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It can be seen from the faces of the two that in the past two days, the two of them and themselves are afraid that they are also unpleasant, and they can't sleep at night.

Indeed, no one can stand idly by and look at the fertile soil of the three counties of Shouzhou for hundreds of miles without being indifferent.

For the gentry, commercial business is the icing on the cake, and land is the foundation, so Chen, Huang, and Tan fought hard at the risk of offending Jiang Feng.

They can give up the commercial business, but the land can not be lost, even in exchange for the dry land in the two counties of Shengtang and Huoshan, it is acceptable, after all, as long as the land is willing to work, there will be a harvest, not compared to business, the investment is huge, but the profit and loss are two.

"It's a big loss!"

"Fooled!"

"What shall I do now?"

"We have invested a lot in Shengtang and Huoshan, and the displaced people's cattle and donkeys, seeds, and borrowed money and silver have been consumed a lot, so don't we just sit and watch at the moment?"

"I'm afraid that the Assassin Mansion is going to give me an explanation, and it is expected that the three counties of Huoqiu, Anfeng and Shouchun have been poisoned by ant thieves, and it will be difficult for the three Umeda Zheng families to rebuild, right?"

"Hey, how can the defense and capture envoy let the surname Umeda Zheng San take charge of Shouzhou affairs alone? It is the right intention for me to wait for Shouzhou, and Lord Jiang also promised to support me to wait until the Tang Dynasty and Huoshan, so how can I not be allowed to go to Shouzhou now?"

"With defense and defense, we will never let one or a few families dominate this situation, this is reassuring, the key lies in how we should enter the ,......"

"Brother Chen Gu, in a certain opinion, I should also invite the Xu family, if the Xu family can blow the pillow wind, this matter will be smooth,......"

The three of them discussed it babblingly, but their attitudes were unusually consistent, that is, since Shouzhou has been included, and the three counties have also become a blank land, this has to be rebuilt and reclaimed, and there is already a precedent in Shengtang and Huoshan, and there is no reason why the surnames of Chen Huang Tan in Shouzhou should not be involved.

"Alas, but I'll run out of money, if Lord Jiang agrees to our participation, where will the money come from?"

"Yes, my Tan clan over there in Huoshan has spent thousands of dollars, where can I get the silver money now?"

The problem of the three of them is back to the original point, of course they have to participate in the reconstruction and reclamation of Shouzhou, which is much better than Shengtang and Huoshan, and the ant thieves are poisonous, and countless families have died, but it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for them.

As long as the land can be acquired, the old situation can be restored within a year or two by attracting displaced people, and after ten or eight years, it will become the foundation of the family.

This is a difficult problem, the three families have spent a lot of money on land reclamation and recruitment of displaced people in Shengtang and Huoshan, and they are all starting to see benefits, but they didn't expect that there is such a good opportunity in Shouzhou, how can this not make people busy?

"Brother Chen Gu, but I got a message, I don't know if I can give it a try?" Tan Zheng stroked his goatee, his eyes flickering a little.

"Oh, Brother Tan Zheng, why don't you come and hear it?" Chen Gu and Huang Shunchang exchanged glances, not knowing what this guy had in mind.

"I heard that the uncle of the lady was a Chang'an Hu merchant, and Jiang wanted to buy another batch of Xiazhou war horses from him, but he was suffering from a lack of money and grain, so he intended to borrow money and land from Chang'an Hu Shang to buy war horses. Tan Zheng groaned.

It is no secret that Huzhou intends to expand the cavalry, the Huzhou cavalry has only two battalions so far, and according to the plan, the Huzhou cavalry is to build an army, and the gap between war horses is very large, and the source of war horses can only be imported from the Western Regions and Xiazhou through Guanzhong.

War horses are expensive, the price of a horse is more than a gold, with the current financial resources of Huzhou can not support it at all, if you want to buy a horse, you can only borrow, and Chang'an Hu Shang has always been known for its strong financial resources, and is also good at lending, so this is also a hit.

"Oh?" Chen Gu and Huang Shunchang immediately understood the meaning of Tan Zheng's words, they could borrow money from Hu Shang?!

"Where did Brother Tan get this news? Are the Hu merchants willing to lend us money?"

These are two questions.

First, how did Tan Zheng know the news.

It is not a secret that Huzhou expanded the cavalry, but not many people know where the cavalry horses come from and where the military funds for the purchase of military horses come from.

Second, if it is true that the Huzhou side has set up with the Hu merchants of Chang'an, it is also the Huzhou government that uses fixed income such as land and business taxes as collateral, can gentry and businessmen like them get a large loan from the Hu merchants?

You must know that if you want to enter Shouzhou for development, I am afraid that it is not possible to send it away with 800 guan, it is often thousands, or even tens of thousands.

Tan Zheng smiled, "The daughter of a certain second brother, married to the cavalry Du Yu as his wife, this news came from over there, it should be correct." As for whether Hu Shang can lend us a loan, I don't think it's a problem, after all, Shouzhou's fertile land is famous far and wide, and they should be a risk-free deal. ”

Chen Gu and Huang Shunchang both nodded their heads, and Chen Gu was even more blunt: "That is the case, you might as well bring the Ju clan in, although the Ju clan is not many people in our Huzhou, but there are also many Ju clan people who have moved from Shenzhou to Huzhou, and everyone is working together to ,......."

