The most powerful patriarch in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 161 A Special Deal
Chapter 159

Lu Changle's words seemed to have poured cold water on Li Dingguo on a hot day.

Li Dingguo was born in a poor family, his parents died early due to illness, and he did not receive much education.

When he came to Mizhi to beg for food, Zhang Xianzhong rebelled.

Zhang Xianzhong saw that he had an extraordinary appearance and a cleverness, so he adopted him as his adopted son.

During the days of following Zhang Xianzhong, I was afraid of being chased and killed by officers and soldiers every day, or being plotted against by others.

Li Dingguo usually hears people saying how licentious the emperor is,
How corrupt and incompetent the officials are,
I have thought about what Lu Changle said, but I haven't thought about it so deeply.

Looking back and thinking about it, the rebel army did feed a group of people who couldn't eat.
But it caused more people to be homeless and displaced,

The most frightening thing is that those who said that they would do justice for the heavens and save the people,
From a sheep to a wolf, instead of saving the people, it worsened and harmed the people.

"General Lu, don't say any more. It's in your hands today. If you want to cut or kill, you can do whatever you want. Li will never frown or complain about the general." Li Dingguo lowered his head and said calmly.

Winners and losers, this is the constant law on the battlefield,

It turned out that he was just a little beggar who was about to starve to death. It was worth living for so many years.

Lu Changle looked at Li Dingguo and said, "Mr. Li, I appreciate your courage. Have you ever thought about turning to the light? As long as Mr. Li nods, I will intercede with the court and let Mr. Li take the crime and perform meritorious service. The glory of the ancestors and the return of the family are just around the corner."

Li Dingguo has a resolute character, and torture has little effect on him.
It was also difficult to buy his loyalty, Lu Changle personally persuaded him from the beginning,

Attacking the heart is the first thing to shake his inner beliefs.

Li Dingguo refused without even thinking about it: "My adoptive father treats me with such kindness as a mountain. General Lu doesn't need to say more. No matter what, I will not betray my adoptive father."

If it wasn't for the adoptive father who took him in and taught him carefully, he wouldn't be where he is today.

Lu Changle did not give up and said: "Zhang Xianzhong is suspicious by nature, cruel and easy to kill. Mr. Li must know better than me how many brothers Mi Zhi rebelled with him died at his hands."

"Accepting you as a adopted son is not because I really sympathize with you, but because you are of value to him. I give you a bite of food because I want you to work hard for him. Speaking of which, you are in a trading relationship. He has been born and died for him all these years. He is kind." To you, but you don't owe him either." Lu Changle persuaded.

The founding emperors in ancient times liked to adopt adopted sons. Li Keyong at the end of Tang Dynasty adopted 13 adopted sons, known as the "Thirteen Taibao";
Before Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, he also adopted more than a dozen adopted sons, among whom Zhu Wenzheng, Mu Ying, Li Wenzhong and others became the founding heroes;
Zhang Xianzhong also adopted four adoptive sons, namely Sun Kewang, Li Dingguo, Liu Wenxiu and Ai Nengqi,

Lu Changle didn't think much of Zhang Xianzhong's brutal means of grabbing territory, but he admired his vision.
None of the four sons is mediocre, they are all rare generals,

Not only capable, but also very loyal to him, at least before his death, the four sons were loyal to him,

Only the eldest son, Sun Kewang, failed to compete with Li Dingguo for power, so he turned to Jianlu in a rage and became Jianlu's minion.

"General Lu, you don't need to persuade me. I will never betray my adoptive father, and I will never betray his old man." Li Dingguo said firmly.

Lu Changle stared at Li Dingguo for a while, then said, "Young Master Li, let's make a deal."

"Deal? What deal?" Li Dingguo said with a surprised face.

After rejecting Lu Changle's invitation, he waited to bear Lu Changle's anger,

Unexpectedly, the other party said that he would trade with him.

"I won't kill you, and I won't force you to ask Zhang Xianzhong's information. The condition is that you stay in Fujian and help me with my work for two years. You are not allowed to escape in between. After two years, I will set you free." Lu Changle said.

Take the heart first, the twisted melon is not sweet,

Leave the person first, and then find a way to calm down.

Li Dingguo looked at Lu Changle in surprise, saw that Lu Changle didn't look like he was joking, thought for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "Two years is too long, one year, if it's one year, I'll agree right away."

After the foster father and the old Hui Hui Ma Shouying, Ge Liyan He Yilong, Zuojin King He Jin, Fighting for the World King Liu Xiyao, and Chaotic Land King Lin Chengyang joined forces, they took down Shucheng, Lu'an, Luzhou, and so on. Chaohu actively trains sailors,
Li Dingguo returned home like an arrow, and wanted to join Zhang Xianzhong earlier.

It's not bad to unite, but Lao Huihui and Ge Huiyan have a good relationship, and they formed the Gezuo Fifth Battalion early on.
I'm afraid that the foster father is not their opponent.

A year is neither short nor long, and Li Dingguo believes that he can survive it.

