Queensland City, the territory is vast, since ancient times it is a rich place, the river network is dense, the products are abundant, there are many merchants, and Huzhou wants to be more prosperous than that. Longguo often has a saying: "Queensland is ripe, the world is full." "It is said that as long as Queensland City can have a bumper harvest of grain and rice, and there are plenty of fish and shrimp, even if this Longguo country encounters disasters and locusts, it can rest easy.

Unlike other places, Queensland is not ruled by the state guard, but by Zhao Qi, the king of Kun, the only surviving half-brother of the saint of the Long Kingdom in the massacre decades ago. And being assigned to such a rich place in Queensland City is enough to show how much the saints rely on him today.

After all, Zhao Qi had the most elite sailors in the Long Kingdom in his hands, and he relied on huge financial resources to build a well-equipped state soldier, and there were quite a few of them, reaching 300,000 people. Although several other princes also have such a number of soldiers, but Zhao Qi is deeply loved in Queensland City, there are rumors that he vaguely has the idea of becoming the king of himself, if he has the intention of rebellion, the rear of the Long Kingdom will be empty, and when the neighboring countries take advantage of the weakness, it will definitely be a situation where the country is ruined.

However, the sage ignored these rumors, saying that Zhao Qi was a protector of the lord and would definitely not oppose the lord, otherwise he should have started back then and led hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses to the north, instead of waiting for the peaceful and prosperous world now. And on the outside, there is the great general Sui Changkong and the fierce and warlike king of the opposite sex, as long as they don't die, they can get a good border to take care of; inside there is the loyal Zhao Qi, and several other unsuccessful princes, although they have no ability to govern the country, but they are at ease on their own side of the water and soil, and they can't set off any storms; there is a Tai Academy in the capital to attract scholars from all over the world, and there are several hidden forces that have maintained the surface calm for decades. In this way, such a long country can still prosper for a hundred years.

However, there are still some old ministers who expressed their worries about Zhao Qi, after all, the courtiers with heavy troops have to guard against it, not to mention that Zhao Qi's age is six years younger than today's sage, if the sage leaves first, then no one can restrain Zhao Qi anymore.

However, the sage always smiled and said, saying that Zhao Qi's descendants are not to worry, even if Zhao Qi wants to rebel, in addition to being a lonely monarch for decades, the position after that will still not be kept, it is better to be a free prince directly, and be a soil emperor in Queensland City, isn't it?

When the old minister heard Zhao Qi's descendants, he also smiled slightly, those two sons can't make a big deal, and the daughter can only find a husband who is the right person to marry, so naturally she can't sit in the position of the emperor of the soil. As long as Zhao Qi has any changes, he can find a few military divisions from the capital to sit in the battle, and then take over the Queensland City Army in the name of righteousness.

At this moment, under a big locust tree in Queensland City, dozens of people gathered together to play chess, and both sides of the game had their own merits. One is a famous chess player in Queensland City, known as Liu Yishou, who often sets traps on the chessboard to lure the enemy deeper, and always when the opponent thinks that he is sure to win, he can start and kill, and he can rank in the top ten among the chess players in Queensland City.

On the opposite side of Liu Yishou, there is a young scholar, ragged, but can not hide his handsomeness, the people in the city only know his surname Jiang, living in a dilapidated courtyard in the east of the city, at the beginning of every month always under the old locust tree chess to make a living, but win less and lose more. At the beginning of the first month after the New Year, he naturally set up a bureau here, but he held the book in both hands at this time, and said a few words in his mouth: "Cannon into three, pawn right one ......" Someone next to him naturally helped him push chess pieces, it is said that he can remember five hundred moves, so Queensland City called him Jiang Wubai.

At this moment, Liu was sweating profusely, he never thought that the first chess game of the new year would be so difficult, and he still boasted about Haikou, saying that he would win him fifty taels of silver in half an hour, but he was trapped in this step of half a pillar of incense, and he did not dare to fall.

