In the backyard of the He family in Jingzhou, He Jizhong, the eldest young master of the He family, hurried over. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info "Can the master be in the study?" He grabbed a sweeper and asked.

"In, in the study. The little one saw Steward Zhou coming out of the study just now......"

Before Xiaowu's words fell, He Jizhong had already rushed towards the study.

"The eldest young master, the eldest young master......" When He Mu got the letter and asked the mother-in-law in front of her to come and call someone, He Jizhong had already entered the study. The mother-in-law had to turn her head back, and the study was not something that casual people could enter.

"Panting, panicking, what kind of system." The old man He in the study was dissatisfied with He Jizhong.

He Jizhong didn't have the fear of facing his father in the past, and said hurriedly: "Dad, why did you let people hang ...... and that thing out?" That's a scourge. "The Fu Han army has entered Hubei, and the government is arresting the spies of the Fu Han army everywhere, and now hang that thing out, in case the secret is leaked, isn't this the death of the whole family.

When He Jizhong inspected the salt shop today, he saw that a gray Bi Yuewu suddenly appeared in the middle of his own disguise, and his heart stopped at that moment. After a brief question at the salt shop, he hurried home.

"Huh, scourge? That's our family's life talisman. With this brand, the old He family can be safe and secure in this catastrophe. Old Man He glanced at his eldest son, and there was an endless clue in his heart, but it was like that messy cocoon, and he couldn't get it out. Did you force him to read too much? I always feel that there is a lack of spirituality.

"When Lao Tzu made that deal with Yunyang, you yelled that you couldn't do it, for fear that the government would get caught. But if it weren't for the fact that the transaction earned thousands of taels of silver to subsidize the family, when the government persuaded the donation, our family would have to pawn the fields and stores. ”

He Zongxiang said to his son with a sense of 'contempt' in his tone. Of course, he knew where the batch of salt of nearly 1,000 stones had been sent from Yunyang, but as long as there was silver, where did he care where the batch of salt went? He was happy to do it. And in addition to silver, the He family also has an extra piece of Bi Yuewu, which is difficult to sell even with silver.

"Dad, the Chen family just hit Hanyang, and it's still far from us." He Jizhong was anxious to jump. He felt that he and his father's thinking were not on the same line, Jingzhou was still far away from Hanyang, and the ghost knew when the Fu Han army would be able to hit Jingzhou? Or that they can't hit Jingzhou at all. The first battle of Huangpi was just a small county town, and the official army resisted tens of thousands of Han troops for half a month.

"Far away? Not far. From Hanyang to Jingzhou, you will arrive in a smoke. Boss, if you are really afraid, take the silver to Sichuan, and the Fu Han army will not fight Sichuan for a while. Bring in another batch of salt by the way. ”

If Hubei is occupied by the Fu Han army, then Sichuan Yan will definitely not be able to enter, just like the previous nest of the Fu Han army, no matter how much material was stored at the beginning, time will make the things full of hoards necessary. Taking advantage of the opportunity to bring in another batch of salt from Sichuan, even if the rules of the Fu Han Army did not allow the price to be raised, the twice price would be enough for the He family to make money.

He Jizhong is about to collapse, and there is a feeling that he can't explain reasonably, is his father evil? How could he have so much confidence in the Fu Han Army?

"Hmph. It's not that your father and I have confidence in the Fuhan Army, it's that many people have confidence in the Fuhan Army. You know what? The price of Sichuan salt has fallen by three percent. ”

The Fu Han army occupied the south of the Yangtze River, Huai salt became a joke, Huguang, Henan and other places were short of salt, the Manchu government was forced to revoke the ban on "Sichuan salt entry to private theory", Sichuan salt seized this opportunity, crazy sales to Huguang.

Although the Manchu Qing Dynasty also stipulated that Sichuan salt should be transported out of the gorge and directly to Yichang City, the salt tax should be paid for overloading the ship, and the Sichuan salt ship was not allowed to sail directly across the border. However, after the ban on Sichuan salt was lifted, last year there were 4,000 small Sichuan ships transporting salt to Yiyi, and the weight of Sichuan salt on the surface reached 450,000 quintals. Yichang Ziyun Palace riverbank, Xiba River on both sides of the river to Erma Road, 12 wharves along the river, sails such as forests, Jia boat passenger boat stretches for several miles, boat households and boat people more than 10,000. The taste of Gainchuan salt is pure, white and fine, the price is low, and the profit is very considerable.

