After the extermination of Du Fuwei, the biggest confidant of Jiangdu City was eliminated. The news reached Jiangdu. Jiangdu City did not sleep all night, and cheers kept ringing from all over the city. The drinking celebration to celebrate Jiangdu's rebirth continued until dawn the next day, and countless people were drunk.

After a night of celebration, the prosperity of Jiangdu City was immediately effective, and the merchants in the city began to become active quickly. Many merchants hoarded a large amount of goods and were eager to transport them to the north for sale, or to Luoyang, or to Zhongdu.

For several days, the two official ships of MRT and North Transport were crowded every day before the trip. Nearly a thousand pioneer merchants rushed to book their ships. The two ships each had 400 medium-sized cargo ships, which monopolized the shipping in Jiangdu. The reason why merchants were anxious was to clear out the goods they had before the northern rivers freeze.

But this is just a small merchant, and the big merchants don’t have to queue up. They and the boat shop have long signed a long-term cooperation agreement. The boat shop will give priority to transporting goods to them, and only the remaining boat seats will be allocated to the small merchants.

During the North Shipping Ship, dozens of men were so busy that they almost didn't touch the ground, their voices were hoarse. Each man was surrounded by three or four merchants, and he used various means to ask the men to arrange a boat seat for him.

"My cargo is not much, unlike they have to use a few boats, I only have one boat to sleep on the deck."

"Brother, please accept this little meaning and help me!"

In the inner hall where the boat was traveling, Li Qingming was drinking tea while listening to the manager's report.

"Reporting to the Chief Secretary, this batch of ships is really too nervous. Now it is basically full, but there are still thousands of people queuing outside. It is said that there will be a large number of merchants coming to order ships. It is really difficult to handle a humble position!"

"Where is the MRT ship?"

"There is even more nervous than here, and I was booked all yesterday."

The manager sighed, "This time is very embarrassing. In another month and a half, the rivers in the north will freeze. This is the last trip to the northern transportation this year. Everyone wants to grab this transportation, otherwise the merchants will suffer heavy losses."

"Have you issued a full notice?"

"Not yet, waiting for the decision of the Chief Secretary."

"Then don't reveal the news that the fleet is full for the time being. I will think of another way and try to make all merchants catch up with the last trip north."

Li Qingming gave a few more instructions, then stood up and left the North Transportation Boat, hurried to the left-behind mansion.

Zhang Xuan is currently living in the left-behind mansion. He returned to Jiangdu yesterday morning. He has been busy meeting the Jiangnan gentry who fled to Jiangdu for the past two days. Although he is very tired, he is in a relaxed and happy mood.

Zhang Xuan's good mood came from the situation in Jiangnan. Meng Haigong did not disappoint him. He turned the rebellious Jiangnan into a huge uproar, forcing Jiangnan to come and ask him to break it first and then build it, or even not build it. If Jiangnan was not completely destroyed, there would be no further integration between the north and the south.

At this time, a guard reported at the door: "Your Highness, Chief Li is looking for a meeting!"

"Please come in!"

After a moment, Li Qingming hurriedly walked in and bowed, "See Your Highness!"

"No need to be polite, sit down!"

Li Qingming sat down, Zhang Xuan asked with a smile: "Is there any news from Jiangnan?"

Li Qingming took out a piece of information and handed it to Zhang Xuan, "Report to Your Highness, this is just sent from a flying pigeon in Jiangning County. Jiangnan will gather troops."

Zhang Xuan took the information and looked at it, and couldn't help but sneer, "Gather Zhuang Ding and Meng Dangui to fight to the decisive battle. Even if they lucky enough to defeat Meng Dangui, what should I do if Meng Haigong's more than 100,000 troops?"

"Your Highness, what should we do?"

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment and said, "Don't worry, Jiangnan will ask us later, the greater our chances of winning."

"Will your Highness still return to the north?"

Zhang Xuan laughed, "How could I let go of such a good opportunity?"

Li Qingming whispered again at this time: "There is something that I want to ask Your Highness for help."

"What's up?"

Li Qingming briefly told Zhang Xuan about the tension in shipping and finally said: "It's late October now, and this is the last North Transportation before the spring next year. Merchants are very anxious, and Weichen can understand their feelings. After all, business has been paused for almost two years, merchants have accumulated too much goods, and the big business is better, and many small merchants can hardly stand it."

"Do you want me to use warships to help them transport goods?" Zhang Xuan understood Li Qingming's meaning a little.

"It's not necessarily a warship, such as ten straits of the ocean, which can actually be used as civilian ships for the time being."

