Chen Xi did not stay up late.

With clouds and willows by your side, you will never be able to sleep alone.

Yun Liu seemed to be tireless in doing things, and she made many contributions to Chen Xi's affairs. However, when she arrived in the boudoir, she became a weak woman, and in the end she could not bear Chen Xi's fierce spirit.

Originally, Chen Xi wanted to rest early, but after a while, he lost his tiredness.

Chen Xi leaned against the head of the bed, frowned and thought about his thoughts. Yun Liu snuggled in his arms and looked at him in a daze. After a long time, he asked quietly: "Sir, I am worried that King Ning's rebellion will threaten the country and country of the Ming Dynasty?"

Chen Xi looked down at Yun Liu, tightened his arm holding the beautiful woman's waist, and shook his head and said, "There is nothing to worry about. No matter what, your Majesty's safety is guaranteed, and the matter on the front line has nothing to do with me."

Yunliu asked with a smile, "Why are you thinking about what's happening in front of you?"

"Um?"

Chen Xi didn't understand what Yunliu said for a moment. After thinking briefly, he couldn't help laughing and knew that Yunliu was talking about things about love, flowers, snow and moon.

Yun Liu said: "Sir, I am a little lonely recently, but my family will soon arrive in Jiangnan... Before, Xier had already heard news that everything was going well, and the Shen family had arrived in Yangzhou. I should be able to cross the Yangtze River tomorrow and arrive safely in three to four days."

Chen Xi smiled: "Even if the Shen family and his family arrived, I wouldn't have much time to accompany me, and the apartment I arranged was not here."

The Xincheng official office looks quite small, but because it is an office place, Chen Xi does not want to involve family affairs with business affairs, so he chose to let the Shen family live in a residential area in the north of the city, located on the north bank of the upper reaches of the Suzhou River to avoid colliding with Hui Niang.

Yun Liu thought for a while: "I wonder what can I do to serve the master?"

"unnecessary."

Chen Xi shook his head and said, "You don't have much interaction with them, and you will have opportunities to contact in the future, but it's not in front of you. These days, you should put down the affairs of Jiangxi first, don't get involved too much, and temporarily focus on the affairs of major factories and enterprises in the city, especially the ports that need you to take care of."

Yun Liu was a little surprised and took the initiative to show weakness: "But sir, I know nothing about production arrangements, especially shipbuilding matters... I don't know anything about it."

Chen Xi smiled and said, "You don't need to understand many things. You are only responsible for checking the production process and seeing what needs to be added in the factory. The work you do is more like a supervisor, just act according to my instructions."

"oh."

Although Yunliu did not understand Chen Xi's intention, she guessed that Chen Xi intended to avoid the war in Jiangxi, and was afraid that she would be idle, so she deliberately found something for her to do.

Chen Xi suddenly remembered something and said relaxedly: "Speaking of it, I haven't seen Xi'er for some days. I won't send her out to perform missions when I come back this time... You sisters should also plan for their future. If this continues, the person I am most sorry for is you sisters."

Yunliu quickly said, "Sir, I'm so serious."

Chen Xi shook his head: "This is my sincere words. What I want to do is to change your sisters' future lives too much. I just thought I could see the bright moon through the clouds, but I had to work hard again... Your sisters should enter the Shen family and be recognized by everyone in the Shen family and treat them well."

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Zhu Houzhao issued an order to arrive at Jiujiang Prefecture within three days, but at this time, all the ships were talking according to the sky. When sailing against the current, as long as the wind was slightly insufficient, let alone moving, it was not easy to keep it back.

Xu Tai served as the deputy general of Xuanfu for a long time, and was on the front line of fighting against the Tatar soldiers and horses. He also won the military exercises. He had rich military strategies and combat experience. He felt speechless about Jiang Bin's poor military statements, and the other party had no idea about the dangers on the battlefield.

