After discussing the matter, Zhang Gou, Han Caizhi, Zhang Jiheng, Zhu Ai and others retired first. After a while, Sun Jingtang also walked out, and with them, he went back to the pavilion for the night.

However, Wang Chengfu and Qin Chengzu left Lin Tie, and I don't know how long they will have to discuss.

Sun Jingtang is the main person in charge of building and defending the seawall, and Wang Chengfu, as the patrol of Hecheng, is also Sun Jingtang's main assistant when he defends the seawall in the southern section.

Seeing that Sun Jingtang left first, and Wang Chengfu stayed, Zhang Gou wondered: What else is this going to discuss?

It's not that Sun Jingtang's level is inferior to Wang Chengfu, but everyone's energy is limited. The affairs of the Huaidong Military Division are complicated, how can Sun Jingtang participate in the decision-making of every affairs of the Huaidong Military Division?

Lin Jian set up officials and duties in Huaidong a few years ago, so that everyone could perform their duties.

In addition to the camp and the construction of the seawall, Wang Chengfu was also in charge of other affairs, and it was not strange that he had to stay and report to Lin Jian alone.

When I walked out of the yard, I found that it was raining driestly. The rain was not heavy, and the building was close, so everyone rushed back in the drizzle.

The lights in the hall were dim, Zhang Gou's room was at the easternmost end of the corridor, looking at the figure squatting behind the pillars, Zhang Gou pressed the saber on his waist, and asked vigilantly, "Who?" ”

"Me!" The old stain stood up from behind the pillars.

"Oh, scare me," Zhang Gou opened the door to let Chen Yan into his room, took off his saber, and asked, "You didn't rest so late?" "There was no light, just a half-open door to let in the dim lights in the yard.

"What the hell is a military commander?" Chen Yan dragged a bench and sat down, looked at the herbal tea on the table, then took it and poured it into his mouth, and asked bluntly.

"It's almost the same as marching Sima, there aren't many auxiliary positions with real power," Zhang Gou asked, "You waited at the door for a long time, and you asked this?" ”

"At this time, there is no military power, if you are sent to Huaisi in the future to kill your former brother, what will you do?" Chen Zhen asked in a loud voice.

Staring at Chen Zuo's eyes like a wolf in the night, Zhang Gou fell silent, and Chen Zuo asked this question as if a bell rang suddenly in his heart. It's not that he hasn't thought about this problem before, and it's especially shocking to mention it.

Naturally, there is nothing to say about the past, you kill me, I kill you, it's just to save the troubled times, and there is no sorrow and hatred. But now, even if you don't have military power, if you enter Huaisi with the army as a military commander, won't your hands be stained with the blood of your former brothers?

Zhang Gou originally had plans to resign as the deputy sentinel of the cadet team today, but later he listened to Lin Lian, Qin Chengzu, Zhu Ai and others talk about geodesy, and he was fascinated for a while, if Chen Yan hadn't suddenly come to him, he would have forgotten about this stubble.

Zhang Gou hesitated.

He has been reflecting on why the Wandering People's Army is getting more and more tired, and the answer in his heart is getting fuller and fuller, as long as he can get in touch with the more core secrets of the Huaidong Military Division, he will undoubtedly have a deeper understanding of this problem. But at the same time, the more core the secrets of the Huaidong Military Division, the less likely it is to say things like "I quit and want to quit". If the Huaidong Military Division is easy to fool, it will not be possible to win battles frequently.

If you want to quit, you can only take advantage of this time, or it is possible to live a dull life in Chongzhou.

"What about you?" Zhang Gou didn't know how to face Chen Zhen's questioning.

"I want to know, I want you to be a bird?" Chen Yan took a sip, but he didn't hide the contradiction in his heart.

"Even if we don't have any military power, I don't think Huaidong will send us to the Shanyang army," Zhang Gou said, "It's really not good, when we go to the army, we take the initiative to ask to go to the water camp - we can't put the knife on the neck of the former brother!" A thought flashed through his heart, and he asked tightly, "Did Master Pole secretly send someone to find you?" ”

"Where?" Chen Yan's eyes rolled slightly, looking out of the door, snorting haha.

Zhang Gou sighed slightly in his heart, and said secretly: Could it be that he is no longer trustworthy in the eyes of the pole master? Worried about Chen Yan again, he secretly contacted the pole master, how could he hide Chongzhou's eyeliner?

The more he knew about the Huaidong Army, the more Zhang Gou didn't think that the Exile Army had the possibility of winning Huaidong, thinking that the pole master might pull the flag again in the future and go out of Huaidong, what should he do when the time comes? Maybe if you go to sea with the water camp, you don't have to have such a headache, right?

The Huaidong Water Camp also guards the inland rivers and lakes, but that is the responsibility of the third water battalion, the first and second water battalions are facing the blue ocean, as long as they can be replenished into the first and second water camps, there is almost no possibility of entering Huaisi and fratricidal with the former brothers.

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Listening to the sound of rain in the patio, the wind blew in, blowing the lights and candles swaying, and the rain came in from the eaves, seeing that the guards wanted the window to close, Lin Jian stopped and said, "The window is still open," and said to Qin Chengzu sideways, "It has rained three times in five days, this is the rainy season, and many things have to be delayed!" ”

"There's no way," Qin Chengzu spread his hands and said, "Is it to let the first water battalion start to withdraw?" ”

"The first water camp is going to be withdrawn before the flood season, but first send someone to Haiyu to inform the Chen family," Lin Jian said, "This summer, Haiyu has to bear a lot of pressure!" ”

The catastrophe of Xisha Island, which has been admired for nine years, is shocking. Every year in summer, it is the first priority in Chongzhou.

