The three people were immediately overjoyed after hearing this! The only way to get promoted and make a fortune in the officialdom is to follow one's own preferences, so they all listened attentively to Liu Haojia's introduction! I only heard Liu Haojia say: "Long Live Lord doesn't move around much outside, and he's not old, so he's very interested in military affairs! You just need to talk about how the battle to suppress bandits was fought, and make it more exciting, Long Live Lord I will definitely be happy!"
Zuo Liqiu slapped his thigh and said, "This is easy! We have actually dealt with Jiang bandits! We have even attacked their copycats!"
Zhang Tiefu also said: "You attacked the stronghold, and I personally led people to jump over to help it!"
But then Sun Zhongxin said depressingly: "The river you two have is deep and wide. There are a lot of ships coming and going, and naturally there are also many bandits. There are plenty of opportunities to make meritorious deeds! But the water upstream of mine is fast and there are few ships, so there is no chance of fighting at all!" If the Banzai Master asked about this, he wouldn’t have anything to say!”
Liu Haojia smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, you can ask a story from the two of them! But I advise you to discuss it. Don't use the same fighting mode!"
Zuo Liqiu also smiled and said: "It's okay, this is simple! I will tell you about a war when I go back in the evening, and then you can just learn from Long Live Lord!"
Sun Zhongxin was overjoyed when he heard this and said, "Thank you very much!"
After the two thanked each other, Liu Haojia received another glass of wine, and then said: "The matter summoned by Long Live Lord is over. The second thing is that brothers, I beg you to send more ships and manpower to help me transport a batch of salt." Goods! Don’t worry, it’s not private salt, it’s official salt!”
The three of them felt a bit cold upon hearing this! You said it was official salt, who would believe it? Spending so much money on hiring someone just to transport official salt? It must be private salt! But when he thought of meeting Long Live Lord and Liu Haojia's power, the three of them looked at each other and Zuo Liqiu gritted his teeth and said, "So that's what happened! Is the word "begging" still used for this kind of thing? You can just say hello casually. Got it!" ap.
The other two people also echoed Lian Sheng and blamed Liu Haojia for taking things too seriously! He also said that there are plenty of transport ships in the navy, so you can use them as you like! There are countless strong men, and they can even carry and fight! "
Liu Haojia knew what they were thinking by looking at their behavior just now, and said with a wry smile: "If it's just like this, I don't have to trouble the three of you. This matter is really troublesome!" 「
Then Liu Haojia introduced to them his fight with the salt merchants and salt lords. The three people were very angry and said that these salt lords should be wiped out if they dared to go against the government!
When Liu Haojia heard that they only talked about salt lords but not salt merchants, he knew that they did not have the guts to go against salt merchants, and they might even cooperate with salt merchants. After all, transporting salt by water is convenient and fast, and the cost is very low! So there must be cooperation between them and the salt merchants! If he hadn't thought carefully and thrown out the bait of Wanli Emperor, they might have sold him as soon as they left the house!
So Liu Haojia offset this with the idea of being able to see Emperor Wanli so that he could get promoted, so that they would not betray Liu Haojia. Moreover, Liu Haojia's plan was for them to target the water bandits instead of the salt merchants, otherwise he would have doubted whether the three of them would dare to take action!
Then Liu Haojia told them about his plan. The whole plan was a two-step plan. The first step was for the navy to send people disguised as ordinary merchant ships to transport salt and lure the salt lords and water bandits to attack! The inland water division has an absolute advantage in fighting on the water. It can ensure that the salt is not lost and can also give them a major blow! And the heads of those water bandits were naturally attributed to them!
Moreover, they had just met Emperor Wanli not long ago, and if they handed him the credit while he was still impressed, the official would be promoted! Moreover, after they killed the water bandits, they could tell the salt merchants that they just thought the water bandits came to rob them and cleared them up, and it was not against them, so that they could get rid of the relationship!
The second plan was for Liu Haojia to send many soldiers from the Wu'an Army, dress up as ordinary caravans, transport salt, escort the convoys from the river to various cities, and lure the salt lords to attack! With the level of training of Wu'an Army, they can wipe out those salt owl as long as they come! And maybe if you follow the clues, you can even get to those salt merchants!
After hearing Liu Haojia's plan, Zuo Liqiu and the others immediately agreed!
If you can take the matter away from yourself, not offend the salt merchants, and still get credit, those who don't agree are fools! So they thanked Liu Haojia repeatedly. They were not asking them to do something, they were clearly giving them credit! So the three of them also secretly made up their minds to do things beautifully this time and drive away all the water bandits!
Seeing their expressions, Liu Haojia finally breathed a sigh of relief and knew that the matter was done! The reason why he didn't use the navy was because there were too many people watching him! Once he mobilizes troops without authorization, someone will probably impeach him! So I had to turn to the river water division for help!
In fact, the river navy knows those water bandits very well! There are even contacts between them, and some have good friendships! The reason why the river navy did not completely wipe out them is because of the water bandits, which is why their river navy exists! Otherwise, according to the temperament of civil servants, the day when the water bandits are wiped out will be the day when the birds are gone and their bows are hidden!
But this time Liu Haojia’s reward was too generous! It's a credit, and he brought them to meet the emperor, so he didn't care about having any deep friendship with those water bandits! At worst, we will raise another water bandit! When he couldn't stand it anymore, he asked his servants to take off their military uniforms and transform into water bandits!
After the business talk was over, it was naturally time to drink. However, the three of them did not dare to drink any more because they had to meet the Holy Spirit tomorrow, so they left early! Then they went to rest separately under Liu Haojia's arrangement.
Sure enough, a eunuch picked up the three of them early the next morning. According to the plan, Emperor Wanli would receive them in the afternoon, and someone would spend the whole morning with them to practice the etiquette of noodle-making.
Zhang Jia showed up at noon and arranged meals and a room for washing for the three of them. This made the three of them burst into tears of gratitude!
Did the three of them know that if they entered the palace with their own little identities, no one would even prepare a meal for them, let alone wash up? If you go to see Emperor Wanli hungry, smelly, sweaty, and disheveled, you will probably leave a bad impression!
And now Zhang Jia has come forward to arrange these things for them, which shows that the relationship between Zhang Jia and Liu Haojia is indeed extraordinary! So they have to move closer to Liu Haojia! With thick thighs like this, promotion and fortune are just around the corner!
