Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

As long as another hundred years, no, three to fifty years, there will probably be villages here, the way of life here will undergo great changes, and the people here will call themselves Zhao from the bottom of their hearts. Chinese!

Li Mu originally thought that only he knew these things, but he didn't expect that Yi Qusheng knew it well.

Obviously, any leader who can establish a country, even if he is the leader of a barbarian country in a barren land, must be a person with wisdom and should not be underestimated.

Li Mu took a deep breath, slowly sat up straight, and saluted Yiqu Sheng: "You have been taught."

Yi Qusheng was stunned for a moment, and looked at Li Mu inexplicably: "What are you doing, are you going crazy again?"

In Yi Qusheng's impression, this seems to be not the first time.

Li Mu coughed and said: "King Yiqu, the reason why I met you today is mainly for one thing, which is definitely a great thing for you and Yiqu country."

Yi Qusheng was taken aback for a moment, and then looked at Li Mu suspiciously: "There is such a good thing? I don't believe it."

Li Mu was obviously stimulated by Yiqu Sheng's suspicious eyes, and said angrily: "Isn't it a good thing to expand the territory? Let me ask you, do you want to seize more pastures for your Yiqu country?"

"Ranch?" Yi Qusheng became energetic immediately when he heard it, and hurriedly asked, "Where did you get the ranch?"

With more pastures, you can get more cattle and sheep, and more cattle and sheep can feed more people, and more people will naturally bring more soldiers and a stronger army. tribe.

Whether as a prairie man or a prairie king, the ranch is what Yiqu Sheng desires most.

Li Mu smiled slightly, as if he was no exception to Yiqu Sheng's reaction. After coughing, he said slowly, "I plan to cross the Yellow River and lead an army to build a city at the southern foot of Helan Mountain. You can participate if you want."

"The southern foot of Helan Mountain?" Yi Qusheng rolled his eyes, as if he understood something: "Are you going to trouble the Yuezhi people?"

Li Mu spread his hands: "There are no Yuezhi people anymore, it is now dominated by the Huns and Wusun people."

The expression on Yiqu Sheng's face became even weirder: "So you got the permission to go west from your king?"

"No." Li Mu smiled slightly and said, "I only got the permission to build the city."

Yiqusheng let out a hey, and said: "I understand, if you really build a city, the Huns and Wusun people will definitely not be indifferent. So you want to borrow the power of this king, and want to build a new city for you Offer protection?"

"Yes." Li Mu admitted very happily: "The authorization given to me by the king to send troops is only 3000 people. These 3000 people are enough to sweep the grasslands, but they are not enough to build cities. Your Yiqu Kingdom should now have [-] troops." Cavalry, right? As long as you have your Yiqu cavalry, then the success of building the city is very sure."

Yiqu Sheng stared at Li Mu with wide eyes: "Li Mu, although I have a good relationship with you, but you want me to bring all the cavalry from the entire Yiqu Kingdom to escort you? That's impossible!"

Li Mu smiled, and said to Yiqu Sheng: "If I remember correctly, your Yiqu country seems to be suffering from famine, right?"

Yi Qusheng snorted and said, "Nonsense! It's just that there is not enough food."

In the previous battle to assist Zhao State against the Huns, Yiqu Sheng gained great benefits, captured thousands of captives, and instantly expanded his Yiqu cavalry to the size of ten thousand people.

However, the expansion that has doubled several times also brings a disadvantage, that is, there is not enough food.

The grassland people's food is cattle, sheep and livestock, but the pastures of Yiqu country are limited after all, and they cannot support so many cattle, sheep and livestock that can support this huge cavalry.

Li Mu looked at Yiqu Sheng intently, and the smile on the corner of his mouth became more intense: "If you are willing to send troops, you can give you three thousand shi of grain first, and after the matter is completed, I will give you seven thousand shi food."

"Ten thousand stones of grain?" Yi Qusheng became a little uneasy when he heard this.

Taking the rations in the Central Plains as an example, one person can eat one and a half stones of grain a month, and ten thousand stones is not enough for Yiqu to win [-] cavalry for a month.

