West Lake Geling, Jia Rudao Mansion.

Today's banquet is dispersed early.

One is that after moving to Hongdu in the west, the officialdom of Lin'an was suddenly cold, and most of Jia Rudao's henchmen also went out of the town and Zhejiang. There is really nothing to talk about the people who go together to feast. The second is that the news of Chen Dexing's ascension to the throne and becoming emperor has just come, where does Jia Rudao still have the intention of drinking and feasting?

After Chen Dexing became emperor, he was about to start planning the southern expedition! In the blink of an eye, it is autumn and winter, and there are many northwest winds on the sea, which is just the season when the wind goes south. Zhoushan off the coast of western Zhejiang has been firmly controlled by the Ming army. That island can be rich and prosperous, and 200,000 soldiers are probably not a problem.

Jia Rudao estimated that Chen Dexing would use the entire autumn and winter to transport troops south, first assemble in Zhoushan to rest, and raise food and wages. When the spring flowers bloom next year, the army will attack Qingyuan and Lin'an.

After the imperial court moved westward, the hearts of the people in the two Zhejiang provinces fluctuated one after another, and the local famous families were suspicious, and the money and troops were not as happy as in the past -- the imperial court clearly abandoned the two Zhejiang, and Chen Dexing might be the lord of the two Zhejiang provinces next year, and if they worked too hard to protect the Great Song Dynasty now, they would be afraid of being settled after the autumn.

However, these people were unwilling to lose their former privileges, and they were still resistant to the Chen Ming Empire, but they had nothing to do, so they had to come up with the idea of sweeping the snow in front of their own doors. They all grabbed the group training, money and food in their hands, and also built forts in their respective hometowns. At most, let their regiments train their troops to defend the state and county towns where their respective families are located.

In this way, it further exacerbated the difficulty of Jia Rudao in gathering troops to raise food to defend Lin'an.

So these days, Jia Rudao held a wine banquet in Geling, West Lake, and they were all famous masters of the two Zhejiang places. With a smiling face. patting his chest, and even shedding a few tears. I just want to get the rations out of the hands of these ignorant nerds and rich people. But the results were very few, and I was busy for more than half a month. The defenders in Lin'an City still did not exceed 30,000.

Nuo is a big Lin'an, relying on only 30,000 defenders, and he is not even satisfied with the city wall, and he is still guarding a fart!

sent away a wave of Shilin leaders from Pingjiang Mansion, and made a promise that I don't know how many could not be fulfilled at all. The other party was relieved and was willing to give 1,000 regiments of soldiers and 10,000 stone meters. Jia Rudao is not in vain. Liao Yingzhong, the chief of staff beside him, took advantage of this gap and personally served Jia Yidao a cup of tea.

Jia Rudao took a sip and touched his buzzing brain. Shaking his head, he said: "It seems that the westward movement of the imperial court is also a stinky move, and most of the hearts of the people in the two Zhejiang provinces have been scattered, and the rest is the mind of self-preservation." But the battle was not fought like this...... There are so many prefectures and military counties on Liangzhejiang Road, where can they all be guarded? We have to make sure that everything is safe, and a million soldiers are not enough! Now every city is scattered with one or two thousand, the big city is only ten thousand, and only Lin'an can be more than thirty thousand...... If you can keep it, you will see the hell. ”

Liao Yingzhong is a member of the division and participates in military aircraft. He knows everything Jia Yidao said. Now the two Zhejiang provinces are everyone to protect themselves, and there are actually a lot of regimental training, and there are probably no less than 1230,000 people gathered together, plus the imperial front army and the forbidden army from all walks of life. Nominally, 200,000 are there!

But so many soldiers could not be gathered, so they scattered a little in the east and some in the west. Like a pepper sprinkle. This is not a deployment for war at all, as soon as Chen Ming's troops arrive, as long as they fight Qingyuan first. After taking Shaoxing and Lin'an, the lifeblood of the two Zhejiang provinces was mastered by Chen Dexing. Those country tycoons are guarding a fort and butt on the top of the butt? As long as Chen Dexing has the handicraft industries of Lin'an, Qingyuan, and Shaoxing, plus Quanzhou, Xinghuajun, Quanzhou, Guangzhou, and Leizhou, which are important coastal industrial and commercial towns, foreign maritime trade can be maintained, and the municipal taxes of these cities are also Chen Dexing's. When the time comes, Chen Ming will be able to fight for as long as he wants......

Liao Yingzhong seemed to have something confidential to say, and waved at the servants and singers in the room and sent them away. Only then did he lower his voice: "Liang Yifu has returned from Yanjing with a letter." ”

Jia Yidao squinted at Liao Yingzhong, "What does the letter say?" Can you see Chen Dexing? ”

Liao Yingzhong said in a low voice: "Not yet, but I got a message...... Chen Dexing will soon go south. ”

"To the south?" Jia Rudao was stunned for a moment, a trace of fear slid across his face, "So fast? ”

Liao Yingzhong knew that Jia Rudao had misunderstood, and said with a smile: "It's not that the army is coming, it's Chen Dexing who is touring Zhoushan alone, and I heard that it's to raise money." This matter has spread all over Yanjing City and Tanggu Commercial Market. ”

"Raising ...... Money? What money? Jia Rudao didn't seem to understand.

"Of course, it's the military expenses of the Southern Expedition!" Liao Yingzhong said, "The financial resources of the Ming Kingdom have been very tight since the Central Plains War, as if they had to borrow money from merchants in Jiangnan to have military expenses to attack Jiangnan ......"

