On the majestic city wall of Jiangling Mansion, the seventy-year-old Ningjiang Military Envoy, Kaifu Yitong Sansi, and Jinghu Xuanfu Ambassador Gao Gao stood concentratingly, and several subordinate officials around him looked into the distance, a gray beard blowing lightly in the wind under his chin, but he didn't realize it.

"Dashuai, here, here!" One of the subordinates pointed ahead and shouted, although it was not dizzy in old eyes, but it was not as sharp as when he was young, and in Gundam's sight, a burst of smoke and dust rose in that direction, and his subordinate was right, it was a sign of the march of the army.

It is said that there are more than 10,000 people, after the Jiankang war, all the way to here, it is only 7,000 people, the river is blocked by the Tartars, they are detoured to Jiangxi from Jingnan to turn, thousands of miles of road over, has long lost the original Beijing division of the toe arrogant, the original new armor has also lost its color, and it looks no different from the ordinary forbidden army.

In the end, it is the victorious division, and after the bloody battle with the Tartars, the spirit is a little different, from their eyes, Gundam saw a different kind of arrogance, that is only the veterans of the battlefield who have seen blood, such a team came to Jinghu, the old sour in the political hall, finally did the right thing.

"Let's go, go down and greet us." Gundam gave an order, and led people down the city wall, although the person who came took over his old position, but he had the high rank of commander in front of the palace, and he was only two levels worse than himself, and it was not a shame to welcome him.

"How dare you work the old handsome here, isn't it Zhang's sin." Although there was no guard of honor and no handsome flag behind him, Zhang Yan, who was on Gao Ju's horse, immediately rolled down from the saddle as soon as he saw the spirited old man in regular clothes on the side of the city gate.

When Gundam was in charge of the front of the palace, he was still just a small Yu Hou, this is the qualification of the iron fight, not to mention that the current position is still under it, even if he exceeds it, he is also a junior.

"Not bad! This soldier brought it, and it didn't disappoint the old man. Gundam smiled and patted him on the shoulder, his admiration palpable.

"Returning to the old handsome, Zhang is also lucky, and he hopes to give him advice in the future." The strictness and harshness in his impression are gone, Zhang Yan only feels that it is completely different from what he imagined, such a Shangguan is good, and he is also energetic in doing things, if he gets a civil official, he might as well return to Beijing.

This little bit of thought has not escaped Gundam's eyes, and he knows his own affairs, only God knows how long he can last at this age. Now there is a faint rumor that the Tartars want to raise troops again, probably because of this, the chief officer of Jinghu was adjusted, and he glanced at Zhang Yan beside him, and he should unload this burden.

On the top of the river, Pingzhang Ali Hague, a province that occupies half of the Jinghu North Road, has already returned to Ezhou, where it is governed, and because of the need for grain and grass supply, the defeated army began to slowly concentrate here, which also avoids the loss of another transfer and increases the burden on the state capitals.

At this moment, the newly taken states are under his jurisdiction, and there is no marshal on it, and the affairs will be pressed on his head, in fact, these places have just changed their banners, most of them are the original officials who remain in office, and even the Daru Huachi who is to be sent as usual has no signs, Ali Hague knows very well, this is because the capital does not know whether he can keep the territory in his hand.

In order to verify the intentions of the Song people, a large number of spies were sent out by him, and under many investigations, the Song people did not seem to have any intention of recovering the lost territory, and there was no news of the gathering of troops in several important places, and Li Tingzhi, the commander of Jianghuai, returned to Jiankang Mansion, and while relieved, he turned his focus to the things specially instructed by the Great Khan.

There is no progress in this regard, the news from other places has not found that the Song people have new armaments, and the number of people sent by Jiankang City is the largest, but so far, no news has come back, which is very unusual, the Song people usually have no sense of precaution, and those people he sent are familiar with the local language, so it should not be wrong.

To be honest, judging from the information he has, the Song people don't look like a weapon of interest, if it weren't for the strict order of the Great Khan, he wouldn't have wasted manpower to investigate this, the more than twenty are all good hands, and it's a pity if it is damaged.

After finally signing the cumbersome paperwork that required him to decide, Ali Hague stood up and was about to go out for a walk, when a soldier came to him and reported a message to him.

"Oh, you go and watch first, and so-and-so will be there." The report from the pro-soldiers made him bittersweet, the person was back, but only one came back.

Before entering the house, Ali Hague looked at the man's situation through the window, looking a little wolf, I don't know where he was wearing the Han clothes he had stolen, his expression was a little uneasy, and his face was afraid.

"Pingzhang, my subordinates almost won't see you!" As soon as he appeared, the man threw himself at his feet and wailed, and Ali Hague waved his hand to stop his own soldiers, allowing him to pull his boots and vent.

"Sit him up and bring him some food." When the man was silent, he patted the unkempt head and commanded the soldiers, since the man had returned, no matter what happened, there was no hurry at this time.

Ali Hague is a very patient person, even the man took the initiative to speak, but he stopped him, moved, the man could only gobble up as fast as possible, after eating the food in front of him and drinking the tea, Ali Hague stopped and looked at him.

"What's wrong? What about your subordinates? Hearing Pingzhang's question, the man unbuttoned his belt as if he had thought of something, and took out a roll of paper from it.

