After the battle in Haizhou was over, Su Ziheng and Zhong Qinghan withdrew their troops from Haizhou, and not long after they came back, they received a message from the flying pigeon that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Yao Fusu had an accident.

The letter said that after Yao Fusu and his entourage entered the 800-mile Yunmengze Great Lake, they were attacked by Jinfan thieves. The accompanying fleet was chiseled through by the water ghosts of the Jinfan thieves, and thousands of escorts fell into the water, and were beaten by the Jinfan thieves.

After the war, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Yao Fusu and the Crown Princess Beigongqing disappeared, and thousands of Jinfan thieves also fled into Yunmengze for eight hundred miles, and the trace was difficult to find.

Hearing that Yao Chengzhi, the king of Chu, was furious, he sent tens of thousands of troops to encircle and suppress the Yunmengze Jinfan thieves, wanting to avenge His Royal Highness the Prince.

"How so? Where did this brocade thief come from? How dare you launch an attack on His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the territory of Great Xia? Su Ziheng asked incredulously.

Zhong Qinghan shook his head and said, "I don't know, I'm not very familiar with Yun Mengze's environment, and I don't know much about the surrounding forces. However, I have already asked the Secret Investigation Division to investigate, and I think news will come soon. ”

Su Ziheng hesitated for a moment and asked, "Then are we going to send someone to participate in the search team?" The disappearance of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess will definitely cause a shock in the court at that time, if we don't show a little performance, I'm afraid it's not good, after all, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was attacked on the way back from visiting us, so we shouldn't sit idly by. ”

"Naturally, after getting Yun Mengze's information, we will immediately send a team to search and rescue. I'm afraid I have to ask you to work hard again for this matter, without a military order, we can't dispatch troops in Daxia without authorization, I'm afraid only your musket team can take on this heavy responsibility. ”

Zhong Qinghan said to Su Ziheng apologetically, he had just come back from Haizhou, and he didn't rest for a while, so he immediately rushed to Yunmengze, which was thousands of miles away.

"Hehe, what are you talking about? I also know His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and now that he has an accident, I have to go to the rescue. What's more, we still have cooperation with him, and if he really has an accident, it is not good news for us in Donghai County. Su Ziheng gently held Zhong Qinghan's hand and comforted her.

"Ziheng, when you come back from this trip, let's get married!" Zhong Qinghan said abruptly.

"Huh?" Su Ziheng was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay, you can decide." It just so happened that my three-year filial piety period had also passed, but it was a pity that I couldn't tell my parents the good news. ”

Zhong Qinghan held Su Ziheng's hand with his backhand, and said softly: "Ziheng, don't worry, Xining, we will all go back sooner or later." ”

"By the way, Qinghan, has our warehouse in Donghai County been repaired? This time, I got a lot of treasures back from Haizhou, and I had to find a place to place them, and it was inconvenient to keep them with the dragon god. Su Ziheng changed the topic, not wanting to continue the dull question just now.

"Yes, I've been busy negotiating with Ji Gou for the past few days, and I forgot how many things you got from their treasure house that night?" Zhong Qinghan asked with a smile.

"There are a lot of good things, hundreds of thousands of copper coins, countless gold and silver treasures, and I don't even have time to count them. So I want to ask you if the warehouse of the government has been built? At that time, all these items will be transferred to the inner warehouse for storage, and all of them will be used for the construction of Donghai County. With these treasures, the newly recruited 30,000 people also have the ability to settle. Su Ziheng said.

"Ziheng, don't you keep some for yourself?" Zhong Qinghan asked curiously.

"I haven't looked closely at what's inside? It doesn't matter if there's something I like. There is only one problem, most of the food we got this time is treasure, and it can be said that there is almost no grain, and there are more than 30,000 people, and the pressure is still quite great, so we must find a way to purchase more grain and last until this autumn's harvest. Su Ziheng instructed Zhong Qinghan to say.

Zhong Qinghan's eyebrows furrowed when he heard this, "This is really a troublesome matter, I mentioned this question last time I met with Jiang Ankang, the prefect of Jiangning. Jiang Governor said that there is not much surplus food in Jiangning City now, not only Jiangning Mansion, but also the entire Jiangnan. ”

"Jiangnan is the land of fish and rice, and seventy percent of the grain in the entire Great Xia is produced in Jiangnan. If there is no surplus food in Jiangnan, then we can only find a way from other countries. ”

Su Ziheng knew that the Great Xia Imperial Court had always wanted to launch the Third Northern Expedition against the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, and the grain was taken away by the Imperial Court. In addition, the western conquest of the Mengyuan Empire has spread to Yuzhou, and now Liangzhou and the entire territory of Yuzhou have almost fallen into the hands of the Mengyuan army.

In order to counterattack back, the Great Xia court recruited a million troops, planning to fight on two fronts, one side of the northern expedition, and the other side of the western expedition, in this case, even if there is excess grain in Great Xia, it will be levied as military rations.

Zhong Qinghan's slender jade finger kept sliding on the map of the four countries, and the expression on his face became more and more serious, "The Mengyuan Empire and Great Xia have no hope, and the Eastern Wei Dynasty is in a civil war, they themselves are short of food, and it is impossible to sell it to us, the only thing left is ......"

Her fingers stopped on the shore of the South China Sea, and she said in a deep voice: "Nan Zhou! ”

Su Ziheng nodded and agreed: "I heard that Nanzhou is close to the land of Nanyang, and there is a land for rice cultivation with three crops a year, and there is no shortage of food at all. In addition, the Southern Zhou is not allowed to trade, so we can communicate with them. ”

"This time it is just the right time to open up the sea route of Haizhou, and you can take a boat from the East China Sea to the South China Sea to avoid the chaotic war situation in the Eastern Wei Dynasty."

Zhong Qinghan smiled gently: "It seems that we have really taken a wonderful move to send troops to Haizhou this time." Then I will listen to you, arrange for a caravan to go to the Southern Zhou to do business, transport the things that we don't need for the time being in Donghai County and sell them, and then exchange them for grain and other raw materials. ”

Su Ziheng touched his chin, "As for business, I'm afraid it's better to hand it over to Zhao's firm, otherwise, I'll go back and arrange a dinner party in a while, invite everyone over for a gathering, and then discuss the next work." ”

His plan was to arrange the affairs of Donghai County, so that he could rest assured that he could take Shi Meng and the others north to Yunmengze to find the whereabouts of the crown prince Yao Fusu.

Zhong Qinghan nodded when he heard this: "Then you go back and prepare first, and I will prepare Yun Mengze's information for you, and bring it over when the time comes." ”

Leaving Zhongfu, Su Ziheng went to Zhao Mansion before, met Zhao Chengwen, and told him and Zhao Wan'er about the banquet in the evening, and Zhao Chengwen readily agreed.

The expansion of trade routes was a good thing for him, so how could he oppose it?

In addition to Zhao Chengwen's father and daughter, Su Ziheng also hosted a banquet for Jia Qingwen this time. Jia Fuzi is a master of the vertical and horizontal faction, although he was injured in his foot before, under Su Ziheng's treatment, he has gradually recovered, this time in the south of the week, Su Ziheng plans to let Jia Qingwen go all the way to the relationship with the south of Zhou.