In the summer of the eighth year of the Great Jin Tianhui, Daxing Prefecture, Nanjing.

The so-called Daxing Prefecture is Yanjing, which is the Xijin Prefecture of the Liao Kingdom and the Yanshan Prefecture of the Song Dynasty. This is located south of Yanshan Mountain, which made the Han Dynasty in the Central Plains look out for more than a hundred years. Since the previous year, it has become the permanent place for the Emperor of the Great Jin. The name of Daxing Prefecture was changed at that time.

Becoming a place under the feet of the emperor of the Great Jin Kingdom should be a good thing for the people of this Youyan Capital.

After all, the Great Jin Kingdom is still a huge empire that is better than the Great Liao Dynasty in national strength. It not only occupies most of the territory of the Great Liao Empire, but also occupies most of the Hebei Road of the Song Kingdom and almost the entire Jingdong Road... Those are the fertile lands that Emperor Taizong, Emperor Shengzong and Empress Xiao of Chengtian are eager to get!

Now these fertile lands have become land under the rule of the Daxing Prefecture court. Hebei's grain, porcelain, ironware, copper coins, salt, silk from Jingdong, as well as utensils from Jiangnan and even overseas transported through the two Haikou commercial ports, Haizhou and Banqiao Town (Qingdao), will gather in Daxing.

In addition, Daxing Prefecture was originally backed by the Kanto of Saibei. The fur, livestock, birds, pearls, medicinal materials and wheat produced between the grassland and the white mountains and black waters will also be transported to Daxing by land and water. This makes this Youyan Capital a commercial capital that connects the Central Plains, the grassland and the northeast.

So since last year, Daxing Prefecture, which has been frequently snatched by the Liao, Song and Jin dynasties, has lost a large number of people. The depressed and cold Daxing Prefecture City has begun to quickly recover its vitality.

Now, the city has once again become noisy and noisy, with people from all ethnic groups intersecting. Teams of camels and trains of cars and horses are constantly passing through the city. The grogun River wharf outside the city has also become extremely busy. As long as the river is not frostbite, the dock will always be filled with merchant ships carrying goods waiting to dock and unload goods.

The whole city is filled with wonderful vitality.

However, behind this vitality, there is a breath of war that cannot be concealed no matter how hard it is!

I'm afraid it won't take long to go through another big battle in Yanjing City!

Since the second half of last year, Daxing Fucheng has been continuously strengthening and building - the city wall must be thickened, sheep and horse walls must be built outside the wall, wider and deeper trenches must be dug outside, and all the city gates must be built with large cannons. The wooden buildings on the city wall can be demolished at one point, and even the wooden city gate buildings cannot be retained, and all of them must be replaced with rammed earth or rammed earth-covered brick buildings.

In addition, on the outskirts of Daxingfu City, one small fortress after another are also under intense construction.

The construction period of all these projects is very urgent, and I want to use a whip to catch up with the progress!

Although Guo Yaoshi, who was responsible for the Nanjing Road Transportation Commission for the Daxing Prefecture (he was left behind before, and became a Transportation Commission after Wuqimai was stationed in Daxing), he was very busy since last year. He was busy with people, bricks, stones, craftsmen, and equipment everywhere, and he was almost out of time. Even during the Chinese New Year, he was busy opening a small brick kiln with his son Guo Dalang.

But the Emperor of the Great Jin still didn't appreciate it. Every time he went to court, he was always taken out of the ministers by Wu Qimai because the project progress was not satisfactory... This is not the most hateful. The most hateful thing is that Wu Qimai, a stingy emperor, did not pay the project fee, and he had to let Guo Yaoshi, the transshipment envoy, raise his own money!

But where did Guo Yaoshi go to raise money? Nanjing Road is just a little bit... Moreover, the taxes of Daxing Prefecture itself have nothing to do with Nanjing Road Transporter. Guo Yaoshi can only use the financial resources and manpower of Tanzhou, Shunzhou, Jizhou, Jingzhou, Pingzhou, Yingzhou, Luanzhou, Yizhou, and Zhuozhou to build Daxing Prefecture.

There are still many lands on the territory of these nine states, and the population has been encircled by the Jin court. It is planned to be allocated to the Jurchens who moved inward and the Meng'an Mouke of the Bohai people, and the Nanjing Road Transportation Office. The remaining land and population are divided up by Guo Yaoshi's own landlords of the ever-winning army, as well as the wealthy families in Yan land such as the Han family in Yutian and Liu family in Youzhou... If they do not extend their hands to these landlords and powerful people, Guo Yaoshi and Guo Dalang will have to pay out money from his pocket to do a large-scale work for the Jurchen emperor.

So the "contractor" of Pharmacist Guo is a loss-making contractor who cannot receive the project payment!

Thanks to over a year, most of his family has gone. If he loses like this for a year or two, he will probably go bankrupt... At that time, he can't afford to do business for the Jurchens, can the Jurchens tolerate him?

So Guo Yaoshi and Guo Dalang, father and son, have appeared in the yamen and the court with a sad face these days... with a pitiful look of begging for mercy!

But no one would sympathize with him... One of the three surnames slaves is already a great emperor's grace to survive until now!

The most core people in the Wanyan family know that Wanyan Zongwang, the second-ranked figure in the Aguda lineage, had long wanted to get rid of Guo Yaoshi and his Changsheng Army!

