Chapter 111: Early Arrangement
Zhao Xiaofei returned to the modern era under the pretext of delivering free medicine to poor people in the vicinity of the capital. Before leaving, he arranged for Xiao Wen and Xiao Wu to deliver medicine in the surrounding counties under his own name.
Back in the modern world, Qin Baobao's belly was already very big. Zhao Xiaofei accompanied Qin Baobao for a prenatal checkup, and the doctor said: "Everything is normal, the baby is healthy!"
"Thank you, doctor!" Zhao Xiaofei and Qin Baobao said at the same time.
When they got home, Qin's mother and father came over to ask questions. They didn't stop until Qin Baobao said she wanted to rest. Qin Baobao hugged Zhao Xiaofei and said, "The due date is next March. Can you come back?"
Zhao Xiaofei was so depressed! March of next year would be the day Li Zicheng entered Beijing. If his baby was born at that time, he really couldn't guarantee whether he could come back. He hesitated and said, "I'll do my best! We'll see if my eldest brother can handle it when the time comes! If he can, I'll leave all the overseas affairs to him. I'll come back to spend time with you and the baby!"
"Then let big brother work harder and give him more dividends from the company. I think big brother can understand!" Qin Baobao said.
"kindness!"
"By the way! Big brother, do you have a girlfriend? Do you think big brother will find an African black woman to be your sister-in-law?" Qin Baobao said.
"My eldest brother doesn't like black people. He's afraid they'll scare him when he's asleep at night!" Zhao Xiaofei thought to himself, I don't know what my eldest brother is thinking. He has to find a second-hand one. Liu Rushi's appearance is just so-so. No way! Liu Rushi is already a third-hand one. The one surnamed Zhou is dead. She lived with Chen Zilong in the meantime. The one surnamed Qian was tortured to death by Fang Xinyu. And she's planning to marry my eldest brother in just a few months. Is my eldest brother like Cao Cao, only fond of other people's wives? No matter how famous Liu Rushi is, she's just so-so. Any of my wives would be better than Liu Rushi!
Regardless of understanding or not, since Big Brother likes her, let's go congratulate him. Liu Rushi even dragged me to discuss poetry. I don't know how to write poetry, I'm just okay at reciting and copying it. But Liu Rushi is very smart and learned accounting very quickly. Now, besides Li Sihong and Kou Baimen, her management skills are the best. She's vaguely superior to the other two! Maybe this is why Big Brother likes her?
During Qin Baobao's pregnancy, Zhao Xiaofei served her like an ancestor. When she suddenly wanted to eat mutton skewers on the street, Zhao Xiaofei ran to buy them. But the result was, haha! He didn't want to eat them after he got them back, saying that they looked disgusting. Zhao Xiaofei had to eat them by himself. Pregnant women are like this. If they suddenly want to eat something, they must buy it immediately and eat it immediately. If they wait a little longer, they probably won't want to eat it or even feel disgusted. As a result, Zhao Xiaofei and Qin Baobao both gained weight. When she returned to the Ming Dynasty, Princess Kunxing Zhu Mianzhu was still wondering! When they went out to provide disaster relief and medicine, others lost a lot of weight, but her husband gained two times more weight.
Zhao Xiaofei said to Princess Kunxing, "I'm not fat, I'm tired! This is edema, it will go away in a few days!" Then he started exercising every day, running, doing push-ups, and sit-ups. With perseverance, he actually lost a lot of weight.
In the first month of the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign, Li Zicheng proclaimed himself emperor in Xi'an, naming his state Dashun. Xi'an was renamed Xijing. Zhao Xiaofei had originally intended to visit the palace to congratulate Chongzhen on the New Year, but seeing Chongzhen's exhausted expression, he kowtowed to his father-in-law and hurriedly returned home with Princess Kunxing.
Princess Kunxing asked, "My husband! The rebels have declared themselves emperor in Xi'an. Will they attack the capital?"
"It's very likely! By then, there will inevitably be another battle to defend the capital!" said Zhao Xiaofei.
