Ma De's various actions did not arouse the counterattack of the salt merchants in Lianghuai, and even these salt merchants did not even react. According to investigation, many salt merchants still lived a life of drunkenness, luxury and luxury, and did not feel like a crisis came. Of course, perhaps they were waiting for the appropriate opportunity to counterattack. Lianghuai salt merchants were well-capitulated, almost as high as half of the treasury of the Qing court, and could be completely affordable.

At this moment, Tianjin once again welcomed the Haishuwei Navy, who filed off one of its generals and had a deputy general.

However, this time, it would not be so convenient for the Sea Cucumber Wei Navy to enter the port.

As soon as they appeared on the coastline, there were loud noises at Dagukou. Teams of soldiers rushed to their respective posts. The powerful red cannons also raised their guns and watched closely the fleet at sea.

Then, several sloppy ships sailed out of the port and drove over with a "no fear" attitude towards the large ship that was taller than the Qing Dynasty navy.

...

"The card is well-placed, but I don't know how long they can hold on if we attack!" Looking at the posture of the soldiers at Dagukou with some amusement, Yu Zhong asked his subordinates with a smile.

"Sir, no one in Dagukou cannons. If we attack, it will definitely not take two quarters of an hour!" Li Shitou, the former soldier of Dagukou Green Camp, relied on his innate sense of touch, "injured" the flagship of the Sea Cucumber Wei Naval with three shells, and sank a captured Taiwanese warship. Yu Zhong forcibly caught from Tianjin to the Sea Cucumber Wei Naval Division. At nearly thirty years old, he seemed to have a congenital sensitivity to artillery shooting. He became an excellent gunner in a short time. Although he was not at the level of a god gunner, it was already quite good to have such a result compared to those ordinary gunners.

When attacking Taiwan, he and two other magic gunners sent by Yu Zhong used the "Son and Sky Cannon" similar to howitzer, bombarded Qin Baoqi's camp in one fell swoop, making Yu Zhong lead his army to break through the Lion Ball Ridge, which was killed by Yang Yuan and the Fujian Navy soldiers in less than half an hour. Although his contribution was the smallest, he was better than many people. Now, he and Tao Zhuzi and Wang Laoliu formed a group of two old buddies, and cooperated properly, and it was considered "a long-term future" among the soldiers of Sea Cucumber Wei! Just looking at how he could hand in front of Zhong, he could confirm this point.

"That's not necessarily. After that incident, the court will not find a way to strengthen its defense at Dagukou. Otherwise, if someone will have another sea raid, the capital will be in danger!" Yu Zhong shook his head and said.

"Sir, in my opinion, this Dagukou is still not a good deal. Look, their ships do not even have a formation. Although they don't know their firepower configuration, if we really want to attack this formation, just need a flagship to fire a round of artillery, they will be completely finished! Then, when we break out again, the red cannons on the fort will lose their effectiveness, and the troops they placed on the shore will only become our gun targets!" Musar interrupted with a slight smugness.

"Yes. If it were put a few years ago, you wouldn't be much better than them!" Yu Zhong shook his head again and made fun of him.

...

"Hahaha, is Yu Junmen ahead?"

The ship at Dagukou was approaching. Lei Ru, who had not long been the new Tianjin general, stood on the deck, picked up his fist at Yuzhong from afar, and asked loudly.

"So it's General Lei. It's always good?" Yu Zhong also hugged Lei Ru through the ship, then asked the warship on the side to make way out and gave up his position to Lei Ru's ship.

"Yu Junmen's words are just a joke. No matter how good I am, Lei Ru, can I still keep up with you, the general who suppressed Taiwan's rebellion?" Lei Ru looked at the tall hull of "Caiweiyi", and then looked at his ship smaller than the smallest warship of the Sea Cucumber Wei Navy. He felt very uncomfortable, especially when he saw Yu Zhong appearing from the side of "Caiweiyi" and watching him speak with a condescending face, he felt even more depressed. However, he could only smile bitterly at this situation.

"President Lei, don't be polite. This suppression of Taiwan is the main merit of the veteran General Lan Li and others. I am just helping him from the side." While ordering people to put down the rope ladder and connect Lei Ru to his flagship, Yu Zhong said with a smile.

"Yu Junmen, don't be humble. The eldest prince has brought the battle back long ago. If you hadn't had the idea of ​​breaking the Lion Ridge, Taiwan would probably not have been able to stand up now!" Lei Ruyi stepped onto "Haiweiyi", stretched her waist a lot, and then ignored Yu Zhong, ran to the deck of the bow of the boat, stood at the bow of the boat, opened her arms again and took a deep breath, looking intoxicated.

"General Lei, what's wrong with you?" Yu Zhonghe and his men couldn't help asking as they looked at Lei Ru's inexplicable behavior.

"Ah? It's nothing!" Lei Ru turned around from the bow of the ship, clasped her fists at Yu Zhong with a smile and said, "Yu Junmen, your warship is really amazing. Standing at the bow of the ship, Lei felt as if he could swallow the whole of Tianjin with just a mouth!..."