Huang Shunchang and Tan Zheng both said well.

"Gone?" Jiang Feng held the wolf hair in his hand, did not raise his head, and smeared it on the bookcase.

"Gone. Cui Shang rubbed his temples a little tiredly, "Huzhou is almost an empty city, and the Fourth Army is just hanging up its name, and it is probably in a hurry to build the Fourth Army, and the interest is very high, and before he left, he also said that he was going to spend half a year to polish it according to the training strategy provided by the adults." ”

"I don't know if there is still half a year?" Jiang Feng threw down the wolf in his hand and muttered for a long time, "What about Wanshan?"

Wan Shan is still talking to the relevant personnel of the Umeda Zheng Sanjia family, and he and Su Tie have been doing this during this time. Cui Shang sighed lightly, "We still underestimate Shouzhou, the previous preparations were not enough, and it will take time to take Shouzhou by luck, and it will take time to integrate it with Guanghun Erzhou." ”

Indeed, in the past half a month since taking over Shouzhou, whether it is Jiang Feng, Cui Shang or Yang Kan, they have deeply felt the difference between Shouzhou and Guanghun Erzhou, and sometimes even Jiang Feng is reflecting, this is so easy to take Shouzhou, how can it be difficult to take over Shouzhou?

Although the navy broke up and mixed up and let the officers from the two Umeda families exchange positions, barely supervising each other and ensuring loyalty, its impact on combat effectiveness is obvious, and the training of the navy has not returned to normal so far, which makes Jiang Feng also feel a big headache.

The remnants of the Shouzhou infantry army were also reorganized, and the Shouzhou Fourth Army controlled by the Tian family, the remnants of the Mei's Third Army, as well as part of the original Zheng army's defeated army and a private army, were all reorganized and mixed with the first, second, and third armies of the original Huzhou Army and the Huzhou Ya Army, and reorganized into the First Army, the Second Army, the Third Army, the Fifth Army and the Huaiyou Army, of which the Huaiyou Army was expanded to four battalions.

The situation of the infantry army is relatively better, after all, the three infantry armies of the Huzhou Army plus the Ya Army occupy an absolute advantage in numbers, and the direct mixing of the Shouzhou soldiers will have a certain impact on the combat effectiveness of the Huzhou Army, but it is not large, and it will recover in time.

Zhang Wanshan and Su Tie have been doing the work of co-opting Shouzhou scouts for a period of time.

It's also a very important job.

Unlike the previous Huzhou scouts, Shouzhou's scouts focused on collecting the Huaibei and Huainan feudal lords, and their intelligence collection in this area was much better than that of the Huzhou.

After all, they didn't pay much attention to the feudal lords in the west before, and Huaibei and Huainan, which were related to the survival of Shouzhou, were their roots.

For the current Jiang Feng, Huainan Wudi is what he pays the most attention to, and the most meticulous in this regard is undoubtedly the scout of the Mei family, and the one who also knows Huaibei the most is naturally the Tian family.

Now these resources will all be under the banner of Wuwentang.

For the Huzhou side to take over this kind of resources, the three families of Umeda Zheng are still a little resistant, unlike the army on the surface, this aspect of resources are hidden in each family, to let the three surnames hand over, it must be reluctant.

This requires a lot of coordination and communication work, knowing with reason, moving with emotion, and every step is not easy.

The losses of both sides in that battle were not small, which also accumulated some resentment among the two armies, increasing the sense of hostility between the two sides, and it was not easy to eliminate them.

All in all, all this in Shouzhou is too unfamiliar to the Huzhou side, and the two Umeda families are still difficult to reassure for a while, and the stumbles inside still need to be slowly run in.

"Then Bai Ling, what do you think is the fastest way to integrate Shouzhou?" Jiang Feng asked with a smile.

This question stopped Cui Shang.

"Rebuilding may be a good way, now Huoqiu, Anfeng and Shouchun are almost a blank land except for the inside and outside of Shouchun City, and during the period when the ant thieves were raging in Shouzhou, the gentry of Huoqiu and Anfeng were almost killed and abused, especially Huoqiu's side was besieged for a few months and the city was broken, except for the Zheng family, the rest of the small and medium-sized gentry were almost wiped out, if the gentry of Guanghu and Guanghu were introduced to rebuild, this may help us strengthen our control over Shouzhou. Cui Shang smiled bitterly, "I'm afraid it's hard to achieve results in two or three years." ”

"Rebuilding is one way to go, but it's still too slow. Jiang Feng shook his head confidently, and said categorically: "For the three surnames of Shouzhou, the Zheng family is forced to be helpless, the Mei family is unwilling, and the two ends of the Tian family want to completely integrate the three of them into our Huzhou army, the reconstruction is too slow, the effect is not good, and the best way to integrate with iron and blood is also proved by history." ”