Lu Ye arrived at Jingkou two days after the recovery of Taicheng, and the reason why he fought for this opportunity was not because he was greedy for life and afraid of death as others said, and wanted to escape from the dangerous place in Gyeonggi. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info when he travels long distances at his age, the danger of the river wave may not be inferior to the damage to the body as the military disaster. When the big ship slowly docked at Jingkou, he really lost half of his life, wilted and had no energy, and he could hardly get off the ship.

Regardless of Lu Ye's position and actions in the current situation, as the only remaining veteran figure in Jiangdong, his position in the hearts of the Wu people is irreplaceable in a short period of time. Although his political performance is inferior to Gu Rong and Ji Zhan, Lu Ye is still one of the few representatives of the Wu people in the current situation in some deep-rooted concepts of the Wu people.

When Gu Zhong and the others boarded the boat, Lu Ye recuperated a little, and the first thing he said was to ask, "How could Chang Shi agree to the discussion of dividing the state?" ”

The reason why he was in a hurry to leave Gyeonggi was that Lu Ye's main intention was to find out what had changed in the countryside of Wuzhong today! For his fame and background, he doesn't care much about deeds and the like, and being able to create deeds is the icing on the cake, if not, it can't shake the heritage and prestige that his family has accumulated for generations.

Jiangdong has experienced many turmoil, but the Gu Lu family has always stood tall, which is where the heritage of a family lies. No matter how vicious Su Jun is, if he wants to gain a foothold in Jiangdong, he must be polite to Lu Ye!

But for the Shen family's sudden jump and strong rise in Wuzhong, Lu Ye couldn't turn a blind eye. The rise of this new gateway will inevitably be accompanied by a series of readjustment of the prestige of the township, which is what really shakes the foundation of the Lu family. Therefore, for the rise of Wuzhong's new door, these old surnames are even more vigilant than those of overseas Chinese.

Like Langya Wang, even if the power is tilted towards the government and the opposition, it will be heavy rain, as long as the roots are deep, it will not be able to shake the foundation of Wuzhong's old surname for the time being. However, if a second-class portal like the Shen family wants to grow, that is, it will directly compete with the old surname for nutrients, and fight from the foundation!

Hearing this question, Gu Zhong shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It's not that I don't know the stakes here, it's just that the general trend is far from being able to stop it by manpower." Since Lu Gong came here, he didn't have to leave in a hurry, he saw his old friends a lot, visited the countryside and took a look at the scenery, only to know that the style of Wuzhong is very different now. ”

Gu Zhong couldn't answer Lu Ye's question, because he was already at a loss. It's not that he doesn't understand Lu Ye's concerns, and even has the same hidden worries, but he is powerless to prevent this from happening. And with the completion of the meeting, instead of feeling the harm, he benefited a lot.

Not to mention the benefits of serving as the direct wealth of the elders of the business alliance, their own children also have a clearer way out. After Dongyang was established, the main recruits were the children of the Wuzhong family, and the Gu family, as the first family in Jiangdong, naturally benefited more. Although Gu Zhong also knew that the short-term profit at this time seemed gratifying, but in the long run, it was to give up the leadership of Sergeant Wu, but what reason did he have to stop it?

Lu Ye has been in Gyeonggi for a long time, and it is difficult to intuitively feel the changes in the villagers. But Gu Zhong knows that their group of old decay has actually been abandoned by this generation of Wuzhong people, especially the younger generation, they need a more enterprising and powerful leader in order to get a bigger stage in the current situation.

One of the most striking examples is that Lu Ye served as the state lieutenant, and the Wu sergeants who were recruited and used by the imperial court through him in the past few years are not even comparable to the number of pulls in Dongyangzhou in the past few years! This is a very simple multiple-choice question, even Gu Zhong's own young son was sent by him to the Great Cause Pass to experience, not to mention other people's families!

This is just a little manifestation of the political situation, if you add the business alliance's call on private capital and people's power, then the Shen family has today's prominence, it is not accidental, but it is climbing up step by step under their noses! What they didn't want to do, the Shen family did, and what they couldn't do, the Shen family also did. When the results become clear, what reason is there to complain?

Unable to get an answer from Gu Zhong, Lu Ye rested on the boat for most of the day before he was finally able to get up and get off the boat and go to Xingtai.

At this time, the news of the recovery of Taicheng had already spread all over Beijing, and the people who rushed to meet the victory team almost occupied all the banks of the river. When Lu Ye and the others got off the boat, the people on the shore who came to greet them suddenly broke out into bursts of discussions.

"Who is that white-haired old man? Why wasn't it General Xu Mao, who came to report the victory last time? ”

"Yes! We came together just to see Shen Lang's heroic demeanor! ”

"Shen Lang led the people to create such a great achievement, even if he was entangled in military affairs and had no time to return, he should send his strong generals to return to comfort the people's thirst! This old man trembles when he walks, and he really lacks the prestige of a strong army! ”

There are such discussions everywhere, even in such a noisy environment, the discussion in the front row of the street clearly reached the ears of Lu Ye and several other ministers, and there was no lack of shame and anger in their hearts, but more sour. That feeling is like an old and decrepit person watching a newcomer with good color and art snatch the scenery that should belong to them in front of them.

