"Why?" Mao Yuanyi of course understood the ship's psychological entanglement, which was also a very embarrassing thing for him, so he skipped it and didn't want to mention it more, just followed his own question and continued to ask.

"I heard that there are many ships coming from Fujian." The boat owner said: "There are seven out of ten stops, and there are more ships in Jiangnan. There are new boats in Zhenjiang and Suzhou, and many people are building ships."

"It's amazing." Mao Yuanyi smiled and said, "In the past, everyone always said that Haili is big, but the risks are also big. Only those who have a lot of capital and dare to take risks will build ships. Is it a trend now?"

Speaking of Jiangnan, Mao Yuanyi did not feel any barrier because he was in the north for a long time. After all, it was the place where he grew up, and there were endless letters.

"It's because of Huji's maritime insurance."

After all, the boatman is knowledgeable. He raised his eyebrows and introduced the maritime affairs to Mao Yuanyi vividly.

"Huaji is really a big deal." Mao Yuanyi was also quite surprised. He pondered: "In this way, going to sea is almost a profitable deal?"

"That's right." The boatman replied: "Huaji also has a boat coming here. It costs a lot of raw silk and tea to buy as much as possible. We Jiangnan people are also very committed to it. They either buy it or make it by themselves. However, it takes at least half a year to a year to start the water. Now all the companies are eager to buy the boats, and they all go to Dengzhou and Tianjin to buy the boats. Northerners don't know much about maritime insurance now. How can these northerners compare to our Jiangnan when doing business?"

Mao Yuanyi smiled but said nothing, so he could not comment on the obvious north-south confrontation of the ship.

Of course, Mao Yuanyi himself was a serious southerner, from Gui'an, Zhejiang. His grandfather Mao Shen was a famous literary master in Zhejiang and was famous for his articles. Mao Yuanyi himself was famous for his military and agricultural theory in Jiangnan when he was in his twenties. Later, he was already one of Yang Hao's aides during the Battle of Sarhu.

Of course, Mao Yuanyi was just a younger generation at that time and was not valued by Yang Hao. Forget it, he slandered his reputation. When Mao Yuanyi was an aide to Sun Chengzong, he had a formal official position and was easily recommended to the general. Not only would anyone not secretly complain, but the general public opinion was that Mao Yuanyi was too poor... As long as he was a scholar, Mao Yuanyi would definitely follow the civil servant route, and he might be recommended to the position of governor or the least military preparation ten years later. In terms of the pattern of civil servants and nobles in the Ming Dynasty, even if he was a general, he could not be compared with the civil servant route.

Mao Yuanyi has been in contact with the elites from the north for more than ten years. For example, Sun Ge's troops are from Baoding, and Zhang Han, who secretly respects them, is a Datong person. In addition to opening his eyes to the north, he also eliminates the meaningless arrogance, so he just laughs at the boatman.

However, the sensitivity and reaction of northern merchants is indeed slower than that of the south. Judging from the scene of the numerous sea ships in front of them and the more prosperous trade, the reaction and response of Jiangnan merchants is indeed superior to that of northern merchants.

But then I thought about it, was the Hutchison, the initiator, not founded by a northern merchant?

If this is said, the ship owner would probably not be able to face it. Mao Yuanyi just smiled and did not say what he thought.

The entire Shuiximen area is simply congested.

There are merchants who come and go to and deliver goods everywhere. The sea boats require a lot of goods. Some sea boats are simple and almost only with raw silk. The whole boat is full of crystal clear white raw silk. A load of raw silk is valuable. I don’t know how much it is loaded on each boat. Mao Yuanyi only saw that the whole boat was filled with raw silk. Many lieutenants carried the raw silk carry and walked up from the springboard, handing the basket to the people on the boat.

In addition to raw silk, there are also woven silk, and there are dozens of types, and the prices vary.

Cloths of all kinds are loading on ships, and there are also various porcelains, of course, they are all produced by private kilns. The porcelains of official kilns are not sold to the public and cannot be afforded by outsiders.

There are also many kinds of tea, and it is also the main product for export.

In addition, various commodities such as paper, cotton, ironware, etc. are also being transported onto the ship in a row.

Mao Yuanyi also suddenly realized that a lot of grain was being transported onto the ship, which made him feel quite surprised. He stopped a few Lifu and asked. Of course, these people didn't know why they wanted to carry grain onto the ship. This was called Mao Yuanyi's puzzled.

"Master," After leaving the port area, there were lined streets in front of you. The alleys and streets slowly stretched out like round arcs, with white walls and extended horse head walls everywhere. The charm of Jiangnan suddenly appeared in front of you like ink paintings.

First, I saw the guise of several tea picks stretching out, and then there were several pawn shops. It was not surprising that in places like the port, some people made a lot of money, and some people also lost money to pawn items before they could return home.

There are also money shops and silver numbers, which are used to exchange for broken silver or copper coins for people.

Then there are grain shops, rice shops, millshops, wok shops, pen shops, firewood shops, sweat towel shops, copper hairpin shops, clothing shops, burning hotels, and then there are medicinal shops, grocery shops, cloth shops, tea shops, and silk shops. When Mao Yuanyi stepped into it and heard the familiar hawkers selling the mandarin in Jianghuai, and breathed the air on the riverside, he felt that he was really stepping on the land in Jiangnan and returning to the environment he lived ten years ago.

