Go to ancient times and engage in construction

Out of the border of Dacheng, the more people go north, the denser the population, and the more fertile fields you can see on both sides of the road.There is a relatively open dirt road from Dacheng to Wang. The dirt road is artificially created, because pedestrians who travel long distances basically ride on horseback. After all, unlike the 21st century when the name of the road is called, the ones running on it are cars.

Since this dirt road was not built by manpower, there is no official organization that specializes in repairing the road. The work of maintaining and maintaining the dirt road is done by the villagers or nobles near the dirt road. After all, the people who use the dirt road the most are the nearby villagers and the people on the manors of the noble territories. .

A large number of people and a large field represent prosperity and wealth, but most of the civilians that Zheng Yuming saw were ragged, with yellow muscles and thin faces, and their expressions were numb.On the contrary, the nobles in these places, the nobles in the city of Bida have extravagant residences and luxury.

In this time and space, there is no post station for delivering military affairs. Military alarms are set up with beacon towers.Overnight accommodation is quite unsafe. If you can’t find a village to stay overnight, you will make a choice. There are many wild animals in the open field, which is a threat to human beings. The missions always find roadside villages for rest at night, and stay with the village head or villagers at home.Living is not for nothing, and there will be rewards the next day.

The conditions in the villagers' homes were not much better. They had to spend four nights on the road to the capital. The first three nights were spent in a small village. The son Guang and his party lived in a very uncomfortable way. The last night was in a nobleman's manor. This nobleman was Prince Zhao's disciple received an order from Prince Zhao, asking him to treat Prince Guang and his party well.

Young Master Guang was greatly moved, and deeply felt that Prince Zhao missed his half-brother in his heart.Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui didn't take it seriously, it wasn't Wei Shen who sent someone to attack Prince Zhao, the best thing for Prince Zhao now would be to be exiled to the small fiefdom.Appointing a subordinate to entertain Dacheng and his party, and Dacheng's help to him, is really nothing.

Although Prince Zhao's disciples were enthusiastic about Prince Guang, they had a sense of superiority towards the nobles of Dacheng. After all, Prince Zhao succeeded to the throne.

Young Master Guang and his party had a good night's rest at Prince Zhaomen's manor. They set off from the manor the next day and arrived at King Wu's capital—Kangcheng after five hours of walking.

Kangcheng has a history of more than 300 years and was built by King Mu, the founding king of Wu.King Mu is the fifteenth concubine son of Emperor Qin, and his status is not high. Logically speaking, no matter how humble King Mu's status is among the princes, King Mu's elder brother, the new King Qin who will inherit the throne of the Son of Heaven, should be granted a fiefdom to this concubine brother.However, the bad thing is that the old king of Qin is too good at giving birth. There are more than [-] legitimate sons and concubine sons.

For hundreds of years in the Great Qin Dynasty, because of the enfeoffment system, the land directly controlled by Qin Tianzi was less than one-third of the original land. The new Qin King did not want to entrust another twenty or so fiefs at once, so he summoned his younger brothers to the palace. Weeping bitterly to his younger brothers, crying about how poor his elder brother who became the emperor was, and how scarce the fief in his hands was.All in all, the new King of Qin hoped that his younger brother would not ask him for a fief, but go to the wilderness to establish a fief by himself.

It is customary for the princes to enjoy the fiefdom, but now the elder brother Tianzi proposed to deprive them of their rights and interests. The princes looked at each other and protested fiercely after a while. Without looking back, he marched towards the southeast until he reached Kang, where he built a fortress, subdued the surrounding aborigines, and established the state of Wu.

Because King Mu took the lead, and the new King Qin insisted on refusing to grant points, his concubine brothers had no choice but to do what King Mu did, asking for soldiers, craftsmen and supplies to fight the world in the desolate land. There are more than 50 vassal states, and there are still more than a dozen established by those princes today.Among them, the two largest vassal states were Chu and Wu.

Seeing that his concubines had all been sent away, the new King of Qin divided up the fertile land for the remaining three younger brothers of the same mother.The new king of Qin's behavior of favoring one another made his younger brothers very dissatisfied, and they were very shameless about Qin Tianzi's intimacy and estrangement.After their descendants made the country strong and prosperous, they gradually refused to go to the emperor to pay homage, and the tribute was also insufficient.Qin Tianzi did not dare to speak up and speak out because of his ancestors' wrongdoing.Since then, Daqin has gradually lost control of the vassal states.By the time Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui were teleported here, the only thing Qin Tianzi could control was his Tianzidu and a small area near Tianzidu.

