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After the three of them had discussed it, Lin Shu led more than 10,000 elite soldiers and watched 100,000 soldiers leave by boat. Then they divided into more than a dozen teams and disappeared into the mountains and there was no news of them since then.

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Wang Yue really had no intention of resisting Lin Shu's arrangement. In fact, this was a timely help to the Kingdom of Yue.

After all, now that the affairs of Lingnan have been settled, the pressure on Yue State has doubled, so of course the more troops the better.

He also knew that the reason why Lin Shu arranged for Wei Zheng to lead the troops to help guard against Nan Chu was actually because he was afraid that Wang Yue would not trust the Chiyan Army and Wei Zheng.

In fact, Lin Shu was overthinking it. When Wang Yue saw Wei Zheng leading his troops, he was overjoyed. He simply stationed the Chiyan Army in the newly occupied Xin'an County.

Although this place is not on the front line of defense, it can provide support to Nan Chu and the Yangtze River defense line at any time. Its strategic location is very important.

At the same time, Wang Yue asked Wang Jing to lead the army to station in Danyang to provide support in the direction of Jiankang Wujun at any time.

As for those surrendered soldiers, after screening, they were evenly distributed in this military camp, and the rest became farmers.

Daliang, Imperial Palace, Wuying Hall

The Emperor of Daliang had fallen seriously ill some time ago due to the grief of losing his son, and had just recently returned to court.

He held the memorial in his hand and asked angrily, "What is Bai Ye doing? I asked him to take back the land of Wuyue, but he has not started the attack yet?"

Now in the court, Marquis Yan has resigned from his post to become a monk, and all the people from Prince Qi's lineage have been swept away. The remaining people are either silent or are from the party of the Fourth Prince Xiao Jingxuan and the Fifth Prince Xiao Jingyu.

When Bai Ye heard that the Fifth Prince Xiao Jingyu spoke for him in the court last time, he returned the favor and gave the Fifth Prince a hint.

Seeing that Emperor Liang was about to punish Bai Ye, Xiao Jingyu quickly said, "Father, Wu Yue now has the natural barrier of the Yangtze River and more than 200,000 soldiers. Bai Ye only has 100,000 men. He is really powerless! Please send some more reinforcements!"

The fourth prince, Xiao Jingxuan, didn't know that Bai Ye was on the side of the fifth prince. He also said foolishly, "Father, Ye Qin and Dayu became dishonest after knowing that the Western Border Army suffered heavy losses and the Red Flame Army rebelled. General Xie has written several letters asking for help after he hurried back."

Emperor Liang was so furious that his body, which had just recovered, could not help but shake. He shouted angrily, "All of them only know how to ask for help. What do they do for a living?"

Xiao Jingxuan and Xiao Jingyu quickly took the lead in apologizing, and shouted in unison with great fear and trepidation, "Your Majesty, calm down!"

Emperor Liang also knew that he was forcing others to do what they wanted, and after he lost his temper, he could only order each county to step up conscription to make up for the shortage of soldiers in various places. As for the expedition to Wu and Yue, it had to be put on hold for the time being.

The great battle that Wang Yue had been waiting for never came.

He quickly determined that Daliang was recovering from the heavy losses suffered by the Red Flame Army, the Western Border Army and Lingnan, and that a major war could not be fought for the time being.

However, Daliang suffered from a shortage of troops, and Wang Yue's situation was not much better. Not only did he lack generals, but he also had some food shortages.

Fortunately, there were enough soldiers surrendered by the State of Yue to reclaim all the wasteland and solve part of the problem themselves.

In addition, the Wu Yue Trading Company led by Mr. Qian provided a steady supply of funds, which was barely enough to cover the expenses.

Both Daliang and Yue State entered a stage of recuperation.

Chapter 83: Use a trumpet when going out!

In the blink of an eye, another year has passed. During this year, Wang Yue was too busy with government affairs to get away, and he finally understood how powerful Xie Wei was.

He felt that the next time he returned to Ning'an's dreamy world, he would definitely send some supplements to Xie Wei. With this cousin busy, he could save himself a lot of trouble and have time to relax in the harem.

You have to know that this is just the small land of Wu and Yue, and there are endless things to do, let alone the entire country. You can imagine how busy Xie Wei is.

After a busy year, Wang Yue finally took some time off and went to Wu County under the pretext of ancestor worship, and inspected the local situation.

