Emperor Qin

The second time, when Xiang Rong came over to thank Yan Jiang, Li Youcheng who opened the door was limping, which made him confused for a moment.

Li Xin said calmly: "It's nothing, I went out after the rain yesterday, the road was slippery late in the evening, and I fell down."

It's just being beaten, it's not a big deal, grandpa has beaten his father all these years, he has already experienced many battles, he is invulnerable, everything that can't kill him will make him stronger!

Xiang Rong nodded in relief and said, "I heard that Zhao's land is dry and has little rain. Brother Li must be not used to the rain in Chu's land, which is a bit troublesome."

While the two were talking, they entered the room, Yan Jiang got up and asked Li Xin to serve tea and water, and invited the guests to sit down.

Xiang Rong first thanked the "oil umbrella" yesterday, saying that Mrs. Qu loved paper umbrellas so much that she helped him meet the Qu family's patriarch Zhen.

Then he took out a piece of cake from Ying Yuan as a thank-you gift - Chu State was the only country that used gold as currency during the Warring States Period, and this thing was only circulated among the upper class during the Warring States Period, and ordinary people couldn't see it at all.

Yan Jiang smiled softly, asked Li Xin to accept the gift, and didn't answer the question to ask him whether he succeeded or not. He just talked about trivial matters, and the major general didn't need to worry about it.

Xiang Rong felt a little uncomfortable, hesitated for a moment, and then slowly said: "Xie Lirong has brought it, but yesterday Qu Zhen perfunctory to my proposal, but failed, so... Mr. Wang wrote another Resignation, let me speak again."

Yan Jiang couldn't remember how many poems, he smiled and handed Xiang Rong a cup of tea, and said flickeringly: "The major general failed to see Qu Zhenzhi's request, so it is useless to see him a few more times."

Xiang Rong clasped his fists and saluted earnestly, "Mr. please clarify your doubts."

"The major general is going, thinking that the country's major affairs are the most important thing, but such a reason, how can the head of such a family not know." Yan Jiang dipped his finger in the water, and slowly drew a triangle on the case, "The three families of Qu Jingzhao, They are dependent on each other. Now that the Jing family has lost power due to the turmoil in the Northland, they want to protect themselves. Most of the military and ration matters fall on top of the Qu Zhao family. If the Qu family does not have a justifiable reason, they will easily The king of Chu may not be grateful for the lack of food, which also means that the Qu family is not as good as the Zhao family."

Carrying military rations privately, at a small level, is to slap the face of the king, at a high level, do you want to buy people's hearts?Even if I thank you at this time, I may not have a lump in my heart when I come back to my senses.

As soon as the Qu family showed weakness, the Zhao family had in fact defeated the Qu family. It would be extremely difficult to regain the upper hand, because in the game of power, if you do not advance, you will retreat, and the vassals around the family will defeat the enemy one after another. If one goes up and down, what is lost is the interests of the family.

The most important thing is that, in their view, the threat from Qin is not that great, and it is far from when they want to reveal all their cards.

He narrated, Li Xin listened thoughtfully, but Xiang Rong was a little anxious: "The Qin army's hundreds of thousands of soldiers are approaching the city, how can they not pose a big threat?"

"How about Qin Jun?" Yan Jiang asked with a smile.

Xiang Rong frowned slightly, and said slowly: "Wang Jian claimed to lead an army of 30, but as far as my father inspected the number of Qin army's grain troops, it must be far more than this. It should be Wang Jian's skill to show weakness."

"How about the Chu army?" Yan Jiang asked again.

"More than [-] people," Xiang Rong was even more puzzled, "But the Qin army is the main force, like a finger-to-hand command, and my father has a lot of soldiers, but it can't be counted like this."

Although the government soldiers are all under Xiang Yan's command, they are not in the same mind. When the enemy is weak and we are strong, the situation is like a tide, indestructible. When the enemy is strong and we are weak, they are like a combined army. Avoid war, and war is never just about quantity.

