Chapter 632: On the cusp

Nanping, which is very different from the sparseness of the previous year, this Chuzhou warehouse, which has been silent for more than 100 years, has finally rejuvenated its scheming in the hands of Leng Zhuo, and has become the base camp of Leng Zhuo, the logistics and transfer envoy of Chuzhou.

Nanping is still continuing to expand, and the built granary is filled with the grain sent every day, and then it is operated by the baggage to the front of the army station, of course, as a logistics base camp, Nanping reserves not only grain.

On the round tower in the south ping, from the top you can completely overlook the surrounding granaries and the two newly expanded training schools, according to Leng Zhuo's plan, the logistics base camp will also expand the scale of a division, but although there are the number of divisions and regiments, there is no structure of divisions and regiments, and it is still a separate existence with battalions as a unit.

The sound of hurried footsteps, the rustling of writing, and the sound of the abacus clattering constitute the main theme in this round tower, tens of millions of food, countless other materials, in the era of cold weapons without computer systems, statistics alone is a huge siege, not to mention that these materials must be delivered to the armies in time.

Kong Mingchen rubbed his slightly red eyes and came to Liu Ji's office, but the thick documents in his hand were a summary of his busy past few days, Liu Ji Liu Bowen saw Kong Mingchen walk in, he also stopped, and greeted with a smile: "Mingchen, these days have been hard for you, most of Chuzhou has been run by you, how is the harvest?"

Kong Mingchen nodded with a light smile, and said: "The harvest is not cheap, in Guangling, Shanglin, Dongchang three mansions, there are Lu family and other families leading, most of the landlords, grain merchants have signed a long-term grain and grass purchase contract with us, in addition, Poyang Mansion, Xiaoxiang Mansion also has Ping An Bank to lead, relying on farmers to borrow, but also the future grain in advance, it can be said that these two major grain producing areas in addition to the handover to the government, retained for their own use, at least seventy percent of the excess grain is included in our arms"

"Okay, good, good, with these grains in hand, in cooperation with the actions of the rice shop, these two major grain producing areas, at least the ** surplus grain have been pocketed by us, by the way, how is the situation in the Suzaku Mansion and Xiyan Mansion?"

Kong Mingchen paused for a moment, and then said: "The situation in the Suzaku Mansion is still under control, because of the existence of the Huang family and the Chen family, we have only attracted about forty percent of the landlords and grain merchants, even if the Golden Harvest Rice Store opened its reputation before and expanded a number of rice stores, it is only sixty percent at most, as for Xiyan Mansion, the situation is somewhat unexpected, looking at the statistics, it is only thirty percent." ”

Hearing what Kong Mingchen said, Liu Bowen also frowned slightly, among the three major grain producing areas, although the first two met expectations, but these two places were traumatized in the previous rebellion, and also caused countless displaced people, refugees, not a year or two, is unable to restore the original output, plus this is the hinterland of Chuzhou, so the grain production areas around Xiangshui are quite important.

"Could it be that the Huang family secretly moved his hands and feet?" Xiyan Mansion itself is a place where the Huang family's forces are intertwined, and seeing this situation in Xiyan, he naturally thinks towards the Huang family.

Kong Mingchen shook his head and said: "The Huang family compromised with us before, but it was enough to offend the local gate lord of Xiyan Mansion, in the eyes of these people, I am afraid that the most hated thing is not us, but the Huang family, it can be said that the Huang family is also a little out of control of Xiyan Mansion."

"Oh, the Huang family didn't do anything, so how did they purchase this grain and grass?"

"Listening to the situation learned from the steward of the Jiang family, there have been several big grain merchants in Xiyan Mansion recently, and they have purchased grain in large quantities at a price higher than the market price, and the price has even been raised to two silver and five, and these gate landlords naturally choose to sell grain to these grain merchants."

"Two silver and five, what a big deal, this is going to start the grain price war again" Liu Bowen gasped, the food war two months ago had just ended, and the turmoil had not yet dissipated, I didn't expect that someone would dare to come to the door to provoke, but after thinking about it, Liu Bowen relaxed again, they had the upper hand in the previous food war, and the grain purchased in the past two months, the strength was much stronger than before, and it was too naïve to rely on the grain of a government to encourage food prices.

Kong Mingchen shook his head again and said: "The other party is not so stupid, after I learned about the situation, I went to Xiyan Mansion as soon as possible, and through our rice shop and sent a grain collection team to the countryside to have an in-depth understanding, these big businessmen took out a high price to buy grain, but the grain was gathered in the city, or a few villages, although there were a few rice shops in the city, but they all collected and sold grain at market prices, there was nothing abnormal"

"And it doesn't make much gain for people to check those grain merchants, but the more this is the case, the more incomprehensible it is, I have asked people to pay close attention to every move over there, and more news needs to wait"

Liu Bowen nodded and said: "This matter can't be careless, the overall situation in the world is now, but the situation is changing, although our Chuzhou is peaceful on the surface, but we can't escape this big whirlpool, by the way, you know what happened in Yangzhou."

Kong Mingchen shook his head, he has been running around these days, but the news is a little unsmooth, after coming back before, he has not settled down because of Xiyan's affairs, and after he came back, he was busy, and he was only able to take a breath now.

