"Your Majesty, this Dong thief must be a sage who has not read well, otherwise he would not have rebelled. This person is insidious and cunning. He has been hiding on the remote islands of Ryukyu to secretly accumulate strength. When we gather our strength in Jiangning to deal with the long-haired

At that time, he suddenly launched an attack, captured Dongfan Island, and defeated Governor Wang Yide's troops on Dongfan Island." Sushun continued, saying that in the entire imperial court, Sushun was perhaps the most familiar with the Chinese people.

He even studied the Chinese economic system.

Emperor Xianfeng calmed down. For an emperor, anger is the most worthless thing.

After listening to Sushun's introduction, he asked: "Sushun, didn't the imperial court send people to appease him? What's their attitude? If he is willing to protect the sea territory for the Qing Dynasty, I will not give it to the Zheng family in the Ming Dynasty.

Stingy."

Sushun paused for a moment. He knew that if he told the truth to the emperor, he would definitely make His Majesty the emperor angry. But he could not deceive the emperor.

"Your Majesty, this group of pirates are toasting without eating and being fined with wine. Director Guo of the Ministry of Rites went to appease them. Those pirates only sent one woman to meet Director Guo. This is a naked humiliation of the imperial court."

"Hmph...thief!" Xianfeng was really furious.

"Sushun, is there any way to kill this person? These pirates are profit-seeking and unjust. As long as the leader is killed and the remaining people are given heavy profits, isn't it possible to subdue them?"

Emperor Xianfeng's eyes flashed with murderous intent.

Among the great pirates in history, after the death of any of them, the people below were not torn apart.

This pirate bandit is different from the pirate bandits. The pirate bandits have many leaders, and they rely on religion to gather together. If one is killed, a new one will replace him. However, the power of the pirate bandits is highly concentrated. Without the big boss, the group will be leaderless.

Sushun pondered for a moment, with a look of embarrassment on his face. The spy in charge of the imperial court was the emperor's spy. Although Guanzhang had been deposed, the original group of people were all kept in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Moreover, these people are hereditary, and the skills of spying on intelligence, assassination and bribery are passed down from generation to generation.

Usually there are not many opportunities to use them, but now that the emperor has spoken, can he refuse?

But Sushun couldn't act like this was easy. If that were the case, it would be hard to explain the failure.

How can such a thing as assassination be so easy?

"Your Majesty, I heard that this thief Dong rarely travels. When he does go, he must be cheered in front of him and supported by his back. It is not easy to assassinate him, but I will go all out and send out the most capable force."

"Didn't you send someone to break into the bandits last time?" Xianfeng asked.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I had already sneaked into Hong Xiuquan's side, but in the end I was snatched away by Yang Xiuqing. This Yang Xiuqing was not good-looking, but he was very lustful. From this, we can also see that there is a serious conflict between the two thieves Yang and Hong.

deep."

"I will make good use of this line. If we can make the two of them turn against each other and cause internal strife among the bandits, it will be better than a hundred thousand troops." Sushun said.

When Xianfeng heard this, he immediately said with a smile on his face: "Hahaha, okay, Sushun, I don't worry about your work."

"Your Majesty, this is what I should do." Sushun quickly knelt down to thank him.

Xianfeng and Sushun discussed using low-level methods to deal with the Taiping Army and the Guards precisely because they no longer had political or military means.

…

In Suzhou City, Fengrui Camp was also celebrating the New Year, and a long queue formed in front of Lu Jianfeng's mansion. These were officials and local landlords and gentry who came to give gifts.

The last time Lu Jianfeng celebrated his birthday, the final count was that twelve Suzhou gentry families did not send gifts. As a result, within three days, all of them were arrested on charges of being bandits, the men were killed, and the women were transferred to the Jiaofang Division.

Therefore, during the Chinese New Year, everyone comes to give gifts. In fact, they are paying protection fees to buy themselves peace.

Lu Jianfeng would not receive these people in person,

Recently, several women in his family have helped him give birth to more than a dozen children, and he has to hold a birthday party for each child.

The pace of receiving gifts is so fast that even the gentry in wealthy places like Suzhou, Huzhou and Changzhou can't bear it.

When you go to the Lu Mansion to give gifts, you don't just give as many as you like. Lu Jianfeng had people set strict standards.

Lu Jianfeng was at Ye Guiru's home at this time.

Ye Guiru was a general under Lu Jianfeng and died in the last attack on Chongming County.

Lu Jianfeng promised his brothers that he would take good care of the wives and daughters of his brothers who died in the war.

At this time, he was lying on the bed at Ye's house.

Ye Guiru's wife Pan is a Jiangnan woman in her twenties, whom Ye Guiru married when he was in the Jiangnan camp.

This woman was quite pretty, and she even helped Ye Guiru give birth to a boy. Last time Lu Jianfeng came over to express his condolences to his brother, and said on the spot that he would be responsible for Brother Ye's family to the end. All the brothers below were quite moved.

At that time, Lu Jianfeng felt that Pan, who was dressed in mourning clothes, was quite to his liking. She had big breasts, wide hips, a slim waist, a small face with oval seeds, and delicate facial features.

Afterwards, he came to Ye's house again and looked for an opportunity to have a long talk with Pan. This talk lasted all night.

From then on, Lu Jianfeng came to Pan every now and then to send condolences.

It was not the New Year, so Lu Jianfeng gave up the opportunity to accompany his wife and concubines and came to accompany his brother's woman.

