Shaking his head, Yan Xu showed a strange look on his face, "Big brother, I'm afraid it may not be as you think." ”

"Oh?" Yan Xu was slightly stunned and asked in surprise, "Why do you say this?"

"Big brother, you overestimated the discipline of those people. Yan Xu shook his head, not without ridicule, "At the moment, the strength and weakness are changing, Li Wu can't be compared with Xuzhou at all, everyone has to think about the future, especially those big surnames, behind them are hundreds of family members, how can they be willing to die for my old father-in-law?"

"Oh, did you have a premonition before you came to pick me up?" Yan Xu narrowed his eyes.

"Isn't it just an omen? I haven't set off from Yangzhou to the north, and the posters have already been piled up on the desk, they are all smart people, and they all know that the stupid bird flies first, and first establish a good relationship with the younger brother of the governor of the political affairs hall under the governor's mansion, won't he be able to grab more benefits in the future?" Yan Xu said lightly: "Sometimes I think, how can these people be plain and dignified, how can they be turned over all of a sudden without scruples?"

"As you said, they are all at stake, and they are all about the fate of their own people, so why can't they leave those things behind?"

A smile appeared on the corner of Yan Xu's mouth, if this is the case, his pressure will be much less, he is afraid that too many old guys who want to die and suffer will not forgive, if everyone can face all this rationally and realistically, it will take a long time to solve it.

"Big brother, have you considered that you have any other intentions besides appeasing people's hearts when you come to Yangzhou?" Yan Xu glanced at his brother and said in a low voice.

"Absolutely. Yan Xu naturally did not shy away from saying in front of his own brother, "The purpose of appeasing people's hearts is very simple, to restore Yangzhou's livelihood as soon as possible, so that Yangzhou can regain its former prosperity and glory, it is expected that the county king will soon set up a new Huaizuo Town, and then Hezhou and Chuzhou will probably be assigned to Huaizuo Town, and the meaning of Huaizuo Town is to prepare for the future through Jiangnan." ”

"As it should be. Yan Xu nodded, he estimated this.

Now the chaos in the south of the Yangtze River is actually very beneficial to Xuzhou, a Jiangnan Dongdao is now gathered in the Yue country Qian family, the Fujian Wang family has Li Wu, and there are several independent small forces, and the ant thieves are still watching Xuanzhou, it can be said that this situation of size control is now not able to go south Xuzhou is very beneficial.

This is also why Xuzhou will change its attitude to support Li Wu's foothold in Jiangnan, that is, to prevent the Qian clan of Yue Guo from taking advantage of the situation.

"When does the eldest brother expect the county king to go south to Jiangnan?" Yan Xu asked further.

"It's hard to say, it depends on the situation in Hebei and the Central Plains. Yan Xu shook his head, "The king of the county attaches great importance to Hebei, and has always regarded the Khitans as the number one enemy, and the foolish brother ponders that the king of the county may have to deal with the Khitans first." ”

"Khitan?!" Yan Xu was taken aback, "Not Shatuo?"

"The king of the county doesn't pay much attention to the Shatuo people, thinking that the Shatuo people lack stamina, and after entering the Central Plains, they will fall into the quagmire. Yan Xu shook his head slightly, "Brother Fool doesn't know why the king of the county has such a strong confidence, and he doesn't value the Shatuo people, but pays special attention to the Khitan people in the far northeast. ”

"It's all Hu people, no matter how you look at it now, it should be that the Shatuo people are stronger, right?" Yan Xu was also puzzled, "Bianluo is occupied by the Shatuo people, the Shatuo people are very powerful, and the Khitan people and Xuzhou are still separated by Lulong Town and Chengde Town, Liu Shouguang of Lulong Town is also said to be a brave and good general, no matter how powerful the Khitan people are, I am afraid that they can't easily suppress Lu Long, right?"

"It's not easy to say, Chu Yang, now the main energy of the Great Governor's Mansion has to turn to Pinglu and Puzhou, the county king asked me to come to the front station, he will come to Yangzhou soon, and then he will return north, so he is in such a hurry. Yan Xu stroked the long beard under his chin, "The king of the county intends to let the foolish brother stay in Yangzhou. ”

"Ah, what about the errand over there in the political affairs hall?" Yan Xu hesitated a little, although it is a good thing to be stationed in Yangzhou, but the position of the governor of the political affairs hall is even higher, and he can't give up.

"The intention of the king of the county is to let me stay in Yangzhou temporarily, probably to participate in the governor's affairs and the history of Yangzhou in the government affairs hall. Yan Xu muttered: "But it is estimated that this cannot become the norm, Xun Gong is involved in political affairs and Xuzhou Assassin History, that is because Xun Gong is in Xuzhou, and I am not suitable in Yangzhou." ”

"Well, it's best if it's a part-time job, but it can't last long, it's a problem. Yan Xu had a little expectation in his eyes, "The meaning of the eldest brother ......"

"Well, this time you have to behave well, the king of the county is not taboo father and son and brother are officials in the same dynasty, Xun Gong father and son, Wang Xu Wang Pu father and son are all like this, so you don't need to worry, as long as you perform well, the foolish brother will recommend you to the county king and Lord Chen, even if you can't stay in Yangzhou, you can go to Chuzhou or Chuzhou, Hezhou. ”

Yan Xu didn't have too many emotional fluctuations, he still had the bottom of his brother's talent and ability, as long as he could give him a chance to show, he would definitely be able to shine, and this time was an opportunity.

