Reclining on the bed, Wu Feng gently stroked the glossy black hair of the beauty next to him. Under the dim fish candlelight, there was a hint of refreshing fragrance. After many years of separation, the beauty seemed to have not changed much, she still had the same gentle and elegant appearance. In a daze, Wu Feng returned to the scene when he first met the beauty when he was studying in the imperial capital a few years ago. The two perfect bodies **, one is plump and the other is slender, they are all so charming, affectionate, and loving, no one can know the taste of it.
"Brother Feng, it's getting late, let's take a rest." Clinging to Wu Feng's strong body, Hua Yumei tightly held Ai Lang with her jade arms, as if she wanted to wrap up her yearlong lovesickness in her arms. At this moment, they merged into each other.
"Well, you're too tired, go to sleep first." Wu Feng pinched the beauty's cheek lovingly, put his hand into the warm quilt and patted her breast gently.
The beautiful woman couldn't help but have a hint of blush on her tired face. Ailang's words had a double meaning. Although she had been "tempered" for a long time, she still couldn't accept such provocative words as she came from a prominent family in the south of the Yangtze River. She grabbed Ai Lang hard, causing him to grin and grit his teeth in pain, so she gave a stern look and quietly closed her eyes.
The beauty's charming look before going to bed made Wu Feng's heart sparkle again, and he was almost about to score twice. After taking a deep breath and calming down his mind, Wu Feng slowly shifted his mind from the woman beside him to the situation Yu Mei talked about with him at night.
In the past year, Yumei's activities have certainly achieved quite fruitful results. A large number of Jiangnan businessmen have poured into Northwest and Northern Luzon with huge sums of money, which has greatly promoted the economic development of their two territories and also provided themselves with That shriveled finances added a lot of weight. But what is worrying is that what Yumei talks about is that the current situation in Jiangnan seems to be undercurrent. Liao Qichang's ambiguous attitude, the frequent comings and goings of various forces in Jiangnan, the abnormal activities of the Japanese, the leakage of warship technology, the naval fleet This series of situations shows that Jiangnan will gradually become an important weathervane for future changes in the empire's situation.
Once a major change occurs in Jiangnan, which controls more than half of the empire's fiscal revenue, I am afraid that the central government of the empire will immediately fall into crisis, and changes in the situation in Jiangnan will inevitably affect the two important nearby counties and provinces - Wuhu County and Donghai County. The situation has changed, and if anything goes wrong in these three counties, I am afraid that the empire will not be far from truly collapsing.
Could it be that those Jiangnan businessmen with a keen sense of smell also noticed this anomaly and accelerated the transfer of funds and industries? If this is the case, the northwest and Northern Luzon are naturally the best investment areas. After all, their own cultural and military skills are enough to make anyone who takes a look at these two regions think twice, although Northern Luzon has not yet been completely recovered.
It seems that we need to strengthen our contact with Liao Qichang. When he was in the imperial capital, this guy's attitude seemed to be quite good to him, and he was quite willing to win over and make friends, but why is he now colluding with other forces? Could it be that he thinks that he is unable to take care of Jiangnan now
With questions in his mind, Wu Feng gradually fell into sleep.
A night of silence.
On the banks of the rolling Salween River, the slightly fishy river breeze blowing in front of you makes people think clearly. The figures of two thin men in military uniforms are walking on the high embankment by the river. They look up and see Everything on the other side is blurred. The former homeland has now been owned by the enemy, and the wide river has become a natural chasm that separates the north and south.
"Frederick, why don't you think about it again? At least we still have a chance to send troops north now." The taller man finally broke the silence.
"A fight? You have also read the intelligence we just received. Liang Chongxin and the Wusun people have completely annihilated the Bejia army southwest of Bejia. The Loulan people were scared to death by Li Wufeng's plan to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao. The Kuche people are now They kept silent, for fear that Liang Chongxin would attack them, so how could there be any restraint? Now Liang Chongxin could send his troops south without any scruples, and there were two divisions in the east who were frightening the Loulan people to support them, one of them Li Wufeng had never seen before. The used Guards Division. Maybe the Wusun people will send troops to assist in order to please Li Wufeng. We have no advantage at all. The wise choice is to withdraw immediately." The smaller man is naturally Fet, who is currently in charge of the military power of the Grand Duchy of Luzon. Lieutenant, and the man standing next to him was his cousin and his deputy in charge of the western defense line.
With a long sigh, Frederick turned his perplexed eyes to the north, casually pulled a dry reed beside him, and played with it thoughtfully. After a long time, he said: "Li Wufeng is not simple. He has so many talents under his command. I can't think of even a mere north reed." Luzon is also a crouching tiger, hidden dragon.”
"You mean Liang Chongxin?" Kruff asked knowingly.
"Liang Chongxin is Li Wufeng's number one general. Needless to say, his ability in defeating Wusun and breaking the alliance is worthy of his status in both military and political matters. What I didn't expect was that Li Wufeng sent troops to Luzon in northwest Luzon. The so-called city guard is also an extraordinary person." Frederick's words were full of emotion.
