"Huaishui Bofu recruited civilians to build cities and villages in Zhiyi and Longbei Mountains."
The terrain on both sides of the Lishui River is relatively flat, and it was very high-quality land in those days. When the Chen and Song Dynasties faced Xu State with their tails between their legs, it was because Xu State could easily explode their troops here.
It’s just that after years of destruction and neglect, no matter how high-quality farmland is, it will become forested and jungled again. For a long time after the Xu Kingdom became king and was overthrown, most of the thirty or forty countries that had paid tribute to the Xu Kingdom
They all died in these forests.
Those fertile fields that were once developed by the "Eastern Overlord" Xu State no longer exist now. Even if there is still cultivation, it is nothing more than the customary burning of wasteland by Huaiyi.
Whether you get more or less depends entirely on luck, and it also depends on the tempers of Chen, Song, Wu, Chu and other countries.
If any one family is in trouble, the Huaiyi tribe who farmed on the farm will be completely deprived of any harvest.
However, with Li Jie's entry, the Huaibei region, which was once extremely chaotic, backward and barren, finally ushered in an unprecedented period of peace.
In the past hundreds of years, there has never been a month without fighting among the Huaiyi tribes.
If you are not fighting against people, you are fighting against nature.
Unfortunately, Huaiyi basically lost the battle.
At this moment, the pavilion chief and the li chief, who spoke with a strange accent, were leading a dozen or twenty peasant soldiers, holding spears and yelling something.
Some people understand it, some people don't.
But soon, someone finally understood that the Wu people wanted to build a city here.
When King Wu Wei came over many years ago, the most he could do was build a fortress and place some troops casually. After a few years, it would be completely abandoned.
For the Wu people, the cost of transforming this land is extremely high.
Even in the Chu State, where meat and vegetables are not tabooed, the royal family only entrusts important ministers and officials to use the land they have, without any other ideas.
If we really say that Yingdu led the development, even the ten Chu states would not be able to afford it.
"The Wu people want to build a city?!"
"Not only do we build cities, we also dig ditches."
“Do we have to farm?!”
"It's just farming."
"Ah, so good! So good!"
Although the local Huaiyi people are called "Yi", most of them are actually remnants of the ancient country.
Even speaking of their roots, many of the Qin people who came here may not be as mellow as others.
"Uncle Huaishui responded so quickly..."
In the market in Huaibei, the merchants of the Song Dynasty were quite surprised. As soon as the Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty decided to unite with the Wei Kingdom to attack the Zheng Kingdom, Huai River actually reacted.
The whole world knew that Li Jie was going to attack Chu, but at this critical moment, he could allocate part of his strength to build the city, which was simply unheard of.
Other countries may wonder if this is Li Jie's "war is never tired of deceit", but the people of the Song Dynasty, especially those who know the details, will only feel numb.
Huaishui Bofu was flexing his muscles and warning the Song Dynasty.
"The Wu people are building a city, and there is no way it will succeed in the short term!"
"What you said is true, but the time limit for the Wu people to build the city is not important."
One person sighed, "When building a city, the most important thing is to be wary of the north."
"..."
With a sigh, many Song businessmen also fell silent.
It is unnecessary to even think about whether the high-level think tanks of the Song State had any crooked ideas. As long as Li Jie attacked Chu, they planned to bribe the Huaiyi people in the south to carry out sabotage.
Based on the total population of Huaiyi people in northern Huaihe, the destructive power caused by them is much greater than that of the Yihu people in Huainan.
Moreover, despite the fact that the Yihu people are now obedient, they were beaten to death by the Huai Shui Bo Mansion. It was Shaha and Yun Zhenlu who ended up personally. Only then can the front be cut with a sharp knife and the rear be managed in a unified manner.
Lao Yunzhen's signboard is indeed very effective in Huainan.
But in Huaibei, it's not the same thing.
After Huaiyi experienced a great flood, among those who were eliminated by natural disasters, who was not a person with a strong desire to survive and a tough mind?
It is very difficult to suppress someone relying solely on prestige.
Benefits must be given, and they must be real benefits.
It is precisely because of this judgment that the people of Song Dynasty originally planned to bribe Huaiyi and then secretly sabotage it.
As long as Li Jie reveals a flaw and strikes hard at the most critical moment of his attack on Chu, not to mention intercepting him in the middle, but just plundering the cities near Huaizhong City, it will be enough to make the Huaiyi tribes so excited that they cannot control themselves.
How could you not want revenge?
Li Jie started from scratch until now, and Song Guo's role in it is simply that of a transportation captain.
If you lack reputation, give it directly and give it back twice.
Due to lack of labor, not only the soldiers of Dai but also Xue were sold.
Even Li Jie's international status directly surpassed that of the Wu State with Zi Lu Fei's "Great Jue".
Powerful in the Central Plains.
Your own misfortune has created your enemy's success. If you don't hate it with itch, it would be a shame to your own conscience.
There are not a few people in the Song Dynasty who are plotting revenge. They are all from top to bottom. It can be regarded as a rare effort to work together.
