Yan continued to stammer, obviously unable to accept Jiang Feng's point of view, why was he so harsh on the salt merchants and the merchants who operated the quality warehouse and cabinet factory, but he was so preferential to the shipyard owners, silk merchants and maritime merchants?

Just thinking carefully about the meaning of Jiang Feng's words, I feel that it is not unreasonable.

The salt merchant has little risk and makes profits purely by the privileges of the government, while the money merchant makes money from money, and the profit is built on top of other companies to make huge profits, in contrast, the shipyard and the silk merchant rely on production to make profits, and the maritime merchant is more profitable, but its risk is even greater, but how to measure the difference between the two is difficult to assert.

For people in this era, how to judge the pros and cons of an industry to the development of the whole society is indeed too difficult.

Even Jiang Feng, a top student in the history department, knows very well that the products that appear in every era have their own inevitable laws, or they have social needs, whether they are salt merchants or usury merchants, they are all products that have reached a certain stage of development.

But for him, who holds the power and knows the general trend of history, he can rely on his own vision to maximize the advantages and eliminate the disadvantages, that's all, as for those who want to use the mantis arm as a car, of course he has to unceremoniously sweep it into the garbage heap.

Yan Xu and Yan Xu can only be ignorant and act in accordance with Jiang Feng's intentions, they only know that the county king will adopt dividing measures against the gentry, and the gentry represented by salt merchants and money merchants will be suppressed or even cut off, while shipbuilders, maritime merchants and silk merchants will be open to the net, and may even support development, as long as they understand this distinction.

Jiang Feng's intention is actually very clear, vigorously supporting the manufacturing and foreign trade that are called in modern times, and shipbuilding, silk weaving, and maritime trade are the main ones.

The same is true for the salt industry, but the group of salt merchants is of little value, of course, if they can take the initiative to donate to the Xuzhou Governor's Office, it is another matter.

The industry of quality warehouse cabinet workshop must be retained, but its development must be limited, or its profits must be limited, otherwise it will affect the development of the manufacturing industry.

Of course, this should have been achieved through market means, but now whether it is Yangzhou, or the states under the Xuzhou Governor's Office, this kind of marketization is far from being formed, and what Jiang Feng wants to do is to vigorously promote it, but this requires a rather long process, before that, he can only do some promotion according to his own ideas.

"Then how does my brother want to deal with it next?"

"Hmph, since the king of the county has authorized me, then I will naturally deal with it according to my own strategy, those who are unwilling to hand over the private soldiers, and those with ambiguous attitudes, should be dealt with by thunderous means There is no need to be soft, a family crying is better than crying all the way. Yan Xu sighed, "Brother Fool also knows that he will inevitably be criticized, and even poked in the back, but if it is not like this, Brother Fool will no longer be trusted by the king of the county, and someone else will deal with Yangzhou affairs, I am afraid that the situation will be worse." ”

Yan Xu also nodded in agreement, "Since this is the case, since the king of the county has this intention, it cannot be changed, it is better to be dealt with by the elder brother, maybe there is still some leeway, whether they admit their feelings or resentment, they can only be left to them, but thinking about it, those people are a minority after all, and the vast majority of them are still aware of things, as long as the impact is not too much, most people can accept it, besides, Yangzhou fell into the Huaiyou army, and it was not poisoned, if it was changed to another family, where would it be their turn to point fingers?" I'm afraid that I have already bowed my head and waited to be dealt with. ”

"Yes, so sometimes being too merciful will end up bad, and killing and deciding and then giving it will make them grateful. Yan Xu nodded, "This is the virtue of these people. ”

The noon sun falls on the patio, making the whole hall appear bright, and a few fluttering butterflies rise and fall in the flowers and plants in the patio, making the whole courtyard a little more vibrant.

The courtyard wall is high and thick, the guards are strict, and you have to go through three access controls to enter the courtyard, and there are also magic prohibitions to hide in the dark, if you don't get permission, once you enter, it will start to attack.

"The concubine has seen the lady. Zhou Rui never thought of seeing this former best friend again in this way.

When Xu Ning was engaged to her brother, although she had married Yangzhou, she still agreed.

Xu Ning and Xu Jing are all her handkerchiefs, and they have been familiar with it since childhood, so of course they also hope that the Zhou and Xu families can become in-laws, and they can also become sisters-in-law with Xu Ning, but they are just making people, the chaos of ant thieves, Caizhou and Nanyang has wiped out the Xu family, and the Zhou family is naturally impossible to marry the Xu family who has become a penny, but who knows that this God is so tricky of people, but in such a way, several people are tied together.

"Xiao Rui, when did you become so angry?" Xu Ning looked at the woman in front of her with warm eyes, and all the things in her youth were bubbling through her heart.

