Anne's departure seemed to have affected Wufeng's state of mind. He didn't know why he was suddenly so interested in this woman he had never paid attention to. Could it be that the other party's performance stimulated him or his feelings changed? He asked himself repeatedly, but he could not find the result. However, all this did not affect his rationality and judgment. As the thickest barrier in the north of the western border, especially the importance of the two places, Jiama and Fanlin, is irreplaceable. The excess organization of up to six divisions of the Gerok Legion is enough to prove this.

The opinions on economic development put forward by Yang Zhengbin at the banquet also deeply hurt Wufeng. There are still quite a lot of unstable factors in the Western Xinjiang territory, and many of these unstable factors are caused by excessive poverty among the people. This has become a favorable condition for Wufeng to easily capture the hearts of the people. However, when it becomes the Western Xinjiang territory, Wufeng deeply feels the huge pressure brought by these factors.

Yang Zhengbin quickly submitted to Wufeng the list of prefectures and counties currently included in the poverty-stricken areas in the area controlled by the Western Xinjiang. The three major areas of Beiyuan County, Central and South County, and Myanmar County are the top priority. The three prefectures of Yanyun, Tianshui in Heshuo, Heishan and Longquan, and the Pamir area that is applying to join Northern Luzon County to become one of the prefectures. Dongtengli County is not included in the nomadic habits of the local people. Even so, the blacklist of as many as eighteen prefectures still makes Wufeng unable to help but take a breath of air conditioning.

He was somewhat doubtful whether Yang Zhengbin had been trying to get 200 million gold coins he had obtained from Tian Yi again. James was a classmate of this guy. It was hard to say whether this guy had obtained news from James. However, in front of Yang Zhengbin's detailed introduction, he had to admit that these local areas face considerable difficulties, and may even endanger their prestige and rule in these areas.

Transportation and infrastructure issues are common problems that restrict the economic development of these regions. The impact of drought and war on the governments in the mainland of the empire is also huge. Many of the originally relatively good prefectures have completely become wilderness after being poisoned by the Taiping Cult and the ravages of the empire's defeated soldiers. This is the case with Longquan Heishan in Beiyuan and Heshuo. The newly entrustment to the Western Xinjiang area is mainly because the original rulers of the local area have no plan to promote local economic development. They only focus on exploiting the people to seize wealth, and the infrastructure is almost blank. In this case, even businessmen who are willing to invest will be scared away by these factors.

Yang Zhengbin submitted these lists to Wufeng and did have some intention to blackmail His Highness the King of Qin. Of course, he knew that since His Highness the King of Qin was determined to keep this fund, it must have other uses. He did not expect to seize all the funds from His Highness the King of Qin at once. However, it is also a good thing to make His Highness realize that many problems in the territory are not empty talk, nor can it be solved by the Government Affairs Bureau. Many things should be taken by His Highness the King of Qin.

However, Yang Zhengbin still did not expect that His Highness King Qin would give him 100 million gold coins so generously to solve the economic development of these poor areas, 100 million gold coins! What is this? For Yang Zhengbin, this is simply a pie born out of nothing. It was originally expected that His Highness King Qin would approve this huge amount of funds without hesitation after reading this list and the introduction. Although this is not enough to solve the embarrassment of so many regions at once, at least at present, he can use this funds to do some major things that need to be handled urgently, but only earning this money out of thin air makes Yang Zhengbin feel a little worried.

Wu Feng, who had been cheerful and generous, was also heartbroken. This was originally used to develop the navy, but now he had to cut half of it and hand it over to the Economic Development Department. The construction expenditure of the Nanyang Fleet had already made the Finance Department shouting that it was unbearable, and the formation of the eighth, ninth and thirteenth legions made the Finance Department on the verge of bankruptcy. The funds originally seized from the Indian and Germans and the profits earned from the grain sales movement continued to shrink in the continuous wars, and

The areas that surrendered also need funds. With the reorganization and dismissal of the newly established three legions, funds flowed out like flowing water, which made James very well maintained a few more wrinkles on his face. And now the Finance Department has clearly told Wufeng that he would no longer have the ability to support Wufeng's formation plan. If it weren't for the huge amount of funds provided by Tian Yi, Wufeng wouldn't dare to let Ling Tian go out to Jiangnan to form the Dadongyang Fleet.

