The special thing about Ezhou is that it has a flat river. If it weren't for the towering city wall, this river would really be a protective river with nothing to rely on. Although there are dams, in wartime situations, it can easily be drilled through by the enemy to divert water from the Yangtze River.

Therefore, the first thing Ling Xin'an had to do was to heighten and strengthen the dikes. This led Feng Cai to arrange manpower and design a river similar to the Jiangzhou port. At the same time, he opened up the water network between Ezhou and the Yangtze River and diverted the Yangtze River water into the Ezhou moat.

With a stroke of his pen, Ling Xin'an doubled the size of Ezhou City. It is only three miles away from the Yangtze River. Strong embankments will be built along the river, covered with sharp gravel. Large ships cannot dock at the shore at all. Only

A certain place has a limited space that can accommodate more than ten merchant ships. Three rivers are introduced from the Yangtze River. Only two ships are allowed to sail side by side on the left and right rivers. As one in and one out of the same channel, four ships can sail side by side in the middle.

In this way, the entry and exit of three ships in a row can be controlled, which not only protects the merchant ships, but also strategically does not fear the entry of enemy ships. On the bank of the Yangtze River, there is only one huge opening that can allow two ships to enter side by side at the same time.

They are all towering lookout towers and wartime bunkers.

The Zhou Dynasty did not allow the construction of ports, but that did not mean that they could not be used as military fortresses.

At the same time, Ling Xin'an built Ezhou City into a circular satellite city. Behind Ezhou, a waterway and land route will be opened to connect Jiangzhou. The straight-line distance is only about 80 miles, and the army will guard it day and night.

On both sides of the three rivers, Ling Xin'an will vigorously develop agriculture. You must know that the most important thing in Jiangzhou City is soybeans, but compared to Ezhou's agriculture, Jiangzhou can only be regarded as insignificant.

Ling Xin'an's purpose is to build Ezhou into the largest agricultural planting center, a capital of soybeans, rice, fruits, corn, sorghum, and sweet potatoes, which have both commercial value and strategic materials, and then to create Ezhou's tourism scenery.

Because Ezhou will be built into the only river city in the world, the Oriental Pearl of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

After this torment, the five states, especially Ezhou, arrived in mid-March. Everything recovered and the rainy season increased. Under the command of the Eastern Marshal and the four generals, the Great Zhou Dynasty conquered twelve states in succession.

Two months later, the twelve states were regained and stabilized. In the shock and anger of the five barbarians, they finally learned that the code name of this Great Zhou War was Sweeping the Vernal Equinox, and tit for tat completely made the five barbarians feel fear.

The Great Zhou Dynasty is about to rise!

Because they know that no clan can be the opponent of the Great Zhou. The reason why the Great Zhou is in such a situation is because the five barbarians started war with him at the same time, dividing the power of the Great Zhou into five, and then defeated him step by step.

The retreat turned into a tug-of-war like today, and neither of them could do anything to the other.

Only since last year, the Zhou Dynasty suddenly exploded with strength that they had never expected. In just six months, they had already recovered thirty-one states.

The Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty is about to be praised as much as Emperor Wu of the Zhou Dynasty. Zhou people all over the world are excited about it. The recovery of the thirty-one prefectures not only makes them feel proud again, but also makes the young Zhou people support the emperor even more since the founding of the Zhou Dynasty.

the second emperor.

So some people from the court came forward to praise the current emperor as Emperor Wen. After Emperor Wu, Emperor Wen flourished greatly.

But more importantly, civil servants discovered that behind every war, merchants suddenly appeared and were active in various battlefields.

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Like a pack of jackals, no grass grows wherever they go. The civil servants who understood this immediately reported to the court, strongly demanding that these profit-seeking merchants be prevented from intervening in the war. The soldiers of the Zhou Dynasty were fighting on the front line, but a group of people made war fortune. This made

Many civil and military officials were extremely angry and angry.

In the Guangming Hall, there was another burst of fierce speeches and scoldings. This time, not only the Shaoqing and the Fu, but also the officials of the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Personnel, some even brought the bachelors of the Old Hall to the hall.

"Your Majesty, war is against the laws of heaven, and it is a waste of care for the dead. It is even more unjust to deprive the dead of their money. Your Majesty, please take back your order!"

The Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty looked at the trembling body of the old bachelor and said slowly: "Grand bachelor, if this is not the case, where will the funds for the war come from?"

The bachelor of the old hall said: "The Great Zhou is your Majesty's Great Zhou, and it is also the Great Zhou of the civil and military officials of the dynasty. How can the wealth of the Great Zhou be handed over to a group of profit-seeking merchants? They only have money in their eyes. How can the court and the people still ask for help?"

Your Majesty takes back his orders!"

"Your Majesty, please take back your order!" Almost all the officials in the Manchu Dynasty said in unison.

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When Ling Xin'an received the secret document, he immediately called the shareholder representatives of the ten major chambers of commerce and told them all about the affairs discussed in the court today.

Everyone immediately changed their colors, and one representative said: "Sir, what should we do?"

Shopkeeper Han, the representative of the three major chambers of commerce, said: "Sir, is your Majesty going to take it back?"

