"Do you think we should take the initiative to get involved?" Cui Shang was a little moved.

"Why not?" Zhang Wanshan asked rhetorically, "Do you think that the first seat thinks that we should be confined to the view of the door and not wait to see the ant thief? As long as it can bring us benefits, how many constraints and meanings do those false names have for us in Xuzhou now?"

Cui Shang was silent.

It can't be said that the false name has no meaning to Xuzhou, after all, the identity of the county king is different now, of course, if you want to say how many constraints, it is not necessarily, the key is whether the interests are big enough, and the county king is not a person who cares about false names, compared to Chuyang Erzhou, this false name is indeed not enough.

"Let Hou Chen, let them send someone to contact them. Cui Shang finally made up his mind, "For the time being, you don't need to give the official identity, find out the details, in addition, you Wuwentang should focus on understanding the specific content of the collusion between the Yue Kingdom and the ant thief, and see what conditions the Yue Kingdom has prescribed to the ant thief, I always feel that it is difficult to satisfy Qin Quan's appetite just for the land of the several states of Mu Qu, because there is no Yue Kingdom, and the ant thief also has the strength to eat these states, if you want the ant thief to cooperate with the Yue Kingdom, the Yue Kingdom must give other ant thieves what they want." ”

"Could it be that it has something to do with the imperial court?" Zhang Wanshan suddenly thought of something, "Some time ago, it was said that someone had contact with the imperial court, and the Nighthawk side was also investigating, and we were also learning about it, it seems that it has something to do with the Hangzhou side." ”

"Oh?" Cui Shang was moved, and his heart was also moved, "Could it be that Qian Yuanqian wants to connect the ant thieves and seek peace?"

"It's possible, but why doesn't Qian Yuanqian contact us?" Zhang Wanshan also changed color, "Is it because the time is not ripe, or do you think we don't have the strength to spare?"

"It's all possible. Cui Shang gradually realized in his heart, "This matter should not be delayed, I will report to the king of the county immediately, if it works well, we must immediately start to prepare, Wu Guo is no better than others, we must plan carefully, this is a big game." ”

Cui Shang knew that Jiang Feng and Chen Wei were now worried about the lack of money and silver in Xuzhou at present.

Huainan does produce grain, but this grain is in the hands of grain households and grain merchants, and it is not their obligation to help the displaced people in Yanyunyi and Pinglu and stabilize the price of grain in the north.

Grain merchants will only come for profit, even if they go to the grain price difference, Huainan grain transportation to the north will be raised to a fairly high level, there are still many poor people who can't afford to eat, and if they can't afford to eat, they will become homeless, and this is what Jiang Feng does not want to see.

Xuzhou needs to restrain these potential displaced people to the north, prevent them from flowing south, and prevent them from becoming bandits who are on the wrong side.

But Xuzhou has experienced major wars in a row, and the foundation is shallow, and now it is in the critical period of army reorganization and restructuring, and at the same time, it is also facing the node of the northward entry into Heshuo, and the money and silver required are huge, even with the support of Hu merchants, there is still a huge shortage, so at this point, the attraction of Chuyang and Yangzhou is huge, and even Jiang Feng cannot resist.

It is precisely on this basis that Cui Shang feels that this "cooperation" concept has the most solid foundation, and if he can win the two states of Chu and Yang, what if he can give the entire Song state to the Yuan family? The goal of establishing the right name of Song Prefecture has been achieved, and the value and significance of Song Prefecture itself are not so heavy, and the actual benefits brought by the two states of Chu and Yang cannot be compared with Song Prefecture at all, and it can even be said that it is more than ten or twenty times.

Indeed, no one can resist this temptation.

Jiang Feng can't either.

"I can't hold it. Li He's voice was full of tiredness and helplessness, looking at the pedestrians on the street who were hurrying, Li He put his hands behind his back and turned around, "Lord Zhang, your family has withdrawn to Xuzhou, right?"

"I didn't go to Xuzhou, I asked them to go directly to Suzhou. Zhang Jizuo's face was also dusty, he had just returned from the Zhongmu front.

In the battle the day before yesterday, the Great Liang army was defeated again, and the morale of the army was floating, but fortunately, the Jin army had not yet been prepared, and the heavy supplies had not yet kept up, so the Liang army still failed to achieve victory, and was counterattacked by the Jin army's iron cavalry, and watched a victory turn into a small defeat, which greatly hit the morale of the Liang army, which was already a little sluggish.

"Suzhou?" Li He didn't react for a while.

Zhang Jizuo didn't hide anything, at this time, everyone knew the roots, and there was nothing to hide.

"There are too many people who go to Xuzhou, I don't want to see people's faces, Suzhou is the state rebuilt by Jiangfeng, just in Tongqiao, the family wrote to say that the situation is OK, not as good as Shouzhou, but on the side of the canal, the transportation is convenient, my Zhang family has hundreds of people, want to buy a decent house in Xuzhou, that is expensive, who can say clearly in the future, or have to save a little life. ”

Li He looked at the other party's thin face, and there was an indescribable feeling in his heart.

