At this time, transportation was inconvenient and communication had to be transmitted by manpower. As long as the siege was done properly, it was possible for a city to be besieged for several months without the friendly forces knowing about it.
"Although it is difficult to send letters to the attacked city, the Chu State can send letters from the north bank of the river." The old King of Qin stroked his beard and said, "The King of Chu already knows the direction of Li Mu's attack and should send troops to support the next city in time."
Bai Qi said: "This is the second reason why Li Mu won. Since the last defeat of Chu, they have been very afraid of Qin. They dare not act rashly. If they want to support, they will definitely make full preparations."
Bai Qi continued to explain. Li Mu sent a letter to the King of Qin in advance. When the King of Qin was ready, Li Mu had almost finished the battle. What's more, Chu was far less efficient than Qin? Maybe the King of Chu sent letters to many nobles. Before those nobles arrived in Chu to discuss with the King of Chu, Li Mu had almost achieved his strategic goal.
The point of a blitzkrieg attack is to catch the enemy off guard.
Lian Po had been patient for a long time. He didn't want to explain the doubts to the old King of Qin, but now he couldn't help but say, "Besides, the nobles of Chu are not as good as the nobles of Zhao. At least the King of Zhao can directly command the troops of the whole country, while the King of Chu has to ask the nobles to send troops one by one. I have never seen such a slow way of sending troops. They are afraid of Qin, and they are not attacking the core areas of Chu, so naturally the speed of sending troops will be slower."
Bai Qi nodded: "What Lian Qing said is the third reason. Because the capital of Chu was moved to the Central Plains, the land of Southern Chu was basically abandoned. It was difficult for the nobles of Chu and the King of Chu himself to make up their minds to be hostile to Qin for the sake of Southern Chu."
Bai Qi chuckled and said, "Li Mu is very good at guessing the thoughts of the Chu people. He has such ability now, and his achievements in the future may surpass mine and Lian Qing."
Lian Po cursed proudly: "He is still far from it, let's destroy Chu first." After all, he was the one who almost destroyed Yan. But Li Mu was indeed powerful.
The old King of Qin finally understood why Li Mu was able to defeat the enemy so quickly. He concluded, "In short, it is because the State of Chu is too weak. Can I send troops to destroy the State of Chu right now?"
Eager to try, eager to try!
Bai Qi shook his head: "Li Mu attacked the southern Chu land that Chu had abandoned, so he was able to defeat it so easily. If he were to launch a full-scale attack on Chu, not to mention that Chu would immediately unite to fight Qin, the other five countries would not sit idly by."
Bai Qi smiled again and said, "After all, Qin has Zhu Xiang. They can really take as much land as they can, and quickly transform it into Qin's strength."
Lian Po also agreed: "When I attacked Yan, other countries did not come to rescue. Besides Yan was the first to attack, they also believed that Zhao could not swallow Yan and its strength would not increase dramatically. But Qin has Zhu Xiang, and the six countries will be afraid that any inch of land conquered by Qin will greatly increase Qin's strength."
He sighed and said, "Shu County collected three times as much grain."
The old King Qin was in a very complicated mood.
Zhu Xiang, oh Zhu Xiang, what a sweet burden. With Zhu Xiang, it would be difficult for Qin to pretend to be weak and deceive other countries.
Bai Qi said: "It is normal for Li Mu to have such achievements, as he has seen through the minds of the Chu people, selected the most suitable city to attack, and adopted the most appropriate attacking method. However, Li Mu's move was still a bit reckless. He could have waited for the king to support more troops before taking action. But Li Mu should not be a reckless person. What made him choose to take action immediately?"
Lian Po stroked his beard and looked at the map in deep thought.
The two veterans thought for a long time, and Bai Qi spoke first: "This... Is he doing this for this?"
Bai Qi headed for the mouth of the Yangtze River.
Lian Po followed closely behind him and said, "Is Li Mu planning to use the fleet to transport food and troops from the east?!"
Bai Qi and Lian Po looked at each other, and smiles appeared in their eyes at the same time.
The old King Qin hadn't reacted yet: "What? What east side?"
