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Chapter 1131 Attack on Salt Island

It was too late for Li Jing to regret it now, and despite Li Hongji's dissuasion, he initiated peace talks with Chai Rong again.

Last time, Li Hongji desperately asked Li Jing to go to Chai Rong for peace talks, but Li Jing refused to listen.He thought that it would not be a matter of time for Chai Rong to annex the fourteen prefectures in Jiangbei, and it would take at least several years.In the end, Li Jing was wrong. Chai Rong attacked the city at an unimaginable speed, annexing most of Jiangbei in an instant.

This time, Li Hongji tried his best to prevent Li Jing from going to Chai Rong for peace talks, but Li Jing still refused to listen.He thought that Chai Rong had basically annexed the entire Jiangbei area. As long as Shouzhou completely surrendered, they would send troops to the banks of the Yangtze River, and by then it would be too late.

So... Li Jing anxiously sent someone to bring his own letter to Chai Rong for peace talks.

Li Jing asked Chai Rong to draw the river as the boundary, and the Southern Tang Dynasty would dedicate all the land north of the river, including the fourteen states in Huainan.At the same time, the Southern Tang Dynasty worshiped Zhou Zhengshuo and used it to record the year.In order to avoid the sharp influence of the later Zhou Dynasty, Li Jing moved his capital to Hongzhou and called it Nanchang Prefecture.Li Jing had to pay 50 heads of livestock, [-] pieces of silk, and [-] taels of silver to the Central Plains every year. As long as the Southern Tang Dynasty paid the tribute to Zhou Dynasty, he would not be able to pass the Yangtze River.

The three expeditions to the Southern Tang Dynasty also damaged the national power of the Great Zhou, but they got enough benefits from the Southern Tang Dynasty. Not only did they seize half of the Southern Tang Dynasty, but they also made Li Jing pay taxes every year. Chai Rong can make a fortune with Li Jing's taxes alone Windfall.

However, it was time to take a rest. Years of wars had severely damaged the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty, so Chai Rong planned to suspend the country and not send troops for the time being.

April 958

Shizong Chai Rong returned to the court, and the troops of the Later Zhou Dynasty withdrew from Jiangbei and stayed there. Thirteen of the fourteen prefectures in Jiangbei belonged to Chai Rong, but Shouzhou would rather die than follow.

Having just made a huge profit from Southern Tang, Chai Rong doesn't need to send troops and can enjoy it for a few months.Even Chai Rong couldn't believe the number of war weapons seized from the Southern Tang Dynasty.

No matter what the outcome of the war is, there are always people who are happy and others who are sad.Chai Rong is the happy one, but also the sad one.

Because the troops continued to be sent without warning, the soldiers did not return to their hometowns for spring farming, and there was a small famine in Dazhou.The reason why the situation did not become serious was entirely because Wang Pu had expected that he was the prime minister hand-picked by Zong Xin who was born as a farmer.

When Chai Rong was fighting, Wang Pu returned to Bianliang to organize all the work, and all the forces that could be mobilized were gathered to help the people farm, and at the same time paid for people to farm.Not only the common people, Wang Pu also ordered people to open a large piece of arable land for farming, and all the grain collected was owned by the royal family.Because of these grains, the famine this time was resolved very properly.

In fact, everyone admired Zong Xin's wisdom, because Zong Xin had anticipated too many things.If it wasn't for Wang Pu this time, there would definitely be a famine in the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the people would rebel as long as they didn't have enough to eat, and the momentum of the rebellion would become stronger and stronger until they could have enough to eat.

Dazhou naturally endured such a result, so everyone knows how much Wang Pu contributed this time, and even Fan Zhi didn't think of this.

Fan Zhi is indeed smart and has a very close relationship with Wang Pu.But sometimes Fan Zhi didn't understand what Wang Pu said.Because Wang Pu was born a farmer and had been a farmer for most of his life, he cherished every grain of rice, which Fan Zhi really couldn't do.

Fan Zhi knew how to recite the poem that every grain of rice is painstaking, but he couldn't cherish a single grain of rice.Although Wang Pu can't recite poems, he knows better than any literati how much sweat a farmer needs to grow a grain of rice.

One wave was not settled, another wave rose again, Khitan sent troops to Cangzhou, and Fu Yanqing sent an urgent appeal.Chai Rong ordered Zhang Yongde to lead the troops to Cangzhou to resist the Khitan.Because the Khitan people couldn't cross Cangzhou, Chai Rong didn't take it seriously, he just wanted to take a good rest and spend more time with the two sisters Fu Xuanyi and Fu Xuanci.

Of course, what Chai Rong didn't know was that the two sisters were not lonely, because Zhao Kuangyin had been taking care of the two sisters-in-law when Chai Rong was busy. Sleep with them.

Zhao Kuangyin is very caring. He takes care of his two sisters-in-law more than his daughter-in-law Song Qianqian. Because of his poor health, Chai Rong treats Fu Xuanyi and Fu Xuanci a little bit badly.But the two sisters Fu Xuanyi and Fu Xuanci would not let him go easily, they pestered him to drink and have fun every day, Chai Rong was very happy in his heart but his body was really exhausted.

Chai Rong's body is getting worse day by day, can't Fu Xuanyi and Fu Xuanci see it?No, they know Chai Rong's physical condition better than anyone else.But they have to do this, because they hope that Chai Rong's health will get worse and worse, and it is best to die quickly, otherwise... there will be big problems.

