On October 20th, a fast boat arrived from Yuzhang.
Five young men got off the boat.
And they are all related to Song Yang!
When Song Yang saw this bunch of relatives, he suddenly felt confused.
"You all came to Jiangzhou to study?"
"Yes, yes! Uncle Wang, we are all here to learn!"
"Brother Wang, I'm not here to study. I admire the prosperity of Jiangzhou and come here to ask Brother Wang for something to do."
"Uh. That's alright. Let me harvest rice for a few days first!"
"Harvest rice?"
"Why not?"
"Fuck! Whatever Uncle Wang says will happen."
"Yeah. Listen to Brother Wang."
These five are indeed Song Yang himself.
Four of them are nephews and one is a younger brother.
They were all tricked by King Songying of Hongzhou.
Previously, Song Yang was discussing in Yuzhang about establishing the Jiangnan Alliance.
The matter of recruiting people was left to Song Tong and Song Ying.
Song Tong's letter was also sent by Song Ying's messenger, and he was the leader of the alliance.
Therefore, the main task of attracting people lies with King Hongzhou.
King Hongzhou did have some speaking skills, and several surrounding state capitals received his persuasion and expressed their willingness to join the alliance.
Especially Shaozhou and Hengzhou, the two state capitals that were attacked and harassed by bandits.
As soon as they heard that Song Yang and the others had formed an alliance, they immediately expressed their willingness to join.
The King of Hongzhou tricked everyone into joining, but the main force of this alliance was Song Yang, the King of Jiangzhou.
King Hongzhou did not dare to forget this status issue, so he also made it clear to everyone that the most powerful person in the alliance was Song Yang.
If you want to get asylum, you must have a good relationship with Song Yang.
And he also said that he sent the proton to Jiangzhou.
Anyway, they overtly and covertly asked alliance members to send protons to Jiangzhou.
After thinking about it, the family members realized that the King of Jiangzhou was also a relative, so it would be okay to send the younger generation to live with relatives.
So each family sent their juniors to Jiangzhou to serve as protons...
These five people are:
Song Lei, the third son of King Fuzhou, is Song Yang's younger brother.
Song Chengrong, the second son of the King of Jizhou, Song Chengchao, the second son of the King of Hengzhou, Song Chengjie, the fourth son of the King of Shaozhou, and Song Chengguang, the fourth son of the King of Yongzhou.
Needless to say, these four are from the same generation as Song Chengwang.
In fact, their relationship with Song Chengwang is even closer.
They are the cousins of Song Chengwang, both of whom are named Cheng.
When the five people arrived, Song Yang could only curl his lips and accept it.
Fortunately, they are all young men. They can work for a few days to cure their aristocratic problems and just go to school to study.
"Song Chengwang!"
"Hey! Uncle Wang!"
"Huh? Why are you here?"
Today is not Song Chengwang's class. This guy is also harvesting rice in the fields.
When Song Chengwang arrived, he saw five relatives coming to the dock.
After all, Song Chengwang grew up in Jiangnan, and he had met all of these people.
Especially four cousins of the same generation.
"You take them to work in the fields! Supervise them not to be lazy!"
Song Yang pointed to the farmland and said.
"Oh, okay! Uncle Wang, don't worry!"
Song Chengwang didn't have time to figure out what they were doing.
So I took my five new friends to the fields to harvest rice.
"Your Majesty!"
After sending away his relatives, Song Yang had time to talk about business.
The person coming to Yuzhang this time is Li Yujiang.
He came to report on the progress of the alliance on behalf of the King of Hongzhou.
"Let's go to the office and talk." Song Yang said to Li Yujiang with a smile.
Back in the office, Song Yang also brought Fang Zhe, Yu Ming and other leaders over.
"Your Majesty, a total of six state capitals have joined the alliance this time."
Li Yujiang eloquently told how King Hongzhou "fooled people" into joining, and also reported the basic situation of each member.
Among them, Hengzhou and Shaozhou are currently in the most severe situation because they are threatened by bandits and bandits.
Hongzhou Wang Songying just sent them a batch of weapons.
These weapons are all Hongzhou's original reserves.
Now that Hongzhou has carried out reforms, the original 10,000 strong men have been directly reduced to 3,000.
Anyway, the fighting ability is not good, and with Jiangzhou's help in defense, King Hongzhou doesn't have to support so many people.
The retired weapons were simply packed and sent to Shao and Hengzhou.
Moreover, thanks to the convenient water transportation in the south of the Yangtze River, the king of Hongzhou also sent four ships of grain and grass to Shao and Hengzhou.
They are all newly collected this year.
This move also made other franchise members see that the alliance sincerely helps those in need.
So everyone is full of enthusiasm to join the alliance.
The weapons sent by the King of Hongzhou were free donations, but the food was not actually donated, it was a loan.
When these two states recover, they will still have to pay it back.
However, being able to lend a helping hand in times of crisis also reflects the existence value of the alliance.
Therefore, Jizhou, Fuzhou, Yongzhou, and Raozhou joined the alliance one after another.
In addition to Raozhou, the kings of other states sent protons to Jiangzhou.
Why didn’t Raozhou send anyone?
Because they are at war, the two princes vying for power have not yet decided the winner.
Although they all expressed their intention to join the alliance, everyone claimed to be orthodox.
Song Yang had planned to visit Raozhou before.
But in the end I gave up because of the busy autumn harvest work.
Some time ago, I planned to let the two of them fend for themselves, since there would always be a winner.
But now it seems that we have to give them a ceasefire notice.
