Lin Jian did not show a clear attitude in front of Zhao Qinmin, and asked him to send him to the pavilion to rest, leaving Lin Mengde and Qin Chengzu behind.

Under the bright candle, the three of them continued to discuss the topic just now, and Lin Mengde smacked his lips and said: "Folding silver, most of them have to be intercepted for the provinces......"

"Zhecao Silver was originally going to be released to Beijing, but now that Yanjing is besieged, and all the prefectures are full of food and support, they will pay the Zhecao Silver to the county department in full! It is the silver of Hailing and Huai'an, we have to deduct it, and the Huaidong Army is not raised by the queen," Lin Jian said, "What each family can think about, that is, the two Huai salt and silver ......"

"Mingli's mastery of the two Huai salt and silver is the two Huai salt Tie Si and Zhang Yan," Lin Mengde said, "Lord Gu can count on us to use the convenience of controlling the two Huai salt areas to affect the flow of the two Huai salt and silver!" ”

The matter of salt and silver to protect grain was temporarily suspended, and the two Huai salt areas were surrounded by Huaidong. Even if Huaidong is not greedy for two Huai salt and silver, his influence on the flow of two Huai salt and silver will not be under the two Huai salt and iron divisions.

The frequent wars and the sharp reduction in the sales area of the salt merchants, even so, the two Huai salt and silver were maintained at more than 1.8 million taels per year. The most important thing is that, unlike the two payments in summer and autumn, salt and silver have income almost every month. In particular, the Jinhai Grain Road has been suspended since February, and the Lianghuai Salt and Iron Division has almost intercepted nearly 500,000 taels of salt and silver.

As long as this silver is decided by the Ning Wangfu, the Jiangning Zhugong, and the two Huai salt and iron envoys Zhang Yan together, they can immediately divide the spoils, and they will be almost 150,000 or 60,000 taels of silver every month in the future.

Zhao Qinmin's words were very vague, but Gu Wuchen's meaning through him was very clear: Huaidong stretched out his hand to greed for two Huai salt and silver, and he would become the target of public criticism, and they hoped that Huai Dong could support the two Huai salt and silver to flow to Qingzhou.

Although Qingzhou and Huaidong are in the same breath and branches, and out of the same Dongyang lineage, Qingzhou is the frontier of the east road of the Hehuai, and from Qingzhou to the north can receive reinforcements from Yanji, Huaidong supports the two Huai salt and silver to flow to Qingzhou, and establishes a strong military garrison in Qingzhou, which can block the mouths of other people in Jiangning.

Lin Jian looked at Qin Chengzu.

Qin Chengzu shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it's too late over there in Qingzhou, Huaidong can get 60,000 elites today, which is the foundation that the adults have gradually laid since the ninth year of King Yannan Qin in Chongzhou." It is to give Qingzhou a million taels of silver, and hastily pull out 350,000 soldiers and horses, how much use can it be? Instead of supporting Qingzhou, it is far better to invest this silver in Huaisi......"

The Qingzhou Army mainly transports troops, mainly assisting in the transportation of the Laijiao River, etc., with no 20,000 horsemen and armor, and lacks necessary training; Only Gu Siyuan's department can be called elite, with only three or four thousand people.

At this time, it was far too late to invest the silver in Qingzhou.

As long as Liu Miaozhen can collect it for her own use, the 30,000 soldiers and horses retained under her command are already elite soldiers, and if they can replenish the armor and grain in a short time, their combat power will be improved a lot, and since Liu Miaozhen and below, there are many generals in the Red Jacket Army who can fight well, far from being comparable to Qingzhou.

Moreover, once the Liang family could not support it in the river, the plains, and the line of Jinan, and the captives crossed the river, Henan was already empty.

In addition to the east road, the front of the middle road is Huaixi, from Haosi, Shouzhou to the south to Luzhou, Dongyang, are empty of troops, until the sky, only more than 10,000 soldiers and horses in Dongyang are alone.

The west road from Nanyang to Xiangyang, along the Han River down to Jingzhou and Jiangxia, is a hollow area completely hollowed out for the Changle bandit army......