Prince Zhu thought about what Bai Qi and Lian Po said and hesitated, "Could it be... the sea? Transporting food and troops to the east of the Central Plains through the sea?"
Bai Qi said: "That's right."
The old King of Qin then turned his gaze to the sea, and his mind suddenly became clear.
Wu and Yue had fought naval battles before, but not only the landlocked Qin State, other countries had not yet turned their attention to the ocean and ignored sea transportation.
For people of this era, the sea is too dangerous and full of unknowns and fears.
But if Li Mu's powerful navy can sail unhindered on the Yangtze River, can it also withstand the wind and waves of the ocean
If it were possible, then the Qin State would not have to transport food and troops all the way from the west.
Water transportation is the most time-saving and labor-saving way to transport food and troops today, and the same should be true for sea transportation.
The old King of Qin, the king of an inland country, stared blankly at the ocean.
The ocean... He actually overlooked this.
"The people of Chu have absorbed many nobles from Wu and Yue. They will soon discover this. The current King of Chu and the Lord Chunshen who is in power are not too stupid. If they learn of this, they will definitely deploy heavy troops at the mouth of the river." Bai Qi said, "Li Mu's recklessness turned out to be for this. Congratulations, Your Majesty."
Lian Po looked at the location of Zhao State on the map, his expression somewhat dazed, regretful, and depressed.
But soon, he also said: "Congratulations, Your Majesty."
He still missed Zhao State, but it was obvious that Li Mu had completely become a general of Qin.
Shouldn't he give up some of his obsessions and fight while he can still ride a horse, instead of staying in Xianyang and becoming decadent
After being idle for a long time, Lian Po found that his old heart was slowly being filled with vitality and he didn't want to stay idle like this any longer.
The old King Qin stared at the sea on the map without blinking: "Yes, that's it, that's it... It's the sea, the sea! I ignored the sea."
Prince Zhu's eyes were also sparkling, as if he had discovered some treasure.
Li Mu's battle this time suddenly allowed the inland Qin people to discover a new idea.
There is an ocean!
Li Mu didn't expect that things would be so smooth for him.
Bai Qi and Lian Po were both right, but Li Mu thought that even if the State of Chu could not send too many troops to support, he should still be able to tip off the city he was about to attack in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
But the further Li Mu fought, the easier it became. He even opened the gates of the last few cities to welcome the Qin army before the battle even began.
Li Mu was still suspicious at the time and thought someone was pretending to surrender.
After he sent people to find out, he realized that the King of Chu had indeed sent people to deliver the message, and the cities behind also knew that the Qin people were coming to attack. Then they discussed and surrendered.
The reason is very simple. The area where the Yangtze River estuary originally belonged to Wu Yue.
The State of Chu destroyed Wu and Yue, but because the territory was too large and difficult to manage, the area south of the Yangtze River was not easy to cultivate and plant. For example, the arable land in Yangzhou was rated as "very poor", so the State of Chu still allowed the original nobles of Wu and Yue to manage this area.
In fact, it was almost the same after Qin Shihuang unified the world.
At that time, the land of Wu and Yue had been taken back by the central government through the governance of Chunshen Jun, but the land of Nanyue was still managed by the original Yue royal family and nobles. When Qin Shihuang's army attacked, they surrendered and became local county governors.
Although it is a county system, it is actually no different from a feudal lord.
After the death of Qin Shihuang, various places rose up in rebellion. They immediately opened the city gates to welcome the coalition forces of the old nobles of the six kingdoms to destroy Qin and continued to control the local area.
At this moment, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River plains such as Jiangsu and Zhejiang were almost all managed by "Tusi", just like Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places in later generations.
Before the Chu State moved its capital, its sphere of influence on the south bank of the Yangtze River was much larger than it is now. The original territory of Wu and Yue was all the territory of the Chu State, including the entire territory of Jiangxi and Hunan today.
But after the Chu State moved south and the Qin State captured Qianzhong County, the land of Southern Chu became a small area tightly attached to the south bank of the Yangtze River, and the territories of Wu and Vietnam in the south became essentially independent.
The places that did not choose independence had less influence from the Chu State. So when the Qin attacked, they hesitated for a moment and then surrendered.