Kangcheng, which has a history of more than 300 years, has become very tall and majestic after more than ten generations of continuous repairs by Wu kings.The circumference of Kangcheng is ten miles, the city wall is ten meters high, each gate has a tower, and the city wall is surrounded by a moat.There is a suspension bridge at the city gate, which is put down during the day and put away at night.Dacheng's city walls, moats, and Cannes are insignificant, not at the same level.

Dacheng is located in the southwest of Wudu, and it is necessary to enter the city from the west gate. After handing out the call letter at the gate of the city for verification, the small officials at the city gate led the convoy to a hotel. Temporary residence.

The hotel is very large and can accommodate 100 people. It is surrounded by high walls and guards on duty. It is very safe to live in it. Of course, your actions are also closely monitored.

As soon as Wei Shen entered the hall, he dismissed all the waiters in the hall under the pretext that there were too many people.The guards outside couldn't refuse, and the servants inside had to find excuses to dismiss them. If these servants had no other eyes and ears, they wouldn't believe Wei Shen even if he killed him.

Zheng Yuming was called by Young Master Guang's side all the way, after entering the hotel, Nanbu was assigned to his own independent small courtyard, and Zheng Yuming finally escaped from Young Master Guang's side.

After entering the yard, there was a rush, things were moved from the car into the yard, Fan Jin and others cleaned the house, put the utensils in the room, Huo Sizhong took the ingredients, and called two artists to the small courtyard kitchen to cook dinner.

"Where's Wei Qing?" Zheng Yuming put away the odds and ends in the room, and suddenly found that Wei Qing was gone after entering the yard.

"I asked him to find Yu Kui." Chu Zhaohui wiped a sharp sword.Wei Qing went to Cannes from Tang Dynasty to look for Yu Kui in July, lived in Cannes for more than ten days, and returned to Nanbu after finding out the topography of Cannes.So Wei Qing was very familiar with Cannes, and when he arrived at the hotel, Chu Chaohui sent him to bring Yu Kui.

The sharp sword that Chu Chaohui wiped.In fact, it was his decorations. Chu Chaohui was best at pistol shooting and close combat, followed by sticks.The sword is only practiced in this time and space.In Chu Chaohui's view, swords are not as practical as knives.On the battlefield, knives are more lethal, but because soldiers use knives, commanders use swords. Swords, like jade, are status symbols. The cold weapon Chu Zhaohui carries this time can only be a sword .

"Is Yu Kui coming to see us? How did he get in?" There are guards from Huben, the capital of the king, outside the hotel. It's hard to say whose cronies these guards are from Huben. On the surface, the King of Wu sent them to protect the worshiping lord .It is impossible to determine which faction is behind the scenes.

"There will always be a way." Chu Chaohui believed in Yu Kui's coping ability.

The two were talking, when there was noise outside, Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui glanced at each other, and were about to go out to see what was going on, when Fan Jin hurried into the yard.

"Why is there so much noise outside?" Chu Chaohui asked Fan Jin with a sword in his hand.

"My lord! It's Huben's guards. They don't allow people in the hotel to go out."

"No way, didn't Wei Qing go out just now?" Zheng Yuming was shocked.

"Young master is not allowed to go out, saying it is for your safety, you can only go out after being summoned by the king of Wu." The young master only wanted to see his father as soon as possible, so as soon as he put down his things in the hotel, he wanted to go to the palace to have an audience.

"It seems that the guards are very wary of the lord who comes to pay homage." Chu Chaohui and Zheng Yuming communicated in Mandarin in private, and they didn't have to worry about being overheard in this language in the capital.

"The guards are so tight, how can Yu Kui come in." Zheng Yuming was worried.

As soon as Zheng Yuming finished speaking, Wei Qing led a white-haired old man with a large bundle of firewood into the courtyard gate.

"Old man! Arrange the firewood for me before leaving." Wei Qing said loudly.

"Yes! The little old man tidy up the firewood, and invite the little boss to enjoy a bowl of tea!" The old man's voice was also very loud, and his voice made Zheng Yuming feel a little familiar.

