"What, you're going to go county by county?"

In the Hucheng Guogong Courtyard, Song Que, who had not yet left, heard the news, and asked with an incredible face: "At this time, it will not be good for you to go to the troubled waters from county to county, right?" ”

"Who said that it was no good, maybe it could be in the next few counties!"

Lei Hu said with a smile: "Uncle Yue should know that at this time, when Yang Guang was in a hurry to save face from the failure of the last battle, it shouldn't be a problem for me to go and ask him for a few nearby counties!" ”

Song Que also agreed with the cheap son-in-law's statement, but he was worried about something else: "If with your help, Yang Guang destroyed Goguryeo this time, wouldn't he move a stone and hit himself in the foot?" ”

Such a situation is not impossible.

Without the threat of Yijian Master Fu Cailin, Yang Guang might turn over with salted fish, which was not a situation that Song Quele saw.

Yang Guang still has some ability, although he was only the nominal commander in the battle to destroy Chen, but he has a lot of experience in the ability to deal with logistics and the ability to grasp the overall strategic situation.

"Uncle Yue is too worried!"

Lei Hu didn't care, and said with a smile: "Even we don't want Yang Guang to turn over, let alone the families of the Guanlong Military Group who were cheated and suffered heavy losses before, how can Yang Guang have the possibility of success?" ”

Song Que's heart moved, and he nodded in recognition of the cheap son-in-law's statement.

"I'll go and test it and see if I can take all the six counties of Jiangdong in the Han Dynasty!"

Lei Hu smiled: "Yang Guang is in a hurry at this time, anyway, the cub sells Ye Tian is not distressed, it is better to give it a try, if it succeeds, it will save a lot of trouble!" ”

Song Que was also moved, although he felt that the cheap son-in-law was whimsical, he still nodded and said, "Then give it a try, it won't take much effort whether it is successful or not!" ”

"Exactly!"

Lei Hu nodded and smiled: "Regarding the matter of those three gangs, it will be up to the father-in-law to come out personally!" ”

"There are also the Poyang faction and the Iron Cavalry Club, do you want to solve it together?"

Song Que was arrogant, directly magnifying the target, and did not take the so-called 'Southern Erxiong' in his eyes at all, and he did have the confidence and strength to say this.

"Let's put it aside!"

Lei Hu didn't agree with the expansion of the attack area, and said with a smile: "There is still an argument that Yuezhang can't get along with those three gangs, is it all for the benefit of private salt!" ”

It's also funny to say, the Lingnan Song Valve, like the three old gangs in the south, all rely on the sale of illicit salt to make a profit, as their most important source of income.

Of course, with the existence of the Duke of Wu, the economic situation of Lingnan is much better than that of the original book, at least the fruits and medicinal resources can be sold at a good price in the Duke of Wu, and it has also become another source of economy for Lingnan.

However, the profits from the sale of illicit salt are still the main economic source of the Lingnan Song Valve.

This has a conflict of interests with the three old gangs in the south, after all, the profits of private salt are amazing, and everyone is willing to swallow the profits of the entire south alone, and even the profits of the two Huai lands, and it is not very reluctant to share it with others.

In this way, it would not be too conspicuous to find a reason to find the trouble of the three old gangs, who also rely on the sale of illicit salt as their main source of income.

Besides, these three veteran gangs are the money bags of the three major gate lords of the Northland, and if they are eliminated in advance, at least the war potential of the three major gate lords of the north can be weakened.

Or is it because of the existence of the Duke of Wu that the profits of the three old gangs from selling illicit salt are much larger than those in the original book, after all, a huge market with an economically prosperous population of more than six million is quite amazing in the current era.

Seeing that the cheap Yuezhang showed a disapproving expression, Lei Hu smiled: "Of course, if those two take the initiative to provoke the Lingnan Song Valve, there is no need for Yuezhang to be polite!" ”

That's what people say!

Song Que nodded with satisfaction, and said proudly: "You can rest assured that you will go north, the things here in the south will probably be almost finished when you come back!" ”

"Yuezhang is mighty!"

Lei Hu smiled and patted his ass, got up and said, "There is Lao Yuezhang!" ”

After deciding what to do, Lei Hu did not delay, and directly said goodbye to the two ladies and a pair of children, as for the brother-in-law Song Shidao and sister-in-law Song Yuzhi, at this time, they had been slipped to the side by the cheap father-in-law Song Queti and taught him personally.

Lei Hu also talked to the cheap father-in-law about the Li valve, which attracted the attention of the cheap father-in-law.

He didn't want to be bent on the Northern Expedition, and his own pair of children had already been taken down, and what happened at that time would make the world laugh.

Especially when Lei Hu vaguely mentioned Li Shimin's sister-in-law methods, and his sister-in-law Song Yuzhi had been recruited, the cheap father-in-law's face was quite ugly.

This is an understandable thing, the friendship in private is the friendship in private, the relationship between the four major gate valves in the world is mainly based on confrontation, and no one wants to be pressed by the door valve next to it.

How proud Song Que is of the cheap Yuezhang Heavenly Knife, how can he tolerate his own children being taken down by the children of Li Valve early, and will he still have the face to claim to be a family of gate valves in the future?

