Nan'an Villa is very lively.

The gate and side door of the villa are open, and there are more than hundreds of tables of flowing tables. Whether it is officials, soldiers, businessmen, or civilians, or fishermen on the river, as long as they come to congratulate, they are qualified to go to the table to drink, and wine and food are all available. The congratulatory people send gifts according to their financial resources. A large merchant gives antique tools or calligraphy and paintings from celebrities, the prices are high. In the past, Xu Zi would not accept these valuable gifts at first. When he was overjoyed, he had to give them to him, but he had to register and give them back with considerable gifts in the future.

As for ordinary merchants, some people give you about a hundred copper coins. If the family is from an ordinary family, the royal family will be in the first place, or a few copper coins, or hold their fists and bow, and say a few words of congratulations. It is also welcome to come and congratulate His Highness. The princess congratulates him, and the royal family is also extremely welcome.

This made a large number of gentry and people come in one after another, some of whom were greedy and brought a few big money to eat meat and drink. However, most of them were really in a congratulations and gratitude. The smiling relatives and friends came to the other courtyard to congratulate the king of Zhongshan. Most of the people in the town were familiar with Xu Zixian. Of course, Xu Zixian might not necessarily remember someone, most of whom were greetings in the town or nodding a little. Even so, they were old friends of neighbors. Although these people were small people, they had a sense of gratitude and recognition. The gates of the palace were open, so everyone came together to enjoy the joy.

At least thousands of people have flocked in the villa. Fortunately, the place is vast, from the front hall, to the martial arts venue, to various halls and wing rooms, there are wine tables everywhere. Hundreds of people in the official households are chefs or chefs, and they are not afraid to deal with such scenes.

In the lively atmosphere, laughter and joy were everywhere in the courtyard, which was also a contrast with the sound of firecrackers and cheers outside the courtyard.

After Chen Wenjun entered, she held the younger sister's hand and laughed happily. The two sat in the back house and chatted.

The two girls also met when they were young, but at that time the younger generation was still younger. In addition to following his elder brother Xu Zixian like a follower, they went to the Chen family to play and joke with Chen Wenjun.

The past seems to be yesterday. When they were in Qizhou, the two families were very close. Chen Wenjun and her younger sister talked about poetry, listened to stories, appreciated flowers, swinged, and came over. One had just married a wife and became a princess, and the other had also made a marriage contract, and he could get married in two years.

"I'll ask my third sister for the matter in the inner house from now on." The younger sister still smiled at Chen Wenjun according to the old name: "Brother always said that I would ask me to experience it. Now, I've finished it, so I'll look at my third sister."

"In the future, you must be Wei Yanke's good friend." Chen Wenjun was not polite. He received the seal letter from his younger sister. The dispatch of money and grain in the inner house must be printed. There are also 100 people in the inner house, and there are also a large number of related industries, with hundreds of subordinate personnel. In addition, the money and grain in the inner house are often used to reward foreign officials and soldiers. The expenses must be recorded, and it is not negligent.

Therefore, the head of the big mansion was no less than the financial director of a large company in later generations. With the identity of the hostess, if it was half the head of the big group, it would be no exaggeration.

The little girl's face turned slightly red, but there was not much shame between her eyebrows.

The marriage with Wei Yi was said to be the elder brother as his father, and the elder brother Xu Zi decided first, but in fact, Xu Zi let go of Ren Xiaomei first and chose it himself.

"Brother came in just now, and his face seemed to be serious?"

"There is an important matter." Of course, Chen Wenjun would not hide it from her younger sister. She immediately told her everything about Xu Zi's explanation in the morning.

"No wonder my elder brother returned to Nan'an early." The younger sister felt a little uneasy. The current situation was indeed extraordinary, and it might even turn the road to Fujian.

The younger sister said, "Brother hurriedly returns, are you going to use troops?"

