"If you can't wait for the autumn grain to go on the market, and there is surplus silver in the warehouse, let's store more rice and grain......" Lin Lian looked at the sky in the north, where the sky and the earth meet, there are flashing lights, like people on the shore, like fishing boats on the river.

Sun Wenbing is Huaidong's liaison in Jiangning, and whatever actions the Jiyun Society makes, they are all uniformly deployed by the Huaidong Military Division, and Lin Lian said this to Lin Xulu.

The Lin clan is divided into three branches, which are actually headed by Huaidong. Although Lin Xuwen, Lin Tingli and Lin Xulu were relatively independent and did not depend on Huaidong, they were mainly based on Huaidong's opinions when acting in a unified manner. In the past few years, it was Lin Jian who led the Lin family to break through the predicament, and most of the Lin family's ability to obtain today's status was supported by Huaidong.

No matter what outsiders think, insiders of the Lin family have a clear understanding of this.

"Will the autumn grain rise?" Lin Xulu asked.

"Well," Lin Jian nodded, and said, "It's probably not a matter of rising by one or two percent, there is no improvement in this world, and reserve rice and grain can resist the toss better than gold and silver." On the Dongyang side, we must control the export of rice and grain as much as possible, and I will make some preparations when I return to Huaidong this time. In addition, on this prison island, I hope that the third brother can overcome the difficulties as much as possible and build a stone embankment to protect the island along the waterline during the flood season! ”

"Ah," Lin Xulu was slightly surprised and asked, "The sky is about to change?" ”

"Who knows, be prepared!" Lin Jian said.

Lin Xulu nodded and said, "I'll do this right away......

Prison Island guards the mouth of the Jinchuan River, which is a strategic point outside the Donghua Gate of Jiangning City.

Prison Island is surrounded by water on all sides, and a fortnight-high solid stone embankment is built around the island, which can be said to be for flood prevention and flood control, and can actually form a complete defense system with the camps and warehouses on the island, which can effectively curb enemy ships from landing on the beach and seizing the island.

Lin Jian asked Lin Xulu to make some preparations in advance for the changes that may happen soon.

In the future, if there is any change in Jiangning City, whether it is the Dongyang Army going eastward or the Huaidong Army advancing westward, with Prison Island here, it will be able to quickly gain a foothold outside Jiangning City and affect and even control the situation in Jiangning.

"Liu Xilin will go north to Xuzhou with Zhang Yubo to take up his post, and the defense of Dongcheng will be mainly undertaken by the Ningwangfu Guard," Lin Jian said, "You can't have the heart of harming people, and you can't have the heart of preventing people. On Wen Bing's side, I can only leave two hundred armor soldiers, and the action can't be too big, otherwise the impact will not be good. If the Lin family is more generous, it is best to increase the number of martial guards to six hundred. No matter how bad it is, you have to ensure that you can hold it for three days when you retreat to Prison Island! ”

"How bad is it going to be?" Lin Xulu asked in surprise.

"I don't want to mess with it either," Lin Jian said, "Second Uncle still has confidence in King Ning. There are some things that I can't say to the second uncle in advance, for fear that the second uncle will be unhappy when he hears it. I am close to the third brother, and if I say the wrong thing, everyone can hold it. I ask you, if the world is really going to be in chaos, what choice can we make? ”

Lin Xulu's eyes shone in the darkness, and he lowered his voice and said: "My father has been tossing for half his life, and he is already very satisfied with earning this power, and he will inevitably relax his attention to the ferocity of the situation......

Lin Jian smiled, whether Lin Xulu was ambitious or really had a clear understanding, as long as he could listen to his advice and make some preparations in advance, it was better than anything.

"Uncle Mengde will accompany me for another walk," Lin Jian said, "If it is not bad, the matter of Huaidong's use of troops against Zhejiang and Fujian on the Eastern Front will be concluded, and I will also leave Jiangning......"

Lin Xulu, Sun Wenbing and others said goodbye and left first.

