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Mid-September, Dengzhou.

After the autumn harvest, the frost has begun to fall and the weather has begun to cool. Even with the prosperity of Penglai City today, it can't hide the slightest chill emanating from the frost white of the roof and road surface in the morning.

Coming out of the palace of Andong County, Li Jing rubbed his hands, took a breath of steaming white steam, and between his sword eyebrows, there was a gloomy and solemn color.

"Rat thieves, how dare you do this!"

Gritted his teeth and cursed in a low voice, the guard had already driven the carriage over, and he waved his robe sleeve vigorously: "No need to drive, just walk." ”

Leaving the main street of the county king's mansion, in front of the east and west arterial roads of Xindengzhou City, there are neat and well-planned storefronts on both sides of the street, and even in front of the shops on both sides of the wide main road, there are stalls specially set up for those small traders to rent stalls. Early in the morning, the various snack and tea shops and stalls on both sides of the street are already foggy, and there is a lively and joyful scene.

The new Dengzhou City has a population of 500,000 and a three-story city wall, but it does not adopt the traditional layout of the fang market, although the streets are also planned to be neat, but there is no square gate wall. Although there are special markets, shops have been built on the frontage side of each street. It is full of the charm of a commercial city and the bustle of a city that never sleeps.

Not long ago, the Zhenhai Navy Jiedu, Zhejiang West Road Observation and Disposal, etc., made Gao Biao inspect the school Sikong, Tongping Zhangshi, Yangzhou Metropolitan Governor's Governor Shi, and served as the deputy ambassador of Huainan Jiedu, Zhijiedu, Jianghuai salt and iron transshipment, Jiangnan Xingying and other envoys, and entered the service, eating 3,000 households. Immediately followed by the imperial court, the towns east of Luoyang and south of the Yellow River were mobilized on a large scale.

In the blink of an eye. The west side of Li Jing. Almost all of them became Tian Lingzi and Lu Xie's people.

Gao Piyi took office. He asked Li Jing for a million stone of grain.

The lion opened his mouth widely, a naked provocation!

Li Jing was willing to take a step back, but Gao Biao went his own way and did not accept Li Jing's goodwill.

In late August, Gao Biao dispatched troops in Huainan and along the coast to seize the shops and caravans of the Zhenguo Army in Huainan, seize merchant ships and goods, and seal up shops. Confiscation of goods.

Subsequently, Zhou Bao, the Zhenhai Festival in the south of the Yangtze River, also echoed Gao Yu's actions and began to seize the caravan shops and goods of the Zhenguo Army in western Zhejiang.

After that, the Reform Army, the Taining Army, the Tianping Army, the Pinglu Army, the Xuanwu Army, the Zhongwu Army, and the Lingnan Dongdao took action one after another.

Overnight, Li Jing and other merchants who depended on Li Jing suffered heavy losses.

Gao Biao has declared war on Li Jing!

Gao Biao not only ignored Li Jing's efforts to release his goodwill, but also extorted money from Li Jing, seized Li Jing's caravan personnel and goods, and intercepted Li Jing's trade routes. At the same time, he also provided money, food, and weapons to Wang Jingwu in Ziqing, so that Wang Jingwu, a madman, began to attack and harass the counties under Li Jing's jurisdiction on the front line of the Jihe River.

This is so deceitful!

The situation in the southeast is changing rapidly. Huang Chao led the grass thieves to fight in the southeast, and during this time, Gao Biao was busy fighting for power and attacking Li Jing. Already after sweeping Fujian, he left Fuzhou and turned to the southwest.

Just when Gao Biao dispatched troops to check and seize the merchant ships and shops of the merchants on the side of the Zhenguo Army, Huang Chao turned to the north and south of Wuling, controlling most of the eastern part of Lingnan, and the momentum became stronger and stronger, and the number of troops had grown to more than 100,000.

At the beginning of September, the army of Huangchao came to the city of Guangzhou, the capital of Lingnan, and surrounded it.

Guangzhou in the Tang Dynasty, especially in the late Tang Dynasty, was a somewhat deformed and developed economy.

On the one hand, the land of Lingnan is not as good as Huainan, western Zhejiang, and even eastern Zhejiang, which is still a wild place in the minds of the Central Plains people, with a low degree of development and its own special products. Many officials of the Tang Dynasty often came here only when they were in exile.

But on the other hand, due to the development of commerce and trade in the late Tang Dynasty, especially the smooth sea trade routes, Guangzhou has become an international trade center for Tianzhu, Persia and even Rome and the big food merchants due to its geographical location, especially the Arbibo merchants have used Guangzhou as their trade transit station in Asia. All kinds of exotic treasures from exotic countries have entered the customs here, and then traveled north to Chang'an, Luoyang and other places, greatly affecting the luxury market of the Tang Dynasty's high society.

The new route started in the Tang Dynasty, Guangzhou Tonghaiyi Road is extremely prosperous.

Historically, it set sail from Guangzhou, traveled south to Tuen Mun Port at the mouth of the Pearl River, then turned southwest, crossed the Qizhou Ocean near the northeast corner of Hainan Island, reached the sea surface of southeastern Vietnam, and then went south to the mouth of the Mekong River in the Malay Peninsula, and passed through the Singapore Strait to Sumatra.