"Swallow Tianjin? Haha, Lord Lei is so bold!" Yu Zhong responded with a smile.

"Where is, Yu Junmen!..." Lei Ru smiled embarrassedly, then bowed to Yu Zhong and said, "Actually, Lei is here to welcome you this time, mainly to ask you to give me more advice on this method of water war in the future!"

"Water War? General Lei, you..." Yu Zhong was stunned and asked Lei Ru in surprise.

"Haha, I feel a little embarrassed to speak. Lei is not talented, thanks to the emperor's grace, and is ordered to form the Zhili Navy." Lei Ru said with a little embarrassed and a little proud.

"Zhili Navy?...Oh, then I have to congratulate Lord Lei. No, it should be Lei Junmen." Yu Zhong was startled first, and then bowed to Lei Ru to congratulate him. However, although he said so, his heart was beating loudly. Lei Ru was a general of the army, and he didn't know if he could fight. He was suddenly promoted to the admiral of the Zhili Navy, responsible for the defense of the waters of the capital. Isn't this playing the piano randomly? What's the difference between this and sending Beijing directly to the enemy's mouth?

"Don't laugh at me by Yu Junmen. In fact, although the Zhili Navy is used to defend the capital, the court does not intend to make it too large. Therefore, Lei is still just a general, not an admiral!" Lei Ru smiled embarrassedly again.

"That's the same. I'm afraid the position of Tianjin General is still your Lord Lei?" Yu Zhong asked.

"Haha, the emperor's kindness is so great, Lei is ashamed!" Lei Ru smiled, but her face changed with a complacent expression. It really makes people wonder if he had learned Sichuan opera.

"Yes, the emperor's kindness is 'polar'. The two generals responsible for guarding the capital have all given you the important tasks of Lord Lei. Tsk, Yu is really envious!" Yu Zhong looked at Lei Ru's face and also looked envious and a slight jealous expression.

"Where do you need more guidance from the military clan!" Lei Ru said again.

"It's easy to say!" Yu Zhong replied.

"By the way, there is another thing that needs Yu Junmen to help!" Lei Ru continued.

"Oh? What's the matter?" Yu Zhong asked casually.

"The emperor issued a decree two days ago, so that Beiyi would select some elite soldiers and generals from the Haichuanwei Navy to block Zhili, and also have to divide a batch of warships into the military gate for the Zhili Navy to use! So..."

"What?"

...

After getting ashore, Yu Zhong did not agree to Lei Ru's invitation. He didn't care about the hard work all the way and rushed to Beijing.

Divide troops, divide troops, divide troops again...

Kangxi was robbing, trying to clean up his "household possessions"!

Therefore, he no longer cared about anything else and had to ask Kangxi for a clear question immediately.

*******

"Half Ba really hooked up with the boss?"

When Yu Zhong came to Kangxi for a quick interview, a meeting was being held in Yuqing Palace in the Forbidden City. In addition to Ling Pu, Lao Zhibian and other hard-core party members, Xu Zuyin, who was recalled to Beijing to report his duties.

The last time the incident at the Qianqing Palace Court meeting made Yinreng feel a lot of pressure. It is normal for the boss to get along with him, but Yinzhi did not show much in the last court meeting. On the contrary, the eighth brother Yinsi, who had never been taken seriously, always couldn't get along with him. After a few words, coupled with the cooperation of Tong Guowei and Yinzhi, he was dizzy. He was so angry that he almost lost his composure on the spot.

"Master, according to the investigations over the past two days, it seems that the eldest prince and the eighth prince have no intersection and do not have much contact. Especially the eldest prince, who has been closed to thank guests for these days and rarely comes forward to do things, which is very different from the past." Ling Pu replied when he heard Yinreng's question.

"Maybe the eldest prince wants Prince Eighth prince to be the sword envoy and hide behind him!" Qi Liang said.

"It's hard to say. The eldest prince's temperament is not calm, but he has suddenly changed recently, which is really strange." Lao Zhibing said.

"Zu Yin, what do you think?" Seeing that the few confidants had no outstanding answers, Yinreng turned to Xu Zuyin and asked. He still had some trust in the talent of Jiangsu Nietai, which was not yet a core party member.

"Master, I think that there is no need for us to care about the eldest prince and the eighth prince. You are the crown prince of the country. Since you were appointed as the crown prince in the 14th year of Kangxi, it has been twenty-six years and a deep foundation. Therefore, as long as they don't get any handle, no matter how many people they unite, they can't move you. In fact, even if the emperor is the crown prince, you can't move you at will! After all, you are the crown prince recognized by the world. Moreover, judging from the performance of the emperor at the beginning of this incident, you still value your master very much. Otherwise, so many people would doubt your master, how could the emperor suppress it and not interrogate it at all? Therefore, the emperor's love for your master can be seen." Xu Zuyin bowed and replied.

