Just when Zhang Qingyun and others withdrew from Quanzhou City in accordance with Liu Yu's instructions, there were some changes in the city, a large number of garrisons poured in from outside the city, and the defenders of the city gate began to strengthen the inventory of people entering and leaving, which was somewhat unusual in the eyes of outsiders.

"Where did you come from, and what did you do when you went into the city? How long you intend to stay. ”

Early in the morning, the two men leading the horses were stopped by the defenders, and perhaps seeing that they were well dressed, they did not come forward to search, but looked up and down and asked.

"The Xinghua army is coming, and it is natural to do business in Quanzhou, and my officials have always had dealings with the big families in the city, why do you still want to stop it?"

The entourage in front was full of arrogance and spoke in authentic Futian dialect, while the middle-aged man in the back didn't hear it, just kept looking at the situation at the city gate. Hearing that their accent was local, and the man was acting like this, he couldn't tell who the big man was talking about, and the sergeant didn't dare to say more, and waved his hand to let them in.

The two of them led the horse and walked slowly on the street, not looking for someone in a hurry, the middle-aged man glanced around, this is an unusual city, the reason why I say this is not only because there are a large number of people in it, but because there are groups of forbidden soldiers on the street at any time.

There was no war, no threat, these forbidden troops who were supposed to be stationed outside the city actually took over the city defense, this alone explains a lot of things, the middle-aged man's face remained unchanged, it seemed that he was only enjoying the street scene casually, but his heart was turbulent.

"Find an inn, feed the horses first, and then go out to inquire when these soldiers entered the city, and what they did after entering the city.

At a street corner, the middle-aged man stopped and lowered his voice, his attendant nodding knowingly. Commerce and trade in this city are prosperous, and inns are naturally not difficult to find, and there are tall cloth flags not far in front of them, and both of them have quickened their pace.

"Chen Wenlong? The name sounds familiar, but the champion who came out of this road before Xianchun years ago?"

"Haigong has a good memory, it is this person who is now serving as a secretary in the court, and this time he went out of Beijing to add a history of serving the emperor, and did not make the world clear. However, our people have already found a way to find out clearly, and according to the schedule, this person should be almost there. ”

In the Pu Mansion in the city, when the Pu family heard the news, he suddenly remembered this person, and when he asked again, it was really him.

The imperial court sent a Fujian man to check Quanzhou, what would be the intention? Pu's is a little unpredictable, and the ancestral home of the people who came here is in Futian, which belongs to the rule of the Xinghua Army, and is only a day away from Quanzhou.

This person is very famous in this road, because he is the champion of the Xianchun four-year department, there are more than 300 years of Song Dynasty, such a character is one of the few, and it will naturally make all the people in this road honored, so Pu's impression is very deep, and he remembered it as soon as he heard this name.

The Chen family is also a prominent family in the local area, and he remembers that he also gave gifts, do you want to go away? After all, they are all villagers, and if they can stabilize the court through guò his mouth, it will be more certain.

"What else do you know, what is this person's personality, but that kind of high-minded person?"

Since it is a big family, there is definitely no shortage of money in the family, and most of the people who can read and read the champion are also the kind of people who think very highly of themselves, to impress them, ordinary property will definitely not work, and it will even be counterproductive, he has to figure it out first.

"He was nearly forty years old when he was named, and after entering the court, he went up several times to accuse Jia Pingzhang of wrongdoing, and he was afraid that it would be difficult to buy. Haigong, why don't you wait for him to arrive, even if you don't miss the hometown, this matter will have to be fought, as long as the governor of Guangzhou is not in place, how can the court not force us to rebel. ”

What the cronies said is the truth, now the shape is very beneficial to the party, as long as the Yuan people go south on time, how can this court still have the leisure to take care of Quanzhou's affairs, and when the time comes, it is not a matter of war or surrender?

"That's right, according to what you said, there is no need to make any more extraneous branches, he will arrive on the same day to inform Xia Du Tongsheng and take care of the soldiers under him. Before the other thing has started, they will make the city miserable, and let them enter the city for the sake of garrison, not for the afterlife. ”

It's no wonder that those forbidden troops have been outside the city for a long time, and they have long envied the prosperity of this city, and now they have finally entered the city in a bright light, and they are not presumptuous? Of course, there is no big action, after all, there is military discipline on it, but petty theft, forced buying and selling, it happens every day, and the Song merchants in the city are all big, but they have no way to complain, and finally they all come to him to complain.

Although he can't control Xia Jing, he is in charge of money and food, the two are now grasshoppers on a rope, and they cooperate quite happily, this kind of face, Pu believes that Xia Jing will give it.

"Now that there are more and more ships returning to Hong Kong, if the shipping schedule is not smooth this year, should we go to sea as usual?"

The words of his cronies dragged Pu back to reality, if it was in previous years, now that the ships had arrived, all kinds of goods began to be delivered ashore, and then transported to various places in his ships. But now, Qiongzhou has sealed the strait, and the Fan ship has to go around in a big circle if it wants to come, but no one knows the news, and it is detained as soon as it enters the strait, so that no ship can reach Quanzhou now, Pu Shi looked out the window in the distance, which is the direction of the harbor.

