The night was deep.

On the Qinhuai River, a huge painting boat is quietly docked on the shore, richly decorated, with a bright lantern hanging from the bow of the ship.

Several servant-like men stood at the bow of the boat, yawning boredly, and only the inadvertent glint in their eyes could tell that these men were not as simple as they appeared.

Jinling City is one of the most prosperous places in the south, with beautiful scenery and many scenery. For hundreds of years, there have been countless legends of talented and beautiful women. Such painting boats abound on the Qinhuai River, so they did not attract too much attention from people with intentions.

Inside the boat, in a low-key and luxuriously furnished cabin, the candlelight was dim, and several unknown people gathered around the table, talking quietly.

“…… Since the king of Chu ascended the throne for a month, he has done a lot of practical things, and his authority has become more and more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. A low, hoarse voice said.

“…… Yes, as soon as Jinling City was launched, dozens of counties and counties in the land of Wuyue changed their flags one after another, and sent envoys to ask for surrender and annexation, and Zhao Yuan, the king of Chu, sent troops to take over the places one by one, appoint officials, collect troops, and pacify local bandits, and everything was carried out in an orderly manner. It can be said that the Jiangnan region is now completely owned by the Chu State. Another voice snorted coldly.

“…… Speaking of which, I really don't understand that a small prince who almost died and was wiped out turned into victory in less than a whole year, and even rose smoothly until the founding of the country became the king and won the entire south. Could it be that he really has a destiny in his body? The third rough voice said indignantly.

Since ancient times, fighting the world is actually similar to starting a business, and the first pot of gold is the most difficult to earn, also known as primitive accumulation. But once this step is completed, the rest of the matter is relatively easy, as long as you don't make strategic mistakes, the foundation will snowball, getting bigger and bigger, and eventually forming an incomparable huge advantage, until you crush other opponents.

The king of Chu and other princes were like this, when they first started, they had to go all out and think hard to get a county seat, and they might not be able to succeed. It is not easy to recruit a few famous scholars and a few gang leaders with a bit of a reputation for bravery.

But once you have a county or several counties, and you have an army of more than 10,000, many things will be much easier. If you have a state and more than 100,000 soldiers, you will immediately have a huge advantage over other small and medium-sized princes, and the difficulty of taking a few counties is not the same.

Therefore, Zhao Yuanjin, who occupied Jingzhou, defeated the imperial army, subdued Wu Zhence, and finally took Jinling City, would have a huge influence, so that the remaining counties in the south collapsed without a fight, and they took the initiative to surrender.

And Zhao Yuanjin, who has obtained the entire south, has what kind of terrible deterrence he has against the princes of the major feudal towns in the north, which is needless to say, and anyone with a little brain can see it.

The owner of the first voice was a middle-aged man with a pale face and thin lips, and his clothes were quite luxurious and elegant, and he was obviously extraordinary.

Opposite him was a fat man of the Hu tribe with curly hair, a pale-complexion, and short hair, with small eyes shining with essence and stubby fingers with several large gemstone rings.

The third man was a stout, muscular man in gray like a bear, with a weather-beaten face and a twisted black scar at the base of his left ear.

Finally, there was a thin old man in black who remained silent all along, his dry body shrunk in the corner, his face was sallow, his beard was sparse, and his cloudy eyes were rolling around, like a rat with a refined spirit.

“…… Boss Qian, you have to understand that a few of us have taken a big risk by coming to meet you today,"

The Hu man's fat fingers tapped on the table, and he said in fluent Chinese: "So the news about the King of Chu, tell everything you know, since it is cooperation, you have to show each other's sincerity." Isn't it? ”

The middle-aged man, that is, Boss Qian, smiled: "Sincerity? Enough has been said to you just now. What's next......"

The gray-clothed man frowned, took out a small cloth bag from his body and threw it to him.

Boss Qian opened it and saw that there were more than twenty huge pearls and a few palm-sized gold cakes, nodded with satisfaction, and looked at the remaining two.

The Hu man found a beautiful wooden box, inside which was a stack of silver tickets, each with a denomination of one hundred taels of silver. And the old man in black took out a new field deed, and the description on it was 200 acres of paddy fields.

"Okay, now that you've given me the price, I'll tell you the truth."

