The grass in the factory should be plucked

Chapter 208 Good News

Duan Nanqi had sent a team of personal guards to send the map of Southern Xinjiang and the two sun-grasses back to the capital at full speed, day and night.

So Jiang Li and Xie Changan were not in a hurry. She also planned to take a look at the new members of Longmen - Lotus Tower and Peony Tower.

The headquarters of Lianhualou is located in Huai'an, while the headquarters of Shaoyaolou is located in Tongzhou. Both are key docks for water transport along the Grand Canal.

Huai'an is located at the intersection of the north and the south. Since ancient times, there has been a saying that "Southern ships and northern horses, a thoroughfare for nine provinces". It is an important node of the Grand Canal connecting the Huaihe River, Yangtze River and Yellow River.

Even the Grain Transport Governor's Office was located in Huai'an, which was the transportation center for the grain of the Great Chu.

The freight here is extremely developed and can reach more than 40 cities across the country.

Tongzhou is the starting point of the North Grand Canal. It is the busiest port for water transport, with countless merchant ships and cargo ships passing through every day.

Every year, millions of shi of grain were gathered at the Tongzhou wharf, and then transported along the Tonghui River and through the moat to the warehouses in the capital.

These two canal transport terminals are not only important hubs for the distribution of goods, but also convenient places for collecting various types of information and intelligence, which greatly facilitates the expansion of Lianhualou's business.

Shaoyaolou has also reached a "win-win cooperation" model with the Cao Gang. As an intermediary organization, Shaoyaolou provides helpers, escorts and other personnel to the Cao Gang, and can also introduce people from the martial arts world to work for the Cao Gang or work part-time.

Especially for the disciples of the Beggars' Sect, as long as they have good strength, they can work at the dock every day and have enough food and clothing without worries.

Since these two organizations opened, the number of beggars in the whole of Da Chu has miraculously decreased.

Nangong Qinghe was very pleased, and Prime Minister Liang was also secretly amazed. He never expected that Marquis Jing'an could achieve such results just by making up a story!

After leaving Xiangyang, Xie Changan received a secret report.

He read it quickly and handed it to Jiang Li with a smile: "Take a look."

Jiang Li took one look and immediately bent over with laughter: "Poor Tenth Prince!"

She was just thinking about finishing the map issue so that she could free up her time to take revenge on the Mongol Khan, but he actually bribed the secret door to kidnap her!

Unexpectedly, the Mongols came to our door.

After autumn, the grassland gradually dried up, and Mongolia and Jurchen began to get restless again, preparing to cross the border to plunder.

Especially Mongolia, which had to cede Hetao last time, and the Mongol Khan has been thinking about how to take it back.

According to reports from spies, after the Chu State took control of the Hetao area, it did not build any defensive fortifications or send civilians to open up the wasteland.

Even the army was stationed dozens of miles away.

There is still an uninhabited area between the two countries' borders.

The Mongol Khan had no idea what the Chu people were up to, so he sent spies to observe for a while and found that the Chu army only came for inspection every day and did not take any other actions.

The Mongolian Khan then decided to send troops to Da Chu to take back Hetao and enter the pass to plunder!

In order to save face, the tenth prince Bater volunteered to act as the vanguard in an attempt to avenge his previous humiliation.

Unexpectedly, when he led a team of cavalry and stepped into the border of the Great Chu State, he heard a muffled "puff" sound, and smoke emerged from the ground in that uninhabited area!

Bater immediately felt dizzy, his body swayed, and he even fell off his horse!

The cavalry also fell off their horses one after another, and soon, both the men and their horses were lying on the ground!

The cavalrymen behind were horrified. What kind of magic had the people of Da Chu set up here?

They quickly reined in their horses and stayed away from the smoking area, not daring to take a single step forward.

Unexpectedly, the weather was not good. A gust of wind blew away all the smoke!

The Mongolian cavalry hurriedly spurred their horses into a gallop.

How could a horse outrun the wind? Soon, the cavalrymen behind also fell off their horses.

The second prince was in charge of the rear support. Upon seeing this situation, he was horrified and immediately called back his troops.

