The oars swayed, and the boat gently pushed away the waves and moved forward lightly in the lake.

Liu Fengkui, who was sitting cross-legged on the bow of the boat, bent down and put his hand into the lake water. It was so cold that it made him feel refreshed.

The shadowy outline of Weishan Lake Island appeared in front of him. He stood up, beat his numb legs to unclog his blood vessels, and then stood proudly on the bow of the boat with his hands behind his back.

Liu Fengkui's identity today is very different from before.

Now he is the general manager of the New Song Dynasty in Jiangning, the commander of the Imperial City Department, and a serious and dignified official.

Of course, unlike the former commander of the Imperial City Division who only obeyed the emperor's orders, now he is following the orders of Chief Assistant Xiao Cheng to come to Weishan Lake to see the water bandits roaming Weishan Lake. Zhong

No proof.

Weishan Lake, with a radius of 600 miles, connects Zhaoyang Lake, Dushan Lake and Nanyang Lake to the north. It is the largest lake in Qi and the largest lake in the north. It is connected with dozens of rivers and is a strategically important place.

The most powerful person in the Weishan Lake waters is not the puppet Qi regime, but the Zhong family.

It happened that the Zhong family and Liu Yu's Liu family were not harmonious in the past, and their relationship was quite bad.

Zhong's business is on the water.

But when Liu Yu took advantage of the Liao people to conquer the south, Zhao Song collapsed, and he joined the Liao people and soared to the sky and even became the king of Qi. When the Zhong family saw that something was not going well, the whole family left the land and fled into Wei.

In the mountains and lakes.

Weishan Lake is so important that Liu Yu will not let it go.

So a shipbuilding force of several thousand people was established and marched into Weishan Lake to attack the Zhong clan.

However, this naval force was not up to expectations. One year into the campaign, they lost consecutive battles. The number of the naval force in the Sihuai River became smaller and smaller. However, the naval force of the Zhong family became stronger and stronger, and their reputation was so great that this Sihuai River Basin

Countless heroes who depended on water came to vote.

After Liu Yu lost Xuzhou, his campaign against Weishan Lake came to an end.

Under the advice of his first adviser Han Zhi, the strategy changed from suppressing to appeasing and recruiting peace.

Although the Zhong family was unwilling to accept the official position of the Puppet Qi Dynasty, the Zhong family naturally couldn't bear the continued war. Important members of the family were killed one after another, and supplies were blocked and extremely scarce. A large number of people had to be fed, and there was no food to eat. Naturally, there was nothing they could do.

Lasting.

So both parties maintained a certain tacit understanding. If you don't hit me, I won't bother you. We each do our own thing.

How could Jiangning turn a blind eye to such a force?

Then a series of activities such as penetration and contact began.

This time the Qi State mobilized the whole country to invade Xuzhou, and the importance of Weishan Lake became even more prominent. Liu Fengkui came to Weishan Lake in person to meet Zhong Wuping, the head of the Zhong family, in order to give him the last reassurance, and then make him live in Weishan Lake.

played an even greater role in this battle.

Nowadays, the Puppet Qi Dynasty uses the Nansi Lake water system as their important logistics supply system, and then transports it all the way to Xuzhou and the Xiapi front line via Surabaya. If Weishan Lake is unstable, the Puppet Qi Dynasty front line may not even have food.

miss a meal.

Land transportation is not as convenient as water transportation.

And this time, Liu Fengkui came with important information...

Zhong Wuping, who has been undecided and doesn't want to join any party. He just wants to be a little overlord in Weishan Lake. He has no other choice but to join them.

The boat slowly came to the shore. A young man stood on the shore and stretched out his hand to help Liu Fengkui. Liu Fengkui laughed, but did not refuse. He grabbed the young man's hand and jumped off the boat.

"I'm here to help you!"

The person who cared for Liu Fengkui was Zhong Wuping's eldest son and the successor of the next generation of the Zhong family, Zhong Gui. And standing behind Zhong Gui was the eldest son of the Zhong family, Zhong Wuping.

Zhong Wuping's two sons, Zhong Gui and Zhongju, are both strong men on the water. In the previous conflicts with the Puppet Qi Navy, Zhong Wuping relied on the bravery of these two sons to continuously defeat his opponents.

, and thus gained a chance to survive.

"Mr. Liu's visit will make the walls of the Zhong family shine brightly." Zhong Wuping cupped his fists and raised his hands, but he was polite.

Even though the Zhong family is known for their martial virtues, this family is really good at both culture and martial arts.

"In the past few years, the Zhong Family Master has fought against the rebels alone in Weishan Lake, leaving the puppet Qi helpless. The officials and chief ministers are full of praise. In this world, if there were more loyal and unparalleled people like the Zhong Family Master

, Why worry about the rebels not being exterminated? Why worry about not being able to recover our homeland? Even the Northern Expedition to Liao is not unimaginable."

"The first assistant is so complimentary, but Zhong Wu Ping is too ashamed to deserve it!" Zhong Wu Ping's face felt a little hot.

When he first fought against Liu Yu, he did hang up the flag of the Song Dynasty and recruited many heroes. However, after the two sides reached a certain degree of tacit understanding, the flag of the Song Dynasty was quietly put away.

Nowadays, you can’t see the flag of the Song Dynasty on Weishan Lake Island.

"Please, Mr. Liu is here. Zhong has prepared some wine to wash away the dust!" Zhong Wuping smiled to cover up his embarrassment. He looked at the night getting darker, but felt relieved in his heart. Fortunately, it was getting dark.

