Appropriate guidance has led to the rise of the martial arts trend among the people, which is also a original intention of Shen Mo to run the newspaper.

The people do not necessarily have to be powerful, but they must be bloody. This is another purpose of Shen Mo's propaganda war.

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"Li Guangfu, a Jinshi of Daizhou, was good at fencing swords. When he went to the palace, the emperor said, "If you are going to use it, all the people will love swords." He sent him back. - Volume 52 of "Xu Zizhi Tongjian Changbian".

This is a true historical record, which tells the story of 1002 AD, three years before the Tanyuan Alliance, during the reign of Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty, there was a Jinshi named Li Guangfu in Daizhou who was very good at swords and swords.

He went to Kaifeng to meet Song Zhenzong. When Song Zhenzong saw that this man knew martial arts, he thought to himself how could this be done? If you are like you, wouldn’t I be a big Song pill? In the end, Zhenzong didn’t use him seriously and asked him to go home to farm - you should know that Daizhou is not another place, it is the location of Yanmen Pass! It was normal for people from the border to practice martial arts, but as a result, a person who passed the Jinshi was just "good fencing"

No need for others, this is the Song Dynasty!

Zhenzong would rather the people of the border were all weak scholars who were slaughtered by nomadic people than a martial Jinshi. He would rather raise tens of millions of docile sheep and give New Year's money to the Liao Kingdom every year than let the sheep "good swords".

We can imagine that if Zhenzong could use more people like Li Guangfu, there would definitely be no tragedy like the "Tanyuan Alliance" in the Song Dynasty.

It can also be said that the Song Dynasty was not strong in military affairs, but they did not want to make the military affairs stronger at all.

In order to prevent the so-called rebellion of military generals, all the practices that could make the military stronger were in the minds of the previous Emperors of the Song Dynasty that they would rather die than do.

Now, under the quiet guidance of Shen Mo, his impression of military generals and military affairs in Lin'an, the center of the Song Dynasty, is gradually changing silently.

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And the entire Lin'an people are thinking about Shen Mo, who is so obsessed with him. What is he doing now?

After Shen Mo led his troops on board, he went down the Huai River and saw that he had arrived at Huaiyin, which was more than ten miles away from Chuzhou City.

This is where the two rivers are bounded after the Huai River was occupied by the Yellow River.

After the Yellow River seized Huaihe in the Huaiyin section and entered the sea, the Jin Kingdom on the other side raised the river embankment every year. The siltation of a large amount of silt and sand in the Yellow River made the river channel higher and higher, causing the Huaihe River to no longer enter the sea through this.

That's why the Huai River flows into Hongze Lake and heads towards the Yangtze River.

This section of the river has become clear and distinct. Now it is right in front of Shen Mo's ship. The clear Huai River water and the turbid Yellow River are clearly divided, with completely different colors. This natural wonder makes people sigh. In order to prevent the harassment of the Jin army in Chuzhou and Huaiyin, Shen Mo has been driving along the north bank of the Yellow River, that is, the river near the side of the Jin Kingdom. Now the entire fleet of the Jin Kingdom is in Chuzhou, that is, the other side of the Song Dynasty.

It is ridiculous to be safe on the Jin side.

Then Shen Mo walked down and arrived at Lianshui City, which was only 50 miles away from the mouth of the Yellow River.

The reason why Shen Mo chose this is because Lianshui City is a very interesting place.

First, it is located on Shandong East Road in the Jin Dynasty, and there are no other cities around it for support and assistance. So you can slowly digest it by killing it, and there is no need to worry about other Jin Dynasty cities sending troops to counterattack quickly.

The second reason is that Lianshui City is actually the starting point for the entire Jin army invading the south!

According to information from the Jin Dynasty, every time the Jin Dynasty attacked the northeast of the Song Dynasty, this Lianshui City was the starting point of the Jin army. It was also the first place where they returned to the Jin Dynasty after returning to the army.

So here, a huge market was formed at some point.

The reason for this market is that every time the Jin Dynasty invaded the Southern Song Dynasty and returned to its own country, whether it was a general or a soldier, they all snatched a lot of money and became rich.

As soon as they returned to their own territory, they were eager to exchange the stolen property for cash in order to take it home to improve their lives.

After a few decades, Lianshui City has become such a place for selling stolen goods. Every time the Jin Kingdom returns to the army, the merchants in Lianshui City will directly enter the Jin army's camp and purchase all the silk, antiques, calligraphy, paintings, jewellery and toys that the soldiers cannot directly spend.

The gold and silver transactions generated in the middle can be described as mountains and seas!

During the past years, eight businesses were gradually formed in Lianshui City. They were later called the "Eight Great Masters of Lianshui".

Each of these merchants had a close relationship with the generals led by various troops from the Jin Dynasty, so they formed their own sphere of influence.

Let’s give an example. If Wanyan Alin’s army returned to the Jin Kingdom, then the merchants among the Eight Great Masters of Lianshui, who are in love with the Huamao Army will naturally monopolize the procurement of all the property in the Huamao Army camp.

This is the most important reason why Shen Mo chose Lianshui as his next goal.

According to the information sent by the Jin Kingdom, because the Jin army was strong this time, the destination they chose was Yangzhou, which was extremely wealthy. Therefore, the eight great masters of Lianshui had already focused on this piece of fat. They expected that the Jin army would definitely come back with countless wealth this time. So they turned all their funds into gold and silver early on, and waited for Wanyan Alin to return to Lianshui and use these yellow gold to turn them into gold and silver.

All the treasures of Song State stolen were acquired.

Therefore, it is no exaggeration to describe the gold and silver gathered in Lianshui at this moment!

In this case, if Shen Mo couldn't go over and bite hard, who would he be worthy of?

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So, Shen Mo took advantage of the news that the two cities of Linhuai in Sizhou were captured too far (Sizhou is away from the Lianshui River, and there is a road between the east and west of the mountain) and rushed towards the unprepared Lianshui City with great momentum!

When attacking Lianshui this time, Shen Mo was extremely careful.

Because this place was the starting point for the Jin army to conquer the Song Dynasty and the transfer of materials from the front and rear, the number of Jin soldiers must be no small.

Moreover, those big merchants hold a large amount of money and will definitely pay great attention to the safety of this city, so his usual style of siege like wind is not suitable for use this time.
Chapter completed!