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Seeing everyone looking at him with a savior look, the fat man was also a little stunned. The area of the five lakes is similar, although the south of the Yangtze River occupies the convenience of the sea, but the water network of the five lakes area is dense, the rivers and lakes are connected, it can be said that the convenience of water and land transportation is no less than that of the south of the Yangtze River, plus the connection west of the Kansai, the north of Yanjing, the south of Maqi Khan, the land is fertile, it can be described as the core hinterland of the empire, but it is such a treasure of feng shui, if the economic strength is even half of the Jiangnan County, the financial income is less than three percent of the other party, so the comparison is really heart-wrenching, the reason for this, there is no other, only the concept is different, one to industry and commerce, transportation, Foreign trade and finance as the foundation, one is to agriculture and mulberry as the industry, this concept of difference directly led to the huge difference in the situation between the two places, only from the Jiangnan merchants to the Wuhu area every year to buy a large number of silkworm cocoons, raw silk, tung oil and a variety of native products can be seen, Jiangnan merchants will process and refine these things or transport or sell back, from which to earn huge profits, and Wuhu acts as the cheapest producer of basic raw materials. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info so when the wealth of Jiangnan has reached about sixty percent of the empire and has become a well-deserved imperial boss, Wuhu is still struggling to catch up with the East China Sea, whenever he thinks of this, Chang Gui feels ashamed of himself as a native of Wuhu County and is still the county guard of Wuhu County.

The rise of Jiujiang proves that their efforts are not in vain, although in the end they were picked up by Cheng Dayou, a remnant of peace, but Chang Gui still has to admit that Cheng Dayou's policy in Jiujiang continues his basic intentions, so that Jiujiang further develops. It should be said that in addition to Jiujiang, the capital of the five lakes and six prefectures is Yueyang, Yueyang's economic development is proud of the good transportation conditions brought by Dongting Lake, and Dongting Lake is the main base of the empire's inland water army, so the water bandit disaster that plagues other prefectures and counties is not obvious here, which also makes Yueyang's economy develop with a good surname.

But in general, although the industry and commerce in the Wuhu area have been vigorously cultivated, but the merchants here still have not been able to completely get rid of the shadow of the landlord gentry, compared with the mature Jiangnan and East China Sea commercial economy is still a little immature, but this has been a good start, but Situ Biao's entry into the Five Lakes has made all his efforts hit hard, in order to raise military spending, Situ Biao's first measure after taking power is to increase the level of commercial tax, but also to increase the field endowment, although these hands do increase the revenue of the county finance to a certain extent, but it has seriously hit the industrial and commercial industry and market that has just been cultivatedThe increase in commercial tax and the addition of checkpoints to extract gold have greatly increased the cost of goods, the cost of foreign goods has increased, and the imported goods have also been blocked out, and the merchants have complained, but the merchant power in the Wuhu region is not large, and Situ Biao also ignores the voices of these merchants, as long as he can have sufficient military spending and military rations in a short period of time, he can't take care of it now.

And the group in front of them is the first group of crab eaters that they have carefully cultivated, although they have not completely escaped the class of landowners, they have already discovered that industry and commerce will bring them more lucrative returns, otherwise these people would not be so blind here waiting for their guidance.

"Everyone, please don't look at me with this kind of gaze, I'm not a god in Changgui, I believe everyone understands the current situation, Jiujiang has already started fighting, I believe you have also received a notice from the county guard asking you to donate military funds, although I am a county guard, but these county guard orders are not issued by me, but in this case, everyone should cooperate better, otherwise it will be too cost-effective to deduct the family from exile and confiscation. After some resignation, the old man still sat on the top seat, and when he saw that everyone was sad, the man could only sigh and comfort everyone with a little emotion.

"My lord, we can tolerate this donation of military funds, after all, this is a one-shot deal, and it is impossible for us to donate once a day, right? The merchants over there in Jincheng originally wanted to come to collect my goods, but now the price has risen by a few percent, and the merchants over there are so frightened that they don't dare to come, this merchant ship is so easy to hire, those soldiers are also casually requisitioned and do not pay freight, a sentence of emergency requisition during wartime is more horizontal than anyone else, and if you say two more words, it seems that you will be sent to prison, is this too dark? Another businessman immediately called the sky to come, this gang of people in the operation of the silk reeling workshop is the most, the scale of a few, a group of employed short-term workers add up to hundreds of people, originally mainly to supply Jiangnan, but Jiangnan industry and commerce withered, business was greatly affected, and the silk industry in the neighboring Hanzhong Jincheng has taken the opportunity to develop, now Jincheng has become the largest buyer of raw silk in the Wuhu area, but now all kinds of taxes are three and a small adjustment, five is a big rise, has made these guys who are both landlords and businessmen can no longer support it。

"Lao Chen, it's just a matter of talking about these words internally, but don't spread them outside, be careful of your crime of disturbing the morale of the army. Didn't you hear that one has already arrived in Anqing? Now he is sitting in the city guard mansion, and I don't know if he has left. Another thin businessman immediately kindly reminded the other party.

