In the Spring and Autumn and Warring States without women

Gu Zhucun'a was a little surprised when he received the greeting card from the guest of honor in the prince's mansion.

Holding this thing called "paper" by the people in the prince's mansion, I saw that it had a hard colored paper shell, and the inside was soft white paper, with ink characters written on it, neat and beautiful.

This kind of paper became popular when the prince's mansion began to use it to make greeting cards. This kind of greeting card quickly became popular in Jidu. It is an honor to invite others or meet others, and now in Jidu, I am ashamed to call myself a nobleman without such things at home.

Gu Zhu Cun'a couldn't say how he felt when he didn't appear in front of him. Gu Zhu Cun'a couldn't say that he agreed with the decision to persuade others to ask Xia Yu to be his assistant. Unexpectedly, this Nezuo, who insisted on coping and persuading others to get him back, is really a talent——Xia Yu's ability in war is well known in the world, and Gu Zhu Cun'a was surprised that he was in the management of the family. He is also quite talented in political affairs.

I remember that Furen once had a detailed talk with Xia Yu when he came back, and it was also because of that detailed talk that Gu Zhucun'a let go of his prejudice against Xia Yu for the time being. I have a good vision: Wuyang has become the largest military base of the Yan State for the three fiefdoms that are convincing, just like paper, if the nobles and relatives of the Yan State Dynasty did not arm a soldier unit with the ordnance produced in Wuyang, it would be impossible for them to go out. Sorry to meet people; Fangcheng has gradually become the grain production center of Yan State. Fangcheng is rich in a kind of grain called "rice", and the yield is extremely high. Because of the large grain output, Fangcheng's animal husbandry is also developed. It is said that Xia Yu Teaching the slaves in Fangcheng a technique of building "earth kang" greatly improved the efficiency of raising pigs and chickens and ducks in Fangcheng. Now most of the chicken and duck meat in Jidu is supplied by Fangcheng; Yuyang, which is located in the border management, has also established a standing army of nearly [-] people equipped with Wuyang military equipment with the support of the increasingly abundant treasury of the Prince's Mansion in the past two years.

On the one hand, Lone Bamboo Cun'a felt relieved for Furen, and felt that Furen had read the right person, but on the other hand, he felt a little bit disappointed. After all, he had always been the chief scribe of the Prince's Mansion, but since Xia Yu was The Empress Dowager of the Prince's Mansion, Gu Zhu Cun'a felt that he was not so useful anymore.

For this reason, Gu Zhucun'a didn't go to the Prince's Mansion very often. Today, seeing Xia Yu invite himself to a banquet with a greeting card, he couldn't help but look at the guest son Qi who came to send the greeting card. Zhu Cun'a was more familiar with Young Master Qi than Xia Yu, so he couldn't help but ask, "What does this mean?"

Young Master Qi pretended to be confused and said, "What do you mean?"

Gu Zhu was angry, and said: "Young Master Qi, don't pretend to be confused! What do you mean by me!?"

The young master coughed, and said with some embarrassment: "No, teacher, the inner supervisor of our family is strict."

Gu Zhucun blew his beard and stared angrily, and said: "Ha, what should you say, the nezuo who is afraid of convincing people is not afraid of the teacher, is he!?" The more he said here, the more angry he was, and he directly picked up the Sword, use the scabbard end to start beating

Young Master Qi saw that his teacher was angry and started beating people with his sword, he hurriedly dodged and said: "Teacher, hey, don't hit me, teacher, listen to me, my master is really meaningless! It's... Tian Changshi Ah!!!!!"

Young Master Qi yelled out the words "Tian Chang is dead", which stunned Gu Zhucun for a moment, and naturally stopped the beating action, and said with some hesitation: "This period of time is very vague. I heard the rumors, but I just don’t know if it’s true or not.”

