When it came to dawn, Lin Lian, Qin Chengzu, Lin Mengde, Sun Jingxuan, Li Shuyi and others left the post house and walked out of the West City Gate to the East Ya at the eastern foot of Zilang Mountain.

"Luo Xiancheng led his troops to the south, and it is likely that he will be pinched directly to Qichun, even if the two lakes are not chaotic, the grain from the two lakes will not be able to pass. The severe food shortage may not manifest itself until next year, but the response of grain traders will not be slow. Once all the grain merchants have closed their mouths, the price of grain in Jiangdong will rise in response," Lin Jian said, "When Luo Xiancheng led his troops south, it was the day when the price of grain in Jiangdong skyrocketed. ”

"As you can see, how much will the price of food go up?" Sun Jingxuan asked.

"At least it has to rise to the same level as Shandong before we can take a break," Lin Jian said, "The matter of transporting grain from Haidong to supplement Huaidong must be done immediately." I can't get out, who can get out and go to Jeju? There are some things that I can't say clearly in the letter! ”

"I'll go!" Lin Mengde said, "There is no one more suitable than me." ”

Lin Jian nodded, at this time, everyone was working hard, and no one could rest, and said: "For the time being, we will first use Haidong's rice and grain to supplement both sides, and then in the future, we still have to see if the situation can improve!" ”

Qin Chengzu shook his head and sighed lightly, and said, "I see it difficult. Henan has been disabled, Chen Zhihu led his troops south, even if the situation in Henan can be pacified in the short term, and at the same time force the displaced army to move south on a large scale. Luo Xiancheng led his troops south, which seemed to be accidental, but in fact it was inevitable, and Jiang Ning lacked a clear understanding of this, so it was no wonder if there was no big problem! ”

Lin Jian was silent, when he inspected the northern front, he realized that Luo Xiancheng might lead his troops south through Qichun, Ning Wangfu, Governor's Mansion, and Jiangning Military Department all sent letters, and also wrote a private letter to Gu Wuchen, reminding him of this matter, and suggesting that part of the troops from the Jiangning Water Camp should be transferred to the west of the river to prevent the Liumin Army from crossing the river at the mouth of Poyang Lake.

Jiangning, including Gu Wuchen's reaction, only sent a letter to the Lianghu and Jiangxi county divisions to order the local authorities to strengthen prevention, and had no intention of dividing troops to assist in defense, while Jinghu was even more worried that the Changle army would attack Jiangxia, Jingzhou and other cities, and Jiangxi did not react to this at all.

Now Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and other places, the troops are forced to concentrate on the southern front, blocking the Zhejiang and Fujian rebels to the north, once Luo Xiancheng leads the troops to the south, when the time comes, he will hurriedly adjust the deployment, I don't know what the chaos will become.

"For the luxury family, there may be no need for Luo Xiancheng to lead his troops across the river into Jiangxi, as long as the Changle Army moves south to disrupt the deployment of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Jiangxi, they will have a chance!" Lin Jian said.

"The Changle army is advancing south, and the luxury family wants to take advantage of this opportunity, and its attention is on the western front, and the troops will inevitably be deployed on the western front," Sun Jingxuan said, "Can we seize this opportunity and take Daishan and Changguo in one fell swoop?" ”

"I'm afraid it's very difficult," Qin Chengzu said, "If the situation in Henan and Huaisi can't be stabilized, we can't draw out the troops we deployed on the front line of Shanyang, Siyang, and Shuyang, and the forces that can be used to fight Daishan and Changguo are really limited." Although it can be expected that the focus of the luxury family will be on the western front, but there are few elites deployed on the eastern front, and it is too difficult for us to think of gnawing down! ”

Although the Jiangning Army set the tone for Huaidong to unite with the Haiyu Army to attack Daishan and Changguo and contain the rebels in Zhejiang and Fujian, Huaidong did not have the determination to take Daishan and Changguo in one fell swoop.

The forces now deployed by Huaidong in the Shengsi defense line are mainly the Jinghai No. 1 Water Battalion and the Chongzhou Infantry Battalion, and even if all the troops on the Chongzhou side are withdrawn, they can only gather about 15,000 troops at most in the Shengsi direction.

The defense of the luxury family on the eastern front, with Mingzhou Mansion as the core, the main force of the naval division concentrated in Mingzhou Mansion, and built strong island villages and island cities in Daishan and Changguo Islands to form a complete island chain defense line. Even if the luxury family mainly wants to break through from the Western Front, the troops deployed on the Eastern Front, the infantry army and the water army, will not be less than 30,000 troops, what will Huaidong take to gnaw Daishan and Changguo?

Qin Chengzu was a cautious person in the use of soldiers, so he naturally would not support the all-or-nothing tactics.

The battle plan drawn up by Huaidong was to take advantage of the advantages of the water camp warships to contain the Zhejiang-Fujian naval army in the inner line after the autumn, and gradually encroach on the outer islands and reefs of the luxury family, and compress the island chain defense line of the luxury family in the sea off the coast of Mingzhou Prefecture. When the time is really ripe, we will make great efforts to attack the main islands of Daisan and Changguo.

In military affairs, Qin Chengzu's opinion is naturally more important than Sun Jingxuan's. Although there is a chance on the Eastern Front, whether or not it can seize the opportunity also depends on strength.

