"Is this the reason why you wander around the land of fireworks, looking for flowers and willows?" Zhao Wenhua joked with a smile.
"Ahem, that's unfair, sir. I was aware of the sentiments of the people." Hu Zongxian coughed and replied in a sophistry without blushing.
"Haha, you are really responsible for understanding the sentiments of the people. You have already noticed that the people are under the covers." Zhao Wenhua pointed at Hu Zongxian and laughed.
"Didn't I listen to the adults? As an official and a human being, you have to be responsible for what you do. If you are responsible, you should be responsible to the end." Hu Zongxian touched his chin shamelessly.
"Merlin, you, you are really eloquent, but with just those two moves of yours, can you go to the end..." Zhao Wenhua scolded with a smile.
Zhu Pingan drank tea and watched them flirting. He understood in his heart that the two of them could joke like this. It seemed that Hu Zongxian had deeply trusted Zhao Wenhua. The relationship between the two was so good that they almost wore a pair of trousers. Hu Zongxian was indeed Hu Zongxian.
"Okay, I won't be poor with you. We come to Zihou for business." Zhao Wenhua smiled and waved his hand.
"It's my fault." Hu Zongxian admitted.
"Zihou, the second joy of our coming here is to congratulate Zihou for his new achievements. Zihou silently attacked in three places in northern Zhejiang, ambushed the Japanese pirates, and achieved another glorious victory. It is really gratifying and congratulatory.
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Zhao Wenhua stepped forward with a smile and patted Zhu Pingan on the shoulder, congratulating Zhu Pingan on his victory in the ambush in northern Zhejiang.
"Congratulations to Mr. Zhu. Mr. Zhu planned the strategy well. The ambush attack in northern Zhejiang was amazing. This great victory greatly inspired the morale of the army and the people. It is a great joy for Jiangnan." Hu Zongxian also congratulated.
Sure enough, Zhao Wenhua and the others came here to ambush the Japanese pirates in northern Zhejiang and achieve great success. Zhu Pingan was not surprised by this.
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Zhao Wenhua came here this time. The congratulations are fake, but the fear of taking credit is real. There is no doubt that Zhao Wenhua is capable of such a thing.
"Thank you Master Zhao, thank you Master Hu. They are all soldiers who serve their lives. I just happened to meet you at the right time." Zhu Pingan replied modestly.
"Zihou is being modest. As the saying goes: A thousand armies are easy to gain, but a general is hard to find. Without Zihou's strategizing and commanding, how could such a great victory be possible." Zhao Wenhua laughed and praised Zhu Pingan, praising Zhu Pingan as a great leader.
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"Yes, an army cannot move without a general, and a snake cannot move without a head. Without a strong son, there will be no Zhejiang army, let alone such a victory."
Hu Zongxian also followed suit.
"Master Zhao, Master Hu, thank you very much." Zhu Pingan was humble again.
"No need to be modest, Zihou, you can afford it. I still remember that when I first came to Jiangnan to worship the sea governor, more than a thousand Japanese pirates tried to attack the sea sacrifice ceremony and attacked the camp late at night. It was Zihou who policed the province and spied on the Japanese pirates.
To turn the tide, we worked together and fought side by side, eventually killing more than a thousand Japanese pirates and achieving a great victory in the sea sacrifice. Zihou, your literary and military tactics are obvious to all, and I know it in my heart."
Zhao Wenhua recalled the past with a look on his face, mentioned the great victory of Ji Hai, and praised Zhu Ping'an for his extraordinary literary skills and martial arts.
At the end, Zhao Wenhua sighed again, "The days of fighting side by side with Zihou are really nostalgic."
"Haha, sir, there is no need to miss the past. Your Excellency is in Jiangnan, Master Zhu is also in Jiangnan, and the Japanese pirates who disrupted China are also in Jiangnan. Your Excellency, if you want to fight the Japanese pirates side by side with Master Zhu, why worry about not having a chance, aren't you Zihou?"
Hu Zongxian said, looked at Zhu Pingan with a smile, and gave Zhao Wenhua a first-level assist.
Zhao Wenhua also looked at Zhu Pingan.
Well.
Zhu Ping'an was slightly startled. At first he thought Zhao Wenhua was here to grab credit, but he was wrong. They had some sense of moral integrity. They didn't want to directly grab credit, but wanted to pull him into their chariot and then stand up.
