Familiar with local customs and customs, familiar with the unspoken rules of officialdom, the most important thing is to investigate the annual income of Jiaozhou.

Jiaozhou is located in the western border of Guangdong, under the jurisdiction of Cangwu, Kangzhou, Duanxi, Huaicheng and other 18 counties, is the communication of Lingnan Lingbei traffic artery, known as the gateway of the two Guangzhou, is the throat of the Yuejiang Plain and the southwest.

There is a saying of "eight mountains, one water and one field", especially "wood, stone, and water", which is the most prominent, so you can imagine what kind of geographical situation this is. Yes, there is a green and deep Fengxi water, which flows from Fengyang into Yushui in Jiangkou Town, which is why there is a water.

However, Jiaozhou is rich in mineral resources and water resources, covered with various forests, and Jiaozhou's annual income is not satisfactory.

Murong Hong didn't understand why his father sent himself to this place where rabbits don't, not to mention half of Jiaozhou's income to himself, even if he gave it to himself, how much could he do?

However, when one day he climbed the tall and thick walls and saw the 100,000 garrisons in the city, he seemed to understand something.

Jiaozhou City is backed by Beishan, and is bordered by Dongshan River and Yushui in the east, west and southwest. There are moats in the north, and moats on the east, west, and south sides. The outline of the city is rectangular, and the city wall is made of blue bricks, with a height of about 9.3 meters and a thickness of 7.5 meters.

There are more than 200 solid gate towers, string towers, corner towers, enemy towers, watchtowers, war windows, string houses, and more than 200 shops built on the city wall. Under the city is a slippery military camp station, with 100,000 soldiers and horses guarding the four city gates.

This place can not only become the rear supply of the Great Southwest Army in wartime, but also the transportation artery that blocks the Great Southwest Army from marching into Liangguang, which can be attacked, retreated and defended, enough to resist any invading enemy.

Garrisoned in the southwest was Cao Peiyao, the father of Empress Cao Wenxin, and the garrison general stationed in Jiaozhou was the emperor's confidant and favorite general Wei Dongming.

Wei Dongming is the son-in-law of Murong Hong's maternal grandfather's family, that is, the husband of Tong Shulan, the sister-in-law of his mother Concubine De, and Murong Hong's uncle.

Then taking Jiaozhou as his fief is equivalent to putting himself on the territory of the emperor and his grandfather, not to mention the absolute guarantee of safety, but it will never be served in a pot in his sleep.

After realizing this, Murong Hong's mood was a little complicated, he didn't expect his father to think so much about him.

Are you afraid that you will have an accident? If the fief is somewhere else, then you will be a dish in someone else's mouth, you can eat it whenever you want, and then it is enough to report it to a bandit for robbery.

This speaks for itself from the several assassinations he suffered as a stand-in along the way.

It's okay to have an assassination or a surprise attack on your own little secret guard, but if you encounter the regular army, you are not an opponent at all in terms of numbers, and you can only be slaughtered by others.

Fortunately, after entering the boundary of Jiaozhou, General Wei sent more than 500 iron horses, and the golden iron horse, swallowing thousands of miles, like a wolf and a tiger, was enough to deter those young people who were about to move, so that he could safely enter his own palace in Jiaozhou.

This also allowed him to meet his aunt and cousin who were in office with General Wei, and enjoyed a happy family life.

Because of General Wei in the officialdom, Murong Hong also easily broke into the unique class of officialdom, and with the help of officialdom, he touched everyone to the bottom and knew it in his heart.

The only bad thing is that it's too far away from Mei Yixuan.

As soon as Mei Yixuan settled, he received a letter from the flying pigeons and knew where they had settled.

It is roughly estimated that it can be three thousand miles away from the village where she is located, and the transportation is too inconvenient. It seems that in the future, I have to coax her to change her place of residence to Jiaozhou, and there are soldiers and horses of General Wei, do you still have to worry about safety?

Of course, Murong Hong did not pin all his hopes on General Wei, and also secretly passed on the book to Feiyang in the capital, asking him to transfer most of the secret guards to Jiaozhou.

Since Jiaozhou will be his own territory in the future, it may still be his and Mei Yixuan's home in the future, so he has to manage it well, and he can't let Mei Yixuan be wronged after marrying him.

Some of his secret guards are talented in governing the country, not only have good martial arts, but also have strategies for governing the country, but they are not simple-minded and well-developed limbs.

The reason why they came over was because Murong Hong found that Feng Yudao, the prefect of Jiaozhou, had made some small moves recently, and he always mentioned his daughter intentionally or unintentionally. Not only that, but he also found out that Feng Yudao always transported a few truckloads of stones outside the city from time to time in private, saying that they were sold outside the mountain.

I don't believe these words, who will be short of stones in Jiaozhou? There are stones all over the mountains, do you still need to buy them?

So, he asked the secret guard to investigate secretly, but the result surprised him!

Feng Yudao actually secretly mined an iron mine in the depths of the mountain, which is said to have been mined for several years and made a lot of profits. Private mining of iron ore, but to raid the family and exterminate the clan, and be punished for the crime of rebellion, is Feng Yudao crazy?

Also, where did the iron ore that has been mined over the years go? He can't eat it alone, right? Who needs iron ore? Naturally, it's the army, could it be that General Wei is casting weapons in private? No, no, no, Murong Hong eliminated General Wei as soon as possible, so who is there in the southwest? The answer is obvious, naturally it's Cao Peiyao!

What made him uneasy was that since this kind of thing had been going on for several years, did General Wei know about it? Does the emperor know about it? When he first arrived, he discovered something strange, and Wei Dongminghui, who had been stationed in Jiaozhou for more than ten years, didn't know?

If General Wei knew about it and didn't report it, what would it mean? Naturally, he was in the same league with Cao Peiyao, which made him very depressed and didn't know what to do. However, what if General Wei knew, and the emperor also knew? What does all this mean? It means that the emperor is digging a pit for the Cao family and burying the Cao family in a good name!

So, which one will it be?

Just when he was upset, the flying pigeon passed the book arrived, could Murong Hong be angry?

I don't listen to his orders to serve the master, she is good, and she still puts up a score in front of the master! It's a pity that she has worked hard to cultivate her at the beginning, and she has fed it to the dogs, and she actually remembered that the master is here, is she worthy?!

As long as he thought that Mei Yixuan would misunderstand him because of this, he couldn't wait to fly to Bacun immediately.

I don't know what that little girl thinks, what's so good about that Bacun? How could he fall in love with such a poor and remote place? Murong Hong was depressed, and he missed that little girl more and more in his heart. He plans to wait for Jiaozhou to be straightened out, and he must see that girl, even if it is only for a few days!

Mei Yixuan didn't know that Murong Hong was full of entanglements, and complained, she didn't have time to think about how Murong Hong was doing now, although she was also worried about it, but she still had more important things to do.

Early this morning, Mei Yixuan woke up, washed up, had a simple breakfast, and went to Zhao Erli's courtyard with the future plan of Bacun written last night.

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