The light in the room was very dim, Ali Hague took it and walked to the window, which were all confession records, he looked at them one by one, the more he looked, the more puzzled, not that there was no news, but that there were too many messages, it seemed that he didn't know whether it was true or false, and almost everyone said it as if he was making up a story.

"They all claimed to have seen it with their own eyes, but their subordinates tried their best and couldn't find any real objects, which alarmed the Song people, and under the pursuit all the way, only one of their subordinates escaped back, and the rest were either dead or arrested." I don't know if I remembered the days of the escape, the man couldn't cry, Ali Hague raised his head, this is another trouble.

"You're saying that none of this information can be verified? If the Song people had it, would they hide them so that they didn't reveal anything at all, and even if they had money? Ali Hague is a little unconvinced, not to mention the Song people, those big and small officials in Ezhou City, as long as they are willing to make money, I believe that most people can buy it.

The man seemed to be stunned for a moment, and finally shook his head after thinking about it for a long time, their group had really used all the methods, almost no place in Jiankang City had fallen, such a big thing, if it really existed, it would definitely not be able to escape such a search.

"Take him down to wash and wash, so that he can rest and rest, and he must not show his mouth to anyone about this matter." Seeing that he couldn't ask anything, Ali Hague waved his hand and asked his soldiers to take him down, such a result, he can't get through here, what's the use of sending it to the capital?

According to this person's description, the method they used was already the best they could come up with, even if they did it themselves, it was just that, those kidnapped people could not all tell lies, and some confessions could also corroborate each other, which means that they did see the real thing, and the description may be a little exaggerated? Or maybe it's not in Jiankang City? Ali Hague speculated secretly in his heart.

After going home for a while, Liu Yu rushed to Qiongya City the next day, carrying a lot of pills for headache and brain fever on the road, this time it was normal, Su Wei was not surprised, but was a little disappointed in his heart.

Handing over the things in his hand to Lang Zhong along with the explanation, he went out of the city with Jiang Cai, and walked all the way along the ridges outside the city, the rice in the field had grown green seedlings, and there was no rule in the east and west, he didn't know about farming, and he didn't know whether it was the law of the ancients or the problem of people.

"Is there enough food and grass in the city?" Seeing Qingmiao, Liu Yu asked casually.

"It's okay if the number of people is small, but no matter how many people are, the population here is small, the fields are also small, and the self-production is not enough every year, and it has to be transferred from outside." Jiang Cai looked in the direction of the dock in front of them, and didn't understand why they were going there.

There were no people on the humble wharf, there were no boats in the port, a long wooden trestle was lonely in the sea, Liu Yu looked at the strait, it was about the same as the last time he came, there were some ships in the meantime, but they were all towards the side where they landed.

"Do you see a lot of merchant ships like the one last time?" Liu Yu looked at the empty port and asked.

"Not much, it's not time yet." Jiang Cai shook his head.

"Oh? How to say. Liu Yu asked curiously.

"I asked that the wind has not yet risen, and in another month or two, ships of all sizes will shuttle back and forth, and it will be very lively." Jiang Cai pointed in the direction of the strait.

What is Windwind? Jiang Cai himself doesn't know very well, Liu Yu, as a college student in later generations, can roughly guess some, most of them refer to the monsoon and ocean currents, of course, this is nothing, just know the approximate arrival time.

Next, he revealed his thoughts to Jiang Cai, to control the strait in front of him, the reason, the financial plan is enough, Jiang Cai has not recruited until now, first, the population on the island is small, and the cultivation is not enough, and the second is that the money and grain are not available.

"There are some small boats in the Qiongzhou Inspection Division, but they are just a drop in the bucket, and if you want to block such a long strait, you can't do it." Jiang Cai did not have any objections, since it was set up by the Tongguò Imperial Court, it was a serious dispatch, and it was reasonable to do anything.

"In this regard, I will go to Shaobao and say, he is in charge of the sea division, and the Qiongzhou sailor is also under his command, there should be a way, you try to recruit on land, see if there is anyone who is willing, homeless people, desperate farmers, fishermen, money and food don't have to worry."

Liu Yu didn't say a word, since the Yuan people have begun to recruit pirates, why can't he? This kind of thing is a matter of going one way and the other, let Zhang Xuan go to pull the strings and start first, this kind of outlaw, some things make it more convenient for them to do.

"What about the thieves?" Jiang Cai saw that he had been mentioning the sea, and couldn't help but ask, suppressing bandits was his serious ministry, and he still didn't want to stay on this island for a long time.

"Attack the heart, the Yi people also have the distinction of raw and cooked, use them more, you control salt, iron and other things in your hands, lure them to profit, and then move them to the momentum, they are all poor people, the stubborn ones focus on the attack, and those who are safe and defensible must also be treated equally, don't blindly oppress them, what is the difference between that and the Tartar?"

Jiang Cai nodded, he understood the reason, but it was not as clear as Liu Yu said, with ideas, the following things would be easy to do, the two saw that things were almost discussed, and they were about to return together, when they saw a cavalry galloping over.

"Woman?" After listening to the report of the pro-soldiers, Jiang Cai was a little surprised, the woman in Yiren's costume was looking for herself? Something will happen. R1058