When Geng San returned home, it was already past You hour, and Geng Si was not at home. After changing his clothes at home, he went to Shu Ting's second uncle's restaurant.
As soon as he entered the restaurant, the young boy Xiaoba came out quickly and said happily: "Uncle Geng, when did you come back? My aunt has been asking you these days!"
Geng San quickly asked: "What did she ask me?"
"Just asking if you've been here before!"
Geng San made a sound and said: "Xiao Ba, I'm starving to death, please give me something to eat first!"
Xiao Ba smiled and agreed, and quickly went to the kitchen. After a while, he came over with a dinner plate, placed the food on the table, and then sat across from Geng San.
"Uncle Geng, all the guests who come to the restaurant to eat recently are talking about the Southern Expedition. Many people have mentioned you!"
Geng San said proudly: "What did you say about me?"
"They all say that you and General Monkey are so lucky to be with a good general!"
Geng San was stunned: "Good general? Who?"
Xiaoba held his chin and said: "General Wang, wasn't he the one who led you to victory?"
Geng San clapped his chopsticks and said angrily: "Why do you mean he is taking us? Who said this?"
Xiaoba shrank his neck and said: "Everyone says so!"
Geng San was so angry that he gritted his teeth and put his hands on Xiaoba's shoulders.
"Xiaoba, listen carefully. I, Monkey and Wang Da are on the same level. The three of us work together and help each other. To be honest, Monkey is the most reliable among us!"
Xiaoba asked: "Who is the monkey?"
"That's General Hou Baisi!"
Xiaoba said oh and asked strangely: "Then why does everyone say that?"
Geng San snorted and said: "That guy became famous early, and he was dubbed the Four Great King Kongs of Jiangdu. Hey, I'm really pissed off!"
As he spoke, he angrily stuffed a mouthful of rice into his mouth.
At this time, a clear voice came from the door.
"Hey, who made our General Geng angry?"
Geng San quickly turned his head and saw a woman walking outside the door with a smile on her face. It was Shu Ting.
Geng San hurriedly swallowed the food in his mouth and said happily: "Miss Shu, we have defeated Fang Guozhen, and we can attack Qingyuan soon!"
Shu Ting walked up to him, smiled and said, "I've heard all about it!" She blushed slightly and said, "Come out, I have something to tell you." She turned around and left the restaurant.
Geng San was stunned for a moment, then quickly got up and followed him out, only to see Shu Ting standing under a tree, waving to him.
Geng San hurried over and suddenly found a strip of baggage in Shu Ting's hand.
"Miss Shu, what is this?"
Shu Ting brought the baggage, handed over the thing, and whispered: "This is the gun I made from clay. Does it look like the one on the drawing?"
Geng San reached out to take it, looked it up and down for a while, and said in surprise: "It looks like it! It's so similar! I'll take it to the Ordnance Bureau tomorrow. It should be very helpful to them!"
Shu Ting smiled slightly and said: "That's good, let's go in."
Geng San saw that the surroundings were dark and there was no one around, so he suddenly said: "Miss Shu, I..."
Shu Ting seemed to know what he was going to say. She stared at him with a pair of wonderful eyes and said, "What?"
Geng San hesitated for a long time and said: "You should also know that my brother is quite old, but he has never been married..."
Shu Ting's face changed slightly and she said in a trembling voice: "So?"
Geng Sandao: "That boy is very stubborn. He always says that if I, the eldest brother, cannot have a family, it will be difficult for him, the younger brother, to have a family! So...see if you are willing to follow me in the future, and I will be good to you..." Later, the voice became lower and lower.
After a long while, he didn't hear Shu Ting's answer. When he looked up, he saw Shu Ting staring at him with her eyes and said angrily: "Can't you find a better reason?"
Geng San hesitated and said: "I...this..." Suddenly, his face showed joy and he shouted: "Did you agree?"
Shu Ting looked at him sideways for a while, then suddenly smiled and said softly: "You go back first, I want to ask my family for their opinion."
Geng San was overjoyed and said: "Okay, I'll go back and wait for your news." He turned around and left.
After walking for a while, I suddenly remembered that I hadn't finished eating yet. I turned around and saw Shu Ting standing at the door of the shop. She saw him looking over and waved to him.
Geng San couldn't bear to go back for dinner, so he returned home all the way, walking around in the lobby, dancing excitedly.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Geng San thought it was Geng Si who had returned. He went over to open the door and said happily: "Brother, your brother, I..."
Before he finished speaking, he discovered that it was Wang Dana standing outside the door. He suddenly said angrily: "Why is it you?"
Wang Da said seriously: "There's something I didn't understand, so I came over to ask you!"
Geng San crossed his arms and said, "Why don't you ask the monkey?"
Wang DaDao: "I'm afraid he will laugh at me!"
"Then you're not afraid that I'll laugh at you?"
"Don't be afraid, I guess you don't know either!"
Geng San glared and said, "Then you still come to ask me?"
Wang Da grinned and said: "If you didn't know, you would go with me to ask the monkey. Then we will both be laughed at, and I won't feel so uncomfortable!"
The corners of Geng San's eyes twitched twice, and he said with a stern face: "I know you didn't hold your pee well. Tell me what happened!"
Wang DaDao: "The king transferred us back to Jiangdu because he doesn't want to attack Hangzhou for the time being, right?"
"That's right!"
"Then why did he transfer most of Huzhou's troops to Liyang?"
Geng San was stunned, frowning and thinking hard.
Wang Da glanced at him sideways and said: "Okay, don't worry about your head, just come with me and ask the monkey!"
Geng San said nothing, locked the door of his house, and strode towards Hou Hou's house. Wang Da hurriedly followed.
