Therefore, since the beginning of this year, there has been a large-scale migration of civilians from the southwest and Lingnan, moving them northward.
This migration is expected to involve no less than ten million people.
Meanwhile, in Hanzhong to the northwest, Chu State is said to be preparing to deploy over a million troops to join forces with Wei Country and sweep through the Barbarian tribes of Yong West.
To ensure the supply of this million-strong army, at least another million civilian workers will be needed. This will result in the consumption of several more millions of people.
Just these two measures will require Chu State to provide for the food and money consumption of over ten million, or even twenty million people.
Now they must also ensure the supply of the Yangxia County army. One would suppose that even the wealth of Chu State might be nearing its limits.
Perhaps it is for this reason that the Chu army has been trying to get grain supplies from our country."