"Oh, His Royal Highness the King of Xiang has come to Anqing? Isn't he sitting in Yueyang, how could he suddenly want to come to Anqing?" was slightly shocked in his heart, did the old man secretly say that he had discovered his own activities? Not very like, if it was really unfavorable to himself, it seemed that he should have started a long time ago, and he also listened to himself from Baling to Wenning, and then to Anqing, isn't this intentionally indulging himself? After calming down, he asked casually: "What do you know the purpose of His Royal Highness the King of Xiang coming to Anqing this time?"

"Well, it seems that the war on the Jiujiang front is not going well, and His Royal Highness the King of Xiang is coming to supervise the battle, right? I heard an acquaintance in the city guard mansion say that His Royal Highness the King of Xiang is going to go north to personally supervise the battle. A businessman huddled in the corner said vaguely.

"The war is not going well? Hmph, when the war is not going well, I am afraid that it is still to come. Chang Gui said secretly in his heart. Li Wufeng has asked someone to make it clear that he is about to enter the Five Lakes, and he is here to prepare for how to preserve the vitality of the Five Lakes in the next step. The Liukou will first target these people, and Li Wufeng also asked himself to arrange some people to prepare enough supplies for the army to use, to avoid temporary requisition, it seems that the eastward march of the Western Xinjiang army is imminent, but I don't know where the Western Xinjiang is going east, from Baling or Huanggang? Baling's possible surname is bigger, so Chang Gui's first stop is Baling, I really hope that Li Wufeng can enter the Wuhu as soon as possible, end the current chaotic and disorderly state, so that the economy of the Wuhu can re-embark on the road of normal development, Chang Gui has completely lost confidence and interest in the Situ family at this time, this state really wants to continue and Li Wufeng does not enter the Wuhu, I am afraid that the new owner of the Wuhu may become a Maqi Khan.

"Okay, don't care how His Royal Highness the King of Xiang goes, he is a noble person and has noble affairs, everyone should take care of themselves first, at the moment, this war is repeated, business is really not good, everyone can be stable, if you can't be stable, even if you stop for a while, it doesn't matter, I think this situation won't last long, and there will be a time when things will come to an end." Chang Gui doesn't intend to say his plans on this occasion, many things need to be arranged separately, after all, this kind of thing is not singled out, no one dares to say anything, and only when that day comes, it can be truly revealed.

In the past few days, there have been a large number of military rations transported from the direction of Jincheng in the past few days, a large number of them, most of them docked in the middle of the afternoon, there are always dozens of big ships waiting on the dock to unload the goods every day, perhaps because they are worried about weather changes, most of these big ships are covered tightly with a black canopy, and it seems that the people who have released the goods are also a little insufficient in the past few days, and the goods of dozens of large ships always have to be dragged until the night to work until midnight to finish the goods, because it is military rations, the wharf is under strict martial law, and the merchants and people are not surprised, after all, this Hanzhong Mansion is the location of the Qin Wangfu, and it is also the political center of the entire Western Xinjiang, and there are three divisions of troops stationed, The deployment of some military materials is also normal, and businessmen are used to it, but some military rations are also worth making such a fuss, but some businessmen secretly muttered, Could it be that His Royal Highness the King of Qin is taking the opportunity to transport other important secret materials to Hanzhong?

Most of the unloaded ships went down to Jincheng overnight, but most of them crossed the territory of Hanzhong and entered the boundary of Jincheng soon after docking at a temporary wharf near the river, and the boats came down were densely packed with heavily armed soldiers, and they all took advantage of the night to get on the boat in Hanzhong. From the small wharf to the south, you can go down more than ten miles to the hilly area in the south of Jincheng, which is much more barren and sparsely populated than the plains in the middle and north of Jincheng, but this is exactly what the person in charge intended.

(To be continued)