"The defense of the capital city is more important than the fort, as long as the fort is in my hands, if nothing happens, Jin Yu will not dare to attack the city. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The Jin people now have the advantage, knowing that there are less than 10,000 defenders in the city, and most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, and the rest are filled by ordinary people, but they dare not attack the city, but they only force the imperial court to negotiate peace with them......"

Facing Zhou Quan, Zong Ze whispered his thoughts, but he didn't see him for a short time, he seemed to be ten years old, not only gray hair, but also a little unkempt, and the corners of his mouth were blistering.

Even when the Battle of Yingtian was at its most critical, Zong Ze had never done so.

When Zhou Quan saw him, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "According to what Zhou saw, the most important thing in the city defense now is that Zonggong can have a good rest." ”

Zong Ze was stunned for a moment, and then smiled bitterly: "How dare you rest, if you don't enter the capital, you don't know the depth of the capital......"

There was a deep helplessness in his words.

I thought that when I came to Beijing, I could show my skills, but he was not for fame or wealth, but he only took pity on the millions of people in Beijing and hundreds of people in the Central Plains.

However, after entering Beijing, he was faced with a situation that was not as he imagined, only a lack of money and food -- for him, it was difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, but it was the easiest problem to solve.

The containment of all parties even dragged the hind legs, the yang and yin of the officials below, and even the emperor Zhao Huan himself was the biggest obstacle for him to consolidate the city defense. He had to spend a lot of energy arguing with officials, reprimanding military officials, and perfunctory with Zhao Huan.

"The energy that is really spent on the defense of the city is less than eleven ...... However, since Jiguo Gong has returned to Beijing, it will be easy to do, and I can sit back and relax. ”

Hearing Zong Ze's long sigh of relief, Zhou Quan laughed and said: "I'm afraid it won't work, this is not Ying Tianfu, Ying Tianfu, you will hand over the soldiers and horses to me, you can rest assured." Here, you hand over the soldiers and horses to me, Zhao Huan will rest assured? ”

Zhou Quan called Zhao Huan's name, and Zong Ze's face changed slightly.

His eyes flickered for a moment, and then he couldn't help but be a little silent when he thought of Zhao Huan's suspicion of Zhou Quan.

Zhou Quan can be said to be Zhao Ji's minister, but not Zhao Huan's minister!

"I entered Beijing this time for one purpose, to get what I deserve. As for the defense of the city or anything, it's not my business. Zhou Quan said slowly.

"Deserved?" Zong Ze was taken aback.

"Don't worry, Zonggong just rest assured, although I am very ashamed of Zhao Huan, I will not take the throne from him now. I want a craftsman in Kyoshi. ”

Zhou Quan's idea was made by tens of thousands of skilled craftsmen in Bianjing City!

These craftsmen in cement yards, steel yards, ship yards or car mills were originally trained by Zhou Quan's father and son, and there were only a few thousand at that time, but now, the number has reached more than 30,000. These skilled craftsmen are also a valuable asset to Zhou Quan, and he is ready to take them all away.

As for whether these craftsmen are willing or not, after so many things, the craftsmen in the capital will not have much nostalgia for Bianjing.

Of course, this is only one of the purposes of Zhou Quan's trip, he has other purposes, but it is not suitable to say to Zong Ze.

Zong Ze heard that he was going to take away the craftsmen, because he knew that Zhou Quan attached great importance to industry, so he was convinced, and sighed twice: "If Zhou Gong is like this, I am afraid that Jingzhong Industry will be lifeless in the future." ”

"Bianjing has been the capital for a long time, and I thought that this place could be the capital of culture and art, but it should not be the capital of industry. If I were to rule, I would move my capital to the seashore for the benefit of shipping. Zhou Quan said with a smile.

Zong Ze couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, he stared at Zhou Quan for a long time, but Zhou Quan looked calm, Zong Ze said for a while: "The seaside is easy to attack and difficult to defend, taking Haizhou as an example, if there is an enemy attack, I am afraid there is no danger to ......"

"Zonggong, the times are different, and the war is different." Zhou Quan said meaningfully.

At this time, although the role of muskets in the Yanjing battlefield was already known, and Zong Ze also knew that a new weapon had appeared in the guards, he had not yet realized that artillery and muskets would completely replace cold weapons, and the night of the old era was being revealed, and the dawn of the new era had arrived.

Zong Ze was a little puzzled by his words, and was about to ask again, when suddenly, he heard an earth-shattering loud noise.

Zong Ze Huo Ran jumped up and stepped out of the door in three steps and two steps, his steps were so agile that he didn't look like an old man.

But after he went out, what he saw was a certain kind of fire in the capital, thick smoke billowing out, and the entire night sky was dyed red by this flame!

Zong Ze took a breath, only to feel that his throat was sweet, and a fishy smell surged up from his internal organs, almost turning into blood and spurting out.

Fort!

There are a total of four forts in Bianjing City, and the place where the explosion occurred now is precisely for the Genhou Fort, which is also the most concentrated cannon on the back, this fort is set up in the north of Genyue, relying on Genyue, condescending, because the Jin people gather in the north of the city, so those giant heavy artillery that Zhou Quan dedicated to the imperial court are almost all concentrated here.

Coupled with the bronze cannons cast by the imperial court itself, it is no exaggeration to say that this fort concentrated more than half of the artillery in Bianjing City. There is a problem here, and Bianjing in front of the Jin people is almost defenseless!

