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Chen Zhong's arrival felt like a reassurance to Li Yuanqing.

As Li Yuanqing's closest comrade, partner, and brother, the arrival of Chen Zhong means that the two parts of Liaonan have once again merged and become one!

In this way, let alone the imperial court, even Mao Wenlong would never want to get involved in southern Liaoning.

The location of Liujiapuzi is quite good.

If you advance, you can control the channels of the capital, if you retreat, you can retreat to Dagukou.

At this time, Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong had all their elite cavalrymen and two horses, and the war horses were all high-quality Mongolian horses. Although they were not as good as the fine and tall Mongolian war horses of Hou Jin and the Mongols, they were at least better than the war horses of the Jingying camp.

A level higher!

The two groups combined have nearly a thousand people, all of whom are elite soldiers!

In this way, the two teams have almost no natural enemies here!

Li Yuanqing was able to calm down and speed up the planning and layout of the capital.

The New Year's Eve is coming soon, and the surrounding villages are already full of New Year's celebrations.

Mu Ran saw Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong setting up camp at the main intersection near the official road. The people around them were a little afraid and did not dare to come forward.

Li Yuanqing immediately ordered his soldiers to buy seven or eight fat pigs, dozens of sheep, and some chickens and ducks from several surrounding villages at a price that was 10% higher than the market price. He also stated that as long as the people did not approach the camp at will,

, there will never be any danger.

Moreover, Li Yuanqing also gave these common people a great benefit, telling the young and strong among them to go to the surrounding towns and large markets to buy some live pigs and sheep. As long as the goods are good and fresh, Li Yuanqing will give them a

Hard-earned money.

At this time, a fat pig of about the same size costs five or six taels of silver. This ten percent of hard-earned money is by no means a small sum for these common people.

The people around him were immediately overjoyed!

Coupled with the atmosphere of the New Year, I just want the whole family to go out, as if the New Year has arrived early.

Next to a forest on the east side of the main road leading to Guandao, Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong each held a cigar in their mouths, puffing away at the heavy snow flying in the sky.

Chen Zhong smiled and said: "Yuan Qing, these people are afraid that they will have to remember your name in the next ten or twenty years."

Li Yuanqing took a deep breath from his cigar and said with a smile: "Brother, it's just money, but it can make the people happy, so it's money well spent! Brothers, you have been working hard with me for a year, and you should eat better."

, it’s time to drink better.”

Chen Zhong nodded slowly.

After so many years, he and Li Yuanqing almost started from scratch. After going through a lot of hardships, they finally established the foundation of Liaonan. Chen Zhong already had a deep understanding of his brother's temperament.

Towards his enemies, he is a terrifying demon who can't even open his eyes!

But~~, he treats his brothers like a bonfire in winter and shade in summer, taking every possible care!

"call."

Chen Zhong exhaled a long breath of thick smoke. Up to now, he has already fallen in love with this white-haired ghost named Cigar. "Yuan Qing, according to the current situation, the imperial court may not be able to do it for a while."

There is a big move, what are your plans next?"

Li Yuanqing looked into Chen Zhong's eyes, "Brother, what do you think?"

Chen Zhong said: "Yuan Qing, the situation is unclear at this time, so we'd better not act rashly. After we finish dealing with this situation and return to Liaonan, we should focus on guarding against the Tatars and training our sons."

Li Yuanqing smiled: "Brother's words are very agreeable to my heart. The two of us have not held a joint drill for a long time!"

Chen Zhong immediately understood what Li Yuanqing meant and couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Yuanqing, you have been away from Liaonan for the past six months. I have almost gained weight. It's time to do some exercise!"

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Forbidden City, Imperial Study Room.

The famous 9,000-year-old Eunuch Wei was sitting on a mahogany chair, playing with two delicate walnuts in his hands, closing his eyes and concentrating.

Next to it, a light incense was lit, and a few steps away, a brazier was burning with crackling sounds, dispelling the freezing cold outside and making the huge hall as warm as spring.

Eunuch An, on the other hand, stood carefully aside, with his head lowered and his neck shrinking, not daring to breathe.

At this time, three days had passed since Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong left Beijing.

With Eunuch Wei's energy at this time, Li Yuanqing and Chen Zhong's little moves in Beijing could hardly escape his eyes.

Just now, a young eunuch came over to report that Wuyu Pavilion, which had been famous in the capital for many years, had officially closed down. The last group of girls, Gui Nu, had already left the capital by carriage before evening and headed towards Tianjin.

Eunuch Wei did not expect that his deliberate balancing act would have such evil consequences at this time.

In the past two days, Eunuch Wei has been reflecting on whether what he did is right?

After all, Li Yuanqing had made great contributions to him, the Ming Dynasty, and the emperor. Li Yuanqing was definitely indispensable for his father-in-law Wei to be able to fully control the government today.

But at this time, Li Yuanqing was like a willful child. After only being a little wronged, he waved his somewhat hard fist at him, which made Eunuch Wei very unhappy.

Less than a quarter of an hour ago, Huang Liji came to visit him.

Although he is a dignified old man, he is simply bursting into tears and unable to make a sound.

Huang Liji told Eunuch Wei that he had already broken the legs of his useless grandson Huang Yujue, and would never let his rebellious grandson leave the house again as long as he lived.

