Even after the expansion, the city of Xuzhou cannot be compared with the big cities such as Nanyang, Youzhou and Xuzhou, and even compared with the old city of Caizhou, Chenzhou and Xuzhou.

After all, a prefecture city represents the history and heritage of a place. The new construction of the city wall, especially the expansion of the city wall, directly resulted in a considerable area vacant along the line of the city wall, which was called the new city by Lao Gushi people.

The construction of the new city is very fast, but it can be seen that there is a clear boundary with the old city.

The styles of the buildings are not consistent, including buildings with a comparable Huaibei style and some buildings with a Hu people-style style.

There are a lot of people walking on the street and the accents are very mixed. Huaibei accent accounts for a large proportion. What surprised Wang Miao was that there were many horses of various colors on the street, which was not easy to see in other prefectures and counties.

Wang Miao's judgment should be that after Wuzhou accepted a considerable number of foreign population, the structure of the city began to undergo some changes.

What surprised Wang Miao was that Hu Shang actually began to settle in the capital, which was indeed a bit unexpected.

Generally speaking, Hu merchants are not in big cities. Of course, this Hu merchant refers to a large trader with strong financial resources, rather than a straw-staff team like those who sell Hu cakes or those who rely on their doors to sell laughter. Of course, these people can be seen everywhere in various prefectures and counties.

However, the construction of the Xinzhou New City is obviously more like a guild-style building, which is clearly the business place of Hu merchants.

Xuzhou can actually become the favored place for Hu merchants. The current situation in Xuzhou is obviously not yet reached, but Hu merchants have come, which only shows that Hu merchants are optimistic about the development of this place.

Judging from the progress of the construction of the guild hall, Wang Miao probably started construction before Jiang Feng took over the guild hall. Otherwise, Wang Miao felt that Hu Shang might be more willing to choose Shouzhou as the location of the guild hall.

It should be said that Wang Miao's judgment still made some mistakes, but it has nothing to do with Wang Miao's judgment.

Karim and Nasing did choose Xuzhou when they decided to build the guild hall, but they had already obtained the news that Shouzhou was taken over by Jiang Feng before it started. However, they decided to build it in Xuzhou after repeated consideration.

There are many reasons, but the main reason is that there is a new city in Wenzhou. Not only does it have a very wide land for storage, but it is also unlikely that the situation will be stable in a year or two after the new Shouzhou is newly acquired. From a security perspective, they also focus more on Wenzhou.

In addition, their main business is to buy war horses for Huaiyou. As a temporary transit place on the horse farm, Xuzhou is obviously more suitable than Shouzhou.

The three states of Guangxishou all need good horses, especially the army's horses, not just the cavalry, but the logistics department has a great demand for strong horses.

The Persian Hu merchants can not only provide war horses to Huaiyou, but also provide ordinary horses with inferior quality to war horses, and even more.

After all, most of the horses and camels from the Western Regions and Xialing Prefectures are civilian. The requirements for military horses are too high and the prices are higher. Generally, the prices for transport horses are much cheaper. Of course, for Hu merchants, the profit will not be much smaller.

The two thousand Xiazhou war horses that Yuchi Wubing promised finally arrived, which also alleviated the embarrassing situation of the Huaiyou Cavalry.

Some military horses that were no longer competent for the frequent training tasks of the cavalry were eliminated into the logistics and transportation department, and some of them had worse conditions and were eliminated into the market. This is also the reason why Wang Miao saw that horses in the city of Wuzhou were far more frequent than other ordinary prefectures and counties.

After all, it is just such a big city, but it turns out to be a county town. Suddenly, hundreds of horses appeared on the street to transport freight passengers, which is definitely very different.

But what made Wang Miao feel that the difference between Wenzhou and other places is the spirit of the busy people walking on the streets, which is different from the ordinary people in many places that have been traveling in the past few months or even in the past few years.

The ordinary people on the streets of Xuzhou are also ragged, some are flirted with vegetables, and some are begging for food. However, more people, including these people, seem to have a hope and a goal, and are working hard for it.

It gives Wang Miao the feeling that the pace of life of the people in the Hanzhou is half a beat faster than that of other prefectures and counties. Most people are busy, unlike other prefectures and counties who see more laziness and decadence.

I have to say that Wang Miao may have been thinking too much, or the contrast feels too strong.

The influx of a large number of refugees from Huaibei put a lot of pressure on Wenzhou. However, under the strong promotion of Jiang Feng, the gentry and other gentry tribes in Wenzhou finally surrendered to Jiang Feng's threat and accepted the policy of relocation.

In short, it is to pay taxes for local inspections, and Gushi's mature dictionary was exchanged for the semi-cooked dictionary and raw dictionary of the prosperous Tang Dynasty and Huoshan.

