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Chapter 964: Chapter 401: The Arrow is on the String_2 Chapter 964: Chapter 401: The Arrow is on the String_2 Within a hundred miles of the coast, it was simply abandoned.

Not only Chu State, but also neighboring states such as Liang, Nanzheng, and Jin Country to the north, which also bordered the sea, suffered from the ravages of sea pirates like Chu State.

However, because they were situated in the north, far from the Southsea, the pirates from the Southsea could not reach that far, and hence there were fewer coastal raiding troubles.

Jin Country and Xu State, though, faced more severe bandit problems from the pirates.

It was because not only did they have pirates coming from the Southsea, but also raiders driven by the storms of the East Sea began to migrate toward the Nine Provinces.

At present, these people had landed in areas like Yuzhou and Liangzhou, frequently harassing the coastal frontiers of Jin and Xu, causing them great trouble.

Even the warfare in Yuzhou was thus greatly affected.

Overall, in the entire Nine Provinces, every coastal state was suffering endlessly under the harassments of the incessant sea raiders.

It was just that Chu State was a bit less fortunate, having plains barbarians and foreign tribes from the Western Regions invading the Northern Border, and South Sea pirates causing chaos and harassing the coastal areas.

Oh, that’s not quite right, there’s one more thing to add.

To the southwest, bordering on the Southern Domain Rainforest, there had recently been some small nations and tribes migrating north.

It seemed that even in the southernmost part of the rainforest, volcanic activity had become rampant.

Some small nations and tribes in the southern part of the rainforest had lost their homes and were forced to move north in search of new lands to settle.

Driven by their migration, some of the nations and tribes from the southern and central parts of the rainforest were also swept up in this move northward.

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However, because the area affected by volcanic activity in the rainforest was still too small and its coverage not very extensive, the number of affected tribal nations was limited.

The resulting wave of migration, while having some impact, was temporarily held back by the central and northern rainforest nations and tribes, with only a small portion spilling over into the southwest of Chu.

This minor impact was swiftly resolved by the large fan states like Dali and Nanzhao in the southwest without causing too much turmoil.

Nevertheless, this news was sent back to Baling so that the court could be prepared.

After all, everyone understood that the current unrest in the rainforest was only a harbinger.

As the volcanic fires spread north, soon the entire rainforest would be affected, and ultimately every forest sea would turn into a sea of flames.

Under this impact, all tribal nations living in the rainforest would migrate north for survival.

When that time came, Chu State would have to face the onslaught of an entire territory’s population migration.

Even though the Southern Domain Rainforest had a smaller population due to environmental reasons, possibly even less than that of the Northern Territory plains,

But still, that would be the population of an entire territory, also amounting to tens of millions.

Such a migration wave would not be like the plains barbarians and foreign tribes of the Western Regions in The North, where Wei Country was there to help share the pressure.

The forest dwellers of the Southern Domain Rainforest could only be resisted by Chu State alone.

Now in the southwest, the more than a dozen small countries, including the vassal states of Lingnan, upon learning of the changes in the rainforest, had already begun to make preparations in full swing.

Building passes, repairing city walls, recruiting troops and horses, stockpiling food and fodder…

Anything related to war, the fan states of the southwest and Lingnan began to prepare.

Because if the migration tide from the Southern Domain Rainforest truly arrived, the first to be hit would be the southwest and Lingnan Region.

These fan states, being in front line, had no chance to flee and could only fight to the death with the people from the rainforest.

Under these circumstances, of course they dared not be negligent.

In short, while the Northern Border was engaged in intense warfare, coastal piracy was unending, and the southwest was overshadowed by the clouds of war, these were the tribulations Chu State had suffered in the past ten-plus years.

Despite these three major battlefields exerting their toll, the heartland of Chu remained peaceful and prosperous, a golden age.

But this golden age carried a hint of darkness, indeed dimming its brilliance somewhat.

…

Baling City.

With over thirty years of prosperity, the Imperial Capital had gradually gained a deeper historical sediment and revealed the cultural richness and wealth unique to the center of a nation.

“What a dream of prosperity and splendor!”

At the royal observatory, Lu Yuan stood on the platform and looked far out at the seemingly boundless Baling City, letting out a long, thoughtful sigh.

Then he turned to say, “Brother Sun, do you agree?”

Beside him, Sun Siwen nodded, “Indeed, it is a dream of flourishing glory.”

It was now the fortieth year of Shenwu, another fifteen years of peaceful times.

With the proliferation of people, the convergence of individuals from all directions, Baling City had expanded once more, its population climbing once again to the frightening figure of three million.

In a society that was still predominantly agricultural, a megacity like Baling was almost unimaginable.

Let alone in Chu State, even within the entire Nine Provinces, it was definitely the first city under the heaven.

Because today’s Central State hegemon, the former leading power of the Nine Provinces, now has its national capital, Great Liang, with a population that has only just reached the scale of one million.

After more than two decades of war, Liang had been drained, and the population of its capital, Great Liang, had not only dropped from the peak of one and a half million down to one million.

Even the throne of the number one powerful nation in the world had been pulled down from Liang, shifting the landscape of power.

The prosperity of Great Liang, like its rulers, was a testament to the rise and fall of an empire.

Of course, that was the actual Great Liang.

In reality, in the eyes of outsiders, today’s Great Liang was still the premier city under the heaven.

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