"The construction of the Great East Ocean Navy fleet is quite effective. Shichang and Zhenhai are very troubled. I hope that the two are not arrogant or impatient and continue to work hard. The Japanese will definitely not tolerate the situation in the East Ocean like this. They will definitely take countermeasures to deal with it. At present, the Japanese navy is still far better than the Imperial Navy, so the two should do it with caution."

Although he saw that His Majesty the Emperor seemed to be a little off-the-scenes, Zuo Shichang and Sa Zhenhai were still quite satisfied. After all, His Majesty the Emperor visited the southeast. When he arrived in Yuhang, he first inspected the Yuhang military port and made it clear that he would also inspect Zhuangyuan'ao and Quanzhou military ports. Even Huludao military ports should be included in the inspection targets. This shocked the two of them. His Majesty's attention to the navy is not a formality. It can be seen from his personal experience that Zuo Shichang and Sa Zhenhai felt pressure. If His Majesty attaches so much importance to him, if the two cannot give a decent result to explain to His Majesty, the position of commander of the Eastern Fleet will have no face to sit down.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, Shichang and Zhenhai will never dare to let down Your Majesty's Long Entrepreneur. Within three years, Shichang and Zhenhai will surely build an invincible fleet across the East Ocean. You will definitely ask Your Majesty to see it." Zuo Shichang didn't say much, but could only issue a military order to repay Wufeng's respect.

"Well, I believe in the ability of the two of you. I am willing to wait for three years. In three years, I will really see a naval fleet that is worthy of the invincible reputation of our Tang Empire." Wufeng smiled faintly and nodded.

After the naval officials retreated, Wufeng's face gradually became dark and his eyes became a little cold. The emergency official letter on the imperial case pressed into his heart like a huge rock. Even Annie and Su Jie, who were sitting aside to accompany him to meet the officials, felt this gloomy depression.

"Wufeng and the officials of Jiangnan County are waiting for the reception. Should they wait or..." A croaked jade hairpin shook lightly, and the brown and black hair was tied into a beautiful bun, and the tortoiseshell hairpin was carefully pressed on it. This method with a rich Western Continental court style is refreshing. With Anne's white and round egg face, her concave and proud figure is looming under the pure black gold silk embroidered cloak, with a unique style.

"Well, wait a moment, think about it very much." Wu Feng waved his hand. The officials of Jiangnan County must meet him, but his mood is indeed a bit bad now and he needs to adjust it well. Bo Jinchen still knows his thoughts. The Tiger Guard Corps has already set out in the southwest first, Liang Chongxin has also been recruited to Yuhang, Mulige has taken over the 11th Legion, and the arrangements are orderly, but this big defeat really makes Wu Feng feel very unhappy, and his mood of traveling to Jiangnan has been completely destroyed.

"Wufeng, is there something wrong with the imperial capital?" Anni asked tentatively. Logically, there should be no problem. Xiao Tang, Su Qin and Bo Jinchen are in charge of the imperial capital, and An Qier is also staying in the palace. What else can there be problems?

"Hmph, there is no problem with the imperial capital, but there is a big chaos in the southwest. It's really a glory for the empire. Two big defeats were defeated, and even my face felt a fever." Wufeng couldn't help but snorted twice from his nose. Wenna was also a long-time general on the battlefield. He was so big that he would even die, right? The defeat in the North Line, Cheng Dayou was alone and could not support him. It was probably a blessing to be able to escape freely, and this Southwest Battle would be completely defeated.

"There is a chaos in the southwest?" Su Jie couldn't help but interrupt and asked, "Is it the other side of the peninsula?"

"Hmph, I didn't expect that the Peninsula Alliance and the Pasha people actually played a beautiful trick in front of us. This time the Empire's intelligence department was fooled by others as a monkey. We didn't know that the two sides made peace secretly. We didn't know that the Peninsula Alliance's more than 200,000 troops returned east. We didn't know that the Dark Night Rose Suleiman secretly became the commander. I don't know what the Empire has spent a lot of money to support the intelligence department?!"

As he spoke, Wufeng became angry. This defeat had nothing to do with the army itself. Although the intelligence department was dereliction of duty, wasn’t he optimistic at the beginning? He thought that the Peninsula Alliance and the Pasha people could not reach a compromise in a short period of time, and the Peninsula Alliance did not dare to easily turn against the Empire for Nan'an and Soktu. Unexpectedly, these accidents combined together became what they are now.

Hearing Wufeng's tone was a little bad, Annie and Su Jie were not afraid to interrupt. Wufeng was rarely angry, but this time Annie and Su Jie realized that their husbands were probably really angry. The war situation in the southwest was also an important part of the empire's expansion to the west. This defeat would not only disrupt the empire's pace, but also give the officials in the court who have been asking for a suspension of war and concentrated efforts to develop the economy. Wufeng had to bear greater pressure.

