The steep spring breeze is mixed with fine cold rain, hitting passers-by, and the chill is terrifying.

More than 1,000 armor-clad soldiers stood in the wind and rain, allowing the rain to flow slowly down the armor lines, motionless, swords and halberds, silent and solemn.

The leader is an old man, dressed in a first-class minister's suit, with long hair and a chest, and a strange appearance. There is a servant holding an umbrella behind him, and the raindrops fall on the surface of the umbrella, splashing a little water.

The old man's gaze passed through the heavy rain curtain and looked at the end of the post road.

I don't know how long it took, at the end of the post road, two figures finally appeared, one large and one small.

The big one was a young Taoist in a green robe, carrying a long sword, walking in the rain without touching a single bit. The small one wears a hat and can't see the appearance clearly.

The old man in a first-class official uniform greeted him and said with a smile: "Zhang has been waiting for the two of you for a long time. ”

The young Taoist didn't speak, and the man wearing the hat beside him arched his hand and said, "There is Lao Bogong." ”

The old man stretched out his hand sideways and said, "Please board the ship." ”

Behind the old man, more than 1,000 armor soldiers were divided into two columns, and a long passage was vacated in the middle, and at the end of the road was the wharf.

The big lake under the light rain is mighty, and as far as the eye can see, there is a vast expanse, which is the world-famous eight-hundred-mile cave garden.

At this time, there are several huge building boats of Jiangnan sailors floating on the lake, and the observation building boats of ordinary businessmen are undoubtedly small compared to them.

Xiao Jin stood on the shore and squinted, when the Northwest Iron Cavalry conquered the south of the Yangtze River, it could be said that it was like a broken bamboo, and it could be described as an invincible army, but it was not good at water warfare. Da Zheng's elite sailors are all in the hands of Lu Qian, which is also where Lu Qian's greatest confidence lies. If the war is unfavorable, Lu Qian can defend the river and be in a safe corner.

At this time, the building ship in front of Xiao Yu is the "Feiyun" building ship in the Great Zheng Water Division, which is more than ten zhang high, has three floors, a female wall, wrapped in iron armor, and has six racket poles, and the deck can be used for carriages and horses to walk, and can carry 2,000 soldiers in wartime, just like a majestic thing like a giant beast. The whole ship has no sails, and the rivers and seas can be transported, and it is the mother ship of the navy.

Zhang Chuanting stood beside Xiao Jin and asked with a smile, "Huaiyu, what do you think of this ship?"

Xiao Jin smiled and said, "Strong, great goodness!"

The guest and host boarded the boat and looked at the railing.

In the early years of Dazheng, unlike the other three capitals, Jiangdu did not have the post of metropolitan governor, but set up a special position of naval governor, which was previously held by Lu Qian, and after Lu Qian was promoted to the metropolitan governor, it was changed to Yuan Ting, who was born in Jiangnan Gaovalve. At this time, Yuan Ting, as the leader of the Jiangnan Naval Division, was also on the boat, and Lu Qian's move was enough to give Xiao Yu face, and he couldn't see the resentment that he was almost beaten to the gate of Jiangdu by Xiao Yu some time ago.

Yuan Ting, this person, has an elegant bearing, he is not wearing armor today, but wearing a gorgeous Confucian shirt, ignoring the cold of spring, shaking the gold-painted folding fan with ivory as the bone in his hand, and the end is full of celebrity style.

Compared with him, Xiao Jin who was wearing a hat and Qiu Ye who was wearing a green sermon robe looked very rustic, if it was a character from an ordinary family, Yuan Ting would probably have to leave long ago, and he couldn't be with him. But the two in front of them are different, today's Xiao family has three kings, in terms of strength alone, it is almost comparable to the Qin family of the Great Zheng royal family back then, if it were not for the discord between Xiao Lie and Xiao Yu's father and son, the world may have already changed hands, and the Ye family is also a thousand-year-old family that has gone through several dynasties, Xiao Jin and Qiu Ye were born in these two families, naturally they can't be generalized, even if they are barefoot and don't wear clothes, it is also a madman's style.

Family and country, family and country, in the eyes of the children of these families, it has always been the family in front and the country in the back!

Yuan Ting looked at Xiao Jin who was up to his chest, smiled like a spring breeze, and said softly: "The Metropolitan Governor has already set up a banquet on Jun Island, waiting for the two." ”

Xiao Jin smiled and said: "I have heard of the name of Jundao for a long time, but unfortunately I didn't have the opportunity to see it, and it is really worth the trip to be able to visit the island today." ”

Zhang Chuanting said: "Tingyi's garden is really unique in the world, especially the treasure dragon stone book of the town garden, which cannot be missed." ”

Xiao Jin's eyes lit up, and he said: "Back then, Emperor Wu changed the Yuan system, and a divine turtle came out of the Heavenly Book, and then he disappeared, is it now in the garden of the Grand Governor?"