Manager Liu cannot see the current situation on the island.

After three drinks, the atmosphere gradually became more harmonious.

Zhong Wuping filled up another glass for Liu Fengkui and said cautiously: "I already understand what the manager means, but I also ask the manager to understand our difficulties. Now hundreds of thousands of Qi troops are sent to Xuzhou, Xiapi and other places, Weishan Lake

During the war, enemy ships were coming and going, and the Zhong family was very cautious, for fear of offending them, let alone making an enemy of them."

Liu Fengkui laughed, held the wine glass, took a sip, and said calmly: "Master Zhong, more than a year ago, Liu Yu suddenly stopped attacking you. What do you think is the most fundamental reason?"

"Of course they suffered a big loss in Weishan Lake, so they know they are no match for our Zhong family!" Zhong Gui, who was sitting on his knees, said with a smile.

"Really?" Liu Fengkui looked at the other party with a smile: "Zhong's navy is naturally brave and good at fighting. But if Xu Fangyan hadn't captured Shang, Xiapi and other places by our army, I'm afraid Weishan Lake would have been captured by Liu Yu.

Are you leaving?"

Zhong Wuping was silent for a while, then nodded and said: "That's true. It is precisely because of Xuzhou's restraint that Liu Yu has to appease me and others."

"Now that the puppet troops are coming together, Weishan Lake has become their logistics and transportation hub." Liu Fengkui said coldly: "Do you think they will hand over such an important strategic location to someone who doesn't know whether he is an enemy or a friend?

In your hands? Isn’t this a joke?”…

"We have expected this and have prepared for war. If they don't come, it will be fine. As long as they dare to come, we will let them taste the taste of failure again. And how can they dare to provoke us at this time? If they really want to fall out, they will

Rest and transport a grain of grain from Weishan Lake!"

"What if we capture you?"

"Does Mr. Liu look down on us?" Zhong Gui's face changed, a little angry.

Liu Fengkui smiled and took out a bunch of things from his arms and placed them in front of Zhong Wuping.

"It is naturally impossible to forcefully attack a united Weishan Lake, but what if the inside should cooperate with the outside?" Liu Fengkui chuckled and said: "Zhong has a grudge against Liu Yu and does not want to bow to Liu Yu. He only wants to do this Weishan Lake

One side is the overlord, but what about the others?”

Zhong Wuping picked up those things and only looked at the top one. His expression changed drastically. He handed the things to Zhong Gui.

"How is this possible? Chen is an in-law of our Zhong family. She worked with us in the past and survived the most difficult times. How could she betray her now?" Zhong Gui couldn't believe it, because his daughter-in-law was Chen.

Women of the clan.

"Mr. Chen was frightened!" Liu Fengkui said: "The entire Qi Dynasty came to attack, and there were people from Liao behind them. Mrs. Chen thought that they couldn't stop it this time. The common people are not guilty, but they are guilty of the crime. You dominate this place.

Weishan Lake, Liu Yu and the Liao people must take it, either to die or to sell you to seek glory and wealth. Without you, the Chen family can become the master of Weishan Lake, and to do this, only

But I just need to bow to Liu Yu."

Zhong Gui was speechless.

Zhong Wuping had already read what Liu Fengkui had brought and sighed: "Mr. Liu, it turns out that not only did you send spies to infiltrate the Puppet Qi, but you even didn't let go of my little Weishan Lake. There are actually people there."

Come?"

"If this person wasn't from outside, how could the Chen family try to win over and expand their own power, but in the end, we found a flaw and discovered this by following the clues? Master Zhong, if this were not the case, I'm afraid you will die.

Don’t you understand what’s going on? There are hundreds of warships disguised as grain transport ships, and they will attack in three days.”

Zhong Wuping looked up to the sky, took a deep breath, nodded, and shouted: "Here comes someone!"

A servant came in in response to the sound from outside.

"Go and ask Erlang to come over!" Zhong Wuping said.

"Dad, I will handle this matter myself!" Zhong Gui stood up.

"Sit down!" Zhong Wuping slapped the table and shouted angrily, while Zhong Gui sat down with a pale face.

Zhong Ju came in a hurry and left in shock.

Liu Fengkui was smiling just for drinking and eating. Weishan Island was destined to not be peaceful tonight.

Blood and fire will fill this island.

"Liu Gong, in this case, I have no choice. So, I want to know what Jiangning's official family or Xiao Chieffu will give me?" Although the Zhong family is now facing a great crisis, Zhong

Wu Wei still looked calm, which Liu Fengkui admired quite a lot.

"The First Assistant will never treat people with lofty ideals badly!" Liu Fengkui said: "To defend the Jiang River, you must defend the Huaihe River. This is why the First Assistant has decided to move the capital to Jiangning. And if you want to defend the Huaihe River, the navy is indispensable."…

"There is no shortage of watermen in the south of the Yangtze River!"

Liu Fengkui shook his head: "It's rotten to the core. If you're a good money maker, you have no chance of winning in a war. So the first assistant must start a new business. Does the Zhong Family Master know about the Wujiang Navy?"

"Of course, Jiang Xiong led him to defeat Liu Zheng on the Han River, and his reputation spread far and wide." Since they are all living on the water, the Zhong family naturally knows Jiang Xiong.

"This is the navy built by the first assistant when he was in Guizhou, but now he is trying his best to control the Yangtze River and its tributaries and confront Liu Zheng and others. So the water division in the Huaihe River basin that the first assistant wants to build
To be continued...