At this time, Lu Jianfeng was fully dressed and was about to leave when he suddenly took out a gold bracelet from his pocket and put it around Pan's tender and green-white hands and neck.

Pan lowered her head slightly, flashed her big eyes, and said with a moved face: "Commander, I don't want anything, I just want you to spend more time with me. The only way my family can repay me is to help you."

Relieve fatigue."

Facing Pan's considerate person "Yi", Lu Jianfeng was very satisfied, unlike the women in his own family who were only jealous.

After all, it’s better to be my brother’s wife.

After leaving Ye Mansion, Lu Jianfeng rushed all the way to the shipyard in Wujiang. The reason why the shipyard was set up here was because he felt that it was not safe on the Yangtze River, and the ships of the Red Flag Army might break through the Yangtze River at any time.

Although there is still a Jiangyin defense line, there are still many places in the east of Suzhou that the Red Flag Army can attack.

Ever since the attack on Chongming failed, Lu Jianfeng had been worried that the opponent would attack Suzhou.

To this end, he also stationed nearly 5,000 troops and horses in Kunshan.

The shipyard is still a busy scene. The shipyard workers carrying lumber are stooped and still wearing patched singlets even in winter.

Luo Laogen, an old boatman, has been building boats on the edge of Taihu Lake for thirty years.

In the past, they worked in a government-run shipyard and deducted money at every level. In the end, they could barely make ends meet with the salary they received.

Now that the shipyard is controlled by Marshal Lu, the shipyard has also become owned by Fengrui Army.

The last attack on Chongming was reported as a great victory after some operations by Zhong Zilu.

A defeated retreat is said to be an active retreat, and heavy losses are said to be numerous gains.

Zhong Zilu also handed over one of the captured rocket boats to the court.

Reported to the court: "The pirates always rely on this boat to win at sea."

Emperor Xianfeng was overjoyed and appointed Lu Jianfeng as Admiral Su Song, rewarded him with a yellow mandarin jacket, and named Fengrui Camp Fengrui Army.

The power in Lu Jianfeng's hands has been greatly enhanced.

He also rushed to expand his power and build new boats on the shores of Taihu Lake.

"Master Luo, when will the money and food be distributed from above? The family can't even open the pot during the Chinese New Year." A thin, dark-skinned man approached Luo Laogen and asked.

Because Luo Laogen is a foreman and a modest man, he doesn't hide anything from anyone.

Each slipway has a foreman who is solely responsible for the construction of a ship.

"Hey, let me go and ask. Everyone needs to eat at home."

Luo Laogen hunched over and walked towards the official in charge of the shipyard.

The entire shipyard has a total of more than thirty ship slots, and each ship slot has a ship under construction.

This is just a shipyard in the hands of Lu Jianfeng.

Lu Jianfeng also worked hard to gain a foothold in the Taihu Lake area. He built more than a hundred rocket boats at the same time.

Chinese craftsmen are still very capable. They finalized the construction drawings in less than half a month by relying on a few rocket boats towed back from Chongming Island.

Lu Jianfeng gave them three months to hand over a hundred rocket boats.

So the craftsmen have been working overtime to catch up on the work.

"Old Luo Tou, why are you the only one with so many things to do? The ships haven't even been built yet. Where can you find the money and food to pay for it?" The steward of the shipyard is a civil servant in his thirties, wearing a blue official uniform, with triangular eyes and a slender chin.

, with a mean look on his face.

"Manager Sun, the family is really in trouble. The brothers can only keep some of the food distributed by the shipyard every day to bring to the family. But how can we work if we don't have enough to eat?"

It turns out that the people in the shipyard are in charge of food, but that's all. They haven't distributed money or food for a long time.

"This is your business. I will not deduct any of the food allocated to you every day from above," Manager Liu said.

If there are clouds in the sky at this time, there will definitely be a thunderbolt striking down.

"At this moment, another petty official came to Manager Liu and whispered a few words in his ear."

Manager Liu's expression changed immediately after hearing this.

"Old Luotou, go back and tell your men to work hard. The commander-in-chief has come to see everyone. I will ask the commander-in-chief about money and food."

Lu Jianfeng was very satisfied when he saw that the shipyard's production did not slacken due to the Chinese New Year.

Just when he walked to a ship's position, suddenly all the shipwrights knelt down.

"Please, Commander-in-Chief, give us additional money and food." The workers seemed to have agreed upon this.

How can you possibly feed your family with the little you save from your own mouth?

Lu Jianfeng's expression suddenly changed. He now hates people asking for money and food from him.

He has tens of thousands of troops to feed. How can he feed so many troops with only Suzhou, Changzhou, and Huzhou?

And he knew very well that the army must give priority to the supply of money and food at all times.

"Manager Liu, what's going on? Are you depriving them of their food?" Lu Jianfeng asked.

Manager Liu was so frightened that he quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "I don't dare, I have three meals a day."

"Commander, that's not the case. The shipyard only cares about our food, but I have a family to support." A boatman knelt forward and said a few steps forward.

"Your family doesn't work in the shipyard, so why do you need me to support you?" Lu Jianfeng asked before turning around and preparing to leave.

He didn't look back, but said coldly to Manager Liu: "If anyone delays work, tell the guards to deal with it. I don't have idle people here."

The hearts of all the boatmen suddenly went cold to the soles of their feet.
Chapter completed!