When Pan Geng moved to Yin, I initiated Jian Shang

Liu Yuan brought Qimu back, but Xin Qu just asked Zhuque Camp to move a nest and arranged for a group of people to go upstream of the Wuding River to find a place to settle.

The outlet of the Wuding River must be carefully inspected, otherwise if farming is to continue to develop in the future, the water on this side of the Wuding River will be the most important water source in the entire Youzhou area.

Then Xinqu continued to wait.

To the east, Tu, who returned to Xiaotangshan and shouted to Mo Fei to fight, is mobilizing the tribesmen.

Further east, Mo Fei returned to Tangshan, found Mo Li, and informed You Xin of his decision.

"In front of Yuyang Mountain?" Mo Li thought about Xin Quzhi's battlefield: "I didn't expect him to choose that place. Is it to let the Yu family in the north support him?"

The Yuyang Mountain that Mo Li mentioned was the mountain surrounded by Pinggu District, Jizhou District and Sanhe City in later generations. This mountain was called "Yuyang Mountain".

Going east from Pinggu is Zunhua, which was originally the territory of the Wu Zhong clan and is now occupied by the Guzhu clan.

Walking southeast from Jizhou, about 80 kilometers away, is Tangshan.

And if the battlefield is in front of Yuyang Mountain, that is, in Sanhe City, the northwest is Xiaotangshan, Huairou Village where the Xin family is located, and the residence of the Yu family.

To the southwest is Ji's territory.

However, Ji's family is now restrained by Shui Di and has no intention of going north.

It can be said that the front of Yuyang Mountain is the only way for the entire battlefield, and it is the place where each family can deploy their troops the fastest.

"What about the time?"

"A month later."

"Okay." After Mo Li confirmed the time, he said nothing more and just arranged for people to continue urging the tribesmen in the rear to arrive.

Then wait for the time of war.

In the blink of an eye, it was half a month.

Xinqu only saw Wei Hai, one of the Wei brothers, arrive, bringing him more than 1000 kilograms of bronze and 30 kilograms of millet.

"That's it?" Cang Geng, who was responsible for receiving the supplies, looked at the batch with dissatisfaction.

"You've done your best, what else do you want?"

Wei Hai was not Wei Ping, and he spoke rudely: "Seventy percent of the supplies in Cang Yi were collected by other princes. His men refused to give them to me, so I can't do anything about it."

Cang Geng looked at Xin Qu.

Xin Qu smiled and said: "Okay, okay, as long as we can deliver it, we will do our best."

"Hey, Chief Xinqu, what you said is wrong." Weihai could not hear the dissatisfaction in Xinqu's words, and said quickly, "We have contacted Qifang, and we will definitely mobilize a batch of supplies in the future. .

Of course, this will take time, and it will have to wait until next spring at the earliest. "

Xin Qu's smile faded slightly, and then he stared at Wei Hai with a serious expression: "So, the situation in the south has reached a stage where the princes have to go all out?"

Wei Hai was startled by Xin Qu's words, and then laughed dryly and said: "What are you talking about! No matter how bad the south is, it will definitely be evenly matched. Don't worry about this."

"Really?" Xin Qu raised a hand slightly and shook it twice in front of him, "Maybe, but no matter what, the destination of the Guzhu clan is the land of Shuangliao, not the land of Youdi. What do you think? ?”

"This... is the best." Wei Hai nodded, but he didn't finish his words, "But the Guzhu clan is not weak."

"Yes, indeed. But the supplies are still too little..." Xinqu looked at Cang Geng and others asking people to move the supplies, "How about this, you help me visit Tang and Mon, and in the name of the four princes, Can you help me get more? Or you can borrow a batch as a guarantee. I will return them after the war."

"..."

Wei Hai didn't expect Xin Qu to... "Ahem, but I heard from Mo Sunji that Mo Yi would provide your department with thousands of gold and millions of millet."

"Well, that's right, but how much was the loss during transportation? How much of it can really fall into the hands of our Xin family? There must be someone with a higher authority to help us keep an eye on it, otherwise only this batch of food can really be delivered. how much?"

When Xin Qu said this, Wei Hai was not surprised, because it was true. Without someone watching from above, it was difficult to guarantee that these foods would really fall into Xin's hands.

