In mid-June, the east of the river is at its peak.

Thousands of sails compete on the big river waterway outside the stone city, the east and west two cities in the city are full of treasures in the north and south, and there are many warehouses in the southern suburbs called Xiao Wuxing outside the city, and there are many workshops.

As the largest city in Jiangdong, Jiankang City has already exceeded 200,000 residents, and Jiangdong people are proud of its prosperity and grand scale.

Of course, prosperity does not come out of nowhere, and when it comes to the actual creator of the city in its current state, General Shen is undoubtedly the one who everyone expects. And if we talk about the deeds of General Shen in the old years, then whether it is a peddler or a pawn or a dignitary in Jiankang City, they can talk endlessly, causing people to be disgusted and silent, they are from the bottom of their hearts, and they really think that it is a very glorious thing to live in this city with General Shen.

It is precisely because of this that although General Shen has lived in Jiangbei and rarely returned to Jiangdong in recent years, there are still traces of General Shen everywhere in Jiankang City.

In the Danyang Princess Mansion in Wuyi Lane, the Taiwanese ministers are all complacent about being able to settle down in the middle of the house. Sanwu people enter Jiankang, whether they live for a long time or for a short time, several square areas near Shengongfang are the first choice. The Shen Garden Star Picking Building on the first floor of the Qinhuai River is a must-talk about the elegance of the times.

In addition, among the neighbors in Jiankang City, if there is any involvement with the deeds of General Shen, it will also become a hot place in the city, and tourists are weaving.

Among the visitors from all over the world, the Jiankang people have the most friendly attitude, and the Wuxing people should be the first to be recommended, especially the general Wukang visitors, no matter where they go, once they go out of their hometown, they will be treated kindly by the people. If you can talk about some interesting stories about the general's hometown, then the enthusiasm returned by Jiankang people is not too much to say.

Of course, there are also people from other places who will not be treated kindly by Jiankang people, and even suffer extremely harsh treatment, that is, Luoyang people. People from Luoyang are in Jiankang, and it is very common for them to be cold and even subject to cold scrutiny from passers-by. And if there is a mistake in any conduct, and there is a mistake in the subsection, it will be doubly condemned.

In the eyes of the Jiankang people, these Zhongzhou people have taken away the general's attention to them to a certain extent, probably because the people's customs are not good enough, so they have trapped the general in Heluo for political education all the year round.

Since they came to Jiankang, they also have the responsibility to help the general teach these Heluo people the good character, and not let the times be less than the general's benevolence because of their uneducated behavior.

Of course, if Jiankang people go north to enter Luo, the treatment is also different, and the people of the two places treat each other a little unfriendly. This kind of spontaneous confrontation and competition among the people made even the platform a little helpless, but the exchanges between them did not stop there, but became more and more frequent because of the open gallop connecting the two sides.

Since the beginning of June, the atmosphere in Jiankang City has become a little impetuous, and there is no shortage of rumors in the market, saying that the general has made a new achievement in the Northern Expedition, and the full success is just around the corner.

However, the information about this is pretended to be profound, and the listener will inevitably be in the clouds, but the human feelings and interests are gathered here, and it has become a topic that must be inquired about every day in the market. However, since there was no conclusive news, the curiosity of the people turned to anxiety.

Some people want to know the details one step in advance, and even simply cross the river to the north and gallop along the Chi Road into Luo to inquire more. However, even if the construction of the Chidao has made the connection between the two places smooth and convenient, this kind of long-distance travel is still inevitably tiring and costly, and there are still a few people who have the conditions to sit on their words and deeds.

Most of the time streams can't travel across the river, and they want to know the truth as soon as possible, and as the most important official channel in Jiangdong, Jiankang's Taicheng has naturally become the focus of public attention.

Today's Taicheng, with the withering of Zhong Ya and other ruling ministers, has become more and more lacking in a sense of existence, especially after the return of Guanglu Xun Wang Shu to the capital last year, he began to move some Taicheng institutions and personnel to Luoyang one after another, and now, Taicheng has become more and more deserted, and there are very few Taichens who still stay here to serve the matter.

Most of them have been accustomed to this transparent and idle state of retirement, and the reason why they are still working in Taicheng is that they really have no matching talents, and it is difficult to have a ministry arrangement even if they enter Luo, or they are quiet by nature and old, and they no longer have the courage to continue to forge ahead.

In this way, these left-behind ministers have a common characteristic, that is, it is difficult to know major events, and their understanding of Jiangbei military affairs is actually no more than that of the market. With so much noise in the city, these people are naturally curious, and Wang Shu, who is stationed in the station, naturally becomes the object of their inquiry.

Wang Shu was not keen on personal contacts, and the frequent disturbances of the Taiwanese ministers were already so serious that it was difficult to implement government affairs, so he was naturally annoyed by this. Although he has a fixed communication channel with Xingtai, due to the limitation of distance, communication will inevitably lag behind.

What's more, this is not the first time that similar disturbances have been made as early as the beginning of the year, and the rumors at that time were also conclusive, and even the specific date of when Shi Hu would be escorted to the south has been set.

There are also some governors of Jiangdong prefectures and counties solemnly played Taicheng, proposing that Taicheng need to start preparing for the great merit, Wang Shu also hurriedly contacted Xingtai at that time, but learned that it was just an oolong, and the general was still in Hebei at that time to supervise the war and never returned to Luo.