The middle-aged man took out a sealed secret file, and said with a straight face: "The new establishment of the Chu State, its internal is the time when the top and bottom are united and working hard, and the precautions are extremely strict. So this kind of business is really not easy to do. It was at great cost for me to get a copy of the piece that an official had copied from their cabinet. ”

"This is a cabinet minister, the new household secretary Su Mu to the king of Chu, the above mentioned counties under the rule of Chu, all the registered population has been preliminarily counted, a total of more than 1,336,000 households, more than 7.5 million people, and some household registrations are being counted."

"In addition, there are 25.4 million taels in the treasury of the state of Chu, 290,000 taels of gold, 3.7 million stones of grain and grass, 5.5 million catties of fine iron, 4 million catties of copper, and more than 300,000 horses of silk, silk, and coarse cloth......

“…… In addition, the military department has incorporated more than 190,000 troops from various places, and after screening and eliminating the old, weak, sick and disabled, there are more than 80,000 elite soldiers left. The rest were demobilized and returned to their hometowns, and the fields were granted for naturalization. The total number of soldiers in the country is now more than 380,000. ”

"The king of Chu has issued an edict, and then select and form a new army of 350,000, and the grain, grass and ordnance will be prepared as scheduled, maybe by the spring and summer of next year, your northern feudal towns will usher in a large-scale attack by the Chu army!"

Boss Qian's words made the faces of the three of them pale, and even the deepest old man in black couldn't help but say:

"A few days after the King of Chu conquered Jinling, how could he have so much money in his treasury? It's impossible! Even the current imperial court, I'm afraid it doesn't have such a strong family foundation, right? Are you sure you're not mistaken? ”

"You can vouch for your own head, and there is no lie."

Boss Qian said coldly: "Why did you say why Zhao Yuanjin made his fortune so quickly? It's all because he has endless resources, so he can expand the army unscrupulously, plus there is a terrible alien behind the scenes to help him, and the legendary immortals have nothing to do with him, otherwise do you think the entire south will be surnamed Zhao so soon? ”

The three of them were silent for a while.

"The guy you're talking about...... It's the so-called national teacher of Chu and Qin Feng, the prince of Zhenguo, right? ”

The gray-clothed man said angrily: "I don't know what kind of magical powers he has, if there is a chance, a certain family will try his skills!" ”

"It's up to you to ......"

The old man in black sneered, shook his head and said, "An opponent that people and immortals can't help, don't come out and be embarrassed, and lose the face of your master." ”

"You dare to laugh at me?!"

The gray-clothed man said angrily, and his hand subconsciously clenched the hilt of the knife at his waist.

"Enough, don't make any noise, okay?"

The Hu man said impatiently: "We are here to listen to the news, not to fight among themselves. Old Qian, take out all the information you know about Qin Feng! ”

"Ten times the price just now."

Boss Qian opened his mouth: "Don't be too expensive, my news is completely worthy of this price, how terrible that stranger is." If the masters behind each of you don't plan in advance, the future master of the new dynasty will be none other than Zhao Yuanjin. So you don't need me to teach you how to choose, right? ”

The three secret envoys looked at each other, they were indeed from the north, seeing that the south was so quickly unified, several great princes in the north, including the Hu tribe on the prairie, began to sit still, so they were sent over to inquire about the news.

"Okay, here you go!"

The Hu man said coldly, and took out a thick stack of silver tickets from his arms and slapped them on the table. The remaining two hesitated slightly, and also took out the corresponding amount of belongings.

Then Boss Qian spread out a scroll on the table, on which was Qin Feng's portrait, and then three volumes of identical documents, the content of which was said to have been written after deliberation by many capable people who were proficient in intelligence analysis, all of which were a summary of Qin Feng's identity, personal strength, special methods, and so on.

……

Overworld.

Hong Kong Island, in a grand auction venue.

“…… Distinguished guests, the next is the finale of this event: the glass imperial green bracelet, which is a pair of bracelets sold by the bank a few days ago, and its preciousness and rarity, I believe all the friends here understand ......"

In the center of the VIP seat in the front area of the venue, Yu Xinglan's beautiful eyes were full of incredulity, staring at that rare treasure non-stop.

"Damn, what the hell is this loser bastard!"

She gritted her teeth and muttered to the assistant beside her, "It's unreasonable that even such pairs of rare jewels are willing to be auctioned." ”

The assistant shook his head and responded: "Maybe people are in a hurry to use the money, Miss, should we shoot this bracelet or not?" ”

"Shoot! Why not shoot? ”

Yu Xinglan said fiercely: "Such a good thing, one is here, and the other should of course be here, no matter how much money you spend, you have to take it!" ”

“……”