Although Tao Chun promised to lay off 20,000 soldiers and move to Shouzhou as a garrison, after Tao Chun left, Dong Yuan still frowned, worried and incomprehensible.

Staff member Chen Jingrong walked in, and when he was talking, he sat behind the screen to listen, and then saw Dong Yuan frowning, and said: "Tao Chun and the adults were born in the Eastern Fujian Army, and they have old feelings, and if they spend a little more time, they can finally be subdued for their own use......

"Chen Xiyan is a treacherous and treacherous, recommended me out of the town of Huaixi, and made the Changhuai army subject to my control, how can I sit and watch Tao Chun subdue me," Dong Yuan shook his head with a wry smile and said: "If you let Tao Chun stand side by side with me, the old feelings may be useful." Previously, Tao Chun was one of the four towns, and he retreated to Huaixi, but he succumbed to me, how could Tao Chun have no ideas in his heart? Maybe he thinks in his heart that Huaixi should be guarded by him, how can he obey me? ”

When Dong Yuan came out of Weiyang, Chen Jingrong was his staff, and he never abandoned him all these years.

When Dong Yuan left Hangzhou, he brought more than a dozen henchmen and more than 200 soldiers with him, and almost went to Huaixi with his bare hands to take up his post - in comparison, many mountains under his control, Dongyang Lin Tingli, Lin Zonghai and Pengcheng County Gonglin were from the same family, and they didn't buy his account at all, and Dong Yuan couldn't transfer a soldier or a penny from Dongyang; After Yue Lengqiu went to Jiangzhou to supervise the war, Jiangzhou and Luzhou were only separated by a river, which also made Xie Dan have the confidence to disobey Dong Yuan's orders; Xiao Kuian'an is Liu Tingzhou's descendant, Tao Chun's soldiers and horses are the strongest, but when he guards the beam, he is a town general who stands alone, but when he withdraws, he has to be controlled by Huaixi, and he is full of resentment, this kind of psychological change, how can he make Tao Chun obey Dong Yuan?

Dong Yuan suspected that Chen Xiyan and other old traitors were taking into account the change in Tao Chun's mentality, so that the Changhuai army finally withdrew into Huaixi and was controlled by Huaixi, right?

"In the final analysis, there is still no one in the hands of the adults, so that the generals will be contemptuous." Chen Jingrong said.

"Alas!" Dong Yuan sighed lightly, he naturally knew this truth, he could still use the prestige of the imperial court to control the generals and deploy the defense of Huaixi, and the supply of grain and money in Huaixi was actually controlled in the hands of Liu Tingzhou, which made Dong Yuan even less lacking the means to restrain the generals.

At first, Dong Yuan thought that when the situation in eastern Zhejiang eased down and the military pressure on northern Zhejiang was not so great, he could transfer the elite he brought in northern Zhejiang to Huaixi for emergency. No matter how good the calculation is, it is difficult to stop the delicate development of the situation.

After the invasion of Yuzhang, the threat of the luxury family to Jiangning moved from the eastern front to the western front, and Huaidong also took the opportunity to write to Jiangning, suggesting that troops from Hanghu and Huinan should be transferred to Jiangzhou with Yue Lengqiu to strengthen the war preparedness of the western front.

Meng Yishan pushed the boat with his hand, and threw all the 20,000 soldiers and horses left by Dong Yuan to Yue Lengqiu.

The 20,000 soldiers and horses left by Dong Yuan can be called elite, but the generals are hugged together, and they can't be integrated with the former Ninghai generals, so Meng Yishan naturally has to find a way to kick these people out.

If it weren't for the emergency in Jiangzhou, it would be very likely that these soldiers and horses would be transferred to Huaixi and be controlled by Dong Yuan.

Yue Lengqiu is also the master who eats meat and does not spit out bones, and when these soldiers and horses enter his pocket, Dong Yuan does not have the luxury of getting them back. It seems that everything has to start all over again in Huaixi, thinking of the difficulties, Dong Yuan sighed lightly in his heart.

