Li Fen was indeed tempted by Zhao Tai's proposal. After losing tens of thousands of people, he didn't want to fight anymore, he just wanted to regain his strength.

However, Zhao Tai is his enemy, and he must consider this matter carefully to avoid falling into Zhao Tai's tricks.

Li Fen looked at Li Zhongquan and said, "When you are at Zhao Tai's place, what official position will he give you?"

Li Zhongquan said: "Commander, I am just hiring him to his original position, but he is still a member of Thousand Households."

Li Fen narrowed his eyes and stroked his beard, "Zhong Quan, I was pretty good to you before. You made a lot of money in Haizhou, but I turned a blind eye."

"The commander-in-chief has shown me great kindness!" Li Zhongquan said quickly.

Looking at Li Zhongquan's performance, Yang You was frightened, "Isn't this guy going to betray Mr. Zhao?"

Li Fen nodded with satisfaction, "Get up!"

"Thank you, Marshal!" Li Zhongquan stood up.

Li Fen looked at him and said, "I ask you, are you willing to continue to serve me."

Li Zhongquan raised his head and glanced at Li Fen, "What do you mean, Marshal?"

Many of Li Zhongquan's family members are in Donghai Island. If Li Fen asked him to stay, he would have some hesitation in his heart.

"I don't need you to do anything. Just stay with Zhao Tai and help me pass on the golden thief's message." Li Fen sneered, "Now that the world is in Mongolia, the Jin Kingdom will perish sooner or later. If you don't

Do you want to destroy the Jin Kingdom together?"

Hearing that he wanted him to be a spy, Li Zhongquan did not hesitate too much. He was captured and surrendered in the first place, which did not count as a true surrender.

After the surrender, his property and military power were confiscated by Zhao Tai, which made him dissatisfied. Moreover, the Jin Kingdom was not out of danger of destruction and was a broken ship. Zhao Tai did not show too much strength. Smart people naturally have to think about themselves.

Li Zhongquan immediately bowed down again and said, "Thanks to the commander-in-chief for not giving up, I am willing to serve the commander-in-chief even though I am humble in my position."

On the side, Yang You took a deep breath and was somewhat thankful that he did not reveal his identity to Li Zhongquan impulsively.

At the same time, he also admired Xianggong Zhao's foresight. This Li Zhongquan was two-faced and thought he was smart, but he didn't know that Xianggong Zhao had been prepared for this.

Li Fen laughed, and then asked in a deep voice: "Let me ask you, is Zhao Tai sincere and wants to negotiate peace with me privately?"

Li Zhongquan thought for a while, "I don't know much about this humble position, but as soon as he arrived at Donghai Island, he asked me to take supplies and start business with the Haizhou garrison."

Li Fen raised his eyebrows, "Where are the Haizhou defenders buying Zhao Tai's things?"

Seeing Li Zhongquan nodded, Li Fen couldn't help but get angry, "His grandma is a bear, they are really tigers! How can we guard against gold thieves if our defense is so lax!"

Li Fen was dissatisfied that his army actually made a deal with the Jin army, but then he asked: "What is Zhao Taidu selling!"

Li Zhongxian said: "They are all daily necessities, including salt, tea, ironware, porcelain, cloth and grain."

After hearing this, Li Fen's eyes couldn't help but light up, and he muttered: "This Zhao Tai is so bold, he dares to sell iron tools!"

Yang Youdao: "Commander! We lost 40,000 horses, and the Mongols assigned many states and counties along the East and West Shandong Road to Zhang Rou. Now we only control a few states along the East Shandong Road. Not only is it difficult to regain our strength, but also military pay and pensions are

We can't even send it out. If Zhao Tai is willing to sell us supplies, that would be a good thing for us!"

Li Fen pondered, now that trade between the north and the south is blocked, Mongolia has a huge demand for tea, ironware, porcelain, and cloth.

If he could buy it from Zhao Tai, he would definitely be able to make a fortune by selling it to other warlords in Hebei and the Mongols.

By then, he will be able to quickly regain his strength through transit trade.

Thinking of this, Li Fen was a little tempted. He looked at Li Zhongquan and decided to try doing business with Zhao Tai first. If Zhao Tai had the same thoughts as him, then he could consider signing a secret treaty with Zhao Tai to make war fortune together.

"Zhong Quan, go back and tell Zhao Tai that if he is willing to sell me a batch of supplies, I can consider making a secret agreement!" Li Fen rolled his eyes and stroked his beard. He didn't know what evil he was holding back.

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At this time, on the vast sea, Zhao Tai followed the whaling ship and sailed on the sea.

The fleet had already left the coastline far away, but still no trace of the whale was found.

Seeing that there was not much food and fresh water on the ship, Zheng Yingbo could only dejectedly ask Zhao Tai for instructions to return.

Zhao Tai said a few words of relief, saying that there was nothing they could do if they didn't find the whale, so he asked them to go back to Donghai Island.

It was night, the fleet was sailing on the sea, and Zhao Taigang was about to go to sleep when a cry with an ancient atmosphere suddenly came from outside, followed by something jumping out of the water and then making a loud crash.

"There's a situation!"

There was a commotion on the deck, and all the sailors and fishermen lying on it stood up.

At this time, Zheng Yingbo walked to the side of the ship and squinted his eyes. There seemed to be something swimming on the sea in the distance.

Suddenly, the giant thing burst out of the water again and let out a cry. The sailors and fishermen on the boat were deeply shocked. Zheng Yingbo was overjoyed, "It's a whale!"

At this time, Zhao Tai also came out of the cabin, and just as the whale hit the water, it stirred up countless water splashes and wet the clothes of everyone on the boat.

Zhao Tai raised his eyebrows, his face full of excitement, "It's a whale, follow him!"

Zheng Yingbo reacted and quickly went to the helm and took the helm himself. While pushing the rudder stock, he directed the sailors to adjust the sails.

Everyone was busy for a while, letting the ship move forward parallel to the whale, chasing the whale.

Zhao Tai stood on the deck and stayed up half the night. At dawn, he sat on the helm and took a nap.

At this time, the sun rose on the sea. The sailors on the deck ran from the port side to the starboard side and then to the bow of the ship, only to find that the sea was calm and the whales were no longer visible.

"No, I lost you!" someone on the deck said angrily.

Zhao Tai was woken up and quickly looked around. There was only the blue sea, and the whale was indeed gone.

Seeing this, Zheng Yingbo thought he had lost him. But when everyone else was lost, Zhao Tai stood on the helm and waved his hand, shouting loudly: "Continue sailing and wait for him to come out for air."

When everyone on the boat heard this, they were filled with doubts. Could it be that this whale, like humans, had to come out of the water to breathe?

Zheng Yingbo had seen whales. After hearing Zhao Tai's words, he was stunned for a moment before he realized that he had seen whales emerging from the water before, and it turned out that they were taking a breath.

This made him somewhat confused as to why this fish needed to breathe, but his intuition told him that what Mr. Zhao said was probably right.

At that moment, everyone on the boat could only continue to sail forward with doubts and whispers.
Chapter completed!