Outside the Marshal's Mansion, Xiao Afeng, wearing a professional outfit, accompanied a man and a woman, and a young couple stood at the front of the door. While waiting for the response inside, she chatted with the woman in a low voice.

Xiao Afeng, who had washed away all the hair, looked like a female elite in the workplace, with her face covered with powder and her eyebrows lightly, and she could not see any scent of cigarette smoke. If she didn't know the foundation, she would only think that she was a bank employee, and she would not have thought that she was once the head of the Eight Great Hutongs.

Now she is already a good assistant to Janeson, and she has a strong position in Huabi Bank. The young couple beside her are gentle and elegant, and the woman is charming. Although she is not expensive, she is very neat. The woman looks very beautiful, but she is plain. She not only doesn't dress up, but she tries to make herself look not outstanding. When the guards at the door took the luggage, they found that the box that the woman dragged was much heavier than the man. She praised the little woman for being inconspicuous and strong.

Zhao Guanhou and Su Hanzhi came out from the door, and the man hurriedly stepped forward and kowtowed to call him Master. Zhao Guanhou hurriedly pulled him up, "Hanyun, you are not in Yangshouyuan, why are you here in Jinan? You are also carrying little Taohong. Today, Jinan is not a peaceful place, so it is difficult to be free."

Xiao Afeng stepped forward and greeted, "Master, Taohong came to see me first, I'll bring them here. Xiao Taohong was not here to play, they were here to help."

Yuan Hanyun smiled, "This is Tao Hong's idea. She said that in the current situation, it is not good to live in Yangshouyuan for a long time, so it is better to come to take refuge. The border guards entered Henan, and Zhao Tang and their relationship were not harmonious, but the Hongwu Army's strength was inferior to the border guards, and the actual power of the provincial power has been lost. Zhao Tang is a man of extraordinary character, but his father's old subordinates have a care for each other. Song Banghan and Zhang Dingxun, who are stationed in Henan, have no connection with my family. Moreover, their soldiers are mostly scarce, and the famine in Henan is severe, so military rations are all problems. Tao Hong is worried that if she stays, they will borrow grain."

Xiao Taohong gave him a blank look, "It's like I'm forcing you. You're talking about it. Do those soldiers look at me and it seems like they want to eat people? Also, a few border guard officers pointed at our house and said it was suitable to be a command center. Can't you hear what it means?"

She looked at Zhao Guanhou and gave a gift, "Master, don't you know, Henan's situation this year is very bad. Without the supply of food in Shandong, famine is everywhere in the province. I heard that some places have begun to eat people. The fields cannot collect crops, and the tax officials cannot pay military salaries without taxes. These soldiers are all red in their eyes and can do everything. People with solutions all want to escape. The uncle is already preparing to go abroad, but I think it's better to come to Shandong. No matter what, everyone is a family. Although Han Yun is not skilled in martial arts and cannot kill enemies in front of the formation, he finally has a pen that can make a contribution to Guanshuai."

Xiao Afeng came over, and she had the work that Jason had assigned to her, and she wanted to report to Zhao Guanhou. The three provinces alliance made it themselves, and it was like an incense burner. Now the incense burner is lame, which is really not convenient. Although the main mansion wants to kill the chicken to warn the monkey, Shandong also wants to behead his head and sacrifice his sword.

The two million military expenditures that originally supported Jiangsu were urgently stopped allocating, but Jason did not support this money and just stayed so simply. Instead, he was preparing to invest in Jiangsu, but he changed from military expenditures to the personal income of some officers. Zhao Guanhou said: "Janeson's idea is the same as me. In addition to these two million, I will add another million to it. Qi squinted his eyes and thought that my Lu army was unable to take action against him, so I let him know how outrageous he was wrong."

Xiao Afeng said: "Master, I want to go there in person and ask Dashan for approval. In Jiangsu, I still have a few friends."

Of course, Zhao Guanhou knew what her friends had to do with her. Since Cai Feng's death, Xiao Afeng has been self-disciplined and deliberately cuts off from her past life. Now, when I contact these people, it seems to be contrary to her original intention. It is precisely because of this that Zhao Guanhou did not make such a request, but unexpectedly she volunteered.

"Miss Afeng, you should know that there is a little chaos in Jiangsu now."

Xiao Afeng nodded, "Of course I know, but I also know that our Shandong power has not been completely expelled by Qi Ying. In Jiangsu, there are still troops that support us and our intelligence officers who are working hard. Afeng depends on Shandong's preservation so that she will not continue to live the same life as before. It is time for me to repay the general. As long as I can contribute to Shandong, I am willing to take this risk!"

She gave a military salute solemnly, and Zhao Guanhou returned it with a military salute. This woman who was like Hongfu, after a series of changes, was like a phoenix Nirvana, spreading her wings and reborn.

In the inner house, Xiao Taohong explained the reason for coming to Shandong this time in front of Su Hanzhi. They brought a large number of gold, silver and soft bank bills in their luggage. Xiao Taohong is a very good person. Bringing these things means that they are not coming to Shandong to make a comeback, but are preparing to support themselves. Moreover, they will also contribute to Shandong.

