[This chapter found some information about Yangzhou City, but unfortunately all the modern units are used, and I really don't know how to convert them into units in the Tang Dynasty.

Three days later, the household department handed over the article of the city department, Zou Run's idea was very detailed, the household department was ready on the day of the court meeting, and more time was Zou Run in the selection of suitable subordinates.

Wan An's prediction was very accurate, and the ones Zou Run selected were indeed all Jinshi from poor families.

After Tiao Chen handed it over, the prime minister of the political hall quickly approved it, and then sent it to Xuanzong Li Longji.

Because it is a newly established yamen, the opinions of the household department, Zou Run and the political hall are to temporarily select only one city for the pilot, and among the cities to be selected by Zou Run, Li Longji just looked at it once and chose Yangzhou City!

Subsequently, this article stamped with the big seal of "Jishou Yongchang" spread to the Tang Dynasty Shidao along with the stagecoach, announcing the establishment of a new yamen, and officially kicking off a turmoil that swept through most of the south......

Of course, even Xu Chen, the initiator, could not expect this.

At this moment, Xu Chen was making final preparations in the study of his small courtyard.

"Okay! This is the last one!" Xu Chen put down the charcoal in his hand with a sigh of relief, and handed the piece of paper to Lu Hao on the other side of the table.

Standing up, stretching a few times, relieving a little of the fatigue of sitting and working for several days, he walked to the stove in the center of the room, removed the copper kettle on it, filled some hot water in a wooden basin, and began to wash the black charcoal in his hands.

Taking advantage of this time, Lu Hao also quickly copied the handwriting on the piece of paper just now, put it into the slender bamboo tube as usual, walked to the door and handed it to the young man outside.

"Big brother, is this first battle in Yangzhou?" Lu Hao turned to Xu Chen and asked.

Xu Chen nodded and said: "It must be in Yangzhou! Although the ultimate goal of the seven sects and five surnames is Yuzhang City, but after all, they are seven different families, although this time there is Wang Xian's vigorous promotion, but a small Yuzhang City is not enough for their seven families!"

"And Yangzhou City is the heart of the Southeast Maritime Business Group, and since they are ready to make a move, they will naturally not let go of this treasure land. In addition, our saint, this time the chaos of the families will presumably also cause the vigilance of the saint, compared to Yuzhang, Yangzhou, a prosperous place, will be more in line with his purpose of suppressing and dividing the forces of various families. ”

Judging from the information sent back by Peng Ze, he, a native of Yangzhou, also has a deep affection for his hometown, and he has not been back to the past for more than ten years.

At this time, the announcement of the establishment of the city division by the imperial court had just left Chang'an City, and the information about the imperial meeting, although Peng Ze, who stayed in Chang'an, sent it to Yuzhang at the first time, but with Xu Chen's current strength, it would take at least two days to receive it.

And two days later, those big families may have already obtained a copy of the official document issued by the imperial court on the establishment of the city and the city!

This is also a helpless thing, after all, although Xu Chen is worth a lot of money now, this kind of thing can only rely on the slow accumulation of time.

Of course, Xu Chen could also learn about the dynamics of the court at the first time through the teacher Xu Fan, but since the unhappy New Year's greetings on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Xu Fan has never asked anyone to urge Xu Chen to go to class, and Xu Chen is naturally embarrassed to go back.

Fortunately, all the plans were conceived by Xu Chen, and Xu Chen still has a great grasp of the direction of the general trend!

After hearing this, Lu Hao bowed slightly, and then asked out loud: "Then are we going to Yangzhou?"

"Look! The third child is already there! If the situation really comes to a critical moment, we have to go there!" Xu Chen was silent for a moment before replying faintly.

……

"Yangzhou City!"

Time rewinds to two days ago, Yuzhang City, the mansion of ten thousand families.

After Wan An, who rushed back all the way, reported the events of the court meeting to Wan Dezhao, it was only a moment before Wan Dezhao spit out these three words.

Wan An was stunned for a moment, but then reacted after only a little thought.

"It seems that this first game is not Yuzhang's turn, but with the strong wind, Yuzhang City with Wuyue Town can't escape! The matter of Shangjia is ever-changing and widely implicated, no matter what, we have to prepare early!" Wan Dezhao didn't wait for Wan An to answer, and said to himself.

"Wan'an, this time you go to Yuzhang again, and bring Luo Yi's guards with you! The tiger can't stand the wolves, and the next Yangzhou City will be a chaotic battle, and those families are not fuel-efficient lamps, and you can't withstand them alone." Wan Dezhao said.

Wan An just nodded calmly, and his mind did not fluctuate in any way because of his master's words.

"In addition, bring a group of shopkeepers and guys, since the business war is inevitable, we also have to prepare some funds for the defensive battle in Yuzhang in the future, take them with them, and go to Yangzhou City to intervene!" Wan Dezhao continued, although the ancestral training of the Wan family made them not leave Yuzhang without permission, but now at this critical moment, sending some people out to do things is also a forced policy of obedience, and it is not a violation of the ancestral teachings.

