Go to ancient times and engage in construction

Chu Chaohui's northern tour and Zheng Yuming's southern tour had intentions.Chu Chaohui’s northern tour was to prepare for national expansion, and Zheng Yuming’s southern tour was to examine the development of Ulsan, audit the country’s financial resources, and prepare for military operations.

After nearly four years of development in the state of Wu, most of the people in the country have solved their food and clothing, and a quarter of the people have lived a prosperous life.The factories and workshops in various places have taken shape, and the tax paid every year has doubled, and Wu's finances have begun to become rich.

Chu Chaohui has been continuously expanding the army, and now the number of standing regular troops in Wu State has exceeded 10, which is quite a large ratio compared to Wu State with a population of only 200 and 60.It turns out that in time and space, Qin Xiaogong shared Shang Yang's reform for two years, Qin State was strong and prosperous, with a population of 2 million, and the number of troops was only more than 400. Qin Shihuang completed the unification by relying on those family backgrounds.At this time and space, if the state of Wu hadn't developed through industry and commerce, it would not have been able to support more than [-] standing soldiers.

The social situation of the Great Qin Continent is similar to that of the original time and space at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period. The population of the entire Qin Continent is more than 3000 million.Chu, Wu, Lu, Zhao, Qi, and Chen are the six powerful princes. It turned out that Chu was the most powerful country, with a large population of 400 million.Zhao followed with a population of about 300 million.The populations of the other major princes and powerful countries are above 200 million and below 300 million.

Before Yiji's rebellion, the population of Wu State barely reached 200 million, and Wu State's national power was at the bottom among the six princes.After Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui seized the power of Wu State, they attracted civilians from the surrounding vassal states and primitive tribesmen on the south bank of the Yangtze River to defect to them. Coupled with the improvement of domestic medical care, adult life expectancy was prolonged.After people's food and clothing were guaranteed, the birth rate increased, the death rate decreased, and the natural growth rate of the domestic population increased unprecedentedly.In less than four years, the population of Wu increased by more than 50.

Compared with the original population of Wu State, the population in less than four years has increased by less than one-fifth, and the growth rate is too fast.However, under the circumstances that Wu's agricultural productivity has increased several times and the development of industry and commerce has expanded rapidly, the increase of Wu's population by 50 is far from meeting the society's strong demand for labor.

The state of Wu needs population, and the speed of settlement is still too slow just relying on smuggling from the surrounding vassal states.The best way to increase population is to annex vassal states.Neighboring countries around Wu State, such as Chu, Zhao, and other big vassal states, Wu State has no ability to swallow them in one go, and the population is almost the same as Wu State, and Chen State cannot move.There is a feud between Zhao and Chu, and Chen Guo has created a buffer between the two countries. Zhao and Chu do not allow other countries to get involved in Chen Guo for their own safety.

Chen State is a country friendly to Wu State among the Qin vassal states.When Xihou ascended the throne, Chen Guo was the first to admit it, and when Xihou passed away, Chen Guo was the first to send a mission to express his condolences. From a rational point of view, Wu Guo could not list Chen Guoxian as an annexation target.

Chu Chaohui currently wants to merge two countries, one is Qi and the other is Lu. These two big countries are rich in domestic resources and densely populated. The two countries have been fighting for more than ten years because of the gold mines. Erosion, excessive taxation, the impact of the climate of the Little Ice River on agriculture, the people in the two countries are struggling with hunger and cold, their lives are miserable, social conflicts are sharp, and there are constant rebels.If Wu Guo can send troops smoothly, Chu Chaohui believes that wherever Wu soldiers go, they will be ruined.To send troops to the two countries of Qi and Lu, first of all, they had to take down the middle-ranking princes Tang.

As for the Tang State, Chu Chaohui had long regarded it as something in his pocket.

Chu Chaohui wanted to annex these three countries, relying on Wu's growing national power, brave soldiers, and superior navy.In terms of the strength of the Wu State's water army, the Qin Dynasty is the leader. Not to mention being able to sail the sea, there is no opponent in the inland river basin.The three countries of Tang, Qi, and Lu all have big rivers passing by, and Wu can use military ships to transport soldiers and logistics supplies.Throughout the ages, fighting wars is about logistics, and Wu's army has no logistical pressure, so it is very confident to destroy these three countries in one go.

Chu Chaohui's northern inspection tour to Northwest County was to make some arrangements at the throat and border to prevent Zhao Guo from attacking from behind when Wu Guo attacked Tang Guo.From the fact that Zhao Xuan took the initiative to put a green hat on his head in order to annex the Wei country, it can be seen that Zhao Xuan has no lower limit for his own interests, so although Wu and Zhao have a peace and cooperation agreement, Chu Chaohui is still on guard against Zhao.

