"It's very good, Silang!" Cui Shang was not stingy with his praise, and his appreciation was beyond words.

The other party deserves his praise.

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

Huaiyou's expenses are too high now, and even with the support of Persian Hu merchants, it is still a bit stretched.

Chen Wei had a special talk with Cui Shang before going to Chang'an. He needed to moderately control military expenditures and also needed to expand wealth. Otherwise, Huaiyou would soon become a bottomless pit and would be difficult to deal with.

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

Huaiyou is now in a stage of digestion and fusion, especially after annexing Shouzhou, some discomfort has occurred, forcing Huaiyou to stop.

It is because Shouzhou was originally completely independent of Guangxi and had little contact. Now it has suddenly taken down Shouzhou, and Shouzhou's body size is far better than Guangxi. In addition, its local prominent family is very strong, so it is not an easy thing to take it for oneself.

It takes time to completely integrate the Shouzhou army and the prominent gentry of Shouzhou into Huaiyou and make it completely used by Huaiyou. This requires not only time, but also requires various ways to tie the fate of Shouzhou and Huaiyou.

In a sense, this is also a contradiction.

To completely incorporate Shouzhou, on the one hand, Huaiyou promised to continue to expand outward to make up for the losses of the Umeda family, whose interests were damaged after the First World War in Shouzhou. At the same time, it is also necessary to build a water conservancy irrigation system and dredge waterways in Anfeng and Shouchun. These are all necessary measures to accelerate Shouzhou's integration into Shouzhou, which requires a lot of investment.

But now, these need a lot of money to accelerate the integration of Shouzhou, but now Huaiyou is empty, which has become a paradox.

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

It is far from enough to rely solely on the support of Persian Hu merchants. This requires increasing revenue and reducing expenditure. Now, it is obviously impossible to reduce expenditure, so you can only increase revenue.

This strategy in Shuzhou has made a good start. At least it can receive a considerable donation every year, and it is not without any small benefits for Huaiyou.

As for the obligations that need to be borne, this is what Huaiyou hopes to achieve. If he is really involved in the Wudi Bureau, Huaiyou will not be able to do so.

"Sir, but I feel that Shuzhou is still a little distracted or reluctant. Maybe they feel that the situation in Wu is uncertain, so they reluctantly agree. Once the situation in Wu is clear and they are betting on the side that will dominate, there may be changes."

Hou Chen didn't dare to be arrogant, and the exploitation of Shuzhou was also based on specific circumstances. There are ant thieves in Shuzhou now, and the external backers are unstable, so he agreed to this covenant. If the situation in Wu State became clear, they might not be willing to accept Huaiyou's oppression so honestly.

"Don't worry, Silang, how can the situation in Wu be so easy to see? Humph, we, Huaiyou, and the ant thieves and Yue Kingdom are all eyeing each other. As long as the chaos starts, it is not something they can calm down if they want to calm down." Cui Shang was very confident.

Intelligence shows that the State of Yue has also begun to contact various forces within Wu, just as Huaiyou is also taking action to contact people within Wu.

Cui Shang believed that Yue Kingdom might not be so kind to mediate both sides. They should have fought with Huaiyou, helping the weak, and prompted the fierce and expanding civil strife in Wu, and only came to reap profits when both sides were exhausted.

On this issue, Huaiyou's idea is the same.

Neither Huaiyou nor Yue Kingdom would let the civil strife in Wu be calmed down. It would not be in the interests of Huaiyou and Yue Kingdom. Only by fighting forever and both sides were both in the losses would be in the interests of Huaiyou and Yue Kingdom.

At that time, I believe that the Yue Congress will take the initiative to find Huaiyou, or Huaiyou will also take the initiative to contact Yue, and everyone will come to discuss the "big plan".

"Sir, what else do we need to do now?" Hou Chen knew that there were some things he was not qualified to know. He was very tactful and knew that he could do what he should do.

"Well, after the defensive and guard commander came back from Shouzhou to finalize this alliance, we must supervise the implementation as soon as possible. Shuzhou has been stable for so many years. Although there have been ants thieves crossing the border, the losses are not great. We should take back our things as soon as possible."

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Shuzhou succeeded, and Heshuo was not behind.

Wang Miao did not expect that this trip to Heshuo would gain such a reward.

