Since the Xiongwei Legion suddenly entered Huzhou, the men in Jiangnan stared at them with one eye when they were sleeping.

This is the Jingzhou army, which they regard as a disaster, and they cannot tolerate any slightest recklessness.

Under the close monitoring of the men in Jiangnan, the Xiongwei Army successively built the Xintang Military Camp in Changxing County and the Yuyue Military Camp in Deqing County, and successively dispatched the Second Army and the Third Army to station them in two places.

The men in Jiangnan would never want to see the Xiongwei Legion expand its garrison, especially the Yuyue Army Camp, which is only fifty miles away from Hangzhou. How can this be tolerated?

They tried every means to oppose it, but any opposition seemed so pale and powerless in the face of the powerful force of the Xiongwei Legion.

In desperation, the men in Jiangnan had to acknowledge this fact and comforted themselves: the Xiongwei Legion had more than 20,000 troops, and they could not expect them to be squeezed into the narrow Tangdian Military Camp.

This matter has come to an end.

Immediately afterwards, Tian Chuxin began to recruit soldiers in Huzhou.

Huzhou has a large population and a small land area, and there are many idle people arrested each other. This move has not been opposed by the powerful Huzhou, but just watched coldly. However, the sensation caused by recruiting soldiers has made them feel a little uncomfortable.

The monthly salary of the soldiers of Xiongwei Legion is at least three large rounds, and they can buy more than 300 kilograms of food. In other words, one person joins the army, which is enough to allow a family of ten to feed the family. This is obviously a high wage. Therefore, it is reasonable to recruit soldiers and be enthusiastically sought after by the poor in Huzhou.

Huzhou is not a good place to recruit soldiers. Tian Chuxin took great efforts to select more than a thousand people from more than 10,000 applicants.

As a result, more than a thousand Huzhou soldiers were added to the Xiongwei Legion. The people of Huzhou felt that the Xiongwei Legion began to change.

At the beginning, due to word of mouth by the men, the Xiongwei Legion was called the barbarians of Jingzhou, and the people of Jingzhou ruled the Huzhou people. The people did not feel good about the Xiongwei Legion.

However, Huzhou people have appeared in the Xiongwei Legion. The people gradually regarded the Xiongwei Legion as a corps of the Huzhou people and began to be proud of the Xiongwei Legion's record and military power.

This was a surprise, and Tian Chuxin did not realize this. Instead, the head of the warehouse set up by Guo Mingyan in Huzhou keenly noticed this and reported this to Guo Mingyan.

Guo Mingyan immediately informed Cheng Shu, the head of the Logistics Department of the Governor's Office, and suggested that Cheng Shu purchase food, vegetables and other daily necessities nearby in Huzhou.

Cheng Shu felt it was reasonable, so he followed the advice and placed most of the material purchases of the Xiongwei Legion except the weapons in Huzhou.

The Xiongwei Legion has more than 20,000 people, and the daily food consumed is more than 200 stones, not to mention meat and vegetables, daily necessities. In addition, the soldiers have high military salary and full purchasing power, all of this has brought excellent opportunities to Huzhou merchants.

In a few months, some small towns were formed around the Xiongwei Legion, specifically targeting the soldiers of the Xiongwei Legion. All the merchants and friends in the market regard the Xiongwei Legion as their parents for food and clothing.

Gradually, the people of Huzhou gradually accepted the existence of the Xiongwei Legion.

However, when Tangdian Military Camp sent nearly a thousand archers captains to scatter to the countryside, the men in Jiangnan jumped up and shouted: You must not let a archer enter the countryside!

No wonder these men reacted so fiercely, because they were so familiar with the rhythm of Lin Chunhong controlling various places.

What do archers do after entering the countryside? These masters are familiar with everyone. First of all, archers will organize armed forces in the countryside. This armed forces are by no means comparable to those of the men. This means that if the men want to act as a mighty man in the countryside, they must first ask the archers whether they agree; secondly, archers will seize the archers' judicial power and mediate disputes on behalf of the men; then, archers will seize the archers' right to collect taxes. Originally, the taxes in the countryside are collected by the men and then handed over to the county government. The men can take the opportunity to take advantage of it. If the archers rob the archers of the tax payment, where will they take advantage of it?

Finally, and most critically, the archers will coerce the men to reduce the rent of land, or simply force them to sell their land and buy their land into private property in Jingzhou!

This is the most fearful thing. At the beginning, Lin Chunhong did this in Zhijiang?

No matter where you start, the men cannot watch the archers sway into the countryside!

The men jumped higher than anyone else, which naturally attracted the attention of many bigwigs Qu Shisi, Zhang Pu, and Shi Kefa. The bigwigs were much more sensitive than these masters. They immediately realized that Jiangnan had reached the critical moment of life and death. If Lin Chunhong could not be stopped from sending archers into the countryside, their foundation in Jiangnan would be uprooted!

Qu Shixiu was anxious and broke into Hongdou Villa several times in a row, asking Qian Qianyi to come out to take charge of the overall situation. Qian Qianyi was obsessed with the history of the Ming Dynasty and turned a blind eye to the outside world. Just when Qu Shixiu was at a loss, he suddenly received a letter of worship, Shi Kefa and Zhang Pu joined forces to Changshu.

Qu Shishi was quite surprised when he saw Shi Kefa in Changshu. Zhang Pu was so light that he was not surprised wherever he went. Shi Kefa had an official position and left his post without authorization, which was not favorable to the praise.

