In the past, the Yellow Crane Tower has passed away, and there is no place here.

Zong Ze was a little confused, and he successfully recovered Bianliang.

The city walls were basically complete, and the part of the palace burned by the golden dog was also cleared out.

I got some food from Xiangyang Prefecture to Bianliang and killed a group of thieves, and the order in Bianliang City was also restored.

But this capital of the Song Dynasty has long lost its former prosperity and is empty.

Many people who could not find food and clothing also left Bianliang, making this ancient capital even more desolate.

Zong Ze wrote a memorial to Zhu Lian for the first time, hoping that Zhu Lian would return to Bianliang.

Zhu Lian quickly replied, hoping that he would stabilize the situation in Bianliang and go to Shandong at the right time.

Unwilling to give up Zong Ze submitted a memorial to Zhu Lian for the second time, and Zhu Lian appointed him as the prefect of Kaifeng.

The unwilling Zong Ze submitted a memorial to Zhu Lian for the third time, explaining that Bianliang was the capital and central place of the Song Dynasty. If the queen could return to Bianliang, she would be able to mobilize the people's hearts and national strength of the Central Plains, and would be a hundred miles away from regaining the lost land in Hedong and Hebei.

However, this time, the letters from Cao Fu and Huang Can were also answered to Zong Ze’s memorial with Zhu Lian.

The letter details some of the current drawbacks of the Song Dynasty, as well as the situation of Shandong's two routes gathering refugees, pilot government reforms, mine development, and weapon ship construction, and explains to Zong Ze that it is not that Zhu Lian doesn't want to come, but that he can't come.

Zhao Bushi's department also asked Zong Ze to transport a batch of new hard crossbows, beds, various tools and agricultural tools.

The helpless Zong Ze did not urgently need a memorial, and was so frustrated that he could only sit on the top of the city and look up at the sky.

"Shishou Zong,     Is he worried about the situation in Hedong?"

Except for Chen Cui, Zong Ze's son and other generals in Bianliang City all went to the west of Jing and Xiangyang Prefecture. The time for summer harvest was up.

They should assist the local left-behind xiang army as soon as possible to complete the summer harvest transfer.

The year of this year is pretty good, so the soldiers don’t have to worry about being hungry.

"I'm not worried, Zhe Keqiu, Yue Fei is the elite general of my Song Dynasty. If two attacks are not even attacked by Shizhou, that would be a strange thing!"

"Supervisor Zong is still angry with Li Xuanfu Envoy?"

"This bastard is so angry that I am so angry that I have the ability to recover Hebei, but I just retreated back to Shandong. I thought I could save a group of people, the royal family, and the concubines were complacent!"

Since he heard that Li Jing had evacuated Taiyuan Prefecture and won the golden dog back to the empty city, Zong Ze was furious.

He doesn't think saving people is more important than defending the city.

I don’t think Li Jing can’t come up with a plan to achieve both sides.

Even if you give up Taiyuan and keep the truth and set the front line, with Li Jing's wisdom, it may not cause trouble for Wanyan Zonghan to plunder the official family and return to the north.

When Guan Sheng set out from Hedong and advanced north from the capital, he might not be able to attack Wanyan Zonghan on the West Road of Hebei.

"Shipman Zong, Li Xuanfu Envoy is not a person who is afraid of death!"

It is difficult to leave the hometown. The two routes in Hebei plus Damingfu Road, and the population of the two routes in Shandong is only half.

The rest of the two are still being slaughtered by the golden dog.

More than a dozen resisting organizations were contacting Zong Ze and asking for help to send troops to Hebei.

This time, Zong Ze was surrounded by various rebels and incorporated bandits. How to fight this battle?

I get angry when I think of him.

"He is not afraid of death. He is afraid of great casualties in the army. A woman's kind dog is only willing to fight skillful battles, not tough battles!"

The three major irons in life, we have carried the gun together.

Who doesn’t know whom they fought from Cizhou to Bianliang?

"I still think that the idea of ​​Li Xuanfu Envoy Li's vision is reasonable. If Shandong can rely on the two forces to improve government affairs, develop and defeat the Jin Dynasty, the internal friction between the Song Dynasty would be much smaller. Li Xuanfu Envoy was unwilling to face the Song people with a butcher knife!"

"Imagine is beautiful. Chen Sui, you and Li Jing have never been a county magistrate. You don't know that improving government affairs will motivate the whole body. Government affairs have been difficult to go to the countryside. Local clan forces are very powerful. They are connected to Taoist sects and even government officials. Li Jing is better. Establishing an electoral public opinion representative, isn't it a cloak of power for these clan forces to do whatever they want?"

The imperial examination system of the Song Dynasty did not restrict the clans. No matter it was a branch, a master's family, or a commoner, they could all be given official positions in the scientific examination, which greatly dismantled the large clans that threatened the country.

However, dismantling them does not pose a threat to the country does not mean eliminating the clan, nor does it mean that the local clan forces do not hinder the state's administration and taxation.

Many local officials are simply unable to move without the support of local clans.

