Jinling City Wharf.

Huo Wu took the people of Jinling and personally went to the dock to see off the passengers.

Yesterday, Mazhai hosted the "Xie Qin Wine", the marriage of the horse foal came to an end, and today's visitors from the three places will leave Jinling and return to various places.

It is said that the guests who attended the wedding in these three places brought congratulatory rites when they came.

Needless to say, in his heart, he regarded the owner of the horse village as his best friend, and the preparations were all really useful things, twenty carts of cloth.

This can be used as money.

Taizhou Yuan Er is relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, relying on the sea to eat the sea, rich and rich, and the He Yi sent is ten boxes of pearls and ten boxes of coral, which can be converted into thousands of silver coins.

However, Bozhou Shanming is here, and the wedding ceremony given is two "holy decrees", in addition to the one that is sealed by the general, the other one is for the bride and the bride, the bride is the "Lord of Danyang County", and the groom Huo Hu is the "Captain of the Tiger Ben".

Although it is not affordable, it sounds like it adds a bit of brilliance.

The guests were well-mannered, and Huo Wuzi was not a stingy person, so he prepared a return gift.

The family will receive a return gift.

Only three disciples here, because of the news of the iron egg, there is an extra gift, which is considered a gift prepared by his uncle to his nephew in advance.

On the river, the boat was already on standby, and the three disciples and Shanming and his party said goodbye to the people of Jinling and boarded the boat to cross the river.

Watching the huge building ship gradually drift away, looking at the warship faintly visible on the river, Yuan Er, Xie Xian and others were secretly frightened.

The Bozhou army not only has foot soldiers, but also sailors, and this kind of strength is entrenched in the key places of Jinling.

They also saw the brand-new city wall of Jinling City with their own eyes.

As soon as the gap in the city wall was closed, Jinling became a fortified city that was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

It would be fine if the Chuzhou army only stood in Jinling, but ......

If the Bozhou Army goes south, can the Taizhou Army stop it?

With worries, the Taizhou army did not take the water route, and left by land, which was also goodbye.

When he couldn't see the people in Jinling, Yuan Wu couldn't wait to take the gift box: "Huh? What is it? ”

The gift box is not small, two feet long and one foot wide.

Inside was not gold and silver jade, but two cloth pockets, with two pieces of paper.

Yuan Er and Xie Xian both looked over.

Yuan Wu had already opened a pocket: "It's so fragrant!" ”

Yuan Er and Xie Xian glanced at each other, and their faces changed greatly.

They were in Jinling for a few days, in addition to congratulating him, on behalf of the Taizhou army to express their intimacy with the alliance, more to explore the strength of the Chuzhou army.

When they inquired around and witnessed Jinling standing up and down to receive the "holy decree", they changed their mind of going north to Bozhou.

The battle flag of the Chuzhou army reads "Chu", but it is nominally under the name of Bozhou.

The Chuzhou army is self-contained.

Before, they expressed an "alliance", but there was not much sincerity, more of a visit.

This time, I didn't dare to deal with it carelessly.

The "military rations" of the Chuzhou army are one of the results they have found in the past few days.

Instant porridge and instant noodles are also suitable military rations for the Taizhou army.

In order to get a sample, they also spent a few hundred taels of silver to go out.

As a result, this is the "return gift" today.

"Is this a warning?"

Yuan Er frowned.

Xie Xian touched his beard and groaned silently.

The Chuzhou army is even tougher than imagined, so ......

If you really want to form an alliance, I don't know if it's good or bad......

Thinking like this, Xie Xian picked up the two pieces of paper, but it was a pause.

On two thin sheets of paper, there are two kinds of military rations.

Xie Xian's expression was complicated.

What does Chuzhou Army mean?

Warning and then showing goodwill?

……

Floor ship, bow cabin.

Shanming opened the gift box and looked at the two pockets and two pieces of paper inside, half speechless.

This is the recipe for military rations.

