After Chen Kangbo, the left minister, Zhu Zhuo, the right minister, and Yang Cun, the king of Tong'an County, controlled the court's speech by the civil and military ministers, the main peace faction and the fugitive faction soon died down and gradually stopped speaking.

Zhao Gou also dispelled the idea of leaving Lin'an for refuge in the persuasion of Chen Kangbo and Yang Cunzhong in turn, and finally agreed to stay in Lin'an at the request of the main battle faction to stabilize the morale of the army and the people.

After a short period of panic, the imperial court quickly stabilized, and hurriedly sent the news that the Jin Emperor Wan Yanliang had arrived in Bianjing in June to all parts of Jianghuai, and ordered the Jianghuai troops to wait for an opportunity to move, but to take advantage of the Jin army's arrival, occupy favorable terrain, actively organize defense, and not miss the favorable opportunity.

The speed of raising grain and grass and military supplies in Jiangnan suddenly accelerated, and the people of the prefectures and counties in eastern and western Zhejiang were requisitioned on a large scale, and the military supplies raised were quickly sent to Jiankang Prefecture, Zhenjiang Prefecture, Hezhou Prefecture, Yangzhou and other important military towns for hoarding.

The idea of the imperial court to fight against the Jin people was to take Shouchun, Luzhou, Xuyi, and Huaiyin along the Huai River as the first line of defense, concentrate the original forces, use favorable terrain, and maneuver around the enemy according to the city, block and delay the enemy's southward speed, and defend as long as possible, and try to arrange the second line of defense for Hezhou and Yangzhou on the north bank of the Yangtze River to gain time, and the third line of defense is on the south bank of the Yangtze River, with Jiankang Mansion and Zhenjiang Mansion as the center on the front, and Pingjiang Mansion as the center in the east.

In fact, the entire defense focus of the imperial court is still along the Yangtze River on the east road, as for the Huai River line, in the eyes of the imperial court is bound to be lost, from the arrangement of the troops, the Huai River can be lost, and the north bank of the Yangtze River Hezhou, Yangzhou, if it can not be defended, it is also likely to be abandoned, the final defense focus is in Zhenjiang Mansion, Jiankang Mansion and Pingjiang Mansion, according to the broad and turbulent Yangtze River natural danger, the enemy will be stopped in the north of the Yangtze River.

However, the whole defense idea, except for the left minister Chen Kangbo, the right minister Zhu Zhuo, the king of Tong'an County Yang Cunzhong, the third marshal Zhao Mi and the emperor Zhao Gou, no one else knows, because the order issued by the imperial court to the Jianghuai armies is to cross the river to defend and block the Jin people who invaded south to the north of the Huai River, and they will never be allowed to ravage the south of the Yangtze River!

The order was sent to Zhenjiang Prefecture, Jiankang Prefecture, Taiping Prefecture, Chizhou, Qizhou, Ezhou and other places like snowflakes, and the garrisons from all over the country were ordered to cross the river and go north to Hezhou, Luzhou, Shouchun, Xuyi, Huaiyin, Xiangyang, and Xinyang, and be sure to stop the Jin people on the front line of the Huai River.

At the same time, more than 3,000 people of the Great Song Dynasty Naval Division stationed on the Yangtze River, under the leadership of Li Bao, the envoy of Dianhai, went to the sea and went north, and were ordered to intercept the Jin soldiers who were going south from the sea in the area of Donghai County.

At the end of July, the spies came to report that the Jin people were really divided into four routes, 100,000 troops on the west road attacked Sichuan and Shaanxi, 200,000 troops on the middle road attacked Xinyang and Xiangyang from Dengzhou and Tangzhou, and 600,000 troops on the east road had left Bianjing under the personal command of Wan Yan Liang, the emperor of the Jin State, and arrived at Yingtianfu, and there were more than 100,000 sailors on the sea route, going south from Mizhou and going straight to Lin'an, with a total strength of one million!

Fortunately, Chen Kangbo, the left minister, and Yang Cunzhong, the king of Tong'an County, led the ministers of the main war faction to stabilize the court, so that the established anti-gold plan could continue to be implemented.

After the situation stabilized a little, one after another orders urging the armies of Zhenjiang, Jiankang, Yangzhou, Hezhou, Luzhou, Xuyi, Huaiyin, Pingjiang, Shouchun, Xinyang, Xiangyang, and other places to actively prepare for war flew to Jiangbei.

The Jin State did not send an envoy to Lin'an, and Lin'an did not send a new envoy to the north, and preparations for war were in full swing in various places.

Back to the trade place, Lu You had already gone to Quanzhou, waiting for the delivery of goods with the merchants.

And Yang Congyi has been waiting for news of the call-up in Lin'an.

The Great Song Dynasty actively prepared for war, a large number of troops were transferred to Jiangbei, and grain and grass were also transported to Zhenjiang and Jiankang from the granaries and arsenals near Lin'an Mansion in batches.

The workshop responsible for the manufacture of ordnance and weapons ushered in the busiest time in 20 years, and the soldiers and officials rushed to work in the workshop day and night.

As the envoy of the Western Workshop, although Yang Congyi does not have to go to the workshop to serve, the person in charge is the deputy envoy of the Western Workshop, but he can still go to see it, he can't command, and he can also give some guidance, after all, he is not a nominal Western workshop envoy who doesn't understand manufacturing at all.

At that time, the assembly line manufacturing method he advocated was completely gone, and the craftsmen were still manufacturing according to the inherent method, and the speed and efficiency were naturally not high.

In the face of the huge manufacturing task pressed down by the ordnance, the officials and principals of the West Workshop were panicked, once the manufacturing task was not completed, it would affect the battle situation on the front line against the Jinren, and everyone would be punished!

