For Ma Heng, the reason is indeed not so important, the reason is very simple. Because no matter what the reason, a big war is inevitable between the two sides, and the question is, how to solve such a battle, how to carry it on, and if it is won in the future, this is what they should be most concerned about. It really doesn't seem that important as to what happened to the specific cause of the incident.

Jinyang City is still that Jinyang City. The garrison in Jinyang City was only one platoon of troops. They were just stationed at the gates. Even the Jinyang Mansion did not have garrisons. This may be a compromise between local forces and the IRA. The local forces in Jinyang announced that they would join it, but they had their own right to independence, and the right to independence was concentrated in their control of Jinyang City. The republican army is only a symbolic garrison, controlling the city gates, but the police force of Jinyang City is mainly needed to maintain economic order. The police force far exceeded the IRA garrison.

The number of police officers remained at about 1,000. This power is enough to maintain the economic order of the entire Jinyang City.

But they are just the police force of Jinyang City.

"This Jinyang City is an inner city. See? Every day, the city gate is opened. I'm in trouble. We can be said to be the outer city, but this outer city is very big. The head of the IRA is stationed here. Besides, all kinds of facilities are in good condition. You see, along this main road, there are houses built everywhere, shops, the Republican Army, hospitals, granaries. Army, school. Place is also spacious and big. The trading area is also very large, so everything is convenient anyway. A small vendor selling mutton soup said excitedly to Zhou Cang.

and the state was temporarily converted into a military district. It is called the Merged State Military District. However, the number of troops has not increased much, and they also need to reorganize the guerrilla units. There are a lot of things, and if you simply put some things in the forward headquarters, many things are very inconvenient. Therefore, the first thing Zhou Cang did was to move the headquarters to Jinyang City.

Because it is one of the largest logistics supply centers, and the transportation is well developed. With a large population, it is also extremely convenient to start trading.

Zhou Cang then came here with a squad of guards, as well as a few staff officers, disguised as a caravan. Zhou Cang, Jinyang City, had never been here, but he knew that the city walls of Jinyang had not been demolished.

And when I came to Jinyang, it was completely different, there were scaffolding everywhere, and the wooden houses were rising quickly. The concrete house is busy, but the planned foundation and other materials of the house are being built one after another. The four sides of Jinyang City extend out many, many urban areas. Most of them were merchants from Hedong, and they did it themselves. As long as a certain land transaction fee is paid. stamp duty, you can build shops and houses here. Trade in the trading area.

Almost overnight, the outer city of Jinyang City was established.

"There are so many people in this Jinyang City?" Zhou Cang asked as he took a sip of mutton soup.

"Yes. Yes. Guest officer, look at it, this Jinyang City is full of us Hedong people. The land east of the river was concentrated. I can work in a factory, but I can live. However, to survive, I can't make much money. It's better to come out and do some business, it's coming soon. I'm a person who doesn't have any skills, but I cook good mutton soup. If I could open a shop here, I could do anything. The boss said.

"All the people who come here are from Hedong?" Zhou Cang asked.

"Yes. They are all from Hedong, you look over there, it's the Anyi Gang over there. They're all here as a team. They brought lots and lots of salt. And all kinds of spices, and other goods, they all came here to make a fortune. Merge the state, just like Hexi Prefecture. The future is certainly unattainable. Sooner or later, we will have to do business, and the Republican Army will be able to guarantee the interests of our business, after all, we all pay taxes. The boss said.

"And the northerners, the poor, especially the Wuhuan people, they lack everything, food, drink, and use. It's an iron pot, and it's what they need, and if we start doing business with them, it's very easy to do business. Look at those people, they came here to do business with the Wuhuan people. The boss said.

After hearing this, Zhou Cang was very surprised, or rather, he didn't expect that the people of Hedong would be so bold, because these ideas are almost the same as the defense guidance outline issued by the War Department of the Republican Army, that is, to do, the main task of the future Bingzhou Military Region is defense, active defense, and the positive meaning is to ensure the smooth progress of trade. This is a benchmark point. Zhou Cang felt a lot of headaches because of such an outline. His operational staff officers believe that such a point is very difficult to grasp. But now, what he saw was greatly beyond his expectations, that is. There are more merchants than armies, and their primary function in the future will be to protect them rather than allow the war to continue.