"Oh? What should I say?" Kruff didn't know much about the situation in Northern Luzon.
"Hmph, this guy actually continued to exercise his city guard power in a big way after Emilian entered, and asked Emilian not to interfere with him in exercising his powers." Frederick said with a wry smile at the corner of his mouth. Emilian actually took advantage of this person. There is no way, this person is extraordinary.
"Absurd! Funny! What does Emilian do for a living? Did he just let it go?" Kruff stopped in surprise. He thought it was unbelievable that such a thing could happen
Shaking his head, Frederick stopped the other party's excitement: "This is not entirely Emilian's responsibility, so I have to admit that compared to the sophistication of this guy Li Wufeng, we are slightly inferior. Just In this short period of one year, Northwest Luzon is no longer what we imagined. Although our intelligence department has provided us with detailed military intelligence, they have ignored the political, economic and various aspects of Northwest Luzon. Development and changes at the level of development. We have to admire Li Wufeng. In just one year, he not only made the formerly remote northwest Luzon prosperous, but also firmly bound the complex ethnic minorities here and there. In terms of his interest group, this is something we don't have and can't do. And the guy he left behind inherited Li Wufeng's methods and strategies and used these methods to the extreme."
Kruff looked at him in confusion, hoping that he could explain it in detail.
"This guy actually invented a new method of joint-stock system. They distributed a mine they discovered in the north in the form of shares, and each ethnic group was qualified to purchase shares according to their population strength. This move made almost all ethnic groups All the powerful people were caught in the net. Driven by interests, they could only remain consistent with Li Wufeng." While Frederick smiled bitterly at this explanation, he also admired the other party's boldness and generosity. You must know that it is like operating a mine. This kind of profit-making business is almost exclusively run by the government or territory owners throughout the continent. Even if it is run by private merchants, it is purchased from the government or lords at a huge cost. This kind of business directly allows the merchants to obtain The matter of operating rights can be said to be unheard of.
"Then we can also promise not to change the benefits they receive." Kruff said unwillingly.
"But who will believe our promise?" Frederick asked rhetorically: "The principality has never done any good things for northwest Luzon in the past hundred years. Not even a city has been built in such a vast area, and it has also prohibited The local gentry and merchants built cities on that land. Apart from collecting taxes, which official from the principality has ever set foot on this land? How can you make them trust us?"
Frederick's rhetorical question left Kluf speechless. Over the years, the central government's policy towards Northern Luzon has been to let it go, but it will never allow local ethnic minorities to have the strength to resist the central government. Of course, banning the construction of cities is also one of them. One piece. As soon as Li Wufeng came and did the opposite, he naturally won the heartfelt support of the locals.
"Even without the restraint of the Pasha people in the south, in this situation where there is no advantage, I will not rashly throw the army into this battlefield with unpredictable results. Because of the lack of support from the local people, I think it will be difficult. Based there, Northern Luzon is no longer the Northern Luzon it was a year ago, and we have missed the best opportunity to conquer." Frederick's words were full of endless sadness. He pressed the knife and held the sword, but he was powerless. , this is really a painful helplessness for him, but he cannot change it.
Kruff was also full of melancholy. The richest area in the south was taken away by the Pasha people, which undoubtedly cut off a hand of the principality. However, under the current situation, he was unable to take it back. However, in his opinion, Northern Luzon was actually valuable. It’s not too big. If you can retake it, take it back. If you can’t, it’s more important to conserve your strength and wait for an opportunity to take back the land between the Maputra River and the Salween River. It’s just that this requires a long time of preparation and requires external forces. The chances of help will be much greater.
"Then why don't we have a complete truce with Li Wufeng, or even form an alliance, so that we can concentrate on dealing with the Pasha people with the Komini people?" Kruff suddenly came up with such an idea.
"Hmph, this is probably what Li Wufeng hopes for most. If we form an alliance with him, he will no longer have any worries in the west and can devote himself to operating in the east. But once his wings are full and his strength expands, it will be difficult to say what he will do in the future. What would he think of his neighbors and even allies, including us?" Frederick had not thought about Kluf's suggestion, but even he was hesitant about this opinion, so he answered Kluf's words He also seemed a little hesitant.
"Frederick, I think you are thinking too far. As you said, since we have lost the opportunity to take back Luzon, we might as well give Northern Luzon to them generously. Li Wufeng is currently The main energy of the East is within them. Even though Li Wufeng is extraordinary, it may not be three or five years before we can compete in the Central Plains. We can buy enough time and even get help from Li Wufeng. What's the point? Why not? As for the future, no one is sure how it will change. I don’t think you need to worry too much now.” Although Kloof respects Frederick very much, he disagrees with his cousin on this point. the opinion of.
After thinking for a long time, Frederick raised his head and said: "Maybe you are right. Who can predict what will happen in a few years or even more than ten years? Maybe things are not as bad as we imagined. Let me think about it. Think about it."
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