In the next two months, in Fang Yuan's ruling system, the cabinet of the outer court was running very well, and there was no lack of government affairs, and there was a backlog of government affairs.

After Fang Yuan's new policy was withdrawn, several merchants from Nanjing gradually came to operate and trade within the jurisdiction of the five prefectures, and tried to open more than ten wood paint shops, northern leather shops, and iron workshops.

In order to attract the capital injection of large businessmen from Nanjing, Fang Yuan specially ordered the yamen of various state capitals to simplify the approval procedures for the wealthy businessmen from Nanjing. In the first year, the commercial tax was only sixty-tithes, half of that of other local merchants.

In the Xuanjia military system, Malin pulled 20,000 husbands and women in Henan and Huguang and brought them back to Suzhou by water. Fang Yuan placed half of them in the imperial field of Princess Kunxing as a military household. The rest were professional soldiers and incorporated into the Xuanjia Army.

The size of the Xuanjia Army has expanded to 60,000 people, including 15,000 cavalry battalions, 30,000 infantry battalions, 10,000 sailor battalions, and the remaining artillery battalions, logistics battalions, and drone teams, a total of 5,000 people. Of these, about 30,000 are military households, and 30,000 are professional soldiers who receive salaries.

In the inner court, because Xiaoyuan had been living in Fang Yuan's dormitory before, there was no separate residence, and now that she gave birth to a son, it was reasonable to arrange a separate courtyard for her.

Fang Yuan once again purchased ten acres of wasteland in the south of Canglang Pavilion, and spent 20,000 taels of silver to expand Canglang Pavilion again, after many expansions, the Canglang Pavilion was originally only sixty acres, and now it has a scale of one hundred acres, which is outside the south gate of Suzhou City.

The independent accounting team led by Xiao Yuan performed most of the duties of the celebrant and expanded to 50 people. The only one who was sullen was Qin Zhan's brocade guard. Suddenly, a large piece of fat was missing, and Qin Zhan couldn't explain to the three thousand brocade guards, so he could only continue to appease the brothers, and when he won Zhejiang, he would be able to broaden his financial path and generate income.

When Jin Yiwei was salivating for Zhejiang and wanted to pounce on it and bite it twice, Lu Ziyue, the governor of Ningbo Prefecture in Zhejiang, secretly went north to Suzhou Mansion, and under the recommendation of Shen Xiang, on behalf of the five prefectures in northern Zhejiang, he came to meet Fang Yuan.

When Fang Yuan heard that a prefect had come to be a lobbyist, he was secretly amused, it seemed that the five prefectures in northern Zhejiang were really tossed by Zheng Bing and the Japanese soldiers.

He met Lu Ziyue in Canglang Pavilion, and Lu Ziyue said loudly as soon as he saw Fang Yuan, "Governor Fang, you must save the people of Zhejiang!" ”

Fang Yuan asked leisurely, "Governor Lu, we meet again, heh!" Aren't the people of Zhejiang providing military rations and materials to Zheng Bing and the Japanese soldiers? It is only right that we should find the Zheng family and the Wa Kingdom to save their lives. ”

Lu Ziyue was ridiculed by him fiercely, but he didn't see the slightest shame, so he took off his official hat, sat on the ground in the lobby, and retorted sharply, "Governor Fang, my Ningbo Mansion has never been in favor of luring wolves into the house to recruit Zheng Jun, let alone the Japanese soldiers who have a painful relationship with the people of Zhejiang?" Besides, Ningbo Mansion was looted by Zheng Bing and Japanese soldiers, so Governor Fang was not at fault? ”

Fang Yuan was beaten by him, slightly stunned, and said with a smile, "Your Ningbo Mansion went to collude with Zheng Bing and the Japanese soldiers, what fault did I have?" ”

"At the beginning, Ningbo Mansion had already surrendered to Governor Fang, but is it true? It was Governor Fang who withdrew the Xuanjia Army in Ningbo Mansion and abandoned Ningbo Mansion, but is it true? Even the powerful Xuanjia Army has withdrawn, how can the officials and people of Ningbo Mansion resist the wolf-like Zheng soldiers and Japanese soldiers? The Ningbo government does not help each other, and only providing military food and material aid is a forced self-protection policy! ”

The more Lu Ziyue spoke, the more excited he became, and his voice became louder and louder, resounding throughout the hall, "It is obviously the responsibility of Governor Fang to lose his land, causing the people to suffer, but he came to blame the people of Ningbo Mansion." What's more, the Xuanjia Army has won a complete victory, and the people of Ningbo Mansion are still in the hot water, Governor Fang does not know how to hang the people and fight for the sky, but he plays the other side to watch the fire, and sits and watches the people being humiliated by Zheng Bing and Japanese soldiers, there are still such shameless people as Governor Fang in this world? ! ”

He opened his mouth and closed his mouth to scold Fang Yuan, Hu Qi's face changed greatly when he heard this, and he immediately ordered Jinyi Wei to go up and drag him out of the lobby.

Lu Ziyue didn't have the slightest prefect's style, he hugged the pillar of the lobby stubbornly, no matter how the Jinyi guard dragged it, he didn't leave, but shouted loudly, "I want to stay here if I die, and I will scold you Fang Yuan if I still have a breath!" ”

Fang Yuan saw that he was so strong, but he had a bit of a strong temperament, which was quite similar to Hai Rui back then, and couldn't help but laugh and get up, and ordered Jinyi Wei to let him go, "Governor Lu, I really worship you." Okay, okay, if you want me to send troops to Ningbo Mansion, I have only one condition, you Lu Governor's Mansion must stay, and there are still vacancies in my cabinet. ”

Lu Ziyue was stunned, the news of Fang Yuan's opening of a cabinet in the jurisdiction had spread all over the country, and he had heard about it. But such an important position should have been held by a cronie, how could Fang Yuan hand it over to an outsider who had only had a two-sided relationship?

