Runzhou is today's Zhenjiang, is the starting point of the Yangtze River into the Jiangnan Canal, the strategic location is extremely important, Zhao Ji fled south, first in Zhenjiang foothold, and later transferred to Jiangning Mansion Palace.

Runzhou Prefecture is Dantu County, but also a famous county in the south of the Yangtze River, because of the choke point of traffic, Dantu County's business is very prosperous, especially the warehousing industry in the world, on the south bank of the Yangtze River and on both sides of the canal, there are warehouse groups everywhere, many big businesses in the Song Dynasty have built their own warehouses in Dantu, Baoyan Zhai is no exception, there are five large warehouses on the west bank of the canal in Dantu County.

On this morning, a cargo fleet sailed into the water gate of Dantu County, this is a fleet composed of ten hundred stone cargo ships, if in the past, such a fleet is not worth mentioning, the fleet from the north, that is not the size of a few hundred, but after experiencing the turmoil of the invasion of the Jin soldiers, a large fleet of hundreds of ships has rarely been seen, but even so, the fleet of ten ships is still very inconspicuous, at least no one will take it to heart.

The fleet entered the county seat silently, and sailed along a small river to the interior of the county, and on the shore was a commercial street, with many shops and people, and it was particularly noisy and lively.

On the bow of the ship squatted a tall and muscular young man, squinting at the situation on the shore, the young man with his arms open, revealing a body of bronze muscles, he squatted in the bow of the ship and exuded a powerful aura, like a leopard about to pounce on its prey.

The young man is Zhang Shun, this time Li Yanqing went south to deal with the remnants of the Fangla uprising, naturally it is impossible to bring only 300 personal guards, he actually deployed 10,000 elite troops, from the four directions respectively to the Jiangnan area, in addition to the 10,000 troops on the surface, there are also 600 intelligence battalion soldiers deployed in secret, they are disguised as civilians, responsible for collecting intelligence, they are also divided into two teams to go south, the land route is led by Yan Qing, and the water route is led by Zhang Shun.

Zhang Shun has followed his father since he was twelve years old, and has been well versed in the various rivers and lakes of the Yangtze River and the Yellow River for more than ten years.

The cargo fleet stopped in a secluded place, Zhang Shun commanded, more than a dozen of his subordinates went ashore to inquire about the news, Zhang Shun took two of his men to a tavern, the tavern is called 'Jiangshun Tavern', not far from the North City Gate, business is not bad, most of the guests are merchants, after entering the city to unload the goods, they get together to chat and drink.

Zhang Shun walked into the tavern, the shopkeeper saw him at a glance, immediately became a little nervous, pointed upstairs, Zhang Shun nodded, then went up to the second floor, entered the innermost room, a moment, the shopkeeper hurried over, saluted and said: "The proprietor is here!" ”

It turned out that this tavern was opened by Zhang Shun, Zhang Shun ran rampant on the Yangtze River and the Yellow River for more than ten years, plundered countless wealth, of course, it will not all be spent indiscriminately, a lot of wealth has been invested in opening shops, Zhang Shun has his own shops in at least seven cities, including an inn in the capital, but unfortunately it was burned down by Jin Bing.

Zhang Shun nodded and smiled: "It seems that business is good!" ”

"Business is not bad, proprietor, the government has been a little strict in the past two days, do you want to avoid the limelight first?"

Zhang Shun smiled, "In the future, we will not be afraid of the government, to tell you, I am now the captain of the seventh grade of Zhiguo, and I am a partial general in the army, but I am not a water thief in the past." ”

The shopkeeper was overjoyed, "Great, the proprietor is also an official of the court, and we don't have to worry about it in the future." ”

"Go get busy! By the way, help me find Hu Chuan'er, I have something important to find him. ”

The shopkeeper bowed and retreated, and after a while, a young guy hurriedly came, "Brother Shun has a way to make a fortune for the younger brother?" I've been starving to death lately. ”

The young guy is Hu Chuan'er, his father is a famous news tooth man at Runzhou Wharf, Hu Kuan's son is in his father's business, and he is also very active in the wharf and Beicheng area, and he wants to inquire about business news and various social trivialities, so it's right to find their father and son.

"You're going to starve to death if you eat with a mouthful full of oil?"

Zhang Shun kicked him angrily, but Hu Chuan'er jumped lightly, jumped on the table with a smile, Zhang Shun then remembered that this kid is also a part-time gentleman on the beam, and he steals it if he has no money, and it seems that he has never missed.

