It was already Mid-Autumn Festival, and at night, a hint of chill appeared on the vast Yangtze River. Although it was already night, the Xiaguan River was very lively, with lights raised high, and hundreds of Taiping Navy warships were still shuttled and back and forth on the river.

Xiaguan Port has now become a very important port for the Taiping Army. After loading the money, grain and materials collected from various places, they will be distributed to cities occupied by the Taiping Army in various parts of the river. At the same time, the mobilization of soldiers in various places is mostly transported by the Yangtze River Navy. The port is still very busy at night.

On a navy warship outside Xiaguan Port, sparks on the river outside the porthole burst into the air. Xiao Yungui in the cabin raised his wine glass. The wine glass was a high-legged glass wine glass commonly used in the West. The liquid inside was as bright as blood. Xiao Yungui said to the person opposite with a faint smile: "The last time he wrote that the foreign wine presented by my younger brother was quite mellow, which seemed to be a response to the famous miracle of God, God of Heavenly Father, which turned water into wine. The wine was as bright as blood, and it also symbolized the proverb of the precious blood in the holy communion customized by Heavenly Father to make wine. The brother said that he wanted more of this wine. I brought a lot of this time and would later hand it over to the people in the East Palace. Before that, my brother could drink a glass with me."

The one sitting opposite him was Yang Xiuqing, the current Eastern King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. He saw that his gloomy face was not moved at all, but he still raised his wine glass to have a drink with Xiao Yungui. The glass was French red wine, which was pure red wine Xiao Yungui bought from a French foreign company.

In the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Tianjing Dynasty issued a "Prevention of Wine" by the Eastern King Yang Xiuqing, who ordered the people in the court to be in charge of the army, saying that drinking is "the most likely to disrupt the nature of people". If someone violates the ban, the person who reported the robbery will be rewarded with the prime minister, and the person who eats the wine will be beheaded and displayed to the public, and "regardless of the title of the relative, you will be punished." A serious spirit of "the prince breaks the law and commits the same crime as the common people." Even the army changed its sarcasm when hearing the wine, and used the word "tide" as a hidden word to refer to the coveted nectar wine.

However, in the thousand-year history of China, any decree issued by the superiors seems to have no restraint on the superiors themselves. The prince’s crimes of the same crime as the common people have always been an excuse to comfort the people. No one ever asked why it was not the emperor’s crimes of the law and the common people? It is basically because the imperial power has always been overridden by the rule of law. Therefore, Yang Xiuqing’s prohibition on alcohol is useful to the subordinates, but it seems that there is no binding force on the princes who enjoy privileges in the kingdom of heaven.

Moreover, when Xiao Yungui was Jinxian wine, he also talked about the origin of this wine. This wine was made of grapes. It was not made of food, which gave the kings of heaven a pretext that this wine would not waste precious food. In fact, from a religious perspective, Jesus had a fate with wine. He once carried out a famous miracle - turning water into wine to save his friend's wedding crisis. Before ascending to heaven, Jesus also formulated a communion ceremony. Among them, red wine symbolized his precious blood. After Xiao Yungui quoted the views of red wine and religion in the eyes of foreign brothers, Yang Xiuqing and other kings of heaven readily believed that this wine was indeed heavenly wine. Perhaps this is the reason why the kings of heaven who were familiar with the Bible had no guilt when drinking.

So using foreign wine became another hobby of the kings of the kings of heaven after abstinence for a long time. Through Xiao Yungui's channels, the first batch of foreign wines they learned were the names of foreign wines, brandy, whiskey, vodka, juniper berries, champagne, and Bordeaux... Although the king still thought that wine was not good, drinking was a great pleasure in life. Once the Puritan abstinence was broken, no one could stop the unrestrained desires of the princes. Therefore, the dumping place imported from the first major foreign wine in Sufu Province was actually the residence of the princes in Tianjing, and of course the Heavenly King's Mansion was also included.

Seeing Yang Xiuqing's expressionless face, Xiao Yungui was not too panicked. He had already touched Yang Xiuqing's temperament very thoroughly. For a arrogant and domineering person, you can only touch his hair.

"Do you want to see the guilty brother this time?" Xiao Yungui lifted his robe and slapped on one knee, and said with a sincere look: "I'm so tender. What's wrong with angering my brother? I can punish me."

Yang Xiuqing snorted lightly, raised her glass and took another sip of the sour wine, and said lightly: "The Western King is so majestic, how dare I blame you?"

Xiao Yungui smiled bitterly and said, "Brother, my subordinates are indeed too reckless in Jiangxi. I will teach them a lesson. When Chen Yucheng arrives in Shanghai, he will go to the position of prosecutor and demoted him to a soldier."

Yang Xiuqing's strange eyes flipped and said, "I haven't seen it yet." His eyes have been sick all year round. When he was still in Jintian, the recurrence of eye disease caused Xiao Chaogui, the Heavenly Brother, to appear on behalf of his Heavenly Father.

Xiao Yungui continued: "I found a famous Western doctor for my brother in Shanghai and told him about my brother's eye disease. The doctor said that he could cure my brother's eye disease. I wonder what my brother thought? If I agree with this, I will order someone to send the foreign brother to treat my brother soon."

This eye disease has troubled Yang Xiuqing for many years. Although he has been delayed for many years, he has not improved much. At this time, he heard that there are Western doctors who can treat eye diseases, and he was a little moved: "Oh, it seems that there are still many capable people in foreign brothers." At this point, Yang Xiuqing paused and looked at Xiao Yungui and said, "Why did you suddenly remember to find someone to treat eye diseases for me?"

