Smuggling Daming

Although Qu Lie's plan was very careful and concealed, except for him, Wu Qianhu and a few other people, almost the entire Dinghaiwei and Zhou Zhong were involved, but it was a pity that he did not Thinking of things too simply, and at the same time underestimated Zhou Zhong's shrewdness, the result fell short.

In fact, when he first met Qu Lie, Zhou Zhong didn't suspect him, but when he asked Wu Qianhu, he suddenly felt something was wrong, because when they came in, the wine table of Qu Lie and others was messed up, and he said that they should drink Quite a lot, but although Wu Qianhu was nervous when speaking, he was very methodical, without any drunkenness at all, and including Qu Lie, although the other officers were full of alcohol, none of them People get drunk. There are only two explanations for this situation. The first is that Qu Lie and the others are all intoxicated by a thousand cups. The probability of this is almost negligible. The second is that Qu Lie and the others dare not get drunk because they are Acting in front of Zhou Zhong, it is easy to show his feet when he is drunk.

It was also this small loophole that made Zhou Zhong suspicious of Qu Lie and the others, and then he thought about the situation of himself coming to Dinghaiwei from the beginning to the end. Regarding the grievances between Qu Lie and Cheng Quan, he was finally sure that Qu Lie and the others must be acting.

"That's the way it is. The lower officials are deceiving the upper officials for their own selfishness. They really deserve to die. No matter how the admiral punishes Qu, the lower officials will never complain. I just ask the admiral not to blame Wu Fang!" After Qu Lie told the whole story, he begged Zhou Zhong again.

But when Zhou Zhong heard this, he sneered and said, "Qu Lie, you don't have to act in front of this admiral. With your shrewdness, you should be able to guess why this admiral didn't expose your tricks in front of Zhifu Yu and the others." Naturally, I just don't want to make a big deal out of it, and Cheng Quan is ignorant of practical affairs, and I have long been very dissatisfied with him in my admiral's heart. Even without your calculations, I would dismiss him and investigate, so what you did is really a little bit It's superfluous!"

Hearing Zhou Zhong's words.Qu Lie was taken aback for a moment, followed by a wry smile. He didn't expect Zhou Zhong to have planned to get rid of Cheng Quan a long time ago. In this way, all the preparations he had made so carefully were a bit redundant, and even he himself was smart enough to contrast Smart mistake.Accidentally screwed things up, but left a bad impression on the admiral.

Seeing the wry smile on Qu Lie's face, Zhou Zhong suddenly showed a strange smile and said, "Qu Lie, your family has served as a commander for generations, and you are naturally the most familiar with Dinghaiwei. This admiral originally planned to remove After Cheng Quan's command post, I want you to take over his position, but the things you are doing now make me a little hesitant. Do you think there is anyone else in Dinghaiwei who is qualified to be a command post besides you? job?"

Hearing Zhou Zhong's tricky question, Qu Lie raised his head and carefully looked at the young admiral in front of him. He was also thinking about Zhou Zhong's thoughts in his heart. It's a pity that although he asked himself to understand people's hearts, he couldn't help it anyway. Unable to guess Zhou Zhong's thoughts, Qu Lie couldn't help feeling a little frustrated in the end.I had no choice but to answer honestly according to the thoughts in my heart: "My lord, this subordinate believes that in the entire Dinghaiwei. Except for this subordinate, no one can take over the post of commander!"

"Hahahaha~, Qu Lie, you are really conceited, but this admiral doesn't think so. As far as I know, Ding Lin, the governor of Dinghaiwei, is brave and resourceful. The pirates who crossed the outer seas of Zhoushan, and the Qianhu Sun Ming of Zhoushan Zhongqianhusuo are also generals who are proficient in naval warfare. The talents of these two people are not inferior to yours. What they lack is that they are not as prestigious as you. With the support of this admiral, it will not be difficult for any one of them to take over the post of commander!" Zhou Zhong laughed and said after hearing this, he had investigated Dinghaiwei in advance, and he had already drawn up several succession plans in his mind Of course, Qu Lie was the first candidate for the position of commander, but he hadn't made a decision before.

When Qu Lie heard that Zhou Zhong knew so much about the situation in Dinghaiwei, and that he also mentioned Ding Lin and Sun Ming, two people who were not inferior to him, his face turned pale all of a sudden. In all fairness, With the talents of Ding and Lin, they can indeed take over the position of commander, and even in some respects, they will do better than themselves after taking over as commander.

Thinking that if Ding and Lin, who were inferior to him, took the position of commander, Qu Lie's face would be ashamed. Although he had reported the shame of his family after Cheng Quan's downfall, the position of commander should obviously fall to His head, but now because of his superfluous actions, he gave it up to others, which made him unwilling to be reconciled anyway.

