Chapter 101 Suzhou

After receiving the armies of Zhang Yu and Wang Chang, Cheng Yue immediately began to reorganize. The army directly under Cheng Yue has more than 60,000 troops and nearly 20,000 naval troops of Li Ting and Liu Guojie, and the morale is booming.

However, at this time, it is even more necessary to be calm. You still have to follow your own plan, and you can't get carried away for a moment and can't wait to launch it, the foundation of the Southern Song Dynasty is very thick, your prestige is not enough, and there are still many things to do.

This entry into Lin'an is the second step planned by Cheng Yue.

Cheng Yue kept his promise and took the time to see the Meng brothers' family. In order to avoid suspicion, he also took Zhang Gui with him. In fact, the most important reason is that only Zhang Gui understands that he is not a drunkard.

Zhao Miaohui saw Cheng Yue coming, and hurriedly ran back and forth to entertain him personally.

Cheng Yue didn't stop her, watching her graceful figure busy inside and out, while teasing Meng Chun.

Cheng Yue took the tea that Zhao Miaohui held in both hands, and greeted their mother and son with a warm greeting, before saying: "We will go to Lin'an tomorrow, I remember that you have a house in Lin'an, right?" ”

Zhao Miaohui said: "Yes, Lin'an's house is still guarded by his family. ”

Cheng Yue nodded and said, "I promised to take care of your mother and son, and I also want to teach Chun'er homework, but our two families are a little far away, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to take care of them." What do you think of this? Next to my residence in Lin'an, there are several other houses, all of which I have bought, so you mother and son will choose one and move there to live. In this way, whenever I have free time, I can teach Chun'er homework, otherwise it may not be so convenient. ”

Zhao Miaohui naturally understands that this is Cheng Yue's special care, with the support of Cheng Yue's big tree, the Meng family is as stable as Mount Tai, how can there be any reason to be unwilling. But she immediately remembered a little and said, "Thank you Dadudu, then my sister-in-law's family is going to move there?" ”

Cheng Yue said: "I don't tutor Meng Cheng's homework, what are their families doing when they move over?" Chun'er is my son, of course, you have to live closer to me. As for Meng Cheng, I will always pay attention to him, and I have to find something for him to do. If he can fight for strength, he will live up to his father's hard work. ”

Zhao Miaohui also didn't want to live with her nephew, and said with a smile: "Then my mother and son will have to take refuge in the Metropolitan Governor from now on, and I hope the Metropolitan Governor will take care of it." ”

Yue Miaohui smiled, like a hundred flowers blooming. Although Cheng Yue was prepared, he was still in a trance by this amazing beauty. Fortunately, Cheng Yue has been smiling and has not lost his temper.

Zhang Gui really almost lost himself, and praised this woman in his heart for being a stunner, no wonder Cheng Yue was willing to risk the world's disapproval to get her. It's just that this Meng Zhijin is okay, Cheng Yue doesn't want to do anything that he can't think of, right?

Zhang Gui peeked at Cheng Yue's face, only to see that his face was as usual, his voice was steady, he didn't see anything unusual at all, and he secretly scolded himself in his heart.

Cheng Yue implemented this matter, and it was inconvenient to stay for a long time, so he said goodbye to Zhang Gui.

After coming out, Cheng Yue remembered one thing, wrote two names and handed them to Zhang Gui, instructing Zhang Gui to send people to Wuxing, Huzhou, and send these two people to Suzhou, where Cheng Yue wanted to meet them.

Cheng Yue went to the military camp where the sect girls lived to give them a lecture, and arranged for them to be in Lin'an, and bit their ears with Gillian and Wan'er for a while, and then returned to the mansion.

In the evening, Cheng Yue summoned the civil and military forces and gave a general idea of his plan. Although Zhong Wenwu was prepared in his heart, he was still taken aback by what Cheng Yue said, but he was ambitious. Yes, Da Song, it won't work if it goes on like this, it should change.

Early the next morning, the whole army was mobilized, and all the troops set off except for Liu Shiyong's unit that remained in Changzhou.

The troops were divided into two routes, and the 10,000 elite troops who could not be water-based first stayed on the ship for a few days to train and overcome the problem of seasickness. Led by Li Ting and Liu Guojie, they went to the sea for a turn, and then went straight to Hangzhou Bay. This is what Cheng Yue meant, he wants to directly practice his long-distance troop transportation ability and gain relevant experience.

The other group of main forces, led by Cheng Yue, took the road they came, which was also the road that the Yuan army intended to march, and went straight to Lin'an.

The first stop is Pingjiang, where Wang Bangjie and Wang Juzhi naturally want to come to greet them.

Cheng Yue was very satisfied with their performance, praised them a few words, and finally got back his original clothes and shoes.

When the army marched to Suzhou, Cheng Yue specially ordered the army to rest outside the city for a day, and he took four adults and four concubines to Suzhou City under the escort of dozens of escorts, and lived in Suzhou Mansion.

The original prefect of Suzhou has been transferred to Xuzhou by Cheng Yue. The future mayor of Suzhou, Yin Yu, will naturally be responsible for arranging Cheng Yue's living.

The Suzhou government was all ecstatic, vying to meet Cheng Yue, wanting to show his face in front of Cheng Yue.