"Rear Fort?" Zhou Quan also walked out and asked solemnly.

"Yes, I set up a patrol artillery envoy, originally expected that the Jin people would send spies to destroy the fort, but His Majesty crossed me and directly interfered with the fort's defense......"

A character like Zong Ze originally disdained to shirk responsibility, but today's incident made him angry.

If it was done exactly according to his arrangement, how could there be a problem with the battery?

"Making such a big noise, it's not something one or two spies can do, I'm afraid there will be a problem with the North Gate, don't go to the fort now, go to the North Gate." Zhou Quan said.

Zong Ze also understands this, if there is an explosion of this scale in the fort, the loss must be heavy, even if he rushes over, it will be useless, on the contrary, it is the north gate, the Jin people are less than ten miles away from the north gate, they arranged this explosion, how can they not be prepared, maybe at this time, the Jin army has already come to the city.

He immediately went out to the north gate, but he had no horses!

Originally, there were a lot of large livestock in the capital, and there were more than 10,000 horses alone, but in order to reach a peace agreement with the Jin people, Zhao Huan gave more than 70,000 large livestock in the city, including horses, as an advance indemnity to the Jin people. At this time, there was a shortage of horses in the city, and Zong Ze had no foundation in Beijing, so he could only use a donkey as a car. What can a donkey do at this time?

Fortunately, Zhou Quan has a horse.

Of course, Zhou Quan did not enter Beijing alone, he entered the Beijing division with two hundred personal guards, and everyone had horses. Therefore, Zong Ze bowed his hand to Zhou Quan and said, "Duke Zhou, beg to borrow a horse." ”

Zhou Quan waved his hand, and naturally there were guards who gave the horse to Zong Ze. Zong Ze got on his horse and galloped away, Zhou Quan watched his back quickly disappear into the darkness, and then looked back at this humble sect mansion, and shook his head slightly.

After Zong Ze entered Beijing, he refused the beautiful house given by Zhao Huan, but lived in this humble official rented mansion, and exchanged all the silk silk given by Zhao Huan for money and grain, which was used to subsidize the sergeants - but what was the use of him doing this alone, the entire Great Song Dynasty court was definitely not saved by one or two loyal and honest officials.

Therefore, Zhou Quan is not optimistic about the result of Zong Ze's departure.

But if the Jin people think that they can seize Bianjing in this way, then they think too simply, and they treat Zhou Quan as nothing......

A mocking smile appeared on the corner of Zhou Quan's mouth, and then he turned around and said, "Inform Uncle Du that you can gather people!" ”

"Yes!"

One of them immediately rushed out, and he was going to inform Du Gou'er.

"Let's go to the Chamber of Commerce Hall, and in half an hour, everyone will be there!" Zhou Quan said again.

Everyone got on their horses and walked towards the building of the Tokai Chamber of Commerce. When they arrived in front of the building, Zhou Quan's eyes were sharp, and by the light, he saw someone wandering over there, and when he looked carefully, it was Qin Zi.

Qin Zi saw Zhou Quan and his party returning, his face was overjoyed, he rushed over, but was blocked by the guards. Seeing that Zhou Quan didn't seem to pay attention to his own meaning, Qin Zi snorted and knelt down directly: "Duke Zhou, Duke Zhou, I have something urgent...... I know who the Jin people's spies are! ”

Zhou Quan frowned, Qin Zi and he cooperated happily at the beginning, but as time went by, even if Liang Shicheng himself was in front of him, it was difficult to be equal, not to mention that this person was just a guest who took refuge in Liang Shicheng.

But he suddenly appeared, and threatened to know who the Jin people's spy was, so it was necessary to ask.

Motioning to put Qin Zi in front of him, Zhou Quan said in a gentle voice: "I'm very busy here, Brother Qin, to make a long story short, I can only give you an hour." ”

"The family is unfortunate, my brother's union has taken refuge in the Jin people, the fine work of the Jin country is living in his house, and the matter of the fort behind Gen must be related to this fine work, in addition, they may also take Zhou Gong as a target, Zhou Gong, be careful and vigilant!" Qin Zi didn't care if he was outside, and directly threw out what he wanted to say.

Zhou Quan's heart suddenly jumped.

Qin Hui was just a small person at this time, although Zhou Quan hated him, he didn't take it to heart, but he never thought that this guy quietly took refuge in Jinren, and he did such a big thing!

"Is the message true?" He asked.

"It's true, I persuaded him, but he didn't listen, I was afraid that he would do something bad to do, so I made his family watch more, and I got the news today......"

Qin Zi is very satisfied with his current life, although he is not powerful, but with his shares in the Donghai Chamber of Commerce, he can easily make a profit of 100,000 yuan when he is young, and this is a career that can be passed on to his descendants, not inferior to Tianshan.

Therefore, he was very afraid of being affected by Qin Hui, and persuaded Qin Hui last time, and after finding that his brother was just perfunctory, he thought of a way to buy off the people in Qin Hui's mansion.

He is Qin Hui's brother, and he has money, so it is easy to buy off a few servants. When he got the exact news this afternoon, he rushed to find Zhou Quan, but Zhou Quan went to see Zong Ze as soon as he entered the capital, so he waited until now to see Zhou Quan.

"If this is true, I will punish your brother!" Zhou Quan said.

At this time, Qin Zi was angry, and he also knew what it meant for the destruction of the Genhou Fort, so he gritted his teeth and said: "I just hate not to be able to do it!" ”

He really hates Qin Hui! (To be continued.) )