Xu Tai frowned and said, "Mr. Jiang, after we pass Anqing Prefecture City, we will move forward all the way to Jiujiang Prefecture Hukou and Dehua City. There are no fortresses along the coast. If we are stationed in Wangjiang, Nanzhili, Jiujiang Madang and Pengze County, the city will easily be surrounded by bandits. What if we lose it at that time?"

"Um!?"

Jiang Bin was very dissatisfied with Xu Tai's confrontation. Now his position in the court has risen rapidly, and he naturally has a contemptuous attitude towards the people around him, feeling that everything he does is right and cannot tolerate others' doubts.

Although Xu Tai understood Jiang Bin's meaning, it was related to the survival of the entire army. He didn't bother to keep Jiang Bin's face and continued: "The city of Dehua and Hukou County of Jiujiang Prefecture are very difficult to capture. It is the throat road that guards the Yangtze River and Poyang Lake. It has been built many times. This time, we took a boat to the water. The troops and food were loaded with a lot of troops, but there was a serious lack of siege equipment. Although the army was equipped with muskets and Flang machine cannons, these did not have any substantial help to the siege. Now the siege equipment is on the side of the land, and the two armies cannot cooperate in a short period of time."

Jiang Bin frowned and asked, "There are so many artillery on the ship that can't you capture the only Jiujiang Prefecture City or Hukou County?"

Xu Tai said: "Now that most of Jiujiang Prefecture is captured by the rebels of King Ning. We rashly kill them, it is easy to fight with them halfway, and even a ship battle may occur on the Yangtze River. The rebels go downstream and we are in a state of uproar attack. It is hard to say that the outcome is. Even if we are safe to the ground, the artillery on our ship cannot open the city gate... The Folang machine cannon we equipped is mainly used to eliminate the rebels' live power, not to attack the tough ones."

Although Jiang Bin is good at making shows in front of the emperor and knows how to please Zhu Houzhao, he is a completely out of the military. He is only a deputy commander of the guard commander, not even the commander of the guard. Before, the Weizhou Guard was mainly a cavalry, without any firearms, and would not set up a Shenji camp. After Jiang Bin gained power, he did not have the energy to study the recent changes in the war caused by technological progress, and was confused about leading troops to fight.

Jiang Bin seemed very impatient: "This is not good, that is not good, what do you mean?"

Xu Tai quickly said: "In the view of the general, he should return to Anqing Prefecture and wait for the various quelling troops to gather, investigate the rebel movements during this period, and make the next military deployment."

Jiang Bin frowned: "You don't know what Your Majesty is most concerned about now, right? If you tell Your Majesty that we may not be able to reach Jiujiang Prefecture, do you know how much sin you have to bear? How can Your Majesty face be with you when he returns rashly?"

Xu Tai said: "Then you can't just advance in such a rash way and put Your Majesty in danger, right?"

Jiang Bin's mind suddenly flashed and he waved his hand and said, "You don't have to worry about this matter. Even if someone needs to advise His Majesty, it must be us... I will never go to trouble. It's better to let others tell His Majesty about the current situation. He will bear the blame."

Xu Tai thought of something and said, "After going ashore to camp today, Eunuch Zhang hurried to find His Majesty, but was blocked by our people."

Jiang Bin smiled and said, "Isn't this just right? Let Zhang Yuan talk to His Majesty."

Xu Tai was very embarrassed: "But after being blocked, Eunuch Zhang went back to his tent and never came to see His Majesty again. What should he do if he turned around and reported to His Majesty that he would see His Majesty being blocked and put the blame on us blocking the way of speech? We have to be careful of this matter!"

Jiang Bin gritted his teeth and said, "This old guy always looks for us along the way. Fortunately, he was practicing military law during the march to block him... Now he cannot cause any twists and turns, and he cannot let him contact His Majesty casually and regain his Majesty's trust!"

"What should we do?" Xu Tai asked anxiously.

Jiang Bin thought for a long time, and the situation in front of him was a dead end. He waved his hand last: "Just pretend that I don't know... When will it be our turn to report the military information?"