He didn't want to risk offending the aristocratic families and have the land he fought for the people and soldiers be plundered in the blink of an eye.

It’s not surprising that perhaps it was because there were occasional frictions along the Yangtze River this year, and the blood from Wang Yue’s butcher knife that he had extended to the aristocratic families had not yet dried, and the deterrent effect was still there, so there had been no annexation of the land within the borders of Yue.

On his way back to the city, Wang Yue passed by Yixing and went to the Yixing County Office to check on a case. After reading it, he found that the case was clear and understandable, which made him very impressed. He praised it, "County Magistrate Chen, you have done a great job this year. I will send someone to give you a reward after I return. By the way, what is your full name?"

County Magistrate Chen was a local boy from a poor family. As the State of Yue was newly established, there was a shortage of talented people and most of the aristocratic families did not take up official positions. Most of the local boys from poor families had nowhere else to go, so they recommended themselves to the Palace of the King of Yue.

Wang Yue promoted people regardless of their background, so he had the opportunity to be the county magistrate in this county. He was very grateful to Wang Yue. When Wang Yue asked him his name, he replied respectfully, "Your Majesty, you are too kind. This is what I should do. My name is Qingzhi, and my courtesy name is Ziyun."

Wang Yue nodded and said with great appreciation, "Ziyun, I will remember you! If you work hard, I will not treat you unfairly!"

After he finished speaking, he put down the documents from the county government and prepared to return to Kuaiji. But after he took a few steps, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

Chen Qingzhi? The Chen Qingzhi in white robe that thousands of troops avoided?

Wang Yue was very excited, thinking that he had met a rare and powerful general. He quickly turned around, came to Chen Qianzhi, who was bowing to see him off, and looked him up and down.

Chen Qingzhi felt a little tingling when Wang Yue looked at him. He thought he had done something wrong, which made Wang Yue unhappy. He bowed again and asked, "Your Majesty, I wonder what I did wrong?"

Wang Yue also knew that this was a bit of a fuss, so he coughed lightly, organized his words and said, "We have many wars in Yue State. I wonder how good County Magistrate Chen is at archery and horse riding?"

Chen Qingzhi thought Wang Yue was testing him, so he quickly said, "I am a humble official who has mastered the six arts. If Your Majesty needs me, I can also carry a three-foot sword and charge into battle for Your Majesty."

After hearing what Chen Qianzhi said, Wang Yue asked his personal bodyguard Wu Jing to compete with Chen Qianzhi.

This also made him realize, to his amazement, that Chen Qingzhi's knowledge of the six arts of a gentleman was indeed quite good, and it was more than just a basic understanding, but he was truly just a civil official.

However, thinking that this person was good at doing things, Wang Yue thought it would be better to keep him around and ask him to help sort out official business so that he could review it more conveniently, and he could also train him well.

He made up his mind, looked at Chen Qingzhi, and asked seriously, "Ziyun, I wonder if you are willing to go with me to the palace to help me?"

Chen Qingzhi did not expect that this was not a bad thing. He was overjoyed and immediately fell to the ground, saying excitedly, "I am willing to die for the king!"

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Winter of the twenty-fifth year of Zhenping.

Although the State of Yue had several small-scale frictions with Daliang on the Yangtze River and had some confrontations with Southern Chu, they temporarily stopped fighting after entering winter.

While the three kingdoms were busy testing each other's situations, a martial arts sect, the Jiangzuo League, quietly emerged in the Jiangzuo area.

No one paid attention to it at the beginning, until the leader of the Jiangzuo League, Mei Changsu, successfully mediated the feud between the Qiaolong Gang and the Gongsun Family, which made the Jiangzuo League famous in the world.

The name Mei Changsu also reached Wang Yue's ears at this time, making him realize that Lin Shu had returned to his old ways.

Lin Shu's concealment also made Wang Yue realize that rebellion was not so easy to do. His achievements today were a coincidence and he was very lucky.

With the Lin family's connections and strength, they can only remain dormant in the martial arts world temporarily in the end, let alone him, a mere captain!

Wang Yue now has more soldiers than generals and has no strength to attack others. He can only defend as best he can. It seems that nothing is wrong, so he opened a small account and went to Langzhou, the headquarters of Jiangzuo League, under the identity of Yan Lin.

Langzhou was originally located in the territory of Yue State, in the mountains near Jiankang, at the foot of the mountain, in a strategic location close to the river, and there was a large dock.

There are dozens of large ships docked at the dock, and the ships look different from those used by most navies today.