This group of Wu and Yue nobles believed that the State of Chu was on the verge of destruction, so they decided to join forces with a new monarch.
"They told us to wait for support, but I don't think the Chu people even thought about providing support."
"It may be that they want us to come back after both sides have suffered heavy losses in the battle with the Qin people."
"General Li Mu is so powerful, and Bai Qi, the Marquis of Wu'an, is probably about the same. What can we use to fight him?"
"I heard that Duke Zhu Xiang was also there. Wherever General Li Mu attacked, Duke Zhu Xiang would cultivate land there. The common people supported him and spontaneously blocked the Chu army from returning."
"What? Duke Zhu Xiang is here too?!"
The Wu and Yue nobles looked embarrassed.
There is nothing wrong with Li Mu coming, but if Duke Zhu Xiang was also there, would their local reputation drop drastically, and would their lives be worse in Chu in the future
I heard that the Qin State basically did not give power to feudal lords. If the local common people did not support them, how could they ask the Qin State for the power of self-government
"But the Qin State's capital is Xianyang, which is so far away from us. They should have a harder time controlling us than the Chu people."
"Yes, it's that far away."
"Besides, I heard that as long as we don't disturb Duke Zhu Xiang's farming, he will not interfere with local government affairs. How can we stop Duke Zhu Xiang?"
"That's right! We are looking forward to Duke Zhu Xiang coming to teach us how to farm."
"So... it's down?"
"What else? Are you still going to fight the Qin people? Have you figured out how to fight those monster-like ships?"
"I heard that Duke Zhu Xiang even destroyed the gods of Chu and invited gods to protect the fleet. How could they possibly fight against the Qin people?"
So Li Mu traveled thousands of miles to the Yangtze River Delta, and the Wu Yue nobles opened the city gates to welcome the Qin army.
What is the State of Chu? What is the King of Chu? We Wu and Yue people are not familiar with it.
They even cried and talked about the hatred of the extermination of the Chu State. In front of Li Mu, they missed the good of Wu Yue and said that as long as they didn't follow the Chu people, they would follow anyone! We all have a feud with the Chu State!
Although Li Mu was young, he didn't believe in them at all.
But no matter what they were thinking in their hearts, as long as they cooperated with Li Mu in cultivating land and raising troops and were willing to accept the Qin King's edict and the reform of Qin laws, Li Mu pretended to believe them.
However, Li Mu received them privately and emphasized to them: "Since you surrendered because you were dissatisfied with Chu and your heart was with Qin and the King of Qin, please keep telling others this fact."
Li Mu raised his glass and looked around: "You surrendered because of the majesty of the King of Qin, the strength of Qin, and your dissatisfaction with Chu. It has nothing to do with some rumors about Zhu Xiang in the city."
Everyone immediately understood.
General Li must have heard rumors in the city that they were afraid that Zhu Xiang could confuse the people and destroy the gods, so they lost the will to resist.
Obviously, General Li did not want any rumors about Duke Zhu Xiang to appear, lest his reputation become too great and alert the King of Qin. After all, Duke Zhu Xiang was not only a great sage of Qin, but also a relative of Qin, who was related to the struggle for the throne of Qin.
They immediately promised that they would immediately make the rumors about Zhu Xianggong disappear, and began to praise the King of Qin and the Qin State.
It is true that we have been loyal to the State of Qin for a long time because the King of Qin is so brave and the State of Qin is so powerful!
Seeing that these people were very sensible, Li Mu returned the favor by giving them many conveniences.
Li Mu basically did not touch the local official establishment of those who voluntarily surrendered, and only replaced them with military officers in more important places; he did not collect their taxes, and only accepted appropriate offerings.
Li Mu also held a grand banquet to entertain local nobles and exchange gifts with them, and promised to send young talents from their families to the Xianyang Academy.
"Nowadays, all the talented people in the world are in Xianyang Academy. You are living in a corner. Although your life is stable, you cannot make further progress." Li Mu said kindly, "If you want to help your young people in your family make further progress, I can write a letter of recommendation for you to enroll in Xianyang Academy."
