Because of the previous dirty auction, a group of big merchants came to Ningbo City, and there were a lot of leading figures on the southeast ground. Now the thieves have sold almost everything, but the merchants have not all withdrawn, and some merchants remain in Ningbo, seemingly waiting for new business opportunities.

These merchants left behind are all people in charge of trading in the southeastern clan, and they eat everywhere they go. For example, this time Taiyong entered Ning, ostensibly Ning Shao was presided over by Bingdao, but in fact, it was the result of the cooperation and promotion of these big businessmen. For example, an official of Ning Shao's military armament, they can completely talk about it, and a small troop change of defense can still be regarded as a problem?

Even within the army, they can exert influence, and the supply of money and food for the army is inseparable from the supply of these people, and it is even common to arrange for some family children to take up a position in the army. When the officers are raised and lowered, they say a word, which is better than the officers themselves going to the military headquarters ten times. The guards in the southeast, or the newly formed battalion army, are inseparable from them, and no matter how top-secret the military intelligence dispatch is, it cannot be hidden from the eyes and ears of this cadre.

However, these five battalions of the Zhejiang New Army are outliers in the army, and their supplies are all provided by Yang Ji. Yang Ji is a relatively closed business atmosphere, and the shopkeepers have a strong sense of confidentiality, and it is more powerful to find out some news from them.

Within the army, the officers of those new army are all Anlu people, and they are not in the same circle as them, they are all honest and duty-bound, and they basically eat and live in the barracks and do not have contact with the outside world. is not like those officers I met in the past, who are fortunate to make friends with famous talents, and even if they take the initiative to come to the door to pull relationships, most of them are closed. As for the dispatch of the new army, these wealthy gentry are completely blind and cannot grasp it.

Even if they don't have this information, it won't hinder their lives. However, for a long time, the entire military and political system in Zhejiang has no secrets for these noble families. This exception made these people feel a little uneasy in their hearts.

In the Dafang Inn, several clan leaders gathered here, and Feng Tai'an, the patriarch of the Feng family, looked at a few people at the same table and shook his head, "None of the Xie family people came, it seems that when we gather again in the future, we will have to have one less chair." Xie Weng's poems and articles are very stylish, without this literary friend, I am afraid that I will not have much heart to write in the future. ”

"Yes, I heard that the current situation of the Xie family is not very good, and Master Xie also sold 3,000 acres of paddy fields in the countryside some time ago. The Xie family sells the field, for so many years, the Xie family's field is famous for only buying and not selling, and it actually fell to the point of selling the field, this is really ...... Kill them all, how can you bear it. ”

Everyone expressed their dissatisfaction with Yang Chengzu and their regret for the fate of the Xie family here, and the sound of silk and bamboo musical instruments outside stubbornly broke through the window paper and flew into the room. In the past two days, the rain has stopped, and the Peking Opera troupe outside has resumed their performances, and when they only hear movement, they know that they are singing Peking Opera again.

Xu Fengming frowned, "What are these people listening to?" It's really ugly, compared to Southern Opera, it's just a day and a place. It's all those northerners, who don't know what to do, just because those who sing Peking Opera are good-looking women, so they go to praise them. It's not a matter of doing business here, but also bringing the trick team, the soil buns, at first glance, they are the soil buns. ”

Compared with the misfortune that happened to the Xie family, what really made them unhappy was the fact that these northern merchants went south. In a place like Ningbo, there will be foreign businessmen coming over every year, but basically they are petty fights, and after visiting the wharf, they also do a section and leave, and the real ones that can take root are very limited. This time, it was the children of more than a dozen big families in the north who came here, and these people were not petty fights, but made it clear that they came to Jiangnan to step on the turf and grab business.

If such a person dared to come over in the past, how many would have trampled to death, but in this situation, the minds of these big clans are a little unable to sit still. Feng Tai'an Road:

"According to the news from the imperial court, it seems that the imperial court is going to make a move in the southeast, and it is said that it is also strictly forbidden to build ships privately. All seagoing ships must be manufactured according to the introduction to collect taxes, and if these people come to intervene, it will not be easy for us to build ships and guide them. If you think about the salt introduction, the Ming Dynasty guarded the salt and could not pay the salt businessmen I don't know how many, if someone pulls a wrong hand and supports these northern soil buns, it will be difficult for us to do it. ”

"Yes, these troupes, I don't think they are necessarily for the sake of praising those little ladies who sing operas, but may be for the sake of having a relationship with Yang Qincha. After all, this drama was studied by him, and the troupe is also his industry, so there is no difference between praising the troupe and giving him money. ”

Xu Fengming sneered, "Yang Qincha is indeed majestic, I heard that the Son of Heaven awarded him the title of commander of the second rank this time, and acted in order to act in accordance with the knowledge system from the first rank, and also rewarded a bullfighting suit." That thing is in the southeast, and it is only one line away from the royal flag, and it is the same as the honor. But so what? His majesty is supported by killing widows, if he loses the battle, do you think he can still have such majesty? ”

He held up the note in his hand, which was scrawled in coarse charcoal, with few words written on it, and a few typos in it. However, the general meaning can still be understood, and the strength and garrison of the new army are revealed, and it is determined that Yang Chengzu brought only one battalion to Ningbo.

He probably thought that the robbers would not dare to fight Ningbo again, so he dared to come with only 3,000 people. How many people did Xu Fang bring this time? I tell you, eight thousand soldiers! I heard that there are thousands of Zhenwei people in it, and 3,000 officers and soldiers against 1,000 Zhenwa, everyone thinks about it and knows what the victory or defeat is. As long as he loses the battle, then the southeast will not be able to stay, and when he rolls back to Beijing, this is our world after all. ”

Feng Tai'an nodded: "The only hope now is this. Our people have been sent out to lead the way for Xu Fang and them, and after taking Ningbo, the spoils will be divided into three percent of us. Although Xie Ao's belongings were sold cheaply, they got a lot of silver, and this time they got all the silver we used to buy the loot, and let everyone have a good year. Before that, we still have to help Xu Fang and divide the strength of the Ningbo defenders. ”

"In the coastal counties, there are also new troops stationed, can Xu Fang win?"

"Don't worry, according to the establishment of the new army, the new army stationed in the county town only has a bureau of 100 people, and there are big problems with self-protection. Those pirates are not going to attack the city, but only to attack some villages and towns, as long as the officials and soldiers are divided to defend it, so that the city of Ningbo can be defended by defense, they will definitely succeed in this plan. ”

Feng Tai'an coughed, "Brother Xu, the old man will find a way to divide the troops." As soon as the news arrived, the old man would go to the government yamen and urge him to make the matter happen. This matter of Ningbo City Gate still has to be done by your subordinates. ”

"Rest assured, the little nephew will live up to the trust of everyone. The cost of smoothing the tail of the hand this time will not be less, I hope that Xu Fang's harvest will be bigger, otherwise we will lose a lot. ”

This time, Xu Yang used the split-petal plum blossom plan, these clan leaders knew it, and they also had a share of the spoils of the villages and counties that were attacked. For example, when it comes to promoting the division of the army between the officers and the army, they naturally have an unshirkable responsibility. As for how much of these harvests smell of blood, and how many of them have unjust souls attached to them, no one really cares.

One piece of information was sent, and the direction of the wind at sea finally changed.