Fu Song

Chapter 620 No Choice
The oars of the boat were shaken, and the boat gently pushed away the waves and moved forward lightly in the lake.

Sitting cross-legged on the bow of the boat, Liu Fengkui bent down and stretched his hands into the lake water. It was so cold that he couldn't help but feel refreshed.

The faint silhouette of Weishan Lake Island appeared in front of him. He stood up, beat his numb legs to drain his blood, and then stood proudly on the bow with his hands behind his back.

Today's Liu Fengkui's status is quite different from before.

Now he is the chief of the inner court of the Jiangning New Song Dynasty, the commander of the Imperial City Department, a serious and dignified high-ranking official.

Of course, unlike the former imperial commander who only listened to the emperor's orders, he now came to Weishan Lake under the order of his chief assistant, Xiao Cheng, to see the water bandits running across Weishan Lake. no evidence.

Weishan Lake, with a radius of [-] miles, connects Zhaoyang Lake, Dushan Lake, and Nanyang Lake to the north. It is the largest lake in Qidi and the largest lake in the north. It connects dozens of rivers, and Duandi is a strategically important place.

But the most powerful person in the waters of Weishan Lake is not the puppet Qi regime, but the Zhong family.

The Zhong family and Liu Yu's Liu family were not harmonious in the past, and the relationship was quite bad.

Mrs. Zhong is doing water business.

It's just that when Liu Yu used the Liao people to conquer the south, Zhao Song collapsed, and he took refuge in the Liao people and soared into the sky and even became the king of Qi. In the mountain lake.

Weishan Lake is so important, naturally Liu Yu will not let it go.

So a building boat force of thousands of people was established and marched into Weishan Lake to attack the Zhong family.

However, this building-boat troop did not live up to expectations. After a year of campaigns and successive defeats, the building-boat troop fought less and less, but the Zhong family's naval force became stronger and stronger. Countless heroes who rely on water for food have come to vote.

After Liu Yu lost Xuzhou, the campaign against Weishan Lake ended without a problem.

Under the suggestion of his first counselor Han Zhi, he changed from a campaign to appease and recruit security.

Although the Zhong family is unwilling to accept the official position of the puppet Qi, the Zhong family can't stand the continuous fighting. The important members of the family died in battle one after another, the supplies are blocked and extremely scarce, and a large number of people have to support them. Naturally, they cannot last long without food. of.

So the two sides maintained a certain tacit understanding, if you don't hit me, I won't bother you, we will do our own things.

How could Jiang Ning turn a blind eye to such a force?

So a series of activities such as infiltration and contact began.

This time the Qi State invaded Xuzhou with all the power of the whole country, and the importance of Weishan Lake became more prominent. Liu Fengkui came to Weishan Lake to meet Zhong Wuping, the patriarch of the Zhong family, in order to give him the last reassurance, and then let him be in peace. Play a bigger role in this battle.

Nowadays, the Puppet Qi regards the Nansi Lake water system as their important logistics supply system, and then transports them all the way to Xuzhou and Xiapi front lines via Surabaya. If Weishan Lake is unstable, the Puppet Qi frontline may not even have food miss a meal.

Land transportation is not as convenient as water transportation.

And this time, Liu Fengkui came with important information.

Zhong Wuping, who has been unable to make up his mind and doesn't want to join any party, just wants to be a little overlord in this Weishan Lake, has no other choice but to join them.

The boat slowly leaned against the shore, and a young man stood on the shore, reaching out his hand to help Liu Fengkui, Liu Fengkui laughed, but did not refuse, grabbed the young man's hand, and jumped off the boat.

"There is Lao Dalang!"

The person who caresses Liu Fengkui is Zhong Wuping's eldest son, Zhong Gui, the successor of the next generation of the Zhong family.And standing behind Zhong Gui is the head of the Zhong family, Zhong Wuping.

Zhong Wuping's two sons, Zhonggu Zhongju, are both warriors on the water. In the previous conflicts with the puppet Qi navy, Zhong Wuping relied on the bravery of these two sons to defeat his opponents one after another. , which has won the chance of survival.

"Boss Liu came in person, and the walls of the Zhong family will shine brightly." Zhong Wuping clasped his hands together, but he was very polite.

Don't look at the Zhong family eating a bowl of rice with abundant martial arts, but this family is really both civil and military.

"Patriarch Zhong has fought against the rebels in this Weishan Lake in the past few years, making the puppet Qi helpless. The officials and the capital are full of praise. In this world, if there are more loyal and unparalleled people like Patriarch Zhong Why don't you worry about the rebels not being destroyed? Why don't you worry about not recovering the old land, even the Northern Expedition to conquer Liao is not unimaginable."

