On the galloping road from Shanyin to Qiantang, groups of Chu cavalry armed with Changge were escorting thousands of old and young women and children to migrate to the north.

From time to time, the crowd resounded with mournful cries, and many old people and women would stop as they walked, and look back at the direction of their hometown with sad eyes, crying gloomily, only those children who had nothing to do, but they shuttled back and forth in the crowd, laughing happily from time to time, or just babies in swaddling clothes, who did not know about it.

After half a month of careful preparation, Xiang Zhuang finally mobilized enough troops, and then with a thunderous force, he dealt a ruthless blow to the hostile clan forces in the six northern counties of Huiji County, about 100 clan forces were pulled up fiercely, nearly 10,000 strong men were sent to Liyang in Jiangbei, and nearly 50,000 old and young women and children were forcibly moved to Moling Tuntian.

Moling is near Nanjing in later generations, located in the core area of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Plain, in later generations it is the famous land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River, but now, it is still a large area of wasteland, Xiang Zhuang has been thinking about making this area of Moling the richest and prosperous place in Jiangdong, and then moving the capital from Wuzhong to Moling.

This first batch of immigrants is the clan elders and children of the six northern counties of Huiji County.

In the near future, the remaining clan forces in the six northern counties of Huiji County will also be scattered and migrated to various counties of Wu County and Danyang County one after another, whether they have been co-opted or temporarily isolated, in the future, these clan forces must unconditionally move out of their original places, and then disperse and settle to new areas.

Xiang Zhuang knows very well that if you want to have peace in your backyard, you must uproot the clan forces, and Xiang Zhuang will never let the development of these clan forces grow bigger, if you wait until these clan forces become strong and then solve it, it will not only take a longer time, but also will inevitably pay a greater price.

Just like Sun Wu in history, he spent a lot of effort to pacify Shanyue, but as a result, he also exhausted the national strength, and since then he has no power to go north to the Central Plains, Xiang Zhuang does not want to repeat Sun Wu's mistakes, so he must nip it in the bud before the clan armed forces in Jiangdong have not yet formed a climate.

Of course, the meal must be eaten one bite at a time, and the road must be taken step by step, at this stage, Xiang Zhuang can only attack the hostile clan forces, as for those clan forces that have been co-opted and temporarily isolated, at the moment they are still mainly appeased and used, and it is not unacceptable to even let them sit on a limited scale.

For example, now, if Xiang Zhuang wants to forcibly move away hundreds of hostile clan forces, he must obtain the tacit consent of other clan forces, so in exchange, Xiang Zhuang must also acquiesce to these clan forces to divide up the fields, houses and other property left by those clan forces that have been moved, this is actually a transaction, otherwise why should people listen to you?

Today's Xiang Zhuang has been very proficient in the political tricks of wooing one faction, isolating one faction, and suppressing one faction.

The old spicy political maneuver soon brought other unexpected benefits to Xiang Zhuang.

The night before Xiang Zhuang was about to leave Shanyin, he suddenly ushered in an uninvited guest in his temporary line, this person's surname is Qu, his name is not talented, but this Qu is not Qu, this Qu is not the son of a small clan in Shanyin County, and he is also a concubine, but he is good at business and has accumulated a lot of wealth.

"The villain is not talented, see the king!" Seeing Xiang Zhuang, Qu Bucai hurriedly paid homage.

"Qu Bucai?" Xiang Zhuang looked at the person for a long time, and said indifferently, "Get up quickly." ”

"King Xie." Qu Bucai did it again, then got up and stood respectfully on the side, to be honest, Qu Bucai himself didn't expect to be summoned by the king.

Xiang Zhuang said thoughtfully: "You just came back from Donou? ”

"Hui Yu big lamb and little man sold two boatloads of raw silk to Dongji country half a month ago, and just returned to San'in yesterday."

"Oh, you sold two boatloads of raw silk to the east?" Xiang Zhuang asked with interest, "Are you in the raw silk business?" ”

"Well, not really, the villain is not specialized in the raw silk business, and other things like tea, pottery, wood, cloth and even ironware, the villain is doing it."

Xiang Zhuang nodded, and said, "When you were in Dongpei, did you see that the Dongyu army was gathering?" ”

Bucai nodded, and said, "Dongzhu Wang Nu Yan shook the edict, each township has 100 to 500 strong men, and each county has 1,000 to 5,000 strong people, and when the villain leaves Dongbei country, at least 10,000 people have been gathered in Dongou City!" Also, the king of Dongpei is asking his prime minister to raise money and food everywhere, and the villain's two boats of raw silk have been requisitioned. ”

Xiang Zhuang frowned, and said, "Do you know how many strong men can be recruited by the Eastern Kingdom?" ”

"It's hard to say." Qu Bucai's face was embarrassed, and he said after a long time, "However, according to the villain's estimate, the population of Dongmian Country is always about 300,000, and it should be okay to gather 50,000 strong men." ”

"Fifty thousand strong men?!" Xiang Zhuang was slightly taken aback, and said, "Will you want to fight with Minyue Kingdom?" ”

"Dongmian and Minyue have the same ancestry, but the relationship has always been bad, and wars are common." Qu Bucai nodded, and then shook his head again, "However, the king of Dongou summoned the strong men on a large scale this time, and it should not be to fight with Ran Yueguo, because the grain and grass prepared by the Dongbei Kingdom were sent to the north, and the villain was worried that they would be unfavorable to Da Chu, so he hurried to report it." ”

"Very good, Qu Bucai, you did a good job." Xiang Zhuang touched the beard of the C mixed horn, and suddenly had an idea, this Qu Bucai is not only good at business, but also good at observation and analysis, and is naturally a good hand at intelligence, can he help him pave trade routes in various countries, and then use trade routes to collect intelligence?

