Taiwei's Mansion, study room.

Huo Bao sat on the stool and felt a little uncomfortable.

After standing on the case, Master Lin was picking up his pen to correct what he was doing on Huo Bao’s “homework”.

Huo Bao was a little guilty.

The old man left ten principles before going to Yangzhou, except memorizing and other things.

Huo Bao forgot.

It was not until Master Lin came back in a hurry the day before yesterday that he remembered.

I took the time to write in the past two days, but the time was too haste and I was a little bit coping.

Master Lin was still calm at first, but then his face drooped.

In addition to the first two articles, the last few articles are all made up, and the arguments mentioned in two are even more unrelated.

There is also this word, not to mention it, but also missing arms and legs?

What a stylistic style!

Master Lin no longer had the interest in continuing to correct, so he put down his brush and looked at Huo Bao.

Huo Bao was very obedient, stood up, bowed and admitted his mistake: "It's all mine. I was busy with other things a few days ago and didn't care about my studies!"

Master Lin looked a little slow, but he still said seriously: "Studying is like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat... Don't delay the matter of the academy, and enter the school as soon as possible!"

He doesn't have time to focus on Huo Bao's study here. Huo Bao has talent, but his foundation is not good and he still needs regular learning.

Huo Bao nodded, without refusing.

At the moment, there are not many things that need him to do personally.

The prototype of the firearm battalion was established, and the prototype of the military uniform factory was established.

He didn't have to worry about the remaining military farming matters, and Master Lin and others paid more attention to food and grass issues.

It is a pity that the "East Expedition" was suspended.

Changzhou has iron ore.

Although the channels in Hangzhou smelter are still there, they have to buy real money and directly capture Changzhou, but it is different.

If Qichun is not in a stable direction, there is no need to be so careful in Jinling.

What is currently under defense is still unstable in Yangzhou.

Even Bu Jian, the commander of the Yangzhou Navy, was just a "capture", not surrender.

In addition to the Jinling Navy Pang Liang who is still in detention, Jinling has already suppressed the two navy commanders.

Killing is useless, keeping it is useless.

The commander of the Huainan Road defender was directly beheaded.

The 60,000 defenders of Huainan Road faced the Chuzhou army, with more than 9,000 casualties, 30,000 people surrendered, and another 20,000 were led by the deputy general to flee east and surrender to Taizhou.

Taizhou is affiliated to Henan Road and borders Yangzhou, Chuzhou and Huai'an. It is now also the territory of the Baishan Army. It was occupied by Marshal Zhang, the one who was involved in Huai'an in August.

The Chuzhou army did not pursue, but they also became cautious about Taizhou.

How can you allow others to snore on the side of the bed?

If this Huai'an Marshal was at peace with his own affairs, everyone could live in peace for the time being without striking the river.

But obviously, the Huai'an Marshal also had the idea of ​​Yangzhou before. When the Chuzhou army headed south, the Marshal also headed south to conquer Taizhou, and had a tacit understanding with the deputy general of Yangzhou.

After the Chuzhou army defeated Zhenjiang Prefecture, it did not continue the "Eastern Expedition". Apart from the news of the great victory of the Qichun army, it was because of the change in Taizhou.

If the "Eastern Expedition" continues and the Qichun Army attacks, Taizhou will not say that it will attack Yangzhou at that time, and the Chuzhou Army will face the situation of fighting on three sides.

It is really not appropriate to take risks, so the army returned to defend Jinling.

In this way, Huo Wu, Master Lin and others were all here, and Jinling didn't need to worry about Huo Bao, a half-grown boy.

...

In the tea room, Huo Wu left Monk Feng to speak.

I will meet the people of Yangzhou tomorrow. How to talk about it depends on what Monk Feng means.

The deputy general of Yangzhou brought 20,000 yuan to Taizhou, and caught the Chuzhou army off guard.

According to Deng Jian's intention, he wanted to pursue and conquer Taizhou by the way. He was persuaded by Huo Wu and Master Lin.

But everyone was holding their breath.

The situation in Yangzhou was even more complicated than expected when the deputy general came to Taizhou.

Even Huo Wu wanted to let Deng Jian travel twice in Yangzhou to shock the place.

But he knew that this could not be done.

Yangzhou merchants are famous all over the world, and the places they involve are not just Yangzhou.

Their industries are spread across the south and north of the Yangtze River. If the Chuzhou army violently pacified Yangzhou, it would only set off countless secret enemies for itself.

But those industries and connections cannot be the confidence of Yangzhou merchants confronting Chuzhou army.

Either a friend or an enemy, this strategy remains unchanged.

Now that Deng Jian is in Yangzhou, even if he cannot defeat Yangzhou, if they still want to stand on the fence, they will have to "kill the chicken and scare the monkey".

The Feng family, the leader of merchants, was originally the best target.

It’s just that Monk Feng is here, and the Feng family is not easy to move lightly.

However, Monk Feng's brother is also a spokesperson for merchants in Yangzhou. If he doesn't obey, others will rely on him.

"What does Brother Ling mean? Zhang Cheng attacked Taizhou and planned to Yangzhou, but others were not careful, but Brother Ling should have known about it!" Huo Wu said in confusion.

From the Feng family's standpoint, he actually did not have a position to look far and far. He did not go to Jinling, but to Taizhou.

Zhang Cheng is the Marshal Zhang from Huai'an. He burned incense and worked in August. In two months, he won the entire Huai'an Prefecture and Taizhou.

Among the Baishan Fangsangs of Henan Province, Marshal Zhang came from behind.

It is because he is rich that he is a salt merchant.

The Huai'an Army's complete equipment was the confidence to capture the two prefectures in two months and seek Yangzhou.

