Yan Xu was speechless, obviously unable to accept Jiang Feng's view. Why are he so harsh on salt merchants and merchants operating quality warehouse cabinet shops, but so preferential to ship owners, silk merchants and marine merchants?

I just thought about the meaning of Jiang Feng's words, but I felt that it was quite reasonable.

Salt merchants are almost risk-free and rely solely on the privileges of the government to make profits. The money merchants make money with money, and their profits are based on other companies to make huge profits. In contrast, shipyards and silk merchants rely on production to make profits. Although maritime merchants have great profits, their risks are even greater. However, it is difficult to assert how to measure the difference between them.

For people of this era, it is indeed a bit too difficult to judge the pros and cons of an industry's development on the entire society.

Even Jiang Feng, a top student in the history department, knew very well that the products that emerged in every era had their own inevitable rules, or social needs, whether they were salt merchants or usury merchants, they were all products that had developed to a certain stage.

But for him, who holds power and knows the general trend of history, he can use his own vision to maximize profits and eliminate disadvantages. That's all. As for those who want to be a chariot, he must of course sweep him into the garbage dump without hesitation.

Yan Xu and Yan Xu could only have a slight understanding and acted ignorantly according to Jiang Feng's intentions. They only knew that the princes should adopt differentiation measures against the gentry. The gentry represented by salt merchants and money merchants should suppress or even be removed. However, shipbuilders, maritime merchants and silk merchants should be opened up and even supported development. Just understand this distinction.

Jiang Feng's intention is actually very clear, and he strongly supports what modern times calls manufacturing and foreign trade, shipbuilding, silk weaving and maritime trade are the big ones.

The same is true for the salt industry, but the group of salt merchants has little value. Of course, it would be different if they could take the initiative to donate to the Xuzhou General Administration.

An industry like the quality warehouse cabinet shop must be retained, but it must limit its development or its profits, otherwise it will affect the development of the manufacturing industry.

Of course, this should have been achieved through market means, but now, whether it is Yangzhou or Xuzhou General Administration, this kind of marketization has not yet been formed. Jiang Feng needs to do a lot of effort to promote it, but this will take a long process. Before that, he can only make some promotions and promotions according to his own ideas.

"What will my brother do next?"

"Hmph, since the prince has authorized me to me, I can deal with it according to my own strategy. Those who are unwilling to hand over private soldiers and have ambiguous attitudes should be dealt with by thunder means. There is no need to lenient. The family is crying better than crying all the way." Yan Xu sighed, "Brother Yu also knows that it will inevitably be criticized, or even stabbed by others. But if this is not the case, Brother Yu will no longer be trusted by the prince. If someone else comes to deal with Yangzhou affairs, I am afraid the situation will be worse."

Yan Xu nodded in agreement, "So, since the prince has this intention, it cannot be changed. It is better for the brother to deal with it. Perhaps they can leave some room for leeway. Whether they have feelings or resentment, they can only be left to them. However, according to my brother's opinion, those people are a minority after all, and the vast majority are still clear-cut. As long as there is not too much impact, most people can accept it. Besides, Yangzhou has not been poisoned by the Huaiyou Army. If it were another family, how could they be turned to point fingers? I'm afraid they would have been bowing their heads and waiting for the disposal."

"Yes, so sometimes you have to be too kind and have to make a bad decision. You can kill and make good use of your kindness, but it can make them grateful." Yan Xu nodded, "This is the virtue of these people."

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The noon sunlight fell in the patio, making the whole hall look brighter. A few butterflies rose and fell from time to time among the flowers and plants in the patio, giving the whole courtyard a little more vitality.

The courtyard walls are high and thick, and the guards are tight. When entering the courtyard, you have to go through three access controls. There are also magical restrictions to hide in the dark. If you are not allowed, an attack will start once you enter.

"I have met my wife." Zhou Rui never thought of seeing this former best friend again in this way.

When Xu Ning got engaged to her brother, she still agreed with her. Although she had already married far away in Yangzhou.

Xu Ning and Xu Jing were both friends with her handkerchiefs and were familiar with her since childhood, so of course she also hoped that the Zhou and Xu families could become in-laws and sisters-in-law with Xu Ning. It was just that fate was a mess, ant thief, Caizhou and Nanyang caused the Xu family to be destroyed. The Zhou family naturally could not marry the Xu family, which had become an unknown Xu family. But who knew that God was teasing people like this, but tied the few people together in this way.

"Xiao Rui, when did you become so distant?" Xu Ning looked at the somewhat panicked woman in front of him, all the things that happened when she was young were flowing in her heart.

