Koto.

It is an area in the concept of this land boundary, located on the south bank of the lower reaches of the Tianjiang River in the Great Song Dynasty.

A thousand years ago, the Koto region gradually developed into a land of affluence and became an important place of wealth for all dynasties and generations.

At that time, in this territory, because of the great turmoil, various forces became independent and became a state, and the Wu clan controlled the Jiangdong region and established a political power, called the Wu State.

Later, with the reunification of the world, the Wu family also returned to the emperor who was unified at that time.

Later, after two changes of dynasty, the Wu family is still standing in the Jiangdong region, and whoever is in power, the Wu family will be submissive.

In the end, the world was in turmoil, and the Chu clan established the Great Song Dynasty, and in order to reduce the influence of the Wu clan in the Jiangdong region, the Wu clan was suppressed by the imperial court and suffered a devastating blow.

But because the influence of the Wu clan in the Jiangdong region is too deep, all aspects of Jiangdong are decided by the Wu clan, and Emperor Taizu at that time wanted to stabilize the world as soon as possible, so he did not exterminate the entire Wu clan.

It was just that the main lineage of the Wu family was cut off, the strongest line of the Wu family was eliminated, the side line of the Wu family was supported, and the Wu family was re-established.

At the same time, the Wu family is also one of the seven famous families.

Compared with the Xiao family and the Liang family, which are famous families, the Wu family is somewhat unfamous outside Jiangdong.

And the Xiao family, the Liang family and other families expand their influence and influence through mutual marriage, but the Wu family never intermarries, whether it is the original main Wu family or the current new Wu family.

Of course, there is no intermarriage here, it is not intermarriage within the Wu family, but not out of Jiangdong, and other scholars in Jiangdong, or officials appointed by the imperial court to Jiangdong, and marry.

In a word, the Wu family marries, the women only marry Jiangdong men, and the men only marry Jiangdong women.

If a foreigner wants to marry a daughter of the Wu family, he can only enter the family and settle in Jiangdong, and he must also have an official body.

Linzhou is the throat for Jiangdong, if Jiangdong people want to go out, they have to go up the Tianjiang River, and they must pass through Linzhou.

Therefore, for Linzhou to change a new owner, the Wu family naturally knows very well.

Wu family mansion.

This is the ancestral home of the Wu family, which has a history of thousands of years, and every brick and tile in the house has a heavy historical precipitation, and the blood and tears of the ancestors of the Wu family are sprinkled on it.

In the lobby, the male clansmen of the Wu clan gathered together.

There is a slightly dark plaque hanging on the hall, and there are four big red characters on the plaque, which are ancient characters from a thousand years ago, called "Sea and Sky".

Above, sitting was Wu Yanqing, the patriarch of the Wu clan who had entered the age of antiquity, and he sat on a Taishi chair made of Huanghuali, this chair, older than the age of his ancestors, his hands folded on a cane.

The hall was as quiet as a chilling cicada, Wu Yanqing glanced at the clansmen below, and said in a low voice: "Are they all dumb?" Isn't it usually quite able to say? ”

Seeing that everyone still didn't speak, he looked at the middle-aged man sitting in the first row on the right, who was also his eldest son, and said, "Changlin, you first talk about the current situation, as well as your opinion on this Pingting County Marquis." ”

"Yes, father." Wu Changlin nodded, and then said: "If there is a big chaos today, the heroes rise together, and the most powerful is Xu Guozhong, who coerced the Son of Heaven to control the world, he is in charge of the 150,000 forbidden army in Beijing, followed by King Huai, then King Chong, and then Luo Guang's Heavenly Master Army, and ...... Then the new Chen Jun represented by Chen Mo. ”

Because Chen Mo's personal strength is unknown, and he is a rising star, he is not deep, so he was ranked very last by Wu Changlin.

But after a long time, the other party was the biggest threat to Jiangdong.

After seeing his father nodded, Wu Changlin began to talk about his opinion of Chen Mo: "This person seems to have appeared out of thin air, and quickly showed his head, obviously from a very low background, but at the age of less than the weak crown, he has the strength to compare with Liang Song."

And with my current understanding of him, I found that every time he made a move, it was beyond ordinary people's expectations, when he was in Yuzhou, everyone in the world thought that he was going to send troops to Longyou, but he raided Linzhou. originally thought that he was going to use this to coerce Linzhou and attack the Tianshi Army on both sides, but he never thought that he had signed a non-aggression pact with King Huai. ”

"Yes, Changlin, you still worked hard." Wu Yanqing took the cane and said: "As the saying goes, when the world is in turmoil, there will be demons, and this person is a demon." ”

This is not a curse.

"Father, if according to the military book, after Chen Mo takes Linzhou, the next step is to enter Huaizhou or go down to Jiangdong, but now that he has signed a non-aggression pact with King Huai, then the goal is only Jiangdong." Wu Changlin's brows furrowed.

When the clansmen in the hall heard this, their faces also became solemn.

If Chen Jun is next, he will go down to Jiangdong.

So in front of the Wu family, there are a total of three choices.

First, organize the children of Jiangdong and swear to resist.

But in the history of the Wu family, the bones have never been so hard.

Second, surrender to obedience.

Third, spend money to buy peace.

"I Jiangdong people, still come to keep their own peace, stable and peaceful, for hundreds of years, because of the Tianjiang natural danger, has never been affected by war and disasters, Jiangdong has been peaceful for a long time, if there is a war, ignite the flames of war, it is really the old man does not want to see." Wu Yanqing is old, and he just wants to hand over the class to his son safely, and he doesn't want to cause more trouble.

However, there are so many people in the Wu family, there are always people who will have other ideas, and a clansman said: "Family master, we don't have to be so anxious, we occupy Tianjiang Tianwei, according to the younger generation, Chen Mo's army has no water division, and he can't go down to Jiangdong at all."

The waterway down to the east of the river is only stable from September to October, and at other times, the water flow is turbulent, and now September and October have passed. And the water war, my Jiangdong disciple is called the second, no one in the world dares to call the first, and I have the advantage in a battle with him. ”

However, the Wu family has been peaceful for too long, and the clansmen just want to be stable, and the Wu family is not bad for money, compared to fighting, it is better to spend money to buy peace.

So, some clansmen put forward a suggestion: "The head of the family, according to the younger generation, Chen Mo is only eighteen years old this year, and he has not yet married a wife, but he has accepted a lot of concubines, obviously with ambitions in his heart and is particular about his wife."

And my Wu family is a thousand-year-old family, which definitely meets his requirements, why don't my Wu family marry him? ”

"No."

Hearing this, Wu Yanqing immediately raised an objection, if he married Chen Mo, it would be equivalent to standing in line with Chen Mo, he just wanted to be stable, but he didn't want to get involved in the struggle of all forces.

Spending money to buy peace is different, so it is not deeply involved.

However, when answering, Wu Yanqing said like this: "The daughter of the Wu family never marries. ”

The Wu family decided to spend money to buy peace.

But the one who proposed the fight had a good saying.

Don't worry, if Chen Mo really comes down to Jiangdong to beat them, he will pay at that time.

If the other party does not move, then they continue to watch.

(End of chapter)