Horse on the World

Chapter 358
Qu Yongjie stood at the gate, with his neck up, watching a group of people hang the plaque of Zhongyonghou Mansion with red background and gold characters on the lintel, but there was no expression of joy or anger on his face with Chinese characters, he just stood there indifferently. There, looking thoughtfully at the four shiny gold letters.

"Congratulations, Marquis!" All the family members and soldiers came forward to congratulate the master one by one. Once Da Chu was named Marquis, he could be hereditary for one generation. Now that Qu Yongjie has been named Zhongyonghou, his son Qu Ping will not matter whether he will be successful or not in the future. All can inherit the position of Lord Marquis.Standing behind Qu Yongjie, Qu Ping had a happy expression on his face. He took out red envelopes from his arms and distributed one to each of the family members.

Standing next to the newly promoted Lord Marquis was a gentleman who was hired by Qu Yongjie only a few years later. His surname was Long, and he was honored as a military adviser by Qu Houye as soon as he came. Sir, Qu Yongjie set up a separate courtyard in the former Qu's mansion and the current Hou's mansion for Mr. Long to live in, and even allocated several maids and old ladies to take care of him.And this Mr. Long didn't refuse, he accepted it carelessly, and usually didn't seem to have any respect for Qu Yongjie.Qu Ping is often called by his first name.

Qu Ping hated this dead face in his heart, and seized the opportunity to make things difficult for Mr. Long several times. Mr. Long had a good temper, and he didn't bother to say anything after being teased by Qu Ping. The girl knew that her son had teased Mr. Long, and beat Qu Ping to death in a rage. Even Mrs. Qu knelt down and begged her husband to be merciful, but it didn't work. Also had to lie in bed for months.

With the lesson learned this time, Qu Ping is completely honest in front of this Mr. Long, and the other servants in the mansion are even more respectful. Thinking about the young master who offended Mr. Long and was beaten to death, if this person is himself, I'm afraid The family can only find themselves in the mass graves.

But Qu Ping saw the ability of this Mr. Long, and did not know how Mr. Long operated it. Anyway, since Mr. Long came, a steady stream of gold and silver has flowed into Qu Yongjie, and he even bought military armor. Qu Yongjie's army has greatly eased the backwardness of armor and weapons. In a few months, the Xingzhou army has changed its shotguns. The whole army has a new look. .Qu Ping, who leads a battalion in the army, is also eager to try. Now it is a chaotic battle between heroes, and if he wants to take advantage, he has to fight out.

Qu Yongjie is naturally not as impulsive as his son and subordinates. His family knows his own affairs, and Qu Yongjie, who has led his whole life as a soldier, knows that the current Xingzhou soldiers are just looking good, and they are still far from a strong army. He barely deals with Lu Xiaobo. Zhang Wei's previous refugee army was more than sufficient, but it was really not enough to compare with the world-famous strong army.

"My master has been awarded the position of Lord Marquis, and now he is the top dignitary in Dachu, why doesn't he look so happy?" Mr. Long, who had a dead face, asked in a low voice.

Qu Yongjie smiled slightly, shook his head and said: "If I had been named Marquis during the Taiping New Year's Day, I would have been very happy. At least I would have held a banquet for a few days and invited friends to celebrate, but now the world is in chaos, and all the heroes Come on, bee fire is everywhere, what is there to be happy about?"

Mr. Long raised his head slightly, "I heard what the Master said, but he was complaining that the old emperor didn't treat you well enough. You have worked hard for decades, but you didn't get a position as a waiter. It's just that you were defeated by Li Qing. Being punished out of the capital, I almost became the soul of the refugee army, and also, if it were me, I'm afraid I would be unwilling."

Hearing Mr. Long's slightly sarcastic words, Qu Yongjie straightened his face, cupped his fists in the direction of Luoyang, and said seriously: "Mr. Long was wrong, so the emperor favored Qu and always trusted him. At that time, a certain family was defeated by Li Qing. No, it was at the hands of his subordinates, a little-known general, who greatly damaged the reputation of the Imperial Forest Army and lost the face of the emperor. He really has no face to stay in the capital anymore. The emperor understands a certain family's feelings and asks a certain family to come to the south Putting down the rebellion, if it wasn't for the emperor's action, why would there be Qu Yongjie today!"

Mr. Long nodded slightly, "You are nostalgic."

Qu Yongjie smiled, and stretched out his hand to ask, "Mr. Long, the battle in Qinzhou is now in full swing, and a certain family still has a lot to ask Mr. Long. Let's sit in the study!"

Mr. Long nodded, "Master please first."

After entering the study room, the guests and hosts sat down, and Qu Ping, who came in after him, became a waiter, busy making tea for the two of them, and then stood beside his father with his hands down.

"What do you think of the Battle of Qinzhou?" Mr. Long asked Qu Yongjie.

Qu Yongjie pondered for a while, and said: "King Ning's thoughts are really hard to fathom. It stands to reason that Lu Xiaobo and Zhang Wei have been relying on him for a long time. We should have a full understanding of the talents of these two people. It is absolutely difficult to fight against Xiao Yuanshan, and King Ning's subordinates do not lack famous generals who can fight against Qu Yongjie. If King Ning sends these people, in terms of the current [-] southern troops in Qinzhou, they can at least gain the upper hand , but right now it is Xiao Yuanshan who is firmly taking the initiative, it is really hard to understand."

