Regardless of the morality of the world, whether it's about keeping one's word, it's out of line to mention Polygonatum. But they have eight thousand armed forces as their backing. What will happen if you don’t keep your word?
After Alliance Leader Jiang cursed, he just threw a wine glass angrily (it fell into the grass and still broke), and he couldn't think of any good countermeasures for a while.
Bailang looked at the heat and said tentatively: "My father-in-law, Taishan, do you think our family's marriage...?"
"I said Bailang, are you going to cause trouble for me?"
"Hey, my son-in-law came here sincerely, how can it cause trouble?"
"You are here to see my joke. Where is the marriage proposal? It's just a pretense of marriage proposal." The finless porpoise angrily slapped the table and spat with foam:
"Is there anyone who wants to propose marriage for themselves? Are you so shameless? If you really want to propose marriage, you should find a matchmaker to talk to. If you don't know how to go ashore, just tell me something like Polygonum Seed!"
"Father-in-law, I am unjustly accused." Bailang looked aggrieved: "Isn't this because you asked me to talk about business matters first, and put public matters first before private matters?"
"I...," Jiangdu was so angry that he couldn't remember the beginning and end of the words: "Did I say that?"
"Hey, father-in-law, please be patient. My son-in-law is indeed sincere in proposing marriage." After Bai Lang finished speaking, he waved outside.
One of the soldiers nodded, turned around and ran back to the dock. After a while, he came back with a wild goose in each hand, followed by two sailors, each holding a bundle and placing it on the ground at the foot of the slope.
"Look, Dayan is here, and there are also betrothal gifts." Bai Lang asked him to go to the steps to watch: "We must have a lot of courtesy!"
"What is this? Open it and take a look."
Bai Lang quickly asked the sailors to unpack their bags. One bundle contained a small wooden box filled with silver collars and banknotes; the other bundle contained a smaller wooden box filled with pearls.
There is also a lacquer box, which contains a sandalwood comb, several exquisite head and face jewelry and rouge in a silver box.
The box of silver and banknotes was for the finless porpoise, the pearls were for Mrs. He (the widow he saved), and the lacquer box was for his own girl, needless to say.
The finless porpoise became less angry when he saw Yinzi. Suddenly I felt a little wary again. "First of all, tell me clearly, who is this paint box for?"
"Of course it's for the second sister." Bai Lang tilted his head and half-smiled: "The third sister is too young to need this, right?"
"Bah!" Finless Porpoise immediately stared: "I know you didn't hold it in! Ayun has already promised Chen Tong, so you give her a paint box... What do you mean?"
"What's the point of this?" Bai Lang showed his neat teeth again: "Of course I know that the second sister promised Chen Tong, so I can give her a supplementary gift."
He chuckled: "What do you think, father-in-law? Do you think I'm plotting against my second sister to drive a wedge between you and the Chen family? Hey, if you're willing to marry both sisters to me, I don't have a problem with that!"
"What a beautiful idea you have!" Finless Porpoise glared at him angrily, and slowly walked back to the tent to sit down. Bailang also followed in, and sat upright, picked up the tea bowl, drank from it, wiped his mouth and changed his clothes. He said seriously:
"To be honest, Leader Jiang, people have been spying on you for a long time. Now the Jiangshan Army of the Yang family has surrounded Fuzhou from two directions.
After the battle in Linchuan is over, Yang He will capture Chongren, Le'an, and Yihuang. Yang Xing will definitely lead the victorious army into Raozhou, help Liaohuazi stabilize the remaining gantry, capture Poyang, Leping, and Wannian, and then... ...Your Excellency, the leader of the alliance, has reached the end!
Either surrender to the Yang family and become a handsome man, or you will be annexed by Liao Huazi and Yang Xing! Do you think so? "
"How dare he! After all, I have more than 10,000 people in my hands!" the finless porpoise shouted.
"How do your 10,000 people compare with the 10,000 officers and soldiers in Huangxi Town?"
The finless porpoise immediately fell silent. In the field battle in Huangxi Town, tens of thousands of official troops were wiped out. Even the famous Lou family and his son had never achieved such a record. Looking at the entire Jiangxi Province, no one could be dissatisfied!