This reminded Wang Yue that when he was reading, he accidentally saw the blueprints of Ming Dynasty warships. Although it was only a rough outline, with the help of craftsmen, he should be able to research it out. It seemed that he would have something to do when he returned.

Just as Wang Yue was staring at the warship, Nie Feng's voice suddenly came over, "Who was that? It turns out you're here. No wonder there are so many people accompanying you. Now I should call you..."

Wang Yue came back to his senses and immediately interrupted Nie Feng, saying very sincerely, "I am Yan Lin, and I admire the leader of the Jiangzuo League, Su, so I came here specially to pay you a visit."

Nie Feng was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized that Wang Yue was hiding his identity.

Of course, he could also hear from Wang Yue's words that Wang Yue did not treat them as outsiders.

So, he said enthusiastically, "So you are Mr. Yan from Yan State. I am so sorry for the disrespect. My clan leader and your country's Sixth Prince are old acquaintances. He must have more to say."

Wang Yue looked at Nie Feng helping him to cover up the lie without blushing or beating his heart, which made him think of a question unconsciously, that is, Nie Feng is indeed worthy of being Xia Dong's husband, he is so professional!

After more than a year of recuperation, Mei Changsu's shoulder injury has healed, but he still has no strength in his left arm when fighting.

This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that he vomited blood twice in a row, which damaged his heart and lungs and made his face very pale.

Seeing Wang Yue following Nie Feng in, Lin Shu was stunned for a moment, then immediately stood up and wanted to greet Wang Yue.

The Jiangzuo League was able to develop so rapidly because Wang Yuexing provided considerable support to the Jiangzuo League.

Now that Wang Yue, the lord of Jiangdong, has arrived, although he used to be Wang Yue's junior commander, he still needs to express his gratitude in person.

Nie Feng knew what Lin Shu wanted to do, so he quickly introduced him, "Sect Master, Yan Lin from Beiyan is here to visit, so I brought him in for you."

Lin Shu immediately understood what he meant, and he also said with a smile, "So it's Master Yan Lin who's here. My name is Su Zhe, nice to meet you, Master."

Wang Yue also followed suit and bowed to Lin Shu. He then smiled and said, "Master Su's Jiangzuo League has the momentum of being the largest gang in the Jianghu. I came here this time because I want to cooperate with your gang on a business."

When Lin Shu heard that Wang Yue wanted to cooperate, he became worried. He also knew that the power of the Jiangzuo League was quite large in Jiangdong. Although he also restrained the gang members, there were still some areas that he could not take care of.

He thought Wang Yue was here to call him to task, so he asked cautiously, "I wonder if Young Master Yan wants to cooperate with you. Our Jiangzuo League will definitely cooperate with you."

Wang Yue saw that Lin Shu had misunderstood, so he took out a mirror and a piece of glass from his pocket, then said with a smile, "I have a mirror and a piece of glass here, Sect Master, can you tell me how much they are worth?"

Lin Shu held the mirror and the glass and looked at them for a while. He immediately realized that the mirror was made of glass. He first looked at the glass and found that it could reflect people clearly, many times clearer than a bronze mirror.

Bronze mirrors are daily necessities that every family with a little wealth will buy, and this brings in huge profits.

He looked at Wang Yue with some emotion and said, "Brother, although I don't know the use of this glass, the mirror is a priceless business. Jiangzuo League has received a lot of care from you, and I really feel a little unworthy."

Wang Yue saw that Lin Shu was deeply moved, so he smiled and comforted him, "Don't act like a child. Yue State and Jiangzuo League have the same origin. With sufficient funds, you can expand Jiangzuo League to other countries, which will also be helpful to Yue State. At the same time, if you help me bring enough profits, I can also let the people of Yue State live a better life. There is no need for us to be polite."

Lin Shu knew that Wang Yue supported his revenge and was deeply moved, so he made a losing deal with Wang Yue.

That is the glass and mirror business. Wang Yue is responsible for production, Jiang Zuomeng is responsible for sales. Wang Yue takes 80% of the profits, while Jiang Zuomeng only takes 20%.

The reason why Wang Yue negotiated business with the Jiangzuo League was, on the one hand, to get closer to both sides, on the other hand, to emphasize the alliance relationship, and finally to make money.

After the matter was settled, Wang Yue left Langzhou without any further delay.