The soldiers of the Chuzhou army have already eaten rice and noodles?

What they have seen and heard in the past few days is that the Chuzhou army is powerful and wealthy, but they did not expect it to be so rich.

Bozhou first experienced a drought and a complete harvest, and then experienced the sweep of the imperial court to suppress the rebels, the people fled, and the farmland was wasted a lot.

In the past, Bozhou also bought grain from the Chu army, but now it ......

It can only be said that smart people think too much.

In this year, where is there so much rice and wheat?

Most of the military rations of the Chuzhou army are still made of miscellaneous rice and mixed noodles, and there are a few pure rice and fine noodles.

Today is a "return gift", and it is always necessary to expose the good looks neatly, but it will lead to misunderstanding.

What does this mean in Jinling?

Is this meant to sell grain?

As for Bai Giv, Seonming didn't send that daydream.

What is a false name?

The last time the Chuzhou army sent an envoy to Bozhou, they were respectful and polite.

But when I saw him this time, he had an ordinary attitude.

For the "holy decree", it is also standing to pick up.

This should be annoying.

Thinking of the title in September, Huo Wu occupied two states and was the "governor of Chuzhou and Hezhou"; Liu Sheng only had one county left, but it was given to the "Generalissimo of Huainan".

How can you convince people with such favoritism?

Fortunately, he didn't make a fool of himself this time, and he was clever in the title, otherwise with the attitude of the people of Jinling towards Bozhou, it is not impossible to refuse to accept the order.

……

In the next cabin, the third apprentice also opened the gift box.

After looking at the two pockets, Tu Sanzhong sighed.

It's a good thing, a good help for them on the march.

Among them, the benefits were seen by the disciples in Chushan, and Zheng Ji and they also talked about it several times.

accepted a favor from my brother-in-law again.

……

As the guests left, Jinling City suddenly fell silent.

The army did not march again.

The conscription in Taiping and Jinling has come to an end.

150,000 recruits entered the Jinling camp.

The conscription in Zhenjiang Prefecture is also slowly unfolding.

Six weaving mills, thousands of skilled weavers work in three shifts, sewing cotton clothes.

In the six counties of Jinling Prefecture, Cheng Ding, who was between the ages of 45 and 60, began to work in shifts to repair roads.

The naval division was stationed, and the firearms battalion also began to take shape.

……

Taiwei Mansion, lobby.

Huo Wu, Ma Zhai Master, Xue Biao, Du Laoba, Monk Feng, Shui Jin, Yu Dutong are all here, as well as Master Lin and Huo Bao.

Master Lin rushed back on the first day of October 26.

Song Lin was temporarily transferred to Yangzhou.

The affairs of the Yamen of the Jinling Prefect are temporarily replaced by the Jinling Tongzhi.

I always thought that the envoy of Qichun would rush to Jinling before the wedding, but the result was unexpected, and no one has come forward so far.

If there is no movement, the next step may be a big movement.

This is not what the Chuzhou army expects to see.

Even if the two sides are friends and foes, it is not yet time for a showdown.

Otherwise, they will consume each other, and it will only be the court that rejoices.

"Qi Chun has never come, is this a decision to fight?"

The owner of the horse village frowned.

Otherwise, only Shouming was in their hands, and Qi Chun would not dare to ignore it.

Before, it could be said that there was no time to deal with the rebels in the imperial court, and now there is no movement, what does it mean?

Master Lin bowed his head: "It has not moved so far, it is indeed possible, but it may also be waiting for news from Jinling." ”

With the temperament of longevity, the grass ash line, and the favorite to dig pits.

In addition to the two that were exposed before, there are other eyes and ears, which is also ordinary.

If so, there is no chance that things will turn around.

The Chuzhou army fought all the way, and it can be said that it was a trick, and it may successfully take Jinling and Yangzhou, which is enough to make people look sideways.