Fu Xuanyi is the nervous one, because her child Chai Zongxun looks more and more like Zhao Kuangyin as he grows up. If he continues to grow up, Chai Rong will become suspicious sooner or later.Even Fu Xuanyi himself couldn't tell who the child belonged to. Originally, Fu Xuanyi wanted Zhao Kuangyin to recognize his relatives with a drop of blood, but Zhao Kuangyin knew it was all nonsense, because Zong Xin used this trick to get in touch with Lei Hong .

Fu Xuanyi didn't dare to kill Chai Rong, so she could only think of the stupidest way to consume him.At least he didn't have the time to think about whether his son was his own.

Except for the Khitan army suppressing the territory, the world is peaceful.Everyone is enjoying this rare peace. The forces of the Great Zhou have already dominated the Central Plains. The Southern Tang, Western Shu, Southern Han, Northern Han, Nanping, and Wuyue countries have lost the qualification to fight against the Great Zhou. The next step is to see where Chai Rong will fight first up.

As long as Chai Rong sends troops once, a country can be destroyed.Everyone in the world knows that Chai Rong is about to unify the world. This is a foregone conclusion. The long-divided Central Plains will finally be reunited.

This is also the reason why the Khitan sent troops. They hope to delay Chai Rong's efforts to unify the world. If Chai Rong is allowed to unify, their next move will definitely be to go north to regain the Sixteenth Prefecture of Youyun.This was a loss that Khitan could not bear.

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King Lei's Mansion

Zong Xin and his party returned to King Lei's Mansion. In fact, they would come back once a year, but they would not be discovered by anyone.This time Zong Xin brought Tian Ya back, the two masters and apprentices rarely meet together, and they have never been separated since they met in Shouzhou.

It is actually very interesting to have a companion of the same sex when traveling around, because the relationship between Zong Xin and Tian Ya is very deep, so they went back to Lei Wang's mansion together.After arriving at King Lei's Mansion, they will go their separate ways, because they all have their own rivers and lakes.

Zong Xin taught Tian Ya a lot of things this way, especially Zong Xin gave a lot of advice on martial arts.Tianya's Nine Heavens True Qi has been cultivated to the seventh level of Universe Infinity, there is no way to practice Nine Suns Burning Heaven Art, it must be practiced under special conditions.Both Huaji Shou and Sifang Tathagata's magical skills have improved to a certain extent. The most powerful one is Zong Xin's newly developed internal skills, which can heal wounds quickly. Although Tianya didn't practice very well, small wounds can still be treated.

After arriving at King Lei's Mansion, everyone was very happy.Since it was Lei Hong, he hadn't seen Zong Xin and Tian Ya for a long time, so he carried them around several times.However, at this time, Lei Hong was not as fat as before, but he was not thin either. He had become very lean and strong, and his current body shape was fat and healthy.

The so-called love house and black, because Lei Hong likes Zong Xin, he also likes Tianya very much.

"Okay, it's good to come back. I just like you two boys. I think Lei Hong is already crazy enough in the Jianghu, and you two are crazier than me. This time is really good. The Southern Tang navy is gone, and it has completely fallen The next thing is to see how Chai Rong will unify the world, it won't take many years." Lei Hong said excitedly: "I will order people to prepare wine and food immediately, and I have something to tell you."

"what's up?"

"It's a small matter, just wait a moment."

Lei Hong immediately went out to look for the housekeeper. Lei Hong lived in a forbidden area of ​​his own house. Except for the person surnamed Lei, only Zhang Qiqi could come here, not even the housekeeper.Zhang Qi had also lived in King Lei's Mansion for many years. Although Zhang Yongde and Shou An knew about it, they rarely came to see their son at King Lei's Mansion.

I have been here twice, and the children have been raised well, basically surpassing ordinary pigs.The food in King Lei's Mansion is good, Zhang Qiji eats fat, and the little fat boy looks very cute.But the strange thing is that not only Zhang Qi can eat, but also Lei Hailong, but Lei Hailong is very thin.

"Master, I'll help too. You can't show up, but I can. There's no need to let Master do it alone."

"Hmm~"

After Zong Xin agreed, Tian Ya followed Lei Hong with Xiang Er.In fact, there is nothing to prepare, Lei Hong only needs to give two orders, and the housekeeper will naturally do everything well.

A group of people gathered around the wine table to drink and eat. Lei Hong hadn't been this happy for a long time. He even brought Zhang Qiji and Lei Hailong here. Anyway, it's nothing for the women present to take care of the two boys.

"Dad, you said something happened just now. What happened?"

"Small things are definitely small things for you." Lei Hong said: "But for some people, they are big things."

"Tell me, let's see if I can help."

"Help? This is clearly your own business. The incident happened on Yandao, and this incident is really troublesome." Lei Hong said: "I received a letter from Tianxin, saying that Nanhan is in chaos now. Liu Sheng, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, passed away, and his son Liu Yu ascended the throne. Liu Sheng is a smart man, and he would never attack Yandao, because he knew that Yandao was our family’s business. If you don’t do it, you can receive extremely high taxes, so you have been living in peace. But Liu Wei is not so smart. He thinks he is smart, but he is stupid than anyone else. He has no talent to be an emperor at all. Now Liu Wei is going to attack Yandao , so... we should solve it."

"Just kill Liu Yan?"

"No, no, no, Liu Yan is a useless piece of trash. It doesn't matter whether you kill him or not. The most important person is a woman named Lu Qiongxian. This woman... It's hard to say, but it's strange anyway. Go and investigate yourself, don't Let the relationship between Yandao and Nanhan continue to be bad, you also know me, I am a pacifist, I don’t want to go to war if it is not necessary, just kill the leader.”

(End of this chapter)