Today, Nanchang Prefecture is very lively. King Shang Kexie of Pingnan, with his eldest son Shang Zhixin and his army of 30,000.

Hong Chengchou, the governor of the five provinces, went out of the city to greet him.

For Hong Chengchou, these 30,000 new forces are very precious.

The situation in the south is now unstable, and it is difficult to stabilize the situation with the Qing court's own direct lineage alone.

Therefore, Hong Chengchou wrote a letter to Emperor Shunzhi, asking the court to issue an order to King Pingnan of the Three Feudalists, and King Jingnan Geng Jimao sent troops to aid.

Now Shang Kexi has arrived, and Geng Jimao should be soon.

A stone hanging in Hong Chengchou's heart can finally land.

The relationship between Hong Chengchou and Kexi is pretty good. It is mainly because there is no obvious festival between the two.

Unlike Wu Sangui, he had made enemies with Hong Chengchou in Liaodong.

Shang Kexi and his son rode a tall horse into Nanchang City, and they were full of popularity.

Later, Hong Chengchou held a banquet at the Governor's Office to entertain King Pingnan and his son.

Also attending the banquet was Jiangxi Governor Zhang Chaolin.

Logically speaking, Shang Kexi’s father and son are the guest soldiers, and they should be the guest as the host.

However, Shang Zhixin asked the seats of the father and son to be placed under Hong Chengchou, but was above Zhang Chaolin.

This made Zhang Chaolin very dissatisfied, but just as Zhang Chaolin was about to break out, Hong Chengchou came forward to stop him in time.

Zhang Chaolin still wanted to give Hong Chengchou face and snorted coldly and stopped saying anything more.

At the banquet, Hong Chengchou prepared singing and dancing, but this made Shang Zhixin very interested.

Many young women in tulle came in one after another and danced gracefully in front of Shang Zhixin.

Shang Zhixin stared at the bodies of these beauties without moving away at all.

He is naturally an evil ghost among lust, so he is naturally aware of this.

But he did not stop his son.

What do you have to get to help the garrison reinforcements? Compared with food, grass and military pay, asking Hong Chengchou to send a few women is nothing.

"Jingluo Hong, these dancers are pretty good. Can you give this prince a warm bed?"

Shang Zhixin, the top of the banquet, had no shame or scruples at all, and directly asked Hong Chengchou for the dancer.

"oh?"

Hong Chengchou pretended to be surprised and said, "Your Highness the Prince is interested in these dancers? Well, give them to Your Highness the Prince. You will be served by Your Highness the Prince during his days in Nanchang."

"Then I'll thank Mr. Hong."

After drinking for three rounds, it’s time to get serious business.

Hong Chengchou cleared his throat and said, "The King of Pingnan is really here in time. I believe you already know that the Ming thieves drove straight into Huguang, and the Zheng thieves caused trouble in Nanjing. Now the Qing Dynasty's rule in the south is very critical."

In front of Shang Kexi, Hong Chengchou had no need to hide it, but said whatever he had.

"Hong Jingluo, I don't know whether to say it or not."

Shang Kexi, who had been silent, finally spoke out.

Hong Chengchou was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Pingnan King, please speak."

"I wonder how many troops there are in Jiangxi now?"

"This...it should be 100,000 in full swing. But most of them are Green Camp, and the Eight Banners soldiers should only have 10,000."

"It's only so few?"

Shang Kexi was very surprised: "Didn't Lord Ao bring 20,000 elite troops?"

Hong Chengchou said ashamed: "Mr. Ao died in battle, I believe King Pingnan knew about this."

"The Eight Banners soldiers were also killed in battle?"

"That's not. It's just that some Eight Banners soldiers insist on returning to the north."

Hong Chengchou sighed, "I can't restrain you, either."

Hong Chengchou is very frank about this.

"Some Eight Banners soldiers were willing to stay, and some felt that it was unsafe to stay in Jiangxi, so they returned to the north."

Shang Kexi now understands it.

After Oboi's death, the Eight Banners soldiers had no heads and internal differences arose.

Some people think they can stay in Jiangxi, while others object.

Although Hong Chengchou was the governor of the five provinces, he could not control the Eight Banners soldiers and could only let them do it.

"So that's it, thanks Hong Jinglei for his hard work."

"I wonder how many troops King Pingnan brought this time."

Zhang Chaolin took a sip of wine and said with a smile.

"Thirty thousand elite soldiers."

Shang Kexi said loudly.

"Su Wen has many elite soldiers and generals under the command of King Pingnan, and there are 100,000 string control men. Why did he bring 30,000 people this time?"

"Governor Zhang doesn't know that there are many pirates in Guangdong, so I still have to leave some troops to guard it."

Shang Kexi said with a calm and gentle breeze.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little cold, Hong Chengchou hurriedly stopped and said, "Come and drink."

Seeing this, Zhang Chaolin stopped asking about his own drinking.

After the banquet, Hong Chengchou sent someone to send Shang Kexi and his son to a three-entry mansion to rest.

This house was previously a wealthy businessman. Later, the house was scammered because of smuggling salt, so it was emptied.

When he learned that Shang Kexi was coming, Hong Chengchou was deliberately dealt with.

There is also a house similar to it, which is planned for Geng Jimao.

Shang Kexi and his son were already exhausted, so they bid farewell to Hong Chengchou and came to the house.

As soon as he entered the inner house, Shang Zhixin said coldly: "Father, look at the attitude of the governor of Jiangxi Zhang Chaolin, as if we owe him how much money. Could it be that we are here to reinforce him?"

Shang Zhixin was extremely dissatisfied with Zhang Chaolin. If Shang Kexi had not stopped him, he would have fought in person.

Their temperament is naturally the most clear about the father’s personality.

Shang Ke sighed happily and said, "My son should still put the overall situation first. Although Zhang Chaolin was a bit too much, he was a senior official of the court after all. If he had a dispute with him and the news came to the court, I am afraid that if he was a father, he would inevitably be impeached."

Shang Zhixin said unhappily: "Father, you are just too careful in your work. Look at the old Geng family, you are not afraid of heaven or earth. This reinforcement for Jiangxi should be the news that both families received at the same time? He came to Jiangxi in Fujian and was not far from our Guangdong. Why are we here? He can't even see the shadow?"

Shang Zhixin said more and more angrily: "As this way, there is no need to fight this battle. We will take the troops back to Guangdong, and Lao Pin Hong will fight as much as he wants. I want to see what waves he can make."

"Silly boy, what's the use of saying these angry words? If the Qing court fell, how could you and my father and son be alone?"

Shang Ke sighed happily: "Remember one sentence. Even if anyone in this world can surrender to Ming, it is not our father and son. We have no way out."

Shang Zhixin said coldly: "My son didn't say he wanted to surrender to Ming Dynasty. Why can't we do it alone? Guangdong is extremely wealthy and can do business from the sea. Why can't we do what Zheng Zhilong could do at the beginning?"

Shang Kexi was helpless when he heard this.

My son is good at everything, but he just doesn't know how much he has.

Shang Kexi did not think that he could survive if he left the Qing court.

Moreover, neither the Qing Dynasty nor the Ming Dynasty would allow the Shang family to follow the example of becoming a Jiedushi in the late Tang Dynasty.

When choosing between the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, the Shang family could only choose the former.

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