"Okay, master!" Wan An said and went out to prepare.

……

Another day later, a day ago.

Yuzhang City, too shou Wang Xian's house.

In the study, the Lu brothers and Wang Xian were circulating the information of the Great Dynasty Meeting that had been passed back from Chang'an.

Now that the City Boss Division has already passed the court discussion, even if the first step of victory has been achieved for the Seven Sects and Five Surnames, the Wang family will naturally not use the highest-level post road that costs a lot of money, so this time the reply took more than twice as long, but even so, it was much faster than an ordinary post horse!

A few pieces of paper were quickly delivered, and Wang Xian, who was sitting at the desk, immediately said loudly: "That's all the news! We have won this first step of victory, what should we do next, I don't know what the two virtuous nephews think?"

After finishing speaking, he looked at Lu Zongbao, Wang Xian and the two brothers have been friends for many years, and naturally they also know the temperament and ability of the two, like this eagerness, he will only look at Lu Zongbao.

Sure enough, just a moment later, Lu Zongbao replied loudly: "Yangzhou!"

"Let's go to Yangzhou first!" Lu Zongbao said affirmatively.

"Oh?" Wang Xian looked at Lu Zongbao with doubts.

At this time, the imperial court's location for the city has not yet been released, and Lu Zongbao's previous plan was obviously to choose Yuzhang as the entry point, but at this time he said that he was going to Yangzhou, which made Wang Xian a little puzzled.

Lu Zongbao saw Wang Xian's doubts, and immediately replied: "Yuzhang City is the place where we will fight a decisive battle, and now the war has just begun, and the place of the first battle will naturally not be in Yuzhang! ”

"But he was demoted to the prefect of the City Division, which shows that the Holy Lord deliberately wants to watch us fight with these maritime merchant families in the south, he can be a fisherman, after all, it is the emperor's mental trick!"

"Of course, this is also what we want! Our seven sects and five surnames have been feared by the emperor many times in the past thousand years, and I haven't seen a few of our families fall, compared to taking the southern sea trade, the emperor's jealousy is nothing!"

"Since he wants to watch us fight, the emperor will naturally choose a battlefield for us, and Yangzhou City, as the center of maritime trade, will undoubtedly be the best battlefield!"

"There is also the matter of businessmen, which is a circulation of the world, although it is in Yangzhou City, but as long as the wind is released a little, it will not be long before it spreads to Yuzhang!"

Lu Zongbao analyzed Wang Xian little by little.

Wang Xian bowed his head slightly while listening, this second child of the Lu family is really not ordinary!

"What about you?"

"We'll leave for Yangzhou right away!"

……

"Life only loves Yangzhou to live, and the spring of the poplars on the shore is scented. Pick the garden flowers and dress up, and the poolside is green and red. ”

The poem is about Yangzhou City.

Yangzhou, located at the southern end of the Jianghuai Plain, borders the river in the south, connects the Huaishui River in the north, runs through the Grand Canal in the middle, and faces the cities in southern Jiangsu across the river.

Yangzhou was built because of water and was born by water.

The history of Yangzhou as a place name in ancient China can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period or even earlier. The "Yangzhou" referred to in the ancient "Kyushu" was different from what is called Yangzhou today, but was a broad geographical concept that corresponded to the southeastern region of China south of the Huai River.

In 319 BC, the state of Chu built the city of Guangling. Guangling is the birthplace of Yangzhou today. During the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Bang named his nephew Liu Bi as the king of Wu and Guangling as the capital. During the Three Kingdoms, Wei and Wu were in turmoil, and Guangling became a military center in the Jianghuai area. During the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Guangling was renamed "Wuzhou".

In 589 A.D., Sui unified China, and Emperor Wen of Sui changed "Wuzhou" to "Yangzhou".

The city of Yangzhou in the Tang Dynasty consisted of a square sub-city and a rectangular Luocheng, covering an area of about twenty square kilometers. The two cities of Yangzhou in the Tang Dynasty were the result of economic development.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, there was only a sub-city, also known as Yacheng, and most of the officials were concentrated in this city. The sub-city is about 2 kilometers long from east to west and about 1.5 kilometers long from north to south, and the cross street runs through four city gates.

Luocheng was built by order of Chen Shaoyou thirty years later, and the area was about four times that of the sub-city. The main inhabitants within Na Cheng are the developed commercial and residential areas.

At this time, there is only Tooth City!

In the waterway transportation network centered on Chang'an, Yangzhou has always played a pivotal role. The transportation of grain, grass, salt, money, and iron from the north and south of the Tang Dynasty all passed through Yangzhou. Many merchants from all over the country live in the city, and frequent business and trade exchanges make Yangzhou City develop industry and commerce, and become the largest city in southeast China between the Jianghuai River.

The four gates of Yangzhou City are facing the four directions of the southeast, northwest and northwest, which was originally a standard military city, although it has been expanded now, but the outline of the old city wall is still faintly visible.

At this moment, a convoy is slowly approaching at the west gate of Yangzhou City......