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Everyone stayed awake all night, Lin Lian, Lin Mengde, and Qin Chengzu even rushed back, but they didn't even go home; When he arrived in Dongya, the sky was getting brighter, Lin Mengde remembered something, and said to Lin Lian: "I told Chen's uncle and nephew that I hope Haiyu County can change part of the mulberry garden to rice and grain, but looking at the meaning of Chen's uncle and nephew, it seems that there is not much interest, and I still hope that the situation can improve in three or five years, is it to communicate with them about this matter again?" ”

"I don't think so," Qin Chengzu said, "I have already been reminded, and we are also considered benevolent." If we really want Haiyu County to produce and be self-sufficient, then it will not make much sense for us to import 200,000 stone rice grain to Haiyu County every year! Moreover, the fact that the Chen family only listened to our advice and changed to grow mulberry and grain did not benefit the overall situation in the whole Jiangdong County - I don't think there is any need to make a special trip to remind the Chen family about this matter. ”

Lin Jian put his hands behind his back, thought for a moment, and said: "Since they have been reminded, if you say it twice, it may not be pleasing to them, so let them go!" ”

Lin Lian said this, and Lin Mengde didn't insist on anything.

200,000 stone rice grain is not much, but it is not too much, if the Chen family can be tied to Huaidong's chariot and struggle, then it can reflect the maximum use of this 200,000 stone rice grain.

"Let's all go back and rest first," Lin Jian said, pinching his sour and swollen eyebrows, and said, "I rushed back from Yanqing yesterday, and I haven't closed my eyes until this time, and I'm very tired." The soaring grain prices are the trend of the times, and although it is not what everyone expects, it has to be said that such a situation is beneficial to Huaidong. Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places, including Dong Yuan and others, although they resolutely blocked the passage of displaced people to the south on the one hand, how did they solve the contradiction between soaring rice prices and urban households struggling to make a living? Yanjing is a lesson from the past, this time it caught up with the large-scale increase of troops in Jiangdong County, Jiangning was in chaos, but no one could find a better way! ”

Since the invasion of the south, the Cao Canal between Shandong and Yannan has been destroyed, and the agricultural production in Yannan has also been devastated, and the rice grain going north through the Jinhai Grain Road is mainly for official use, and it is not possible to take into account the people's livelihood, and the price of grain in Yanjing has soared several times for a time, and it has not been able to drop to this day.

There are 130,000 households in Yanjing City, and most of them struggle to make ends meet under such high food prices. In order to alleviate the contradictions and avoid turmoil, the imperial court could only order the Jingying Forbidden Army and the Jibei Army to recruit a large number of soldiers from the Chengfang households.

The quality of the soldiers from Chengfanghu is relatively poor, and it is difficult to train into elite soldiers who are not afraid of death, but in order to ensure the stability of the overall situation, most of the more than 40,000 new soldiers in the Jibei Army in the past two years are recruited from Chengfanghu in Yanjing and Gyeonggi areas.

After the price of rice in Jiangdong soared, Jiangning, Weiyang, Pingjiang, Hangzhou and other cities where households were concentrated, there will be great turmoil. In order to alleviate turmoil and contradictions, the additional soldiers and horses of Jiangdong County will also be forced to recruit a large number of Chengfang households into the military camp.

What is beneficial to Huaidong is that the armies of northern Zhejiang, southern Huinan, and Jiangning have wantonly expanded their troops and horses, and although their troops will be greatly increased, they will not actually put much pressure on Huaidong. However, Lin Jian was also a little worried, the source of the soldiers of the Jiangning Zhulu army was complex and the quality was not high, so it was really worrying whether they could block the entrance of the luxury family to the south.

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Lin Jian didn't enter Dongya, he thought that his family was waiting on the mountain, and he didn't go up the mountain first when he rushed back to Chongzhou last night, so he was already going to complain, how dare he stay in Dongya's house to rest? Halfway up the mountain, I heard the lonely early morning mountain forest suddenly break the cry of a loud baby......

Lin Jian was slightly stunned, counting the delivery period of Xun Niang for a few days, could it be that Xun Niang gave birth?

Lin Jian took three steps and two steps, climbed to the top of the mountain, and others saluted him, but he didn't care to respond. Listening to the baby's laughter becoming clearer and clearer, Lin Jian just walked into the backyard and brought a basin of blood to Jun Xun's personal maid Juan Er.

Lin Jian didn't have time to flash half of his body, half of his robe was drenched, and the copper basin fell on the steps with the sound of bells. Juan Er hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to apologize, her face pale with fright and trembling all over. For the people of the world, this is one of the most taboo things.

Gu Yingsleeve, Shan Rou, Liu Yue'er and the others listened to the movement outside, walked in and saw Lin Bin, and asked, "Why did you come back recklessly at this time?" ”

"What's wrong with Xun Niang, but it's safe?" Lin Lian didn't care about getting his robe wet, so he had to go in to see Xun Niang.

"Men don't want to enter the delivery room," Gu Yingsleeve blocked him and said, "People have fallen asleep, it's not a big deal, I had a tire gas last night, and the birth went well!" ”

"Xun Niang was born, why didn't you tell me? I came back last night, don't you know? Lin Jian complained.

"That stubborn girl won't let you, saying that your affairs are important, and giving birth to a child is not a big deal, and you can't help when you come back!" Gu Yingsleeve said.

"What a stupidity!" Lin Jian complained with pity and love, saw that Juan Er was still knocking on the ground, and said, "Get up, I can still punish you for compensating me for a piece of clothing?" "Only then did I have time to ask if I was born a man or a girl.

"It's a young lady, you change your clothes first, and I'll show you later!" Gu Yingsleeve said, asking Liu Yue'er to take Lin Jian away first.

Lin Jian didn't see Xiao Man's figure, and asked Liu Yue'er: "What about the little barbarian?" ”

"I've rushed back to the Seventh Lady," Liu Yue'er said, "Giving birth to a child is a difficult time for a woman, Xiaoman hasn't given birth yet, how can she help on the side?" ”

Lin Jian thought about it too.