Inevitably, Lu Ye and others were too embarrassed, and the officials who came to greet them had to introduce the identities of Lu Ye and others to the people near the left while marching: "This is Lu Gong, the doctor of Guanglu, who was in Taicheng earlier to support His Majesty the Emperor and protect the monarchy of the whole country, and he also made great contributions......

"It turned out to be the ...... of the Lu family"

After learning Lu Ye's identity, the onlookers couldn't help but let out a sound of exclamation, after all, the reputation of the Lu family was there, and Lu Ye was the only remaining veteran of Jiangdong, so he was naturally respected and looked down upon.

Hearing the change in the crowd's discussions, Lu Ye and the others felt a little better. Although at his age, he doesn't have to worry too much about things and evaluations, but it is not always a pleasant experience to be full of complaints and accusations.

"Lu Gong is the most prestigious person in Jiangdong, and even he is willing to report for Shen Lang, which shows how amazing Shen Lang's deeds are this time!"

"That's natural, the Liyang rebels are a hundred battles, and they broke through Gyeonggi overnight, but they have been defeated again and again against Shen Lang! Such a feat is not a great achievement, what other credit can be compared! ”

"In the early years, I always felt that Wu people were timid, but now when I see Shen Lang walking in Jiangdong, I know that one side of the water and soil can always nourish people!"

Shen Lang seems to have to be a general, and Wen Fu Zhiya has already pulled out his peers! If it weren't for that, how could Duke Lu work tirelessly for Shen Lang! ”

Lu Ye really didn't want to listen to the endless shallow opinions of these small people, but from the wharf to the place where the platform of Yanshan Manor was located, as far as the eye could see, there were almost everywhere in the field of vision welcoming the people, and it was really difficult to block the mouth of Youyou. However, he quickly adjusted his mentality, no longer distinguishing which chaotic discussions, but read what Gu Zhong said, and began to observe the difference between Jingkou and his memory, and he couldn't help but feel more and more that Jingkou was prosperous now, and it was hardly affected by the war.

The exciting news of the reconquest of Gyeonggi soon exploded in Gyeongguchi, and the speed spread to every corner.

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No matter how prosperous the territory is, there are dilapidated places, and although Jingkou as a whole has not been affected by too many wars, with the influx of refugees, it has finally caused some impact on the market.

It is already one of the best metropolises in Jiangdong, with a huge market, and with the influx of a large number of people, it is inevitable that all kinds of materials on the market will be in short supply, and the price of goods will skyrocket. Some powerful families can say that even if they don't have relatives and friends to take over, they can consume and maintain it with their own savings accumulation. But for civilians and even displaced people, the high prices of goods discourage them, and they soon fall into the predicament of waiting for death.

As the largest supplier in Beijing, although Shangmeng can exert influence on prices through the allocation of materials in ordinary years, in the face of such a wide range of wars, in the face of salt and rice consumption of such a rigid commodity, there is actually no way to stabilize prices.

The Business Alliance is originally a non-governmental voluntary business organization, and there is no need or ability to replace the functions of the government, what they can do is to maximize the transportation capacity, ensure that the supply of grain in Jingkou is not interrupted, and maintain a basic stable state.

If you really want to suppress prices with the idea of helping the world and saving the people, then the only result is that there is no more food in Jiangdong. Biji Business Alliance can raise only a small amount of grain by itself, most of them still need to be purchased from various families in Jiangdong, now everyone knows how precious grain is, once the price is not suitable, people naturally choose to cover the warehouse and reluctant to sell. This is not a problem that can be solved by the moral standard of man, and in order to ensure the supply of food, it can only increase the price.

Of course, the Shang Alliance did not only make war money, but also took advantage of the fact that manpower was the least valuable at the moment, and recruited a large number of laborers to carry out large-scale fortification work around the Jingkou area, which could be regarded as work for relief. In addition, it is a large-scale evacuation and drainage of refugees to the newly established Dongyangzhou. Often, convoys arrive with food and then load large numbers of refugees south.

The inland river capacity is insufficient, so it is diverted by sea. Once the sea route is taken seriously, the Shen family's business in Zhoushan and Jiaxing will be on the fast track, and the development of just a few months will be worth the results of the past few years!

Despite this, there are still a large number of people in Jingkou who are unable to eat and wear, especially the elderly, weak, women and children who have no labor to sell. In this regard, Xingtai itself is financially tight, and it has to rely on donations from various families in Beijing to maintain it, and it can only call on the people to provide disaster relief again and again.

After Shen Zhezi left Jingkou, Princess Xingnan was immersed in anxiety all day long, and she didn't bother to go to the queen mother to listen to her daily uninterrupted sighs, and she didn't dare to ask the gods for peace of mind. After being bored for a long time, he thought about accumulating good fortune for Shen Zhezi, and opened five or six parity grain sales points in Jingkou in one go, selling hundreds of stones of grain every day.

