October 1, Dengzhou. {We don't write novels, we're just web text porters -↑,

With the Songjiang government taking the lead, the city of Dengju began a three-day victory parade, followed by a city-wide holiday and a grand celebration in the name of congratulations. For a time, the sales of all kinds of alcoholic beverages skyrocketed by fifty percent, almost hollowing out the survival of various chambers of commerce and liquor stores, which was still not enough to meet the carnival crowd.

Taking advantage of this shareholder wind, as well as the publicity and promotion of the Songjiang government, the sales of Hanjingfang liquor also ushered in an explosion. Merchants from all over the three counties of each county crowded the inns and taverns outside Kanggu, and orders were able to be lined up until the beginning of spring next year!

Stimulated by this, the porcelain kiln that originally provided wine jars for Hanjingfang also had to expand production and recruit manpower again.

This is just a microcosm of the increasingly prosperous business in Dengzhou, although with the end of the war in the south, there will inevitably be a decline, but with the great encouragement and continuous investment of the Songjiang army, coupled with the local instability of other states and counties of the empire, the transfer of capital, sooner or later here will usher in a new peak of development.

Not long after, as several master regiments of the Songjiang Army were successively divided, the Ninghai Division also returned to Hong Kong with the landed cavalry, which suddenly injected a new vitality into Dengzhou.

The soldiers of the Songjiang Army were highly paid, and they had wartime allowances when they fought. If you are brave in battle, you will receive commendations and rewards, and your income will increase exponentially. It may not be very prominent in Dengzhou, which is economically developed, but if it is placed in other remote states and counties, it can be compared to some small landlords. These men, who had been slaughtered on the battlefield, suddenly returned to the peaceful and prosperous Dengzhou and got a rare vacation, and they were the most purchasing power and the most popular group of people in Dengzhou.

Tens of thousands of officers and men received commendations and awards from the top of the Songjiang Army and Chen Wu. cheered and poured into the streets and alleys of Dengzhou City.

Some rushed into the restaurant to eat and drink; There are single people who have no woman running into the green building; There are those who buy food and clothing for their families and rouge gouache; There were even some mid- and lower-ranking officers who were rewarded. Start buying a plot of land or even a shop. Huge amounts of gold coins poured into the market. Dengzhou, which has just recovered from the carnival, has once again ushered in extreme prosperity.

Although he knew that this period of time would not be long, the rare business tide still made the merchants of the entire Dengzhou laugh crookedly.

Compared with the jubilant Songjiang, the territory of the Kingdom of Oman is gloomy. Not to mention the defeat of the kingdom's army again, the Chiang Mai Plain, which is regarded as the granary, was even more devastated. First, a large number of enemy cavalry landed in Chengxi and destroyed dozens or hundreds of villages and towns, and then encountered a sudden flood of the Dayuan River, which flooded countless fertile fields and houses along the river, and hundreds of thousands of people suffered disasters.

For the Omanis. This is simply a broken house, a sharp front, and even rainy. Since that Saladin began the Northern Expedition a few years ago, there have been no good days!

As the remnants of the Hue Dynasty and Nam Thai fanned the flames among the victims and spread rumors, there were some complaints against Saladin in the Chiang Mai Plain and even the entire Kingdom of Oman.

Hearing the reports of the blackcoat guards from all over the world, Saladin knew that this was something that could shake the foundations of his rule. We had to mobilize all our efforts to save the victims and stabilize the morale of the army and the people as the top priority. In his hectic, he even forgot to explore the truth about the sudden flood of the Dayuan River in the first place.

As for the trivial matter of having hundreds of Omani cavalry march north along the Great Yuan River, it became even more inconspicuous with the passage of time.

In the end, it is still an official of the Water Resources Department under the Executive Yuan. A team of officials was sent to the Feishayan in the upper reaches of the Dayuan River. Many days had passed, and it had rained since then. The traces left by the cavalry of the Songjiang Army have long been dimmed to the extreme. People who "disappeared" unexpectedly are also considered by locals to be unfortunate enough to be involved in the floods. The officials of the Water Conservancy Department who went to investigate didn't even notice the clues deliberately left by the cavalry of the Songjiang Army, and after a cursory look, they decided that the Feishayan was in disrepair and caused the disaster!

Since it has been in disrepair for a long time, it is natural that funds will be allocated for reconstruction after this disaster. And rebuilding the Feisha Weir is a big project, if it can be handled......

Thinking of the advice and promises of several nobles before his departure, the hearts of the Omani officials who investigated warmed up.

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Dengzhou, the Governor's Palace.

Although the joy of victory was good, as the governor of the three counties, Chen Wu could not have fun after vacation like his soldiers, but fell into an unprecedented busyness after returning. In fact, not only him, but the entire major institutions of the Songjiang Army have fallen into continuous overtime, especially the War Readiness Administration, the Military Department, and the Finance Bureau.

After this war, some of the wounded and sick needed to be retired, the meritorious soldiers needed to be rewarded and promoted, and the officers also needed to be promoted and transferred. When it comes to the Six Masters Regiment, the Water Division, and the Tiannan Legion, it's a terrible amount of work to think about.

In addition, since there are soldiers who have been discharged, and the vacancies of fallen soldiers need to be filled again, the War Readiness Department needs to recruit a large number of new recruits, all of which need to be taken care of by the War Readiness Department.