All in all, the Daqian Jiangnan Renaissance Alliance expanded to ten members.
The total area exceeds more than ten state capitals.
The bandits in Tanzhou were also directly surrounded on three sides by the alliance.
The livelihood conditions of each member are actually similar to those in Hongzhou, so they can be considered to be developing for the better.
If there had been no intrusion by thieves or bandits, the country would have been able to recover in 20 to 30 years.
Of course, Song Yang cannot wait so long, and specific formation reform measures will be implemented later.
"Your Majesty, this is what I have learned so far. For specific matters, each member should send their own officials to Yuzhang for a meeting at the end of the month."
"That's just right. I will also send people here to participate. There are some things that need to be implemented in the alliance. We also need to prepare for the recapture of Tanzhou."
Song Yang mentioned taking back Tanzhou. Tanzhou’s location was too important, so not taking it back would always be a problem.
If Tanzhou is taken back, the west side of Jiangnan Road will be connected.
No matter how you develop in the future, it will be much more convenient.
"Your Majesty, there are other things about Yuan Zhou."
There is no prince in Yuanzhou, and the county head has also died.
The remaining prefect had asked King Hongzhou for help before, but King Hongzhou ignored him at all.
This time, because of Song Yang's attention, the King of Hongzhou also sent a special person to Yuanzhou.
Of course Sun Yi, the prefect of Yuanzhou, was also willing to join the alliance.
But he didn't have any members of the royal family there, and he didn't know how to add it.
Therefore, although King Hongzhou absorbed Yuanzhou, he still had to discuss with Song Yang how to manage it.
"Then set up a special administrative region and let Sun Yi control it. Give him autonomy and let him discuss anything with Uncle Wang of Hongzhou."
"Yuanzhou is impassable by water and land. We will consider the coal mines when we take back Tanzhou."
Song Yang directly decided to give Yuanzhou a certain degree of autonomy, which not only attracted Yuanzhou's defection, but also gave Yuanzhou administrative power.
"Your Majesty, there is actually some good news."
"Oh? What's the good news?"
"The waterway from Hongzhou to Yuanzhou is open!"
"The waterway is open!"
Li Yujiang's words made Song Yang feel happy.
It turns out that the Yuan River, a tributary of the Gan River, originates from Yuanzhou.
However, the upper reaches of the Yuan River are too narrow to be navigable.
However, after this natural disaster, a strong earthquake caused the Yuan River to change its course, and the new river channel was now open for navigation.
"That's good news." Song Yang smiled.
Although Yuanzhou's shipping is open, the coal issue is still not urgent. The coal mines in Hongzhou and Fengzhou can still supply Daye.
Moreover, Hongzhou is downstream after all, and ships have to go upstream when they reach the Yangtze River Estuary and transfer to Daye.
Therefore, the best transportation direction is to go to Tanzhou.
Of course, if the waterway in Tanzhou cannot be used due to the earthquake, we will consider whether we can build a steel plant in Pengze or Jiangzhou.
It's too early to think about it at this point.
At this stage, the mission direction of regaining Tanzhou will not change.
It's not a problem for Uncle Qi to be floating outside all the time.
…
The extensive autumn harvest work continued until the end of October.
As for the remaining remote land parcels, it will still take a few months. Of course, they are not too many, mainly because they are far away.
By now most of the people have finished their work.
Song Yang sent notices to all prefectures and counties within his jurisdiction to hold a meeting in Jiangzhou Prefecture on November 7th.
There are two main topics for this meeting. One is to adjust the social system first, which is to prepare to cancel the state of emergency.
Another issue is about allocating land. Song Yang plans to allocate the land this winter.
After the state of emergency is lifted next year, people will be able to do whatever they want.
"Lao Fang, these are the materials you need to prepare. You can see if there is anything else you need to add."
At the end of October, Song Yang, Fang Zhe, Yu Ming, Ma Cheng and others got together to sort out the materials to be prepared for next month's conference.
In addition to those two main tasks, it also involves the autumn harvest work report, this year's work summary, and development tasks in the future.
This requires a lot of statistical work, which needs to be arranged in advance.
Everyone added their own supplements, and all aspects were thought of.
"Okay, then let's continue with the instructions. Statistics will be collected from all places, and we will have a meeting at the beginning of the month."
"By the way, let Zhang Heng send a hundred chickens and ducks in advance and hold a national harvest celebration after the meeting."
"We have been busy for more than half a year, let the people relax."
"The Women's Federation is responsible for this matter, and theatrical performances should be launched."
"I know. Xiaoqian will arrange it!"
Tong Qian solemnly nodded in agreement. She now represents the Women's Federation and has the right to participate in various meetings.
After arranging the meeting, Song Yang found Fang Zhe alone.
"How's it going? Are you ready?"
"Get ready. We'll set off this afternoon. I'll definitely be back before the 7th."
"Okay, I'll go to Yuzhang to convey my wishes to King Hongzhou, and let him coordinate the rest."
I came to Fang Zhe to talk about the Yuzhang meeting of the Daqian Jiangnan Revival Alliance.
At the end of the month, all members of the alliance arrived in Yuzhang to hold the first general meeting under the leadership of King Hongzhou.
Song Yang will not participate in this meeting, and Fang Zhe will be sent as a representative.
The same is true for other state capitals. They send someone in charge to participate.
The current situation is like this, and the family members really cannot leave.
Fang Zhe understood what Song Yang meant, and after lunch he set foot on the horse heading south.
Taking the dry road is one day faster than the water road.