Although Jiujiang is closed to martial law, but the Yangtze River ships outside the city are constantly coming and going, and the wharf is full of people, although the atmosphere of the lockdown is tense and panicked, but life still has to go on, for the dock workers for a day without work, the family will be hungry.

The wharf is always the most prosperous place, the three religions and nine streams make a living here, and the most important thing is to eat, drink and have fun shops, of course, they are all down-to-earth fly restaurants, and the high-grade ones are in the city.

At this moment, in the fly restaurant near the Pipa Pavilion, Yuan Jixian was a treat, and Chang Yu and his party were all the kind of people who didn't pay attention to it, as long as the taste was good, they could just squat on the side of the road with a bowl and eat it.

But now it is not much different from squatting on the side of the road to eat, the fly restaurant has only a few tables placed in the shade of the tree at the door, at this time it is time to eat, the coolies on the dock have come to eat, seven or eight people around a table, about dozens of people while eating loudly laughing and noisy.

Yuan Jixian raised his eyebrows: "Lord Overseer, why don't you go back to the city?" ”

Chang Yu stared at Jiang Xian, who was boiling in the pot, and swallowed his saliva: "Just eat here" said to Chen Suole: "Let the store make a table, the fish should be fresh."

The shopkeeper and the laborers who ate saw that Chang Yu's gang were officials, but they couldn't figure out if these officials were sick in the brain, so they went here to eat roadside stalls and experience the hardships of the people...... Of course, it was also very cooperative to make room for a table.

The mouths of the people who ate a few dishes of Jiang Xian and braised vegetables couldn't stop, and Chang Yu praised them endlessly: "Although this kind of home-cooked stir-fry is not as fine as those big chefs in Beijing, the taste is superior......" The coolies on the dock next to them saw that their words and deeds were not much different from their own except for the clean clothes they were wearing, and they were all very casual, so someone dared to ask: "Officials, are you used to eating?" ”

Chang Yu turned his head and smiled when he heard this: "Not only is it used to eating, but it is also delicious, especially this Yangtze River millet shrimp, which is really the ...... I've eaten the freshest, this big brother, you come and taste it" said that he picked up the plate and walked over, those workers were flattered and quickly got up and took it and ate it, and then no matter what the taste was, they quickly said: "Well, delicious, delicious......" In fact, where do they care about the taste at this time, but are surprised that this person is too approachable.

Of course, the most shocked was Yuan Jixian, who was already dumbfounded, sure that this person was from Dongchang, or the commander of Dongchang?

But looking at Li Yan again, they are obviously not surprised, which means that this eunuch is not acting for himself, this is an ordinary thing for him.

Over there, Chang Yu had already sat on the dock worker's table, with other people's broad beans and rice to eat, and the workers had never seen such an easy-going official, and they all came around to him and asked: "This official should be a little general with soldiers."

Chang Yu laughed: "How can you see it."

"I feel that at first glance, I have been on the battlefield, and there are a few officials over there who are also like generals, except for the old man and the Taoist priest......" Everyone kept talking.

"Is this little overseer usually like this?" Yuan Jixian really can't stand it, the limitations of the times make the class system in the hearts of these civil officials deep-rooted, such as Liu Yuxi, who feels good about himself and has a strong personality with "no white contacts".

Although the civil officials do not want to see the eunuchs, but your dignified Dongchang Governor, the existence of the fear of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, at this time he actually mingled with these rural villagers, the elder brother and the younger brother, not to mention insulting Sven, but insulting Ganglun!

As soon as Li Yan wanted to speak, Gao Jie preemptively said: "Hey, my younger brother, he is young and playful, just this character, Lord Yuan will slowly get used to it" Before the words were finished, Yuan Jixian squirted out a mouthful of rice: "Gao, Mr. Gao, what do you call Lord Overseer?" ”

"My brother-in-law, what's wrong?" Gao Jie's face was stunned, Yuan Jixian saw the expressions of Li Yan and Huang Degong and knew that what he said was true, and suddenly his head was buzzing, which can be explained by being young and playful, this is simply ...... Tiger, Wei Zhongxian recognized his godson everywhere, and the courtiers rushed to intimidate him as his godfather, even the old man who was much older than him shamelessly catered to him, but this little guy was willing to be a younger brother to a military general......

"This, this, this" Yuan Jixian didn't know what to say for a while, Li Yan observed his words and looked at his thoughts, so he pointed to the Pipa Pavilion not far away: "Here, what the Lord Overseer has done is not out of line."

Yuan Jixian was stunned, and then understood what Li Yan meant, back then, Bai Juyi was Sima of Jiangzhou, everyone could dig out their hearts and lungs with a boat girl, and finally wrote the world-famous pipa line, although Chang Yu's move cannot be said to be comparable to the sages, but it can be regarded as echoing from afar, there is nothing to arrange.

After the meal, everyone enjoyed the shade of the trees on the riverside to watch the scenery, Chang Yu asked Yuan Jixian about the strength of the Jiujiang city defense, and Yuan Jixian told the truth that there were still nearly two thousand. As for the grain and grass reserves, it was beyond Chang Yu's expectations, which benefited Jiujiang as Zuo Liangyu's bridgehead and the front line for suppressing bandits, and the city had sufficient reserves.

Then several people began to speculate about Zuo Liangyu's reaction, whether it was shun or not, and everyone was happy if it was shun, but if it was the opposite, it was most likely that the declaration of self-reliance might not send troops to expand, because after all, Jingzhou and Xiangyang next to him were still in the hands of thieves, and if he dared to send troops eastward, no one dared to guarantee that the thief army would take advantage of the situation to set fire to his backyard. But if he goes west and fights to the death with the thief army, then it will be in the hands of the imperial court, and Chang Yu will inevitably take advantage of it to send troops.

Zuo Liangyu will not be so stupid, his biggest possibility is to declare himself as the king, or join forces with the thief army to do the court first, or bargain with the court, you recognize my legal identity and I will help you suppress the thief.

But Jiujiang, as his former power bridgehead and buffer zone, does not rule out that he suddenly sent troops to attack, Zuo Liangyu has many ships and sailors, and tens of thousands of troops can be transported in two days in an instant, so this is the focus of defense.

"There is the Yangtze River in the north of Jiujiang, there is Bali Lake in the west, and the back is backed by Lushan Mountain, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Lord Governor only needs to garrison 5,000 troops here to protect Jiujiang without worry!" Yuan Jixian was very confident, and Chang Yu smiled slightly: "Who do you want, Jin Shenghuan?" ”

Yuan Jixian was stunned: "Lord Overseer still dares to use him like this?" ”

Chang Yu shook his head: "Not the best candidate, but I can't think of anyone available for a while."

"Lu Daqi was not like this before, so continue to let his two old brothers stay in the north, the two old foxes will sit here, and Jiujiang will be stable" Huang Degong said, Chang Yu shook his head: "Lord Lu has been reappointed as the secretary of the military department to serve in Nanjing, and the city cannot be full of civil officials and lack of generals, after all, we have to find a suitable person to assist Lord Yuan here......" As he spoke, he looked at the direction of the city gate and stood up with a raised brow: "Isn't it that the situation is back."

Everyone looked up in surprise and saw a group of five or six people walking towards the city gate, you must know that Jiujiang is closed at this time, and it is strictly forbidden to approach, and nine out of ten people who dare to go over at this time are military people or spies.

Soon, a personal guard went to confirm that it was really tough, and Chang Yu was overjoyed and immediately got up and went back to the city.