"Mingda wants to withdraw the Dongfan in full, and he also needs to move the warehouse of the shop to Qizhou to build a port terminal there." Chen Wenjun shook his head gently.

"No matter what," Chen Wenjun said softly: "Mingda will choose the most correct approach, which will not only make the Zhongshan Palace go up, but will not cause the people of Fujian Road to suffer more suffering."

...

"If everyone has no objection," Xu Zixian said: "This meeting ended like this. It conveyed to the cabinet, workshop, household house, department and department, and all departments must cooperate fully. The task of the military office is extremely heavy. In the short term, the newly trained soldiers and their families will be moved to the Dongfan, and from Penghu and the Dongfan mobilized the navy ship fleet and the relevant garrison troops to be stationed in Qizhou."

Chen Zuocai said: "We used to hand over Qizhou Port back to the Pacification Envoy before. Will Lin Shuaichen have no objection to this arrangement?"

Fang Shaoqun smiled and said, "When things go wrong, Lin Douyao will be overwhelmed. He had hesitated and reluctant to cooperate with us before, and was reluctant to let go of the power in his hands. Now we are willing to station in Qizhou, and can help Fuzhou or Zhangzhou at any time, and protect the eastern part of the Xinghua Army. He was too happy, so how could he be dissatisfied? He would not take the initiative to restrain him. On the other side of Zhao, the main energy of King Zhao was to mobilize troops. Before the situation was uncontrollable, defeat Li Kaiming and gain the power to establish the Jie and open the government. He would not take the initiative to provoke us at this time."

"That's right." Xu Zixian smiled slightly and stepped back and made progress. There was such a benefit. He did not stay in Fuzhou to hinder King Zhao. Instead of fighting for power, King Zhao was too happy. Although the port of Qizhou was important, it was nothing compared to the general trend.

The Zhongshan Palace is most efficient, and the tone of the meeting is certain. Then the Ministry of Justice issued a document from Cao Ji, and then the cabinet's card room issued instructions to various departments. Then the military, workshop, household and other departments worked together to cooperate. Li Yi will preside over the overall situation, send personnel, Kong He and the money will be distributed, and officials will be sent to work with each other. Then the money will be in place, and the craftsmen and the people will be in full force. Then the development and construction will be carried out. The officials will go to Qizhou to divide the area, resettle the people, and establish construction projects on the port and shore.

As for the island of Qizhou, you can also inform local officials that the power of the Zhongshan Prince's Mansion is enough to fully cooperate with the newly appointed governor of Qizhou Li Anyuan. Even if his defense envoy has not yet taken office, he should be in the conflict between Lin Douyao's faction and King Zhao. Xu Zixian will take this candidate without hesitation and add it to Zhongshan.

An official in the royal palace.

Even the candidate Xu Zixian had already considered it, and recommended that Wei Yi be the magistrate of Penghu County and the Qizhou defense envoy. It was only a few dozen nautical miles from Qizhou to Penghu. When the sky was high and the sun was sunny, you could clearly see the Penghu Islands on the mountains of Qizhou. From Penghu, you could also see the mountains of Qizhou, which were close to each other. In addition, Qizhou was originally a strategic location, and Wei Yi made new military achievements, so the court deserved to repay the merits.

Wei Yi also served this position. As a nail that the Zhongshan Prince's Mansion extends to the local Fujian Road, he must have done a very competent job and is absolutely competent.

Penghu's performance after the pirates attacked, before and after that, the governance of the people showed that Wei Yi was not only an outstanding child of a family of officials and gentry, but under the influence of Xu Zixian, his philosophy and skills in governance were very different from ordinary bureaucrats.

As a friend, and the Wei family was tied to the chariot of the Zhongshan Prince's Mansion. With his in-laws, Wei Yi would of course be recognized by the gentry family on Fujian Road. After all, the Wei family was born in it, and he would also be recognized by the Zhongshan Prince's Mansion. With Xu Zixian's friend and brother-in-law, even Li Yi was particularly polite when he met Wei Yi. The other officials also agreed with Wei Yi's identity and ability.

