Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 459 Everything is ready and only owes Dongfeng
At the ferry, there are many masts, and many people are watching around. In the distance, the river is densely packed with people. On the roofs and eaves, on the willow trees by the river, there are curious people everywhere.

Many officials came to greet him, led by Si Chao, Zhao Kuangyin and others were half a step behind.

"The ministers are waiting to welcome the official family, the official family's holy car is coming, the heavenly power is favored, the people of Yangzhou are flattered, and they are looking forward to it." Si Chao said sternly, without emotion, as soon as he heard it was written by someone else for him to recite , a real student who was forced to recite the text by the teacher, brought back unpleasant memories in Emperor Shi's heart, and felt that the pressure was coming up.

Empathizing with him, he even raised his hand to stop him: "Okay, okay, you don't have to recite these words, I know what you mean."

Surrounded by the crowd, Shi Congyun walked through the crowded street, the citizens on both sides cheered lively, Emperor Shi nodded frequently, and passed through the crowd.

Seeing the crowds around, the houses on both sides are in order, there are many pavilions in the distance, the bluestone steps under the trees are neat, and there are many new stone bridges on the small river. The stone bricks are not round yet, and the guardrails are neat.

Emperor Shi said with emotion, "After more than ten years, this place has returned to its former prosperity, even worse. I have been here when the war was raging, but it is not like it is today."

"It's all because of the officials' great talents and ability to govern the country well." The officials next to him immediately followed up, not to mention that they made him quite comfortable.

However, Emperor Shi did not comment on this, but kept waving his hands to greet the people around him, which attracted bursts of cheers from the crowd.

Afterwards, they boarded the sedan chair that had already been prepared, and arrived at the mansion in the city, where they had a banquet to cleanse the dust.

At the banquet, Emperor Shi took Zhou Xian and sat on the table without a doubt. Many officials could only sit on the periphery, and only a few important officials could sit with them.

Although the local government prepared very carefully, Emperor Shi was not happy, because they had a large table and served more than 40 dishes in succession, and they were still serving, basically they changed after tasting.

In the end, more than 80 dishes were served, and the officials next to him were quite proud to give him the name of the dishes one by one, and introduced all kinds of bells and whistles.

Yangzhou is comparatively affluent, and they took great pains to welcome the emperor's arrival in a crisis, but it made him very dissatisfied, because he had only advocated frugality in the officialdom a few years ago, and set an example for it.

I was very upset and thought, my mother is not as good as an emperor like you!

His complexion was not good, and the officials next to him could also see that they were a little trembling. Only Zhao Kuangyin seemed to understand something, and he hesitated to speak.

However, Emperor Shi has never been the kind of emperor who likes to make his subordinates speculate on the holy will, make people panic, and forcibly reduce administrative efficiency. He cursed on the spot and scolded several Suzhou officials, especially Zhizhou and Tongzhi Shower.

Several Yangzhou officials were so frightened that they knelt down and begged for mercy. After the Emperor Shi finished scolding and eating and drinking, he told them to go back and reflect, and did not embarrass them too much.

He was in a good mood before, but now he is not in a good mood.

At the same time, Si Chao and Zhao Kuangyin were left behind to ask about military affairs, which was the main reason for his visit this time.

"I saw it at the ferry today. There are only seven or eight hundred ships, which is far from enough. How did you prepare?" Shi Congyun was still angry in his words, and the anger just now had not dissipated.

Si Chaolian stood up and cupped his hands: "Officials, there are still some in the north of the city. There are more than 300 ships in total, because they are all at the ferry to avoid alerting the south."

"Really." Emperor Shi was embarrassed, and then said: "Then how many ships have you prepared and how many people have you mobilized?"

This time it was Zhao Kuangyin who took the call, "Reporting to the officials, we expect to prepare at least [-] ships this year. If we need to increase by then, we can requisition civilian ships and merchant ships. I calculated with Si Jieshuai that there will be roughly [-] ships." about.

The town soldiers and the Xiang army near Yangzhou will all gather in Yangzhou at that time. In addition to the surrounding counties and counties, there will be about [-] troops, which can provide logistical support for the army.

If it is supplied by water, it will not be a problem to protect the [-] troops. "

Shi Congyun nodded, this is the advantage of going south, because water transportation is convenient, and [-] logistics auxiliary troops can guarantee the logistics supply of an army that is larger than them, because many places are by water, and several people are on the boat , You can easily transport thousands of catties of grain and grass.

