Chen Jing glanced at it and shook his head.

Chen Li said slowly: "This is the old man's report on the cases of Hangzhou Mansion that he ordered people to go to various restaurants in the city to inquire about in the past ten days, and they are all cases related to businessmen. ”

"Why are you going to inquire about this?"

"What do you know the old man found in this?" Chen Li glared.

"Father, I'm talking to you about business!"

"That's the right thing!" Chen Li said loudly: "There are more than 30 cases in this, and the arrested businessmen all have one thing in common!" ”

"It's all from Hangzhou?" Chen Jing speculated.

"No, what they all have in common is that they have all broken the law!"

"Aren't you talking nonsense? Naturally, they will be arrested if they break the law. Chen Jing became more and more irritable.

"You say normal?" Chen Li glared at his eldest son.

Chen Jing's heart sank, and he exclaimed, "You mean to say that none of them were framed?" ”

"That's what the old man meant, in the past in Hangzhou, there were not a few businessmen who were framed and imprisoned because their backers were not strong enough, but none of these cases were unjust!"

"How can you be sure?"

"How can this kind of thing be concealed seamlessly!" The old man said lightly.

"Then are there any merchants from Hui'an Mansion here?"

"Yes, and more than Hangzhou merchants!"

Chen Jing was a little incredulous for a while, and froze in place.

After a long time, he smiled bitterly and said, "Then you mean that even if we offend Yue Yi, he won't dare to borrow his son-in-law's power to do something to us?" ”

"He doesn't have the guts, think about it, why hasn't the imperial court done anything to us Hangzhou merchants for so long?"

"I've heard that the court is too busy to deal with us."

"Idiot, that's a rumor released by the merchants of Hui'an Mansion, just to put pressure on us!"

Chen Jing pondered for a long time and said, "But some time ago, the Wang family, which was in the paper and ink business, was dealt with. I heard that the Cao family from Hui'an Mansion took a fancy to their family's property, and it was the Cao family's son-in-law, Yuan Qing, the judge of Hangzhou Prefecture, who tried the case. ”

"Don't you think I know?" The old man glared.

"Then what do you mean ......"

Chen Li pointed to the paper on the table: "This case is here, the real situation is that the Wang family poured the waste from the workshop into the river in the city, polluting the river, and this was done!" Don't follow the crowd in the future, just spend some effort to investigate! ”

Chen Jing scratched his cheek and said with a smile: "So that's the case, then father, why don't you think His Royal Highness King Wu will do something to us?" ”

Chen Li sat down on the chair and took a sip of tea, and then slowly spoke: "The old man pondered, we in Hangzhou may finally meet a far-sighted monarch." ”

"Visionary?"

"Still don't understand? What His Royal Highness King Wu wants is the prosperity of Hangzhou's commercial market, and only by governing the commercial market according to law can a fair and just business environment be formed, and Hangzhou's business will get better and better. ”

"That's a good thing for us!" Chen Jing rubbed his hands with a look of surprise.

"It's good for everybody." The old man sighed: "Such a court can't let him collapse, so the old man hopes that my Chen family's children can study hard and serve the court in the future." ”

Chen Jing said yes, but what he thought in his heart was that as long as someone in his family could be an official in the imperial court, his own business would naturally be safer.

Just then, the door was pushed open.

"Second brother, what's wrong?" Chen Jing asked his younger brother who pushed the door in.

The second son, Chen Quan, nodded at him, looked at Chen Li and said, "Father, the officials of the Engineer Academy are here and say they want to see you." ”

Chen Jing shuddered for a moment and asked urgently, "Is it about the dock?" ”

Chen Quan nodded.

"Father, what's going on? Didn't you say that Yue Yi wouldn't use his power to do something to us? Chen Jing panicked.

Chen Li was also a little frightened, and asked Chen Quan, "Is Yue Yi here too?" ”

Chen Quan was stunned for a moment and said, "You are mistaken, it is an official from the Engineer Academy who wants to entrust our shipyard to build a warship for the imperial court." ”

"Why didn't you say it earlier!" Chen Jing patted his chest, annoyed and angry.

Chen Li waved his hand and said, "Don't be verbose, go out to entertain distinguished guests, don't make people wait for a long time." ”

said that he hurriedly ran out of the study.

Chen Jing followed him out, thinking that doing business with the imperial court was basically a sure way to make money and not lose money, and maybe he could take the opportunity to get in touch with the court officials.

Fortunately, the dockyard was not sold, otherwise this good thing would have slipped through the fingers.

A few days later, the news that the Chen family, the Qian family and the imperial court engineering institute had reached a shipbuilding contract spread.

After hearing the news, the one who regretted it the most was Bai Jin, he heard that the Chen family had rejected the request of Yue Yi, a merchant from Hui'an Mansion, to buy the dock, and now there was no.

He finally understood that these merchants of Hui'an Mansion were just posturing.