This time, Wang Shu was naturally much more cautious, and did not dare to be alarmed by the situation of the people in the market, and refused to respond to some inquiries from the outside world before there was conclusive news from the Xingtai. But some people he refused, and some people couldn't, such as the emperor in the garden.

The emperor lived in the garden, although the state affairs were not asked, but he was still full of concern about the success of the Northern Expedition. After several summons in one day, Wang Shu was speechless, so he simply excused himself for sick leave and prepared to leave Taicheng for temporary refuge.

But as soon as he walked out of the Xuanyang Gate of Taicheng, when he got on the big truss, he saw that the south side of the big truss was already full of times in the capital, and there was no shortage of people tiptoeing around, and some people shouted: "Wang Guanglu is here!" ”

Seeing this scene, Wang Shu understood why these people came, even if he was sluggish, he hurriedly ordered his family to slow down, got off the car halfway and hurriedly returned to Taicheng, and then ordered people to go to Dunan quickly to consult Shen Chong, who had been living in Dunan, and he really couldn't cope with this turbulent situation at the moment.

However, after the family reported the news and returned to Taicheng, Wang Shu learned that Shen Chong had left Jiankang a few days earlier, and his whereabouts were unknown, so he couldn't help but sigh that he was cunning and cunning.

Finally, on the day of June Wangri, there was finally conclusive news from Jiangbei, this time the disturbance of Jiankang was not a flat land, it was true, the Northern Expedition Wang Shi had already broken through the Xindu of the Qiang State, and even the Lord Shi Hu was captured alive.

The reason why the news lagged for a few days was because Hurun, who was in charge of reporting the victory across the river, stayed in Huainan for a few days and summoned 5,000 soldiers from the Yuzhou Prefecture to accompany him. And Shen Chong, who had left the capital before, also returned to Jiankang with the king of victory.

When Hurun appeared outside Stone City as a good envoy, tens of thousands of people rushed to Jiankang when they heard the news, and the area around Stone Town was completely occupied, so that the Hurun fleet could not dock and enter the city for a long time, and the envoys sent by the emperor in the garden were also blocked by the enthusiastic crowd that could not get close to the water gate, and they could not meet at the end of the world, so it lasted for several hours!

In the end, the 5,000 Yuzhou soldiers who were transferred to Jiankang in advance, cooperated with the guards in Jiankang City, and ordered the whole city to curfew the whole city in the evening, so as to divert the surging crowds near Stone City back to the squares in the city.

Although the people were shunted and dismissed, Jiankang City was never night on this day, with lights in the sky, singing and dancing, and the people vented their enthusiasm inspired by the great victory of Wang Shi in various ways.

For these Jiankang people, what is the general trend of Hebei, it seems that they have no vital interests, but this achievement is created by General Shen, which makes them unbearable to be proud of being proud! Fortunately, Xingtai had foreseen this, and dispatched 5,000 Yuzhou soldiers to return to the capital with them, so that the atmosphere of celebration in Jiankang City was controlled to a certain extent, and there were no vicious incidents of joy and sorrow.

Jiankang Taicheng, this night was also overloaded, including the emperor Sima Yan, all stayed awake all night, listening to Hurun's detailed report on the process of the Northern Expedition and how well it was achieved.

"The blood feud of the family and the country will be avenged once! Although I am not the master of the British judgment, I am fortunate to have the help of such a pillar of the general, and I will succeed in this dynasty, and I will not be ashamed of the great regret of my ancestors and kings! ”

Although he has not asked about the world for many years, but as he grows older, the emperor has become more and more mature, after listening to the Hurun recital, he was already so excited that he burst into tears, he got up from the royal bed, walked to the front of Shen Chong's seat in the same hall, personally bowed his head, and said in a trembling tone: "I and Shen Gong are the most fortunate people in the world!" The family is strong and handsome, not only good for the family, famous at home, but also to create a new look of Zhuxia, and the achievements are full of praise! ”

Shen Chong's old face was also radiant at this time, and he calmly accepted the emperor's half-courtesy, and then he avoided the table and said, "The luck of the family is not enough to boast." The great merit is like this, even if the minister has the idea of fear and self-obscurity, but he has no choice but to be jubilant and happy, and he has not dared to be humble and self-restrained, and he has a strong state of emptiness and damages the joy of the community! ”

When everyone in the hall heard Shen Chong's words, there was no shortage of slanderers in their stomachs, and the old guy laughed so hard that his back molars were bright, how could he be a little afraid and humble? Raising the banner of the world's sentiments is nothing more than encouraging people to praise more intensely.

Although some people are not happy that Shen Chong is full of bad taste, but whoever makes the family have such a good son, even if he is unhappy, he can only endure it, and all kinds of praise are surging like a tide, lest he fall behind, so that the serious discussion of merit is not put on the agenda until the next day.

Although domestic and foreign affairs have long been returned to Taiwan, Jiankang Taicheng will still have its meaning of existence as soon as it is not abandoned. As for how to reward the general's merits, it is almost meaningless inside and outside the government and the opposition, and Taicheng is just a little to convey the feelings of the masses, and soon there is a resolution: General Shen's merits are stored in the society and the power is restored to Shenzhou, and the reward is not enough, Haotian has a fate, the emperor confers it on his behalf, and the king of Liang is conferred, and the world is announced.

King Liang conferred a ceremony on the rules and regulations, and there were preparations a long time ago, because on the third day, Taicheng sent the national abbot Wei Chong to represent the emperor to carry the edict to the north, into Luofeng Wang.