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Chapter 139 Lu Yao Knows Horsepower

(PS: I pushed it on the last page, ask for a monthly ticket, ask for a recommendation ticket, ask for a collection, ask for encouragement and support.)
Xiong Cilu and Kong Sizhen miscalculated not only one thing, they also seriously underestimated Li Xu's cunning and cunning and Li Xu's deep-rooted hatred for Lu Fatty. They asked Li Xu to deliberately slow down and go south to buy time for Dai Liangchen to be in Guangxi. Collecting evidence of Fatty Lu's crimes will help him chop up Fatty Lu in the future, and Li Xu also patted his chest in front of them and said that he would absolutely do it. Try to 'protect Fatty Lu's northbound' safety'.

Of course Li Xu is acting, that's what Li Xu thinks, since Xiong Cilu and Kong Sizhen asked him to slow down the speed of going south, and hinted that he was going to kill Lu Fatty on the way, then it is enough to prove that Kong Sizhen and Xiong Cilu still didn't take it this time. Seeing Fatty Lu's death certificate, I just made two-handed preparations, took the evidence if I got it, and assassinated him on the road if I couldn't get it!In a word, Kong Sizhen and Xiong Cilu are determined to kill Fatty Lu this time!

That being the case, Fatty Lu is dead anyway, so why should he slow down?Anyway, Kong Sizhen and Xiong Cilu have already planned to assassinate if they can't get evidence, so if they catch Fatty Lu as soon as possible, Kong Sizhen and Xiong Cilu can't get hard evidence, so why not do it?The capital is so far away from Nanning, instead of slowing down to give Fatty Lu time to escape, and causing the night long dream to be complicated, I might as well catch this damned fat man as soon as possible, and force Kong Sizhen and Xiong Cilu to kill him as soon as possible ——In this way, although I have to delay something, but I have also avenged blood, right?In the future, if something happens in the east window, isn't it none of your own business?

Sure enough, after leaving the capital, Li Xu naturally forgot all about the promise he had made in front of Kong Sizhen and Xiong Cilu, and brought ten guards and imperial edicts all the way to Guangxi without stopping!In this way, because Wu Yingxiong and Nanning did not have a direct contact channel, the news had to be sent to Kunming first and then to Nanning, so Wu Yingxiong's warning and Li Xu's arresting team, whoever can arrive in Nanning first will be the real one. I can't tell...

It's hard to talk about two things with one mouth, let's ignore Li Xu's affairs for now, let's go back and look at Fatty Lu who has been forgotten for a long time.Now Fatty Lu is of course still in Nanning, not only Fatty Lu is there, Governor Jin Guangzu of Guangdong and Guangxi, Governor Ma Xiongzhen of Guangxi, and Admiral Ma Xiong of Guangxi are also still in Nanning City. Hu Guozhu, the number one confidant, also came to Nanning City with a brigade of Pingxi Palace guards. The excuse he used was, of course, to investigate the truth about the assassination of Fatty Lu, the former West Selector, in Nanning.

Although Wu Sangui has always had a good reputation in reminiscing about old times and protecting the past, his son-in-law Hu Guozhu is much worse in this aspect. After entering Nanning City aggressively, the first thing Hu Dazhong and Hu Dazhong did not ask about the investigation of the case Instead, he indifferently asked the local officials in Nanning about the development of the Fenghuangshan Silver Mine. After hearing that the Fenghuangshan Silver Mine was only mining and refining ore on a small scale due to lack of development funds and technical personnel, General Hu was pretty good. The handsome handsome face burst into a smile immediately.

"Don't worry, these are absolutely not a problem." Hu Guozhu patted Han Zhang, the prefect of Nanning, on the shoulder, but smiled at Lan Yuxuan: "We in Yunnan have mined copper and tin mines since ancient times, and some of them are skilled miners and those who know how to open kilns. The kiln worker, the third general, in a word, there are as many people as there are. As for the money and food in the early stage of mining, these are not a problem. I brought 10 taels of silver this time. If you need it, the third general can use it first That’s it, if it’s not enough, I can send someone to transport it from Yunnan.”

