Destiny Only Han

Chapter 208
South County, Jiangling County.

It controls the water and land hubs in the upper reaches of the river. It is not only extremely rich, but also a battleground for military strategists. There were more than 20 kings of Chu successively sitting here, and they looked down on the Central Plains.

It's just that the name here was not Jiangling at first, but Yingdu.

Well, in fact, there is a tradition in the state of Chu, which is to call all cities with capitals as Yingdu...

All of this came from a long time ago.

The ancestor of the state of Chu was the son of Emperor Gaoyang.
It is called Juanzhang, Juanzhang gave birth to Wu Hui, and Wu Hui gave birth to Jilian.

Ji Lian's surname is Mi, and he is the ancestor of the Chu royal family.

During the period of King Wen of Zhou, Ji Lian's descendants had a branch called yù bears, who moved to the Jingshan area because they were repelled and attacked in the Central Plains.

Fong Xiong took refuge in King Wen of Zhou, and assisted King Wen of Zhou and his son in destroying King Zhou of Shang.

Xiong Xiong gave birth to a son named Xiong Li, Xiong Li gave birth to a son named Xiong Kuang, and Xiong Kuang gave birth to a son named Xiong Yi.

Xiong Yi helped Duke Zhou who had taken refuge in Jingshan, and Xiong Xiong once helped King Wen of Zhou.

After the Duke of Zhou returned to the court, he suggested that King Cheng of Zhou enfeoff Xiong Yi as a prince, so Xiong Yi was enfeoffed as a viscount by King Cheng of Zhou, with a fief of fifty miles and the capital Danyang.

So far, the state of Chu has been officially established and has been recognized by Emperor Zhou.

Later, the people of Chu migrated to live beside a river named '浧', to develop production and recuperate.

As the population multiplied, the old land was not enough to live in, so the swamps were drained and soil was filled to make land.

Well, in the West, when Rome was replaced by barbarians, this technique of draining swamps also disappeared. Until the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution, the Apennine Peninsula, especially near the city of Rome, was full of smoke, All over the swamp.

The population of the glorious and prosperous metropolis in the past was even more pitiful.

But in the state of Chu, because the land is located on the side of Li, the newly built city has the name 'Ying'.

After that, the Chu people moved their capital again, took Jiangling as the capital of Ying, and successively annexed dozens of vassal states that were enfeoffed by the Zhou Dynasty.
But all of this has faded away with Bai Qi's large-scale offensive in the past.

The impure fate of the emperor's heaven, what is the shock of the common people?The people separated and lost each other, Fang Zhongchun moved east...

It's a pity that Dr. Qu, who threw himself into the river in anger, didn't see the indomitable Chu people, who created new brilliance in the interweaving of iron and blood.

Although Chu has three households, Qin must be killed by Chu!
But as if abandoned by the heavens, Chu State was completely submerged in the long river of history after a brief restoration.

Holding a scepter at this time, standing outside Jiangling City, Lu Shizhi sighed a lot. After beating his nephew again in his heart, he stepped forward to enter the former capital of Ying, and now the capital of Linjiang Kingdom. capital.

He came today to persuade Gong Ao to fight against Xiang Yu together with Lu Guo and Han Guo.

As for another reason, at the instigation of Liu Ying, he came to Gong Ao to discuss trade matters.

Nanjun is located on the edge of chaos at the end of the Qin Dynasty. It has not been invaded by military disasters, and after a hundred years of recovery, it has reproduced the prosperity of the Chu Kingdom.

Therefore, after the opening of trade, the coal and iron trading companies in Hanzhong used the spare time of metallurgy to produce some derivative products, which had a stable market.

Such as porcelain, such as glass.

Especially the latter, from the perspective of Liu Ying, a traveler who is used to seeing the colorless and transparent models of later generations, these green guys with uneven thickness can be called industrial waste.

But in this era, a certain Emperor Gao of the Han Dynasty, who did not want to be named, hugged the two green glass galloping horses and couldn't put it down for a long time.

There is another reason, that is, the glassware is filled with high-altitude distilled alcohol.

Well, even in this era of underdeveloped productivity, people's demand for alcohol is also indispensable.

Rich people make wine from grain, and poor people make wine from oranges and other fruits.

Although distilled wine costs food, the price is at least ten times higher than that of ordinary rice wine.

And after brewing, the remaining dregs can also be used to raise livestock.

After careful calculation, it is actually not a loss.

Moreover, even if these grains are not used to make wine, those who are not full can still afford to consume them.

From another point of view, in this era of vast land and sparse population, as long as farmers are willing to work hard, in fact, the grain harvested throughout the year is completely enough for their own food and to pay court taxes.

But the reason they remain destitute is the fluctuation of food prices.

During the bumper harvest, grain prices fell to the bottom, and farmers who were in short supply had to sell their grain at a low price due to various needs.

Afterwards, after the grain merchants had filled their stocks, grain prices rose accordingly.

For example, in Guanzhong, the grain worth ten thousand dollars per bucket was bought by them at a price of less than ten dollars per bucket.

Speculating on food has always been huge profits.

