Dinghai City, the wind and rain are shaking, and every message coming from the front seems to be a stab in the hearts of the people in this city. In the past, they were the darlings of the country, and at the foot of the royal city, the important thing is that the city is located on the main road, and everyone in the city has no worries about life, and lives in peace and prosperity, so to speak, far above the people in most areas of this era.

But now, bad luck strikes, the city is also facing war, and the future, the disaster of the country is even in sight.

For the people of this city, it's a nightmare.

Until now, there are many people in the city, and they still feel that these are just jokes, not real at all.

In a high-gate mansion in the eastern part of the city, as elsewhere, people were instructed to turn around, many families in the city were trying their best to leave the city, and the news of the Tianzhu people's bombardment of Anzhou City had reached here, and no one wanted to see the terrible artillery fire of the Tianzhu people.

In the study of the back house, Su Yi, the owner of the house, took a deep breath,

"Ladies and gentlemen, I understand what everyone means, don't you just advise me to take advantage of this opportunity to make some preparations, so as not to suffer from the fish in the pond?"

Su Yi, as an important minister under the throne of Ning, is also the patriarch of the Dinghai Su family, and his words and deeds at this time are very important, and all the people who are sitting in the study with him are the people of his Dinghai Su family. Everyone is sitting here today, of course, talking about the Tianzhu people who will be called soon.

Hearing that Su Yi finally spoke, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Su Yi was the patriarch after all, if everyone couldn't persuade the patriarch, it would be difficult for the whole body of the Su family to retreat.

After all, the Su family is one of the few big clans in Dinghai City, and there are too many people and too many mouths, and it is not easy to make a move at this juncture at the moment.

Ay!

Seeing the expressions on everyone's faces, Su Yi suddenly understood and felt a little disappointed.

"My lord! I also know that the adults want to have the friendship with the prince, but there is no way, the adults must always think about it for the old and the young in the clan! ”

"Yes, my lord, it is better to retire and save the family than to sacrifice your life for fame. Today's Dinghai is no longer possible. ”

The elders of their own clan persuaded one after another.

It seems that after the battle of Anzhou City, everyone is not optimistic that Dinghai City can be defended. Originally, each family in Dinghai City had their own thoughts. The same is true for the Su family.

But if King Fan Ning has the possibility of holding Dinghai City, it is impossible for the Su family to turn their backs on King Ning's Mansion, and they will definitely stand with King Ding. The Dinghai Su family is a great family of the Great Song Dynasty today, originating from the Su family in the Hai Song Dynasty, and it is also a branch of the Su family in Jinling today.

The Jinling Su family has a high position in the imperial court, and the same is true of the Dinghai Su family, in Dinghai, the Su family has been under the command of King Ning for hundreds of years, and it has been favored from generation to generation, so it can be said that there is no reason to take the initiative to surrender to the enemy.

However, looking at the current situation, it is absolutely impossible for Dinghai to be defended, even King Ning himself has the possibility of escaping, as an important minister in the domain, Su Yi knows that just on the port, the only remaining half of the sailor division under King Ning is already in a state of full readiness, the purpose is not to fight with the Tianzhu people, the Tanjung naval battle some time ago has broken the courage of the officers and soldiers of King Ning's sailor, and this sailor is actually King Ning who is ready to protect himself to escape at a critical moment.

This makes the subordinates have confidence in how to hold Dinghai.

Therefore, all kinds of strange tones in the city were boiling, and the atmosphere had already become extremely weird.

The important thing now is that if Dinghai really falls into the hands of the Tianzhu people, what should he do with the Su family?

That's all that matters. The time seemed to have come to the time for the Su family to choose again.

"Can't do it? What do you mean? Su Yi looked at several elders in the clan fiercely and asked, "Do you still want to take refuge in the Tianzhu people?" ”

Su Yi knew that it was not surprising that the people in the clan had such thoughts, the key was that the combat power shown by the Tianzhu people this time was so strong, and the Dinghai people bore the brunt of it and felt it the most. Whether at sea or on land, the army of the Tianzhu people showed overwhelming strength, making it almost impossible for people to think of any confrontation.

The key is that the Tianzhu people are not only strong in the military, but also show great potential in the economy.

Several reforms of the Tianzhu people, let go of the imperial court's shackles on merchants, increase the voice of merchants, and promote maritime trade, which many people know, most of them are beneficial to merchants, especially maritime merchants. This is even more attractive to the major ethnic groups in Dinghai City, who mainly rely on maritime economic development.

At the beginning, the Tianzhu Mengzhou Exchange opened a few new stocks, and many people in Dinghai City got the news and went to support it. Whether it is the Yihe Canal or the Kaecheng Mining, there are also the handiwork of the Dinghai people, Dinghai City has been open for hundreds of years, and there are many bigwigs who are good at speculation here.

Compared with Tianzhu's mercantile policy, the governance of His Royal Highness King Ning is simply terrible, and the attitude of King Ning towards merchants in recent generations can be called rampant expropriation, and the merchants are completely regarded as money bags.

Tianzhu and Ning Domain, under the government, can be said to be a world of difference, so it can be seen that there are not a few Dinghai maritime merchants who have a good impression of Tianzhu.

You must know that Dinghai was the capital of the Song Dynasty and has always been known as the first port in the world.

Dinghai is really a maritime city.

If it weren't for the Tianzhu people calling over now, Dinghai would probably have to learn the same way as Mengzhou City sooner or later, but I didn't expect the Tianzhu people to call.

Therefore, there are quite a few people in the city who have different minds.

In fact, the march of the Tianzhu people into the Ning Domain was so smooth, and there were some such factors, the more the port city of the Ning Domain, the more dependent on sea trade, and some of the businessmen who were eager to enjoy the Tianzhu mercantile policy even took the initiative to invite the Tianzhu people in. These are the things that he Su Yi is a little ashamed of as the minister of King Ning.

In the room, an elder finally stood up and faced Su Yi's questioning,

"That's right, sir! After thinking about it, this is already the best choice for the Su family! ”

With a firm look in his eyes, the elder faced Su Yi without the slightest intention of backing down.

"Yes, yes! After all, my Su family still has some status in this Dinghai City, and if the Tianzhu people really lay down Dinghai, my Su family should still be of some use to them. ”

The other elders next to him also kept persuading.

Su Yi understood in a blink of an eye that these people in his family had already been connected, and they were just hiding it from him Su Yi, presumably because he Su Yi was an important minister under King Ning after all, so it was difficult to talk about these things.

Facing everyone in the clan, Su Yi thought for a while,

"You, you! I'm still in a hurry! ”

He said helplessly:

"You have a far-sighted view, even if the Tianzhu people enter Dinghai, it does not mean that the president will live here, you must know that the Tianzhu people have already committed the taboo of the Great Song Dynasty by attacking my Ning Domain, if you wait until His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty makes a move - there are still variables in the matter!"