Seven years have passed.

There are no nine gates in Hangzhou before.

Even when Duoduo led his army to counterattack Hangzhou City, he only closed the six gates in the east and north.

But now, Hangzhou City is closed down.

The rebels came too fast.

Not that the rebels have extremely powerful attack power.

Instead, there were no resistance soldiers along the way from Taihu Lake to Hangzhou Prefecture.

All the troops in Wu Zheng's hands were either on the way back to Jiangbei or had been transferred to the coast to deploy to fight the upcoming enemy fleet.

So the rebels were as if they had entered a no-man and went straight outside the city of Hangzhou.

This made the whole city feel the tension and depression of the storm coming and the wind is filling the building.

But strangely, under such an urgent situation of the army, the General's Mansion did not recruit soldiers in the city, and even the servants in Renhe and Yuqi County Government were not recruited.

In the restaurants and teahouses, all the good people are privately rumored that this time, I am afraid that the territory of the King of Wu will not be able to be preserved.

Yes, the example of vassals must be pursued hundreds of years ago.

But no one thought that the King of Wu would lose power as a result.

No one thinks that the General's Mansion will disappear from now on.

Everyone thinks that 200,000 Northern Expedition Army is there, who can shake it!

So, no matter how nervous you are, there are not many who are really worried or want to escape, and of course, you can't escape from the city now.

Life is still like this, singing, dancing, singing, dancing, and peace!

But I don't say there are no good things, to be precise, happy things.

Since the reorganization of the joint meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, the stock price of the Chamber of Commerce has been rising. In just seven or eight days, the stock price has risen to around fifteen taels.

This made the people in Hangzhou city look happy, especially those ordinary people who have been registered and recorded, who will brag about the two liang of yellow soup after eating, and they will have a family heirloom!

But many people, mainly those who understand, have a little doubt in their hearts, because the Chamber of Commerce's trade has not improved, and the wars on the offshore have begun again. The Chamber of Commerce has not distributed dividends for more than half a year. Now that the imperial army is heading south, everything is like a layer of haze.

So, these rich people began to secretly take out their shares. It was right. Taking advantage of the market conditions, they would get out as soon as possible. Who knew that once this battle started, it would be endless. At that time, it would be difficult to get out.

And those ordinary people who have already tasted "take over the country" have bought it this time just for a long time.

The situation is so chaotic and difficult to understand. Rich people suddenly realized that their secret sales did not lower the stock price, but the stock price was still rising.

This invisible sense of loss made them begin to consciously increase their selling efforts, but strangely, the stock price is still strong, as if there is endless financial support behind it.

General's Mansion, Central Hall.

The King of Political Affairs of the dynasty, His Highness of the King of Wu, sat upright.

"Prince, I found out... the one who is competing with us for shares in the Chamber of Commerce... is the female organization. They have raised a lot of money from the Weaver Girls in various places... I think the same should be true in the capital!"

Women's Office?

Wu Zheng smiled bitterly, it’s hard to raise only women in the world!

There was the scene in Yingtian Mansion back then, and Wu Zheng could figure out that these difficult-to-raise women should not be willing to be dull. So, the trouble is getting started again.

"Please tell me if the General's Office comes forward to reprimand and stop it, or the Finance Department secretly attacks it?"

"No need!" Wu Zheng said lightly, "The Weaver Girl is also a people... Instead of letting the Chamber of Commerce be manipulated and controlled by wealthy families, it is better to hide wealth from the people!"

Hidden wealth among the people.

Huang Zongxi stopped talking, he understood it.

With the precedent of registering and registering ordinary people who took over the country, Huang Zongxi was very clear about the plans and purposes of the King of Wu.

Wu Zheng looked at Chen Mingxia and Li Yong, "What are the abnormal movements of the rebels?"

Chen Mingxia replied, "The rebels set up camp ten miles outside the city and have blocked Qingchun, Qingtai and Yongchang gates so much that they are blocked... But what is puzzling is that Liao Zhongping does not seem to continue to surround the west... Prince, I think, should people be sent out of the city to negotiate with Liao Zhongping... or can we persuade the surrender!"

Wu Zheng thought for a while and said, "The negotiation is probably useless... Liao Zhongping dared to lead the army to the city, which means he had made a decision in his heart... I believe that if he led the army to invade this time, it was the court's intention, even if he talked with him, he would not be able to tell the reason."

"Then... according to the prince's wishes... would it be like this stalemate?" Li Yong asked in confusion, "If Liao Zhongping stayed outside the city for two or three months, our tariffs and taxes in the past six months would be lost!"

Huang Zongxi was anxious, "Prince, you know the current dilemma of the Finance Department... Since the court has not sent any official documents for a long time, it means that Liao Zhongping's move is actually a rebellion. According to the law, the prince can order the surrounding governments to raise troops to quell the rebellion. As long as there are several charity troops rising up, Liao Zhongping cannot get the court's troops to send reinforcements, and in the end he can only withdraw his troops...!"

Wu Zheng raised his hand and interrupted, "The financial department's dilemma is very clear... Liao Zhongping led his army to invade, relying on the word "raid". Time is not with him. The longer he delays, the more passive he is. We have a city wall to guard... Don't worry, wait a little longer!"

This means that Wu Zheng has made a decision, so Huang Zongxi naturally has to obey his orders.

....

Looking at the not-high city wall, Liao Zhongping's face turned gloomy.

He felt terrified from the bottom of his heart.

Others don’t know the ability of King Wu, he knows it very well.

Starting from Shaoxing Prefecture, Liao Zhongping followed the King of Wu and recovered the lost territory all the way until Yingtian Prefecture was revived.

What Liao Zhongping was afraid of was not the tactics and tactics of King Wu's combat, but he was so scared that he was the ability of King Wu to create something out of nothing and turn stones into gold.

In the Battle of Shining Street, Wu Zheng was able to incite the rogues on Shining Street with hundreds of Lianghuweis and annihilate thousands of cavalry in the future. This can explain everything. You must know that the Lianghuwei at that time were all infantry and were not even equipped with today's muskets.

Recovering Hangzhou City will turn decay into magic.

Although the main force of the Tartars was transferred to the battlefield of Jiujiang, Jiangxi by the Qing court, the defenders of Hangzhou City were still far beyond Wu Zheng's troops, and Duoduo was leading his army from Yingtian Prefecture to marching towards Hangzhou Prefecture.

After that, every battle was to defeat the more with fewer and weaker with strong ones. Wu Zheng could often accurately grasp the weakest part of the enemy in every seemingly inconspicuous place, concentrate superior forces to defeat, and then expand the results of the battle infinitely.

This was all manifested in the recovery of Suzhou and the battle of Changzhou, as well as the forced surrender of Songjiang Prefecture to surrender the Qingming Army and the counterattack of Danyang and Danshu to resist the enemy.

What Liao Zhongping was most worried about was that after defeating the East City of Hangzhou, he was defeated by Wu Zheng, and dragged the entire army into the mud of street fighting.

If that is true, Liao Zhongping understands that this raid will eventually be a dead end.

It was not that Liao Zhongping didn't want to launch an attack immediately, but it was delayed from the afternoon until it was getting dark. Liao Zhongping had been hesitating whether he should attack immediately. He didn't know that his hesitation would make him lose his suddenness in this attack.
Chapter completed!