From there it runs southeast to Java, northwest out of the Strait of Malacca, across the Indian Ocean to Sri Lanka and the southern tip of the Indian Peninsula. From the west coast of India to the ports of Opolla and Basra in the Persian Gulf, you can also reach what is now Baghdad if you change boats and follow the Euphrates River and lake. At that time, the route could not only reach Mesopotamia from the Persian Gulf, but also reach Alexandria via the Red Sea to Egypt. Compared with the Xuwen and Heputong Huangzhiguo routes in the Han Dynasty, the sailing time was reduced by three-quarters.

Datang attaches great importance to overseas trade and has adopted a policy of openness and encouragement. Foreign merchants can trade freely in Datang, allowing them to freely transport goods into the port, and they can travel to and from various markets or open shops. At that time, Chang'an and Guangzhou, the confrontation between the north and the south, were important places for trade between China and foreign countries, and Guangzhou's overseas trade entered its heyday.

At that time, there were more than 20 countries in the South China Sea and the Tang Dynasty, among which the most closely related were: Linyi, Zhenla, Dandan, Panpan, Fallen and Luo, Chitu, Piguo, Baoli Buddha, Fallen Poden, Heling (Java), Persia, Dashi, Boli, India, Popin, Shizi, Daqin and other countries. These countries all have trade with Guangzhou.

The foreign trade situation of Guangzhou Port can be said to be "a treasure mountain" and a collection of precious goods. 800,000 people enter and leave the port of Guangzhou a year to participate in trade activities. Guangzhou is a place where Chinese and foreign ships berth, and a port where businessmen gather in the world.

Therefore, the Tang Empire set up a city shipping department equivalent to today's customs here, and the eunuchs in the palace served as the "city ship envoys" in charge to strengthen the management of this financial resource.

The entire city of Guangzhou, plus the permanent population and floating population of the counties under its jurisdiction, is as much as nearly one million people, and there are more than 200,000 people in Fanfang in Guangzhou City alone. The entire city of Guangzhou has a perennial population of up to 500,000.

Now, Huang Chao directly led 100,000 soldiers to Guangzhou and broke into front of the Tang Emperor's money bag. And Gao Yu, who was supposed to guard the money bag for the emperor, was robbing Li Jing's money bag.

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Li Jing was very angry in his heart, Gao Biao was promoted to the commander of the capital, and he didn't do anything to fight Huangchao, but he came to live with himself.

The situation in the southeast is chaotic, and the situation in the north is also unpredictable.

In the more than half a year when Li Jing made every effort to steadily develop Liaodong, the war between the Diera Department and the Hinde Khan became more and more fought, and the Diera Tribes fought successively. The other Khitan tribes that were watching were even ready to move, ready to stand on the side of the victor. Under such circumstances, the General Staff Department of the Zhenguo Army had even made a plan for sending troops, believing that at this time, it was just the right time to concentrate troops and send troops from Shanhaiguan and Anshi to western Liaoxi to recapture Yingzhou.

As long as the Zhenguo army sends troops, the Diera Department has only two choices, one is that they temporarily abandon Liaoxi, and are bent on taking advantage of the victory to pursue and defeat the Hinde Khan, and truly control the entire Khitan. Another option is to temporarily let the Khan of Trace De and go back to defend Liaoxi with all his might.

No matter how Diera chooses, the result is a good thing for the Zhenguo army. If Diera defeats Trace, then Li Jing will be able to capture Liaoxi. Diera defends Liaoxi, then the division of the Khitan will continue.

The Zhenguo army rested and prepared for more than half a year, and Anshi City and Shanhaiguan all hoarded a large amount of war preparation materials, and the soldiers were also prepared. But at such a time, Gao Yu came to make such a play. Moreover, Li Jing's tolerance is regarded as weak and bullied, and he has been aggressive repeatedly.

The strategy of Liaoxi, which has been prepared for more than half a year, may be destroyed now.

The Zhenguo army was supported by commerce and trade, and of the three million people, two million lived off the land, working in the mines and workshops. At present, Gao Yu's actions have made it impossible for two-thirds of Li Jing's goods to be shipped out of Lu. Li Jing can still hold on in a short period of time, but for a long time. The virtuous circle of the entire Zhenguo army may be broken, and the achievements of several years may be burned to the ground.

Rat thieves, how dare you do this!

After hearing Gao Yu's behavior of changing this calendar, Li Jing angrily smashed the table in front of him with a fist.

Of course, Gao Biao dared to do this, he actually knew his confidence and reasons. Gao Biao suddenly confronted him, and the matter of sealing the king of the county can only be said to be a fuse. The real reason is that Dengzhou Town has risen rapidly in recent years, and almost all the big merchants who cooperated with Li Jing have made a fortune.

Man dies for money, and birds die for food.

Dengzhou Town was already very rich, but now it is even richer, how can no one be blushing? In the past, everyone was also red-eyed, but no one took the lead.

Now that Aritian Lingzi is planning behind the scenes, with the support of Lu Xiangguo and many princes and nobles, Gao Biao, a general who is envious and jealous of Li Jing, plus Zhou Bao and other marshals, an alliance against Li Jing has been formed.

Tian Lingzi has always wanted to deal with Li Jing, and those who participated in it are naturally envious of Li Jing's business that continues to earn wealth, and Gao Biao is plotting to replace Li Jing and take over Liaodong, so that he will take the credit of Ping Goguryeo and Khitan, and worship the king.

The same purpose united this group of people. (To be continued......)