The winter in the north is extremely cold. Although the Little Ice Age in the late Ming Dynasty has gradually passed, in the north of winter, covered with heavy snow like goose feathers, the entire northern part is covered with white.

Nowadays, except for Tianjin Port, there are a few ships in and out of the north. The other ports have been suspended. Whether it is warships or ordinary merchant ships, they either berth at anchorages, or they are directly pulled into the dock for rest or go south. The lively and busy pier in the past has become deserted.

But just outside Tianjin Port, a huge warship was heading towards the north. In this warship, the cabin doors isolated the cold wind outside, and the room was burning charcoal fire, which was warm like spring. The Ming army general and the famous duck king Zhu Yigui were sitting in the cabin and drinking wine leisurely with peanuts.

"Brother, this wine is good, it's something I finally got from my brother." An intermediate officer in the uniform of a captain smiled and picked up the wine pot and filled Zhu Yigui's cup with wine. Then he twisted out a fried peanut from the plate on the table. He skillfully twisted his two fingers, peeled off the red skin, revealing the slightly yellow flesh inside. Then he threw it into his mouth and chewed it with satisfaction.

"This wine is good. Although it is a little stronger, it feels very comfortable to drink." Zhu Yigui took another sip of the wine and nodded and praised: "I didn't expect that there would be such a good wine in this poor place in Shanxi. Before, General Huang Chaoyun brought me some white wine from Guizhou, saying it was a specialty of Maotai, but I prefer this Fenjiu."

"This is natural." Zhu Yigui's old brother Wu Wai, the guy nicknamed Wu Waizui, immediately smiled and nodded: "What good wine can be produced in Guizhou without shit? This Shanxi Fenjiu is extraordinary. It was the imperial wine in the tribute palace back then. If it weren't for my brother, I was invading Taiyuan City first, and I wouldn't have made these fine wines well. Now, when I heard your call from my brother, I brought all the wine I got, just to honor you..."

"Singer!" Huang Dian, who was not making a sound, couldn't help but curse in his heart. Originally, the person who had always been with Zhu Yigui was his Huang Dian. Now Wu Waizui is coming, and he is three times stronger than himself when flattering, and Zhu Yigui seems to be very enjoying.

"Can it be that my level has decreased? Or maybe my flattery has made the boss feel aesthetically tired after being long-term? Otherwise, how could Wu Waizui make the boss happy like this?" Thinking of this, Huang Dian was not angry, but he was helpless, so he could only think about this matter carefully.

Zhu Yigui suddenly laughed and pointed at Wu Wai and joked with him. To be honest, being with Wu Waizui made Zhu Yigui think of the past when he and his brothers were in Fujian back then. At that time, he was still an ordinary person, and these brothers were just gangsters who followed him.

Zhu Yigui started his business by letting go of ducks, but his family was still poor and he didn't even have money to marry his wife. Thanks to the later Widow Xie, who was the current Zhu Xie family, who was unable to abandon her, was able to survive.

Who would have thought that in a blink of an eye, Zhu Yigui is now a big shot. With the star on his shoulders, the name of the duck king is even more popular. What’s more important is that he has already had a title, and soon the title will be promoted to another level. By then, a marquis will be perfect. With these, he will be considered a real high-ranking noble class in the Ming Dynasty.

Wu Wai was originally under Ma Gongcheng's subordinate, but this guy was not very lucky. In addition, the army was not as well taken care of by Zhu Yigui like Huang Palace. What's more important is that Wu Wai was not good at being good and did not make any great contributions in the army, so he has been just a captain until now.

This is also because Zhu Yigui sent someone to find Wu Wai and asked him to follow him from the Shanxi army. Wu Wai agreed without thinking.

Wu Wai was not stupid. He had long known that he had the truth about eating meat with Boss Zhu. He was so awkward to be like this back then. If it weren't for joining the Ming army later and the court deliberately broke up the few of them into the various armies, Wu Wai wanted to follow Zhu Yigui all the time.

If you don’t talk about the others, just look at the boy Huang Dian. You should know that this boy was born together with him back then, and there was basically no difference between brothers. However, in the past eight or nine years, Huang Dian, who followed Zhu Yigui, has been promoted all the way, and now he has become the deputy general. He looks like a man in front of him. He is a little captain who has to take the initiative to salute when he meets this guy outside, which really makes Wu Wai envious.

At present, Boss Zhu summoned him, and there was a transfer order from the Ministry of War and the Army Headquarters. He was a fool if he didn't come! So in order to give Zhu Yigui a good impression for many years, Wu Wai made sufficient preparations, and even saw Zhu Yigui's elder brother and his elder brother kept flattering him. As expected, this effect was significant, and Zhu Yigui seemed extremely friendly to him.

In addition to the three people sitting now, the brothers who came out of Fujian together were Li Yong and Yan Zijing. Although they are not as high as the deputy general of Huang Dian, they are also better than Wu Waiyuan.

Among them, Li Yong had already transferred to the local area and served as the commander-in-chief of the Hunan Commander-in-Chief, and was in the third rank. As for Yan Zijing joining the army in Yang Xu and Yang, he was also the fourth rank staff officer. However, the two of them did not transfer Zhu Yigui together with Wu Wai. As for the reason, it was nothing more than that they were doing well. In addition, Zhu Yigui might have his other considerations, so he did not force them.

"Brother, didn't the court say that it would be awarded a title after spring? Why are you in a hurry to go to sea in this big winter?" After drinking a sip of wine, Wu Wai suddenly asked in confusion.

The fact that the imperial court has been awarded a title has been spread. Now many people in the Ming Dynasty know that with Zhu Yigui's identity and status and credit, they will inevitably be among the ranks of titles. Apart from the ten designated dukes, there is no problem with Zhu Yigui's title of marquis. The difference is whether it is first-class marquis or second-class marquis.

Logically speaking, Zhu Yigui should have continued to stay in the capital at this time, waiting patiently for the important event of the title after the New Year. However, Zhu Yigui did not stay in the capital and did not go south to Jiangbei. Instead, after seeing the emperor, he directly led a few of them to take naval warships from the almost stagnant Tianjin Port to board the ship and go to sea.

"What do you know? The elder brother is naturally interested in doing this. What is the identity of the elder brother now? Of course, there is a reason to go to sea now." Before Zhu Yigui could speak, Huang Dian next to him said first.

Huang Dian preached bluntly, and at the same time he showed off a bad face that you know. You must know that Huang Dian is very angry with Wu Wai's face that is constantly flattering. In his opinion, Wu Wai is just trying to compete for favor with him!

"Look at what you said, brother, I can't compare with Brother Huang, let alone compare with the elder brother. The elder brother could have taken his brothers to do big things back then. How could we younger brother compare? Isn't this because we don't understand, I asked him now. If it were someone else, I would definitely not ask, but who is the elder brother? This is my elder brother! Can you not explain a few words to me? Besides, I am thinking about following my elder brother's ideas, so as not to delay my elder brother's important matters in the future."

Wu Wai was not at all displeased, but continued to say this with a smile. Huang Dian didn't know how to refute this when he said this. He was stunned for a moment, but Zhu Yigui was very happy and burst into laughter.
Chapter completed!