Song Jiu's inaction made Gu Tongzong's heart more stable.

However, not long after, his heart rose again.

Guo Er, who had disappeared for a long time, appeared again, but he did not return to Jiangzhou City alone. Many people came with him, including the Pan family, the Guo family, the Han family, the Fu family, the Shi family, the Gao family, and even a few yamen came to Jiangzhou in person, including Pan Weigu.

Under the leadership of Song Jiu over the years, they made a fortune, from Hezhou to Guangnan, and then overseas.

Song Jiu valued the most overseas, followed by Guangnan, and finally Hezhou. They valued the most in Hezhou, followed by Guangnan, and finally overseas. This resulted in two different results. Song Jiu focused his attention overseas, while most of the yamen paid attention to Guangnan.

Although Hezhou has a lot of money, it has only been more than 30 years and will be handed over to the court in the future. Guangnan's industry is their real industry. Therefore, the focus is gradually invested in Guangnan.

A large number of yamen sent people to Guangnan, which have both pros and cons. The disadvantages cannot avoid some conflicts with the local tyrants, but this disadvantage is exactly what Song Jiu wants. Both are powerful people, but the cohesion between the two is a world of difference.

There are more benefits. The same is investment. One is the exploitative investment of Zhao Chengzong, which is short, flat and fast, and uses power to forcefully use. The other is high investment and long-term investment. Through Hezhou, the investment of the latter allows more people to accept it.

Song Jiu left Guangnan and his influence was still there. Not only sugarcane and cotton. Under the guidance of Song Jiu, many yamen began to try to grow some spices from the South China Sea, tea, mulberry silkworms, and some workshops. Silk tea produced high in Guangnan but its quality was not good. It doesn’t matter. They may not be popular in the Central Plains, but they can be sold overseas through the Maritime Service.

This long-term investment has brought advanced technology to the local area, economic vitality, improved taxation, and strengthened ties with the Central Plains.

Moreover, because of Song Jiu, most of the yamen took the initiative to let the various families take charge of their affairs and treat the people well, and their actions were not too bad.

It is these investments in the yamen that made Guangnan more and more prosperous.

Song Jiu asked Guo Er to return to the capital to bring a letter. The yamen immediately sent people to Jiangzhou.

But their arrival made Judgment Gu Tong so scared that he was easy to deal with. However, there were so many yamen, and that family of yamen had a deep background. How dare Judgment Gu Tong offend?

Song Jiu came out with "being sick".

Pan Weigu said, "Brother-in-law, you really guessed it."

"What's right?"

"Sir, Father."

Shortly after Zhao Kuangyin became a ancestor, he began to dispatch troops and generals, with Dangjin as the commander and Pan Mei as the chief supervisor. Yang Guangyi was the governor of the capital Yuhou, Guo Jin was the governor of the cavalry and infantry army as Xin, and his troops were divided into five routes. Hao Chongxin, Wang Zhengzhong sent troops to Fenzhou, Yan Yanjin, Qi Chao's troops to Qinzhou, Sun Yanxuan, An Shouzhong went out of Liaozhou, Qi Yanchen, Mu Yanzhang's troops to Shizhou, Guo was in Daizhou, and attacked the Northern Han.

Of course, the five armies were mobilized, plus the preparation of materials, supplies, and accompanying the military and civilians, there was still some time before the troops were sent.

Song Jiu felt a little strange.

If Zhao Kuangyin used his troops in the past, he would take down one place, stabilize for a few years, and then take the second place. In terms of military strategy, it means to rush the troops, and there is both war and leisure, so that the soldiers would not become a tired soldier. But why is it so fast this time?

The Northern Han is almost over, but the Northern Han is not scary. Behind the terrible is the Khitan.

Could it be that Zhao Kuangyin wanted to quickly unify the Central Plains in order to establish the crown prince?

Song Jiu suddenly felt creepy. If it was as he had guessed, Zhao Kuangyi had to take action. Moreover, the army headed north and there were not many banish soldiers in the capital, so it was the best time to take action.

Then this winter...