From the perspective of strategic balance, it is necessary to defend the Hehuai, and at this time, it is more urgent to strengthen the middle and west roads.

In Qingzhou, considering that the Liang family could not support it, perhaps it would be more appropriate to abandon the plain areas that were easy for cavalry to enter and exit, temporarily withdraw the soldiers and horses into the hilly areas of central Shandong such as Yishan, Mengshan, and Taishan, and carry out guerrilla and tug-of-war with the Donghu people with their backs to Huaisi and Yishu - through small-scale and long-term tie-down warfare, while strengthening and strengthening themselves, it is appropriate to consume the strength of the Donghu people as much as possible, and then find opportunities for counterattack.

Huaidong's overall concept of resisting the Donghu people is also a strategy of using Huaisi as the main battlefield and containing them from the flanks.

Even if the lower reaches of the Yellow River are to be used as the main battlefield on the east road, with Gu Siyuan's headquarters as the main body, it will not be possible to support a heavy army group in a short period of time.

Qin Chengzu was on the same page and opposed Huaidong and supported the flow of salt and silver from the two Huai to Qingzhou.

Even if the two Huai salt and silver were given to Yue Lengqiu, it would be better to pull Tao Chun's troops back, and establish a heavy army group of 50,000 or 60,000 people on the basis of the Changhuai Army and in Huaixi, so as to block the eastward advance of the Donghu people from the middle and west roads, than to throw the silver into Qingzhou.

Lin Mengde frowned and said, "At the beginning of the year, the prefect of Hailing was estranged; This time I rushed to eastern Zhejiang, and I didn't know if it would be a sound; At this time, if you persuade Lord Gu to give up Qingzhou, I'm afraid it will be difficult to understand......"

Lin Jian waved his hand and said, "I'll think about this matter again, you guys go back and rest first!" ”

Lin Mengde and Qin Chengzu went back, Lin Jian sat in the quiet room for a while, and was about to leave Dongya, when he just stepped out of the threshold with his front foot, and said to Chen Huamian who was accompanying him: "I'm going to the city to drink tea and ......."

Chen Huayan looked up at the sky, the moon had reached the middle of the sky, and the adults had the intention to go to the city to meet their little lover, so they hurriedly sent people to the mountains to reply, don't let the three ladies wait in a hurry - they took the guards to enter the city from the west gate with Lin Lian, and went to the Tingfeng Teahouse.

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Su Mei put on her clothes and went to the side hall, and saw that Lin Jian was already drinking tea slowly while sitting on the couch, she was angry and happy, and said: "Don't look at the time of day, how can you come to drink tea on this day, and you are not afraid of gossiping when you see it?" ”

"Whoever cares about other people's tongues!" Lin Jian said with a smile. With his current status, he is no longer afraid of other people's irresponsible opinions, he just doesn't want Su Mei to enter the house as a singer and wronged him, seeing Xiaoman yawning and poking his head out from behind, he asked with a smile: "Three watches in the middle of the night, why are you here?" ”

"Ahh Xiao Man covered his lips with his hand, pursed his red lips, and said with grievances, "Sister Yue'er wants me to hide from you for the past two days, I can only hide and talk to my sister!" ”

What Liu Yue'er said was a gift for wives and concubines not to compete for favor, Lin Jian first returned to Chongzhou, and according to the etiquette system, he could not have sex with the concubine for the first three days.

Of course, Lin Jian didn't care if there were any of them, but Liu Yue'er always pulled Xiaoman behind to avoid them. It's just that Xiaoman doesn't meet Lin Bin, can he not express the resentment in his heart at this time?

Su Mei pinched Xiao Man, didn't let her talk nonsense, and asked Lin Lian: "Could it be something that is blocking your heart?" "I know that even if Lin Jian was thinking about this, if he hadn't encountered something upsetting, he wouldn't have bumped into Chongzhou in the middle of the night on the first day he returned to Chongzhou.

In May, the weather is getting warmer and warmer, Xiaoman is a concubine, and Su Mei does not shy away from Lin Binding, and they are all dressed lightly. The two sisters looked at each other under the lamp, delicate and abnormal, Lin Lian looked at it stupidly, and said: "After taking a sip of tea, there is nothing to block, so I want to talk to you for a while......