Knowing that Zong Shuai is concerned about Shandong, he has to consider the news he sends for a long time.

Chen Sui smiled.

"Aren't Zhou Ning carrying out judicial reforms and dispatching county-level constables to towns?"

"That few people."

Zong Ze, who had seen clan forces in various places, said goodbye and looked disdainful.

It made Chen Cui's smile stronger.

"I think Zong Shuai should go to Shandong. Whether it is because of the problem of Shandong's government reform, or the recovery of Hebei West Road and Damingfu Road, Zong Shuai, Li Jing, Guan Sheng and Zhong Yanhong will work together!"

"Wait, wait until the grain from Xiangyang Prefecture is escorted to Bianliang, and Zhe should ask to meet with Yue Fei to open up the direct contact between Yan'an Prefecture and Hedong South Road!"

He said to wait, but in fact, Zong Ze was waiting for Li Jing to come to see him, not him going to see Li Jing.

Both Shandong and western Jing are preparing for future battles against Jin.

Whoever surrenders first means who will dominate the future war.

Zong Ze admitted that Li Jing was like a god of war and had the ability to be a god of war in the Song Dynasty, but he always felt that Li Jing was too young and that he needed a firm-willed iron-blooded general to save the Song Dynasty.

If this kid had less calculations and more tenacity, he would have the advantage of Yue Fei's struggle even if he was in adversity.

Chen Sui looked at Zong Ze's face as depressed as Chu Chu's wall.

Didn't speak anymore.

At this time, the soldiers downstairs shouted.

"Report!"

Then the messenger ordered the soldiers to run up to the city wall in a daze.

"Zong, Zongshuai! Two large ships were stranded five miles away from the Bianhe Wharf. It is said that they came from Dengzhou!"

"Are you sure you came from Dengzhou?"

"It's certain that the ship is loaded with some seafood. The navy generals are looking for help from our soldiers and nearby people, hoping to unload the goods and reduce weight!"

Bianjing has been the capital of the Song Dynasty for more than a hundred years.

We have been repairing the nearby canals so that they are connected to all directions, both north and south.

Although Zhao Gou has not sent anyone to destroy the Tongji Canal, the Yellow River water directed by the Bian River has a huge sand content and is easy to accumulate. In the years of war, no one cleaned it up, and the big ship actually drove.

And carrying supplies, he detoured from Dengzhou to the estuary and went upstream.

This made Zong Ze a little unbelievable.

He and Chen Sui quickly got down the city wall and rode down the Bian River wharf.

What made him even more incredible was that on the side of the stranded ship, he actually saw the figure of Li Yunyi, who had been with Li Jing to serve the king.

"Zong Shuai, why are you here in person? I even said to go to Bianliang City to find you!"

Zong Ze was shocked when he saw the secret artillery on Zhengtong.

Pointing at the ship, he asked Li Yunyi.

"Prime Minister Li Tong, is this the battleship created by Li Jing?"

"Supervisor Zong, this is not. The warships Jinan, Taiyuan, Zhending, Yangzhou, and the great names built by Li Xuanfu envoy have been launched and used, ten times larger than this, and twice larger than the former Emperor's visit to the Goryeo Shenzhou. It can accommodate 600 large and small cannons, and it cannot be opened in the Bian River at all!"

When he was the magistrate of Dengzhou, Zong Ze personally experienced the construction of the Shenzhou, and he had seen the Shenzhou of the Supreme Emperor before.

It took more than three years to build the two Shenzhous together.

How many days has Li Jing been in Dengzhou?

How is that possible? Don't coax me.

"Zong Shuai, the navigation conditions of the Bian River are really poor. The Zhengzi ship is already the smallest ship for transformation. There are two similar sea boats tied to the head along the way. The head ship was placed at the bottom of the ship several times, but almost didn't come."

Listening to Li Yunyi's feelings, Zong Ze suddenly noticed that the gunboat tied behind the two stranded ships should have seen before when he was in Dengzhou.

It was built during the Zhenghe period of Zhao Ji.

But so many guns were launched and so many muzzles were opened on the side of the ship, he didn't recognize them.

However, after Li Yunyi introduced this, he remembered it.

"Ship Zong, the military pay and food that the Empress brings to you is divided into two routes. I am a trial voyage and I dare not bring too much. There are only some gold and silver dollars, copper coins, as well as some seafood, grain and some military pay. We will transport Bianliang from Jinan Prefecture!"

Chen Sui and Zong Ze's eyes widened.

Shandong is a traditional northern agricultural area. Its grain output is limited and does not produce tea, silk, and porcelain. It is not rich. The Jingkangwu army has a large number of people. It has lost Hebei East Road and is all expanding its troops to prepare for war.

How could there be still enough energy to support their military pay?

"The Empress gave Zongshuai as the silence of Wushang, and Chen Tong was the son of Putian. The teachings were taken by the land! They did not follow, but they set out first, and they might arrive in Bianliang within ten days!"

After hearing what Li Yunyi said, Zong Ze and Chen Sui both laughed.
To be continued...