A news spread throughout the entire Jingxi Road and the Heavenly Dao Army at an extremely fast speed, and the commander was going to marry the third lady!

And this third lady is none other than Hu Sanniang, the eldest lady of Hujiazhuang who fell into the cliff of the commander-in-chief!

At the same time, what happened after the commander and Hu Sanniang fell into the cliff also spread quickly and became widely known, everyone knew that the original commander fell into the cliff with Hu Sanniang that day, and the two of them died together, and then the commander ignored the previous suspicions, twice in a row to save Hu Sanniang under the snake venom and wolves, with a man's broad mind to win the hearts of the beauty, Hu Sanniang took the initiative to persuade Hu Jiazhuang to repay the favor, and avoided a bloody conflict for the Tiandao army and his family, It also marked a perfect ending for the Heavenly Dao Army to pacify Dulong Mountain.

Their feelings are so fantastical, thrilling, and so touching and warm, both touched by common hardships and wonderful, and wonderful heroes saving beauty, what is this? This is truly a match made in heaven!

Suddenly, the congratulatory documents of the generals from all over the country flew into Yunzhou City like snowflakes, and many people from all over the country also spontaneously pulled whips and set off cannons to celebrate the great joy of the life of the commander of the Heavenly Dao Army who brought them a new life.

On May 6, the sixth year of Zhenghe, the wedding was held as scheduled, Zheng Fei married Hu Sanniang in the form of an official Ming media marriage, and the lights in Yunzhou City were as colorful as a festival.

And this wedding also played another important role, the imperial court has now laid heavy troops around Jingxi Road, seeing that a big war is about to break out, the Tiandao army from all over the country has been put into the tense preparations, this wedding is just like a timely rain for the Jingxi Road full of tension into a rare relaxation, greatly relieving the pressure of the soldiers.

Shortly after the wedding, on May 10, a top-secret piece of information from Bianliang was sent to Yunzhou City, saying that the imperial court's preparations for the eastward crusade on Jingdong and West Road had officially entered the stage of imminent completion, which was as short as half a month or as long as a month, and the eastern crusade would definitely begin!

Zheng Fei and the Heavenly Dao Army immediately plunged into intense preparations.

Before the war, the first thing to do is to stabilize the rear, and completely find out their own strength, so with the commander's office an order, the generals and officials everywhere in the shortest possible time to report the military and political affairs of various places to Yunzhou City, for Zheng Fei and his staff to reference, the current real situation in the east and west of Beijing Road is also shown in front of Zheng Fei and others, Zheng Fei also issued one order after another according to these circumstances, for the final preparations for the upcoming war.

In terms of social and political aspects, after more than half a year of development, relying on the strict military discipline of the Tiandao Army and the extensive support of the people, it can be said that the Tiandao Army has completely gained a firm foothold in Jingdong and West Road, although there were occasional small-scale rebellions in the early stage, but they were quickly pacified, and now the society in various places is stable, the law and order are good, and the people live and work in peace and contentment.

However, there are also many places that have reported that rumors have arisen among the people, saying that the imperial court has prepared a million troops to come to recover Jingxi Road, and the Heavenly Dao Army is panicked and has to abandon the city and flee all day long, causing panic in many places, and many anti-Tiandao army forces hidden underground have signs of rising, which should be done by spies sent by the imperial court to Jingxi Road, the purpose is to disturb the hearts of the people in various states!

In this regard, Zheng Fei, who has experienced a highly prosperous and developed network society in the future, knows very well that the reason for the rise of rumors has a lot to do with the poor circulation of positive news, the untimely release, and the non-disclosure of government affairs.

Therefore, Zheng Fei immediately ordered the establishment of a new department in various places, called the Press Institute, and sent people to post documents in various places every day, increasing the propaganda of the Heavenly Dao Army, publicizing the strength of the Heavenly Dao Army and the courage to resist the imperial army, and timely reporting of various preparations, which really greatly stabilized the hearts of the people in various places.

In terms of military affairs, the current total strength of the Tiandao Army has also reached five armies plus an independent division and a naval brigade, a total of more than 120,000 people, after half a year of training, more than 100,000 recruits and the original imperial army have been smoothly digested by the Tiandao Army, after systematic and strict training has formed a very good combat effectiveness, weapons and equipment are relatively sufficient.

In this regard, Zheng Fei ordered the whole army to make persistent efforts, use all their strength to carry out the last large-scale training, reorganize the armament, and prepare for the upcoming big war!

