"What, shouldn't I think so?" Xu Ning gently brushed the strands of hair that fell down his ears behind his ears, his eyes were calm, "Do you think my attitude is a little different?"

Jiang Feng really felt that Xu Ning was a little different, looked Xu Ning up and down, and there was a little more exploration in his eyes, was his mentality really reversed, or was he retreating and waiting for the opportunity?

"Ning Niang, Gwangju means different to you and me, and I also want to take it down, but reality doesn't allow it, at least we can't do it now. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Jiang Feng tried his best to objectively explain this fact, no matter what Xu Ning's mentality was, he had to let the other party know the current true situation, "I was unwilling to take over Gwangju in my heart, and you also know that this will only arouse Liu Xuan's hostility towards us, but we can't do it if we don't go next, the Li family in Guanzhong and the Huang Du family want to achieve this goal and use us to contain Nanyang, but I don't plan to let them get their wish." ”

"So you're going to throw the burden of Gwangju to Nanyang in exchange for money, food, and weapons?" Xu Ning tried to suppress the emotions in his heart, bit his lip, and said word by word: "Maybe you have your difficulties, but Gwangju is our homeland after all, and there are so many of our clansmen, to put it in my heart, I am a little difficult to accept, but I also know that what you did is right, we have to accept the reality, but I hope that one day you can get Gwangju back, Erlang, you can do it, right?"

Jiang Feng was a little moved, and his heart trembled, is he a little too cold-blooded? For a girl, maybe she is a simple hope and always guesses with malice, is it the cruelty of this world that has changed her, or is she not afraid to guess others with malice?

Jiang Feng didn't answer Xu Ning's question for a while, and the atmosphere seemed to become a little stagnant.

"Jiro, I know that you have a lot of opinions and opinions about me, and I also admit that I was a little too egoistic before, and I am trying to enter my future role, please believe this, I will do it. A self-deprecating smile appeared on the corner of Xu Ning's mouth.

"I know you may prefer Xiao Jing, and I have also thought about whether it is more appropriate to let Xiao Jing marry you, but Xiao Jing's temperament is too simple and kind, as my third uncle said, Xiao Jing will be a good wife and mother in the future, but I can fight for more interests for our Xu family,......"

"This sounds a bit harsh, but for the survival and decline of a family, this has become my responsibility, the third uncle said, since I am the eldest daughter of the eldest family, then I can't be so selfish,......"

"I am now trying to balance the two roles of the Xu clan and the Jiang family's wife, at least our Xu family will do our best to support you, it doesn't matter if you don't like me, I will also fulfill my responsibilities as a flat wife,......"

There was a trace of sadness hidden in the rational and calm words, which made Jiang Feng also tremble a little, he has never been a hard-hearted and cold-hearted person, Jiang Feng also asked himself, what words and deeds did Xu Ning dislike her, or what behaviors did she make unacceptable, what did she do wrong?

From the perspective of the Xu clan, isn't it worthy of admiration and praise for a girl to be able to carry this burden?

Is it just because she's challenged her self-esteem as a man?

A series of questions made Jiang Feng couldn't help but ask himself, maybe both.

After calming down his mood a little, Jiang Feng thought for a while before saying: " Xiao Ning, we all live in this world of the jungle, unfortunately we are still in a weak situation, we have to maneuver between the powerful enemies around us, to prevent being devoured by them, Xu Shi is actually an example, so what we have to do now is to make us as strong as possible, only when you are strong, you have the right to speak, you have the right to dominate, others will respect you, Gwangju I will definitely try to get, as you said, that is your homeland, but also my homeland, but this requires timing, we have to be patient。 ”

The change in Jiang Feng's title also warmed Xu Ning's heart, she could feel the change in Jiang Feng's tone, she smiled, "Erlang, maybe I'm really a little too anxious, please understand, the countless twists and turns in the past six months or so have made me really eager to give myself something to comfort." ”

"Xiao Ning, we are still young, there is still a chance, sometimes a step back is to take a better step forward, now I take the initiative to give Gwangju to Liu Xuan, it is not just as simple as exchanging some money and food, even if Liu Xuan does not give us money and food, I will also invite him to enter Gwangju, the situation dictates, otherwise he will take the initiative to attack Gwangju. ”

Looking back and smiling!

Xu Ning's smile made Jiang Feng a little distracted for a while, and he couldn't help licking his lips, this stunner, usually unsmiling, always cold and arrogant, but he didn't expect Xu Ning's smile to have such a soul-stirring magic.