The Chu garrison heard the noise and had been waiting far away.

After the smoke was blown away by the wind, they covered their faces with scarves and stepped forward to tie up the Tenth Prince and the cavalrymen.

In this way, the tenth prince Bater became a prisoner of the Chu State again.

Whenever there was any unusual movement by the Mongolian cavalry, Datong General Jiang Rong would order his men to push Bater out.

The Mongolian Khan was afraid of the consequences and had to temporarily stop his invasion of Chu.

Zhang Yanping, the son of the Duke of Zhenguo, was overjoyed and immediately presented the victory report to the emperor. He praised the "minefield" smoke bomb developed by Marquis Jing'an and Doctor Shen and Doctor Mo.

Nangong Qinghe was also very happy and immediately commended Shen Muchun and Mo Qilang. He planned to reward them according to their merits after Marquis Jing'an returned to Beijing.

He also ordered Longmen Military Industry to mass-produce this smoke bomb and distribute it to the border front.

After reading the whole story, Jiang Li laughed so hard that he fell over.

She decided to let the eagle couple add the icing on the cake for the Mongolian Khan.

On this day, the Mongolian "Eagle God" came down the mountain again.

It flew all over Mongolia and pulled out all the royal flags on the four "ordos" of the Mongolian Khan!

The Mongolian Khan was horrified. What did the Eagle God mean?

At the same time, Jiang Rong, the general of Datong, asked his soldiers to hold "transmitters" and shout to the Mongolian border.

"Listen, Mongols!"

"The Eagle God and our Great Chu Jing'an Marquis are good friends. You invaded Great Chu and angered the Eagle God!"

"Pulling down your royal flag is a warning from the Eagle God to you!"

"If you continue to be stubborn, the Eagle God will take action against your royal family and capture one prince every day!"

After hearing this, the Mongolian princes were so frightened that they hid in their tents all day long and dared not come out.

Who among these ordinary mortals dares to fight against the Eagle God?

Even if the Khan works hard to have babies every day, he can't catch up with the speed of the Eagle God in catching people!

The Mongolian Khan had no choice. Winter was approaching and he had to feed his people.

If the Eagle God doesn't allow us to rob the Great Chu, then robbing the Jurchens should be okay, right?

So, the Mongolian cavalry crossed the Greater Khingan Range and invaded the Jurchen Kingdom.

The Jurchens were gearing up to plunder the Chu Kingdom, but unexpectedly, the Mongols came!

Are the Mongols crazy?

Why don't you go and rob the big Chu with its full granaries instead of running to rob your poor relatives?

They had to pick up their weapons and fight back hard.

The Jurchens and Mongols were fighting each other, and the Great Chu just watched coldly from the sidelines, almost clapping and cheering.

An imminent war was extinguished inexplicably.

"here you go!"

Jiang Li couldn't stop laughing. She didn't expect that Jiang Rong, the general of Datong, was also a wonderful person. When he cooperated with the big eagle, the effect was surprisingly good.

Every year, veteran officials such as Prime Minister Liang had to worry and pay close attention to the border wars.

I didn't expect that this year's war would be easily extinguished in the cradle by Marquis Jing'an and the border guards with this almost joking operation.

Hearing that the tenth prince was captured again, the court officials were wondering which piece of Mongolian territory they should take this time?

Nangong Qinghe said: "We will temporarily detain them in Da Chu, and then claim compensation from Mongolia after the defense works in the Hetao area are completed."

Jiang Li also said that the "minefield" in Hetao was just a stopgap measure, and this great victory also caught Mongolia off guard.

If Mongolia reacted, it would risk losing its frontline troops and let the vanguard destroy the minefield first.

When the smoke clears, the rear army will follow the path opened by the front army and invade on a large scale, and Hetao will most likely be unable to be defended.

Therefore, it is still necessary to build military fortifications in Hetao.

All the ministers agreed.

Nangong Qinghe said grimly: "The Mongolian Khan colluded with the secret door and tried to kidnap Marquis Jing'an. This hatred must be avenged by the Great Chu!"

If Mongolia does not give sufficient compensation, the Tenth Prince will have no chance of survival.