"What!?" Jia Rudao's eyes widened, and he was about to jump up. "He wants to use Jiangnan's money as military expenses to cut Jiangnan...... How can there be such a wishful thinking in the world! ”

Liao Yingzhong smiled and sighed: "When was Chen Dexing's abacus unsatisfactory?" However, this wishful thinking may not be impossible. ”

He smacked his lips: "Liang Chongru's letter said that Chen Dexing is preparing to issue the Southern Levy Bond Bill this time, for a period of two years, and the principal and interest will be repaid once at maturity. Prepare to raise 60 million yuan ......"

"Sixty million!?" Jia Rudao sneered, "Thinking about money and going crazy, right?" Who believes that he will have the money to pay back when the time comes? ”

"Chen Dexing seems to want to use Jiangnan's future taxes to pay off ......"

"This abacus is ......" Jia Rudao rolled his eyelids, wishful thinking hit this part, it was really unheard of. Not only did they have to borrow money from Jiangnan to fund military expenses to invade Jiangnan, but they also had to use Jiangnan's taxes to repay debts. Co-authored Chen Dexing didn't pull out a dime, and the white wolf with empty gloves took down Jiangnan Huahua World?

"Taishi, this is really possible!" Liao Yingzhong frowned, folded his fingers and calculated, "Now the people of Jiangnan are panicking, everyone thinks that Chen Ming will win, and the Great Song Dynasty will lose." And who doesn't know that Jiangnan is rich? The Great Song Dynasty moved south for a hundred years, and ninety percent of the use of a country was taken from the south of the Yangtze River. The taxes borne by Jiangnan Wulu are not tens of millions of dollars a year? If Chen Ming has Jiangnan, how can Wanwan Tong be raised in a year or two? Therefore, Chen Ming's invasion of Jiangnan will win, and the Jiangnan tax is enough to pay Chen Ming's debts...... Then lending money to Chen Ming is a good deal. Not only is it safe to make a profit, but it can also show goodwill to Chen Ming and buy a peace! ”

Jia Rudao was shocked, "Buy peace, buy peace...... Why didn't the old man think of it? ”

He took a few steps with his hands in his hand, "How many of the ticket doctors in Jiangnan are really virtuous?" Now that you are fighting for your life, you are trying to catch group training and repair the fort dock, isn't it for self-protection? A lot of money has been spent, and they still care about spending a few thousand more to buy some debt bills? Waiting for the Ming army to call, it can be regarded as a credential for self-protection......"

Jia Rudao suddenly stopped, "Qunyu, no matter what, you can't let Chen Dexing borrow money from Jiangnan, otherwise there will be nothing to fight in this battle!" ”

Liao Yingzhong pondered, "What the Taishi said is extremely true, if the rich people in Jiangnan lend money to Chen Dexing...... Will they still help us? But with the money in their hands, what can we do? ”

Jia Rudao paced back and forth in the hall, chanting words in his mouth, "There is a way, there must be a way, there is no endless road...... That's right, that's right! Tendoso! Tiandaozhuang is Chen Dexing's treasury! As long as Tiandaozhuang falls, who will dare to lend him a large amount of money? ”

"How could Tiandaozhuang fall?" Liao Yingzhong shook her head in disbelief. Tiandaozhuang made a lot of twenty or thirty million in the last late appointment turmoil, and it is said that the money was too much to even fit the warehouse, so it had to rush to build several large warehouses.

"How can it not fall?" Jia Rudao glanced at Liao Yingzhong, "Chen Dexing spent a lot of money in the Central Plains War, and this money didn't come from Tiandaozhuang?" The old man didn't believe that there were still mountains of gold and silver in the treasury of Tiandaozhuang! Besides, Tiandaozhuang is a money-lending company...... It's impossible to hold all the cash in your hands. Moreover, the objects of Tiandaozhuang's money lending are mainly maritime merchants, and we have banned the sea here, and the life of those maritime merchants must be a lot sad! The money that Tiandaozhuang gave them, I'm afraid they won't be able to get it back for a while, right? ”

Liao Yingzhong thought about it and felt that it made sense. Although the implementation of the sea ban is very weak, the life of the maritime merchants is definitely more difficult than before, and it is impossible for Tiandaozhuang not to be affected. In addition, during the Central Plains War, Chen Dexing desperately threw money, and now he is founding the country and ascending the throne, so the money must have been spent. And what money does Northland have? are all poor places, Chen Dexing is spending so much, isn't he embezzling the foundation of Tiandaozhuang?

The current Tiandaozhuang is very likely to be an empty shelf!

Liao Yingzhong frowned, "Tiandaozhuang will always have some foundation in his hands, I'm afraid it's not easy to dismantle it, right?" ”

Jia Rudao snorted, "It's not easy, but you have to give it a try!" He made a decision, "This matter will be handed over to you and Ying Long, if you don't know what to do, go to find Sun Meichen, the big shopkeeper of Fengle Building!" ”

"Sun Meichen? He seemed to be very close to the water mirror. ”

Jia Rudao snorted coldly, "So what? Hasn't the Sun family left Lin'an yet? As long as you don't leave Lin'an, you will hold it in the old man's hands! ”

"Students know how to do it!" Liao Yingzhong nodded slightly, and she already had some bottom in her heart.

Although he and Jia Nidao are both traitors, they have never done less to embezzle and accept bribes, and they also secretly communicate with each other. But in their own consciousness, they all promised themselves to be loyal to Zhao Song. But as long as there is something that can save some of the Zhao family's decline a little, they will go all out to do it. Just like in history, they engaged in the planning law, the public land law, and the issuance of money guanzi. Although the results were bad, the starting points were all good.

It's just that the country is in the last days, sometimes it's better to be still, do nothing, and the confused life may be able to support a few more years. If you want to reform and fight your way out of all kinds of difficulties, you will often die faster...... It's just that the person in charge of the game will never realize this. (To be continued......)