When Shengjia passed through Nanchang, First Army Commander Hao Bainian and some senior generals of the First Army were also waiting here, and then accompanied Shengjia to Jinling.
However, at this time, they will not continue to take the boat out of Poyang Lake and take the Yangtze River eastward to Jinling. Instead, they will disembark at Pengze Hukou Pier and then continue to Jinling via land. This is because there are still a large number of open water in the main stream of the Yangtze River.
The Ming army used Hanyang, Anqing, and Yangzhou as its core bases to build forts, hoard naval forces, and try to blockade the Yangtze River.
At Hukou Pier, Li Xuan even boarded the Linjiang Fort in Hukou, and then held a telescope to look at the Ming Navy patrol ships in the distance.
And he could clearly see through the telescope that since the Ming Navy dared to block the entrance of Poyang Lake and the Yangtze River, they also had something to rely on. They also built a large-scale fort on the opposite side, and those upstream
There are also many small and medium-sized ships in the temporary dock.
The commander of the Yangtze River Fleet on the side, Li Xuan, forgot his name, and only knew the rear admiral named Chen, introduced to Li Xuan: "Currently, the rebels have built a fort on Jiangzhou Island opposite, and stationed a large number of ships.
They have blocked the waterway in and out of Poyang Lake and the Yangtze River. Last month we ventured to get through, but we were blocked by their fire ship offensive!"
After hearing this, Li Xuan did not blame the commander of the Yangtze River Fleet who did not know his name. The current Yangtze River Fleet is said to be the Yangtze River Fleet, but it is actually divided into several parts.
Moreover, the current Ganjiang Squadron is still blocked in Poyang Lake, and the Xiangjiang Squadron, although it can enter the Yangtze River, is too weak and is suppressed by the Supervisory Navy under Zhang Yue, unable to break through.
Hanyang's blockade moved eastward.
Although the Yangtze River Squadron in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River can freely enter and exit the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, it can even enter Jinling City through the Yangzhou Ming Army fort blockade, and even go all the way to Hukou.
However, the strength of this Yangtze River Squadron is even weaker. Currently, the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, more precisely the basin east of Yangzhou, are in charge of the First Fleet.
As for the west of Yangzhou, I'm sorry, the First Fleet hasn't been there yet, because the First Fleet is full of large ships. Navigating on inland rivers is very inconvenient and dangerous. On the sea, the Ming Navy will take these big ships.
There is no way, but in the inner river of the Yangtze River, there will be a wave of fire ship offensive in every minute!
Normally, if a small Tang fleet ventures from the mouth of Hukou into the Yangtze River and reaches Jinling City, the Ming Navy will sometimes intercept or pursue it, and sometimes it will do more things than less things, just pretending not to see it.
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But if a large-scale fleet passes by, and there is also the puppet emperor Li Xuan in the fleet, the Ming army is not stupid, and they will definitely arrange an interception.
Even with the protection of the Guards, there is still a chance that something unexpected will happen.
After all, in the rebel army, both the emperor and the marshal were easily killed or injured. If the boat was sunk by the Ming army, although Li Xuan often went swimming in his early years, he only paid thousands of yuan at that time.
Fei, I was just paddling casually in the swimming pool, focusing on getting in shape, and hooking up with the girls I was swimming with.
If you really let him go swimming in a big river like the Yangtze River without complete equipment such as goggles, swimming suits, oxygen bottles, etc., he would not do it even to death.
That would drown people, right?
For the sake of safety, Li Xuan decided to spare the Ming Navy and not enter the Yangtze River to fight with them. Instead, he landed at Hukou and took the land route, and then continued to Jinling City.
Along the way, he sat on a sixteen-carry sedan and reached Jinling City while lying down comfortably. There was no need for him to risk entering the Yangtze River!
At this time, the Ming army on the other side of the Yangtze River also discovered this team, and sent cavalry across the river to follow and monitor it, just like when the Fifth Infantry Division marched.
However, Li Xuan was too lazy to pay attention to them and went his own way. If they liked to monitor, they could monitor him. Anyway, with tens of thousands of guards in hand, they couldn't do anything to him.
Unless they can suddenly fly over hundreds of thousands of people and surround his Guards, safety along the way is guaranteed.
Going eastward, Li Xuan finally saw what Jiangnan is when he entered Chizhou Prefecture on the southern border of Zhili.
This place is really richer than other places, with flat terrain, numerous fertile fields, dense water networks, and a large population.
The first county town they saw when they entered Chizhou was Jiande. He found that the population of this small town was actually larger than that of Shaozhou Prefecture a few years earlier.
Although this city is not big, it has a large population. The streets and suburbs are full of houses and people.
This made Li Xuan really uncomfortable for a while. In the past few years in Guizhou and Guangxi, he had become accustomed to seeing a vast land with sparse people. You have to know that Guangdong is so big, only a few million people, and this population figure
This is probably because Guangdong’s people’s livelihood has been greatly restored in recent years, attracting a large number of refugees from other places.