Zhang Xuan thought for a while, "Let's do this! Yang Guang's thousands of dragon boat fleets are currently docked in Donghai County to renovate, and half of them have been renovated. I will now order the fleet to return to Jiangdu and arrive in ten days at the latest. There are about a thousand large ships, but the boatman will have to solve the problem yourself."

When Li Qingming heard that there were a thousand large ships, he was so excited that he quickly said, "I believe they will definitely be willing to ask the merchants to pay for the boatman."

"These ships will be left in Jiangdu in the future! They are used for north-south freight, not only for merchants, but also for official freight."

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your accomplishment!"

At this moment, a rapid footsteps came from outside, and a soldier reported outside the door: "Report to the Grand Marshal, Jiangnan meets Shen Jian for a visit!"

Li Qingming was shocked, "Has they changed their minds again?"

Zhang Xuan shook his head, "They have not changed their plans, Shen Jian is just here to explain the situation to me."

Zhang Xuan immediately ordered his personal soldiers, "Let him in!"

Soon after, the personal soldiers brought Shen Jian into the inner hall. Shen Jian knelt down and said, "Small people will meet His Highness the King of Qi!"

Zhang Xuan did not let him sit down, but asked coldly: "I heard that you are organizing the army, that is, you no longer need the help of the Sui army. Is that what does that mean?"

"Your Highness, we did not establish an army, but we just gathered Zhuang Ding to protect ourselves. It was just because the bandit army advanced too quickly, and the city was slaughtered by Piling City, killing tens of thousands of people. Danyang County was extremely panicked. As long as your Highness can destroy the bandit army, we will definitely disband Zhuang Ding and will not have an army."

"You said it very well, what about your sincerity? I said before that the Jiangnan Association must be dissolved, and a guarantee letter must be written and announced. Is the Jiangnan Association now disbanded? Where is the guarantee letter?"

Zhang Xuan's series of questions left Shen Jian speechless and said for a while: "Can Your Highness give us some time? After all, the Jiangnan Association has been established for decades and it is said that it will be dissolved. Everyone is not prepared yet."

"I can give you time, but I'm afraid that Mr. Meng Hai will not have the patience. I still say the same thing. Jiangnan will not disband and not write a guarantee letter to announce it. The Sui army will never go to Jiangnan to suppress the bandits. You can do it yourself!"

Zhang Xuan's attitude was very firm and there was no room for maneuver. Shen Jian sighed deeply. He knew that this would definitely be the result.

In Wu County, more than fifty days have passed since the army of more than 100,000 Meng Haigong besieged the city. The food in Wu County was cut off, and the military and civilians could only make a living by bark and mice. Despite this, the military and civilians in Wu County could no longer support it. At the same time, Meng Haigong's patience was almost worn out.

At night, Meng Haigong, surrounded by dozens of generals, climbed a huge wooden platform outside the West City. The wooden platform covers an area of ​​dozens of acres and is two feet taller than the city wall. Standing on the wooden tower, you can clearly see the situation in the city.

The city was basically still intact. The reason why Meng Haigong did not use fire attack was because he planned to build the capital and establish the Wu Kingdom in Wu County, so he tried his best to tolerate it and forced the military and civilians of Wu County to surrender.

But just two days ago, he got the news that Zhang Xuan had already captured Hefei City, Du Fuwei's entire army was destroyed, Du Fuwei himself fled west, missing his whereabouts, and Jianghuai had been captured by the Sui army.

This made Meng Haigong feel a little worried. Will the Sui army turn around and attack Jiangnan?

Meng Haigong was even more worried that the bastards of Jiangnanhui would surrender to Zhang Xuan and lead the wolf into the house. He must end the Wujun battle as soon as possible, sweep Danyang County, and kill all the people of Jiangnanhui.

Mr. Meng Hai stood on the platform and looked coldly at the dark city, turning around and asked, "Has the tunnel been dug through?"

Digging tunnels into the city was the suggestion of the counselor Mao Wenshen. He suggested that Meng Hai Gong encircle and not attack, so that the defenders in the city would be lazy, and then accidentally attacked, so that Wuxian City could be at his fingertips.

A subordinate reported: "Mr. Mao has already gone to see it, and there will be news soon."

As soon as he finished speaking, a thin scholar came hurriedly. It was the counselor Mao Wenshen. This man was originally a civil servant in the Kuaiji County Office. He was cunning and had many tricks. He suggested that Duke Meng Hai kill all the gentry of the Jiangnan Association and support a group of new powerful people to control Jiangnan.

Mao Wenshen's suggestion was deeply loved by Meng Haigong, and Mao Wenshen was also highly valued by Meng Haigong and became Meng Haigong's military advisor.

Mao Wenshen stepped forward and smiled and said, "Your Majesty, all three tunnels have been dug through, and no guards in the city have found them."
Chapter completed!