Li Guohan leaned over and found that the newspaper in Wu Sangui's hand was the largest private newspaper in the United States - "Businessman". The difference between this newspaper and other newspapers is that in addition to reporting on politics and business, it can also advertise paid in the newspaper. The part Wu Sangui refers to is the advertising area in the lower right corner.

The advertisement only occupied half the size of an inkstone, and wrote more than a hundred small characters in small regular script in fly heads. Li Guohan took a hard look and found that it was an advertisement, bidding for seven thousand military-style porcelain gold towers, with specifications, two feet high, one and a half feet in diameter, and one third of an inch thick. The so-called gold tower is an instrument for burying ashes, also known as the golden jar and the ashes.

"This has something to do with the island barbarians' participation in the southwest military?" Li Guohan asked in confusion.

Wu Sangui said: "The Lord does not know that the Dongfan military system, whenever soldiers who die in battle formations and war zones need to return with their remains as long as the conditions are suitable. The mainland army must return to their hometown with ashes and be buried according to the customs of the ethnic group where the soldiers were killed. If the family has no objection, they will place the Jinfan in a national ancestral hall on Dongfan Island. If the family wants the dead to return home, they will leave a tablet and a military identity card in the Minzheng Temple, and the whole country of Dongfan will pay homage to it.

Xiao Wang has been paying attention to this matter for a long time. Before the chaos in Fujian caused by the relocation of the border and ban on the sea, the merchant surnamed Zhu publicly bid for 2,000 gold towers, and now he wants to bid for 7,000, which shows the determination of Dongfan in the southwest."

Li Guohan listened carefully, and the more he listened, the more frightened he became. Listening to Wu Sangui's analysis, then Dongfan could accept the death of 7,000 people in this battle. With such a great determination, how many troops would be invested? 50,000 or 80,000. If he invested so much troops, could the Yunnan and Guizhou provinces still be able to conquer them?

"Why did the King of Pingxi bid in the newspaper, not the Eastern Army?" Li Guohan asked in confusion.

Wu Sangui said: "Xiao Wang Guan is a man of the East Side. The army has never taken over the army. Some essential materials are generally subcontracted by merchants, so that the merchants will bear the risks."

"In other words, is it that the merchant surnamed Zhu who determined that the Eastern Foreign Army needed seven thousand gold towers, not the Eastern Foreign Army's own estimate?" Li Guohan asked again.

Wu Sangui was slightly stunned: "I think so."

Li Guohan looked relaxed and smiled and said, "Haha, military and national affairs are not something that only merchants can control. This matter cannot be trusted, it cannot be trusted."

Wu Sangui did not argue with force, smiled slightly, folded the newspaper, and put it away.

(In fact, businessmen are often sensitive to the market and know what politicians don’t know. For example, during the last US election, all the domestic media disliked Trump. Both the strategic community and the media believed that Hillary could be elected. Of course, their source of information is the analysis of various political news, and the same is true in the United States. But in Zhejiang, in a corner called Yiwu in the East, there was a group of small businessmen who knew that Trump would be elected. They were businessmen who made cultural shirts and baseball hats. The election needs of the two parties in the United States. Most of the various hats and cultural shirts with political slogans were ordered from Yiwu. Yiwu merchants found that Trump’s demand was several times that of Hillary. And Yiwu merchants could also accurately predict which country would show yellow vest demonstrations for European governments, because yellow vests were also produced in Yiwu.)

Li Guohan smiled and stood up, saying, "Pingxi King, let's get on the horse quickly."

Wu Sangui nodded quickly, and when he saw Li Guohan get on the horse, he reached out to hold his back. Li Guohan casually said, "Oh, King Pingxi, I can't do it, I can't do it, how can I let you do it?"

Speaking of this, Li Guohan accepted the help from Wu Sangui with peace of mind. Wu Sangui said: "How can you not do it if you are alone carrying the burden of our Western Army?"

Wu Sangui served Li Guohan and Li Guohan left. Wu Sangui's general Wu Guogui looked at Li Guohan's appearance and spat fiercely, cursing: "What a bullshit, it was just a dog from Liaodong back then. Now I dare to be arrogant in front of the prince. I will kill this thief sooner or later."

Li Guohan is the Gushan Ezhen of the Han army flag, and his status is extraordinary. However, most of these Gushan Ezhen of the Han army flag were middle and lower-level officers of the Liao army or Dongjiang army back then. Wu Sangui's direct subordinates looked down on Li Guohan because of the past. Wu Guogui cursed and twisted his head, waiting for Wu Sangui to scold him. He was an old subordinate of Wu Sangui, and he was under Wu Sangui's command since Liaozhen. Since Wu Sangui became the General Pingxi and entered Sichuan to fight, he has been angry with Li Guohan. Li Guohan often reported to the emperor in Beijing, saying that the land of Bashu has not been settled because of the cowardice of the general under his command. This is naturally not what others say.

