"Ziqing!" After receiving the notification, Li Tingzhi put down the paperwork in his hand and got up, and arrived at the entrance of the hall in a few arrow steps, just walking up the steps to meet Liu Yu.

"Li Xiang!" It's only been a long time, and Liu Yu can't believe that the person in front of him is Li Dashuai, who was still talking and laughing at the time of the war.

At this time, it was not yet noon, the sun was slanting under the eaves, Li Tingzhi's already thin figure was stretched out, the cheekbones on his face were protruding, and his eyes were sunken and bloodshot, like a terminally ill person, making him secretly frightened.

"Come, come, talk." Li Tingzhi said heartily and dragged him up to the lobby.

Liu Yu walked around, the furnishings here were no different from before, the paperwork on the bookcase was piled high, and the wax and oil on the candlestick had not yet dried, obviously it had been dry all night.

"Xiangfu Gong, it can't be like this, even if things are complicated, people still have to do them one by one, if you have to get through your body like this, Tartar is afraid that he will wake up laughing when he dreams."

He stroked the handful of documents, and he didn't need to read it to know that it came from all directions, and Li Tingzhi was carrying more than 30 states on his shoulders, and all of them were facing the Tartars, which was indeed heavier, and this just showed that the imperial court was now unavailable.

"It's all military affairs, it's all together, and if you don't deal with it, you can't sleep even if you fall on the couch, Ziqing doesn't need to worry about it." Li Tingzhi waved his hand indifferently, obviously unwilling to continue the topic.

"A few days ago, Di Bao said that Ziqing has been appointed as the deputy envoy for peace talks, and now he can take time out to build health, could it be that things have changed again?"

The two are relatively familiar with each other, and Li Tingzhi is not pretentious, so he took a sip of tea.

"When I received the appointment, the peace talks had stopped, I heard that the war in Shuzhong had not been settled, and the imperial court sent an envoy to investigate, and I don't know how long it would take to go back and forth, and there were idlers left and right, so I came here to take a trip."

Liu Yu shook his head helplessly, although he still had a privy council, but people didn't even let him go, obviously not welcome, and he was happy to be at ease.

"So, what are you doing here? Xingshi asked for sin, and first said that the grain had already entered the warehouse, and there was no way to go back. ”

Li Tingzhi rarely had the interest of joking, he was not worried that Liu Yu would come to ask for favors from his family, but he was afraid that he would be entrusted by those powerful people in Beijing, so it would be a little difficult to speak.

"The prime minister wanted to make fun of him, but this matter caused the anger of the saint, and the court has strictly reprimanded it. But Liu was also innocent of the disaster, when the grain was transported to Jiankang, a certain and Ye Fu had not yet married, strictly speaking, it was the Ye family's business, but in the end, it all fell on the head of a certain person, you say that you are not wronged. ”

Liu Yu also replied in a joking tone, he was faintly reminding Li Tingzhi that this is not a trivial matter, there are too many people involved in the back, and even the Ye family is not very big.

"It doesn't matter, as soon as the war is over, a certain person will invite himself, and the sea has been in the sea for more than 30 years, and it is time to raise it for a long time." Li Tingzhi is suing him that he has already prepared for the worst.

"Xianggong laughed, you are in the prime of life, even if you don't guard the border, you are the choice to enter the prime minister when you enter Beijing, how can you talk about it."

Looking at his sideburns and white hair, Liu Yu was a little sad, according to the history books, he is only fifty-six years old this year, and he won't need to be a scholar in another ten years, he is only afraid that Cheng Dù will be more disheartened.

"Okay, the gossip has also been explained, Ziqing must have something important here, you might as well speak up." Li Tingzhi gently lifted the topic, and some things can be clicked to the end.

"Don't hide it from the public, there is indeed a matter of asking for each other, the court wants to open a port in Qiongzhou, you must have heard of it, the place is selected now, but there is a great shortage of manpower, a last resort, you can only come here."

Liu Yu's words made him stunned, this place is thousands of miles away from Qiongzhou, what can he help?

"Ziqing wants to recruit people here? With all due respect, that place is too remote, and I'm afraid no one will want to go. Li Tingzhi still saved some face, and did not say that it was a place of exile.

"This is natural, to take a sea boat, the people are willing and may not be able to withstand the wind and waves, if there are craftsmen who understand technology, they are willing to hire a few with a high salary, and the ordinary ones are still forgotten."

"But it's not recruiting people, so what are you going to do?" Li Tingzhi listened to his words, and was even more puzzled, Jiankang City is now taking care of itself, how can he help him? Then I realized something.

"Do you want to" Li Tingzhi raised his head suddenly, and Liu Yu gestured with his jaw, this is not difficult to guess, there are tens of thousands of prisoners outside Jiankang City, and this is the idea he played.

"How much?"

"Three to five thousand, no matter how much it is, it's hard to manage, Jiang Cai is expanding the army, and in the end there is only this number, if it is possible, a certain person still wants to convert them into Great Song soldiers, so please try to pick some that are not concerned."

