Xu Shiyang looked at Zhao Lin a little inexplicably:

"Xianggong Wen named and asked Xu Shisong to send the princess to Jiangnan?"

Zhao Lin didn't say anything, and directly handed the letter to Xu Shiyang.

Wen Xianggong did name Xu Shisong's general, although Xu Shiyang wanted him to go to Jiangnan from the beginning, but when he saw this letter, he hesitated.

"What does that mean?"

Xu Shiyang was a little puzzled:

"Want to interfere with the personnel arrangements of our army? It's not like, what's the point? ”

Giving the newly formed People's Army to another Xu family member to command, and allowing Xu Shiliu to concentrate on studying for the imperial examination, seems to re-emphasize the Xu family's control over the People's Army.

If it was just to interfere with the Xu family's personnel appointment, it seemed unnecessary to pay such a big price.

"If you can control the 100,000 people's army in your hands, supporting Jiangnan seems to be a very oily job."

Xu Shiyang said to himself:

"It's definitely not that simple, I always feel like it's a bait, waiting for me to bite the hook."

The officers who came up from the bottom were a little confused about this kind of thing.

On the surface, the request in the letter is a great thing, if the People's Army is ......, or at least the commander of the Shunyi Army is always the Xu family, then this army will be deeply branded by the Xu family.

This is equivalent to adding at least 10,000 reserves with combat experience to the Qingzhou Army.

However, pie will not fall from the sky, and such a great benefit will not be delivered directly to the eyes, and it will not be 100% as it seems.

This truth must be understood by these officers who have been struggling to survive in a hell like Jiangbei for more than ten years.

It's just that they can't figure out what the specific purpose of Wen Xianggong is.

"If you really can't figure it out, it's better to listen to the opinion of the marshal."

Zhao Lin said on the side:

"He has been an official of the Great Zhou, and he should know a little more about these things than we do."

Xu Shiyang nodded, indicating his approval of this proposal:

"I think the two letters from Xianggong Wen and Xu Shiliu should be somewhat intrinsically related, anyway, there is still time now, this matter will be put aside for the time being, and it is not too late to make a decision after we have repelled the invasion that the Tartars will inevitably come."

"Linlin, you continue to read Li Feihu's letter and see what he wants to say."

Mr. Li's letter was more direct.

According to him, the Li pirate group now has a tendency to split, and there are only 5 people who are willing to support Wen Xianggong like Li Feihu, and the only ones who are willing to continue to support Qingzhou are himself and Li Feihuang!

In other words, the annual loan of 250,000 yuan promised to Xu Shiyang will not come any more.

What Qingzhou can get, at present, there are only 80,000 guan given by Li Feihu privately and 20,000 guan given by Li Feihuang.

"This Li family doesn't know what to do!" Immediately, someone said angrily: "Can you regret what you have promised?" It's a villain! ”

Xu Shiyang stretched out his hand expressionlessly to stop them from continuing, and then motioned for Zhao Lin to finish his belief.

In fact, there is nothing left, Li Feihu seems to be at a loss now, his brother Li Feilong has already fallen to Qin Xianggong of the Lord and faction, and it is estimated that it will not be long before Zhao'an can be realized.

He himself was publicly elected as the leader of the pirates of the main battle faction Wen Xianggong (it is better to say that he is the leader), but those large and small forces under him are agitating, hoping to complete the recruitment as soon as possible, and Li Feihu's position is not stable at all.

There are also trade issues, the loss of the Fuso market, and the chaos in Jiangnan again, and his family, including himself, are a little panicked.

Li Feihu had no choice, and wrote in the letter that he hoped to meet Xu Shiyang as soon as possible, and he hoped that the two could reach a closer strategic alliance.

"Compared with Li Feilong, Li Feihu's strength is indeed weaker."

Xu Shiyang smiled:

"Well, since he's in such a hurry, I can meet him."

"As for how Wen Xianggong and Shiliu will reply, let's talk about it when I discuss it with the festival marshal."

"Ladies and gentlemen, if there is a result on the Jieshuai's side, I will ventilate with you, but one thing must be noted, you are soldiers, and the most important thing now is to withstand the attack of the Tartars!"

Xu Shiyang knocked on the map on the table and said loudly:

"After the rotation, there can be no relaxation in the preparations! In the next step, the tasks of each battalion must be completed without discount! ”

"Yes!"

……

When Xu Shiyang went to his father Xu Muhe to discuss the matter of Jiangnan, the new army had already set off.

The four battalions of the New Army, which attacked Laizhou and Yanzhou, entered a state of rotational rest.

The other battalions set out in two routes, preparing to launch a military operation to unify the areas under the jurisdiction of Quancheng Prefecture and Dengzhou Prefecture south of the Yellow River.

Considering the performance of the dock forts in Yanzhou Mansion and Laizhou Mansion before, Xu Shiyang estimated that if nothing else, this operation would also be very smooth, at most with a few unwilling canal dock forts and bandits who were rejected by the local heroes.

He could now count most of the Qi provinces east of the Yellow River/Canal into his sphere of influence.

Therefore, Xu Shiyang no longer cared about the next military action that was not dangerous, which was not dangerous (in fact, he didn't pay much attention to the operation of controlling Yanzhou and Laizhou at the beginning), but directly found Xu Muhe to discuss the issue of Jiangnan.

In fact, without Xu Shiyang taking the initiative to find it, Xu Muhe was already going to discuss this issue with him - at present, Xu Shiyang is only the commander of the new army, and the nominal envoy is Xu Muhe, no matter how much Wen Xianggong likes Xu Shiyang, it is impossible to just write to him and forget Xu Muhe.

This is a matter of principle, and if it is not done well, it may make the two families turn their faces directly.

"Wen Xianggong's letter is my father's and I have already read it."

In the study of Xu Muhe's mansion, after the Qingzhou Jiedu envoy waited for the next people to serve tea, he waved his hand to let all the servants retreat, and only he and Xu Shiyang, father and son, were left in the house.

"Shi Yang, you really don't understand what Wen Xianggong means by asking Shi Song to go to Jiangnan?"

"Father, are you the palace maid who has already used the Great Zhou?"

Xu Shiyang replied to the question, the maid who served tea just now, the form, gait and etiquette she showed, etc., are not cultivated by the current Qi Province, and she must be the palace maid who was married by Princess Renfu.

"Ahem......"

Xu Muhe coughed embarrassedly twice, and did not answer this question, but it was not good to continue to take Qiao in front of Xu Shiyang, so he could only continue to say according to his own words:

"Wen Xianggong wants to support a new force on our side, if there is any problem in the future, it is better to use small to control big, that's all."

Xu Shiyang nodded slightly, at present, it seems that only this statement can be explained.

There are two Jinshi in the Xu Jiamu generation, and only two years ago, the Xu family fleet that went to Jiangnan still belonged to the two systems of long houses and two rooms.

If you have a heart for this kind of thing, you will know it when you look it up.

But now, only the second room of the Xu family is in contact with Jiangnan, and the fleet that originally belonged to the long house is also owned by the second room, and even the head of the family is Xu Muhe, who is the younger brother, and there seems to be only one Xu Shisong in the Xu Mujiang family (when writing the letter, Jiangnan didn't know that Xu Shibai had been reactivated).

Wen Xianggong didn't know why the Xu family room, which also had a jinshi, had fallen to such a point, and it was not easy to ask Xu Shiliu this kind of question, so he could only guess that Changfang had made a major mistake in the process of rising in Qingzhou and was replaced by the second room.

However, Changfang is likely to still be an important force in the Xu family, if it can support the Changfang system, if the Xu family really has a heart of disobedience in the future, it can also be contained.