Mr. Long smiled and said: "Why don't you understand, King Ning has not fully grasped the refugee army gathered by Lu Xiaobo and Zhang Wei. These two gangsters still have strength in their hands. In that case, let them touch Xiao Yuanshan. If he wins, King Ning is of course happy. If he loses, it will consume the troops of these two guys. King Ning's elite will not be damaged at all. The army is completely in your hands. Didn’t you see the information collected a few days ago? Hu Zequan has already entered the army of Lu and Zhang. I dare say that if Lu and Zhang suffer a big defeat, the military command will be lost. In the hands of Hu Zequan, a large number of low-level officers that King Ning sent to the refugee army were probably waiting for this day!"

Qu Yongjie was terrified, "These refugee troops only need to be tempered more, and they will become a strong army. King Ning uses Xiao Yuanshan to consume them, it is self-defeating!"

"If you can't hold the elite in your own hands, then you might as well not have one!" Mr. Long sneered, "Look, Xiao Yuanshan will face a real challenge when Hu Zequan fully takes over the command of this army."

"Hu Zequan is old and strong, and his military strategy is excellent. If he is allowed to command, the battle of Qinzhou will be quite interesting." Qu Yongjie said with great interest: "Xiao Yuanshan is also a veteran, and the two of them meet together, but the point of the needle is right."

"The Battle of Qinzhou will not have any results for the time being." Mr. Long sneered, "Xiao Haoran and King Ning are old schemers who have been planning for decades. Once it is launched, it will take three to five days. After seeing the result, these two traitors, we will lie down on one side and let them fight to the death first!"

Qu Yongjie laughed, "Mr. Long is right, you don't have to be afraid of the height of the stage when watching a play, the harder they play, the better it will be for us."

While the two were talking, a person suddenly walked in, who seemed to have a high status in Qu's mansion, and went straight into the study. The two sitting people nodded to him, and Qu Ping went up to him, respectfully He called out respectfully, "Uncle Yuan!"

The person who just stepped into the study was Yuan Fang, the former commander of the imperial court's party secretary, and the chief of the secret service of the entire Great Chu. He was plotted by his deputy Ding Yu and almost died. Later, An Guogong Li Huaiyuan sent people to rescue him After being rescued, he has been hiding in Yizhou. An Guogong originally wanted Yuan Fang to join Li's shadow or go to Dingzhou to help Li Qing, but Yuan Fang, who is in good health, flatly refused.

"The Dingzhou Statistical Investigation Department is famous all over the world, Baihu Qingfeng is extremely capable, and Li's Shadow is an old-fashioned spy organization. Its leader Li Zonghua and Yuan Fang said in the present that whether I join the Statistics Investigation Department or Shadow, I will go to give They fight, An Guogong, you know my personality, how can I be inferior to others?" Yuan Fang said at that time.

An Guogong Li Huaiyuan expressed his understanding of Yuan Fang's choice, and he allowed Yuan Fang to come and go freely, and the Li family did not interfere. Li Zonghua planned to send Yuan Fang to Qu Yongjie in person by the shadow.

"Yuan will remember the great kindness of the Duke of Yuan to Yuan, and there will be repayment in the future!" When Yuan Fang parted, he simply said this to Li Huaiyuan, and then walked away. With a smile, it made Li Shi Sanhou very angry.

When Yuan Fang came to vote for Qu Yongjie, Qu Yongjie naturally greeted him backwards and was overjoyed. He immediately let Yuan Fang take charge of Xingzhou's intelligence affairs and granted him the privilege of doing things cheaply. Qu Yongjie's intelligence system is a rising star, but its scale is not inferior to other major organizations. Qu Ping'an dares to be respectful to such a person.

"Uncle Yuan drinks tea!" Qu Ping offered the teacup with both hands, but Yuan Fang didn't take it for granted like Mr. Long did. He stood up, took the teacup, and nodded slightly, "Thank you, little waiter!"

"It's nothing to do!" Qu Yongjie smiled and said, "It's only natural for children to serve Brother Yuan, it's his blessing. By the way, Brother Yuan, is there something new about coming here today?"

Yuan Fang put down his teacup, nodded and said, "That's right, there is indeed something new, but it's about Li Qing in Dingzhou."

"Li Qing?" Both people in the room were moved.

"Li Qing has just pacified the grassland, and his strength must have been greatly depleted. Does he also want to enter the Central Plains at this time to get a foot in?" Mr. Long asked.

Yuan Fang shook his head and said: "He did get involved, but he didn't enter the Central Plains, but started to support the Dongfang Zeng family from the sea. This is the information I just received. Let's go to Lingling Port."

Qu Yongjie took the information in Yuan Fang's hand and glanced at it, "Brother Yuan is really good at it. I'm afraid this information came from inside the opponent's navy. Otherwise, how could it be so detailed?"

(End of this chapter)