According to the joint venture agreement signed with the Western Xinjiang Military Service Agency, the Western Xinjiang Finance Department invested funds to purchase shares ranging from 20 to 30% of the three major shipyards in East Samoa in the name of the Western Xinjiang Protectorate, and integrated the two shipyards affiliated to the Metic family and the Giggs family into one to form the Metic. The Nanhua Shipyard and the Seli family jointly controlled by the two major shipyards and the Sihai Shipyard, which were jointly controlled by the Metic family and the Western Xinjiang Protectorate, jointly controlled by the Sihai Shipyard. Craftsmen and technical workers from Dengzhou and Yuhang also poured into these two major shipyards to prepare for the self-design and construction of Western Xinjiang.

The capital injection plan of the Western Xinjiang Protectorate won the unanimous agreement of the three major families that control the shipbuilding industry in East Samoa. Although the Western Xinjiang Protectorate does not occupy a major stake in the shipyard, it has formed a consortium of interests with several major families. In the future, orders from the government will continue to pour into the two major shipyards. The Western Xinjiang Protectorate used various means to recruit craftsmen and technical workers to enter the two major shipyards, which greatly improved the shipbuilding technology level and competitiveness of the two major shipyards. Xijiang can also participate in the shipbuilding industry that plays a vital role in the development of Western Xinjiang in the future by using this method of investment, and can apply the various advanced processes and technologies obtained to naval shipbuilding as soon as possible. It can also send government representatives to participate in the management and supervision of the shipyard to prevent the leakage of advanced shipbuilding processes.

In Moro, the Xijiang Finance Department invested in the largest Bank of the Peninsula League, and initially agreed that the Central South Bank could expand its business scope to Myanmar, Tiannan and Kansai counties, further strengthening the relationship between the Jinxian nobles who have huge power in Moro and the Western Xinjiang government. As the largest financial institution of the Peninsula League, Central South Bank is also the largest financial institution in the entire eastern continent. Its branches are not only spread throughout the Indochina Peninsula League, but even in the Kingdom of Sioran and the Nanyang Alliance, the most important thing is that most of the shareholders of Central South Bank are mostly located in the southern part of the Eastern Continent.

They are all industrial and commercial nobles of the Peninsula Alliance, and a considerable number of shareholders come from the Kingdom of Xi'an, so Central South Bank is essentially closely related to the Central Mainland. As soon as the Xi'an government invested, the equity of Central South Bank became more diversified. Western Xinjiang can use this relationship to win over local forces and consolidate its rule in the Peninsula Region. The Peninsula Alliance’s industrial and commercial nobles and financial forces can take this opportunity to expand Central South Bank’s business northward, break through the original boundaries, and give full play to the huge branch system network of Central South Bank to gain more development.

These measures were implemented after the proposal of Kong Yunzhen, deputy director of the Finance Department of the West Xinjiang, was approved by Wufeng. It should be said that these measures achieved immediate results. The rapid economic integration greatly alleviated many hostility caused by war conquest. Wufeng's subsequent announcement of the construction of the road running through the whole Columbia continent from north to south from Myanmar to East Samoa made the industrial and commercial forces of the Peninsula League cheered. This means that once this road is built, not only can a large number of commodities from the mainland of Western Xinjiang continue to flow south to meet the needs of the Peninsula countries, but it can also be transported to the Central and Western continents by sea, which is also immeasurable for the business opportunities brought to the two major ports of Moro and East Samoa. Various specialty commodities from the Peninsula League can also be transported directly to the Western Xinjiang through this channel. The huge market in the mainland of Western Xinjiang is enough to allow the industry and commerce of the Peninsula League to develop rapidly.

Wufeng was busy forming and stabilizing the South China Sea Dominion and Indochina County, while he did not forget his neighbors east Samoa. Near East Samoa is the Urban Republic of West Samoa. Unlike the neighbors east Samoa, the Urban Republic of West Samoa did not join the Indochina Peninsula. Instead, he has always claimed absolute neutrality to the outside world, not to participate in the Peninsula League, but has maintained quite good relations with the Peninsula League countries. The Nan'an city-state is adjacent to West Samoa, while the Sikkim Urban Republic occupies the Sikkim Island.

Sikkim Strait is opposite the city-states of Western Samoa and Nan'an. The Sikkim Strait is also one of the busiest sea routes in the southern part of the continent. The three cities occupy the throat at the top of the Indochina Peninsula. The good geographical location makes the three cities the key to connecting the Middle East. Merchant ships traveling east and west generally choose one of the three cities as a place for supply and rest. The busy commercial exchanges have also brought prosperity to the three cities. The road to the north is connected to the inland principalities of the two peninsula alliances, making all the three cities an important re-export trading port.