At this time, the porter came in and said, "Lord Ding is here......"

"Ah, please come in!" Dong Yuan hurriedly stood up and walked out with Chen Jingrong to greet Ding Zhiru.

When Dong Yuan came out of Weiyang, Ding Zhiru came out of Baisha County, a county to which Weiyang belonged, and was his subordinate, a talented official, and his personal relationship with Dong Yuan was good.

Dong Yuan wanted to guard Huaixi, but he didn't have a few capable cadres under him, so he recommended Ding Zhiru to go out of Zhishou Prefecture to help him preside over the government affairs of Huaixi.

Huaixi has jurisdiction over the five prefectures of Dongyang, Luzhou, Haozhou, Shouzhou, Xinyang and the Wuyang defense area on the north bank of the Huai River.

Dongyang and Luzhou were the least damaged by the war, and the taxes were the most sufficient, but Dong Yuan could not intervene in the affairs of these two provinces, and the Wuyang area on the north bank of the Huai River was used as the periphery of the defense line.

Prior to this, Liu Tingzhou concurrently led Haozhou, and moved the former Xiao Kuian's subordinate of the Voryang Army to the Haosi area for resettlement, so that the production of Haozhou recovered to a certain extent. However, the degree of recovery is also quite limited, only the population is slightly denser, most people have no relief, and even making ends meet is a problem.

In comparison, Shouzhou and Xinyang have almost become remnants, and Dong Yuan invited Ding Zhiru to come over to clean up Shouzhou and Xinyang for him.

Dong Yuan took Chen Jingrong to greet Ding Zhiru at the gate of Xingyuan, and when he saw a carriage parked outside the gate, he said in surprise: "I thought that Zhiru would come over in a few days, but I didn't think you would arrive today......

"I went to the ministry to get the letter and seal, and I didn't delay, and hired a carriage to come, hoping that it didn't delay the important business of the adults." Ding Zhiru saluted.

"Don't delay, don't delay," Dong Yuan affectionately grabbed Ding Zhiru's arm, invited him to enter the house side by side with him, pointed to the four walls of the street and the Huaixi armies were all in control, and said with a smile, "It's just that the conditions here are too difficult, I'm afraid that I will wronged you!" When I recommended the book to the imperial court, I hesitated and hesitated, but there is really a lack of capable officials like you Zhiru around me! ”

"Confucianism is ashamed and dare not be an adult!" Ding Zhiru said movingly, remembered one thing, took out a letter from his arms, and said, "Lord Shen has a letter asking me to hand it over to Dong Gong in person." ”

After Dong Yuan left Weiyang, Ding Zhiru served as the general judge of the government and partnered with Shen Rong to govern Weiyang together.

Dong Yuan didn't have much contact with Shen Rong, but he knew that Shen Rong had a falling out with the Lin family when he was in Dongyang Mansion, and now that Huaidong was powerful and had a strong infiltration into Weiyang Mansion, Shen Rong should be the first person who didn't want to see Huaidong's power continue to expand.

Dong Yuan took the letter from Shen Rong and Ding Zhiru, stood in the courtyard and opened it to read, patted the stock and said, "Okay, Zhiru and Lord Shen are really timely rain!" ”

Ding Zhiru said with a smile: "When I received the letter from the adults in Weiyang, I was thinking about the problems of Shouzhou and Xinyang. Jiangning's ability to allocate money and grain is limited, and Huaidong also relies on Huaidong to raise military funds. In the early years, there was a saying, 'There are two rich people in the world and Wei Yangju', which is not nonsense. Relying on salt profits, the wealth of Weiyang businessmen is the first in the world, and only Jiang Ning can compare with one or two. Lord Shen was willing to take the lead from it, and soon raised 500,000 taels of silver from the salt merchants, as long as Dong Gong sent someone to bring the letter of charge, this silver could be transported to Shouzhou! ”

"Xuzhou used taxes as collateral to borrow silver money from Huaidong Qianzhuang to restore people's livelihood; I will take the taxes of the five prefectures of Huaixi as collateral, who lends money to Huaixi today, I will not forget this affection, he will be smashing the pot and selling iron, and I will pay back the money! Dong Yuan said.

