Tao Ziyun searched carefully above the rebel army, but did not see the white conch goddess and her child. He also found that the people in the vicinity had no trace of production activities, and either fled to remote lanes or closed their doors.

Tao Ziyun looked around, and the officers and soldiers in the distance were still assembling at the place where the rebel army was, and correspondingly, Zhao Jinlong's rebel army was full of fighting spirit and shouts for battle.

It is worth mentioning that it is now approaching the end of the year, and it is time to prepare for the New Year, and the business district in the city is closed.

Later, Tao Ziyun came to Cangwu Mountain, and in front of a big house, he saw the white snail goddess playing with her daughter.

Tao Ziyun, who was wearing the governor's official uniform, floated in front of the two goddesses and maidens of the white snail.

"You will come to see me in official uniforms, you don't have to guess that it's you. The White Snail Priestess smiled softly.

"It's not me who else. I heard that you are fighting with the officers and soldiers again, so I came to visit you. Tao Ziyun replied calmly.

The White Snail Priestess hurriedly explained: "The officers and soldiers are too hateful, they always find excuses to attack the rebels, and we can't survive the original cottage, so we defeated the officers and soldiers over there and marched to this side." The hinterland of Cangwu Mountain has complex terrain and is easy to defend and difficult to attack. ”

Tao Ziyun indifferently asked the Bailuo Priestess: "Then why is the rebel army not stationed here?"

"They should take advantage of the momentum of defeating the officers and soldiers to teach the government a good lesson. Today, the rebels have this ability. The goddess of Bailuo explained to Tao Ziyun seriously, and when she saw Tao Ziyun's confused face, she added: "The future depends on the situation." ”

"The strength of the rebel army is worthy of affirmation, it's going to be the New Year, let the rebel army retreat to Cangwu Mountain, and have a peaceful New Year. Tao Ziyun simply talked about what he saw just now: "The rebel army can defeat the officers and soldiers, but they also have casualties, and the result of the war." It has a bad effect on everyone, and if you don't have to fight, don't fight. ”

The Bailuo Priestess understood, she thought about it and said to Tao Ziyun: "You must have seen their battle outside, and I will tell them to retreat to Cangwu Mountain later." Guo Dingming, the wife of the rice general Zhao Wenfeng, led the food team of the rebel army in the big house and was busy cooking for the brothers of the rebel army! Her children were also busy with her. Will you stay for dinner?"

"I've seen them win battles, but casualties are inevitable. Tell them to retreat to Cangwu Mountain, so that they can comfort the casualties or their families. Officers and soldiers from other places are rushing here in a steady stream to participate in the war, and I believe that you will be able to resist the attacks of those officers and soldiers. After Tao Ziyun said this, he said goodbye: "It's not yet time for dinner, I still have something to do, so I will say goodbye." ”

"I won't force you to stay, I'll just hold my daughter and ask the rebels to collect their troops. The white snail goddess waved goodbye to Tao Ziyun. Looking at Tao Ziyun soaring away.

When Tao Ziyun flew back to his hometown to see, it was far away from the battlefield and was not affected by the war. The old residence and the order of things are up and down, and there is a joy. The atmosphere of the New Year is quite strong, and the New Year's goods are almost done.

Because Tao Ziyun's wife and children are still in the Anhui Governor's Yamen, Tao Ziyun only stayed at home for one night. The next day, he flew to the yamen of the governor of Anhui.

In the days that followed, Tao Ziyun continued to get news from the Beijing News and Di Bao. Zhao Jinlong's rebel army was stationed in Cangwu Mountain, and fought fierce battles with the officers and soldiers who besieged them from all over the country. Because Cangwu Mountain was easy to defend and difficult to attack, the rebel army was known for its magical formation, and the officers and soldiers were helpless against the rebel army.

The positive news is that the rebel army has really established a happy paradise in Cangwu Mountain!

In the following days, Tao Ziyun was diligent in official affairs, and her wives each added children to him.

On this morning, Tao Ziyun finished ordering at the governor's yamen, and a shout of "The holy decree has arrived!" came from outside the yamen.

Tao Ziyun received the holy decree, and it turned out that the emperor transferred him to be the governor of Jiangsu.

Tao Ziyun and his colleagues in the governor of Anhui resigned one by one, and a few days later, with their families, they flew to the yamen of the governor of Jiangsu.

