Section 3 Buying Grain
When Xue Ge took Wufeng's emergency order to fly to Guanxi and Northwest, Gu Ji had already arranged for the Gu family to start a large-scale purchase operation in the grain market in the imperial capital. However, it was difficult for one or two grain purchase operations to cause trouble in the huge grain market. Even if the Gu family placed an order to purchase it with all their might, it only caused an inconspicuous ripple in the grain market, which added some jokes to the Gu family, who were laymen, entering the grain industry.
However, when the government departments of Northwest and Kansai started to carry out large-scale grain purchases using the large amount of funds from Northwest Bank and the funds received from reception, almost the entire empire and the East Continent were in full swing. From the initial large order to the later overall purchases, a large amount of grain was continuously transported from Wuhu, Jiangnan, and Donghai to Kansai through water transportation, and then from Kansai to the northwest. Merchants, both by water and by land, became the guests of grain merchants at this time, because grain orders from Northwest and Kansai required to be transported to the designated granaries of Kansai and Northwest County within two months, and the amount of grain required by the other party was even more amazing. Such a large transportation volume made the transport merchants and the owners of vehicle manufacturing workshops so happy that they couldn't even close their mouths.
This crazy grain transport operation lasted until May. Even when the Five Lakes entered a melee, it did not have much impact on it. After all, Li Wufeng's Northwest Army was eyeing the Five Lakes in the west, and no one was willing to anger him at this time, giving him the opportunity to step into the Five Lakes. The entire grain transport operation went very smoothly. It was not until May that when the entire empire and even the Eastern continent had abnormal signs, everyone slowly woke up. It was a pity that the entire grain buying operation had successfully ended.
Northern Luzon also took action. Although Mu Haoran and Luman did not know why the emergency order from above required a large amount of grain purchase, they saw that the order forwarded directly from the Northwest Administration came from the imperial capital, and they knew that it was a direct order from the Jiedushi, let alone the Northwest Bank provided financial support. Why not do it? When the news of the public purchase of grain was sent out, almost all the grain merchants in Northern Luzon went out to fight for such a large-scale business, while Vito and Shuangdui's two prefectures opened up the purchase. A large number of grain transport trucks from Luzon, Pasha and Comini were flooding the roads from these places to Northern Luzon, and this phenomenon lasted for three months.
There was no suspense about the recovery of Hanzhong and Jincheng. When Wufeng transferred the emperor's order to Situ Jun who was staying in Huanggang, Situ Jun readily accepted the proposal given to him by Wufeng in the letter and gave up Hanzhong and Jincheng. When he returned to Wuhu, he had already discovered the abnormalities in the area under his control. Especially the commander of the Sixth Army, Jin Zhengyang, avoiding meetings and the lip service of several independent divisions, Situ Jun, who was already a little restless, immediately realized that the situation was wrong. On the way to Yueyang to inspect, he immediately retreated back to Huanggang. The Sixth Army that controlled Yueyang and Anqing finally revealed his true face. Situ Biao, who had accepted His Majesty the Emperor's title of King of Hunan, appeared in Anqing, and the Sixth Army also announced his loyalty to His Majesty the Emperor.
Situ Jun, who was in panic all day long, was completely desperate at this time, and Wufeng's messenger also arrived. After reading the letter Wufeng gave him, Situ Jun immediately agreed to hand over Hanzhong and Jincheng, and promptly gave him his trust in his loss. His Majesty, who was overjoyed, also gave his brother the title of King of Jin, but his fief was placed in Heshuo, who is still in the hands of the Taiping Army. Before recapturing Heshuo, the King of Jin was allowed to temporarily live in Huanggang.
He wandered leisurely in Daleiyin Temple, and Wufeng, wearing a Confucian robe, seemed particularly relaxed. He was very satisfied with the ability of the two prefectures to obtain so easily and smoothly. He went from the imperial capital to Huanggang and then to Jincheng and entered Hanzhong by boat. In Huanggang, he met Situ Jun, who had been promoted to King of Jin. The two of them never mentioned the past alliance. The love and beauty became the main content of the two meeting. However, when they were about to part, Wufeng still gave Situ Jun a sentence, which could be a betrayal and a real man.
Situ Lang and Situ Yuan hesitated for a long time about Wufeng's request to return to Guanxi. They had previously tried to keep Wufeng on the grounds that the situation in the imperial capital had not stabilized. Later, they needed to discuss with Wufeng the offensive launched by Situ Tai in the East China Sea as an excuse to hold Wufeng back. However, these were difficult to hold Wufeng's intention to go west. Just think about Wufeng's military and political military governor, but he had not yet taken office in his territory's capital. Situ Biao and Situ Jun had already lost since they were in charge. Situ Lang and Situ Yuan did not think of a better way to keep Wufeng, especially after Wufeng claimed that he needed to return to Guanxi to make military adjustments to the Northwest Army and reduce the pressure on the imperial capital for the next step of going east to Qinghe, the two finally had to accept the reality that the tiger was about to return to the mountain again.
