Chapter 887

Lin'an.

Sima Hao overturned the table in front of him. His eyes were red and crazy like wild animals. The war in Suzhou city had come, but his favorite eldest son Sima Lang died in the hands of the Royal Army.

The former Chu palace was full of powerful families from all over the state of Chu. They looked at Sima Lang waiting for his decision, because Li Chuyuan's order had arrived in Lin'an.

He announced that he would give up the position of king of Chu and comply with the mission of Royal unification.

"Li Chuyuan betrayed the old king of Chu and all of us. Now they are just a puppet of Xiao Ming. Now we can't trust him any more, we can only rely on ourselves." Sima Hao said word by word.

"What shall we do now?" "Now that the Royal Army has occupied Suzhou, Songjiang River and Jiaxing, the land near the Yangtze River has fallen. After they have recovered, the next step will be Lin'an," a rich man asked anxiously

"Yes, all the 80000 soldiers are scattered. Now we can only mobilize more than 90000 troops. How can we resist Xiao Ming's 100000 troops? Besides, there are still some people who have obeyed Li Chuyuan's orders and surrendered to Xiao Ming."

"Hum, surrender is all the generals of the Dalit origin. What can I worry about?" A powerful family disdained him and said to Sima Hao, "Mr. Changshi, from the beginning to the end, Xiao Ming had the intention to destroy our Chu state. Now the only hope is that we will all join the merchant Council. In this way, we can still have the status of a member. If the merchant Council is founded, we will still keep our wealth and status, but this Xiao Ming is not the same, If you look at the north, now all those powerful families have become common people. At most, they have kept some silver. The imperial court is uprooting the powerful families for thousands of years. "

Sima Hao bowed his head and said nothing.

The man continued: "what's more, Cao Kun has the support of westerners and the help of the Green Dragon King. The Green Dragon King still has some skills. Now he has gathered a large number of people and has a great momentum. Now he promises that the people in the South will share the land and will not accept food. He has won a lot of people's support. "

" ha ha ha... " Sima Hao suddenly laughed a few times. He suddenly said coldly, "Yao bin, I have suspected that you have secret contacts with the merchant Council for a long time. I didn't expect that. Now you are bewitching people. What's your intention?"

Yao bin didn't panic, but looked indifferent. He said to Sima Hao, "speaker Cao Kun asked me to thank Changshi. If Changshi hadn't opened up, the parliament would not have been able to withdraw from Suzhou so smoothly."

As soon as the words came out, the hall's rich people immediately talked about it, and their eyes changed when they looked at Sima Hao.

Sima Hao's face sank. From the beginning, he didn't completely believe Xiao Ming. If it wasn't for Li Chuyuan who was the king of Chu, he would not even allow the Royal Army to enter the territory of Chu.

When the royal army took Songjiang and Jiaxing, which they had not taken for several months, in a few days, he panicked because he was worried that he would attack them after Xiao Ming's parliament army.

So he played both sides and bet part of the money on the merchant Council. Now it seems that this decision is quite right.

Sima Hao's look was seen by Yao bin, he said: "Mr. Chang Shi, Mr. Cao Kun also said that if Mr. Chang Shi is willing to join the parliament, he is welcome at any time, and he is willing to give Mr. Chang a deputy speaker's seat."

Then he turned to other rich families and said, "you guys, for the sake of today's plan, only by joining the Council can we save our own lives. In fact, the merchant Council protects the interests of big businessmen and rich families. In the future, we will not lose anything, but will gain more rights through legislation."

Yao Bin's words are in their heart.

Sima Hao's look also eased down at this time. He said to Yao Bin: "long live the merchant Council. I join the merchant Council on behalf of Sima. "

" we'll join the sun family. "

"The Dong family also joined."

“…… "

after Sima Hao, all the powerful families expressed their opinions one after another.

Yao bin showed a smile, he said: "it should not be too late, now we need to gather all the new troops and the trilogy, if there is no accident, the Royal Army will soon go south, before they go south, we need to build fortifications around Lin'an, drag the royal army here, only in this way, the parliamentary army can have a breathing space to have a foothold in the south."

Sima Hao nodded, he said: "we have been living in peace with the imperial court for thousands of years, but Xiao Ming wants to destroy our foundation and distribute our land and wealth to the common people. How can we bear it? We fight with him. Even if we can't win, we will drag him to exhaustion. When the barbarians in the North slow down, we will attack the north and the south Time. "

Yao bin nodded his head with satisfaction. It was not long after he came back from Europe that such changes took place in the state of Chu, which made him very excited. He felt that what he had learned in Europe could finally be put to use.

In the past two years in Europe, his psychology has also undergone dramatic changes. He envies the prosperity and strength of Europe, which makes him firmly believe that the establishment of the merchant Council is correct.……

In Suzhou City, Xiao Mingzheng and Li San mark the current position of the parliament army on the map. After the war began, secret guards swarmed into the south to collect intelligence.

Lying on the map, a strong smell of ink comes. This is not a hand-painted map, but a mimeograph map.

For the convenience of war and exploration, Xiao Ming asked the printing factory to carve several versions of maps. These maps are from simple to complex, including simple world maps, local county maps, mineral resources, water conservancy, ocean and ocean current maps.

Most of these maps will be used for military and exploration purposes, except that some of them will be used for culture and education.

Lin Youde is now retreating south with the parliamentary army. Before he left, he left the decision of the merchant Council. They will have a foothold here, here and here. "

When speaking, Li San pointed to the position on the map.

Xiao Ming nodded slightly. In modern times, these places are Fujian, Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and other regions, while the state of Chu includes the southern part of Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Eastern Jiangxi and other regions.

Now that he has conquered Suzhou, Songjiang and Jiaxing, he has won the south of Jiangsu, Shanghai and Jiaxing of Zhejiang. This is only a part of Chu state, and most of the land is under the control of Sima Hao.

"Cao Kun, an old fox, is not an ordinary character, and he is supposed to be instructed by someone behind him. Now all his actions are carried out in an orderly way." Xiao Ming pondered.

"Indeed, we have found traces of British Association activities. They are likely to be giving advice to Cao Kun."

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