"The three thousand elite soldiers of Guangzhou Mansion have listened to the northern aid!"

"Tut, Er Chen is really humble and open-minded, Prime Minister Chen can support the boat in his belly!"

"It is incumbent upon you to recover the land, and you must not live the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain."

"My Great Song Dynasty is ten times stronger than the Khitan, and if we work together, the Northern Expedition will win!"

A few days ago, Guangzhou sent a letter to the Prime Minister's Office, promising to dispatch six battalions of elite soldiers to the north, and the news spread far and wide. The gentry of all states and counties all applauded, especially the Hebei and Nanhai coupons of Yangzhou Zhengxintang. The people who hold the equity are all smiling. As soon as the boatman Xiao Qi approached the dock, he heard the good news, patted his thigh happily, and laughed: "I know that Chen Xianggong is a person who takes the overall situation into account." In just over half a month, the Hebei coupon has risen by one percent, Xiao Qi has a big heart, and shouted into the cabin: "Son, don't sell the perch, burn it at night and eat it, and then send two corners of wine up." ”

"What do you say?" Xiao Wu poked his head out of the cabin, his face half puzzled. Is the life of the lard blindfolded?

"Haha," Xiao Qigan leaned close to the Hun family's ear and said proudly, "The Hebei ticket has risen to ten." ”

"Huh?" Xiao Wu's eyes lit up, "Really? "Good boy, it's only been ten days.

"Is that fake?" Xiao Qi raised his eyebrows, after the age of thirty, it was rare to see him make such an expression.

"Okay, this harvest is enough for dozens of perch!" The Hun family happily went to the cabin to prepare for dinner, and Xiao Qi was still immersed in joy. He bought Hebei coupons with all the money he had saved to buy a boat, but he gritted his teeth. The hope of making a fortune in the future is usually hidden in the dark compartment under the fish cabin, if someone else comes to take it, Xiao Qi will fight for his life to save the capital. took all of them in exchange for a few fluttering Hebei coupons, and he made a great determination. Now, it's finally paying off. "In my seventh life, it may be time to run!" Xiao Qi squatted on the bow of the boat, looking at the people coming and going on the dock, and thought beautifully.

As the sun sets, the sky is full of red glow, and smoke rises from the berths of the boats.

Most of the Cao people make the boat their home, and the families eat dinner outside the cabin with bowls in their hands, talking and laughing loudly.

When the Liao army invaded the south, Cao Ding scattered and fled, and after recovering Hebei, the household department changed the system of the imperial court to make Cao Ding transport grain and grass, and changed to hire merchant ships to transport goods, and merchant ships could transport goods in addition to transporting grain and grass, but also to transport goods from the north and south. The household department and the military department are only responsible for inspecting and accepting the goods at the large wharves in Yangzhou and Bianliang, and the transfer departments in various places are responsible for regularly cleaning up the rivers. In the past six months, although the situation has been tense, the canal transportation is the best time, and a large number of merchant ships have joined the transportation team. Boatloads of grain, cloth, tea, and wine went north, while boats went south loaded with coal and iron. Zhao Xingde laid the foundation when he ran Bianliang, and in a few years, the iron output there has surpassed that of Ezhou, and the southeastern states have to buy iron from Bianliang to build weapons and armor and cast artillery. The big trading houses all built warehouses near the wharf to hoard coal, and sold it in the hope that the weather would turn cold in winter.

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"Hebei coupons and South China Sea coupons have risen sharply!"

"Alas, it's a pity." Shopkeeper Song's eyes darkened slightly.

"What's the pity." Shopkeeper Tian said in a low voice. Some are unwilling, but not for this.

The two shopkeepers glanced at each other and sighed tacitly.

The two like to have a drink at the Accord in this street-facing restaurant. Whenever the shopkeeper of Song looked down, he often sighed with emotion, the pedestrians on the street were bustling, the traders were coming and going, the private camps were serving, and the market was lively, but it seemed to be a puppet who was moved by the line of fate. The same is true of the two of them. When the news came that the official army won a great victory in Guangzhou, annihilated the bandits in the southeast sea, surrendered tens of thousands, and killed thousands of people, the two shopkeepers were shocked at first, but then their feelings were very complicated. Compared with other industries, Nanhai bonds are extremely easy to cash in.

The two had a different mind, and after discussing, they took advantage of the sharp rise in the South China Sea coupons and sold all the South China Sea coupons that Qiu Dongjia bought some time ago, and the profit also reached hundreds of thousands. I don't know how he escaped, but as long as this owner lives in the world, even if he only has one breath, the two shopkeepers don't dare to make a mistake, so they have to rest their minds and honestly report the turmoil in the South China Sea.

"Let's see who has the last laugh," Shopkeeper Song frowned, "The owner asked us to buy a big ship again, I don't know what our plans are?" ”

"If the owner doesn't succeed, he still wants to make a comeback?" Shopkeeper Tian sighed, "Maybe it's because you have accepted your ambition and follow the South China Sea Airlines to earn points?" The South China Sea bonds have risen sharply, and the treasures on the sea have also been hoarded. In addition to the spices of Yajiao, the woods produced in the South China Sea, such as red sandalwood, pear, nanmu and tieli, are also becoming more and more marketed. Home wood is a big thing, and there is no end to the amount of money. Shopkeeper Tian opened his mouth and made a dry smile. With his understanding of Qiu Dongjia, he didn't believe this explanation himself. Stretching out his hand to fill the wine glass in front of him, the shopkeeper Tian smiled and said: "No matter how much, the owner orders, you and I just need to do it honestly." ”

"Take a step, look at a step." Shopkeeper Song nodded and said, "The north is going to be chaotic again." ”

The two touched the wine glasses and drank them all, in the end, they were just shopkeepers, and they had some selfish intentions, but fortunately they didn't put it into practice.