In the capital, Zhao Kuangmei's mansion.

Zhao Kuangmei was also asking: "Brother, why don't Cao Bin lead the troops?"

"Third brother, Cao Bin is kind. He can use it to conquer Jiangnan, but it may not work against the Khitan in the Northern Han Dynasty. Last year, I saw his various military use and was trembling in my heart. How could he let him use military use in the north again?"

"So that's it. No wonder the emperor brother promised him the position of Pingzhang after a long time."

"The way to use troops is to arrange and plan, second, compare forces, and third, luck. This is his luck and the luck of the Song Dynasty. Therefore, our army reversed the battle at the Wanjiangkou. Moreover, I have promised that a gentleman's word is as good as a horse, and I am the emperor, so how can I not keep my promise? So after thinking about it, I still gave him the position of Privy Councilor."

"Why don't the emperor brother let Pan Mei be the head coach?"

"The Northern Han Dynasty is about to be exhausted, and it is not enough to worry about it. The difficulty is why I want to take back the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun in the future. It will be a fierce battle that will last for many years. If I do not reserve a large amount of money, it will inevitably waste the people and cause money. Without financial support, I may fail at any time. At the same time, I must train troops and generals. The country cannot place its troops on Pan Mei alone. Otherwise, if something happens to Pan Mei, the country will have no generals to use it."

"That's true."

"Fortunately, the north began to grow cotton widely, and the soldiers gradually became less afraid of the cold and could compete with the Khitan. Otherwise, it would be even more difficult to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun."

"Fortunately, the emperor's brother did not listen to Tao Gu's words. Song Jiu, I have been in the Song Dynasty for a long time," said Zhao Kuangmei. Zhao Kuangyi spent all the benefits of Hezhou. Zhao Kuangmei did not spend it. She sold the dividends, including the stocks, and got more than 200,000 yuan in silk. Therefore, Zhao Kuangmei always had a good impression of Song Jiu.

"Song Jiu..." Zhao Kuangyin murmured.

He could hear all kinds of news in the palace, but the news was true and false, and he could only rely on his wisdom to identify it. However, with Song Jiu's trip to Jiangzhou, three visits to Jiangzhou City, and other deeds also reported to the capital.

He did not reject the three worships of Jiangzhou City, but only worshiped three times and did not make a big fuss. Zhao Kuangyin did not like Cao Han's actions.

It seems that the situation in Jiangzhou is not very good for Song Jiu. Song Jiu's second brother's idea is to go to Jiangzhou. It seems that the second brother is "framed" Song Jiu, but as Zhu Yanei goes to Jiangzhou, Zhao Kuangyin also realized that the bad situation in Jiangzhou is actually just an illusion.

No matter how troublesome Gu Tongzong and Zhang Ji are, their background is too shallow, so how can they be Song Jiu's opponent?

But if Song Jiu turned Jiangzhou better, it would be a great political achievement. This is not Bashu and Guangnan. Bashu only made a bet, and there were support from Lu Yuqing, Ding Deyu and Cao Bin behind. Guangnan did a good job, but what if Pan Mei was not there?

If Song Jiu had done well in Jiangzhou, the meaning would be completely different. Therefore, Zhao Kuangyin began to doubt the relationship between Song Jiu and Zhao Kuangyi.

Zhao Kuangyin didn't say much, and whether it was related or not, the problem was not big. Once he took down the Northern Han Dynasty, he would further weaken his second brother's power, so he said, "Third brother, you should also pay attention to me in the capital."

"You mean second brother..."

"Before my death, my mother had repeatedly told me to prevent the evils of the Later Zhou Dynasty in front of me and Zhao Pu. For example, the Zhou family had a eldest prince. The world was not owned by me, so I supported my second brother just in case. In order to make my mother rest in peace, I agreed at that time."

Zhao Kuangmei nodded.

This is to prevent it, but are there so many people who die young?

The eldest brother didn't take it seriously, otherwise he wouldn't have let Zhao Pu suppress his second brother.