It's better than losing your life.

The most important point is that the rural protection team is strong and has won great victories.

With the opportunity to break into the interior, Li Dingguo will definitely not miss this opportunity,
Try to win over the people from the rural protection team,

Ideally, when you come by yourself, you are alone.

When you leave, you can take an army back,
Li Dingguo believes that in one year, he is enough to attract a large number of people,
Maybe Lu Changle was persuaded at that time.

Taking a step back, Lu Changle's rural protection team couldn't resist Zheng's,
At that time, I can take the opportunity to persuade Lu Changle to join his adoptive father,
Didn't foster father train sailors in Chaohu? Coincidentally, Lu Changle has hundreds of good boats in his hands.

If you win Lu Changle, you will win the rural protection team, and the strength of the foster father will be doubled at least.
Besides, Lu Changle has all the weapons and enough food and grass in his hands.
Much better than Latin,

At the moment when Lu Changle put forward the conditions, Li Dingguo's mind turned like lightning,

Finally, he agreed conditionally.

I thought that Lu Changle would still discuss the counter-offer, but he didn't expect Lu Changle to say very simply: "Cheer up, just one year, after one year, if you want to leave, I won't stay, and if you want to stay, I won't force you to leave either. "

In one year, many possibilities can happen.

Li Dingguo couldn't believe it and said: "A word from a gentleman"

"A four-horse is hard to catch!" Lu Changle said firmly.

"Within one year, Li Dingguo is willing to listen to the general's orders, except for one thing, which is not good for my adoptive father." Li Dingguo bowed his head and said seriously.

No matter how you think about it, Li Dingguo decided to bow his head first.

"Okay, I promise you, Mr. Li, please get up." Lu Changle walked over and helped Li Dingguo up with his own hands.
Then he took out a sharp dagger and lightly picked it, cutting off the rope on Li Dingguo's body.

Looking at Lu Changle's slightly thin body, Li Dingguo suddenly had a thought in his heart: If he made a sudden move, took this careless general who suppressed bandits as a hostage, and then ran away, they would definitely not be able to catch him.

As soon as the thought came to him, Li Dingguo hesitated quickly.
The other party could have easily killed himself, but he didn't,

It's not kind to give myself a chance to do this by myself, isn't it?
Besides, this is someone else's territory, and if I am hijacking it myself, it probably won't be of much use.

I was still thinking about how to get into the rural protection team, now is just my chance,

Just when Li Dingguo was fighting between heaven and man, Lu Changle put the dagger in Li Dingguo's hand: "Mr. Li, this dagger is made of refined iron, and it is extremely sharp. I don't have any preparations for the first meeting, just treat it as a greeting." gone."

Li Dingguo held the dagger in his hand, opened his mouth, wanted to say something but couldn't,

After hesitating for a while, he bowed and said with admiration: "The general has rewards, but the younger ones should be respectful rather than obedient."

There are many thoughts in my head, and many thoughts in my heart.
In the end, Li Dingguo decided to keep his promise and stay with Lu Changle for a year.

After getting the dagger, Li Dingguo's admiration for Lu Changle increased by three points.

It was just the first time we met, and we made an agreement verbally,
Lu Changle dared to let himself go, and even stuffed the dagger into his hand,
With this distance and weapons in hand, as long as Li Dingguo thinks, he can definitely hit Lu Changle hard,
Unexpectedly, Lu Changle was unexpectedly calm, not even prepared,
For some reason, Li Dingguo suddenly felt a strange warmth in his heart.

It turns out that the feeling of being trusted is so good.

Lu Changle didn't say much, and asked Li Dingguo to be taken away, and asked him to help Lu Changfu first.

Don't be in a hurry to let him join the army, let him see what a paradise on earth is,
"My husband, you scared me just now. You are the pillar of the rural protection team. How can you risk yourself? What should I do if there is any accident?" When Li Dingguo left, Yang Xuan was unhappy on the spot.

At the beginning, I was very cautious, let people control them first,

I also tied it tightly with a rope, so I was not afraid of his sudden attack,

Well said, suddenly cut the rope that bound him, and handed him the dagger,
Yang Xuan broke into a cold sweat on the spot, clasped two throwing knives unconsciously with both hands,

As a sensitive martial artist, Yang Xuan felt that Li Dingguo had an evil thought for a moment,

Fortunately, the feeling of danger was gone in a flash,
Li Dingguo gave up the opportunity at his fingertips and never made a move.

I have to say that Lu Changle is very accurate at seeing people.

Lu Changle pretended to be calm and said: "With Madam here, don't be afraid, besides this is our Lu family's territory, where can he go?"

While talking, Lu Changle took out a few iron plates from his clothes and put them beside him with a relaxed face.

In order to win over Li Dingguo, Lu Changle also gambled,
Just bet that Li Dingguo is a man of integrity and promise, and bet that he will look up to me,
Fortunately, bet on the right.

Although it is a gamble, I am also a little scared. There are too many discrepancies between history books and real people.
Just in case, some iron plates for body protection were put inside.