Lin Mengde listened to the sound of the waves lapping the beach, took a breath, and said: "Lin Tingli has been tossing in the sea for half his life, and it is normal for people to be greedy for happiness, but fortunately, Xulu is more sober. If there is anything to say, it is better for them to have a discussion between father and son than to persuade us. ”

"It's good to be able to contain the offensive of the luxury family," Lin Jian said, "but we have to think about it more." The north side is only going to be worse, I just hope it's not too bad! The south can't be optimistic at all! If Huinan or Jiangxi leaks the luxury family, and tens of thousands of elites of the luxury family rush to Jiangning from the southwest, how to deal with it? Or did Dong Yuan win a big victory over the luxury family in Liangzhejiang, and his ambition was difficult to contain, and he wanted to take Jiangning, how to deal with it? If the situation in the two lakes is not controlled, and the army of Liukou goes down the river, how will it deal with it? ”

“…… In order to ensure that production in Huaidong can continue in an orderly manner and not be disturbed, the Huaidong Army must do everything possible to resist the hostile forces that want to harm Huaidong on the outer line," Lin Jian said, "The topography of Huaidong is actually very simple, with Hailing and Huai'an two prefectures and eleven counties as the hinterland, with the Huai River as the boundary, and the Huaisi area north of the Huai River as the outer line. There is an average of dozens of miles of the Yangtze River in the south, and the Shengsi Islands are the outer line. The topography of Weiyang Mansion is naturally connected with Hailing and Huai'an, which is originally a part of Huaidong, but it is not the turn of the Huaidong Military Division to govern it for the time being. To the west, it takes Hongzepu, Shiliang River and Chaotiandang as the outer line. Dongyang Mansion actually plays the role of shielding the outer line of the eastern and western parts of Huai and encircling Weiyang Mansion with Huaidong......"

"Yes," Lin Mengde sighed slightly, and said, "No matter how powerful Shen Rong is, it is really difficult to do anything between Huaidong and Dongyang......

"Viyan House is on the inside line and is relatively safe. Shen Rong thought of rectifying the local military equipment, and the local response would also be negative. In addition, King Ning and Yue Lengqiu also had to consider drawing resources from Weiyang Mansion, so it was impossible to support Shen Rong to develop local military equipment in Weiyang Mansion," Lin Jian said, "What I am worried about now is that after Pingjiang Mansion is transferred to the Northern Zhejiang Military Division, Dong Yuan will infiltrate Weiyang Mansion." Therefore, the Wu Party must work hard to struggle with Dong Yuan and Yue Lengqiu's control of Pingjiang Mansion, even if it is not beneficial, we must help Dong Yuan's hand from Weiyang Mansion. At this time, if you look at Prison Island, you will see that in addition to controlling the Jinchuan River Estuary, which has strategic significance to Jiangning City, it is actually a connection point between Huaidong and Dongyang in Chaotiandang. If you go further west to find a winner, it is the first line of Tongbai Mountain, Dabie Mountain, and Anhui Mountain......"

At this time, there was a fast paddle boat coming from the opposite bank, the bow of the ship was holding the light, and when it approached the pier, the bow of the ship loudly announced: "Shanyang Yixin ......"

In these days, there is no such thing as carrier pigeons transmitting messages, let alone cable and wireless telegraphy. In addition to beacon fire and lantern flag communication, stagecoach is the fastest and most effective way to deliver messages.

After Lin Jian became the envoy of Huaidong, he asked the crow Wu Qi to integrate the old post horse and express shop transmission system in Huaidong, and expand the Huaidong intelligence network to the outside line. In the farther areas, information and intelligence are mainly collected through merchants, fleets, and the current Tangbao and post transmission systems, while the secret agents who lurk in the hinterland of Zhejiang, Fujian, and Liaodong are mainly to spy on the comprehensive intelligence of these areas, and they can transmit information back once every six months, which is considered to be efficient.

