Jiang Feng naturally knew that Karim and Nasin rushed to Shouzhou from Huzhou, and it was naturally not just for Shouzhou to open the furnace. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

In fact, the construction of the tea plantation in Guanghun Erzhou was also mentioned to him by the two of them a long time ago. , but he never let go.

Jiang Feng could feel the growing desire of the Persian Hu merchants to establish closer ties with Huaiyou.

The two brothers, Karim and Nashin, were so bold and generous that they generously provided loans to Huaiyou when the Shouzhou kiln had not officially resumed production, helping Huaiyou relieve the financial pressure, which also won Chen Wei's great favor.

At the same time, the Persian Hu merchants, led by the two brothers, provided loans to the surnames Chen, Tan, Huang, Xu, and Ju in a very extravagant manner, helping them enter Huoqiu and Anfeng to recruit displaced people, reclaim old fields, and reclaim new fields.

Since the export of Shouzhou porcelain mainly depends on them, the Zheng family and the housekeeper have also become a community of interests with them because of the Shouzhou kiln, so taking this opportunity, the Persian Hu merchants have become more and more hot with the gentry and giants of Huaiyou.

"Karim, Nashin, I understand your thoughts, but you also know that for us Huaiyou, the top priority is to ensure that the people under Huaiyou's rule have to fill their bellies, and you have also seen that Huoqiu and Anfeng's reclamation and reclamation require a lot of manpower, and Shengtang and Huoshan may indeed be good places to open up tea gardens, but the problem of manpower is difficult, originally Huaibei thieves and chaos also provided a lot of homeless people for us, but Anfeng and Huoqiu are not enough, so ......"

"No, no, no, Lord Jiang, what you said is not a reason, Na Xin and I personally went to Huoshan and Shengtang to see it, many places there are actually not suitable for growing grain, and the yield of growing grain there will be very low, like many hilly areas, it is more suitable for planting tea trees, and the problem of people is not a problem, you can't deceive us, we don't expect to open up many tea gardens at once, we just hope to restore the old tea gardens first,......"

Karim's beard was about to be curled, his face was full of dissatisfaction, and he stared at Jiang Feng with a pair of blue eyes.

His accent still has a slight foreign accent in it, but for Jiang Feng, most of the accents that belong to Guanzhong official dialect are more understandable than many Jianghuai native dialects.

Obviously, Karim was a little dissatisfied, but Jiang Feng did have some prevarication, but he didn't expect that Karim and Nashin had actually gone to the tea plantations in Shengtang and Huoshan in person.

Being poked by the other party made him a little embarrassed, but he didn't care, it was originally a bargaining process.

Of course, Jiang Feng would not oppose the reclamation of tea plantations, but before Shouzhou, Shengtang and Huoshan still had to grow grain, which was something that could survive, and when the famine came, tea could not be used as wheat, and no matter how high the price was, you might not be able to buy grain.

However, after taking Shouzhou, the situation has changed.

At present, Huaiyou is going all out to restore and reclaim the fertile land in Huoqiu, Anfeng, and Shouchun counties, and at the same time start to repair the water conservancy and irrigation system centered on Shaobi, in order to prepare for the drought that may occur for three consecutive years in the future.

Guarding the fertile soil of Shaobi and the three counties, Jiang Feng is sure to support the food security of the entire Huaiyou, even if hundreds of thousands of displaced people pour in, he is not afraid.

Of course, for Karim and Nashin's eagerness, he naturally had to take care of it.

Once Wu Di is in turmoil, it is not known whether Huaiyou will be involved and how deep it will be involved, but one thing is certain, once it is involved, the expenses will be like flowing water, and without the support of Hu businessmen, Huaiyou will not be able to play.

"Karim, don't worry, in the past few years, you didn't have a stable source of tea, haven't you passed?" Jiang Feng laughed.

"No, no, that's different. Karim shook his head again and again, expressing his disagreement with Jiang Feng's opinion.

"Don't worry, my friend, everything will be fine, well, Lord Chen went to Chang'an, then you can talk to Lord Du and see how to do it, how about it?"

"That's great, I'm worried that you want us to wait until Master Chen comes back from Chang'an. ”

Karim laughed too, and that's what he was waiting for.

Time is running out, and if this matter can be negotiated as soon as possible, then the tea garden will be built one day sooner.

Thinking that with this stable source, in the future, the countries of the Northwest and even the Western Regions, even Tubo and the party people, these businesses can be firmly grasped in their hands, that kind of taste is so wonderful.

"But my friend, Huaiyou's current situation is not stable, I need to further consolidate my rule, you should know ......"

Jiang Feng's tone was very relaxed, but Karim and Nasin understood what each other meant, and while secretly cursing in their hearts, their faces were full of smiles.

