Ever since the edict issued by Emperor Chu came out, refugees from all directions flocked to Wanlong City.
at first.
Many people just come here with a trying mentality, hoping to get a bite to eat.
I dare not expect that Emperor Chu will reward them with money and food.
But when refugees enter the city, they not only have food to eat, but also money to receive it.
This made the people entering the city ecstatic.
He praised the Emperor of Chu and worshiped him as a heavenly being.
Although they were the people of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Emperor of the Western Zhou Dynasty could not care about their life or death.
In order to survive, they will of course choose to support whoever can provide them with food.
When the news came out that the people would be able to receive money and food, in just half a month, as few as 200,000 people gathered in Wanlong City.
The Emperor of Chu never broke his promise, and everyone who entered the city would receive money and food.
Inside the city lord's palace.
Emperor Chu called Jiang Shang, and they sat in the study.
Jiang Shang looked at Emperor Chu and spoke first: "Your Majesty, there are more and more refugees appearing in the three cities of Wanli, Wanlong, and Ice. Do you want to continue to provide them with money and food?"
Emperor Chu shook his head and said with a smile: "Of course not. The number of refugees continues to increase. There will be many in the future. These people could be self-reliant and have enough food and clothing."
"I can support them for a year in Chu. Over time, no matter how strong the national power is, it will be exhausted."
"Ziya, I came to you today to discuss this matter."
Jiang Shang knew that Emperor Chu had a plan, otherwise, he would never have accepted so many refugees rashly.
"Your Majesty, please give me your instructions. I will take care of it immediately!"
Emperor Chu said: "Ziya, the place I visited in the Western Zhou Dynasty was not caused by the depletion of spiritual energy, which caused the loss of vitality in the land. The real reason is that someone sealed the spiritual source of this place and the vein of life underground."
"I have found the source and can solve it in a few days, so I decided to ask you to write an edict and tell the people entering the city."
"I will give them land and seeds. They need to cultivate the land again. Before harvesting, the empire will distribute food to them for free."
Jiang Shang nodded and his face changed slightly, "Your Majesty, is there really a way to regenerate the earth, give it life, and produce food?"
Emperor Chu said: "Ziya, don't you believe me?"
Jiang Shang suddenly bowed and said in fear: "How dare I question Your Majesty? But if Your Majesty lifts the seal, the entire Western Zhou Dynasty will be revived. Doesn't this help the Western Zhou Emperor solve the problem?"
Emperor Chu smiled and said, "Ziya has foresight. With this powerful relationship, I have already thought that even if the seal is lifted, the people will choose to stay because they can get free food and seeds."
"Now that we are back and leaving, the Emperor of Western Zhou Dynasty will still not be able to provide them with food to survive until there is no harvest."
"So these people will not leave. On the contrary, they will work hard to cultivate the land. Once the harvest is good, even if they are driven away, they will not leave."
"At that time, we can let the Imperial Chamber of Commerce purchase the grain from the people. In addition, given the current situation of the Western Zhou Emperor, he will not be able to hold on for long."
Jiang Shang looked at the Emperor of Chu with awe in his eyes, "My emperor is strategizing and resourceful. All the people want to join Chu. If the Western Zhou Dynasty will not be able to conquer the country, what kind of king is the Western Zhou Emperor?"
"The common people in ancient times have conquered the world. Your Majesty's move can easily capture the Western Zhou Dynasty without any bloodshed."
Emperor Chu smiled and said: "War consumes people and money, and the consumption is almost the same as this. With such a convenient method, why let the soldiers fight to the death on the battlefield?"
actually.
There is another very important reason why Emperor Chu did not tell Jiang Shang, that is, after the refugees entered the city, Fan Fan was grateful to him.
Or you can gain the power of faith by believing in him. In this way, in just half a month, Emperor Chu's power of faith converted merit points up to 500,000.
so.
As long as refugees dare to come, he will accept them.