"Liu Yishou, you are a child, we are so busy here that our legs are numb, if you can't get down, you will admit defeat, there are still a lot of people waiting next to you, don't miss other people's earning a living." Several ruffians and scoundrels next to him were lively, urging Liu to hurry up. After all, Jiang Wubai said that as long as they win a game, they will naturally have their share, so they will also do the work of this fader. If Jiang Wubai wins, this will be even happier than if he wins.

Liu waved his hand impatiently, raised his eyes and glanced at Jiang Wubai, seeing that he was still looking at the book, but he was anxious in his heart. The hand he left before had just been taken out, and he didn't expect it to be dissolved lightly, as if he had long expected him to leave this step, but he was going to be checkmated.

Seeing that he had reached a dead end, Liu Yishou couldn't help snapping his fingers, and two men next to him immediately quarreled, one said that the other party stole his money bag, and the other said that he was spewing blood. After a while, the two actually fought, and the people next to them watched the excitement and forgot to persuade them to fight for a while.

One of them was very strong and threw his fist at the opponent, while the other of the diminutive man could not dodge and fell down towards the chessboard. The people next to him wanted to stop him, but they didn't expect that this person fell extremely fast, and he couldn't catch it at all when he was as wet as a loach, and he knocked over the chessboard in front of everyone.

And the stout man rode on top of him, scolding and swearing in his mouth, and kept looking for the money bag with both hands, but he didn't think about rummaging through it and didn't find it, so he pulled the man angrily to see the official, and no one stopped him along the way.

Liu Yiyi glared angrily, pointed at the two who left, and scolded: "Such a pickled talent, it actually ruined my chess game, hey, when I was about to fall, I didn't think that I couldn't start now." ”

Jiang Wubai still looked at the book in his hand, and said without looking back: "If Liu Qishou wants to play, I can restore the chess game without any mistakes, but I don't know if you still have that mind?"

Hearing that Jiang Wubai was able to restore the chess game, the person next to him was silently surprised, he had never looked at the chessboard before, and between the two of them, they had played more than 300 hands, and Jiang Wubai was able to restore the chess game with superhuman memory, which surprised the people next to him.

However, Liu shook his head with one hand: "Although I believe that you can restore the chess game, my mind has been disturbed by these two people, and I have no intention of playing chess for the time being, so as for the victory or defeat, I don't care about it." However, you are very good at chess, and when the time comes next month, I will invite you to fight again, and when the time comes, I will find some guards to come over, so as not to let others disturb the chess game. ”

When Jiang Wubai heard this, he smiled slightly, knowing that Liu Yishou was still going to escape, but he was a famous figure in Queensland City, if he didn't give him face, he was afraid that he would not be able to move an inch in the future, so he put away the book and saluted forward: "Liu Qishou walks slowly, let's fight again next time." ”

Liu waved his hand with one hand, signaling that he didn't need to send it anymore, and walked forward alone humming a minor tune. Everyone saw the three poles on the sun, and after watching the chess game in the morning, their stomachs were a little empty, so they dispersed in groups, leaving only Jiang 501 people here.

Just as Jiang Wubai wanted to pack up the chess game and prepare to leave, a carriage slowly stopped, and a middle-aged man wearing ordinary clothes sat opposite the carriage: "Hedong Jiang clan, a famous family for hundreds of years, why do you want to make a living from chess games?"

Jiang Wubai said without raising his head: "The tree is dead, and the person is alive." To live in the world, you have to eat, you say no. Master Wang?"

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "You look at this scripture and classics, are you preparing to enter the capital to take the exam?"

Jiang Wubai replied: "Yes, although there is no way to govern the country, but I also want to pay homage to the prime minister." ”

The middle-aged man continued: "You don't necessarily have to go to the capital to pay your respects, in Queensland City, there are people who can help you. ”

Jiang Wubai didn't seem to understand what it meant: "Feng Hou worships the prime minister, only the saints of the capital can, so I have to go to the capital." ”

The middle-aged man set up the chess game and said slowly: "Come home with me, I'll take you to the next game of chess." With mountains and rivers as the boundary, and the state city as the son, see who is the one who survives in the end!"

Jiang Wubai smiled and didn't speak, slowly packed up the chessboard, got into the carriage with the books, and disappeared into the city of Queensland.