The situation of tightness at the front and tightness at the back has happened in ancient and modern times.

Xin Qu also encountered several nobles who had delivered supplies. Not only were they short of supplies, they also forced Xin to say that they had received the full amount.

Xin Qu didn't want to take care of it at first, but the other party saw that Xin was easy to talk to, so even the slaves and ministers at the bottom started to do this. It can be said that everyone was eager to take advantage of it.

Then Xinqu had to find a way to solve the problem.

To put it bluntly, it would be easy to offend nobles like Mo Yi and Tang Yi, but if we didn't tell them, we would never get all the supplies.

At this time, it is necessary to introduce a third party, preferably someone in a higher position, to let these people know that the Xin family is not just an agent, but also someone in the court!

The wisdom of people in ancient and modern times is applicable everywhere.

Therefore, Wei Hai agreed. After all, Xin Qu spoke very softly, urging one batch and then borrowing another batch. As for the guarantors of the IOU, they were naturally in the names of the four princes.

If the four princes win the battle for the throne, it will be okay. Xinqu can delay the return or even let the four princes take care of the problem.

If he loses and cannot repay the supplies, the prince in the south will use force to collect debts.

Therefore, borrowing money can completely tie the Youxin family to the chariot. It's just a name, it's worth it!
Wei Hai took the dry food given to him by Xin Qu and went to Mo Yi with Mo Sunji.

He began to help Xin Qu borrow grain and bronze. About seven days later, he sent a volume, telling Xin Qu that he had borrowed an additional 300 million jins of millet for Xin Qu, and also borrowed an additional two thousand gold from Tang Houqi who happened to come to Mianyi for exchanges. .

Two thousand gold is equivalent to two thousand catties of bronze!
In this way, after putting everything together, Xinqu finally owned about 500 kilograms of bronze, plus [-] million kilograms of millet.

Of course, Xin Qu made some calculations and his expression changed slightly.

For the first time, I felt the strength of the Shang Gong clan in the south!
Five million kilograms of grain were taken out easily, so the actual food in the hands of these public clans was at least twelve to twenty times that amount.

If you calculate based on the Xin family's current average yield of fifty kilograms per mu, the Shang princes along the Hai River Basin alone have no less than 150 million acres of cultivated land.

"No wonder...no wonder the Shang royal family was so tormented by the Shang Gong clan that they started to play the Ninth Generation Rebellion. Emotions have to be played in this way. Without playing the Ninth Generation Rebellion, it would be impossible to find excuses to kill these powerful clan chiefs. No If we kill these people, we won't be able to sacrifice their heads to heaven. If we let them grow bigger, the Shang royal family will be deprived of their throne sooner or later."

Xin Qu shook his head slightly. There were more than 30 Shang Gong clan leaders controlling about 120 million acres of farmland. It can be imagined that farming technology at this time had begun to improve in all aspects.

No wonder the Hebei region in ancient and medieval times was so densely populated.

There is so much development happening so quickly, and it’s only because the population is not densely populated that there are ghosts!

It is a pity that in order to deal with the power of the Shang kings in Hebei, the early Zhou Dynasty carried out large-scale destruction of Hebei, especially the large-scale migration of Hebei's population southward into Guanzhong and Heluo, and even allowed the nomadic Rongdi to settle in Hebei.

This is probably the fundamental reason why Hebei did not start to recover until the Spring and Autumn Period.

"It seems that history cannot be completely superstitious. At this time, the forces in Hebei, especially along the Taihang Mountains, from south to north, were all the core cities of the Shang Gong clan, with thousands of small ones and tens of thousands of large ones scattered all over the place. , how large is the population?”

Xin Qu murmured. In addition to feeling the merchant's core strength for the first time, he also felt that he was also superstitious.

At this time, Hebei was not considered a bitter cold land. On the contrary, due to the overflow of population from Shanxi, the total population from Hebei to the Amshang area was probably no less than 200 million. It can be said that half of the population of the Central Plains at this time was concentrated in here.

"It seems that I still have to survive."

Xin Qu became more and more determined. This battle must be fought head-on at the beginning. (End of chapter)