If Shou Tianwan was more thoughtful, he should understand that the Chuzhou Army is not a soft persimmon.

Xue Biao was eager to try: "It's not easy to wait!" Why don't I take a trip to Wuchang? ”

When he went to Hangzhou a few days ago, he gained a lot and had already lobbied several companies to secretly join the Chuzhou Army.

As long as the Chuzhou army goes south to Hangzhou, it will be able to capture the city from inside and outside.

I can't help but feel a little proud, and I want to repeat my old skills in Wuchang.

Huo Wu shook his head and said, "Qi Chun and we have a deep disagreement, how can we easily get into danger?" Several waves of people have been sent over, counting the days, and there will be news soon! Speaking of this, I couldn't help frowning: "Really, do you really want to fight white shirts, if you really want to be like that, the court will be happy!" ”

The Chuzhou army is not weak now, but it is just watching.

Fighting a war not only consumes food and grass, but also devastates the land.

People fled and the population was lost.

The Chuzhou army is not afraid of fighting, but it does not want to fight on its own turf.

Everyone was waiting for the battle, and they also wanted to wait for the Qichun army to move, so they would send troops first to keep the enemy out.

Water shines directly into the eyes.

Deng Jian is now being dragged in Yangzhou, and he can't pull away for a while, if there is a war now, he can get a pioneer.

Du Laoba looked at everyone and wondered: "That'...... Changzhou won't fight first? ”

According to the previous plan of the Chuzhou army, it was planned to fight Zhenjiang and Changzhou all the way to Suzhou and Songjiang.

His hometown of Songjiang, even if he can't lead the troops to the battle, he is quite careful about this matter.

Master Lin said: "Qi Chunjun is unknown, let's stick to it first!" Qi Chunjun is a lesson from the past......"

Qi Chun's army was too long before, from Qi Chun to Hangzhou, the battle line was 1,300 miles, and the end could not take care of each other, and they were surrounded by their nests. ww

Even if you win the final breakthrough, you will lose most of the state capitals that you have won before.

Huo Wu said: "Slowly fight again......"

When the vitality of the Qichun army was greatly damaged, if the Chuzhou army attacked the city, then the next time the imperial army would suppress Jinling.

The four directions are unknown, and it should not be too ostentatious.

Now the land of the Seven Mansions needs to be digested.

"The gentry in the city of Yangzhou...... I went to Jinling yesterday and asked to see the fifth master to make amends......"

Master Lin said.

Previously, Chuzhou sent posts to the gentry and giants in Yangzhou, but the day before yesterday, the horse colt wedding did not show up.

It's not that they ate the bear's heart and leopard gall and deliberately didn't give face to the Chuzhou army, but Yangzhou was under martial law, and the city gate was closed for several days, and everyone couldn't get out.

It wasn't until yesterday that the gate of Yangzhou was opened, and the first thing the gentry did was to carry gifts and hurriedly cross the river to Jinling to "make amends".

The leader is none other than Monk Feng's brother "Feng Million".

Huo Wu doesn't need to pay attention to other people's face, but Monk Feng's face is to be seen.

Huo Wu nodded and said: "I should have seen them a long time ago, I couldn't be empty in Yangzhou before, so let them enter the mansion tomorrow!" ”

It was only a meeting, and there was no previous example of banqueting the gentry in Chuzhou.

Huo Wu knew in his heart that the merchants were different from the gentry, they had a speculative heart, and they could only seek profit.

Before, he was quite tolerant of Yangzhou salt merchants, thinking about taking over Yangzhou peacefully.

With the matter of twenty cannons, Huo Wu also understands that some people are afraid of "might" rather than "grace".

Coupled with the wealth of Yangzhou, the gentry and businessmen have become accustomed to "wealth and gods", and they also have arrogance in their bones.

The Chuzhou army's overtures, in their eyes, became a lack of confidence, which made them feel contemptible.

Now that the army is crushing, they should also understand that they have a few catties and taels.