But on the prairie, this cannot be counted, because food is only a supplement to the Yiqu cavalry, and they also have meat and milk from livestock as rations.

So if you give [-] shi of grain to Yiqu Sheng, if you save some money, there is absolutely no problem in supporting the army grain for four or five months.

Li Mu unhurriedly threw out another condition: "I will bring a thousand armored cavalry to attack, and you must lead the cavalry to cooperate with me in the battle. You can get [-]% of the pastures and spoils you win."

Yi Qusheng thought for a while, and said viciously: "No, fighting with the Huns and Wusun people will kill people! Besides, many of my king's people will definitely die. I want half of the pasture and trophies, and I have Choose first!"

Li Mu's smile became brighter: "Yes, but if this is the case, all Yiqu cavalry must obey my command."

Yi Qusheng hesitated for a long time, muttered a few dirty words, and then slapped his thigh: "That's it, when will we attack?"

Li Mu smiled slightly and said, "Of course, the sooner the better!"

Chapter 679 Depressed Chu King and Officials (Second Update)

Lucheng.

The Book of Rites said: "There is Fu in the city of Lu, which is seven or eight miles long, so it is named Qufu."

The younger brother of King Wu of Zhou, the well-known Duke of Zhou, used this city as his capital when he was granted the title of State of Lu.

Qufu is surrounded by mountains in the north, east, and south. There are more than a hundred hills such as Fenghuang Mountain, Jiuxian Mountain, Shimen Mountain, Fangshan Mountain, and Nishan Mountain. The state of Lu was not subject to annexation by its strong neighbor Qi.

But although Qi State did not annex Lu State, Chu State succeeded.

Chun Shenjun Huang Xie led the main force of the Chu State to take advantage of the struggle between Zhao and Qin, and when Qi and Wei had no time to take care of him, they swallowed the Lu State in one fell swoop, which became Huang Xie's major achievement.

But at this moment, Huang Xie looked at the city in front of him, but there was only bitterness in his heart.

Because this city once belonged to the State of Lu, it is now owned by the State of Zhao.

Not only the old land of Lu State, but even the large Huaibei land of Chu State south of the old home of Lu State has now been included in the territory of Zhao State.

The city just stood upright in the spring sunshine, filling most of Huang Xie's vision, as if silently mocking Huang Xie and Chu State.

But as the saying goes, how can a person not bow his head under the eaves? Even though Huang Xie felt helpless in his heart, he could only be under the watchful eyes of the soldiers guarding the city of Zhao State, and accompanied by the faint smiles that greeted officials in Zhao State Slowly entered the city.

After entering the city, Huang Xie subconsciously looked at the scene on both sides of the road.

Huang Xie still had an impression of the scene in this city.

At that time, after leading his troops to conquer the city, Huang Xie once allowed the soldiers of Chu State to plunder it.

So the soldiers of Chu State were naturally unceremonious, and destroyed the city like locusts crossing the border.

Of course, Huang Xie himself has gained a lot, such as the young and beautiful wives of Lu Qinggong, the last king of the Lu Kingdom, and the huge wealth in the Lu King's palace.

After that looting, at least [-]% of the wealth in this city was robbed by the Chu army, and of course there were many vicious incidents such as rape and murder.

This is definitely an out-and-out catastrophe for this city.

It is precisely because of this that Huang Xie heard that after the war between Chu and Zhao, the rule of the Zhao people here was carried out extremely smoothly.

Now that I came in and took a look, I found that the streets here are noisy and people are coming and going, and it has indeed restored a bit of the atmosphere of a big city.

This made Huang Xie feel secretly in his heart: "I heard that the officials of Zhao State are very capable, but now I see that it is true."

As the Ling Yin of the Chu State, Huang Xie knew his family affairs from his own people.

The bureaucratic system of the Chu State is too bloated and inefficient. Many official positions are held in the hands of the three major Zhaojing and Qu families. In many cases, the government orders of the Central Government of the Chu State are not implemented at all.

In addition, large tracts of land in the Chu Kingdom belonged to the three major families of Zhaojingqu. Not only did these nobles' fiefs not pay taxes, they even competed with the monarch for the population of the Chu Kingdom.