Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 680 Thirty years in Hedong Thirty years in Hexi
  "Me?" Zhu Su was stunned for a moment.

  "My son is responsible for the Imperial College, Honglu Temple, and Baoyuan Bureau. This... is really inescapable." Subconsciously, Zhu Su began to shirk.

  "The affairs of Honglu Temple and Baoyuan Bureau have been gradually grasped by the sixth and seventh elders. You haven't mentioned them for half a month. Don't think we don't know. As for the Imperial College... there are Song Lian and Liu Ji With the two of you sitting in charge, how could anything have happened to you again?"

  "You only go to give a few classes to the supervisors when you have free time, and you haven't been there once for ten days and a half. You want to stay at home and stay lazy? It's impossible!"

  Lao Zhu raised his eyes horizontally, and Zhu Su suddenly felt guilty. Indeed, I finally had some free time during this period, and I was planning to enjoy the happiness at home. Unexpectedly, Lao Zhu saw through it not long after I had used it.

  Seeing Zhu Su's angry look, Lao Zhu secretly thought that this bastard was really just trying to hide. My fifth son, who is pregnant with strange things, is born in the year of top, and if he is whipped twice from time to time, he will not be able to stand up.

  Moreover, this time, there was no one in the government who was more suitable than him to support the fourth son by sea and land.

  Lao Zhu was so powerful that Zhu Su had no choice but to accept his request.

  Since he was going to go to sea in person, he naturally had to make better preparations. The first step was to deceive some people who would get on the ship together. So Zhu Su first went to find Li Jinglong, who had also been at ease for a long time. As soon as he closed the door of the study room of Prince Zhou's Mansion, he began to persuade Li Jinglong step by step:
  "Jiujiang." Zhu Su put his arms around Li Jinglong's neck, as if he wanted to say something personal to him. "My father has entrusted me with the mission to go to Persia. This is a good job that you can take credit for if you stretch out your hand!"

  "In the past few days, the Fifth Uncle has come to the palace this week. I don't know how many nobles have come to the palace. They all want to follow the Fifth Uncle to go to sea, and the threshold is almost broken. The Fifth Uncle is thinking about you, my nephew, and those eight-pole warriors. All the nobles who didn’t want it were rejected one by one... Just go home and pack your luggage, and then board the ship with your fifth uncle at this time next month!"

  Li Jinglong thought that Zhu Su had something good in mind for him. He didn't expect that after he came to the door with great interest today, what he heard was such drudgery. His handsome face twisted into a chrysanthemum in an instant, and he calmly broke away from Zhu Sulan. Come over paw. "This... haha, fifth uncle, my nephew is very busy with affairs. There are so many things going on in the bank and banknote department, and he has to watch over them all!"

  "This is a major economic matter related to the country and the country, so there is no need to be careless!"

  "Don't think that Fifth Uncle doesn't know...Now that the Baochao Lift Office and the bank are on the right track, you just go to these two yamen every now and then. Everything will take care of itself, Mr. Ru Tai Su Ru will take care of it." , how many daily chores do you need to take charge of?" Zhu Su crossed the long eye passed down from Lao Zhu, and Li Wenzhong suddenly felt a little resentful.

  "Yes, but my nephew is capable of leading troops... Hehe, Fifth Uncle, you also know that even a warrior who has fought a hundred battles can be turned into a coward by my nephew..."

  Li Jinglong's military ability is probably only matched by Zhao Kuo, a man who talks about military affairs on paper. Li Jinglong was also very eloquent about military affairs on weekdays, but he just didn't know how to adapt when he was in battle, and he was embarrassed in his big job.

  In the past few years, Li Wenzhong continued to hone Li Jinglong's ability to lead and train troops, and even threw him into the military camp for more than a year. However, despite using the most rigorous education and training to hone Li Jinglong, as soon as he saw the real chapter, the contemporary Zhao Kuo would immediately reveal his prototype. Previously, because the soldiers brought out were just superficial, they almost caused a big disaster.

