In the northwest, intelligence officers from various forces have significantly strengthened their activities in the four northwestern counties, especially those from the Maqi Khanates and the Sislos, and the activities of the Tiannan Lin family and the neighboring Loulan people in the southwest are also relatively abnormal, which has greatly troubled the security services. They all used the diplomatic groups stationed in the northwest as a cover to gather political, military, and economic information that they needed, and the newly formed Northwest Security Department seemed to be a little overwhelmed by comparison.

However, the economy of Tokugawa County and Northwest County, one of the four counties in the northwest, has entered a period of steady and rapid development, and a large number of businessmen have come to invest in the two places to set up factories, and the scale is getting larger and larger, and the varieties have also spread from the original relatively single leather processing, grain processing, logging, wood processing, medicinal material processing and other industries to all directions.

Although the growth rate of immigration has slowed, the quality has improved considerably, so that the industrial economy, which is in rapid development, has an abundance of skilled workers.

The great development of industry has also led to the rapid development of commerce, finance, and entertainment, and many famous merchants in the empire and even in the mainland have entered to seize the market, and the prosperity of the city has far exceeded the level of two years ago.

And Meishan and Longdong counties also ushered in the best opportunity for development, a large number of funds from Jiangnan County and Wuhu County poured in, set off a frenzy of industrial and commercial development in the two counties, only two or three months, the two counties received more than 300 business representatives from Jiangnan and Wuhu areas who came to inspect, the rich resources and good social conditions and preferential policies of the two counties, so that many businessmen immediately decided to invest in the two places to open mines and set up factories, and the two places also took this opportunity to attract a large number of immigrants from other places to settle down.

Batches of high-quality well salt, wine, pottery, and porcelain have begun to be transported to the central and western continents through the northern mainland passage of guò, and the huge returns have further stimulated the investment desire of businessmen~.

The fiscal situation of the four northwestern prefectures as a whole has improved markedly as a result of better-than-expected economic development in various regions, especially after the gradual resumption of taxation of all industrial and commercial businesses in Tokugawa Prefecture since the beginning of the year. The fiscal deficit has been rapidly reduced, and it is estimated that the fiscal balance will be reached in the second half of the year, and the fiscal revenue of the Northwest County has jumped to a new level, and the tax revenue in March alone will be as high as 5 million taels of silver.

However, the finances of the entire four counties in the northwest are still in a situation where they cannot make ends meet, and the monthly salaries of nearly one million troops alone are as high as three million taels of silver, and the financial problem will still be a big problem that has plagued Qin Duan for a long time.

Fell on the head. It seems that he wants to get rid of this annoying problem, and Liang Qiming should worry about this trouble, and what he should think about is the next goal.

If this continues, the financial situation may gradually improve, but I am afraid that those potential opponents will not give themselves time. You are developing, the enemy is also developing, your own foundation is too weak, I'm afraid you can't consume the other party.

Opportunities can only be obtained by extraordinary means. Qin Duan, who was frowning, slowly turned his gaze to the southwest. Maybe the opportunity is there, although the risk is greater, but life is like gambling, there is no high risk, how can there be high returns? There is no suspense in the game, even children will not be interested.

How many beats can you have in life? Only when you fully appreciate the risks of hard work can life be full of fun. The warm southeast wind blew the white clothes fluttering on Qin Duan, who was at the head of the city, at this moment. The corners of Qin Du's mouth already showed a faint smile.

Who would know that maybe his decision at this moment would set off a huge hurricane in the Central Continent, which had been calm for a long time.

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"What do you think?"

Qin Dui, who was casually sitting on a cool Jingzhu recliner and reading a book absentmindedly. stretched his waist and took the tender and juicy melon handed by Di Rena, who was sitting on the side, while motioning to Liang Qiming on the other side to taste it casually.

This wave of honeydew melons is a specialty of the northwest of the empire, sweet and juicy, thin skin and thick flesh, and it relieves the heat of slag. It is a rare thirst-quenching product in the middle of summer.

However, this product is produced in a special area, only produced in sandy land with groundwater, neither drought nor moisture tolerance, and needs a long time of sunlight, otherwise it will become a defective product. In addition, its production is not high and it is not resistant to storage, and the price is quite expensive, so only the rich and noble families in the northwest can afford it.

Liang Qiming also unceremoniously picked up a large piece and devoured it. He was already fat, and the hot weather made him even more unbearable, and he had already applied for leave from Qin Duan twice, but Qin Duan refused for work reasons, which made him very dissatisfied.

Liang Qiming's eyes have been secretly staring at the thinly dressed Di Rena, and the liquid flowing down the corners of his mouth makes it impossible to tell whether it is the juice of melon flesh or the saliva secreted by his mouth. Di Rena, who had just finished taking a shower, had wet flaxen hair in a bun casually, and a beige Luo dress set off her white and flawless skin was particularly eye-catching, and even the embroidered underwear she was wearing inside seemed to be a little faintly visible, looking like a charming look.

Seeing Di Rena wiping the melon juice from Qin Dui's hands affectionately, the scene of the little bird couldn't help but make Liang Qiming snort jealously, but this did not affect him to answer Qin Dui's question.

"This matter has to be carefully considered, whether you agree or refuse, there are sensitive issues involved, and you have to study it carefully and come up with a response."

Obviously, Liang Qiming is not sure about this matter. As soon as his lunch break was over, he rushed to the Jiedu Embassy's Mansion, but was told by the guards that the Jiedu Envoy did not come to work in the afternoon, so he went directly to Qin Du's mansion to report.

The matter came very suddenly, so that people did not have time to think about it, in view of the importance of the matter, Liang Qiming did not dare to make a decision lightly, so he had to report it and let Qin Duan consider it.

The Juli are a relatively small tribe with a total population of less than 60,000 in the Tengger steppe, sandwiched between the Huns and the Motes, who were subjugated to the Huns more than a decade ago.

This morning, Liang received a report from a local official that representatives of the Yuri people had secretly contacted them and asked the entire tribe to move to the northwestern part of the Tokugawa Prefecture in the hope that the local government of Tokugawa Prefecture would receive them and guarantee their safety, as well as treat them as equal residents of the Tokugawa Prefecture area. In exchange, they were willing to recognize the jurisdiction of the local government of Tokugawa Prefecture over them and pledged to assume due diligence and obligations.

Due to the seriousness of the situation, the local officials urgently reported to the Tokugawa Prefecture Castle Guard, and Liang Qiming did not dare to slack off after receiving the report, and after a brief conversation with the representative from the Juli people, Liang Qiming thought that the matter was not trivial, involving the direction of foreign policy, and asked him to report directly to Qin Du, so Liang Qiming came directly to Qin Dui.

Seeing that the two began to discuss work, Di Rena packed up the fruit plate and left, watching the wonderful back disappear, Liang Qiming reluctantly withdrew his gaze and swallowed a mouthful of saliva. (To be continued......)