When everyone went out, the banquet outside continued to be unconfused, although there were too many people, from noon to evening, more than 10,000 people attended the banquet. It was very lively, but there was no chaos at all.

Seeing this, Fang Shaoqun smiled and said, "Miss Ruo Er is a man, so he should be the king's helper."

The banquet in front of me also showed extraordinary mobilization and organizational skills, which were not something that ordinary people could host. My younger sister had presided over many major events in the Dongfan before she had this ability.

Xu Zixian laughed and said, "My groom has never been to the banquet, but he is hiding in the back house. It's too unspeakable. I'm going to the front yard to drink and talk to the elders. All the other things will be left to you."

He was quite calm and determined that the major events on Fujian Road in the next few months had been decided. Although there would be losses, the best decision was to make the current decision. Therefore, Xu Zixian had already calmed down and strided forward, but went to the front yard to greet the guests who came to the banquet.

Of course, drinking with guests is also necessary. Lin Shaozong and Gao Shi came, Li Shouli and others quickly followed, guarding the loose outside and tight inside, and also blocking the wine for the king.

Jin Baoyi, Wu Weisan, Zhang Huchen and others nodded to Fang Shaoqun, Chen Zuocai and others. Both sides held their fists and said goodbye. The big thing was coming, and they had no time and mood to go to the banquet and drink.

The generals were very fast. When it was dark, many soldiers were stoking along the banks of the Minjiang River and began to move towards Fuzhou.

Although the miners and newly recruited civilians trained less than ten days, they practiced queues and commands these days. Under the promotion of military officers at all levels, the order of thousands of troops remained generally neat. Each team beat two torches, while the rest of the soldiers carried tart cloth, bedding, and no weapons at their waists and hands... These new soldiers were not qualified to wear weapons. Their robes were sent down. The first batch of newly made cotton cloth in the Dongfan was not sold, but were all made into military uniforms.

The same gray short robe, with leather belts around the waist, is quite like a soldier even though it is a new army. Then, the daggers, purses, kettles, and bottles containing salt are placed in the same position. When marching, line up as neatly as possible and watch from a distance. The army is in a uniform manner, winding like a fire dragon, moving forward quickly along the banks of the Minjiang River.

Many people just came out of the villa of the Zhongshan Palace and saw the scene in front of them, and they all looked astonished.

The sudden mobilization of the newly recruited government troops made people who were immersed in the happy event feel a little abnormal. The incident suddenly started, and many representative figures of local gentry and businessmen, including Lin Dingyi, Yang Shizhi, Wei Jiuzhen, Chen Duzhu and Xu Yanda, gathered together, but they looked at each other, and they had no idea what the purpose of the Zhongshan Palace was.

The King of Zhongshan was newlywed, but it was inconvenient to inquire, and everyone was anxious.

Fortunately, after midnight, Gao Huairen arrived, clasped his fists and bowed to everyone, and colluded with Li Kaiming, the Zhao Mansion, and told everyone that Li Kaiming had already raised a flag in Jianzhou to raise the uprising news.

"This is broken." Chen Duzhu has traveled the most places and has the most knowledgeable knowledge. He is familiar with local people in the capital and Jiangling. He looks like a broker of the great gentry family who runs everywhere and opens up business opportunities for his family. In fact, he travels all over the north and northwest roads, and is quite familiar with the situations of Jinghu North Road, South Road, Guangnan East Road, West Road, Yunnan Road, Guizhou Road, etc. He also knows that everywhere is actually an unerupted volcano with anger. As long as a little spark falls, it will immediately spark a prairie fire!

As for Fujian Road, although the people were in trouble with the support of the prosperous industrial and commercial trade, they were still on the line of food and clothing and did not rebel on a large scale. However, under Wang Yue's nonsense, the people had accumulated a lot of anger.