The place is large but the population is small, so the area is vast and sparsely populated. This is the best reflection of Guizhou, Guangdong and Guangxi and other regions now.
However, Jiangnan is indeed a prosperous place. With such a large population, the total population of Jiangnan may be tens of millions.
There are so many people, how much tax will be collected!
Moreover, the population base is large, and Jiangnan is prosperous and wealthy, so the proportion of beauties will be even greater!
No wonder the scenery on the Qinhuai River is so charming. Without such a large population base and the support of prosperity and wealth, a tourist attraction with traditional characteristics such as the Qinhuai River would not have been born.
After all, the cost of visiting these places is not small, and since it is a scenic spot, it is naturally open to the public. Only when the people as a whole are rich and the middle class group becomes larger can this kind of tourist attractions be able to develop!
After all, it is impossible for this kind of tourist attraction to specialize in the business of a very small number of high-ranking officials. It is still aimed at the broad middle class, even the famous people in Jiangnan. Although outsiders know that she talks about painting with talented people, gentry and powerful people.
When discussing poetry, but the wise men and powerful people don't patronize it, they will still ride on those who are of small worth but are willing to give up a handful of blood, shouting yes! yes!
After all, people always have to live!
Well, it's similar to today's celebrities. As long as you have a little money and are willing to spend a lot of money, you can have them airborne from all over the country, with free nationwide shipping and one-day delivery!
Therefore, the customers of this entertainment industry are still the vast middle class. The top rich and powerful are not the main force, and ordinary people who calculate how to spend their wages every month to avoid becoming a moonlight clan are not included.
, only the middle class with a little money in their hands are the main force.
The rise of tourist attractions like Qinhuai River can be said to be inevitable in historical development!
Jiangnan has fertile land, abundant rainfall, and abundant fertile fields, which has led to the development of agriculture, and agricultural development has in turn spawned the development of handicrafts, industry, commerce, and public opinion industries. After countless years, Jiangnan has been created as a prosperous place.
And only a prosperous place like Jiangnan can cultivate a tourist attraction that is famous far and wide and is still talked about hundreds of years later. Otherwise, if you ask others what the Big Eight Hutongs are, how many there are there?
People know!
But as soon as you mention the Qinhuai River, many people will know it.
The Qinhuai River tourist attraction can be said to be a dazzling coordinate witnessing the prosperity of Jiangnan, a business card both at home and abroad!
And Li Xuan is now full of curiosity about Jinling City. Even a small county town in this area is like this. What is the situation like in Jinling City, which is a hundred times or more prosperous than this small county town.
When arriving in Jiande, Li Xuan approached the local officials of Chizhou Prefecture as usual!
For many local officials in Chizhou, it was also the first time in their lives to see the emperor, so many of them seemed quite excited. When several officials ran to Li Xuan to kowtow and say hello, they heard Li Xuan
When I said it myself, I was so excited that I shed tears!
When Li Xuan reached out to hold one of the elderly officials, the official fainted with joy. When he woke up later, it was said that he had not washed his hands for several years because his hand was
Li Xuan shook it.
To be able to shake hands with the eternal sage who is greater than the sun is a blessing accumulated by our ancestors for tens of thousands of years. How can I wash my hands? I will not wash my hands even if I die!
But in Chen Lifu's eyes, the ugliness of these people made him quite disdainful!
Although Chen Lifu was not a local official in Chizhou, he happened to follow a senior inspector from the Inspection Office to Chizhou for inspection, so when the Holy Emperor arrived in Chizhou this time, he also went to Jiande with the local officials from Chizhou to greet him.
However, with his rank and qualifications, he was naturally not qualified to go forward. He could only take a look from a distance with many other low-level officials on the periphery of the crowd.
And he, Chen Lifu, is a man who has seen a lot of things. When he passed the imperial examination, he once glanced at Emperor Zhengde from a distance. But this time, when he saw Li Xuan dozens of meters away, he was naturally not too surprised.
He was so excited that if the occasion wasn't too serious, he would probably show a look of ridicule. However, he was not laughing at Li Xuan who was among the crowd, but at the officials who had lost their composure.
After all, as the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Xuan was not someone he could ridicule!
For Li Xuan, who was able to create such a large foundation at a young age, his achievements are not bad in the past dynasties. Even if he does not agree with the Tang Dynasty in his heart, especially the many policies of the dynasty, but for Li Xuan
Li Xuan, he still admires him very much.
His Majesty is very young. After careful calculation, Li Xuan is only 21 years old this year. However, the 21-year-old Saint Li Xuan ascended the throne as emperor five years ago and took over the throne.
Under the banner of Emperor Taizu Wu, he led the subjects of the Tang Dynasty to fight against Zhu Ming's army. Five years later, the Tang Dynasty had grown from a bandit den to a huge dynasty that occupied half of China.
A person who can achieve this feat is naturally not someone who can be criticized or ridiculed by just anyone.
However, among the other people in the crowd, there weren't many that caught Chen Lifu's attention!