Su Mei and Xiaoman sat down with him left and right.

Xiao Man just woke up from his sleep, dozed off on Lin Lian's shoulder, wished that the whole person was in his arms, and after struggling for a while, he curled up in the soft couch and slept on his thighs.

Lin Jian told Su Mei in detail what Dongya had just discussed.

"This is a difficult thing to do after all, and I can't help you with an idea," Su Mei said softly, "Jiang Ning is wishful thinking that the Cao family will send troops from Tongguan to restrict the Donghu people from Jinzhong to go south from Hezhong Mansion, what if the Cao family is in a hurry to map the east of Sichuan?" ”

"Alas," Lin Lian sighed softly and said, "Li Lingzhi is dizzy, many people are not as thorough as you. Cao Yiqu is an ambitious person - he has to be closed but not Sichuan and Chongqing, and he has no hope for the world. If Cao Yiqu can not reach out to the east of Sichuan, he must also have good patience! Lin Jian spoke, his hand unconsciously probed into the chest of Xiaoman, who was nestled in his arms, holding a milk like a young pigeon, and playing with it. Xiaoman was drowsy, and he struggled twice without struggling to break away, so he rejoiced, moved his body, and fell asleep in a more comfortable position.

Su Mei pretended not to see the small movements in Lin Bin's hand, and said: "Guanzhong has declined since the previous dynasty, Cao Yiqu has the heart to repair the canal in the Guanzhong, but in the Guanzhong canal, Huaidong must not build a seawall to defend the seawall - I heard Miss Song say that Luwenzhuang is not an impatient person, but if he falls for Huaidong's scheme, it is precisely the luxury family that can only seize this opportunity!" There is no Huaidong eyeing the Cao family on the side, maybe the Donghu people will connive at the Cao family to take the east of Sichuan! ”

The so-called stupid team members are not as good as pigs, so Huaidong considered the problem of carrying the iron hooves of the Donghu people south on the east road alone. The Cao family obviously has neither trust nor confidence in Jiangning's side, but if Guanzhong wants to block the westward advance of the main force of the Donghu people, it is obviously not enough to rely on the land of Guanzhong alone - if the Cao family really takes eastern Sichuan without telling them, the situation will only become more complicated......

Lin Jian didn't want to think about complicated things at this time, and asked: "It's not early, why don't I sleep here for a while, and go to Dongya to take care of official business before dawn?" ”

Su Meijiao's face turned red, pushed his shoulder and said: "Zhao Qinmin's intention to come to Chongzhou, Xun Niang probably knows a little, if you don't go back tonight, what will Xun Niang think?" It's hard to be a man in this world, but I don't know how difficult it is to be a woman......"

Lin Jian thought about it, woke up the little man in his arms, and asked her, "Do you want to stay here, or go back to the mountain with me?" ”

Xiao Man naturally wanted to stay in Lin Lian's arms and not be favored by him, but without waiting for her to reply, Su Mei pulled her over and said, "Let Xiao Man accompany me here, you go back to the mountain quickly!" ”

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Gu Junxun sat in the boudoir and kept watch for half the night, listening to Juan Er come in and say that Lin Tie Dongmin had discussed the matter and went to the city to drink tea, looking at the crescent moon outside the west window, his heart was panicked. Zhao Qinmin came to Chongzhou this time and brought her a letter from home, asking her to persuade Lin Jian to support Qingzhou more by her pillow.

Gu Junxun can somewhat understand that Huaidong is currently mainly supporting Huaisi's Red Jacket Army on the northern front, and it is difficult to support Qingzhou anymore, sandwiched between Huaidong and her father and brother, she is very difficult to behave in, and she can't help but mention it.

Gu Junxun sat distracted in front of the window for a moment, ran over to look at her daughter who was in the same room as Cai'er, then went back to the room and undressed and fell asleep, the more uncomfortable she became, tears couldn't help but roll down her cheeks, and Lin Jian came in quietly and didn't care.

Lin Jian looked at the wet marks on Jun Xun's white cheeks under the moon, stretched out his finger and gently wiped it on her face, and asked, "Why are you crying?" ”