However, when Qu Lie was very entangled in his heart, Zhou Zhong suddenly smiled again and said: "But although Ding Lin and Sun Ming have good talents, but the admiral thought about it just now, and finally decided Temporarily take over the post of commander!"

"This... my lord, is this true?" Hearing Zhou Zhong's sudden words, Qu Lie raised his head and asked in disbelief. He never imagined that he had done so much. What a mistake, the admiral actually chose himself, which is really unbelievable.

"Do you think this admiral is joking?" Zhou Zhong asked with a straight face, but when he heard his affirmative answer, not only Qu Lie couldn't believe it, but even Wu Shan beside Zhou Zhong also showed a puzzled expression.Ordinarily, as a subordinate, Qu Lie plotted against his superior, which in itself was a big taboo. No matter how broad-minded Zhou Zhong was, he shouldn't let Qu Lie take on the post of commander?

"Thank you for your promotion, my lord. This subordinate will definitely repay it with death!" Seeing that Zhou Zhong really didn't care about what happened before, and wanted to give him the post of commander, Qu Lie couldn't help feeling overwhelmed, and immediately knelt down He saluted and said, at this moment, he really wanted to die for Zhou Zhong, only in this way can he repay the other party's kindness.

But Zhou Zhong helped him up and said calmly: "Qu Lie, although I decided to promote you, but you have to listen clearly, the position of commander is only temporarily held by you. Don't blame Admiral Ben for turning his face and denying people!"

"Don't worry, my lord. If the subordinates fail to meet the requirements of your lord, you don't have to do anything at that time, and your subordinates will ask you to punish them!" Qu Lie also assured him again at this time, although he still doesn't know what Zhou Zhong will do when he takes over Ningbo Wei. , but he has already made up his mind that no matter what Zhou Zhong asks him to do in the future, as long as it is not a rebellion, he will do it without hesitation.

"Very good!" Zhou Zhong was also very satisfied with Qu Lie's attitude, but at this moment he thought for a while and then asked, "Qu Lie, this admiral asked you whether Ding Haiwei can go to sea to fight now. A well-trained navy with a lot of actual combat experience, are you sure you can win the battle?"

If it was placed before, Qu Lie would definitely guarantee without hesitation that no matter what enemy they encountered, Weihaiwei would be sure to defeat him, but now he was in awe of Zhou Zhong in his heart, and he didn't dare to lie at all. After a moment of silence, he finally said: "My lord, there are 600 people in Dinghaiwei now, but the usual drills are much slack. Naturally, there is no problem in going out to sea to wipe out the pirates, but if you are fighting with the regular army, and If the other party is still well-trained, I am afraid that these sailors of our Dinghaiwei will be in danger!"

Hearing Qu Lie's honest answer, Zhou Zhong couldn't help but feel a little disappointed again, but he still asked a little unwillingly: "Qu Lie, if I give you half a year to hurry up and practice, in June and July of next year, will you have a chance to practice?" Are you not sure how to increase the combat power of this Ding Haiwei?"

"This..." Qu Lie hesitated for a moment when he heard this, but finally he smiled wryly, "My lord admiral doesn't know that the naval division is different from the Lu division. As long as the soldiers of the Lu division practice hard enough, they can hold the sword in just half a year." Weapons go to the battlefield, but apart from knowing how to fight, the navy also needs to know how to maneuver the ship and identify the sea conditions. The most important thing is that a navy must have experienced the test of actual combat before it can truly become a qualified navy. Otherwise, no matter how much you practice, you will not be able to become an elite navy in the end!"

Although Qu Lie's words extinguished Zhou Zhong's last sliver of extravagant hope, it also made him feel completely at ease. Qu Lie talked about the navy so well, it can be seen that he also has a lot of experience in how to build an elite navy, but In the past, he had been competing with Cheng Quan for power, so he had no chance or ability to show his talents. Now that he has Zhou Zhong's support, I believe that in a few years, Ding Haiwei, the good-looking guy in the navy, will really change. For a real navy.

After chatting with Qu Lie about Dinghaiwei, Zhou Zhong took him out. When he saw people like Yu Wenyuan, Zhou Zhong didn't show any abnormality.It's just that Yu Wenyuan and his old foxes who are rolling around in the officialdom are also extremely shrewd. They quickly noticed that Qu Lie was showing respect to Zhou Zhong. It seemed that Qu Lie had been completely subdued by Zhou Zhong in just a short while. Everyone was shocked, and at the same time, they had more confidence in Zhou Zhong.

Although Qu Lie was evaded by Cheng Quan, he was Dinghaiwei's commander after all. After Zhou Zhong found him, he immediately brought everyone to Zhenhai Tower, and then asked Qu Lie to beat the drums to summon the generals of the Weizhong to discuss matters. First, he wants to announce the news of his arrival. Second, he also wants to take this opportunity to take back the military power in Dinghaiwei from Cheng Quan in one fell swoop! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)