Huangfu Wujin took his wife on the big boat again, put an incense case on the bow of the boat, and they accepted Huangfu Xuande's will.

"The emperor of the Daning Dynasty said that the wife of the heir Liang Wang Huangfu Wujin Su Shi was the heir Liang princess, and the edict was ordered to follow the first product, and the heir Liang Wang Huangfu Wujin was appointed as the governor of the Chuzhou Navy, and the Chuzhou Naval Army was expanded to 50,000 troops, and the edict ordered all counties in Chuzhou to prepare grain and accumulate ships, which were controlled by the navy, and in the spring of the following year, the East Sea Pirates were exterminated by the Phoenix Society, and this was admired!"

Huangfu secretly exclaimed, Huangfu Xuande was so anxious, he served as the deputy governor of the navy for less than a month, and then ordered himself to attack the Phoenix Society, it seems that the situation in Xiliang is very unfavorable to him, he is eager to cut his own Liang Wang Jue, but he wants to let himself attack the Phoenix Society, he will inevitably make some concessions, allow himself to expand the army to 50,000, and make the counties of Chuzhou fully support, this is a gain.

Thinking like this in his heart, he respectfully replied, "The emperor has no Jin to obey the order!" ”

Su Han also returned the salute, "The minister's wife thanks the emperor's grace!" ”

The eunuch handed over the holy decree to Wu Jin, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, the emperor has issued an order to transfer 800 warships of the Jingzhou Navy to support Chuzhou, not to mention that the fleet is coming, and ordered the six major shipyards in Chuzhou and Qizhou to build 500 new warships in one winter, and the emperor will also have a series of decrees promulgated, which shows that the emperor has deep hopes for His Royal Highness." ”

Wu Jin sneered in his heart, but he was afraid that he would find an excuse to shirk the war, he stood up and asked with a smile: "I wonder if the emperor will come to Chuzhou to inspect the war preparations?" ”

The eunuch shook his head, "Not for the time being, now that the emperor has gone to Xijing for the winter, he may come to inspect after the beginning of spring next year, this is not accurate." ”

The eunuch's face was solemn, and he took out another holy decree, and said to Zhang Rong on the side: "Lord Zhang, this is your will, you can accept it!" ”

Zhang Rong knew that he also had a will, so he hurriedly knelt down, "Minister Zhang Rong accepts the order!" ”

The eunuch unfolded the holy decree and read aloud: "Zhang Rong, the young Yin of Jiangning Mansion, is dedicated and promising, and he is specially appointed as the salt and iron transfer envoy of Chuzhou, and also the young Yin of Jiangning Mansion, to assist the navy to accumulate grain and prepare for war. ”

Zhang Rong kowtowed and thanked him, "Minister Zhang Rong thanks His Majesty the Emperor!" ”

Seeing that the eunuch seemed to have several wills, Wu Jin asked with a smile: "Father-in-law still has a will to be announced?" ”

The eunuch nodded and said with a smile: "There is also a holy decree to the Chuzhou branch of the household department, like Lord Zhang, this year's household tax and silver will not be transported to Beijing for the time being, and all military expenditures will be spent from here, and then transported back to the household department after the balance." ”

Wu Jin was suddenly surprised, no wonder the household department ordered to urgently transfer the tax and silver of Donghai County into Beijing, it is estimated that Uncle Shen Guo knew the inside story of the war, so he started to transfer the silver first, he hurriedly asked Zhang Rong, "Has the tax and silver of Donghai County entered Beijing?" ”

Zhang Rong shook his head and said with a smile: "Originally, I was going to enter Beijing, but this year's cold wave is exceptionally early, and the north of the Huai River has been frozen. ”

"I see, but it's cheapened me."

Wujin sent the eunuch away, said a few words to Zhang Rong, explained to Chen Kaifu and others, and then returned to his house with his wife and concubine.

The Metropolitan Governor's Mansion was also covered with thick snow, and dozens of soldiers were busy clearing the snow at the gate and in the courtyard.

"Circumference History!"

He shouted from afar, Zhou Xin was directing the ice outside the door of the soldiers, heard the shout, looked for the voice, and saw Wu Jin who was dismounting, he was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly greeted him, but he didn't prevent his feet from slipping, and sat on the snowdrift all of a sudden, Wu Jin hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, "Changshi be careful!" ”

Zhou Xin laughed, got up and patted the snow on his body, and hurriedly asked, "When did His Highness come back?" ”

"Just arrived! At the dock, I received a holy decree and wanted to discuss something with Changshi. ”

"I know, I also received the will, and I am going to discuss it with you when you come back, but I didn't expect His Highness and I to go together, Your Highness, please!"

Zhou Xin hurriedly invited Wujin into the yamen, and the two walked into Zhou Xin's office, Zhou Xin locked the door, waved his hand, and the two walked into the inner room and sat down.

Zhou Xin smiled slightly, "Your Highness, the crisis and opportunity have come at the same time. ”

"Long history already knows?"

Zhou Xin nodded, "The news I got is more detailed, Huangfu Xuande's decision to attack the Phoenix Society was opposed by the crown prince and Uncle Shen Guo at the same time, His Royal Highness didn't expect it!" ”

Wu Jin sneered, "They just have their own thoughts. ”

"Yes, Uncle Shen Guo wants the King of Chu to come to Chuzhou to open a mansion, and after actually leading the Governor of Chuzhou and the Governor of the Naval Army, he will use force against the Phoenix Society, so that the King of Chu can take the opportunity to control the military power, this is the wishful thinking that Uncle Shen has been fighting, and Huangfu Xuande asked you to fight the Phoenix Society, which disrupted his plan, as for the prince, he doesn't want you to be cut down prematurely, you haven't been used by him yet, the two of them do have their own thoughts."

