I am not Song Qinzong

These more than [-] captives are the best laborers.

"Report~"

Before the imperial decree was drafted, a small boat rushed over.

"Qi Zou Your Majesty, good news from Lu Junyi."

"Say." Zhao Huan said.

"Lu Junyi led the army, with Wang Qing and others as the forerunner, drove straight in and surrounded Fangzhou. The rebellious minister Qin Hui and others were all trapped in the city.

Lu Junyi said that within ten months, the city will definitely be destroyed! "

"Hahaha, good!" Zhao Huan looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, and said, "The rebellion of the four routes is settled!"

Fangzhou was besieged, Qin Hui and others became the shackles in the urn, and the rebellion was over.

"Pass the decree, order Lu Junyi to follow the steps, don't rush into it, as long as you ensure that the thieves don't leave the city, it will be a great achievement." Zhao Huan calmed down.

Lu Junyi's power is certainly important, but what is more important is not to give Qin Hui and others a chance, and the possibility of them stealing the opportunity to transfer must be completely eliminated.

Therefore, even if it is slower, it must be ensured that not a single fly can escape from Fangzhou City.

At the same time, two good reports indicate that the situation of the court's suppression of thieves has changed from a passive response in the early stage to an active attack.

280 Six to Seek Hangzhou

The Qiantang River has a wide surface, stable water flow, and sufficient water depth. It has always been one of the important hubs of water transportation.

Hangzhou City, located on the banks of the Qiantang River, is the seat of Liangzhe Road Administration. Guanjiu County.At that time, the population had reached more than 20 households, making it one of the most populous states and counties in the south of the Yangtze River.

Hangzhou enjoys a prosperous economy, and its textile, printing, brewing, and paper industries are relatively developed, especially its shipping, which is extremely developed, and it is one of the four major commercial ports in the country.

Sea ships traveling from south to north will come to trade or supply whenever they pass here.

In order to supplement the national use, after Fang Bo took this place, not only did he not ban maritime trade, but he strongly encouraged maritime business exchanges.

At this time, the sky will be dark, but Hangzhou Port is still buzzing with people.

Although Xiuzhou has not been completely captured, Chen He is just guarding the isolated city, and it is really difficult to threaten the safety of Hangzhou.

Therefore, there is no curfew in Hangzhou City, the port is still full of business travelers, and there are many ships on the sea.

In order to obtain sufficient supplies, the silk, tea, porcelain, etc. that Hangzhou went to sea were more than [-]% cheaper than usual, and the imported grain, copper, iron, leather, etc. were [-]% to [-]% more expensive than usual.

It is profitable, and the profits are quite generous, which naturally attracts countless sea merchants.

Bandits?

As long as you can make money, who cares so much.

Furthermore, many of them came from the Li Dynasty, Zhancheng, and even Tianzhu Persia, how could they care about the court's laws?

In fact, there were navy patrols along the coast of Fujian Road and the Penghu Islands to strictly check the ships entering Hangzhou.

It's just that these daring people, either falsely reported their destination, or sneaked directly through the cracks of the patrol, and entered Hangzhou quite easily.

This can't help giving people the illusion that although there are navy divisions in the imperial court, they are not very powerful.

This is exactly the strategy set by the Privy Council and others long ago.

Otherwise, ask the Khitan people and the Jurchens, where is the sea merchant they want to see through?

Although the sea merchants are allowed to come and go, the city gates are not closed, and there is no curfew, the defense of Hangzhou City is not weak.

In the city, Fang Bo’s grandfather, Fang Hou, is the governor and general. He has 24 generals under his command, namely Li Tianyou, Wu Zhi, Zhao Yi, Huang Ai, Chao Zhong, Tang Fengshi, Wang Ji, Xue Dounan, Leng Gong, and Zhang Jian. , Yuan Xing, Yao Yi, Wen Kerang, Mao Di, Wang Ren, Cui Yu, Lian Ming, Xu Bai, Zhang Daoyuan, Feng Yi, Zhang Tao, Su Jing, Mi Quan, Bei Yingkui.

These 24, either courageous or cunning, led an army of [-], and guarded a big city tightly.

Because of this, Song Jiang had no chance to take advantage of it, so he had to investigate patiently.

It took more than a month to finally formulate a strategy.

At this time, Song Jiang stood on a sea boat, facing the sea breeze, and slowly walked towards the port outside Hangzhou.

He was dark and thin, and he looked like Li Chao and Zhancheng, so he only changed his clothes once.

Next to him, Hua Rong and Li Jun stood on the left and right, and behind his boat, there were three other ships accompanying him.

With a fleet of this size, it is common for Hangzhou Port to come and go frequently.

Seeing the unfamiliar arrival of this fleet, Huang Ai, who was stationed on Yuhuang Mountain, had someone wave a flag to notify the port to check carefully.

Although Yuhuang Mountain is not very steep, it is not far from the port. Three thousand soldiers are stationed on it. They can watch the sea and rush down at any time to block the road between the port and the city gate, buying time for the gate to fall.

Before arriving at the port, it was greeted by a fast boat.

Seeing the appearance of the other party's principal, Song Jiang took the initiative to cup his hands and said, "I'm from Champa. I heard that Hangzhou is in urgent need of food and rice, so I brought four boats here. I don't know if it's true?"

The inspector heard that Song Jiang spoke Chinese, but his accent was weird, so he felt relieved.

Champa had frequent contacts with Song State, so it is not surprising that there are many Chinese-speaking people in the country.

It's just that those people are located in the south, most of them are stupid and lazy, and even their accents are weird.

Such an accent was difficult to imitate, so the inspectors only regarded Song Jiang as a barbarian.

It's just limited to strict orders from above, but I dare not lie.

The inspector bowed his hand in return and said: "That's true. I will buy grain and rice at a price of [-] Wen. Anyone who comes will not be rejected."

"The price is so high, it's worth my trip!" Song Jiangxi smiled.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, the inspector led the fleet to anchor.

There were many ships in the port, and it was necessary to wait for unloading. At this time, it was getting dark, so Song Jiang pleaded that it would not be too late to unload tomorrow, so he called a hundred or ten sailors to go ashore and go to the city to have some fun with wine.

In this regard, Hangzhou City is very welcome.

Spending money to buy supplies is a general need, but these sea merchants going to the city for consumption can more or less make up part of the shortfall.

Of course, it's okay to carry a dagger for self-defense, but don't even think about waist knives and simple knives.

The port is not far from the city, but it looks like three or two miles, and it will be there in a while.

Song Jiang and others entered the city and went straight to Xiaoyao Tower.

This former East Palace property is now owned by the Holy Kingdom.