Ling Xin'an shook her head: "No, it's not His Majesty who wants to take it back, but the people in the imperial court who want to take it back. They also see the benefits here, so they want to take it away."

Everyone's expression changed. They were just merchants and didn't have much power at all. In such a world, their abilities were only slightly better than ordinary people. They had no ability to resist the imperial court and Jianghu sects.

"We have touched their cheese!" Ling Xin'an said calmly: "Go on, all the chambers of commerce will gradually roll out the twelve states, return to the previous nineteen states, and continue to operate them. The twelve states will be handed over to the imperial court for processing. All chambers of commerce will

No resistance or obstruction is allowed, and the obtained items will be transported back to the Zhou Dynasty immediately without any delay."

"Sir, we will suffer huge losses this time!" A representative from the Chamber of Commerce was unwilling to accept this.

Ling Xin'an said coldly: "If you want to kill everyone, just go ahead. All the civil and military officials are against it. Do you think it's just the officials who are jealous?"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and their faces immediately turned ugly. The opposing chamber of commerce representative was even pale and broke into a cold sweat.

"Sir, what if the nineteen states also want to be taken back?" a representative asked cautiously.

"Don't worry, he won't do this. He has just taken back thirty-one states, and hundreds of states are still in the hands of the five barbarians. Do you think he will be stupid enough to burn bridges across the river so quickly?"

"No one will touch you in these nineteen states. You can operate with confidence and extend your business territory there. Whenever the chamber of commerce in the capital enters, you know how to do it. You cannot let them pick the fruits they have obtained.

." Ling Xin'an said coldly.

After everyone heard this, the stone in their hearts immediately dropped, and they were even more grateful to Ling Xin'an.

"This thing needs to be done quickly, as much as can be transported, and then you can make as much chaos in the rear as you can. I'll see if they can hold on to these twelve states for how long. They always pick on the weak. I really think we are just for money.

And doing these evil things

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Damn it, we have done all the bad things, and we have brought infamy all over the world for you, but in the end we still want to pick up what we already have."

Everyone was frightened when they heard this. They had never seen Ling Xin'an so angry. They were smart people, so it can be seen that the situation in the imperial court was even more dangerous.

"Remember, this must be done as quickly as possible, and you must not disrupt the war, otherwise no one can save you if you are caught." Ling Xin'an ordered again.

"Yes, sir!"

Soon, the people sent by the Chamber of Commerce retreated quietly on various battlefields, no longer cleaning the battlefield, and even refused all future business for the soldiers. In just a few days, the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty paid 30% more soldiers than before in the war.

The victory was maintained, but there was no possibility of progress.

More and more soldiers began to make noises. They were fighting the enemy on the battlefield, but they could not provide any protection to their relatives. In the past, they died, and their relatives at home could only cry and receive weak pensions from the court. Since then,

Even if they join the Chamber of Commerce, even if they die in battle, a large amount of the money seized from the enemy and rewarded by the army will be returned to their families, so that they can kill the enemy with confidence. But now, the imperial court actually ordered these Chamber of Commerce to withdraw from the battlefield.

It will be taken over by relevant people in Beijing.

The Generalissimo Dongfang and the four generals wrote overnight to ask the imperial court to withdraw their orders. On the battlefield, the Chamber of Commerce made war fortune. Although it was not visible to the public, it was an extremely beneficial win-win situation for the Great Zhou Dynasty. Now it is handed over to the imperial court.

If there is another war in the future, can they come up with so much money so quickly and in a timely manner without affecting the progress of the war? Can they do it?

One letter after another seemed to sink to the bottom of the river, without any news. The Generalissimo Dongfang and the four generals could only sigh when they saw this.

In the Ling Mansion in Jiangzhou City, Ling Xin'an was furious. Sitting there, the servants had never seen his master look so ugly. They all served him carefully, not even daring to breathe.

Only Xia Xiaoyu and Ling Shuang held his hands, one on the left and the other on the right, and sat quietly without saying anything.

For more than half an hour, Ling Xin'an let out a long sigh, looked at the sky and said slowly: "It turns out that people have never trusted me. In vain, I really thought that I could do it freely. After all, everything I did was on their territory.

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After finally hearing Ling Xin'an's words, the two women were completely relieved of their nervousness. Xia Xiaoyu said gently: "Master, what happened?"

Ling Xin'an let out a long breath and said, "It's okay, there's nothing wrong, there's no need to worry."

I quickly received reports from the shareholders of the top ten chambers of commerce. Fortunately, I immediately evacuated. I still made a lot of money from this war, but it was not half as compared to the previous war. After receiving the feedback from the battlefield, I was also angry.

Burning, but unable to do anything, the people in Jinling City raised slogans of protecting the imperial court and protecting the country and the country. As businessmen, they dared not speak out in anger.

Ling Xin'an nodded and didn't say anything. When dealing with power, you must always be prepared to be harmed by it. You cannot get the benefits brought by power without any risks and at the same time curse the power for its lack of morality and credibility, morality and credibility.

How much is it worth in the face of benefits?

All the civil and military officials of the imperial court, including the merchants in the capital, were cheering privately, like a pack of hungry wolves seeing countless lambs, and a gluttonous feast was about to take place.

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