After this incident, Bai Jin and Qian Wanqian tore their faces and competed with him everywhere in the shopping mall, and the two became sworn enemies in the shopping mall.

At the same time, the situation in the north has undergone new changes, and the Tang State has sent troops to the Zhou State!

……

Chai Rong found out that he underestimated Tang Guo.

Yesterday, he suddenly got the news that Liu Renzhan of the Tang State led an army of 150,000 and suddenly launched an attack on Yingzhou.

The Zhen'an army defending Yingzhou and the Tang State fought in the field, and the Zhen'an army was defeated, retreated to Yingzhou, and complained to the imperial court.

Now the state of Zhou is in a state of being attacked by the enemy.

However, Chai Rong was sitting in Jizhou, trying his best to deal with the Liao attack, and he was unable to take care of the south at all, so he could only transfer the Zhongwu army in Luoyang and the Wuning army in Xuzhou to reinforce Yingzhou.

But that didn't reassure him.

The combat power of the Loyal Army and the Wuning Army is not as good as the Forbidden Army, even among all the Jiedu Army, it is also at the bottom.

Even the Zhen'an army, which was quite strong in battle, lost, and he didn't think that they would be able to repel the Tang army if they went.

Chai Rong's gaze finally shifted from the north to the south, although he issued an edict to the state of Wu at the suggestion of the civil officials. Let them attack the Tang Kingdom, but Chai Rong didn't think that the other party would be edicted.

When he canonized the Wu State, he just hoped that they could grow stronger and attract more Tang troops, and it was unrealistic to expect them to listen to their orders because of a canonization.

After thinking about it, in order to ensure the stability of the rear, he decided to transfer 30,000 elites from the forbidden army to aid Yingzhou.

In the study room of the palace, Chai Rong stood in front of the * wall, silently looking at a map hanging on the *, and at this moment, a military general entered the study.

"Your Majesty, you look for me."

Chai Rong turned around, and in front of him stood a tall and majestic-looking general, who was none other than his favorite general, Zhao Kuangyin.

"General Zhao, now that the country is under attack, the south has just lost a battle, what do you think?"

"The north will hold on, the south will make a quick decision, and if all the territories of the Tang State and Jiangbei are conquered, they will be honest." Zhao Kuangyin replied quickly.

"How can I solve it quickly?"

"Your Majesty can send a general to lead an elite forbidden army, join the three armies in the south, defeat the Tang army head-on, and then take advantage of the victory to pursue and capture Shouzhou."

Chai Rong looked at Zhao Kuangyin tightly: "If the general is allowed to lead 30,000 forbidden troops south, the general can be sure to defeat the Tang army." ”

"Liu Renzhan is good at defending but not good at attacking, and he is not an opponent of the minister in the field." Zhao Kuangyin's deep voice revealed a strong self-confidence.

Chai Rong stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, "Okay, I will make you the Marshal of Pingnan, and you will lead 30,000 elite cavalry to aid Yingzhou, and all the armies in the south will be at your disposal." ”

"The minister commands." Zhao Kuangyin knelt on one knee.

Chai Rong helped him up and said with a smile: "Okay, you go back and prepare and prepare, let's set off as soon as possible." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has a concern."

"Oh? What the? Chai Rong was a little surprised.

"Dare to ask if our army's military rations are sufficient?"

Chai Rong was silent for a moment, and said slowly: "Since this period of time, the country has been in a war, and the military food has indeed been consumed very much, but Prime Minister Wang Pu has calculated that it can last another year." ”

"And what about next year?"

Chai Rong's face changed slightly, realizing what Zhao Kuangyin meant.

Now the Khitan people are violent, it is impossible to easily repel it, this spring the country will be in the midst of war, which will affect the spring ploughing, to next year, the harvest will be greatly reduced, then the army may be short of food, the war will naturally not be able to continue.

"General Zhao's reminder is very timely, Wang Pu didn't notice this problem, don't worry, I will find a way."

"The minister has retired."

A few hours later, Chai Rong was in the study to inspect the logistics road map of various armies, and Feng Dao stood next to him to explain that this picture was drawn by him.

Now the Zhou ** team did not fight head-on with the Khitans, and they all retreated to various checkpoints and cities to preserve their strength, and let the Khitan iron cavalry rage.

If you want to hold on for a long time, you must not only have sufficient logistics, but also arrange a reasonable transportation route to prevent the Khitan cavalry from being plundered by a small force.

The two were discussing, the eunuch came to report, and Wang Pu asked to see him.

After entering the study, Wang Pu hurriedly spoke: "Your Majesty, did you let General Zhao lead the army to aid Yingzhou, and also handed over all the military power in the south to him?" ”

"Any questions?" Chai Rong raised his eyebrows.

Wang Pu hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, the minister thinks it would be more appropriate to let General Li Chongjin go." ”

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