At that time, Xu Ning, Xu Jing, Zhou Rui and Ju Hua from the Ju family in Shenzhou, and Du Nan from the Du family in Ehuang and Du Nan were all very close friends. However, with the destruction of the Ju family, Ju Hua disappeared. Du Nan originally married the Chen family in Xuanzhou, but because the Chen family was defeated by ant thieves, he was forced to stay in the name of the name of the Fuzhong family. It can be said that Xu, Ju, Du, and Zhou Xi families all belonged to the families of small local vassal families. Except for the Zhou family's daughter who married a good family, none of the other families had a good result.

However, this result seemed to have undergone some unexpected changes with the destruction of Yang Wu and the Zhou family's return to Xuzhou.

Xu Ning unexpectedly became the wife of the Prince of Pengcheng, while Yang Xun, whom Zhou Rui married, became an ordinary person, and was even worse than ordinary people. This was a huge turning point, but there was a bigger turning point. Zhou Rui was suddenly attracted by the Prince of Pengcheng, and then he secretly got married several times and gave birth to the first offspring of the Prince of Pengcheng.

Even though the origin of this offspring is indeed a bit embarrassing, it is the bloodline of the Prince of Pengcheng who has not yet had a child. This is enough to make people ignore all the problems of his biological mother Zhou Rui.

But all this can be spread out in front of others, but when facing her former best friend, Zhou Rui was both ashamed and frightened.

The "black history" of her marriage as a woman made her inevitably attacked by the generals and ministers of the Xuzhou General Administration. These people would not care about how she gave birth to this son for the Prince of Pengcheng, nor would they underestimate the weight of this male offspring, but would be harsh on his mother.

Zhou Rui even vaguely heard that someone suggested that the child should be handed over to other wives and concubines of the Prince of Pengcheng to raise her, which made her inexplicably frightened her. This was her own flesh and blood, so why did she become like this?

Even if you have married someone, it is not your fault. Why did you have a great sin to give birth to a child for him and even deprive yourself of your own right to raise your own flesh and blood?

"Xiao Ning..." Zhou Rui subconsciously shouted.

"Xiao Rui, how many years have we not met?" Xu Ning's faint smile looked very pleasant, without any other emotions. "After leaving for several years, it's a blessing that we can still see each other appear in front of us."

"There has been no news from Juhua?" Zhou Rui once asked someone to find this former best friend, but when Nanyang conquered Shenzhou, there were chaos and the Ju family refused to surrender, so they also faced each other in Shenzhou City, and there were many missing people.

"No, the people from the Ju family died in that battle, but there was no news about Ju. Maybe they were plundered by the rioters, or maybe they were hidden, and no one could explain it clearly." Xu Ning was also a little sad, "Realistically speaking, if she had no place to go, she should have come to us, but she didn't know where she went."

Zhou Rui was silent.

How many girls born in the war-torn era can make their own decisions and control their own destiny?

Just like myself, marrying Yang Xun was thought to be a best marriage, but in the blink of an eye, the Yang family was destroyed. If it weren't for Jiang Feng's appearance, Yang Xun would have taken it to Chang'an like Yang Pu.

Now I heard that Chang'an is also facing invasion by the Dangxiang people, and he is in panic all day long. These noble families who moved to Chang'an in the past have begun to consider moving back.

The Yang family, like the ones, are already in contact with the Xuzhou General Administration Office, hoping to return to Huainan. Even if they cannot return to Luzhou, they hope to live and live in Shouzhou or Chuzhou or even Xuzhou.

But now that the Yang family has lost power, no one is willing to go to the Grand General Administration for this down-and-out family to talk about the Xiang. The Yang family even found her in front of her, hoping that she could come forward to the prince to talk to her.

"Okay, let's not talk about other people's affairs, let's talk about ourselves." Xu Ning seemed to have thrown away his previous regret, Zhan Yan smiled and said, "Can you bring the child to me for viewing?"

"Ah, OK, OK." Zhou Rui was shocked like a frightened deer, but seemed to immediately realize that he was too sensitive. He nodded quickly and instructed the maid beside him to ask the wet nurse to bring the child over.

Soon the wet nurse brought the child over.

The four-month-old child has already looked a little bit. Although he still can't tell whether he looks like Zhou Rui or Jiang Feng, the lively and cute aura between his eyebrows and eyes still touched Xu Ning's mind.

Zhou Rui carefully observed Xu Ning's expression, but did not notice anything unusual, and felt a little relaxed. He probably was Jiang Feng's first child, and he was a boy. No matter how unhappy Xu Ning was, he would probably have to worry about it.

"Okay, it finally made many people feel relieved." Xu Ning looked for a while before handing the child to the wet nurse and signaled to take him down. "Xiao Jing and Ju Luo have been following the prince, but they have never seen him pregnant. Many people in the General Administration are restless and feel at ease now."
Chapter completed!