"Yu Kui is here!" Chu Zhaohui suddenly laughed.

Sure enough, Wei Qing led the old man in, and when the old man entered the room, Wei Qing closed the door behind him and stood outside the door to guard.

"Yu Kui greets the two lords!" The old man who was originally a bit hunched, his back became straight after the door was closed, and this person was Yu Kui who had put on makeup.

"Sir, please get up quickly!" Chu Zhaohui strode forward to support Yu Kui's arm, preventing Yu Kui from bending over and kneeling in salutation. He and Zheng Yuming now respect Yu Kui's title even more.

"Thank you sir! Please sit down quickly!" Zheng Yuming brewed a cup of tea and put it on the desk.

Seeing this, Yu Kui was so moved that his Adam's apple slid up and down a few times.But because he can't stay here for too long, Yu Kui doesn't have time to express his feeling of being acquainted.

Yu Kui briefly introduced some new trends in the capital to Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui. Now the nobles in the capital are flocking to Prince Zhao, and Prince Zhao's palace is very lively every day.Dr. Jiang's family began to be cold.But Yi Ji seemed very calm, she just served King Wu wholeheartedly in the palace.

Yu Kui's eavesdropping news convinced Zheng and Chu that Yi Ji would not stop there.

"Kui was lucky enough to overhear the secret that time, but later Yi Ji asked for some help from the people of Tang, but Kui didn't get it." Yi Ji came to visit at night, and Yu Kui was lucky enough to overhear the conversation.Yu Kui has no specific clues as to how Dr. Jiang came into contact with the Tang people.

"Sir, don't take the risk of inquiring about Yiji's collusion with Tang. I've already arranged my eyes and ears in Tang."

Chu Chaohui went to Tang to buy his eyes and ears. There are several merchants in Tang who are closely related to Nanbu, and these merchants are all nobles. Through them, Chu Chaohui has already managed two important ministers of Tang. What does Tang have to Wu? As soon as he made a move, someone would inform Nanbu that the Tang Kingdom, from the ruler to the courtiers, was extremely greedy.

"Apart from Prince Zhao's high-profile start, are there any other new trends?" Zheng Yuming always felt that there was gunpowder buried in Cannes.

"No more. Only the lords who came to Beijing one after another."

Prince Wu didn't have many sons, only five in total, two of them died, and the ones who survived were Prince Zhao, Prince Guang and Prince Yong.Among the young masters who died young was Gong Ziming, the six-year-old younger brother of Gong Ziguang.

Among the sons of the King of Wu, only Prince Guang was granted the title. The other lords who entered the capital, two were the uncles of the King of Wu, and three were the younger brothers of the King of Wu.An uncle and a younger brother of King Wu arrived one day before Prince Guang.

"Are there guards blocking their yard?" Chu Zhaohui felt strange, and Yi Ji didn't move, so who wants to surround the Lord?

"It's the king of Wu, only the king of Wu can move the tiger." "Alas..." Zheng Yuming and Chu Chaohui looked at each other, the royal family really has no flesh and blood.

"There is another strange thing." Yu Kui heard the news from the market. "Two months ago, a large group of bandits began to loot in fifty miles south of the capital."

"We came from the southwest, and we haven't heard of any bandits. The road is very safe." Looking back on the journey, Zheng Yuming didn't even see a small group of bandits.

"There are bandits near the capital? King Wu didn't send anyone to suppress the bandits?" Chu Zhaohui felt that, as a monarch, he would not tolerate threats from the surrounding areas.

"It's strange that it's strange here. The king of Wu sent Huben to suppress it twice, but he didn't see the bandits twice, and the bandits disappeared."

"Has it appeared recently?"

"No, the second time the Huben army came back to suppress the bandits without any results, and we haven't heard any news about the bandits again."

"It's a bit strange." Chu Chaohui frowned. There are not many people who gather together to form gangsters in this time and space. If it is a large group of gangsters, they will exist for a long time. This group of gangsters who appeared out of thin air became weird.

Regarding the bandits fifty miles south of the capital, Yu Kui and Chu Chaohui have very little information, and they can't analyze anything. Yu Kui staying in the hotel for a long time will arouse the suspicion of the guards. What Yu Kui wants to say after finishing his speech Had to leave in a hurry afterwards.