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Chapter 320: The Great River (1)

"Madam, let me go."

"The family survives and dies, how can I not go there in person in one fell swoop?"

The woman's voice was extremely nice. Song Jiu couldn't help but turn his head and look at it. There were three masters and servants sitting near the table, an old man dressed in a scholar, and a little maid with pretty eyebrows. In the middle was a young woman, in her early twenties, wearing white moth clothes, with a light eyebrows and a small face, just like the flowing waters of the small bridges in the south of the Yangtze River. Her appearance may not be very outstanding, but she is also charming and charming.

"Why do you have to do with you at home?"

"I know, they blame me for killing my husband together, and I don't know if it is right," the young woman lowered her head and shed tears secretly. After a while, she said: "No matter how they discuss this, I will do this and give the Ding family a future. I will have a clear conscience towards the Ding family."

Song Jiu understood halfway, and the young woman's husband died unfortunately. People in this era were very feudal and superstitious, so they believed that the woman killed him. As for what to do, they didn't know. Maybe if they did this, it would be of great benefit to the Ding family.

The old man sighed.

That was someone else's family matter, and Song Jiu would not ask about it, so he continued to eat with Wang Zhendinger.

The master and servant continued to speak, and the old man said again: "Madam, where is the place in Jiangzhou not settled, I am worried about what I am worried about."

When talking about Jiangzhou, Song Jiu couldn't help but raise his head and glanced at the master and servant again.

"Uncle Cheng, if I don't go, I'm afraid you won't do anything good. After all, that relative is far away." The young woman suddenly saw Song Jiu and immediately shut up and said nothing.

Song Jiu was a little confused. If it were originally. Jiangzhou was one of the top prefectures in the Southern Tang Dynasty. Not only did Jiangzhou City, but there were five counties under it, Dehua, De'an, Ruichang, Hukou, and Pengze. Dehua was the city and suburbs of Jiangzhou. But the city was basically over and about to become a dead city. Song Jiu had a headache because of this, so he brought Wang Zhen and Guo Er to inspect it casually. There were probably people in the suburbs, but under Cao Han's tyranny, they were probably killed. Hukou was originally the base camp of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the 100,000 troops were burned by Zhu Lingyun himself. Most of the 100,000 elite soldiers came from other areas, but there were also local soldiers, and the civilians who escorted the logistics, probably were also disabled.

It is a good place, but like Hebei outside Dongshuimen, Tokyo, it has not been ten years. It can never be restored. Song Jiu doesn't have that ability either.

Why did how many people go to Jiangzhou?

There was nothing to say all night. The next day, Song Jiu and the other two got up and came to the dock. Suddenly, Song Jiu expected that there were many merchants on the dock, hiring ships with servants and many cargoes.

Song Jiu looked at them in confusion.

Wang Zheng and Guo Er didn't understand very much, but Song Jiu understood that this was Huangzhou, and it shouldn't be like this busy scene, but Huangzhou was not under his jurisdiction, so he asked Guo Er to find a boat without asking.

After a while, Guo Er found a large ship, two-fold ship building, which was about 500 stones. As a passenger ship, it was no longer small. Song Jiu boarded the ship, three people and three horses. The horse was much heavier than the man, but the other passengers carried a large amount of cargo.

Guo Er went to tie the horses, and Song Jiu stood by the boat and watched. He happened to see the three masters and servants of the small restaurant yesterday. The young woman looked up at him, and Song Jiu smiled and said, "What a coincidence."

The young woman didn't speak and bowed slightly, which was considered a return of the gift. The maid snorted coldly, thinking that Song Jiu was a bad guy.

Song Jiu smiled again.

Because everyone brought cargo, there were not many passengers coming up, only twenty people, which were about six or seven gangs. However, there were merchants behind him who asked to board the ship, but the ship owner refused. This made Song Jiu even more strange, and he noticed another thing. Now he is very familiar with ships, including river boats, river boats, sea boats, south boats, north boats, passenger boats, cargo boats, and cargo boats. Song Jiu has seen a lot of them. The passenger boats are passenger boats and cargo boats. But this passenger boat was clearly modified by a cargo boat.

Why do so many people go to Jiangzhou?

Guo Er looked at Dajiang and asked excitedly: "Jiulang, where is Chibi?"