It's just that there is a gap between the two sides in terms of hard power. The top elites of the Song Dynasty are not without their strength.
As long as Li Jie, a loyal minister of the Wu State, does not rebel for a day, he is still a member of the Wu State. If he confronts Li Jie, he is declaring war on the Wu State.
Therefore, regardless of subjective will or objective reality, the Song Dynasty could only support cats and dogs to scratch people.
Scratching Li Jie is the best way to cure rabies and tetanus. Scratching has no effect. At least it makes people feel sad, which is quite pleasant, isn't it?
It just made the Song spies feel a little uncomfortable. It seemed that Li Jie didn't even intend to give the Song people such an opportunity.
"With the number of iron tools in Huai Shui Bo Mansion, I am afraid that Huaibei will really become a granary again."
Even now, what you see is either grassland or jungle, and even some camphor trees. After decades of being left unused, they have grown to the thickness of an adult.
Not to mention the dense canopy of trees, the trees are connected together, which is really spectacular.
With such a natural ecology, no matter which country you come from, cutting down trees is a big problem.
After cutting down, re-cultivation is still a big problem.
No matter which one, it requires a lot of manpower and tools.
Perhaps young and strong labor is nothing to Chen, Song and Wu Chu.
But tools are different. All precious bronzes cannot be wasted on working tools.
Li Jie is just the opposite of them. What he lacks most is labor, but he has no shortage of tools.
Even if there is not enough pig iron production now, the super efficiency of stone tool processing can organize people to chop down trees with stone axes one by one, and there is no need to worry about the hard consumption of stone tools.
"If we can unite Qilu, maybe..."
"How can Qilu get involved?"
The people of the Song Dynasty themselves didn't believe it, but now there was an opportunity. Li Jie actually implemented examinations to select talents in Huaizhong City. This was a very dangerous signal.
There was no need for people from the Song Dynasty to publicize it. There were elites in Qi and Lu who began to publicize the harm of such behavior. Once a general trend was formed, it would be difficult to pass on the high rank and salary easily.
It's just that no matter what other countries think, maybe for "Chixia", maybe for "Zixiao", maybe even for ceramics or ironware, they still maintain business relations with Li Jie.
As for whether they want to turn against Li Jie, other countries may want to see the internal reaction of Wu State.
Even in Gusu, the capital of Wu State, international spies have begun to operate, and through official channels, there are also "travelers" who are criticizing Li Jie's bad behavior to King Wu.
I don’t know whether Wu Wanghui understood the seriousness of the matter, but Taishu Mao was indeed furious and openly criticized Li Jie for being “rebellious”. Obviously, he also knew very well that as long as he passed the exam organized by Li Jie this time, he was very angry.
It's a difficult period, but the people who benefit from it will give their full support.
The system of the Wu State, which was already quite fragile, might start to collapse overnight without even needing Li to use a single soldier.
The conservative forces are more conservative, and the opposition opponents are more radical. It is not impossible for both sides to use this as an excuse to escalate the conflict again and directly erupt into a super civil war.
This is what Tai Shumao is most worried about.
Li Jie organized an exam to give the Wuhu region an already fragile balance, causing an earthquake.
Wang Ji, who was originally a spark, suddenly made people see that within the chaotic Wu State system, there was still such a clear stream, how could it not be surging?
When the old monster was alive, the huge ruling territory could be suppressed by relying on the old monster's personal prestige. The fragile system could always be maintained as long as there were powerful figures.
And with the departure of political strongmen one after another, this backward, chaotic and weird system naturally started to suffer from dog-eat-dog situations.
This kind of biting by the upper class is not what they want from the middle and lower classes. What they want is order after all.
Within the entire territory of Wu State, the only one who can provide order is Li Jie and Huaizhong City.
And there, not only was there order, but there were also strong men, authoritative figures like King Wu Wei.
This kind of psychological compensation is very subtle, and for Tai Shumao, he knows it all too well.
However, everything was in vain. Facing Li Jie, Tai Shumao, like the people of Song Dynasty, could only stare. No matter how much he gritted his teeth, he was still powerless.
It is already very difficult to deal with the dog biting dog in front of you. How about checking and balancing a mad dog like Li Jie?
Unless Tai Shumao's father returns from the underworld and is possessed by his soul.
The observation of Song merchants at the Huishui market made the experienced spies among them feel cold. They originally thought that while the Suishui area was still unstable under Li Jie's rule, they could always bribe one or two Huaiyi tribes.
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But as the local pavilion chiefs and li chiefs were paraded around by a special group of "Huaiyi", the people of the Song Dynasty immediately gave up the idea and prepared to return to Shangqiu in advance to truthfully report the situation here to the Prime Minister.
"Zhi family, Wu family..."
"Although I have long heard about the marriage between the Yanling Yunyan family, the same branch clan, and the Wu family, I never thought that the Yanling Yunyan family actually has an uncle-nephew relationship?!"
"South of Suishui...alas!"
With a sigh, seeing the Zhi family, Wu family and others smiling brightly, the Song people had no choice but to sigh.