As for the two neighboring countries of Chu and Chen, the king of Chu was too young to know his fate, he was fatuous and had no ambition to make progress, and he only knew how to enjoy himself all day long.The sons born are all old, and the king of Chu is still stubbornly unwilling to appoint a prince. The princes of Chu are ready to move, and the court officials are divided into several factions to support their favorite princes.Chu Wangjian, the state of Chu seems to be fine on the surface, but when the king of Chu falls, it will be a day of chaos for the state of Chu.Chu State has no intention of fighting for hegemony, so naturally it will not meddle in other people's business.However, the drought in the country of Chen was severe, and the monarch of the country of Chen was timid and cautious. He would not take the lead in pointing fingers at the country of Wu, and he had no courage or ability to send troops to the country of Wu.Therefore, Chu Chaohui only bought the dignitaries from Chu State and Chen State, increased the deployment of spies, and did not have troops stationed at the border to guard against them.

Chu Chaohui patrolled Qucheng and Yanhoukou City. Wei Qing and Zeng You trained an army, which made Chu Chaohui very satisfied.After staying in Northwest County for two days, a one-day military meeting was held with Northwest military officers. Chu Chaohui took three thousand cavalry to Northeast County.

The governor of the Northeast County is Xu Wei, a famous scholar of the state of Xu, who is the lover of Wang Jie. More than 3 vassal states, large and small, are responsible for food, clothing, housing and transportation when traveling, and deal with various checkpoints, and they are very capable of handling things.Because of Xu Wei's outstanding ability to handle affairs, Zheng Yuming appointed Xu Wei as the governor of Northeast County.

Under the governance of Xu Wei in Northeast County, great changes have taken place. One is that the inner seaport and river port in East County have been well constructed, and the other is that water conservancy irrigation has been built and a lot of wasteland has been reclaimed. The people in Northeast County have already solved their food and clothing. Even already Xiaofu.Zhou Cheng, the military chief of Northeast County, also achieved remarkable results.Zhou Cheng stationed at the border with more than 5000 soldiers. Now the number of soldiers has expanded to 3, and there are another [-] reserve soldiers.

Chu Chaohui went to Northeast County to inspect the border barracks, and also held a military meeting. The meeting vaguely hinted that Wu Guo would use troops to the north in the spring of next year.After all, the promotion of military officers and the acquisition of titles depend on the accumulation of military merits, and Zhou Cheng, who is already a sergeant slave general, is their pursuit target.

In addition to meeting with Zhou Cheng and Xu Wei, Chu Chaohui pointed out that Wu Guo was going to launch a military operation next spring, he also met with the head of intelligence in Northeast County, and ordered the intelligence team of Northeast County to intensify the infiltration of Qilu and Qilu. The way Tang creates conflicts between Tang and Wu, and finds excuses for sending troops to Tang next year.

When Chu Chaohui reached the North Patrol, he went to the small bay without stopping. From the small bay, he went to the navy camp and waited for the three thousand battleships, and then sailed back from the East China Sea to the south port.It was the second day after Zheng Yuming's assassination that Chu Chaohui's warship arrived at the mouth of the Changhe River in Nanbu.

"What's going on? Why are there so many patrol boats on the river?" Chu Zhaohui desperately wanted to reunite with Zheng Yuming, and when the battleship entered the Changhe, Chu Zhaohui took a look with the binoculars.He knew that Zheng Yuming had arrived in Ulsan, and that the Naval Navy patrol team would report to Zheng Yuming when they saw the warship.Chu Chaohui took a telescope to look at the Nanbu Wharf, just wanting to see Zheng Yuming's figure first. After being separated for more than ten days, Chu Chaohui missed Zheng Yuming very much.

"General, I don't know the reason, wait for the humble officer to ask with the semaphore." The warship officer also felt strange, usually only one or two groups of patrol captains patrolled the river mouth, but today there were four or five groups of military captains wandering around the river mouth, and the sailors on the military ship were fully armed , very strict.

The battleship officer commanded the flag soldiers on the flag tower to ask questions with the patrol ships. After the flag soldiers changed the small flags of various colors to communicate with the patrol boat flag soldiers, they stood up and down on the flag tower and reported loudly to Chu Chaohui.

"Report to the general! The patrol boats in front replied that they were acting on orders."

"Who ordered?" Chu Zhaohui frowned.

The bannerman waved the flag again. "Report to the general, this is the highest order."

"The highest order?" Chu Chaohui frowned deeply. Wu Guo could issue the highest order only to the military and civilian prime ministers. Zheng Yuming issued an order at this time, unless there was a situation in Ulsan. Thinking of this, Chu Chaohui became uneasy. He ordered the warship officer: "Speed ​​up and get closer to Nanbu Wharf."