"Well, it makes sense. But you don't know much about my emperor's temper. So many people doubt me about this matter, how can he not doubt it? It's just because there is no evidence that he didn't ask. This is for me, the crown prince of the country, to the Qing Dynasty, and to the court. However, not asking does not mean that he will not investigate the matter in depth. If I make any mistakes one day, I will not have to urge the eldest and the eighth brothers to come forward to instigate me. So, I must not have any mistakes in the Anhui salt wasteland this time... You are close to Jiangsu, how is this happening now? Why haven't I heard any news recently? Did those salt merchants accept their fate?" Yinreng said.

"It is impossible to say that those salt merchants are not afraid of it. After all, this time, Ma De actually joined forces with the governors of the three provinces to attack. This momentum alone is enough to scare many people's courage. However, these are not a problem. Please rest assured, my master, that there will never be any mistakes in the matter." Xu Zuyin replied.

"Brother Duanzhen, can you control all the salt merchants?" Ling Pu asked.

"Why do you need to control everything? Nowadays, those salt merchants can no longer let go if we don't want to leave as we want!" Xu Zuyin replied.

"How do you say this?" Ling Pu asked.

"Haha, I actually have to thank the emperor and Ma De for saying this." Xu Zuyin said with a smile.

"Mr. Xu, what do you mean?" Qi Liang said strangely.

"I don't know if Ma De was too arrogant and sent someone to pass on a message to the salt merchants, saying that if they could not resume supplying salt to Anhui within a month, they would never spare them easily. This was simply forcing those salt merchants to go against him. Most of the salt merchants in the Huai River have donated positions and have always been abusive. How could they bear this? Moreover, they have never done anything? This time the court clearly did not intervene, and their courage will only become stronger! And the emperor did not handle the Mingzhu case at the beginning, which was considered to have helped us. The Yangzhou Salt Manufacturing General Manager An Qi was Mingzhu.

When Mingzhu fell, he bribed officials with his wealth, not only saved his life, but also saved his wealth. However, he was a remnant of Mingzhu after all, and many of the money in his family were unknown. Therefore, with this handle in hand, he dared not follow our wishes in order to save his life. Moreover, this person also controls a large number of salt merchants, so as long as we control this person, everything will be fine... Even if there is something wrong with the end, we can easily withdraw because we are not involved in it." Xu Zuyin replied.

"Well! But the recent three provinces have blocked each other, why didn't these salt merchants even react?" Yinreng asked again.

"Master, it is said that Ma De has brought Yu Chenglong and Jun Tai together, but Henan and Shandong are just a side, but in fact, only Anhui is fighting against Lianghuai salt merchants. In other words, Ma De is fighting against Lianghuai salt merchants who are rich in the world. This is a big deal. Where is Anhui? Even if Ma De is capable, how much money can he save in three years? With his financial resources, even if he can support salt to various provinces, it will not last long. Moreover, the Liaodong salt farm that Ma De relies on is simply not as good as Lianghuai, and the salt produced cannot be fully supplied to several provinces. Lianghuai salt merchants are waiting for the opportunity. When the time comes, they will naturally take action." Xu Zuyin replied.

"It's good... Actually, I just wanted to force Ma De to step down, but I didn't want to make the matter like this. But I really didn't expect that Ma De would dare to be a tough guy, and the emperor admitted it. It's really hard to get rid of the tiger now!" Yinreng sighed and regretted it! He really regretted it. Although he could completely clear this matter at that time, the matter was so uncontrollable that it was really not what he wanted to see.

...

"Master, I just sent someone to report to Heqi, saying that Yu Zhong had arrived in Beijing. Moreover, he had just entered the palace!" Yinreng was continuing to discuss with his subordinates how to deal with the eldest prince and the eighth prince, and his confidants suddenly came to report.

"Tuheqi?" Xu Zuyin's heart trembled slightly when he heard this name. This Tuheqi is the nine-sect admiral and infantry commander of Beijing City. It is an important position that holds the Forbidden City in his hand. Unexpectedly, he is also a member of Yinreng. It seems that he underestimated this master. He has been with Kangxi for so many years and has been the crown prince for so many years. After all, he is not a fuel-efficient lamp. However, these nine-sect admirals...

"Yu Zhong is back? Haha... I'm going to have a good show now." Yinreng, who didn't know what Xu Zuyin was thinking about, was stunned when he heard the news of his subordinates, and then laughed.

"Good show? Master, what good show is there?" Xu Zuyin asked.

"Haha, Brother Duanzhen, you just came back but didn't know. Yu Zhong, I'm in trouble this time!" Ling Pu, Qi Liang and others also smiled.

"This... in the middle, you will make great contributions. It is the time to be favored. Master, we must not be at this time..." Xu Zuyin was laughed at by Yinreng and Ling Pu and others, for fear that they would make something again, so she couldn't help but want to give advice, but Yinreng shook his hand and stopped him.

"Zuyin, don't get me wrong. Of course I know that I can't get involved at this time, but this time it's not my fault. The one who wants to cause trouble for him is Emperor Ama."

"emperor!?"
Chapter completed!