These are the outline opinions issued by the War Department. But the merchants seem to be faster than they know. Because the businessmen reacted to this matter by their actions, they were right, and it can be said that to some extent, they already had a great deal of ability to do such a thing.

"The people who come here to do business are all Hedong people, there is no way, the people who went to Hexi Prefecture before made a lot of money, and we don't want to leave home. But there are no worries at home. However, there are still a lot of places to spend money, after all, there are many people in Hedong, and the land is not too much. Going out to make money is the way out. The owner said warmly.

There are many people who come here to drink mutton soup, and the business is very good. And Zhou Cang looked at those busy businessmen, and he knew what they were going to do this time.

Open the market to ensure the normal order of the market. And to ensure the safety of the lives and property of businessmen, to do such things. It really doesn't seem to be a very simple thing. War is like that. Many things still need to be done properly by them in order to do some of these things.

Zhou Cang was worried about his new mission. The Republican Army, on the other hand, had to deal with all sorts of troubles. Like what. The anti-smuggling operation of Jizhou Julu.

"The matter in the north of Hexi Prefecture has not been resolved. On the other hand, Julu has caused us a lot of trouble. Really. Shang Wu said as he looked at the report from the giant deer.

Jizhou has a new state pastor. Han Fu, the character festival, was previously the middle of the imperial history. Why did you come here? It's not clear yet.

But there is still a third of Jizhou left, and the actual control area may be less than such a range. But Jizhou's recovery is very good. Relying on the close economic ties with the Republican Army-controlled areas, the economy of the remaining Hejian County and Bohai County in Jizhou recovered rapidly through the smuggling trade. Jizhou's economic recovery has naturally made Jizhou important again.

Zhu Jun was also found by Emperor Ling of Han for a reason to stay at home. How Han Fu came here, the Republican Army didn't notice. Because according to normal history, Han Fu came here after Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, which is much more than history.

"This kind of thing may inevitably happen in the future, in the direction of Yecheng in the south, the continuous increase in taxes, our food cost has increased a lot. The price of pork, in particular, has risen by about three percent. The amplitude is not huge, but it is enough to tell the story. As for Julu, I think the biggest possibility is that the new chief, Han Fu may be blackmailed. After all, for an official like him, the oil and water are relatively thin. Together with the movement relationship, it is possible to oppose smuggling activities, which is carried out for such a purpose. Jia Xu analyzed.

Shang Wu nodded. The economy of the IRA is strong. It has led to the rapid development of the surrounding economy. This development made the bureaucrats extremely jealous, and the local landlords interfered in it. This kind of rich business is constantly involved in it.

Maybe Han Fu is such a person, he just wants to take out some of the things he needs and money. It's a pity that the strength of the Republican Army is still very strong, and he doesn't realize such a point at all.

Moreover, with the strong growth of the economy, trade continues to expand, but the local economic order is still in stable operation, the Republican Army needs to break the original economic order in order to stabilize the economic order it needs, all this. It is inevitable that there will be contradictions with the local bureaucrats and landlords. So, something like this is inevitable.

This is an important situation that Jia Xu sees.

"It seems that we still need some military force to deter the other side, but how to do that? Mere military exercises could cause unease on both sides. Even, further upgrades, which is not what we want to see. Shang Wu said that using the old method to conduct military exercises may scare you, but some people may not eat this set, and besides, the situation of the Republican Army is special, and it cannot be too fierce.

"I propose to expand the intelligence operations of the intelligence services. For example, the method of resettlement ** is adopted to intimidate the other party. Jia Xu said.

Jia Xu knows very well what those bureaucrats are thinking, the reason why they spare no effort to carry out anti-smuggling is not for their emperor majesty at all, they are just to create some trouble for the other party, and then take the opportunity to reap benefits, they have done too many such things. And it's easy to drive.

And the way to deal with them is to scare them, and to be tougher than them, because these bureaucrats have always been afraid of the hard. If you are tougher than him, they will naturally give in.