"Thank you, General Hu, but let's talk about these things slowly." Line Yuxuan said angrily: "General Hu came to Nanning this time, didn't he come to investigate the assassination case of Lord Lu in Nanning? Why did you come to Nanning City, Lord Lu? You didn't ask about the current situation, but instead asked about the Phoenix Mountain silver mine?"

"Oh, the Third General Line has taught you the lesson. I am confused." Hu Guozhu smiled awkwardly, and quickly looked around the welcoming crowd. Seeing that Fatty Lu was not among them, he turned to Line Yuxuan and asked, "Three General Line, Lu How is your lord doing now? Why don't you see him greet me?"

"The wound is almost healed." Line Yuxuan continued with a dissatisfied tone: "But today his wound hurts a little, so he didn't come to welcome General Hu, and now he is resting at the general's home."

"Okay, please lead the way quickly, Third General Line. I'll go and see him first, and I'll talk about other things slowly." Hu Guozhu said hastily.Seeing Hu Guozhu's anxious expression, Yu Xuan felt a little more at ease, and quickly led the way, led Hu Guozhu and his party into Nanning City, and asked his subordinates to arrange accommodation for Hu Guozhu's team, while he personally led Hu Guozhu back to the mansion.

In front of the small courtyard where Fatty Lu was staying, Zhu Fangdan, Xiao Erlang and others had already come out to greet him. Hu Guozhu just found an excuse to leave Lan Yuxuan and others in the courtyard, and went into Fatty Lu's bedroom alone.Entering the room and looking, as expected, Fatty Lu was already standing in the room with a blushing face, bowing his hands in salute, Hu Guozhu smiled, waved his hands and said, "Excuse me, how is the wound?"

"Thank you, General Jinwu, for your concern. There is no serious problem." Fatty Lu replied in a low voice, "It's just that there are so many eyeliners in Nanning City at present, so in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, I just found an excuse not to meet Jinwu. General, if you are rude, I hope General Jinwu will forgive you."

"Family, why are you being polite? When you return to Yunnan and become a good thing with Xiaotu, I will be your uncle, so you don't have to be born, just call me uncle." Hu Guozhu waved his hand casually, Sitting on the chair again, he smiled wickedly, and asked in a low voice, "What is the truth about your assassination in Nanning? Both Mr. Mao Xia and Mr. Liang Chen suspect that you did it yourself, so they shouldn't guess it." Did you hit it?"

"If there hadn't been this matter, uncle, can you go to Nanning City to contact the Ling family now?" Fatty Lu asked with a smile.

Hu Guozhu covered his mouth and snickered, and said in a low voice: "Your move is really ruthless. Not only can our Pingxi Palace intervene in the Nanning Palace openly, but Kong Sizhen also has yellow mud on his crotch this time, and he can't explain it clearly with a hundred mouths." Yes. But such tricks should be used sparingly, if you don’t know how to do it properly, you will be in trouble if you hurt yourself.”

"Uncle, what trick did my nephew use?" Fatty Lu said brazenly, "My nephew was injured by Kong Sizhen's henchmen in Nanning and almost died. Uncle, you must seek justice for your future niece and son-in-law, right?"

"Of course." Hu Guozhu changed an extremely solemn expression, and said seriously: "You are a disciple of the second prince Wu Yingqi, a child of a feudal clan registered in the Pingxi Palace. If you were assassinated in Nanning City, we Pingxi Palace can Ignore it? Don't worry, no matter how much resistance I come to Nanning this time, I will definitely bring to justice the real murderer who assassinated you, and also find out the mastermind behind the murderer, and bring him to justice."

