Han, Chu, Qin three kingdoms, located in the east, west, south, each according to a place, the style of the building is very different, but as the place where the supreme ruler of a country lives and works, it naturally reflects the highest level of architecture and aesthetic concept of a country, of course, now the place where the king of Han Gao Yuan lives is obviously not like this, the original majestic and magnificent palace is now most of the offices of the ministries, and the part occupied by the dignified Han king, even if it is compared to any of the big merchants in the country, or it is inferior, However, Qin Chu is still the same.

The architectural style of the Qin State is majestic and magnificent, while the architectural style of the Chu State is as delicate as the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River. The palace of the king of Chu is the largest garden building in the territory of Great Chu, and the palace group is hidden among the lush flowers and trees.

Passing through the nine-curved corridor, the colorful pebble path that goes around and around all the way inward, there is a huge lake in front of it, the lotus leaves almost cover the entire lake, the red, pink, and white lotus flowers poke out from a piece of turquoise, gently swaying gracefully in the wind, a small bridge connects a water pavilion with the shore, and the king of Chu Huai, who is in a wide robe, is leaning on the fence of the water pavilion, holding a cup in one hand and a pot in the other, drinking slowly.

For the State of Chu, King Huai of Chu is not a good king, but for Huang Xie, he can be regarded as the huge State of Chu, the political affairs are completely handed over to Huang Xie, and all the military affairs are given to Qu Zheng, this king, the best is a mellow beauty.

But is he mediocre? Precisely no, in Huang Xie's opinion, this is the smartest place for his king, King Chu Huai is not a wise king, his talent is just mediocre, and he is also extremely modest, but he has one benefit, which is enough to offset all his shortcomings, that is, self-knowledge. Know that your abilities are insufficient. Leaving things to people with sufficient ability to do this is the genius of King Chu Huai.

Now that the Qin State is crumbling, but the Chu State still maintains a strong national strength, it cannot but be said that there is no credit for King Chu Huai here, and stability is the greatest benefit that this king brings to the Chu State.

Huang Xie stepped on the small bridge, but he was greeted by Princess Shuyu, this princess was unlucky, her experience in Yan Country was enough to describe it as a nightmare, after returning to China. After several years of recuperation, the whole person has been relieved, and it seems that Princess Soyu has been here to accompany the king before. Out of regret for Princess Shuyu, King Chu Huai has always cared for this daughter and pampered her abnormally.

Huang Xie leaned to the side and bowed slightly to Princess Shuyu.

"Princess!"

A smile appeared on Shuyu Gongyu's face, and there was even a slight flush, which made Huang Xie a little inexplicable.

"Lord Shousuke, my father has a state affair with you. Soyu took his leave. Bent down to Huang Xie and gave a blessing, took the two girls, and walked away all the way, not behind the flowers and plants not far away. only gave Huang Xie a back.

"Shousuke is here, come here, this is a new song just composed by the musicians in the palace, which is refreshing. Relaxed! In the water pavilion, King Chu Huai raised his wine glass at Huang Xie and shouted loudly.

"I've seen the king!" Huang Xie walked in quickly. Towards King Chu Huai, bow deeply.

"Sit down, sit down." King Chu Huai waved his hand, "Your eyes are swollen and your eye circles are black, did you stay up late yesterday again, the first assistant is my big Chu humerus, but you should pay attention to take care of your body." ”

"Thank you for your concern." Huang Xie smiled and said: "Yesterday, Shu Cheng came back from Jiangnan, and I couldn't help but talk with him for a long time, and I forgot the time for a while. When he raised his eyes, he saw that a desk had been set up in advance opposite him, "Did the king call anyone else?" ”

"Oh, it's Captain Qu." Chu Huai said, put down the wine glass in his hand, and sat up slightly straight, "Did Shu Cheng come back last night?" How was the Jiangnan incident handled? ”

Hearing that it was Qu Chong, Huang Xie nodded slightly, it seems that there must be something wrong with the king inviting himself into the palace today, otherwise he would not have summoned himself and Qu Chong at the same time.

"The Jiangnan riot has been quelled, but the key to the problem is that the silk weavers have lost their source of livelihood, so to eradicate this matter, we can only find a way from this, two days ago to the king reported to the bridge building, the minister is ready to put it in Jiangnan first, repair the bridge and pave the road, the labor required is not a few, can alleviate some of this contradiction, as long as there is food, I believe these people will not make trouble again."

"Yes, yes, if you can eat enough, who will risk killing your head to make trouble, Jiangnan has always been calm, but there have been frequent incidents in the past two years, and Shoufu has to worry a lot. I heard that there are Han Chinese here? ”

Huang Xie was slightly stunned, it seems that Zhao Shucheng should have handed the fold to the palace as soon as he came back yesterday, otherwise the king would not know about this matter, at this time the king said it lightly, but the meaning of his warning was self-evident. The silk weaving industry is the core lifeline of the Huang family.

