Time Travel: After Seizing the Throne, I Lead the Ming Dynasty to Take Off

"Who exactly are you three...honored people?"

I have to say that both of them have superb acting skills, and both of them look flattered and incredulous.

Zhang Yi and the other two exchanged ambiguous glances.

Zhu Shou first waved his hand towards a few of his most trusted followers and said, "All of you go and keep watch outside. Keep guard everywhere and close all the doors and windows."

"Yes." Several people responded in unison, lowered and closed the doors and windows, and left the room.

Fansund was half bent over.

He acted cautiously and respectfully and said, "I...should I address you three elder brothers...no...you know what?"

Seeing the two of them like this, Zhang Yi, Cao Xing, and Zhu Shou felt more at ease. Zhang Yi laughed out loud, "Hahahahaha! Brother Fan, Brother Zhou, why are you so reserved? If we're going to drink, it's best to drink with you, right?"

Fan Songde and Zhou Lixuan acted politely: "We dare not. We are just the lowest merchants. We naturally dare not overstep our bounds in front of you, my lord."

As for whether he was a businessman or not, Zhang Yi and his fellow soldiers didn't really care. Moreover, they had just reached a consensus and had figured out how to use the "knowledge" of these two people. Even if they really cared about his businessman identity, they had to put on an act of pretending.

Zhang Yi immediately patted the table in front of him.

He smiled and said, "Come here, come here, sit down! Just sit down and drink the same way as before! Old brothers, I won't hide anything from you. I, Zhang Yi, was conferred the title of Marquis of Heqing by Emperor Taizu Hongwu."

Originally, when I called these two people to Zuiyue Tower, I had no intention of continuing to pretend.

So Cao Xing and Zhu Shou also revealed their cards:

"I, Cao Xing, was conferred the title of Marquis of Huaiyuan by the Hongwu Emperor."

"I, Zhu Shou, was conferred the title of Marquis of Zhulu by the Hongwu Emperor."

After the three men spoke three sentences with great energy, Fan Songde and Zhou Lixuan immediately took a deep breath of air, and their eyes, which were already wide open, became even wider as if they were about to pop out of their sockets.

He was silent for a long time.

When the scene was almost over, Fan Songde finally calmed down a bit and knelt down with a thud: "Marquis... Marquis... Marquis!! Marquis Heqing... Marquis Huaiyuan... Marquis Zhuozhu...!!"

"I, Fan Songde, have failed to recognize a great man. I was truly disrespectful and presumptuous before. I pay my respects to the three marquises!"

After saying this, he even tugged at the hem of Zhou Lixuan's clothes, who was still "stupefied" beside him, and put on a complete show. Zhou Lixuan naturally knelt on the ground immediately and said, "Greetings...Greetings to the three marquises!"

Zhang Yi and the other two exchanged glances, and each of them couldn't help laughing.

He immediately said, "I told you to sit down, so why are you kneeling? Drinking is not bad, but it is really embarrassing."

Only then did Fan Songde and Zhou Lixuan stand up.

Still in shock, he trembled as he sat down at the round table. Then he quickly stood up to pour tea for the three people and sighed, "The three marquises... truly gave us a big surprise."

Zhang Yi emphasized with a smile, "Why call me Marquis? We get along very well. You used to call me brother, and now you can still call me that!"

Zhou Lixuan was flattered and stood in awe: "Then we two brothers can marry into the family of grandma."

Fan Songde began to flatter them, "I've also heard that... these three elder brothers all look incredibly brave, but I never thought their backgrounds were so astonishing! Now they're high-ranking marquises. If you were to fall back a bit, you three would have also conquered the entire Ming Dynasty! I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry!"

Naturally, they would not forget why they approached Zhang Yi and the other two. After making a big show on the surface, they immediately began to find opportunities to flatter them and exaggerate the achievements of these three people.

This kind of people.

The more you remind them of their contributions, the more likely they are to take those contributions for granted and think that they deserve something.

Fan Songde finished speaking.

Zhou Lixuan immediately chimed in, "Oh! Old Fan, you're underestimating us. Our brothers are far more powerful than just this little bit. There's no need to look too far ahead. Let's just look at what's nearby..."

At this point, he lowered his voice even more: "Our current Emperor Kaiqian also relied on the help of the elder brothers to rise to the throne! The current Emperor relies on you and depends on you..."

They both always remembered that their biggest task was to intensify the existing contradiction.

The two sang together.

It was like a stand-up comedy, where he praised the past and then the present, especially the so-called "merits of following the emperor" of the Huaixi nobles, while nodding to them again and again.

Fan Songde immediately admitted his mistake: "Brother Zhou is right. It was indeed I who said the wrong thing. Nowadays, who among you elder brothers is the most powerful depends on the current situation! Even His Majesty has to rely on your help..."

"Being able to call you 'old brother' here is a blessing I've accumulated over countless lifetimes. I wonder which ancestor must have kowtowed to this blessing!"

"With your current glorious and prominent positions, in this great Ming Dynasty, where can't you walk with your heads held high?"

"What can't I do?" As he said this, he put on the eye drops again.