A low-ranking official in the south of the Yangtze River has recently experienced a lucky break. By chance, when he visited a brothel, he became possessed by the European Emperor and won a beautiful woman!
This low-level official had an average income, and his wife died young. Because he had no money, he couldn't afford a second marriage, let alone a concubine. But as a man, you cannot stagnate just because you have no money.
Therefore, in addition to dating the fifth girl, he would save a little money every once in a while and visit the local Goulan brothel. Of course, he would only find fourth- and fifth-tier girls.
During this period, the imperial court paid more attention to the work of their department and paid more bonuses than usual. He happily walked to the brothel, hoping to touch the second and third lines. As a man, you have to be a little motivated, right?
Zhima Xiaoguan is also a frequent visitor to the brothel. When his mother heard that he wanted to upgrade his consumption, she enthusiastically brought out all the second- and third-tier girls for him to choose from.
At this moment, Qin'er, the new red card girl in the building, came downstairs to walk around. Suddenly she saw the official Zhima, and was stunned. Then she pulled his arm, bursting into tears, and insisted on entertaining him personally.
Mom was shocked. This Qin'er had just moved to her building and was planning to train her well and make more money. Why did she fall in love with this sesame official who usually doesn't eat fine chaff?
The official Zhima was also stunned, but Qin'er was willing to lower her status to receive him, so her mother had no choice but to go along with the situation and give her a discount.
That night, Zhima Xiaoguan reached the peak of his life several times and lamented that his thirty years of life had been in vain. The next morning, he was naturally reluctant to leave.
Qin'er then cried and said that her family was poor, so she was sold into a brothel when she was twelve years old. At that time, she had a childhood sweetheart boyfriend who chased the trafficker's car all the way. In the end, she was so exhausted that she vomited blood and died.
When she saw this little official today, she looked exactly like her boyfriend. Even her voice sounded so similar. She felt that this was a marriage arranged by God.
For this reason, Qin'er insisted on asking Zhima Xiaoguan to redeem herself. Of course Zhima Zhiguan couldn't ask for it, but he was short of money and had already emptied all his savings inside and outside his body last night.
Qin'er took out her treasure box without hesitation and took Zhima Xiaoguan to find her mother to redeem herself.
Seeing that Qin'er had decided to leave, and the current Jiaofang Bureau basically protected the rights of brothel practitioners, her mother charged a little more, thus fulfilling this legend.
Suddenly, many men went to brothels without spending any money to find girls, just to increase their chances of showing up at the door.
"Miss Rui'er, do you think I look like your former childhood sweetheart?"
"I think you look like my old green-haired stallion!"
"Miss Bailing, I remember that your family used to be a fisherman, and I was also a fisherman. We might have known each other before. Think about it carefully?"
"My family is fishing in the sea, and you are fishing for loaches in small rivers and ditches. It's useless no matter what I think!"
"Mom, I heard that you had an unforgettable lover before you became a mother. Look at me..."
"I castrated it myself, why don't you take off your pants and let everyone check it out?"
In short, this kind of lottery winning has never happened again. People can only envy the little official who got such bad luck.
After Miss Qin'er became the wife of a junior official, she was gentle, virtuous, hardworking and considerate. She even worked tirelessly to deliver soup to the official Zhima at night.
Seeing that it was Miss Qin'er, Zhima's colleagues all coquettishly avoided her, giving the young couple a chance to have sex with each other.
The official Zhizhi drank the soup and expressed his gratitude to God for blessing him with such a good wife. As he drank, he felt dizzy and fell asleep with his head tilted.
Miss Qin'er looked around and saw that the other guards guarding the warehouse were hiding. She sneered and took out the fire certificate from her belly pocket.
This is an important area of the warehouse, and outsiders are absolutely not allowed to enter, let alone bring fire certificates. But this little Sesame official happened to be in charge of this warehouse.
His subordinates and colleagues all know his experience, so they will naturally not stop his family from delivering meals, let alone search his wife carefully, otherwise they will inevitably be suspected of eating dumplings.
Qin'er took out the fire folder, waved it in the wind, and the flames ignited. Then she ran towards the straw fence in the granary, which was the easiest to light, and threw it over.
With a flash of sword light, Huo Zhezi was shot down from the air. A black figure stepped on Huo Zhezi and extinguished the flames.
Qin'er was shocked, turned around and ran away. The people behind him raised their swords and chased, shouting while chasing, and the officers and soldiers guarding the warehouse outside immediately surrounded him.
