Xiling is located on the bank of Zhejiang, in ancient times it was the front line of the confrontation between Wu and Yue, it has been in decline for a long time in history, because the development of ancient Yue is not enough, it is far less busy than Yuhang, which is separated by a water. In recent years, due to the rise of commerce and trade in Wuzhong, this small county town has also been revitalized again.

Carefully speaking, Xiling can also be regarded as the first stop of Shen Zhezi's entry into the WTO, and it was from this that he went south to meet Yu Yi, which then triggered a series of later events, so that his family asked for the end of the reverse liquidation.

This time, I followed my father and revisited my hometown, but the style of this township has long been different. Even if it is not said that the pattern of distribution has changed, there is already a big difference in the rule of man.

In the early years, Xiling County, although it was located at the intersection of the two counties and on the bank of Zhejiang, was just a small mountain town, and the land was narrow. The county magistrate he met here back then, Shen Zhezi had already forgotten the other party's name.

Today's county order has changed, it is an uncle of Shen Zhezi named Wei Sheng. In addition, there is still a Dongyang army stationed, and the commander of the army is Shen Mu's brother-in-law He Chang. In the vicinity of Xiling, it is the main development of the Shen family. Coupled with Wukang, the native of the Shen family in the north, the entire Yuhangzhou City became a core in this encirclement.

There are many mechanisms for the formation and operation of the business alliance, and the convenient waterway transportation in Wuzhong is of course an indispensable part. As a hub of this water network, Yuhangzhou City's early implementation of the tax package law has now become the norm for all parties to benefit from it, which to a certain extent deprives the imperial court of its ability to clamp on the operation of the business alliance.

The Shen family's overall encirclement of Yuhangzhou City based on geography is also one of the important reasons why his family can dominate the operation of the business alliance.

For Shen Zhezi, the Shangmeng is not only a simple collection of interests to unite the villagers, but also a deduction and attempt by him to plan for the future situation.

The meeting was held in a vast manor in the north of Xiling County, which was originally the private property of several families in the county, and was later replaced with the county government for salt fields, and has now become the property of Dongyangzhou. Although Shen Zhezi knew that his father had deep roots in Dongyangzhou, when the banquet time arrived, he found that his father was doing better than he imagined!

From early in the morning, visitors arrive at the estate, and as time goes on, more and more guests arrive. By the evening, the guests from Wuzhong who had arrived one after another had reached more than 1,000!

Shen Zhezi followed behind his father to receive these visiting guests, the muscles on his face were almost stiff with laughter, but he couldn't help but have some malicious thoughts in his heart. If the people in this manor are swept away now, I am afraid that the entire Wuzhong will fall into a shock and collapse in an instant!

Sensing that his son's expression was a little surprised, Shen Chong couldn't help but laugh heartily. Although he is not a hero, he is also brave and healthy in his heart, and he is not willing to be lonely. It is true that he has a good son, but he is also not lacking in revenge.

In the past few years, his actions in the county are also indescribable. Balance and sort out the local big clan forces, pry open those shadowed manpower and material resources through the rectification of the salt industry, and vigorously sweep away the barbarians in the realm. If he hadn't had his deep control over Huiji, Shen Zhezi's operation of Huiji Prefecture in Jingkou would not have been so successful.

It's just that these things are subtle and trivial, and there are no overly vigorous deeds, as his son becomes famous in the current situation, Shen Chong is also quite relieved, and he always feels that he lacks some psychological advantages of teaching his son as Lao Tzu.

This time he returned to the town, and various families flocked to support him, which also reflected that in the past few years, he was not just doing nothing against the situation run by his son.

Not to mention Shen Chong's careful thinking about competing with his son, Xie Yi and other old Zhaowu departments who followed Shen Zhezi were already stunned after seeing such a scene.

They themselves are not very familiar with the style of Wuzhong, and they do not know what kind of amazing collection of resources can be implicated behind these visitors. Just looking at the appearance and bearing of these people, they are either rich or expensive, just because the Shen family has a banquet, they have gathered here, this appeal in the countryside is really amazing!

"This is the so-called Koto Hao ......"

For a while, everyone couldn't help but think of the name of the Shen family in the early years, and with the current actual scene, they had a deeper understanding of the deep meaning represented by this name!

What is the most important thing for the clan to maintain nowadays? To put it bluntly, it is popular! What is Renwang? Is there anyone who wants to contact you, is there anyone who wants to trust you?

There is no traffic between the north and the south, and the Shishu is not the same, these bad habits that have accumulated for a long time in the current situation, if there are people who can get through, then it is definitely a well-deserved high-ranking family in the current situation. Because only they can get the widest recognition! Such a family, at the moment, there is only one Langya Wang!

Of course, it is possible for the Yu family to reach this height, if Yu Liang can smoothly solve the Liyang Fierce Army, but now that the opportunity has been missed, Yu Liang is almost the apex that the Yu family can reach in the current situation, and it is impossible to exceed it in the future.

As the children of overseas Chinese, Xie Yi and the others naturally have inherited from the long-term contempt of the elders for the Wu people, and the reason why they can be here today is out of their personal belief in Shen Zhezi. But when they saw with their own eyes the high hopes that the Shen family had accumulated in the countryside, they couldn't help but be silently afraid in their hearts.

