"Very well done, Shiro!" Cui Shang did not hesitate to praise himself, and his appreciation was overflowing. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The other party also deserves his own praise.

Originally, I just hoped to get some money and food through the pressure on Shuzhou, but I didn't expect the harvest to be so huge.

The current Huaiyou expenses are too great, and even with the support of Persian Hu merchants, they are still a little stretched.

Chen Wei had already had a long talk with Cui Shang before going to Chang'an, and it was necessary to moderately control military expenditures, and in addition, it was necessary to broaden financial resources, otherwise Huaiyou would soon become a bottomless pit and difficult to clean up.

It was based on this consideration that Cui Shang began to look south.

Now Huaiyou is in a stage of digestion and integration, especially after the annexation of Shouzhou, there have been some uncomfortable situations, forcing Huaiyou to stop.

It's really because Shouzhou was completely independent of Guanghun and didn't have much contact, and now Shouzhou is suddenly taken, and Shouzhou itself is far better than Guanghun in size, and its local wang clan is very strong, and it is not a simple thing to take it for its own use.

To completely integrate the Shouzhou army and the Shouzhou gentry into Huaiyou, so that they can be completely used by Huaiyou, it will take time, and at the same time, it will also take time to tie Shouzhou and Huaiyou's fate together in various ways.

In a sense, this is also a contradiction.

To completely incorporate Shouzhou, on the one hand, Huaiyou promised to continue the pace of outward expansion to make up for the losses of the two major Umeda families whose interests were damaged after the First World War of Shouzhou, and at the same time, it was also necessary to carry out the construction of water conservancy and irrigation systems in Anfeng and Shouchun, and the dredging of water transportation channels, which were all necessary measures to speed up the integration of Shouzhou into Huzhou, which required a lot of investment.

But now it takes a lot of money to speed up the integration of Shouzhou, and now Huaiyou is empty, which has become a paradox.

Only by continuing to promote the pace of expansion and construction can we accelerate the integration, make Huaiyou more stable, and let Huaiyou enter a virtuous circle, and finally integrate into one to lay the foundation for the next expansion.

It is far from enough to rely on the support of Persian Hu businessmen alone, which requires open source and cost reduction, and now it is obviously impossible to reduce expenditure, so it can only be open source.

This strategy for Shuzhou is a good start, at least it can receive a lot of donations every year, and it is not without a small contribution to Huaiyou.

As for the obligations that need to be undertaken, this is originally the goal that Huaiyou hopes to achieve, and if it is really involved in the Wu Land Bureau, Huaiyou can't ask for it.

"My lord, but I feel that there are still some half-heartedness on the Shuzhou side, or some reluctance, maybe they feel that the situation in Wudi is uncertain now, so they will reluctantly agree, once the situation in Wudi is clear and belongs to their side of the bet, I am afraid there will be changes. ”

Hou Chen didn't dare to hold it up, and the squeezing of Shuzhou was also based on specific circumstances, and now there are ant thieves in Shuzhou, and the external backers are unstable, so they will agree to this covenant, if the situation in Wu is clear, they may not be willing to accept Huaiyou's oppression so honestly.

"Don't worry, Shiro, how can the situation in Wu Land be so easy to see? Hmph, we Huaiyou, as well as the ant thieves, and the Yue Kingdom, are all eyeing each other, as long as there is chaos, it is not that they can calm it down if they want to. "Cui Shang is very confident.

Intelligence shows that Yue Guo has also begun to contact various forces within Wu State, just as Huaiyou is also making contact with Wu insiders.

Cui Shang believed that the Yue Kingdom might not be so kind to mediate between the two sides, and they should have the same idea as Huai You, hoeing the strong and helping the weak, so as to promote the intensification and expansion of the civil strife in Wudi, so that both sides would fight until they were exhausted before they came to reap the benefits.

On this issue, Huaiyou's thoughts are the same.

Whether it is Huaiyou or Yueguo, it will not let the civil strife in Wudi calm down, that is not in the interests of Huaiyou and Yueguo, only if they continue to fight, both will lose, this is in line with the interests of Huaiyou and Yueguo.

When the time comes, I believe that the National Assembly of Vietnam will take the initiative to come to Huaiyou, or Huaiyou will also take the initiative to contact Yueguo, and everyone will come to discuss the "big plan".

"Then my lord, what else do we need to do now?" Hou Chen knew that there were some things that he was not qualified to know, he was very interesting, and he knew that he just needed to do what he had to do.

"Well, after the defense and capture of the adults from Shouzhou to finalize this covenant, we must supervise the implementation as soon as possible, Shuzhou has been stable for so many years, although there are ant thieves crossing the border and harassing, but the loss is not big, we should get back what belongs to us as soon as possible." ”

Shuzhou succeeded, and Heshuo did not lag behind.

Wang Miao didn't expect that this trip to Heshuo would have such a harvest.

In a sense, this is also a sadness.