Seeing that the teacher had stopped, Young Master Qi was able to separate his mind to speak, and said: "Ninety-nine percent of it should be true." Young Master Qi glanced around secretly, then approached Gu Zhu in a low voice and said, "I think Xia Yu secretly has his own spy as a scout, and I often see him in the mansion who can know a lot of information in advance that others don't know."

Gu Zhucun'a frowned and listened to Young Master Qi's words, and then said: "Tian Chang is dead, then Tian Xiang should succeed to the throne and rule the Qi State. This... what does this have to do with Xia Yu wanting me to pass the government?"

Young Master Qi said: "I really don't know."

Seeing Gu Zhucun'a staring at someone again with his sword in his hand, Young Master Qi repeatedly waved his hands and said, "Teacher, I really don't know! I won't lie to you!" Young Master Qi paused, and then said, "Listen It is said that Gong Bohou has just returned from his envoy to Jin, and he must strengthen the Yan-Jin alliance as soon as possible."

When Gu Zhucun'a heard this, he put away his sword and muttered to himself: "This is to prevent the Qi State from retaliation."

Slightly pondering, Gu Zhucun'a said to the young master, "Go back and tell your master that I will come to the banquet on time."

Zhongshan country.

The monarch was seriously ill. According to the etiquette system, the crown prince was appointed to oversee the country, and Gongsun Qi, as a very important minister of the former monarch, assisted him.

However, the so-called first emperor and ministers are often an awkward position. Since ancient times, there has been a saying: "One dynasty, one courtier". At this time, the young generals who were clamoring about what to do in the court could only sigh in their hearts.

In the past, Zhongshan Kingdom was involved in the internal strife of the Duke of Jin, and supported the Fan and Zhonghang clans that were later exterminated. It also gained a lot of land from the century-old overlord Jin. It is also because of this that it is now No. 1 in the world Zhao Zhifu, who was in power in the country, hated his teeth itchingly.

Zhao Zhifu turned his head and began to take revenge on Zhongshan after pacifying the internal turmoil in Jin. The so-called century-old overlord of the Jin army has conquered the world, and the commander is Zhao Zhifu, who is extremely good at fighting. A small Zhongshan country, including population and land The comprehensive national strength in terms of size and so on is far inferior to that of Jin, so Zhao Zhifu's opponent is nowhere to be found.

Zhongshan was defeated and lost, and its vitality was greatly injured. It was also that battle that made the current king of Zhongshan realize the gap between Zhongshan and the current Chinese vassals, and began to hide his strength and bide his time. When Qi received an invitation from Xia Yulian and Zhongshan to invade the Yan Kingdom two years ago, he was ordered by the King of Zhongshan to decline.

However, nearly [-] years have passed since the last war between Zhongshan and Jin, and now the young people in the middle school have lost their appreciation for the strength of Jin, and think of war too easily.

If not, why did Tian Xiang quietly send envoys to contact the country with the intention of attacking Yan this time, causing such a big disturbance in the court?

Young Master Qi looked at the ministers who were invited into the room to discuss this matter with the prince. Except for himself, they were all the prince's confidantes, buddies, or retainers. They were all excited and wished they could have a big fight tomorrow. They could listen to his advice. ?

On the border between Zhongshan State and Qi State, there is a fiefdom belonging to Ji Miao, the concubine of the king of Yan State.

In the past few days, because Ji Miao recently purchased a batch of military equipment produced in Wuyang and armed about 500 soldiers, he invited a few of his concubines to hunt in the fief on a whim, to show off his own Newly armed soldiers.

It was said to be hunting, but it was actually feasting and entertainment in disguise. Ji Miao and her concubines got drunk from the beginning of the hunt. Because of this, Ji Miao never caught up with his newly armed pair of armor The strangeness flashed across the eyes of the commanding officer of the sergeant.

When Ji Miao and a few younger brothers woke up from the turbulence, a military officer came to report in a panic and said, "Master, I crossed the border of Zhongshan country by mistake, and the commander and the people of Zhongshan country started fighting."

Ji Miao sobered up instantly, but it was too late.