In terms of how to deal with the opinions of the five cities and countries at the linkage of the Middle East, officials from the military and government systems held completely opposite opinions. The military led by Ling Tianfang advocated taking down these places in one go, ensuring that this sensitive area is not taken away by the Pasha people who are now ambitious to advance step by step. The government system advocated that the current state be maintained for the time being, closely monitoring the changes in the situation, retaining this buffer area, ensuring peace in this area through negotiations, avoiding direct military conflicts with the Pasha people, and preventing a large number of military forces from being dragged in this area due to the deterioration of the situation, hindering the implementation of the originally planned plan to advance eastward.

On this issue, Wufeng has never made up his mind. The strength of the Pasha people in the west aroused Wufeng's high vigilance. If this key area connecting the Middle East is captured by the Pasha people, his plan to infiltrate the Central Continent in the future will inevitably be blocked. However, now the alliance formed by the western Peninsula Alliance, the Kingdom of Sioran and the Kingdom of Jutland is in a arduous tug-of-war with the Pasha people, and the powerful Pasha people are occupying the advantage of military strength under the leadership of Kutuzov.

The coalition was also advancing step by step, and its performance was extremely eye-catching. According to the information, Kutuzov had suddenly become close to the Minister of State Hege, who had always been dissatisfied with him. If the Pasha people were united, the coalition forces would face great difficulties. If they were to penetrate from behind now, it would be very likely to lead to the complete collapse of the alliance, and the Pasha people would be in vain. It might even lead to the direct contact with the Pasha people's territory before he entered the Central Plains.

Just when Wufeng was hesitating, Angel helped Wufeng make up his mind through the letter brought by Xue Ge.

In the letter, Angel explained her views on the current situation in the Central Plains of the Empire, and suggested that Wufeng withdraw as soon as possible after stabilizing the situation in the southern region. The Empire has entered a critical period. Due to the impact of the drought, their offensive in the north has completely stopped and began to gradually shrink their strength. The Puer people have completely evacuated Yunzhong and told Wufeng that she had made the decision to give Wufeng 400,000 dan of food to Yunzhong. Angel also suggested that Wufeng start from the long term and take over the Heishan and Longquan, which are unwilling to intervene now, and maintain more vitality for the northern part of the Empire to cope with the foreign enemies they may face in the future.

As several princes of the Situ family tried every means to fight for the throne, they ignored the livelihoods of the people, especially when the empire was deeply affected by drought, and ordinary people, especially farmers, were in trouble, the empire ignored the throne, but their eyes were on the throne, which had caused great dissatisfaction among many enlightened gentry and middle and lower-class people. In the East China Sea and Jiangnan, due to the fact that Situ Tai and the industrial and commercial forces were in a similar situation, Situ Tai's tax collection plan was once again boycotted by the industrial and commercial community. Although Liao Qichang and other veterans had mediated the tasks, the two sides still failed to reach an agreement, and the strikes and strikes broke out one after another. The cloud relief incident also made the nobles of the imperial capital, who were mostly in the north, complained about Situ Tai, which made Situ Tai in a dilemma.

Now the news about Situ Lang's abdication in the imperial capital has spread a lot. Situ Tai has already taken the initiative to replace Situ Lang ascend the throne. Situ Jun, Situ Biao and Situ Yuan in the south have jointly expressed their opposition to the change of the throne, and the Kingdom of Milan also expressed that it does not want to see changes in the domestic situation of allies. The implication is that Situ Tai's replacement of Situ Lang has put a deadlock in the original situation, which has become somewhat clearer. This has led to the situation within the empire's internal situation even more confusing. The ministers in the court were also fickle and changed their attitudes three times a day. Situ Lang hid in the palace and rarely went to court for a long time.

Due to the disappointing performance of the princes of the Situ family, many people in the empire were not optimistic about the princes of the past, especially the industrial and commercial forces, and some even proposed that the emperor's son-in-law, Li Wufeng, succeeded the throne. Although this statement was immediately criticized and refuted by nobles and court officials from all sides of the imperial capital, it was quietly circulated in the middle and lower classes, especially the industrial and commercial forces were welcomed. No matter what the intention of this remark was, An Qier believed that this was an opportunity and needed to pay more close attention to the development of this dynamic. This new change was also a key factor in An Qier's urging Wufeng to return north as soon as possible.

Finally, Angel suggested that Wufeng quickly arrange someone to replace Wufeng in the south, return to the mainland, and observe the situation from Guanxi. Angel believed that the year ahead will be a year that will determine Wufeng's fate.
Chapter completed!