Zhang Chuanting stroked his long beard, smiled and nodded, "Exactly." ”

Jun Island, located in the center of the 800-mile Dongting, was formerly the royal summer resort of the Great Chu Dynasty, destroyed in the later construction of the iron cavalry south, is now one of the three camps of the Jiangnan Water Division, ordinary people are difficult to approach.

During Lu Qian's tenure as the Governor of the Naval Division and the Governor of Jiangdu Zuo, the former royal annex on Jun Island was renovated, and after nearly ten years of unremitting efforts to expand, the collection of famous stones and strange stones in the south of the Yangtze River is innumerable, almost the last emperor of the Great Chu Dynasty Hua Shigang style, in which the dragon stone said by Zhang Chuanting was included, by Lu Qian mobilized more than 10,000 people, it took three months to salvage from the bottom of the river, shaped like a dragon, the back is engraved with the ancient seal of the Yin book, the two together are the world's famous dragon tablet book of heaven, for the head of the world's strange stones, but also the treasure that can suppress luck, because of this, here is called Wanshiyuan by Jiangnan Shilin, and the Fu family has the name of ten thousand bamboo garden of 10,000 acres of bamboo forest.

The first spring rain in the south of the Yangtze River came, falling in the Wanshi Garden, wisps, like a girl with spring, wanting to speak and being ashamed. If it weren't for the war in Huzhou a few years ago, it would be a beautiful spring scene.

Wanshiyuan is built on the cliff, and under the cliff is a dense array of sailor warships.

Lu Qian, the governor of Jiangnan, was dressed in a blue satin python robe, standing on the cliff, looking at the vast lake.

At the beginning of this year, Xiao Lie was not only to appease, but also to win over, in the name of the little emperor Qin Xian, he canonized Lu Qian as the king of Jiangping County, and at the same time gave him a python robe crown. Da Zheng is not as bright yellow as the previous dynasty, but respects the color of black and black, so Xiao Yu's black and gold python robe is the most expensive in the python robe of the vassal king, followed by red and dark blue. The python robe that Lu Qian was wearing was the third class, and it was a dark blue python robe.

Until noon, in the haze of spring rain, the shadows of three large and huge building ships appeared in Lu Qian's field of vision.

Lu Qian said softly: "It's here." ”

A young general who stood behind Lu Qian and held an umbrella for him said softly: "Governor, will you go to the reception banquet later?"

Lu Qian was silent for a moment and said, "Xiao Yu and Xiao Jin are both smart people, so there is no need for those tricky methods, it is better to talk in person if you have something to say." ”

The young general replied softly, "Yes." ”

In a gentle drizzle, or a bleak cold rain, Xiao Jin and Qiu Ye landed on Lu Qian's Jun Island and walked into Wanshi Garden.

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Nearly 10,000 miles away in the northwest.

The snow on the city wall of Zhongdu had not melted, and Xiao Yu stood on the head of the city, holding on to the cold battlements, looking at Xiheyuan from afar.

Spring has begun, half of the grain in Zhongdu has gone, and the Northeast Army raised by the shepherds is about to come out of the shadow of that night attack.

Min Xing and Lin Han are still blocked in Shaanxi by Cha Mang.

Nothing is optimistic.

Xu Lin walked up to the city and came to Xiao Yu's side.

Xiao Yu turned his head to look at him, and said with a smile: "Governor Dadu, I heard that His Majesty the Emperor of the Eastern Capital gave you a county king hat?"

Xu Lin smiled, "Not only did I give a county king hat with seven Dongzhu, but I also promised someone Xu that as long as Xu is willing to go to the Eastern Capital, he will still be the real power governor of the first rank, and at the same time, he will be crowned with the title of Taibao, even if he dies, he can get the nickname of Wu Yi." ”

Xiao Yu smiled and said, "Why didn't the Governor of the Metropolitan agree? ”

Xu Lin said: "Let's not say how many of these promises are true, let's just say that this is the title of the third duke, throughout this dynasty, except for a famous minister Zhang Jiangling who was crowned the Taishi during his lifetime, but there are other people who can be ranked as the third duke when they are alive? (Xiao Lie, the word Shenggong, take the prosperity of the meritorious work, and cultivate the meaning of martial arts.) ）

Xiao Yu sighed and said: "In troubled times, there are only tens of thousands of people under his hands who dare to call the king and the emperor, and the grass-headed kings are everywhere, and the famous weapons are lightly awarded, which is also a helpless move, just say that we are in the northwest, but in the land of five states, there are a number of first-class and second-grade masters, and there are even more three-grade and four-grade ones that cannot be counted with one hand." ”

Xiao Yu looked into the distance again and said calmly: "The Metropolitan Governor might as well accept the name of the King of Beiping County." ”

Xu Lin frowned imperceptibly.

Xiao Yu chuckled: "Since Xiao Lie wants to make this world a little more chaotic, then I'll help him." ”