No matter what Zhao Lu's mentality was when he took action at this moment, he did reduce a lot of pressure on Shen Yi and also saved the Huai'an army from losing a lot of lives.
The only thing that annoyed Shen Yi was that the Huaihe Navy took action two or three days late.
These details will be discussed in the future.
But for now, the most important thing for Shen Yi is to win the battle in Huai'an right now.
After he made arrangements for the Eastern Front, he sent someone to Lianshui Camp to communicate with Ling Su about the situation of the war.
In the next three or four days, the fighting between the two sides continued. However, because Shen Yi discovered that the Qi people would no longer increase their troops on the south bank, the pressure of the Huai'an army's attack was not particularly great, and the intensity of the war suddenly dropped a lot.
On the fourth day, early in the morning, while Shen Yi was still sleeping, he was woken up by Jiang Sheng. Mr. Shen put on thick clothes and reluctantly got up.
In the past few days, his mental pressure has dropped a lot, and he can finally sleep peacefully. He has also made up for the energy he had spent in the past few days.
However, it was about to enter winter now. Once winter entered, it was difficult for Shen Yi to get up. Fortunately, he was in the army and knew his priorities. After being woken up by Jiang Sheng, he quickly put on his clothes.
After he put on his clothes, a young man walked in from outside the tent. After seeing Shen Yi, he bowed his head respectfully and said, "Master."
Mr. Shen yawned, pointed to the seat opposite him, and said with a smile: "Sit down and talk."
The visitor was none other than Xu Fu.
After Xu Fu sat down, Shen Yi said with some embarrassment: "I promised you before that when you get married to my little sister, I will personally marry you. However, this year, I have too many things to take care of. Jiankang’s side is breaking their promise.”
It is now October and almost November, and Xu Fu has already married Xu Liuniang in September.
Xu Fu quickly lowered his head and said: "Young master is busy with national affairs. My marriage to my little sister is just a trivial matter. I don't dare to let you worry about it. Besides..."
"Before and after the wedding, my wife also helped with a lot of arrangements, otherwise the few of us would have no idea about the wedding process..."
When Shen Yi left Jiankang at the beginning of the year, he had entrusted Lu Ruoxi to help Xu Fu and the others. Later, when Xu Fu got married, Lu Ruoxi did worry a lot about it.
Mr. Shen poured Xu Fu a cup of hot tea and said softly: "After all, I still broke my promise. I'll use tea instead of wine to make amends for you."
Xu Fu quickly stood up, lowered his head and said, "Young master, you are too outspoken."
After the two reminisced about old times, Shen Yi asked Xu Fu to sit down and talk about business.
"Originally, as a newlywed, I shouldn't have called you to Huai'an, but now I need your help with something."
Xu Fu quickly lowered his head: "Young Master's orders."
Mr. Shen nodded: "Then I won't talk nonsense."
"The Huai'an army is currently short of gunpowder, iron, and arrows."
When Xu Fu heard this, he smiled bitterly and said, "Sir, salt, iron, and copper are all exclusive to the imperial court. I can't get them for you. As for gunpowder, even the raw materials are prohibited from trading by the imperial court..."
"I'm not asking you to break the law."
Shen Yi smiled and said: "Gunpowder and iron tools are available in Jiankang's Bingzhang Bureau. However, there are some old guys in Jiankang City who are obstructing them and are still refusing to send them to me. I have already asked for an imperial edict. Please forgive me." Send the caravan to Huai'an for me."
"Of course there is no problem with this."
Xu Fu nodded quickly and said with a smile: "Liulichang has raised several horse teams in the past two years. I will ask them to send them to the young master later."
Shen Yi paused and said, "Also, I need some cash."
After saying this, he looked up at Xu Fu's expression.
"If you have some there, send some to me and it will be considered as loan to you."
Xu Fu immediately lowered his head and said: "Master, how can we negotiate? The business of Dazhong Tea Shop and some local weaving shops are done with the court's money. I didn't touch the money, but Liulichang I have always been taking care of your business for you, Master."
"According to the original agreement between you and His Majesty, Liulichang's income will be divided into 50 and 50, and I will keep your half for you, and..."
"The inner court has not withdrawn much money from Liulichang. The money is still in Liulichang's silver treasury."
Xu Fu glanced at Shen Yi and said, "I have met Eunuch Gao several times in the past few days. Eunuch Gao seems to mean that there is no shortage of money in the palace for the time being, and all the money from Liulichang will be used by the young master."
Mr. Shen lowered his head and took a sip of tea, and said slowly: "Don't touch their half of the money in the palace."
"yes."
Xu Fu lowered his head: "I never thought of touching them."
He looked at Shen Yi again and said, "How much does the young master want?"
"One million taels of silver in cash, do you have it?"
