Jiang Guozhu, who was entrenched in Jiangnan, was much stronger than Zhang Chao. Although he might not be as good as Zhang Changgeng, who was in the hands of the two provinces, it was far away from Sichuan, so it largely offset Deng Ming's military advantage. Therefore, in Deng Ming's initial judgment, Jiang Guozhu would be the most difficult problem to solve on this trip. However, Deng Ming conservatively estimated that he would encounter limited resistance in Huguang and Jiangxi at the beginning, so the Ming army had already suffered losses when they arrived in Jiangnan, and he still needed to deploy troops in the rear to prevent two rebellions.

But the situation is much better than the plan. Huguang and Jiangxi not only did not resist but also framed each other, resulting in the Ming army reaching the border of Jiangnan without bloodshed, because there was no conflict and he also obtained a deposit. Deng Ming did not need to leave a large number of guard troops in the rear. The Kuidong Army that participated in the war advanced east with the Sichuan Army. Letting the Kuidong Army stay in the rear may cause their dissatisfaction and risk the conflict with Zhang Changgeng; and if the Sichuan Army stayed, it would greatly weaken Deng Ming's strength.

"I still remember the scene of the last time I went to Jiangnan with Hushang to the south." When the huge Ming fleet sailed across Jiangxi and the border of Jiangnan, Deng Ming boarded Li Laiheng's ship and recalled the past with leisurely.

"In just four years, the most powerful fleet on the Yangtze River was under the command of the admiral." Li Laiheng couldn't help but sigh. Last time he led the army, he had to dress up as a green camp to cover up his eyes. Even if Zheng Chenggong had already tortured the Qing army in the southeast at that time, the fleet owned by Nanjing was not something that Li Laiheng could compete with: "The admiral had arrived in Nanjing at that time, and I was still hiding around Anqing. Every time I saw the giant Tartar ships sailing by my fleet, even if there were only a few, my heart would pound, for fear that they would see through their identities."

The impression was very profound. Even after several years, Li Laiheng remembered it very clearly. Now the huge Ming army fleet covered with the Yangtze River could not do it even if they wanted to make up the Qing army, because everyone knew that there was no such fleet in the Qing court. Li Laiheng and Liu Tichun were the first to come; Dang Shousu and Ma Tengyun also caught up with Deng Ming before Deng Ming left Huguang; and when he was staying in Jiujiang, Wang Guangxing also arrived by boat - this time Hao Yaoqi stayed in Xiangyang to monitor Zhang Changgeng and Henan Green Camp, while He Zhen was sick, so the Ming army in the Han River Basin only sent symbolic troops.

When the plan was first formulated, Deng Ming decided to wait until the troops were assembled, and then followed the bankers into Jiangnan, so that these invading financial vanguards could be protected by military support. Although the situation is better than expected, Deng Ming did not need to change the plan. The bankers walked over one prefecture and county to sell war bonds. After a prefecture completed the task, the Ming army would set out to follow to ensure that when the bankers crossed the threshold of the prefect, the target of the promotion could receive military emergency reports on the border of his jurisdiction at the same time.

Seven hundred ships of all sizes were loaded with more than 30,000 Kuidong Army, 25,000 Imperial waters and land officers and more than 22,000 Sichuan military workers. The scale of 90,000 troops was even greater than the last time Li Xinghan and others went to Jiangnan. When Deng Ming's flagship left Anqing Prefecture and moored in the Dongling under Chizhou Prefecture, the defenders were still waiting in front of the prefecture of Chizhou Prefecture, waiting to go to Chaohu to support the bankers who were selling bonds to Hefei.

After subscribing to his bond, the magistrate of Tongling disguised himself and came to Deng Ming's military camp to meet him. Deng Ming also comforted him, saying that the brass he contributed last time was of good quality, and he also asked a three-wall guard to take off the brass helmet on his head and give it to the magistrate of Tongling to take a look.

At this time, the prefect of Taiping Prefecture also came to pay homage to Deng Ming in person. Although the Ming army had not left Luzhou Prefecture, the prefect felt that it was not surprising that there were too many people, so he came to the door to see him, and at least he had a good attitude. Before the prefect left, the banker who came to Taiping Prefecture to promote bonds had not arrived yet, but the prefect had already told his subordinates to do their best to meet the various requirements of Sichuan bankers. As for the daily life of the banker, the standard of the retired minister was the standard.

Although the news of the Ming army's invasion again spread throughout the mansion, there was no panic in Taiping Prefecture. Many little landlords smiled and said, "Last year, Taiping Prefecture was exempted from 50% of the tax, and this year it can be exempted a lot? These days are getting better and better."

There were crowds coming to the riverside on the roads in the mansion, among which many people from Ningguo Mansion were driving big trucks and loaded with goods behind them. Last year, the people who were entertaining the Ming army who crossed the border became rich, especially when hundreds of thousands of people moved to Sichuan, the people who set up stalls and sold goods on the riverside all made a lot of money. Hearing that the army had come to Jiangnan again, the people of Taiping Mansion rushed to tell each other and came to hear the news, trying to make more money and lay the foundation for a fat New Year. Ningguo Mansion did not rely on the river, but was not willing to be left behind. Many people simply brought fishing guys to do business by the riverside for several months; some people came to buy things. They heard that every time the Ming army entered Jiangnan, they would transport a large amount of goods, silk, Sichuan embroidery, and Gan porcelain were only one-something that of their hometown. This kind of opportunity to go to the market is hard to come by. Next year, they would be looking at this business.