Qin'er was very skilled in lightness skills. She burrowed in and out and almost escaped several times, but the man who was pursuing him with a sword always held on tight, and finally caught him under the encirclement of officers and soldiers.
Qin'er gritted her teeth and looked at the young Taoist in front of her: "How did you know that I came to burn the granary?"
The young Taoist smiled and said: "I don't know. I am following the orders of the Daolu Division. Important granaries across the country have at least one Wudang disciple, Jin Yiwei or Shaolin monk soldier patrolling secretly.
If the White Lotus Sect leads people to attack by force, that is a matter for the local army. If you are using meticulous methods like yours, then it’s up to us to check for the deficiencies and fill them up. "
Attacks and defenses like this are happening in granaries across the country. Although the imperial court was full of talents and deployed defenses everywhere, there were helpless granaries, large and small, distributed across the country.
Moreover, the White Lotus Sect is the attacker and the imperial court is the defender. Naturally, the White Lotus Sect takes advantage in terms of mobility. In the few months after the New Year, large granaries were basically impregnable, but small granaries in various places were burned down from time to time.
But even if the White Lotus Sect succeeded in burning down the granary, it could only be regarded as a tragic victory. Because most of the people they sent to burn the granary were unable to escape unscathed.
It can be seen that in this battle of the Great Famine, Xiao Qin must seize the opportunity and fight to the death regardless of the cost. He is bound to succeed in one fell swoop.
In the cave of Gu Shen Mountain, the high priest and San Gu were sitting together. She was holding Qing Gu with her left hand and Bai Gu with her right hand. Sitting opposite her, Su Qian was also holding Qing Gu and Bai Gu with both hands, and the four of them shook hands. made a ring.
The practice has been completed for thirty-nine and twenty-seven days. The high priest roared loudly, and the Gu insects in the cave flew around, causing her whole body to glow green.
Qinggu, whom she was holding with her left hand, let out a shrill scream, and then her whole body seemed to have been drained of energy and blood, and instantly became old and shriveled.
The Gu worms in her body sensed the threat of death and began to fight back crazily, turning her into a withered skeleton in a matter of seconds. Fortunately, she could no longer feel the pain.
Aunt Bai, who was opposite her, had her eyes closed tightly, as if unaware. Gradually he opened his eyes, glanced at the high priest, smiled sweetly, and closed his eyes again.
The high priest could feel an unprecedented power surging in his body, and the Gu insects in the entire Gu God Mountain seemed to have sensed some divine power, flying and running around. The mountain was filled with wild beasts running in panic.
Xiao Qin, standing at the entrance of the cave, looked up at the noise on the mountain, her eyes shining with ecstasy.
"The third level of Gu God, it seems that the legend is not false, there are still six or nine numbers, good, very good!"
In the Jiangnan Governor's Mansion, the painting girl walked into Wang Cuiqiao's room with a smile, looked at the surprised Wang Cuiqiao, and bowed to salute.
"Sister Wang, I have heard of your name for a long time. I finally met you today. My sister is very polite."
Wang Cuiqiao knew the identity of the painting girl and stood up quickly: "Fourth Madam, you are serious. You are the governor's concubine. I am just the shipowner's woman. It is my duty to salute you."
The painting girl quickly held her down: "I dare not say that. When my sister became famous in Jiangnan, I had just entered the industry. Our mother Yan Niang admired her very much.
When I was beaten, what I kept talking about was, eat, eat, eat, you know how to eat, it is delicious and lazy to cook. If you don't study, don't practice chess, calligraphy and painting, you will only be able to serve the nouveau riche in your life.
Look at Wang Cuiqiao from Jiangnan. Her breasts are not as big as yours, her butt is not as big as yours, and her face is not as good-looking as yours. But you will never be able to imitate her appearance as a wealthy lady! "
Wang Cuiqiao smiled bitterly and patted the painting girl's hand, thinking to herself, are you praising me, or are you praising yourself for being handsome and having a good figure?
"Sister, you and I are both good people. There is no need to talk about the glory of our previous generations. Women, you have to compete with who has better results. You are better off than me."
The painting girl giggled: "That's not necessarily the case. Captain Xu will soon be the patrol general. Sister, you will be the general's wife in the future. She is very majestic!"
Wang Cuiqiao was surprised and happy. She put on new clothes while the painting girl played with them, and led her to the governor's hall. Xu Wei happened to walk in with Xu Hai, who was dressed in general uniform.
Although the separation between the two only lasted for more than a month, it was like three autumns. If it weren't for the presence of the painting girl and Xu Wei, they would have cried together.