Wu Guogui has always been disgusted with Li Guohan and often insults behind his back. After insulting, Wu Sangui always taught a lesson. But this time, Wu Sangui did not scold him, but said lightly: "There will be a day."

Wu Guogui was shocked after hearing this and widened his eyes: "Ah?"

Wu Sangui turned over the horse, and Fang Guangchen, the strategist beside him, smiled and said, "I will be in the end of my life in Pingxi. I'm afraid that the days of swallowing my anger will be over soon."

Fang Guangchen is Fang Yizao's son. Fang Yizao made peace talks with the Qing court under Chen Xinjia's name, but it was destroyed. When Wu Sangui was governing Liaodong, he became a disciple of Fang Guangchen and even made an alliance with Fang Guangchen. Over the years, Fang Guangchen has been a counselor of Wu Sangui and has always been in line with his intentions. Wu Sangui also obeyed Fang Guangchen.

Wu Guogui thought about it, but still couldn't think of this truth. Seeing that Wu Sangui was chasing Li Guohan, Wu Guogui hurriedly pulled Fang Guangchen and asked, "Mr. Fang, tell us what you said just now?"

Fang Guangchen asked back, "Among the former Ming generals who entered the new dynasty, who did you say have lived a leisurely and happy life?"

Wu Guogui thought for a while: "They were all bullied by the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty and played with the big turban. Who can live a happy life?"

"This is wrong. The Sanshun King once lived a good life." Fang Guangchen said with a smile.

Of course, Wu Guogui knew that the Sanshun King was the Three Han vassals that had been destroyed in Guangdong and Guangxi. Although these Three Han vassals had been destroyed, they had a good life in Guangdong and Guangxi. They held military power and finances and had their own vassals. The only regret was that they encountered a powerful opponent like Dongfan.

After thinking about it, he suddenly remembered something and asked with wide eyes: "You mean to open a vassal!"

"Yes, the situation in the southwest is complicated. The Qing Dynasty is now in decline. If you want to invest less and stabilize the situation, it is the most convenient to open the southwest. Now, among the generals in the southwest, we are the only prince." Fang Guangchen said with a smile.

Wu Guogui punched his palm: "Come on! When our prince opens the southwest of the vassal state, do you still care about slaves like Li Guohan?"

Fang Guangchen shook his head slightly: "Our prince can lead troops to the southwest, thanks to Lord Li, but if we want to open the southwest of the vassal, Lord Li is just a roadblock."

Wu Guogui immediately understood that when the Qing Dynasty asked Guanning Army to send troops to the northwest, and then to the southwest, Li Guohan was monitoring it. Without him, if Wu Sangui was imprisoned in western Liaoning, as long as Li Guohan was present, he could control Wu Sangui properly. Wu Sangui wanted to open a vassal, and the first person to get rid of Li Guohan was Li Guohan. Fang Guangchen said: "General Wu, whether Li Guohan is arrogant or not will die. Whether our prince's great cause can still be achieved depends on the performance of this battle. The general is full of power and should be a pioneer for the prince. Students contact the southwest chieftain for the prince. As long as the prince has high merits and high titles and has a high reputation, the chieftain is trustworthy, then the southwest of the town is just at hand."

The two armies of the West and Main Roads invaded Guizhou Province, but the results were completely different. Wu Sangui and Li Guohan poured out not lead and arrows, but silver and official positions. They used real money and silver to win over the old Qin soldiers stationed in various places. While admitting their local land privileges, they hired them to serve in the army. All the troops who blocked the Qing army under the order of the King of Jin were also given generous conditions for persuading surrender. Everyone advanced to the next level and received additional rewards. For the chieftains in the southwest, Wu Sangui and Li Guohan gave great rewards, and all kinds of official positions were lenient. Faced with the chieftains who resisted, Li Guohan adopted the method of using barbarians to control barbarians and ordered other chieftains to wipe out. The chieftains who sent troops occupied Dingkou and territory of the destroyed chieftains.

The main attack direction of Roto was another scene. His march was very smooth at the beginning, and he defeated several prefectures in Xiangxi and Qiandong. However, after recovering the land, the gentry who fled to Changsha came over and asked Roto to preside over justice for him and recover the occupied land and property assets. The gentry agreed to provide logistical support for Roto and sent people as guides. Roto agreed to the request of the gentry and confiscated the land that had been distributed to the Qin vassal soldiers and ordinary people. He immediately encountered a large number of resistance. Various troops appeared behind Roto, destroying his supply line, causing Roto to eventually stop in Xinglong Guard and unable to advance.

Roto's army could not advance, so he finally asked Hong Chengchou for help. Hong Chengchou was also cruel and ordered Roto to kill these southwest gentry in the name of gentry connecting with the enemy, and then comforted the people and recognized the interests of Qin vassal soldiers in various places, which slightly calmed down the large-scale resistance of the two places.