Zhou Xin took a sip of tea, smiled again, and said slowly: "But although Huangfu Xuande created a crisis for you this time, it also gave you a chance, Your Highness, have you ever considered how to seize this opportunity?" ”

Wu Jin pondered and said: "I did think about it, one is that the water army can be expanded to 50,000, and the other is to master the money and food of Chuzhou, but the time is not long, and now my biggest headache is, how to solve the Phoenix Society?" ”

This is also the reason why Wu Jin came to Zhou Xin, and he said: "I hope that Jin'an will hold a formal meeting, which is also my request as the lord of Jin'an, except for people like Zhang Chongjun who really can't come, I hope that the rest of the people can come together and discuss the crisis of this attack on the Phoenix Society." ”

"Okay, I will immediately notify everyone to come to Jiangning for a party, but there won't be many people, after all, there are no more than twenty people in the Jin'an Society."

The two talked about the logistics arrangements of the sailor again, and at this time, Wu Jin thought of one thing, so he smiled and said: "This time I went deep into the interior of Chuzhou for half a month, and I gained a lot, I actually got the distribution map of the private army of the King of Chu and their troop allocation, which is really unexpected." ”

Zhou Xin was surprised, this is the biggest secret of the Chu royal family, he has been in Chu for so many years, and he only knows that one or two granges have an army, but he doesn't know anything about the entire distribution map.

"Childe means all the private army distribution maps?"

Wu Jin took out a folded map from his arms, unfolded it and spread it on the table, this is a map of Chuzhou, with a lot of red dots circled on it, this is the map of the distribution of private troops he got from Lujiang.

"Changshi has not seen it, these red dots are the grange where the private army of the king of Chu is located, there are a total of twenty-four granges, and the number of troops in each grange is very detailed, a total of 80,000 private troops, which is also a big thing that the prince asked me to do."

"Your Highness wants to give this picture to the crown prince? Or use it to threaten Uncle Shen? Zhou Xin didn't understand why Wu Jin was so keen on this matter.

"I don't want to hide the history of Zhou Chang, I want to take this army for my own use, let the King of Chu train and feed, and finally make me a wedding dress."

"What about the money? Your Highness may not know that it costs at least 1.5 million taels of silver a year to feed these 80,000 troops....."

"Money and food are no longer a problem!"

Wu Jin interrupted him, "The key now is, timing!" Does Changshi know? I have a feeling that the time is getting closer and closer to us, just in the past two years, the contradiction between the Chu royal family and the crown prince will inevitably break out, the time is likely to come suddenly, if we are not prepared, we will not be able to seize this opportunity, we will regret it, long history, timing! ”

"What kind of timing does Your Highness think it will be?"

Wu Jin pondered for a moment and said: "I don't know the specifics, but I know one thing, it is likely that the crown prince also has a private army, and Huangfu Xuande has already noticed it." ”

．．．．．．．． Leaving the Dadu Governor's Mansion, the air was very cold, but the blood in Wujin's body was boiling, he was thinking about the private army of the King of Chu all the way, this matter was very important to him, Qi Ruifu might be able to provide him with financial resources, if he had enough financial resources, then he could also buy enough food in the rich Chuzhou, and now his problem was his own army, he must have his own army, not counting on the Chen family of the Phoenix Society.

Try his best to be the heir of the Liang King, although he believes that Zhang Chongjun will fight for him, but the Xiliang army is in the west after all, and his people are in Chuzhou, he must have his own army in Chuzhou, now the opportunity has come, Huangfu Xuande allowed him to expand the army by 50,000, but this is not enough, he must have at least 200,000 troops, and the 80,000 private troops of the Chu royal family are simply a gift from God, if he can get the 80,000 troops, then he has the capital to compete with the imperial court, how can he take the 80,000 troops for himself?

Wu Jin has been thinking about this issue repeatedly, in fact, this is also a kind of war, as long as it is a war, he will follow the laws of war, and only by knowing himself and his opponent can he win the game.

Unconsciously, he came to the Chuzhou Navy Governor's Mansion, at this time it was dusk, the gate of the Navy Governor's Mansion was closed, the snow at the door had been swept clean, and a wild grass could not be seen, the gate was repainted with paint, and the drum was replaced with a new one, as if it had changed its appearance.

Wu Jin turned around and smiled at the guards, "Come in with me and have a look." ”

Everyone turned over and dismounted, and walked towards the gate of the military office, the door was not closed tightly, leaving a gap, they pushed the door and walked in, the inside of the military office was the same as the outside, it was also cleaned, but there was no one to see, the doors of all the rooms were closed, and it seemed very quiet.

Wu Jin walked through a courtyard gate and came to the second courtyard, which was originally rented out, but now it has been repossessed and has been cleaned up, compared with the outside, this small courtyard is very green, and the branches of the two big trees are luxuriant, it is conceivable that when spring comes, half of this small courtyard will be filled with green.

At this time, he heard movement in a room, so he walked over, only to see that in the room, an official was pasting new window paper, with his back to them, and did not find their arrival, the room was very bright, wide tables and chairs, good teacups, four treasures of the study room on the table, all available, neat bookcases, and a few rattan chairs from Xuancheng County, Wu Jin's heart moved, he took a step back, looked at the sign above, and saw that it was written, 'Naval Army Governor Room' five big characters.

It turned out to be my office.

(To be continued)