When Pan Geng moved to Yin, I initiated Jian Shang

Yan State, the foundation of Beiping.

Xin Qu was watching people busy.

Since the end of Lingzhi's Eastern Expedition, the State of Yan brought in a large number of people from the northeast, which gave it enough manpower to start working on the affairs of the capital.

Of course, building a capital city is also a complicated task. Xinqu plans to start the foundation laying ceremony in a few days and then start the construction in full.

Therefore, we are only now clearing the area for the first phase of the project, dealing with all the major forest, shrub and swamp areas in the selected urban area, and then designing a moat system around the city.

As the future capital, Xinqu has a lot to consider.

But while he was busy here, someone came from the south.

"Beibo, people from the Li and Lu families have arrived from the south."

Ying Qi came happily. He has now officially married into the Huansi family.

And Huansi was from the Qi clan, so now Ying Qi should be called Qi Qi. It was also because of this relationship that Xinqu arranged for him to work in the Zongbo Mansion, serving as the Right Zongcheng, assisting in the relations between the various vassal states inside and outside Yan.

All the surnames that split from the State of Yan had to send documents to the Chief of the Imperial Clan for intermarriage, intercourse, pilgrimage, and diplomacy in order to clarify their recent movements, which was considered a way to further strengthen the Yan court's control over local clans.

Hearing Qi Qi's words, Xin Qu frowned slightly and asked, "Did they interfere with Zi Xun's plan?"

Qi Qi was stunned for a moment, then laughed dryly: "This... is indeed possible."

"Call him." Xin Qu shook his head slightly.

Zixun spent a lot of effort planning the unrest over there, hoping to take advantage of this opportunity to get rid of his brother and take over. If it was ruined by one of the Li or Lu families, it wouldn't be a bad thing.

As long as Zixun cannot ascend to the throne immediately, he will still need the State of Yan.

In this way, Yan State will have more time to improve its governance.

Soon, people from the Li and Lu families arrived.

"I, the humble servant Li Wuzhui, am here to pay my respects to the Lord of Bei." Li Wuzhui bowed, his slightly curly chestnut hair and lake-like blue eyes revealing his identity and origin.

Xin Qu was slightly surprised and asked, "Are you from a tribe in the west?"

Li Wuzhui bowed and said, "Yes and no, my mother was a woman from the Xilai tribe. Due to migration and war, she came to the Central Plains. She gave birth to me and raised me until I was ten years old. After she could no longer bear children, she was sacrificed. That's how I was sold. Fortunately, I was saved by my adoptive father, and that's how I got my name."

"Is the Central Plains so chaotic?" Xin Qu seemed even more surprised.

He always thought that it was normal for nomadic forces to bring a large population from the west, but he never expected that the slave trade between the East and the West had already begun, and even many tribes in the Central Plains were implementing the slave farm routine.

Li Wuzhui was still respectful, looking at Xin Qu with inexplicable admiration in his eyes.

Li Wuzhui had been part of the Li family for a long time, and he was very clear about it.

If it were not for Xin Qu's influence, Li Bing would have thought of recruiting outstanding children and teenagers among the slaves as his adopted sons, and by adopting them as his sons, he could quickly gather a group of powerful thugs.

Otherwise, he might have been a slave all his life.

But no matter what, the method for slaves to turn their lives around came from Wang San, so this place is also one of the holy places in the hearts of the adopted sons of the Li family in the south.

Seeing that he didn't say much, Xin Qu looked at another young man who was standing there.

"Lu Che pays respect to Beibo." Another young man from the Lu family stepped forward with a very flattering smile, "Beibo, my master ordered me to come here, not only to bring a message, but also to invite the prince to return to Yanshang."

Xin Qu nodded and said, "I'll take you to find him later. You two can talk about the situation in the south first."

Li Wuzhui told what Liwu had done in the south.

Upon learning that there were some changes to his plan, Xin Qu just frowned slightly.

On the other hand, Lu Che on the side was bragging about how the Lu family turned the tide in the end, which prevented King Shang from collapsing, but he did not gain much benefit.

After Zihe returned to Yan Shang, he found that the nobles in Yan Shang were becoming increasingly dissatisfied with him.