Bailang stood up and walked over, patted him on the back and asked him to sit back in the chair, and then said:
"Originally, we are the three largest families in the lake, and no one can eat the other, which is not bad.
. But he is not satisfied with Polygonum Huazi, he wants to be the king of Pengze! All the leaders must surrender or die. Can you agree to this if you don’t choose him?
Leader Jiang, you have been keeping your eyes on me, Bailang, but actually I am just because my territory is at the mouth of the lake, so I can't help it! In fact, I really don’t want to argue or fight with you.
The narrow strip of my land is not as vast as the Zhonghu side? So I have no choice but to fight for my life with you.
But after the past few years of fighting, there are still so many of us, and we have been scarred. Where is Polygonum Seed? He used to have about the same number of people and ships as me, but now it has doubled! Are you still not alert? "
The finless porpoise gasped, and it took a long time to complain: "Since you can see clearly, why didn't you say this earlier?"
"He, Liao Huazi, has not yet shown his disapproval. Can you believe what I said?" Bai Lang retorted.
Finless Porpoise was speechless again. After a while, he asked leisurely: "Well, if you tell me this now, what are your plans?"
"I don't have any plans," Bai Lang shook his head: "I'll just wait and see what you, Alliance Leader Jiang, have planned. I'm here to propose marriage, and it's just a matter of convenience."
The finless porpoise knows all the nonsense without even thinking about it. His little eyes moved for a while and he said, "How can I trust you just because you brought these two or three boxes and paint boxes?"
"As long as your father-in-law agrees to this marriage, the 3,700 brothers in Gushan Village are willing to help you."
Finless Porpoise leaned back in his chair, crossed his arms and asked, "How are you going to help me?"
"Didn't he want Yu Gan? First of all, we have to spread the word. Let's say that I came to propose marriage and was humiliated by you. The two families have become enmity and are preparing to fight to the death!"
"Haha, let him be unprepared first so that he can go and do things in Yugan without any worries? Then, what about waiting for him to defeat Yugan?"
"It's surprising that he can be defeated!" Bailang said with a smile: "My father-in-law didn't know that the Yugan County Magistrate was very smart. He recalled the Qingshirt team in Geyang and was recruiting local braves to repair the city in Yugan. .”
"Team Blue Shirts?"
"It's the Li Sanlang who won three consecutive battles in Shangrao and forced Lou Shuai to retreat. The storyteller in the tea shop tells it!"
"Is he back?"
"Not only did he come back, he also brought back hundreds of old soldiers. It is said that he wanted to recruit 2,000 people in Yugan.
I also heard that hundreds of officers and soldiers were stationed. So why do you think Yu Gan is so easy to beat? I think Polygonatum is going to have bad luck this time. Bai Lang sneered.
"Where did you get this information? Besides, Polygonatum is not stupid. Are you just watching him recruit troops with your hands folded?"
"Of course I have my own sources of information. My brother even wanted to sneak into Yugan to observe. Guess what?" Bailang said and made a face:
"Now Yugan is only allowed to enter but not to leave, and those who enter are strictly inspected on the road, and all vehicles, horses, and boats must be numbered and registered in order to prepare for government requisition;
Outsiders and others must be guaranteed by locals before they are allowed to live in the city. Otherwise, they will all live in Nanguan outside the city and dig earth, sand and dredge the city trenches every day after regiment training!
As soon as my people heard this, they had no choice but to turn back halfway. Not to mention entering the city, they never even saw the city wall. "
"Isn't this remaining stem as tight as an iron barrel? What is Polygonum Huazi doing?" Finless Porpoise asked in surprise. His attention was always on the north, so he had really been neglectful of what was happening in the south recently.
"That's him." Bai Lang chuckled: "He's been very busy recently! A total of eleven families have received his hero invitation to join forces with him, and the Beacon Mountain camp is very lively now!"
"Beacon Mountain? You mean...he is no longer carrying the wave?"
"Alas!" Bailang sighed: "My father-in-law, he moved his old camp to Lion Peak three months ago. Only a few hundred people were left to guard Kanglang Mountain. It is said that hundreds of large ships took two days to transport it."
"What is he going to do? Doesn't he want to hang out in the lake anymore?"
