While the dignitaries of all the countries and regions in the Eastern Continent, including the Tanghe Empire, were paying attention to the rising prices with a worried attitude, Li Wufeng, the western master of the empire, was lying happily in Hanzhong. The governor of the city was enjoying the most wonderful time of the day in the garden of his mansion.
After having lunch, Wu Feng lay on his back on an easy chair in the pavilion paved with bluestone slabs and leisurely read some newspapers delivered today. This has become the best auxiliary rest activity for him during his lunch break. The three newspapers "Empire News", "Daily Express" and "Northwestern Star" have become an important channel for Wu Feng to understand the situation in the empire and his own territory. Although there was a mountain of various intelligence information sent to him every day, even if it was sent to him after being screened by Qin Shuangying and Su Jie, it was already dizzying for him, but he didn't like the fact that their function and authenticity were more important. Reliable things, rigid writing style and boring writing style made Wu Feng very dissatisfied with the guys in the intelligence department who were responsible for writing and sorting out such intelligence compilations, but he also knew that this was not a matter of scholars and literati reciting poems and writing poems, they all had fixed rules. The format left him helpless.
Therefore, in his spare time, he prefers to read various newspapers and magazines with lively writing style, sharp words and more targeted words. The writers and reporters specially hired by these media not only have a keen sense of smell, but also have concise writing style and profound thoughts. Many of them have unique insights. An extraordinary guy, Wu Feng likes to choose some newspapers and magazines as a way to relax during his lunch break. While reading the newspaper, he can take a nap when he is tired. This kind of leisure life in the busy life is the private time Wu Feng cherishes most now. I hate it when someone comes to disturb me. In this case, unless there is something particularly important or a particularly important person comes to visit, Wufeng's guards will not disturb him.
Putting aside the "Empire News" and "Daily Express", Wu Feng picked up the "Northwestern Star". There seems to be nothing new in the news over the past two days. Most attention is still focused on the food issue. Several major newspapers and periodicals in the imperial capital have linked this year's drought-induced reduction in production to the early grain reserves and rising grain prices in the Northwest. Many media have begun to vaguely point out that the Northwest is not actually carrying out grain reserves, but is carrying out grain storage. Speculation, it's just that Northwest happened to bet on this treasure, and Northwest's evil deeds have seriously affected the vital interests of ordinary people in the empire. As a vassal of the empire, they should bear their responsibilities and bear corresponding obligations to stabilize food prices.
The skyrocketing food prices and the huge pulling effect brought about by the rise in food prices have caused shortages of materials such as edible oil, salt, medicinal materials, and wine. Since I announced that these types of materials, together with food, will be used as strategic materials to control the outflow, the mainland of the empire has The prices of edible oil and table salt have continued to rise. The prices of edible oil and salt have exceeded the highest price in the past ten years, and the prices of various medicinal materials have also climbed to the peak in the past five years. Especially after the Northwest Military and Political Affairs Bureau issued an order in its own name to increase the tariffs on the circulation of transit strategic materials, prices in the Liberian countries also boiled like boiling water. Wu Feng even ordered Cui Wenxiu to In cooperation with the local tax inspection departments, Fielding has also strengthened inspections of external ports and borders in Yinchuan, Taixuan and Nanjieluoke to severely crack down on smuggling activities. Thinking that his actions would inevitably lead to further verbal and verbal criticism from various forces within the empire, Wu Feng felt his scalp numb, but for the sake of his own grand plan, he couldn't care less at this time.
The front page of the "Northwestern Star" was a report sent back by a reporter from outside the country, "From the popularity of the Tang language, the improvement of the status of the Tang people in the Central Continent." Wu Feng frowned and seemed to smell the unusual meaning behind this report. breath. Wu Feng's eyes fell on the name of the author of this report. Tutu, it was this guy again. He was a top student in the journalism department of Imperial University. After graduation, he wandered around. It is said that he also visited the Western Continent and the Japanese territory in the Atlantic. He was a fanatic. He is a national expansionist, but he is an extremely demagogue. This is Wu Feng's attribution for him. It is said that this guy was once Hua Yumei's admirer at the Imperial University. Maybe it was because of Yumei that he came to the northwest and refused to leave, so he was spotted by the editor-in-chief of the "Northwestern Star" and became the top star of the "Northwestern Star" reporter.
