Spring and Autumn I Am King

ps: Chapter 2 is at night

Not to mention that tens of thousands of Qi people worked hard at the northern foot of Mount Tai to build the Great Wall. If Zhang Mengtan and Zai Yu looked westward, they would find that on the land of Wei, whose territory was only half of the pre-war territory, Also doing construction work.

After the death of Duke Ling of Wei, Kuai Yu became the only monarch. With the notoriety of killing his father, he appointed Kong Yu as the ruler and started his own rule. The land in the Puyang area is fertile, and the farmers in Wei are extremely hardworking. Therefore, after the continuous war ended, the crops were ploughed in the spring and harvested in the autumn, and soon the grains were piled up again in the warehouse, but they were soon transported westward by chariots to Chaoge for delivery. As the price of being the enemy of the Zhao family before Wei Guo.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the significance of the existence of this new Weiguo is entirely to provide wealth and labor for the Zhao family during the war.

Last year, 10,000 strong and able-bodied prisoners of Qi were transferred here. Together with the prisoners of Fan, Zhongxing, Wei, Ju and other countries who became slaves in the war, as well as tens of thousands of civilians of Wei, they are digging a connection. The canal of the Yellow River and Pushui system. This canal proposed by Ji Ran and planned by Luban divides the water of the big river from Chanyuan, runs southeast, and connects with Pushui in Taoyi, with a total length of more than 100 miles. Because all the way is plain, and the terrain is also inclined to the southeast, so it is very feasible. The construction period of three years is planned, and now only half of it has been repaired.

In Ji Ran's plan, this will be the main artery that connects Zhao's Lu Kingdom and Hanoi. It can also strengthen the control of the Sishang princes, and the canal's hub, Diqiu, may replace Taoqiu and become the largest in the north. The trade transit center!

Now, Weiguo has become more important in the Eastern system dominated by the Zhao family. Zhao Wuxi sent his family, Zhao Guangde, to take a division of elite soldiers to guard in Weiguo. He also parachuted Ji Ran to Weiguo to take charge of the canal. Although this great talent in the field is full of theory, Zhao Wuxi is going to be the Minister of Finance, but just handing over the entire Zhao family's financial power to him will also make the old retainers dissatisfied, so he will try it out first, and then he will make a contribution. Reusing it again can leave people speechless.

Although this canal has been given great expectations, at the moment, because of its excavation, the life of Wei people is not good. Tens of thousands of people shed blood and tears on the construction site. Linggong time!

The resentment and pain of the people will be vented through singing. When Zhang Mengtan and Zai Yu passed from the state of Lu to Diqiu, a folk song in Beifeng was popular in Weidi.

"Will go down, go down! Hu doesn't return? Because of Jun Wei, Hu is in the middle of the show! Go down, go down! Hu does not return? Lord Wei's bow, Hu is in the mud?"

It's dark, it's dark, why don't you go home? If it wasn't for the monarch to please the Zhao family, why did he get up and work in the early morning when the dew was still there? Why work in the mud all day long?

The guards complained and complained, but watching the brightly armored Zhao soldiers next to the whip raised high by the supervisor, they did not dare to resist, and could only endure silently. At least working by the canal, the hardship is a bit bitter, and I can guarantee two meals a day. Digging a canal is nothing compared to being called up to fill a gully

In the past two years, although the large-scale war has ceased, the war has never disappeared from the Central Plains. Apart from the civil war in Qi, the most important event is the demise of the Zhongxing clan.

After Zhongxingyin and the main force were annihilated in the siege of Chaoge, the Zhongxing clan was already declining, and the Zhongxing Heigou relied on the higher terrain in the Dongyang area to survive, but they did not know that after the army was gone, their family was already coveted by everyone.

In the west, the Zhi clan took over the territory of the Bank of China, and in the east, the Chen clan controlled the Hejian area. As Xianyu Zhongshan reached an alliance with the Zhao clan, Dongyang faced a north-south attack. After a year of perseverance, the Bai people finally fell, and the Bank of China Heigou fled to Qi to join the Bao family. At this point, the Bank of China was equivalent to extinction.

Under the recommendation of Zhai Fengtu, Zhao Wuxi and Zhongshan Jun met in Xiyang to negotiate how to divide up the inheritance of the Bank of China.

Because of the geographical relationship, Zhongshan has no old feud with the Zhao family. There was only one conflict. It was more than 20 years ago that Zhao Yang participated in the war of the Bank of China Wu against Xianyu. Relying on the clues left over from the war, the courtiers under Zhongshan Jun actually "verified" that Zhao Wuxi's biological mother, Di Mai, was a member of the Xianyu tribe and was taken to the palace by Zhao Yang as a trophy.

After careful calculation, his biological mother is still related to the family of Zhongshan-Jun, so strictly speaking, Zhongshan-Jun and Zhao Wuxi should be cousins ​​from afar!

Zhao Wuxi laughed at Zhongshan's behavior of climbing relatives, and did not want to investigate the truth or falsehood, but since the other party showed his favor, he also extended his hand and did not hit the smiling person, so the two sides formed a "brotherly alliance", Zhongshan Junsi People in their teens still call Zhao Wuxi "cousin" with a shy face.

Even brothers and sisters have to settle their accounts. The division of the Zhonghang clan's territory is determined by the actual control area. In this way, Zhongshan has restored the old soil, and Zhao Wushi also lacked interest in the drums and fats of the Di tribes, and the areas that could not be registered as Qimin were of little value in a short period of time.