"When the adults ruled Weiyang, the fame was far and wide, and the disasters raged in Huaisi, only the adults guarded Weiyang, so that Weiyang did not lose an inch, and kept the peace and tranquility, and it is still unforgettable for the people of Weiyang, so it was so easy to promote this matter." Ding Zhiru said.

Chen Jingrong thought in his heart: It should still be affected by the Mafu case.

Weiyang salt merchants are almost inseparable from private salt, Huai'an salt merchants offended Lin Bin, because of private salt, convicted, raided the family and exterminated the family, this method is extremely powerful, but it can't help but make Weiyang's salt merchants have a sense of sadness for rabbits and foxes. Huaidong's power is expanding day by day, and the Weiyang salt merchants who are close to the side are naturally unable to sleep and eat, and finally saw Dong Yuan go out of the town of Huaixi and fight against Huaidong, and Shen Rong and Ding Zhiru were agitating beside them, so naturally they rushed over to support the "old master".

The imperial court made a profit of nearly two million taels of silver every year from the two Huai salt, and the Huaiyang salt merchants accumulated for more than ten generations, and it is not nonsense to be rich in the world.

If Huaixi can get the support of Weiyang salt merchants, it will indeed have a lot to do.

Dong Yuan was worried that Shouzhou was poor and white, and he couldn't show his hands and feet, and as soon as Ding Zhiru came over, he brought him an extra sum of silver, which amounted to 500,000 taels, how could he not be excited?

If you have silver, you can buy grain, iron tools, and ploughing cattle from Dongyang, Luzhou, Jiangning, Weiyang and other places, and you can recruit displaced people and Guangying Tuntian, and only when the people's livelihood in Shouzhou, Xinyang and other places is restored, can the Huaixi defense line be truly stabilized.

At this time, Liu Tingzhou learned that Ding Zhiru had arrived in Shouzhou, and he also rushed to meet him when he heard the news, and learned that before Ding Zhiru came over, he and Shen Rong, the prefect of Weiyang, had raised a large amount of money from salt merchants, which was also very exciting.

Dong Yuan specially sent people to the palace of the king of Chu and invited Yuan Hancheng and Huaixi's officials and generals in Shouzhou City to pick up the wind and wash the dust for Ding Zhiru. At the banquet, Tao Chun learned that Dong Yuan had the support of Weiyang salt merchants, and remained silent about Dong Yuan's previous request to divide his troops and move to Shouzhou as a garrison.

Yuan Hancheng, the king of Chu, sat side by side with Dong Yuan during the banquet, and listened to the matter of borrowing money from the Weiyang salt merchants, and said: "This is indeed a wonderful way to solve the urgent need, and the palace still has more than 100,000 taels of silver, and it can be regarded as doing a good de......ed to lend it to Huaixi to restore the people's livelihood."

Ma Fu, a big salt merchant in Huai'an, who died under the Huaidong knife, was the son-in-law of the king of Chu, and the king of Chu made such a statement, which would only prompt the Weiyang salt merchants to throw themselves more into Huaixi, Dong Yuan arched his hand and said: "The prince is wise, Dong Yuan is here to thank the prince for the righteousness of the people of Huaixi......"

"It's not enough to have silver, you have to have talents," Yuan Hancheng said with a smile, "In the battle of Xuzhou, hundreds of generals of the guard camp guarded the palace, and they fought with the Huaidong army to capture the east city, so as to finally win the battle in Xuzhou." These meritorious generals have not been promoted in the guard camp, and they have been humiliated, and this king is willing to recommend them to Lord Dong to use......"

"Dong Yuan is here to thank the prince even more......" Dong Yuan stood up and saluted and thanked him, as if Yuan Hancheng stuffed people into the Huaixi army, which was more worthy of gratitude than borrowing tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Chen Jingrong secretly frowned: What does the King of Chu want to do?