"Shou Fu's praise, Zhong Wuping is ashamed and dare not take it!" Zhong Wuping's face was a little hot.

In the initial confrontation with Liu Yu, he did hang up the flag of the Song Dynasty to attract many heroes, but after the two sides reached a certain level of tacit understanding, the banner of the Song Dynasty was quietly put away.

Now on the island of Weishan Lake, you can't see the flag of the Song Dynasty.

"Please, Mr. Liu is coming from far away, Zhong has prepared a little wine to wash away the dust!" Zhong Wuping smiled to hide his embarrassment, watched the night gradually darken, but felt relieved, fortunately it was getting dark, Manager Liu can't see the current situation on the island.

After drinking for three rounds, the atmosphere gradually became harmonious.

Zhong Wuping filled another glass for Liu Fengkui, and said cautiously: "I understand what the general manager means, but please understand our difficulties. Now hundreds of thousands of Qi troops are sent to Xuzhou, Xiapi and other places, Weishan Lake During this time, enemy ships were coming and going, and the Zhong family was very careful, for fear of offending them, let alone making enemies with them."

Liu Fengkui laughed, held the wine glass, took a sip, and said calmly: "Patriarch Zhong, more than a year ago, Liu Yu suddenly stopped attacking you, what do you think is the most fundamental reason?"

"Of course they suffered a great loss in Weishan Lake, knowing that they are not the opponents of our Zhong family!" Zhong Gui, who was kneeling on the side, said with a smile.

"Really?" Liu Fengkui looked at the other party with a smile: "Zhong's navy is naturally brave and good at fighting, but if Xu Fangyan hadn't captured Shangpi, Xiapi and other places by our army, I'm afraid Weishan Lake would have been taken by Liu Yu long ago. Are you leaving?"

Zhong Wuping was silent for a while, nodded and said: "That's true. It is precisely because of Xuzhou's restraint that Liu Yu has to comfort us."

"Now that the pseudo-Qi army is coming, Weishan Lake has become their logistics and transportation hub." Liu Fengkui said coldly: "Do you think they will hand over such an important strategic location to someone who doesn't know whether it is an enemy or a friend? In your hand? Isn't this a joke?"

"We have expected this a long time ago and have already prepared for the war. If they don't come, it's fine. As long as they dare to come, let them taste the taste of failure again. And at this time, how dare they provoke us? If they want to turn their faces, they will Take a break and transport a grain of grain from Weishan Lake!"

"What if we take you down?"

"Is Mr. Liu looking down on us?" Zhong Gui's expression changed, a little annoyed.

Liu Fengkui smiled and took out a stack of things from his bosom, and put it in front of Zhong Wuping.

"Forcibly attacking Weishan Lake, which is united as one, is naturally impossible, but what if the inside and the outside cooperate?" Liu Fengkui said with a smile: "The Zhong family has a grudge against Liu Yu, and they don't want to bow to Liu Yu, they just want to be this Weishan Lake." One overlord, but what about the others?"

Zhong Wuping picked up those things, only looked at the top one, his color changed drastically, he handed the things to Zhong Gui.

"How is this possible? Mrs. Chen is the in-law of Mrs. Zhong. She was with us and survived the most difficult times. How could she betray her now?" Zhong Gui couldn't believe it, because his daughter-in-law was Chen. woman.

"Mr. Chen was frightened!" Liu Fengkui said: "The whole country from Qi came to attack, and behind them were Liao people. Mrs. Chen thinks that this time it can't be stopped. Everyone is innocent, but he is guilty of the crime. You are dominating this place." Weishan Lake, Liu Yu and the Liao people must take it, or die, or sell you to seek glory and wealth. Without you, the Chen family can become the master of this Weishan Lake, and to do this, only But you need to bow your head to Liu Yu."

Zhonggui was speechless.

Zhong Wuping had already finished reading what Liu Fengkui brought, and sighed: "Grand Liu, it turns out that you not only sent spies to infiltrate Puppet Qi, but even my little Weishan Lake. Come?"

"If it wasn't for this person from outside, why would Mrs. Chen think of trying to win over him to expand his power, but in the end let us find a loophole and follow the vines to discover this matter? Patriarch Zhong, if it wasn't like this, I'm afraid you will die You don’t understand what’s going on, do you? There are hundreds of warships disguised as grain transport ships, and they will attack after three days.”

Zhong Wuping looked up to the sky and took a deep breath, nodded, and shouted: "Come on!"

A servant walked in in response.

"Go get Erlang over!" Zhong Wuping said.

"Father, I will solve this matter myself!" Zhong Gui stood up.

"Sit down!" Zhong Wuping slapped the table and shouted angrily, Zhong Gui sat down with a pale face.

