The reform of Fangzhou was carried out fairly smoothly, with King Kanglei of Fangzhou at the top and Song Yang's military support at the bottom.
Even some opposing voices can’t make waves.
What's more, the scope of restructuring is limited to Fangzhou.
However, Fangzhou now includes the original Fangzhou, Xiangzhou, and Suizhou.
If we include Yingzhou, Jingzhou and Xiazhou.
Most of the Shannan East Road is already in Song Yang's hands.
Military control has been implemented in Yingzhou. Just after the war in Xiazhou, Zhang Wenhai also implemented military control.
Only Jingzhou remained untouched, but Wang Ben had a good relationship with Gao Junyan and learned some things from Jiangzhou.
The overall situation shows that Shannan East Road has stabilized its development process.
The remaining state capitals, Tangzhou, Dengzhou and Junzhou, had no kings and were managed by local gentry officials.
Song Yang didn't ask them to do anything, as long as they could guard their own place and prevent the bandits from going south easily.
At any rate, these three companies were resolutely opposed to the Luo Xin Group, and Tangzhou among them had several small-scale conflicts with the Luo Xin Group.
Song Yang promised that as long as they blocked the bandits, he would provide them with some support such as food and weapons.
Of course, if the bandits move south in large numbers, Song Yang will directly send troops.
Shangzhou, the northernmost state of Shannan East Road, defected to the Luo Xin Group.
However, Shangzhou also sent people to Xiangyang, saying that they, Shangzhou, were in Cao Ying but at heart in Han...
Song Yang is too lazy to pay attention to this kind of guy who has already put his face on the wall, and he doesn't have any material support!
As for the remaining Kuizhou and Guizhou.
There are royal families in these two places. They are both descendants of Taizu Yizhi, and they are considered to be of the same generation as Song Yang.
The two are brothers, so Kuizhou and Guizhou have always been relatively united.
They neither supported King Fangzhou nor caused trouble on their own.
Just stay peacefully on your own land and work hard.
Fang Zhe sent them an invitation.
However, these two men only sent representatives.
I'm not saying whether to surrender or not, I'm just saying that I'm here to take a look on behalf of the two kings.
Song Yang has a good sense of this person. As long as he doesn't do anything and can stabilize the situation, he is a good comrade!
"Go back and tell the two royal brothers that you can rebuild with peace of mind. Jiangzhou will always welcome them."
In the end, Song Yang only confessed the words of the representatives of the two states.
All the state capitals in Shannan East Road have basically been settled.
No matter if you are just a wallflower or if you sincerely surrender, there will be no chaos for the time being.
"Uncle Wang. I'll be back in a few days. It's up to you here."
After the meeting, Song Yang said goodbye to King Fangzhou.
The King of Fangzhou has been deprived of his military power, and he is now more of a representative.
"A Yang, I want to go to Jiangzhou with you to see the development of Jiangzhou." King Fangzhou said about going to Jiangzhou.
He had wanted to go there before, but Fang Zhe didn't agree and said he wanted to ask Song Yang's opinion.
As a result, Song Yang came by himself.
"This..." Song Yang thought for a while and then looked at his seventh uncle Song Tong.
Song Tong nodded slightly.
Song Yangcai said: "Okay. Then you can come with us when you return in a few days. Rest in Jiangzhou for a while and I will send someone to take you back."
The King of Fangzhou breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Song Yang agreed.
He only has a few personal guards as a mere commander. It is really uncomfortable to stay in Fangzhou to fight the thunder, so it is better to go to Jiangzhou to hide.
Song Yang originally asked him to resist the thunder, but seeing Uncle Qi's intention, he agreed to let him go.
As soon as King Fangzhou left, his seventh uncle Song Tong said:
"It's okay to let him go to Jiangzhou to see its development and to demonstrate Jiangzhou's strength. It can reassure him and save him from secretly doing things here if we leave."
Song Yang understood.
Song Han, the king of Fangzhou, was not a law-abiding person.
It was said that he was asked to resist thunder, but once Song Yang left, he might be doing some sabotage secretly.
It's better to take him to Jiangzhou first and let him know the strength of Jiangzhou.