Experienced Taiping Prefecture fishermen were disdainful of this swarming behavior and commented privately: "It is not the cheapest time yet. When the Sichuan Army returned to the army last year, that was cheap. I bought five pairs of 80% new Green Camp military pants in one go, which is enough for me to wear for several years."

"Only five?" Another person said: "I bought more than a dozen green camp clothes without spending a few dollars. A lot of relatives and neighbors were separated. The rest were changed into gowns, and it would be fine to sew and repair until old age."

The Ming army has not arrived yet, but the Yangtze River is already very lively, and even artists have attracted several groups of artists. Now the Qing court is still strict with the congregation in the southeast, and Sichuan is actually attracting money, so the land price stops rising after a little rebound, hovering around five taels of silver per mu. If you can do a prosperous business by the river, it will be more than the income from hard work and farming in the field a year.

However, the time for the Ming army to transit this time was not very good. There were a lot of things in the farmland in May, so the family had to leave enough strong labor. Especially those far away, they kept complaining about why the Ming army did not pick on coming back in July, and could rob the imperial court's grain transport ships - the agreement between Deng Ming and the Governor of the Grain Transportation General of the Grain Transportation Ordinary people did not know. They only knew that there was silver, grain, cloth and other Jiangnan local products on the basket. If the Ming army robbed them, they would not take them away. When the sale was made, the people could still buy some bargains.

The scene by the river gave the Taiping Prefecture a feeling that the temple fairs in his palace were not so lively.

"The court must cleanse people's hearts." The prefect who was wearing makeup did not dare to reveal his identity, so he could only sigh in his heart: "Governor, I must cleanse people's hearts in Jiangnan."

After sneaking into Tongling, the prefect knew that the Ming army was not far away without asking, because there were already people coming and going on the official roads here, and this phenomenon was extremely rare in May. The hawkers' sampans were coming and going on the Yangtze River, and their loud hawking sounds were everywhere. There were all stories about the storytellers, the slogans, the piano and the music on the shore.

The prefect saw the stall owner smilingly entertaining several Ming army customers, happily taking the thing called military tickets from them. The prefect is not unfamiliar with this thing. Since the last invasion of Jiangnan, the Ming army has used this kind of battlefield banknotes, and the recipient can exchange silver and money with the Ming army with military tickets. Even after the Ming army left, the exchange work continued. It is said that the yamen of the Zongli of Deng was in charge of this matter. This statement was also spread among the clerks of the yamen.

Of course, the Zongli Yamen of the Suppression of Deng denied this, requiring the clerks of the Southeast government to not believe in rumors, spread rumors, or smear brothers. When the rumors first arose, the Zongli Yamen issued a document, officially denied that they had exchanged military tickets for the Ming army on their behalf, and even took the initiative to deny that the Suppression of Deng would send military tickets to western Sichuan and exchange silver from the Ming army to earn handling fees. Those who deliberately spread similar rumors were the detailed works of the Ming army lurking in the Qing court; the person who sent this document was dismissed and arrested a month later after internal investigation, and announced that it was found that he was the detailed works of the Ming army lurking in the Zongli Yamen of the Suppression of Deng. This official document that had extremely bad influence was recycled and destroyed.

The new official document denied the rumors again, and said that even if the yamen of the Zongli of Deng really recovered the Ming army tickets - of course this was impossible - it was also for the sake of the people. It was officials at all levels in the yamen who took the initiative to donate their salaries to help the poor people make up for the losses under the inspiration of the Zhou governor. The bad impact of the second official document was even worse than the former. After learning about this, the prefect of the Taiping Prefecture was skeptical. The governor was also furious after learning about it. His left and right hands moved and quickly solved the case. He found that the person who issued the second official document was the guy who sentenced the previous Ming army to death. It was a deeper work of the Ming army.

Just after the second exposed Ming army's detailed work was rectified like his accomplices executed by him, the Deng Zongli Yamen decisively changed to the upper level of the Southeast Governor's Governor's Route. Soon, Taiping Prefecture received a document issued by the Liangjiang Governor's Governor's Order. In the future, it was strictly prohibited to mention the word "military ticket" in any official documents, otherwise the Ming army would be treated in detail. There are rumors that this ban was applied by Duke Zhou Pei himself to Governor Jiang Guozhu.

"Go and fight Shandong!" The restaurant owner who had just received the Ming army ticket waved enthusiastically to the leaving Ming army soldiers: "Bring more people back, I'll make something delicious for you."

"We must go to Shandong." Many people shouted together, shouting hard to the Ming army.

Behind the people, a Qing army envoy hurried to Nanjing on a fast horse, containing a secret message to the Governor of Liangjiang. One of them was a formal memorial to the court - the whole country worked together to protect the city and united as one to create another great victory in Tongling.
Chapter completed!