The second master's words left Gorou speechless. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

He knew that his second brother's son and daughter were all buried in Huoqiu City at the hands of the ant thieves, and he also had two of his most favored concubines, and he hated the ant thieves and the Umeda family who did not agree to send troops to save Huoqiu.

If it weren't for the second brother and himself who happened to go to Shouchun City to report to the eldest brother about business, I am afraid that he and the second brother would have already become a pile of dry bones in this Huoqiu City.

"And that Huaibei Huainan, one by one shows off their might, when the ant thieves come, they are all cowardly, look at the three states of Yingbosi, the Shi family is all a bunch of waste, was stirred up into a mess, in vain from more than 100,000 troops, but even a gang of ant thieves can't solve it, Huainan is also a strong outsider, the ant thieves from Shouzhou into Luzhou and then into Shuzhou, and now they are all running to Xuanzhou to wreak havoc, but look where is the Huainan army?"

The second master became more and more crazy, and his words were even more unscrupulous, and Goro frowned when he heard it, although this Huoqiu City is already a white land, but as Erzhu said, there are still more than 1,000 people staying in this city, and if they are really listened to, the two Umeda families are fine, but the Huaibei Shi family and the Wu Di Yang family are in great trouble.

"Second brother, let's take a look at the advanced city, maybe we can meet a few fish that slipped through the net?" Gorou shook his head with a wry smile, "Huaibei and Huainan have their own difficulties, and Huaibei is still fighting with ant thieves to the death, but it is not so easy to solve." ”

"Hmph, the probation army is known as an army of 150,000, and it dares to fight hard with the Great Liang army, why can't even a gang of ant thieves take it down?" The middle-aged man looked contemptuous, "Not to mention anything else, even that Gushi Jiang Feng can beat a group of ant thieves out of Gushi, so that these ant thieves don't get anything, so they came to Shouzhou, and the reformer army is not even as good as the Gushi army now?"

"Second brother, the combat effectiveness of the ant thieves is also uneven, but how can Han Baling's troops attack Gushi and lose troops and lose generals, how can they be so fierce in Shouzhou? Could it be that Jiang Feng's Gushi army is really so powerful that even the ant thieves have to retreat by three points? Hey, it's not too interesting to say these things now, what are the clans going to do? Now you have also seen that the county is in ruins, the population is withering, if it is to be rebuilt, I am afraid that it will have to negotiate with the Umeda family again, I guess the two of them are not willing to pay, and they will definitely use the reason that Anfeng also needs to be rebuilt. ”

Gorou couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the devastation.

"I heard that Huzhou is newly built, Gushi is building a lot of construction, and it is very good to treat the displaced people, not only the people who can't live here have run to Gushi, even the war victims in Yingbo and Caizhou have crossed Huai to the south and ran to Huzhou, and I also heard that Jiang Feng is quite good, not only has Chang'an to cheer for it, but also has a relationship with Chang'an nobles, otherwise how can Huzhou be newly established so quickly, and also forcibly assigned the two counties of Shengtang and Huoshan to Huzhou. ”

The resentment and coldness in the second master's eyes slowly faded, and he gradually regained his clarity, as if he was thinking about Goro's words.

"Huzhou? It seems that Chang'an City has not taken the attitude of our Shouzhou people to heart at all, look at Mei Yong's guy who carries cages and birds all day long, and does not go out of the city for many years, when did the Mei family and the Tian family take the initiative to send people to Chang'an, it is no wonder that Chang'an has never taken Shouzhou into the eye. The second master's words were full of contempt and dissatisfaction with the two Umeda families, "They thought that as long as they could shrink in Shouchun City and not be broken by the ant thieves, they didn't think that everything in Shoushu was destroyed by the ant thieves, and Shouchun City could still be as prosperous as before?"

As soon as the second master's words came out, they immediately resonated with Wulang, who was still a little quiet, "Yes, second brother, now Huoqiu has become like this, there is a white land within a radius of dozens of miles, I heard that the situation in Anfeng is similar, I am afraid that this season is completely hopeless, and even the next season may be uncultivated, without grain, will those grain merchants still come to Shouchun?

"Hmph, now that Sheng Tang and Huo Qiu have been assigned to Huzhou, everyone has put their minds on Shouzhou, and the three states north of Huaishui are still rampant ant ant thieves, and there is no end in sight to this war, even if it can attract displaced people to cultivate, but who dares to guarantee that the ant thieves will suddenly cross the Huai again? Like the current virtue of the two Umeda families, they dare not go out of the gate of Shouchun City in half a step, they have the courage? No one farms, where does the grain come from? Without food and no people, who will come to Shouchun to do business? This Shouzhou will be destroyed in their hands!"

The second master's tone became more and more depressed after restoring the Qingming Dynasty, and the prosperity of Shouchun was based on the three counties of Huoqiu, Anfeng and Shengtang as the largest grain-producing areas in the entire upper reaches of Huaishui.