One effort.
Didn't they think that they had accomplished a great job in ambushing the Japanese pirates, and thought that fighting the Japanese pirates was easy and that they could win with just one strike?!
Let’s not talk about whether we can win against the Japanese pirates. It’s impossible just to fight against the Japanese pirates with you.
Zhang Jing is the governor of Jiangnan. Zhang Jing has the final say on the overall situation of Jiangnan against the Japanese. Moreover, Zhang Jing's attitude towards Zhao Wenhua is obvious to all. The deployment of war against the Japanese, the deployment of troops, etc., these military information are all blocked from Zhao Wenhua.
Yes, if he fought against the Japanese together with Zhao Wenhua and Hu Zongxian, Zhang Jing would definitely want to block military information from himself just like he did against Zhao Wenhua, and would exclude himself from the situation of the Japanese war.
This is absolutely unacceptable.
However, if you directly reject Zhao Wenhua, it is still the same sentence. It is better to offend a gentleman than a villain. Zhao Wenhua is a villain who holds a grudge. After Zhang Jiang steps down, Zhao Wenhua will influence the political situation in Jiangnan for a long time. If he offends Zhao Wenhua, etc.
After he came to power, how could he be less willing to retaliate and wear small shoes?!
Moreover, Zhao Wenhua was an expert at filing lawsuits. Zhang Jing, Li Tianchong, and the two unlucky guys who later took over as governors were all sued by him. Zhang Jing and Li Tianchong even paid the price with their lives.
If Zhao Wenhua went to Emperor Jiajing every now and then to sue him, he might be fine once or twice, but over time, he would be in danger.
Zhu Ping'an was just stunned for a moment, and then replied with a wry smile, "Of course I think about it too, not only Master Zhao and Master Hu, I am willing to fight side by side with anyone to exterminate the Japanese pirates, report it to the Holy One, and bring peace to the people, but..."
"To be honest with Master Zhao and Mr. Hu, the price of our army's victory in this ambush of Japanese pirates in northern Zhejiang was that our army's firearms were damaged by 30% and the gunpowder was almost exhausted. The lost firearms and the consumed gunpowder could not be replaced in a short period of time.
, Our Zhejiang Army is heavy on firearms. If the firearms cannot be replaced, then the three successful powers will be wasted, and gunpowder is even more deadly. Without gunpowder, the firearms in the hands of our Zhejiang Army will become fire sticks."
"Without firearms, our Zhejiang army becomes a toothless tiger. Fighting against Japanese pirates is tantamount to seeking death."
"So, even if I want to fight side by side with Master Zhao and Mr. Hu, and then attack the Japanese pirates and achieve new achievements, it is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice, and I can't do it."
Zhu Pingan spread his hands with a wry smile on his face, citing the shortage of firearms and gunpowder faced by the Zhejiang Army as a shield, and agreed and then rejected Zhao Wenhua and Hu Zongxian's invitation to fight side by side.
I am very willing to do business with you side by side, but due to objective reality, I cannot do it without firearms and gunpowder.
"What? Has the Zhejiang Army's gunpowder been exhausted?" Zhao Wenhua frowned slightly and looked at Zhu Pingan suspiciously.
"How dare students deceive Master Zhao? Master Zhao and Mr. Hu came. The reason why I couldn't welcome them was because of the problem of firearms and gunpowder. I couldn't worry about it, so I went to the Zhejiang Army camp to check on the spot and study the solution. Unfortunately, no matter the firearms,
It’s still gunpowder, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive to make, and it can’t be made up overnight.”
Zhu Pingan replied with a frank look.
"Why did you consume so much gunpowder?" Zhao Wenhua asked.
"Master Zhao and Mr. Hu know that our Zhejiang Army attaches great importance to firearms, and one of the reasons for this emphasis on firearms is that the Japanese pirates are extremely powerful in combat. In close combat, our Zhejiang Army is afraid that they will not be able to compete with the Japanese pirates, and firearms can be used without fighting against the Japanese pirates."
In the case of hand-to-hand combat, the Japanese pirates were seriously injured by shooting and explosion."
"In addition, I have recruited tens of thousands of Zhejiang troops, and they have been trained for less than half a month. If I bring them into a close encounter with the Japanese pirates, they will undoubtedly be seeking death. I can only use firearms to ambush the Japanese pirates, so the gunpowder consumption is very high."