In a snowstorm that swept through Guanzhong, the second year of Yuanhe came.

The heavy snow did not stop until the early morning of the third day of the first lunar month, the warm sunshine came out, and Chang'an, which was covered by thick snow, gradually became lively.

Families were clearing snow from their rooftops and in front of their doors, and the streets were lined with rows of soldiers and militia soldiers, all with wooden shovels struggling to shovel the snow.

Groups of children run and play in the streets and alleys, build snowmen, and have snowball fights, making a string of laughter in Chang'an City in the first month.

The palace of King Jin is very quiet, Guo Song stood in front of the window, looking at the lake not far away, there are many palace maids skiing on the ice of Ningcui Lake, Guo Song saw the eldest daughter Guo Weiwei with a few younger siblings also playing and skiing on the ice.

also saw Zhang Lei's eldest daughter Zhang Yuer, who was also with Guo Weiwei.

At this time, several horses came running with long sleighs, and the children all ran towards the sleigh with cheers, and they all got on the sleighs, and there were several sleighs, and many palace maids also secretly climbed up.

Guo Song watched the sleigh glide on the ice, and laughter sounded on the ice.

At this time, the door behind him opened, and his wife Xue Tao walked in with a hot ginseng tea.

"It's just boiled, let's drink it while it's hot!" Xue Tao put the ginseng tea on the table.

Guo Song looked back and smiled: "I thought you were by the lake." ”

Xue Tao pursed his lips and smiled, "Caichun, they're here!" ”

"Sit down for a while!" Guo Song closed the window and blocked the cold wind from pouring in.

There was a large brazier in the room, and the charcoal fire was burning brightly, and the room was as warm as spring.

Xue Tao sat down in front of the brazier and said with a smile: "Sometimes I want to see the scenery outside the window, but as soon as I open the window, the cold wind will pour in. ”

His wife's words made Guo Song suddenly think of glass, it is not difficult to make glass, melt quartz sand, borax, barite and other substances, remove their impurities, you can get pure and transparent glass, will be supervised by a special glass workshop, there are commonalities in the process, just change the raw materials to get glass.

"Husband! Husband! ”

Xue Tao saw that her husband was distracted, so she gently pushed him, "The tea is about to overflow!" ”

Guo Song woke up from his contemplation, hurriedly straightened the cup, smiled apologetically, and asked, "Is Cheng'er gone?" ”

"I went out early in the morning, and he said that he was going to the West Market today to investigate the price of rice, hey! This kid is addicted to doing in the newspaper. ”

Guo Song took a sip of tea and said slowly: "Let him experience a little more and understand more about people's livelihood, it will be good for him!" ”

Xue Tao sighed, "I don't have to worry about anything else, I'm worried about his safety." ”

"Don't worry about security, he has many personal guards and internal guards around him, no one can hurt him, and more importantly, almost no one in the court knows that he works in the newspaper office."

Xue Tao said again: "It seems that I heard him say that he has made some new friends, all of whom are children of the family, and they often drink together, do you know?" ”

Guo Song nodded and smiled: "How could I not know, the children of the Xiao family and the Lu family in Jiangnan are all court officials, and there is also a Han Yu, he went to Hebei to take office, and Cheng'er also went to practice for him, they are all pillars of the imperial court, and there is no problem in interacting with them." ”

At this time, there was a maid outside the door to report, "Your Highness Qiqi, the commander of the Song Dynasty of the Jinwei Mansion has an urgent matter to see!" ”

Guo Song nodded, "Let him wait in the Qilin Palace, and I'll go over immediately!" ”

"Husband, go get busy! I'm going to see a couple of little guys. ”

Xue Tao went downstairs first, and Guo Song finished drinking the ginseng tea, and then got into the carriage and drove towards the Qilin Hall outside.

Song Tian had been waiting for a while, and when Guo Song's carriage arrived, he hurriedly greeted him.

"See Your Highness!"

"It's cold outside, why don't you wait inside?" Guo Song stepped out of the carriage and asked.

"I'm a little anxious!"

"What's wrong?" Guo Song stopped and asked.

"Your Highness, news has come from Quanzhou that Yao Shun has agreed to send a naval army to assist Zhu Zhu in attacking Li Na."

Although this result was expected by Guo Song, when it really came, Guo Song was still very happy, and he couldn't help rubbing his hands and laughing: "As I expected, I finally died from greedy words." ”

Song Tian was stunned, he didn't understand the meaning of this, Guo Song had already walked into the Qilin Palace, and he hurriedly followed.