"The capital city has high walls and deep moats, and is guarded by soldiers from the Beijing camp. I think there should be no problem!" said Princess Kunxing.
"Well! Don't worry! Daming can survive this!" Zhao Xiaofei comforted.
In reality, Li Zicheng was now like a hacker, slaying gods and Buddhas alike! Historically, Li Zicheng had first marched out of Xi'an, conquering all of Shanxi and much of Henan in February. In early March, he reached Juyongguan, where the defending general, Tang Tong, surrendered. To the south, Liu Fangliang led a large force through Guguan. Baoding surrendered without a fight, and Liu Fangliang's army marched straight to Gaobeidian, forming a pincer attack on the capital from both the north and the south, along with Li Zicheng.
Now, due to some unknown historical influence from Zhao Xiaofei, Li Zicheng's power has increased even further. He's almost reached Taiyuan. Liu Fangliang is currently besieging Baoding Prefecture, and Grand Secretary Li Jiantai is still in a standoff with Liu Fangliang. He could surrender to Liu Fangliang at any moment. If so, Liu Fangliang is likely to reach the capital first.
At night, Zhao Xiaofei went to stay at the Misty Rain Tower. Wanshan Zhou Shuai and he discussed how to deal with the aftermath. Zhao Xiaofei asked, "Have both of your wives been sent away?"
The two nodded, and Wanshan said, "Your plan involves taking too many people with you! We're struggling! Why would you take so many court officials with you?"
"I am going to Jiangnan with the princess and a prince, but there are few ministers supporting us. Will they listen to us? We may be sidelined by them! So we must bring some ministers with us to support us! If the people on this list don't go with you, take out the imperial edict. They will definitely leave!" said Zhao Xiaofei.
"What about their families?" Zhou Shuai said.
"Let them choose for themselves! Only one can be taken away! Otherwise, none of us can leave!" said Zhao Xiaofei.
"Okay! This is the only way!" Zhou Shuai said.
"Is the ambush around Zhou Kui's house ready?" Zhao Xiaofei asked.
"Don't worry! We have people watching everywhere! We are monitoring them 24 hours a day!" Wanshan said.
"Okay! This is the fake imperial edict I made! You two divide it up and determine the route and order." After Zhao Xiaofei said that, he took out a stack of imperial edicts and handed them to the two of them.
"Damn! How was this imperial edict made?" Zhou Shuai asked.
"I took it to the modern era and scanned it with a computer. The computer automatically wrote out what you wanted according to Chongzhen's handwriting," said Zhao Xiaofei.
"AI intelligence is great; it saves us a lot of trouble!" Zhou Shuai said.
"I used to watch the news and there was a kid using some smart AI writing machine to do his homework! In the end, his teacher and parents found out, and his mother beat him up until he was black and blue," said Wanshan.
"I have bribed the guards at Chaoyang Gate and Dongzhi Gate. If you remember the secret code, they will let us pass! If not, you can still get out by taking out a fake imperial edict!" said Zhao Xiaofei.
"Why aren't you in the plan? Aren't you going with us? Or are you planning to travel directly to Nanjing?" Zhou Shuai said as he looked at the plan.
"I'm going to go into the palace to steal the jade seal! After getting the jade seal, I'll go directly to Tianjin and travel through time. I've rented a warehouse there." Zhao Xiaofei said.
"Okay! Be careful! We will wait for you in Tianjin!" Wanshan said.
There are now 3,000 escorts in the city. To conceal their presence, they have surrendered their weapons. They are now working as laborers in the various businesses of the Prince Consort's Mansion in the capital, and will be deployed by Wanshan and Zhou Shuai!
When Zhao Xiaofei returned to the Prince Consort's residence, Princess Kunxing was practicing archery. Zhao Xiaofei smiled and said, "My princess will definitely become a heroine!"
Princess Kunxing put down her bow and arrow, walked over and said, "I would rather be a little woman all my life than be a heroine!"
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