Suzhou is the focus of Cheng Yue's development, because before the development of Shanghai was fully mature, Suzhou was the most developed trade town in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the most famous is its textile industry, Suzhou embroidery is also famous all over the world. Now with Cheng Yue's latest spinning wheel, the level of weaving technology in Suzhou has reached a new level, and the newly produced cloth is extremely sought-after.

Yin Yu immediately posted a post for Cheng Yue, and more than 300 officials and businessmen in Suzhou received the post, only to know that Cheng Dadu had quietly entered Suzhou, and in addition to being surprised, he scolded the family who was in charge of finding out the news outside. All of them were mobilized immediately, time was urgent, and Cheng Yue was going to see them in an hour.

These most powerful officials and businessmen in Suzhou were all nervously asking Cheng Yue what he liked, but they couldn't get the point.

Each family wants to make a good move, and some have prepared antiques, which is accurate. Some people heard that Cheng Yue had four concubines, and they would definitely not dislike the expensive jewelry and clothes. Some people heard that Cheng Yue was going to Lin'an's new house, and there were a lot of things to use at home. Screens, calligraphy and paintings, fans, jade, tea, anything can be used.

Because the time is too short, I saw that in the best shops and on the street in Suzhou, the housekeepers of the various prefectures who came out on weekdays and still carried the shelves were all running wildly with their families, one by one embarrassed, moving the best things in Suzhou to their homes at any cost.

There was also a sensation in the city of Suzhou, and everyone finally knew that Cheng Yue came to Suzhou and stayed in the Suzhou Mansion, and countless people rushed to the Mansion to see if they could see Cheng Yue.

The government was surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside, and many officials and officials from various yamen were responsible for maintaining order and not allowing people to trespass.

Soon, one by one, high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen rode horses and sedan chairs to come to the government in an endless stream, and the gifts were not brought on their bodies, but only a gift list, and the gifts had to be sent in at the back door.

The people in Suzhou have never seen so many of the most important people in Suzhou gathered together, and these are all people who stomp their feet and Suzhou City is about to tremble.

Most of these people know each other, and they are very affectionate when they meet.

"Liu Daguan, can you find it difficult, is the cough better? Still not well? Take care of your old man. I heard you have a shop for sale? How about a little bit of a conversation? ”

"Shopkeeper Sun, I haven't seen you for a long time. Ling Zun's body is still tough, right? Did you eat the gyokuro that I sent over a few days ago? I've got it there if it works. I heard that you know Li Fu Li, can you please help me introduce me, and you can also get some refined salt? I'll sell far away, and I'll not steal your business. ”

These people were talking and laughing at the door of the government, but as soon as they entered the government, they were all silent. Cheng Dadu is inside, if he hears himself making noise and annoys him, what's the problem with beating the board?

The Suzhou Mansion is very vast, and the central hall used for banquets and receptions is not small, and more than 300 people are seated in the banquet. It's a little crowded, but now is the time to think about it, and being able to sit here is a status symbol.

Everyone just sat down, thinking that they would wait for a long time. What is Cheng Yue's identity, he has to put on a show, right? If he shows up right away, he will just be a petty official, and he will be looked down upon.

But they didn't dare to speak loudly while sitting here, and everyone just began to talk to each other, trying to continue the conversation that had just been at the door. I heard the rumor: "The Great Song Dynasty Water and Land Governor Cheng Yue Cheng Metropolitan Governor has arrived!" ”

What the? Arrived? So fast? Why so fast? Cheng Dadu doesn't know the rules?

The crowd looked at him in astonishment.

I saw Cheng Yue taking the lead, followed by four civil officials and four concubines.

Everyone couldn't help but be a little commotion, half of it was because there were four adults accompanying him, which proved that Cheng Yue was going to appear on time, and these four adults were not just casual to see, they were all real power figures under Cheng Yue, not to mention other places, here in Suzhou, I am afraid that it is more important than the Shangshu in the court.

The other half was shocked that Cheng Yue actually let the concubine appear on such a public occasion, and the four beauties were all extremely graceful and radiant, and they didn't know how many powerful and wealthy businessmen secretly swallowed their saliva, envying the heroes and beauties in their hearts.

Everyone got up to greet Cheng Yue, Cheng Yue smiled and returned the salute and asked everyone to sit down.

Cheng Yue didn't say a word of nonsense, and immediately talked about his thoughts and layout for Suzhou.

More than 300 people listened with relish, and many of them came up with ideas about the crops in the farm. was frightened by Cheng Yue's sentence of stealing seedlings and killing without forgiveness, and immediately took back the idea.

When Cheng Yue finished speaking, everyone was stimulated by the picture sketched by Cheng Yue, and they couldn't wait to start working immediately.

The point is that there has never been an official, even the lowest-level official, who has ever followed up on what direction he wants to develop Suzhou City, what industries he wants to do, and what kind of city Suzhou will become in the future.

When all the officials saw them, they either asked for money, or they asked for help with something, and the most they talked about was the kindness of the court. But Cheng Yue is different, he clearly describes the future development blueprint of Suzhou.

Cheng Yue also told them that he wanted to develop Shanghai, which was more convenient from the perspective of shipping, and everyone was welcome to invest in Shanghai, which would be more prosperous than Suzhou in the future.

Although everyone is a little skeptical about this, if the development of shipping, Shanghai is indeed better than Suzhou, and even better than Quanzhou and Guangzhou, which everyone can understand when they think about it. If Cheng Yue really wants to develop Shanghai, then the business opportunities are indeed unlimited.