Local powerful people were all interested.
Although they were worried that the King of Qin would take their young men hostage by sending them all the way to Xianyang, if the Qin State remained so powerful and truly unified the world, then it would be impossible for their family to become more prominent and stay in the local area as the head snake.
Furthermore, even if they hired teachers for their young children, they would not be as good as the talents in Xianyang Academy. Who would not want a better teacher? However, due to the chaos in the world, they dared not go out easily. If they were escorted by Qin soldiers and entered Qin by water, they would not be afraid of encountering accidents on the road.
Li Mu tempted again: "After some time, when the Chu people are more peaceful, Zhu Xiang should come here. He is very yearning for Wucheng. You can choose young talents from your family and enroll them under Zhu Xiang first. If Zhu Xiang likes them, he can take them back to Xianyang in the future. I am afraid that their future will be better."
The powerful man's eyes shone like torches.
If I could join the ranks of Duke Zhu Xiang, why would I worry about the hostages? !
It doesn't matter even if their position in the fight for the throne of King Qin is dangerous in advance, but if they want to take the risk now, they will not be able to get the chance to follow the dragon, and they don't even have the qualifications to go to the gambling table!
"But Zhu Xiang is harsh, so it may be difficult." Li Mu turned the wine glass and placed it on the table with a muffled sound. "You also know that Zhu Xiang is kind and benevolent. In his eyes, nobles and common people are all human lives, and he will not favor one over the other. If you want your children to follow Zhu Xiang, you must not only choose people who are kind and benevolent, but also those who can endure hardships and put down their status to walk in the fields with Zhu Xiang."
He shook his head: "It's difficult."
After Li Mu built up momentum for Zhu Xiang, he let the local powerful people deal with the difficulties on their own while he continued to train and expand his navy.
Zhu Xiang did as Li Mu said, carrying a hoe, taking his disciples and holding Zheng'er's hand, and slowly walked downstream of the Yangtze River.
He walked along the way, guiding the autumn planting.
Winter wheat is grown in the Central Plains, and can also be grown in the South. As for rice, it will be planted after the spring.
Whether planting winter wheat or rice, they cannot be idle in winter. They need to prepare the land and build water conservancy projects. Zhu Xiang also spread water wheels, stone mills, rice pounding tools, etc. to the places he visited, telling them how to make wheat and rice more delicious.
Zhu Xiang asked the village elders to manage the stone mill and agreed with them on how to allow villagers to borrow the stone mill and collect a small amount of grain or labor to make up for the cost of managing the stone mill.
"Don't be greedy. Your life will be better only when the whole village is rich." Zhu Xiang told each village one by one, "The King of Qin is selecting officials in Xianyang now, and all the talented people in the world can take the exam. In the future, academies will be built in various places to allow common people to take the exams to become officials. Only when most people in the village have enough food can more people study. If someone in the village becomes an official, isn't it better than greedily seeking a little bit of profit from the stone mill?"
The local village elders were very surprised: "We can also take the examination?"
Zhu Xiang said, "You see, Qin will soon unify the Central Plains. With so many places under its control, someone will have to take care of them. If we let the old officials of the six kingdoms take care of them, then will those places belong to Qin or the six kingdoms? The King of Qin is so wise, of course he will select new talents."
The village elder believed it.
Because when Li Mu conquered new lands, he appointed local scholars who were not officials as officials instead of selecting the original officials.
This is actually a change of name but not substance, because local officials are basically from local prominent families. Li Mu is still a member of their family no matter how many times he is replaced.
But the meaning of Li Mu's move was to send a signal to the locals that this place was already Qin's territory and Chu's original rules no longer counted.
Moreover, although they were all local prominent families, the people in the prominent families were not united. Even brothers and blood relatives could be enemies. They naturally hoped to let others go and become officials themselves.
Zhu Xiang's words gave rise to more ambitions among the local people.
Zhu Xiang meant that the current officials were also temporary, and according to the Qin law, they would need to be re-evaluated. During the evaluation, everyone, including the common people, was eligible to take the exam.
Of course, in reality, it was impossible for common people to take the exam, because common people were illiterate and only scholars could read.
