Red Mansion: Seizing Jiangdong, starting with pirates

Chapter 141, Baochai's Plan

After a detailed investigation, Earl Sweet boarded the ship back home. It was expected that he would come back with good news soon, including matters of marriage.

Although there are huge differences between the two places, the marriage can still be carried out based on the dual considerations of politics and interests.

Moreover, Fang Yong’s requirements were not difficult. All she needed was a princess of the right age and of royal blood.

Earl Sweet thought that if he chose to marry a princess who was not very important, the king would most likely not object.

As for the bishops' preaching, that is even simpler...

Huaizhou, Grain Rain season.

The grasslands sent envoys to discuss the matter of alliance.

The visitor was an old man from the grassland named Hadru, the great uncle of Kah Khan, but the two had different surnames and no actual blood relationship.

Well, the grasslands can be a bit messy in some ways.

It seemed that Hadru was not used to the solar terms in the south. In the already hot weather, he was still wearing a piece of sheepskin with a slight smell.

Hadru brought a large number of cattle, sheep, gold and silver as gifts, and also brought two additional treasures.

One is a piece of tungsten steel that fell on the grassland. It is indestructible and cannot be broken by fire. The other is a beautiful Russian woman looted by Khan Kach during his expedition to Aginsk. I heard that Fang Yong likes beautiful women, so I specially presented it to him.

Fang Yong accepted the two gifts with a smile. It was obvious that Kah Khan was showing off his military power to him. However, the other party was indeed powerful. He could trample his horse's hooves onto the land of Akinsk. This was truly an amazing feat.

However, Fang Yong still needs to emphasize the explanation.

He did not like beautiful women. Everything he did was out of necessity. It was a sacrifice for the sake of the country. He was in pain, but who could understand the pain in his heart?
Back to topic.

Hadru came this time to discuss cooperation between the two parties.

Fang Yong replied to the letter that Li Hao had written to Wu Yuan.

The letter stated that "cooperation" could be discussed, which led to Hadru's arrival as an envoy.

Hadru and Fang Yong discuss plans for cooperation.

The overall plan is not complicated.

To put it simply, this winter, Fang Yong sent troops north to attack Shandong and then Zhili.

The imperial court will definitely send troops to rescue.

At this time, Kah Khan could take the opportunity to send troops to recover his homeland in Liaodong.

According to the agreement, after the recovery of the Liaodong homeland, Kahe Khan agreed to swear a blood alliance with Fang Yong, respect Fang Yong as his brother, and help Fang Yong conquer the world.

The various details were discussed by the ministers of both sides, and the only thing Fang Yong needed to decide was whether to unite with Kah Khan.

Of course not united!
Fang Yong has the destiny (system) in his body, so why does he need to unite with foreign races if he wants to conquer the world?
The land of Liaodong was the territory that Emperor Taizu of Daxi personally snatched from the grassland people. Fang Yong inherited the mandate of Daxi, and the territory of Liaodong was also his territory. How could he hand over his territory to others?
Of course, although he had decided not to unite in his heart, Fang Yong did not refuse the idea of uniting on the surface.

Fang Yong decided to pretend to form an alliance first to take advantage of Caoyuan, and then sell Caoyuan out and reveal Caoyuan's plan to Daxi. By then, the matter would have nothing to do with him.

At that time, he only needs to send troops to annex Jiangsu and Zhejiang according to the steps. Jiangsu and Zhejiang are in the south of Huaizhou, and Daxi is unable to rescue them. So his move cannot be considered as taking advantage of someone's misfortune.

Fang Yongsui told Hadru that he agreed to the alliance.

However, he lacked horses and it was too difficult to fight in the north, so he asked the grassland to transport 30,000 war horses to him. Once the horses arrived, he went north to attack Daxi.

Hadru said that war horses were fine, but 30,000 were too many. The two sides bargained and finally agreed on 12,000 war horses.