In a sense, this is also a kind of sadness.

I remember how energetic and prosperous the three towns of Heshuo were back then. Both Hedong and Daliang were treated with three points of courtesy.

The Khitans were just timid local dogs at that time, and the Tuyuhun people were not worth mentioning the rats hidden in the corners. The powerful Taining Army also had to bow to the three towns of Heshuo.

As for people like Huaibei, which have a shiver skin, there is only trembling in front of the three towns of Heshuo.

But now everything has reversed.

The Khitans' infiltration of Lu Long had reached a very dangerous level. Wang Miao didn't know what Liu Shouguang, a fool, thought, but he actually swung his head and turtle in the face of the Khitans' infiltration.

Perhaps as Jiang Feng commented, the three towns of Heshuo have fallen to the point where they are made of sheep and tiger skins, and they are happy when they see grass and fight when they see jackals.

Originally, he thought that the situation of the Cheng-German army was the worst and most confident. Zhang's foundation in the Cheng-German army was not strong, and he did not have the power and virtue, and he also had the same old relationship, so Wang Miao was a little sure. Unexpectedly, he gained more from the Lulong army and was almost a snowball reaction.

If it weren't for the concern that Liu Shouguang would be angry and would not even buy Daliang's account in the future, Wang Miao would have pulled thousands of people away.

Even so, the income of the Lu Long army and the Chengde army exceeded 8,000 people, which was much larger than the 5,000 people of the two armies expected by Wang Miao. Among them, there were more than 4,000 cavalry. Even if they were incomplete in horse armor, they were also cavalry after all.

Moreover, Wang Miao was well aware of Jiang Feng's standards. The key was people, and they needed to be skilled in cavalry. As for horses, armors, weapons, it was second to them. It took many years to train a cavalry, and what Huaiyou lacked the most was time.

Everything was still going on in secret, but Wang Miao was very sure and decided on a lot of things. Now he was the only one who could report to Jiang Feng after going back.

This subsequently involved negotiating with Lu Long's army and the German army. Because these thousands of people moved south, the relatives of these officers and soldiers were a big problem, and Daliang needed to coordinate to ensure that they would not be retaliated, and even to respond to the relatives and relatives going south.

Before going north to Heshuo, Jiang Feng had explained to Wang Miao that there was a lot of land in the two states of Shishou, and as long as they could recruit soldiers, it was not a problem in land distribution. Moreover, Wang Miao also believed that Jiang Feng still had enough room for the next move.

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"I have met Ci Yun and Ci Jing's two senior brothers."

Chang Kun knew that the two senior brothers specifically recruited him this time, but Chang Kun was a little surprised by such a serious matter.

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

I had previously advised me that the temple could send more elite disciples to Xizhou. However, although the senior brothers in the temple also felt that Xizhou was worth investing in, they were still reluctant to let go of Daliang, and they still hoped to compete with the Daxiangguo Temple.

So although he also sent some disciples to Xuzhou, he still kept it a little.

Even if Zhao Wenguang is the most outstanding person in Xuzhou, Zhao Wenguang is only a character in the late stage of rest. Now there are several lay elite disciples who practice hard in the temple.

Not only did he expect Erlang to take over Shouzhou in such a short time, but the key was that he also asked the position of Guangxi Shou's defense and guard envoy from the court.

This means that Erlang has become legitimate in taking charge of the three prefectures.

With Shouzhou's acquisition, Erlang's troops expanded rapidly and had more opportunities. This was undoubtedly much more attractive to the White Horse Temple, which is still difficult to open up the situation in Daliang.

Especially when the news that Zhao Wenguang had already won the position of Yuhou in the First Army of Huaiyou, it caused a great shock in the temple. If he wanted to say that the senior brothers in the temple were not moved, Chang Kun would definitely not believe it.

Everyone knows that the more you join, the greater the chance of reuse and promotion in the future. Especially in an emerging vassal state in a period of rapid rise, the continuous war will provide great opportunities for capable people, which depends on whether you can seize it.

There is no doubt that Zhao Wenguang seized this opportunity. If White Horse Temple had more proactive actions before, then White Horse Temple would definitely have more opportunities, and it would be more than just a military capital.

Fortunately, it's not too late now.
Chapter completed!