But the more affluent among the common people would also think, even if this generation fails, what about the sons? What about the grandsons? As long as we start teaching now, it may not fail in the future.
"Thank you, Lord Zhu Xiang, for your guidance." The village elder kowtowed repeatedly.
Zhu Xiang helped them up and continued on his way with his disciples.
The disciples behind him were whispering.
"Look, we Confucians are really powerful."
"Bullshit, Duke Zhu Xiang is from Xianyang Academy, he doesn't belong to any family."
"No, it's our great Confucian sage!"
"Duke Zhu Xiang promoted laws and decrees, why didn't we legalists do that?"
"You are wrong. Duke Zhu Xiang is our Mohist school, our great master!"
"Bullshit! Duke Zhu Xiang is good at farming, so of course we are the farmers."
"Why don't you say that Duke Zhu Xiang wrote novels and is a novelist?"
"Well… "
Ying Xiaozheng was originally thinking about the "examiner" system that Zhu Xiang mentioned, but his train of thought was interrupted by the students behind him. He glared back angrily.
The students immediately fell silent.
Although Gongzi Zheng is young, he is already quite majestic.
Well, actually Gongzi Zheng’s glare was quite cute, but they didn’t dare to say it, so they could only put on a straight face and pretend that they were scared.
Ying Xiaozheng turned back with satisfaction: "Uncle, where are you from?"
Zhu Xiang didn't understand: "Ah? I'm from Zheng'er's family."
Ying Xiaozheng: “…Oh.” Never mind, I won’t ask anymore. My uncle is my family’s.
There was not much need for Zhu Xiang's guidance in winter. Zhu Xiang only needed to hand over the tools needed for spring plowing to local officials and let them reclaim wasteland and build water conservancy projects.
When Ying Xiaozheng was celebrating his seventh birthday, Zhu Xiang came to Wucheng and continued eastward to take a look at the sea.
Although Ying Xiaozheng was already seven years old, if Zhu Xiang tried hard, he could still carry his little nephew on his shoulders, but he couldn't walk too far.
Ying Xiaozheng sat on Zhu Xiang's shoulders, looking at the surging sea, feeling a sense of heroism filling his chest.
In his dream, he saw the sea only after he became Qin Shi Huang, but now he can see it!
"Zheng'er, it will be very comfortable to shout at the sea," Zhu Xiang encouraged.
Ying Xiaozheng asked: "Really?"
Although Ying Xiaozheng didn't believe it, he wanted to give it a try.
For example, he wanted to claim to be Qin Shi Huang and ask his father to abdicate early.
I don’t want to be the Second Emperor of Qin, ahhhh!
Ying Xiaozheng imagined this scene in his mind, and then shook his head hard to shake the image away.
So stupid, forget it.
But Zhu Xiang started to act stupidly. He shouted "Ah!" at the sea, which scared Li Mu behind him.
Li Mu asked, "Why are you crazy?"
Zhu Xiang said righteously: "When you face the sea or climb to the top of a mountain, don't you have the urge to shout?"
Li Mu thought about it and said, "Yes."
Zhu Xiang said, "Come on, shout too, and see whose voice is louder. Meng Wu, you come too!"
Meng Wu pointed at his nose and said, "Me? What are we competing for?"
Zhu Xiang said, "Are you distracted? I want to see who has the loudest voice. I heard that the generals have very loud voices. Some generals can scare people to death with just a loud shout."
Meng Wu said: "I don't believe it."
Li Mu also said: "I don't believe it."
Zhu Xiang snorted coldly. If you live longer and meet Xiang Yu or Zhang Fei, you will know.
It is hard to say about Zhang Fei, but even if the Qin Dynasty would not perish in the second generation in this era, Xiang Yu would definitely become a famous general.
The Xiang family is not fools. Once they find that they cannot rebel against Qin, they will definitely change their mindset and try to enter the upper class of Qin and become one of the Qin nobles through military merit.
As long as Qin was strong enough, Xiang's anti-Qin intentions would be crushed. At that time, Xiang Yu would naturally join the Qin army, and with his talent, he would definitely stand out.