A year ago, the two of them were still arguing about whether to send troops to Xuzhou to support Shang Yunxi and Jiang Feng to compete for interests, but it has only been less than a year, and the situation has been completely reversed, and the big families in Bianjing City are fleeing to Xuzhou to find a way.

Why is this happening?

Li He also asked himself many times, why did the powerful girder fall down like a clay giant in such a short period of time?

Looking at the current performance of these people, you can get a glimpse of it, they all sent their families to Xuzhou in advance, can you still expect everyone to fight with the Shatuo people?

Aren't you the same?

Of course, Li He didn't have the right to accuse the other party, and he himself sent his wife and concubine and minor children to Luzhou half a month ago.

His father's hometown is Shucheng, Luzhou, and now Luzhou lives in the southernmost part of Jiang Fengzhi, and it is also a big city.

In just one or two months, it is estimated that the number of people leaving from Bianliang to the south will exceed 200,000, and thousands of people on the dock leave by boat almost every day, of course, there are also property and family assets taken away, no one will stop them, and no one can stop them, and King Liang will not dare, otherwise he may immediately trigger a mutiny.

It is said that the entire Shouzhou, Haozhou, Sizhou, Xuzhou has thousands of big ships have gathered in Bianjing, just to transport the people and property transferred from Bianjing, think about it makes people feel terrible, thousands of big ships, each can carry hundreds of people, like flowing water, keep going back and forth between Bianjing and Xuzhou, Shouzhou, Suzhou, Sizhou and Haozhou, and transport out one or two hundred thousand people.

You must know that these 200,000 people are the richest group of people in Bianjing, and the rest are the middle and lower classes who are not qualified to charter ships, even so, there are still many craftsmen who have been given the opportunity to withdraw from Bianjing to Xuzhou and Suzhou, which is said to have been directly instructed by Jiang Feng.

In the near term, there has been a large-scale flow of people from Bianjing through Chenliu and Yongqiu to Songzhou, these are ordinary people who are afraid of the sack of the Shatuo people after occupying Bianjing, and they can't catch up with the boat, so they can only rely on donkey carts, ox carts, and even their own legs, along this land route to the southeast, straight down to Songcheng.

This road is divided into two lines in Yongqiu, the northern line takes Kaocheng (now Minquan) in the south of Caozhou to Songcheng, the southern line takes Xiangyi and Ningling to Songcheng, and you can also go directly south to Taikang and go south to Chenzhou.

For ordinary people, everyone is willing to flee to the place where war is least likely to occur, otherwise if the destination of a thousand miles of escape will also encounter war, wouldn't it be self-defeating?

In contrast, Xuzhou seems to be more reliable than Caizhou, after all, the king of Pengcheng County has conquered the Reform Army, the Taining Army and the Pinglu Army in just a few years, and it has to be said that the successive victories in the war have indeed added a lot of points for Jiang Feng to become a target to attract people to flee.

"Shoushan, Zhongmu can't hold it, I'm afraid we have to plan for the worst. Zhang Jizuo's face showed a cold expression, "Xuzhou refused to march to take over Bianjing, they also fought a fierce battle in Songcheng and Caizhou, I heard that it was a defeat for both sides, but it was a pity that Pang Ziyi rushed to Zhongmu to no avail, and buried the Tianxing Left Army in vain." ”

"Hmph, Jiang Feng is not stupid, he dares to take over Caozhou and Puzhou, but he refuses to enter Bianjing, this is the bottom line of the Shatuo people, if he dares to enter Bianjing, then there is no room for relaxation between the Shatuo people and him, he is stepping on the edge and playing with fire. Li He's eyes also flashed with fire, "How do you think he can come this far from being such an impulsive and simple person?"

"I didn't expect him to step in, but I didn't expect him to incite panic in Bianjing City and let the Bianjing people rush to his territory, aren't you afraid that the Shatuo people will tear their faces?" Zhang Jizuo shook his head.

"The land of the four battles in Bianjing is easy to attack and difficult to defend, and who knows how many of the Shatuo people should be mixed in? Of course, Jiang Feng didn't dare to take it over easily. Li He smiled faintly, "But what about Puzhou and Caozhou? Puzhou has Shang Yunxi in charge, how many of the Shatuo people here in Caozhou should be able to do so? ”

"What do we do?" Zhang Jizuo was reluctant to say more on this issue, he was more concerned about practical issues.

"How to do it?" Li He also showed a complicated expression on his face, "Of course we will do it according to his requirements, we can't do anything, then we can only take care of ourselves, Chen Liu's Chang Ping, I have already arranged it, it is estimated that their ship should also pass through Yongqiu, how much they can pull." ”

"What about the horse farm in Pucheng (now Changyuan)?" asked Zhang Jizuo.

"Zhu Mao's people have already arrived over there, and Shang Yunxi's people have also gone. Li He smiled bitterly, "I didn't expect Jiang Feng to trust Shang Yunxi so much, and he was actually willing to let Shang Yunxi take over this batch of war horses." ”

Pucheng in the south of Huazhou has one of the three major military horse farms in Daliang, which is a special horse farm for military horses of Zhu Yun's pro-army, such as the Gonghe Army and Luoyandu, and there are more than 2,000 horses there.