It was Yao Xishui who came up with the plan at first, and Yunpuzi instigated Princess Qingyang to offer advice to Yang Yuanpu, thinking of using his engagement with Wang Jun to prevent Han Qian from returning to Xuzhou.
Afterwards, Han Qian openly used "not getting married" as an excuse to leave Fanchang without saying goodbye. This was a change that Yao Xishui did not expect and was caught off guard at the time.
If this plan hadn't come from her and she felt that she hadn't been influenced by others, she would have suspected that there was something wrong with Yun Puzi.
The result of the whole incident was that Han Qian successfully returned to Xuzhou before regaining Jinling, and Yang Yuanpu not only failed to cure him of leaving without saying goodbye, but also demonstrated his merit and filial piety.
After recapturing Jinling and Yang Yuanpu ascended the throne, he was rewarded for his merits. Han Qian was awarded the title of Marquis of Qianyang, which was more meritorious than Li Pu who was granted the title of Duke and Li Zhigao who was granted the title of Marquis.
Wang Jun also returned to Yangzhou in advance before regaining Jinling City.
Wang Jun and Han Qian broke off their engagement once and were rejected once. Wang Jun came from a famous family, and Han Qian became famous all over the world. Naturally, this incident also became known to the whole world.
An ordinary woman might not be able to withstand such controversy.
Of course, regarding the second twists and turns in the marriage between Wang Jun and Han Qian, some people said that Han Qian was observing filial piety by not marrying during the funeral. Not discussing the marriage was not considered a true rejection of marriage. It could even be said that he had to wait for three years after the funeral.
In the past, as long as both parties were still interested, they could continue to discuss marriage.
Yao Xishui originally dismissed this statement, but after listening to Feng Yi's words today, he couldn't help but think about it. He thought to himself, could it be that Han Qian was kind to Wang Jun and waited until the mourning period was over to renew the engagement?
What does it mean?
Yao Xishui couldn't help but recall the situation when Wang Jun was under house arrest by Han Qian after he was captured in Maoshan. Wang Jun was just a female official next to Han Qian at that time. How could she look like she was being imprisoned as a prisoner of war?
Thinking more deeply, when Han Qian went to Fanchang to meet Yang Yuanpu, he had already made up his mind to resign from the post of Guangde military commander. Even if he had made a bold decision at that time and directly put Wang Jun back, no one would have blamed him.
He had an affair with Huaichu, but he took Wang Jun to Fanchang and handed him over to Yang Yuanpu for disposal...
At this moment, Yao Xishui's mind seemed to be struck by lightning.
"What's wrong?" Chun Shisanniang saw Yao Xishui's solemn expression in deep contemplation for a while, and suddenly her expression changed again. She didn't know what she thought of to have such a reaction.
"When Han Qian brought Wang Jun into Fanchang City, do you think he had already thought that someone would mention his engagement with Wang Jun? Did he regard this as his escape from Fanchang before entering Fanchang City?
What's the plan?" Yao Xishui didn't hide everything from Chun Sanniang. She only figured out the link at this moment, but she still asked Chun Sanniang in disbelief.
"Maybe that's it." Chun Shisanniang was not as entangled in this matter as Yao Xishui. On the contrary, she was more aware of it. She had already guessed this possibility, but she didn't mention it because she was afraid of hurting Yao Xishui.
"Feng Yi, on behalf of Han Qian, came to Yangzhou with gifts to congratulate Wang Jun on his birthday, and the Xuzhou merchant ship officially sailed into Yangzhou. Xuzhou and Huaidong have officially colluded together, right?" Yao Xishui asked the Chun San Niang, somewhat lost.
Chun Shisanniang didn’t know whether what Feng Yi said was true or false, but Feng Yi, accompanied by Yangzhou officials, boarded a Xuzhou merchant ship in a small boat. The collusion between Xuzhou and Huaidong was self-evident.
This may be because the imperial army is about to regain Chaozhou. Xuzhou and Huaidong should make changes in order to jointly resist the coming pressure to reduce their vassal status and to preserve their current power and status?
Of course, Xuzhou and Huaidong were both vassal towns of Da Chu. The two towns had trade exchanges, levied taxes on their own territory, and even sent messengers to each other. Even Emperor Yanyou could not prohibit it without authorization.
Feng Yi stirred up trouble, Yao Xishui, and Chun Shisanniang were somewhat uninterested. They also noticed that the two informants on the nearby boats they arranged had probably been exposed, and immediately ordered them to evacuate with the Weaving Bureau's procurement ship.
, to avoid being poisoned.
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After the men from Cishou Palace were withdrawn, Lin Zongjing, Feng Yi and others were extremely cautious. After handing over to the officials sent by Wang Wenqian, they delayed until night before transferring more than 600 former Guangde Army troops, women and children to nearby sand islands in advance.
Pick up the ship in batches.
Han Donghu and Su Lie also rushed to the nearby sand island in advance to stand by, and this time they also rushed to Baiti Gang first.
Afterwards, two merchant ships took advantage of the morning light and turned into Hangou from the east side of Guazhou Port.