He knew that Jiangzhou was invincible, so returning to Fangzhou would greatly reduce the chance of causing trouble.
The uncle and nephew analyzed for a while and finalized the arrangements for King Fangzhou.
In the evening, the wind direction changed suddenly, and the howling north wind came with a biting chill.
Just as Song Yang was about to call Fang Zhe and Wei Nan to have a chat, Niu Laosan came to him.
"Your Majesty! It's snowing!"
As soon as Niu Laosan entered the house, Song Yang noticed that a layer of snowflakes had fallen on his shoulders.
When I walked out of the door, I saw there was already a layer of snow on the ground outside.
Not only that, when the biting cold wind blew, even though Song Yang was in good shape, he couldn't help but shiver.
"The naive people here in Fangzhou are... they change when they say it will!" Seventh Uncle Song Tong also walked out, looking at the snowflakes falling from the sky and sighing.
"Your Majesty, our people didn't bring thick clothes!" Niu Laosan said anxiously.
Song Yang and the others had good weather during the few days they went out. The temperature had risen a lot, so they could go out wearing only a single layer of clothing.
As a result, the temperature suddenly dropped, and I suddenly ran out of clothes to keep out the cold.
"Sir, please resist the fire and find out if there are any reserves of cotton-padded clothes in the city." Song Yang said in a deep voice.
The sudden drop in temperature caught Song Yang off guard.
"A Yang, I can buy some warm clothes here." King Fangzhou came in from outside the courtyard gate.
Not long after he left Song Yang, it started to snow before he returned to his residence.
So he turned back to Song Yang.
"How many?" Song Yang asked anxiously.
"There should be two thousand cotton-padded clothes!" King Fangzhou thought for a while and said.
When he used troops against Xiazhou some time ago, the weather was even colder.
At that time, I prepared a lot of warm clothes.
After wearing it for a few days, the temperature started to rise again.
Later, he was defeated and captured, and the team was disbanded.
But he kept those cotton-padded clothes with himself.
"Please ask Uncle Wang for help. I will pay all the expenses."
"It doesn't matter. Just ask someone to come with me to get it."
As the king of Fangzhou spoke, he took Niu Laosan back to get the cotton clothes.
"Two thousand sets are not enough!" They then left, and Song Yang walked outside the courtyard.
"Where is Ayan going?"
"Go to the camp by the river. Lao San brought 5,000 people. Xu Lin has 500, and there are 1,500 who are coming with us. And Bai Wenju's 1,000, the total is more than 8,000!"
Song Yang said with a solemn expression.
If the temperature drops suddenly and you don't have any warm clothes, the consequences if the flu comes back again will be disastrous.
There are no magic medicines in this era.
Influenza is also a deadly plague!
Song Yang quickly arrived at the riverside camp.
Except for a few on duty, all other soldiers got into the camp.
"Your Majesty!"
The soldiers on duty immediately cheered up when they saw Song Yang coming.
"Thank you for your hard work. Change shifts frequently, and don't resist when it gets cold." Song Yang said while looking at the patrolling soldiers.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, we're wearing three layers, and we're walking back and forth, so it's not too cold." The soldiers said, tugging at their sleeves.
Song Yang took a look and saw that it was indeed three layers of clothes.
Although I didn’t bring any cotton-padded clothes when I came out, I always had spare clothes and a change of clothes.
The soldiers responded roughly to the sudden drop in temperature and put on all the clothes they had brought.
Although it is not as good as cotton-padded clothes, it is somewhat effective.
"The prince is here."
Xu Lin heard the movement at the camp gate and saw that Song Yang was coming, so he immediately came over to say hello.
"Where are your clothes? Why did you just pass on one piece?" Song Yang looked at Xu Lin.
At first glance, this guy was wearing only one piece of clothing. It was so light and fluffy that it swayed every time he blew his clothes.
"I……"
"Let's go! Let's go in first!"
Song Yang said hello, and Xu Lin followed.
"Did you give the clothes to someone else?" Song Yang was stunned.
It turned out that Xu Lin gave the clothes to the soldiers on patrol.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. We are in good shape!" Xu Lin said with a smile and patted his chest.
