Chu was divided into three households. The specific reference is unknown, but now Shuli is heading to Yingdu, the capital of Chu State today.
The capitals of the Chu State were all called Yingdu after King Chu Wen moved the capital. The names of Yingdu in different periods represented different locations.
Now the capital of Chu State is in Juyang.
It is also funny to say that this King of Chu first sent troops to rescue Zhao State who was attacked by Qin, and then joined forces with other countries to attack Qin. He was afraid of Qin's revenge, so he moved his capital to Juyang.
At the same time, he had four sons, and all four sons became kings of Chu.
The current location of Yingdu should be regarded as Western Chu.
It turns out that this is the case, Shu Li suddenly realized. No wonder Chang'an Jun asked her to go directly to Yingdu, without having to go to Nanchu again.
Because now the land of Western Chu is controlled by a group of new nobles, and the most dazzling among them is the Xiang family.
As for the Qu, Jing, and Zhao clans, they control the Southern Chu ancestral land and part of the Eastern Chu area, and can hardly get involved in the Western Chu, otherwise it will trigger a war between the old and new nobles.
"Old Zhaotou, where should we go first?" Shu Li raised the car window and asked.
Old Zhaotou smiled and saluted, "Back to Young Master, we must first go to the Xiang family and deliver their orders first, and then go to Juyang."
"Yeah." Shuli nodded.
After an unknown amount of time, when Shuli heard Old Zhaotou's voice again, the motorcade had already arrived at the place where the Xiang family lived.
Shu Li opened her eyes, moved her muscles slightly, and then got out of the carriage. As expected, she saw Qing He sitting motionless.
"Let's go, let's take you down for a walk." Shu Li patted Qing He on the shoulder and was about to jump out of the car. Then she remembered that she was wearing a long skirt and turned around again to look at Qing He.
Qinghe didn't say a word, silently jumped out of the carriage, and then lowered the steps so that Shuli could walk down more gracefully, if he could ignore the disgust on Shuli's face.
"I really don't know why Lord Chang'an insists on me wearing these clothes. It's so troublesome." Shu Li muttered in a low voice.
Qinghe had a straight face: I didn’t hear anything.
"This must be the acting princess. I have met the princess." Shuli heard the voice, turned around, and saw Lao Zhaotou walking over with a middle-aged man wearing a simple black warrior uniform.
Shuli quickly arranged her clothes, adjusted her expression, showed her signature smile, and returned the gift with a "shy" look, and asked with some confusion, "Excuse me?"
The visitor laughed "haha" and apologized repeatedly, "My name is Xiang Yan, and I am the leader of the Xiang clan."
Hearing this, Shuli looked carefully at the middle-aged man in front of her who was almost like her elder father. His meticulously combed hair was mixed with a few strands of white hair. He had a medium-long beard on his chin and a mustache on both sides of his chin.
It has a rather serious style to it.
This was the God of War in the hearts of the Chu people, someone whom even Wang Jian would not dare to confront head-on.
"Huaying has met the Xiang clan leader." Shuli saluted.
Xiang Yan waved her hand casually and then invited Shuli into the mansion, "Princess, please, we are just having a banquet, please don't refuse."
Shuli readily agreed. It's not like eating anywhere else.
"This time, I have to thank the princess for the ore that she brought. Otherwise, the weapons and armor will not be replenished." Xiang Yan said as he walked, "I just never thought that the princess would send it in person. I am here."
, thank you, Princess."
"Yeah, yeah, Patriarch, you don't have to be polite." Shuli waved her hands quickly, although others couldn't understand, and then continued, "It's business, once you receive the money, you get the goods, how can you express your gratitude, Patriarch, don't you think so.
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Xiang Yan looked at Shu Li with a smile on her face, knowing that it was useless to play the emotional card and that the price could not be obtained, so she laughed and said, "What the princess said is absolutely true."
"It's okay," Shuli said, making Xiang Yan feel itchy for a while.
"If the princess has anything to say, please tell me. I am a rough man and only knows about martial arts. If the princess needs it, I should do my best." Xiang Yan directly agreed to Shu Li's unspoken request.
Shu Li raised her eyebrows. She didn't expect Xiang Yan to be so direct. Besides, he didn't know what request he would make. "Hua Ying admires the righteousness of the patriarch." Shu Li also agreed to Xiang Yan's request and then said
, "We [Business Alliance] intend to lead the Chu State to get rich together, but some old stubborns only know the profits of their own one-third of an acre, and don't want to become bigger and stronger. Alas, they don't want the free money.
What should I do?"
Xiang Yan pondered for a while, he really didn't expect Shu Li's request to be this.
What he originally thought was that it would be better to just let them make a knife once, but he didn't expect that this was also a knife, but it was not stained with blood, but it was more deadly.
Although the Xiang clan does not engage in business, which nobleman does not have some business? He has probably heard from Fan Zeng that although the [Business Alliance] of Chang'an Lord seems to be devoted to business and not involved in military affairs, it is like an invisible
The knife is placed on the neck of every country.
At first, he didn't understand what impact a mere businessman had on the country.
Until one night he asked Fan Zeng this way, and Fan Zeng answered him: Take Qi State, which is completely controlled by the [Commercial Alliance], as an example. If the [Commercial Alliance] stops operating in Qi State or even withdraws from Qi State, the entire life of Qi State will be disrupted.
In the chaos, from the King of Qi to the head of Guizhou, all aspects of food, clothing, housing and transportation will be severely affected, and the army will have no supplies. At that time, the Qi State will be shattered at a touch.
Economic sanctions are no longer sanctions, but destruction.
Xiang Yan was stunned for a moment, as if his entire worldview had collapsed.
In his mind, the dispensable businessman who could just raise his hand and say yes was the one with so much energy could destroy a big country without even needing to see blood.
However, Fan Zeng still keeps Xiang Yan safe. As far as he knows, except for Chang'an Lord's [Business Alliance], the other merchants are just merchants and not so capable. What's more, Chang'an Lord is from the Zhao State and has nothing to do with them from the Chu State.
Instead of enmity, we should make friends with him.
This is also the reason why Xiang Yan directly agreed to Shu Li's request just now without hearing it.
But if Shuli knew what they thought like this, he would definitely not be able to help but laugh: Sorry, everyone, I’m actually across from you.
But Xiang Yan then thought that after all, the policy of continuing to cooperate with the [Business Alliance] had been made clear, not to mention that the old nobles had long disliked them.
Done!
"We, the Xiang clan, should do our best," Xiang Yan promised.
Although Shu Li didn't know what Xiang Yan was thinking just now, since others had said so, it was time for him to express his opinion, "In this way, the Xiang family will be my friends in the Merchant Alliance."
After a while, the noisy crowd became louder and louder.
Turning the corner, Shuli saw the source of the voice and turned to look at Xiang Yan.
Xiang Yan explained with a smile on her face, "Today is my son Xiang Liang's tenth birthday. In addition to my Xiang clan, other nobles who are good friends with my clan are also here."
Shu Li nodded. He was familiar with the name Xiang Liang. He was Shao Yu's bearded uncle.
"Father!" A child who looked a little precocious saw Xiang Yan and showed a big smile. He noticed that he was missing a front tooth and ran over excitedly. He must be Xiang Liang.
Shu Li glanced at Xiang Yan and found that he instantly stopped smiling, straightened his face, and became very serious.