Xu Fu suddenly smiled and said: "Sir, you have underestimated Liulichang's income for more than a year. When Liulichang first started, colored glaze products were first sent to the palace. Later, they became popular in Jiankang. At that time, a set of transparent colored glaze A high-quality tea set can be sold for five hundred taels of silver, and a fine-quality tea set can even cost a thousand taels."
"Even now, Liulichang's technology has not been spread to outsiders. A tea set from Liulichang can still be sold for more than ten taels of silver, and the supply exceeds demand. If it goes outside, someone will raise the market price."
"Up to now, one or two years have passed, and there are more than three million taels of silver in Liulichang's basement."
"Including some land deeds, house deeds, and money stored in other banks, I'm afraid there are already five or six million taels."
Hearing this number, even Shen Yi couldn't help but be a little stunned.
This is too profitable!
He was not shocked by the money-making ability of the "glass" industry, but by Jiankang's consumption power.
It seems that the rich people in Jiankang City.
There are so many.
From this point of view, all the businesses Shen Yi has run over the years, including Mrs. Ye's business in Fuzhou, or all the businesses put together, are not as rich as this Liulichang.
Xu Fu lowered his head slightly and said, "I will rush back to Jiankang and deliver 1.5 million taels of cash to the young master within ten days."
Shen Yi shook his head slightly: "One million taels is enough. The main purpose is to first provide pensions and rewards to the brothers under my command on behalf of the household department."
He looked at Xu Fu and said, "If it's convenient for you, buy some pigs, cattle and sheep from along the way, and rush to Lianshui and Xiangshui counties to beat the teeth of the brothers in the army as a sacrifice."
"yes."
Xu Fu lowered his head slightly and said, "Then I will rush back to Jiankang and finish the matter for you."
"Let's go back after having a meal."
Master Shen looked at Xu Fu, smiled and said, "In case I meet my little sister in the future, she will complain that I don't even give you a hot meal."
"Business matters."
Xu Fu lowered his head and said, "I will rush back to Jiankang right now. When the young master returns to Jiankang, I will come to ask for food."
Shen Yi hesitated for a moment, then shook his head slightly: "Well, you can almost be said to be the richest man in Jiankang now, and you probably don't like the food in the army. I will send you out."
This sentence was a joke, Xu Fu just smiled and said nothing more.
Shen Yi sent him all the way to the gate of the camp, and then watched him leave on horseback.
After seeing off Xu Fu, Shen Yi no longer felt sleepy. He left the Xiangshui camp on horseback and came to the military tent on the front line.
At this moment, there is still fighting on the front line.
However, most of the time, the Huai'an army was harassing the Qi people's positions on the south bank, and no real large-scale conflicts occurred for the time being.
Because Shen Yi was not prepared to attack Qi Ren's position.
After these Qi people stopped increasing their troops, they no longer had the intention to attack Huai'an, and the two sides fell into a stalemate.
At this moment, Su Ding was having a "meeting" with the thousands of households under him. When they saw Shen Yi coming, everyone quickly stood up and saluted with clasped fists.
"I've met Mr. Shen!"
Mr. Shen put his hands behind his back, walked to the main seat and sat down, then looked at everyone and said with a smile: "What are you discussing?"
Su Ding lowered his head slightly and said, "Back to Mr. Shen, we are discussing how to cut off the Qi people's waterway."
"Last time, Mr. Shen said that we should stop them and not let them come or leave whenever they want."
"But they have too many ships. In our Xiangshui area alone, they probably have one or two hundred ships. If they are not ready to attack Huai'an now and want to retreat to the north bank, it will be difficult for us to completely stop them. .”
Shen Yi nodded silently and asked, "How are Qi people doing today?"
"The military strength seems to have not increased or decreased, but the boats on the Huaihe River are constantly coming and going..."
Shen Yi reached out and knocked on the table. After thinking for a while, he said slowly: "We can't let them be so comfortable."
"The number of attacks should be increased as appropriate to make these Qi people feel the pressure."
"All warships are on standby, ready to stop the enemy from escaping north."
"Even if we stop half of them, it's still a big victory."
The Qi people are now on the north coast. The total number of Qi people on the east and west fronts and along the coast must have exceeded 30,000. If half of them can be retained, it will be an unprecedented victory for the Huai'an army!
Su Ding looked up at Shen Yi and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Shen, we don't have enough arrows and gunpowder."
"In a few days..."
Shen Yi rubbed his eyebrows.
"It will be delivered to you in a few days."
Shen Yi raised his head and looked around everyone, his voice calm.
"Everyone, it's winter already."
"Years ago, all these Qi people who have entered the Dachen realm must be dealt with."
"Then, brothers..."
"Have a good year."
(End of chapter)
