Shen Zhezi actually left Tuzhong yesterday and crossed the river, but stayed in the manor outside the city for another night. Guo Yu crossed the river with him this time, not only as a guard, but also as a responsible person for conveying the results to Yu Yi.

Yu Yi is in Liyang, although the business has also improved, but after all, the time is still too short, the foundation is too shallow, and the surrounding area of Liyang has been damaged by the war too seriously, so he is also eager for external assistance.

To get assistance, on the one hand, it is necessary to enlist the support of local families, such as what Shen Zhezi did when he crossed the river this time. Tuzhong's family is in the entire Jiangbei, and their strength is considered weak, so Shen Zhezi chose it as the first stop to test the water in Jiangbei.

Using money and food to subsidize and encourage those people to kill Hu, in addition to the reasons mentioned above, is also to pull Tu Zhong more closely. When those families are used to this type of cooperation, they can make further plans, such as in Tuzhong Qiaoli County.

It was Yu Yi's idea to continue to establish counties in Jiangbei Qiao. In the current days, this move is not just a superficial consolation, the resettlement of the same nationality in a fixed area, for the small people, can retain their original living environment to the greatest extent, for the old surname of the overseas Chinese, the original collapse of the township can also be re-operated. Therefore, this move is extremely beneficial for buying people's hearts.

Yu Yi did not have a resume of holding the military and political power of one party earlier, and what he inherited was a mess corrupted by Su Jun, and if he wanted to make people's hearts belong as soon as possible, he could only use such a big move.

If Shen Zhezi wanted to take action against the Central Plains before and after Shi Le's death, he also needed to pinch together the overly scattered forces in Jiangbei, only in this way could he take advantage of the righteousness of the imperial court to better control the region and mobilize manpower. So in this regard, he and Yu Yi have the same purpose.

When Yu Yi has completely gained a foothold in Liyang, he will enter Hefei, another important town in Jiangbei, in the next year or two. After taking Hefei, it can be centered on this and extended to the left and right, and then it will be possible to settle a large number of displaced people from Yuzhou in Tuzhong.

If this goal is accomplished, the entire west and north of Jiankang will be surrounded by Yuzhou, and at that time, Shen Zhezi will no longer have the need to stay in the center, and can directly cross the Jiangbei to take charge of the army and serve as the Taishou or Governor of Tu Zhongqiao County.

The more optimistic estimate is that this goal can be achieved within two or three years. In addition to Yu Yi, who also needs to accumulate strength, Shen Zhezi also needs to accumulate some qualifications in Taichung.

When Guo Yu left, he took some money and grain with him, and Shen Zhezi didn't think anything about it, but Qian Feng and Shen Ke, who were in charge of raising money and food for him in Jingkou, were already complaining. Even before Shen Zhezi came back from Jiangbei, he had already received complaints from the second uncle, the stall was too big, and the money and goods were sprinkled with water, almost to the point of being overstretched.

Shen Zhezi is also helpless about this, the major events have erupted in the past two days, and his family wants to make great progress, so he naturally has to pay. To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that a large number of villagers were incorporated into cooperatives in the past few years, the production efficiency was improved, and the resources of the business alliance were dispatched throughout Wuzhong. With the Shen family's own strength alone, the establishment of the Dongyang Army could not be passed.

No matter how rich his family is, he has to maintain a large army of tens of thousands of people on his own, from the purchase of equipment to the consumption of supplies, as well as the remuneration of soldiers, even if he can barely do it, he will never be as heavy as now. Although the Dongyang Army did not have a very bright performance on the battlefield, the deterrent power provided by its army in terms of strategy could not be bought by any amount of money.

The construction of Jiankang City was also a matter of great money and food, although Shen Zhezi made a lot of money with the help of hoarding, but he spread it almost intact, establishing his family's leadership position in the entire construction process. The construction process of Jiankang City is the infiltration process of his family into the entire Jiankang City, and this money cannot be saved.

This time he crossed the river to talk about business with those people in Tuzhong, Shen Zhezi was actually just holding on to his position, in fact, whether it was Jingkou or Jiankang, there was not much money and grain to be transported to Jiangbei to maintain this deal. As for Wuzhong, it is really not appropriate to transfer more at the moment, otherwise it may cause turmoil in Wuzhong itself, and it will be exhausted.

However, Shen Zhezi is not worried about this, even if those people in Tuzhong are keen on this, they must only take tentative actions at the beginning, and it is impossible to massacre Qihu at the beginning. By the time they are done well, and it is time for the autumn grain to be put into the warehouse, the situation will be greatly eased.

In addition to these, it is the construction of Shen Zhezi's fiefdom. Although it is only a few rural areas, if you want to achieve results as soon as possible, a large amount of investment is inevitable. Moreover, in his early years, he did not engage in military industry in the countryside, but considering all aspects such as raw materials, transportation and labor, Wuzhong actually did not have much advantage. Now that we have our own one-third of an acre of land in Jiangbei, these things must be managed as soon as possible.