Without the guidance of powerful figures, after Wang Yue took office, the newly appointed local officials would do a little to provide some pension to the people's livelihood, and their anger would calm down.

At this time, a prestigious and powerful thief like Li Kaiming was in Jianzhou. This was not a little spark, but a fire was directly lit up on the crater!

Its thrilling state is irrepressible at the beginning of the fire!

"Zhao King is confused, Li Gu should be killed." Chen Duzhu looked gray and said in a deep voice: "They don't know what the bandit leader is. They still want to control others. If I expected it, the people they sent were already on the road to Huangquan Road at this time!"

"Old Zhu said it's right." Gao Huairen smiled and said, "Li Kaiming's office is in an iron farm in Jianchang, less than 200 miles away from us. Someone has inquired about it. More than a hundred people who passed by Fuzhou were ordered to be shot and killed by Li Kaiming. The bodies were discarded from the mountain road and into the bottom of the valley. These people were long dead."

"Where is Li Kaiming going now?" Lin Dingyi said worriedly: "Will the army leave to avoid its edge for the time being?"

"Yes." Gao Huairen said calmly: "Our Highness has always been worried about the situation in Jianzhou, so he arranged personnel in

There to find out the news…”

"Oh," Lin Dingyi said according to his own understanding: "It's a secret stake."

"Well, that's right." Gao Huairen stroked his chin and beard and said frankly: "It was very important to start with Li Kaiming. Li Kaiming had the military funds from the Zhao Mansion, but his strength was not something we could resist now. Even if we mobilize the Dongfan Army, it will take time. The army hastily traveled and rushed to the battlefield, which will lead to failure. The thieves will soon exceed 100,000, or even 200,000. Your Highness considers that Nan'an, Shuikou and Gukou are difficult to save. The army first went to Qizhou, to build port camps there, and to place merchants and civilians near Jianzhou to go to Qizhou and Dongfan for a while. Those who go to Fuzhou, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou to take refuge, please listen to it. As for the bosses and the shopkeepers, you can temporarily live in Qizhou for a while. Regarding the port location, Qizhou is better than Nan'an. This is what Your Highness means. How to make decisions is of course determined by the bosses."

The meaning of the Zhongshan Prince's Mansion is very obvious. The army goes first, builds defenses and houses to Qizhou to prepare for large-scale scholars and people to flee to Qizhou. In addition, Nan'an abandonment will probably damage the war and rebuilding will take time and effort. It is better to transfer the current foundation of the business to Qizhou. Speaking of which, the prosperity of the towns in Nan'an is based on the transfer from Jianzhou to Fuzhou. During the war, the towns in Nan'an have lost their use and will be destroyed by the war. Even if the Qingming Festival is repeated, it will be transported by land and the Minjiang River, because the prosperity brought about by the civil strife in Jianzhou cannot last long.

Transferring to Qizhou is equivalent to controlling the seaport trade in Jianzhou, Xinghua Army, Shaowu Army, Fuzhou and other places. If it is well managed, even if it cannot catch up with Quanzhou and Zhangzhou, it is still much stronger than ordinary trading ports.

Chen Duzhu, Wei Jiuzhen, and Xu Yanda looked at each other. Chen Duzhu immediately said, "My Chen family and the Prince of Zhongshan Mansion have become in-laws, of course, everything is up to you."

"The same is true for my Xu family."

"My Wei family will also move Nan'an Jiye and even Fuzhou's commercial banks to Qizhou."

The incident suddenly started. Since Nan'an could not defend it, of course, he took advantage of the situation to gain Qizhou again. In terms of geographical conditions, Qizhou ports are indeed much stronger than Nan'an Town.

Lin Dingyi, Yang Shizhi and others also said: "Before we opened a business in Nan'an, it was a helpless move. At that time, Chen Yutai was entrenched in Qizhou. Now, if the Zhongshan Prince's Mansion moves the town people and the army to Qizhou, we will certainly follow us."

