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The news that Xin Qu received Ling Zhi's family was quickly conveyed to Zixun through some people.

"Let's talk about it, can we get involved?"

Zixun asked the Wei brothers below and Ziping and others who were following them.

They looked at each other, and the Wei brothers were the first to stand up and said: "Prince, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get involved in the war in the north."

"Well, judging from the direction of the Yan Kingdom's Ba Mansion, this battle should be dominated by the Zhongzhong General's Mansion, followed by the Forbidden Army and the Yelv Clan.

In addition, the Lingzhi clan's Wu Zhongmi and the Wu Zhong clan's Wu Zhonghu are father and son. According to the inheritance rules of the Beirong clan, such as the Lingzhi clan and the Wu Zhong clan, the prerequisite for succession after the death of the father is blood, and the second is strength.

Wu Zhongmi has not changed his surname so far, and is still called Wu Zhongmi, which means that Wu Zhongmi still cares deeply about the inheritance rights of the Wu Zhongmi family.

Since his inheritance rights are still there, this is a power struggle within the family, and even Uncle Bei would find it difficult to intervene directly. Otherwise, Uncle Bei would not always be brothers with Wu Zhongmi.

Perhaps Wu Zhongmi also discovered this, and he also wanted to take advantage of Yan State, and the two sides have maintained the current tacit understanding.

This time, Wu Zhongmi was supported by Yan State's expedition to carry out food and grass supplies for the next three years.

Even if we have the heart to support Wuxinghu, we can't transport the resources. "

At this point, the meaning of the Wei brothers is actually very clear.

Support is possible, but without practicality, it is difficult to influence the situation in the Northeast.

Zixun had a dark face but still said nothing.

In fact, he also expected that Xin Qu founded his country here because he must want to expand his power to the extreme.

But he only felt that Xinqu might be a few years late. After all, until now, the swamps in Yannan must have been very labor-intensive to develop. If he wanted to form effective control, the birth population must be large.

Unfortunately, there was not enough manpower, so Xinqu had people use machines.

Wind power, water power, animal power, all kinds of things that can be used, Xinqu did not miss any of them.

After this operation, although many slaves still died, at least the efficiency of work continued to increase. At the same time, because a large amount of land was uninhabited, Xinqu could dig and widen the river without restraint, and completely destroyed the surrounding mountains. Seasonal rivers extend in all directions as much as possible, forming a river system radiating from Changping, the land of Longxing.

Of course, recently this river system has been moved to the position of Beiping in later generations.

Xinqu still followed the terrain and the old rules to develop Wanping first and then Daxing.

Because Wanping is close to Changping, and at the same time it is high in the northwest and low in the southeast, it will be much smoother to develop the river direction in this way.

But this also means that if the merchants from Dayi in the south want to interfere with the movements of the Yan State and even the Yan State further north, they cannot get rid of Xin Qu's will.

Xinqu was unwilling to give this opportunity, so they had no choice.

"Think about it again. Where are the nobles of the Yan Kingdom that I asked you to contact before?"

"They..." The Wei brothers smiled bitterly at each other and said at the same time, "Prince, please forgive me, these people are really too cunning.

They want money, but we can't afford it. "

"Money..." Zixun's face turned darker.

If it were shell coins or other materials, he would be fine, but it would be difficult for him to deal with just this money.

The quantity of bronze is originally limited, and the quality of Xinqu's half a tael is excellent...

"Yes! Money!" Zixun stood up suddenly, "I remember, with Xin's half a tael of money, how much can one buy?"

"Go back to the prince. One and a half taels can buy a bag of millet, which weighs fifty kilograms."

"The price of food in Yan State is so low?"

Zixun was even more shocked.

Not only him, but also the nobles from the south were shocked. "Because this is old grain that has been stored for three years, it is very low."

"Three years... it's not like I can't eat it." Zixun rubbed his chin, "Well... OK, you go and collect some more half a tael. I will use it later."

Zixun sent the Wei brothers away, and soon only the people he brought from the south were left.

"Prince, what do you want to collect these half taels of money for?"

"Imitation." Zixun said without raising his head, "The money is indeed good, but I think about it carefully, if I can use half the copper material to make two or even three and a half taels, can I buy more? many?"

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and then showed joy.

yes! Why didn't they think of it!
"What's more important is that Yan State... actually has a lot of food for sale! This is too much!"

Zixun's tone was a little more solemn, "Since they are rich and there are so many things I have to implement next, the food may be in crisis at any time, so I can just buy it from Yan State.

Half a tael... they have it, and I can have it too. "

"The prince is wise!"

Everyone bowed down together.

When it comes to the two companies with the best smelting technology in the world, they must be Yan State and Dayi Shang.

It's not the time for the two sides to quarrel with each other yet, but he can still make things difficult for the other side.

Since Xin Qu likes to play trade, let's play and see who can outplay whom.

"Let's find out if the food from Yan State can be sold outside."

"I heard that the Yan State has always left my business of buying and selling grain to grain shops and markets. If we buy a large amount of grain, it is likely to attract unnecessary attention.

Maybe we can contact the border clans of Yan State and ask them to help us transport it. "

"Yes, these border areas also produce their own grain. We can ask them to sell the new grain to Yanguo Grain Company, and then turn the new grain into more old grain and transfer it back. In the end, we will accept it all..."

"Okay, okay! It's all my humerus! This is a good strategy! Let's do it!"

Zixun and the others quickly formulated a relatively complete strategy.

When half a tael of money was almost collected, Zixun wanted to tell Xin Qu about Mo Xuwu's journey north and the time.

As a result, we heard the good news from the north.

After finalizing the deal with Wu Zhongmi that day to deal with the disobedient members of the Ling Zhi family, the general's office in the town immediately sent out troops and directly launched a surprise attack. They defeated more than a thousand enemies in nine battles and captured a total of eight thousand prisoners, more than half of whom were slaves.

And these slaves were all the people that Wu Zhongmi had brought north in recent years to attack and plunder the prairie people, and now they were all made easier by Xin Qu.

With the cooperation of the General's Mansion in the town, Ling Zhi quickly went into battle lightly and divided into three teams.

A team followed the town's lieutenant general Ning Shiwu, walked northward through the paddock, and attacked Chifeng.

One group, commanded by Wu Zhongmi himself, left Lingyuan and attacked the small and large Linghe rivers.

The first team was composed of Yelu Dagu and Yujiu as support.

At the same time, Wu Zhongmi sent a team of 100 chariots and horses to Liaodong, preparing to try to find a way into the Lelang Peninsula according to the map given by Xin Qu.

If there is really a large plain and tribe suitable for development here, they will go back and report the truth. If not, they will arrive at Kaiyuan as agreed, and then plan to go north or continue eastward.

It was mid-November of the second year of Yan.

Wu Zhongmi returned to his loyal home of Chengde. (End of chapter)