For Chu State, there are advantages and no disadvantages, so why not do it?
After Jiang Shang took the order and left, Emperor Chu was in a good mood and decided to go to the place determined by the system to remove the spiritual source seal of the Western Zhou Dynasty and the vein of life.
Emperor Chu came to the outer courtyard of the city lord, looked up at the sky, smiled lightly, and the next second, his figure disappeared from the place, turning into a stream of light and going away.
at the same time.
Inside the Western Zhou City.
In the palace.
Ji Fa received the news and learned that a large number of refugees were heading to Wanlong, Wanli, and Ice Cities. He was so angry that his eyes turned black and he was furious.
Extremely shameless.
Extremely shameless.
This is simply taking advantage of the situation.
Ji Fa never expected that Emperor Chu would start with refugees. There were millions of refugees in the entire Western Zhou Dynasty. Could he really accept them all?
Moreover, three cities can accommodate so many people?
Little did I know.
After the refugees entered the three cities, many of the defenders of the Western Zhou cities began to waver.
They were responsible for guarding the city and ensuring peace, but in the end they were starved to death and could starve to death at any time.
As a general, he failed to die on the battlefield, but starved to death.
It's simply too mocking.
Now many city guards have taken the initiative to surrender to Emperor Chu and choose to follow Emperor Chu.
Everyone has his own ambition, no one can force it.
Everyone is just trying to survive, there is nothing wrong with that.
certainly.
Ji Fa shouted without knowing all this.
The influx of refugees into the three cities alone has begun to shake the foundation of the Western Zhou Dynasty. If no solution can be found now.
If things go on like this, the Western Zhou Dynasty will be in vain and will be completely divided by Emperor Chu.
Another thing that gave Ji Fa a headache was that Jiang State no longer provided food and grass to the Western Zhou Dynasty.
for a while.
The Western Zhou Dynasty was hit on both sides, and Ji Fa knew very well that due to such internal and external troubles, the Western Zhou Dynasty was about to perish.
Ji Fa looked down at the ministers and said in a deep voice: "My beloved ministers, is there any way to resolve the current crisis?"
Everyone fell silent.
A few moments.
An old man came out and said, "Your Majesty, Emperor Chu is provoking the power of the Western Zhou Dynasty. I think I, the overlord of the Western Zhou Dynasty, cannot allow him to be so presumptuous."
"In my humble opinion, I can raise troops to attack Chu and seize the War Continent. It is an urgent matter."
"Raise troops to attack Chu!"
"Raise troops to attack Chu!"
In the main hall, all the ministers agreed in unison.
Ji Fa narrowed his eyes slightly and secretly said in his mind, how easy is it to raise troops to attack Chu?
The battle with Chu will definitely be protracted.
Given the current situation in the Western Zhou Dynasty, this is not allowed.
If you want to fight the Chu State, you must first find a place to stay and let the Western Zhou Dynasty recover its strength before you can fight.
Now in the conflict with the Chu State, the Chu Emperor did not need to raise troops. As long as he could not defend himself, the Western Zhou Dynasty would be exhausted.
Does Ji Fa not know that the War Continent is the best place to survive in the Western Zhou Dynasty?
But the Emperor of Chu was not a kind person, so joining the army was not easy.
at this time.
There was a sound of footsteps outside the palace, and a chamberlain entered quickly, stepped forward and bowed, "Your Majesty, Jiang, Wei, and Yan jointly mobilized troops to launch a fierce attack on our land in the Western Zhou Dynasty."
"Battle reports came from the front, five cities have been captured."
The wall fell down and everyone pushed it.
House seemingly endless rain.
The three kingdoms of Jiang, Wei, and Yan wanted to take the opportunity to carve up the Western Zhou Dynasty.
Ji Fazhou's anger surged, his eyes flickered, and a fierce murderous intention burst out from his eyes.
"Come here, prepare the dragon chariot, I am going to Ten Thousand Dragons City!"