"If something happens, it means that Zhang Yuan’s report is not effective. He said that it was our people who blocked him. I told Your Majesty that he was deliberately slandering him, and that he was intentionally hiding military information... Anyway, he had done similar things in Xuanfu before, and had a criminal record. It depends on who Your Majesty believes in!"

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Zhang Yuan failed to report Zhu Houzhao's emergency military situation, and Jiang Bin ignored it after learning about it.

So much so that when the fleet started again the next day, Zhu Houzhao still knew nothing about what happened in Jiujiang Prefecture.

Zhu Houzhao was in good spirits that day and went out of the cabin from time to time to see the scenery on the deck. Because it was an envoy of early winter, the wind was very strong on the river surface, and Xiaotiao was very nervous, for fear that Zhu Houzhao would fall into the river water alive after being frozen. He went to persuade him several times but had no effect, so he couldn't help but feel helpless.

After noon, Xiao Guozi learned about the incident in Jiujiang Prefecture from some soldiers on the boat, and was a little unbelievable.

"What are you guys who are gossiping about this? You dare to talk nonsense about this kind of thing? Don't you want to live?"

Xiao Guozi didn't think that the emperor would make such a big mistake when he was in charge of the army. When encountering an emergency military situation, he would be concealed by the people below, so he scolded the soldiers who were talking about it.

After serving the emperor on the deck for more than half an hour, Zhu Houzhao returned to the cabin. When the little twister came out again, he saw that many guards were added to the nearby ships.

Xiao Taozi suddenly remembered the topic that the soldiers discussed before, and was puzzled in his heart, so he wanted to find someone to ask about the latest situation about Jiujiang Prefecture.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Houzhao called his name again at this time, Xiao Guozi hurried to see him.

Zhu Houzhao sat in front of the couch next to the window and said lazily: "According to the itinerary, we will almost enter the Jiangxi territory tomorrow. What's the situation in Jiujiang Prefecture?"

Xiao Guozi hesitated, and he did not dare to answer this question casually, because his duty was to serve the emperor rather than investigate the information. He was not clear about many things, especially after hearing the secret discussions of the soldiers on the ship, he did not dare to make a rash talk about what was going on in Jiujiang Prefecture.

Xiao Tiaozi organized the language and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know these things. If you want to figure it out, you might as well ask Eunuch Zhang to ask."

Zhu Houzhao said annoyedly: "Why do you have to ask Zhang Yuan for everything? But it's strange, why haven't you seen Zhang Yuan's shadow during this period? Is it safe for the front line? Don't he need to come to report military information to me?"

Such a question is not easy to answer.

Jiang Bin's control over Emperor Yanlu was not simply from the outside to the inside, but was isolated. Not only did Zhang Yuan not meet the emperor, but Xiao Tiaozi could not meet outsiders, and the emperor temporarily interrupted contact with outsiders.

This is also related to the fact that Zhu Houzhao is usually on the boat and no one can come to see him when the boat does not dock.

A ship is like an isolated island, which is asymmetrical to the outside world's news. Only after docking, others have the opportunity to make suggestions to Zhu Houzhao. Because of Jiang Bin's deliberate blockade, the news is difficult to reach Zhu Houzhao's ears.

When Zhu Houzhao saw Xiao Zhuozi not answering, she said angrily: "After the docking, call Zhang Yuan and Jiang Bin, I want to ask them about the situation... useless things."

Xiao Guozi was scolded by Zhu Houzhao, and she felt no loss, but was a little grateful.

Fortunately, he finally didn't have to take responsibility himself. Being scolded for being incompetent is much better than passing false information.

After Xiao Tiaozi retreated, Zhu Houzhao stayed in the cabin to rest. It was not until sunset that the huge fleet found a place with deep draft on the north bank of the Yangtze River between Wangjiang and Pengze. There was no village or shop in front of him, and after getting ashore, he just camped in the wilderness to rest.

Zhu Houzhao got ashore and originally agreed to find someone to ask about the military situation on the front line, but when he entered the tent, he forgot about the main business.

It was not until night fell that Xiao Guozi called Zhang Yuan and Jiang Bin.
Chapter completed!