On the road leading to Qiantang, teams of Chu cavalry holding long spears were escorting thousands of young and old children to migrate to the vast land in the north.

There were sad crying sounds from time to time in the crowd. Many elderly people would stop as they walked, and looked back at the direction of their hometown with sad eyes, crying sadly. Only those little children were shuttled back and forth in the crowd, making cheerful laughter from time to time, or just babies in swaddling clothes, and were ignorant of this.

After half a month of careful preparation, Xiang Zhuang finally mobilized enough troops, and then used thunderous force to attack the hostile clan forces in the six northern counties of Kuaiji County. About 100 clan forces were ruthlessly lifted up, nearly 10,000 strong men were sent to Liyang in Jiangbei to guard the border, and nearly 50,000 young and young men were forcibly moved to Moling to farm.

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 was a famous fish and rice town in Jiangnan. However, now it is still a large wasteland. Xiangzhuang is already considering building Moling into the richest and most prosperous place in Jiangdong, and then moving the capital from Wuzhong to Moling.

These first batch of immigrants were clans, young and old in northern six counties of Kuaiji County.

In the near future, the remaining clan forces in the northern six counties of Kuaiji County will gradually migrate to Wu County and the various counties in Danyang County, whether they have been won over or temporarily isolated, in the future, these clan forces must unconditionally move out of the original territory and then disperse and settle in a new area.

Xiang Zhuang was very clear that if you want a peaceful backyard, you must uproot the clan armed forces. Xiang Zhuang would never allow these clan armed forces to develop and build up. If you wait until these clan armed forces become stronger and then solve the problem, it will not only take longer, but also pay a greater price.

Just like Sun Wu in history, he suppressed Shanyue with the power of the ox and tigers, and exhausted his national strength. From then on, he was unable to attack the Central Plains in the north. Xiang Zhuang did not want to repeat the mistakes of Sun Wu, so he had to kill Jiangdong's clan armed forces in the bud before it formed a climate.

Of course, you have to eat one bite at a time and take the road step by step. At this stage, Xiangzhuang can only attack hostile clan forces. As for those temporarily isolated clan forces that have been won over, it is still mainly about appeasement and utilization, and it is not unacceptable to let them live in limited capacity.

For example, if Xiangzhuang wants to forcibly move hundreds of hostile clan forces away, it must obtain the tacit approval of other clan forces. In exchange, Xiangzhuang will also have to tacit approval of these clan forces to divide the fields, houses and other property left by the relocated clans. This is actually a transaction, otherwise why should people listen to you?

Now Xiangzhuang is very skilled in the political tricks of winning over, isolating, and suppressing other factions. If the old military advisor Wei Liao knew about it, he should have a smile on his face.

His experienced political skills quickly brought other unexpected benefits to Xiangzhuang.

The night before Xiangzhuang was about to leave Shanyin, an uninvited guest suddenly came to his temporary headquarters. This man's surname was Qu and his name was Bucai. However, this Qu was not Qu Qu. This Qu Bucai was a child of a small clan in Shanyin County. He was also a concubine. He was good at doing business and accumulated a lot of wealth.

"A villain Qu Bucai, please meet the king!" When he saw Xiang Zhuang, Qu Bucai quickly paid a big gift to worship.

"Are you talented?" Xiang Zhuang looked at the person leisurely and said calmly, "Get up quickly."

"Thank you, King." Qu Bucai compiled it again, then stood up and stood respectfully. To be honest, Qu Bucai himself did not expect to be summoned by the king.

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

"Reported that the big lamb little man sold two ships of silk and went to Dongji Kingdom half a month ago, and just returned to Shanyin yesterday."

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

"Uh, not that. The villain is not specializing in raw silk business. Others like tea, pottery, wood, cloth, and even iron are doing it."

Xiang Zhuang nodded and said, "When you were in Dongpeng, did you see the Dongwu Army gathering?"

Nodded, saying, "Dongzhu Wang Nuchu shook his edict, and there were 100 to 500 strong men from each township, and 100 to 500 strong men from each county. When the villain left the country of Dongpei, at least 1000 people had gathered in Dongou City! Also, the king of Dongpei asked his prime minister to raise money and grain everywhere, and the villain's two ships of raw silk were requisitioned."

Xiang Zhuang frowned and said, "Do you know how many strong men can the Dongji Kingdom recruit?"

"This is really hard to say." Qu Bucai was embarrassed and said after a while. "However, according to the villain, the population of Dongmian Country is about 300,000, and it should be no problem to summon 50,000 strong men."

"Fifty thousand strong men?" Xiang Zhuang was slightly surprised and said, "Will you want to fight with the Minyue Kingdom?"

