Relying on the head of the bed, Wufeng gently caressed the beautiful man's black and shiny hair beside him, and the dim fish candlelight was filled with a hint of refreshing fragrance. After years of separation, the beautiful man seemed to have not changed much, and he still looked gentle and elegant. In a trance, Wufeng returned to the scene when he first met the beautiful man when he was studying in the imperial capital a few years ago. His two perfect bodies, one plump and the other slender, were so charming, with a bright and loving feeling, and no one could know the taste.

"Brother Feng, it's getting late, let's take a rest." Closely against Wufeng's strong body, Hua Yumei firmly clung to her lover with her jade arms, as if she wanted to integrate the year's longing into the two of them at this moment.

"Well, you're too tired, go to bed first." Wu Feng pinched Liren's cheek lovingly, put his hand into the warm quilt and patted her jade buttocks.

A hint of red clouds flew on the jade man's tired face. Her lover's words were pun intended. Although it had been "survived for a long time", she, who was born in a prominent family in Jiangnan, still couldn't accept such provocative words. She grabbed her lover's body hard, and grinned her teeth so much that she grinned. She then glanced at him and quietly closed her eyes.

The charming glance of the jade man before going to bed made Wufeng's heart fire ejaculation, and he almost scored twice. He took a breath and calmed his mind for a while. Then Wufeng slowly shifted his mind from the woman beside him to the situation that Yumei talked to him at night.

Over the past year, Yumei's activities have certainly achieved considerable results. A large number of Jiangnan merchants brought huge amounts of funds to the northwest and northern Luzon, greatly promoting the economic development of their two territories and adding a lot of weight to their shriveled finances. But what is worrying is that Yumei talks about the current situation in Jiangnan, but it seems that Liao Qichang's attitude is awesome, the frequent incoming and outgoing forces in Jiangnan, the abnormal activities of the Japanese, the leakage of military ship technology, and the dynamic direction of the navy fleet. This series of situations shows that Jiangnan will gradually become an important weather vane for the changes in the empire situation in the future.

Once there is a major change in Jiangnan, which controls more than half of the financial income of the empire, the central government of the empire will probably immediately fall into danger. Moreover, the changes in the situation in Jiangnan will inevitably affect the changes in the situation in two important counties and provinces - Wuhu County and Donghai County. If these three counties fail, the empire will probably not be far from the real collapse.

Could it be that those Jiangnan merchants with a keen sense of smell also noticed this abnormality, which accelerated the transfer of funds and industries? If this is true, the Northwest and Northern Luzon are naturally the best investment areas. After all, their civil and military skills are enough to make anyone who sniff into these two areas think twice before doing it, although Northern Luzon has not yet been completely liberated.

It seems that we have to strengthen our contact with the guy Liao Qichang. When he was in the imperial capital, this guy seemed to be good to him and wanted to win over and make friends, but why are he now hooking up with other forces? Could it be that he thinks he is powerless to take care of Jiangnan now?

With a brain full of doubts, Wufeng gradually fell asleep.

No words all night.

The slight fishy river wind coming towards the riverside of the rolling waves made people clear. Two thin men in military uniforms strolled on the high embankment by the river. Looking up, everything on the other side was blurred. The former homeland has now become the enemy's ownership, and the wide river surface has become a natural barrier between the north and south.

"Frederick, don't you think about it anymore? At least we still have some strength to send troops north now." The taller man finally broke his silence.

"A Struggle? You have also read the information I just received. Liang Chongxin and the Wusun people have wiped out the Beika army in southwest of Baiga. The Loulan people were frightened by Li Wufeng's plan to surround Wei and save Zhao. The Kuche people are now silent, fearing that Liang Chongxin will attack them, so how can they talk about restraining them? At present, Liang Chongxin can rush his troops south without any scruples, and there are two divisions that scare the Loulan people in the east, one of which is the Guard Division that Li Wufeng has never used. Perhaps the Wusun people will send troops to help to please Li Wufeng. We have no advantage at all. The wise choice is to withdraw immediately." The thinner man is naturally Frederick, who is currently in charge of the military power of the Grand Duchy of Luzon, and the man standing beside him is his cousin and his deputy, who is in charge of the western defense line.

With a long sigh, Frederick turned his confused gaze to the north, pulled over a dry reed beside him, and played with it thoughtfully. After a long time, he said: "Li Wufeng is not simple, he has many talents under him. I didn't expect that even one of the Northern Luzon would be a crouching tiger and a hidden dragon."

"Are you talking about Liang Chongxin?" Croof asked understandably.

"Liang Chongxin, as the number one general under Li Wufeng, needs no need to say much. He set up Wusun and broke the alliance. His talents showed both military and politically. What I didn't expect was that the so-called city guard in Luzon, the northwest, was also a not simple person." Frederick's words were filled with emotion.