Su Hanzhi comforted her: "This is a long way to say that Han Yun is the apprentice of Guan Hou and the second son of Duke Yuan. How can he let him do any work? You just need to live in Shandong. All the fees will be reimbursed by the official government of Shandong Province, and the master's wife will make the decision."

"Thank you, Master's wife." Xiao Taohong did not refuse. Chen Lenghe asked: "What's the situation in Henan? From a local perspective, who do you prefer to this conflict between Shandong and the official palace?"

"Who is inclined to say that? The common people can't tell so much right or wrong, and they know that fighting is not a good thing. Compared with the two, Guan Shuai is much better than Duan Zhiquan. After all, the Lu Army conscripts will pay, and the main mansion is a waste of time. Therefore, most of the villages still have more escapes from the main mansion. Now the main mansion issuing unified government bonds between the north and the south in Henan, using the Shandong province as collateral, and it seems that they are sure to win. However, the public debt is a forced levy. The Yuan family was entrusted 50,000 yuan, and other gentry are not much better. Everyone must be more dissatisfied with the main mansion."

Chen Lenghe said: "The Red Cross Society is not raising funds and issuing relief to the disaster area? Although Shandong is preparing to start a war, it still donated a batch of grain to the Red Cross Society to provide relief to the victims. The disaster in Henan is not so serious."

"The Red Cross Society has a lot of food, but it cannot be reached by the people. I have a good sister who married the military officer of the Border Defense Army, and happened to know about this. The first and second two mixed brigades of the Border Defense Army, with many soldiers and generals. The most important thing is military rations. Now there is no food to buy in Henan, and foreigners do not sell rice to them. In order to ensure that they do not starve to death, these people detained some of the food from the Red Cross Society as military rations. This is quite good, and the worst thing is in Shaanxi. I heard that all grain stores have been seized and no grain is allowed. Together with the food from the Red Cross Society, they were collected by Governor Feng as military rations. Those rich people cannot buy food, so it is not easy to escape, and they will most likely starve to death."

"Taohong, you go down and rest first. Guan Hou will arrange the place to live for you. Coming here is like getting home, no matter how long you want to live." Su Hanzhi comforted Xiao Taohong first and then went to the study.

Yuan Hanyun was also arranged to rest. Su Hanzhi said: "Guanhou, Xiao Taohong said that Feng Huanzhang was plundering a large amount of food in Shaanxi. In order to raise soldiers, he did not hesitate to detain the charitable food of the Red Cross and banned grain transactions, which starved many Shaanxi people to death. Although our Federation of Provincial Self-made Alliance needs friends, I don't want this ally."

"Sister, not only do you don't want it, but I don't want it either. Many people in our army are son-in-law in Shaanxi, and the news over there is very fast. Although Feng Huanzhang issued a telegram to support the self-made business in the province, and did not check the Shandong business, our business in Shaanxi was surrounded by him in the name of protection. I don't think his cooperation is sincere."

"Does he want to? Rebel?"

"He is a mysterious person, and our intelligence officer has not received any real information from him. The Shaanxi army below is divided into two factions. One faction tends to be Lu, the other faction tends to unite. As for the final direction, it is still hard to say. However, the Ten Princess has increased its efforts. If Feng Huanzhang wants to make me rebellious, I will let him know how to write the word "death"!"

The ruthless sun scattered poisonous fire on the land of Guanzhong. The dry ground was burned with cracks, like a scarred giant beast, losing its power to struggle and could only wail silently.

From the end of the Jin Dynasty to the Communists and the Communists, there were not a few days of real peace in Shaanxi. The rebellion of saving the king that day had a huge impact on agriculture. Later, Shandong organized immigration, and also aimed at reducing the riots, weakening the strength of Shaanxi Province. A large number of young and strong people were moved to Shandong, resulting in the further weakening of Shaanxi agriculture, which relies heavily on manpower. Subsequently, merchants from Shandong and Tianjin entered Shaanxi with large numbers of troops. After the battle of saving the king, they took root and sprouted here and established their own business kingdom.

Shandong made daily necessities and light industrial products quickly conquered the Shaanxi market with their advantages of quality and low price. Local gentry and officers of the Shandong army have mostly married in-laws. In addition, more and more Shaanxi generals have appeared in the Shandong military, and the two gentry are closer. These gentry cooperated with Shandong merchants to accelerate the process of Shandong goods occupying the Shaanxi market.

In a few years, Shaanxi merchants who operated Shandong goods made a fortune. While letting their tenants starve to death, Shaanxi landlords who transported their carts to Shandong to maintain low grain prices also made a lot of real money. Therefore, Shaanxi is now more like Shandong's economic colony. They have neither their own industrial system nor their agriculture make a living.

The city was changed to the king's flag, and in Shaanxi Province, the attention of all the emperors of the grass-roots were either on the competition for the military command or on the expansion of their personnel. Whether it was Chen Fan or Feng Huanzhang, they were both uninterested in developing agriculture and developing thankless work such as water conservancy, so the agriculture in Shaanxi became increasingly weak.
Chapter completed!