As the county seat of Tiannan County, the political power of Tianlong City is very different from that of Dengzhou in Songjiang County.

It is about the fact that the industry and commerce on the Songjiang side are extremely developed, and on the Dengzhou side, the Chamber of Commerce Alliance has become a decisive force. In addition, the governor of Songjiang, Chi Chang, was old and lacked energy, so he led the Chifeng Chamber of Commerce and the wealthy Zhou family, and blended with the aristocratic families in Songjiang.

Of course, with the consolidation of the rule of the Matsue Army, the situation in Matsue County is now very different.

On the side of Tianlong City, it is relatively much looser.

First, there is the former governor of Tiannan County to suppress it, and second, there is the behemoth of Tiannan Army. Two factors made the local forces in Tianlong City dominated by six merchants and three families.

Among them, the six merchants refer to the chambers of commerce and large merchants who control the main industries such as medicinal materials, timber, and mountain goods in Tiannan County. Among them, Kang Mingde, who has disappeared after the destruction of Shizhou Mansion, is one of them. The three families are mainly the three local families in Tianlong: the Guo family, the Yi family, and the Lei family.

There are several people in the Lei family who serve as officials in the center of the empire and in other places, and their rank is not low, but their local influence can only rank third. The Guo family and the Yi family each occupy an important position in the official government of Tianlong City, and they can be regarded as a large force in Tianlong City. This time, all the officials and local gentry in Tianlong City went out of the city to greet Chen Wu, who was the leader of the Guo family and the Yi family.

Chen Wu knew well about the overtures to these forces, and he was not confused by their apparent goodwill. He even used the excuse that he had come from afar and was physically exhausted, so he did not participate in the reception banquet held by several joint families.

The next person sent the news back, and Yi Nantian, the head of the Yi family, suddenly turned pale.

What he wants is nothing more than to maintain the Yi family's existing power and status. But Yi Nantian made a mistake, that is, this overture came too late. If he had supported the Songjiang Army from the beginning and helped wave the flag and shout, Chen Wu would naturally not mind giving the Yi family a step.

In contrast, the Zhongjing Chamber of Commerce, which accounts for a large part of the medicinal herb business in Tiannan County, is much wiser.

More than eighty percent of the medicinal materials produced by this chamber of commerce were sold to the southeast of the empire by the Songjiang army. For this reason, the Zhongjing Chamber of Commerce secretly courted the Songjiang Army a few months ago. The Military Intelligence Department was active in Tiannan County, and it also received help from the other party. In return, on the third day of his arrival in Tianlong, Chen Wu personally attended the opening ceremony of a new medicine field at the Zhongjing Chamber of Commerce.

Two very different attitudes are enough to illustrate one qiē.

A week before arriving in Tianlong City, Chen Wu was familiar with the situation here and did not act rashly. After the specific reform plan of Tiannan County was formulated, he no longer hesitated and began to implement it drastically. It's not that no one secretly resisted this, but Chen Wu used a simple trick to make an example of the monkey and publicly execute Liu Quan.

The administrative reform of the eight departments was immediately carried out smoothly.

Taking this opportunity, Chen Wu easily uprooted the remaining forces of the former governor of Tiannan in one fell swoop, dismissed more than a dozen officials one after another, and appropriately promoted a number of middle and low-level officials who supported Songjiang. Under his push, the power of the Songjiang-Tiannan system began to truly merge.

After that, Chen Wu began to promote two major events.

First, the chamber of commerce in Tiannan County will also be brought under the management of the Southeast Chamber of Commerce, and unified coordination and guidance will be carried out. Second, start a comprehensive road construction.

If you want to get rich, you must first build roads, and it is universal in any world.

Compared to Songjiang's road system, Tiannan County's road system is much worse. The only thing that is quite passable is the road from Nanfeng Mansion to Tianlong City. Because this section of the road is an important supply line for the Tiannan Army's food, grass and military materials, it has been repaired. The roads of other provinces, Mo said, are two grades lower than Songjiang, and Taiping County, which is separated by a mountain.

Due to this restriction, the timber business in Tiannan County has not been able to expand, and the purchase and sale of mountain goods have also been affected.

Of course, with the opportunity to build the road, the restoration of the post station and the mapping of the map of Tiannan County were also included in the proposal. Although all of this requires a large amount of capital, Tien Nan County can reap long-term benefits and can absorb many displaced people who have been displaced by the Omani invasion and have no regular income. It can not only find them a job, but also reduce the burden of the local government, and prevent the emergence of hidden dangers to public security and even turmoil.

In the long run, for the future war with the Omanis, perfect transportation is also beneficial to the rapid mobilization of troops and the transfer of materials.

In addition to road construction, the water conservancy and irrigation system of Tiannan County also fell into a situation where it needed to be repaired due to the impact of the war.

According to the estimation of the original government of Tiannan County, if a large amount of manpower and funds can be invested to renovate the entire water conservancy and irrigation system, Tiannan County's annual grain can increase by at least 20%!

Due to financial reasons, the Songjiang Army does not yet have the ability to promote the two projects together, so it can only build roads first and water conservancy later. Speaking of these activities, we have to mention the 6,000 troops of the Valanga Division. Thanks to their efforts, the first road leading to Kanggu in Jinghu County has been basically completed. When the work over there is done, they can be transferred to the south to take care of some of the hardest and most tiring work.

