The weather in September is still hot.
Under the scorching sunshine, Wang Jing took a cloud car and took Bu Zhi, Han Xizai and others to inspect Jinhu and other places.
The sky is high and the clouds are light, and the proximity to large rivers and lakes causes the water vapor near Jinhu to be dense.
The land near rivers and lakes is also more fertile than other places.
It has been some time since Jinhu fell into the hands of the Huai Army. According to the rules of the Huai Army, these newly surrendered people began to cultivate farmland according to the instructions of the Yamen officials.
These fertile lands provided a large amount of food and grass to the original Fu Gongyou.
Fu Gongyou himself is good at internal affairs, and Jinhu's government and civil affairs are pretty good.
This saved Huai Army officials a lot of trouble when they took over.
Wang Jing was on the cloud cart, looking at the people who were busy in the fields. It didn't take long for Jinhu to recover from the war, but these people had already regained their composure.
"If all the land near Jinhu is reclaimed, the food harvested from these lands alone will be enough to support an army of 200,000 for a year... It is indeed the land of the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers, a land of plenty!"
Wang Jing sighed softly.
"It's not just Jinhu. Not long ago, I saw documents from Shuyang and Siyang. Mr. Wang Guangyang has already appeased the people and is calling on them to reclaim wasteland and open fields on a large scale... These two places will definitely become industrial areas in the future. A land of food!"
Bu Zhao echoed with a smile.
In fact, Jianghuai, Zhongyuan, and Hebei are themselves sacred places.
Compared with these three places, Guanzhong, Jiangnan, and Huguang are slightly inferior.
Whether it is Jinhu, Shuyang or Siyang, they all belong to Jianghuai.
Among the other prefectures and counties set up by Wang Jing, Qinghe Prefecture has weaker land and grain production. Other places can provide Wang Jing with a large amount of grain and grass every year.
The continuous supply of food and grass is the foundation for Wang Jing's continuous expansion.
In the original history, the Tang Dynasty pacified the world so quickly that it could be said that the autumn wind swept the fallen leaves. After entering Guanzhong, it dealt with all the princes in the east without any disadvantage.
The reason is that Li Tang never lacks food and grass, and his opponents, whether they are Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande, or the many thieves in Shandong, must save every bit of food and grass.
The Tang army could be defeated and would recover quickly after defeat, but other princes could not fail. Once defeated, they would be unable to breathe and die suddenly.
At this time, Wang Jing was almost the same as the Tang Dynasty in the original history.
As long as he captures Yangzhou, he will truly be successful. Even if he fails a few times in future expansion, it won't hurt.
"Well...Xu Xuan did a good job!"
"He is now the acting magistrate of Jinhu County. If he can continue to appease the people, reclaim the land, and completely integrate this land into our army, I can promote him to be the magistrate of Jinhu County!"
Wang Jing turned his head slightly, smiled and said to Bu Zhi and Han Xizai.
Han Xizai showed a smile on his face and said quickly: "Xu Xuan was originally a scholar. He has the ability he has today mainly because he learned a lot from the king and gained a lot of knowledge!"
"If it weren't for the king, he would still be a scholar now!"
When Wang Jing heard this, he couldn't help but smile and said: "You're going too far. Xu Xuan's ability depends entirely on his own efforts... By the way, doesn't he have a brother? How is his brother now?"
Han Xizai's expression did not change. Everyone knew that Xu Xuan had a close relationship with him, and there was no need to avoid this in front of the king.
He smiled and said: "Xu Xuan's younger brother is named Xu Kai. He was originally in Yangzhou. Later, after hearing the news about his elder brother Xu Xuan, he traveled thousands of miles to defect to our army. Now he is working as a secretary in the palace!"
"Oh? He was originally in Yangzhou?"
Wang Jing frowned slightly and continued to ask: "Then does he know what talents are there in Yangzhou? Have these talents served the Sui army?"
There are tens of millions of people living near Yangzhou and Gaoyou, scattered in various Wubao villages, and there are even more small-scale mountain farmers.
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If these people are included, there are at least 20 million people in Yangzhou Prefecture.
With so many people, there must be talents from JAC Jiangdong hidden among them.
Han Xizai shook his head and said: "I and Xu Kai have also said this, but Xu Kai has never heard of any great talent... Even if there is a great talent, he will never go to Yang Guang!"
"If Yang Jian is in power, a great virtuous person will take the initiative to vote for him!"
Whether it is Han Xizai, Yang Shuang, He Chou and others, they all have the same view on Yang Guang.
"Right!"
Wang Jing did not continue to ask.
At this time, there was a sound of horse hooves in the distance, and they were quickly approaching the Yun Chai that was slowly driving on the road. The thousand fine cavalry guarding the Yun Chai immediately became alert.
Jinhu is different from Sihong. This place has just fallen into the hands of the Huai army, and all the Wubao strongholds on the surface have been suppressed and cleared.
But there are still many rioters and bandits in the mountains and fields who have not been wiped out.
These people have limited strength and cannot threaten Wang Jing's safety at all.
But as personal guards, their duty is to avoid harassment and solve troubles for Wang Jing. If something unexpected happens, they are derelict in their duties.
But then they saw that this was information sent by a courier from the Military Intelligence Department.
Wang Jing was away for a long time and needed to know the situation in Sihong and the information about the surrounding princes. The Military Intelligence Department sends all kinds of information every day.
General information only needs to be sent to the palace.
But some important information must be delivered to Wang Jing as soon as possible.
"Report, Fan Yin, the head of the Military Intelligence Department, has something important to report!"
The messenger rushed over and quickly took out the documents.
Han Xizai stuck his head out, took the document and sent it to Wang Jing.
Wang Jing opened it casually, glanced at it, and frowned slightly.
After he read it, he left the document in front of Bu Zhi and Han Xizai, "Look, there is another uninvited guest who wants to interfere in Yangzhou and take a piece of meat from Yang Guang!"
Bu Zhi picked it up and looked at it, and was shocked, "It's Chen Baxian!"
The document said that Chen Baxian lost the battle with the Ming army and was forced to cross the river to Liuhe. After knowing the situation in Yangzhou, he personally sent troops to expand eastward and had captured Tongshan.
Further east is Yangzhou Jiangdu.
Unexpectedly, while Wang Jing was still fighting with the Sui army in the north, Chen Baxian suddenly intervened and led his army to advance by leaps and bounds, directly approaching Jiangdu.
This information is very important to the Huai Army.
After reading the intelligence, Han Xizai felt a little emotional. Historically, it was Yang Guang who was the nominal southern expeditionary force, and finally crossed the river south to destroy Nanchen.
The founding king of Nanchen was none other than Chen Baxian.
The other party saw that Yang Guang was in a bad situation, so he took advantage of the situation and stabbed Yang Guang's lung tube directly.
Plus Chen Baxian's troops.
Yang Guang was really surrounded by enemies on all sides.
"Your Majesty, I heard that Yang Guang, Zhang Shicheng and Liu Laozhi have stopped their troops. The two armies are returning. Chen Baxian made a sudden move. He may be able to help our army block one of the troops..."
“I think it’s not a bad thing for Chen Ba to intervene first!”
Bu Zhi said with his hands raised.
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