The warship speeded up and soon approached the Nanbu Military Wharf. A group of people were already standing by the pier.Chu Zhaohui didn't see Zheng Yuming, but only saw righteous brother Wu Da waiting at the pier with a team of guards.

Seeing Wu Da, Chu Chaohui felt a little relieved. Wu Da is safe, which means that Ulsan is still under Zheng Yuming's control. Even if there is a situation in Ulsan, the situation will not be serious.

"Brother Chu!" Wu Da looked a little excited when he saw Chu Chaohui's expression.

"Brother, where's Yu Ming?" Chu Zhaohui couldn't help but twist his heart when he noticed that Wu Da's eyes were reddish.

"Second brother is in Dacheng." Wu said loudly. "Second brother wants to see you soon."

Chu Zhaohui stared at Wu Da for a while before replying: "When all the cavalrymen have landed, I will lead them to Dacheng."

Judging from the situation in front of him, something must happen in Ulsan. Wu Da hesitated, which made Chu Chaohui vigilant. Chu Chaohui never believed in human nature easily. Hui still chooses to be on guard, because Chu Chaohui knows very well that if something happens to him, Zheng Yuming will not have good results. Without his protection, with Zheng Yuming's temperament, he cannot survive in this different world safely.Chu Chaohui himself was safe, but in fact, the two of them were safe.

Because Zheng Yuming's assassination cannot be disclosed, Wu Da did not dare to explain to Chu Chaohui at Renza Wharf, which aroused Chu Chaohui's suspicion.This honest man didn't realize that sworn brotherhood was a defense against him.

Chu Chaohui led [-] cavalry to follow Wu Da to Dacheng. On the way, Wu Da saw that there were no other people around, so he told Chu Chaohui that Zheng Yuming had been assassinated at six o'clock yesterday morning.

"How is Yu Ming's situation?" Chu Zhaohui reined in the horse after listening to it, and the horse almost stood upright in pain.

"Second brother fell asleep yesterday, woke up for a while this morning, and asked Wei to go to Nanbu to wait. When Wei came to Nanbu, second brother fell asleep again." Wu Da wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes.

The medical conditions in this time and space are too poor, and it is normal for Wu Da to worry and shed tears when the inflammation and fever are almost terminally ill.

"Brother Chu! Brother Chu!" As soon as Wu Da finished speaking, Chu Chaohui rushed out on his horse. Knowing that Zheng Yuming was seriously injured, Chu Chaohui left [-] cavalry behind and rode his horse to run ahead.Chu Chaohui's horse was a thousand-mile steed, and it ran like lightning. It took a moment to distance itself from Wu Dahe's cavalry, and threw it to the crowd.

Chu Chaohui rode his horse straight to the gate of the city. Fortunately, the guards at the gate were slave soldiers from the valley. They recognized the man who broke into the city as Chu Chaohui and prevented the gate guard from shooting arrows. Chu Chaohui's body was full of arrows and turned into a hedgehog.

"My lord!" It was Ma Ren who was guarding the gate of the county mansion.

"How is your injury?" Chu Chaohui reined in his horse, dismounted quickly, and threw the rein god to the county guards.

"The doctor in the valley has treated him, and his injury is still stable, without a high fever." Ma Ren accompanied Chu Chaohui to Zheng Yuming's bedroom and reported Zheng Yuming's injury on the way.

Chu Zhaohui didn't speak all the way, but his lips were pursed tighter and tighter.

There was a smell of traditional Chinese medicine outside Zheng Yuming's bedroom. Chu Chaohui walked to the door of the bedroom and stopped. Ma Ren, who was walking on the side, noticed that Chu Zhaohui's face was a little pale, and there were beads of sweat flowing from the corner of his forehead, flowing from the corner of his eyes, like tears.

Chu Zhaohui took a deep breath, and what he inhaled was the strong smell of traditional Chinese medicine, which made Chu Zhaohui feel heavy.

Zheng Yuming lay quietly on the bed, his face was pale, his lips were bloodless, his left shoulder was tied with a bandage, half covered with a thin quilt.He was lying on Mu Mu in front of the bed. Mu Mu looked lifeless and listless. When he heard footsteps at the door, Mu Mu raised his head and found that it was Chu Chaohui.Mu Mu got up halfway, the dog's head was slightly tilted, and it made a sound of 'wow'.