"I don't know," Song Jiudao. It's true that there are many controversies about where the Chibi site is. Su Dongpo believes it is in Huangzhou, but this statement seems inaccurate. He also said: "The terrain of ancient and modern times has changed a lot, and it is impossible to verify it. It is probably in the upper reaches of Jiangzhou, up to the Hanyang Army. Therefore, Zhou Yu's troops went out of Pengli Lake and used the help of the heavenly power to defeat Cao Cao's army in one fell swoop."

"Then Cao Cao was stupid, so he let the people of Eastern Wu burn it."

"Haha, would Cao Cao be stupid? This is God's will. It's similar to the battle between Wanjiangkou. It's all in winter. Zhou Yu set up a navy army in Jiangzhou downstream, going against the current and against the wind. What kind of wind is now?"

“Southeast wind.”

"The four-month wind in this area is similar to that in the Central Plains. It has southeastern winds in spring and summer, southwest winds in deep summer, northwest winds or northeast winds in autumn and winter. The Wu navy has all come out. Although it takes advantage of the southeast wind, it is impossible to reach the water. No matter where the Red Cliff is, it is impossible to reach it in a blink of an eye. At that time, how miracle is it to be able to blow such a long southeast wind. Therefore, Zhu Lingyun of the Southern Tang Dynasty wanted to replicate Zhou Yu's record."

"I thought Zhu Lingyun was incompetent."

"Seven points to work hard, three points to heaven. If the southwest wind blows for a while, the situation of the battle will be unimaginable. Liu Yu and Wang Ming will not be defeated, nor will it stop the Tang army from rushing to Caishiji," Song Jiu said this, his face darkened. If there is really a vague and vague will in heaven, it would be too bad.

"A few men are from the capital?" the young woman came over and asked.

Song Jiu was slightly stunned and said, "Madam..."

"I am Liu, a native of Huangzhou." The young woman owed her body and replied calmly.

"We are from the capital."

"Are you going to Jiangnan to work?"

"How do you know?"

"I saw that the three men were riding horses and had a capital accent. I guess the three were officials who came to Jiangnan to work."

"You guessed it right, we came to Jiangnan Post."

"The postman...you are the king and the fortune-teller..." the young woman said suspiciously.

"Oh, you mean I call the names of the two imperial officials. That's okay. They are just officials, not your majesty. In the capital, the people can not only say the names of officials, but sometimes they can also talk about their deeds in memorizing them. This is not a ban." Song Jiu said, but he shook his eyes at Guo Er and Wang Zheng.

With Song Jiu's identity, you can give advice. Even Wang Zhen and Guo Er stayed in the Song family and were knowledgeable. At least they were better than ordinary people. Therefore, Guo Er came to the Yangtze River in Huangzhou and asked where the Chibi was. However, if others listened and thoughtful, they would have doubts, and Song Jiu did not want to reveal his identity for the time being.

"I misunderstood."

"You are from Huangzhou, why did I see you bringing a lot of goods to Jiangzhou?"

"Don't you know yet?"

"We went to Jiangnan to work, and we were working all the way. Huangzhou, which we only came to in the evening yesterday. We set off in a hurry today. What can we know? Is there a big incident in Jiangzhou?"

"It's not a big deal. The people of Jiangzhou are stubborn and refuse to surrender because of the strong city, killing many imperial officers and soldiers. General Cao was furious and massacred the city."

"I know this."

"It turned out that the court appointed Zhang Zhizhou as the governor of Jiangzhou, and had a dispute with General Cao, and the court moved Zhang Zhizhou to Raozhou."

"Zhang Zhizhou is a good official."

"Good official..." The young woman hesitated for a moment, did not dare to make an evaluation, and continued: "Later, General Cao massacre the city and then stole all the property in the city. His Majesty was furious and transferred the court officials together."

Song Jiu shook his head in his heart. Zhao Kuangyin must be not very happy, but he may not be furious. When he started to set off, Song Jiu and Pan Lian'er were joined. There was a group of people behind him, and several students who were drawn from the academy. They were just one step ahead, but not long after they set off, they heard an edict, using Cao Han as the Guizhou Observer to still sentence Yingzhou to reward Pingnan for his merits. Wang Zhen asked in confusion why the emperor did this. Pan Lian'er was not understanding. Song Jiu did not explain to Wang Zhen, but explained to Pan Lian'er.

