Chongzhen Undergraduates

"It's not right." Liu Zeqing patted his forehead. It's not easy to be fooled if he can get mixed up with a warlord.

"Bring the map quickly." Liu Zeqing glanced to the side, did not see Li Huajing, smashed a tea bowl angrily, and shouted loudly: "Li Huajing, where did you die?"

Li Huajing hurried in from a moon gate, his trousers still in his hands.In a hurry, he took the map and spread his hands in front of Liu Zeqing.Liu Zeqing pinched the map, and wiped Li Huajing's face in disgust.

"Look, Hou Jin has already occupied Shanxi. Could this be them?" Liu Zeqing said, pointing to the location of Shanxi.

"Brother, it's impossible. If it was them, why didn't they send the letter directly?" Liu Zefeng asked suspiciously.

"We are in Huainan, and there is Shandong in the north. Things haven't reached that point yet, so of course we won't deliver the letter directly. They are making preparations in advance." Liu Zhiqian interjected.

Liu Zeqing glanced at Liu Zhiqian approvingly, and said, "My nephew has good eyesight. If he was an ordinary person, he would never have given out 10 taels of silver to attract our attention. This matter is probably a deliberate show by the people over there. .”

"Then, according to the commander in chief, should we kill this person?" Li Huajing likes to use the knife directly.

"No. Not only can't you kill them, but you should also treat them with courtesy. No matter which side they are from, as long as they are not from Nanjing, they can't be offended. Li Huajing, go touch the ground and see if they come from the north. If it’s from the south, it’s from the south. If it’s from the north, it’s good to entertain it; if it’s from the south, it’s killed.” Liu Zeqing’s eyes were deep, with an expression of deep thought.

Everyone you look at me, I look at you, don't understand Liu Zeqing's thoughts.

"Think about it, if the Great Ming Dynasty cannot be preserved, it is better for you and my wealth to leave a way out. People in the north, we can't afford to offend them!"

"I heard that Wu Sangui is now the King of Pingxi, and Hou Jin treats him well!" Liu Zeqing pinched his fingers and calculated the gap between himself, the earl, and the prince, with a look of fascination.

"Brother, I'm the only one who will know about this matter. Don't let others know." After Liu Zefeng finished speaking, he looked at the two new girls beside Liu Zeqing.

Liu Zeqing looked at the two girls viciously, and with a wave of his hand, Li Huajing stabbed them with a knife without saying a word.In just one hour, four girls were murdered in Liu Zeqing's backyard.

"Get two more for Yeye." Liu Zeqing didn't care about the corpse on the ground, and continued to yell.

In a large courtyard in the backyard of Liu Zeqing, hundreds of young and beautiful girls are being imprisoned. At this moment, they are jealous, and they are being forced to paint and paint. If they don't obey, they will be beaten severely.

All the girls looked at the gate in fear. None of the four sisters who went out before came back, and two more were taken away just now.

The girls hugged each other, and they didn't know when bad luck would come to them, and they were in constant panic.

Chapter 73: The bold Liu Zeqing

Naturally, there is no way to investigate Zhu Youjian's background in detail.

However, the general direction of arrival can be found. From the moment they cross the Yellow River, the whereabouts of a group of people are very clear.

Li Huajing didn't need to check carefully at all, the information of the merchants entering from the north had already been sent to Huai'an, so Zhu Youjian and Li Ming both came from the north, this is an iron fact.

Since he was a guest from the north, Liu Zeqing had to pay attention to it.The inn where Zhu Youjian and his party lived was immediately guarded by the Huai'an army, and even the gate of the inn was guarded.

In the inn, Li Ming's legs were already unsteady, and his lips were trembling.

"Big~ big~ sir, we were~ discovered."

"Li Dadong's family, please straighten your tongue and speak." Zhu Youjian was actually muttering in his heart, why did he suddenly surround his group.

Zhu Youjian asked Li Ming to speak, but Li Ming had nothing to say. He was surrounded now and didn't know what to do.My family and myself, it seems that this time we are going to die.

"Chen Zilong, I asked you to come here for tea?" Zhu Youjian asked while looking at Chen Zilong who was drinking the tea leisurely.

Deng Zhirong went to Andongwei, so Chen Zilong was naturally brought to Huai'an by Zhu Youjian.

"The tea in Huai'an is pretty good. I'll have a few more sips." Chen Zilong said while looking at Li Ming.