Eunuch Wei still admired Huang Liji very much.

Although this old man is a little greasy and slippery, he does things very steadily.

He does not take credit and is rarely proud. He is very popular among the officials and has good prestige. Especially this old man is loyal to his Eunuch Wei and is now his most important right-hand man!

This matter is really difficult to choose between!

Eunuch Wei suddenly smiled and looked at Eunuch An, "Xiao Anzi, you have a good relationship with Li Yuanqing. Tell me, what kind of tricks does Li Yuanqing want to play this time?"

Eunuch An's nerves were already stretched like a rope. When he heard Eunuch Wei mentioning Li Yuanqing, he couldn't help but fall to his knees with a plop, "Old ancestor, slave, slave and that Li Yuanqing, but, it's just

With a nod of greeting, we welcome you! Ancestor, Li Yuanqing, a bastard, dares to go against your wishes for his own selfish interests. It is really intolerable! My slave..."

Eunuch An still wanted to show his loyalty, but Eunuch Wei waved his hand irritably.

Mr. An was so angry that he didn't dare to breathe and quickly closed his mouth.

Eunuch Wei sighed slowly.

He thought that this little Anzi, who he had trained for many years, was doing things fairly well and was almost ready to take charge of his own business, but little did he know that this little Anzi was just a ball of mud and could not hold up the wall at all!

Eunuch Wei couldn't help but think of what Hakka had said to him in the morning, "Li Yuanqing has contributed to the Ming Dynasty. It would be unwise to push him too hard!"

Especially since the emperor doesn't know about this at this time, if the emperor knows about it, given the emperor's favor for Li Yuanqing, this...

The more he thought about it, the more Eunuch Wei couldn't help but become more irritable!

This little monkey will really give him problems! He really doesn’t know whether to live or die! Doesn’t he know that everything he has now was given to him by the Zajia family?

If you want to make a fuss, then make a fuss!

The Za family would like to see, you little monkey, can you still rebel? Do you really dare to go against the Ming Dynasty?

Thinking about it, Eunuch Wei stopped looking at Eunuch An and said to a young eunuch waiting in front of him: "Let's go to Qianqing Palace."

Who can serve by Wei Zhongxian's side and not be a human being?

The little eunuch knew at a glance that Mr. An was a bastard who was about to fall out of favor, so he hurriedly led Wei Zhongxian the way, "Ancestor, please!"

Seeing Wei Zhongxian leave quickly, Mr. An's throat moved and he wanted to say something, but found that he could not say a word at all.

Could it be that this time, he, what did he do wrong?

…………

On the twenty-first day of the twelfth lunar month in the sixth year of the Great Tomorrow, Liujiapuzi.

As the last group of girls, Gui Nu rushed over and headed towards Dagukou. In addition, the news from the front was that Eunuch Wei still wanted to treat Li Yuanqing coldly. Li Yuanqing no longer hesitated. With a big wave of his hand, the team set off overnight. Rush to Dagokou.

It has reached this point, Li Yuanqing and Eunuch Wei are basically in a state of 'end of fate'.

Now the last node for both sides is Wuyu Pavilion!

If Eunuch Wei is wise and does not touch Wuyu Pavilion and continues to maintain the status quo, then~~ Li Yuanqing will save some face for Eunuch Wei and continue to maintain the status quo. He will not obey the imperial court, but he will not betray the imperial court!

But~, if his Eunuch Wei is ignorant and wants to take advantage of Wuyu Pavilion, then~, we can’t blame Li Yuanqing for being cruel!

With the powerful troops of southern Liaoning at his disposal, even if Li Yuanqing does not stand on his own feet, as long as he raises the banner of punishing the eunuchs and the Qing monarch with great righteousness, it will be enough for an old man like Eunuch Wei to drink from a pot.

Of course, Li Yuanqing would never break up with Eunuch Wei until the final step.

After all, the life of the eunuch is already like a grasshopper after autumn------it can't jump for a few days.

Moreover, if Li Yuanqing becomes the 'flag bearer', I am afraid that it will not be him who will benefit, but Dong Lin, who has been suppressed for a long time!

But even if Donglin wanted to benefit, if Eunuch Wei really wanted to violate Li Yuanqing's taboo, Li Yuanqing wouldn't care so much.

If he hadn't used his sword, people in the world would have thought that Li Yuanqing could only kill Tatars!

Chen Zhong had no objection to Li Yuanqing's decision and firmly stood on Li Yuanqing's side.

His subordinates are also firmly on Li Yuanqing's side!

After all, following Li Yuanqing, the brothers have always been drinking and eating meat, getting promoted and getting rich. If they follow the court, what can they do?

Today in southern Liaoning, has the imperial court ever sent any soldiers?

Human hearts are made of flesh!

Everyone has a steelyard in their heart!

We don’t care about what happened to the Ming Dynasty, and we don’t have the ability to take care of it, but ~ Liaonan people are all born into the most miserable people. At the most critical moment, it was Li Yuanqing who pulled them out of the sea of ​​misery, gave them food to eat, clothes to wear, and They asked for wives, built them houses, allocated fields to them, and cared for them to have babies.

In this situation, whoever wants to be an enemy of Li Yuanqing will be an enemy of the entire people of southern Liaoning!

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Chapter completed!