As for Liu Bang, although people in later generations often look down on Liu Bang, in fact Liu Bang's personal ability and charm are outstanding. Whether in times of war or in times of peace, if he and Xiang Yu were given the same opportunities, Liu Bang's achievements might be higher than Xiang Yu's.
Officialdom requires emotional intelligence, and Xiang Yu's skill points are all for military strength. Even when he was a general in the Qin State, Zhu Xiang was worried that he would get himself into trouble because of his arrogance.
Zhu Xiang was distracted for a while, and Meng Wu had already agreed to the competition.
He said to Li Mu: "I may not be as good as you in fighting, but I can definitely beat you in voice."
Li Mu was speechless: "I don't want to compete."
Ying Xiaozheng cheered: "Teacher, you must win!"
Zhu Xiang also added fuel to the fire: "Li Mu, Zheng'er is here, you won't surrender without a fight, right? No way, no way?"
After hearing Zhu Xiang's series of "No way", Li Mu knew that Zhu Xiang had bad intentions.
When they were in Handan before, Zhu Xiang would often say "No way, no way" with Lin Zhi in a sarcastic way, which was annoying.
Li Mu asked: "How do we compete? What's the prize?"
Zhu Xiang thought, it seems difficult to compare now without a decibel tester
Ying Xiaozheng said: "Choose a few people to judge."
Zhu Xiang said, "This is the only way. Why not find a few more people to compete with?"
Ying Xiaozheng said: "Find a strong man! Strong men have loud voices!"
Zhu Xiang nodded: "If he is strong, he must have a large lung capacity."
Ying Xiaozheng was puzzled: "What is lung capacity?"
Zhu Xiang said: "It's the capacity of breathing. I will teach you slowly later. Zheng'er, do you want to try it? I want to compete too."
Ying Xiaozheng hesitated for a while, but when he saw that all the elders were going to participate, he was no longer shy and nodded, "Okay, I'll come too."
Zhu Xiang began to feel secretly happy again.
If he taught Zheng'er to say "ah" and listen for the echo every time he faced the sea and the mountains, would later records show that Zheng'er put his hands to his mouth and made a trumpet-shaped "ah" when he climbed Mount Tai or faced the East China Sea
The scene was so beautiful and he wanted to see it so much.
Draw it when you get back!
The painting style of Qin Shihuang became more and more biased under Zhu Xiang's deliberate design. Zhu Xiang not only wanted later generations to see it, but also wanted people of his time in his previous life to see it.
Oh, it would be even more interesting if Qin Shi Huang himself could see this scene. Zhu Xiang guessed that Qin Shi Huang would come over with his long sword.
Zhu Xiang put Ying Xiaozheng on the ground, selected a referee, and started "Ah".
The Wu Yue nobles who followed Li Mu, Meng Wu and Zhu Xiang to watch the tide became referees with a look of horror on their faces.
They watched helplessly as the heroic and calm Li Mu, the strong and indifferent Meng Wu, and the peerless Zhu Xiang, all of them ran to the beach to see who could make the loudest noise.
Is this an illusion
These are not the Li Mu, Meng Wu and Zhu Xiang in their minds!
How could you do this? Aren't you ashamed? Are you as childish as that chubby boy
No matter how confused the Wu and Yue nobles were, their tears flowed like a river after their idol filters were shattered. Li Mu, Meng Wu, Zhu Xiang and Ying Xiaozheng had already started the competition.
They also invited strong men among their guards to compete with them.
The guards were already used to the strange style of these people when they got together, and they cooperated with all their actions. Moreover, the prize this time was very attractive, in addition to gold, there was also Zhu Xianggong's calligraphy.
Zhu Xiang felt that his handwriting was just neat and not beautiful at all. But when he asked other contestants, except his friend, if they wanted to make up for it, they all wanted his handwriting.
After the Qin army occupied this place, paper began to be used here. They not only wanted Zhu Xiang's calligraphy, but also the calligraphy of paper.
Zhu Xiang knew that this masterpiece of calligraphy would never be passed down.
Upon hearing that Zhu Xiang was going to give them his calligraphy, the Wu and Yue nobles immediately wiped away their tears and felt itchy.
