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The entire process of the army's evacuation from Kaifeng is coming to an end.In the past few days, Guo Ning has been stationed in the north of Kaifeng, kindly encouraging the soldiers and giving out some extra rewards.Only once during this period, he went to Chenliu to bid farewell to the remaining generals of the Red Coat Army who came to help in the battle.

With the entire Nanjing surrendered, the few scattered military states sandwiched between Shandong and Henan had no possibility of independence. All the remaining units of the Red Coat Army in Shandong must be completely integrated into the Dinghai Navy. There is no second possibility.

Although Shi Qing, Huo Yi and others agreed to submit to Guo Ning, they made many unbelievable demands in terms of their official position and treatment and the specific conditions for their subordinates to be included in the control of the military household system.Liu Erzu, Peng Yibin, Hao Ding and others went back and forth to mediate this issue, and spent a lot of time in front of Yelu Chucai.

Fortunately, these matters did not delay for long. The rest of the Red Coat Army may have more selfish intentions, but they are not reckless.After the agreement was reached, they led the army back to the east and west roads of Shanshan, and immediately reorganized according to the requirements of the Marshal's Mansion.

Since everyone was satisfied with the results, Guo Ning also went to Chenliu in time to get in touch with the generals who were born in the Red Coat Army, and also showed importance to the ordinary soldiers, so that the soldiers could feel at ease about their future. .

At other times, he still returned to his original place to see off the soldiers who were going to Hebei, Zhongdu and other places.

If the fleet is still there, in fact, many soldiers can go eastward by boat along the Yellow River, put it directly on the line of Huaiyin and Chuzhou, then transfer to sea ships, enter the sea through Lianshui, and then go to Zhongdu Road and Beijing Road by sea. and so on.Although this route is long, it is the fastest.

However, because this battle emptied the savings of the military government, the Tianjin side urged the return of the fleet every now and then, so as to resume the dispatch of materials in various places.In addition, the sea-going ships were also returned to the trading company long ago for trade with the south.

Therefore, most of the soldiers and horses still have to follow the route that the army has traveled from north to south in the past few decades, first cross the Yellow River, and then go all the way north along the Yuhe River.The army set off one after another, passing by the station where Guo Ning stopped every day.

However, the war in Kaifeng was over for a month, and the soldiers and horses had almost left.Yesterday, only two generals passed by, but today and tomorrow, the Jurchen descendants including Wanyan Xilie, Yilapua and others, one of them was missing Wanyan Congtan.

This gentleman was originally the Tongguan garrison marshal appointed by the Kaifeng court. Guo Ning granted him permission not to follow the brigade to Zhongdu and to rest in Kaifeng.After Li Ting returns with his troops, he will serve as Li Ting's general and go deep into Qinlong together in order to make contributions.

Since it was mainly the Jurchens who came today, Guo Ning was inevitably a little slack.

He didn't visit the courtyard wall at the moment.In the courtyard of the post station, under a big pagoda tree with felt cloth spread out, he sat cross-legged, flipping through a few pamphlets.

The pamphlet is large in size, with [-] to [-] pages inside, and it is a mansion newspaper widely distributed within the control area of ​​the Ding Navy.

In addition to publishing various orders, laws, appointments, rewards and punishments of Duke Zhou and the Marshal's Mansion, this kind of newspaper has also added a lot of fragmentary information in the appendices since last year.

For example, a certain specialty product has arrived in a certain place, a certain port has reported that a certain ship sank at sea, a rebellion by the Hu tribe in Puyu Road has hindered the delivery of ginseng this year, and the cattle of the Xianzhou military household in Qingzhou have not been allocated for the war. If they are returned in time, it may affect the autumn harvest and so on.Although the real secrets are definitely not visible, but at a glance, one can indeed get a general idea of ​​the situation.

Because the attendants and civil servants in charge of this matter gradually became more and more skilled, by the beginning of this year, the content of the appendix became more and more abundant, including an interesting farce in which Song Guoxing was involved, and rumors about which important ministers in the Zhongdu court requested to be appointed officials, all of which can be found in a small grid. Found within the text of the block.

Fortunately, Di Bao had not yet been published to the Southern Dynasty, otherwise the Prime Minister Shi Miyuan of the Southern Dynasty would have seen that Di Bao recorded that he had diarrhea and could not go to court, and would have been furious and ordered his subordinates to search for spies everywhere.

The last two pages of the Di Bao are usually the latest courtyard version or the libretto of a drama, and sometimes the two pages cannot fit, so it will be serialized in several issues.

Most of these theater scripts and dramas were officially promoted by the Yidu Privy Council, and the libretto was very propaganda.

Guo Ning will definitely not care about these contents.When he read the Di newspaper, he mainly looked at the military and political trends, and also the price fluctuations of several bulk materials in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Compared with the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties, Dajin has always been a poor ghost. Guo Ning's Zhou regime is about to replace Dajin, and it may not be able to make a fortune in the short term. On the contrary, it is because of the benefits brought by trade that the economy of Dinghai is vaguely dependent on Song Guo.