Hu Zongxian walked out of the back hall in official robes, his face slightly embarrassed, but when he saw Xu Hai, he immediately became majestic and kind, and gave both of them a fist.
"Captain Xu, Luo Wenlong rebelled against the Japanese and committed a heinous crime. He was cunning and insidious, trying to shift the blame to Captain Xu in order to get away with it.
Because the crime was so serious, the governor had to be cautious and screen carefully. Fortunately, with the help of Long Live Fuze, the governor finally found out the truth and cleared Captain Xu.
The governor has reported Captain Xu's sincere surrender to the imperial court. Now that the imperial edict has been issued, Captain Xu will be promoted to the third rank of patrolling general regardless of his past crimes.
Mrs. Wang Cuiqiao, who understands the righteousness well and played a great role in the surrender, was approved by Lord Xiao Feng, the Second Assistant to the Cabinet, and was granted the title of Third-grade Imperial Lady! "
Xu Hai and Wang Cuiqiao both knelt down to accept the order and thanked them. They were so excited that they were speechless and choked.
In fact, Xu Hai's official position was from the third rank, which was one level lower than Wang Zhi's third rank, General Zhenhai. The promise made to Xu Wei when he recruited him was discounted.
In the past, Xu Hai might still feel a little uncomfortable. But now he is full of happiness and has no negative emotions at all.
This is the essence of happiness. A person's happiness actually does not depend on the income itself, but on the gap between your hope and income.
Xu Hai's expectations when he returned were no lower than Wang Zhi's. If he had been conferred directly from the third rank, he might have been very unhappy.
After Xu Hai was imprisoned, his hope was to survive, keep his wife, not be a cuckold, and not be a son to his son.
So now his income is as high as the sky compared to his expectations. What reason does he have to be unhappy and unhappy?
That night, Hu Zongxian held a banquet to celebrate the promotions of Xu Hai and Wang Cuiqiao. Painting Girl and Rouge Leopard accompany Wang Cuiqiao, and Yu Dayou and Xu Wei accompany Xu Hai.
Yu Dayou showed off his housekeeping skills and drank Xu Hai under the table. After Xu Hai, who had been shouting "General Yu, have another drink", was helped away by Wang Cuiqiao, Yu Dayou was still a little unfinished.
"Xu Hai has a good drinking capacity, but he can't fully enjoy it. It would be great if Wang Zhi is here, he has a good drinking capacity! Why not invite him here and let him and Xu Hai laugh away their grudges?"
Hu Zongxian held a glass of warm wine and said calmly: "Brother Xiao told me that he and Wang Zhi were not allowed to meet more, let alone let them laugh away their grudges."
Yu Dayou's eyes widened: "Why is this? They are all our own generals. If we unite as one, wouldn't our combat effectiveness be stronger?"
Hu Zongxian kicked Xu Wei under the table, meaning you can explain it, got up, hugged the painting girl and left.
Rouge Leopard came over to pour wine for the two of them, then hid aside and drank half of the plate of beef with soy sauce, and secretly drank the remaining half of the bottle of wine.
Xu Wei smiled and said: "Dayou, Master Xiao means that you should have more contact with Wang Zhi, and I should have more contact with Xu Hai, but it is best not to have any contact between the two of them.
Not only that, it is also best for the sea areas they are responsible for to be separated so that they do not interfere with each other and do not need to cooperate with each other for the time being.
After the shipyard was built and the Ming Navy's own fleet was launched into the sea, it was time for the two people to meet and laugh away their grudges. "
Yu Dayou is not stupid, he just seems to be a little slower to react among these elites. At this time, listening to Xu Wei's words, there is nothing he doesn't understand.
"I understand, this is the meaning of divide and rule. The two of them are competitive and wary of each other, which makes them more dependent on the court and loyal to the court.
Don't worry, sir, I will keep an eye on Wang Zhi. If he is loyal to the court, he is my friend. If you have second thoughts, I will tell Master! "
Sure enough, Wang Zhi breathed a long sigh of relief when he heard that Xu Hai was promoted to the third rank of general.
In fact, Wang Zhi has been worried about two things since Xu Hai returned. He was worried that Xu Hai would be reused, but he was even more worried that Xu Hai would be killed by Hu Zongxian.
Wang Zhi is so smart. He was worried that Hu Zongxian's move to send Xu Wei to surrender Xu Hai was to establish his own branch, and he reminded Xiao Feng many times.
But as the situation progressed, Wang Zhi realized that all this was done by Xiao Feng, with the purpose of using Luo Wenlong to drag Yan Shifan to death. While he was amazed, he also had new worries.
