In the past five or six years, Qi Xingxu's reputation has been too loud.

First, annihilate the Tartars, a Mok;

Later it was a Meng'an;

Later, the whole army of the Tartars was repulsed;

Now the Qi army has counterattacked to Liaodong!

If the Qi army is the economic division of the imperial court, it can make people feel a little more at ease (just a little), but they are actually a super warlord!

People's military power, political power, and financial power are all independent!

Such a monster, if it continues to develop, how much difference is it from Tartar for Da Zhou?

No, even more dangerous than a tartar.

After all, Hu Yun is only a hundred years old, and the Governor's Mansion of Qi Province is a typical Han regime.

When Emperor Longdao was crown prince, he probably regarded such a local warlord who was full of life and troubled the Tartars every day, and rejoiced in every victory they achieved.

But after he ascended the throne, his position changed his perspective, and now the Emperor had learned to see things from the perspective of his own power, and naturally saw the uncontrolled warlords as a threat to his own imperial power.

How can this threat be addressed?

The first thing to do is, of course, to improve his own strength - this is also the concept that Wen Jifu has always instilled in him.

If the teachers of the imperial court can dominate the world, then all the small things are not enough.

It's a very simple and true truth, and there is no way to refute it.

So the Son of Longdao agreed to Tuntian Jianghuai's plan.

However, the only one in the imperial court who had the courage to lead millions of soldiers and civilians, mainly displaced people, across the river to the north, was actually a Qi Province Xu!

Xu Shisong, the brother-in-law of Emperor Longdao, the concubine of the Great Zhou.

Logically speaking, such an identity should avoid suspicion and not act as a powerful official.

But there is no one in the court.

There is a special lack of martial artists who can take charge on their own and are not afraid of Tartars.

So I had to find a way to install civilian officials of the main battle faction in the Jianghuai army to protect the military.

But.......

Emperor Longdao clenched the golden cup tightly, and almost spilled the Hu Shang tribute grape wine as tempting as amber on the ground.

However, the Jianghuai refugees, who have not been blessed with the emperor's grace for a long time, have a strong antagonism towards civil officials, and it seems that in the eyes of those soldiers and people, civil officials are equal to gentry and look down on people.

As a result of the disagreement between the civil and military forces, several elite battalions of the Jianghuai Army, led by the Shunyi Battalion (reorganized from the Shunyi Army), repeatedly collided with the civilian officers of the Supervision Army.

The soldiers unanimously demanded that Weng Shuping be dismissed and that Xu Shiliu be sent out of the mountain to supervise the army.

This is another Qi Province Xu !!

Why is it that Qi Province Xu is everywhere? Is there no other talent to use in Da Zhou?

……

"Lord Xu, please hand over those rebels to me!" Weng Shuping stared at Xu Shisong angrily, his eyes almost bursting with fire.

"Lord Weng, what exactly do you want to do?" Xu Shisong glared back without giving in, without any intention of handing over someone.

"Those rebellious soldiers brutalized Shangguan and robbed the merchants, they must be punished to set an example!"

"The so-called Shangguan embezzled military salaries, and also sold the military rations of the imperial court to profiteers, and filled them with sand and gravel, this is the real capital crime!"

"Officials who commit crimes have their own court laws, and they are not allowed to do their own thing!"

"Testimonies? Lord Weng, have you been in charge of this issue as a prison officer? Xu Shisong said with a disdainful expression: "You indulge that traitor so much, is it really not because he is your cousin?" ”

"Xu Shisong, you spew blood!"

"Don't you know?"

"Xu Shisong! You're just a martial artist! ”

Weng Shu trembled calmly.

As a civil official, even when the Lord and the faction were in power, he had never been so contradicted by any martial artist.

Now that the main battle faction is in power, he, as one of the cores of the faction and a very authoritative supervisor, can't suppress Xu Shisong's martial arts, which is really annoying.

"If it weren't for us warriors, you would have been captured by the Tartars and taken to Ningguta." Xu Shisong said coldly: "Weng Shuping, let me remind you again, you are a prison army, you should put the interests of the army first!" ”

"Don't look down on Takeo anymore!"

"Hmph." Weng Shuping snorted coldly: "It seems that Lord Xu is going to protect those rebels to the death?" ”

"Those soldiers are angry for the whole army, if they are handed over to adults, it will be disregarding the military spirit of the 110,000 troops of the 220th battalion."

Xu Shisong shook his head:

"I will never hand them over, and I dare not do so!"

"Xu Shisong, you wait for the official to play for you!"

"This is Lord Weng's duty, please."

Xu Shisong replied:

"However, the lower officials will also explain the situation to the Holy Lord and Wen Xianggong to explain the truth of the matter."

"When the time comes, Lord Weng should first think about how to explain the issue of military salaries and rations."

……

The sixth day of the first month of the second year of Longdao.

Xu Shiyang officially entered the work of the new year.

According to the new division of powers in the Governor's Office, Xu Shiyang will officially take charge of the two real power departments of the Qi Provincial Military Department and the Ministry of Industry this year.

This is also Xu Shiyang's favorite job - with a firm grasp of industry and military power, no one will be able to shake his position.

Neither could the Governor himself.

Xu Shiyang inspected several important factories according to the plan before the last Gaizhou Campaign.

The first is the textile factory in Qingzhou.

Last year, Wen Yue had come to this factory alone, but it was regarded by Xu Shiyang as one of the most important layout points of Qi Province's industry, so he had to come and take a look.

The Qingzhou Textile Factory is currently the largest textile factory in Qi Province and now employs nearly 5,000 people, mostly women from nearby Tunpu and Fucheng.

There are now more than 300 newly produced textile machines in the factory, and it is expected that around 500 more will be purchased this year.

These 800 textile machines are wool spinning machines, and the main raw materials are wool purchased from all over Qi Province, and if the supply of raw materials is sufficient, this factory can weave more than 850,000 woolen cloth a year.

In addition, the factory is able to sew more than 1.5 million ready-to-wear garments every year.

Of course, the problem now is that the sheep herd in Qi Province is not enough to provide so many raw materials, and even if the bank provides farmers with a large number of sheep loans, it is still not enough to consume raw materials for Qingzhou textile mills.

According to the data provided by the manager of the textile factory, last year the factory only produced 150,000 pieces of woolen cloth above the second class, if the supply of wool does not improve, then this year, although the number of machines has increased a lot, the output of woolen cloth is likely not to exceed 300,000 horses.

"The loom is a good thing, it's very efficient." The manager reported: "But there is so little wool that we should have earned a lot of money, and without wool most of the workers would have had to work for one day and rest for one day." ”

It's a pity that the capacity of textile mills is too idle.

"I'll find a way to get you more wool, and besides, your technical department can already consider cotton spinning machines."

徐世杨 says:

"This year, the Ministry of Household will promote cotton planting in some areas, and it is estimated that it will not work in the last two or three years, but after three years, cotton spinning and wool spinning will become the backbone of the economy of our province, and I hope you will be ready by then."

There is no longer any problem with the security of food supply in Qi Province, and it is only natural that it should start planting cash crops.

In fact, there were some cotton fields in Qi Province, but the number was very small, and now there is no big problem in expanding planting.