The two local snakes in Wuhu exchanged a few surprises and nodded. Liao Qichang said with a slightly embarrassed expression: "Brother, it seems that nothing can be hidden from you. We know the Qiankun Dao you mentioned and the people behind it. But first, the performance of the Sixth Prince is not satisfactory, and second, the power of the Qiankun Dao alone may not be able to support the crisis. If you want to stabilize the Five Lakes now, it may be difficult to turn the tide with some local forces. However, the military power of the Empire is on the surface. The Fifth and Sixth Corps stationed in the Five Lakes are personally attached to the Third Prince, but the Third Prince

It seems that it cannot be completely controlled, especially the situation of the Sixth Army is even more suspicious. The situation of several independent divisions is similar. The Sixth Highness has no military power. How can we protect the Five Lakes? Another most important reason is that the Sixth Highness’s matriarch is the landlords and wealthy family in Wuhu area, and is the number one representative of the Five Lakes landlords and wealthy families. Even if the Sixth Highness can control the Five Lakes, it will only increase the power of these land nobles. The situation of the industrial and commercial class behind Brother Chang is no different or even worse than before. This is not in line with Brother Chang and the industrial and commercial class of Wuhu.”

After hearing what Liao Qichang said, Wufeng was able to understand the two's wishful thinking. These two people and the industrial and commercial forces represented behind them saw their vigorous development of industry and commerce in the northwest. Although Jiangnan and the East China Sea were rich in recent years, they were prosperous and declined, and they had already vaguely revealed signs of decline. In the past two years, the Imperial Chamber of Commerce has selected the most dynamic and most suitable for industrial and commercial development rankings and potential lists. The names of the seven governments in the south of the Yangtze River have gradually disappeared. From this point alone, it can be seen that the industrial and commercial classes in the two places have been suppressed by the conservative landlord and aristocratic forces from all aspects.

The development momentum of Rong has completely disappeared, and the industrial and commercial economy has stagnated, and has replaced it with the six northwest prefectures and the two north Luzon prefectures took turns to be on the list. This phenomenon is in the eyes of everyone and is urgent in their hearts, but the landlord and noble forces of the empire in Jiangnan and Wuhu have been supported by the conservative forces in the imperial court. Various measures to restrict the participation of industrial and commercial classes in politics and policy decisions and restrict the development of industrial and commercial industries have been continuously introduced, such as strictly prohibiting industrial and commercial workers from donating officials to make up for real vacancies, restricting overseas trade, increasing taxes to the industrial and commercial industries, and increasing the circulation of goods between the governments and the workforce, etc., which greatly damaged the enthusiasm and enterprising spirit of the industrial and commercial classes in the two counties.

Now the Five Lakes are in danger. They are not willing to see foreign forces invade Wu Lakes, nor are they willing to let the imperial land aristocratic forces represented by Situ Yuan, Situ Biao and others completely control Wu Lakes. Although they are from aristocratic families, Wu Feng, who is in charge of people, is strongly supporting the hairpin industry and commerce. Now the power in the northwest has extended to most of the Guanxi, approaching the gate of Wu Lakes. The strength of the northwest in foreign wars also makes industrial and commercial forces secretly happy. At this critical moment, Wu Feng became the primary joint target of the entire southern industrial and commercial forces represented by Liao Qichang and Chang Gui.

Seeing Wufeng remained silent, Chang Gui thought Wufeng was a little worried, so he took a lot of attention and said, "Brother, Situ Jun's status in Guanxi and Wuhu is not stable. I can see that you are estimating the reaction of the Central Committee of the Empire, otherwise Hanzhong and Jincheng should have been under your control long ago. Since this is the case, why not take this opportunity to march into Wuhu? As long as your northwest army enters Wuhu, I Chang Gui will be the first to respond to and support your land-guarding and border protection actions. All logistics supply will be responsible for me. In addition, local officials and personnel in Wuhu areas are fully arranged by me. What do you think?"

The conditions thrown by the other party are tempting, but Wufeng knew that the good conditions are often full of risks. The condition reached with Situ Yuan and Situ Lang is that he cannot enter the Five Lakes, and his sphere of influence can only be limited to Guanxi. Once he enters the Five Lakes, he may break up with Situ Yuan and Situ Lang. The most important thing is that Situ Biao's potential power has not completely surfaced. The restlessness of the Sixth Legion represents this. Wufeng has always suspected that the Sixth Legion is actually a double-faced card in Situ Biao's hand and will not be played easily until the critical moment. Moreover, Wufeng also firmly believes that Situ Biao's desire to compete for the throne is not just the two cards of the Sixth Legion and Qiankundao. He must have other killer moves in his hand. However, Wufeng cannot infer what the other party is still ambushing.

