Wang Ning'an sat on the desk, quickly browsing the report sent, at present, there is chaos in the wharves of Xuzhou and Suzhou, workers have stopped moving, the transportation of goods from the north and south has been seriously affected, and there are two warehouses that hoard grain, fires, loss of 50,000 stones, and the rest are all kinds of things, such as the ship sank, the canal was silted, and there were no less than dozens of messy things.

After patiently reading it, Wang Ningan slowly turned his head.

His expression was extremely solemn, and he looked up at Zhang Dun, Chen Shunzhi, and Su Shi, who had just arrived from the capital, and then said in a deep voice: "They made a move, much faster than expected." ”

Chen Shunzhi said: "This is also reasonable, several officials in Beijing can't stop it, and the Chai family's Danshu iron coupon can't stop it, so these people naturally want to jump over the wall in a hurry and threaten with Caoyun...... Alas, if you can delay for two or three years, and wait until the railway is repaired, you don't have to deal with them at all, at this moment the two capitals, and so many border troops, are all pointing to the maintenance of grain, if there is a shortage of nearly 10 million stone of grain every year, the world will be in chaos immediately! ”

Wang Ningan still looked ahead, as if he had no emotion, and just said, "What can you do to solve the food problem?" All in all, the only requirement, don't be at the mercy of others! No one! ”

After saying this, several people were shocked!

Obviously, Wang Ningan's meaning is very clear, and he is not ready to compromise.

Suddenly, Zhang Dian seemed to have been beaten with chicken blood, he thought about it, and said: "It is April now, there are still a few months before the summer grain purchase, and there is half a year before the autumn harvest...... As long as we use our brains, there will be a way...... I proposed to get grain from the Wa Kingdom and Goryeo, which has long been familiar with the road, and now that they are not fighting, the Great Song Dynasty sent them peace, handed over millions of stone grain, and what else should not be! ”

Su Shi immediately shook his head, he came on the order of Sima Guang, and deliberately told Wang Ning'an about the affairs of the capital before the three messengers, and casually asked the master for his guilt on behalf of Sima Guang.

When they came, Sima Guang and the others also studied this matter, although they didn't know that the canal had an accident, but threatening the capital with Cao Yun and forcing the imperial court to bow their heads was not a new trick, they could also guess it.

It's just that it's too difficult to defuse this trick.

"It's not difficult to get grain from the Wa Kingdom and Goryeo, but the difficult thing is how to transport the grain inland, the railroad has not been repaired, and the canal is not passable, so I'm afraid it won't work just pointing to the carriages and manpower." Su Shi said: "If you want me to say, you should still make a fuss on the canal!" ”

Chen Shunzhi nodded rarely, "Zizhan is right, we can't just because someone is making trouble, we don't want the canal...... And this time they were only attacking in two places, indicating that these people didn't want to fight the court yet, they just wanted to test the water! ”

Zhang Dian was unconvinced: "I don't see it that way, whether it's two cities or twenty cities, as long as it's a little stuck, the canal won't be passable!" Believe it or not, now send troops over and solve two cities, and there will be other places popping up immediately! ”

Wang Ningan nodded, "Zihou's judgment is reasonable, we can't leave it to chance and expect them to compromise!" Especially a bunch of unscrupulous madmen! ”

Wang Ning'an observed these people in the southeast, in fact, there are many similarities between them, they all rely on the development of industry and commerce, foreign trade, and law reform to grow stronger.

The difference is that Wang Ningan put more energy on enriching the country and strengthening the army, changing the law and reforming, and even maintained a restrained attitude towards his own people.

And these people in the southeast have been in the opposition from the beginning, and out of the national policy of the Great Song Dynasty, in the court, the ratio of north to south is about three to seven, or four to six, and the high-end ruling level, the north occupies an absolute advantage.

Because of this, the gentry in the south did not put themselves in the position of masters, and acted in a way that only cared about satisfying their own selfish desires, forming parties for personal gain, and doing everything.

Since they dare to use Cao Yun to attack the imperial court, they will never give up easily!

Su Shi said: "Since this is the case, then simply send troops and take over all the docks to see what else they can do!" ”

"Stinky move!"

Zhang Dian said unceremoniously: "There are a total of four canals in the Great Song Dynasty, two in the southeast, dozens of people in the cities along the way, the shipwrights and coolies involved, plus their families, there are millions of them, how many soldiers do you have to send, and how much effort do you have to put them all right?" What if you are forced to rush and someone provokes trouble? ”

"This ......" Su Shi was asked, and he muttered, "Could it be that Cao Yun just left it alone, it doesn't make sense!" ”

When the two of them were arguing, Wang Ningan suddenly laughed, "Zihou said that he wanted to get grain from outside, I agree with this idea, and it is not only Goryeo and Waguo, but also Bohai, Western Regions, by the way, and Western Xia!" These places have to find a way...... As for the problem of transportation, write a letter to Junshi and ask him to allocate special funds to build roads and increase transportation capacity as much as possible, which is our first-hand preparation! ”

Chen Shunzhi made a note of it and arranged it in a while.