Zhong Ju came in a hurry and left in shock.

Liu Fengkui smiled at Mimi just drinking and eating food, Weishan Island is destined to not be peaceful tonight.

Blood and fire will pervade this small island.

"Liu Gong, in this case, I have no choice. Then, I want to know what the Jiangning official family or Xiao Shoufu will give me?" Although the Zhong family is facing a great crisis now, Zhong Wu Ping still looked composed, which made Liu Fengkui quite admire.

"Shoufu will never treat people with lofty ideals badly!" Liu Fengkui said: "If you guard the river, you must guard the Huai River. This is why the capital of the chief minister will be in Jiangning. And if you want to guard the Huai River, navy is indispensable."

"There is no shortage of sailors in the south of the Yangtze River!"

Liu Fengkui shook his head: "It's rotten to the root. If you're good at making money, there's no chance of winning a war. So the chief assistant must start anew. Does Master Zhong know about the Wujiang Navy?"

"Of course, Jiang Xiong led him to defeat Liu Zheng on the Han River, and his reputation has spread far and wide." They all lived on water, and the Zhong family naturally knew Jiang Xiong.

"This is the navy built by Shoufu when he was in Guizhou, but now he is controlling the Yangtze River and its tributaries, and he has to confront Liu Zheng and others. He has tried his best. So the water in the Huaihe River Basin that Shoufu wants to build The division troops landed on Patriarch Zhong's body." Liu Fengkui smiled and said, "Does Patriarch Zhong have any intentions? The small Weishan Lake can be used as a forward base, but how can we let the dragons in the water live here for a long time?"

Zhong Wuping's eyes lit up.

"Compared to Jiang Xiong." Liu Fengkui strikes while the iron is hot: "The commander of the Huaihe Navy is responsible for all matters such as recruitment, training, and combat of the entire Huaihe River Basin."

"The imperial court sent a supervisory army?"

"No supervising army is sent. The current Song Dynasty army does not have this habit." Liu Fengkui said with a smile: "Only send two people, one military judge and one logistics officer! The rest of the affairs are all decided by the commander himself. "

Seeing the roll of documents that Liu Fengkui took out from his arms again, opened it and spread it out in front of him, seeing the big bright red seal, Zhong Wuping's breath became short of breath.

He stood up, cupped his fists and gave Liu Fengkui a deep bow to the ground.

This time, Liu Fengkui did not give way, because at this moment, he was accepting Zhong Wuping's gift on behalf of the emperor.

Sitting down again, Zhong Wuping carefully put away the imperial edict.

The bedroom faces the lake,

When Liu Fengkui, who had drunk the wine to his heart's content, woke up amidst the chirping birdsong, he suddenly found that the sun was already high outside.

A rare fine weather.

Pushing the door open, he saw that the blue waves were dyed golden by the sunlight.

He took a deep breath, but frowned, and there was a faint smell of blood in his nose.

Walking a few steps forward, I stood on the wooden terrace, with the lake water under my feet. The lake water gently slapped the pillars supporting the terrace, and there was actually a red color in the water that hadn't completely dissipated.

Last night, there was probably a lot of blood on Weishan Lake Island.

A man came striding forward.

In the distance, he clasped his fists together and said, "I've seen the manager!"

Liu Fengkui nodded: "A lot of people died last night?"

"Yes, there are no fewer than three hundred people! The Chen family was exterminated!" The man said: "Even the eldest lady of Zhong Gui was forced to commit suicide."

Liu Fengkui shook his head and sighed: "A single thought will lead to a deep abyss. Under the overturned nest, there will be no eggs left! Your identity has been exposed, are you going to change to another place to continue doing this business, or do you just wash it off and go ashore?"

"Boss, I have been in this business for many years. Now I want to go back and be a normal person. It is time for me to marry a wife and have children." The man smiled.

"Okay, you choose the place yourself!"

"Just here! I think I'll work in the Huaihe Navy!" the man said.

"Aren't you afraid that the Zhong family father and son will have lumps in their hearts?"

The man shook his head: "From now on, they will be the generals of the imperial court, and their subordinates will also be generals of the imperial court. It doesn't matter if there is any quarrel, as long as they can cooperate sincerely. Besides, since your subordinates stand behind you as the general manager, how dare they offend me? Change the place, but it will be inconvenient to pull you out as a reliance!"

Liu Fengkui laughed loudly: "You have calculated well, well, that's it, I will talk to Zhong Wuping about this later. From now on, you will no longer be a member of the Imperial City Division! Congratulations first!"

"Thank you, manager, for cultivating!" The man bowed to the ground again, straightened up, and his face was filled with uncontrollable joy.

(End of this chapter)