Before the words were finished, both Fatty Lu and Hu Guozhu couldn't help covering their mouths and snickering. After finally laughing enough, Hu Guozhu patted Fatty Lu on the shoulder and praised: "Good boy, you are really good, and you can only do it in Nanning." In a few days, there was such a big commotion. When we found such a big silver mine, our lord and us were shocked when we saw your report. We all said that you are either the reincarnation of the God of Wealth or the descending of a lucky star. Any place can bring a fortune there! However, when you were in Yunnan, why didn't you take the time to help us find such a big silver mine?"

"There is no big silver mine in Yunnan." Fatty Lu explained: "According to my research, there is no big silver mine worth mining in Yunnan, but there is one in Guangdong, but the ore vein is buried too deep, and the current technology can't mine it. Counting After counting, among the southern provinces, only the silver mine in Nanning Prefecture is the largest and most worthy of mining."

"Really? It's a pity." Hu Guozhu was very sorry, and said: "In other words, we can't expect to find such a big cornucopia from other places. We can only strive to win this silver mine."

"Then uncle, what is he going to do when he comes to Nanning this time?" Fatty Lu said, "Nanning is not under the jurisdiction of the prince. If we Pingxi Palace wants to monopolize this silver mine, I'm afraid there is no hope."

"Of course there is no way to monopolize it at the moment." Hu Guozhu nodded and said in a low voice: "However, with such a large windfall, it must not be completely cheap for others. My father-in-law sent me this time to serve as his plenipotentiary representative and the line family. The father and son are negotiating, trying to get more money from the middle. By the way, you should not be idle these days in Nanning, right? Have you tested the tone of the Line family father and son, are they interested in cooperating with our Pingxi Palace?"

"Of course my nephew is not idle, and thanks to the lord and uncle, the boy Yu Xuan trusts me and let me know a lot of secrets." The lion of the father and son of Rong Guoan opened his mouth, and he roughly talked about how he instructed Yuan Yuxuanqiao to use the power of the Pingxi Palace to force the two horses and one gold to voluntarily make concessions, etc.

At the end, Fatty Lu said in a low voice: "After my persuasion, and in view of Kong Sizhen's usual behavior, Line Yuxuan has reached a secret agreement with Erma Yijin, and plans to join hands with our Pingxi Palace to negotiate how to cooperate. , Completely exclude Kong Sizhen and the imperial court from the profit distribution of the Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine. Line Yuxuan also revealed to me that their minimum limit is [-]% to [-]%, our Pingxi Palace takes [-]%, and the remaining [-]% belongs to them."

"In addition, I guess they probably won't agree. The Phoenix Mountain silver mine is too big for them to swallow. Kong Sizhen's character is too bad. They can't believe it. Only our Pingxi Palace, which has always had a good reputation, is the one. Their ideal ally. Line Yuxuan and Erma Yijin must be very clear about this."

Fatty Lu even figured out the bottom line of the negotiation between Ling Yuxuan and others, and laid such a good foundation for Hu Guozhu to negotiate, but Hu Guozhu was not at all happy. Does his father, Ling Guoan, agree? What is Ling Guoan's attitude?"

"Lian Guoan's attitude?" Fatty Lu was stunned at first, and then said awkwardly: "Uncle forgive me, my nephew really forgot to ask about this, but in my nephew's opinion, what Kong Sizhen did to the Ling family in the past , Line Guoan shouldn’t object, right?”

"If you take it for granted, you're totally wrong." Hu Guozhu shook his head, and said slowly, "You don't know Lan Guoan too well, this old guy is loyal to Kong Youde, and he will never agree to exclude Kong Sizhen. In my opinion, this decision of Line Yuxuan definitely did not have his father's consent, so even if we negotiated all the conditions with Line Yuxuan, Erma and Yijin, the old guy of Line Guoan would definitely stand up and oppose it. Ask Kong Sizhen to have a share of the pie."

"No way?" Fatty Lu scratched his head, and said suspiciously: "Rong Guoan took the initiative to hand over Guangxi to Kong Sizhen, and Kong Sizhen's kindness forced him out of Guilin and forced him to disarm his army and cut his salary. Will Ling Guoan continue to think of Kong Youde?"