However, one thing is certain that now is definitely not a good time to enter the Five Lakes, especially when the battle for the throne of the imperial capital has not yet shown its estimation, regardless of the expectation. Once the alliance between Situ Yuan and Situ Lang is successful, it is time to fulfill his promise. As long as Kansai is included in his hands with just one legitimate reason, his circle of influence within the empire will be truly formed. At that time, he can actively integrate all forces in the circle of forces and accumulate strength, while closely watching the situation of Wuhu and Heshuo, and watch the melee between the Central Plains and the South. Once the time is ripe, he can choose any place on the thousands of miles of front from Lujiang to Nanjieluoke as a breakthrough point to start his second round of expansion. At that time, perhaps what these two people said will be truly included in their plans, but at this time, it is not a good time.

However, now is not the time to tell the other party about these situations, but you have to give the other party some hope so that the other party cannot lose confidence in him. Wufeng thinks about how to convince the other party to accept his ideas.

"Brother Liao, Brother Chang, I am very grateful for your love for me, Li Wufeng. I don't want to see foreign tribes joining our Central Plains. Five Lakes are the granary of our Tang tribe and the prosperous place for our Tang tribe. However, the current situation makes Li have the heart but not enough." Wufeng thought about it and said after a while.

"You two also know that the situation in the imperial capital is chaotic, but I can be sure that in a short period of time, this situation will change. Let's not talk about who can ascend the throne, but what is certain is that no matter who sits on the throne, you will not watch Wuhu fall into the clutches of foreign devils. Now Li is only a military and political governor in the northwest. Although the four prefectures of Guanxi are temporarily controlled by the Northwest Army, this is a historical reason. Taiping Sect, Sanjiang Lin Family, and Tiannanlang Family are fighting endlessly on the land of Guanxi. Li couldn't bear to see Guanxi become a ruin and sent troops to Guanxi.

If Li was passionate and wanted to solve the problems of the empire, you two might say that I, Li Wufeng, are too hypocritical. I don’t hide the selfishness of occupying Guanxi. Although the economy of the six governments in the northwest has made great progress, due to historical reasons, the foundation is too poor and almost started from scratch. Compared with the counties in the Central Plains, it is too far behind. In the special geographical location of the northwest, there are nomadic tribes, the Sisro and Kaman people in the northwest, and the Luzon and the Western Regions countries in the southwest. They are surrounded by such enemies, and the northwest must maintain a considerable number of troops."

"But the two also know that the army is not a group of farmers who can fight if they gather together. They need training equipment and salary. This burden has overwhelmed the Northwest finance. To be honest, the two brothers, if they had not plundered the Indian and De'an in the west, the Northwest finance would have gone bankrupt long ago. However, this temporary emergency method cannot be used frequently or often, but the Northwest cannot be separated from this huge army, so Li had to be honest in his mind to fight Guanxi. Although Guanxi is not as good as the Wuhu Jiangnan of the two brothers, the finance department is still in the south of the Wuhu Jiangnan, but the finance department is not as good as the two brothers.

The income is far stronger than the northwest, so Li can breathe a little. Even so, Li entered Guanxi under the name of mediating the Third Highness and was criticized by the ministers of the Central Empire. Now that the new emperor of the Empire is about to ascend the throne, the two brothers asked Li to send troops to the Five Lakes in the name of defending the territory. Think about it, what impression will this bring to the new emperor and what will the people of the Empire bring to the people of the Empire? I think the public opinion of the people of the Empire alone is enough to drown Li. So I also ask the two brothers to understand my difficulties."

Wufeng's words were both emotional and reasonable, and half-true and half-false leaked some unknown inside stories, which made the two feel that Wufeng's words were not without reason and basis. However, the wishful expectation of the two ended up like this, which really disappointed them a little, especially Chang Gui, who was concerned about his own interests, was even more disappointed. He had completely lost confidence in the internal friction of the Situ family of the Empire. Whether it was Situ Jun or Situ Biao, he did not believe that the new emperor could reshape the situation in the five lakes by ascending the throne. Even when Situ Mingyue was in power, he was helpless against the invasion of the Maqi Khan. In his opinion, these princes were even worse than Situ Mingyue. At least Situ Mingyue dared to fight against the Maqi Khan head-on.

"Brother, don't you think about it anymore? You can bear to watch the five lakes fall under the iron hooves of the alien race?" Chang Gui couldn't help but want to make the last effort.

"Is this good? Since Brother Chang has no confidence in the empire, I, Li Wufeng, will say something here. If the new emperor ascended the throne, the current situation in Wuhu will still be there, or there are signs of deterioration. I, Li Wufeng, promised the two that under any circumstances, my Northwest Army will definitely send troops to Wuhu to recover the lost territory! This is regarded as a repayment of the two's love and trust for me!" Wufeng stood up and said firmly and fiercely.

"You're serious about this?" As if a drowning man picked up a life-saving straw, Chang Gui and Liao Qichang's eyes lit up at the same time, they stood up and grabbed Wufeng's hand and asked in surprise.

"A gentleman's words are as good as his horse!" Wufeng's words were decisive.
Chapter completed!