Seeing that Xiang Zhuang was silent, Qu Bucai couldn't help but beat a drum in his heart, thinking that he didn't suspect that he was lying about the military situation and inviting merit, right? At that moment, Qu Bucai trembled and said: "The king, the villain, what the villain said is true, there is no half-truth, if the king does not believe it, he can send someone to the east to verify." ”

"No need, the widow believes you." Xiang Zhuang paused slightly, and said, "Qu Bucai, do you want to make your business bigger?" ”

"Think, of course, the villain's greatest wish in this life is to do business in every corner of the world and accumulate much more wealth than Tao Zhugong......." Qu Bucai responded without thinking, and then he was shocked, and said nemesly, "King, the villain is just talking, just talking, hehe." ”

Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but say, this Qu Bucai, obviously worried that he would covet his wealth before he changed his words, but this was underestimating him Xiang Zhuang, and Xiang Zhuang said: "Qu Bucai, you don't have to worry that the widow will covet your wealth, on the contrary, the widow will also help you to help you pave the way in the Central Plains, but ......"

Qu Bucai's eyes lit up first, and then his heart skipped a beat and his ears pricked up.

Xiang Zhuang paused, and then said: "However, you also have to help the widow do one thing, that is, to collect information on the countries of the Central Plains, and then secretly send it back to Jiangdong, how about it?" Would you like to make this deal with the widow? ”

Qu Bucai's eyes rolled, and then he fell to the ground: "It is a blessing for the villain to be able to serve the king." ”

"Get up" Xiang Zhuang smiled and said, "You go back first, someone will naturally come to you at that time, if you need anything at that time, you can ask the person to come, go." ”

"The villain quits." Qu Bucai bowed again, and then got up to say goodbye.

As soon as Qu Bucai left on his front foot, Huyan Zhengde hurried in and made a report: "King, the hundred-mile military division is here!" ”

The voice fell, Bai Lixian had already hurriedly walked into Xingyuan, and saluted Xiang Zhuang: "King, there is a change in Jiangbei!" ”

"Oh?" Xiang Zhuang returned the salute, and invited Bai Lixian to sit down, while saying, "Ziliang, what's wrong?" ”

Bai Lixian flicked his sleeves, sat down casually, and replied: "The minister received an urgent report from General Meng Yan a few days ago, saying that Zhou Yin, Jin Jian, and Li Zuoche, who were entrenched in Jiujiang County, were secretly gathering troops, and their intentions were unknown! ”

"Huh?" Xiang Zhuang said awe-inspiringly, "Zhou Yin, Jin Indigo, and Li Zuoche are also gathering troops?!" ”

"How?" Bai Yaoxian was stunned and said, "King, are there other families who are also gathering troops?" ”

Xiang Zhuang nodded and said awe-inspiringly: "The widow has just gotten the news, and the Dongou King Nu is also gathering an army!" ”

"Dongou Wang slave swaying?!" Bai Lixian gasped when he heard this, and said in horror, "King, in this way, this matter is by no means simple, if it is not good, there are people secretly fueling the troubles, except for Zhou Yin, Jin Indigo, Li Zuoche and Dongmian Wang Nu Yanyao, I am afraid that Wu Miao, the king of Hengshan, Yingbu of Huainan and the slave of Minyue, are also gathering troops!" ”

"Ten of them." Xiang Zhuang nodded, and said in a deep voice: "This is really a mountain rain coming, the wind is full of buildings!" ”

"The mountain rain is coming, and the wind is full of buildings?" Bai Lixian nodded, and said, "Great King, if this is the case, then my Great Chu must prepare for the battle as soon as possible, otherwise, when these princes come to the door at the same time, the hostile forces that have just been suppressed will definitely make waves, and then our army will fall into a desperate situation of internal and external difficulties and enemies in all directions." ”

Xiang Zhuang nodded, turned his head and shouted: "Huyan, Jin Xiang, quickly submit the map!" ”

"Whoa!" Huyan Zhengde and Jin Xiang agreed loudly, so they moved a screen into the hall, and unfolded a map and hung it on the screen.

Xiang Zhuang and Bai Lixian immediately got up and stood in front of the screen.

Bai Lixian pointed to the map and said: "Great King, among the princes around Jiangdong, the biggest threat is Huainan Wang Yingbu, the Huainan army crossed the Wujiang River from Guangling County to the south, and within ten days it will be able to attack Wuzhong City!" The least threatening is the Minyue King Nu Wuzhu, if the Minyue army wants to enter Jiangdong, it will take three months, and it will have to pass through Damo County in the south of Huiji County. ”

"Wu Miao, the king of Hengshan, can't be underestimated." Xiang Zhuang patted the map and said in a deep voice, "Wu Miao sits on the two counties of Hengshan and Lujiang, with a territory of thousands of miles, a population of one million, and no less than 200,000 armor, Mei Jian is a famous general in the world. ”！。