Hangou, also known as Shanyangdu, was an artificial waterway originally built in the Spring and Autumn Period to connect the Jianghuai River and Shaobo Lake between the Jianghuai River and other lakes. Later, during the Daye Period of the Sui Dynasty, hundreds of thousands of people from Huainan were conquered for larger-scale renovation and expansion.
, forming the scale it has today.
The southern section of Hangou is more than 90 miles long from Zhuyu Bay in Shaobo to Guazhou Port in Jiangdu County. It is all stagnant flat water. On both sides, there are large weirs and dams built successively since the Spring and Autumn Period to separate, control water, and even
It has the earliest ship lock in the world.
From the end of the previous dynasty to the founding of Da Chu, in the past hundred years, wars along the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers have continued, and Hangou lacks dredging beaches and is severely blocked by siltation. Merchant ships have to go through the locks and wait for three days before arriving at Zhuyu Town.
On this day, Wang Wenqian also boarded the ship in person to inspect the merchandise.
Of course, he mainly wanted to see with his own eyes the two Xuzhou merchant ships that represented the highest level of shipbuilding in the world.
The two merchant ships mainly carried 3,000 bags of japonica rice, 1,000 bags of cotton seeds, and 1,000 barrels of tung oil. There were also a number of iron castings used in farming, weaving, and construction, medicinal materials, and some refined iron ingots and furs.
There is nothing to say about the fact that the tax is 1/10, but the tax is still collected.
The highest purchase ratio is four out of ten, but you have to pay for it, and you may not necessarily need to buy up to 40%.
Huaidong has quite an abundance of japonica rice, tung oil, cotton seeds, medicinal materials, etc. Even if it is purchased at a fair price, it is not profitable, so of course it can be released directly.
Furs, fine iron ingots, ship castings, etc., the products produced in Xuzhou are much cheaper and more beautiful. At the same time, they are directly related to the military potential that Chishan Society can develop in Baiti Gang in the future. Yangzhou will directly levy the 40% ratio.
purchase.
Of course, in order to show his sincerity in cooperation, Wang Wenqian agreed to use grain, coal and other things that Baiti Gang was short of to pay for the acquisition.
It is okay for Zuo Guangde's old army to cross the border from Yangzhou, but the soldiers and armor they carry with them also need to be used as transit merchandise, and they will be drawn and purchased according to the ratio of one to four. To put it bluntly, it is to restrict Xuzhou from gathering too much on the west bank of Fanliang Lake.
Strong military power is coming.
After unloading the people and goods at Zhuyu Bay, Lin Zongjing led two merchant ships to return to Xuzhou first, and he could transport two more batches of supplies before the end of the year.
By the time Feng Yi, Han Donghu, and Su Lie, who had gone north early this time, arrived at Baitigang with the first batch of reinforcements directly from Xuzhou, it was already early September.
The hot summer season has passed, and the weather is clear and crisp. However, this season is very short. In another month, we will have to consider the cold wave heading south.
In the past month, the Baiti Gang camp has not admitted any more refugees from the surrounding areas. In addition to not wanting to attract too much attention, the old Zuoguang German Army and their families and children, plus the new batch, have brought the number of people who have moved into Bai Ti Gang to close to 4,000.
people.
At present, Li Zhigao is outside Chaozhou City, mainly adopting the strategy of encirclement but not attacking, but the fighting spirit of the defenders has almost collapsed.
On the other hand, after winter, the Huaihe River is likely to freeze solid every year, which will facilitate Liang's cavalry to quickly move south; the probability of Liang's army sending cavalry south to intervene in Chaozhou also greatly increases.
This also determined that Li Zhigao had to annihilate the defenders and recover Chaozhou City before the Huaihe River froze.
Therefore, the time window for all forces to focus on Chaozhou City has become extremely limited.
After Li Zhigao leads the Imperial Army to recapture Chaozhou City, the court's strategy for Jiangbei will change from military recovery to business consolidation, and the control and rule of the eastern Chuzhou area will also become tighter.
Han Qian must strive to transfer more of the old troops of the Zuo-Guangde Army across the river into Shiliang County within this time window. On the one hand, he must not rush to scare the snake, but on the other hand, he must concentrate more on strengthening the construction of the camp.
Compared with when Yin Peng visited Baiti Gang, although it had only been more than a month, more than 30 large enclosed houses had been built inside the north and south fence walls and at the entrance of the mountain crest.
This not only provided the camp with more than 3,000 new rooms, but also integrated the enclosure with the thin outer wall, making it stronger and easier for the congregation to mount the wall for defense.
The perimeter of the camp now has a relatively decent defense system.
There are no coal resources in Chuzhou, and even if there are, they are mainly located in the western hills. Fortunately, in recent years, the population has been sparse, the land has been barren, there are a lot of forests, and there are large reed swamps along the lake, so there is no shortage of firewood.
In one or two years, enough charcoal can be burned for lime making, casting, etc.
If that didn't work, they would purchase and transport coal on a larger scale from Chuzhou, and the transportation cost by waterway was extremely limited.
Cooperation with Huaidong in the early stage is also the main strategy of the Chishan Society to establish a foothold on the west bank of Fanliang Lake - Huaidong purchases transit materials, which also happens to solve the problem of money for purchasing grain, coal and other materials from Huaidong...