In Wujiang, on the one hand, Shen Zhezi mobilized a part of the Wuzhong family by himself, and in the process of disaster relief in Jiankang City, he was greedy for a large number of craftsmen, and after Yu Yi crossed the river, he was also collecting refugees to stuff them into his fiefdom. There is no shortage of manpower, and the ensuing problem is the consumption of these people, and the amount of money that must be invested in smelting.

Wujiang is Shen Zhezi's private property, and it is not good to rely too much on the business alliance in this regard. If it weren't for Shen Zhezi's own control of a large number of resources, it would be difficult to support anyone else.

Regarding Shen Ke's complaints, Shen Zhezi also understood. Although Shen Ke is his second uncle, he is still responsible for the business alliance as a whole after all. Those people in Wuzhong joined the Shang Alliance, but they were not slaves of the Shen family, and they also had their own interests. If there is not enough return, people's hearts will be weakened and self-defeating.

Therefore, Shen Zhezi now has to make careful calculations, and needs to open up new sources of finance, at least to survive the next few months. After the autumn harvest, he is naturally a good man. Not to mention anything else, the escort of Taiwanese taxes and materials in Wuxing, including several counties in Dongyangzhou, in the summer alone can give him a big mouthful of blood.

After calculating the detailed accounts in the manor outside the capital all night, as soon as Shen Zhezi returned to the capital the next day, he summoned Yu Manzhi and asked how the things that were given to him were done.

Shen Zhezi had just finished bathing, leaning on the Hu bed and closing his eyes to recuperate, and Yu Manzhi and Wen Fangzhi came together.

"The colt has finally returned! If I don't see you again, I'm afraid I won't be able to see you! ”

After seeing Shen Zhezi, Wen Fangzhi's expression was full of excitement, although as a son of man had to be a punching bag, he didn't treat him as an outsider too much, and he really couldn't bear it a few more times.

Yu Manzhi was already laughing beside him, pointing to the bruises on Wen Fangzhi's face and explaining the reason, which greatly alleviated the depression in his heart just now. Although he doesn't care about him, at least he doesn't have to suffer from the old fist.

After listening to this, Shen Zhezi couldn't help laughing: "I was just interested in traveling away from the capital, but I didn't expect Hongzu to receive it on my behalf in the capital." I'm really sorry, since Gong Wen has a call, I will definitely visit the house tomorrow. ”

"It's okay for me to suffer a little flesh and skin, in fact, the recent riots in the capital are not unreasonable, and it is natural for my father to be upset, but it is actually unreasonable to be angry with the colt because of this. If your father is offended after the meeting, don't mind. ”

Wen Fangzhi admired the horse very much, and he didn't think that Shen Zhezi was wrong, but his father...... It's really hard to say, if you're angry, you're angry, why bother to hit someone out of anger. The Taibao also suffered a lot, and they didn't hear that they would beat Wang Yanhu when they went home.

Although he was dissatisfied in his heart, since he had decided that the horse had returned to the capital, Wen Fangzhi hurriedly said goodbye and returned home, arranged for his family to send a letter to his father in Taicheng, and said to Yu Manzhi before leaving: "That matter is settled, after I go home, I will arrange for someone to send the property to Brother Changmin." ”

Yu Manzhi was still smiling, but after hearing this, his face quickly became resentful again, and he looked at Wen Fangzhi's back for a long time before he sighed, turned his head and said to Shen Zhezi with a bitter face: "Donkey, my father treats you much closer than me." In your opinion, is he disgusted with me? ”

When Shen Zhezi heard this, he was slightly stunned: "Why do you ask that?" ”

Speaking of this question, Yu Manzhi sighed with emotion: "Wen Hongzu has a child, and he can accumulate millions of assets, and I can be regarded as already in office, and I have the old honor, but every time I want to learn from Ruan Danbo, I only keep a penny in my pocket, I am afraid that he will be shy." I am also a flesh-and-blood man, and I would like to be as beautiful as Shen Er, and I would like to be as famous as a raccoon dog! ”

"Ha, your ambition is really not shallow. Don't you see the second brother working the construction site every day in order to support the beautiful maid? The boy of the cloud raccoon dog rotates inside and outside all day long, not a royal horse, but a manu. ”

Shen Zhezi couldn't help laughing after hearing this, but he didn't expect Yu Manzhi to be sad for poverty, and even suspected that he didn't love him. But then again, Yu Yi really didn't care much about this kid, and he didn't ask if Yu Manzhi starved to death in the capital.

The Yu family is not a big sect in the first place, and when Yu Liang was alive, he was strict with his family. Except for a Yu Tiao who is engaged in a hidden lord with himself, the other brothers are all bitter haha, although Jin Ling has some family business, but they are all newly cultivated thin fields, and it is okay to support a family, and there is no big investment. Now that Yu Yi is in Liyang, he can't wait to break a penny in half and use it, how can he have money for Yu Manzhi to squander and waste in the capital.

"I'm too lazy to listen to these idle things. How's the matter done to you? If this thing is done well, why can't you worry about not having a huge amount of money like Wen Hongzu. ”

This guy is a typical disease-free moan, so idle that it hurts, even if he has no money to spare, he doesn't embarrass him by eating big at home every day, Shen Zhezi is really too lazy to give him any comfort, so he turned his head and asked about business.