Zhu Youjian understood, waved his hand, Ji Biao took Li Ming to another room, and Chen Zilong opened his mouth.

"Commander, if we are discovered, with Liu Zeqing's disposition, he won't be so polite, right?"

After Chen Zilong finished speaking, he made a movement of wiping his neck, Zhu Youjian thought about it, and said to himself: It's true.Liu Zeqing is a guy who kills people without blinking an eye. If he really knew his details, he would have killed him immediately.

"Then why is the inn surrounded?"

"Then you have to ask Liu Zeqing, I don't know."

"Okay. You don't know, do you? When you get back, don't mention the Ministry of Agriculture to me."

Chen Zilong is not only a literati, but also a literati who is obsessed with farming.Xu Guangqi's "Nongzheng Quanshu" was finally finalized by Chen Zilong after editing. "Nongzheng Quanshu" is different from other ancient agricultural books that only introduce agricultural production technology, and creatively put forward the concept of agricultural politics.

Along the way, Zhu Youjian threw out the idea of ​​the Ministry of Agriculture, which really hit Chen Zilong's weakness and made him full of longing.

"Don't, Commander. I really don't know about this, so please don't embarrass me. I can only guess that Liu Zeqing may have mistook us for someone else. It certainly won't be to see through your true identity."

The current forces in the Central Plains are intricate, not only Zhu Youjian's Nanjing Dynasty, but also Houjin in the north.Wu Sangui, Li Zicheng, Zhang Xianzhong and so on in the west.Although Liu Zeqing has influence in Huai'an, but looking at the overall situation, he is just a small warlord.

Zhu Youjian was right when he thought about it. If he smashed down 10 taels of silver, he would have to make a fuss if he didn't make a sound.Maybe Liu Zeqing was really bluffed, which side he thought he belonged to.

"Are you sure there is no danger?" Zhu Youjian stood up and stared at Chen Zilong.

Chen Zilong was terrified by the look, his eyes dodged for a moment, he stopped drinking his tea, stood up and said, "Just trust me, my commander-in-chief. If there is no danger, the Ministry of Agriculture is settled?"

"It's decided, and you can still recommend officials to take up the post." Zhu Youjian smiled and thought: I am reluctant to let you, Chen Zilong, go to serve the crops.

While the two were talking, a group of soldiers came outside the inn, and when they entered the door, they shouted loudly: "Which two are guests from Jinzhong? Marshal Liu welcomes you."

Zhu Youjian took a look at Chen Zilong, and when he saw Chen Zilong nodding his head affirmatively, he immediately changed his expression.Answer neither humble nor overbearing: "I am."

When the leading soldier saw Zhu Youjian's appearance, he lost his arrogant attitude, because the Marshal's Mansion had already ordered him to treat him politely when he came, saying that this is a distinguished guest.

Li Ming anxiously followed Zhu Youjian towards the Marshal's Mansion, almost falling off his horse several times along the way.Seeing Liu Zeqing, he still looked terrified, and kept looking at Zhu Youjian.

The more Li Ming had such an attitude, the more Liu Zeqing believed in Zhu Youjian.Because Zhu Youjian who was standing next to Li Ming looked too calm, which was completely different from the general salt merchants.

"Where does the guest come from?" Liu Zeqing was determined in his heart, and wanted to test the other party's confidence.

"Someone came from the north for Huaiyan." When Zhu Youjian spoke, he said the word Huai a bit emphatically, because when he spoke just now, he was trying to figure out the correct pronunciation of the word.

Liu Zeqing was even more convinced when he heard that Zhu Youjian emphasized the pronunciation of Huai characters, and still had a strong Liaodong accent.He thought that this person deliberately told him that he came here for Huai'an.

"What is your request?"

"Just ask for a guard."

"The garrison is too small, hmph!" Liu Zeqing thought that Hou Jin was only willing to give him a small garrison general, which is too small for Liu Zeqing.

"Then what kind of officer should I ask for?"

"What's the matter, I have to be named a Marquis. I am now Uncle Dongping."

It wasn't until this time that Zhu Youjian realized that both he and Liu Zeqing were wrong. Fortunately, he still had the initiative.Immediately, said quickly:

"It's easy to say, easy to say. What kind of official title or title still depends on the specific merits."

Liu Zeqing acted like I understood, hiding his inner joy, and hurriedly asked people to set up a banquet.The two of them came and went, seeming to completely forget that there was Li Ming beside him, and Li Ming didn't stand or act, just being a transparent person for a while.