Chen, Huang, Tan, Xu, Ju and other gentry members provided refugees with oxen, donkeys, seeds, food and basic living supplies needed to survive this year's famine period through loans, and also provided them with certain money for them to build their own houses.

It should be said that this agreement is a completely unequal agreement. For the gentry and great surnames, it is an agreement that holds a knife around the neck and does not sign, so it caused a big rebound at the beginning.

However, after Jiang Feng successively investigated and dealt with several Chen family branches that wanted to resist violently, and promised to significantly reduce taxes in the prosperous Tang Dynasty and Huoshan, the gentry and grand surnames of the Hanzhou finally surrendered.

This itself is a game process. Between Jiang Feng, who is in charge of the sword handle, and Chen and Huang, who are not strong in power, the power of the sword handle overwhelms everything.

Of course, Jiang Feng also knew that if he did not give these gentry and tribes some thoughts, then his plan to build Huaiyou into a granary for his future kingly and domineering career would be difficult to truly implement, so he also gave these gentry and tribes a lot of wishes.

For example, they agreed to enter the three counties of Shouzhou and exchanged for their land reclamation of Huoqiu, Anfeng and Shouchun counties in the same way.

It should be said that Jiang Feng's policy did indeed cause considerable harm to the interests of the gentry clans in the Hanzhou Province in a short period of time, but after the gentry clans accepted this policy, the effect quickly appeared.

At the first time, a large number of refugees who poured in were eliminated. In the year before taking over Shouzhou, refugees from Huaibei and Caizhou quickly filled the wastelands in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, Huoshan and Yincheng counties.

Among these wastelands, there were both local people who were killed and swept away when the ant thieves were raging, and some were not yet cultivated. However, with the support of the large gentry and wealthy families, the Huaibei victims who had escaped to Huainan for a lifetime can finally settle down.

They asked for nothing but a stable meal that could fill their stomachs. After learning about the government's policies, they burst out with unprecedented enthusiasm for labor. From the barely fullness of millet and wheat in the first season to the small harvest of early rice, these refugees finally found that their lives had a bright future and they could also become members of the Zhouzhou.

This is what Wang Miao saw.

Farmers with small harvests took the early rice they harvested to the market and sold to vendors in exchange for their own needs in life. The vendors sent it to the grain merchants in the city, and then the grain merchants sold these popular rice to the Central Plains and Guanzhong, and a business route seemed to be reappearing.

In fact, for a place, as long as it can ensure social security, no rebellion between soldiers and thieves, and God’s blessings, there will be no flood or drought disasters, the recovery speed of a place is not slow. Of course, it is easy to do and it is difficult to do everything. But it is often not so good.

This year's harvest is not satisfactory due to drought. There are many rivers in the territory like Wuzhou, and the irrigation conditions are not bad, so it can be passed. For example, Central Plains, Qingmi, Huaibei, Heshuo and even Guanzhong, the drought is even heavier, and the smell of changes in nature has been faintly revealed.

Wang Miao did not go to Ganquan first. For him, since he had made up his mind to defect to Huaiyou, it would be better to go directly to the door and recommend himself.

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When receiving the notice from his personal guard, Jiang Feng was talking to the new Gwangju Governor Yao Jing and Changsun Xuan.

The appointment of the governor and chief minister of the court finally came down.

Yao Jing, the legitimate son of the Yao family among the Jiugongqing family, and Changsun Xuan, the concubine's son of the Changsun family.

Regarding the visit to Guangzhou, it also caused a storm in Chang'an City.

Those who are qualified to come think it is useless. After all, Guangzhou is a small state with only three counties. He has just experienced the cruel rule of the Yuan family in Guangzhou. His vitality was severely damaged and he was far away from Chang'an. In addition, there is a defensive and defensive envoy above his head, which is not very valuable to his relatives and nobles.

But for those marginal characters who don't have the chance to make a name for themselves in Guanzhong, this position is like a pie falling from the sky.

A fierce battle is inevitable, so Li Yan's explanation to Jiang Feng.

The final winner cannot escape the roles of the nine noble families, and of course they cannot be too important.

Jiang Feng also learned about these two through various channels. Yao Jing was a role with some background. He once served as the county magistrate of Xinfeng County, Guanzhong, and later joined the court as an idle official. After all, he was a member of the Yao family. In addition, he himself was unwilling to eat and wait for death in the court, so he came.

Changsun Xuan's reaction was not very good. As a concubine of the Changsun family, he was neither capable nor had any background problems, so he was busy with Qiufeng everywhere seemed to be the main achievement of this member of the Changsun family over the past decade.
Chapter completed!