However, the Kaman people have been increasing their troops in Qinghe, and Cangzhou Prefecture City has become an isolated city. Although the Kaman people did not surround Cangzhou Prefecture City, they formed a siege against Cangzhou Prefecture City from the west and north, leaving two roads in the southeast, which clearly wanted to force the two divisions of the Second Legion to withdraw from Cangzhou on their own. Luyang, which is close to Cangzhou, has become the base camp of the Second Legion. In addition to the other three divisions, there is an independent division stationed here, and the garrison far exceeds the other two prefectures of the three prefectures in the northern East China Sea. Not only does it play the role of the support of Cangzhou, but in Situ Lang and Situ Yuan, there is a deeper intention, that is, it can abandon Cangzhou at any time and let the imperial capital face the spearhead of the Kaman people from the northwest and north directions. The Second Legion can even attack the southeast in one go, take down Pengcheng Prefecture in one go, and turn Jinling into an isolated island in Donghai County.
Faced with this situation, the most anxious thing was Situ Yuan. Once Situ Tai gave up Cangzhou, the army would likely be heading towards Pengcheng. His garrison in Pengcheng was only three divisions, and his strength was far inferior to his elder brother's army that had been through battle formations and could not resist the opponent's attack. Fortunately, the elder brother was still hesitating and had never given up Cangzhou. Once he really made up his mind to lose Cangzhou, the danger of Pengcheng would increase exponentially. But now Situ Yuan has no more troops to deal with it. Due to its special status, Jinling Mansion had to dispatch a legion, which was intriguing.
There were quite a lot of troops, but judging from the several small-scale confrontations of Situ Tai's army, Situ Jun found that his army's combat effectiveness was far from being comparable to his elder brother's army. Seven confrontations were not the best, and there were two more defeats of tens of thousands of people. This made Situ Yuan completely lose his confidence in fighting with his brother, and hoped that Situ Lang could mobilize troops to support him. However, facing the pressure of the Kaman people, Situ Lang was unwilling to mobilize one army and one soldier to support the east, unless the pressure from Qinghe Mansion could be relieved, so letting Wuxing return west became a helpless move.
After appreciating the magnificence of the Damiao Square, Wufeng entered the Daleiyin Temple. The religious architectural wonders from the Middle Continent of Buddhism were fully displayed here. The continuous temples, towering towers and pagodas, solemn towers, and deep ancient Berlin. Whether it was the control of the Taiping Army or the brief takeover of the Lin family, they failed to stop the good men and women from the empire and even the Eastern Continent from coming to visit and worship. The sculptures of the Arhat Hall's ingenious work, the solemn elephant of the Great Hall, and the long ancient charm of the meditation wall all made Wufeng indulge in the remembrance of this architectural community that has been around for thousands of years. The ups and downs of the previous year did not seem to have left much vicissitudes of this place that communicates with gods, Buddhas and mortals. The rulers of any dynasty paid enough attention to this place, but today it was his turn.
"Chongxin, you said that all kings of all dynasties have visited here. What would they think when they saw these buildings that have witnessed the rise and collapse of dynasties in history?" Walking in the scattered stone path with his hands, Wu Feng suddenly asked about the middle-aged man who had been following him in the same casual clothes.
Faced with the coach's sudden question, the middle-aged man obviously did not have much mental preparation. He had been thinking about how to respond to the situation in Kansai if the governor asked him how to answer the situation in Kansai. He never thought that the coach would suddenly ask such a seemingly distant question.
"This, maybe they will feel that they are just a passerby in the long river of history. No matter who they are, they will be eliminated with the long river of history. No one can escape this natural law and thus realize the insignificance of life." Liang Chongxin, who was born in a noble family, said nonsense but his words were quite consistent with Wufeng's mood at this time. He nodded with satisfaction and turned his attention to a vast forest of steles.
"Look, that's the Stele Forest. The "Shitai Filial Piety" and "Kaicheng Stone Sutra" are both there, and the Guangzhi Sanzang Monument are all excellent. At the beginning, I was worried that those guys from Taiping Cult would damage these things if they occupied Guanxi. It seems that I was too worried." Wu Feng's eyes were a little confused, "Has the Taiping Cult really finished its history, Linghu?"
The young man who was parallel to Liang Chongxin heard the coach click on his name and immediately replied: "According to the information,"
Before he finished speaking, Wu Feng laughed and scolded: "I asked you to express your opinions, not to ask you to analyze based on intelligence, and today I am not formally discussing military affairs and government affairs. I am just asking you and the two of you to accompany me to relax and chat."
Chapter completed!