Bozhou Prefecture is the county seat of Qiao County.

The entire Bozhou is in an oblique triangle, Jushui, Huanshui, Woshui, and Feishui. Four northwest-southeast-southeast-distance rivers are unfolding from east to west. Among them, Woshui is undoubtedly the most important river. It obliquely runs through the entire Bozhou, Zhenyuan, Qiao County, Chengfu, and Shansang (Mengcheng) four counties are all adjacent to the banks of the Woshui River.

The eight counties in Bozhou have extremely uneven distribution.

It is adjacent to Chenzhou to the north, and there are five counties in the Songzhou line, Luyi, Zhenyuan, Qiao County, Qing County, and Yongcheng, almost in a straight line.

Except for Linhuan, which was hiding on the edge of Xuzhou in the east, there were only two counties left, one was Chengfu County, which occupied the central part and the other was Shansang County in the south. It can be said that the two counties in the central part accounted for nearly half of the entire Bozhou in terms of area.

Qiao County, the capital of the prefecture, is located in the middle of the five counties to the north. However, because the location is too north, it is 300 miles from Qiao County to Shansang County, the southmost town.

It is precisely because of its vast area and fertile land that Caizhou is salivating about Bozhou, and even if it takes huge risks, it will be taken down in one fell swoop.

Taking over Bozhou can enable the three states of Cai, Ying and Bo to be integrated into one, and Caizhou's strategic depth has been greatly expanded, especially to form a siege of Southern Chenzhou between Caizhou and Bozhou and even the entire Chenzhou. Once the situation changes in the future, it can easily attack on both sides and recapture Southern Chenzhou and even the entire Chenzhou. This is also a major reason why the Yuan family is determined to take over Ying and Bozhou.

Yuan Wuwei coughed softly, his eyes still flowing on the street.

It has to be admitted that Qiao County, the prefecture-level capital, still has some background. Although the entire Bozhou has experienced the looting of ants, as the prefecture-level capital, Qiao County has been poisoned by other counties, causing a large number of gentry to flee to Qiao County, showing a deformed prosperity. Even though the ant robbers had evacuated Bozhou later, many gentry who were afraid of the ant robbers returning still stayed in the city and never left.

Although it has not been long since it fell into the hands of the Yuan family, it can be seen that the lively scene on the street has slowly recovered, which not only makes Yuan Wuwei feel relieved and worried.

It is naturally because Yuan's strategy in Yingbo and Bozhou was still effective. The policy of winning over and relaxation made the local gentry, who had resisted the Yuan family's entry, gradually accepted this reality. Especially after some commercial monopoly franchise rights were put out, local gentry and merchants also began to differentiate and disintegrate. As long as such a start was made, everything would be much easier.

There are many things to worry about. Looking at the northern victims pouring in on the streets, Yuan Wuwei was worried about the storage of grain. Bozhou is still short of grain now, and the price of grain has risen to 1,900 yuan per bucket, and many times there is still a price without a market.

There are still some grain reserves in Caizhou, but due to the poor weather in the entire Central Plains, Caizhou's grain prices have been on an upward trend. If they are to be transported to Yingbo and the two states, the price will rise a little.

There are many differences between the Yuan family now. The two states in Yingbo have been believed that Yingbo and Bo have experienced the rampant ants and population losses, and even large amounts of land in each county have been abandoned, so these refugees are urgently needed to enrich the reclamation.

The reason for the opponents is also very simple. Yingbo and the two states cannot afford to support so many people and do not have so much food. With the current strength of Caizhou, many of these refugees cannot survive this winter.

However, if these northern victims and refugees are driven away, these people may continue to go south and enter Huaiyou. After this winter, once God opens his eyes next year, if Yingbo and the two states want to recruit such a cheap population, then don’t think about it.

The horse's hooves were pedaling, and Yuan Wuwei couldn't help but cough again. The guard in front had already jumped off the horse and led the horse for him, and arrived at the place.

An old official office with some history, but the wide gate and the spacious street in front of it are enough to make people understand what this place is.

Currently, Yuan’s control center in Bozhou is here, Bozhou Governor’s Mansion.

Since his body had not been completely cured, Yuan Wuwei had to leave the seclusion, so Yuan Wuwei estimated that he would have to repair it slowly half a year earlier than expected. This was not a good thing, but he could not refuse the family's call. In the face of such a big event, everything about himself could be abandoned.

When entering the governor's mansion, people came and went, which also showed the vitality of Bozhou. Only when there were too many people busy was proved that the Yuan family had gradually controlled the entire Bozhou, and all orders were issued from here.

Yuan Wuwei did not go anywhere else, so he went directly to the Zhifangfang.

The only thing that has been transplanted in accordance with the Caizhou model is the indispensable organization of various vassal families.

Since Bozhou has newly entered, the Zhifangfang basically took over from the original Caizhou branch and expanded rapidly, but in fact the core is still the same.

The branch of Caizhou Zhifangfang is located in Bozhou, which is located in a small courtyard in the governor's mansion, mainly serves the Yingbo war. With the end of the Yingbo war, the intelligence collection scope of Zhifangfang's intelligence collection began to expand rapidly to the surrounding area, and at the same time it also forms an interoperability with the intelligence from Caizhou.