After all, it is free labor, and there are even Omanis who pay to help support them, so I don't have to be sorry for them. Anyway, as long as they don't drive to death, the Omanis can't blame anything. In the hands of the Songjiang Army, these 6,000 people can be at least 10,000 elite laborers!

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Just when the development of Tiannan County was in full swing, Zhongzhou, the imperial capital thousands of miles away, also encountered a major event in the game.

This is an assassination case that will indirectly affect the future political situation of the Empire!

One of the eight major valves of the Feng family mansion.

At the end of April, the huge feudal mansion was draped in red everywhere, which looked particularly festive. The most famous stage team in the entire Zhongzhou was invited to four in one go, and sang a big drama outside the Feng family for three days, attracting countless passers-by to stop and watch. But anyone who is well-informed knows that the 80th birthday of the old man of the Feng family is coming!

This is a major event that has caused a sensation in the entire state recently.

As the Feng family of the Eight Great Valves, it is the top force in Zhongzhou. It has countless fields and industries, and there are also famous feudal double walls: the auxiliary general Fengxun and the military minister Fengwu. With these two sons, the birthday of the old man of the Feng family is destined to attract the celebration of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

Since this morning, those who came to the house to give gifts and congratulations have broken through the threshold of the closed house.

Most of those cousins who are too far away, or small Beijing officials with average status, are self-aware. Send a gift list, say congratulations, express your heart, and you can leave directly. If the status is more important, or the relationship with the Feng family is not ordinary, as well as the subordinates in the Feng Xun army, there will naturally be people who will entertain them to sit in the tea shed, serve exquisite five-color pastries and Wuhu's new tea before the rain, and there are also flowing water banquets carefully prepared by the chefs of various restaurants in Zhongzhou, in short, they will not be lazy.

Only those who are really big people are eligible to be led into the inner courtyard of the feudal mansion by the porter to participate in the birthday in the evening.

"The Shen family wishes the old man Feng blessings such as the East China Sea and Shoubi Nanshan!"

"Chengguo Gong is limited to military affairs and can't come in person, so he asked his little nephew to come to celebrate his birthday, and he sent the gift list as follows! And I wish the old man deaf and clear-sighted, no worries, and smile at people's business calmly! ”

"The head of the Di family sent a couplet: Compare life with heaven and earth, and shine with the sun and moon!"

"On behalf of the Lin family, Foreign Minister Lin Anping congratulates the old man on his birthday!"

For such a grand event, almost all those who are qualified in the state rushed to participate. In the news curtain one after another, all the big families, the central princes, and even the royal family, including the eldest prince, the fifth prince, and several princesses, appeared at the birthday banquet of the Feng family one after another. At this moment, there are 30 tables in the spacious back garden of the Feng family, and there are 200 tables in the front yard, which is still not enough to entertain everyone.

Because of his age, the old birthday star was dressed in a red robe, and sat at the top of the head safely, with longevity peach, longevity fruit, and auspicious objects symbolizing the pine and unicorn next to him. The people who are responsible for entertaining the various families and hundreds of officials are naturally the Feng family and the two brothers Feng Wu and Feng Xun. Those who did not touch the ground were busy until it was completely dark, and then they could arrange all the guests properly.

However, the two of them stopped to rest, and before they had time to drink saliva, they heard the news of Qianyuanji's royal arrival.

The officials of the entire feudal mansion were boiling, and they all got up and stood up in unison and saluted the supreme.

The people of the Feng family obviously did not expect that when several princes had already arrived, Qian Yuanji would still come in person, and they couldn't help but be very grateful.

Maybe it's because the empire's shape has improved a little bit recently, and Qianyuanji's complexion looks a lot better tonight. The civil and military officials in the court who were very interested waved their hands, and then sat down at the chief with a smile on the corner of their mouths, and sent blessings to the flattered old man of the Feng family.

At this time, the auspicious time arrived, and 80 fireworks were ignited at the same time, blooming in the night sky with a brilliant and beautiful light.

Accompanied by the sound of music, countless maids carried delicate trays and walked between the tables like flowers and butterflies.

This was supposed to be a festive and joyful night, but what no one expected was that among the maids in charge of serving the food in the Feng family, there were some people with ill intentions and bad intentions. Although the guards in charge of security had conducted repeated investigations as early as a week ago, and the maids who delivered the food at this moment were also staring at the whole time, they couldn't stand it, and she hid a poison dart with highly poison in the palm of the tray.

It's really bloody and seals the throat!

With the training she has experienced, she can definitely shoot the poison dart accurately into the chief Qianyuanji from ten steps away. The problem is that due to the arrival of Qianyuanji, the security of the chief has been taken over by the royal forbidden army, and there is naturally a special person in charge of passing the dishes, and the subordinates and maids of the Fengfu will be stopped if they get a little closer.

Fortunately, the maid also has an accomplice who is responsible for responding outside the house.

In another round of serving, there were colorful fireworks outside the house again, which looked pleasing to the eye. The sound of banging and banging attracted the attention of all the guests in the mansion for a while. But several foreign affairs housekeepers of the feudal mansion couldn't help but be stunned, they didn't remember that there was such an arrangement in the plan of the birthday banquet.

Could it be that someone is mistaken?

Surprised, a maid took advantage of everyone's distraction and quietly approached the chief and broke out!