In the northwest small town of Xincai, Wu Chuan was very excited as he was counting livestock. He never thought that such a day would come to him.
"My dear, why are there one hundred and sixty oxen?"
Wu Chan, who originally hid his wife, now dares to ask her to come out to help. And he boldly asks his wife to call him "beloved man". Why is he not "beloved man"?
Certified by the General!
"You don't know something."
Wu Chan chuckled and said to his wife, "Although this small town in the northwest also hides soldiers, it is usually a place for leasing cattle and keeping cattle. Why do you think I chose this place? It's because of the number of cattle, horses, sheep and dogs here."
The large livestock in Xincai, or in other words, the large livestock circulating in the market in Xincai, are basically all in the small towns in the northwest.
Firstly, it is convenient for transportation, and secondly, the place is large and can raise many livestock.
Most of the time, the small town's war preparedness role is not needed. When war breaks out, it can be mobilized at any time.
It's just that this time Li Jie was more wicked and flooded Xincai. He was so efficient and fast that Xincai couldn't react at all.
Normally, if you want to dig up Rushui Dacheng, it is impossible to succeed without three to five thousand people.
And even if there are three to five thousand people, dams must be built in advance to store water. Otherwise, the water speed is not enough and it will be relatively slow to break down the artificially dug dams.
Unlike Commissioner Li, countless openings came out in one night, and the water poured out at once, just enough to cover Xincai.
The mud really made it more difficult to siege the city, and it also made the defenders quite happy.
But similarly, there is a big problem with the transfer of materials. If you want to mobilize the big animals in a small northwest town, the organization's manpower is very high.
In the past, it was enough to drive the animals, but the mud made it impossible for the animals to walk as usual. If they got stuck for a while, the animals' physical strength would be exhausted.
Unlike humans, livestock have very poor endurance.
"Now that we have meat, I heard that the general will reward cattle, sheep, pigs and dogs. Several villages around here...haven't you noticed that they all go to and from the small town in the northwest, and then take the road to Rushui and then to Baiyi?
"
Wu Chan's wife hid in a relatively remote area. After all, she had to run out of Zhuma City. She didn't know these ways. She just thought that her husband was lucky and might have become rich.
But to what extent, I have no idea.
"If this is the case, why don't I ask my family to invite my father and brothers to come and help my beloved?"
When Wu Chuan was struggling from the bottom, it was naturally impossible to find a good wife. His wife's family was also a small businessman, with a low social status and a little money. But just a small official could make a family like theirs.
Die directly.
Those who become businessmen without their tail between their legs usually have a great background.
Many wealthy businessmen want to be apprenticed to "famous people", and they also use their reputation to offset public relations costs.
Since "celebrities" are not as good as the big aristocrats, they also need funding from wealthy businessmen. "Disciples are responsible for their work." All expenses are often covered by "Kaizi", but "Kaizi" is not without gain.
Of the one hundred dysprosium, sixty should be taken out for processing, but now, maybe because he is a disciple of a "famous scholar", he only needs twenty dysprosium.
A country bumpkin like Wu Chan doesn't even have a surname, so naturally he can only live with his tail between his legs. His father-in-law's family has a similar financial situation, so he can be said to be "well-matched", so he can live a makeshift life.
But now, it has really turned around.
"This is the time to show off your skills. Father and brother, you will definitely gain something if you come here!"
After saying that, Wu Yuan also quickly reminded his wife, "It's just that a good wife must inform her uncles and uncles in advance. There are many rules in the general's place. Compared with Cai State, the punishments can be described as severe, so they should not be underestimated."
Wu Chan saw with his own eyes what the consequences would be if he challenged the rules of Yinxiang set by Li Jie.
After challenging the challenge again and again, Wu Chan has already planted several saplings on those unlucky graves.
"I'm just afraid that my father and brother won't be able to restrain themselves."
"If you can't be restrained, just stay in Zhuma City." After saying this, Wu Chan said solemnly, "'Dan Fu' is an old friend. Now he is the captain of the new righteous brigade of the rebel army. He has 500 elite soldiers in his hand. He can be called a sergeant.
, comparable to a doctor. A good wife in Baiyi should also know that the general has more than ten thousand soldiers, and the 'carrier' is so valued by the general, and his future status will be clear even if he doesn't know!"
In fact, he was tactfully reminding his wife that the father-in-law and his brothers-in-law should not be stupid. They are not restrained. In Zhumacheng, aren't they just horse traders? No matter how free they are, it is only because of the state of Cai and the state of Chu.
There happens to be such a market environment here.
But the market environment is changing every day, so if the market goes bad, wouldn’t the whole family be in trouble?
You must know that most of the merchants who sell horses do not have much land. At most, they have some properties in the cities. This kind of risk resistance is simply appallingly low.
As someone who rose up from the bottom after many struggles, Wu Chan's sense of crisis is particularly prominent.
After all, this is something you feel the same way and deal with every day.
Having followed Wu Chan for many years, Wu Chan's wife is not a foolish person. She understood the implication of Wu Chan's words and said solemnly: "When a good man meets an opportunity, he will become a man. I will persuade my father and brother to put important things first."