After all, they suffered too much loss in the first few battles, and in the end they failed to defeat Peng, which meant that they did not gain any benefits.

The nobles fight you for the benefits of plunder.

Even if you win the battle, what does it matter? There is still not enough profit for them to make back their investment, so on the surface, you may win and your prestige may increase a little, but there will be a lot of criticism from below.

This is why Lu's father wanted to invite Wang Zixun back.

Only when Wang Zixun returned would it be easier for him to win over those nobles who had suffered serious losses.

Only then can the subsequent plans formulated by Xin Qu be implemented.

Thinking of this, Xin Qu waved his hand and asked someone to take them downstairs to rest and find someone.

After they left, Qi Qi came over and looked at Xin Qu and said, "Bei Bo, should we intervene directly in the South?" "Don't worry about them. Continue to strengthen the contact with Tangyi and Luyi."

Xin Qu adopted an indifferent attitude towards the South.

In the short term, the top priorities for him were building the city of Beiping, establishing the canal, and continuing to develop Youzhou.

You don't have to worry about that.

When Qi Qi saw this, he knew that Wang San had no intention of interfering in the affairs of the South, so he immediately went down to take care of his own affairs.

On the other side, Lu Che met Zixun.

Deliver the letter from Lu's father to Zixun.

Zixun read the whole story and then passed it to a few of his trusted aides.

After reading it, they all showed doubts: "This Lu Fu said that these things have nothing to do with him, but behind the scenes it is all his handiwork. If it weren't for his intervention, Zihe should have died in the battle by now. Even if he didn't die in the battle, he would have died after returning to Yan Shang.

Could this be what Xin Qu meant?

Could it be that Xin Qu wants to continue to use military force to force us?

Zihe hasn’t lost completely, so we have to postpone our plan to replace Zihe during the chaos…”

"We fight but do not break, that's what Xin Qu wants to see now." Zi Xun shook his head, "Send someone to tell Xin Qu that we will return to Yan Shang in a few days. As for the trade issue he discussed with me these days, I decided to agree.

The location is Cangyi."

"Yes!"

Everyone responded.

After they went down, Zixun played with the documents in his hand, and after a while, he slammed them on the table: "You ruined my plan! This matter is not so easy to resolve!

Just wait and see how I deal with you when I get back."

Zixun snorted coldly and went back to rest.

Two days later, the carriages and horses set out.

At the post station outside the city, Zixun frowned and looked back at the rumbling carriage approaching.

Originally, I thought it was Xin Qu's carriage, but I didn't expect that it was just a young man, accompanied by a group of less than two hundred people.

"Yi Falcon was ordered by Bei Bo to escort the prince out of the country."

啟輝 glanced at the people around Wang Zixun with an indifferent expression, completely ignoring their provocations.

"What do you mean?! Where is Xin Qu? When the prince goes on a southern tour, shouldn't he come to see him out of the city in person?" Zixun may not care, but the people around him can't do that, and their voices became sharp.

"Bei Bo is so busy that he can't get away. Therefore, Bei Bo has instructed me to escort you out of the country and all the way to Cangyi before you can return.

So please, everyone."

The businesslike attitude of the envious made them even angrier.

Only Zixun coughed lightly and summoned them to go south.

There is no point in talking nonsense. No matter whether Xin Qu is really busy or not, Xin Qu is telling him with his actions that they are no longer on the same level.

If you want to have an equal conversation, you must have enough strength.

Three days later, Youzhou territory.

Looking at the boundary marker, Yi Falcon said, "After the boundary marker, it is the border of Jizhou, which is also the territory of Cangyi. I have sent you all here, and it is time to say goodbye."

These Shang nobles all looked unhappy.

It was not that he was sending them away; it was clearly that he was escorting them down.

There were many rivers in Yan State along the way, so when they arrived at a dock near Daxing, they were asked to take a boat.

And then it rushed all the way here.

Whenever they wanted to stop on the road, they were blocked by the falcon.

Anyway, seeing that they were about to get angry, Zixun said, "Thank you for seeing me off, but after you go back, please tell Xinqu to come and pay tribute once, otherwise it would be inappropriate both morally and logically."

"Yes, I will pass it on." Falcon bowed and rode back. (End of this chapter)