"Who said he didn't want to hang out in the lake? The boat was not scuttled, and most of it was taken to the port below Nanying Ridge." Bailang told him:
"The soldiers are all at Bijia Mountain! I heard from Monk Duan of Hongya Temple that Liaohuazi originally planned to send out four thousand men this time, but when he heard that Li Sanlang returned to Yugan, he became more careful, so this time he brought five thousand men. Thousands of people went.
If it wasn’t enough, I posted a hero post. Eleven families gathered another 3,000 people for him.
As for why he hasn't sent out troops yet, haha, it's because every family wants to work but not contribute. This wants food, that wants weapons, and they won't leave unless they are satisfied.
He had no choice but to send Yi Yitian (Dong Qi) to take more than a thousand people to wander around Raofeng to confuse the officers and soldiers. He himself was still repeatedly persuading the leaders and leaders to follow the brigade south as soon as possible. "
"Hey, you know him very well!"
"Thank you for the compliment. This guy is always looking for trouble for me. How can I not keep an eye on him?" Bai Lang smiled bitterly, took a sip of tea and said, "But I really think this is an opportunity!"
"what chance?"
"Tsk. Think about it, Liaohuazi has pulled all the elite men up this time. By the time he surrounded Yugan, there were only a thousand men left, and they had to guard Kanglang Mountain, Beacon Mountain, Lion Peak and Nanying Ridge. ! How can he defend it?"
Bai Lang blinked slyly: "What about my father-in-law, isn't this an opportunity?"
"I didn't see it, so I thought you had some evil intentions." Finless Porpoise sneered.
"Why do you think so? After all, I am your son-in-law..."
"Slow, slow, slow!" Finless Porpoise stopped him: "I haven't agreed to this marriage yet, so don't call me so affectionate. Bai Lang, don't you just want me to fight with Polygonum Huazi, so that you can benefit?" "
"You understand this very well, don't you?" Bai Lang clapped his hands: "But you are wrong about one thing. This matter is beneficial to me, but it is actually more beneficial to you, Alliance Leader Jiang!"
"What's the meaning?"
"Look, Liao Huazi wants to go south to lure the wolf into his house and dedicate Raozhou to the Jiangshan Army. You, Leader Jiang, are his biggest stumbling block.
He doesn't dare to move now, because your prestige shows that the bosses around you won't do anything with him.
When he captures Yu Gan, not only as a meeting gift for Yang He, but also as a prestige, and then with the support of the Jiangshan Army to kill you, others will not dare to say anything, and will even be threatened by him to participate.
What to do? Naturally, we should strike first and kill him! Bailang said, reaching down and slashing hard.
"But...Polygonum seeds are not that easy to fight." Finless Porpoise frowned.
"So, our two families have to join forces!" Bai Lang said, "If you marry your daughter to me, I will naturally have to help my father-in-law. This has nothing to do with whether I am the leader of the alliance or not.
You go straight to his old camp and occupy Bijia Mountain and Shizi Ridge. I will occupy Ganglang Mountain to help you settle the affairs of Huxi. Then ask everyone to go to Ganglang Mountain to reunite with your father-in-law and renew their alliance.
If you keep a promise, you will be rewarded; if you break the promise, you will be punished. Let's see who dares to mess around! "
The finless porpoise was a little tempted, but worried: "But... Polygonum will immediately turn around and come back to fight us. Can we beat it?"
"The old camp was occupied, and all the rations, equipment, children, gold and silver were gone. Do you think he can continue to fight and restrain his subordinates? Besides, the officers and soldiers are not stupid. Seeing that he has no intention of fighting, don't you know how to fight back?
I think it is easy for him to get rid of this problem, but it is not easy for him to escape. If Li Sanlang didn't have this ability, how could he defeat the Lou family? "
After hearing what Bailang said, Finless Porpoise nodded seriously. Indeed, he has ten thousand troops. If he takes the opportunity to recruit some of Polygonum Huazi's men, his strength will be worthy of Peng Ze's, even if he is not an alliance.
Thinking about Polygonum Huazi being so unruly and taking advantage of his own danger and the lion opening his mouth, he became very angry. "It's time to let him taste the pain!" Finless Porpoise clenched his fists.
"Then, if you join Tohanako and get rid of her, from now on, between you and me...?"