When the ban on Sichuan salt not going east was still in place, Huguang merchants colluded with Sichuan salt merchants to smuggle Sichuan salt into Hunan and Hubei. Yichang is located in western Hubei and adjacent to eastern Sichuan, and has become the forefront of blocking Sichuan salt. So much so that the Yichang Prefecture set up more than 10 checkpoints on the waters of the Yangtze River and its tributaries in Yichang, and launched a "cat and mouse war" against smuggling Sichuan salt with salt smugglers and salt dealers.

Now that Sichuan Salt is a fair trade, it is understandable that the inflated sales are stunning. Yichang Salt Pass, each catty of Sichuan salt is charged a salt tax [0.015 taels, one tael of silver is 1,000 copper, which is 15 copper coins, which is very high], and the monthly salt tax silver is as much as 450,000 taels. Last year, 400,000 taels of silver were sent to Henan, and the remaining part also strongly supported the aftermath and reconstruction of the Huguang Green Camp. There are 70 or 80 open-air money stalls on 12 wharves along the river in Yichang, which are specially used to distribute money to porters. The Zigong Salt Farm added as many as seven or eight hundred frying pans last year.

And these salts are not completely sold in Huguang, some go north to Henan, some go east to Jiangxi and Anhui, and some go south, but anyway, Sichuan salt is making a lot of money. Its price has also gradually increased.

Since the suicide of the Han army into Hubei, it is clear that there are still thousands of miles away from Yichang, and the prices of Sichuan salt on the bright and dark sides are falling in an uproar. Therefore, it is not He Zhongxiang who is not optimistic that the Manchus will not be able to keep Hubei, but many, many people.

A piece of Bi Yuewu has just been added to the guise of Hejia Salt Shop, and it has already been seen by people with a heart. Do you still remember the thief who led people to steal the sweet potatoes and potatoes in Chen Baoguang's cellar in Yunxi? This person's name is Gao Shida, and now he is working as a junior in a restaurant called Fu Tailai in Jingzhou City, and his boss is of course not Chen Baoguang, Chen Baoguang is still nesting in Yunyang now. After Gao Shida was thrown into the children's camp by Chen Baoguang, he soon 'stood out', and a clever energy that was different from ordinary people made him enter the sight of the dark camp, and he officially became a member of the dark camp front after the beginning of spring last year.

"The shopkeeper, the He family is listed."

In the room in the backyard of the restaurant, Gao Shida's eyes sparkled with his online report. The Fu Han army only hit Hanyang, hundreds of miles away from Jingzhou, and the He family took the initiative to hang up the cards, which is absolute confidence in the Fu Han army sweeping Hubei. "Shopkeeper, is this what everyone expects from us to restore the Han Army?"

The shopkeeper of the restaurant is a middle-aged man in his thirties, who was born in business before, and the taste of the market is the best cover for him to enter Jingzhou. Now facing Gao Shida, a pair of philistine eyes are full of hope.

As Gao Shida said, the Fu Han Army is 'what everyone expects'. Old oilmen like He Zhongxiang have no hope that the Manchus will keep Hubei, which shows how 'weak' the Manchus are now in the eyes of the big businessmen in Hubei. This highlights the current momentum of the Fu Han Army. They served for the Fu Han army, and naturally wanted to watch the Fu Han army go higher and higher until the peak of the world......

"Shida, you will send a letter to He Zhongxiang later." The shopkeeper's eyes blinked, and he felt that he should take advantage of the current opportunity to let He Zhongxiang hoard Sichuan salt vigorously, instead of sitting back in vain and watching the Fu Han army attack western Hubei step by step.