What surprised Yuan Wuwei was that Yuan Wuwei was also there.

According to previous practice, as the main military in charge of Bozhou, second only to Yuan Huaiqing, Yuan Wuwei stayed with Yuan Huaiqing more often and assisted in handling the military affairs of Yuan Huaiqing.

Yuan Huaiqing has been reported to the court by Caizhou to the court as the governor of Bozhou and the envoy of Yingbo's delegation, but his main energy has begun to turn to the government affairs that stabilizes the situation in Yingbo, especially to deal with the gentry and merchants in Yingbo. Yuan Huaiqing, who is older, older and calm, is undoubtedly more suitable.

"The Seventh Prince is here?" Yuan Wuwei was not surprised to see Yuan Wuwei here, "You should spend more time practicing and recover as soon as possible."

"Well, I will wait for two more days and I will go back to Mount Yu to retreat for three months." Yuan Wuwei also felt that his health reached a limit. If he did not go into retreat again, it may cause greater harm to his martial arts entry in the future, and may even lead to him being unable to enter the Little Heavenly Territory forever.

Mount Yuji is a famous mountain in the west of Wufang (now Suiping) and is also a blessed place for the Yuan clan’s martial arts practice. Many times, when the Yuan clan’s martial arts warriors need to improve their martial arts level through retreat, they will choose here.

"That's the best. In three months, maybe we can consider other strategies." Yuan Wuwei nodded and his eyes fell back on the information placed on the table.

"Is there any new movement?" The reason why Yuan Wuwei did not return to the entire Bozhou immediately after taking over the seclusion was mainly because it was a little unwilling to let go of the affairs in Bozhou, because it was too smooth, especially Daliang in the north and Huaiyou in the south, which made him unable to rest assured.

"There is no new news." Yuan Wuwei shook his head, "But the prices of grain in the Central Plains have risen very quickly recently, and the Yingbo and two states have also soared. The grain sent from Caizhou has been sold out in one or two days. Everyone is storing grain. I don't think this is a good phenomenon."

"Isn't there no restrictions on Huaiyou?" Yuan Wuwei was a little surprised, "You can buy grain from Xuzhou and Shouzhou through the middlemen."

"There is no restrictions, but the price of Huaiyou grain has also soared a lot. It is said that Huaiyou official warehouse grain was transported in large quantities to the three prefectures of Yan, Yun and Yi and Xuzhou for sale." Yuan Wuwei sighed, "This time, Huaiyou earned enough. Jiang Feng is very good at purchasing grains. He has been buying grains since the previous year. It is said that Huainan provinces have not been short of food. I am still wondering if this guy is short of food but is afraid. He has developed a habit and must have food to be with him to be at ease. I didn't expect that the old grains in the past two years can be sold at a good price in the north."

"Third brother, I can't learn it." Yuan Wuwei was silent for a moment, "Jiang Feng took three steps. After he took Shouzhou, he thought he was going to attack Umeda's two families, but he didn't expect that he would give up his slight and take Umeda's two families into his pocket. The consequence was that the water transport power of Umeda's two families in the Huai River Basin was in his hands. Not only was it not damaged, but it was greatly expanded. Without the Huai Right Navy and these fleets, how could Shouzhou's grain be transported to various parts of Huaibei?"

Yuan Wuwei knew that Yuan Wuwei had something to say, so he listened quietly.

"We took over Yingbo and Bo. The land of these two states is vast and similar to Caizhou. The agricultural production environment here was not inferior to Caizhou at all, but now it has been completely ruined by Shifeng and the ant thieves. The population is less than one-third of the original one. It's okay. A large number of refugees in the north can be supplemented, but the market town was destroyed and the irrigation canal was disrepaired for many years. The gentry ran to the city, and it was not possible to recover it in a year or two."

When Yuan Wuwei said this, he couldn't help but sigh. Yingbo and Bozhou had won, but to restore it to Caizhou, there was a long way to go, and the investment and time required were very difficult.

"In comparison, Huaiyou is very smart. Shouzhou is fertile. In addition, the irrigation conditions are excellent. It also absorbs refugees from Yingbo and the two states, so it recovers in an instant. With food and transportation channels, it can go straight to the north to make money. This is the confidence that Jiang Feng dares to challenge Li Bing."

"Not only that, Jiang Feng also reopened the Shouzhou kiln in Shouzhou. A large number of Persian Hu merchants and Sogdian merchants went to Shouzhou to buy porcelain and transport it to the Western Regions for a high price." Yuan Wuwei added.

"The Sogdian merchants also went to Shouzhou?"

Yuan Wuwei was a little surprised.

He knew that Persian Hu merchants from Chang'an, Guanzhong monopolized the business on Huaiyou. On the one hand, Jiang Feng had a concubine, a Persian Hu girl, who had formed a relationship. On the other hand, it was because Persian Hu merchants purchased war horses for Huaiyou through Guanzhong and Dangxiang people, so they obtained Jiang Feng's license.
Chapter completed!