Guo Song came to the wall, looking at the map on the wall, Quanzhou inherited the most powerful naval army in the Tang Dynasty, with the largest number of warships and the most warlike soldiers, if he used iron fire and thunder, he might be able to destroy this naval army, but this is not the result he wants to see.

The best result is to take this naval army for his own use, thinking of this, he asked again: "Is it so simple as deciding to send troops?" ”

"Back to His Royal Highness, the pigeon letter just said that this was decided by the Yao brothers and sons-in-law, and it can be said that they were unanimously approved, as for the specific details, I don't know."

After a pause, Song Tian couldn't help but ask, "Just now His Highness said that Yao Shun agreed to send troops out of greed?" ”

Guo Song nodded, "The Yao family is anxious to find a way out, and their way out is to seek the big island, but they lack resources, especially population, so Zhu Zhu promised them the population of Dengzhou and Laizhou, which is a fatal temptation for the Yao family, and I knew that they would fall into the pit." ”

"But the question is, how would Zhu Jun know what they wanted?"

Guo Song smiled, "This is actually a three-way negotiation, we are behind the scenes!" ”

Song Tian suddenly remembered Lin Yaozu, and only then did he react, he hurriedly hugged his fists and said, "What does Your Highness need to do in the Jin Wei Mansion?" ”

Guo Song pondered for a moment and said: "The Jin Wei Mansion needs to do two things, first, to assist Lin Yaozu to continue to negotiate with Luoyang, and secondly, to ask the Quanzhou Intelligence Station to do everything possible to get the other party's plan to send troops, and once the other party sends troops, it must immediately notify Yangzhou." ”

Song Tian bowed down and said: "I understand the humble position, I must get things done!" ”

.........

Although Chuzhou has also entered the New Year, the training of soldiers has not stopped.

Chuzhou is located in the north of Yangzhou, north to the Huai River, which was once the largest salt production area of the Tang Dynasty, and after Zhu Zhu captured here, he obtained a large supply of salt.

Chuzhou was taken away by the Jin army, interrupting the supply of salt to the Zhu Dynasty, which was also the main reason why Zhu Zhu was eager to attack Li Na, Zhu Zhu now relied on several salt lakes near Zhengzhou to cook salt, the output was small, obviously in short supply, Luoyang has already shown signs of soaring salt prices.

Zhu Jun had to seize Laizhou and Dengzhou to obtain a stable supply of salt.

There were 40,000 soldiers trained in Chuzhou, mainly 30,000 troops from Yangzhou and 10,000 troops from Liu Shining.

Guo Song had 300,000 troops before, but with the vast territory such as the south falling into the bag, the 300,000 army was a little difficult, so Guo Song began to train the surrender army.

Zhu Zhu's army, Liu Pi's army, Liu Shining's army, Yangzhou's army, and the army of Jiangnan and Lingnan, these southern armies add up to nearly 200,000 people, which will bring the total strength of the Jin army to 500,000, which is enough to control the entire world.

On this afternoon, Li Bing and Wang Yu came to the Chuzhou camp, and the purpose of the two came to Chuzhou was different, Li Bing came to inspect the training of the army, while Wang Yu went to Haizhou and passed through Chuzhou.

"Changshi is going to Haizhou here, it is best to clarify the time of entry of the army, I am worried that there will be many dreams at night."

Wang Yu shook his head and smiled: "It's not up to us to decide when to enter Haizhou, I estimate that it will be next month at the earliest, it depends on the arrangement of the lord!" If you enter Haizhou too early, you will be startled. ”

A trace of worry flashed in Li Bing's eyes and said: "But if we are stationed in Haizhou as a Qi army, I don't think we should be startled, I am mainly worried that Zhu Zhu's army will also attack Haizhou and destroy our plan, so we simply let our army enter Haizhou first, breaking the mind of Zhu Zhu's army." ”

Wang Yu thought for a while and said: "What the general said is also reasonable, otherwise the general will apply to the lord to explain the situation clearly and let the lord make an overall judgment." ”

Li Bing also knew that it was not up to him to decide when to lead the army into Haizhou, one link after another, involving all aspects, and they could only act with the approval of His Royal Highness the King of Jin.

Li Bing nodded, "I know, I'll immediately send an eagle letter to His Highness to explain the situation!" ”

Li Bing sent Wang Yu to the Huai River, the Huai River had a lot of rain this year, and there was no ice, Wang Yu and Li Bing said goodbye, and he immediately crossed the Huai River by boat under the escort of 300 cavalry, and headed for Haizhou.