The wharf that should have been bustling with activity has now become very quiet, the wharf has lost its work, and the shipwrights have nothing to do, but can only wander around the city in groups of three or five, which has caused further trouble for law and order.

"Out to sea? There is no goods to arrive, what to take to the sea, and Qiongzhou is blocked, if you want to go, you can only go to Suni and other places, forget it, survive this year, and wait for the Yuan people to do something, let's show our hands again. ”

Almost instantly, Pu Shi made up his mind, it would be great to lose some money to support them, as long as the fleet was still there, and the trade route was open, this money could be earned back at any time, without his current status, it would be a catastrophe.

"What about the docks?"

"You take people to guard them, restrain them and others, and don't go into the city if you have nothing to do. When you are free, you stay at the dock, whether it is money or women, you find someone to satisfy them, let them all relax, a certain family has money, and they will never lose it. ”

After receiving clear instructions, his cronies said yes, Pu said so, and it was clear that he was in charge of the affairs on the other side of the dock, which was much better than running errands in the city, and he held back the small excitement in his heart, bowed and retreated.

That little bit of caution naturally couldn't escape Pu's eyes, but he didn't say anything, and there was no benefit to letting his subordinates do this kind of hard work. It's just a little money, and when it's time for a war, it's going to be spent in the sea, and no amount of family business can stop it, and it's a moment to be late for a moment on this day.

Just when the Pu family was discussing countermeasures with his subordinates, Chen Wenlong, who had already entered the city in civilian clothes, was in the inn and received the news from his entourage, and it was already the beginning of the lantern.

"According to the small ones who are looking for people everywhere, it has been more than half a month since the forbidden army entered the city, and no one knows what it was for. After entering the city, there was no notice of peace in the people, but the original township soldiers at the city gate were replaced, and the strange thing is that even the state government let it go and did not come forward to obstruct it. ”

Half a month? Chen Wenlong recalled carefully, at that time, it was after the imperial court agreed to establish a division in Qiongzhou, would it have anything to do with this matter? Immediately afterwards, there was an invasion of the Qiongzhou pirates, and a chief officer of the Shipping Division was killed.

To say that there is no connection? He didn't believe it, as a supervising official, he knew the inside story more than most people in the court, and Qiongzhou sent a witness, and this person claimed to be a close confidant of the Pu family, so he would go out of Beijing.

Now it seems that things are more complicated than imagined, what is the nature of the imperial camp and forbidden army stationed in the local area to take over the city defense without the order of the cardinal? Those two words popped out of Chen Wenlong's mind at once, but he didn't dare to announce them, because the matter was too big, and he needed more conclusive evidence.

"Okay, you've worked hard today, go and rest early, and go to the state government with a certain tomorrow, and you can see it as soon as you can."

Chen Wenlong knew that his entourage had done his best, in order to hide his whereabouts, he could not disclose his identity, so he could only secretly go to the people to understand, so the news found out would often be superficial, and the inside story, that Zhizhou must know that this trip was inevitable.

"Knock knock!" The voice suddenly came from the window, this hour is still early, it can't be a watch, and the sound is not right, it is struck with a gong, I haven't heard such a sound for a long time, Chen Wenlong felt both familiar and unfamiliar, he walked to the window in a few steps, and pushed the window open at once.

This is a window facing the street, and when it is opened, a sea breeze with a heat wave blows in front of him, and the night in Quanzhou City is no different from other places, but he keenly feels something unusual. This is a prosperous city in commerce and trade, but the lights in the city are not so bright, and it seems that it is not as good as an ordinary county town in western Zhejiang.

A group of forbidden soldiers with spears passed by the window, and the military academy in front of them played gongs as they walked, and seemed to be shouting something. Chen Wenlong watched them disappear into the corner of the street, and a shadow flashed in his heart, just like this constantly darkening sky, and his face slowly sank.

"You don't have to go tomorrow, I'll go out of the city immediately, you go to the counter, prepare more materials for our horses, and then settle the house payment."

The entourage felt the change in his own Langjun's face, but he didn't ask anything. Chen Wenlong stood in front of the window, looking at the outline of the black city wall at night, he knew that it was a newly built land, tall and strong, if it was to be conquered from the outside, I don't know how many soldiers would die, and this was originally to prevent the enemies of the Great Song Dynasty, and the taxes paid by the people of the Great Song Dynasty were used.

It has been revealed that these forbidden troops who entered the city not only took over the city defenses, but also imposed a curfew in the city without authorization! It is impossible to implement this qiē without the nod of the state government, and if Zhizhou does not participate, then he must also be more auspicious, and he must not throw himself into the net tomorrow.

What to do? He thought of his envoy, if it was just for the errand, he could go back to Beijing directly, and there would naturally be someone who would be troubled by the time. And he, Chen Wenlong, ran on this trip, was it just to come to Quanzhou to see the scenery? As soon as he thought of this, he couldn't help but turn his gaze to the other side, which was the direction they had come, which was his hometown, only a day away.