However, after thinking about it, Jiangnan's foundation was almost gone, so Shi Kefa certainly didn't have to worry about the illusory comments.

Sure enough, when Shi Kefa Chu saw Qu Shisi, he immediately shouted: "First it is Huzhou, next it is Yangzhou, Anqing, Songjiang. After step by step, Lin Chunhong will eat us without even the residue!"

The four places Shi Kefa said were the Xiongwei Legion, Shenji Legion, Pili Legion and Dragon and Tiger Legion. It was pointed out incisively that the reason why Lin Chunhong dared to uproot their foundation was that he relied on force!

Qu Shisi and Zhang Pu are both good at humans, so they naturally understand the meaning of Shi Kefa.

Qu Shixi agreed with Shi Kefa's view and frowned and said, "Martial servant is a martial servant. What good things can we do? I just pity our scholars who meet soldiers, and they are unreasonable!"

Zhang Pu pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "If Lin Chunhong is really a martial artist, he is easy to deal with. According to some observation, Lin Chunhong had a very clear idea of ​​occupying Jiangnan as early as the fourth year of Chongzhen! His plan is so far-reaching that it is really scary! We are all blind and didn't see it!"

Qu Shixi and Shi Kefa were stunned and asked in surprise in unison: "The fourth year of Chongzhen?"

Zhang Pu nodded and said, "It was indeed the fourth year of Chongzhen. Do you remember that in the fourth year of Chongzhen, Lin Chunhong went to Yangzhou and reached an agreement with Wang Dajun to assist him in establishing the Yangzhou cargo warehouse? Yangzhou cargo warehouse was the beginning of the nightmare of Jiangnan! Relying on the Yangzhou cargo warehouse, with enough grain in his hands, Lin Chunhong took the lead in attacking the grain merchants in Jiangnan and completely controlled the grain market in Jiangnan. Immediately afterwards, Lin Chunhong relied on the abundant cotton production in Huguang and attacked the cotton merchants in Jiangnan. Lin Chunhong extended his tentacles to every corner of Jiangnan and relied on a powerful fleet to control the contact channels between Jiangnan and overseas. Now, in addition to porcelain, silk and tea, what else can Jiangnan compete with Jingzhou?"

Zhang Pu obviously said the truth, which made Shi Kefa and Qu Shisi's faces increasingly ugly. Especially Qu Shisi, he even remembered the past that Lin Chunhong saved in Jingjiang.

Zhang Pu talked endlessly and continued: "The attack on the merchants in Jiangnan was only the first step. With strongholds spread all over the south of Jiangnan, Lin Chunhong used the newspaper to make a lot of tricks, especially when he gave lectures last time, he directly pulled more than 20% of the scholars to Jingzhou!"

"Compared with economic infiltration and leading ideas, force is only at the end. Are these all done by warriors?"

Shi Kefa was silent for a while and said stutteringly: "It's indeed a long-planned plan! It's not what the martial artist does! Should we just watch Lin Chunhong take action step by step and steal Jiangnan for our own possession?"

Zhang Pu said resolutely: "Of course not! Due to our negligence, Lin Chunhong has been successful until now. Even if more than 20% of the scholars have already faced Jingzhou, we must fight back. The people's hearts are still here! The scholars and officials and gentry from all over the country dare not speak out, and the people will not tolerate Jingzhou's willful acts!"

Zhang Pu's words made Qu Shixi nod and said, "It's the time to fight back!"

Zhang Pu and Qu Shixi rarely operate practical things, lack experience, or they are not aware of the difficulty of counterattack. Shi Kefa has always served as a local official and knows the difficulties of handling practical things.

Take the archers who counterattacked Lin Chunhong's garrison, what should we do? Should we expel by force, mobilize the people to oppose it, or to stop Lin Chunhong through the court?

All of these require quite strong organizational capabilities.

Shi Kefa said worriedly: "To this day, I'm afraid we can't find a point of force if we want to fight back!"

Shi Kefa was so pessimistic that Zhang Pu and Qu Shixi were about to refute, but suddenly received a secret letter from Du Yinxi from Beijing.

The three of them looked at each other and couldn't help but look at each other.

After a long time, Shi Kefa sighed: "Lin Chunhong kicked his bow from left to right, and the court is in trouble. This time we can't help the court, and the court can't help us anymore!"

Zhang Pu also said: "Compared with Huzhou archers entering the countryside, it has become unimportant whether Jiangnan can speak at the Ming Bank. The foundation is gone, and even if they have the power to speak, they still speak for Jingzhou."

Qu Shixi suddenly slapped his forehead and complained loudly. Shi Kefa and Zhang Pu were puzzled and hurriedly asked why.

Qu Shisi said: "We have been defeated by Lin Chunhong's plan! Lin Chunhong deliberately threw out the bait to set up the Ming Bank, allowing us to see the hope of intervening in the issuance of currency, and thus put pressure on the court with his rhythm. But he secretly removed the firewood from the bottom of the pot, turning the entire Jiangnan into his sphere of influence, and making all our efforts vain!"

Zhang Pu and Shi Kefa thought about it carefully and felt that this was true. Their faces changed drastically and they couldn't speak.

Finally, Shi Kefa said dejectedly: "Call Du Yinxi back immediately. The Ming Bank has nothing to do with us. Let's consider how to prevent the archers from entering the countryside!"

Zhang Pu and Qu Shizi both agreed and agreed with Shi Kefa's proposal.
Chapter completed!