Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 209 Raising Bandits' Self-Respect ([-])

four months later
The four major families in Liaodong have just finished dealing with the follow-up of the four-county coalition, and are preparing to send troops to Yuyang County to launch a counterattack against Yuyang and other four counties, forcing the four counties to join the chamber of commerce.

However, things will not go as smoothly as Liaodong thought. The situation in the world is in turmoil, and no one can predict what will happen next moment.

Liu Xiu, who had been hunted down by Wang Lang, actually defeated more with less, wiped out Wang Lang's main force, and wiped out his biggest opponent in Hebei.

Although several counties in Youzhou, except for Liaodong, had been subordinated to Liu Xiu in name, but only in name. Once Liu Xiu failed in the war, the counties in Youzhou would surrender to Wang Lang without hesitation.

They will help whoever wins!

Now that Liu Xiu has won, then help Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu can have everything today, first of all because he can fight, second is the support of powerful people, and finally is good luck.

Liu Xiu, who successfully defeated Wang Lang, was no longer satisfied with ruling the counties of Youzhou in name, and he actually sent his confidant Zhu Fu to Youzhou to serve as the shepherd of Youzhou.

After this incident, the counties in Youzhou were shocked, and the four major families in Liaodong had to temporarily give up the idea of ​​counterattacking the four counties.

And the four major families began to waver on the issue of standing in line again.

"Liu Xiu defeated Wang Lang, and now he has actually controlled the three counties of Handan, Xindu, and Bohai, and the six counties of Yuyang, Shanggu, Guanghan, Zhuojun, Youbeiping, and Liaoxi have also belonged to Liu Xiu. Now Liu Xiu has He is one of the most powerful forces in the world, and the one who will rule the world in the future will definitely be Liu Xiu!" Li Chengyou said, his Li family is close to Liaoxi, so he has a lot of contact with other counties in Youzhou, and he wants to join Liu Xiu's big family .

"Zhang Bu in Qingzhou is not inferior in strength, sitting on the entire Qingzhou." Wang Bian said, their Wang family is relatively close to Zhang Bu, and they often conduct population trade with Zhang Bu, so they naturally have a good impression of Zhang Bu, which is very good. normal.

The Wang family transported the goods they produced to Qingzhou for sale, but Zhang Bu couldn't afford it, and he was reluctant to spend money, so he followed the Wang family's suggestion and exchanged people for supplies.

Zhang Bu wantonly arrested the people in the area under his rule in the Qingzhou area, especially the arrest of artisans, doctors, young adults, women, children, and scholars.

In Qingzhou, these populations are sold at:

[Artisan: 10000 money/piece

Healer: 200000 money/each

Young adults: 400 money/each

Girls: 800 money/each

Women: 400 money/person

Children: 100 money/each

Scholar: 3000 money/each]

The purchase price of the Wang family is fixed, and there is no deception. Whether it is Zhang Bu, the prince of Qingzhou, the bandits of Qingzhou, or the powerful gentry of Qingzhou, they can capture the population and sell it to the Wang family. Qian asked the Wang family to buy various goods, including silk, tea, grain, wine, cloth, armor, farm tools, weapons and so on.

However, the Wang family does not buy the elderly, the disabled, or the sick.

Now the world is in chaos, there are refugees everywhere, so the price of people is very low, it is easy to want people, just arrest them, anyway, there is no imperial court, no central government can punish this kind of behavior.

Although many refugees also poured into Youzhou, the high-quality population was intercepted by counties such as Yuyang, which were closer to the Central Plains, and those left in Liaodong were old, weak, sick and disabled.

It is naturally impossible for the four big families in Liaodong to allow these useless old, weak, sick and disabled to flood into Liaodong and increase the economic burden on Liaodong, which is not very rich. Therefore, they set up checkpoints at the border to prevent these low-quality population from entering Liaodong.

What the four major families want are artisans, doctors, and scholars, this kind of high-quality population.

Most of these high-quality people will be transported overseas by the Wang family, and [-] acres of wasteland will be allocated to reclaim overseas for the Wang family. Only craftsmen, doctors, and scholars can stay in the rich Taohua Port.