Different from the social and military aspects, the economic side has really experienced a crisis, that is, the encirclement of the imperial court has caused many difficulties to the east and west roads of Beijing, that is, other materials are not to mention for the time being, just one grain and salt have caused huge trouble to Zheng Fei, because this land has never been too fertile land, and grain and grass often need to be imported from the outside at the same time to be enough, not to mention salt, almost all of which rely on imports,

With the encirclement of the imperial court, grain, grass and salt instantly became a big problem, in the early days of the Tiandao Army's control of Jingdong West Road, many profiteers seized the opportunity to hoard goods at high prices and reluctant to sell, which led to a sharp rise in the price of grain and salt for a time.

Fortunately, Zheng Fei made a few moves, he first issued an order to set the official price, stipulating that the purchase and sale of any item must be subject to the official price, and any behavior that disturbs the price will be severely punished.

More profiteers simply stopped selling when they saw that they couldn't sell at a high price, but they didn't expect Zheng Fei to make another ruthless move, he ordered grain and salt merchants everywhere to report the accurate number of goods in their hands within a few days, and those who concealed or secretly hid the goods, once verified in the future, not only will all the goods be confiscated, but they will also be punished the same as the crime of price gouging!

The profiteers have all seen the thunderous methods of the Heavenly Dao Army, so they have to obediently sell grain and salt at the price stipulated by the Heavenly Dao Army, although they make less money, but at least they don't lose money, and more importantly, they don't have to worry about losing their heads. And in order to appease them, Zheng Fei also allocated some money from the treasury and returned it to them in the form of subsidies and tax refunds, which was more or less a compensation.

But this is not a long-term solution after all, anyway, the Heavenly Dao Army now has money, and it is useless to keep it, Zheng Fei encouraged the merchants to smuggle grain, grass and salt from outside the east and west roads of Beijing with a huge return, and all the smuggled grain and salt, the Heavenly Dao Army will have exceeded its original value several times or even more than ten times for acquisition!

Stimulated by such huge profits, the merchants found a way to make a fortune again, and many outside businessmen also invested in it, including the "little whirlwind" Chai Jin, because he was one of the largest salt smugglers in the country.

So, these people began to throw a lot of money at the cost of the officials of the imperial court, sure enough, money can make the ghost grind, after many imperial court generals and officials were bought, Chai Jin and the merchants opened up several smuggling roads, and the grain and salt and other material resources were continuously transported in from outside, and it is even said that even some court officials were involved, but no matter what, the pressure of grain and salt was temporarily relieved,

However, after all, smuggling is only smuggling, and the contribution is limited after all, and the total amount of grain and grass on Jingxi Road is still irreversibly decreasing.

But there is still good news, that is, the self-produced grain on Jingxi Road is about to mature, and it will not be too far away, it will be fully ripe at the end of June! And this year is a year of good weather, if it goes well, a small harvest is a sure thing, I believe that with the harvest of this grain, the problem of grain and grass can be solved instantly!

However, this time is still a little embarrassing, because this time is exactly around the expected time for the imperial court to launch the Eastern Crusade, and the imperial court is not a fool, will he let himself harvest grain and grass? Of course not! They will definitely attack before the grain is ripe!

Therefore, it seems that a war for food defense is not avoidable!

But before that, it is necessary to prepare more grain and grass before the war, Zheng Fei knows very well that once the war rises, those smuggling channels will also be closed, he immediately summoned Du Qian, Li Ying and others to ask them about the financial situation of the Dao Army today, after getting the answer that the Heavenly Dao Army is now lacking everything is not short of money, Zheng Fei immediately ordered to keep the money enough for military salaries and other necessary expenses and then smash the rest out, try his best to improve the ability to smuggle grain and grass, and buy grain and grass at any cost!

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On June 10, another piece of information came that the imperial court was fully prepared and that the crusade would begin soon!

On June 16, Zhao Ji appointed Tong Guan as the Xuanfu envoy of Jingxi, with full responsibility for the military affairs of the Eastern Expedition, and the Eastern Expedition officially began!

The news also reached Yunzhou City a day later, and sure enough, the imperial court was going to start a war at this critical moment of harvesting grain!

With Zheng Fei's order, the five major armies were all ready, vowing to resist the attack of the imperial court, defend the Heavenly Dao Army, and defend the grain!

But then just a day later, another piece of news came, shocking the entire Heavenly Dao Army!

The southeast is in turmoil, and Zhu Wu has raised troops!