Lu Ziyue was stunned and asked, "Governor Fang, are you joking and making fun of me?" ”

Fang Yuan stopped laughing, and Zhengrong said, "Governor Lu, I am definitely not joking, there is a lack of parents and officials like Governor Lu who dare to speak up for the people, and I hope that Governor Lu will not worry about the ease of getting on the thief ship, but it is difficult to get off the thief ship." ”

Lu Ziyue said loudly, "The political struggle should have nothing to do with the people, whether it is for the court or for the governor Fang, I will only speak for the people." The people from the court came, and I still said so. ”

Fang Yuan admired him very much, and did not return to the governor's seat in the middle, but sat directly on the ground and faced Lu Ziyue, "Governor Lu, let's talk about Ningbo Mansion, the Zheng soldiers and Japanese soldiers of Guanhaiwei!" ”

Lu Ziyue truthfully informed the information of the current Ningbo Mansion, "There are 10,000 Japanese soldiers of Songping Xingang in Guanhaiwei, as well as all the naval fleets of the Zheng family. ”

Although the Zheng family's sailors suffered a crushing defeat, they were a hundred-legged insect that died but did not stiffen, and they had to eat more than 100 Zheng family's fleets in Guanhaiwei, as well as 10,000 Japanese soldiers in Guanhaiwei who were extremely capable of melee combat and street fighting, and they would still suffer heavy losses if they attacked strongly.

Fang Yuan asked again, "How much military rations does Guanhaiwei have on hand?" Provided by whom? ”

Lu Ziyue sighed and said, "Guanhaiwei's military rations and civilians are all supported by Ningbo Mansion, and for almost three or four months, Ningbo Mansion has already been miserable, scraping the ground, and there is not much food to be scraped together." In the past, it was a ten-day harvest of grain and grass, but in recent days, it has been possible to raise three days of grain at a time. ”

Tears began to flash in his eyes, "Those Zheng soldiers and Japanese soldiers were short of food, so they began to go to the neighboring villages to loot, not only to grab grain, but also to rob young women everywhere to go to the Acropolis to commit adultery, alas! ”

Fang Yuan was silent, he was indeed moved by compassion for the disaster suffered by the people of Zhejiang, since the people's hearts were available, it was time to send troops.

Since the Zheng soldiers and the Japanese soldiers were all short of food, they followed the precedent of Zhenhai and Jinshan Erwei, and directly cut off the military food supply of Guanhaiwei and trapped these invading Japanese soldiers.

Fang Yuan asked Lu Ziyue to settle down, so he summoned Jing Jie and began to discuss the battle plan this time.

Jing Jie listened to the information from Lu Ziyue about Guanhaiwei and formulated a military plan against the drug, "Boss, we will attack Guanhaiwei directly, and the loss will be too great." It is better to attack the east and the west, and attack Guanhaiwei with great fanfare, but in fact, it is dark Chen Cang and sneak attack the Linshanwei of Shaoxing Mansion. ”

Fang Yuan very much agreed with his battle plan, as long as he captured Linshanwei, he would hold the key point of the Siming Mountain Range, the largest mountain in Zhejiang. directly cut off the connection between Zheng Sen of Hangzhou Mansion and Guanhaiwei. As long as the Ningbo government cuts off the military rations again, Guanhaiwei will immediately fall into a crisis of running out of food.

Even though Zheng Zhilong, who was in the base camp of Jinhua Mansion in the south, wanted to aid Ningbo Mansion, he either attacked Linshanwei or traveled hundreds of miles to transport grain around the Siming Mountains. No matter which path Zheng Zhilong chooses, he will be completely exposed to the blows of the Xuanjia Iron Cavalry.

In one battle, Ningbo and Shaoxing could be recovered, and then the base camp of the Zheng family in Jinhua Mansion could be forced, killing three birds with one stone.

Fang Yuan immediately approved Jing Jie's battle plan, "Third brother, this battle is divided into three routes, one route is Chigutai to lead the army to feign an attack on Hangzhou Mansion in Huzhou Mansion, attracting Zheng Sen's attention, if Zheng Sen retreats, he will lead the army to chase and kill." ”

"One route is led by Shi Lang, feint to attack Guanhaiwei from the sea, and if the Zheng family's sailors retreat, they will cut off the sea route of Guanhaiwei."

"All the way is the main force of the attack, by you, Ma Lin, Zhao Quanzhong led 10,000 Xuanjia iron cavalry, 20,000 infantry battalion sergeants, raid Linshanwei, cut off Guanhaiwei's military food channel, and then wait for the opportunity to attack Zheng Zhilong, Zheng Sen, or Guanhaiwei's Japanese soldiers, it is up to you to decide according to the battlefield situation."

Jing Jie saw that he had put all the task of this attack on himself, and asked in surprise, "Boss, are you staying in Suzhou Mansion this time?" ”

Fang Yuan smiled and said, "Third brother, it's enough for you to lead the troops!" I still take advantage of my leisure time to accompany Mrs. Yuan and He'er more. ”

Jing Jie was stunned and said, "Boss, it's not your style to love children!" ”

Fang Yuan laughed and said, "Third child, I still can't hide it from you, in fact, I want to stay in Suzhou City to supervise the organization and construction of the business association and the people's association, which is also an urgent matter, and I have to deal with accountability from the imperial court." ”

Jing Jie suddenly realized that Fang Yuan had set up a cabinet without authorization, and the imperial court would inevitably send an edict to hold him accountable, and at this critical moment, Fang Yuan really couldn't leave Suzhou City.