On the evening of March 23, Jiankang City.

Han Shizhong smiled reluctantly, came out of the back door of a low-key and luxurious Qinglou, and got into the carriage directly.

Mr. Zi'an in the car put down the book, carefully stored it in a small box, and asked Han Shizhong, who was silent, "Why is Han Zhao displeased?" ”

The horse-drawn carriage traveled smoothly, and not far away was the street market, which was always bustling until late at night. Those who sell soup and food, those who sell children's snacks, those who sell fragrant powder jewelry, those who solicit people to gamble, and those who make noise.

Han Shizhong leaned on the back panel of the carriage and said weakly: "What else can I do?" Mr. Zi'an really said that the local businessmen in Jiangnan have made a comeback, and they want to invite all the outsiders who make money out of Jiangnan. ”

The soldier guarding the carriage handed in a wet handkerchief. Han Shizhong, who was full of alcohol, took it and wiped his hands and face.

Mr. Zi'an listened to Han Shizhong's general explanation of the things during the banquet, and frowned silently.

The dinner party that Han Shizhong attended was mainly set up to receive the official sent to Jiankang by the Yamen of the Third Division.

The official of the three divisions and yamen, the official rank is not very high, and the official position is not very high, but the dispatch of real power is very high, otherwise it will not be able to suppress the local officials.

Not only Jiankang had special officials from the Yamen of the Three Divisions, but also similar dispatch officials arrived in wealthy places such as the Daimyo Mansion, Guangzhou Mansion, and Chengdu Mansion, all with the same purpose: to raise money and grain for the Battle of Jiangnan.

Now the court is tight, but in order to suppress the Yongle puppet dynasty as soon as possible, the flowing silver money is spent every day, where does the money come from?

If the court has no money, it can only squeeze the local finances, who doesn't know that Da Zhou is notoriously redundant officials, redundant soldiers, and redundant expenses?

Of course, Jiangning Mansion is rich, and Jiankang City is even richer. However, from the high-ranking officials such as pacification envoys and recruitment envoys to the military supervisors of state capitals such as prefects and general judges, they did not want to take out the money that everyone had in the past.

If the money is handed over, where will the money come from for building bridges and roads, hanging lamps in temples, and giving soup porridge and medicine?

The money for public welfare and cultural undertakings will be gone if it is gone. But once the money handed over is too much, where will the officials and officials who are seriously overstaffed receive the money? How to maintain the luxurious post house pavilion like a royal palace?

The most important thing is that the benefits of the generals, such as the money for clothing, Lu Su, tea, wine and kitchen materials, charcoal money, salt money, entourage food money, horse and corn money, additional expenses, minister's money, etc., as well as various invisible benefits, are guaranteed?

The growth rate of the treasury revenue of the Great Zhou Dynasty is far from keeping up with the growth rate of the expenditure of some local governments.

Some officials are still worried that once they hand over a large amount of money and grain, will they be stripped of meat every year in the future? That's going to be a big deal!

But the lord who came to Jiankang's Sansi Yamen to raise money and food was not disappointed, let alone angry, or tore his face with the officials of Jiangnan and Jiangnan.

Didn't you just ask for money, someone took the initiative to send it to the door.

The local merchants in Jiangnan did not expect that some people would ignore the epidemic and create a different situation in Jiangnan, building a preliminary business network with workshops, mining kilns and caravans.

After reacting, the local industrial and commercial forces in Jiangnan also found that they could not blindly force outsiders who made money and made good money.

It can be seen from this that the interest network built by foreign warriors, local bigwigs, and foreign businessmen is still very much valued and feared by the local industrial and commercial forces in Jiangnan.

The local industrial and commercial forces in Jiangnan, with the support of a mysterious civil force, want to complete the clearance work as soon as possible to welcome the arrival of the super-large cake.

The local government was co-opted by the Jiangnan industrial and commercial forces who returned to their hometowns, the warriors stationed in various places were suppressed, and the big families in various places were also co-opted...... However, the local industrial and commercial forces in Jiangnan felt that the speed was too slow, and if they could not drive the outsiders away as soon as possible, a piece of the super-large cake would be divided.

The local industrial and commercial forces in Jiangnan targeted the special officials of the Sansi Yamen who were eager to raise money, and wanted to exchange the support of the Sansi Yamen, Lord Yu Yunwen, and even several officials of the court at the cost of 5 million yuan, so as to eradicate the foreign forces that "relied on it and did not leave" in one fell swoop.

The two sides hit it off, so there was the banquet that Han Shizhong had just attended.