With the two counties of Drum and Fei, plus the lost and found revenge, and some gaps at the junction of Jin and Yan, the population of Zhongshan has increased sharply to more than 400,000! A powerful entity has risen in the middle of Yan, Jin and Qi. In history, Zhongshan is also one of the small powerhouses in the Warring States Period, which should not be underestimated.

But Wu Xie didn't have time to clean them up at this meeting, because he instead asked Zhongshan Jun. In addition to the Bai people, the additional benefit of this covenant to the Zhao family is to use the Jingxing controlled by Zhongshan to develop the next military operation.

At the end of this summer, Zhao Wuxi let the main force launch an offensive on the front line of Taihang to attract the attention of the enemy. You Wuzheng and Zhao Yi took 10,000 Zhao troops across the mountains and through the Zhongshan Kingdom to recover the fallen cities such as Ma Shou and Yu. , expelled Dai Rong, who was lingering in the Taiyuan Basin, and killed him under the city of Jinyang.

Jinyang's army was implicated in Han's defeat and lost most of it, and most of Ding Zhuang followed Zhao Yang to the east. However, because Jinyang's heart is in favor of Zhao, the city walls are complete, the treasury is adequately used, the warehouses are well-stocked, and even the palace is surrounded by lush "Dihao" and "chuchu" that can be used to make arrow shafts, more than ten feet high. .

The Zhi clan brought in the army to join the pirates, but the troops were placed under Jinyang. Seeing that the strong attack was ineffective, they adopted Zhiyao's strategy and switched to the tactics of siege and water attack. . The flood submerged the "three panels" (six feet) in the city. After two years, the food was about to be cut off. People hung pots to cook and live in tents, making life very difficult.

But they still persisted until now under the leadership of Dong Anyu. After they were finally rescued, the whole city cried. When the white-haired Dong Zi heard the news of Zhao Yang's death, he also wept bitterly and bowed to the direction of Wen County.

At this point, the most difficult period has passed. After the Taiyuan Basin was restored, the Zhao clan had already surrounded Jin, Zhi, and Wei from the east and the north. They had lost the natural danger, and the war was likely to end within this year.

Therefore, Zhao Wuxi also began to think about the post-war situation. No matter what the outcome was, he would definitely stay in Jin for a long time. In this world, there is no precedent for the two countries to be officials of the two countries at the same time, so it is better for the son to sit in the position of the general of the state of Lu in the east. This is the scene of Zhang Mengtan and Zai Yu coming to Wen County to pick up Zhao Cao's mother and son on the road. .

"After the young master arrives in Lu, how will we manage?" Zai Yu was still a little worried and a little uneasy.

"Everything is as usual until the young master becomes an adult and takes charge of the government." After Zhang Mengtan said this, he bowed to Zhao Cao, who had finished the sacrifice and was led out by Ji Ying.

"Chen Zhang Meng has talked to the Major General."

"Chen Zaiyu, I have seen the Major General!"

The young boy was a little timid in the face of two strange men, and Zai Yu's smile was a little fake, but he could still feel Zhang Mengtan's kindness like a spring breeze, but he didn't know what to call it or how to return the courtesy, so he raised his head to look Holding her aunt, pulling the corner of her clothes, she was at a loss.

Even though Ji Ying didn't want this son to leave, he knew that his younger brother had his own plans and could not stop him. So she put away her reluctance and said softly, "This is your shogunate chief. The teacher your father found for you is called Master."

Zhao Cao understood, just like those Fu who taught him, numbers, etiquette and music. So he awkwardly greeted his teacher and said in a milky voice:

"Husband, Master"

The voice stopped in his ears, which made Zhang Mengtan's heart warm, and he quickly lifted him up, looking at the little boy, Zhao Wuxi's words rang in his ears again.

"Meng Tan, you serve me like Guan Yiwu assists Duke Huan of Qi, and you also assist my son like Hu Yan follows Duke Wen of Jin. Is it possible?"

At this moment, Zhang Mengtan made an oath in his heart: "The general knows that the minister is cautious, so before the Western Expedition, he sent his minister to a major event. Meng Tan dare not forget it, and he will do his best to assist the major general in governing Lu!"

Until one day, Jin and Lu are united!

"He should be a good teacher." Ji Ying nodded and felt a little relieved when he saw this scene of harmony between young and old.

At this time, Lin Lin's autumn rain had stopped, and the warm sun poked his head out from behind the clouds.

"Although my father is gone~www.wuxiahere.com~, Zhao's sun still rises as usual, generation after generation, endlessly." Ji Ying sighed and looked at Zhao Yang's spiritual seat full of sacrifices. Hand in hand to pray for him.

It's just that after worrying about the little ones, she has to worry about the big ones again. Because the Zhao family has accumulated strength for two years, and Zhao Wuxi is determined to end this long war within this year!

While recovering the Taiyuan Basin, from the autumn harvest to the present, the main force of the Zhao army has been on the offensive. They have already counterattacked the Han clan's Shangdang area. The Wan allied army faced off for more than a month.

The battle is about to begin

How she hopes that after this decisive battle, the world will be peaceful for a long time, women will no longer have to worry about whether the Kun's father and brother in the distance have died in the gully, and the children under her control will not have to lose their fathers since they were young, and can only enter " In Orphans of Yulin", learn to dance with a sword and continue the hatred of the previous generation.

I don't know if it's a coincidence or not. As far as Ji Ying knows, the battlefield where the two sides faced off is in the Qinshui River Basin.

(To be continued.)