After Yang Congyi learned of the situation, he immediately communicated with the deputy envoy in charge of the western workshop, telling him that in order to complete the manufacturing task assigned by the ordnance, the manufacturing process and methods must be changed.

The deputy envoy is not proficient in manufacturing, and he is also a general who has just been transferred, except for age, whether in terms of rank or position, it is impossible to compare with Yang Congyi, in the face of huge manufacturing pressure, he has no reason to refuse, not to mention that the other party is still his top boss.

In the vast majority of cases, envoys like Yang Congyi, who are like Western workshop envoys, will not appear in front of their subordinates, let alone guide the work in person.

Unless there is a special purpose, or if you are willing to meddle in things, you only need to receive it at home, and no one will say it, and the court will not pursue any responsibility, because it is tradition and practice that the official does not care about things.

Yang Congyi is an exception.

After communicating with the deputy envoy, the deputy envoy brought all the principals to discuss the matter.

Yang Congyi served as a deputy envoy in the West Workshop nine years ago, and many directors still recognized the Lord Yang who often appeared on the manufacturing line back then, so when he reintroduced the flow manufacturing process and method, the directors immediately remembered that in the past, that method was indeed fast and effective.

There is no dispute, the whole western workshop quickly reached a consensus, and a group of officials and directors began to prepare on the same day, subdividing the technological process, subdividing the manufacturing team, and adjusting the entire manufacturing process.

The next day, the new manufacturing process was put into operation.

Three days later, the entire manufacturing process of the West Workshop was on the right track, and the speed was significantly accelerated.

However, until the beginning of August, Yang Congyi still did not wait for any order from the Privy Council or the front secretary of the palace, until he wrote to the court to report back to Yi Du's progress and waited for an oral secret order from the inner servant.

On the seventh day of the eighth month, an attendant came to Huiyi and conveyed a secret order to Yang Congyi: If there is no special order, the Huiyi fleet must not leave Quanzhou before the moon!

As soon as he heard this secret order, Yang Congyi immediately understood that the previous rumors of escape were not groundless, Zhao Gouzhen was preparing to flee to Fuzhou, or even further to the sea, otherwise why would he need to issue such a secret order, so he immediately made a request.

Yang Congyi told the chamberlain that he heard that the Jin people were preparing for a large-scale southern invasion, Jianghuai and other places were actively preparing for war, and the sailors on the front line of the Yangtze River were also training day and night, and the Huiyi fleet had a guard army adapted from the forbidden army and traveled through the sea all the year round.

The chamberlain is only here to convey the secret order, and he can't call the shots about Yang Congyi's request, and he doesn't dare to agree or refuse at will, and he promises to return the gift.

Three days later, an order from the Privy Council was sent to the Hui Yi Office, ordering the Hui Yi Guards to transfer to Mingzhou within a month to assist the Zhedong Navy to defend the Hangzhou Bay Sea Road and defend Lin'an Mansion!

After receiving the order, Yang Congyi rode his horse out of Lin'an on the same day and went straight to Quanzhou.

In late August, he returned to Quanzhou and conveyed the imperial court's order to the Hui Yi fleet to Lu You, the deputy envoy of the Hui Yi, and at the same time sent the Privy Council back to the Yi Escort Army to Mingzhou, and the order to assist in the defense of the sea channel was also informed, so that he could supervise the construction of the Hui Yi in Quanzhou with peace of mind, prepare supplies, and wait for further orders.

Then, Yang Congyi returned home, said goodbye to Gu Qingchen and Meng Yunniang, and told them that the Jin people had gone south from Bianjing, and he was going to lead the Hui Yi escort army north to Mingzhou to assist the Mingzhou Navy to fight against the Jin people at sea.

Ocean return is not safer than fighting at sea, Yang Congyi has been running around all these years, experiencing countless dangers, Gu Qingchen is commonplace, and he doesn't have much to worry about, just tell him that if he can, he will often send some news back home.

And Meng Yunniang is more worried and reluctant to him, in her opinion, fighting is much more dangerous than going to sea. But once the Jin people go south and come to Jiangnan, everyone will suffer, even if they are far away in Quanzhou, they will not necessarily be spared, she is a knowledgeable person, and she has been to many places in the north and south, has seen many people, and experienced a lot of things, so she naturally understands this truth.

Gu Qingchen and Meng Yunniang didn't cry, nor did they explicitly support Yang Congyi to go north, before leaving, they just told him to pay attention to safety, don't worry about things at home, they will take care of themselves.

The seven-year-old son stood at the gate of the courtyard, and it wasn't until Yang Congyi left that he raised his head and asked, "Mother, where is my father going this time?" Or go to sea? ”

Gu Qingchen replied: "No, this time I'm going to fight." ”

"War?" The seven-year-old child still doesn't know what war is, and his eyes are full of confusion.

"There is a bad guy in the north of our Great Song Dynasty, who wants to come to us to rob things for no reason, in order not to rob our things, your father took people to the north to fight with them, if we don't win, the bad guys will come to rob us, if we win, the bad guys will be driven away." Meng Yunniang explained to him.

"Sanniang, can Dad win?" The curious child asked again.

"Your dad is amazing, he will definitely win!" Meng Yunniang said with a smile.

"When I grow up, I'm going to fight the bad guys." The child looked serious.

"If you want to win against the bad guys, you have to practice martial arts well and study hard. From today on, practice swords for two hours a day, and study with your Sanniang for three hours. If you can't finish it, you're not allowed to go out and play! ”

Gu Qingchen closed the courtyard door and looked at the seven-year-old child in a stern tone.