At that time, he was as handsome as a military agrarian, and his poetry level was also passed. He was also a handsome young man. After the famous masters, his family's wealth was also called rich. He still won a name on the banks of the Qinhuai River like a gold-selling cave. He also married two famous prostitutes from the time and went home as concubines. I don't know how many so-called famous scholars were jealous... Looking back, it was like yesterday's incident, but the past was the past after all. Now Mao Yuanyi recalled that he was the evaluation of the four words "young and frivolous".

More than ten years ago, when those elders evaluated themselves like this, Mao Yuanyi remembered his expression and heart. Now he actually judged himself with the evaluations of others back then... Mao Yuanyi couldn't help but smile bitterly.

...

Time slowly and firmly moved forward, and nearly a month passed in a blink of an eye.

The new Liaodong General Gao Di had officially taken office long ago and began to conduct some developments. He investigated and dealt with some corrupt officials, arrested and questioned them. At the same time, he summoned generals in batches, strictly enforced military laws, and many warnings and scolded them.

In early October, Gao Di planned to set off from Shanhaiguan and conduct a large-scale inspection in Ningyuan, Qiantun, Jinzhou, Youtun and Dalinghecheng areas.

At the same time, Gao Di considered the confession of various forces on the Thirteen Mountains, and ordered Zhao Rujiao and other generals to prepare to rescue Thirteen Mountains and open up the weak encirclement of the Later Jin Dynasty.

Because the new strategy showed a different style and relatively tough tactic from Sun Chengzong, the generals dared not neglect. The Ming generals who received the military order began to move to the Jinzhou area. Three generals with additional ranks, more than ten deputy generals, generals and guerrilla generals, had more than 10,000 troops. At the same time, there was a clear information. The Later Jin side left no more than 3,000 troops around the Thirteen Mountains, and they were quite tired and exhausted.

Teams of Ming troops drove towards Jinzhou. In early winter, the black and yellow roads mixed with black and yellow were filled with Ming soldiers wearing cotton armor or half armor, and red flags were flying in the air.

The weather was already very cold, and the cold wind was cut on Zhao Lujiao's thick and black hands like a knife. He didn't care at all. He still controlled the reins with one hand and pressed the other hand on the waist on the right.

This is Zhao Lujiao's habitual action. When he was in Qiantun's farm the year before yesterday, he accidentally fell down on the ridge of the field and twisted his waist. He has not fully recovered until now.

In front of us are dilapidated official roads and withered and yellow grass that can reach people. The dense shrubs and patches of woodland, and the decadent abandoned villages are covered with barren fields with dry grass above the knees and vaguely visible white bones. This is easy to remind people of the disastrous defeat of the Ming army a few years ago.

At that time, Zhao Rujiao was still living in Xuanfu, and he never thought that he would become a high-ranking general with a high position and a powerful title.

Deputy General Zhu Mei had a long-lasting look, rubbed her frozen face, and said, "Zhao Shuai, after Liu He was defeated, Sun Ge's troops repeatedly said that we were not enough to fight the enemy in the field. Why did the Xinjingwei decide to fight Shisanshan again?"

Zhao Rujiao said: "I will go to close the door and lead the training. Gao Jingluo said that there are more than 6,000 elite soldiers on the Thirteen Mountains, and we will dispatch tens of thousands more. The East Guards have only 3,000 troops. There should be a chance of winning when they attack inside and outside. Moreover, this time, Thirteen Mountains took the initiative to attack, and we just cooperated from Jinzhou."

Zhu Mei came over and grinned and said, "It is us who play the side drums. If we are good, we will advance, and if we are bad, we will retreat."

Zhao Shuzhi glanced at the deputy and blamed him for saying it too clearly.

Compared with other generals in Liao Town, Zhao Rujiao has become a general. He is not afraid of hard work in the farming field, is good at ease with soldiers, dares to compete for the first place in battle, is calm and determined... But he wants to fight if he can win the battle. Liuhe's defeat was only a few months ago. The shortcomings of the Ming army's bad habits in field battles were exposed. Sun Chengzong has already realized this, and Gao Di, the new scholar, still hesitated. At this time, Shisanshan had to take the initiative to break the encirclement, which shows that the Donglu garrison there is indeed fewer and fewer troops... Of course, it is a good opportunity, but it depends on whether he will hurt his hands when seizing this opportunity.

Liao Town only attacked the periphery and used cavalry to conduct tentative small-scale attacks. In terms of small-scale cavalry battles, Zhao Lujiao and the generals were not afraid of it.

"We also need to call Gao Zhengluo." Zhao Rujiao said lightly: "The court spent a lot of money on Liao Town. People who can't call themselves the boss think we are waste."

"That's natural." Zhu Mei and other generals all looked excited. If they had the credit to grab, they didn't need to put in too much effort to take too much risk, and the generals in Liao Town would not have too much opinions.

"Go faster!" Zhu Mei waved the horse whip in her hand and shouted the soldiers who were walking slowly.

(End of this chapter)
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