Fortunately, Li Dingguo did not disappoint himself.

"Sanggong, do you really think so highly of him?" Yang Xuan said with a look of surprise.

Lu Changle nodded seriously and said: "Xuan'er, don't look at him as young, his achievements are no worse than Uncle Hui's. Have you heard about Zhang Xianzhong's seizure of Xiangyang City? Li Dingguo led the team to infiltrate Xiangyang City for the first time. A sudden attack was launched to open the city gate, which allowed Zhang Xianzhong to break through the city smoothly and get the military pay and food in Xiangyang City, and Zhang Xianzhong became popular."

"Others are panicked when they are arrested, but this Li Dingguo is so calm at such a young age, he is indeed different."

After Yang Xuan finished speaking, she quickly said worriedly: "If ordinary people are motivated by emotion and know their benefits, it will not be difficult to persuade. That thief is powerful, and Li Dingguo is his adopted son. I'm afraid it will not be easy to persuade him." .”

"One year, don't worry." Lu Changle said calmly.

Li Dingguo followed Zhang Xianzhong when he was only ten years old.

Having experienced so many hardships of life and death, and witnessed so many ugliness in the world,
Li Dingguo can still stick to the kindness in his heart,
A child who has been taken astray, just let him go back astray.

While speaking, Chen Qi came to salute: "The little one has seen the general."

"Seventh Uncle, there are no outsiders here, so you don't need to be polite, please come up."

Chen Qi stood up and said: "No rules, no rules, especially when there are too many people, etiquette cannot be abolished, otherwise it will be difficult to manage."

In Chen Qi's heart, Lu Changle can be easy-going, but he can't be without rules.

Lu Changle didn't bother with these trivial matters anymore, and said directly: "Uncle Qi, your intelligence team did a good job this time, not only did the investigation carefully, but also provided timely intelligence. I want to credit you for your great contribution. By the way, I left Li Dingguo behind. , Send a team of smart and capable people to keep an eye on him."

"General, don't worry, he will never miss anything in what he does and what he says."

Chen Qi knew that Lu Changle valued Li Dingguo very much, so he immediately expressed his opinion.

Before he came in, he knew that Lu Changle had left Li Dingguo behind.

Needless to say, Lu Changle not only wanted his people, but also his heart.

"As long as he doesn't run away, that's fine. For the rest, just turn a blind eye." Lu Changle said confidently.

The hard work and tolerance of the Chinese nation ranks among the top spears in the world,
As long as there is still a glimmer of hope, I will not stand up and take risks.
It can be seen from the Hunting Demon King and the Three-eyed King,

Zheng Zhilong suddenly withdrew his troops, and Zheng Zhibao also reduced his manpower, leaving a power vacuum in so many places in Fujian.

Even in such a situation, the Three-Eyed King and the Hunting Demon King will not make a big fuss,
Explain that Zhang Xianzhong and Li Zicheng were not acclimatized in Fujian,
In the area under my jurisdiction, the elderly are provided for, the young are educated, everyone has land to farm, and everyone has a job.

There is hope in life, there is hope in life,
If Li Dingguo can still fool them away, Lu Changle will be convinced.

"I have an order, listen to the general." Chen Qi agreed without thinking.

When Li Dingguo followed a team member, he kept paying attention to his surroundings.
When he walked out of the gate of Lu's house, Li Dingguo felt as if he was dreaming.
The identity that has been trying so hard to hide is suddenly exposed in front of everyone,

People were also tied tightly with ropes, and they thought they were going to be beheaded.

Unexpectedly, the general who suppressed thieves would actually talk about a deal with him,
The benefits outweigh the disadvantages of the transaction, Li Dingguo agreed after hesitating for a moment,
In less than half an hour,
Li Dingguo first changed from the three-eyed king's confidant Guo Ding back to Li Dingguo,
In order to survive and be free, he has now become a subordinate of Lu Changle, the general who suppressed the bandits.
I don't know exactly what to do, it seems that an important person is doing it.

For an important person like myself, even if he let himself go, he would definitely send many people to watch him,

Li Dingguo observed secretly for a long time, but he didn't see anyone following him.
There is no secret joy in my heart, but a little dignified.

Soon after going out, the sixth sense told Li Dingguo that he was being watched,
But I couldn't find anyone who was watching, so I explained one thing,

Either the opponent's methods are very clever, or the opponent is extremely confident,
No matter which one it is, it is not a good thing for Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo didn't know that from the moment he went out, Chen Qi's intelligence team had been following him.
They are all hiding in a high and far place, in groups of two, staring from a distance with binoculars from different angles,

No matter how Ren Li Dingguo looked back, he couldn't find anyone following him.

Li Dingguo simply stopped looking for anyone who could not be found following him.

I began to look at Xingping Village with great interest,
This is the territory of the Lu family in Fuzhou, and it is also the place where Lu Changle grew up.
If I want to convince Lu Changle, I have to understand him first,
To understand a person, it is best to start with his living environment.

(End of this chapter)