscles on Tu Guobao's face couldn't stop twitching when he saw the agreement Li Yuchun and the others made, this is really sucking blood.

In particular, this was a no-cost business. Li Yuchun bought a batch of horses, livestock, money, food, equipment, etc. in the army and gave him money to lend. , There is no capital at all, a huge profit.

But he couldn't say anything yet, and he even had to force a smile, thanking them very much for their generosity.

"I've said it all, we are both degenerate people in the world. From now on, we will both be officials in the south of the Yangtze River, and we will have to rely on each other and hug each other for warmth, right?" Li Yuchun was in a good mood at this time, not just earning 9 taels of silver for nothing. .

But my way is never alone.

In the past, he was always on tenterhooks, always feeling that it was difficult to keep these things he did secret, but now that more and more people were making secret deals with Zhu Wu, he felt much more at ease.

"Suzhou's fall was mainly due to Li Sutai's dereliction of duty. If he hadn't recklessly advanced, ignored Suzhou, and insisted on taking away all the elite cavalry left behind, Suzhou would not have won and then lost." The 10 taels of IOU was in his arms, and he said slowly.He used the Tu National Treasure to send a large amount of money, food, horses and armor that he had accumulated to Jian Guo smoothly, and he could find Tu Guo Treasure to repay the principal and interest later, and Lu Jian Guo even gave him a cash back commission. , The good thing about eating inside and out makes my father Yan feel comfortable all over.

"Yes, the loss of Suzhou this time was caused by Li Sutai's serious dereliction of duty. We worked hard to regain Suzhou, but we have merit." Li Yuchun said quickly.

Tu Guobao's eyes gradually brightened.

"Where is Li Soltai now?" Yan Wogong asked.

"I haven't contacted him yet. I guess I've chased the yellow thief for a long time. Maybe I went to Shanghai and Baoshan along the Wusong River."

Zheng Jiwu, who had been silent for a while, held his 5 taels of owed income in his arms, and interjected next to him, "Li Sutai is not just a third-class Merle Zhangjing, he also has the title of servant." , especially since his father is still Li Yongfang, if a lawsuit is really going to happen, based on his status, I'm afraid the higher-ups will turn to him instead of Tufutai."

When Tu Guobao heard this, his face collapsed instantly.

Indeed, his national treasure is incomparable with Li Soltai.

Zheng Jiwu added slowly, "Of course, if Li Sutai unfortunately died in Wusong, the blame for the fall of Suzhou will be placed on him, and the dead will never refuse to refute."

Tu Guobao was stunned.

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Zheng Jiwu said again slowly, "Of course, that's what I'm saying, but if Li Sutai's life is tougher, and even luckier, not only did he not die, but he also made great achievements in Wusong, such as capturing and beheading Huang Fei and wiped out the bandits. Even if Tufutai can redeem Suzhou City, I'm afraid it's still difficult to explain."

The subtext is obvious, you have to find a scapegoat, Li Sutai is the most suitable, after all, he is the assistant minister, Mei Le Zhangjing, who leads the elite of Manqi, and he is in charge of Wu Shengzhao and Li Chengdong and they stay in Suzhou after they leave of.

Tu Guobao hesitated.

Yang Guohai over there couldn't help but ask, "But Li Sutai can't even be contacted, how can I kill him?"

Zheng Jiwu still said slowly, "It's not difficult to say that it's difficult, if Tufutai needs my help, I can, it's just..."

"If you have any conditions, Zheng Zongbing just say it." Now Yang Guohai also knows that if he wants to stand up, he must keep his uncle's official position.

"I can lead troops to find Li Shitai, kill him, and then blame Zhu Wu. But after this is done, I hope to get 5 taels of silver. In addition, if I kill Li Shitai, I will also ask the local governor to help him." Please help me win the job of the commander-in-chief guarding Suzhou."

Tu Guobao was shocked by these words. He didn't expect this cold guy to be so ruthless, and he even became a little bit alert. They were too kind to themselves. Li Sutai was not an ordinary person. He killed Li Sutai for himself. The risk is too great.

"Brother Zheng is so righteous." Tu Guobao said.

"It's nothing, what about the sale of 5 taels of silver, let alone kill Li Sutai, I would even try to kill Hong Chengchou."

Tu Guobao sucked in the air-conditioning.

My father Yan laughed and interrupted, "Brother Zheng was just joking with Brother Tu, but if Li Sutai is unlucky, he will be kind to both of us. After all, we have given so much real money to help Brother Tu. We don't want these things. It’s all in vain.”

"Of course, if Brother Tu wants to be on the safe side, it's best to kill Li Shitai, but there's no need to trouble General Zheng to lead the troops to Huobin himself, you just need to send a loyal dead soldier to chase Li Shitai on a light horse. , approach him on the pretext of sending a letter, stab him to death in his camp, and then blame it on the assassins of the Ming army."

Zheng Jiwu added another sentence next to him, "If Li Sutai is killed, Tufutai can take the opportunity to annex his team. Then there will be a scapegoat, and there will be a team, killing two birds with one stone!"

Tu Guobao felt that each of these guys was more ruthless than the other, and he suddenly felt like he was on a thief's boat and seeking skin from a tiger.

(End of this chapter)