"Oh? What do you mean?" Kruff didn't know much about the situation in Northern Luzon.

"Hmph, after Emilian entered, this guy continued to exercise his city's power in a big way, and asked Emilian not to interfere with his exercise of power." Frederick said with a wry smile on his lips. Emilian had no way to deal with this person, which shows how extraordinary this person was.

"Absurd! Funny! What does Emilian do for food? Could he just let it go?" Croof stopped in surprise. He felt that it was incredible that such a thing would happen?

Shaking his head, Frederick stopped the other party's excitement: "This is not entirely Emilian's responsibility, so I don't admit that we are a little inferior to the sophistication of Li Wufeng. In just one year, the northwest Luzon was no longer what we imagined. Although our intelligence department provided us with detailed military intelligence, they ignored the development and changes in the northwest Luzon at the political and economic levels. We cannot help but admire Li Wufeng. In just one year, not only did the original remote northwest Luzon, but also firmly tied the complex ethnic minorities here and there to his interest groups, which we could not do. The guy he left behind inherited Li Wufeng's methods and strategies and applied these methods to the extreme."

Croof looked at him in confusion, hoping that he could explain in detail.

"This guy actually invented a new method of shareholding, and distributed a mine they found in the north and obtained the qualification to buy shares according to the population strength of each race. This trick attracted almost all the power classes of each race. Driven by interests, they could only be consistent with Li Wufeng." Frederick smiled bitterly and admired the other party's boldness and generosity. You should know that if a profitable business like running a mine, almost all parts of the mainland are run by governments or territory owners alone. Even if there are private merchants, it will be a huge price to buy income from the government or lords. Such things that directly allow merchants to obtain business rights can be said to be unheard of.

"Then we can also promise not to change the benefits they have obtained." Kruff said unwillingly.

"But who would believe our promise?" Frederick asked back: "The Principality has never done anything good for the northwestern Luzon in the past century. There has not been a city in such a vast area, and it has also forbidden local gentry and merchants to build cities on that land. In addition to taxation, who has any official in the Principality have set foot on this land? How can you make them believe us?"

Frederick's rhetoric left Kroof speechless. Over the years, the central government's policy of the Principality's treatment of Northern Luzon was to let the people go, but the local ethnic minorities would never allow the strength to resist the central government. Of course, the prohibition of the construction of cities was also one of them. When Li Wufeng came to the opposite direction, he naturally won the heartfelt support of the locals.

"Even without the restraint of the Pasha people in the south, I would not rashly put the army into this battlefield with unpredictable results without any advantage. Because of the lack of support from the local people, I think it is difficult to gain a foothold there. Northern Luzon is no longer the Northern Luzon a year ago. We have missed the best time to conquer." Frederick's words were filled with endless sadness. He held the sword but was unable to turn the world back. This was really a painful helplessness for him, but it could not be changed.

Kruff was also full of melancholy. The richest area in the south was taken away by the Pasha people, which undoubtedly cut off one hand of the Principality, but the current situation was not able to retake it. However, in his opinion, Northern Luzon was not very valuable. If it could be reclaimed, it would be reclaimed. If it could not be reclaimed, it would be more important to preserve its strength and wait for an opportunity to retake the land between the Maputra River and the Salwen River. However, this would take a long time of preparation, and it would be much greater if it would be helped by external forces.

"Why would we, Li Wufeng, make a complete standstill, or even form an alliance, so that we can concentrate on dealing with the Cormini people?" Kruff suddenly had such an idea.

"Hmph, this is probably what Li Wufeng hopes most. If we form an alliance with him, he will have no worries in the west and can operate it wholeheartedly in the east. But once his full strength expands, it is hard to say that he will have any ideas about his neighbors and even his allies, including us in the future." Frederick had thought about Crove's suggestions, but even he was hesitant about this opinion, so he seemed a little confused when answering Crove's words.

"Frederick, I think you think too far. As you said, since we have lost the opportunity to regain the Luzon, we might as well give Northern Luzon to them openly. Li Wufeng's current main energy is within the East and the others. Even though Li Wufeng is extraordinary, it may not take three to five years to compete for the Central Plains. We can win enough time and even get help from Li Wufeng. Why not do this? As for the future, no one can determine what will change. I don't think we have to worry too much now." Although Kruff has a lot of respect for Frederick, he disagrees with his cousin's view on this point.

After thinking for a long time, Frederick raised his head and said, "Maybe you are right. Who can predict what will happen in a few years or even more than ten years? Maybe things are not as bad as we imagined. Let me think about it carefully."
Chapter completed!