Seeing everyone looking at him with a savior look, the fat man felt a little sad. Jiangnan and the five lakes are similar in area. Although Jiangnan has the convenience of being near the sea, the five lakes are densely populated, and rivers and lakes are connected. It can be said that the convenience of water and land transportation is no less than that of Jiangnan. In addition, China Unicom connects to Guanxi in the west, to the imperial capital in the north, and to Maqihan in the south, and to be fertile. It can be said that the land and land transportation is no less than that of Jiangnan. The land is fertile. It is a Feng Shui treasure land. In terms of economic strength, it is not even half of Jiangnan County, and its financial income is less than 30%. This comparison is really heartbreaking. The reason is nothing else, but the concept is different. One is based on industry and commerce, transportation, foreign trade and finance.

One is based on agriculture and sericulture. This different concept directly leads to huge differences in the situations between the two places. It can be seen from the fact that Jiangnan merchants purchase cocoons, raw silk, tung oil and various local specialties every year in Wuhu area. Jiangnan merchants process and refined these things, either transported them or sold them back, and made huge profits from them. Wuhu acted as the cheapest producer of basic raw materials. Therefore, when Jiangnan's wealth had reached about 60% of the empire and became the well-deserved empire leader, Wuhu was still struggling to catch up with the East China Sea. Whenever Chang Gui thought of this, he felt ashamed of being a member of Wuhu County and a magistrate of Wuhu County.

Since he became the county magistrate of Wuhu County, he has been working hard to cultivate the industrial and commercial atmosphere in the region. The rise of Jiujiang proved that his efforts were not in vain. Although he was finally picked up a peach by Cheng Dayou, the remnant of peace, Chang Gui still had to admit that Cheng Dayou's policy in Jiujiang continued his basic intention and further developed Jiujiang. It should be said that in the five lakes and six prefectures, the capital Yueyang is the capital Yueyang. Yueyang's economic development is proud of the good transportation conditions brought by Dongting Lake. In addition to Dongting Lake, Dongting Lake is the main base of the Imperial River Water Army, so the water bandits that plague other prefectures and counties are not obvious here, which also allows Yueyang's economy to develop healthily.

But in general, although the industry and commerce in the Wuhu area have been cultivated by themselves, the merchants here have not been able to completely get rid of the shadow of the landlord and gentry. Compared with the mature Jiangnan and Donghai commercial economy, this has already made a good start. However, Situ Biao's entry into Wuhu has caused all his efforts to suffer heavy losses. In order to raise military expenses, Situ Biao's first measure after taking power was to add checkpoints to increase commercial taxes, and at the same time increase land taxes. Although these moves are indeed within a certain range, these moves are indeed a matter of time.

The county-level fiscal revenue has increased to a certain extent, but it has seriously hit the industrial and commercial industry and market that have just been cultivated. The increase in commercial taxes and the addition of checkpoints have greatly increased the cost of goods, and the cost of transported goods has increased, and the imported goods have been blocked. The merchants are full of complaints, but the merchants are not very powerful in the Wuhu area, and Situ Biao also ignored the calls of these merchants. As long as he can have sufficient military expenditure and military rations in a short period of time, he will not care much about it now.

The people in front of them are the first group of pioneers they have carefully cultivated. Although they have not completely escaped from the land owner class, they have all discovered that industry and commerce will bring them richer returns, otherwise these people would not be so eager to wait here to give them guidance.

"Everyone, please don't look at me with this kind of gaze. I, Chang Gui, are not a god. I believe everyone understands the situation at the moment. The fight has started in Jiujiang. I believe you have received a notice from the county magistrate's office asking you to donate military funds. Although I am a county magistrate, these county magistrates are not issued by me. But in this case, everyone should cooperate. Otherwise, it would be too unprofitable to put a hat of a remnant of dating and the whole family exiled their property and confiscated their property." After refusing, the old man gained weight still sat on the upper seat. Seeing that everyone was frowning, the man could only sigh and comfort everyone with a little emotion.

"Sir, we can tolerate this donation of military funds. After all, this is a one-time transaction. It is impossible for us to donate once a day, right? But now there are additional checkpoints everywhere to collect liquor, and the regular commercial tax has doubled at once. How can we survive? The merchants in Jincheng were originally going to collect my goods, but now the price has skyrocketed by a few%, which scared the merchants over there to come. The merchant ship was finally hired. Those words of the army were requisitioned casually and did not pay freight. An emergency requisition during the war was more arrogant than anyone else. If you say a few more words, it seems like you are going to be jailed. Isn't this a little bit dark?

