"Sir, mean...?"

"Two years ago, I have returned from the south of the capital. Officials in the capital have already borrowed money. The Ministry of Revenue deposits have all gone into the pockets of officials at all levels. In the past two years, I am afraid that it will become more and more intense? This time, the eldest prince went south to lead troops. I wonder how much money the imperial court allocated and how much grain it transferred?"

"This..." The eldest prince smiled bitterly and said, "You can't hide anything from you. But please don't worry. Although the money is not much, it is still enough for the time being. As for military rations, except for the wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan, the disciples have asked to transfer food from Huguang and other places, and they don't think they will delay military rations."

"What about the people? What about the disaster relief situation in Jiangnan now?" Xiong Cilu asked.

The eldest prince thought for a while and said, "I'm not hiding this matter. My disciple has secretly reported to the Emperor Ama. I think there is another arrangement based on the Emperor Ama's wise and magical martial arts. This time, the disciple came to Jiangnan mainly for military affairs. This local government is the responsibility of officials at all levels in Jiangnan."

"Don't be fooled!" Hearing this answer, Xiong Cilu's eyes suddenly opened, and his turbid eyes flashed with brilliance, just as intimidating as in the court back then.

"What is the peaceful and prosperous world? It's just two words - money and food! As long as the court has money and the people have food, the world will be mundane. Even if there is a little trouble, it's just a scabies. But once there is a problem with money and food, the world will inevitably be in turmoil! I asked the eldest prince why Zhu and Yuan Wei made such a big noise? In addition to the local officials and the so-called descendants of Zhu Ming, it is mainly because the people have no food in their hands and the court has no money in their hands! The so-called accumulation of small harm is a big disaster, this is the case! The eldest prince is responsible for heavy responsibilities this time. If the money and food problem cannot be solved as soon as possible, it will probably be difficult to achieve his contribution!"

"Is this a bit alarmist by sir? My Qing Dynasty is rich and powerful in all over the world. Even if Jiangnan is a little unstable now, it is not a big deal. As long as you raise troops to wipe out Zhu, Yuan and other troops, wait for the court to make a move to appease the place. This is enough for me."

Xiong Cilu's words made the eldest prince very unhappy, and even the title changed from a disciple to this king. Immediately, Xiong Cilu sighed and stopped talking. He was old and would not live long. If it were the ones he had never said this to the eldest prince before. Since the eldest prince did not want to listen, it would be useless to say more. Xiong Cilu slowly closed his eyes. At this time, the old door beside him told the eldest prince that he was tired and wanted to rest. The eldest prince had no choice but to stand up and bow to Xiong Cilu, saying goodbye to leave.

When he left Xiong Mansion, the eldest prince was still furious. Although he was very dissatisfied with Xiong Cilu's words before and was also a little dissatisfied, Xiong Cilu was not wrong. Now there is indeed a problem with the money and food of the court. The eldest prince is a veteran who has been in war for a long time, but he still had to worry about money and food that time on the battle? Only this time he went to Jiangnan.

Although the eldest prince did not accept Xiong Cilu's warning, he still remembered it in his heart. When he returned to his residence, he once again invited his subordinates to ask about the mobilization of food and grass. When he learned that the military rations and other items transported from Huguang could arrive in Hangzhou in the near future, the eldest prince finally breathed a sigh of relief and ordered the army to prepare tomorrow and set off the road to the next day.

From Nanjing to the south, the eldest prince set up the assembly point in Ningguo Mansion, which is now Xuancheng according to the situation in Jiangnan. The journey from Nanjing to Ningguo Mansion was relatively smooth. Five days later, the army entered Ningguo Mansion. The eldest prince convened generals from various routes to conduct a pre-military meeting in Ningguo Mansion. After discussion, the army would go south to encircle and suppress the three routes, and the left side went to Huizhou and the right side to Lin'an Hangzhou area. The eldest prince's middle route went directly to Jixi and advanced three routes to compress the living space of Yuan Qi and other troops, intending to drive Yuan Qi's troops south and finally completely wipe out the other side north of Quzhou.

It can be said that this plan is relatively safe, not to mention that at this time, Yuan Qi's army had already become a frightened bird. Not only did it lose a large number of elite troops, but it also had extremely shortage of food and grass equipment. If nothing unexpected happens, Yuan Qi's army could not resist the fierce Qing army under this plan. Once it continues to flee south, it will completely fall into the pocket set by the eldest prince. In this regard, the eldest prince is full of confidence. He is very confident and he is very confident to completely wipe out the Jiangnan bandit army units within two months. In fact, the military power comparison between China and the two sides is indeed the case.

But no one expected that shortly after the tactics of the eldest prince's three-way advance were launched, the right-road army had a problem first. More than ten days later, the right-road army who arrived in Lin'an found that the military rations that should have been transported long ago had not arrived. Considering the overall lack of food and grass in the army, the eldest prince specially allocated all the military rations in his hands to the central and left-road army. As for the right-road side, only some food and grass were carried, and all supplies would be completed in the Lin'an area.

But who would have thought that when the right army arrived in Lin'an, they did not see any food and military supplies. After asking Lin'an officials, they learned that military rations and other supplies were urging Hangzhou to transport them a few days ago, and Hangzhou also said that they would transport them to Lin'an in the near future. After waiting patiently for two days, the whereabouts of the military rations were still missing. The military personnel of more than 6,000 people ate horses and chewed them every day. General Sun Dazhan was anxious and sent people to Hangzhou again to urge the food and grass, but he never expected that the cold grass not only had not arrived, but also brought bad news like thunder.

"What?!"

When Sun Dazhan learned of this news, he was so shocked that he stood up, looking incredible: "Is this matter serious? Is it true?"

"When returning to the military gate, this matter is absolutely true. If the city of Hangzhou is already panic, Huang Futai and General Fu are urgently discussing countermeasures..."

"Discussing it! A bunch of food can ruin my big deal!" Sun Dazhan cursed. Huang Bingzhong and Fu Bao were simply bastards! They actually lost all the military rations and supplies hoarded in Tonglu, and they just learned about it today. Zhejiang was in chaos before. If they hadn't been successful in defending the city, they would have been removed. How long has the battle in Hangzhou been gone, and now such a big disaster has happened again. Huang Bingzhong and Fu Bao blamed him for losing the military rations and supplies. The key is what his subordinates eat and drink? Could it be that all of them become immortals and drink the wind and dew?

Sun Dazhan was anxious, so how could he sit still at this time? He immediately called someone to prepare horses and took a troop and hurried out of the city and ran towards Hangzhou.

At this time, Hangzhou was already panicked as Sun Dazhan's subordinates reported. When Tonglu County was lost and a large number of military rations and materials were lost, the entire Hangzhou city suddenly exploded.

Not long after the Hangzhou war, the broken walls of Hangzhou City were not repaired. As for the people in Hangzhou, they suffered heavy damage in the war, and countless displaced people were countless. As the governor, Huang Bingzhong has been working on local reconstruction and relief work these days, but due to the shortage of money and food in his hands, and the situation in Zhejiang's disaster became more and more serious, Huang Bingzhong was really a clever wife who could not cook without rice, so he could only barely deal with it. He originally planned to take out some of the food from Tonglu for his use, but no one expected that Tonglu would lose it inexplicably.
Chapter completed!