"Very good." Gao Huairen nodded and said, "If so, the Chamber of Commerce will hold a meeting earlier to encourage businessmen to bring their families to Qizhou or Dongfan. My Zhongshan Palace will help you. If you go elsewhere, you will be willing to do so."

Many businessmen were silent, although they made up their minds to follow the Zhongshan Palace, because in today's world, the prince of the emperor, the prince of the emperor, colluded with bandits and did not hesitate to disrupt Fujian for his own selfishness. Lin Douyao was brave and incompetent, and most of the other officials and nobles were like this.

Looking around, the only one who believed in Zhongshan was the King of Zhongshan. How could there be any other choice besides following him?

After Li Kaiming Xiao gathered more than 100,000 or 200,000 people, Fuzhou may not be able to defend it. Many people thought that it would be better to go to Qizhou now than to go to Dongfan.

The worst result is that the Southeast is not protected, but the East Vanguard must also defend it. The bandits are not familiar with water wars and have no boats. The East Vanguard is likely to be the last place of peace.

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"I have to separate just after getting married." Xu Zixian said to Chen Wenjun with apologies: "I'm really sorry."

Chen Wenjun smiled sweetly and said, "I chose a strange man in the world, a great man, not an incompetent and mediocre person who is out of the boudoir and reluctant to leave his home."

Xu Zixian knew that this was what the woman in front of him comforted him. In fact, the women were quite conflicted. They wanted men to be successful and capable, and they also wanted men to be with them at any time. The girl in front of her obviously had just cried in the morning and her eyes were red, but an outstanding woman was able to restrain her emotions and push the men to where they should be.

After the early morning, news of the Jianzhou incident had spread in Nan'an.

At the same time, local officials such as Jianchang County Magistrate, Minhou County Magistrate and other local officials received information that in order to maintain their official position, they would definitely report it quickly.

The messenger from Jianzhou with a small flag on his back ran around the way, and he passed by five or six times in one morning, which further confirmed the news released by the Prince of Zhongshan's Mansion. The entire Nan'an to Shuikou and Gukou were already in panic.

When people were indecisive, the Zhongshan Palace had already begun to mobilize ships to Nan'an one after another.

Lingyi was parked near Fuzhou and flowed upwards. In one morning, it had already arrived at the port of Nan'an Town.

Chen Wenjun, Xiaomei and other female family members in the mansion, as well as generals, officials, and families of ordinary soldiers, the first batch of people left by boat were about 500. These people did not go to the port of Qizhou, but returned directly to the Dongfan.

Xu Zi first rode a horse to take Xiaomei and Chen Wenjun to the port. Lin Dingyi, Yang Shizhi and others also rushed to see him off after hearing the news.

It was already autumn at this time, and light rain fell in the afternoon. Many people were not prepared for it. The cold rain drizzled on people and felt a sense of coldness, which made people feel particularly sad.

In front of everyone, Chen Wenjun just looked at Xu Zixian with his affectionate eyes, but he saluted everyone openly. Then, under the escort of the mansion led by Jin Baoyi, hundreds of people boarded the ship one after another. When they reached the outer sea, two warships would come to guard.

Under the slanting wind and drizzle, the main sail of Lingyi rose. The sailors shouted their horns and worked hard on the deck with their upper bodies naked. The ship was full of busy figures, and many officials leaned on the railings, waved farewell to their relatives and friends on the shore.

When the news first arrived in Nan'an, many people were still half-believing and half-doubted, but when the news spread again, the whole town was immersed in the bitter wind and rain.

Yesterday was still shining brightly, but today it was autumn wind and rain. The changes were so great that everyone was at a loss.

By the evening it was getting dark, news that the Zhao family's aides colluded with Li Kaiming to disrupt Fujian Road was also spread among the towns.
Chapter completed!