Nanming Engineer

Chapter 43 Face-to-face Opportunities
There are more than [-] water thieves in Hongze Lake, and tens of thousands of followers of nearby fishermen who are good at water. Such a huge force must be firmly in your own hands before you can rest assured, otherwise there will be another Wang Tao, or Wang Tao's confidantes If there is a division within, then it will be troublesome.

This work is very cumbersome. It took Wang Huan and others almost an entire night to basically sort out all the unreliable people. The scale has been greatly reduced.

Although there are fewer people, they are much more capable. The remaining people are basically the hardcore brothers of the ancestral family. There is nothing to say about their loyalty, and they can be used with absolute peace of mind.At the same time, the small number of people is also very beneficial to the expenditure of military pay.

Wang Huan was busy, and Li Tingyu was not idle either. He seized the time and took advantage of the night to bring the silver box from the tank boat to the island with the white soldiers, and safely hid it in a cave on the west side of the island. They are the foundation of Ma Quan in the future, the capital of starting a business.

When the roosters crowed on the island and the morning light first appeared, things finally came to an end. The people who had been dismissed were all sent away in small boats, and the people who stayed behind returned to their respective camps. Li Tingyu led the white-pole soldiers unceremoniously. They are going to sleep, they can only stay on the island for one day at most, if they don't have a good rest, how can they hurry?

Wang Huan was very sad. With red eyes, he brought Zu Bian and Ma Quan, who also had red eyes, to Zu Tianci's bedside.

It has to be said that the bodies of people in this era are as solid as iron, and they suffer serious penetrating injuries. If they were modern people, they would have burped their farts long ago. Going down, at this time Yoyo actually woke up.

Zu Tianci was lying on the bed, his upper body was carefully wrapped in bandages, his eyes were half-opened and he looked at the ceiling weakly, his face pale.Wang Huan and the other three sat around his bed, while Zu Bian was talking in a low voice.

"That's how things are. Brother, I have brought my brothers to surrender Lord Li. From now on, we will be the soldiers and horses under the command of Qin Zongbing in Daming Chuan." Zu Bian detailed all the events after Zu Tianci fell into a coma Said it to him again.

Zu Tianci sighed softly, and slowly closed his half-opened eyes. His face became paler. After a long time, he slowly opened his eyes and said, "Forget it, being recruited by the Ming court is better than having your innocence taken away by a Qing dog." That's good, all the brothers on the lake can rely on us, but we are the ones who have committed crimes, will the imperial court pardon us?"

Zu Bian didn't speak, but peeked at Wang Huan.

Wang Huan and Ma Quan looked at each other, and Ma Quan immediately lowered his head, his meaning was very clear: You are the biggest here, so let's talk about it.

Wang Huan tried his best to open his bloodshot eyes wide, and said with force: "You don't have to worry about this. Now that the court is in the southeast and the world is chaotic, who cares about your escape? What's more, which one of the four major towns in Jiangbei is located in the southeast of the Yangtze River? Those who escaped on the battlefield? Didn’t they still confer titles and ranks?”

Zu Tianci shook his head and said: "Although that is the case, the ancestor's family has been a military household for generations, and the most important thing is a reputation. My brother is sorry for the court. Even if he is recruited, he will not dare to join the army again."

The scene suddenly fell silent, Zu Bian and Ma all bowed their heads and said nothing, Wang Huan looked at these people, and suddenly realized that people in this era value reputation the most, scholars are like this, and so are reckless soldiers. Of course, there are more shameless people , but for an upright man like the brothers from the ancestors, etiquette and righteousness are more important than his own life. He believes that there is something wrong with him, and even ten bulls can't even try to pull him back.

"Hahaha!" Wang Huan laughed loudly.

Zu Bian and Ma Quan were startled at the same time, and looked up together. Even Zu Tianci on the hospital bed opened his eyes wide in surprise, and asked displeasedly, "Master Wang mocked Zu Tianci for being shameless, You have been recruited and you are still so pretentious?"

Wang Huan stretched out his hand to rub his eyes and said with a smile: "What the hell, you misunderstood. The reason why I laughed was because what you said was just a pardon letter. What's the problem?"

Two sitting people and one lying down in the room were all taken aback when they heard this, Ma Quan became anxious immediately, and hurriedly said: "Counselor, that's a letter of pardon, it can only be issued by the emperor!"

He was afraid that Wang Huan's voice would be low, and he would not know the origin of the letter of amnesty, so it would not be good to make a joke out of it.However, Wang Huan didn't know that Wang Huan was familiar with history and knew that in order to win over Qin Liangyu, the Nanming government granted her the title of Zhu Kingdom and Imperial Order when she was seventy years old. In Chuanzhong, ask Qin Liangyu for a deal, wouldn't it be over?

Of course, Nanming has a narrow land and few people, so everything is lacking. What is not lacking is the letter of pardon. At the end of the period, the letter of pardon is distributed like waste paper. Anyway, SC has not been in hand for a long time. How many officials did what she wanted, and Nanming had to pay the salary anyway, so as to keep Qin Liangyu still loyal to the Nanming court and stabilize the territory in central Sichuan, it would be a big profit.

So Wang Huan didn't take it seriously at all, and casually made a gesture of "I have my own opinion" towards Ma Quan, patted his chest and assured him: "This matter is on my shoulders, the imperial court relies on me the most. SC will definitely be able to do it. If you don’t come to pardon your two brothers, I’m not a proper counselor, and I’ll go back to the temple and be my little monk.”

Zu Tianci and Zu Bian saw his serious face, and his words were resounding, not like he was being fooled casually, and with the prestige of the white soldier and the prestige of Li Tingyu behind him, they were a little bit convinced, but when they thought of the clear The army marched south, and Nanjing might have already been breached. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty didn't know where to flee. If he wanted to get a pardon, even if the court would grant it, he didn't know where to go. He immediately became sad again, thinking that Wang Huan Although this statement makes sense, it is extremely difficult to implement.

Zu Tianci smiled wryly and said: "The great righteousness and great kindness of the council, my brother and I will never forget it, but this matter needs to be discussed in the long run, let's talk about it later."

Wang Huan took advantage of the situation and said: "Okay, this matter has been exposed, we have one more important matter, we must tell everyone now."

As he spoke, he straightened his waist, and his expression became a little more serious. He had presided over a mining meeting with thousands of people in later generations, and he had a great demeanor. It seemed that the official was promoted, so he couldn't help but straightened up and listened carefully.

"I want to disband the water bandits in Hongze Lake. Ma Quan will lead the team and take the heads of the two of them as certificates of honor to surrender to the Qing court." Wang Huan took a breath, exhaled slowly, and said slowly: "At the same time Work up and down in the Qing dog battalion, and try to find a position as a general in the water transport yamen, as an external response."

As soon as these words came out, people were shocked like stone, the people who were sitting almost fell down, and the people who were lying almost sat up!

The three of them looked at Wang Huan in stunned silence. Zu Tianci's white face turned red and turned red with anger, while Zu Bian's face almost turned black, and his hands were squeezed so tight that they were almost wet. Ma Quan's face turned pale, and he looked at Wang Huan with wide eyes. His mouth opened, but he couldn't say a word. He quietly touched the handle of the knife at his waist, for fear that his brothers would get angry and hurt someone.

Wang Huan saw the reactions of several people in his eyes, but there was no look of panic at all. These reactions were all within his expectation. At this moment, he pressed his hands in anticipation, and then said: "How many people are you doing?" Urgent, your two brothers are the important support of our army in the future, and they won’t hurt even a hair. Please listen to me carefully.”

(End of this chapter)