Wu Xiao sent someone to secretly send a letter to Mrs. Anguo, and received a reply half a month later, the reply was shorter, Mrs. Anguo just said that she can't do many things right and left now, and she will find a way to continue to support Mobei, but the temporary difficulties need to be overcome by Mobei himself.

Wu Xiao saw the reply, which also corroborated the information he received from Chang'an, it seems that it is indeed difficult for the court to control the envoys of all parties, and the decree will not go out of Chang'an City.

Wu Xiao convened the deans to discuss the current financial predicament, and the deans frowned and did not say a word.

At the end, Li Dadao, the secretary in charge of the Household Affairs Yuan, said: "Can we advance the government tax to alleviate the current crisis?"

"By no means, this will distrust the people of Mobei and shake the fundamentals" Wu Xiao immediately refuted.

"You can only set up cards and charge fees on the commercial roads along the way," Li Da added

Wu Xiao thought for a long time and said: "The taxes and fees of the trade route can be increased appropriately, but only Han people are collected, not Hu people."

"How long can the grain sound last?" Wu Xiao asked

"There is enough food, and in the past two years, there has been a lot of reserves, and the army will soon not be enough to spend," Li Da replied

"In addition, the water storage and irrigation project is also an ongoing expenditure," added She Yunxiang, director of the Industrial Administration Yuan

"Other projects can be stopped, water conservancy projects can not be stopped, they must be completed, laborers can be appropriately conscripted during the slack time, and the project materials household administration institute still has to find a way to support," Wu Xiaodao said

Everyone discussed it again, and at the end of the household administration court liquidated the accounts once, the gap was still very large, and the officials had no good way for a while, so they had to do it, Wu Xiao left them to eat, and the officials in Mobei were relatively hard, and a good meal was a good treatment for them.

In the evening, Wu Xiao called Zhaohu and secretly gave him a task, and at dawn the next day, Zhaohu took dozens of people and went straight to Chang'an.

After several months of intensive training, the night owl battalion had begun to have combat effectiveness, and Wu Xiao discussed in detail with him the plan to release the eagle, the placement of intelligence points in the whole Tang Dynasty and between the Turkic departments, transmission, secrecy, early warning, lurking, infiltration, and so on

From then on, the front line of intelligence, led by the red wolf, directly reported to Wu Xiao, without anyone in the middle, all the relatives of the important leaders of the night owl camp moved to Mobei to live in peace.

After this matter was agreed, the eagle release plan was launched, and countless nighthawks were released from Mobei, and these people who were released were re-developed personnel in their stations, set up strongholds, or penetrated, or hidden, or organized, and an intelligence network was gradually taking shape.

Soon after, judging from the various information received, the form of the Tang Dynasty was actually more critical, the control of the court over the local area had already existed in name only, and the anti-army uprisings in various places were continuous.

In addition, there has been a drought in various parts of the Central Plains for many years, and there is a shortage of grain, and the officials and soldiers have seen that the momentum is not good, so they have wantonly hoarded grain and snatched it from the hands of the common people, making it difficult for the people to make a living.

In this way, Mobei is still a clean man, Wu Xiao took the report in his hand and spread it on the Li Mu chair, unable to calm down for a long time.

It seems that the national fortune has come to this, and he really has to make plans in advance, so he closed the post and went back to his room to rest.

Hongyu has already slept, probably because of spring, she has been sleepy recently, Wu Xiao found a quilt for him, washed up and lay down.

Zhaohu came back, and brought back another person, Zhao Yi, at this time Zhao Yi had already become a family, and he was also an official to the household waiter, but the current household waiter is not comparable to the previous household waiter.

Wu Xiao greeted him ten miles outside Changzhou City, and as soon as the two met, they came to a heavy hug and patted each other's backs.

"Are all the family members here?" Wu Xiao asked

"It's all here, the lady and the two children are coming together, if you don't come to pick me up, I'm going to come to you directly" Zhao Yi said with a smile

"I didn't know that the situation had come to this point, it was my late arrangement, Brother Zhao, don't be surprised" Wu Xiao blamed himself

"Just kidding, don't take it seriously, hehe" Zhao Yi laughed heartily, his temperament seemed to be much better than before.

The group rested and ate and drank here, and then drove into the city.