Therefore, in this era of limited consumption capacity, the use of primitive methods for wine making will not have any impact on food security and people's food and clothing.

On the contrary, Liu Ying's act of buying a large amount of surplus grain from the people at the previous median price during the harvest is a good deed that benefits the people all over the world.

To give an example, let’s say a farmer’s family has five members, one husband, one wife and three children, and they jointly manage a farm of [-] acres.

Calculated according to the yield of one and a half stones per mu, one crop per year is 150 stones.

The imperial tax is one tax per ten, and there are 130 five shi left.

If the rations of two shi per month for adults and one and a half shi per month for children are removed, there are only 33 shi of grain left in their hands for other expenses throughout the year.

Well, the court's poll tax is deducted through women's weaving.

If the purchase price of grain merchants in the Qin Dynasty was calculated at [-] yuan per stone, the annual expenditure budget of this farmer was only less than [-] yuan.

Less than a thousand dollars!

What kind of concept is this?

A lamb that has grown up a little and has been weaned is generally worth around seven or eight hundred yuan.

In other words, even if the family had stopped all expenditures, they could barely buy such a lamb.

And this is still the best year.

During this year, if someone in the family gets sick, or if they are fined a little money due to the strict Qin law, they need to borrow money to survive.

In Shang Yang's design, this is actually the scene he most wanted to see.

Only when the people are weak will they depend on the monarch.

Under the accumulation of debts, in order to save themselves or their family members from becoming slaves, the Qin people will be happy when they hear the war, and they will be proud of the old Qin and welcome Peigong...

However, these plundered social wealth were not all enjoyed by the First Emperor and Qin II personally.

After the unification of the Qin Empire, although it seems to be a brand new country that is rising like the sun.

But in fact, this is a classical kingdom that has existed for hundreds of years.

Its interior has long been rotten, and only under the control of the first emperor with strong personal ability, can he barely achieve the survivor of Fen VI.

Well, except for the Three Jins in the six kingdoms of Shandong, the other Qi Chuyan existed for as long as Qin.

The victory of the first emperor can actually be seen as the result of a bad match...

The Qin State, and even the social wealth of this period, were actually more transferred from the hands of the common people to the hands of those noble families.

After hundreds of years of intermarriage in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States, even the King of Qin also has the blood of Zhao, Wei, and Chu.

These old aristocrats, relying solely on Qin to destroy the six kingdoms, are actually endless.

They are like a leech, lying in the whole society and constantly sucking people's fat and people's ointment.

Xiang Yu saw this, so when dealing with the elders and children of the Six Kingdoms, he actually adopted the method of killing them all.

For example, the Tian family of Qi, such as Han Cheng of South Korea.

And, Emperor Yi Xiong Xin, who is respected by all princes in the world.

Therefore, the elders and children who were unwilling to be slaughtered and intended to return to the temple would send envoys to Guanzhong and Xingyang almost every day, trying to attach themselves under Liu Bang's wings.

Liu Bang, who is at a disadvantage, naturally does not refuse anyone who comes. Basically, after a big drink, most of these old aristocrats became a servant by his side. At the same time, under his instigation, they began to move their families to Guanzhong.

This is a certificate of honor, and it is also a layout for the future of the family.

But in Liu Ying's view, it was more like Liu Bang was driving the wild sheep outside into his own sheepfold.

If you want to kill sheep, you have to kill the fat ones.

Luxuries such as porcelain, glass, distilled wine, four-wheeled carriages, and hundred-refined swords are naturally mainly provided to these fat sheep.

In fact, Liu Ying collected grain at a high price in order to make distilled wine, which was actually completely acquiesced by Xiao He.

People are not stupid, and there is no reason to sell one's hard work for a year to profiteers who are hoarding.

In this way, these grain merchants, most of whom are supported by the old nobles behind them, will naturally not collect grain at such a low price as in previous years.

Stealing from the rich and helping the poor.

Liu Ying made a profit, and the peasants made a profit, but in fact, those old nobles did not lose money.

Rotten in the cellar, covered with green and rusty copper coins, how can there be almost colorless and transparent spirits!

Anyway, as long as the land and property exist, their family's money will continue to flow.

It is for this that Lu Shi came here to seek trade.

Of course, the nobles of the three surnames Qu Jingzhao of Nanjun wanted to follow them to settle in Guanzhong after the border was opened, but it was actually a trivial matter.

In a short while, surrounded by hundreds of soldiers from the Linjiang Kingdom, Lu Shizhi and Yin, the commander of the Jiujiang Kingdom who came to welcome him, walked into a string of very elegant courtyards.

Gong Ao is still sitting on the fence. Whether it is Chu or Han, he will not offend if he can.

Well, I successfully backstabbed my old boss, and after turning from a wage earner to a boss, both Gong Ao, Ying Bu, and Wu Rui, who is the most capable, have already started to lie down and prepare to enjoy life.

In their view, they only need to submit to the winner of the Chu-Han struggle to keep their wealth.

ps: It was raining heavily in the afternoon, and I just called, so I will change it first.

(End of this chapter)