Speaking of the so-called 'Lingnan thieves' that make all the nobles jealous, the official of Dachu defines them like this-

These were rebellious slaves, trying to rebel against their masters, carrying a small number of broken weapons, and in the midst of the rounds of encirclement and suppression by the Great Chu army, they could only flee to Lingnan to survive.

Although they often raided the villages and towns in the south of the Chu State, they had long since lost the climate.

Cough!

The above are all official definitions given by the State of Chu - however, the real background of this group of 'thieves' is actually far from that simple!

In fact, instead of being lowly slaves, these people were aristocrats!

It's just that it's not the nobles of the Chu State......

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As we all know, the state of Chu was only a very small viscount state at the beginning, and its fief was only a few dozen miles. Being able to have such a large territory today is the result of the hard work of the ancestors of the Chu State in the past dynasties and the capture of neighboring countries!

It took hundreds of years for the state of Chu to develop from a small country to a large country in the south.

During this period, there were no less than dozens of enemy countries that were broken by the external expansion of the previous kings of the Chu State.

As for the other small clans and towns that did not even have the name of the country and did not obey the jurisdiction of the Zhou royal family...... I can't even count them!

In order to maintain stability, the ancestors of the Chu State reserved considerable privileges for these nobles who were destroyed - allowing them to retain their fiefs, retain their fiscal and tax rights in the fiefs, retain certain private soldiers, and even retain the ancestral temples and tablets.

In short, as long as these nobles are willing to swear allegiance to the state of Chu and support the state of Chu...... Then leave them with considerable autonomy.

Under such a relaxed policy, most of the nobles who were wiped out by the Chu army turned into the nobles of the Chu state.

For example, seven years ago, when the Chu State had just conquered the fragmented Yue Kingdom, the 'Yu Fujun', the leading party who had served the Chu people, basically retained his fiefdom, power, and army in the Yue Kingdom after the war. Until the Tui En Order, Yu Fujun had always been a heavy boss in the southeast of the Chu State.

There are no less than thousands of examples like Yu Fujun in the history of the Chu State in the past few hundred years.

In the continuous external expansion of the Chu State, these newly added nobles not only effectively ensured the stability of the newly expanded territory, but at least ensured that there was no rebellion...... Even in the continuous foreign expansion wars of the Chu State, they fought bravely and made great contributions to the Chu royal family.

Decades and hundreds of years have passed, and these noble families who have newly joined the Chu State have continued to marry the Chu people and the Chu royal family...... It has basically been completely assimilated by the Chu State.

Of course, such a policy has also left a lot of drawbacks for future generations -

For example, the old aristocracy retained a lot of power and a lot of power to speak, which led to serious internal friction in the Chu State...... Compared with the highly centralized kingdoms of Qin, Qi, and Wei, the state of Chu was more like a 'united states', with a complex number of decrees and extremely powerful aristocratic authority, and when they united, they were enough to change the laws and kill Wu Qi...... It can even force the king of Chu to abdicate.

Of course, these shortcomings are now being gradually dismantled by the 'Tui En Decree' and a series of new laws that have been introduced.

Getting back to the point - the so-called Lingnan 'thieves' are actually the remnants of the nobles who are unwilling to belong to the Chu State in the war of annihilation of the previous kings of the Chu State.

The reasons for refusing to surrender are also different - it may be a loyal minister who cherishes his homeland, it may be that he killed too fiercely when resisting the Chu army, and was ordered to kill by the Chu State, or he simply wanted to raise the price of surrender......

In the official propaganda of the Chu State, these thieves are in danger of being in danger, and they are already surviving.

But in fact, these thieves are big families and nobles, and even though their homeland has been wiped out for decades or even centuries and has undergone several generations of changes, they are still popular in the south, and they still have a lot of power in the local area.

Even some of the thieves have distant blood relations with the nobles of the Chu State...... Even now, he has eyebrows with many magistrates in the south.

The kings of Chu in the past dynasties thought that they had a headache and organized many large-scale encirclement and suppression, but these thieves were deeply rooted in the south, and there were relatives and friends as magistrates to report to them, so that the army repeatedly failed.

Later, I simply didn't care about them - anyway, these thieves were at best fighting the autumn breeze in the surrounding small towns, and they couldn't make a big climate.

However, this time, Xiong Wuliang proposed the 'Lingnan Pioneer Group' - these thieves are still the biggest threat!

Then again, Xiong Wuliang's cake painting is so tempting that even if the road ahead is difficult, it is enough to make people's hearts pound!

"Lingnan pioneering is really a godsend opportunity to revitalize the family business." After Qu Ming went home, he said to the juniors in the house-

"Even if you can't get minerals, spices, high-quality rice seeds, etc...... Even if the land is not ripe three times a year...... Even if it's only two crops a year! It's also a wonderful fertile field! ”

"According to the new law, you are all the heirs of the next generation."

"This time Lingnan pioneering, you must do everything you can to lay a big pastoral foundation for your family in Lingnan...... In the future, it will be yours! ”

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Conversations like this take place in almost every aristocratic home.

Under the full temptation of Xiong Wuliang, the devil, all the nobles couldn't hold it back!

The so-called poisonous insects, fierce beasts, wild people...... Don't worry about it.

As for the smoke barrier in Lingnan, there is no good way to do it - Qu Yanghou mentioned it and said that he would send a 'technical advisor' to everyone, and he didn't know how effective it would be......

The thieves are the most worrying - so the families did their best, and did not hesitate to devote all the small number of troops that had been cut by the new law! And do your best to equip them with armor and better weapons!

Fight!

Believe in Xiong Wuliang once!

Revitalize the family business, in one fell swoop!

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It's dark at night.

The night breeze at the end of spring is already very warm. A number of precious flowers and plants in the Quyang Marquis's Mansion are luxuriant, and the leaves rub between them, making a sound that is refreshing.

Quyang Hou's study was brightly lit.

Xiong Wuliang sat on the main seat with a comfortable cloth seat, Qu Yuan, Zhaohua, Le Yi and others gathered around, and Shen Dao, Shaohu, Ge Suyi and others were also seated.

Judging from the present, there are many people who are willing to work hard for Xiong Wuliang - such as Qu Ming, Jing Zhihong, Zhaofeng and others who appeared today are actually willing to be Xiong Wuliang's eagle dogs...... But the core team that Xiong Wuliang can really trust has to be the old subordinate in front of him.

At this moment, there was a dusty figure in front of Xiong Wuliang, who was respectfully reporting something to the Marquis of Quyang-

When I looked closely, this person was none other than the chief general of the barbarian army, Lu Yi!

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