For Xu Jing and Ju Hui, Jiang Feng certainly had no other thoughts. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Not to mention that Xu Jing is dedicated to cultivating spells for herself, just because she has more affection for the simple Xu Jing, the statement of childhood sweethearts may be a bit too much, but a little bit of mutual affection is enough.

As for Ju Hui, whether it is Jiang Feng or Ju Hui himself, they probably never thought that Ju Hui would leave Jiang Feng, it is more like a matter of course.

In that case, why should I be timid? This is a normal thing.

Thinking of this, Jiang Feng relieved himself, that is, he just chose the right time.

For Jiang Feng, although the matter of heirs and concubines is important, it is not an urgent matter, and there are indeed too many things in front of him, which makes him a little overwhelmed.

Shouzhou was included in the Huaiyou system, in fact, it can be regarded as establishing a direction for Jiang Feng's future, if Shouzhou is not taken, Jiang Feng is still a little contradictory, but now, there is a lot of room to choose.

Lu, Hao, and Shu were the first to bear the brunt, but Lu and Hao still belonged to Wu State, and Jiang Feng could not intervene before Yang Xu completely tore his face or even made a big fight.

Shuzhou also seems to be a suitable object, hanging in a lonely corner, and the relationship with Wu is more like the relationship between Shouzhou and Wu in the past, the small feudal lords attached to Wu State, just to annex Shuzhou, they also need excuses and opportunities.

Chang'an only gave himself the title of Guanghun Shou Defense Guard, and Huaiyou Defense Guard was just a gimmick by a group of people who put grease and powder on their faces, which could not be announced to the public, and could only be said internally.

Righteousness and fame are a wonderful thing, sometimes without it, no one seems to care, but sometimes without it, it seems that it will be blocked step by step, the use of this thing is wonderful, there is one mind.

Jiang Feng thought that he was not able to control the righteousness and fame with ease, Chang'an would not let himself do whatever he wanted, and the same was true of the surrounding domains, so he had to choose the right time.

However, Jiang Feng knew that in the future, Huaiyou would further expand, and Lu, Hao, and Shu would be the first choice, and who to choose first would depend on the situation.

However, this must be based on the fact that the two conditions of the Huaiyou Army's preparation and internal strife in Wu are met at the same time.

Wu was in turmoil, Jiang Feng was temporarily powerless to intervene and influence, but it was a difficult problem for the Huaiyou Army to make full preparations for itself.

With the gradual formation of the pattern of five infantry armies, one cavalry army (under formation), one tooth army (under formation), and two naval armies of the Huaiyou Army, there is still too much preparatory work to be done on how to make this army truly become a heroic division that can command like an arm, come when called, be able to fight, and win in battle.

The problems are much more complicated than Jiang Feng imagined, and the difficulties are much more than Jiang Feng imagined.

To build an army capable of fighting, it is by no means a simple matter of recruiting soldiers and then handing them out a dry stream of swords, guns, and sticks.

At present, except for Yang Kan's First Army, which can be regarded as a division that can really deal with various scenes, the other four armies, as well as the Tooth Army and the Cavalry Army, are still lacking in considerable heat.

Therefore, in terms of the guarantee of various materials, Jiang Feng also clearly told He Decai that the first army should be guaranteed first, because this is the key force for the Huaiyou Army to deal with various dangerous scenes in the future.

The situation of the Tooth Army is slightly better, but compared to the First Army, Jiang Feng feels that it is always a real bloody tempering of a fierce battle on a large scale.

The situation of the cavalry army is similar to that of the tooth army, and it has never been able to go up in terms of scale, which is also caused by Qin Zaidao's attitude of preferring lack to excess.

And once you let go of your hands and feet to expand to a full army, not to mention the shortage of war horses, even if the war horses are sufficient, this sudden expansion will only cause a rapid decline in combat effectiveness, especially for such a "technical" type of troops as the cavalry, unless the supplementary personnel themselves are proficient.

As for the second, third, fourth, and fifth armies of the Huaiyou Army, the situation was even more uneven.

The rapid expansion of the number of armed forces has brought about difficulties in improving combat effectiveness, which has been constantly diluted, and as a result, combat effectiveness has continued to decline.

Even if Jiang Feng has invested the money and silver obtained from Karim and Nasin in the first phase of the material office, so that the army that the material officer has expanded will replenish all the weapons and armor as soon as possible, but this is still far from enough.

Jiang Feng, who didn't care much about this before, finally realized the huge consumption of military resources in this era, from the beginning of the establishment of an army, the daily consumption is massive, and to build a strong army, its investment is even greater.

The capture of Shouzhou did not improve its own financial situation in a short period of time, on the contrary, the expenditure pressure of the two armies and the first infantry army after being merged into the Huzhou Army was pressed on him, plus the new Fourth Army, the financial pressure of the entire Huaiyou suddenly doubled.

It can be said that in addition to borrowing, Huaiyou's current financial resources are simply unable to support such a huge military expenditure, especially the subsequent increase in these armies are facing comprehensive replenishment needs in all aspects from weapons and armor to military uniforms, shoes and socks.