"Rest assured, the elder brother will not disappoint the expectations of the eldest brother. Yan Xu said solemnly: "The younger brother already has some ideas, after the elder brother rests for a while, the younger brother will come together and ask the eldest brother to refer to it." ”

"Well, that's what you should be. ”

The boat slowly approached the shore, and the dock was already full of officials and gentry who came to greet him, and even the privy councillor Mei Jing, who arrived first, personally came to the dock to greet him, but Yan Xu was taken aback, and he took three steps and two steps to get off the ship, "How dare you work for the privy council?"

"Hehe, participating in politics is coming by the king's order, and it is right to welcome Mei. Mei Guo also hugged his fists, laughed and then lowered his voice and said: "Participating in politics has been hard from afar, but I have to work hard, this Yangzhou gentry and businessmen are all uneasy, just wait for the political participation to comfort them, Mei Guo is a martial artist, no matter how you say it, they will not be able to let go." ”

According to the regulations of the Xuzhou Governor's Office, the civil and military division system, the political affairs hall and the privy council are not involved, and the governor's political affairs and privy council positions are comparable, so it is impossible to say who is one level higher than whom, according to Jiang Feng, military affairs in wartime are above all else, but in normal times, military generals are not allowed to intervene in government affairs, especially local affairs.

"The king's life is in his body, and it is incumbent on him, but if these former colleagues, relatives and friends don't know the current affairs, Yan will inevitably offend these hometown fathers. Yan Xu's face showed a bitter look.

Although I know that this is inevitable, but really face these relatives and friends who used to be ministers in the same hall, and even inevitably add bad words, this taste, only Yan Xu himself understands, but then again, someone scolds, then naturally someone praises, if no one scolds, it means that you have no value as a person, no one cares, what is the way?

Of course, Yan Xu is not willing to be the object of He Zudao, so he must beat and sort out the old and old of these former colleagues, let them understand the current situation, take the initiative to serve them, and use them for the king of the county, which is a very exquisite handiwork.

Yangzhou is rich and luxurious, and the rich salt merchants are the best in the world, and in addition to the world-famous salt merchant groups, there are several groups that should not be underestimated.

The first is maritime business.

The maritime merchants of Yangzhou, Guangzhou, and Quanzhou were the largest group of Hu merchants in China, especially the Great Maritime Merchants, who were not much inferior to the Sogdian Hu merchants, and the Persian Maritime Merchants were much inferior to the Great Maritime Merchants.

Most of them have settled in Guangzhou, Yangzhou, Quanzhou, and Mingzhou since the early Tang Dynasty, married wives and had children, and have continued for many generations.

In contrast, although Shouzhou's business has also developed in recent years, due to geographical location, it is far from being able to compare with Yangzhou, Guangzhou, Quanzhou and Mingzhou in terms of sea trade, and it still assumes the role of a distributor, most of which are purchased from Yangzhou for distribution.

However, with the increasing development of trade in Shouzhou, Xuzhou has also deliberately developed the Huaishui and its tributaries such as Rushui, Yingshui, Whirlpool, Lianshui, Feishui, and Hushui The shipping of the entire water system has made the advantages of convenient transportation further highlighted, and many Hu businessmen have begun to enter Shouzhou, especially Shouzhou's radiation force to the central and western parts of Huainan Province and the central prefectures and counties of Henan Province has begun to appear, making this trend more and more accelerated.

Yangzhou alone has hundreds of seafood merchants, and there are dozens of seafood merchants.

In addition to maritime merchants, there is also a large group, that is, money merchants, or merchants who operate quality warehouses and cabinet shops, these merchants are actually the prototype of later generations of peer money merchants, or the prototype of later generations of bankers, and the pledge warehouse and cabinet shop are the prototype of mixed business operations such as lending and pledge.

In this group in Yangzhou, it is still the big food and Hu merchants who occupy the dominant position, and most of them are slowly derived from the maritime merchants who live in the local area, relying on their good reputation and strong financial resources, quickly establishing their own customer business network system, and then forming guilds with local merchants, monopolizing the entire lending industry, and even when the Li Wu regime is in urgent need of money, they have to borrow money.

In addition to maritime merchants and money merchants, Yangzhou also has two major groups, one is a shipbuilder group and the other is a silk weaving merchant group.

Yangzhou's shipbuilding industry has developed since ancient times, especially since the opening of the Grand Canal, Yangzhou as the central city of salt transportation and water transportation, the shipbuilding industry has developed rapidly, and has become the most important shipbuilding center in Huainan Road, and Shouzhou is far less than Yangzhou.

During the Tang Dynasty, Liu Yan alone built ten shipyards for the transfer of salt and iron, which were used to build shipping ships, and after the Tang Dynasty, the private shipyards were innumerable, but the official shipyards were declining day by day.

The silk weaving industry is one of the ultimate pillar industries in Yangzhou, there are more than 1,000 silk weaving workshops in Yangzhou alone, and more than 30,000 poor women go to work in the silk weaving workshops, and more than 50,000 people in the heyday.

Shipbuilders and silk weavers are a large group of industrial and commercial owners in Yangzhou, and they can be regarded as the mainstay of industrial merchants representing Yangzhou.

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