  For this son, Li Wenzhong sighed countless times at home. After being hit too hard, Li Jinglong simply gave up on his career as a military leader and concentrated on living in the Baochao Lifting Division and Daming Bank. Although he refused with self-deprecation, he could not help but look a little lonely on the surface.

  "A man's ambition should be like the Yangtze River running eastward to the sea. How can he linger on a place of comfort?" Zhu Su scolded Li Jinglong with a straight face, without the slightest thought that he was also hiding from laziness and was being chased by Lao Zhu. "Brother Bao'er has a heavy responsibility and cannot continue to win military honors for Cao Guogong's palace. The future of Cao Guogong's palace depends entirely on you, the eldest son of Cao Guogong."

  "In the past, you and Yungong were both heirs, and we were always the closest to each other. But now the Duke of Wei has sealed off the territory overseas. Yungong has also led troops in the north, pursuing death in the north, and he has gained a great reputation."

  "Are you really willing to use your martial arts skills to wait for death while serving in that bank, and live up to the illustrious reputation of your Duke Cao?"

  These words hit Li Jinglong's lungs, and his eye circles instantly turned red. When it comes to his and Xu Yungong's elders, although Li Wenzhong is not as qualified as Xu Da, he is still one of the best generals. Among the generals of the Ming Dynasty, almost no one can surpass him in terms of talent. He is recognized as the successor to Xu Da to take on big responsibilities. of handsome talent.

  Li Wenzhong also worked hard to reach the heights of the Duke of Wei.

  However, fate played a trick on people. A few years ago, Li Zhen, Lao Zhu's brother-in-law and Li Wenzhong's biological father, was sick on the bed due to fatigue in his early years. Although Li Wenzhong had great ambitions, he was a filial son. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty now has troops on all sides, but it is impossible for the capital region to retain not a single general, so Lao Zhu arranged for Li Wenzhong to command the troops in the capital region in Yingtian, while always accompanying Li Zhen, which could be regarded as a public and private matter.

  In addition, Li Wenzhong's own health was not very good after years of fighting. His generation's desire to conquer the border through meritorious service was over, but the next generation's legitimate son, Li Jinglong, could only be a bank manager. Although this bank was run by the imperial court, it was still a cheap business, so there were often voices in the market saying that Li Wenzhong was a father of a tiger and a son of a dog, and that Li Jinglong was just a straw bag relying on the holy family. After two generations, Duke Cao's government would decline.

  "Look at you, you are barely a year old, how come you have lost your youthful spirit?" Zhu Su said. "Who said that your family is the father of a tiger and the son of a dog? When you come back from overseas with your fifth uncle, you can give them a slap in the face. Then tell them proudly: Thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi. Don't bully young people who are poor. !”

  Although Li Jinglong was usually heartless, he was not really unambitious. Zhu Su's words were extremely inflammatory, and when he heard them, he felt blood rush to his face and his nostrils slightly flared. But after a while, he still fell down and said: "Fifth Uncle, I finally realized that I don't have the talent to lead an army, so why did you drag me aboard the pirate ship..."

  "If I make a mistake, wouldn't this put my father and grandfather on the fire?"

  "It doesn't matter if you don't know how to lead an army, you are so thick-skinned!" Zhu Su said succinctly. Seeing Li Jinglong's surprised look, he reacted and coughed twice: "Ahem, no, you are good at dancing, and there are many countries in Southeast Asia and the West. , the situation is complicated, just right for you to deal with."

  "Besides, the use of troops at sea is not as good as on land. There are not as many tricks. Strategy is more important than tactics."

  "I think you are actually quite good at military strategy. Your biggest shortcoming is that you are too slow to react and are easily attacked... There is no cover on the sea, and there is almost no possibility of being attacked. Maybe you can't be a famous general on land, but you can be a Where is the famous admiral?"

  (End of this chapter)