Xiao Yungui said sincerely: "I have always taken my brother's illness to heart. I have visited famous doctors many times before. Later, when I arrived in Shanghai, I asked foreign brothers to find someone who could cure my brother's eye disease. Then I also found several patients with eye disease and asked the foreign brother to try his skills. It turns out that the medicine has cured the disease. Now I dare to recommend it to my brother."

Yang Xiuqing's big hand covered with thick calluses kept rubbing the glass of wine in her hand, and said, "You are still intent."

Xiao Yungui's eyes were slightly red and he said sadly: "I will always remember my brother's kindness. My brother's eye disease was only a minor disease. If my brother hadn't given the money to my brother to marry, he wouldn't have delayed the minor illness into a serious illness..."

Speaking of this, Yang Xiuqing interrupted him with some distractions, raised her hand to stop and said, "It's better not to mention the past. At that time, I didn't expect this disease to become a serious illness. It has nothing to do with you. I have never blamed you."

Although Xiao Yungui was acting, he knew that he really treated Xiao Chaogui as a brother when he saw Yang Xiuqing's actions. But this is how he was. Once he had the power in his hands, he would get deeper and deeper. Later, in order to protect his rights, he would become disregarded by his relatives. Yang Xiuqing did not let Xiao Yungui continue to talk, so he did not want to think about some of the old kindnesses he had back then, and he would not have been able to reduce the momentum of provoking troops to sue him.

"But I will always remember my brother's kindness." Xiao Yungui didn't want to stop when he saw Yang Xiuqing's soft spot.

"Remember the kindness in the past! Then do you repay me like this? In the Battle of Nanchang, Chen Yucheng withdrew his troops at the last minute. Do you dare to say that without your instructions?!" Yang Xiuqing finally couldn't help but blurt out and questioned loudly.

Xiao Yungui hurriedly said: "The battle of Nanchang is well prepared for Qing Yao, and the enemy and us have the advantage. It has become a situation of consumption, and retreating is imperative!"

Yang Xiuqing became even more angry: "Even if you want to retreat, I should order it!"

Xiao Yungui sighed lightly and said, "The situation of the war changes rapidly, Qing Yao is treacherous and cunning. If he delays it, he will become more passive. If his brother is good at using troops, he should know the danger at that time."

Yang Xiuqing still said angrily: "Then Chen Yucheng cannot withdraw his troops alone!"

Xiao Yungui said lightly: "Brother, Yang Fuqing asked less than 20,000 soldiers in the West Palace to fight against 60,000 Qing Yao in the south of the city for Xunyue. I thought Chen Yucheng had done enough, good enough."

Yang Xiuqing's face turned a little blue. Yang Fuqing's performance in this battle really left too many criticisms. Chen Yucheng of the West Palace first repelled several Qing troops, so that the flanks of the East Palace were covered, and allowed the troops to be placed in peace to surround Nanchang. Then he resisted the Qing reinforcements alone in the south of the city for more than 60,000 Qing troops who were embraced in groups for more than a month, allowing the 80,000 troops of the East Palace to have a calm time to attack Nanchang. Unfortunately, Yang Fuqing not only did not capture Nanchang, but also did not even show a helping hand to the West Palace. In such a situation, there seemed to be no fault in the West Palace evacuation alone. On the contrary, Chen Yucheng's troops took the initiative to block the Qing army's counterattack, responded to the East Palace's troops retreating, and rescued more than 30,000 East Palace's troops. As Xiao Yungui said, Chen Yucheng had done enough and good enough.

But Yang Xiuqing didn't buy it at all. The superiors thought that there would be no mistake. He immediately rebuked: "Why don't he do more, better?"

Xiao Yungui didn't say anything anymore, there was nothing to say. After staring at each other for a moment, Xiao Yungui sighed in a low voice: "Brother, are you really determined to establish your authority through this matter?"

Yang Xiuqing snorted and said, "It's your West Palace that you demonstrated to me again! Why did the money and food saved by Su Qi stop running? What's going on with the mobilization of troops in Zhenjiang?!"

Xiao Yungui said lightly: "I am protecting myself. As long as my brother doesn't come and force me, I will never demonstrate to my brother first. Didn't Qin Rigang's 20,000 troops have already gone to Jiangxi?"

Yang Xiuqing said with an oh, "So you know a lot."

Xiao Yungui whispered: "Brother, in fact, I have always been from my brother. Do you know how I know the arrangements of my brother?"

Yang Xiuqing was shocked, and he immediately understood: "Someone is instigating it?"

Xiao Yungui nodded and said, "This is naturally. I returned to Tianjing secretly a few days ago. How many people can I call me to secretly return to Tianjing?"

Yang Xiuqing frowned and asked in a low voice: "What do he want to do?"

Xiao Yungui said frankly: "Reap the benefits of the fisherman. If the East Palace and the West Palace are in conflict, the biggest winners are not you and me."

Yang Xiuqing's expression finally changed. He slammed the wine glass in his hand and he didn't care about the bright redness of one hand. After pondering for a while, Yang Xiuqing finally said: "You must be able to let me get it down!"

When Xiao Yungui heard this, he was overjoyed. He knew that Yang Xiuqing still regarded the man as his biggest enemy, and he was only ranked second, so he still needed to continue to cooperate with the West Palace, so Yang Xiuqing gave up this attack and turned to the two families to agree. At that moment, Xiao Yungui stood up and followed with a proper gift: "Brother, don't worry, I will definitely satisfy my brother..." (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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