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Speaking of Prince Nan'an, Master Zheng mentioned another thing.

"I don't know what Prince Nan'an is thinking. Recently, we, the founding noble families, have been recruiting ambitious and noble children to go to the south, saying that good things are waiting for them!"

"Looking at it, why do I feel like something is wrong?"

"This is a private recruitment of generals. If it is leaked, it will be a serious crime!"

Speaking of this, Mr. Zheng Er's face was full of worry.

Don't blame him!

The Founding Group is a group of interests. Although there is indispensable struggle for power and profit internally, externally they have the same caliber. Otherwise, why are they so feared today?
As a heterosexual king with a private army, Prince Nan'an is the backbone of the group of four princes, eight princes and even twelve princes, and he is the kind who can never cause trouble.

The moment the Prince of Beijing County handed over military power, the founding group suffered a heavy blow.

The strength of the remaining two opposite-sex kings, Dongping County King and Xining County King, has declined greatly. Their territories are directly facing the barbarians outside the Great Wall, and they cannot develop at all.

In other words, the Prince of Nan'an County, whose territory is in the southwest, is the strongest. He is also the real pillar of the Four Kings and Eight Gongs group, and he can never fall.

But now it seems that Prince Nan'an is showing signs of being unable to hold on any longer.

Jia Huan and Lin Ruhai looked at each other and saw solemn expressions in each other's eyes.

I'm afraid things are not simple.

"Master, don't you know what exactly is going on?"

After pondering for a moment, Jia Huan asked curiously: "The Prince of Nan'an County recruits the noble sons of the noble group. It is impossible to hide it from today's people. I really think that Jinyi Mansion is just a free man!"

"Brother Huan, what do you mean..."

Mr. Zheng Er was stunned for a moment at first, and then when he realized what he was doing, his face was full of disbelief.

"I guess this matter must have been approved by the present day!"

Jia Huan said in a deep voice: "What exactly does Prince Nan'an think?"

His tone was a little displeased, and he said coldly: "Doesn't he know that Jin Jin has been unhappy with the members of our founding group for a long time, and is still getting involved with Jin Jin?"

It’s almost as if it’s a pig’s brain, it’s simply baffling.

Even a fool knows that the interests of the founding noble group and today's interests are completely different.

What is the difference between cooperating with today and seeking skin from a tiger?
Who knows, what thoughts and ideas are there today, and whether they have dug a hole early and waited for Prince Nan'an to jump into it?
"This, I really don't know!"

Mr. Zheng Er's face became more and more solemn, and he muttered: "I didn't hear any noise from other families!"

"Hmph, if he doesn't do anything, then why is he recruiting noble disciples in private?"

Jia Huan said unhappily: "Are you unable to control your ambition and want to launch troops against neighboring countries?"

"impossible!"

Master Zheng Er's expression changed greatly, and he hesitated: "This is a big deal. Prince Nan'an can't be so stupid, right? Qianxiang Country is a small country in the south that is not weak in strength!"

"If you want to launch a national war, you must get permission from the present and the cabinet!"

"But here in the court, there is no news at all!"

"Brother Huan, Prince Nan'an probably won't have such big ambitions!"

At this time, Lin Ruhai also spoke: "Managing the southwest region alone is enough to consume all the energy of Nan'an County Prince. How can he care about the affairs of neighboring countries?"

At the beginning, the founder of Daqian State divided the territory of Nan'an County and Prince into the southwest region, following the practice of the previous Ming Dynasty. However, the southwest region was too difficult to manage.

Didn't you see that the Nan'an County King's lineage has spent a hundred years, but they still haven't completely settled the southwest?
According to traditional thinking, the Prince of Nan'an County would naturally not go to war easily!
Not to mention that once the army moves, the food and grass consumption is like running water, and the financial resources of the Nan'an County Prince's Palace cannot last long. The loss of personnel during the war alone was not something the Prince of Nan'an could accept.

Only with soldiers and generals can Prince Nan'an be able to be his king of the southwest!

If his elite men were too wasted in the national war, who would really take him seriously?
"Just be afraid, Prince Nan'an is so happy about his success!"

Jia Huan shook his head and said, "No one knows what kind of affairs we are having with him in private today?"

"If you are free, Master, you might as well inquire more, lest our Ning Rong Second Mansion be caught off guard. That would be too passive!"

Mr. Zheng Er nodded in agreement. He was also a little uneasy at this time.

Lin Ruhai did not stay in Rong Mansion for long. He was about to leave Beijing for his new post, and he still had many people to meet.

After all, if you are going to be promoted to a feudal official, many relationships and connections need to be taken care of. Even if it's not for yourself, just for your daughter and son-in-law to have a better life, you can't do nothing.

Jia Huan followed him out and got directly into the same carriage under Lin Ruhai's greeting.

"Boy, did you have any unfinished words just now?" Lin Ruhai pointed it out directly and chuckled: "Can you tell me about it?"

"There's nothing to say, just wait for the specific situation in the southwest to be communicated!"