Besides, the two emperor nephews are older. It seems that the elder brother wants to support Defang as the crown prince. When the elder brother is still rich and strong, he is not in a hurry, but once the Northern Han Dynasty is destroyed and the country is stable, he must pave the way for the emperor nephew. In fact, to be more profound, his mother likes the second brother, and he is partial to what he said at the time of his death. It is not easy to say about Zhao Kuangmei.

But Zhao Kuangmei doesn't support his elder brother's approach. Is his second brother so bold to rebel and usurp the throne?

...

Song Jiu recovered from illness, and he had to manage politics when he recovered.

At this time, Song Jiu was no longer Song Jiu who had just arrived in Jiangzhou. Gu Tongzong vaguely felt something was wrong.

Song Jiu's approach is still very normal.

After taking over the government affairs, he summoned several major clerks to inquire about government affairs. Some of them satisfied him, while others dissatisfied him, so he replaced three clerks.

There was no replacement, just three people were replaced.

The magistrate Gu Tong was stuttering, but he did not refute it in the end. If he had to object, it meant that he wanted to completely undermine Song Jiu and would inevitably tear his face apart. Thinking about the yamen in the city, he could not afford the consequences.

However, Song Jiu did not move very much, and asked several students to observe the situation outside Jiangzhou and even measure the depth of the lake and the depth of the silt on the shore of Pengli Lake.

That's all.

The people of Yuanjiangzhou came to ask for real estate one after another, but Song Jiu still delayed the reply.

But within a few days, Song Jiu received a secret report from a fisherman. While fishing in Pengyuan Lake, the fisherman accidentally drove the fishing boat to several sandbanks deep in Pengli Lake. That night, he saw many ships moored near a sandbank.

So he curiously approached his boat and saw many people gathering in Shazhou to discuss matters. He lurked over with the help of reed guards. He heard a news that the leader seemed to be Luo Da. Because he was dissatisfied with the officers and soldiers chasing him relentlessly, he gathered some people who were dissatisfied with the Song Dynasty and prepared to attack Jiangzhou to rebel.

When Song Jiu heard this news, he was stunned and immediately called Judgment Gu Tong to ask: "Judge Gu Tong, have you arrested a man named Luo Da?"

"I have issued a arrest article. This person is a thief with evil deeds and must be arrested."

"I'm in trouble," said Song Jiu, as soon as he told the situation, Gu Tongzong immediately asked the fisherman, and then took out the map to check it out.

After a long time, the fishermen retreated and said, "Jiulang, send officers and soldiers to chase them."

"They just gathered and did not set up a village. Pengli Lake is as big as that of Pengli Lake. How can I recover it? Moreover, the imperial court did not want Jiangzhou to be troubled. It would be fine if I got it, but what should I do if I couldn't get it?"

The face of Gu Tongzong changed. He did not do anything bad, nor was he afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night. He was very concerned about the ghosts in his heart. If he alarmed the court, his corruption and bribery would be revealed, and the two fatal books were still controlled by Luo Da.

Song Jiu pondered for a moment and said, "They are mobs. Most of them dare not attack Jiangzhou City. I am afraid that they will endanger the safety of Pengli Lake's waterway. Moreover, if they robbed the ships in large quantities, their power will become greater and greater. Jiangzhou now has no complete city wall, and they will really attack Jiangzhou."

"Or transfer the injunction to come."

"The court only stationed two battalions of imprisonment in Nanting, but it was not a navy army. How could the vast Pengli Lake be able to do it? And the court was about to use troops against the Northern Han Dynasty. If something big happened in Jiangzhou, you and I would not be able to bear it."

"The court wants to use troops against the Northern Han Dynasty?"

"Well, this matter..." Song Jiu thought for a long time and said, "Let's go and see the soldiers of the three camps outside the city."

The two left the city and watched the wing soldiers. The three battalions were all temporarily organized, most of the elderly, weak, sick and disabled, one was labor, and the other was shock. As for combat effectiveness, Song Jiu couldn't help but shake his head after seeing it. After pondering for a long time, he said, "One can only organize another group of wing soldiers."

"Kyuro, there are not so many people."
Chapter completed!