Daming Junior Scholar

The three of you looked at me and I looked at you, but none of them knew what happened. Before they could ask any questions, the young man said, "Go, I'll take you to a place and you'll find out."

It's nothing to go to a place, but seeing half of the food left on the table, the three brothers were a little bit reluctant, hesitated, and said with a smile: "Little brother, wait a moment, we will finish eating before leaving." Not too late."

"I'll give you something delicious later, forget about it." The young man glanced at the food on the table in disgust, and then shouted casually: "Little Er, settle the score."

When they left the tavern, the three brothers were still complaining to each other. They ate too slowly just now. If they had eaten faster, they might have eaten all the delicious food on the table. The little brother took it out, but seeing so many steamed buns left on the table, the three brothers always felt that they had done something wrong.

They complained to each other along the way, and after walking for a while, the boy stopped in front of a big restaurant, pointed to the restaurant and said, "We're here, the nobleman who wants to see you is right here."

"Here?" This is not like the small tavern we went to just now. Just looking at the size of the tavern, the three brothers felt a little guilty. Xie Tiansheng hesitated for a moment, and asked with a smiling face: "I said, brother, you didn't come. Wrong place? We brothers don’t have much money, so we can’t afford to eat here.”

"What nonsense, let you go in and go in, don't you still need a bite to eat?" The expression on the young man's face became more and more impatient, and after some urging, the three brothers entered slowly. Into the restaurant.

After entering, there was no waiter to greet them and drive them out. The three brothers breathed a sigh of relief, and then, led by the young man, went up to the third floor of the restaurant, and stopped in front of the innermost private room. down.

Then the young man knocked lightly on the door of the private room, and said carefully: "Elder-in-law, the three Xie family brothers have all been brought here."

There was a moment of silence inside, and then a drake-like voice said, "Let them in."

Father-in-law?

Xie Tiansheng heard this title sensitively, and he immediately had a big question mark in his heart. In his memory, didn't this father-in-law describe those eunuchs in the capital?Why are there still eunuchs in Suzhou?

Before he could figure it out, the young man had already pushed open the door of the private room, and a magnificent room appeared in front of the three brothers.

Chapter 1167 Extreme temptation

The three brothers had never seen such a magnificent room in their life. They stood blankly in front of the door, not daring to take a step inside.

"You guys are coming in." The young man who entered the room first turned around, but saw the three brothers standing in front of the door with a silly look, and couldn't help but urge him.

"This..." Xie Tiansheng looked down at his outfit in embarrassment, then shook his head and said, "Forget it, we are too dirty, so we don't want to go in."

"What are you afraid of being dirty, just change into a new one." Before the boy could speak, he walked out of the room slowly, looked up at the three brothers with a smile, and then stretched out his hand, asking Action: "Three heroes, please come inside."

Ouch, is this really the world's pie?The three brothers of the Xie family looked at me, and I looked at you. In the end, Xie Tiansheng gritted his teeth and reminded: "My lord, we don't seem to know you."

"I didn't know each other before, but after I introduced you, didn't I know each other? The miscellaneous family's surname is Li Mingfu. Speaking of identity, it has some relationship with you."

Miscellaneous?Li Fu?

Hearing this title, and then thinking of the father-in-law the boy mentioned just now, could this be the legendary eunuch?

Thinking of this, Xie Tiansheng's eyes couldn't help but want to float down, but he also knew that even if he was a eunuch, he was also a eunuch with a much higher status than himself, and he might kill him with a single word, so he It's better to be well-behaved.

Thinking of this, Xie Tiansheng's body suddenly bent a lot, and he quickly said, "Hello, Eunuch Li, my name is Xie Tiansheng, they are my brothers..."

"I know, Xie Tianqi and Xie Tianyang, right?" The smile on Li Fu's face in the room didn't diminish, and he waved his hand and said, "I already know you all, come in, let's talk about it later."

It seems that he really did not admit the wrong person, and indeed knew him. Seeing Li Fu repeatedly asking him to go in, Xie Tiansheng gritted his teeth, and finally entered the room tremblingly. Some are not enough.

There is a large square table in the room, and the square table has already been filled with steaming delicious food. The fragrant smell can be smelled even when I stand so far away. The half-filled stomach just now is full again. He cooed.

Li Fu sat down on a stool by the table, picked up a pair of chopsticks from the table, and was just about to pick up some food, when he suddenly noticed that the three brothers were still standing motionless at the door, he immediately smiled and said: " Why are you three so polite, come, come and have a few bites with the miscellaneous family."

Xie Tiansheng swallowed a mouthful of spittle, and shook his head with a sneer: "Eunuch Li, our brothers are all vulgar people, and their food looks too ugly. You should eat first, and we can eat the rest."

"How can this work." Li Fu put down his chopsticks and said with a smile: "You three are heroes with real skills. I, Li Fu, admire people like you the most in my life. Come on, don't You are welcome, this table is prepared for you brothers."

Hearing Li Fu repeatedly wanting to invite, Xie Tianyang at the side finally couldn't hold back his saliva, couldn't help but stepped forward a few steps, sat down carefully, first glanced at Li Fu, saw that he didn't look angry, Only then did I boldly stretch out my hand, grabbed a chicken leg, and stuffed it into my mouth.