"Yuan Taizu Kublai Khan once said, who has no loyal ministers?" Hu Guozhu squinted at Fatty Lu, and said with a sneer, "If everyone could be bought, then our Pingxi Palace would have been torn apart. If Rong Guoan was so easy to buy , as early as three years before Kangxi, our Pingxi Palace has already reached into Sichuan, so do we need to wait until now?"

"If this is the case, it would be terrible." Fatty Lu was taken aback, and said, "If Rong Guoan insists that Kong Sizhen intervene and divide us and then compromises, then after Kong Sizhen comes in, the imperial court will definitely follow in, and then join forces to expel us Outside. If we don’t agree, and Guoan holds the land deed and doesn’t allow us to mine, and the imperial court seizes the opportunity to issue another edict to nationalize the silver mines, we won’t even be able to get a tael of silver.”

"This is what the prince and we are most worried about now." Hu Guozhu nodded, and said slowly: "Originally, since we in Yunnan and Guizhou have the Eight Banners Fushou Ointment, we don't worry much about the problem of insufficient money and food, but you probably don't. You know, the voices in the imperial court demanding heavy taxes on the Eight Banners drug products have become louder and louder, and the old man Oboi has also shown his cards to us, asking us to send people to Beijing to negotiate on the taxation of the Eight Banners drug products after this autumn. If we suffer a big loss in this regard, we will be constrained again in terms of money and food."

"Also, if the Fenghuangshan silver mine falls into the hands of the imperial court and Kong Sizhen, and mining requires a lot of manpower and material resources, then the imperial court can easily raise a large army in Nanning, threatening our hinterland of Yunnan at all times, so this Even if we are afraid of offending the imperial court, we must take the big silver mine, at least not let the imperial court swallow it up! Otherwise, there will be endless troubles."

Fatty Lu was sweating profusely when he heard this, only then did he realize that the big silver mine he had found for Lin Guoan and his son was not only a big treasure trove, but also a big trouble, if not done well, it might in turn threaten Wu Sangui's hinterland.But fortunately, Hu Guozhu didn't blame Fatty Lu for not being meddlesome, he just stood up and said: "It's useless to think about it so much, I'd better hurry up and negotiate with the line father and son, if they can be persuaded to join forces with us, of course It’s best, if you’re not convinced, think of another way. Take care of your health and don’t make any public appearances on this matter, just keep in touch with me and exchange news.”

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According to Hu Guozhu's crow's mouth, although the Pingxi Palace offered extremely generous conditions to Lin Guoan and his son, they not only agreed to pay [-]% of the early development money and food, provided skilled miners and mining technology, but also secretly promised that in addition to the [-]% share, In addition, the Pingxi Palace paid out half of the money for three consecutive years as a reward to Lin Guoan and his son.At the same time, Hu Guozhu also solemnly promised that as long as the father and son of the Line family handed over the land deed to the Pingxi Palace, then all the pressure from the outside world would not have to worry about the line Guoan father and son, and the Pingxi Palace would bear it alone.But unfortunately, the miracle still did not happen.

The resistance really came from Lan Guoan's stubborn character. The conditions offered by the Pingxi Palace, even the greedy gluttons like two horses and one gold, were very satisfied and thought it was fair.But Lin Guoan just refused to accept it, and insisted that Guangxi is the Dingnan Prince's Mansion and Dingfan. Erma Yijin and Wu Sangui both want a share, but they must give Kong Sizhen a share, otherwise, they will come to Jiuquan. What face do you have to meet Prince Dingnan?
Faced with this situation, if Ling Yuxuan was a disobedient son, then he must have signed an agreement with Hu Guozhu and others behind his father who was dying of illness, but Lan Yuxuan is a rare filial son, If Lin Guoan didn't nod his head, he wouldn't dare to make this decision privately. As a result, the negotiations naturally and completely came to a deadlock.Hu Guozhu, Lu Fatty, and Erma Yijin stomped their feet in anxiety, but they were helpless. They were helpless with Lan Guoan's bullish temper.

