Jiangdu City is still prosperous, after Zhu Zhu occupied Jiangdu City, basically did not affect the operation of commerce, Zhu Zhu originally wanted to raise the commercial tax to one percent, under Liu Sigu's repeated persuasion, Zhu Zhu temporarily pressed the idea of killing chickens and eggs.

However, a large amount of new money made by Zhu Jun was imported into Yangzhou, and Yangzhou businessmen resisted at first, but they couldn't withstand the pressure of power, and finally had to pinch their noses and accept it.

Yangzhou businessmen were unwilling, and the new money was given a very low price, and 1,300 new money could be equivalent to 1,000 old money.

Although Zhu Zhu did not touch Yangzhou's commerce, he firmly controlled the salt field and the Yanchang field, and controlled the salt tax, which was also an important reason why Zhu Zhu coveted Yangzhou, he wanted to seek Yangzhou's salt tax, and the rich salt tax gave him the capital to raise the army.

Jiangdu Palace was built by Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, and after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, Jiangdu Palace was preserved, and it also became the palace of the Tang Dynasty emperor to inspect the south of the Yangtze River.

Now Jiangdu Palace has also become Zhu Zhu's palace, Jiangdu Palace is located in Shugangzi City, which is also the concentration of various official offices.

In the temporary imperial study room of Jiangdu Palace, Zhu Zhu was discussing with Liu Sigu the plan to attack Jianghuai, just as Guo Song guessed, Zhu Zhu's shipbuilding in Jiangdu was just a cover-up, and his next target was Wu Shaocheng in Huaixi.

Although Wu Shaocheng is superficially subservient to him, Zhu Zhu is not the Tang court, and he absolutely cannot tolerate the appearance of feudal towns on his dependencies.

"Your Majesty, Wu Shaocheng's 30,000 Huaixi Army is still left by Li Xilie, it is very strong, and we must not underestimate the enemy."

Zhu Jun nodded, he admitted that the other party had elite soldiers, Liu Sigu's caution was correct, the other party couldn't afford to lose, they couldn't afford to lose either, if they lost, I was afraid that Yangzhou would not be able to hold it.

"Keep going!"

Liu Sigu cleared his throat and continued: "Secondly, Wu Shaocheng has been eyeing Yangzhou, we seize Yangzhou, it will definitely make him dissatisfied, Weichen heard that he has gathered heavy troops on the western border of Yangzhou, we first sent a large army to contain his main force, and then the army in Xiangyang in the west attacked his nest from behind, the nest was captured, his military heart will inevitably be shaken, the military spirit is unstable, and our chances of victory will be great, this is the best strategy to destroy Wu Shaocheng." ”

Zhu Jun took a few steps and said: "I believe that the military advisor also understands that what I want more is his hundreds of warships, and I would rather attack his lair later than capture the ships first." ”

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, Weichen has already arranged it, and his warship will not escape from our palms."

Zhu Jun knew that Liu Sigu had sent someone to secretly buy Wu Shaocheng's deputy general of the navy, so he nodded and said, "Then take advantage of the fact that Guo Song is busy moving the capital now and has no time to take care of us, and hurry up and take Huaixi." ”

"Wechen understands!"

"Also, how much salt tax is in stock right now?" Zhu Jun asked again, this is also the main reason why he came to Yangzhou to inspect.

"There are three million pieces, it has been loaded and ready to go!"

Zhu Jun rubbed his hands together and smiled with satisfaction: "Then go north with me, so as not to be robbed halfway." ”

In the afternoon of the same day, Zhu Jun led an army of 30,000 to the north, accompanied by thousands of silver and copper coins loaded with 3 million salt taxes, and headed for the direction of the Huai River.

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Zhu Zhu came to Jiangdu mainly to live in Zicheng, and did not go to Luocheng, he was only interested in the wealth and salt tax of Yangzhou, but he was not concerned about the prosperous Yangzhou business.

The people of Jiangdu don't know that Zhu Zhu has come to Jiangdu, and whether Zhu Zhu comes or not has no impact on them, they still regard themselves as the people of the Tang Dynasty, and they still only care about whether firewood, rice, oil, salt and commerce are prosperous.

There is a Gaosheng Inn on Jiangdu East Street, and among the hundreds of inns in Jiangdu City, it can rank in the top 20, covering a large area, with a three-story building and more than a dozen small courtyards.

Gaosheng Inn is a branch of Chang'an Gaosheng Inn in Jiangdu, the proprietor is Li An, Li An is actually taking over other people's shops, he is really not interested in the inn, but the inn is all over the place This feature was favored by the Jinwei Mansion, and the Jinwei Mansion took over the past, and after brainwashing and training the shopkeepers and guys from all over the world, the Gaosheng Inn became the intelligence point of the Jinwei Mansion in all parts of the world.

This is an important reason why Li An obtained the title of county duke, he made a great contribution to the Jin Wei Mansion, and Zhang Lei got the title because he sold wine, sold Zhangye wine to all parts of the Tang Dynasty, and solved the military expenses difficulties in the early days of the Hexi Army.

