Chapter 1639 Ren Zi Juan What is supposed to come will always come (1)
The conversation with Shen Yourong went very smoothly, and Feng Ziying was also very satisfied with Shen Yourong's attitude.
Although Shen Yourong felt that Feng Ziying's worries were exaggerated, as a military man who was born in the south of the Yangtze River but served in Fujian, Liaodong and Denglai, he also admitted that if there were some things that were not planned in advance, if something unexpected happened, it would really The consequences are disastrous.
Although Feng Ziying was born in martial arts, his background and current status determined that he could not only judge and analyze the situation purely as a martial artist, so Shen Yourong still tended to believe that Feng Ziying's judgment was not without reason.
In this case, Shen Yourong will certainly try his best to support the suggestions put forward by Feng Ziying, including his suggestion to contact Shi Dezheng and communicate with the Fujian Navy. In Shen Yourong's view, this is not a problem.
On the contrary, Shen Yourong was surprised that Feng Ziying didn't seem to be worried about the situation in Guangdong Navy. As far as he knew, Guangdong Navy had little to do with the Feng family, even if Haitong Bank was in Guangdong. I have established some connections in the past few years, but connections in the military are not so easy to establish.
However, Feng Ziying was confident, so Shen Yourong just believed in it.
Shen Yourong couldn't stay here for too long, so he left as soon as the conversation with Feng Ziying ended and returned south.
Before leaving, he also said that he would contact Shi Dezheng quickly, but he also hoped that Feng Ziying would contact Shi Dezheng through other channels to further communicate ideas in order to reach a consensus as soon as possible.
Feng Ziying also quickly returned to Tianjin Sanwei, where he would meet and discuss with You Shigong.
“That’s the Triangle Lake over there, right?” Feng Ziying looked over from a distance on her horse. The withered yellow reed stalks were swaying in the autumn wind, making them look a little more desolate.
This is a highland, but it is said to be a highland. It is actually a hilly platform that is slightly less than a foot higher than the surrounding area. However, this platform is larger in area, slightly undulating, and stretches for more than a hundred feet to the east. There are many weeds and wild grasses, and few people come here.
"Sir, that's Sanjiaodian over there." Wu Yaoqing introduced: "Originally, Sanjiaodian, Deshengdian, and Huoshaodian are the most important lakes and swamps between Dingzigu, Yangcun, Yuanjiakou, Sujiaqiao, and Wen'anzhe, but Due to several consecutive years of drought, the amount of water flowing into the Triangle Lake from the Lugou River has been greatly reduced. The Desheng Lake and Huo Shao Lake to the south of the Huitong River have dried up. Now only a weed field can be seen in the past, and the area of the Triangle Lake has also shrunk. Thirty percent,…”
“I heard that bandits often appear in Sanjiandianli Lake...” Feng Ziying said with a smile.
"Sir, the lake bandits are actually people around here who can't afford to eat. The poor people can't survive and are forced to join the lake as bandits. If you really want to survive, how many of them are willing to become lake bandits sincerely?" Wu Yaoqing shook his head. Shaking his head, "Sir, my subordinates have also come into contact with a few former lake bandits. They are not as vicious as the outside world imagines, burning, killing and looting. Most of them are forced to take this road because they don't have enough to eat. Of course, there are some who A few are lazy or unwilling to be lonely, but after all, they are a very small minority."
“What’s the situation with these lake bandits now?” Feng Ziying asked with interest.
Wu Yaoqing was speechless. In this year's severe drought, even the lake bandits next to Sanjiaodian were probably as sad. On the way from Zhigu, he didn't see many pedestrians and business travelers. Although this area is under the jurisdiction of Tianjin Wei , but in fact the guards don't care much about this area, but there are many abandoned places, but there are few common people, which is enough to explain a lot of problems.
"Sir, it stands to reason that there are thousands of people in the guard station. Why don't you take good care of this area? I'm afraid there will be some food harvest." Wu Yaoqing sighed: "The three guards in Tianjin are all crowded in this area. If you want to say that there should be at least seven or eight thousand soldiers, including relatives, there are still twenty to thirty thousand people inside and outside the three guards of Tianjin, right? Why would they rather go hungry than think about it carefully? Look at the current situation of the imperial court In difficult and embarrassing situations, they should share the worries of the imperial court."
"Haha, this is so embarrassing." Feng Ziying was noncommittal. These guard troops in the second and third lines were basically old, weak, sick and disabled, and they had been lazy for many years. They could still calm down and work on farming, but they would rather go out and fight. I don't want to suffer in a place like this, waiting for a way out.
As they were chatting, they heard a series of hoofbeats coming from the north. Feng Ziying could see it from a high place. It was dozens of Ji Town cavalry roaring in, bringing up yellow dust all over the sky.
It should be You Shigong's arrival.
Feng Ziying rode her horse down to the high ground, only to see a group of cavalry approaching. The person in front was waving from a long way away. Feng Ziying was a little puzzled. It seemed that it was not You Shigong, but You Shilu.
Feng Ziying dismounted, and the opponent also dismounted and came quickly, "Ziying."
"Brother Shilu." Feng Ziying also greeted him. Seeing that You Shilu's face didn't look good, he asked in surprise: "But what happened? Brother You didn't come?"
"I originally promised to come, but before I left, I got some news. Big brother needed to make arrangements immediately. I almost couldn't leave, so I rushed over and talked to you, and I had to return north overnight." You Shi Lu's eyebrows were a little gloomy.
Feng Ziying was taken aback and felt worse and worse, "What happened?"
"The eldest brother received news from the grassland that the Chahar people were gathering. The Chahar people's movements were discovered from Dongzizidian to Baimachuan. The eldest brother was worried and had to wait for follow-up information, so he did not dare to leave. He only Let me come over and replace him." You Shilu breathed a sigh of relief, "This is what we have temporarily grasped. The line from Dongzizidian to Wafanggou, especially along the Tanghe River, has always been Lin Dan Batur's. There is no news coming back about the area where the direct lineage people are active, but both my eldest brother and I don’t feel very good.”
You Shilu's words made Feng Ziying's heart sink. Did she really come after all? The first person to show up was actually a Chahar person?
He was still holding on to a sense of luck, "But isn't the Emperor about to leave for Tienwang Mountain soon? Has this situation been reported to the Ministry of War?"
"Ziying, all this information was learned from the grassland by Ye Bushou, but it still needs to be confirmed, so the eldest brother dare not leave. There is a lot of movement over there in Shibapan. The eldest brother has asked the Miyun guards and Chaohe Institute to Be on guard in advance." You Shilu shook his head gloomily: "I have a bad premonition that something is going to happen during this period."
I just finished my work and am a bit short. I will try to resume normal updates tomorrow.
(End of this chapter)