If we go north, especially in the central part of Hebei, the situation will be reversed. With an army of 30, it is likely that [-] to [-] people will be needed as a logistics supply corps.

Just like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's Mobei Expedition, the 10 troops led by Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, the main combat troops, can fully deploy a logistics army of 50 million to ensure the logistics supplies of the [-] people.

"Do you have a specific plan?" Shi Huang asked.

Si Chao and Zhao Kuangyin seemed to have been prepared, and said in unison: "Yes!"

Then Lian talked to him about their careful arrangements, how to arrange manpower, how to change shifts, the preparation of reserve personnel, etc., and clearly arranged the 5-person auxiliary army.

Hearing this, Emperor Shi was a little relieved. Si Chao was worthy of being a veteran who fought against him, and Zhao Kuangyin was indeed capable. He was a veteran who had fought many battles. He was very organized and experienced in many things.

Afterwards, Emperor Shi talked with them for a long time, talking about a lot of things that need to be paid attention to, how to cooperate with Wu and Yue's army, how to arrange the location of the supply base, the way of dispatching ships, etc.

During this period, it was not Emperor Shi who said, and the other two listened, but each expressed his own opinion, because both of them are also experienced veterans, and the three of them must have my teacher, and some of what they said Shi Congyun didn't necessarily want.

It wasn't until night that Shi Congyun took Zhou Xian to rest in the attic that had been prepared for them earlier, and many soldiers of the imperial army were settled by the local officials.

Early the next morning, Shi Congyun summoned the local officials who had been scolded by him yesterday, and praised them for their performance in arranging the imperial army. They were very efficient and handled things neatly.

The officials who were scolded bloody yesterday seemed to be picked up from the ice cave, and they all wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads to thank them.

Emperor Shi also took the opportunity to speak, his tone was much gentler, admonishing them to be thrifty and diligent, and then let them step down and perform their duties.

After lunch, Shi Congyun, under the leadership of Si Chao and Zhao Kuangyin, led a team of imperial troops to see the rest of the ships.

The preparation and construction of ships in Yangzhou has been going on for more than a year. Only now did Emperor Shi feel relieved after seeing the actual situation. War logistics is the most important thing. You must at least support the soldiers before you can count on others to kill the enemy desperately.

Then, under the leadership of Si Chao, he went to see the situation of the official warehouse of the logistics material reserve.

In this era, there was basically no meat in the marching and fighting. The staple food was steamed and dried rice, and then steamed and dried. After repeated operations several times, it was dried in the sun.

Or a cake made by crushing wheat flour, beans, etc. into powder, but it has to be steamed repeatedly and then dried in the air, so that the food is not easy to deteriorate, and it can be eaten with water when eaten.

As for the taste, if you are not hungry, you will basically not have any taste.

However, on the battlefield, with the current level of logistics, being able to eat is the most important thing, and there is no guarantee for other things, so we can only do it by chance.

After seeing the large amount of grain and grass in the warehouse with his own eyes, Emperor Shi was finally relieved.

Yangzhou, as the main supply base on the eastern front, was fully capable of supplying an army of [-] in Emperor Shi's judgment.

It can be said that everything is ready, only the east wind is owed!
So in the next few days, he accompanied Zhou Xian to visit the mountains and rivers around Yangzhou, completely pretending to be visiting the mountains and rivers.

A few days later, Southern Tang also sent envoys to visit the emperor.

After all, his going to Yangzhou is not something that should be kept secret, it is known all over the world.

Emperor Shi received an envoy from the Southern Tang Dynasty, who was an old acquaintance Feng Yanlu.

Feng Yanlu seemed to be very scheming. After arriving in Yangzhou, his expression was uncertain, and he observed everywhere. After seeing the emperor, he presented gifts and Li Yu's condolence letter, and said some official words one after another, and there were clichés.

But he has his own way to deal with a vigilant and intelligent person like Feng Yanlu.

Emperor Shi continued to travel in the mountains and rivers for the next few days, but each time he took Feng Yanlu with him besides Yangzhou officials, and did not let him stay in Yangzhou city for a moment.

Feng Yanlu was getting old, and after running around for several days, he felt that his old life was about to be confessed there, and repeatedly begged for forgiveness, but Emperor Shi didn't care, and just pulled him away in a hospitable manner.

Within two days, the old man hurriedly bid farewell and went back to Jiangnan.

Feng Yanlu was easily dismissed, and Emperor Shi was almost ready to go back. Now that everything was ready and his last worry was put down, many things could start to work!

(End of this chapter)