It is not a solution to pile silk sliver all day long in the warehouse! What do you think this is called? " Another businessman immediately called out. Among these people, the most are running silk sliver workshops. The largest number of large-scale companies hired several hundred short-term workers. It used to be mainly supplied to Jiangnan, but the business in Jiangnan was greatly affected. The silk industry in Jincheng, the neighboring Hanzhong, took the opportunity to develop. Now Jincheng has become the largest buyer of raw silk in Wuhu area. However, various tax cents are now small adjustments every three days and a big increase every five days, which has made these guys with the dual identities of landlords and merchants no longer able to support them.

"Old Chen, it's fine to say these words inside us, but don't spread them outside. Be careful to deal with you as a crime of disrupting the morale of the army. Haven't you heard that who has arrived in Anqing? You are now in charge of the city guarding the palace, and I don't know if you have left." Another thin businessman immediately kindly reminded the other party.

"Oh? The King of Xiang is coming down to Anqing? Didn't he be in Yueyang? Why did he suddenly want to come to Anqing?" He was a little surprised. The fat old man thought to himself that he had discovered his activities? It was not very similar. If it was really bad for him, he seemed to have already started to attack. He also let himself go from Baling to Wenning and then to Anqing. Isn't this intention to indulge himself? After calming down, he asked casually: "I know what is the purpose of His Royal Highness Xiang coming to Anqing this time?"

"Uh, it seems that it is said that the war on the front line of Jiujiang is not going well. Your Highness Xiang is coming to supervise the battle, right? I heard from an acquaintance in the city guarding mansion that Your Highness Xiang is going to go north to supervise the battle himself." A businessman huddled in the corner said vaguely.

"The war is not going well? Humph, I'm afraid it's still behind when the war is not going well." Chang Gui said in his heart. Li Wufeng had asked someone to clearly state that he was about to enter Wuhu. This time he came to prepare for the next step of how to retain Wuhu's vitality. The most disadvantage of this war is that these merchants, soldiers, bandits, and bandits who finally accumulated a little capital will first focus on these people. Li Wufeng also asked himself to arrange some people to prepare enough supplies for the army to use to avoid temporary incursions. It seems that Western Xinjiang has been unable to reconcile.

The army is imminent to advance eastward, but I don’t know where the Western Xinjiang is going from, whether it is from Baling or Huanggang? Baling is more likely, so Chang Gui’s first stop was Baling. I really hope that Li Wufeng can enter the Five Lakes earlier, end the current chaotic and disorderly state, so that the economy of Five Lakes can re-develop the road of normal development. Chang Gui has completely lost confidence and interest in the Situ family at this time. If this state really continues and Li Wufeng does not enter the Five Lakes, I am afraid that the new owner of Five Lakes may become a Maqihan.

"Okay, don't worry about why His Highness Xiang is gone. He is a noble person and has noble affairs. Everyone should take care of himself first. Now there are wars and business is really difficult to do. If you can be stable, you will be stable. Even if you can't stop for a while, it won't be difficult. I think this situation will not last long, and the matter will finally be over." Chang Gui did not intend to express his plans on such occasions. Many things need to be arranged separately. After all, no one dares to speak out. It will only be revealed when that day comes.

In the past few days, a large amount of military rations have been continuously transported from Jincheng to the dock. At first, a large number of them were shipped. Most of them docked in the middle of the afternoon. Every day, dozens of large ships were waiting for unloading the goods. Perhaps because they were worried about the weather changes, most of these large ships were covered tightly with black tents. In the past few days, there seemed to be some shortage of people who shipped goods. The cargo of dozens of large ships had to be dragged until the evening to work overnight until midnight before they could finish the goods. Because they were military.

The food and wharf were strictly warned, and the merchants and the civilians were not surprised. After all, the Hanzhong Prefecture is the location of the Qin Palace and the political center of the entire Western Xinjiang. It is stationed with the troops of three divisions. The allocation of some military supplies is normal, and merchants are used to it. However, some military food is worth making such a big deal. Some merchants secretly muttered, could His Royal Highness the King of Qin use the opportunity to transport military food to Hanzhong?
Chapter completed!