Yan Jiang saw his doubts and said with a smile: "All the court officials, do you understand war?"

Xiang Rong suddenly realized that, too, his father Xiang Yan just won a big victory, and now they are evenly matched in numbers. Although the rulers in the court are worried, they must feel that victory is easy, and defeat will not be a big defeat. Fighting for interests, in this way, it is natural to ignore what he said, and this is what the gentleman meant.

"Then sir, how can we persuade Qu Jingzhao's family to be of the same mind?" Xiang Rong asked.

Yan Jiang smiled lightly: "I have just arrived in your land, and I am not familiar with the dignitaries of the Chu Kingdom, so how can I make any sense?"

Xiang Rong thought so, and kindly invited Mr. Zhao Jiang and Li Youcheng brothers to live in Xiang's house, and he would serve them as guests.

So while Li Xin was stunned, Yan Jiang complied with Xiang Rong's request.

Xiang Rong was overjoyed, and immediately invited the two of them to his house, there were carriages and horses outside the door.

So, in an hour's time, two high-ranking officials from the Qin State swaggered into General Xiang Yan's residence in Shouchun.

Li Xin couldn't believe it, his heart was pounding again, his mind was full of stabbing Xiang Yan, stealing military information, stealing defense maps... and so on.

As soon as his plan to become a thief came out, he was solemnly warned by Yan Jiang-if you dare to mess around here, I will chop you into pieces and throw them into the Huaihe River to feed the fish.

Li Xin was very disappointed, and his whole body was sickly...

In the days that followed, Xiang Rong almost responded to Yan Jiang's requests. Of course, Yan Jiang didn't have any big requests. He just liked to experience Chu's ritual vessels, lacquerware, singing and dancing, food, clothing, poetry, etc., which was nothing at all.

Although it is now the end of the Warring States period, the rich and powerful of various countries are still good at raising scholars. The big and powerful like the Four Princes of the Warring States Period will support three to five thousand people, and small and medium-sized families will also support three to five hundred people. Although most of these people are shams , But at the critical moment, as long as there are two Hou Ying Mao Sui and his ilk, the world can be settled, not only earning back the consumption of these years, but also making explosive profits.

In Xiang Rong's eyes, Yan Jiang is such a retainer, regardless of other things, let's talk about it first.

With the help of local snakes like the Xiang family, Yan Jiang is like a fish in water. Without leaving the mountains and rivers, he can enjoy the customs of Chu, and also collect special products of Chu, and make some fish floss every day, which is very happy.

When Maotouying touched it quietly at night, he suddenly found that he had changed the menu, from dried meat to small dried fish, and the taste was very good. He looked left and right suspiciously for a while, did A Jiang accept some other fluffy meat? thing, want to bribe it?

I don't think about it!

But Yan Jiang righteously denied this statement. According to him, there are many thornless fish in Chu, and the fish can improve the eyesight of owls, but they didn't do it because they were afraid that the baby would get stuck. Now that I have the opportunity, of course I have to change the recipe for my baby. His wishes can be learned from time to time.

Only then did Maotouying eat fish floss with satisfaction, and drove away Li Xin who came over for snacks at night, and lived a full life of a winner with A Jiang.

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As the days passed, Xiang Rong was still worried about the discord between Qu Jingzhao's three families. He was worried that the three families would lose their chains during the war, and he would be hurt by his responsibility of supervising the battle and transporting food, which made him unable to explain to his father. There is no sign of fighting the Chu army.

A month later, the Qin army was diligently building the camp, the Chu army was closely deploying defenses, and the battle clouds on the banks of Rushui were dense.

Two months have passed, and the second phase of the Qin army's camp has begun to be repaired. The Chu army is closely deploying defenses, and the Rushui River is still densely covered with battle clouds.