Jia Huan said angrily: "If Prince Nan'an really can't bear it anymore and takes the initiative to provoke a war, then he must clean up the situation and not let him be beaten to death with a stick today!"

"You kid, you don't think so highly of the Prince of Nan'an. You are just a prince of one side!"

"Looking at what Nan'an County Prince's Mansion is doing in the southwest, I can't possibly be optimistic about it!"

Jia Huan said it quite bluntly and sneered: "With such good resources, we can't completely control the southwest. I don't know what the previous Nan'an princes did?"

"I think Nan'an County Prince's Palace has done a good job!"

Lin Ruhai had a different opinion and said directly: "At least there has been no major rebellion in the southwest region since the founding of the People's Republic of China for a hundred years, which is very good!"

"With all the Nan'an princes sitting in charge, there is no need for the court to spend money, food or energy!"

This is the traditional concept of scholar-bureaucrats, stability is above all else!
In fact, the southwest region of Daqian is indeed much more peaceful than during the Ming and Song Dynasties. This is an indisputable fact, and it is also an achievement that the Nan'an County Prince is proud of.

Jia Huan dismissed this and sneered: "After a hundred years of operation and controlling all the trade routes in the southwest, you can't replace all the chieftains with your own people. That's a failure!"

"..."

Lin Ruhai was dumbfounded and looked at Jia Huan speechlessly.

Listen to what Jia Huan said, it's so whimsical!
Jia Huan just smiled indifferently and did not explain anything. After all, he had a modern memory of past lives, and his ideas were very different from Lin Ruhai's, and they did not have many common ideas.

In fact, in his opinion, with absolute military superiority and monopolistic business channels, it would not be difficult to manage the entire southwest territory into a monolithic one within a hundred years.

To be honest, the current Nan'an County Prince's grasp of the southwest region is somewhat shallow.

If Jia Huan is willing, he can disturb the peace in the southwest by relying solely on the caravan he has established and the Xue family caravan he can influence. He has such confidence.

Through force suppression and commercial inducement, it is not difficult to replace all the chieftains in the southwest with one's own people, but it will take a little longer.

But a hundred years is enough to do all this!
Not only the southwest region has been influenced by the Central Plains court for thousands of years, but in Jia Huan's view, with the resources controlled by the Nan'an County Palace and relying on the strong productivity of the Central Plains, it can become the local overlord of the entire Southeast Asia.

As long as there is money, food, and flexible business channels, there is no need to go to the trouble of leading the battle. There are many barbarians who are not completely civilized and are willing to do the hard work.

To put it bluntly, it is the 'proxy war' that almost everyone knows in modern times!
Of course, it was impossible for Jia Huan to express these thoughts and ideas, lest they would be too shocking.

But that's what he really thought, so naturally he looked down on the useless snack-like Prince Nan'an.

A good game of Tianhu poker was played in a mess, and he was simply the prodigal among the prodigal.

Lin Ruhai naturally didn't know Jia Huan's specific thoughts. She just thought that he was dissatisfied with the measures taken by the Nan'an County Prince, so he didn't take it too seriously.

Jia Huan is not the only one who is dissatisfied?
These bad things did not affect Jia Huan's mood.

He has not forgotten that Lin Ruhai asked him to help take care of Lin Daiyu.

Just when Lin Daiyu temporarily stayed in Rong Mansion again, on the third day, Jia Huan asked someone to deliver a huge exquisite sand table and a box of relevant information.

"Oh, what an exquisite sand table, what kind of place is this?"

Lin Daiyu was naturally very happy to receive the gift. While looking at it carefully, she quickly invited Sanchun and Li Wan to carefully examine the things on the sand table together.

She already has experience!
When she was at the Lin family before, Jia Huan gave her several sandboxes, all of which were models of Ning Rong's second mansion outside the city, for her to play with and give her pointers to improve the functions of the models on the sandbox.

What was sent here this time were the overseas territories and towns on Jeju Island.

When Lin Daiyu saw the sand table model and the accompanying text description, she felt like she was jumping for joy. She had done something she liked again.

The Sanchun sisters, including Xue Baochai, Li Wan and Wang Xifeng who came to visit, were quite surprised when they saw the sand table model, and their eyes were wide open.

When they learned that the sand table model was condensed from the real scene outside, they were even more shocked.

Now full of joy, we gathered around the sand table as before, constantly discussing the rationality of the urban and rural buildings inside, trying to improve the shortcomings.

Even the old lady was attracted by the sandbox model gameplay!

"Old lady, the buildings and fields on the sand table are all constructed from the footholds found in the outer sea by Brother Huan's sea-going fleet. Take a look and see what improvements can be made!"

Lin Daiyu introduced happily: "I didn't expect that there are so many fields for farming on the offshore islands. If Brother Huan hadn't attached a detailed explanation, I wouldn't have believed it!"

The old lady's eyes flickered, she smiled and nodded: "Yes, the old lady is also very surprised!"

Privately, he couldn't help but wonder that Jia Huan actually had such a foundation on an island in the outer sea!
If this kid hadn't taken the initiative to expose it, everyone would have been kept in the dark!

(End of this chapter)