After a few days of stalemate, Hu Guozhu, who had just arrived in Nanning, was doing better. The two horses and one gold who had been delayed in Nanning for too long could not sit still, so they had to negotiate a temporary agreement with Hu Guozhu on how to divide the spoils He and How joined forces to exclude Kong Sizhen and Xiao Mazi from the distribution of benefits, and then returned to the Yamen to deal with the already piled up official affairs, leaving Hu Guozhu and others to continue negotiating with Line Guoan in Nanning City.But even so, Rong Guoan still refused to let go, and demanded that Kong Sizhen must be given [-]%, otherwise, Rong Guoan would rather let the Phoenix Mountain silver mine lie there, and would never agree to the joint mining of Pingxi Wangfu.

This stalemate lasted for nearly a month, and after failing to persuade Line Guoan again, Hu Guozhu came to Fatty Lu's room dejectedly, and said to Fatty Lu: "No, I can't do anything with this old thing. You can't leave for a long time, and I will leave all the affairs here to you. Anyway, with the temper of the old man Rong Guoan, you are kind to him, and he probably won't betray you. From now on, you will directly communicate with him as the special envoy of the Pingxi Palace. Let's negotiate."

"Uncle, my little nephew can't do anything about the old general Line." Fatty Lu smiled wryly, and said, "I haven't put any effort in front of Line Yuxuan these days, even I have used Line Qiyu, let He went to roll around like a baby in front of Lan Guoan, but Lan Guoan just wouldn't let go."

"That's why I said a long time ago, who has no loyal ministers? You can't buy the old line Guo'an with money." Hu Guozhu spread his hands and said helplessly: "Well, I will be the master of Lao Taishan, and Kong Sizhen can share [-]% of it." , but the condition is that the imperial court is absolutely not allowed to intervene and turn the Phoenix Mountain Silver Mine into a government-run silver mine, so you can take this to talk to the old man."

"Little nephew can only say that he is doing his best, but he is not sure." Fatty Lu smiled wryly, and sighed intentionally or unintentionally: "Actually, we don't need to be so embarrassing at all, as long as the world belongs to the prince, a mere Phoenix Mountain silver mine, and a mere Phoenix Mountain silver mine. What is it?"

Hu Guozhu was silent for a long time before he said: "Let's talk about this later. Now you try your best first. Of course it's best if you can make it happen. If it can't be done, we can't blame you. After all, this silver mine is really not ours right now. Damn, why is this silver mine not in Yunnan, but in Guangxi? Such a big piece of fat is put in the mouth, but there is no chance to eat it, it's so fucking uncomfortable!"

Hu Guozhu, who also didn't dare to leave Yunnan for a long time, had to say goodbye and leave. When he set off the next morning, of course, Fatty Lu had to lead a few dog legs to see Hu Guozhu off outside the city, but Fatty Lu and Hu Guozhu couldn't help it. It was expected that Line Guoan, who was already sick and skinny like a skeleton, also brought Line Yuxuan and other generals to the outside of the city to see Hu Guozhu off in person.

At the beginning, both Hu Guozhu and Fatty Lu still had a glimmer of hope, wondering whether the old man Rian Guoan would suddenly figure it out after hearing the news of Hu Guozhu's farewell, and was ready to completely abandon his ruthless mistress.But what made Hu Guozhu's nose crooked was that Yan Guoan actually held Hu Guozhu with his skinny old hand, coughed and said: "General Jinwu, please give Pingxi a peace, please tell Pingxi, the old man also knows Si Gege has many things to say sorry to him, and this time he even sent someone to assassinate Lu Yifeng, Mr. Lu, but please, Prince Pingxi, for the sake of the old prince of our Dingnan Palace, let Si Gege go once, and don't force her into There is no way out, just teach me a lesson. If General Jin Wu and Prince Ping Xi are still not relieved, I can kowtow to you on behalf of Si Gege to make amends."