As for Song's economy, to be honest, Song's officials don't seem to care too much, but Dinghai has to take care of the price fluctuations in Song's territory while doing business, so as not to cause public resentment and overreaction of Song's center.

That's why there is such a content aimed at the Southern Dynasty, but if you think about it carefully, isn't there too much news about the military, political and economic affairs of the Southern Dynasty and Lin'an City in this mansion newspaper?

Guo Ning suddenly let out a "huh", turned the book back to the cover, and flipped through it again.

Yelu Chucai, who was sitting cross-legged on the side, smiled and said, "What did the Duke see?"

Guo Ning flipped through the Di newspaper, looked at the font, and then looked at the paper: "The first few pages, the northern government decrees and messages are all from a month ago. I also read the drama on the last two pages. I've seen it. But these few pages, about the prices of supplies in the south and trivial matters in Lin'an... were from ten days ago, and there are news from seven or eight days ago? This... is this a fake newspaper? "

"A month ago, the wealthy businessmen in Yangzhou gathered their contacts and produced a mansion newspaper to facilitate their business dealings. In order to facilitate the sale and distribution in our territory, they secretly copied the format and content of our mansion newspaper, only in the meantime, A lot of content was placed to facilitate their business dealings. This copy was confiscated from the post station in Guide Mansion when the Recorder Division reorganized the post road. If you sell a copy, the postman will get five cents."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Guo Ning glanced again with great interest: "It's a good thing that profiteers have come up with such tricks. You have to send someone to inform the post stations that sales are strictly prohibited, unless they change their names, and then report to the recorder. Pay a management fee!"

Guo Ning lowered his head and looked again. He flipped through two pages and noticed one of the lines.

Looking at it calmly, it turned out that an official of the Song Dynasty named Xuan Zong was leaving for Yangzhou today. Part of the Loyalty Army.

How Ying Chunzhi died, Guo Ning was thousands of miles away, but he knew very well.At the beginning of the year, this person instigated riots, almost frightened Guo Ning's wife, and almost killed Wang Shixian, and the other related deaths and injuries were even more serious.Guo Ning had already told him that he could not be allowed to live.

For the situation in Huaidong, Ying Chunzhi's life or death was of no importance at all.However, when the Song Dynasty court was able to cover its eyes and deny recognition when such a high-ranking official was killed, it proved that Yang Miaozhen had truly established a foothold in Huaidong.

Even a weak woman will become tough after struggling for a long time in troubled times, not to mention that Yang Miao is really not an ordinary woman.She had endured in Huainan for a long time, and she seldom received the attention of the Song court, and only regarded her as an ordinary group of refugees fleeing south.

The imperial court wanted to pay more attention to the rest of the Red Coat Army, and cultivated Yang You, Yang Miaozhen's opponent, and Yang You always wanted to unify the Chuzhou and Zhenzhou branches of the Loyalty Army.

At some point, Yang Miaozhen's troops would be forced to resist; and once they resisted, the force of the loyal army would be in perfect harmony with Jia She's use of the financial resources of many private businessmen, forming a force that even the Song Dynasty court had to be wary of.

The result is now.

It seems that the territory of the Song Dynasty is as usual, but in fact, the large area of ​​Huaidong is about to change color.

For Ding Haijun, this represented the continuous political and military weakening of the Song Dynasty, but it did not affect the relationship between the north and the south, let alone commercial exchanges. It was really a good thing worth celebrating.Da Zhou, who is about to be reborn, needs a rich and weak neighbor too much.

Yelu Chucai turned sideways, looked at the short text, and felt a little emotional: "The former Red Coat Army who fled to the Song Dynasty, their vision is short-sighted. They want to be a feudal town in the Song Dynasty. Right? It's a pity that even Yang Miaozhen didn't see clearly..."

Guo Ning coughed a few times, and replied seriously: "The so-called, the tide-gatherer stands on the head of the wave, holding the red flag in his hand without getting wet. Just relying on one person's will, but going against thousands of people, that is a single husband, not a commander. Do it The leader of tens of thousands of people has to follow the tide of people's hearts, and follow the people's hearts, and the heaven and the earth will naturally work together."

Yelu Chucai thought for a while, then nodded slightly: "What the Duke said is true."

At this time, there were suddenly dense footsteps outside, Yelu Chucai stood up and patted his robe.

Guo Ning also stood up.

He stood on tiptoe and looked outside the courtyard wall, his right hand casually resting on the hilt of the knife at his waist: "Who is outside? Is it the soldiers from the next group who marched here in advance? Ni Yi was lazy and didn't come to repay me first."

"Ni Yi is outside and has just finished some work." Yelu Chucai replied.

His expression was very solemn, and he suddenly showed unbearable joy: "My lord, do you know the name of the inn where we are?"

"How could you not know that this place is called Chenqiao Town and this inn is called Chenqiaoyi."