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On the outskirts of Hangzhou, a few green bamboo fishing rods are set up on the lakeside, and a fisherman sits on the side.

The buoy went up and down, but the fisherman turned a blind eye, but looked thoughtfully at the vast lake, thousands of miles in the sky, and the lotus leaves floated on the water like jasper plates. Several scholars came along the lakeside, slowed down their steps in the near distance, and when they came to the front, corrected their complexions, and one of them walked over first, bowed down and said: "Teacher, Chen Gongju has persuaded Guangzhou Prefecture to study and send six battalions to practice north. ”

"Deng Su borrowed the righteousness, the people's will, and the general trend," Wu Zilong nodded, "Shaoyang can only ignore the past suspicions." ”

"Deng Su is a villain," protégé Ling Jiucheng said indignantly, "Could it really be that he was satisfied?" ”

Although Chen Dong and Wu Zilong had a rift. But after all, Chen Dong is the head of the Society, the leader of the Qingliu, and a dignified gentleman who tried his best to save the crisis of the Great Song Dynasty. Chen Dong was moved to the phase by Deng Sushi's yin hand, and although the people of Wu Zilong's family were unintentional, they became helpers and abusives. Wu Zilong also showed some remorse later. However, most of the disciples of Wumen did not think that their teacher was wrong, and counted Chen Wu's loss and this account on Deng Su. Deng Su pretended to be the righteous name of the Northern Expedition, and the intention of the prefectures and counties to consolidate their power was clearly revealed, however, under the deliberate exaggeration of the newspaper department of the imperial court, the feelings of the people in various places were turbulent, but anyone who dared to oppose the Northern Expedition was accused by Deng Su's mouthpiece of being a traitor of Gou An, or even a spy of the Liao people. Because of this, the disciples of Wumen were splashed with a lot of dirty water, although it was not to the point of shouting and shouting and killing, but their reputation was damaged, and they suffered injustice, which was more uncomfortable than killing them.

"What about letting him get his way?" Wu Zilong said softly, "Those who achieve great things are not informal. ”

He picked up the fishing rod and lifted it, a crucian carp shook off the splash and jumped out of the water, and fell on the grass with a snap, Wu Zilong reached out and grabbed the fish, took it off the hook, and threw it back into the lake without looking at it, and the crucian carp swung its tail into the water. "The grievances of the government and the opposition are small compared with the rise and fall of the world. The so-called Tao is different, and it is not conspiratory. Deng Su wants to become his big thing, and we have to do our big thing, but the way we are stubborn is not a small section like being embarrassed by Deng Su. Do you understand? He didn't put on the bait, so he threw it straight into the lake, and before long, a circle of ripples dispersed, and the lake was like a mirror. Ling Jiucheng and the others secretly clumsy, thinking to themselves how stupid this fish must be to bite a hook without bait, but every time the teacher fishes, he can always catch it. It's just that Wu Zilong said to himself that fishing is only for the cultivation of life, and the scholars can compete with the fishermen for profit, and they will be released immediately when they catch it.

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Most of the wooden stakes at the head of the city of Hanhai in Guangzhou have been buried in the city wall, and the air-dried heads have been replaced with carved wooden heads, warning thieves who come by boat on the water. After the victory in Guangzhou, the pirates in the south were worried about the insufficiency, so the Guangzhou government made a decision to "prepare but not use" the city of Hanhai, and after the city was built on schedule, only some sentry guards were arranged. Now this is still a construction site, and the shacks of the people are set up in the north of the city, which stretches to connect with the south of Guangzhou. The battalions of the South China Sea were training recruits in the open space south of the city, and there were children lying on them all the time on the head of the city, all with excited looks in their eyes. Time is gradually diluting the sadness of the past.

"These guys," Zhou He laughed with his sword, "good practice." ”

"Of course." Du Fujiao replied, "In the future, Lord Lao Zhou will bother." ”

"Of course, of course." Zhou He was a little embarrassed, "Some time ago, General Du worked hard. ”

"It doesn't matter." Du blew the horn urn and said angrily, "Du is just acting on orders." ”

Anyone who hands over the army he has trained to others will feel a little distressed. However, Zhao Xingde decided, he could only act as ordered. Zhao Xingde also had to do this, the number of sailors from more than 10,000 in the past, suddenly swelled to 40,000 troops, although the detachment played in the name of the South China Sea Dart, there is no need for the imperial court in the future. But if Du Fujiao has been training more than 20,000 recruits and does not let Zhou He take over, I am afraid that the Ezhou court will suspect Zhao Xingde's intentions. More than ten days ago, the General's Office of the Xia State issued another military order, removing Zhao Xingde from the post of general of the Firearms Division and appointing him as the general of the Southwest Sea. The newly established Southwest Sea General is not a temporary battalion general, and his authority is the same as that of General Anxi, General Anbei, and General Andong. Zhao Xingde will be responsible for preparing for the establishment of the Southwest Navy Division. Since then, in tens of thousands of miles of southwest seas, Xia troops, warships, and military ports have all been under the control of the Southwest Navy Division and the Southwest Sea General. At the same time, the Protectorate gave Zhao Xingde the Golden Island, where the Great Food Merchants of the Southwest Sea were entrenched, as a fief of the Marquis of Baoyi.