Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 135

[Chapter 135 Shanggu County]

“Crack!”

Fan Yangcheng, Yuan Mansion.

Yuan Li drew out his waist saber and slashed fiercely at the desk in front of him.

“Zhao Heng, how dare you treat my Yuan family like this!” Yuan Li was furious.

He just got the news that Emperor Zhao Heng gave Shanggu County to King Yan.

This means that among the seven counties in Yanzhou, he can control only five counties.

For him, this is tantamount to cutting flesh on him, how can he not be angry.

“It’s all Zhang Kang’s fault.” Guo Tu has always disliked Zhang Kang.

When Zhang Kang was here before, Yuan Li always ignored him and got close to Zhang Kang.

Zhang Kang thought he was in power and disrespected him several times.

So Zhang Kang was killed by King Yan, and he was happier than anyone else.

Now even if he is dead, he still has lingering hatred in his heart, wanting to slander Zhang Kang to show his intelligence.

Of course, he also wanted the dead Zhang Kang to take the blame.

After all, King Yan now has Shanggu County, so he can completely bypass the counties controlled by Fan Yang and the Yuan family and rebuild a trade route.

The idea he gave Yuan Li, I’m afraid it won’t work for a long time.

Thinking of this, he continued: “It’s his crimes that made the emperor and ministers jealous of you, and deliberately use King Yan to restrain you.”

Yuan Li narrowed his eyes, “They really have a good plan. But I will not let them do what they want.”

King Yan is a thorn in his side and a thorn in his flesh now.

Every day when he wakes up, he thinks that King Yan’s Fengtu is next door to Fan Yang, and he feels that his food is tasteless.

Now the king of Yan has one more county, and his troops are approaching more than 60,000.

There must be one, and there must be two. If King Yan makes more contributions in the future, wouldn’t the emperor still take the land from his Yuan family and give it to King Yan.

“We absolutely can’t go on like this.” Yuan Li’s palms were covered with cold sweat.

His Yuan family managed to become the number one wealthy family in Yanzhou.

It can even be tied with the eight major clans of Dasong immediately.

He can’t be planted in the hands of King Yan.

“Guo Tu, don’t you call yourself a drug advisor? Now you are talking about what to do now?” Yuan Li came to Guo Tu and stared at him.

Guo Tu was secretly happy that Yuan Li valued him.

Shaking the paper fan lightly, he looked to the north and then to the west, and said, “My lord, you don’t need to be too upset. Shanggu County, like Yan County, is one of the poorest counties in Yanzhou. King Yan relies on the money he gets from business to support his life. It is not easy for Yan County, and adding another Shanggu County now may be stretched.”

Yuan Li nodded upon hearing this.

Officials in a county need to be supported, and the expansion of the army also needs to be supported.

And because he didn’t stop the Beidi people in this autumn hunt, Shanggu County suffered a deeper disaster than before.

Now that King Yan takes over, it is like taking over a mess.

“Also, Beidi Qiushou often goes to Yan County, and Shanggu County is adjacent to Jinzhou. In the past two years, Xiliang has great ambitions to invade Jinzhou. At that time, the King of Yan will be attacked on both sides. Maybe the King of Yan will die without your help. It’s up.” Guo Tu sneered.

Yuan Li nodded slightly, feeling much more at ease.

“Furthermore, with King Yan reaching Beidi for us in the north and resisting Xiliang in the west, your lord can enjoy the benefits of being a fisherman and plan Yanguan. As long as Yanguan is in your hands, it is equivalent to pinching Da Song’s throat.”

Yuan Li He patted his thigh, “That’s right, that’s right, I was confused by the matter of King Yan, and Yanguan is the most important thing.”

Then, he frowned again, “It’s just that Yanguan belongs to Yanguan. Why wait for Beidi and Xiliang people to deal with King Yan?”

“Of course we can’t wait. If the King of Yan and Beidi Xiliang are to fight to the death, both losers will be hurt, and then the Lord will win in one blow.” Guo Tudao, “First, the Lord can order the soldiers under his command to pretend to be King Yan to attack. Xiliang people’s caravan, Xiliang people will definitely hate King Yan secretly, and secondly, the young one is willing to go to the black iron king’s tent to instigate Beidi people’s revenge, and talk about the resumption of business between the two by the way.”

“Okay. “Yuan Li was overjoyed when he heard the words, “Your plan is deeply in my heart.”

Although the current situation in Dasong is chaotic, the royal prestige still exists.

It’s not the right time for him to directly raise his troops to get rid of King Yan.

Therefore, we can only use tricks. If Guo Tu’s strategy can succeed, at least it will continue to weaken King Yan’s strength and make him half-dead.

In this way, it is much easier to deal with it yourself.

…

Wangfu.

After Zhao Xu left 3,000 soldiers in Yuanyang County to help the people continue to harvest rice, he chose to return to Yancheng.

Now that he has another Shanggu County in his fiefdom, he naturally needs to plan something.

At the same time, the royal army also needs a new round of conscription.

What still needs to be done is to appease the merchants in the firm and let them know that there is another business route to go.

“If it’s Ping County, it will be much better than Shanggu County.” In the

meeting hall, Liu Fu was still tangling about Shanggu County.

Everyone in Yan County knew that Shanggu County suffered heavy losses in this autumn hunting.

At the same time, Jinju, to the west of Shanggu County, is not peaceful yet.

“Oh, I can hear cocoons in my ears. It’s better to have something than nothing, and I’m moaning every day.” Chang Wei picked out his ears. For him, the bigger the seal of King Yan, the better, unlike Liu Fu who didn’t think too much about it.

Zhao Xu looked relaxed, and he said: “Crisis, crisis, crisis, there is an opportunity, this king thinks Shanggu County is good.”

The location of Shanggu County is equivalent to the area around Zhangjiakou, Hebei, in the northeast of the contemporary Taihang Mountain.

As for the place on the east side of Taihang Mountain, contemporary people should be very clear, that is Jinzhou, a big coal province.

In other words, after obtaining Shanggu County, there will be no shortage of coal in the future.

As for the problem of Xiliang, because of the natural barrier of Taihang Mountain, there is only one mountain road from Jinzhou to Shanggu County, which is guarded by a pass.

As long as he guards this pass, he can advance and attack, retreat and defend.

“That’s right, it’s just that, Your Highness, due to the war in Jinzhou, I don’t know how many refugees have arrived in Shanggu County. These people have to eat.”

“As far as I know, Shanggu County is in chaos now. There are bandits everywhere. They are all Jinzhou refugees who can’t survive.”

Liu Fu shook his head, and by the way complained about Chang Wei, “You know how to train soldiers and fight wars, and you really don’t know how much firewood, rice, oil and salt are. Adding a Shanggu County, I’m afraid I’ll drink the northwest wind.”

Zhao Xu smiled, and Liu Fu’s consideration was right.

The Wangfu’s business is profitable, but it is not worth the family’s big business.

Some time ago, he was worried about business routes because of this problem.

But now he doesn’t worry anymore, as long as the business road is smooth, he can make money.

So, he said: “You don’t need to worry about this issue. You should think about it. If you take over Shanggu County, the question of money will be considered by yourself.”

“Yes, Your Highness.” After all, this is his job.

The three of them were discussing, when Feng’er knocked on the door and came in, whispering a few words to Zhao Xu.

“Let them enter the city.” Zhao Xu said.

“Your Highness, has the imperial edict arrived?” Chang Wei and Liu Fu looked expectant.

As soon as the imperial decree arrives, they will be able to officially take over Shanggu County.

(end of this chapter)