"That's right, I like to watch this hero eat." Even so, Li Fu put down the chopsticks in his hand, looked at Xie Tianyang with a smile, and then greeted: "You two Why are you being polite, hurry up and eat, or your little brothers will eat it up."

With such a large table of food, even if Xie Tian raised him to death, he would definitely not be able to eat it cleanly, but since the third child had already started eating, the two of them had nothing to be polite, so they quickly sat down at the table and began to eat.

"Eat slowly, if it's not enough, we can ask for some more."

"Xiao Shunzi, what are you looking at, you haven't poured wine for the three heroes yet." The young man who led the three people immediately grabbed a jar of wine and filled it for the three of them.

With those steamed buns at the bottom, the three of them gorged themselves for a while, and couldn't hold anything in their stomachs anymore. They raised their heads and looked at Li Fu embarrassedly, and it was Xie Tiansheng who said first, "Thank you, Eunuch Li. Treats, we brothers are already full."

"Are you really full? If these don't suit your taste, we can serve some other dishes."

"I'm really full." Xie Tiansheng was afraid that Li Fu would not believe him, so he patted his already round stomach.

Li Fu then nodded and smiled, and continued: "Since we are full, let's talk about some other topics. I am very interested in the origins of the three heroes, who can tell me about it?"

birth?

What can we talk about?

Xie Tiansheng blinked his eyes and said hesitantly: "Our three brothers have been living in Wujiang. We usually make a living by fishing and farming. I don't know what happened recently. Wujiang was hit by a natural disaster, and the land at home has no crops. The fish in the river were controlled by those gangs again, and at this moment, we just saw the recruitment notice, so we came to try our luck."

"Oh, that's how it is." Li Fu nodded slowly, and after thinking about it for a while, he said: "The miscellaneous family really think it's a pity that the three heroes have become the leading soldiers like this. I have one thing to do, and when it is done, how about I arrange for you to go to Wujiang to be county captains?"

Go back to Wujiang to be a county captain?

This is a great thing. Although the three of them have never seen what the county captain of Wujiang looks like, it does not prevent him from knowing how powerful he is. I heard that all the government officials in soap clothes It's his subordinates, if those yamen servants are arrogant enough, how powerful is the county lieutenant.

Thinking of this, the eyes of the three brothers of the Xie family lit up. Xie Tiansheng hurriedly asked: "Elder-in-law, if you have anything to do, please tell our brothers. Go up the mountain of swords and down into the sea of ​​fire, and I will definitely get it done for you."

They are really three simple-minded guys. With just one meal and one empty promise, they have won the allegiance of three people.

Li Fu said with a smile: "Three heroes, don't worry, the thing I asked you to do is quite simple to say, it is to let you show your abilities as much as possible in the navy, and let He Jiaan value you. Then just tell me exactly what he usually says and does.”

"This……"

Hearing this, if Xie Tiansheng didn't understand what Li Fu meant, then he would really be a fool, wouldn't he be making himself a spy by doing this.

Let's not talk about how Eunuch Li treats me, but Lord He is kind to the three brothers. He saved himself when the three brothers were most critical, and then let himself enter the navy directly, and even gave himself two Two silver coins for food, if I really became someone else's spy, wouldn't I be too sorry for him?

If Xu could see the hesitation on Xie Tiansheng's face, Li Fu suddenly smiled and said: "I said Tiansheng, I know your difficulties, but you can't just think about yourself, you have to think about it too." Think about your two younger brothers, how can you save enough money to get married just by being a soldier? You can't let your Xie family die."

After speaking, as soon as he returned his hand, he picked up a small tray from behind, put it in front of Xie Tiansheng, removed the curtain on the tray, and said slowly: "See, this is 100 taels of silver. , as long as you promise me to be an undercover agent, I will give you so much every month."

Chapter 1168

Three days passed by in a flash, and He Jiaan's mood went from being anxious at the beginning to being relieved later, but he did not accept too many tests. The five thousand navy has been fully recruited, and the craftsmen who build houses and guns have also recruited. There are quite a few, but it is a pity that craftsmen who can build ships have not been recruited. Even if there are a few occasionally, most of them can build some small wooden boats, but what I need is craftsmen who can build ships with thousands of stones.

In any case, I still want to thank Hu Di, the prefect of Suzhou, for his help. As for the requests that the two agreed to in private, He Jiaan naturally won’t lose a penny. As for the specific amount, only Hu Di and He Jiaan know. I know.

When the fleet departed from Suzhou again, it was already much larger than when it came. After joining a team of more than 7000 people, He Jiaan rented more than a dozen large ships from the local area, and then reluctantly sent everyone together. But you don't have to worry about whether you are comfortable or not, because they will disembark in Shanghai before long, and then transfer to a sea boat and go straight to Paju.

From Suzhou to Shanghai, it was only a half-day boat ride. Some people even fell asleep before the boat arrived at the pier in Shanghai. The three brothers Xie Tiansheng got off the boat with the flow of people. Looking up, he suddenly pointed in another direction and said, "Brother, look quickly, that boat is so long."

Xie Tiansheng, who was full of thoughts, finally raised his head after hearing this, and when he casually looked in the direction Xie Tianyang pointed, a surprised expression suddenly appeared on his face.

On the pier at the other end, there were five huge warships parked. The appearance of these warships was obviously different from that of Daming. When seeing these warships, there was a burst of discussion all around. , Everyone is discussing where these ships came from.