I think how high-spirited and heroic the three towns of Heshuo were back then, whether it is Hedong or Daliang, they have to be courteous for three points.

At that time, the Khitans were just cowering earth dogs, and the Tuyuhun people were not worth mentioning the rats hidden in the clouds, and the Taining army, which was once strong, also bowed to the three towns of Heshuo.

As for the appearance of skin like Huaibei, it is only trembling in front of the three towns of Heshuo.

But now everything is reversed.

The infiltration of the Khitans into Lu Long has reached a very dangerous level, and Wang Miao doesn't know what Liu Shouguang, a fool, thinks, and actually swayed a turtle with a shrunken head in the face of the infiltration of the Khitans.

Perhaps, as Jiang Feng commented, the three towns of Heshuo have been reduced to the situation of sheep tiger skin, happy when they see grass, and fighting when they see jackals.

originally thought that the situation of the Chengde army was the worst, and it was the most certain, Zhang's foundation in the Chengde army was not strong, Weide did not add, and there was also the original pro-old, so Wang Miao was somewhat sure, but he didn't expect to gain more in Lu Longjun, and it was almost a snowball reaction.

If he wasn't worried that Liu Shouguang would be annoyed and angry, he wouldn't even buy the account of the Liang in the future, and Wang Miao would be able to pull thousands of more people away.

Even so, the income of Lu Longjun and Cheng De's army is more than 8,000 people, which greatly exceeds the scale of 5,000 people in the two armies expected by Wang Miao before, of which there are more than 4,000 cavalry, even if the horses and armor are incomplete, but this is also cavalry after all.

And Wang Miao also knows Jiang Feng's standard, the key is people, to be a skilled cavalry, as for horses, armor and weapons, on the contrary, it takes many years to train a cavalry, and Huaiyou lacks time the most.

Everything is still going on in secret, but Wang Miao is very sure and has finalized a lot of matters, and now it is only left to report to Jiang Feng after going back.

This follow-up also involves negotiations with Lu Longjun and Chengdejun, because these thousands of people have gone south, but the relatives of these officers and soldiers are a big problem, and they need to be coordinated by the Liang side to ensure that they will not be retaliated against, and even have to accept these relatives and relatives to go south.

Before going north to Heshuo, Jiang Feng also explained to Wang Miao that there is a lot of land in Hushou and Hushou, as long as he can recruit soldiers, it is not a problem in land distribution, and Wang Miao also believes that Jiang Feng still has enough room for the next move.

"I've seen two senior brothers, Tzu Yun and Ci Jing. ”

Chang Kun knew the intention of the two senior brothers to recruit him this time, but such a solemn matter still surprised Chang Kun a little.

It seems that Erlang's success in Shouzhou has made the senior brothers in the temple a little uneasy.

I had tried to persuade him before, hoping that the temple could send more elite disciples to Huzhou, but although several senior brothers in charge of the temple also felt that Huzhou was a worthy place to invest, they were still a little reluctant to let go of the beam, and always hoped to be able to compete with the side of the Great Xiangguo Temple.

Therefore, although some disciples were also sent to Huzhou, there were always some reservations.

For example, Zhao Wenguang is the most outstanding person who went to Huzhou, but Zhao Wenguang is only a character in the late stage of rest, and now there are several elite disciples of the lay family who are practicing ascetic in the temple.

I never thought that Erlang would be able to take Shouzhou in such a short period of time, not to mention, and the key thing is that he also asked for the position of Guanghun Shou Defense Envoy from the imperial court.

This means that Erlang's domination of the three states is already justified.

And with the start of Shouzhou, the forces in Erlang's hands have expanded rapidly, and there are more opportunities, which is undoubtedly much more attractive to the White Horse Temple, which is still difficult to open up the situation on the side of Daliang.

Especially when the news that Zhao Wenguang had been promoted to the position of Yu Hou in the first army of Huaiyou, it caused a great shock in the temple.

Everyone knows that the more you join in the front, the greater the chance of being reused and promoted in the future, especially for a new feudal lord in a period of rapid rise, and the continuous war will provide great opportunities for those who are capable, depending on whether you can seize it.

There is no doubt that Zhao Wenguang seized this opportunity, and if the White Horse Temple could have taken a more active action before, then the White Horse Temple would definitely get more opportunities, and it would definitely be more than just a military capital.

The good news is that it's not too late.

"Senior Brother Chang Kun, there is nothing else to do with the senior brother looking for you today, I remember that the last time Lord Jiang had sent someone to the temple to discuss the disciple in the temple to enter Shi Huzhou, several of our senior brothers had also discussed that day, I felt that Lord Jiang was quite sincere, and the senior brother had also been introduced before, so I also intended to accept, but there were a lot of trivial matters in the temple, and there was a slight delay, this hurried months have passed, but I heard that Lord Jiang has been honored as the defense and capture envoy of Guanghun Shou, and Shouzhou has been obtained, so we also intend to fulfill our agreement with Huzhou as soon as possible,......"