In fact, Li Dingguo and Li Mingxun knew from the beginning that the old soldiers of the Qin vas were the biggest internal hidden danger in the southwest. Sun Kewang could only barely raise these soldiers in the ten years of his administration. However, after the civil strife in the southwest, the Allied forces did not have enough time to digest them. Although the elite troops of the Qin vassal were drawn, they only made these soldiers lose their organization. The Qing army entered Guizhou and used sufficient resources to organize them again. Many of the Qin vassal soldiers were locals in Yunnan and Guizhou, and they were very adaptable to the terrain and climate in the southwest, causing huge trouble to the Allied forces.

The Allied forces adopted a strategy of resistance in the southwest, turning the entire Guizhou and Xiangxi into depth. The Qing Dynasty did use the recruitment of old Qin soldiers to quickly expand its strength, but it could not quickly instigate all regions. The two sides were in a stalemate in the southwest.

Fujian, Minjiang Estuary.

The moonlight shines like a wash, illuminating the wide Minjiang River estuary, covering the flat sand marsh with a layer of bright silver veil. The round sand marsh is scattered in the wide river estuary, and there are also stark lights on a series of sand marsh. In the middle of the sand marsh are rows of wooden fences, which separate the river estuary from the Minjiang River. It seems that it was a defensive fortification established by the Qing Dynasty Fujian after the relocation of the boundary and ban on the sea, with the purpose of isolating the inside and outside.

"Push hard, push hard, Xingzai!"

Behind a sandbank, two young men, one tall and one short, were pushing a 'rooster pair'. This is a very common fishing boat in Fujian and Zhejiang. The bow is sharp and painted with paint, and the bow is painted red. From a distance, it looks like the head of a rooster. It is usually only two feet tall. The roosters of these two people are only about two feet tall, and the water is two feet tall, which is the lightest.

The rooster was covered with goods, with a lot of carrots and cabbage, and some tea jars, which made the drought deeper. The tall man was sweating profusely, which was the shallowest place in the sandbank. He wiped his sweat and complained: "Xingzai, I said a long time ago, don't be so greedy, don't be so greedy, why are you still pretending to be so many goods? I'm so tired, I'm so tired."

Xingzai handed over a towel and said, "Brother Axia, you don't know. Uncle Ninth is going to tell me to kiss me. Next month, we won't make more money. What should I use as a betrothal gift? Don't forget it. At this time two years ago, for the sake of your sister-in-law, I was almost beaten to death by those fierce people."

Axia smiled and dared not complain anymore. The fathers of these two people were old sailors on the Minjiang River. A few years ago, they moved to the border forbidden seas and were beaten to death by the government. Axia and Xingzai were brothers of the same clan and went to join their relatives. The two begged for a living, and then started a smuggling business and sold daily necessities on Langqi Island at the mouth of the Minjiang River. A unit of the United States was stationed there, responsible for blocking the Minjiang River Estuary.

"Last time, I heard from those officials from the Eastern Band say that this time I can use silver ingots to make money, not those copper coins. There are not many good times, so I don't have to make more money?" Xingzai said with a smile.

Axia said: "Okay, if you really have money, you will earn it this time."

"That's not possible. My sister-in-law has a baby in her belly. She is not as good as the clear soup, so she should just get half of it." Xingzai said honestly.

While chatting, the two of them rode their boats towards Langqi Island. After passing the sandbank just now, they would not be afraid of anything as long as they sailed through the big sandbank in front of them. When they thought of making money to marry a wife and supporting their family, they were both very happy. Just as they felt that the wind was about to rise, Axia was about to raise the sails when suddenly he saw a paddle-rowing speedboat sailing out of the sandbank, sailing towards them like an arrow from the string. Axia and Xingzai were stunned.

"Xingzai, jump off the ship quickly and hide in the water and don't come out. I'll lead them away." Axia grabbed the oar and said.

Xingzai's foot was put in the water, and he retracted again and said, "Brother Axia, no, you dive. You still have sister-in-law at home. There are dolls in your stomach. If you die, you will have three lives. If I die, I will die. Run away quickly."

Regardless of Axia's objection, Xingzai kicked his companions into the water, shaking them quickly, and sailed towards the banks of the Minjiang River. The paddle boat rushed over and quickly threw the hook over. Xingzai wanted to dive and saw a row of guns pointing at him. Those who held the guns were all wearing water, but they didn't shaved their hair. Xingzai sat on the boat and said, "Feeling is Dongfan, which scared me to death. If I had known it was you, I would have run away!"

"What do you do?" asked the paddle boat officer.

Xingzai bowed and said, "Reporting to the chief, I am delivering goods to Langqi Island."

"Delivery, are there any waist-bar labels?" the man asked again.
Chapter completed!