It was only then that Wufeng realized how difficult it was to rule such a huge territory as the empire, and he also deeply understood the true meaning of the saying that money was rarely used. At any time, money was never enough. If the Finance Department had not been careful in calculating, I was afraid that the wealth gained from India and De'an and the profits earned from the grain sales movement would have been consumed long ago, and I could not even hold on to this battle.

Xiao Tang also made his own suggestions to Wufeng. In view of the urgency of developing local economies in various places, it was recommended that Wufeng study and approve a large number of vacant local officials as soon as possible, especially the early appointment of the governors of Beiyuan and Tiannan counties, and the governors of Donghai County, which may be included in the western Xinjiang. Only by appointing the governors as soon as possible can the regime of a large administrative region be relatively stable, and it is also conducive to the local administrative regions to formulate development plans that are suitable for the actual situation in the region in a timely manner. For example, the governor of Beiyuan County has not been determined. Even if the Government Affairs Bureau is willing to support Beiyuan to promote the economic development of Beiyuan, there is no suitable leader, which is also an important factor in delaying Beiyuan's economic development.

The competition was very fierce in the selection of governors of Beiyuan and Tiannan counties. Recommendations from all parties made Wufeng in a dilemma. In the end, Wufeng chose the Chinese family members of the seven major industrial and commercial families in Jiangnan to serve as governors of Beiyuan. Wufeng chose civilized as governors of Beiyuan on the one hand to declare to the industrial and commercial classes of the entire empire that their standards for selecting officials were different from the original empire, breaking the restrictions on appointing officials, and on the other hand, they also wanted to take advantage of civilization to have good popularity among the industrial and commercial classes in Jiangnan.

Raising funds to find a shortcut for the development of the dilapidated Beiyuan. The candidate for the Governor of Tiannan finally fell on the head of Qin Tieliu, the president of Northwest University. Qin Tieliu was not a candidate for the Governor of Tiannan, but after careful consideration, Wufeng resolutely chose Qin Tieliu as the Governor of Tiannan, which made many people feel incomprehensible. Many people even doubt whether Wufeng was showing kindness to the Qin family among the five major families of the empire, in order to win over the swaying forces among the several major families of the empire.

Immediately afterwards, Wufeng approved the appointment of the Government Affairs Bureau to more than ten prefectures, including Qingyang, Gusu, Weiyang, Baling, Jiujiang, Anqing, etc. At the same time, the Supervision Department also announced a series of cases of investigation and punishment of officials. Several officials were investigated and punished for corruption and handed over to the Trial Court for trial, including high-priced officials such as the Director of the Government.

This series of personnel appointments and removals once again caused great waves in Western Xinjiang, because among these more than ten city guard positions, more than 30% of them were selected from industrial and commercial families, which completely overturned the tradition of the past that middle and senior administrative officials in the empire had to be born in gentry families. Especially in the selection of the three major industrial and commercial cities of Gusu, Weiyang and Huzhou, almost gathered too many people's attention. Even newspapers and magazines representing the attitudes of Jiangnan gentry and Jiangnan industrial and commercial classes respectively.

The Western Xinjiang Government Affairs Bureau has reported on the selection and appointment of the two cities in the city by the Western Xinjiang Government. As a result, the candidates for Gusu and Weiyang were both won by Zhuge Miao, the guard of Yuanjincheng City, who was born in a business family, and He Zichang, the guard of Yuantaixuan City. Although Mao Cuishan, the guard of Huzhou City, is a gentry-born, is an absolute spokesperson for the business class. His wife is the Murong family of the seven major masters in Jiangnan. Take the analysis article of "Southeast Express" as an example. In this battle for the city guard, the industrial and commercial class proved that the rise of the business community was unstoppable.

However, the Jiangnan Morning News refuted sourly. Fortunately, the Governor of Jiangnan and the Shoujun of Yuhang City came from a gentry family. Otherwise, those merchants who were obsessed with money would have to declare that Jiangnan was the Jiangnan of their merchants. Wouldn't you see His Royal Highness the King of Qin or a gentry family?

During this large-scale appointment of the city guard, some minority officials also began to emerge and become a prominent force on the political stage of the Western Xinjiang. The newly established Pamir City Guard was a Indian-German immigrant. This is the second Indian-German immigrant who served as a senior official after Rao became the director of the War Readiness Department. The Qinzhou City Guard was a Gaoyue tribe. The new city in the northwest is still the capital of the Western Xinjiang Protectorate, which turned out to be a Wusun tribe!
Chapter completed!