A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 159 Draining the population and encroaching on Chu
"Escape? But I still have land in my family. If I escape, how will I eat? Why don't I stay and try?" One of them took chances and was unwilling to give up the fertile land and flee.

"Hey, if you don't run away, you'll be squeezed by the people of Qin and the nobles of Chu!" Boyi gave him a contemptuous look, and then continued, "You still think you're counting on others to be soft-hearted?"

"They always have to collect taxes, and they can't force us to death. At worst, it will be more difficult, and we will be able to live on."

"That's not necessarily the case, those nobles will not regard you as Chinese!"

"What is it if you are not a Chinese?" Several people were a little puzzled.

"spy!"

Boyi glanced at them: "The capital of Ying was breached, the Marquis of Chu died, and the nobles fled. But you have nothing to do, and you have gained a lot of benefits. Do you guys think this is normal?"

"No, aren't these grains, cloth, salt, and fields all rewarded by you?"

"It's true that we rewarded you. It's because you helped us carry the supplies." Boyi said as a matter of course.

"But if you say that, will those nobles believe it?" Boyi said with a smile. "They will regard you as spies who betrayed Chu!"

"Okay, for the sake of this drink, I advise you to run away quickly!"

After finishing speaking, Boyi staggered away without waiting for their answer.

It was only when he turned a corner and entered another room that his slightly drunk expression instantly sobered up, then he changed his clothes and left quickly.

"Brother, I have told those people as you ordered." Boyi said respectfully.

"Sit down and rest. This time, Junshang and Doctor Wen are going to relocate the population of Yingdu. I think these people know what to do. By the way, tomorrow I will find some people who pretend to have escaped from other cities, and tell them about those who stayed. What is the end of the people, presumably they will make a choice!"

"Here!" Boyi clapped his hands in response.

With Boyi and others spreading rumors, the next day, the entire Ying knew that the arrival of the Chu and Qin armies would plunder their property and rob them of their food.The whole Yingdu became panic-stricken.

Such rumors intensified, and the Huai people did not try to stop them, but instead fueled the flames.All kinds of rumors are everywhere in Yingdu, and there are even rumors that the people of Qin are all savages, who are not trained to eat human flesh.In short, all kinds of outrageous remarks have come out.

And after the third day, all of this completely made people panic.On the third day, a group of unkempt and miserable refugees ran to Yingdu.

These people are said to be people who fled from the vicinity of Xinyang, and the army of Qin and Chu attacked.All the food in their home was robbed, and Ding Zhuang was also taken away by civilian husbands.All those who dared to resist were killed for the crime of collaborating with the enemy, and their property was confiscated.Many people have already lost their families, and they escaped with great difficulty.

Many times, people are more willing to believe what they see before them. After seeing the end of these refugees, the people in Yingdu can no longer sit still.They all went to the official residence of Huai State to ask the army of Huai State to stay.

Of course they were all rejected, and when everyone was desperate, a voice suddenly came from the crowd: "Please take us away!"

When everyone heard the words, they immediately reacted and shouted: "Duke Huai is kind, please take us away with you!"

"Duke Huai is kind, please take us away with you!"

Many people shouted.

Seeing the scene below, Wen Zhong was very pleased: "Finally, these people can be moved away!"

"The naval army should be here soon. Send people down to maintain order and let them leave by boat. At the same time, send troops to escort these people back to the country in batches."

"Except for cattle, horses and livestock, as well as grain, etc., throw away everything else that can be discarded. While the Qin-Chu coalition forces are still in the north, I will evacuate the Chu Kingdom."

Wen Zhong issued orders one by one, and then executed them quickly.

Originally, migrating people was not only time-consuming and labor-intensive, but often required the army to suppress them.And even so, many people will escape.

But this time the migrating people, Wen Zhong did not send troops to suppress them at all, and those people prepared things spontaneously.These people will choose a leader by themselves, and then everyone will act together under the leadership of the leader.

These people formed small teams with the same family, or neighbors, relatives, etc., and then began to migrate eastward under the escort of Huai soldiers.

In order to relieve these people's worries, Huaiguo promised that as long as they arrived at the place, everyone would be allocated [-] acres of land.And the first three years of tax exemption, the next five years only need to pay half of the tax.

Huai country has established prestige in the hearts of these people.They believed that as long as it was promised by the Huai country, it would be fulfilled.This is due to the fact that the Huai country recruited these people to deliver materials, build utensils, and work for the Huai country, and they would get what they promised.

Wen Zhong successfully established prestige among these people with a large amount of grain, grass and cloth that were inconvenient to carry.In the end, what is unbelievable is that the credit of Huai State is now higher than that of Chu State at any time.

A large number of people spontaneously went to Huai country and migrated with Huai country. There were [-] to [-] people in the capital of Chu Yingdu alone, and a large number of people in other places also followed Huai country.

It is roughly estimated that the population of this migration is at least 30, or even more.

If the population of 40 million is forcibly relocated, at least tens of thousands of troops will be suppressed along the way, and the action is still very slow.However, when these people actively followed, the Huai country only used 1 people to do it, and they would follow without being driven away, and the migration speed was not slow.

The Huai State used various methods to attract a large number of people from the Chu State, and they all have a herd mentality.Seeing so many people moving and evacuating, these Chu people were very surprised.

Later, after hearing about the evil deeds of the Qin-Chu coalition forces, they also panicked a little.After all, three people become tigers, and so many people are willing to leave their hometowns, which immediately convinced these Chu people. Under the herd mentality, more and more Chu people followed.

This large-scale migration of people in Huai State directly evacuated most of the population near Yingdu of Chu State, including the Han River Plain.It can be said that this is the most essential part of Chu State. After hundreds of years of operation, most of it was directly destroyed.

After these people were relocated to Huai Country, it would only take a few years for them to integrate into Huai Country. By then, the population of Huai Country would skyrocket by 50, and Chu Country would no longer be able to compete with Huai Country.

Although the Huai Kingdom did not plan to occupy Yingdu this time, Wang Qi was not prepared to give up Shudi, a large area of ​​land around the Dabie Mountains to the east of the Han River Plain.These lands accounted for about a quarter of the entire Chu State.

With a population of several 10 people who migrated from Yingdu, plus a part of the population migrated from Huai State and the original population of Chu State, it is not difficult to control these lands.Moreover, there are mountains blocking it, and it is not easy for Chu to attack.

(End of this chapter)