Needless to say, just by looking at the title, Wu Feng knew that this guy was really advocating for westward expansion. Once upon a time, the northwest businessmen whose pockets were gradually bulging gradually began to be unwilling to be limited to the narrow region of the northwest. Their eyes had shifted from the six northwest prefectures to the further Western Regions, Tengger, and Northern Luzon. And when After these areas were gradually incorporated into the northwest management, the economic benefits brought by them made the northwest businessmen very excited. They were eager to obtain more benefits, and they hoped to focus more on those markets in the West that have not yet been fully developed. Regions, such as the Indian Kingdom and the Principality of Melli. They covet the rich specialties of the Indian Kingdom and the lucrative spices of the Meili Principality. They hope that their influence can be extended deeper and further to these areas, and they can use their influence to win more business opportunities for them. This is already the case in Northern Luzon, and is currently happening in the Western Regions and Tengger. They hope that the next target will be the Indian Kingdom. They have some supporters in the government and the military. Although they have not formed any interest groups, perhaps their strong expansionist sentiment has made many military officials subconsciously form an alliance with them in public opinion, and they Their spokesperson is this abruptness, and even this abruptness goes further than them.
This is the conclusion Wufeng came to after having the security department conduct an investigation. They are not pawns sent by external forces to sabotage his plan to advance eastward, but their interests are more related to the West. The relatively complete and developed industrial and commercial system within the empire allows Many of their products do not have superior competitiveness, but in the Central Continent, many products can easily obtain monopoly status, which prompts them to continue lobbying the government and the military. Of course, the biggest target is themselves.
The article elaborates on the phenomenon that Tang language gradually replaced Raniya as the second transaction language in the business community in India and the rise of Tang language craze in the Indian region. Tang language in North Luzon replaced Tianfang language and became the first official language. By the time the Tang language in the Western Regions became an official language with the same status as the Tianfang language, from the fact that the upper-class society in the Tengger Grassland was proud to speak Tang language to the gradual increase in the number of people who could speak Tang language in the Marston Wasteland, these phenomena were discussed, and it was argued that The northwest should not focus too much on the interior of the empire at present, but should seize the opportunity to shift its focus to the west, put more energy on the integration of politics, economy, culture and art with the central continent, and use the powerful Tang people to Economic strength and splendid culture and art will influence the relatively backward areas of the Central Continent, allowing them to bathe in the dawn of civilization as soon as possible and avoid being affected by the pagan culture from the Western Continent. The article also pointed out that sufficient attention should be paid to the eastward invasion of religions in the Western Continent. In the Central Continent, a region where religious awareness is not strong, if we do not seize the opportunity, we will inevitably pay a heavy price in the future.
Thousands of words are eloquent and well-founded. Even Wu Feng, who does not advocate westward expansion, has to admit that some of the views put forward by this guy in this report are quite novel, and indeed persuasive enough. They are different from some of his previous attitudes. Distinctive articles make a big difference. Especially when pointing out the expansion of the power of the Holy Spirit Church in the Western Continent, many more detailed examples are used to illustrate, such as how many churches the Holy Spirit Church has built in the Indian region, how many church schools it has built in the Principality of Meili, etc., pointing out this. It is not just the promotion of religion and ideology that appears on the surface, but also has a very profound political background. To put it bluntly, it is even a front line for the Western Continent's political and industrial and commercial forces to invade eastward. This view was refreshing and at the same time a bit shocking to Wu Feng. While he was going all out to conquer the East, he also needed to ensure his dominant position in the existing Central Continent, especially in terms of many ideologies such as religion, culture and art. It attracted attention, but I seemed to have been somewhat negligent in the past two years.
Although this guy's views are a bit extreme, he is quite inspiring to himself. The example of focusing on one thing at the expense of the other cannot happen to him. What this guy said is that seizing the commanding heights of ideology is a smart move, especially under the guise of religion. , if once the ideology from the Western Continent takes the upper hand, if you want to regain this commanding heights, you may really not know how much energy you will have to spend. To be prepared for a rainy day, maybe you really should make some preparations.
"A new round of land enclosure movement has started in the Western Region, and vineyards have become the first choice for farmers." After sighing, Wu Feng's eyes fell on another report from the "Northwestern Star" with the title "From the Western Region Wine Industry" "Looking at the Challenges Facing the Guide Winery Industry in Rapid Advances", the article uses detailed arguments and careful writing to introduce the influx of commercial funds from Jiangnan and Northwest China over the past year and more. The geographical environment and climatic conditions are quite suitable for growing high-quality grapes. In the countries of the Western Regions, they invested heavily in purchasing land to build vineyards, and started to build new winemaking workshops and wineries in several market towns with relatively concentrated vineyards. They planned to use the local good lighting and irrigation conditions to vigorously develop the grape growing industry to promote the Western Regions. With the rise of the brewing industry, Wen Zhang compared the revival of the Guide brewing industry in recent years and advocated that the Guide brewing industry should assess the situation in a timely manner, use its mature and advanced technology to develop a high-end brewing industry, and transfer the ordinary brewing base to the Western Regions. , prompting the guide brewing industry to further upgrade in order to achieve the purpose of ensuring its leading position.