"What about the other hand, as Zizhan said, we can't let them control the canal, we have to snatch it back!"

"Brother-in-law, are you going to use troops?"

Wang Ningan was noncommittal, "Of course, we must be prepared by force, but don't forget, those coolies are also the people of the Great Song Dynasty, and their situation must be considered, especially after the railway is repaired, it will also impact their lives...... Therefore, the top priority is to find a way to communicate with the coolie boatmen and let them understand that the court is not here to harm them. If we can separate the coolies from the people behind them, we can re-establish order in the canal. ”

Wang Ningan put forward a high goal, dealing with the people?

How to deal with it, do you know what the coolies think? The officials of the court are all high-ranking and can't even understand the local dialect, how can you expect the people to believe you?

And the Caoyun network with Kaifeng as the core has been operating since the fifth generation, and to put it mildly, the history of many halls of the Cao Gang is even older than the Great Song Dynasty.

Over the years, it has been a monolith, and outsiders don't have a few years of hard work, so they don't want to get into it at all...... Things are frozen, the pure use of force will only create more trouble, without force, and there is no other way, what should be done!

"Master, I have a candidate who promises to be able to talk to the coolies and figure out what they are thinking...... Master, it's up to you to give up? Zhang Dun grinned.

Wang Ning'an frowned, it was not that he was reluctant, but he didn't know who this powerful candidate was?

"Far away in the sky, close in front of you, it's our Su Da talent!"

Wang Ningan glared at Zhang Dun, "Important things, don't joke!" ”

Zhang Dian hurriedly said: "I'm not kidding, Brother Zizhan is indeed the most suitable...... First of all, he is proficient in the southern and northern accents, various dialects, and can speak, secondly, he is humorous and witty, easy-going, and will not look down on coolies, and thirdly, Brother Zizhan is informal, likes to eat and drink, and is sloppy and sloppy, and is placed in the people's pile, which is exactly the same! ”

"You fart!"

Su Shi jumped to his feet in anger, "Have you ever seen such a jade tree in the wind?" Zhang Zihou, you still have revenge, villain, full villain! ”

Zhang Dian hurriedly shook his head, "Brother Zizhan, I don't believe you ask Master, are you the right person?" ”

Not to mention, Wang Ningan has been silent for a long time, Su Shi is really different from other talents, he has no difference between rank and rank from the bottom of his heart, the poorer he is, the more he can talk.

When he invented Dongpo meat, it was necessary to remove the qi in the pork, so that ordinary people could eat more meat, which is really rare!

"That...... Zizhan, or you can work hard and run for me. ”

Su Shi pouted and was silent for a long time before gritting his teeth and said: "Brother-in-law, let's make it clear, I went to help the coolie people, not to be controlled and manipulated by those big families, and besides, Master, you have to send me two helpers." ”

Wang Ningan thought for a while, "Let Wang Bian accompany you, Wang Xianggong has returned to Beijing, but Wang Bian has always been among the people, compared with his brother, Wang Bian is more simple and hardworking, and he is familiar with the people's feelings, he is very suitable." ”

"The king's side is indeed wonderful." Su Shi also smiled: "Then who else?" How about the sub-thickness? Let him be my bodyguard? ”

Zhang Dian immediately waved his hand, "I still have to plan the overall situation for the master, the three Qincha will be here soon, as well as the case of the Chai family, as well as the chaos at the dock, they all have to be dealt with, I can't do without it...... In this way, how about I give you my apprentice? ”

"Apprentice?"

"That's right, it's Yan Xiaoshan, he doesn't know where the bull energy came from now, he has to fall from where and get up from, Brother Zizhan, you can do well, give him a chance."

Listening to the conversation of these people, Chen Shunzhi was speechless, what kind of people are they, they are pitting each other, it is really dark enough! What apprentice, what brother-in-law, don't care, do you still want to have some discipline?

These goods said together, what is the festival and can you eat it?

……

Su Shi, Wang Bi, Yan Jidao, and some people really went deep into the people to understand the people's feelings. On the third day of their departure, several of them arrived.

Wang Ningan welcomed them to Xingyuan, Wen Yanbo looked at his nose and nose, his nose and mouth, and he didn't say a word, Wang Anshi asked a few words about Caoyun's situation, and Wang Ningan told the truth.

Sun Gu on the side finally found an opportunity to make trouble.

"Lord Wang, Cao Yun is related to the life and death of the people of Jingshi, and even the saints have to eat Cao Liang...... Don't be cautious, I think we should restore the luck immediately. ”

Wang Ningan smiled faintly, "As Lord Sun said, do you have a way?" ”

"This ...... I can't say a way, it's just the right medicine, what those Liba want, as long as they agree, that's it! ”

Wang Ningan showed a sneer, "Lord Sun is really good!" It's just that they want to stop building railways and land requisition, and they also say that the Chai family has a lot of ships, and more than 100,000 people point to their house for dinner, so let's release Zheng Guogong immediately, what does Lord Sun think? ”

"This ...... Is everything negotiable! ”

Wang Ningan laughed loudly, shook his head and said, "There is no negotiation, the imperial court will definitely not compromise!" ”