July is over, and August is early.

The heat of this midsummer has finally completely dissipated, and the autumn mood is getting stronger.

For the entire Jiangnan and other places under the rule of the Dayue court, all the people began to look forward to the harvest season of the year again.

In the past few years, although there have been occasional frictions between several forces in the world, they are generally peaceful, which is naturally best for ordinary people.

No longer have to worry about encountering military disasters, so life and death are unpredictable, in order to escape the war, forced to leave home, and his wife is separated. Instead, you can work hard in one place in peace, grow food and make money, so that you can be fed and clothed, and live a happy and stable life.

This wish may not be truly realized elsewhere, but in large areas under the rule of the imperial court, especially Jiangnan, especially Jinling, which is the temporary capital, the people can still do food and clothing without worry, as long as you are industrious enough.

Because of this, although some changes have just happened in Hangzhou and other places in the south, everyone has not taken it too seriously. Anyway, in the eyes of many people, with the court and the emperor, everything is not a problem.

However, recently, there are still a lot of not very good rumors in Jinling City, such as the imperial court seems to have the intention of moving its center of gravity to the south, and even going to the sea to level the Kou or something, so that the garrison in the north will be transferred.

At that time, those rebel foreigners in the north will really invade, and once the two Huai are lost, Jinling City, which is located on the bank of the Yangtze River, will bear the brunt.

Ordinary people who are busy farming and working to support their families naturally don't have the heart to ponder these statements, and they can't understand the root cause and impact. However, after all, there are still some people in Jinling City who don't have to worry about food and clothing at all, and they like to talk about the affairs of the government and the imperial court.

And among these people, in the west of the city, it is natural to be headed by Jin Sanye.

As a wealthy family with a huge Tingtaolou industry in the west of the city, Jin Nanjin Sanye, not only does he not have to worry about food, clothing, housing and transportation, but he is also a son and grandson, as long as there is no problem with the court, he can always be stable.

Therefore, he is very fond of discussing these court affairs with people, and whenever someone can put forward a better and more satisfactory statement, he will invite the other party to eat and drink in his own restaurant, which is really hospitable.

In this way, the well-known Jin Sanye and his Tingtao Lou naturally have a prosperous business every day, and they are full of friends. As long as you come over for dinner and sit in a random seat, you can always hear some inspiring or bizarre rhetoric.

And today, at noon, it's the same scene again.

The area on the east side of the second floor of the restaurant is exactly where everyone surrounds Jin Sanye on weekdays to talk about various incidents in the officialdom of the DPRK and China. Seven or eight wine tables were gathered together, and twenty or thirty people were sitting or standing, each serving wine, talking about the hottest thing in Jinling City at the moment about the imperial court's desire to build ships and train troops on the southern coast to level the sea.

Many people have expressed their opinions on this, and most of them are unimpressed.

In my opinion, this matter is just a rumor. Yes, Your Majesty did have a lot of troops in Hangzhou before, and he did lead the army to kill thousands of invading pirates, but for my Dayue Imperial Court and my entire Jiangnan, they are only scabies after all, and it is difficult to call them strong enemies, let alone let the imperial court spend so much effort to deal with them. ”

"What Brother Fu said is reasonable, you may not have a clear idea of how much time and financial resources are needed to build ships and train troops in the rumors. As far as we know, it will take at least a year to do all this, and the money, food, and materials consumed will reach millions.

"This money and grain alone is enough for an expedition of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses for half a year. I think the imperial court will definitely not pay a sum of money, just to level a group of sea pirates, because it is too much to gain and lose. ”

"Yes, yes, this matter is indeed too unexpected, no one would be willing to make such a loss-making deal, not to mention that the danger at sea is ten times more than a hundred times that on land, why should the imperial court take such a risk?"

"I also think so, but I also have another reason to prove that it is just some delusional conjecture, that is, our world is still undecided, and the strong enemy in the north is still there, how can the imperial court turn to the south at this time?"

In order to behave, these people are really energetic at this time, and you say everything I say, whether you speak well or not, and it can be regarded as a reasonable analysis.

However, Jin Sanye, who was surrounded by them, was obviously a little unable to lift his spirits, just smiling politely and taking a sip of wine, without any intention of communicating with them at all.

It's really a lot of such rhetoric in the past few days, and everyone's analysis is almost the same, so how can he give more reactions.

But at this moment, one person laughed out loud and suppressed the voices of several guys who were talking eloquently, which naturally annoyed everyone, and they all looked sideways: "You guy, what are you laughing at?" ”

"I always boast of being smart and knowledgeable before I laugh at you, and I feel that I have seen everything, but in fact it is not even on paper."

"You ......" Everyone was angry, and some even glared angrily, as if they wanted to do something to him.

This one didn't back down, just swept his eyes over everyone, and said with a smile: "If the major events in the court can be seen through by ordinary people like you, then what else do you want this Manchu official to do?" Or, if you really have such a high talent for governing the country and security, why can you still only be an ordinary person here? ”

In one sentence, everyone's momentum was suppressed.

But there are still people who are not angry: "You say it well, aren't you the same?" Is there anything else you can't do? ”

"Gao Jian didn't dare, but he did have a different idea in the next place, and he wanted to get an axe in front of Jin Sanye."

"Oh? Let's hear it. Jin Sanye's eyes narrowed, and he really became a little interested, "If it is reasonable and convincing, not only will I ask for wine, but I can also give you ten taels of silver." ”

These words made everyone in an uproar again, ten taels of silver is also a lot of wealth for ordinary people, which is really eye-catching.

This one also smiled when he heard it: "Since Jin Sanye is so generous, then he won't hide it in the future." Through understanding the current situation inside and outside the DPRK and China, I have come to a conclusion that Your Majesty really has the intention to go to sea and do something.

"However, the difficulties you are talking about also exist, especially the Pingtian Army in the north, which is a problem for the court's henchmen, and if its thieves are uneven for a day, it will be difficult for the court to be distracted."

"You're also a cliché, who doesn't know?" Immediately someone sarcastically shouted, and others echoed it, obviously dissatisfied with this person.

This one smiled and didn't think so: "Then if you say it below, in fact, the imperial court already has a way to deal with them?" ”

Some people died, but not completely......