As an intelligence point at Jingzhou Station, Futai's work here is actually very simple and easy. They don't need to risk their lives to instigate the civil and military officials of the Qing army, to contact the gentry, or to break into the Qing army, full of enemies, and they are sincerely afraid of every step, they just need to stay in the restaurant honestly, collect the most popular information, and collect the price trend of daily necessities such as grain, salt, and cloth on the market. Of course, when necessary, Futailai will also be the junction point of Jingzhou Station's intelligence contact, but many people who connect here don't know that Futailai himself is a member of the secret camp.

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Duan Xiulin, who captured Jiangyin, and the Guangdong Naval Division, rushed to Zhenjiang non-stop, and joined the Qing army in Suzhou from the south. This news was passed to Chen Ming by the flying pigeon, and Chen Ming, who was already preparing to leave Anqing, didn't care for a minute.

Zhenjiang, Nanjing, Yangzhou, as long as this triangular region is still controlled by the Fu Han army, it is enough now. When Chen Ming led the rest of the team to leave Anqing, even Zhenjiang and Yangzhou, Huang Jie could decide for himself when to give up.

Only Nanjing, the political symbolism of the city is too great, and if you want to give up Nanjing, you must wait for Chen Ming to order it personally. And Chen Ming's abandonment of Nanjing could not affect the momentum of the Han army, he felt that he had to defeat Wuchang first. This is a big premise!

Now the Fu Han army in Hubei has slaughtered the city of Hanyangfu, which has only three gates in the east, west and south, and after suffering a catastrophe last year, this year it is once again shrouded in the shadow of war.

The town of Hankou, which is only separated from Hanyang by the Han River, had just recovered a trace of vitality and fell into the hands of the Fu Han army again. All the merchants and civilians fled, many fled into the provincial capital, some crossed the provincial capital and continued southward, and some went west in ships.

Zhu Jue did not show his cowardice this time, he still stayed in Hanyang Fucheng, and Ma Mingxun, the commander of the Sichuan army who was defeated in the Battle of Huangpi, did not retreat to Hanyang Fucheng, but retreated to Xiaogan to the west of Huangpi. Chen Yongsheng is now divided into two ways, one is that he personally leads the troops to besiege Hanyang, and the other way is to rush to Xiaogan to attack and kill Ma Mingxun.

It is almost certain that Ma Mingxun will not participate in the battle of Wuhan. He led his troops to retreat west into Xiaogan instead of retreating south to Hanyang Fucheng, which made it clear that he was avoiding war. The Fu Han army killed Ben Xiaogan, Ma Mingxun must 'flee from the wind', and he will definitely not fight to the death with the Fu Han army in Xiaogan for the second time.

You must know that in Jingmen Prefecture, further west, there are still thousands of Sichuan soldiers guarding there. The losses in the battle of Huangpi of Ma Mingxun's department were not very large, only about 2,000 people, although those people were likely to be the elite of his hands, but if they were to join the Sichuan soldiers in Jingmen Prefecture, no matter how big the setbacks were, they would be dispersed a lot by the joy of joining forces, and the strength of the Sichuan soldiers would reach 16,700 again.

By the Yangtze River, Ali Gon looked at Ma Mingxun's return letter and blinked coldly. "He is a child, and he is a child. There is little wisdom but no great wisdom. Even if he Ma Mingxun escaped to Yichang, could he still escape to Sichuan? ”

"If you don't fight in Wuhan today, when you are forced into a dead end, it will be too late to fight."

"Lord Zhongtang...... "Ali Gon also has the title of secretary of the military department.

"Let go of me. The old man can still hold on. Arigon shook off his squire's hand, his fist clenched to death.

If Ma Mingxun does not go to join the Sichuan soldiers in Jingmen, but goes north to De'an and joins the horse team in the south, he will definitely be able to contain part of the Han army in Shangfu; If the Qing army in Xiangyang can also draw troops and horses, then after converging with the Jingmenchuan soldiers, coupled with the militia training in western Hubei and arriving in Hanchuan, it can contain the energy of the Han army; Ali Gon himself will wait for the provincial capital of Wuchang again, and the reinforcements from Hunan will not be able to arrive in a short time, so he really has no strength to fight, and he may not be able to keep half of Hubei.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, although the slave has no regrets in his death, I regret that my Daqing Society is uneasy ......" (to be continued.) )