It has to be said that the officers in Jiangzhou can basically eat and live with the soldiers, and there are also many officers like Xu Lin who care about the soldiers and sacrifice themselves for others.
They know the importance of military morale and will spare no effort to maintain it.
"Where's Wei Nan?"
Song Yang did not get entangled in Xu Lin's giving clothes to others.
"He took people to the city to look for cotton-padded clothes. The people said that those wealthy families might have cotton-padded clothes. Wei Nan went to buy them with his belongings."
As soon as Xu Lin finished speaking, Wei Nan opened the door curtain and came in.
"Old Xu, it's time to change clothes!"
"Ah? The prince is here?"
As soon as Wei Nan came in, he saw Song Yang sitting there.
"Are you buying cotton-padded clothes?" Song Yang asked curiously.
Wei Nan asked people to bring in several boxes of cotton-padded clothes, while complaining:
"Hey! Forget it. Those idiots are looking for opportunities for the lions to open their mouths!"
"Your Majesty, I just took people to the city to buy cotton-padded clothes, and a wealthy man asked for ten taels of silver a set!"
Xu Linteng stood up immediately: "Shiliang? Are they crazy!"
According to the prices before the natural disaster, a cotton-padded coat would only cost a few hundred yuan at most, and it would have to be made of only the best materials from the inside out.
Now the asking price for one piece is as high as ten taels of silver!
This is ten thousand yuan!
"How many pieces did you buy?" Song Yang didn't worry about the price, but directly asked the quantity.
"I went to more than a dozen big dog dealers, and only got over 1,700 items." Wei Nan shook his head and said.
One thousand, seven hundred cotton-padded clothes, each worth ten taels, which is seventeen thousand taels.
Fortunately, tens of thousands of taels of silver were confiscated from King Fangzhou, otherwise I would have no money to buy cotton-padded clothes.
After all, gold and silver are not circulating in Jiangzhou now, so I don’t take gold and silver with me when I leave the house.
"Hand out these clothes first. The Renaissance Army has priority!"
"Minzhuang will let them withdraw to Fengzhou tomorrow!"
"Bai Wenju, let me know and come with me tomorrow!"
Song Yang thought for a while and then thought of an emergency solution.
There are now 8,000 people in total, including 4,000 from the Fuxing Army, 3,000 from Minzhuang, and 1,000 from Bai Wenju's Yingzhou soldiers.
Minzhuang is all from Fengzhou, so just let them go back to Fengzhou first.
Of the remaining four thousand Fuxing troops, King Fangzhou took out two thousand sets of cotton-padded clothes, and Wei Nan received another thousand and seventeen.
There are still three hundred pieces left.
Song Yang plans to take Xu Lin's five hundred men away tomorrow, and Bai Wenju will also leave with him tomorrow.
Once they leave, the remaining people will have enough cotton clothes.
In the middle of the night, after working hard all night, all the cotton-padded clothes were given away.
In the middle of the night, Song Yang chatted with Fang Zhe, Qiao Jinglong and others again.
This chat lasted another whole night.
The sky is getting brighter, but the snow has no intention of stopping.
"Okay! I'll leave first. I'll leave this to you!"
Song Yang patted Fang Zhe and Wei Nan on the shoulders and said.
"I understand. Take care, Your Majesty!" Fang Zhe and Wei Nan agreed with grim faces.
The two of them used to work together in Jiangzhou, and now they still work together in Fangzhou.
Fang Zhe thought he could go back with him.
But Song Yang said that Fang Zhe had to help with internal affairs here. Qiao Jinglong had just arrived and would definitely have to take over a lot of things, so Song Yang kept him temporarily.
After sending Song Yang and others away, Fang Zhe could only look up to the sky and worry:
"It's hard! It's hard! I don't know when I can return to Jiangzhou!"
At this moment, a sudden voice came from behind Fang Zhe:
"Do you want to leave after you finish eating?"
Fang Zhe shrank his neck and looked back to see Wan Qianxue.
"Ahem. That Qianxue! I... will take you back with me!"
"Hmph! That's pretty much it!"
It turns out that Fang Zhe has been captured in the past few days...