Lei Hu made an unkind role of complaining, and left quietly after saying goodbye to his wife and children, as for how the cheap father-in-law cleans up his brother-in-law and sister-in-law, it is none of his business.

This time he went north without making a noise, hiding in the ships transporting grain and grass, all the way from the Yangtze River to the county where Yang Guang was located.

In other words, the first expedition to Goguryeo failed, Yang Guangxiang was a slap in the face, how could he accept it with his proud temperament, and the result did not consider the current actual situation, and arrogantly announced that he would continue the expedition to Goguryeo next year.

This time, it made the uproar in the Northland even worse.

Even if there is a Grand Canal, Yang Guang can't transfer many people from the south, unless he has a way to persuade Wu Guogong Lei Hu, otherwise even if he transfers people from the south, it will be about 100,000 at most.

It is said that there are already a lot of 100,000 people, at least during the Three Kingdoms period, it is difficult for Wu to launch such a large-scale war.

It's a pity that Yang Guang prefers great success, and he has to recruit a million troops.

It was as if he didn't have an army of millions at hand, and his face was so blank that people didn't know what to say.

Wu Guogong Lei Hu naturally also had part of the obligation, that is, to send a large amount of grain and grass to the north, but he did not delay or secretly do anything.

The richness of the territory is a well-known thing, and Lei Hu has no face to play those tricks that cannot be put on the table.

On the first expedition to Goguryeo, the Duke of Wu sent hundreds of thousands of stone grain and grass to the north, and this time he prepared more than 100,000 stone grain and grass to prepare for the north.

I am afraid that this is also the main reason why Yang Guang is willing to be friends with Lei Hu and is willing to do some secret transactions.

What if Lei Hu is a feudal town in the south, at least he has never shirked his obligations, if Yang Guang has any needs here, as long as the conditions are suitable, Lei Hu has never played a trick of vain brains.

The last time Yang Guang ascended the throne, Lei Hu ran to Guanzhong to sit in charge according to the secret agreement, but Shengsheng suppressed the Turkic warlord Bi Xuan and other masters so that he didn't dare to act rashly, how much trouble did he save Yang Guang?

This time, Yang Guang invited Lei Hu to go north to participate in the battle against Goguryeo, the purpose was very clear, that is, to target Fu Cailin, the Goguryeo sword master who came to assassinate Emperor Sui from time to time and accompanied by senior generals.

It is said that Nangong Song Que of Lingnan Town is also a good candidate, but unfortunately Yang Guang never mentioned it at all.

The main reason is that Song Que is too extreme, since he nominally surrendered to the Sui Dynasty, he has never paid taxes to the court, and he has never been to Guanzhong and Luoyang, he is too lonely and arrogant, Yang Guang is also an arrogant person, how can he ask Song Que for help?

Anyway, Wu Guogong Lei Hu has to give a lot of face, and the benefit fee that should be paid every year is not less, at least he gives Yang Guang enough respect in face, which is enough.

In fact, the rule of the Sui Dynasty was far from being strict, and it was precisely from the chaotic order of the Northern and Southern Dynasties to the beginning of the system of three provinces and six ministries, and the control of the north was acceptable, but as for the control of the south, it was not much strict management at all.

Otherwise, why are most of the world's famous large gangs in the south of the Yangtze River still in the land of Lianghuai?

There is also a Yellow River Gang in the north, but unfortunately it is not worthy of its name, and the top combat power is not even comparable to the Water Dragon Gang, which is like a joke.

Not to mention the gossip, let's say that Lei Hu hid on the ship transporting grain and grass and baggage, and went north along the canal.

The canal project from the Yangtze River to Huainan was personally carried out by the Engineering Department under the command of Wu Guogong, and it was naturally built deep and wide, but when the canal reached the land of the two Huai, the width of the canal shrank by almost two-thirds, not to mention the depth, and the transportation capacity dropped sharply.

After entering the Huai River and the Yellow River area, as well as the area north of the Yellow River, they are basically built according to the canal model of the two Huai regions, and the transportation capacity is several times worse than that of the Yangtze River to Huainan section.

It can only be said that Yang Guang is too eager, such a huge project has to be completed in just a few years, and the figure is completely convenient and trouble-free, without taking into account the future economic development, the restrictions on transportation capacity and other troubles.

Lei Hu just took a look and did it in his heart, and he didn't take it too seriously.

By the time they arrived at the county, it had become a huge military camp, and there was a steady stream of troops and laborers on the road at all times.

It seems that there are many people and many tents, but unfortunately the morale is not very good.

The point is that most of the troops and all the laborers have to bring their own dry rations on the road, which makes people unhappy.

When we arrived at the county, millions of troops and millions of laborers gathered here, obviously the logistics work was not properly distributed, and the daily distribution of grain and grass was a rather energy-consuming task, and I don't know whether it was someone deliberately or limited by ability, anyway, Lei Hu heard a lot of complaints.

When he saw Yang Guang, he was in a good mood, and he was enjoying the song and dance in the temporary palace, and the splendid atmosphere of his life of singing and dancing, Lei Hu didn't know what to say.

"Wu Guogong is here!"

Seeing Lei Hu, Yang Guang showed a happy look.