At noon, three women on horseback arrived at the Gaosheng Inn, all three of whom were tall and dressed in green samurai uniforms, hats and swords at their waists.

One of them was about thirty years old and had an extremely angry figure, and the other two were immature, only sixteen or seventeen years old.

The three of them are Ying Caihe and her two apprentices, she went to Yuezhou to find her parents, but her parents died early, leaving only one brother, but the brother is very snobbish, and the sister-in-law is even more ill-mouthed to them, calling them Huazi as a person who asks for food.

Ying Caihe's attitude disappointed Ying Caihe, she left her brother a thousand taels of silver, and left Yuezhou to return to Chang'an.

She was passing through Jiangdu, specially came to find the Gaosheng Inn, the host told her that the Gaosheng Inn is the intelligence point of the Jinwei Mansion in all parts of the world, and the host also said that if he has something to do with her, he will leave a message at the Jiangdu Gaosheng Inn.

Ying Caihe and his apprentice turned over and dismounted, walked into the inn, and a chubby shopkeeper greeted him, "Yo! Are they three women, do you live in a hotel? ”

Ying Caihe asked calmly: "I want to ask, is there any letter from me here?" Sent from Chang'an. ”

The shopkeeper was stunned, "May I ask the girl's name?" ”

"My name is Li Ying, a native of Chang'an."

Li Ying was the name that Guo Song changed for her, and the original Ying Caihe was dead.

The shopkeeper hesitated and said, "Does the girl have any other proof?" ”

Ying Caihe took out a round gold medal from his arms, the front is the three words 'Jin Wei Mansion', and the back is engraved with 'Offering', which is the Jin Wei Mansion enshrined gold medal, divided into three types: gold, silver and bronze, and the gold medal is of course the highest level of worship.

Ying Caihe also deserves a gold medal offering, her martial arts and abilities as well as various assassin experiences are the best in the world, even Dou Xianlai, who is known as the first in the world's martial arts, died in her hands, I am afraid that except for Guo Song, there are few people in the world who can surpass her in martial arts.

The shopkeeper's face changed, and he immediately said respectfully: "Please sit inside, someone is waiting for the girl!" ”

Ying Caihe followed the shopkeeper to the backyard, pushed open the door of a house, and saw a middle-aged man sitting in the room, looking at her with a smile.

Ying Cai raised his thin eyebrows, "It's you!" ”

The middle-aged man in the room was none other than Song Tian, who had worked with her in Chengdu.

Song Tian smiled slightly, "Miss Ying, it's been a long time, please take a seat!" ”

Ying Caihe entered the room and sat down, the two apprentices stood behind her on the left and the right, and Song Tian glanced at the two.

Ying Caihe said lightly: "They are my apprentices, and they are also the people I trust the most, so there is no need to avoid them." ”

"Alright! You look at this letter first, it was given to you by His Royal Highness King Jin. ”

Ying Caihe's spirits lifted, the master really left a letter for herself, she hurriedly opened the letter and read it carefully, the letter gave her a task, but the letter did not elaborate, just asked her to cooperate with Song Tian.

Ying Caihe asked, "What exactly is the task that His Royal Highness King Jin said?" ”

Song Tian groaned for a moment and said slowly: "Burn down the official shipyard of Jiangdu!" ”

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Ying Caihe stayed at the Gaosheng Inn, and Song Tian asked the shopkeeper to arrange a separate courtyard for the three of them, and they didn't have to worry about eating, so they could live comfortably and wait patiently for news.

There are five shipyards in Jiangdu, four of which are private shipyards, which specialize in building passenger ships and tank ships below 500 stones, and have limited technical capabilities to build large ships of more than 1,000 stones.

The only one that can build a thousand stone ships is the Yangzhou government-run shipbuilding workshop, which is also the workshop for Zhu Zhu to build warships, which is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River, covering an area of thousands of acres, and can build ten thousand stone warships at the same time.

In the evening of that day, in the Hongxing Restaurant on the commercial street outside Jiangdu City, Song Tian was entertaining a man in his thirties, this man was called Li Run, a priest in Jiangyang County, Jiangyang County is not far from Jiangdu County, close to the Yangtze River, and Yangzhou government-run shipbuilding is in Jiangyang County.

In the officialdom of previous dynasties, the difference between officials and officials is equivalent to the difference between the lady of the main house and the concubine, and the difficulty is comparable to that of the concubine being corrected.

Li Run is only thirty years old, but he has been a small official for eight years, in an economically developed area like Yangzhou, Li Run has a lot of oil and water, and his family is also very wealthy in business, and he is never short of money.

Song Tian gave Li Run his most anticipated promise, once the king of Jin took Yangzhou, he would make Li Run the county magistrate of Jiangyang County, at present, the premise is that Li Run will make a contribution.

The first task that Song Tian proposed to him was to get a detailed map of the Yangzhou shipyard.

"When can you give it to me?" Song Tian asked.

Li Run pondered for a moment and said, "I'll hand it over to the chief manager in three days." ”

"Good! We met here three days later, again at this time. ”