Three months have passed, and the Qin army camp has been repaired to the third phase, and the moat has begun to be dug. It looks like I want to repair the border city here, which makes the Chu army stunned, but also anxious... Southern rice can be planted twice The season, the rice season in early spring has already been missed. If you miss another wave, the whole family will go hungry.

Li Xin and Yan Jiang have already walked through every inch of Shouchun's turf. Of course, he not only eats the Xiang family's plain rice, but also helps Xiang Rong shuttle among the rich and powerful in Shouchun, threading needles and threads, and turning over military funds. He also helped Xiang Rong deliver a batch of military rations.

He easily rescued Xiang Rong from the complicated trading relationship of cups and plates, and almost became Xiang's spokesperson in Shouchun.

In this regard, Maotouying feels that he is already a Buddha, and Ajiang can do whatever he wants to do. As long as he doesn't mess with Qin, it will be a great thing. For the rest, it's better not to force it.

Li Xin was getting more and more comfortable. When Xiang Rong asked him if he wanted to be a centurion in the army, he was eager to agree, but Yan Jiang slapped the back of his head severely, asking if he wanted to abandon me?

Li Xin wanted to throw it away, but when he thought of how fierce Brother Jiang was, he shrunk his neck like a dead man, and there was no emotional fluctuation in his solicitation of Xiang Rong, but he felt uncomfortable and couldn't find anything to say, so he When Yan Jiang went out to prepare bath water for Mao Touying, he quietly took fish pine to feed the birds.

His Majesty looked at him indifferently, not intending to eat.

Li Xin muttered to himself, "Brother Jiang is so domineering, no wonder he and the king are able to make a pair..."

His Majesty's eyes showed appreciation, and he thought that this kid has good eyesight.

Li Xin whispered again: "Brother Jiang is fierce. I was worried that he would be wronged by the king before, but now that I think about it, I don't know who was wronged. The king has really worked hard. To turn brother Jiang's harm into strength, for Qin The country has worked so hard..."

The more His Majesty listened, the more he exploded. If Yan Jiang hadn't arrived in time, Duan Shui would have killed the bastard.

After driving Li Xin away, Yan Jiang comforted His Majesty while giving it a bath. His Majesty was still angry and asked A Jiang when he would be back.

Yan Jiang just smiled and said: "When the general's army starts to move, he will return."

His Majesty looked at A Jiang very tangled.

He always delineated the target, and then left the specific battle formation to the generals to decide on their own, never asking about specific matters, but Wang Jian had already quietly explained to him, saying that the fight to destroy Chu was attrition, and the time would depend on how long Chu could persist.

So Maotouying turned his head to kill and rubbed A Jiang's palm.

Yan Jiang was so cute that he sucked and sucked the bird's feathers with a thin towel, buried it and buried it, and then ruthlessly put the bird out of the window and closed the window.

Qin Guo has nothing to do, so why go back?

It's almost time for Chu to play, Yan Jiang reckoned that he could go east and visit the land of Wuyue today.

Of course he wouldn't say it directly, but told Xiang Rong that there seemed to be some problems with the amount of grain and grass in Wuyue's land, and he wanted to check it out himself.

Xiang Rong didn't doubt that he was there. Instead, he prepared vehicles and boats for him, and at the same time made a request.

"My family was enfeoffed in Xiangdi, but at the invitation of the former king, the family moved to the land of Wuyue to suppress the Yue people. When I left home in February, my brother was still young and my wife was pregnant," Xiang Rong said with a smile on his face. Smiling, "A few days ago, my ex-wife had a letter saying that my son was about to be born, and she was looking for one, but he was on military duty and couldn't go home, so my husband sent the letter for me, thank you in advance."

Yan Jiang smiled and said, "Jiang must bring it."

Xiang Rong was a little hopeful, but also a little happy: "This is the grandson of my parents. My father said that if you have a daughter, you will name it Jiao; if you have a son, you will name it Ji, with the word Yu."