Kai Fu Han

Chapter 97 Armistice
After listening to Liu Xinqi's words, Luo Cheng said:

"Aren't you afraid that Guo Chengyan will label your Liu family as rebels?"

"In this uprising, everything was done by the Dengzhou Navy. What evidence does he have to prove that our Liujiabao participated in it." Liu Xinqi said: "If he dares to mess up, don't blame me for tearing his face. It is not up to him to decide whether the head on his neck is safe or not. I think you also know that if I wanted to take his life, it would be easy."

As he spoke, Liu Xinqi stretched out his hand and turned his palm upward.

"You have to let him know what you want?"

There was already some helplessness in Luo Cheng's tone of voice.

"Don't embarrass uncle, you tell Guo Zhizhou that we will suspend the mutual war. The Dengzhou navy only needs the Long Island Islands as a shelter, and will not disturb the other places in Dengzhou. Everyone in my Liujiabao has always been a law-abiding citizen, and it will be in the future. He is a law-abiding and good citizen, so he doesn’t need to worry," Liu Xinqi replied.

"As for what the Dengzhou Navy wants in the future, let him, Guo Zhizhou, resolve the matters related to the order first and then talk about it. Otherwise, if we just finish the talk today, he will be dismissed from his post tomorrow, and the talks will be in vain."

"Okay, I'll just go back and recover." After saying that, Luo Cheng got up and walked out.

Liu Xinqi quickly stood up to see him off.

Walking to the door, Liu Xinqi said to Luo Cheng:

"Uncle, you have been very kind to me, and I can see that you and I are on the same page. No matter how things develop in the future, I welcome you to join us at any time."

"Go back, there's no need to send it off." Luo Cheng did not respond to Liu Xinqi's words.

After decades of studying hard in the cold window, passing the entrance examination and becoming an official, how can I give up everything just because of Liu Xinqi's words.

There are currently so many people in Liujiabao, and the most knowledgeable one is Zhou Xinyuan. He is just a scholar.

……

March fourteenth.

Since Guo Zhizhou's party has not yet responded to the letter, Liu Xinqi's [-] tribes mobilized from Baishiwan can not be withdrawn, which has a great impact on the construction progress of Baishiwan.

Considering that the number of the Laizhou Navy and Garden State militia captured by Changdao has exceeded 1000 and [-], staying on the island not only wastes food, but also restricts the Navy from being guarded at all times and cannot be mobilized.

After Liu Xinqi considered it, he sent someone to Changdao to give orders.

Wei Dou was asked to send people to send all the prisoners to Baishiwan for work, and to leave [-] naval officers and soldiers in Baishiwan to guard these prisoners, and at the same time strengthen Baishiwan's military force.

……

Time flies like a horse, and the time has come to March [-]th.

During this period, Guo Zhizhou sent someone to deliver Liu Xinqi's "senior chief" certificate and arranged Liu Xinqi as the "senior chief" of Changdao Township.

Zhou Xinyuan explained to Liu Xinqi that Guo Chengyan had two purposes for doing this:

On the one hand, it shows that he knows that Liu Xinqi is the mastermind behind everything.On the other hand, it was also a compromise. The arrangement of Liu Xinqi as the elder of Changdao Township was an explicit plan to drag Liu Xinqi into the naval uprising.

Qichang means "head of the senior household". In Zhao State, he is a servant in a township whose job is to chase away thieves.As the elder of Changdao Township, Liu Xinqi was stationed in Changdao Township, and the "rebellious" navy was stationed in Changdao Township. From now on, whenever the navy causes rebellion again, Liu Xinqi will be inseparable.

At noon on March [-], the fleet that went south to buy grain returned.There were eight boats when we left, and eight boats came back. It seemed that the trip was smooth and there were no bumps in the road.

"The trip south went smoothly this time, with little rainfall and windy weather, and there was no delay in Hangzhou. After going there, Liu Xinkuan had already contacted the grain dealer, loaded grain directly in Jiubao Town, and then returned directly." Zhao got off the ship. Liang reported to Liu Xinqihui.

This trip to the south started on February [-]nd and returned on March [-]th, which took exactly one and a half months, nearly half a month faster than the first time.

Arranged for Liu Lizhen to organize Ding Zhuang, who stayed in Liu's warehouse, to start unloading the ship.

This time it cost nearly 800 taels of silver to transport [-] shi of grain back from the south. Taking into account the cost of supplies on the road, the monthly salary of the crew on board, the loss of the ship, etc., the CIF price of each kilogram of grain reached three taels of silver, which was the same as the price above. Basically flat for once.

"Did Xinkuan send a message?" Liu Xinqi asked.

"Yes, a thick stack." Zhao Liang said.

After receiving the letter from Zhao Liang, Liu Xinqi arranged for him and Liu Lizhen to be responsible for unloading the grain here, and returned to the office by himself to summarize and analyze the information in the letter.

I found that prices in Hangzhou have been slowly rising in the past two months. I estimate that next time I go south, I won’t be able to buy a penny or a pound of food.

Moreover, Liu Xinkuan said in his heart that many people with northern accents suddenly appeared in Hangzhou and Lin'an County. Some people came and purchased land on a large scale, causing local housing prices to rise sharply.

As for the dilapidated yard Liu Jiabao bought before, the market price has doubled.

From this information, Liu Xinqi could tell that the imperial court might have moved south again, and these people with northern accents were those from wealthy families who came to stand in front of them.

The next day, Liu Xinqi came to Zhou Xinyuan to discuss with him.

"From this information, it can be seen that the newly formed court of King Kang does not have the confidence to fight against the Jin State. Facing the Jin State's offensive, it is estimated that it will move south again." Liu Xinqi said.

"There is a certain truth, and I heard Luo Cheng say that after King Kang and Song Gou proclaimed themselves emperor, they first appointed Mr. Li, who was leading the battle, as prime minister, and then dismissed him soon after, indicating that he still wanted to pray for peace." Zhou Xinyuan agreed.

"I plan to ask you to go south with the next fleet to purchase grain and act accordingly. If the imperial court really goes south, I hope to see some officials from the main war faction and inform them that there is another person in Dengzhou who is interested in Zhao. The military and civilians are eagerly looking forward to it," Liu Xinqi said.

"What is the purpose to be achieved?" Zhou Xinyuan asked.

"If you need support, you need official positions, money, food, weapons and equipment, etc. Whatever you need, give whatever you want." Liu Xinqi replied.

"You're trying to beat a rabbit out of the grass." Zhou Xinyuan joked.

"Hey, I didn't lie to them. We are indeed here to contribute to the anti-gold cause, and they should have some support." Liu Xinqi didn't take it seriously.

After unloading all the food, Liu Xinqi immediately arranged for the sailors going south to rest for half a month, and by the way, all the ships were maintained and repaired.

……

Since the number of ships in Liujiabao has increased greatly, 22 ships of the Laizhou Navy were captured in the naval battle, and 52 ships were brought out by the Dengzhou Navy during the uprising. The current total number of ships in Liujiabao has reached [-]. .

According to the previous standards for classifying ship classes, there are five state-class ships with more than 24 stone, [-] Guofu-class ships with more than [-] stone, [-] county-class ships with more than [-] stone (including eight cargo ships), and [-] small ships such as gouges. One ship.

As the number of ships increased, the previous standards no longer applied. Liu Xinqi could only adjust the ship naming rules and captains again.

(End of this chapter)