"Dongmian Kingdom and Minyue Kingdom have the same clan, but their relationship has always been bad, so wars are common." Qu Bucai nodded, then shook his head and said, "But the King of Dong'ou summoned the strong men on a large scale this time, and it should not be about to fight with Ran Yue Kingdom, because the food and grass prepared by the Dongpai Kingdom were sent to the north. The villain was worried that they would be unfavorable to the Great Chu, so he rushed to report."

"Very good, Qu Bucai, you did a good job." Xiang Zhuang mocked the beard of Mochun's corner and suddenly had an idea. Qu Bucai is not only good at doing business, but also good at observing and analyzing. He is born to be a good at intelligence. Can he help him pave the trade path in various countries and then use the trade path to collect intelligence?

Seeing Xiang Zhuang pondering but not speaking, Qu Bucai couldn't help but feel a little upset, thinking not to suspect that he was lying about military affairs and seeking credit? At that moment, Qu Bucai said tremblingly: "Master, villain, everything the villain said is true, and there is no lie. If the king does not believe it, he can send someone to Dongji Country to verify it."

"No need, I believe in you." Xiang Zhuang paused slightly and said, "Qu Bucai, do you want to make the business bigger?"

"Think, of course, I think, the greatest wish of villain 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, then he was shocked and said quietly, "King, villain is just talking, hehe."

Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but smile. Qu Bucai was obviously worried that he would change his words because he was worried that he would be tempted by his wealth. However, Xiang Zhuang said: "Qu Bucai, you don't have to worry that I will be tempted by my wealth. On the contrary, I also have to help you pave the way for trade in various countries in the Central Plains, but..."

Qu Bucai's eyes lit up first, then his heart thrusts and his ears stooped up.

Xiang Zhuang paused and said, "But you have to do one thing for me, that is, collect information from the original countries and secretly send it back to Jiangdong. How about it? Are you willing to make this deal with me?"

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

"Get up," Xiang Zhuang smiled and said, "You go back first, and someone will naturally come to you. If you have any needs, you can ask the people to come. Go."

"The villain took his leave." Qu Bucai bowed again, then stood up and said goodbye.

As soon as Qu Bucai left, Hu Yan Zhengde hurried in and bowed and reported: "King, the military advisor Baili is here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Bailixian had already hurriedly walked into the headquarters, bowed to Xiangzhuang and said, "King, there is a change in Jiangbei!"

"Oh?" Xiang Zhuang replied, and then asked Bailixian to take the seat with his hands, saying, "Ziliang, what happened?"

Bailixian shook his sleeves, went into the seat casually, and replied: "I received an urgent report from General Méng Kung Fu a few days ago, saying that Zhou Yin, Jin Jian and Li Zuoche, who were entrenching Jiujiang County, were all gathering troops in secret, with unknown intentions!"

"Huh?" Xiang Zhuang said sternly, "Zhou Yin, Jin Dian, and Li Zuoche are also gathering their troops?"

"What?" Bai Yaoxian said in surprise, "Master, can there be other families gathering troops?"

Xiang Zhuang nodded and said sternly: "I just got the news, and the King of Dong'ou is also gathering a large army!"

"Dong'ou King's Slave?!" Bailixian took a breath after hearing this and said in a terrifying manner, "King, so, this matter is definitely not simple. Maybe someone will secretly add fuel to the fire. In addition to Zhou Yin, Jin Dian, Li Zuoche and Dongmian King Nu Kuiyao, I am afraid that King Hengshan Wu Miao, King Huainan Yingbu and King Minyue King Nu Wuzhu are also gathering troops!"

“Eight out of ten.

"Xiang Zhuang nodded and said in a deep voice, "This is really a mountain rain that comes and the wind is everywhere!"

"The wind fills the building?" Bailixian nodded and said, "King, if this is the case, then I, the Great Chu, must make up 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 inevitably cause trouble. At that time, our army will be trapped in internal and external difficulties and be attacked from all directions."

Xiang Zhuang nodded, turned his head and shouted, "Hu Yan, Jin Xiang, present the map quickly!"

"Here!" Hu Yan Zhengde and Jin Xiang agreed with a loud voice, then moved a screen into the hall, and then expanded a map to hang it on the screen.

Xiangzhuang, Bailixian immediately stood up and stood in front of the screen.

Bailixian pointed to the map and said, "One king, among the princes around Jiangdong, the biggest threat is Yingbu, the Huainan king. The Huainan army crossed the Wujiang River from Guangling County, and within ten days of leaving, the troops could reach the city of Wuzhong! The least threat was the Minyue King Nu Wuzhu. If the Fujian Yue army wanted to enter Jiangdong, it would take at least three months, and it would have to pass through Damo County, south of Kuaiji County."
Chapter completed!