"The young master encountered a lot of things in Yangzhou, the Dongyi people suddenly raided Suzhou in this month, captured Changzhou County, Wanghai County, Linhe County, and Su County in Suzhou Prefecture, and even Suzhou City, the capital of Suzhou, also fell most of it, and the Qing Prince in the south of Qingzhou in the north was not willing to be lonely, and he had led the army from Linhe County, Jiangyin County, two roads together, and the troops had reached the territory of Suzhou County, and the Yangzhou army in the west was also belatedly passed through Taicang and entered Suzhou Mansion."

Kong Mingchen listened to this, and suddenly came to mind the scene of Suzhou City, the gathering of soldiers and horses from all sides, this Yangzhou is not in Yangzhou in the peaceful and prosperous era, and with the self-respecting Prince Qing going south, the bureau of Yangzhou is difficult to see, but the maiden family of the six princes is the top family in Yangzhou, not good, Yangzhou is afraid that it will be included in the other party's power, and sitting in Yangzhou, obtaining Yangzhou money and grain, with a large army in hand, it is enough to fight against the new emperor without falling behind.

"What are the plans of the young master?" Kong Mingchen pondered for a long time, and finally asked, Yangzhou, is not only important to Prince Qing, but also to the Leng family who rely on the Jinhe family, it is also particularly important, Chu and Yang are one, they can stand on their feet, once they break a leg, this road ahead is not so easy.

Liu Bowen shook his head and said: "I don't know yet, but no matter what happens in Yangzhou, this Chuzhou is the foundation, and we have to grasp the pulse of Chuzhou first."

In Suzhou City, Leng Zhuo was obviously a little comfortable, hugging Baishuang on the left and Long Wushuang on the right, of course, looking at the faces of the two women, you can know that the two of them were not voluntary, but forced.

"It's so nice to be naïve today, to be able to bask in the sun like this, life is very comfortable" Leng Zhuo looked up at the sky, completely unconscious of being stared at by two eyes that could kill.

The city of Suzhou was very chaotic, tens of thousands of Japanese people moved like ants, looting the land, but for the southwest corner occupied by Leng Zhuo and his party, they only tentatively impacted twice, and then shrank back, leaving some soldiers and horses to confront each other far away from the street, and then the well water of the two sides did not interfere with the river water.

And Suzhou City was not completely closed by the other party, so Leng Zhuo's news was still smooth, Prince Qing Situ Hao went south, and brought 100,000 troops, who had set foot in the range of Su County, and the Yangzhou soldiers and horses who were beaten guerrilla and fanned the flames of the ninjas finally crossed Taicang Mansion and entered Suzhou Mansion.

Bai Shuang held down the bad hand that grabbed her Yufeng, this person was really obscene and shameless, she was usually rubbed a little bit, she didn't care about it, this time she actually hugged another woman, and then ate her own tofu, it was really unbearable, but on the contrary, she still didn't have much to do with Leng Zhuo, unless she took out the huge rich holy soldier, otherwise with her strength in the spirit, she had no power to fight back at all.

"To the north and west, the two armies will arrive in Suzhou City in a few days, what are you going to do" Although Bai Shuang was angry, he remembered his aunt's previous instructions, so he still held back his anger and asked.

"Plans, I plan to leave Suzhou after the imperial army enters the city," Leng Zhuo said without thinking.

Bai Shuang opened his mouth, hated to bite him, and said, "I'm asking you, what are your plans for our Bai family, who asked you what you planned?"

"The Bai family, the Bai family is a Suzhou family, of course, you can't stay in Suzhou because I'm gone, and the Bai family won't stay in Suzhou."

Baishuang gritted his teeth, his bite creaked, and his hands simply grabbed Leng Zhuo's arm, and he opened his mouth to bite down.

"Ah, you really bite" Leng Zhuo shouted, who did he learn this from, he opened his mouth to bite people at every turn.

"Hmph, don't say it again, I'm still biting" Bai Shuang looked at Leng Zhuo's painful expression, but he was very happy, and his teeth were a little itchy.

"Okay, okay, the Bai family doesn't have to move, I think no matter which side it is, it won't be like the Bai family, and even have to be encircled, of course, some other possibilities are not ruled out, so arranging a back road is also the right thing, but my hand can't reach so far from Suzhou City, you go and tell your aunt that you can let her send some people to Jinfeng Mansion, buy a few workshops, and send some people over, I just have a lot of weavers here, but I don't know anything about weaving."

Leng Zhuo still said what he planned in his heart, Situ Hao's guy went south, Leng Zhuo knew that the situation was somewhat out of control, he planned to let Zhou Yu lean over, after all, this guy still has a very good foundation in Yangzhou, with the help of this big tree, Zhou Yu can go a lot smoother if he wants to show it, and he plans to go back to Yangzhou City first, how can he take Nangong Yuhu away, and then go back to the Weeping Blood Valley and sit and watch the turmoil in Yangzhou.

Of course, while watching the tiger fight, you also have to speed up the penetration of Yangzhou, Songjiang Mansion is adjacent to Yangzhou Mansion, it may not work, but Fuzhou Mansion is the southernmost part of Yangzhou, and the control of the four major families here is much looser, and it faces the sea in the east, but it is a good place.

Bai Shuang heard this, but he got the answer he thought of, after this experience, this Suzhou is on the cusp, which is not a good thing for the weak and rich Bai family, Bai Shuang breathed a sigh of relief, but suddenly felt a sinking in his chest, a pair of big hands were already holding his fullness, and he suddenly gritted his teeth and bit towards Leng Zhuo.