Hearing what Yan Guoan said, Hu Guozhu and Fatty Lu were completely speechless, they didn't even have the strength to sarcasm and ridicule, they could only lament inwardly—why didn't such an old thing come out of Pingxi Palace?In desperation, Hu Guozhu had no choice but to say with a mournful face: "Don't worry, old general, the younger generation will definitely take your words with you. Old general, you should also take care of your health. You must also take the medicine prescribed by Miracle Doctor Zhu on time..."

"General Jinwu! General Jinwu!" At this moment, a roar from a distance interrupted Hu Guozhu and Line Guoan's polite ceremony, and then, a war horse that was foaming at the mouth galloped over from the official road, When he was less than a hundred steps away from Hu Guozhu and the others, the exhausted war horse suddenly fell to the ground, and immediately the dusty knight fell to the ground, and then jumped up. He didn't even care about the war horse, and went directly to Hu Guozhu. Quickly rushed over here.When he saw the man's face clearly, Hu Guozhu's face changed drastically, "Lu Xia?!"

"The prince's personal bodyguard?" Fatty Lu was also taken aback, and blurted out, "Something must have happened!"

Stumbling to the front of Hu Guozhu, Lu Xia just took out a letter from his arms, and before he could hand it to Hu Guozhu, he staggered and fell to the ground, and passed out directly. Hu Guozhu was shocked, and hurriedly called out : "Hurry up, help him down and rescue him!"

As he said that, Hu Guozhu hurriedly snatched the letter from Lu Xia, opened it and read it quickly, Hu Guozhu's face was completely pale, Fatty Lu just wanted to go up to read it, but Hu Guozhu grabbed his fat hand, Tieqing said: "Yifeng, come back to Yunnan with me, immediately, right now!"

"What happened?" Fatty Lu asked suspiciously.

Hu Guozhu glanced at Lan Guoan and his son, and said in a low voice, "The emperor has sent a secret envoy with an imperial edict to go south to Nanning to arrest you!"

"Xiao Mazi sent someone to arrest me?" Fatty Lu's expression also changed drastically, and he exclaimed in his heart, "How is it possible? What's wrong? Is there a flaw in me?!"

"Why are you still standing there? Do you want to stay here and wait to die?!" Hu Guozhu yelled, "Follow me immediately!"

"General Jin Wu, Lord Lu, what's the matter?" Line Yu Xuan also saw that the situation was not good, so he hurried over to ask.

"Boom, boom, boom..." Almost at the same time, there was a thunderous sound of horseshoes on the official road in the northeast of Nanning. Came here on the official road from Nanning to Liuzhou.

Just when everyone was inexplicably surprised, there was another group of Nanning cavalry who rushed over first, and the leader always bowed his hands to the father and son of Guoan on the horse and said: "I will report to the commander-in-chief, the major general, and Dai Liangchen, the governor of Guilin, will personally lead the army." Eight hundred cavalrymen and an imperial guard came to my Nanning, saying that they brought the emperor's decree, asking you to arrest Lu Yifeng and Master Lu immediately, and don't let him go!"

"What?!" Line Yuxuan and countless Nanning generals exclaimed at the same time.Fatty Lu, Hu Guozhu and the others over there were even more ashen-faced. They never expected that the imperial envoy from Xiao Mazi would come so fast, and the early warning messenger from Pingxi Palace arrived almost at the same time.

"Say it again, who are Dai Liangchen and the others here to arrest?" Line Yu Xuanyue came out of the crowd, and asked the scouts in disbelief.The chief clapped his hands and replied: "Major General, they are here to arrest Lu Yifeng, Master Lu, and the Imperial Envoy even revealed an imperial decree, asking us to take Master Lu down immediately! Otherwise, we will bear all the consequences!"

As if being struck by lightning, Line Yu Xuan couldn't help taking two steps back. When he turned around and saw Fatty Lu, Line Yu Xuan screamed, "What are you still doing? Why don't you run fast! Ride my horse and run! Listen to the sound, they are leaving There are still four or five miles to go, and you still have a chance to run, so run!"

(End of this chapter)