"We are related to our father-in-law, so why bother talking about it? We are a family." Bai Lang clasped his fists generously and said, "My son-in-law is willing to give up the Beihu territory, move his headquarters to Huanghu, and guard the west fence for his father-in-law."
"Think carefully, although the water on the west side is wide, the population is small, and most of it is tidal flats and reed swamps. It is not as good as the lake mouth where boats come and go where you can collect protection fees." The finless porpoise was a little surprised. This concession is too big. !
"Having said that, my son-in-law thinks that there are few officers and soldiers there and it is suitable for polders and farming. He wants the brothers to live quietly. Huanghu
It couldn't be better over there. From now on, everyone can live a quiet and peaceful life without having to fight or kill. "
Finless Porpoise nodded slightly and added: "However, the three girls have just turned twelve now..."
"That doesn't matter." Bai Lang waved his hand: "My son-in-law is willing to wait until the third sister reaches fifteen before he comes to marry me."
"Come here, go and invite the third lady!" Bailang was stunned when he heard Jiang Dou's instructions. Jiang Dou immediately explained:
"I don't want to make my own decision and cause my daughter to be dissatisfied, so I brought her here this time. If she is willing, then I have nothing to say." As soon as he finished speaking, two nuns accompanied a little girl into the tent. .
"Father, my daughter listened for a while and thought Bai Lang was quite good. My daughter is willing to get married to this!" The little girl had big bright eyes and some baby fat on her cheeks. She was made of pink and jade like a porcelain doll.
She wears a moon-white jacket on her upper body and a light blue horse-faced skirt on her lower body. There are two jade rings hung on the silk ribbon around her waist. When the person moves, the two rings touch each other and make a pleasant sound.
Bai Lang looked down at the little girl whose head only reached his belly and smiled. He knelt down and asked in as gentle a voice as possible: "If the third sister marries Bai Lang, she will have to go hundreds of miles away with her husband. Will you be willing to let your father go?" ?」
"My mother once said: When you are a woman, you should treat yourself as your husband; it is the virtue of a woman to behave according to your husband!" A Yuan was born to Mrs. He and was the most favored in the family. Finless Porpoise even captured an old scholar for her to teach her how to read, so she spoke quite appropriately.
Bai Lang nodded with satisfaction, took out a small cloth bag from his arms and handed it over:
"This is a meeting gift for my sister, please keep it. When you turn fifteen in three years, Bailang will come to marry you. If you regret or deceive me, I will be swept to the bottom of the lake by the evil waves, and I will never be able to stand up again!"
When Ah Yuan took it and opened it, she saw it was an emerald necklace with gold beads at the middle joint. The whole chain was dazzling with green emeralds. The finless porpoise behind her showed some smiles when she saw it.
"Ah Yuan likes it very much, but it's too expensive." The little girl was excited and shy, and said softly with a blushing face: "From now on, you can give me whatever you want, even a piece of wood, but don't give Yuan'er these things. It hurts people's lives." Kan Shula
"Bai Lang never harms people for no reason, don't worry, sister!" After Bai Lang finished speaking, he added: "If my sister wants anything from now on, all she has to do is send an old soldier or a nun to Dagushan to tell her, and Bai Lang will do it!"
The little girl nodded and immediately hid behind her father shyly.
Finless Porpoise burst out laughing, stroking his beard and nodding, saying, "It seems that you and the three daughters of my family are indeed destined, so let's settle the matter. You should send someone to bring us here earlier..."
"Father-in-law, please don't make a big deal about this matter. You have to wait until you defeat Polygonum Huazi, or you can invite all the villages to come to the alliance in the name of getting married... In short, now we can only let it be known that we are not on good terms, but we can't Let them know the truth."
Bailang seemed to really like this little girl, and began to work hard for the finless porpoise.
"Yes, that makes sense." Finless Dolphin nodded: "In that case, you go back first, and we will act according to the plan. I will send someone to Dagushan to discuss the details in two days. You must be careful when you go back today, and don't reveal your whereabouts. !」
"Save it for me, son-in-law!"
Bai Lang took his leave at that moment, and when he turned around and came out, he vaguely heard the little girl timidly saying to her father: "Dad, my daughter is free to do whatever she wants, but what about the second sister?"
The finless porpoise seemed to sigh and said, "Just let it happen. It's hers. If it's not hers, there's nothing you can do about it."