"Don't worry, the king will definitely deal with it." Huang Xie bowed.

"The Han people always have countless kinds of wonderful ideas, and the bridge made of reinforced concrete, I heard that it can last for a hundred years without decay, but it is once and for all." King Chu Huai sighed: "I heard that the roads in the Han Kingdom are paved with cement, not afraid of rain and snow, and free of mud, when will I be able to do the same in Chu?" ”

"The king but please be relieved, we have spent millions of taels to the Han people to buy bridge-building technology and cement formula, yesterday the craftsman department reported to the minister, the cost of cement production is very low, it will not take two years, our country will be like the Han country, the major traffic arteries with this cement hardened."

"A million taels of silver!" King Chu Huai was taken aback, "So many? ”

"It's not all silver, it's mostly deducted from goods and customs duties." Huang Xie smiled slightly and said.

"Oh, I see, the Han people have always been cunning in doing business, and Shoufu has to be careful."

"Although the Han people are treacherous, they are also sincere in doing business. Honesty goes to the world, this is the creed of their Han businessmen, I am convinced of this, either they don't do it with you, and if you do it, it will be a win-win pattern, otherwise the Han businessmen will not be famous all over the world over the years. Huang Xie explained.

"Speaking of Hanguo, I still have one more thing to worry about, and I have to ask Lord Shoufu to worry about it." Picking up the wine glass again, King Chu Huai's face was rarely sad.

"I wonder if there is anything the king needs to relieve your worries?" Huang Xie was a little surprised.

"Just now you saw Shuyu, this is a child with a hard life, in the past few years after returning to China, I also want to find a good son-in-law for her again, she always doesn't allow it, two days ago I finally got a little breath from her mother, it turns out that this child actually has a crush, but guess who this person is?"

Huang Xie's thoughts raced in his heart, "Your Majesty, could it be that this person is not from my Great Chuzhong?" ”

"Shoufu is really clever, in a word, this is what bothers me, who do you like in Dao Shuyu? It's the iron-footed general of the Great Han, the infantryman. ”

"Infantry?" Huang Xie quickly recalled the information of this person in his mind, but he didn't think much of it, he was concerned about political affairs, but he didn't know much about the military system of the Han Kingdom.

There was the sound of heavy footsteps in his ears, Huang Xie looked up, and saw that the Great Chu Lieutenant was coming in a hurry, although the weather was hot, but this Lieutenant was still dressed meticulously.

"Infantry?" Qu Zhong was as surprised as Huang Xie, but for the infantry, his understanding was much deeper, "This person is one of the important generals who started from Gao Yuan, he has been following Gao Yuan since the Fufeng era, and he has archery skills in one hand, I am afraid that no one in the world can match, but he is crippled, and he broke a foot, and the skilled craftsmen of the Han people made an iron foot for him, and now he is the commander of the Ninth Army of the First Military Region of the Han Kingdom, by the way, when Princess Shuyu returned from Yan Kingdom, she was escorted back by this iron-footed general, and the king said that Princess Shuyu loved him, I'm afraid something happened along the way, right? ”

Qu Zhong said this, Huang Xie finally remembered, and suddenly understood: "The princess was suffering a heavy blow at that time, and her body and mind were decadent, and this infantry escorted her for thousands of miles, and sent the princess all the way from Jicheng to Yingcheng, and had a lot of contact with the princess, no wonder the princess missed him, at that time, the princess was in need of comfort." ”

"Although Han Chu has not met each other in arms now, and there are frequent economic exchanges, on the whole, they are still in a hostile state, and I am afraid that this matter is a little difficult!" Huang Xie said: "And what is the current situation of this infantry, whether he has already married a wife, we don't know?" If you rush to propose, it's not good to make a joke. ”

"So I'm very worried, Huang Shoufu, you can do this, first inquire about the situation of this infantry, Shuyu, this child, who does he like badly, he likes a Han person, or a Han person with a disability!" King Chu Huai was angry.

"Your Majesty, although this infantry is disabled, he is an iron-clad man." Qu Chong suddenly interjected, although he is an enemy, but for such an enemy, Qu Chong still admires it very much, "This person is loyal and righteous, and the cripple was left behind to cover Gao Yuan's escape, regardless of the position, if the princess can really match this person, it will be a good match." ”

"It's not just a good match, now the relationship between Chu and Han is tense, if this marriage is achieved, it can ease the relationship between the two countries and buy us more time." Huang Xie also nodded.

"What if the two countries go to war in the future?" King Chu Huai said coldly: "Wouldn't that make Shuyu fall into the same situation as before, Shoufu, I mean, you go and inquire, and then think of a way to make Shuyu die." ”

Huang Xie was stunned, glanced at Qu Chong, but saw him smile and bow his head. (To be continued......)