"Can we send someone to attend as well?"
Li Mu looked at their earnest expressions and nodded: "Okay."
It is not shameful if everyone embarrasses themselves together, and the more participants the better.
Li Mu didn't want to win at all. He was just forced by Zhu Xiang and Ying Xiaozheng to play with them.
Meng Wu rubbed his hands together, his words full of desire to win: "I will definitely win!"
Li Mu looked indifferent: "Oh."
The candidates are in place, and Ying Xiaozheng is the first to compete.
He took a deep breath, then put his hands to his mouth, his face flushed red: "Ah~ah!" I don't want to be the second emperor of Qin!
Zhu Xiang clapped hard!
After Ying Xiaozheng finished shouting, he felt something was wrong in his mouth and spat out a tooth.
Zhu Xiang: "Wow, Zheng'er's screams are so loud that they knocked my teeth out."
Ying Xiaozheng raised his short legs and kicked his uncle's knee.
Uncle, shut up!
Zhu Xiang burst into laughter. Li Mu held his forehead and Meng Wu covered his mouth.
Laugh, laugh. When you make Zheng'er angry, it's all your fault.
With Ying Xiaozheng roaring his teeth off at the beginning, the competition in this roaring contest was very fierce.
Even Li Mu showed his strength. Although he didn't want to participate in such a weird competition, since he participated, he still tried his best.
But the final winner was an unknown local warrior.
The Qin soldiers all looked unhappy, but they all acknowledged the strength of this warrior. The warrior's roar almost broke their eardrums.
The warrior was very embarrassed. He said that he was originally a fisherman and was trained by shouting slogans.
Li Mu admired him very much and recruited him into his own navy.
The Wu and Yue nobles coveted the calligraphy in the warrior's hand and wanted to exchange it for a large sum of money.
They didn't dare to force the sale, after all, they were people who had registered with Li Mu, Meng Wu and Zhu Xiang.
The warrior hesitated for a long time, then asked cautiously, "Can I enshrine it in my family's ancestral hall?"
This is the calligraphy of Duke Zhu Xiang, a living god!
Zhu Xiang laughed: "You can keep it for yourself or sell it, but don't offer it to me. I don't like others offering it to me. Even if you offer it to me, I won't fulfill any of your wishes."
The warrior said, "I don't wish, I don't wish!"
Zhu Xiang said, "Then it's up to you."
Ying Xiaozheng pulled Zhu Xiang's sleeve and said, "Uncle, I want to eat braised sea bass today."
Zhu Xiang said: "Okay, let's arrange it tonight."
Ying Xiaozheng said to the strong man: “You see, my uncle lied, and it was very useful for my uncle to make a wish.”
Everyone: “…”
Should they laugh at this time
Zhu Xiang himself laughed out loud. He picked up Ying Xiaozheng and rubbed his cheek against his. He praised his nephew for his clever jokes and being good at livening up the atmosphere.
In short, my housekeeper is really humorous!
Li Mu's eyebrows twitched. If Zheng Er became the King of Qin and told a "joke" in the court and scared a group of court officials to death, it would be your fault, Zhu Xiang.
Zhu Xiang came to the Yangtze River Delta Plain, which was a land of fish and rice in later generations but not in good condition now. During the New Year, the King of Qin once again received documents from Li Mu and Zhu Xiang.
The King of Qin sighed: "The sea is so beautiful."
The King of Qin felt sad.
If he were younger and not worried about the long journey, he would definitely leave the government affairs to the prince and go see the sea himself.
He has never seen the sea in his life.
The more the King of Qin thought about it, the greedier he became. He felt that he was in good health and could go.
If he doesn't go now, he will have no chance to go in the future.
Apart from the Prince of Qin who went to Qi as a hostage, how many Qin kings have seen the sea
So in the past few days, the King of Qin has been staring at Prince Zhu as if he is thinking about something, which makes Prince Zhu feel terrified.
Prince Zhu tried hard to think whether he had offended his king and father, but he couldn't figure it out.
He secretly went to Fan Ju for advice. Fan Ju told him to ask directly, but he still didn't dare.