The cooperation between the Wang family and Qingzhou is too deep, so they want to join the Qingzhou family, but they are not interested in Liu Xiu from Jizhou, Hebei.

"It's still too early to talk about joining a certain force. After all, the world is still unifying so quickly, and who is the new master of the world is not yet known. We can just manage our own Liaodong with peace of mind." Young Master Zhang advocated Yuliang with a smile , their Zhang family is located in the center of Liaodong, no matter what forces in the Central Plains are not involved, so it doesn't matter if they stand in line, whichever side the other three families stand in, the Zhang family will just stand in line with them.

"Before discussing joining the forces of the Central Plains, let's pay attention to Goguryeo first." Lu Yiran, the young master of the Lu family, frowned. Their Lu family is located in the northernmost part of Liaodong County, bordering Wuhuan to the northwest, Fuyu to the north, and Fuyu to the northeast. Bordering Goguryeo, it can be said that it is the worst position among the four major families.

There is no way, the Lu family is the latest to rise among the four major families. The good places in Liaodong have long been divided by the three families of Wang, Zhang and Li, and the Lu family can only carve up the poorest and most dangerous counties in the north of Liaodong.

"Gaoguryeo? What's the matter?" Wang Bian asked curiously. The Wang family is in the southernmost part of Liaodong, quite far from Goguryeo, and they have never been in contact with Goguryeo before, so they don't know much about it. They only know that they are a very common barbarian tribe, and there is nothing worth paying attention to. of.

"Goguryeo has annexed nearly half of Xuantu County in the past ten years. If it continues to develop like this, it will not take many years for the entire Xuantu County to be annexed by Goguryeo. By then, Liaodong may become its next target." Lu Yiran was a little worried. Their Lu family's manor was only separated from Goguryeo by the Great Wall of Yan, and they could always feel the vitality of the new regime of Goguryeo.

"Moreover, the prefect of Xuantu County has already asked my father for help, hoping that our Liaodong will send troops to help Xuantu County suppress Goguryeo, which rebelled against the founding of the country." Lu Yiran added that although his father was the prefect of Liaodong, the dispatch of troops had to be done with other people. The three major families discussed together. After all, the soldiers of Liaodong County were raised by the four major families, not his Lu family's private soldiers.

"Rescue Xuantu County?" Young Master Zhang advised Yuliang to think about the meaning of doing so.

"What good does this do for us in Liaodong? What's more, even if Goguryeo annexed the entire Xuantu County? Across the Great Wall, how could they possibly enter our Liaodong?" Li Chengyou shook his head and said.

Just when everyone was looking at me and I was looking at you, not knowing whether to rescue Xuantu County, Wang Jian laughed and said, "Don't you hear that the cunning rabbit is dead, the lackey is cooked, the birds are gone, and the good bow is hidden! In the past How did Han Xin and Yingbo die, you all don’t know?”

"Huh?" The other three looked at her.

Facing the stares of the three people, Wang Bian explained: "There will always be a time when the world will return to unity. If the new court wants to do something like Emperor Wu to weaken the powerful gentry and suppress us, the heroes who founded the country from the dragon, then we can do nothing." How to do it?"

"You mean, keep Goguryeo and support the invaders?" Lu Yiran asked.

"Exactly, as long as Goguryeo exists and threatens the court's rule in the Northeast, the rule of our four major families in Liaodong will be as stable as a mountain. Without the full support of our Liaodong, it will be difficult for the court to maintain its rule in the Northeast. In order to maintain its rule in the Northeast, the imperial court had to reuse our four clans in Liaodong."

"The rebels are our food and clothing parents. Goguryeo must be suppressed, but it cannot be completely suppressed!"

Wang Bian's answer was unanimously approved by everyone. Compared with the threat of Goguryeo, the four major families were more afraid of the threat posed by a ruler like Emperor Wu.

We must guard against Goguryeo, but we must guard against Han Wudi!
(End of this chapter)