Mao Chenglu saw that Chen Zhong had drunk to the top and would fall drunk on the seat after drinking, so he said: "Okay, we are almost done with the wine, let's stop here!"
"Common people listen to your Majesty." Xu Xuewu put down his wine bowl.
At this moment, Chen Zhong's eyes were a little blurry and he was a little unsteady, but his mind was still clear.
Mao Chenglu asked people to remove the remaining food and wine from the table.
At the same time, he said to Xu Xuewu: "I still have some tea leaves here. I will have a cup of tea later to sober up."
Mao Chenglu's concubine brought three teacups, put a little tea leaves in each, and then scooped out the hot water boiled from the iron pot and poured it into the teacups.
Although the temperature in the room was not below zero, it was not that high either, and the heat in the teacup rose.
Chen Zhong picked up a cup of tea, put it to his mouth and blew on it. He put it to his mouth to drink. When the tea touched his lips, he felt it was too hot, so he put it back on the table.
Xu Xuewu did not touch the teacup on the table, but said: "My boss wants to resettle some people in Kuandian in order to cut down more big trees. However, the cooperation between Tiger Character Banner and Dongjiang Town will continue. As long as Dongjiang Town We want the big trees that are good enough to be cut down.”
"Kuandian is located at the junction of Houjin and Dongjiang Town. If your tiger flags are placed in Kuandian, safety cannot be guaranteed." Mao Chenglu reminded.
Chen Zhong on the side blushed and said: "You people in the Tiger Banner don't know how ferocious the Jurchens are. If Houjin attacks Kuandian, even if Dongjiang Town discovers it in time, I'm afraid it won't be in time by the time troops are sent there. Save your people.”
"The two generals misunderstood. Our Tiger Flag is only logging in Kuandian. Once we find Hou Jin's people, we will naturally escape first, and we can also bring back the news of Hou Jin's sneak attack in time." Xu Xuewu said with a smile.
"So you, Tiger Character Banner, are determined to resettle your people in Kuandian?" Mao Chenglu stared at Xu Xuewu.
Xu Xuewu said with a smile: "The main reason is that we are really short of big trees. Just relying on the big trees in Dongjiang Town is not enough, so my boss decided to send me here and wanted to ask General Mao to allow us to send people to the Tiger Flag." Go to Kuandian.”
Mao Chenglu frowned.
Originally, he was planning to increase the price of big trees, but before he said this, the people from Hu Zi Banner proposed to go to Kuandian and wanted to cut the trees themselves. If he told about the increase in the price of big trees, I am afraid that Hu Ziqi would People with the word flag will insist on going to Kuandian.
If it were another businessman, he would naturally refuse, but the tiger-character flag was different.
As early as when they first came to Pi Island, the Tiger Flag ship came to Pi Island and brought urgently needed food and grass to Pi Island. Now, large ships are often sent to deliver the supplies needed by Dongjiang Town.
It can be said that none of the businessmen who came to Pi Island to do business were as helpful to Dongjiang Town as the Hu Ziqi family.
Other businessmen do business with Pidao in order to take advantage of Pidao, specifically collecting Liaodong specialties from Pidao, and then selling the grain to Dongjiang Town at a high price. On the other hand, Tiger Flag is not very interested in Liaodong specialties, as long as those The big wood is worthless, and the money that Dongjiang Town owes Tiger Flag is allowed to be used to pay off the debt with big wood.
For such a businessman who is both powerful and does not take advantage of their Dongjiang Town, the people in Dongjiang Town are naturally unwilling to fall out over such a trivial matter as settling some people in Kuandian for the sake of the Tiger Flag.
Chen Zhong glanced at Mao Chenglu, withdrew his gaze, and said, "That place in Kuandian is very dangerous for you. Is your owner sure you want to place manpower in Kuandian?"
Xu Xuewu smiled and nodded.
Chen Zhong thought for a while and said: "General Mao and I cannot agree to this matter. Only with your consent can your Tiger Flag be able to place manpower in Kuandian."
"The common people want to meet General Mao, and I hope the two generals can introduce them to the common people." Xu Xuewu bowed his hands to the two people in front of him.
"Let's do this!" Chen Zhong said, "I'll go see your Excellency first and see what you say. As for whether I will see you or not, that's up to Your Excellency to decide."
"Thank you, General Chen." Xu Xuewu cupped his fists.
Chen Zhong stood up from his seat unsteadily. As soon as he took a step, he staggered and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, he held down the table at hand in time.
Mao Chenglu on the side stood up, helped Chen Zhong up, pushed him back to his seat, and said, "You drank a lot just now. It's easy to get drunk when you go out and see the wind. I'd better go!"
Chen Zhong hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded and said, "Okay, then you go see the Lord, and I'll stay with Shopkeeper Xu."
Mao Chenglu put on his fur cloak and walked outside the house.
When he came to the door, he said to the soldier standing at the door: "General Chen has drunk a lot. Please go in and take care of him."
"Yes." The soldier agreed, turned around and entered the house.
Mao Chenglu walked away and walked out of his house.
The wind blew up on the island, blowing on people and making them shiver.
After drinking some wine, Mao Chenglu was blown by the cold wind. Not only was he not clear-headed, but he was a little confused. Fortunately, he had a lot of alcohol and was protected by his personal guards. He arrived at the largest house on the island smoothly.
"My son meets his adoptive father." Mao Chenglu saluted Mao Wenlong who was sitting in the room.
Mao Wenlong shrugged his nose, frowned slightly, and asked, "Have you been drinking too much?"
"My child only drank a little, but I didn't expect that the sorghum brew was too strong, so it hurt my face." Mao Chenglu explained.
Seeing that Mao Chenglu was shaking even while standing, Mao Wenlong used his hand to hold the seat beside him and said, "Sit there. If you stand for a while longer, I'm afraid you'll fall to the ground."
"Hey, thank you, foster father." Mao Chenglu thanked him, took two steps, turned around and sat on his seat.
Mao Wenlong said to the soldiers in the room: "Cook a cup of strong tea and bring it over to let him sober up."
The soldiers in the room retreated.
Mao Wenlong then looked at Mao Chenglu and said, "This time the Tiger Flag ship came, what did it bring? Are there any soldiers?"
"Report to the adoptive father." Mao Chenglu leaned forward and said, "The child has not yet had time to ask, but one thing is certain, the Tiger Character Flag sent the man named Xu Xuewu here for Damu's matter."
Mao Wenlong said: "Have you told the people in Tiger Flag about the price increase of big wood?"
"I haven't said it yet." Mao Chenglu shook his head and said immediately, "However, Xu Xuewu and his child told General Chen that their Tiger Character Banner wanted to place hundreds of people in Kuandian to cut trees."
"The people of Tiger Character Banner want to resettle their people in Kuandian!" Mao Wenlong frowned and said, "Kuandian is not far from Houjin. Even my general did not send troops to garrison. Their Tiger Character Banner The people dare to put people in Kuandian without their lives."
Kuandian is too close to Houjin, and the place has long been desolate. The former fortress walls have almost collapsed. If you want to live in it, it will take a lot of effort to clear it out.