Finally, after several sleepless nights, when Prince Zhu could no longer bear it, he carefully asked the King of Qin if he had done anything wrong.
The King of Qin almost frightened his son to the point of falling seriously ill, and then he confessed: "I want to go to the sea."
Prince Zhu: “…”
I￥%￥%￥#%￥#%!! Taizizhu wanted to curse in his heart, but he didn't dare to, so he could only curse a bunch of meaningless words.
Prince Zhu took a deep breath and said respectfully, "Father, the journey is too long and there is a lot of miasma in the south. Please don't travel far."
The King of Qin sighed: "I know, I'll just think about it."
But on the second day, the King of Qin was still staring at Prince Zhu thoughtfully.
Prince Zhu said with a stiff upper lip: "Father, do you still want to go to the sea?"
The King of Qin nodded.
Prince Zhu said, "Father, what if you are sick? Don't go too far."
The King of Qin sighed, "I know that if I go to the sea, I might lose several years of my life."
Prince Zhu cried, "Father, if you knew, you shouldn't go."
Don't make things difficult for me!
The King of Qin sighed: "Okay."
Then half a month later, the King of Qin began to pack his bags and let Crown Prince Zhu govern the country.
Prince Zhu: “…”
What could Prince Zhu do? He could only kneel on the ground, hug King Qin's thigh and cry, "Father, please don't go. Really, don't go! What if you get sick?"
The King of Qin continued to sigh: "But if I don't go, I may never have the chance to see the sea again."
He figured it out. He had lived long enough, and even if it shortened his life by a year or two, he still wanted to see the sea.
If he doesn't travel far now, he will never be able to leave Xianyang.
Qin kings of all dynasties wanted to visit the Central Plains. How happy would he be if he went to a farther place and saw the sea that the Qin kings could only see in words
How proud will he be when he goes to the underworld and meets his ancestors
The old King of Qin just wanted to see the sea, and no one could stop him.
So Prince Zhu cried all the way as he sent the old King of Qin onto the boat on the Han River. The old King of Qin was not sick, but Prince Zhu fell seriously ill.
What's even more pitiful is that Prince Zhu had to deal with government affairs while he was ill. He went to Fan Ju for help with tears and snot. Fan Ju had no choice but to temporarily retire and be rehired.
Zhu Xiang received the news early and sat there in a daze for a long while.
He held Ying Xiaozheng in his arms and squeezed his head hard, which hurt Ying Xiaozheng. He bit his uncle's arm and broke another tooth.
Zhu Xiang was surprised: "Zheng'er, you haven't used your uncle's arm to grind your teeth for a long time. Have they grown back?"
He pinched Ying Xiaozheng's chubby face and pulled the soft flesh on Ying Xiaozheng's cheeks outwards.
Ying Xiaozheng said vaguely: "My teeth itch, so itchy."
Zhu Xiang didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "You use the medicine bag to grind your teeth, why do you use my arm to grind your teeth?"
Ying Xiaozheng thought to himself, who asked you to bother me
He changed the subject: "Uncle, what did you see? Why are you so shocked? Did something happen in Xianyang?"
Zhu Xiang nodded: "Yes, something big happened in Xianyang."
Seeing that his uncle looked calm, Ying Xiaozheng guessed that it was not a big deal and casually speculated, "Could it be that Grandfather Zeng gave the teacher the title of Lord?"
Zhu Xiang knocked on Ying Xiaozheng's head and said, "You wish."
He glanced at the letter again, and said with a complicated expression: "Your great-grandfather wanted to see the sea, and the prince hugged his legs and cried but couldn't stop him. I'm afraid he has already boarded the ship now."
Ying Xiaozheng opened his mouth wide, and his teeth clicked with a "crunch", and another tooth fell out.
The old King of Qin sat at the bow, wearing a straw raincoat and fishing, looking very pleased: "What good luck, I caught a perch! Xia Tong, braise it for me!"
Zichu stood behind the King of Qin, looking a little dazed: "Yes, Your Majesty."
He thought that when Zhu Xiang, who was waiting in Wu and Yue, saw him, he would probably look even more dazed than he did now.
(End of this chapter)