Both parties were satisfied with the result.

To Fang Yong, he got 12,000 war horses for free.

For the grassland, with Fang Yong sending troops to attract the main force of Daxi, it will be very smooth for them to go south to recover the fertile land of Liaodong.

As for the promises made after the recovery of Liaodong, the people of the grasslands don't know what virtue is...

In this way, both parties had their own ulterior motives and temporarily formed this alliance.

Afterwards, the two sides discussed some details.

A few days later, Hadru prepared to leave.

The drizzle wet the wool on Hadru's body.

"The water level seems to have risen a bit?"

Hadru glanced at it casually, not paying much attention.

There is a lot of water in the south, so it is normal for the water level to rise during rainy days.

His men rushed over and whispered the news they had heard in the past few days.

Hadru turned his eyes and returned to the grassland. The two ducks in Fang Yong's mansion grew fat and swam in the lake all day, eating ornamental fish.

There used to be a yellow carp in the lake. It was very beautiful, but I haven’t seen it recently for some reason. I guess it was eaten by the duck?

"Raise them for a while longer and then kill and eat these two ducks!"

Fang Yong said.

Baoqin couldn't bear to do it.

"I raised this with my own hands, how can I bear to eat it!"

Fang Yong smiled and said, "Then eat you?"

Baoqin blushed, and thinking of those embarrassing things, she ran away into the rain.

"No, go find Sister Bao!"

Fang Yong smiled and said, Baoqin, you are still too young.

So he went to find Baochai.

Baochai is a virtuous woman, although she is more scheming than others, but sometimes, this may not be a bad thing.

I like the simple and cute Fang Yong, and I also like the scheming guy!

Came to Baochai's room.

"Husband!"

Baochai called out in a gentle voice, and used her delicate fingers to undress Fang Yong.

Today, Baochai wore a light yellow coat and skirt with gold butterfly patterns, which made her skin look fairer and more elegant.

Fang Yong reached out and gently caught the butterfly on Baochai's jacket, rubbing it gently for fear of damaging the butterfly's golden silk.

"Husband, don't!"

Baochai whispered softly, her eyes full of affection.

Fang Yong said softly, "Let my husband take a good look."

After a period of hard work, Baochai's rosy skin was covered with sweat, and her dignified and gentle expression seemed to be a little broken. She bit her lips lightly and panted slightly, and the room was filled with a cold and fragrant smell.

Fang Yong couldn't let go and fell asleep holding Baochai's snow-white and plump body.

"Husband, tomorrow is the first day of the new year!"

Fang Yong thought about it and nodded.

"Yes what's the matter?"

"I was thinking..."

Baochai opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but her body became a little tense, so she gently grabbed Fang Yong's strong arm, which made her relax a lot.

But Baochai may not know that her heart is beating very fast now.

Fang Yong's hand was constantly monitoring Baochai's heartbeat, and the data was very accurate.

Baochai said:
"My dear husband, I think there are more and more sisters in the family. If things go on like this, one of them will definitely not be taken care of. If it is someone else, it would be fine. Sister Lin is your wife who has been through thick and thin with you. You must not neglect her."

Fang Yong was a little confused after hearing this.

"Have I neglected Daiyu?"

Baochai shook her head quickly and said:

"Of course not now, but I'm just afraid that in the future..."

"So I was thinking, why don't you make a rule, my husband, and decide how many days a month you'll go to Sister Lin's room? That would be good..."

After listening to this, Fang Yong felt that there seemed to be no problem.

The next day, Fang Yong went to discuss with Daiyu.

However, he didn't expect that Daiyu pouted her lips after hearing this, and kicked Fang Yong lightly on the chest with her little feet in child's socks.

"Huh, who taught you this?"

Fang Yong did not say it was Baochai, but gently grasped Daiyu's feet, rubbed them and said:
"What's wrong with this matter? Please tell me, sister."

(End of this chapter)