Li Tingzhi lowered his head and thought about it, this number is not large, but it accounts for one-tenth of the total, which is still relatively operational.

In fact, there have always been dignitaries from all over the country, after all, they work for nothing, and the cost is lower than that of the people, but because of poor management, if they don't do it well, something will happen, and he didn't approve it.

Qiongzhou is a good place, a lonely island, even if you want to run, there is nowhere to go, so Liu Yu thought it was feasible as soon as he mentioned it, these people are a waste of food every day, and they can't be disposed of casually, so he can't send more away.

"Okay, according to this number, this will be written with you, and you will find Zhang Tongju to handle the specific matters, but there is no sea ship here, you go to your father-in-law."

After deciding, Li Tingzhi immediately got up and returned to the bookcase, picked up the brush and brushed the book, and got the document with the big seal, Liu Yu put his mind at ease, he only took care of the people, and someone would do the transportation thing, and this trip was not in vain.

Originally, this kind of thing didn't need him to run in person, but since Zhang Qingyun left, he had no one available here. After all, Li Shiyi's focus is in the north, and he will not stay in Jiankang for a long time, do you want to rely on the green-skinned gangsters?

"What about people? What about people! Wang Liangchen's voice seemed to be so angry, and the generals around him didn't dare to make a sound, and lowered their heads one by one.

It's no wonder that he is angry, Hejiang County is the supply place he originally planned, even if there is a fight for this, he will not hesitate to do it. Because the army's food stocks have been empty, the amount of food has been limited these days, and it is still difficult to support it for long, but now this only hope has also been lost, why not call him so?

In front of his eyes, the county town of Hejiang not far away was billowing with smoke, and there was no need to send someone to check, and he knew that the Song people took the initiative to do it, and several fields outside the city were still growing green seedlings, but there was no human figure everywhere, and it seemed to have evaporated out of thin air.

This is all the case here, not to mention the front, the Divine Arm City fell into the hands of the Song people, like a rock blocking the only passage in the mountain. If he couldn't break through, he didn't dare to imagine the consequences, and the Song people forced him to take the initiative to bump up.

"Lao Zhan, is there a way to get around? Even if it's farther away. Suddenly, Wang Liangchen lost confidence, and the Song people avoided fighting, they must be waiting for a great opportunity, when their subordinates were tired and hungry, and they didn't have to fight to know what the outcome would be.

"Difficult, after here is the Miaoyi cottage, they have always refused to accept the jurisdiction, all of them are fierce and ruthless, although there are many people in our army, I am only afraid that it is not easy to get along."

Zan Wanshou couldn't give him the answer he wanted, but he had to tell the truth, there is actually only one way now, and if he can't get over, he will die. Wang Liangchen heard what he meant, and turned his gaze to the upper reaches of the Minjiang River in disappointment, and under the choice of life and death, his gaze slowly became firm.

"Quartermaster available? How much food is there in the army now? He called the clerk of the army and asked in a deep voice.

"There is still one day left, and if the festival is tighter, it will be able to last for two days, after which the scribe does not need to go through the book, and he can't save much these days, because the number is only so little."

"That's enough, order the whole army, camp on the spot, bury the pot and make food, don't have to save, let the soldiers have a full meal, kill a certain mount, and divide it."

Wang Liangchen interrupted him, pointed to his horse and shouted coldly, at this moment he regained the appearance of that calm and iron-blooded commander, it is useless to ask for horses in this kind of terrain, the decisive battle is tomorrow, success or failure is in one move, he really doesn't believe that the Song people can block their retreat.

At this moment, Zan Wanshou's heart was cold, he knew that once the war started, he would definitely take the lead as a pioneer again, and it was hard to say how much morale was left, at least he was not sure.

At the same time, in the other direction, Zhao An led his subordinates as the army of the broken rear was already a little far away from Hejiang County, behind them, hundreds of people were reluctant to look at their hometown, the smoke rose more than a hundred feet, and everyone who saw it couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Qiyu is the capital, the Tartars are less than ten miles away from here, they rushed into the county seat, and when they saw that there was no one in the city, they set fire everywhere, and now they are only afraid"

A few sergeants dressed as ordinary people rushed up and reported to him what they had seen and heard, Zhao An nodded quietly, it was impossible for the Tartars to enter the city, because the fire was ordered by themselves, in order to make them unable to find a place to live.

"Dog Tartar."

"Kill a thousand knives."

The people who heard the news were in an uproar, this effect was exactly what Zhao An wanted to see, the so-called "killing two birds with one stone", which not only aroused the hatred of the people, but also delayed the enemy's pursuit.

"Folks, let them be proud for a while, let's avoid it for the time being, and when the time comes, we will come back to take revenge."

Zhao An waved his hand and motioned for the people to go first, this place is too close, in case it is discovered by the Tartar scouts, it will affect the overall plan, and now that the goal has been achieved, he must immediately take the people to retreat into the mountains and forests. R1058