The memorial from Mingzhou soon arrived in Hangzhou.

Hangzhou was called Xifu during the Wuyue period, Xidu, and Dongdu was Yuezhou, which is Shaoxing.

The territory occupied by the Wu Yue Kingdom was about 13 prefectures, one army, and eighty-six counties, and the two areas in southern Jiangsu and Zhejiang. At its peak, its scope included the entire territory of today's Shanghai, Zhejiang, Suzhou and northeastern Fujian. It was the Yangtze River Delta region, with a wealth of 550,000 households and 3 million Dingkou.

Unlike Bashu who were robbed by the Central Plains, the productivity of Wu and Yue was spared from destruction and the people were also free from being damaged by life.

Su Shi once commented: "The people (referring to the people of Wu and Yue) have died of old age and death, and have no knowledge of military and revolution, and have fun in all seasons, and have heard the sound of singing and drums. They have not been abandoned until now. They are very virtuous than the people."

The Qian King who bloomed on the road had already died for thirty years. Now the one who ruled Wu and Yue is Qian Hongchu. This king has ruled Wu and Yue for fifteen years. Now he is thirty-five years old and has established authority.

Qian Hongchu was pushed to power after the mutiny.

At that time, general Hu Jinsi was in a quarrel with the King of Wu Yue, so he took advantage of the night banquet of King of Wu Yue, and Qian Hongnei was under house arrest and welcomed Qian Hongchu to the southern residence to urge him to ascend the throne.

At the age of 20, Qian Hongchu acted decisively and punished He Chengxun, the commander of the Inner Court, punished him for repetition, and made people feel at ease.

He loved Buddhism, and the Lingyin Temple in West Lake and Leifeng Pagoda were all built by him.

Interestingly, the construction of Leifeng Pagoda is not a white snake, and the real reason is to worship the Buddha's snails.

Of course, Wu Yue was rich, and this little money was nothing, but it left a lot of entertainment life for future generations.

Why do you say that Wu and Yue are rich? The price of grain is enough, and the rice is ten cents.

"Is this Zhang Kui really said that?"

There were many pearls embedded on the long curtain. A thin figure was sitting on the bed, chanting Buddhist beads in his hand, and sandalwood was lit in the room, and a fragrance came to his face. The young eunuch couldn't help but itched his nose.

On this summer, the king lived in his room, chanting Buddhist scriptures, as if he could not feel the heat.

"Reporting to the king, he said that, as if he had occupied Ongshan Island, he didn't want to leave."

"How can the ancestors abandon the world at will?" Qian Hongchu said lightly, smelling the fragrance at the tip of his nose, and he couldn't help but take a breath, saying, "What do you think of your husbands?"

"Several ministers said that the Hailong Army in Lingnan has two or three hundred ships and tens of thousands of soldiers, which is really difficult to deal with, but the country cannot be lost. We can allow it to occupy it for the time being. After accumulating troops and joining forces with the Central Plains, we will definitely be able to recover."

"When will we wait? It's inappropriate. How can the sea boats leave the port if these tens of thousands of people are like bareheaded in their throats?" Qian Hongchu shook his head and rejected: "Is there any other way?"

"The husbands also said that although this Wengshan Island is large, there is not much food. If the Hailong Army occupies it, it will be inconvenient to replenish the supply. We can block the transportation of grain and grass, and spend some money to redeem it. In other words, if it does not retreat, the trade of merchants in Lingnan will not be allowed. If it is done in three ways, it will definitely compromise."

"This is feasible." The king nodded and said again: "But one thing is that sea trade is the lifeblood of our country. If the sea dragon army takes a little action, we will be uneasy and we must prevent them from robbing merchant ships."

"Just reply like this!"

"promise--"

There was a hint of bitterness on Qian Hongchu's face.

The world is getting more and more chaotic, and there are few years of life in Ansheng. How should the ancestors keep their country?

Is the principle of big things really effective?

It is a shame to let the pseudo-country show off when it goes to Bashu in the Central Plains.

But here, Wang Quanbin walked from the Central Plains, traveled westward, and came to Guanzhong, which was once a fertile land of thousands of miles. However, after the wars since the end of the Tang Dynasty, it was no longer as grand as before.

The once fertile soil has long been abandoned, overgrown with weeds, and the irrigated ditches have been abandoned for many years without repair. Only a mess of white bones can be seen.

Along the way, there was little green, and the eyes were covered with yellowish yellow and dust. In the past, many ancient capitals, the prosperous palaces seemed to have exhausted the wood from Guanzhong, so they were covered with grayish yellow!

Wang Quanbin sighed.

The broken Chang'an City seems to be telling the tragedy of this period.

He now has 20,000 imperial guards and 20,000 troops from each state, and is preparing to start recruiting from Fengzhou Road.

"Are the food and grass ready?" Wang Quanbin asked.

"Report to the general, there are about 50,000 stones of food and grass now, and they have been collected in Chang'an."

"It's not enough, let them collect food and grass as soon as possible, and let the villagers send them to Fengzhou."

Wang Quanbin shook his head, and was really nervous about the shortage of food and grass.

Five thousand stones of grain seemed to be a lot, enough for 40,000 people to eat for two months, but there were still tens of thousands of horses, one horse was five steps, and these grains were not enough for a month.

This is when attacking Shu. The terrain is complicated and there is a slight mistake. It is normal to attack for a few months, and insufficient food and grass will be a drag.

In fact, there is no absolute defense in the world. Most of the things that can make the offensive side retreat are food. As long as there is enough food, it is enough to capture any city.

"General, the court said that these were the last food. Guanzhong was broken, and all the food was transported from the Central Plains. Two hundred thousand stones were sent, but in fact they could only get 50,000 stones!"

The deputy general said in a deep voice.

"Did my soldiers go hungry?" Wang Quanbin said angrily.

"The court, let us eat from the enemy."

"Bah——" Wang Quanbin cursed: "If you can't conquer this, you will have to starve to death, all of them will starve to death."

"General——" the deputy general wanted to speak but stopped.

"Go down, I know." Wang Quanbin sighed and stopped him from speaking.

This war has advancement but not retreat, and it can be said that it is a battle of despair.

However, in order to raise military expenses and also food, Wang Quanbin also had a lot of brains. He used the military expenses of the court to purchase a lot of specialties and then transported them to Guanzhong for sale. Since there was no need to pay taxes, the military expenses doubled in a blink of an eye.

He also allowed merchants and teams to help them exempt the checkpoint tax, and only took 20% as a guard fee, and made a profit.

However, people ate horses along the way, but the military expenditure was still insufficient. This bullshit campaign was really a hot job, and it was indeed something that ordinary generals could not do.

How can you stand an old handful of bones?

But here, Shu Kingdom and Chengdu.

When he was young, he worked hard for many years, but was beaten by the Later Zhou Dynasty so that he could not find the North. The four states of Guanyou were destroyed, which completely shattered Meng Chang's ambitions. He was addicted to enjoyment and could no longer extricate himself.

The southward movement of the Central Plains shocked him, and he spent several days discussing how to defend and protect his Shu Kingdom.

For example, the three kingdoms' joint attack on the Central Plains a while ago was his unrealistic idea, but in the end, he failed and spent hundreds of thousands of stones of food and grass in exchange for a two-month promise from the Tang Kingdom.
Chapter completed!