When Mumu bit Kuiji's arm, Kuiji slapped it with his palm. Mumu was still biting tightly and refused to let go after being injured. Kuiji slammed him to the ground, and Mumu screamed.Zheng Yuming fell down a mountain stream, Mu Mu ignored his own injuries, and climbed down to the vicinity of his owner to save him, but the dog's paw was scratched during the climbing process, and after being rescued by the guards, Mu Mu could be said to have both internal and external injuries.Mu Mu was injured and refused to leave his master's side, and kept lying beside Zheng Yuming's bed. After Mu Mu came back, he couldn't eat anything. From yesterday to today, Mu Mu only drank some rice soup.Healers can only heal people, but they can't do anything about wood. They only apply wound medicine to the wood's external injuries. As for the internal injuries of the wood, it depends on the wood itself to resist.

Now that Mu Mu saw Chu Chaohui coming back, he made a sound of grievance, crawled to Chu Zhaohui's side, and rubbed the dog's head against Chu Chaohui's calf.

Chu Zhaohui didn't pay attention to Mu Mu's acting like a baby, all his attention was on Zheng Yuming.

"Yu Ming!" Chu Zhaohui's voice was very low and hoarse.He sat on the side of the bed, touched Zheng Yuming's hand, and gently touched the corner of Zheng Yuming's forehead with his forehead, Zheng Yuming was feverish.

"What did the doctor say?" Chu Zhaohui put a hand on Zheng Yuming's left chest, where Zheng Yuming's heartbeat was there, and Zheng Yuming's steady heartbeat comforted Chu Zhaohui a little.

"The doctor has controlled the son's temperature rise, it's just the son's internal injury. They are not sure about the treatment. The humble officer sent a letter to Dr. Jiang to Cangcheng yesterday. It is estimated that Dr. Jiang will arrive in the city tomorrow." Jiang Gui has excellent medical skills. On the tour, Jiang Gui did not follow, Ma Ren summoned Jiang Gui with speed pigeons, fearing that the pigeons would make mistakes on the way, he sent more than a dozen pigeons back to Cannes in one breath.

"How did you get assassinated?" Wu Dalu simply said that Zheng Yuming was assassinated, but Chu Chaohui didn't know the specifics.

"The assassin was sent by the king of Tang to assassinate the son. The assassin originally brought a letter from a famous scholar in the Tang Dynasty to seek help from Fu Chou, a student of the North College. He probably left after finding out that Fu Chou was unreliable. He met Prince Zhao on the street. Under the guise of serving him, he followed Prince Zhao. Ulsan. The young master invited Prince Zhao to visit Ulsan Waterfall, and this guy evaded the guards and sneaked to the side of the waterfall, and then attacked suddenly when the young master and Prince Zhao approached." Ma Ren reported Kuiji's assassination in detail.

"Looking for death!" After hearing this, Chu Zhaohui's eyes glowed coldly, and he squeezed out two words from between his teeth. He didn't know whether he was referring to King Tang and Kuiji, or Zhao Xuan.

"After the young master was rescued yesterday, he ordered the humble officer to control the troops in Ulsan, protect the king with heavy troops, and put Zhao Xuan under house arrest. Everything will be decided when the general returns." Ma Ren told Zheng Yuming about the arrangements before he fell into a coma.

Chu Zhaohui didn't make a sound after listening, but his eyes were red, and his eyes began to blur when he stared at Zheng Yuming.

"Fool, do you think it's over by throwing your important things to me?" Chu Zhaohui's voice was so low that Ma Ren, who was standing beside him, couldn't hear clearly.

Chu Chaohui leaned close to Zheng Yuming, and stroked Zheng Yuming's bloodless lips with his thumb. "Fool, if you don't give me a good time, the things you value won't exist!"

Ma Ren couldn't see the expression on Chu Chaohui's face when he was standing on the side. He hesitated for a moment, but still asked Chu Zhaohui's opinion: "General, the prince of Zhao Guo asked to visit the young master."

Chu Zhaohui straightened up slowly, and turned to face Ma Ren. The corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, and his reddish eyes were full of cruelty.

"You still want to see Yu Ming?" The corners of Chu Zhaohui's mouth deepened. "One day the young master is fine, I will naturally meet him!"

"Is this how the humble post will reply?" Ma Ren felt a murderous intent emanating from Chu Chaohui's body.

"No, there's no need to reply, it's too early to say anything now." Chu Zhaohui's voice was cold, Zhao Xuan's fate changed with Zheng Yuming's safety.

"I understand." Ma Ren seemed to understand Chu Chaohui's intention of ignoring Zhao Xuan.If Zheng Yuming was unlucky, Zhao Xuan and his ministers would definitely have to be buried with him, and it would be useless to see him now.Only when Zheng Yuming is out of danger, Chu Chaohui will control his anger and go to meet Zhao Xuan.

Zhao Xuan, who was put under house arrest in the post house, shuddered for no reason. He raised his head and looked out the window in doubt. The summer sun was scorching outside the window.