At that time, Xu Ning, Xu Jing, Zhou Rui and Ju Xuan of the Shenzhou Ju family, and Du Nan of the Huang Du family were all very good friends, but with the fall of the Ju family, Ju Xuan was nowhere to be found, Du Nan was originally married to the Xuanzhou Chen family, but because the Chen family was attacked by ant thieves, and was forced to stay in the boudoir, it can be said that the Xu, Ju, Du, and Zhou families all belong to the families of local small feudal lords, except for the Zhou family's daughter who married a good family, the other few families did not have a good result.

However, this result seems to have undergone some unexpected changes with the fall of Yang Wu and the annexation of the Zhou family to Xuzhou.

Xu Ning unexpectedly became the flat wife of the king of Pengcheng County, and Yang Xun, whom Zhou Rui married, was reduced to an ordinary person, not even as good as an ordinary person, this was originally a huge turning point, but there was a bigger turning point when Zhou Rui was suddenly taken by the king of Pengcheng County, and then she gave birth to the first son of the king of Pengcheng County several times.

Even if the origin of this heir is indeed a little embarrassing, but after all, this is the bloodline of the king of Pengcheng County, who has no heir, and this alone is enough to make people ignore all the problems of his biological mother Zhou Rui.

But all this can be spread out in front of others, but when facing her former best friend, Zhou Rui is ashamed and frightened.

The "black history" of her once married to a wife made it inevitable that she would be attacked by the generals and ministers of the Xuzhou Governor's Mansion, who would not care how she gave birth to this son for the king of Pengcheng County, nor would they underestimate the weight of this male heir, but they would be harsh on his mother.

Zhou Rui even vaguely heard that someone proposed that this child should be handed over to the other wives and concubines of the king of Pengcheng County to raise, which made her frightened inexplicably, this is her own flesh and blood, why did it become like this?

Even if he has been married, it is not his fault, why did he have a great sin in giving birth to a child for him, and even deprive himself of the right to raise his own flesh and blood?

"Xiao Ning......" Zhou Rui subconsciously shouted.

"Xiao Rui, how many years have we not seen each other?" Xu Ning's faint smile looked very pleasant, without any other emotions, "After a few years, fortunately, we can still see each other appear in front of us, which can be regarded as lucky." ”

"Ju Xuan has never heard from him?" Zhou Rui also asked someone to find this former best friend, but when Nanyang attacked Shenzhou, the soldiers were in chaos, and the Ju family refused to give in, so in Shenzhou City, there were also swords and soldiers, and many people were missing.

"No, the people of the Ju family died a lot in that battle, but there is no news of Ju Xuan, maybe they were captured by the rebels, maybe they were hidden, no one can say. Xu Ning was also a little confused, "It stands to reason that if she doesn't have a place to go, she should come to our side, but I don't know where she went." ”

Zhou Rui was silent.

Girls born in war-torn times, how many can make their own decisions and control their own destiny?

Just like himself, marrying Yang Xun thought it would be a better marriage, but in a blink of an eye, the Yang family was wiped out, if he hadn't been favored by Jiang Feng, I was afraid that Yang Xun would also be escorted to Chang'an like Yang Pu.

And now I heard that Chang'an is also facing the invasion of the party, and I can't stop worrying, and these noble families who moved to Chang'an in the past have begun to consider moving back.

For example, the Yang family has been in contact with the Xuzhou Governor's Mansion, hoping to return to Huainan, even if they can't return to Luzhou, they also hope to live in Shouzhou or Chuzhou or even Xuzhou.

It's just that now that the Yang family has lost power, naturally no one is willing to go to the Grand Governor's Mansion for this already downtrodden family, and the Yang clan even found her in front of her, hoping that she can come forward to talk to the county king.

"Okay, let's not talk about other people's things, let's talk about ourselves. Xu Ning seemed to throw away his previous amazement, and said with a smile: "Can you bring the child to me to see?"

"Ah, okay, okay. Zhou Rui was frightened like a frightened deer, but she seemed to immediately realize that she was overly sensitive, nodded hurriedly, and ordered the maid on the side to ask the nurse to bring the child over.

Soon the nurse brought the baby over.

The four-month-old child already has some small appearances, although he can't tell whether he looks like Zhou Rui or Jiang Feng, but the smart and cute aura between his eyebrows still makes Xu Ning's heart move.

Zhou Rui carefully observed Xu Ning's expression on the side, and did not find anything unusual, his heart was slightly relaxed, presumably this is Jiang Feng's first child, and he is still a boy, no matter how unhappy Xu Ning is, I am afraid that he will have to be a little scrupulous.

"Well, it finally put many people at ease. Xu Ning looked at it for a long time, then handed the child to the nurse and motioned to take it down, "Xiao Jing and Ju Hui have been following the king of the county, but they have never been pregnant, and many people in the governor's mansion are restless, and now their hearts are finally steady." ”

Seeing the shy look on Zhou Rui's face, Xu Ning said casually: "Xiao Rui don't have to worry, you gave birth to this child for the king of the county, which is enough to offset all the words that are unfavorable to you, at least for now, nothing can compare to the weight of this child, everyone knows what it means if the king of the county has no children under his knees." ”