Immediately launching a fiscal rectification has become a major matter that brooks no delay.

Although Jiang Feng was born in the Department of History, he did not know much about the sources of financial revenue of the local government in this era, in addition to the land tax and commercial tax, what he roughly knew was the franchise tax of some materials, such as salt, wine, iron, etc.

However, before the establishment of Huzhou in the early stage, the two counties of Gushi and Yincheng really did not have any finances, and they still relied more on aid from Daliang, Nanyang and Ehuang to support, of course, including his previous loans to Chang'an Hu merchants led by Ju Hui's two uncles.

However, now, Jiang Feng also knows that it is extremely necessary to establish a relatively sound and stable finance.

Neither aid nor borrowing is a long-term solution, and even if you want to borrow, you must have a stable repayment ability before the merchant will lend to you.

The early loan relied more on the prestige of his own force and the land of Guanghun and the two states under his control, which can be regarded as winning the recognition of Karim and Nashin, and of course, the cake of Shouzhou porcelain painted is also a big incentive to attract Karim and Nashin.

Including the reconstruction of the Shouzhou kiln that he promised to Zheng and Guan, the capital contribution in the name of the government actually came from Karim and Nasin's Hushang capital.

Jiang Feng really couldn't get half a penny, so he could only do so, of course, the benefit promised to the Hu merchants was that eighty percent of the porcelain from the Shouzhou kiln was handed over to Karim and Nasin for underwriting, and the remaining twenty percent was taken care of by the Zheng family.

Originally, Karim and Nasin planned to monopolize and underwrite, but Jiang Feng did not agree.

Monopoly means that he has no room for bargaining, and he even intends to negotiate this condition in the future.

Of course, now he can only rely on Karim and Nashin to open up sales channels in Guanzhong, the Northwest and the Western Regions, and he also needs Karim and them to provide him with a steady stream of war horses.

Sitting alone in front of the bookcase, Jiang Feng used a brush to write down the words "field endowment", "commercial tax", "franchise", and "kiln", which probably constituted the pillar of Huaiyou's financial resources for a period of time in the future.

However, although there are only these aspects, Jiang Feng still feels that there is a lot to be done.

Like Tian Fu, further reclamation of new fields and the reclamation of old fields that have been wiped out by ant thieves are urgent tasks, which require a population.

Fortunately, ant thieves are still wreaking havoc in Yingbosi Prefecture, and a large number of displaced people are still being generated.

After Shouzhou was taken, Jiang Feng had asked Cui Shang and Zheng Hong to discuss ways to set up recruitment points along the Huai area, and even cross the Huai to Huaibei to secretly set up a point, recruit displaced people to cross the Huai, and then move to Huoqiu, Anfeng and Shouchun for reclamation and new reclamation.

As usual, tax reductions were also given, which was very beneficial to the reclamation plan of the Umeda Zheng family, and naturally no one refused.

In view of the fact that the natural conditions of Shengtang and Huoshan counties are slightly inferior to those of Huoqiu and Anfeng counties, Jiang Feng also asked Huzhou and Huoshan counties to make greater efforts in reducing or reducing taxes in order to attract displaced people from outside to join them.

For Jiang Feng, Tianfu is only one aspect, relying on the land to firmly bind the soldiers and the population to this, this is the most important thing, without the population, there is no guarantee of soldiers, everything is empty talk.

Then there's the commercial tax.

Huzhou is enough, but Shouzhou, especially Shouchun City, as the leading commercial port in the upper reaches of Huaishui, has to make a fuss about commercial taxes.

Shouchun is the most important material distribution center in the upper reaches of Huaishui, a large number of grain and porcelain from Shouzhou are exported, and a considerable part of the silk tea from Wuyue also has to enter Huaishui through the Cao Canal, and then through Shouchun to Yingbo Guangshen and even Nanyang and Guanzhong, Shouchun has become an important material transit place.

Now that Shouzhou has fallen into its own hands, the next step is to resume grain production and porcelain production, and the prosperity of Shouchun can be expected.

In addition, the fleet of the two Umeda companies is also a big help, and I don't know how much the cost of water transportation is saved compared to land transportation in these years, as long as the waterway is passable, all of them give priority to water transportation, because the consumption of animal transportation is too great.

The reason why Jiang Feng wants to ensure his absolute control over the navy at all costs is that in addition to relying on the navy to conquer Wu Yue in the future, for the time being, a strong navy will help further expand Huaiyou's commercial interests.

Especially since the three states of Yingbosi were messed up by ant thieves, Jiang Feng already had some doubts about whether the Shi family would be able to return to the control they had over these states in the future.

If the Shi family declines, Caizhou looks to the side, if he wants to ensure his influence and control over Huaibei, on the one hand, he must achieve it through the water army, and on the other hand, he must also connect the forces along the banks of Yingshui, Feishui, Whirlpool, Lianshui, Bianshui, Surabaya and even Caoqu through water transportation, so as to prevent Caizhou Yuan's clan from expanding too quickly to the east.