Trying to put aside some reverie, Jiang Feng turned his eyes out the window: "I took the initiative to invite Liu Xuan's army to Gwangju, but he may not be able to stay in Gwangju, maybe later, he will take the initiative to hand over Gwangju to me." ”

"Really?" Xu Ning was surprised, "Is this possible?"

"Well, anything is possible. Even Jiang Feng himself felt that he was really a little hypocritical and shallow, why did he suddenly feel that he was showing off in Xu Ning and surprising the other party, and he felt a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction? Or is this the nature of human beings?

Seeing that Xu Ning wanted to ask again, Jiang Feng hurriedly asked the other party to stop: "Xiao Ning, don't ask how likely it is, I can only say that there is such a possibility, everything needs to depend on the change of the situation." ”

Xu Ning also smiled apologetically and nodded: "Well, I understand." By the way, Erlang, I just said the policy of land inspection, there are also many people in the Xu clan who originally participated in the affairs of the Yamen at the two levels of Gwangju Prefecture and County, and some of them were recruited by me to come to Gushi, you might as well arrange someone to inspect it, if there is a consensus, you can also use it, they have little to do with the local gentry here, if there is a good law to supervise, in the short term, there is no worry that they will be complicit with the local gentry. It's just that this policy of seizing land is about huge interests, so the local gentry must find ways to prevent the implementation of this law, and if they can't stop it, they will not bribe the trainees by any means, but you have to guard against it. ”

Seeing the smile on the corner of Jiang Feng's mouth, Xu Ning was also calm: "Erlang, don't laugh, most of these Xu clan people are side branches and remote branches, and they themselves are engaged in chores in the early yamen, and they are no strangers to this kind of land inspection method, and they are also proficient, the only thing that can be feared is their conduct and morality, but you also know that the people in the yamen are almost the same, and it is unrealistic to expect them to be innocent and flawless. ”

Jiang Feng was taken aback, he didn't expect Xu Ning to have such a deep understanding of the policy of land inspection and the effect of implementation, especially the understanding of the nature of officials and the proposal to use good laws to supervise, which greatly surprised him.

He found that he still knew too little about this Xu Ning before, and it was no wonder that this Xu Ning was so arrogant and conceited, if he really had such skills in his belly, it would be understandable if he wanted to show his ambitions.

"Oh, Xiao Ning, aren't you optimistic about my land seizure strategy?" Jiang Feng was really a little interested.

He didn't mind that Xu Ning was interested in these things, and even looked forward to it a little.

To tell the truth, he is really lacking in this kind of government affairs in his hands now, and although the policy of land inspection has been proposed, it is difficult to promote it.

Not to mention the resistance of the gentry in various places, it takes a lot of manpower to clean up the registers of these types of land, and if there is no effective means of supervision, someone must be in charge of it.

In particular, these local officials themselves are inextricably linked with the local gentry, and even many of them are themselves members of these gentry's distant tribes, and their interests are deeply entangled.

Do you have a group of people who are loyal to you, how to implement it, and the result of forcibly advancing must be that the thunder is heavy and the rain is small, and even the ground can't get wet, at most, you can make some land to meet your own needs to comfort the soldiers, which is obviously not what you want.

Jiang Feng also knew that it was unrealistic to force these local gentry to honestly hand over the land they had acquired over the past hundred years of various tactics at once, which was almost against the entire gentry class.

Even if he wants to create a new wealthy family class that is loyal to him, it is impossible to use such a drastic method.

This is quite detrimental to local rule, and will even endanger the stability of the entire control area, and there is no class group in their own hands that can replace these gentry, rather than that, it is better to be flexible, such as reforming, absorbing, and letting it be used for their own use, and this power is used well, it will also be the basis of their own hegemony in the future.

Of course, this requires a long-term process, and it is also a process of recruitment, absorption, enrichment, assimilation, attachment and growth.

"Erlang, do you want to listen to the truth?" Xu Ning's eyes lit up, and the smile on his face was even worse, like a peony in full bloom, dazzling.

"Of course, listen to the truth. Jiang Feng frowned.

"Well, then I'll tell you the truth, if you have too much hope for this land seizure policy, I'm afraid you will be disappointed, but if you want to say that it doesn't have any effect, it's definitely impossible, after all, you are now in charge of the Gushi Army, no one dares to disobey your will, and in the end there will be a result that everyone can get by. Xu Ning replied.

Jiang Feng bowed slightly, "Then what if I want this result to be more favorable to me?"

"Erlang, aren't you worried about attracting a backlash from these local gentry, they may cause you a lot of trouble, I don't think it's wise to do this in this bone joint, maybe you can put it aside,......" Xu Ning frowned: "What you have is time." (To be continued.) )