Chapter 222 The Hua Family’s Choice

Five days after Meng Jiaxiantian left, he came to the West Route Army Camp again. At this time, many people in Guangxian Army were ready and waiting for the order to go home.

"General Hua, I have passed the Hua family's request to Linzi City. Linzi City gave a reply. The result may be a little surprising to General Hua, but we can discuss everything slowly." Meng Jiaxiantian said and looked at Hua Zichen, who asked him to continue.

"Guangxian City can withdraw some troops, but at least 10,000 elites must be left. As for the reward, there are now three options for the Hua family to choose.

First, the Hua family will be promoted to a 6th-grade family, and all family members will move to Linzi City. 30% of the grain business and 10% of the restaurant business in Linzi City will be handed over to the Hua family." Meng Jiaxiantian looked at Hua Zichen when he saw this.

This reward is already good. As a 6th-grade family, the Hua family directly enters the middle level of the family, and also has a part of the industry in Linzi City.

"Does the Hua family need to evacuate all from Guangxian?" Hua Zichen frowned and said.

"Yes, all the industries, mansions and Huajia Castle in Guangxian City of the Hua family will no longer belong to the Hua family! More than a dozen noble families in the four countries and five counties have set their sights on Guangxian City, especially the Xu family of Chengyang County and the Guo family of Langye Country, who all hope to change their fiefdoms to Guangxian City."

The Xu family of Chengyang County is a fourth-grade noble family, and the Guo family of Langye Country is a third-grade noble family. They actually set their sights on a small Guangxian City, which must be because Guangxian City suffered the least, and the Qi family also hopes that these noble families will join them, so it is unlikely that the Hua family will stay in Guangxian City!

"What about the second option!" Hua Zichen asked in a deep voice.

"The Hua family will be promoted to a seventh-grade family, and Zengxian County of Langye Country will be the new territory of the Hua family." Meng Jiaxian continued.

This is to drive the Hua family out of the core area of ​​Qi Country. Langye Country suffered the most serious disaster this time. Although Zengxian County is one of the three major cities in Langye Country, it used to have a population of more than 50,000 people, but now it is not bad to have 10,000. The Hua family will have to solve the problem of food for the victims after taking over Zengxian County. Hua Zichen shook his head.

"The last option is to hand over Gaoliu City to the Hua family..."

"Gaoliu City?" Hua Zichen couldn't help but ask back when he heard this.

Gaoliu City is the only city in Gaoliu County. If Gaoliu City is handed over to the Hua family, the Leopard Jade Pass he brought must also be handed over to the Hua family. Gaoliu County is mainly nomadic. If the Hua family takes over Gaoliu County, then the defense of the entire northwest of Yan State will have to be supported by the Hua family.

"Yes, Yan State has ceded Gaoliu County to Qi State. If the Hua family takes over Gaoliu City, everything will be governed by the Hua family." Meng Jiaxiantian said.

This pie is really too big. To control a county alone is almost to treat Gaoliu City as the fief of the Hua family. Only the third-rank or above big families in Qi State can obtain a county fief, but this piece of meat is not easy to eat!

Gaoliu County is located at the junction of Yan State, Zhao State, and Donghu State. Now that Yan State has handed Gaoliu County over to Qi State, it has become the junction of four countries.

If the Hua family moves into Gaoliu City, they will be subject to attacks from the three countries at any time. At that time, the probability of Qi supporting the Hua family is basically zero. They will not care too much about this enclave. Maybe Yan will help them in the end.

"What if the Hua family wants to stay in Guangxian City?" Hua Zichen asked.

"Qi will have a new fourth-grade or even third-grade family move into Guangxian, the Hua family will be promoted to an eighth-grade family, the Han family will be demoted to an eighth-grade family, and the Li family will return to Linzi City." Meng Jiaxiantian said lightly.

"I don't know if the envoy can rest in the barracks for a day. I need to discuss with the members of each family before I can give a reply!" Hua Zichen said.

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Hua Kai caught up with the Jixia Academy team. Everyone was relieved to see him finally arrive. After many debates and exchanges, everyone actually understood that the nine of them together were not Hua Kai's opponent. This time, participating in the debate conference mainly depends on Hua Kai's performance.

Entering the territory of Qin, Hua Kai saw several students discussing the people of Qin. They saw that there were few young men in the farmland in the city, and only some strong women were working. This situation would not happen in Qi.

Everyone was discussing the pros and cons of the policies of various countries, but no one was optimistic about Qin, because Qin's military merit system recruited soldiers, making all families eager for military merit. Compared with the martial arts of other countries, the fighting factor of the people of Qin was engraved in their bones.

At night, Hua Kai entered the [Family Secret Space] and saw that his fifth uncle, grandfather, and fourth uncle were already waiting here.

"The major families in Qi are really good at picking peaches. Seeing the prosperity of Guang County City, they want to take it away from us. This is really bullying!" Hua Zihuan said indignantly.

"Strictly speaking, Guang County City is not ours now. All the subordinate countries of Qi Family have moved into the core area of ​​Qi. Now the interests must be redistributed. No matter what, Huajiabao must not give up." Hua Xing said.

"Kai'er, what do you think we should choose?" Hua Zichen said, looking at Hua Kai.