"No problem, no problem, we're friends, aren't we? ”

"Oh, Karim, Nashin, my friend, you may have misunderstood, what I need is not money, but war horses, I need a large number of war horses, I believe you can help me. Jiang Feng's eyes were a little more aggressive.

Karim and Nashin exchanged glances, "My friend, is it possible that Huaiyou is going to fight again? Chang'an sent you two thousand Xiazhou war horses, and some time ago we brought you another thousand fifteen hundred war horses, isn't it enough for you?"

"No, it's not enough, I need at least three thousand horses, preferably five thousand. Jiang Feng said unceremoniously.

Karim and Nassin both gasped.

In their opinion, the number of cavalry in the land of Huaiyou is not small, and it should be the most suitable for a feudal lord like Huaiyou to maintain a cavalry army, after all, Huaiyou is grass-created.

But according to Jiang Feng's meaning, Huaiyou is going to form a posture of two armies or even three armies cavalry, which cannot be supported by the ten counties of Huaiyou in the near future.

The price of these 5,000 war horses alone will cost 100,000 yuan, and once such a huge cavalry army is to be formed, its daily consumption is also huge, and it can be said that unless Huaiyou wants to fight again, there is no need for it at all.

After hesitating for a moment, Karim was not willing to disobey Jiang Feng's intentions, but paused slightly and said: "Lord Jiang, there is no shortage of war horses for us, even if there is no one for a while, but we have channels to get them from the Tubo people and the party people, it is really not good, and we can also temporarily turn around from the Sogdians, but this number of war horses consumes a lot, and Lord Jiang has to weigh it carefully." ”

"My friend, I appreciate your kindness, please operate for us as soon as possible. ”

Jiang Feng also did not say clearly, it will take some time for the Heshuo soldiers to go south, and it is expected that they will not be able to make the trip until the end of the year, Jiang Feng's idea is to arrange these war horses first, and would rather wait for horses and others than for people.

Wang Miao mentioned in the letter that many cavalry on the Heshuo side became foot soldiers because of the lack of horses, and many of the soldiers who may have gone south this time are numerous.

And for Huaiyou, skilled cavalry is much more scarce than war horses, war horses can be bought, but skilled cavalry can't.

To train from a foot soldier to a skilled cavalryman, without years of training and war training, you can't grow up at all, this is the most important thing, so Jiang Feng would rather spend a lot of money to keep these cavalry from Heshuo.

This was the basis for his future struggle for hegemony with the Central Plains domains.

A feudal lord without strong cavalry is like being tied to an opponent in a fight, and defeat is inevitable.

Tian Chunlai and Mei sat opposite each other.

A little sunlight was falling under the eaves, and a few withered vines on the pink wall were crawling on it, a little more gloomy.

The light and shadow through the window lattice left a little mottled alienation in the hall, and the tea had become warm, but the two had no intention of tasting the tea, just waiting quietly.

"Brother Guo's illness seems to be cured?" Tian Chunlai looked at Mei Quan's face a few times, and couldn't help but ask.

Since the two of them served as the commanders of the First Army and the Second Army of the Huaiyou Water Army, the two have not had much time to meet.

First, it is necessary to avoid suspicion, if the two Umeda families in charge of military power meet too much, it will inevitably cause unnecessary trouble; second, both Tian Chunlai and Mei know that with the exchange of officers between the two armies, Jiang Feng's move has successfully cracked the private army system in the navy, which may have a certain impact on combat effectiveness, but the effect is obvious, and in this case, the possibility of the two Umeda families joining forces can only become smaller and smaller, so small that it is almost impossible, unless Jiang Feng himself makes a big mistake.

"Basically, I was cured, and even I didn't expect that Master Jiang's medical skills would be so clever. ”

Mei Guo This is the truth, the problem that has plagued him for many years was actually cured by Jiang Feng after being diagnosed and treated with medicine, which made Mei Guo also unbelievable, which means that he already has the possibility of impacting the small heaven.

From the heart, Mei Guo is naturally extremely happy, as a martial artist, breaking through the barrier of the small heaven is a dream, but before, Mei Guo has never had the luxury of expecting, but now he is a little eager to try.

But owing such a big favor is unwilling, especially to Jiang Feng.

It's not that Mei Guo has other ideas now, it's just that he still can't accept Jiang Feng's accession, so he suddenly became the lord of Shouzhou and the Mei family.

Of course, Mei Guo is a very rational person, and when he realizes that he can't do anything, he won't take those unnecessary risks, and accepting the reality is the best thing to do for his family's interests.

Noticing a somewhat complicated look on Tian Chunlai's face, Mei smiled bitterly, "Although Mei is more grateful for the adult's diagnosis and treatment, Mei will not confuse it with the interests of the Mei family, public is public and private." ”

Tian believes this. Tian Chunlai nodded, Mei Qian's character is well-known among the three surnames in Shouzhou.