The high tide at the beginning of the year is only occasional, but when the East China Sea enters summer, storms rage, and seven or eight typhoons wreak havoc over the sea every year.

On land, the damage caused by typhoons and rains is lighter than that of Zhejiang and Fujian, and even Pingjiang Prefecture on the south coast, but the Shengsi Islands are in the main area of the summer storm belt in the East China Sea. In addition to basic defense, the main force of the 1st Water Battalion had to retreat from the Shengsi defense line and return to Chongzhou to garrison it in order to avoid unnecessary non-combat losses.

During this time, the responsibility of the Shengsi garrison was mainly to defend several fortresses such as Daheng Island, and if the warships of the Zhejiang-Fujian water battalion wanted to pass through the Shengsi defense line, they would not have the ability to blockade except for warning and summoning - in the summer, the Chongzhou garrison would change the outer line to the inner line.

In fact, after entering the summer, the far-sea route of the Jinhai grain road will also stop, and there will hardly be any ships going to sea in the Jiangmen and Hecheng areas, and the grain ships will mainly go to sea from Huaikou, which is far away from the typhoon belt, and go to the sea to Jiaozhou Bay to deliver grain.

The possibility of the Zhejiang and Fujian sailors coming to Chongzhou is not high, but the luxury family has been integrating Zhejiang and Fujian for almost a year, and when the Shengsi defense line is weakened, the possibility of landing and attacking from Jiaxing, Haiyu, Yudong and other places is quite high, and the pressure of the Chen family will not be light in this summer.

"Do you think the luxury family will find a breakthrough from the Eastern Front?" Qin Chengzu asked.

"Not necessarily," Lin Jian shook his head and said, "The possibility of the luxury family making a move on the Western Front is higher. Gong Yuci recaptured Xiangyang, Luo Xiancheng couldn't bite Yue Lengqiu in Shouchun, and even suffered defeats, and the possibility of moving to the southwest with him was very high. Once the two armies of Luo and Gong converge and move south along the Han River from Xiangyang to capture Jiangxia and Gezhou, the soldiers and horses of Jiangxi County will inevitably be transferred north for defense; They can't capture Jiangxia and Gezhou, and they are more likely to bypass it and enter Jiangxi, Jingnan and other places to provide aspects for the luxury family to move on the western front. It is very likely that the luxury family will make big moves on the Western Front, but it is not ruled out that they will play on the Eastern Front......"

Huaisi gradually returned to calm, southern Zhejiang, northern Zhejiang also fell into a stalemate, each other from time to time small battles, the scale is very limited, but the entire Central Plains is still full of wolf smoke, can not see the possibility of the Great Yue Dynasty to restore the Yuan clan. The period of calm obtained in the Huaidong region is temporary, and it is all the more necessary to seize the time to do everything well.

"Then I'll arrange for someone to go to the naval battle, and Yudong will go with them!" Qin Chengzu said.

Lin Jian nodded, thinking about talking about other things with Wang Chengfu, these general trends should be left until he returned to Chongcheng to discuss slowly, he took out an excerpt from the desk, and said to Wang Chengfu: "I have read the "Discussion of Pawn Money" you handed over, and I want to hear your thoughts in person before I take it out for everyone to discuss......

"This pawnshop, seen in the city, town, and town, the family has no surplus wealth but has treasures, can get the pawnshop pawn and sell it for a discount, and when the siblings are rich, they can redeem it and buy it back. This is the common borrowing that is being found. When the poor people in the countryside do not even have food, they can borrow money from the rich households in the village or the monastery to survive the famine," Wang Chengfu said, "Pawn shops and rich households in order to eat high interest rates, exploit the widows and the weak like tigers and wolves; It is to borrow money from the monastery, and the interest is rarely less than two cents, but it is also an expedient measure for many to survive the famine when they are destitute......"

Lin Lian nodded and motioned for Wang Chengfu to continue. Taking the opportunity of thoroughly investigating the bandit case, Lin Jian had a deep understanding of the monastery in the world.

At that time, there were many people in urban and rural areas who believed in Buddhism and Taoism, and they had a deep sense of identity with the monastery, and their families had surplus wealth, so they did not dare to hide at home, for fear of thieves, but they were accustomed to storing them in the monastery. If there is an urgent need, he often borrows money from the monastery to tide over the famine.

Pawn shops, usury, since ancient times, there is nothing strange, after a thorough investigation of the bandit case, Lin Jian knew that the monastery was still engaged in this kind of business, but he was shocked: Isn't this the prototype of the bank in the future?

Of course, when people take money to the bank for storage, they have to ask the bank for interest, but when people take the money to the monastery for deposit, not only do they not get the interest on the money, but they also have to donate incense money as a deposit fee. In addition, the monasteries lent money to the people, but they did not have the virtue of compassion, and the nature of interest was no different from that of usury.

"I have been in Hecheng for so long, and I see that there are two contradictions in Hecheng that are difficult to solve," Wang Chengfu said, "First, except for military families, there are many floating people, and they are unable to help for a while. Second, the Zhou, Sun and other ethnic groups moved from Hejian County to make a huge amount of money, and many people were interested in buying land and property. This is not in line with the original intention of adults, but it can't be stopped just like that. After thinking about it carefully, you can imitate the pawn shop, the monastery and the law of guaranteeing, and ask the Sun, Zhou and other clans to invest money in Hecheng to open a pawn shop. The pawn shop lends the money to the floating people who we can't take care of for a while, so that the floating people have the ability to rent land from Hecheng to reclaim, and then return the money and interest to the pawn shop after the harvest......"