Chapter 820

After Qin Mu caused a scene at the Cui residence, he left Jin Ling and wandered around Jiangnan at will.

Along the way, Wu Meiniang had a very happy time.

General Yue Fei Fei, however, was still not quite satisfied, always saying that it would be great if they could also go and cause a scene in the Jin Ling imperial palace.

However, he was just saying it casually; General Yue Fei Fei knew very well that the time was not yet ripe to cause a scene in the imperial palace.

The matter of negotiating war reparations with Great Tang was completely thrown to the back of his mind by Qin Mu.

At present, Great Qin occupies the absolute initiative.

If Great Tang sends the million taels of silver to the Jiangbei camp, just let it sit there for now.

Coming to Great Tang this time, a few major things were accomplished.

One was to have the Embroidered Uniform Guard cooperate with the aristocratic families under the guise of merchants, digging a big pit for them, preparing to sow discord between the aristocratic families and the Emperor in the future.

Another was to gain a person, Yin Hongzhi.

These two things were accidents and were not planned beforehand.

In fact, Qin Mu still had one major planned thing left to do upon arriving in Jiangnan.

He was going to Huating to rendezvous with Zheng Chenggong!

Although Huating is not far from Jin Ling, under Great Tang's rule, it was just a remote little fishing village.

Qin Mu had sent an imperial decree to Zheng Chenggong, telling him to build a base camp in Huating.

This base camp was not official in nature but in the name of the East Sea merchant fleet.

Due to their powerful influence and the fact that they did not interfere in local administration, the Songjiang Prefecture turned a blind eye to this.

Zheng Chenggong mobilized half of his naval combat power this time and came to Huating to deter Jin Ling.

He himself also lived in this Huating base camp, waiting for the Emperor's arrival.

After Qin Mu arrived, he saw a sturdy large city.

Although this large city did not have a high administrative rank and could only be considered a village-city of Huating, its scale had already surpassed Songjiang Prefecture.

"Zheng Chenggong, you're capable; this city is built well. Before I arrived, I was worried you would be small-minded and build the city too small."

As soon as Qin Mu arrived, he praised Zheng Chenggong.

Zheng Chenggong had been in the East Sea for years, wiping out disobedient pirates, and his methods were also very iron-fisted and cold.

Hearing the Emperor's praise, he immediately replied.

"Your Majesty, anyway, no one dares to collect money for the land here. I figured, why not build it a bit bigger. If Great Tang people come to defect in the future, it will also be convenient to take them in."

Zheng Chenggong's answer was straightforward, truly considering the possible future uses of the large city.

It must be said that this person is still very steady and reliable.

Right now, this large city was about to be put to use.

Qin Mu had Zheng Chenggong take them around the city.

Not bad!

This city was newly built, and there weren't many people inside yet.

There were only some merchants doing business with the soldiers under Zheng Chenggong's command. For the sake of convenience, they lived in the city.

Qin Mu saw that there was also a huge trade market in the city built specifically for transactions.

"This is good! Right now, there are just two things to hand over to you to handle. This trade market can be put to use."

Hearing there was a mission, Zheng Chenggong immediately became serious.