After he returned to Kuaiji, in order to make the Yangtze River defense line more stable, he drew a blueprint of the Ming Dynasty warship and communicated and studied with the craftsmen in the shipyard for several months before he finally built the warship.

Although this type of warship may have been a very common warship in the Ming Dynasty, it was very advanced during the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

After the emergence of Yue's new warships, Yue's navy successfully gained an advantage. They no longer had to serve as patrol scouts, nor did they have to retreat to the harbor when encountering a major battle, relying on the protection of catapults on land. Instead, they would occasionally destroy some ships of the Daliang navy.

The rise of the Yue navy suddenly made Yue's Yangtze River defense line very stable, and there was no need to worry about sneak attacks from the Daliang navy anymore.

Chapter 84: The storm is coming again!

Although the Yue army and civilians were focused on stabilizing their existing territory, Wang Yue also knew that he did not have the strength to attack Nanchu and Daliang.

It’s not that the soldiers of Yue State were not brave enough, but the soldiers and aristocratic families of these two countries were too wary of Yue State.

Although the Yue State seems to have a large number of troops, if the aristocratic families fully support the defense of Yue State, it actually does not have much advantage.

In addition, these aristocratic families are deeply rooted in the system. Wang Yue really cannot guarantee that when he has the upper hand, these families will not persuade the royal families of other countries to let Daliang launch an all-out attack.

After all, no matter which royal family wins, the aristocratic family will still be able to be passed down for thousands of years, but once Wang Yue wins, it’s hard to say what will happen.

Wang Yue also had self-knowledge. He felt that since there was no room for expansion on land, he set his sights on Yizhou, which was not far away.

Southern Chu was unable to carry out large-scale cross-sea operations, so there was nothing it could do about Yizhou Island. However, the Yue State, with its new warships, could easily carry out cross-sea operations.

In addition, at this time, land and population are always the top priorities to be fought for, and Wang Yue also intends to build high walls and store up food in order to slowly become king.

More than two years passed in a flash. Due to the natural barrier of the Yangtze River, the Daliang navy lost its advantage, resulting in Daliang being unable to carry out large-scale river crossing operations. In the past two years, it could only carry out small-scale sneak attacks.

However, such a battle can only express an attitude and has no way to deal with the Kingdom of Yue.

The State of Yue, in fact, had already established a firm foothold.

After two years of development, although the size of Yue's army remained the same, its navy had grown explosively.

The Yue State now has several large naval camps, hundreds of large and small ships, and has successfully trained a large number of naval soldiers.

Because of the existence of the navy, not only did the State of Yue no longer fear sneak attacks across the river, but it also gained a firm foothold in Yizhou.

The situation on Wang Yue's side is very good, and Lin Shu is not willing to be left out. His Jiangzuo League has expanded its tentacles to every county in the countries by selling glass and mirrors.

With the rapid development of Jiangzuo League, a huge amount of funds also poured into the pockets of Wang Yue and Lin Shu. Although Lin Shu only took 20% of the profit, he no longer had to worry about money.

Zhenping twenty-seventh year, winter,

Mei Changsu appeared on the Langya Talent List for the first time, and suddenly many people became curious about this mysterious gang leader, but few people had seen him in person.

There are even rumors that any woman who has seen Mei Changsu will be attracted by his appearance and temperament.

Wang Yue was speechless about this. The actor who played Mei Changsu was also a handsome man who fascinated everyone in the urban world. He was really a little lacking.

However, no matter how well Mei Changsu develops, he is not as good as Wang Yue. His nickname Yan Lin has also successfully made it onto the Langya Rich List.

The Yan's Trading Company he founded grew with the development of the Jiangzuo League and became a considerable trading company.

After more than two years of operation, with the help of Jiangzuo League, he launched many popular items and resold some scarce items through sea transportation, which also made him rank tenth on the rich list.

Everyone thought that the Yan's Trading Company came from Dayan, but no one misunderstood Wang Yue. Even the well-informed Langya Pavilion did not reveal this news.

Every time the Yan's Company came to do business, whether it was to Daliang Yan State or Yue State and Nanchu, they came from the sea, making it impossible to trace them.

In fact, the main reason for this result is Wang Yue’s glass mirror business. No matter where the goods are shipped, it is in cooperation with the Jiangzuo League and has nothing to do with Yan’s Trading Company.

Moreover, with Mei Changsu as a cover, there was certainly no way that Langya Pavilion could expose Wang Yue, and they covered it up vaguely, which was a considerable help.