If the priest hadn't moved quickly in September and had the first step to get Chuzhou, Marshal Zhang would be the land of the three states.

Monk Feng said calmly: "The Zhang family and the Feng family are old friends, maybe their brother really has other plans!"

Huo Wu: "..."

Is this the truth?

So what does this mean? Is it tolerant or not tolerant?

Monk Feng said: "But no matter what the plan is, you should make a decision now. Don't worry, my brother is the most aware of the current affairs!"

Huo Wu smiled bitterly and said, "I never expected it to be like this!"

He wanted to treat the Feng family well and deal with the "richest man in the world", but he didn't expect that from beginning to end, the other party was close to the Feng family.

In this way, he completely ignored the brothers in Chuzhou Army?

Huo Wu was quite surprised.

If it is said that brothers are not in harmony, brothers are fighting for their fortunes, it is not like that.

Monk Feng's men when he was in Bozhou were all equipped by Feng Zhaoyang, the elder brother.

Although the two were brothers, they were two different ages. When Feng Zhaoyang took over the family business and became famous all over the world, Monk Feng was still young and was in the temple because of his poor health.

Monk Feng lowered his eyes and said, "The Feng family has the word "Zhao" in this generation... A certain person was originally named Feng Zhaolang. He took the word "Zhaolang" thirteen years ago and became a clan. Since then, the Feng family has not been related to someone... The fifth master does not have to worry about someone..."

Huo Wu was very surprised.

How much does it take to remove the characters and eliminate the clan?

But Huo Wu sent people to Yangzhou before, but he didn't find out about this.

I can only say that this matter was concealed and is not known to outsiders.

There is only one person who can do this, Feng Baiwan, the head of the Feng family.

What big happened to the Feng family thirteen years ago?

Mrs. Feng passed away!

Could it be that there is something wrong with the mourning period?

However, Monk Feng has nothing to do with his character.

With such a temperament, even if you are young and crazy, the situation will not be much.

Huo Wuyi couldn't think of it, so he stopped thinking it and laughed loudly: "Brother Ling and the Chuzhou Army were not enemies. Even if they had preferences before, they had different positions... This time he went out of Yangzhou and chose to come to Jinling instead of Taizhou. There was a choice, and I had only happiness!"

Everyone has close ties and distant relationships.

Feng Baiwan leaned against the Zhang family because of his old friend and made a choice.

It is not a choice between the Huai'an Army and the Chuzhou Army, but a choice between the Zhang family and his younger brother.

The feelings between the Feng brothers are not as close as imagined.

When Monk Feng ran from Bozhou, he chose to go to Chuzhou instead of returning to Yangzhou, which was understandable.

These are all the family affairs of Monk Feng, and Huo Wu had no intention of inquiring about it.

He didn't spend much time with Monk Feng, and it took less than two months to add up. However, Monk Feng's character is in his eyes, so he naturally stands on Monk Feng's side.

As for Feng Baiwan, since Monk Feng was not close to him, Huo Wu was less concerned.

It depends on how Feng Baiwan will know the times and practice the law tomorrow...

*

Beijing Flavor Building, a private room.

The old man who knew his destiny was wearing a mesmerizing tunic robe and sat in the middle, with his cuffs a little white. He sat around the left and right sides, but he was dressed differently, showing his wealth.

The old man held the teacup, sniffed it lightly, nodded and said, "No wonder this restaurant can come from behind. It's really good. This 'Guzhu Zisan' is the best, and even the old tea shop in Yangzhou can't buy this..."

He next time, he ate a bite of tea, and said anxiously: "President... the Taiwei Mansion has already sent a message and told us to visit tomorrow. Should the Fourth Master... go there too?"

This "Fourth Master" is the ranking of Monk Feng.

Now no one knows that in the Chuzhou army, there are five marshals under Taiwei Huo.

Monk Feng was named "Grand Marshal Jiangnan". He was ranked after Jiangbei Grand Marshal Deng Jian, Jiangzhong Grand Marshal Du Fei, Jiangxi Grand Marshal Shui Jin, and Jiangdong Grand Marshal Horse Horse.

When Yangzhou was defeated, the gentry and merchants went to Jinling to apologize, and they needed to rely on it.

Monk Feng, a son of Yangzhou and the Grand Marshal of Jiangnan, is their greatest reliance.

The old man, also known as Feng Baiwan, the president of the Yangzhou Chamber of Commerce, ate a tea ceremony: "No hurry, don't hurry, just go to see the fourth brother first..."

When he put it back on the teacup, he accidentally touched the dried fruit plate at the corner of the table. A red date fell off the table and fell to the ground.

When Feng Baiwan saw this, he immediately bent down and picked it up, wiped it on the cuffs, and put it directly into his mouth: "There is not enough rain this year, and the dates are sweet!"

Everyone here is not surprised.

Everyone knows that the richest man in the world is outrageously stingy.

Not to mention anything else, his clothes with all their cuffs are already his most decent clothes for visiting guests.

I wore my daily clothes in Yangzhou before, which were even more worn than this one, and I had patches.

Feng Baiwan is not only stingy with himself, but also very stingy with his family.

In the family of giant tycoons, no one is a group of slaves, but the Feng family only has a few family members. Most of the family affairs are handled by women in person.

There is only one exception.

That is Feng Baiwan's younger brother, Mr. Feng Si.

Whether it was the worship of the temple during his early years or the expenses of Monk Feng when he was in Bozhou, Feng Baiwan was extremely generous.

This comparison not only attracted the attention of outsiders, but also caused dissatisfaction between brothers and children and grandchildren.
Chapter completed!