It seemed that he had lost his composure in front of his concubines. Wufeng let out a sigh of relief and waved his hand and said, "I won't talk about this matter for the time being, let Wang Zongxi and Bai Yuanzhong come in."

The conversation with Wang Zongxi and Bai Yuanzhong made Wufeng's originally a little annoyed immediately improve. The rapid improvement of Jiangnan's situation cannot be separated from Wang Zongxi's efforts. Wang Zongxi's flexible wrists and lofty eyes made Jiangnan merchants admire the governor who once vigorously absorbed the remaining funds in Tiannan. This time he took office as Jiangnan Governor naturally won unanimous welcome from the Jiangnan business community.

Jiangnan's industry and commerce have a strong foundation. Although it hurt its muscles and bones during the Situ Tai era, its solid commercial heritage quickly brought Jiangnan's industry and commerce out of the trough and ushered in another period of development. Especially since Wang Zongxi took office, he has made every effort to win over and support industrial and commercial giants and financial families, encouraged them to increase investment and expand production, and expand overseas trade, and achieved quite good results.

Especially the shipbuilding, shipping, silk and tea making industries in Yuhang Prefecture have made rapid progress and have become the well-deserved first government in the Southeast. Overseas trade has grown exponentially, and it is vaguely surpassing Napoli to become the number one commercial port in the East Ocean. The second phase of the terminal expansion project of Yuhang Prefecture was officially started and is expected to be completed in mid-701. At that time, Yuhang Port's throughput capacity will double than now. Yuhang City's goal of guarding Bai Yuanzhong is even more ambitious. He wants to build Yuhang into a dual central hub for the canal and the East Ocean during his term of office, representing the empire's domestic and foreign shipping trade, and strive for the tax and fiscal revenue paid by Yuhang Prefecture to account for more than one-third of the entire Jiangnan County.

But this alone is not enough. Before Wang Zongxi came to Jiangnan to take office as Governor General Wufeng specifically reminded him that he should not only look at the problem from the position of Governor General Jiangnan, but also look at the problem from the perspective of Jiangnan County, a country that accounts for half of the imperial fiscal revenue and capital reserves. Jiangnan has developed industry and commerce, advanced technology, and many talents have emerged, and abundant funds. Many places in the empire are rich in resources, but lacks funds, talents and technology. Wufeng clearly pointed out that Myanmar County, Zhongnan County, and Northern Luzon County should be key counterpart support areas in Jiangnan. Jiangnan County should introduce some policies to encourage Jiangnan funds, talents and technologies to flow into these areas and drive the economic development of these areas. These areas will also cooperate with the westward advance of Jiangnan industry and commerce to provide corresponding policy support.

In this regard, Wang Zongxi also took great pains to do it. Jiangnan merchants finally ushered in such a good development opportunity and were more willing to develop in their hometowns, especially the rise of shipbuilding and shipping industries, which gave merchants more investment channels. The rapid expansion of Jiangnan shipbuilding and shipping industries also had a lot to do with the large investment of Jiangnan's remaining funds. Wang Zongxi had to come to persuade them one by one, and asked the seven Jiangnan masters, led by the Wen family to set an example. Fortunately, in order to win the development, several counties in the mainland have also introduced a series of preferential policies. In addition, the continuous improvement of the mainland infrastructure, they finally achieved gratifying achievements. This is also the reason why Wang Zongxi dared to be proud in the face of no front.

The conversation with Wang Zongxi and Bai Yuanzhong was undoubtedly pleasant. The prosperity and prosperity of Jiangnan had already been heard, but Wufeng did not have many opportunities to see it, but he was more concerned about what Jiangnan could do for the empire. The gap between the rich and the poor made the empire like a large ship with uneven loads. The rich become richer and the poor are poorer. If this phenomenon continues, the empire will inevitably have big problems, which Wufeng would never want to see, so he placed Wang Zongxi here, and he came to Jiangnan shortly after he ascended the throne this time. A very important purpose was to use the development of industry and commerce in Jiangnan to drive the development of other poor and backward areas, even if he experienced it himself.

The pleasant time always passes quickly, and before you know it, it was already time to have dinner. Wufengliu Wang Zongxi and Bai Yuanzhong were having a meal on the dragon boat, which surprised the two of them. This is a rare honor and will be enough to show off to future generations in the future.

During the dinner, the three of them were also chatting and laughing. Wang Zongxi and Bai Yuanzhong were also confident about the next stage of Jiangnan County. Wang Zongxi’s goal was to account for half of the total financial and tax revenue of Jiangnan to account for half of the empire’s total financial and tax revenue. You should know that this was a bold statement when the empire added three counties in the Middle Continent and three counties in the East Continent. Bai Yuanzhong’s idea was even further apart. He wanted Yuhang Prefecture to become the center of shipbuilding, shipping and tea making for the entire East Continent. The shipbuilding and shipping industries must surpass Napoli within three years, and the tea making industry must account for more than half of the entire empire.
Chapter completed!