Zhao Yi not only came alone, he also brought several major economic decisions, at the meeting, Zhao also proposed that the government should come forward to set up Anbei Bank, absorb the storage of gold and silver, and provide exchange and deposit business for merchants.

Now that the war is in chaos, the cash delivery is very unsafe, if the business to and from Mobei can form a deposit and exchange business through the bank, it will definitely be very popular.

In addition, the construction of various basic projects in various places is contracted to businessmen, and it is allowed to charge a certain number of years of use fees after completion, until the profits are doubled, and it is a huge water conservancy project, and the government has low efficiency and high cost, and Mobei's finances are really overwhelmed.

If it is contracted to businessmen in sections, it can improve efficiency, speed up the progress, and do not need the government to bear the cost, only need to let the people pay a certain fee when using water, and accept the supervision of the government.

In addition, the mining and refining of the mine can also be contracted to businessmen who are willing to take over, and the government-private joint venture, the right to operate is handed over to the businessmen, and the government only retains the right to supervise, in addition to meeting the needs of the army, everything else can be let go, not only can a certain annual contract fee be charged, but also can have dividends, and business matters can be completely free to worry.

As soon as everyone heard this, they were so impressed that they were Li Da, and he said excitedly: "In this way, not only will it throttle, but several large expenses can be completely thrown off, and only on the open source method of the money bank, a large amount of cash can be collected, which can be turned over, and there is still room for it."

Everyone nodded in admiration, Li Da said on the spot that he was originally a deputy, Zhao Yi was humble for a while, and finally Wu Xiao set the tone and asked Zhao Yi to serve as the secretary of the Mobei Household Affairs Yuan, and Li Da was the deputy to fully assist.

And Zhu Quanzhong's ability to govern has also been recognized and recommended by many officials, Wu Xiaojian saw that although he was cunning, he also acted in a regular manner, so he was transferred to the Senate to walk and participate in the implementation and decision-making of some major events.

Zhu Quanzhong lived up to expectations, he was indeed outstanding, he treated people and things, and his decisions were very appropriate; less than three days after he took office, he was already very familiar with the personnel of various departments of the Senate, and Li Shen also gave him praise.

On this day, the Red Wolf sent a piece of information that the old Turkic Khan had died, and his sons had fought to seize the throne.

Wu Xiao keenly felt that this was an opportunity to convene the various houses for discussion.

"As soon as the old Khan King died, several sons fought, and now is the time when the Turks are defenseless inside and outside, do you have any good ideas?" Wu Xiao had already hinted at it obviously

"Hit the damn, I've been waiting for this opportunity for a long time" Zhaohu, as the Sima of the Military and Political Yuan, immediately agreed, he is no longer Wuxia Ameng, and he knows a little bit of Wu Xiao's thoughts, so he immediately supports it.

"The Turks are mostly steppes, the products are not rich, and there are many people moving around, what good can I wait for?" Li Shen was more cautious.

Zhu Quanzhong stood up and said: "My subordinates are presumptuous, I think we can take advantage of the present to expand to the north, and the opportunity must not be lost."

"Why?" Wu Xiao asked

"Now the Central Plains has been in chaos, the court will be exhausted, there will be great changes in the future, Mobei wants to be alone must not be able to, but now Mobei is small land, the population is insufficient, the foundation is still shallow, only Yanmen Pass can be defended, I am afraid it is not very safe"

He paused for a moment and said: "Although the Turks have nothing, but they are a natural source of soldiers, once there is a war, the steppe people are brave and accustomed to fighting, the north can resist Hu, the south can resist the Tang, this is the only one, the subordinates feel that this matter is imperative, not to mention that there is such a good opportunity now"

When he said that Wu Xiao was in Wu Xiao's heart, Wu Xiao nodded, and everyone was silent for a while.

Zhao Yi stood up and said: "Local development is inseparable from finance, and finance and stability must be guaranteed by a strong military." He did not go on, but the meaning was already obvious.

Wu Xiao looked around at everyone, stood up and said: "The whole army is mobilized, and the troops will be dispatched in three days, and they will not collect thousands of miles, and they will not collect the troops."

And all the people stood up, and they all firmly proclaimed yes, and then they went their separate ways.

The horn of desolation is destined to be sounded again in this grassland.