Zhao Kuangyin certainly did not want many dead people, but he was also not happy with the resistance of Jiangnan. For example, Lu Tao, whose original name was Lu Jiang, was the minister of the Southern Tang Dynasty whom Pan Meiping made plans to take over Wu Yue during the Southern Han Dynasty. He was quite famous in Jiangnan. Cao Bin besieged Jinling and guarded the water camp, and he had many military achievements. He was a few prominent figure among the ministers of the Southern Tang Dynasty. Therefore, the generals were afraid of his ability and later led 8,000 people to assist Runzhou. Because he realized that Liu Cheng wanted to surrender, he led his army to fight out and wanted to protect Jinling, but he fled to Xuanzhou because he was defeated by the Song army. After the fall of Jinling City, the man still did not surrender and killed Gong Shenyi, the governor of Shezhou, and refused to defend. Zhao Kuangyin asked his brother Lu Xi to carry the iron certificate to surrender, but he still refused to listen, but because his soldiers had no intention of fighting, he was forced to surrender.

After arriving in the capital, he served as the Jizhou Troupe Envoy. Gong Shenyi's son Gong Ying complained about the wrongdoer. Cao Bin distinguished Lu Tao for his talent, saying that his talent was available, but Zhao Kuangyin said that he was a handsome man, and He Keliu was killed in the western market.

How did Lu Tao compare with Hou Barong? Besides, Cao Cao used Pang De, Liu Bei used Ma Chao, and Zhao Kuangyi used Yang Ye. The more these people were conquered, the more useful they were. Besides, Lu Tao also had a much more useful effect than Gong Ying.

This proves that Zhao Kuangyin was disliked by the resistance.

There was another deeper intention. At this time, the Song Dynasty was preparing to conquer the Northern Han Dynasty, and the court began to suppress Zhao Kuangyi. Zhao Kuangyin did not want the military to cause too much change. Moreover, Wang Quanbin died and Li Chuyun died. Zhao Kuangyin felt quite regretful. What are the people? These confidant generals were the real heroes of the Song Dynasty. In addition, they did not like the resistance of the people in Jiangnan, so they not only did not deal with Cao Han, but were promoted to an official position.

But Song Jiu has never understood why the people of Jiangzhou are so vowed to resist to the death?

After hearing this appointment, Song Jiu was afraid that there would be changes in Jiangzhou, so he rode a horse and took Guo Er and Wang Zheng to Jiangzhou first.

The young woman continued: "General Cao organized more than 100 giant ships and took the goods to the capital."

"Didn't it mean there are only more than ten giant ships?"

"Jiangzhou is a prosperous place in the former Southern Tang Dynasty. How can more than a dozen ships be loaded?"

Song Jiu was silent. He began to worry in his heart that it took more than ten years to transport the goods of Bashu to complete. That was different. Not only did the original goods of Bashu, but also the later taxes. This formed a concept that it had been transported for more than ten years. If there was no tax, how could it take more than ten years? And there was also the danger of the Three Gorges, the distance was long, the ships were relatively small, and the transportation was very slow. Jiangzhou was different. They were all big rivers, and ships of hundreds, thousands of stones were unobstructed, and even ships of ten thousand stones and twenty thousand stones could go directly to the capital. In Yizhou City alone, more than one hundred ships of wealth and goods were transported. Cao Han almost scraped off the land of Jiangzhou. He went to Jiangzhou himself, asking for money but no money, no people, and there was such a big hatred. How to manage it?

The young woman was a little suspicious of his identity as a postman, and she had not yet thought of Song Jiu's identity.

Even Song Jiu fled quickly and directly crossed many mountain roads, heading straight to Huangzhou from the west of the capital. Maybe even the officials of Jiangzhou didn't know that Song Jiu was coming, but Song Jiu was also worried about whether there were any officials in Jiangzhou and how it was now. However, he immediately knew the answer. The young woman continued: "Then General Cao quickly went to Beijing. The court was worried about Jiangzhou. Because Zhang Zhizhou had stopped General Cao and had some reputation in Jiangzhou, he transferred Zhang Zhizhou to Jiangzhou as the governor to appease the people when the new magistrate arrived. He also transferred Huangzhou Gutongjong to Jiangzhou as the governor."
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