The Demon Soul is Coming

That afternoon, Marquis Luming, Xia Yingchen, city guard Huangsong, Liu Sang, Xia Zhaowu, and several important generals of Ningyun City were discussing matters in the hall.

Huang Song sighed: "Xihai Town has already started riots. Some of the various princes were forced to attach themselves, and some recruited troops to try to protect themselves. Hezhou has begun to shuffle the cards. Although we can barely maintain neutrality now, in the end, No matter who wins, we'll be hard-pressed to protect ourselves."

Xia Yingchen is also worried. Ningyun City is located in a remote place and its influence is small. The advantage is that it was not taken seriously at the beginning, but the disadvantage is that its development is weak. Once the overall situation is settled, Ningyun City will be swept into the dust of history by the autumn wind. fallen leaves.

Marquis Luming smiled bitterly and said: "This Marquis is just relying on the blessings of his ancestors in the past. He is already satisfied with being able to enjoy such wealth. At most, after the overall situation is settled, no matter who wins, he will take the initiative to hand over this city. Others will not be able to kill them all."

The generals looked at each other...Although Hou Ye has a good attitude, this is tantamount to handing over his future to others, which always makes people very unwilling.

Xia Yingchen said: "Although my father has the idea of ​​following the crowd, I'm afraid that if we are willing to settle down, others will not let us settle down. The situation is already in chaos, and I'm afraid it will take many times to reshuffle the cards before finally being able to settle down." Come down, the cities of Qingmu and Jinhong around us are already recruiting troops, if they come to occupy us, shall we fight or not? This chaos cannot be ended in three to five years."

Xia Zhaowu snorted: "Since others can recruit soldiers and horses, why can't we? Whoever dares to kill him, we will kill him back."

Several generals nodded one after another... Although the military strength of the princes is limited, but like those big princes secretly never take the court's restrictions seriously. To protect themselves, they broke the restrictions one after another, and the imperial court couldn't control them.

"How can it be so easy?" Xia Yingchen sighed softly, "If you want to develop, you need money and food. We have no money and no food, and there is only one city. If we recruit soldiers, who is willing to vote? What to buy? This is not a game of housekeeping, or you don’t do it, once you move, you can’t stop it.”

Xia Zhaowu knew that she didn't know anything about these things, so she had to shut up.

Liu Sang also knows that the most important point of Ningyun City is that its foundation is too weak, and it has only been divided into three generations. Even if the two sisters of Yingchen are counted, they are only the fourth generation, let alone compare with those big princes. Even compared with those aristocratic families, their strength is too small.In this situation, if you want to protect yourself, you must either be completely neutral, but as the lady said, if you wait to die, only a few small princes in the surrounding area are capable of annexing Ningyun City, or you can rely on a certain big prince , but the situation is chaotic, if they are on the wrong team, the end will be even worse.

He spread out the map and said: "I don't think there is no way. Our weakness lies in the mountains and the sea, making it difficult to develop, but isn't our advantage also the same? Although Juejizhou in the north of Hezhou has been in constant war, Yangzhou in the west Chuzhou and Chuzhou are relatively peaceful, and if there is a big war, all kinds of resources must be scarce. We can build Ningyun City into a seaport and trade with other continents.” Whether it is the ancient times in his previous life that only respected Confucianism, or the Mohism in this life. He doesn't pay much attention to business, but as a traveler, Liu Sang naturally knows the importance of business, especially maritime trade, which often has huge profits.

Xia Yingchen said: "It's useless. Since the collapse of Shenzhou, many places on the sea have been blocked by quicksand, which is called a river of quicksand. Ordinary merchant ships can't come and go at all, and the sea route from us to Yangzhou has precisely The two Liusha Rivers, if you want to bypass the Liusha River by sea, I am afraid that it will take many years, and I don’t know if it will be possible.”

Huang Song said: "In fact, the Liusha River is not absolutely impossible to cross, but even if we find a sea route and build a caravan, we still have to face the pirates on the sea. Those pirates rely on the Liusha River to come and go without a trace. In terms of maritime trade, Zhiyu Gongshi is better than us, but because of those pirates, the trade in the outer seas cannot develop.”

Xia Yingchen said: "I heard that the Qingqiu Fox Clan has a secret sea route that may cross the Liusha River, so the Fox Clan is rich and has several enemy countries, but they will not casually reveal such a sea route."

Liu Sang said: "You can try to find Miss Tweety, she is the princess of the fox clan..."

"It's useless," Xia Yingchen said, "The 'princess' of the Fox Clan is just a good name and has no real power. What's more, the Fox Clan doesn't care about favors, only about grievances, unless they can benefit from us , otherwise it will never give us benefits for no reason."

Liu Sang said: "Then let's do business with them."

"What do you use for business?" Xia Yingchen smiled wryly, "My Ningyun City has nothing but mountains and seas, and some special products that outsiders can't see."

Liu Sang resolutely said, "Let me figure out a solution for this."

Xia Yingchen looked at him suspiciously.

Liu Sang said with a smile, "Anyway, even if it fails, there is no loss. Give it a try."

Xia Yingchen pondered for a while, nodded, and looked around again: "From tomorrow, I will go to Yushan to retreat for three months. I will trouble you all about the affairs in the city."

Xia Yingchen is the backbone of Ningyun City. It would not be appropriate to leave suddenly at such a time, but everyone knows that her cultivation method is at a critical moment, and choosing this time to retreat must have made a breakthrough grasp.If she succeeds in retreating this time, she will most likely become the youngest master-level master on Hezhou, and she will also be a deterrent to some ambitious local princes around her.

So they put in guarantee tickets one after another, so that the princess could retreat with peace of mind.

Xia Yingchen looked at his father again. Marquis Luming had intended it a long time ago, and said: "From now on, I will be attached to the horse and serve as the general of the army. I wonder if you have any opinions?"

You look at each other, and naturally you won't have any opinions.Although it was Lord Hou who announced it, everyone naturally knew that it was the princess' opinion. After returning from Yingcheng, everyone could see that the princess's attitude towards Fuma was completely different from before. Get involved and listen to him.

They were originally the private generals of the Xia family in Ningyun City, and Liu Sang was the princess' husband-in-law. As long as Lord Hou and the princess have no objections, it is normal for them to participate in government affairs.What's more, "Military Division General" is just a general with a miscellaneous number, which will not affect anyone's status.

In this era, just like the pre-Qin period, there is no distinction between civil and military, especially miscellaneous generals. "General", the real power of these generals can be great or small, in fact, it all depends on the superiors, just like Liu Sang, the "Military Adviser General", when he is in power, he can make decisions on all political affairs in the city. At that time, it is equivalent to an aide, and it is not of much use.

However, Marquis Luming just gave Liu Sang the title of "Military Adviser General". He neither led troops nor supervised military affairs. Will not give birth to an opinion on this matter.

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