"good!"
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Li Jie has always dealt with large animals according to the old method of Biyang Kingdom. When developing farmland, he always maximizes the ability of large animals and precious labor. Obviously, there are more important things to do.
After the flood in "Huaixia" gradually eased, Shang Wuji had apparently reconnected with Li Jie, and one after another old boatmen began to enter Huaizhong with supplies.
And Shang Wuji finally knew how big a business his brother-in-law had done on both sides of the Huai River.
"Shou Li Zhen is a divine man!"
My uncle who lives in Hanyi has only this emotion after summarizing all the information collected over a long period of time.
Before, he had wondered why the Yanling Yunyan family suddenly became eager again, constantly selling to him, and constantly emphasizing that the two families were from the same family. What was even more exaggerated was that the late mother's natal family suddenly appeared.
There are many Zhi clans and Wu clans who are friendly to him...
After three battles and three victories, he won three cities, Huaizhong City, Liao City, and Baiyi City. Now it is Li Jie's best territory on both sides of the Huai River.
These are already known to outsiders, and there are some secrets that only senior internal officials can know.
For example, when Xincai's "Xuanjia Brigade" was completely wiped out and brigade commander Cai Ying surrendered to Li Jie, very few outsiders knew about it.
And because the "Xuanjia Brigade" was completely wiped out, the vast area east of Yingshui River was tantamount to getting everything.
In terms of "ruled" area alone, Li Jie's territory is not much worse than that of King Gou Chen of Wu.
It's just that the gold content of these sites is too low, and it may not be as good as a Gusu Wangji. If you want to cultivate and manage it deeply, you will not see the results every ten or eight years.
But this is not what Shang Wuji is worried about. As long as the land is occupied, with the strange system currently running in Yinxiang, production can really be restored quickly, and then the endogenous cycle will begin.
"I don't know when Shou Li will return to Suzhou. There are a lot of news about Suzhou now, which is really worrying."
Shang Wuji was very worried. Now Wu King Gouchen's appearance was getting less and less. Many people speculated that he might not be able to survive this year or even survive the autumn harvest.
However, at this time, the more he worried about the old monster's actions before his death. Shang Wuji's memory of the old monster also had the feeling of "a god is alive".
No matter how incompetent the old monster is, he is so powerful that he is definitely not a loser like Zi Lu Fei.
Even outside the Wu Kingdom, few people know the true age of the old monster. Only the wealthy elites around Suzhou can clearly know that the old monster is actually less than sixty years old this year.
Even his old neighbor Yue Guo thought that Gou Chen was almost seventy years old. As for going abroad, it was because Gou Chen was about sixty-five years old.
The mixture of true and false information was so confusing that Shang Wuji had to worry about what would happen at the last moment.
"Gentleman!"
At Hanyi Station, after a fast boat departed from Jiangyin County and arrived at Hanyi, there was immediately a "boat transfer" to the station.
This time the "Zhu Zhuan" was a close confidant of the Shang family in Yinxiang. After seeing Shang Wuji, he immediately said: "Gentleman! There has been another change in the King of Gusu!"
"Um?!"
Shang Wuji was stunned: "How is Master Wang?"
"The five lakes are gathered together, it seems they want to swear an oath!"
"ah?!"
Shang Wuji stood up suddenly, his eyes widened. Sure enough, even if Wu Wang Gouchen was about to die, he would not die like this!
"Gentleman! After several inquiries, I can only find out that the king has sworn the oath, but I still don't know why he swore the oath! There is no news from the palace!"
No news came out in the palace, indicating that it was blocked. Even rising nobles like the fake "Da Chang Jie" Chang Jie had to carefully serve Wu King Gouchen before he died.
"Sworn Master?! Where are you going to attack? Could it be the 'Nanchao Clan'? Could it be the Wangji Family?"
A wave of local wealthy families have been killed before, and a large number of established wealthy families could only be dismembered, such as the Yu family and the Jia family. I dare not say that they fell apart, but their vitality was definitely severely damaged.
The Jia family even moved to Tangyi, leaving their hometown and becoming a humble person. This kind of loss was so great that it would take at least two generations for the Jia family to embrace the emperor's lap again in order to recover.
While Shang Wuji was still speculating, in the Gusu Palace, the fake "Da Chang Shi" Chang Jie carefully served King Wu Gouchen: "Your Majesty, the guards are lined up, and the chariots and chariots are all ready."
Gou Chen, who was sitting there, had white beard and hair, but his eyes were deep and looking forward, completely emotionless, as if he was in a daze, but soon his voice sounded calm and hoarse.
"Those who travel to Kuaiji return to Gusu?"
"Your Majesty, we have arrived."
"Um."
Nodding slightly, Gou Chen did not look at Chang Jie. He slowly stood up on his own, holding the sword at his waist with one hand and throwing out half of the Golden Tiger Talisman in his hand: "Send the order, destroy Yue."
With a clanking sound, half of the Golden Tiger Talisman fell to the ground, jumped a few times, and finally became motionless.