Other young people may only be in a mood of sighing and surprise, but Xie Yi's mood is much more excited. offended the Wang family by mistake that day, but in fact, he has always been worried recently, and even has no lack of regret. One of his mistakes may affect his father's long-term efforts, and even the future of his entire family is unclear.

Two days ago, the horse saw him alone, and said that he was willing to promote his father Xie Pei to serve as Wu Xing Taishou. Xie Yi is grateful for this, but he doesn't think it can be done. In his opinion, the Shen family, except for the horses, including Shen Yuanjun, the father of the horses, actually did not have the energy to cross the current situation.

The meaning of Wu Xingtai's defense at the moment, through this period of time in Wukang and the surrounding counties and townships, Xie Yi has gradually become clear. This is a fertile land, and if my father were able to take up the role, the benefits to his family would be immeasurable.

But it is precisely because this place is so important that how could the imperial court allow it to be chosen by a Wu family? Can Xi Jian decide the ownership of Jingkou? Can Tao Kan decide the ownership of Liyang? Now Wu Xing's importance to the current situation is not inferior to these two places!

Therefore, although Xie Yi was grateful for the idea that the horse was willing to help and support, he didn't think that this matter could be done, so he didn't send a message to inform his father at all, so as not to make a mistake and make the situation more embarrassing in the current situation.

But at this time, seeing the high expectations of Shen's hometown, Xie Yi couldn't help but gradually move. If this can be done, then the mistakes he made earlier will not only be innocent, but will be credited to his family! As for the Shen family's Nanren Sect, what is it?

Nowadays, the rural party is grouped, just because it is not easy to live as a guest, relatively speaking, the villagers help each other to better base themselves here. But if you have a better help, why bother to cling to the inadequate? What kind of township county is looking at, it is not all nested in this corner of Jiangdong at the moment!

Moreover, Xie Yi is also deeply touched by the big mind of the horse. Using the Liyang traitor to build a shocking achievement, and funding Du Daohui, a new overseas Chinese, to open up the situation in the north, such a person will naturally not have any north-south dividing gap in his heart. This is also one of the reasons why Xie Yi admires Shen Zhezi.

There were many thoughts in his heart, Xie Yi formed a thought, and he was going to write to his father later to talk about the matter, and if necessary, he would return home in person to persuade him, he didn't want his family to miss this opportunity!

Because there were too many guests, the hall prepared earlier was no longer usable, so it was simply moved directly to the courtyard.

The autumn day was already quite cold, Shen Zhezi was wearing a short coat and standing behind his father, and the people sitting in the center of the banquet were all subordinate officials at all levels in Dongyangzhou. After the establishment of Dongyang Prefecture, Shen Chong's authority and jurisdiction have been greatly expanded, and the number of subordinate officials alone has increased by more than three times! Today's Dongyangzhou has seven counties under its jurisdiction, plus a number of generals from Zhendong Mansion joined the army, and there are hundreds of people in attendance alone!

There are so many subordinate officials, except for the Jin Anlin family in Nandu, almost all of them are Wu people!

This is naturally not a normal situation, just because the current situation is undecided, the center does not dare to divide the power of Fang Zhen too much, and this situation can be maintained for the time being, but it will definitely not last long, and there will inevitably be many overseas Chinese to fill Dongyang in the future.

Fang Zhen naturally had a conflict with the center, and when Shen Zhezi was still in the capital a few days ago, Tao Kan took advantage of the fact that Shen Zhezi was forced by soldiers outside the Jingzhou military camp, and almost swept away the people placed in his army by the imperial court, including Yin Hao's father Yin Xian.

Of course, this kind of placement is not all bad, and whether the result is good or bad depends on the degree of control of the assassin and his people over the place. If it is too simple and is set aside, then there is no need for this thorn history to be done at all.

If Thorn Shi is strong enough, then he can reach a tacit understanding similar to "Duzi" with the center. If the center wants Fang Zhen to use the officials it has sent, then it must prepare a sufficient position in Taichung to exchange it.

The weakness of Tao Kan's humble assassination history is that he does not have enough connections to maintain Duizi, so he belongs to the oppressed side in the communication with the center, and his authority is weakened by the center, but unfortunately he has no one to install in the center to reflect his will. Therefore, we can only take advantage of the general trend and take all the drastic measures that are similar to bloodletting and detoxification.

But the Shen family is undoubtedly on the strong side in this exchange. The weakness of his family lies in the weakness of the center, and he can gradually build up his family's momentum in Taicheng through Duzi. On the other hand, in fact, there are not too good candidates to dismantle the network that the Shen family has built up in the countryside.

But even if it is clear that the Shen family wants to take advantage of it, this exchange cannot be ignored, otherwise the imperial court will have almost no will to reflect in Dongyangzhou!

Once a local family like the Shen family becomes a real powerful town, the result will be disastrous for those duckweed overseas Chinese. Unless they have the courage to attract the homeless people to cross the river to sweep away the local forces in Wuzhong, but that is undoubtedly another kind of drinking to quench their thirst!