"Come on, sit down! I have something to ask you. ”

"Brother Shun takes care of the little brother's business, and the little brother is grateful." Hu Chuan'er said ugly things earlier, his news is not free.

"Stinky boy, the skin is itchy, even Lao Tzu dares to make money."

Zhang Shun scolded him and asked, "I want to know, have there been any troop movements in Runzhou recently?" ”

Runzhou was the first stop for Zhao Jinan's escape, and all the state and county officials had been replaced, so Li Yanqing judged that when he, the Xuanfu envoy, came to Jiangnan, the officialdom in Jiangnan would definitely make some moves, and Runzhou, a strategic place, would never be calm.

Li Yanqing didn't know how much the situation would deteriorate, so he sent the intelligence division to investigate first.

Hu Chuan'er thought for a while and said: "There doesn't seem to be any army transfer in Runzhou, but the Runzhou Xiang Army has been on the side of Jiangning Mansion since the end of last year, I don't know if it counts as an army transfer." ”

"Is it only Runzhou's army in Jiangning Mansion?" Zhang Shun asked again.

"It seems that there are more than that, I heard that there are tens of thousands of troops! It is said that he is preparing to enter King Qin, but he has never crossed the river. ”

It is possible to enter the king of Qin, many places are organizing troops to prepare for the king of Qin, but in fact, the army of the king of Qin, only more than 13,000 people led by Zhang Shuye and his son, the governor of Caizhou, and the Jurchen cavalry of Wanyan Zonghan fought a battle in Chicang Town, south of the capital, unfortunately, their army was defeated by the Jin soldiers, and Zhang Shuye's eldest son Zhang Bofen was unfortunately martyred.

The imperial court felt his loyalty, and posthumously named Zhang Bofen as the governor of Caizhou, nicknamed 'Zhongwen', and at the same time promoted Zhang Shuye to the doctor of Jin Ziguanglu, the scholar of Guanwendian, and the envoy of Liquan.

Zhang Shun couldn't find a loophole, but it was normal to use King Qin as an excuse to mobilize troops, Zhang Shun thought about it and asked, "Is there any movement in Red?" ”

Red is also a river thief, rampant in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the Taihu Lake area, he set up a checkpoint on the river outside Dantu County to collect money from the river, this time Zhang Shun crossed the Yangtze River, but did not find Red's checkpoint, he felt a little strange.

Hu Chuan'er shook his head, "Red has disappeared for three months, and no one knows where he went?" But everyone is glad that this bastard had better sink to the bottom of the river. ”

Zhang Shun fell into deep thought, the reason why he asked Red was because Zhang Shun knew that Red had one or two hundred people under him, fifty or sixty boats, all of them were water bandits, and they were definitely a tyrant in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

At this time, Hu Chuan'er stumbled: "Brother Shun, maybe I can find out about Red." ”

Zhang Shun was overjoyed and gave him a punch, "Stinky boy, why didn't you say it earlier!" ”

"It's not a little troublesome, you know, you have to ask someone to ......"

"It's okay to ask for money, there must be news, this is ten taels of silver, hurry up and ask me."

Zhang Shun threw a silver ingot on the table, Hu Chuan'er's eyes lit up, grabbed the silver in his hand, and said happily: "Don't worry, there will be news tonight at the latest." ”

Although Hu Kuan'er didn't know where Red was, his father knew that his father's ability was much better than him, and he had been mixed in Runzhou and Jiangning Mansion for 30 years, and people from all religions and nine streams knew him.

Although the price of silver in the south of the Yangtze River is not as outrageous as in the capital, due to the impact of the war, one or two pieces of silver can also be exchanged for six yuan, you must know that he can only earn fifty yuan at most by selling a piece of news.

"Stinky boy, my silver is not so easy to earn, go and inquire about the news, there is no news at night, see how I skin you!"

"Where do I dare to cheat Brother Shun's money!"

Zhang Shun nodded, "By the way, tell your father, I'm messing with Captain Li now." ”

Hu Chuan'er was so shocked that she stuck out her tongue and ran away.

One of Zhang Shun's subordinates asked, "Big brother, this kid has no hair on his mouth, can you find out about Red?" ”

Zhang Shun smiled faintly, "He may not be able to, but he must be able to do it!" ”