When Hu Zongxian was still serving as the censor, he served as the envoy to recruit Wang Zhi. Wang Zhi was well aware of Hu Zongxian's ability and ambition.
Therefore, when he understood Xiao Feng's plan, he immediately began to worry about whether Hu Zongxian would take advantage of his plan and really set up his own business.
This is definitely not a good thing for Wang Zhi, because Wang Zhi made friends with Xiao Feng first, and has expressed his absolute loyalty to Xiao Feng many times in front of Hu Zongxian.
If Hu Zongxian established his own business, he would never consider wooing Wang Zhi first, but would definitely woo Xu Hai, or directly control Xu Hai's fleet to confront Xiao Feng.
If Hu Zongxian woos Xu Hai, he will definitely win a reward for Xu Hai that is equivalent to or even higher than Wang Zhi's status, so as to suppress Wang Zhi.
If he wanted to directly control Xu Hai's fleet, Hu Zongxian would use Xiao Feng's knife to kill Yan Shifan and kill Xu Hai directly, leaving Xiao Feng with a loss.
So no matter what the situation is, it is not a good thing. Only the current situation is just right. Xu Hai, whose status is slightly lower than his own, continues to lead the fleet!
This shows that regardless of whether Hu Zongxian thought about taking advantage of the situation or not, he finally gave up the idea of establishing his own business and continued to stay in Xiao Feng's camp.
Wang Zhi felt happy, put some wine on the table and started drinking with Mao Haifeng. Since Mao Haifeng lost Miss Yun, he went to the brothel to find several red-brand girls, but they always ended up with a sum of money after playing for a few days.
He discovered that he really liked Miss Yun. If he hadn't had no musical talent, he would have lyrically sang "I said I only have eyes for you."
The adopted son was depressed and Wang Zhi was helpless. He knows very well that the word "love" is something that no one has been able to truly decipher since ancient times. The simplest and crudest way is to drink more.
While they were drinking, Yu Dayou took a boat to the island. Wang Zhi quickly gave up his seat, and the three of them continued drinking. Yu Dayou took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Wang Zhi.
Wang Zhi opened the letter and read it, and was stunned: "Master Xiao wants us to buy food and fish? Is this... not a joke?"
Yu Dayou nodded: "Your fleet and Xu Hai's fleet are all tasked with this task. All the food-producing seaside countries you are familiar with can be purchased.
Don't worry about the price, the court will pay for it. In addition, there are many ships in your fleet that are converted fishing boats. After catching fish, you can dry the fish.
These grains and fish catches can be delivered to receiving points on the shore regularly. The fishing villages along the coast are being rebuilt, and fishermen will then become the main force in fishing.
You and Xu Hai's fleet only need to be responsible for protecting them from pirates.
My master said that the biggest war this year is the food war. Whoever gets more food, you or Xu Hai, will get the greater credit! "
Wang Zhi had lived at sea for a long time, so he really didn't care much about the abundance of food on land. The fleet will not starve to death anyway.
There are many island countries on the sea, and even if some countries have people starving to death, there are still countries where there is not enough food to eat.
At this time, it is an opportunity for the fleet to make a fortune. It is natural to make a lot of money by transporting grain from a country with a good harvest to a country with starving people. Wang Zhi has done this kind of business before.
But now after listening to what Yu Dayou said, Wang Zhicai was shocked to realize that the natural disasters in the Ming Dynasty this year may be very serious. He already considered himself a general of the Ming Dynasty, so he was naturally very concerned about this.
"What, Brother Yu, is there a severe drought this year? There are always typhoons and rains in coastal areas, but I can't feel it."
Yu Dayou nodded: "Drought, very drought. Not only in the Central Plains, but also in the Mongolian territory beyond the Xuanda Line, I heard that the grass on the grasslands is much shorter than in previous years!
I'm afraid that this year will not only be difficult for the Ming Dynasty, but also for the Mongolians, Miao people, Tibetan areas, and Hui people.
Master said, in fact, what Xiao Qin said is right. Such a disaster year is a huge disaster for the people, but it is also a huge opportunity for those who are determined.
But this opportunity is fair. Whoever can make good use of it will belong to him. It is not just in the hands of Xiao Qin. "
Wang Zhi was stunned, and then nodded repeatedly: "When something is inevitable, you can make the best use of it instead of just being fearful and frustrated. What a man."
Then he turned to look at Mao Haifeng: "Looking at your dejected look, when will you understand this truth?"
Mao Haifeng had drunk too much and turned a deaf ear. He looked straight at the sea outside and the few white clouds floating on the sea.