Lin Jian didn't know what was going on in Shanyang at this time, and he had to chase the secret letter to Prison Island overnight to present it.

"Could it be that Sun Zhuang or Chen Hansan will change?" Lin Mengde asked nervously.

"No, the timing is not right!" Lin Jian shook his head and said, "Chen Hansan is a person who doesn't see benefits and doesn't spread eagles, Sun Zhuang is a person who is thick and fine, it is impossible to be so impatient!" ”

The guards presented the secret letter handed over by Shanyang, Lin Jian opened it and looked at it, and sighed hatefully: "Chen Zhihu, Chen Zhihu, without Li Zhuo to add a condom to him, he would just be a vicious tiger!" ”

Lin Mengde took the secret letter from Lin Lian's hand, read it, took a breath of cool air, and said: "He is really ruthless, and 20,000 homeless people will kill him like this!" ”

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Lin Tie got the news half a day earlier, and the news of Chen Zhihu's victory in Yanling only reached Jiangning in the early morning of the next day.

Soon after Chen Zhihu led his troops into Xuchang, the remnants of the Heavenly Jacket Army marched north to Yanling. Chen Zhihu led his troops to attack the rogue from the east of Xuchang and wiped out more than 20,000 rogue people in the northwest of Yanling City.

Although it will take a few days for Chen Zhihu to destroy more than 20,000 enemies and cut off all the heads, he did not leave a single prisoner in this battle, which made many people in Jiangning feel a chill in their hearts. More people were overjoyed, thinking that if Chen Zhihu continued to kill like this, there was hope for the prosperity of the Dayue Dynasty.

The information sent back by the Huaidong sentinel was more accurate.

The more than 20,000 people who were disabled in Yanling were the remnants of the Heavenly Jacket Army, and their motives for entering Yanling at this time could not be found out for the time being. This remnant bandit entered Yanling in the north and lured Chen Zhihu into the Shaji River bay outside Yanling City, and there was no way out.

Chen Zhihu had the opportunity to force him to surrender, but his murderous nature did not change and he chose to slaughter cleanly.

Among the more than 20,000 people, only half of the rogue army may be the family, and the rest are the families of the rogue army who followed the army and the thieves; They were all killed as bandits. A headless corpse was thrown into the Shaji River, and the openings of the Shaji River into the Bianshui River were filled, and the river overflowed greatly, and even caused a large-scale waterlogging in the local area.

If he killed everyone, he would be able to restore order, and Lin Jian would rather not have this kind of order. However, even in the eyes of Gu Wuchen, Lin Tingli and others, this kind of chaotic people should be killed, not to mention that King Ning, Yue Lengqiu and others were overjoyed when they heard about Jiechuan.

Gao Zongting met with Lin Jian in a hurry again, and then went north with Gao Yi to see Chen Zhihu. Regarding Chen Zhihu's killing in Yanling, Gao Zongting was also silent. A character like Chen Zhihu is no longer something he can restrain himself.

The defeat of the Jinghu officers and soldiers in Suizhou, and Chen Zhihu's victory in Yanling, made the minds of the people in Jiangning even more impatient, and even more manic, and they were more eager to win a great victory against the luxury family on the southern front.

Under such circumstances, Lin Lian's dispatch of troops from Huaidong to contain the eastern line of Zhejiang and Fujian naturally became the most urgent thing for everyone in Jiangning to do at present. At the military meeting in the afternoon of the same day, everyone reached an agreement in King Ning's mansion: the Haiyu Township Battalion was temporarily under the control of the Huaidong Military Division, and cooperated with Huaidong to attack Daishan and Changguo from the eastern front.

Lin Lian's purpose of coming to Jiangning this time was basically achieved, but his most important thing was not to return to Chongzhou to prepare for the offensive against Daishan and Changguo in the autumn. First of all, he had to make sure that after the news of Chen Zhihu's massacre of the Liumin Army reached Suining and Suyu, nothing happened to Sun Zhuang's troops.