As soon as Xing Shengping talked about how to deal with the aftermath, Liu Yongxi knew that he had already boarded the pirate ship and could not get off the ship. He said bluntly: "Since we are sharing the worries of the imperial court and protecting the grain for the country, do we still need to consider the aftermath issue?"

Whether it was Xing Shengping or Li Xiangjun, Jin'er felt that Liu Yongxi had an indescribable heroic spirit, which was the heroic spirit that made Liu Yongxi lead more than a dozen Ding family generals to create achievements that were almost equal to Liu Kongzhao within a few months.

Xing Shengping felt that he could not do as calm as Liu Yongxi, and he was still calculating about the pros and cons: "Zhengyi Bo, although we are sharing the worries of the court and protecting the grain for the country, we can't go there in vain? There are Dongping Bo Liu Zeqing in Huai'an, and Guangchang Bo Liu Liangzuo in Shouzhou. Did you recruit a lot of soldiers before you head south?"

Liu Yongxi glanced at Li Xiangjun: "This is thanks to Sister Xiangjun. I brought seven hundred soldiers south. Sister Xiangjun called out and recruited seven hundred soldiers for me!"

Xing Shengping did not dare to look at Li Xiangjun too much, but said honestly: "Okay, I would also ask Sister Xiangjun to help me recruit 700 soldiers. In this way, our Xing camp will have exactly 3,000 soldiers!"

Xing Shengping always felt uneasy when he had 2,300 soldiers on his hands, but when the number became 3,000, he suddenly calmed down and said, "With three,000 soldiers, we can completely share the worries of the court and protect the country's grain!"

He felt that he could have a vote with Liu Yongxi. If this vote was successful, all the problems he was facing would not be a problem.

Zuo Maodi hasn't had a good sleep in the past few days. Not only did he wake up several times at night, but he even slept for a while almost until dawn last night.

Although Chen Hongfan and Ma Shaoyu who were traveling with him had found several famous doctors to prescribe medicine for Zuo Maodi, Zuo Maodi knew that his illness was purely a heart disease, and medicine was useless: "Although the hearts of Shandong people are available, the court only cares about the Jianghuai River and the officials and people guard themselves and ease the custody, and the town will not be unacceptable. The Qing people issued an edict to the county and county to offer their books and gradually follow Zunru. This is the most heartbreaking thing..."

Not only in Shandong, but also in Henan. The court had no enterprising spirit and allowed the Qing people to swallow Shandong and Henan step by step. However, the most troublesome problem to Zuo Maodi was the peace talks between the North Envoy.

By heart, Zuo Maodi was completely unwilling to discuss peace with the Qing people, but Chen Hongfan, who was originally decided by the court, was too unbearable. Everyone was worried that he would become the second Qin Hui, so Zuo Maodi had to take on the responsibility of leading the mission to negotiate peace in the name of "dead of his mother to Beijing, and he was willing to envoy Chen Hongfan in the north." Although he was one of the few ministers in the court who realized that peace would inevitably fail, the Qing people were the great enemy of Hongguang's court.

But the problem is that the court is completely different from the peace talks. Although Emperor Hongguang and the department and the Ministry explained that the bottom line of negotiations was "with the two Huai Rivers as the boundary", the cabinet minister Gao Hongtu was from Shandong like him, so when he left, he specifically explained that "the 12 mountains and rivers in Shandong must not be abandoned, and it is necessary to be in the boundary between the rivers", and demanded that the old Yellow River be the boundary be used as the bottom line of negotiations.

The auxiliary minister Ma Shiying even believed that "the lord was still young and could be an uncle and nephew with the emperor." He believed that Emperor Shunzhi was only six or seven years old and should strive for Emperor Hongguang as his uncle and Emperor Shunzhi as his nephew, and to compete for more decentness for the court. However, Zuo Maodi felt that although Ma Shiying's suggestions were valuable, it was simply a castle in the air to strive for such conditions with the strength of the court.

But everyone thought that their opinions were the most correct, but Zuo Maodi, the right assistant minister of the Nanjing Ministry of War, who presided over the peace talks, did not know what his responsibilities were.

Although the name given to him by the court was "Manager of Hebei and contacting Kwantung Military Affairs", he once fantasized about conquering Shandong and then discussing peace with the Qing people, but the Jiangbei governor Shi Kefa urged him to go north quickly: "The manager is well-informed; the harmony is the edict. The public should do it quickly and not stay!"

In this case, Zuo Maodi did not sleep well every day, and the more medicine he took to calm his mind, the more complicated the situation became. He looked at the refugees on both sides of the canal and felt like he was cut and didn't know what to do!

"Zhong and brother, Zhong and brother..."

A rapid shout woke up Zuo Maodi, who was dizzy. Zuo Maodi then realized that he had taken a nap at some point. Chen Hongfan, the senior officials of the Northern Mission, and Ma Shaoyu, were surrounded by him: "What's wrong? You probably haven't arrived in Shandong yet? Is there any good news from Shandong?"

Zuo Maodi is from Laiyang, Shandong, and what he cares most about is this hometown.

Now the court has been urging him to go to the capital as soon as possible to discuss peace with the Qing people instead of starting to recover Shandong and let him burn all over. Therefore, he knew that there were still hundreds of miles away from Shandong, but when he woke up, he was thinking about the news about his hometown.

The general of the governor Chen Hongfan, who strongly advocated peace talks, looked extremely ugly: "We are blocked!"

Only then did Zuo Maodi notice that both sides of the canal were fully armed horses and infantry, and there were several elite warships in front of him blocking the way. Chen Hongfan even reminded Zuo Maodi: "The rear road was blocked by the Caojiang Navy!"

Caojiang Navy? Is this Liu Kongzhao's men?

Liu Kongzhao was only in charge of the Caojiang Navy and the patrol of the river. He was in charge of the Qianli River defense line from Jiujiang to Zhenjiang. The Xiajiang from Zhenjiang to Haikou was no longer the jurisdiction of Liu Kongzhao, and this was above the canal and had nothing to do with Liu Kongzhao.

But when Zuo Maodi heard that Liu Kongzhao was the martial artist on the opposite side, he immediately became confident: "I am the one who is sincere to Liu Fuyang on the opposite side? I am an old friend of him, so why not meet him!"

Ma Shaoyu, the young minister of Taipu Temple, said with a stern face: "The one who came is Zhengyi Bozi, Liu Yongxi, the general of Linhuai Town, and he said he was here to protect the grain!"

Before Ma Shaoyu finished speaking, he heard someone shouting from the other side: "Liu Yongxi, the general of Linhuai Town, and Xing Shengping, the garrison, share the worries of the court and protect the country. We come to pay a visit to Zuo Shiwang. I hope Zuo Shiwang and his nephew will meet each other!"

As soon as he heard "sharing the worries of the imperial court to protect the grain for the country", Chen Hongfan and Ma Shaoyou looked ugly. Chen Hongfan said frankly: "Bah, why protect the grain for the country? Isn't it just for this batch of gold, silver and silk? This doesn't take the court seriously at all!"

But Zuo Maodi's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he saw infinite hope in the darkness. He shouted: "It turns out to be the nephew Yongxi. Please get on the boat!"

Although Chen Hongfan and Ma Shaoyu all have their own little abacus, Zuo Maodi, as the head of the entire Northern Mission, has absolute authority. Therefore, a quarter of an hour later, Liu Yongxi took Xing Shengping and Li Xiangjun in men's clothing to board Zuo Maodi's ship: "My nephew Liu Yongxi has met Zuo Shiwang!"
Chapter completed!