When Wang Jing and his ministers were talking about the princes in the south of the Yangtze River, some people in the south were also talking about him.
South of the Yangtze River, Jingkou City!
Jingkou is also known as Dantu. This place, Danyang and Jintan in the south are the borders of Liu Song Dynasty. At this time, the streets in Jingkou City are crowded with many people and businessmen.
It was completely unaffected by the war to the west.
The south of the Yangtze River is densely populated. In just two or three years, cities and towns were built in key areas of the mountains and rivers, and plains and swamps were developed and filled in to serve as farmland to provide food and grass for the major forces.
The princes in the south, whether it was the Ming army or Liu Bi, all had talents in civil affairs under their command. They also followed the orthodox official line and attached great importance to grain and grass fields.
Those small and medium-sized forces that only knew how to plunder and loot had long been destroyed in the battles between the princes in the south of the Yangtze River.
In a restaurant in the north of Jingkou City, the three floors below were crowded with guests. Among them were many businessmen who traveled around the country. They were well-informed, and the news from all over the south of the Yangtze River could not be hidden from their ears.
In the private room upstairs.
Two scribes were drinking and talking near the window.
Their eyes were gleaming, and their mental strength was obviously not weak. They could clearly hear the merchants below.
One of the scribes stood at the window and looked across the pier to see the mighty river to the north, like a vast ocean.
The river is filled with water vapor, and there are many merchant ships sailing at the risk of being attacked by strange animals in the river.
These merchant ships were either heading to Changshu or to Jinling upstream.
Whether it was the Ming army in Jinling or the Liu Song army in Jingkou, they only prohibited the passage of naval warships, but they did not shut out these merchant ships.
When the Ming army and the Liu Song army were at war with each other, merchant ships were also flowing continuously.
"Liu Yilong is a good civil servant. In a short period of time, he was able to make Jingkou and Danyang extremely prosperous, and the people can live in peace... It's a pity that there are too few generals under his command, and they are no match for the Ming army!"
The scribe sighed as he sat on a chair and drank slowly.
He looks extremely handsome and has an outstanding figure. If you don't observe carefully, you would think that he is a woman disguised as a man...
As if to avoid being misunderstood, the scribe grew a beard to give him a more masculine look.
In addition, the scribe standing at the window has an extraordinary temperament and sharp eyes.
"There are many generals in the Ming army, so it's normal that Liu Yilong can't stop them!"
The scribe said.
In the mouths of the two scribes, the name of Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty Liu Yilong was mentioned without the slightest scruple.
At this time, the two scribes suddenly shut up, pricked up their ears, and heard the words of several businessmen below the restaurant.
"Yangzhou changed hands, Sui Ting was defeated...Huai Wang Wang Jing has opened the North-South Canal, and now there are businessmen ready to risk crossing the river to the north?"
After a while, the handsome scribe sitting on the chair was stunned for a moment. Apparently hearing this news for the first time.
This situation is also normal.
Nowadays, the world of China is vast, and Jingkou and Yangzhou are separated by a river that has been widened ten times. Without the passage of strong ships, it is very troublesome for the two sides to travel between the two sides.
As for the information about Wang Jing of the Huai Army, the princes in the south of the Yangtze River sent spies to know immediately.
But they will not spread this news to ordinary people casually.
Although the two scribes in the restaurant have extraordinary status and abilities, they now hide their identities. On the surface, they are just ordinary scholars in Jingkou City.
It's okay to know the situation in Jiangnan, but it's difficult to know the news about Jiangbei.
This is also one of the reasons why they stay in the restaurant. They want to get the information they want to know from the businessmen who travel around.
"King Huai is so fast. He captured Yangzhou and connected the canal so quickly!"
The face of the handsome scholar showed admiration.
It was not the first time that the two of them heard about Wang Jing. They were just slow to get the news, and they were not ignorant.
After learning about the expansion of the Huai army, talents who are willing to defect to the Ming Dynasty to show their ambitions will have some admiration for Wang Jing.
"Brother Yanlong, I remember that under the command of King Huai, General Yang Kan, as well as Xiao Yuanming and other Xiao clan members defected to him... Now that His Majesty is no longer here, why don't you and I go north to join King Huai? How about that?"
said the handsome young man.
Speaking of their origins and identities, they are extraordinary.
The scholar known as Yanlong was Fan Yun, the hero who assisted Xiao Yan in establishing Nanliang. He was also Xiao Yan's most trusted confidant. He was the prime minister of Nanliang. His literary talents and political affairs were first-class. When Xiao Yan died of illness in the history of the original world, he shed tears and was filled with grief and honor.
The handsome young man is Shen Yue, who is also known as the Eight Friends of Jingling along with Fan Yun. Xiao Yan is also one of the Eight Friends of Jingling. He is both a friend and a monarch and minister with them, and they have a deep friendship with each other.
Shen Yue was also the prime minister of Nanliang. He was very smart and talented. In his later years, he repeatedly clashed with Xiao Yan and made rude remarks.
He was the one who urged Xiao Yan to accept Zen at first, but later after he dreamed about the suicide of the late Southern Qi Emperor, he secretly wrote a memorial to heaven, saying that accepting Zen was not his attention, and asked the late Southern Qi Emperor not to seek revenge from him, but to seek revenge if he wanted. Find the right owner...
Later, when comparing the memory of allusions with Xiao Yan, he remembered three less allusions than Xiao Yan. As a result, when he left the palace, he told people that the emperor wanted to save face and protect his shortcomings! I had to give in to Xiao Yan, otherwise I was afraid that he would die of shame!
If anyone dares to do this in other monarchs.
It would not be an exaggeration to kill the three clans by smashing their corpses into thousands of pieces! It can only be said that Shen Yue kept seeking death and was not killed by the furious Xiao Yan, which proved that their friendship was indeed extraordinary.
When they arrived, they did not follow Xiao Yan. When they were ready to defect to Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan was defeated by the Ming army before he could develop.
After Xiao Yan's defeat, the two of them had nowhere to go, so they hid their identities and came to Jingkou.
If the Ming army defeated Xiao Yan, they would definitely not defect to the Ming Dynasty. Liu Yilong had killed Shen Yue's father in the original history, and Shen Yue would definitely not serve Liu Song.
Compared to Shen Yue, Fan Yun was more thoughtful.
Therefore, among the two, Fan Yun's opinion was the dominant one.
"Yang Kan and Xiao Yuanming have both defected to King Huai. It would be good for us to go north and defect to the Huai army!"
Fan Yun muttered.
Shen Yue immediately raised his glass, drank it down, and said, "I think among the princes south of the Yangtze River, except for the Ming army, which is pretty good, none of the other princes can compare with King Huai!"
"We went north to join the Huai Army. We will definitely have the opportunity to cross the Yangtze River and go south in the future. Then we will confront the Ming Army to avenge His Majesty!"
Mentioned Xiao Yan.
There was a trace of sadness in Fan Yun's eyes. After arriving in this world, he didn't have time to see his old friend, and the other party was gone.
What a pity.
Xiao Yan's literary and martial arts were extraordinary, and the Nanliang established in history was also at its peak. Unfortunately, Nanliang and Xiao Yan could not compete with the Jinling Ming army.
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