Discharge water flows into Huaishui from south to north, and then to the east, fertile water is poured into Huaishui in Shouchun from north to south, and Shaobi lies among them, can be used for irrigation in three counties only, drought and flood are worry-free, it is also the two rivers plus Huaishui and Shaobei, so that from Shouchun City to the west to Gushi, from Huaishui to the south to the Tang Dynasty, a radius of hundreds of miles can be called the superior fertile land without worrying about water and drought, the rice and wheat produced not only meet the needs of the whole state is more than enough, but also can supply a large number of northern Central Plains, is the famous land of fish and rice.

This area was originally a densely populated place, like Huoqiu, Anfeng, Shengtang County total population of more than 150,000 households, close to one million, but now the three counties are ravaged by ant thieves, almost not one in a hundred, Huoqiu and Anfeng counties have less than 20,000 surviving populations, can be more than 100,000 people, and most of them are hidden in the mountains and countryside, like the county seat and traffic arteries around dozens of miles without people.

The only better thing is probably the Tang Dynasty, under the strong supervision of the Huzhou side, the displaced people from Yingbo Cai Sanzhou have poured into the two counties of Shengtang and Huoshan, and now the displaced people who are registered in Huzhou and are still in an endless stream of people marching to Shengtang and Huoshan, and the first army of Huzhou is said to have pulled to the city of Yucheng, the county seat of Shengtang County, and began to renovate the city defense, which also gave great comfort to the displaced people who were still a little hesitant and panicked.

An Feng and Huo Qiu have become a blank land, and although the Tang Dynasty is recovering, it has been assigned to Huzhou, where should Shouzhou go in the future? Could it be that it depends on the two drunken guys in Umeda?

Not to mention the situation in Huaibei, it is still being scorched by ant thieves, and the situation in Huainan is said to be very unstable, there are some signs of tension, maybe there will be a big chaos within the year, who will care about Shouzhou?

"Gorou, the eldest brother is not in good health now, I don't think he has so much energy to ask about the affairs of the clan, let us come out this time, and hope that Huo Qiu's situation can recover some after these months, but we have traveled all the way, all this you and I have seen, is there any sign of improvement? If there is no intervention from external forces, I am afraid that I will not want to return to the original appearance in ten or eight years, and it is impossible to even half of the original!" The second master breathed rapidly, "What should we do?" The two Umeda families can still live by guarding the Shouchun commercial port and the Huaishui waterway, what should our Zheng family do?"

The foundation of the Zheng family is in Huoqiu, although the three surnames of Shouzhou all live in Shouchun, but the Zheng family is the last to move into Shouchun, and it has only been more than ten years.

Previously, the Zheng family had always been based on Huoqiu, and the Zheng family owned tens of thousands of acres of fertile land in Huoqiu, and was also one of the largest grain merchants in Huoqiu and even Shouchun.

Although Anfeng is also a famous granary, the two Umeda families also have a lot of land in Anfeng, but Anfeng is more of a small and medium-sized landlord gentry who mainly control the land, unlike Huoqiu, which is the dominant Zheng family, and the grain business in Shouchun City is also the top spot of the Zheng family, but now Huoqiu and Anfeng have become a blank land, and they can't even find the mud legs who farm, this doesn't mean that there is no grain to sell, so what else can the Zheng family do, and how can they compete with the Umeda family?

Wulang was also stopped by the words of the second master, the Zheng family's main business is in grain, and now the foundation has been lost, even if there are still some savings in Shouchun City, but what can it help?

Seeing that the other party's face was also dazed and at a loss, the second master gritted his teeth: "Wulang, so I plan to go to Huzhou!"

"Go to Huzhou?!" Wulang was a little ignorant, and he didn't understand the meaning of the second brother's words, until he raised his eyes and saw the ruthless light flashing in the second brother's eyes, he reacted: "Second brother, how can this be done? Whether it is Huaibei or Huainan, this kind of thing will never be allowed to happen, no matter which army presses, our Zheng family will become a fan!"

"Hmph, Huaibei and Huainan?! Does Huaibei still have the mind to ask about Shouzhou? The Tian family has been hugging Huaibei's thighs, but the Shi family is now greatly injured, and it is not necessary to say whether they can hold it up. Huainan is too busy to take care of himself, Xu Zhihe is just Xu Wen's righteous son, but he is above Xu Zhixun and Xu Zhixun, the two Xu Wen sons, and although the power of Wu is controlled by Xu Zhihe, the Yang family has a shallow foundation, once the two sides turn against each other, where is the energy to ask Shouzhou?"

The second master's eyes flashed with a scorching essence, "The strength of the Huzhou army is not weak, it can repel the ant thieves, and I heard that Nanyang and Caizhou originally had the intention of annexing Gwangju, but that Jiang Feng put Gwangju between Caizhou, Nanyang and Chang'an with the strategy of killing three soldiers with two peaches, so that the three parties were deadlocked, and had to hand it over to him, this kind of skill is really admirable, if this son is really a masterpiece, this Shouzhou may be able to take refuge with him, and it is better than being controlled by the two Umeda families now!"

"This, this ,......" Gorou was also a little undecided for a while, and when he went out, he guessed that his second brother might not give up, his favorite concubine and beloved son were killed by the ant thief, and he always thought that the biggest responsibility should be borne by the two Umeda families, and even the Huaibei and Huainan who supported the Umeda family were extremely hostile, but this Huzhou Jiang Feng had the ability to take charge of Shouzhou? )