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Chapter 458: Planning Jiangnan
As the morning light breaks and the sky turns pale, the construction site is already bustling with activity.

Although the craftsmen were wearing old clothes, they all wore straw sandals. In contrast, the slaves who worked with them were dressed in rags, and most of them did not even have a pair of shoes.

These slaves followed the craftsmen, some holding simple tools such as iron hoes, stone hammers, wooden bars, etc., and meticulously dug and compacted the foundation.

Some carried huge rocks and wood on their shoulders and staggered towards the designated location.

Looking at the other side, carpenters were busy building the skeleton of the house, masons were busy mixing mud and building walls, and stonemasons were measuring the size of stones. In this vast area, nearly 20,000 people were doing their jobs, busy and orderly.

Zuo Lengchan never took off his armor and rode on his horse, watching silently from the periphery.

At this time, Gao Kexin came over on horseback, approached and bowed, saying, "Brother, Ye Bushou sent a message that there is a Jurchen tribe with a population of about 300 people 30 miles away from here."

"Lead a hundred cavalrymen to wipe them out. Bring back the men to do hard labor and send the women to the Music Bureau to study." Zuo Lengchan looked at the construction site and said indifferently.

"Yes!" Gao Kexin responded, then rode away, preparing to return to the military camp to mobilize a hundred cavalrymen.

Ten miles away from the construction site, Linghu Chong happily looked at the forty acres of land in front of him and said, "Don't be unhappy, sister! Look how good this place is. It's far from Zhongxin Street, so we don't have to worry about being blocked by the righteous martial arts. It's close to the planned north gate, which makes it convenient for our brothers to go out of the city to capture the Jurchens. It's the best of both worlds!"

"Yes!" You Xun shook his head and said, "Besides, this is 40 acres of land. We have many brothers, so we also need such a large territory."

"Of course you are happy!"

Lan Fenghuang was so angry that she kicked You Xun out and started to curse: "A bunch of grown men, spending money recklessly when going out. If you don't have money to buy land, just wait for the headquarters to give you money! How dare you secretly pawn my silver jewelry? Do you really think I, Lan Fenghuang, am a vegetarian?!"

"Hehe. This matter has to be prioritized! And Liu Renxia promised us that he would not sell the leader's silver jewelry." Zu Qianqiu explained in a low voice, hiding behind Linghu Chong.

"You still dare to say that?!" Lan Fenghuang glared at him. Zu Qianqiu shrank back, not daring to speak again.

Zhu Caoxian, who was standing by, had a swollen pig-like face and pleaded incoherently, "Good leader, please detoxify me first!"

"Detoxification?" Lan Fenghuang rolled her eyes and said, "You wish! You dare to sell my things? Prepare to die!"

When Linghu Chong heard this, he quickly said, "Sister, just give him a light punishment. This crime does not deserve death!"

"Humph!"

Lan Fenghuang snorted coldly, looked at the empty space in front of her and asked, "Now that I have no money left, what should I do with the house?"

"This..." Several people hesitated for a moment and looked at Linghu Chong.

"No, what are you looking at me for?" Linghu Chong was stunned and couldn't help asking.

"hey-hey."

You Xun crawled back and said with a wry smile, "Brother Linghu's junior sister married Ou Shangshu, and Ou Shangshu is Liu Renxia's disciple. So Brother Linghu and Liu Renxia are family! How about Young Master Linghu ask Liu Renxia to borrow some more?"

Zu Qianqiu added: "That's right, that's right, Young Master Linghu is Ou Shangshu's brother-in-law, Liu Renxia should give him this respect!"

Linghu Chong was speechless for a while. These people really knew how to stab someone in the back.

At this time, a group of people came to the open space next to them. Everyone looked carefully and was surprised to find that they were the brothers of the Beggars' Sect.

Lan Fenghuang couldn't help but laugh out loud: "What a great place, we are neighbors with the Beggars' Sect."

Everyone was speechless. Compared to the Beggars' Sect, they felt that it was better to be neighbors with Shaolin and Wudang.

After Jie Bai discovered Linghu Chong and his group not far away, he also realized that his neighbors were the Sun Moon Sect.

Suddenly, the young leader's face darkened, and he muttered to himself:
I deliberately chose such a remote location, but I didn't expect to meet an opponent. My luck is really... extremely bad!

With the official start of the construction of Liaodong, Emperor Zhengde once again experienced what it meant to spend money like water.

The one million taels of silver that had just been obtained from Mongolia had not even been warmed up when Xi Shu pried away 500,000 taels of silver.

Of course, the remaining 500,000 taels were not kept.
Emperor Zhengde was feeling distressed, so he went to talk to a good friend.

After hearing this, Ou Zanghua said with a smile: "Your Majesty is rich, why bother about these 500,000 taels? In my humble opinion, Your Majesty should send the remaining 500,000 taels to Mr. Xi as soon as possible."

"Do you think I don't want to?" Emperor Zhengde sighed and said slowly, "The Ministry of Revenue has already planned how to use the remaining 500,000 taels. It's not Liaodong's turn."

The Minister of Revenue was Fei Hong, who had once helped Ou Zanghua.

So Ou Zanghua also returned the favor and spoke up for him: "Mr. Fei, the Minister of Revenue, is devoted to the country, and I think he will make arrangements for the use of the 500,000 taels."

While the two were discussing Fei Hong, he, the person involved, was reading a letter from home and was lost in thought.

As the families of the military officers from Jiangxi were transferred to Changsha Prefecture by Ou Zanghua, the fields they left behind were bought by local landlords and gentry, and many members of Fei Hong's family also bought land.

To Fei Hong's surprise, the land that his relative had just purchased was bought by King Ning at a high price in the blink of an eye.

His relatives regarded this as a good omen and even wrote a letter to share the good news with him.

Fei Hong looked solemn, recalling the series of tricks King Ning had done before. Now he was trying to win people's hearts in Jiangxi. What was he planning to do?
Realizing that something might have happened in Jiangxi, Fei Hong immediately wrote a memorial, imploring His Majesty to send an imperial censor to Jiangxi to investigate.

A few days later, Fei Hong's memorial was placed on the desk of Emperor Zhengde.

After hearing the news, Ou Zanghua turned his gaze to Emperor Zhengde, only to see Boss Zhu with a happy smile on his face.

"Great! Finally there is a move, otherwise I would still be worried that Mr. Ou's plan would fail!" Emperor Zhengde shook the memorial and continued, "It's just that this relative of mine is a little timid and his steps are not big enough."

Ou Zanghua said calmly: "Your Majesty, this matter should be handled step by step, so as to be steady and steady. If Prince Ning acts too quickly, it may be detrimental to the overall situation of the court. After all, the court has just ended the war with Mongolia, the treasury is empty, and the internal money is not sufficient. It is difficult to support a large-scale southern expedition."

"That's right, let's just leave it alone!" Emperor Zhengde nodded, thought for a while and added: "Let's make some adjustments to the military officers in the Beijing camp! Replace the commanders of Wuchang Guard, Changsha Guard, and Yueyang Guard."

Ou Zanghua had no objection to this, because these three garrisons blocked Prince Ning's route to the north and west, forcing him to go south.

(End of this chapter)