In 359 BC, in the sixteenth year of the Marquis of Zhao Cheng, the Marquis of Zhao united with Han and Wei to divide the only remaining land of the Jin State and gave the Duan clan to the Jin monarch.

In 358 BC, the eleventh year of King Xian of Zhou. In order to ease relations with Zhao and Korea, and to show the strength of Wei, King Hui of Wei successively allied with Han Hou in Wusha and Zhao Chenghou in Ge Yin.

Under pressure from Wei, Zhao and Korea had no choice but to form an alliance with Wei and recognize Wei's supremacy in order to ease tensions with Wei and not anger King Hui of Wei.

In this year, Gongsun Ying (Shang Ying) strictly enforced the law in the Qin State and cut off the noses of the prince's teachers, Gongzi Qian and Gongsun Jia.

Gongzi Qian and Gongsun Jia were negligent in disciplining, causing the prince to make mistakes.

Therefore! Gongsun Ying (Shang Ying) offended Gongzi Qian (the prince's uncle) and the crown prince (the future king of Qin), laying the foundation for the later chariot cracks.

In 357 BC, the twelfth year of King Xian of Zhou. In order not to be suppressed by Wei, Lu, Song, Wei, South Korea and other countries supported King Wei Hui as king.

Before, King Wei Hui was not a king.

This year! Gongsun Ying, because of his meritorious service in the Qin State, was promoted to the head of the left house.

In this year, that is, in 357 BC, King Xuan of Chu sent Right Yin Hei to marry the daughter of Qin Xiaogong and marry Qin State.

This year, the sheep girl gave birth to a daughter as she wished. Before! The sheep girl is pregnant once. Unfortunately, it didn't work out and had a miscarriage halfway.

Bai Gui has been here in Linquan for most of the past few years, and has been back to Zhoudi several times, but he has come back soon. I also went to the depths of the grassland and met with Lan Gongzi.

Fortunately, there is one thing worth mentioning, and that is! The new monarch of Yiqu sent an envoy to reconcile with Bai Gui.

Back then! Baekyu fought with him near Linquan, and the two sides were enemies.

Bai Gui did not refuse, and sent the third brother-in-law to pay a return visit with a heavy gift. From now on! Yiqu and Linquan became friendly neighbors.

After more than two years of construction, the canal diversion project was basically completed. The artificial lake has also been successfully built, the lake surface is not large, the lake is not deep, and it is a seasonal lake. During the flood season, the lake has two or three hundred acres. During the drought period, the lake is only a dozen acres, which is about the same as a reservoir.

Because of the water source, the soil in the area around the spring has been moistened and changed. Although it is not possible to grow aquatic crops such as rice, but! After the soil is moist, it is very suitable for the growth of dryland crops and will not be drought.

After Bai Gui diverted the water to the artificial lake, he dug a number of channels to divert the water from the lake to distant places and nourish more land.

In the artificial lake, Bai Gui also introduced many species of fish from the deer park and released them in the lake. During the flood season, people can also go to the channel to catch fish. After the flood season, the lake recedes and shrinks, and the lake is somewhat "overcrowded".

The people who migrated from Wei all settled down, and they all had their own houses and mature land. Some families have a new population, the population who gave birth to Linquan. People's lives are stable, they are all secure, and they all have a sense of happiness.

Other than that! Bai Gui also migrated nearly 30,000 people from other parts of the Zhou region. Most of them are from Zhao and South Korea, and they are all people who have been traumatized by the war. People from more than a dozen small countries in the land of Huaibei have also migrated a lot. Because their country is small and has a small population, the number of people who migrate is not large.

In the states of Qi and Chu, almost no one was willing to migrate.

The state of Chu, in particular, was reluctant to migrate. The people of Jiangbei in the state of Chu would rather migrate to Jiangnan than to Linquan. You say that no matter how good Linquan is, people don't believe it.

Of course! Not absolutely! There are also some people who believe in Bai Gui and still migrate.

Qi country! Only those who are close to the border, those who have suffered from war, are willing to move. And the people in the land of Qi are reluctant to migrate. Those people would rather migrate to the mountains than to the savannah.

Of course! Not absolutely! In the territory of Qi State, there are still many people who believe in Bai Gui and are willing to migrate over.

Baekyu takes the method of breaking it into pieces, so! He migrated nearly 60,000 people to Zhongshan and Linquan, but none of them attracted the attention of history.

All the people who migrated to Linquan did not go empty-handed, but they all helped Bai Gui to transport goods. So! The level thought it was a member of the caravan, so it was released. Furthermore! Bai Gui bought the checkpoint and asked them to report as many people as they went out.

The migrants live along the perimeter of the artificial lake, mainly in agriculture.

Those who know how to craft generally live in Linquan City and engage in various handicrafts in Linquan City.

Among the nearly 60,000 people, more than 10,000 are craftsmen, several thousand are craftsmen of various kinds, and several hundred are talents of special types of work. Other than that! There are also a lot of teaching gentlemen.

And less than 40,000 people actually farm.

Right now! A new problem arose, the northern part of Linquan was empty and uninhabited.

The people who migrated lived in places where there was a source of water. In the south, along a line of channels, in the direction of the deer park.

On the side of the grove, it has become a tertiary industrial area, a leisure industrial area, and the center of Linquan. There are more inns, restaurants, and wine shops. Right now! Bai Guikai's "New Dragon Gate Inn" has been squeezed out by competitors, and it is no longer the only inn.

In Linquan, it is no longer Bai Gui's world alone. Many wealthy people came from Zhoudi, opened inns here, ran restaurants, wine shops, and other places.

And the rich people in the various tribes on the grassland also came to Linquan one after another to open a tavern and pretend to be compared.

They don't just open taverns to make money, but! Those who come from the grassland and tribes generally live in their wine shops and inns. Just like modern people, open a restaurant or something in an unfamiliar city to attract hometown people.

On the side of the trade city, there are more merchants from the grassland than from the mainland. The business in the mainland is still dominated by the caravans of Bai Gui. In terms of price positioning, it is still up to Bai Gui's side to decide. After all! To come here from Zhongshan, you still need to walk a section of the prairie, and the merchants from the mainland dare not come.

Many merchants from Zhongshan came over, and they pulled their goods from Linquan to Zhongshan and sold them to merchants from the mainland who came to Zhongshan Kingdom.

Before! Yinshan Town in Zhongshan Country is the trading center between the people of Zhou and the north. Right now! The trading center became Linquan Castle.

Bai Gyu's biggest concern right now is the safety of the Trade City.

He didn't want to build a country, he didn't want to have an army. But! If there is no army? There is no security on the side of the trade city. If someone organizes 100 people to rob it, it will be difficult to fight.

Now the protection of the trade city depends entirely on his guards. And his escort force can only protect himself.

His all-in-one plan didn't work for these merchants. These businessmen have no concept of the state or the concept of collectivity. They have only themselves, only their own interests.

On the side of the migrants, although all of them are soldiers, they only protect their crops, their families, and their homes, and the affairs of the trade city are none of their business.

These migrants can sell their harvested agricultural products to Linquan Trade City, and they can get a good price. After getting the money, he smiled like a wild man. But let them protect the trade city, they are reluctant.

How to bring the migrants to protect the trade city really made Bai Gui a lot of headaches.

Is it to build an army? Or fortification?

Build walls around the trade city, so that you can defend against foreign invasion and reduce the risk of being robbed directly.

(End of chapter)