"Huajiabao must not be given up easily, and there is also the restaurant in Guangxian City. Now the family has begun to draw water from the Yanhe River. Huajiabao will produce more than 50,000 stones of grain for the family every year in the future." Hua Kai spoke first.

"The conditions proposed by the families in Linzi City are obviously well thought out. We will participate in the power of Qi State when we move into Linzi City. However, we don't have a Xiantian realm in our family now, and we can't fight for much power in Linzi City."

When Hua Kai said this, the three of them nodded. The Hua family has a huge population base. If they enter Linzi City, they will only become the vanguard of the big families and join the big families to work for them.

"The second option is to go to Zeng County. Zeng County is much better than Guang County. If the Hua family moves into Zeng County, they will be similar to the Yao family in Acheng. This seems good, but Zeng County is only more than 200 miles away from Lu State. Fifth uncle, you married the princess of Lu State, so we really shouldn't have too much contact with Lu State." Hua Kai analyzed.

After hearing this, everyone realized that being too close to Lu State was not a good thing. Qi State would not like its domestic family to have too close a relationship with a country with independent sovereignty. If the two countries go to war in the future, the Hua family will definitely bear the brunt.

"Let's talk about Gaoliu City, one of the important border cities of Yan State. In the past, most of them could only be guarded by fourth-grade or even third-grade noble families. If we leave it to our Hua family, we may face two evil wolves, Donghu and Zhao. This seems dangerous, but I think it is the most suitable for us."

"The Hua family now has more than 50 people in the Qi training realm and more than a thousand in the Qi dynamic realm. Even some fourth-grade noble families do not have such strength. They only lack combat power above the innate realm!"

"After a great disaster, there must be a great governance. All countries must begin to recuperate. It will take ten years for them to launch a large-scale war. If we develop in Gaoliu City for ten years, there will definitely be people in the Qi training realm. The land here is much more fertile than Guangxian City. Farming and grazing are possible. More importantly... it is easier to go to Linhu and Xiongnu here." Hua Kai stopped here.

Everyone thought deeply. If the Hua family moved into Gaoliu City, relying on the checkpoints, as long as the Donghu Kingdom did not take action, they would have the confidence to defend the Baoyu Checkpoint. Zhao would never go to war with Yan easily. Now Zhao is still thinking about how to deal with Qin! How could it easily offend Qi and Yan?

"Since we have decided to move into Gaoliu City, the following things will be easy. We will defend the bottom line of Huajiabao and the restaurant in the city, strive to obtain the recognition of the sixth-grade family, and ask for more quotas for the family!" Hua Zichen thought for a while and said.

Then the four discussed the people left behind in Gaoliu County. In the future, the entire Gaoliu County will become the territory of the Hua family, so this time the North Great Wall of Yan must strongly support it.

There are still some surviving people in Gaoliu County who must be collected quickly, so that when the Hua family really arrives in Gaoliu City, there will be no local people left.

In the end, it was Hua Kai who decided that the fifth uncle would go home to recuperate as soon as possible, break through the Qi training realm, and bring 5,000 Hua family servants. The remaining Hua family cavalrymen, more than 2,000 servants, more than 6,000 slaves and affiliated families will make up 15,000 people. The Hua family can make arrangements in Gaoliu City one step ahead.

The next morning, Hua Zichen told Meng Jiaxiantianjing the result of the discussion. When the other party heard that Hua Jia was willing to give up Guangxian City, he said that everything else could be discussed.

When the other party came again on May 12, Hua Zichen received an order, which stated that Hua Jia should organize more than 10,000 elite troops to stay in Gaoliu County, and other personnel could withdraw to Qi State.

Along with the order came the message brought by Meng Jiaxiantianjing. Linzi City agreed to leave Huajiabao and the big restaurant in Guangxian City to Hua Jia, and Gaoliu City and Baoyuguan in Gaoliu County to Hua Jia for management. However, the family grade can only be promoted to the seventh grade, giving him five places to be promoted to aristocratic families, and requiring the family's strength and scale to meet the standards.

This is already an order, and the Hua family has no room for negotiation, but everyone can be satisfied with this result. There is a problem in front of everyone, what will happen to Huajiabao in the future? How to manage the family?

The Hua family split has become inevitable. When the family moves to Gaoliu County, the remaining branches will lose their status as aristocratic families. Then how can the Hua family gain a foothold in Guangxian City in the future? Will the new big family allow Huajiabao to exist like this? Therefore, the best way is for the Hua family to split up early, separate Huafu in Guangxian City from Huajiabao, and move Huafu to Gaoliu County. Huajiabao takes this opportunity to get a ninth-grade aristocratic family status, but will Linzi City agree? And how should those aristocratic family quotas be allocated! Among all the affiliated forces of the Hua family, the strength ranking from strong to weak should be Jia family first, Ren family second, Tai family third, Huang family fourth, Yi family fifth, Yue family sixth, Zhou family seventh, Chen family eighth, Geng family ninth, Mao family tenth, and Wan family eleventh. Except for the Jia family, which is already aristocratic family, the remaining ten major families have more than a thousand members, and all the families have Qi training realms. The Hua family can completely give the quota to any of them.