It is also a huge and arduous task to replenish the weapons and equipment damaged and consumed in the war, as well as the arrows that have been rolled into the wood.

Not to mention the Financial Services Department.

Whether it is a reward or a pension, or the funds needed by the War Readiness Administration to forge swords and armor, they need to be reviewed by the Finance Department. Although the Songjiang Army won this battle, except for the cavalry sent by the Ninghai Division to land and plundered back a batch of wealth, there were almost no other decent gains, only losses. In particular, the salaries of more than 100,000 soldiers, wartime allowances, and tens of thousands of bereavement pensions for the fallen soldiers were almost astronomical for the Songjiang Army's finances.

Even though the Songjiang Army's finances have been quite generous recently, and their income has continued to grow, they have almost not been crushed by the flowing amount of money.

As for the subsequent injury and illness retirement and the recruitment of new soldiers, a large amount of expenses were required, and almost all the profits of Yingge Hai Salt Farm and Hanjing Distillery were pasted upside down.

It can be said that in order to win this war, the Songjiang Army retreated to the pre-liberation war!

"Fortunately, I was wise before, and I cried poor from the empire and asked for a batch of aid, otherwise I am afraid that I really won't be able to survive."

Looking at the latest statistics sent by the Finance Department, Chen Wu had to sigh like this.

"The Governor doesn't have to worry so much, we still have a lot of income in this battle." Yuan Xingwei, director of the Department of the Interior, held the folding fan in his hand, and said with a smile in a very good mood: "Let's not talk about making the south stable for a few years, the biggest gain should be the three divisions of the Tiannan Army!" ”

"Director Yuan is right!"

As soon as he reminded him, Chen Wu's heart moved, and his face turned cloudy and clear.

In this battle, although the three masters of the Tiannan Army also paid great sacrifices, they did not fall to the point of complete collapse like in the last war, and the basic structure was still there. With the continuous payment of salaries and co-optation over the past year or so, there have been subtle changes in the morale and public opinion of the remnants of the Tiannan Army. As long as Chen Wu took this opportunity to transfer in the recruits replenished by the War Readiness Administration and fill the vacancy of the officers, he could essentially hold the Three Masters of the Tiannan Army in his hands.

Even if Chen Wu could not intervene nominally to ensure the independence of the Tiannan Army, the 40,000 soldiers after the replenishment were already in fact his people.

Aside from this factor, the Tiannan Legion is still very famous within the empire. With this golden signboard, it was very helpful for Chen Wu to step into the hinterland of the empire in the future. Come to think of it, the Tiannan Army was once the mainstay of the empire in the southeast. Such an army has fallen to Chen Wu, doesn't it prove that he really won the Mandate of Heaven?

"Governor, two more pieces of news."

Seeing that Chen Wu was in a good mood, Yuan Xingwei hesitated, and originally wanted to talk about it at another time. But after thinking about it, he still decided to do his duty as a loyal minister, and he also knew that Chen Wu was not the kind of narrow-minded lord.

"Let's report it together."

From his expression, Chen Wu could guess a thing or two, and what he was going to say next should be the main reason why Yuan Xingwei rushed to find him at this time.

"One is from the iron ore side."

He reminded: "On the side of the Iron Mine in Crooked Head Mountain, according to what the Governor said before, I am afraid that the remaining reserves are not much, and I ask the Governor to make plans as soon as possible." ”

At the beginning of development, it was stated that this iron ore could only be mined for more than a year, just enough to arm the expanded Songjiang Army and help them survive the Second Tiannan War.

"I already know that." Chen Wu nodded, signaling that he knew what he knew, and ordered: "Pass the word, prepare to implement the previous agreement with the local forces of Yuanshan County, and hand over the mining rights of the Crooked Mountain Iron Mine." ”

"My subordinates will do it later." Yuan Xingwei nodded, and then said the second news: "Those chambers of commerce under the Southeast Chamber of Commerce have recently purchased a large amount of grain and shipped it to Donghai County-this has been confirmed by Gan Xing. ”

Buying grain in large quantities?

Chen Wu's first reaction was not to take it too seriously, Songjiang rice is famous all over the world, and it has been a bumper harvest in recent years, so what's so strange about selling grain. What does this kind of business have to do with the MIA?

Seeing that Chen Wu seemed a little puzzled, Yuan Xingwei explained: "There is a lot of grain in this batch, if there is no accident, it should be loaded from the seaport of Donghai County and transported to the Kingdom of Oman by sea - due to the flood of the Dayuan River, the price of grain in the Kingdom of Oman has risen sharply recently, and it has more than doubled the price in Songjiang County. ”

These words made Chen Wu's face slightly unsightly. Isn't it a resource to send food to the enemy?

However, it was the merchants of Donghai County who were in charge of purchasing the grain, and they were the ones who traded with the Omanis, and they may even have changed hands more than once in the middle. It is reasonable for the chamber of commerce in Songjiang County to do business with the merchants of Donghai County, and the government can at most restrict it through some hidden means, and there is no reason to forcibly prohibit it.

Having said that, taking advantage of the floods in the Kingdom of Oman, it is not too much of a problem to sell some grain at a high price, anyway, in the end, it is the black money of the Omanis who will make it. As long as there are not too many of them, Chen Wu can understand this.

"But here's the thing."

Yuan Xingwei frowned and said a piece of news that seemed a little incredible. (To be continued.) )