The Renaissance Army in Jiangzhou City has been assembled. Song Yang gave the order and all the soldiers boarded the ship and set sail.
After bidding farewell to the officials who saw them off in Jiangzhou, the fleet embarked on an expedition to Hongzhou.
The boat trip first arrived at De'an Ferry for one day.
As soon as the meeting ended yesterday, I sent someone to deliver letters to Qiao Jinglong and Liu Huairen.
The two of them also worked hard all night long, hitting the team that was about to go on the expedition.
Qiao Jinglong is already waiting at the pier with others.
This time, because of the busy autumn harvest work, as the chief officer, Qiao Jinglong could not lead the expedition.
The person responsible for leading the De'an team was Zhang Sui, a former Jiangzhou Guardsman. When the Fuxing Army was being built, he was transferred to De'an to teach hundreds of households and recruits.
After picking up the people on board, the fleet rushed to Duchang without stopping.
"Your Majesty! I haven't seen your Majesty for a long time!"
Of course, Cui Qiang was the one who led the army in Duchang.
He was sent by Song Yang to be a hundred households in Duchang. After that, Cui Qiang has been busy in Duchang.
After several meetings, I didn’t have time to return to Jiangzhou.
"Thank you for your hard work! Let's get on the boat and chat." Song Yang said with a smile.
"Your Majesty, everything is well in Duchang!"
After getting on the boat, Cui Qiang began to talk about things in Duchang.
Although each county would send letters reporting on the situation every half month, Song Yang listened to Cui Qiang's personal account even further.
After all, letters cannot be meticulous.
After less than half a year of development, Duchang has attracted nearly 25,000 refugees.
Including the local people, the total population exceeded 30,000!
Unknowingly, the general has become the most populous among all the counties in Jiangzhou.
It is even more populous than Jiangzhou Fucheng.
In order to alleviate the food crisis caused by the increase in population, Liu Huairen had previously reported to Song Yang that he wanted to collect grain in advance.
Of course Song Yang agreed and let him figure it out.
Therefore, the autumn harvest work in Duchang started seven or eight days earlier than in other places.
As for why the population is so large, it is all because of the chaos in Raozhou.
"Raozhou is also fighting?" Song Yang listened to the report speechlessly.
This is news that Cui Qiang just found out a few days ago.
It turns out that King Raozhou died of illness some time ago.
He died suddenly, because he had no designated heir, and the prince died of a natural disaster.
The two surviving sons fought over the throne.
The two of them each gathered thousands of cronies, and the fight had been going on for almost a month.
As a result, the lives of the people in Raozhou have become even worse.
More and more refugees are fleeing.
Therefore, the population of Duchang is increasing.
According to Cui Qiang, as the weather gets colder in the next few months, more refugees from Raozhou will definitely come.
Originally, this matter was supposed to be reported to Song Yang after finishing the autumn harvest, but suddenly the campaign against Hongzhou happened, and Cui Qiang told Song Yang about the Raozhou incident.
"These two things are really out of tune! If there is a chance, I have to give them a beating..." Song Yang muttered.
For him, it is unreasonable to think of restoring people's livelihood during a natural disaster, let alone to fight for life or death.
"If we still have some energy left after settling the matter in Hongzhou, let's go to Raozhou! Deal with these two careless ones!" Song Yang said bitterly.
At the same time, there is such a big gap in how the children of the old Song family behave!
Look at me!
It's really not like Song Chengwang, it's better to run away instead of fighting among ourselves!
In the front are the kings of Runzhou and the king of Suzhou, and in the back are the two princes of Raozhou!
These people are really afraid that the world will not be in chaos!
It’s time to hit!
Fortunately, this is the only bad thing, and other things are still worthy of Song Yang's happiness.
Especially the autumn harvest.
Although the autumn harvest work started early, the completion progress was the fastest.
Due to the large influx of refugees, Liu Huairen conscripted the refugees into labor service to speed up the autumn grain harvest.
The refugees collect grain by themselves to earn work points and fill their stomachs.
For a time, Duchang's popularity soared, and the refugees spread the word by word of mouth, attracting people from Raozhou to seek refuge.
According to Liu Huairen's estimation, it will take at most half a month for the entire autumn grain harvest in Duchang to be completed.
"Very good! When the work in Duchang is finished, let Liu Huairen send the refugees to De'an and Ruichang, and let them continue working. Try to collect more food when the rain and snow come."
Song Yang said relaxedly and happily.
With the new force joining, the work will be much easier, especially next year's revitalization construction, the progress will be faster and faster.
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On the afternoon of the second day of the trip, the fleet entered the Ganshui River. The speed of the Ganshui River was relatively fast, and the boating speed against the current was much slower.
But luckily enough time was reserved.
We expect to arrive in Yuzhang tomorrow morning.
That is exactly three days.
"Don't worry, the thief won't arrive in Yuzhang so quickly. We will definitely catch up."
Looking at Shen Dan standing at the bow of the boat with a sad look on his face, Song Yang walked over and persuaded him.
"Your Majesty!" Shen Dan saw Song Yang coming and hurriedly clasped his fists in greeting.
Although I was only in Jiangzhou for less than a day, most of them were still sleeping.
But starting from Yinanji, Shen Dan felt the difference in Jiangzhou.
When he arrived in Ruichang, he saw that the county town had basically restored people's livelihood, and Shen Dan was even more impressed.
Finally, there is the prosperity of the capital city of Jiangzhou, with rows of neat and uniform buildings and people working enthusiastically in the fields.
All reflect the achievements of Jiangzhou's revival and reconstruction.
To say this would make Shen Dan admire him.
The Renaissance Army set out with great momentum and was equipped with complete and sophisticated equipment.
It also demonstrates Jiangzhou's military strength.
Even before the Fuxing Army took action, Shen Dan could already feel that they were more than ten times stronger than those soldiers in Yuzhang.
He was just worried that Yuzhang would fall prematurely before reinforcements arrived.
After all, the strength of Hongzhou soldiers is really worrying.
"You are the nephew of Princess Hongzhou. We are also relatives, so we don't need to be so polite." Song Yang said to Shen Dan with a smile.
After two days of getting along, Song Yang could feel that Shen Dan was somewhat responsible.
At least in terms of his attitude towards bronze drums, Song Yang believed that Shen Dan was right.
Coupled with the fact that there was a level of kinship, Song Yang paid close attention to Shen Dan.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I am just a little worried about Yu Zhang."
"We have sent out the detective horses to report the news and we should have news back soon. Don't worry, it will be fine." Song Yang said while looking at the horizon heading towards him.
As soon as they set off, Song Yang sent exploration horses from De'an to Yuzhang.
If you hurry up, you can reach Yuzhang in just a little more time.
Tan Ma should have arrived from Yuzhang by this time.
Sure enough, after nightfall, a small boat came up the river.
It was sent by Songying, the king of Hongzhou, to pick up Song Yang's fleet.
"Li Baihu! It's you!"
It turned out that the person from Yuzhang was Li Yujiang.
He was a close confidant of King Hongzhou, so he seemed more solemn when King Hongzhou sent him out to assist him.
This morning, Jiangzhou Tanma arrived with Yuzhang.
When the King of Hongzhou heard that his nephew, whom he was not close to, was willing to send troops to help him.
For a moment, I felt a little moved in my heart.
Yuzhang's spies also found out about the rebels and they were moving towards Yuzhang.
It can be reached within two days.
Based on this calculation, the eldest nephew in Jiangzhou can arrive earlier than the thief.
With the reinforcements, King Hongzhou felt confident. He was busy reorganizing his defenses and sending clippers to meet him.