There was a mixture of fish and dragons in the market, and it was naturally impossible for Princess Xingnan to go to give medicine and porridge in person. Recently, she has been going back and forth to several manors outside Yanshan Manor in slightly worse conditions, which are full of many widows and widows, and their lives are equally difficult.

For Princess Yu Xingnan, in addition to saving people and seeking peace of mind, the additional gain of going to those manors is to listen to those ladies praise how good their husbands are. Although she listened to it too much, she never got tired of it, and gradually going to those estates became her daily fixed project.

Early in the morning of this day, she led a group of maids and servants as usual, pulling several carts of supplies to a nearby manor. Because of the frequent exchanges, she gradually had some fixed social circles to avoid the embarrassment of giving in person, and those materials were directly delivered to the manor manager for distribution. As for how much each person earns, Princess Xingnan has no interest in asking, if it weren't for the long-term praise of her husband, she herself would not have the perseverance to persevere.

With Princess Xingnan entering the park, the places she frequented also gathered many female dependents. These female dependents also have some backgrounds, some of the male protagonists in the family are not there or out of power, there are no good relatives and friends to take refuge into, once they are out, they will be doubly miserable, so the stage came forward to gather them together and settle down, to show that they are not cold.

Nowadays, the world style is not rigid, and the topics that the ladies gather to talk about are also extremely wide, and the princess Xingnan often comes here, and hearing too many people can be regarded as increasing her experience. Not to mention her own identity, her husband's family's thriving momentum has naturally become the focus of the rally.

A group of women and ladies were talking happily, and suddenly a plain-clothed woman rushed in and fell to the ground and choked up: "My lady is seriously ill and will be afraid of dying, please ask Her Royal Highness the eldest princess to save my lady!" ”

Although it was a little unpleasant to be disturbed, but now this girl did not have the slightest joy and anger written on her face, especially when she heard that people's lives were at stake, she retreated and rushed up to the servant who wanted to drive the woman out, and said, "You stand up and speak carefully." ”

The woman stood timidly at the foot of the hall, her face was already stained with tears, and she choked up about her mother's illness.

Princess Xingnan was not very proficient in medicine, and the woman's verbal description was not very clear, so after a little silence, she asked the female history around her to bring a female doctor to help diagnose and treat. After the woman withdrew, a maid behind the princess whispered in her ear: "Princess, that lady looked a little familiar just now, it seems to be a ...... from the garden."

When Princess Xingnan heard this, she couldn't help but be curious in her heart, so she simply confessed her guilt and went out to take a look.

Probably because her own lady was seriously ill, the woman walked very fast, and the princess got into the car before following her. After a long turn in the manor, I finally arrived at the location, which is an inconspicuous bamboo building.

After going upstairs, a faint moldy stuffiness came to her face, and the princess was mostly affected by Shen Zhezi's ears and eyes, and couldn't help frowning: "Wind diseases are all different, how can you close the window and stuffy without asking the cause, good people are sick!" ”

So saying, she walked into the building, which was poorly furnished, and could be seen through at a glance, and immediately the princess's eyes fell on a beautiful woman with a haggard and pale face leaning on the bed. After seeing the woman's appearance clearly, the princess couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and then her face sank: "It's you......"

Although the woman on the bed was sickly and her spirit was extremely depressed, she still did not hide her gorgeous appearance, which made people feel pity. She raised her head and squinted at the princess, and then her face changed suddenly, as if she was about to get up and salute, but because she was really weak, she rolled off the bed, facing the floor, and made a weak and bitter voice: "Concubine, see Her Royal Highness the eldest princess......"

"Hah! I thought I wouldn't see you again, Song Ji! ”

This sick-looking woman is Song Yi, who accompanied Emperor Suzu on the last journey of his life, and she is also one of the few people who makes Princess Xingnan deeply disgusted. Although it was a little unbearable to see Song Yi so sick, when she thought that it was because of this daughter that her father and mother were becoming more and more estranged, and even she was rarely visited when her father was seriously ill, the sympathy in Princess Xingnan's heart was gone!

"Cure this lady and don't let her die of illness!"

As soon as she saw Song Yi's seriously ill appearance, the princess couldn't help but think of the picture of seeing her father lingering on the sickbed back then, and withdrew from the bamboo building with a cold snort, and her original good mood was gone. She vaguely understood that her father probably avoided it because he didn't want to see her sick face, but she still had a good impression of Song Yi. But when she saw Song Yi, she couldn't help but think of her father, and she couldn't turn a blind eye to this lady, and her mood was very complicated for a while.

Standing silently outside the bamboo building for a while, Princess Xingnan saw Cui Ling's little lady walking lightly, and rushed here with a happy face.

"Princess, great joy! Lord Lang has made meritorious deeds again, and has recovered Jiankang and rescued His Majesty the Emperor! ”

"What? Mrs. Ling, what you said is true? ”

Hearing Cui Ling's little lady's shout, Princess Xingnan's tense little face suddenly smiled, and then her face was full of joy. I was in no mood to take care of anything else, so I was busy getting on the bus to go back to the platform. After the car traveled a distance, he remembered what had just happened, and whispered to the maid: "Later, when Song Ji's illness is reduced, transfer her to another place to guard, and don't let her contact outsiders again!" ”