The two came to the door of Houhou's house and knocked on the door. The housekeeper opened the door and said with a smile: "The two generals are very polite. Are you here to see my general?"
Wang Da nodded and said: "Go and call him out."
The housekeeper agreed and turned around to report. After a while, he saw the monkey coming over and said from a distance: "You two come in directly. Why are you standing at the door?"
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Wang Da waved his hand and said: "I just want to ask you something, and then leave after asking!"
The monkey leaned against the door and said, "What's the matter?"
General Wang repeated the question just now. The monkey was stunned for a long time, his eyebrows knitted together, showing an expression of hard thinking.
Wang Da and Geng San looked at each other, and both of them smiled.
"If you can't think of it, don't think about it. Let's ask the king together!" Geng San said with a smile.
The monkey glared at the two of them and said angrily: "Wait for a while, I'll go tell the lady." He turned around and went in.
After a while, the monkey came out, and the three of them came to the palace together. After making an announcement, they went in.
The three of them followed a guard all the way to the bedroom in the back house. The guard went in first to report, and then let the three in.
The lights in the room were very bright, and there was only a "bang" sound, which seemed to be the sound of pieces falling on a chessboard.
The three of them passed through a common door and looked up. They saw a short table placed on the bed in the inner room with a chessboard on it. Zhang Yangquan and Liu Bowen were sitting opposite each other on both sides of the short table, playing chess.<
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Qin Lingjun and Qin Lingsi are both sitting behind Zhang Yangquan.
Qin Lingsi rested her chin on Zhang Yangquan's left shoulder, looked at the chessboard with a bad smile on her face, and said, "Hehe, brother-in-law, you lost again!"
Zhang Yangquan touched his nose, raised his head and glared at Liu Bowen. This guy never gave in when playing chess with him. He killed him bloody every time. He didn't follow the rules of a minister at all!
Liu Bowen smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the three generals must have important matters to visit. I will leave first."
Zhang Yangquan coughed and said: "It doesn't matter, you can stay and listen. We will play another kind of chess later!"
Liu Bowen wondered: "Another kind of chess?"
Qin Lingsi rushed to say: "It's backgammon, invented by my brother-in-law. It's very interesting!"
Liu Bowen smiled slightly and sat down without getting up.
Zhang Yangquan turned to look at Wang and the other three, and said, "You guys just came back today, so why don't you come to see me so late?"
Wang Da winked at Geng San and signaled him to ask questions. Geng San looked at the monkey again, and the monkey looked at Wang Da.
Qin Lingjun scolded: "Stop playing tricks and just say what you have to say!"
The monkey had no choice but to say: "The three of us are worried that Huzhou has insufficient troops and the Yuan army will counterattack, so we would like to advise the king to add more troops to Huzhou!"
Zhang Yangquan immediately understood the intention of the three men and said with a smile: "You should ask Mr. Liu about this. It was he who suggested that I transfer the troops from Huzhou and Jiaxing back, leaving only a small number of troops for defense!"
Wang Dashan asked: "Mr. Liu, is this your suggestion?"
Liu Bowen twisted his beard and said: "Yes."
"Why?"
Liu Bowen said: "This arrangement is to deal with Fang Guozhen!"
The monkey was stunned for a moment and said, "What does this have to do with Fang Guozhen?"
Liu Bowen said: "Fang Guozhen fled back to Taizhou with 20,000 remnant troops. What do you think he did first after returning?"
All three of them shook their heads.
Qin Lingsi smiled and said: Of course the army is expanding, you three are so stupid!
The monkey asked curiously: "Even if he increases his troops, what does it have to do with us?"
Liu Bowen said: "Almost all the men in Taizhou, Qingyuan, and Wenzhou have been forcibly recruited by Fang Guozhen. If he wants to recruit troops again, he can only recruit troops from the areas under the jurisdiction of the Yuan Dynasty!"
Wang Da stared and said: "Recruiting troops under the eyes of the Tatars? Will the Tatars not respond?"
Liu Bowen said: "Fang Guozhen forced Yuan Ting's soldiers, Yuan Ting will naturally give a severe warning, but based on my understanding of this person, he is now focused on increasing his strength and will not care about any warnings at all!"
The monkey thought in his mind: "So Fang Guozhen and Yuan Ting will have internal strife because of this?"
Liu Bowen said: "The Yuan Dynasty's military strength in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is only 100,000 in Hangzhou. If we station a large number of troops in Jiaxing and Huzhou, the Yuan Dynasty will be powerless even if it wants to stop Fang Guozhen from recruiting strong men, and it will only take advantage of this person!" The monkey said happily: "After we withdraw our troops, Hangzhou soldiers and horses will use part of them to fight against Fang Guozhen and prevent him from forcibly recruiting troops!"
Liu Bowen smiled and said: "That's why Fang Guozhen will definitely have a conflict with the Yuan army. When they both lose, we have almost stabilized the territory in Jiangdong. Then we can move south in one go and take the south of Jiangsu and Zhejiang!"
The monkey said with great joy: "Sir, you are indeed far-sighted!"
After bowing to Zhang Yangquan and Qin Lingjun, Wang Da suddenly said: "Your Majesty, I heard that you will have an exam tomorrow. Is it true?"
Zhang Yangquan glanced at him and said: "Yes, you all need to participate!"
Wang Da said with a sad face: "I don't even know a few characters, how can I take the test?"
Qin Lingjun said: "It doesn't matter if you fail the exam, you can just study in the academy and improve yourself!"
Wang Da muttered in a low voice: "You don't need a pen to fight on the battlefield."
Qin Lingjun said coldly: "What did you say?"
Wang Daqi smiled and said: "Nothing? I mean, this decision by you and your Majesty is so good. I even dream about reading and literacy!"
The three of them didn't dare to say anything more and all resigned.