According to Zong Wang, this guy has a backbone and must not be kept!

However, Wanyan Wu Qimai and Wanyan Zonghan both thought that this old dog was useful, so they spared him for the time being and killed when it was not worth it...

So in the eyes of this group of Wanyan, this contractor Guo is just a lamb waiting to be slaughtered and a waste waiting to die... But they would never have thought that the pitiful appearance of Guo Yaoshi and Guo Dalang and his son was pretended, because these two guys were not three ministers at all, but four ministers!

The father and son had already secretly defected to the Emperor Zhao Kai of Luoyang... Now it is a super-large bomber buried in Daxing Prefecture!

Judging from the current situation, the Great Jin Kingdom seems to be over, and they can be the founding heroes again (they are the founding heroes of the Great Jin Kingdom)!

Moreover, they had already found out clearly that Guo Tiannu is now the favorite concubine of the Emperor of Luoyang... With her care, will the Guo family and his son still be afraid that they will not have a good life in the future?

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"Master, this is the latest city defense map in Daxing Mansion City... Wu Qimai has never seen it before, so you can check it out!"

In the northwest corner of Daxing Prefecture City, deep in the mansion where Guo Yaoshi and Guo Anguo and his son lived, a Daxing City defense map hand-painted by Guo Anguo has been spread out in front of the Ma Zhi and Ma monk from Qingshui Courtyard in Xishan. This Ma Zhi has now shaved his head and put on a monk's robes, and looks like a master monk. In addition, he is knowledgeable and has a very good mouth. He speaks people and talks to ghosts, and has actually gained some reputation. The nobles in Daxing Prefecture City all know that there is such a great monk in Qingshui Courtyard.

So it is natural for him to enter and exit the Daxing Mansion and go to the noble man’s mansion now... Monks always have to beg for alms!

However, Ma Zhi was not very interested in the city defense map presented in front of him - where could the Jurchens defend the city? Those who decided to belong to Daxing City were eventually a field battle!

If the Emperor of Luoyang could fight another battle in Black Mountain outside Daxing Prefecture, the Jurchens would probably have to retreat to Liaodong.

But Ma Zhi still patiently looked at the city defense map carefully, then carefully folded the city defense map, stuffed it into the secret pocket of his monk's robe, and said to the Guo family with a smile: "This is a great achievement! The emperor will recover Youdu from the future, and you father and son will not be granted the title of marquis!"

Yaoshi Guo and Guo Anguo both laughed and looked very happy when they heard this... In fact, the title of marquis is nothing to them. The most important thing is to escape from the butcher knife raised by the Jurchens.

Ma Zhi smiled and asked again: "Da Cao, Senator (Guo Anguo has signed a Senator). Recently, the Jurchens are busy choosing An Banbojiji? Who do you two think has a greater hope?"

This matter is what Ma Zhi cares about the most, and it is also what Zhao Kai, who is far away in Luoyang, wants to figure it out the most.

Because they all knew that Wu Qimai was in poor health, they probably wouldn't have survived the Northern Expedition of Zhao Kai's army. So whoever became Anbanbo Jilie would be the opponent of the Northern Expedition Army.

Guo Yaoshi shook his head, "I don't know yet... Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Zonggan, and Wanyan Zongpan's voices are very loud. However, Wanyan Zonghan did not express his intentions. He stayed in the door after arriving in Daxing Mansion. No one knew what he was thinking?"

It seems that Wanyan Zonghan really listened to Wanyan Zonggou's opinions and took the position of "not fighting".

Ma Zhi frowned, "Don't he want to be?"

"It's also possible," Guo Anguodao, "I heard that people on both sides of Zonggan and Zongpan were running towards Wanyan Zonghan, trying to pull him over."

"Who will he support?" Ma Zhi asked.

Guo Yaoshi frowned slightly, "It's not clear yet... If he supports Zong Gan, the difficulties the emperor will encounter in the future will be greater. If he supports Zong Pan, it will be easier to deal with."

On this issue, Zong Han did not completely obey the sect structure, but had his own opinions, but it was still covered up and no one knew his thoughts.

Guo Anguo shook his head and said, "It may not be... the situation in the Great Jin Kingdom is like this now. There is no strong leader. Anyone who goes up is a weak leader. However, the Jurchens have a strong foundation, a large territory, and a large population in their hands. Zonghan, Zonggan, Zongwang, Zongbi, Zongfu, and Zongpan are all able to fight. Even if they are divided into several pieces, it is not easy to fight."

Guo Dalang is obviously not as optimistic as his father. In his opinion, the current Jin Dynasty was still in its early rise, which was different from the Liao Dynasty back then. Even if it was not very united, it could still fight against Zhao Kai.

Moreover, the Great Jin Dynasty was not united, and the Song Dynasty was different from two and a half pieces (Zhao Gou counted as half pieces)?

Guo Yaoshi smiled and said, "Dividing is weak, and combining is strong... It is better to deal with a few pieces than to form a ball. In my opinion, this big gold must be finished. But the emperor is better not to force it too tight now, otherwise those factions will push a strong leader out, which will be difficult to fight."

Ma Zhi nodded and said with a smile: "The old monk has recorded the words of Da Cao. He will definitely bring them to the emperor with the city defense map when he looks back."
Chapter completed!