At the luxurious banquet where the Qin Huai Oiran reached the fifth place, the lord of the Sansi Yamen said vaguely: Some of the warriors who fought in the south of the Yangtze River were too disrespectful, and they didn't care about serving the country, and they were bent on recruiting hungry people to make money, what if the epidemic broke out again? The forbidden army and the box army can do business, but when is it now? The dynasty has suffered repeated defeats before, is it because some warriors can't care about fighting?!

The last sentence is heavy. Han Shizhong understands that if a martial artist like himself does not give in, he will inevitably be included in a book.

Mr. Zi'an frowned and said: "The merchants, shopkeepers, and maritime merchants in Jiangnan are really amazing, and they will catch the warriors when they come up." Their idea must be to shut down or take away all the workshops and mines of the warriors in various places, so as to cut off the foundation of outsiders. ”

Han Shizhong sighed, "The sergeant should have been bent on killing the enemy. The general was also unwilling to let his generals do business and make money, but the sergeants got too little military salaries, and some of the sergeants' wives and daughters actually started a business with a half-closed door, and I felt uncomfortable after hearing it. ”

"It just so happened that Ben Jiang was also short of money, so when Li Xiang's kid hinted that they could make money together, I agreed without thinking about it. At first, I thought that Li Xiang was just trying to win over some generals to make a profit, but who would have thought that he could make money like he does now, and actually forced the local forces in Jiangnan that were temporarily dispersed to fight back repeatedly? ”

"Now the general is also difficult to ride a tiger, and this time he was really pulled into the water by Li Xiang's kid. The generals have tasted the sweetness, and many low-level sergeants are eager to earn enough wives and coffins in Jiangnan, who dares to stop them at this time? I hope Lord Yu can think clearly, Lao Tzu really doesn't want to point his sword at the sergeant of the national dynasty. ”

Things are out of the control of Han Shizhong and Li Xiang.

As more and more foreign warriors, local bigwigs and foreign businessmen who have been seriously injured and tasted the sweetness join the ranks of making money, the foreign forces that have been given growth opportunities due to the war have formed a self-circulating and self-reinforcing interest group. There is basically irreconcilable between this interest group and the local industrial and commercial groups in Jiangnan who want to "return to their hometowns".

Mr. Zi'an thought about the deeds and rumors about Yu Yunwen, and comforted Han Shizhong: "Don't worry too much about recruiting adults. Lord Yu, a capable minister of the country, is not comparable to Gao Yu. ”

"Lord Yu is a practical talent, and he has a reputation for knowing soldiers, so he will definitely take into account the thoughts and thoughts of the low-level sergeants. For the sake of suppressing the overall situation of the Yongle Dynasty, Lord Yu will not act hastily. ”

"What's more, the constant conflict between local forces and outsiders may be the result that Lord Yu wants."

Han Shizhong sat up straight suddenly, completely sobering up, "Mr. Zi'an is saying that Lord Yu may ......"

Mr. Zi'an nodded.

March 25, morning, Wuhu City.

The weather was sunny with light clouds and light winds. The Yangtze River shook the flotilla of officers and soldiers moored together, and hundreds of ships of various sizes made a "squeak" sound.

Yu Yunwen, like most of the Great Zhou scholars, is highly myopic.

After several days of continuous rotation, Yu Yunwen inspected materials and ordnance, randomly inspected soldiers' training, and checked the effect of epidemic prevention during the day, and at night he had to watch more than 200 official documents from Bianjing, reported by military Chinese officers, and sent by Jiangnan...... Last night, his eyes suddenly blurred, which scared Yu Yunwen a lot.

Yu Yunwen listened to the persuasion of a medical professor in Wuhu and came to the fleet to relax his eyes, but did not directly look at the Yangtze River. As for removing some obstacles in the eyes with medical techniques such as the golden needle obstacle removal technique, we can only wait for later.

If Li Xiang was here, after seeing the condition of Yu Yunwen's eyes, he would definitely exclaim: Cataract?!

Yu Yunwen looked over one by one, carefully checking the condition of each ship, and the dock officials and several masters who followed not far behind him broke out in a cold sweat.

When it comes to reputation, job, and life and death, which one can be calm?

Yu Yunwen sent the guards around him to invite Zhang Tianlei over.

Zhang Tianlei came over and clasped his fists and saluted Yu Yunwen.

Yu Yunwen returned the salute with a forked hand, rubbed his eyes lightly and said, "General Zhang is with forty percent of the Chinese army. How's the training, what's the morale? ”

Zhang Tianlei replied loudly, "Our unit can set off at any time, and the sergeants are eager to go to the battlefield as soon as possible to make meritorious contributions." ”