"Oh, haha, this is a good thing, very good!" Li Wanjiang suddenly realized, "Besides, hasn't Wan Yanhong passed away? Since you two are single, it is true that you are getting married together. It’s normal, but why should a traitor be so red-faced?”
In fact, as soon as Li Wanjiang saw Dugulou's coy and hesitant character, he knew that he and Princess Mojie had already hooked up before Wanyanhong died!
This is definitely what happened, but I can’t ask in detail anymore. If you see through it, don’t tell it, and continue to be a king and minister...
"Since Han Zhong has a wife and a son, I must give you the title. I will make Qiu Ruolan the royal wife, and your son will be made a first-class cavalry captain. When he grows up and makes military achievements, I will give him another title, hahaha!" Li Wanjiang did not hesitate to reward Dugu Tower.
"Thank you Lord for your kindness!" Dugulou hurriedly knelt down to thank him. "I will turn around and let them come in to thank the emperor. They are just humble wives and young children, and they are afraid of offending Tianyan..."
"Oh? Are your wife and children here too?" Li Wanjiang asked.
"Yes." Dugulou said hurriedly, "Because my ancestral grave is in the western suburbs of Fengyang, I brought them back to worship my ancestors this time. In addition, I also bought a house in Fengyang City..."
"Oh, that's it. I've neglected it." Li Wanjiang became even more happy when he heard this, "Send me a list later, and I will notify the Ministry of Etiquette and let them reward you one by one!"
"Thank you Lord for your kindness!" His wife and children refused to be granted the title of Dugu Tower, and naturally he could not refuse to be granted the title of Dugulou by his family.
After he came back, he told Xiao Chen all the conversations he had with Li Wanjiang. Xiao Chen asked him what his first impression of Li Wanjiang was.
Dugulou said that Li Wanjiang was a man of great talent and strategy, with a royal air and the appearance of a dragon and a phoenix, but his only flaw was that he was too suspicious...
If the people are suspicious, it is wisdom, if the ministers are suspicious, it is prudent, if they are suspicious, it is a plan, and if the king is suspicious, it is not appropriate.
He himself is so confused. If the big guy has a problem, how will he make a decision?
Dugulou went to see Li Wanyun again, which was regarded as an order. Li Wanyun was quite emotional when he saw him and sighed a lot.
Since ancient times, how many loyal ministers and good generals have ended up well?
Yesterday's Fu Hanzhong may be his tomorrow!
But listening to what Dugulou said, it seemed that the emperor's brother intended to let him lead troops again to cooperate with the Yanyun Navy to fight the English, and he cheered up a little more.
Could it be that the emperor summoned him to Beijing because of this matter?
If this is the case, then the emperor still trusts me, but his trust in me also reveals his distrust of his two nephews...
Brother Emperor, Brother Emperor, what exactly do you want to do?
After bidding farewell to Li Wanyun, Dugulou went to meet another person, but it was no one else, but Zhu Xiaochuan.
When Zhu Xiaochuan heard that he was coming, he was both surprised and happy. He opened the middle door wide and welcomed him out in person. Without saying a word, Dugulou knelt down and kowtowed three times to him, making his forehead bleed!
Zhu Xiaochuan immediately panicked and hurriedly knelt down and picked him up, "General Han Zhong, why did you give me such a gift? This is really something you don't dare to do!"
"The Marquis built a monument for my Fu family and wrote the words 'Fu family bloodline' in his own handwriting. How can I repay such a great favor?" Dugulou burst into tears and choked with sobs.
"Oh, this is just a simple effort. You, Fu Hanzhong, are a loyal sect, and Xiaochuan admires you very much." Zhu Xiaochuan couldn't help but be moved when he saw Dugulou acting like this.
To be honest, he didn't expect that a small act of kindness back then would lead to such gratitude in Dugulou now. It can be seen that doing good deeds will always be rewarded.
With this relationship, the two of them talked happily even though they had never met. Zhu Xiaochuan deliberately accepted her, and Dugulou also happily agreed.
This meeting between the two giants, Dazhou and Yanyun, will also have a profound impact on the future development of the situation.
Li Wanjiang finally decided to accept the British challenge because the negotiations did not go smoothly.
Chen Wenqi and Lu Jing had already talked to the envoy Pitel several times, presenting facts, reasoning, and saying good things. However, the other party not only refused to give in at all, but was also very offensive in his words.
Let’s make it clear that we are bullying the weak. Our navy is strong and your navy is weak, so you have to be angry. If you don’t want to be angry, you will die!
Your Emperor has not yet figured out such a simple question?
Fighting but not fighting, surrendering but not surrendering, how do you want to be treated?
If it weren't for the fact that your Chinese food didn't suit this envoy's appetite, he would have become irritable and left in a hurry!
Now I give you three days to give me a formal reply. If you are unwilling to agree to the very 'reasonable' demands we have made, just wait for the war to begin!
We will occupy all the lands that you refused to give us, including but not limited to Yizhou, Minzhou, Jiangnan, Jiangdong... This is an ultimatum.
Sure enough, Dazhou immediately sent someone again, but this time it was a hairless young man who called himself Xiao Chen. He was called a first-class Yunqi Lieutenant. Who knows what title this was?
But I don't expect them to have as big an official position as Chen Wenqi and Lu Jing... So what do you mean by coming to see me?
Did you come to sign a contract with me on behalf of the Great Zhou Emperor?
There is no need to discuss the contents of the contract. We have already prepared it. As long as you sign and stamp it and stamp it with your emperor's seal, the work is done. Please be ready to welcome our arrival.
Unexpectedly, Lord Xiao Chen came to negotiate again. He was fascinated by the original text of the terms they had drawn up, as if he could understand it...
"I need to express some opinions on this clause of yours." Unexpectedly, Xiao Chen could really understand it. Not only could he understand it, he could also speak English fluently, but with a bit of a Javanese accent.
"Are you able to make the final decision?" Pitel was particularly impatient. "If so, we can continue talking. If you are still just talking nonsense to me on behalf of your Great Zhou Emperor, then please get out! I Enough! Shit!"
"Yesir, Ofo is willing to die." Xiao Chen said, "Of course I can. In fact, I am here to announce our final decision to you."
"That's great," Pitel said. "Please state your final decision, but it's best to do it quickly. My patience is running out."
"Uh-huh!" Xiao Chen was happy, "We don't agree to any of your terms... It can't be said that we completely deny it. We can still accept it if there are some changes. For example, you English people came here to offend our emperor. This is extremely rude behavior, and even though the Emperor doesn’t pay much attention to it, compensation must be made.”
But Xiao Chen didn't open his mouth like the English people, saying that as long as they offered half of the amount, which was 25 million taels of silver.
In fact, if you don't come to see our Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, I would also like to visit your King Andre in England, and by the way, in the most humble manner, I would like to ask your King to swear allegiance to our Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Li Wanjiang.