During this time, the Hongze Lake in Jiangsu burst its embankment, and the transportation was blocked, and it was impossible to deliver grain to the capital in time. Therefore, Tao Ziyun wrote a letter to the emperor, requesting that the grain of Su, Song, Chang, Zhen, and Taiwu Prefecture, more than 1.6 million stones, be transported by sea.

After receiving the approval, he personally rushed to Shanghai to supervise the operation, and when there were not enough official ships, he hired merchant ships, and at his instigation, the officers and men and the crew of the merchant ships were enthusiastic, and expressed that they would make efforts to transport the grain supplied to the capital.

In the spring of this year, all the grain was transported to Tianjin in the summer, and there was no damage in the process. The grain is well kept, beige and clean, which is several times better than transporting it from the river.

When the ship returned, it was loaded with beans and returned south, so that it would be beneficial to come and go. This began the beginning of large-scale shipping of grain.

At that time, there were frequent floods in Jiangsu, and Tao Ziyun led the officers and soldiers and local people to repair the Hongze Lake, which had burst its embankment, and found that the water of Taihu Lake was not draining smoothly.

During the inspection, Tao Ziyun felt that the Wusong River, the Liu River and the Baimao River at the tail of Taihu Lake had a great impact on Taihu Lake, and the Wusong River was the most important. The most important thing to control the Wusong River is to dredge the mouth of the sea. So, Tao Ziyun began to call on the local people to take them with them to govern the above places one by one.

For those projects, more than 200,000 taels of silver saved from river transportation to sea transportation were used to bear the expenses during the project.

Shipping is feasible, river transportation is still necessary, and the efficiency of water transportation can be doubled. So, Tao Ziyun embarked on a plan to dredge the canal.

Tao Ziyun found that in the southern part of the Yangtze River of the canal, the Tuyang Canal is the most likely to be silted, with Lianhu Lake as its upstream and Mengdu as its side branch.

Tao Ziyun led the officers and soldiers and the people to dredge the Tuyang River first, and then successively control the Liu River, Baimao, Lianhu, and Mengdu projects.

Among them, living and working with the people, as well as the benefits brought by those projects, are praised by the people everywhere.

In the evening of this day, Tao Ziyun returned from official affairs and saw a letter from the chief of the wind control on the table in the living room, saying that they had arrived in Zhutian. It was very smooth to preach there, but I was ashamed to hear that Hu He and her father were there, but they were nowhere to be seen.

Tao Ziyun wrote a reply letter to the head of the Wind Pilot, asking them to preach with peace of mind, it doesn't matter if they can't find Hu He, just follow the fate.

Moss Yu came to tell him, and Qin Ji returned to his hometown to inquire about the news, that is, the attack of officers and soldiers on Zhao Jinlong's rebel army had increased again, and officers and soldiers from near and far joined the siege. Hu He's grandfather, Li Shihai, the governor of Lingbei, also had to participate in the war.

"That's the news that Qin Ji brought back last time, and it flew back to its hometown again, I don't know what news it will bring next time it comes back. Speaking of this, Tao Yu sighed: "This time, a literati in Li Zhizhou also has to lead troops to fight, and it is Zhao Jinlong's rebel army, which is really a dilemma." ”

"Don't mind, civil officials also lead troops to fight, this is the tradition of this dynasty. Alright, I'm going to send a letter to the Wind Rider. Tao Ziyun pretended to be relaxed and went outside to send a letter.

When Tao Ziyun came back, the family members were waiting for them to have dinner, and before they could eat a bite, Qin Ji flew back.

Tao Ziyun's family, while having dinner, heard Qin Ji talk about the news he heard when he returned to his hometown.

Qin Ji told them as calmly as possible: "Li Zhizhou was captured alive by the rebels, and there were many other officials who were captured alive. The rebels issued a proclamation demanding that the officers and soldiers withdraw and that the government promise not to attack them again in the future, so they let go of the captured officials!"

Tao Ziyun put down his chopsticks and asked Qin Ji, "What is the response to this request from the government over there?"

Qin Ji replied: "The government has sent a message asking the rebel army to release the captured officials, otherwise, more officers and soldiers will be summoned to besiege the rebel army." ”

"The two sides have their own reliance and refuse to admit defeat to each other, and this matter is destined to reach a stalemate! Tao Ziyun smiled bitterly and shook his head, but he comforted everyone and said, "However, I believe that Zhao Jinlong may kill other officials, but not Li Zhizhou." (To be continued......)