As the capital of Chu State, Yingdu is the meeting of rivers and lakes, Wuba in the west, Yunmeng Rao in the east, the Central Plains thoroughfare in the north, and the Yangtze River in the south, which is the largest city in the south during the Warring States Period of China.

The city of Yingdu is full of traffic, bustling and very lively, the streets on both sides of the fence are hooked and tiled, the peddlers are pawns, playing and shouting, endlessly, the street is full of people coming and going, so a lively atmosphere.

Seeing the outside world for the first time, Xiong Huai was very curious, it turned out that the Yingdu of Chu was so prosperous.

"Aiqing, you have been to Linzi in Qi State, Linzi is known as the largest city in the world, I don't know how it is better than Ying. Is it really as the book says, the hub hits, the shoulders rub, the curtain is even formed, the coat is raised, the sweat becomes rain, the family is full of people, and the ambition is high. ”

"King, it's true, Linzi of Qi has a history of nearly 800 years since the city was built, and the time is long and prosperous."

"So how does the Yingdu of our Chu State compare with the Linzi of Qi State?" Xiong Huai asked.

The grand occasion of Linzi makes Xiong Huai very yearning, but it is a pity that it is the capital of the Qi country, as the king of Chu, if he wants to go to Linzi, unless he becomes the emperor, it is difficult to imagine.

Qu Yuan's head was raised slightly, his expression was radiant, and he said proudly: "Although the current history of Yingdu in our Chu State is not as long as that of Linzi, the prosperity of Yingdu is no worse than that of Linzi. The car hub hits, the people's shoulders are rubbing, the city road is bursting out, and it is called the morning clothes and twilight clothes. ”

The meaning of the latter sentence is: the wheels hit the wheels, people rub against each other's shoulders, the streets are lined up vertically and horizontally, the market is bustling, the streets are so crowded all day and night, you go out in the bright clothes you wear in the morning, and come back in the evening are crowded!

Hearing Qu Yuan's words, Xiong Huai nodded, he himself felt deeply, although it was not so exaggerated that he could squeeze out new clothes in a day, but it was densely populated, and he still felt it intuitively.

The wheels hit the wheels, and Xiong Huai also noticed that the carriages passing by from time to time around him showed that there were quite a lot of wealthy people in Yingdu.

The pedestrians on the road are not dressed in a single way, with a variety of colors and different materials of silk and silk.

The most important thing is that judging from the faces of the pedestrians on the road, there are no people who show the color of vegetables, and it is obvious that the people in Yingdu of Chu State have at least no worries about food and clothing, and their homes are sufficient.

Later, while wandering, Xiong Huai found a strange scene, that is, there were many carts and horses on the street, all rushing towards one place.

Curious, Xiong Huai followed the carriage and came to a mansion.

That's Qu Mansion.

"Aiqing, whose mansion is this?" Xiong Huai asked strangely.

Seeing the vehicles outside Qu Mansion arriving one after another, and the guests entering the mansion one by one, the lively appearance, Qu Yuan sighed and said: "King, this is the mansion of the great general Qu Kuo. ”

Xiong Huai watched curiously outside the Qu Mansion, and in just half an hour, more than a dozen cars arrived at the Qu Kuo Mansion, more than 60 people entered, and more than 80 people came out.

Xiong Huai thought for a moment and said to Qu Yuan: "Let's go, go back to the palace." ”

Since the important ministers of the Chu State left the Chu Palace, Yingdu was suddenly boiling.

The mansion of the general Qu Kuo suddenly became like a dragon of cars and horses, and the flow of people was like a tide.

Qu Kuo took over an important task, that is, to send the brother of King Ba back to China.

The state of Ba has been destroyed by the state of Qin, and the state of Ba is extremely close to the state of Chu, but it is extremely far from the state of Qin. The attack of the State of Chu on the State of Ba has maintained several generations of monarchs, especially after the current King of Chu Huai ascended the throne, he attacked the State of Ba many times, seized an area of Wushan, and established the County of Wu. As long as the Qin State agrees to cede the Ba State to the Chu State, then the Chu State will become the master of Bashu, and it will be a foregone conclusion.

If the Qin State does not agree to cede Bashu, with the current isolated Qin army in Bashu, the Chu State can also quickly open up the situation in Bashu with those Bashu remnants who hate the Qin army to the bone, exterminate the Qin army of the Bashu State, and bring the Ba State into the arms of the Chu State.

Therefore, this time the battle of Baguo, the Chu State unanimously thought that it was an extremely difficult armed march, as long as the Chu army crossed the mountains and crossed the obstacles, it could swallow the Ba country, if you were lucky, you had to look at Shu, and by the way, the territory of Shu was also swallowed, it would be better.

The nobles of the Chu State seem to have seen a large number of military fiefdoms attacking, so it depends on whether they have the opportunity to participate in this feast.

For this reason, the major families in Yingdu have visited the general Qu Kuo with heavy gifts, asking for their family children to enter the army for training.

The major families support each other, and the gifts are still exchanged, and the Chu State has been going on for hundreds of years, and all of them have tacit understanding.

For this kind of thing, Qu Kuo, as a representative of the military generals of the Qu family, has long been familiar with the road.

Wait for the hustle and bustle to fall.

Zhang Xing, a retainer of Qu Kuo, walked in with several bundles of bamboo slips, and when he saw Qu Kuo's face was happy, he congratulated: "Your Majesty, great joy." ”

"How many families are here today?" Qu Kuo asked.

"Your Majesty, today, led by the three major families of Zhaojingqu, plus the nobles of other Chu State Yingdu, there are more than forty people in total."

"More than forty people, so the big families in Yingdu are basically here!" Qu Kuo nodded, everyone was still very enthusiastic, and they were very optimistic about his action of escorting the brother of King Ba, and expressed great support.

Otherwise, just like last time, when the Qi-Chu coalition army attacked the Qin State, in the entire Chu State, the families that sent their children into the army added up to less than twenty.

I don't want to do it today, after getting the news, more than 40 people came to Yingdu alone.

"That's exactly what you are." Zhang Xing nodded.

"How many nobles and noble children have been sent?" Qu Kuo asked.

Zhang Xing put down the bamboo slip in his hand, took the top bamboo slip and handed it to Qu Kuo and said: "Your Majesty, there are a total of one hundred and sixty-seven noble gentlemen, among whom there are ninety-three who cannot inherit the title, but there are ninety-three who are white, and there are seventy-four people who have the right to inherit and have obtained official positions. Thirty-seven people who had already inherited the title and had official positions and asked to join the army in the war. ”

Qu Kuo took the bamboo slip handed over by Zhang Xing, looked at it himself, rolled up the bamboo slip after reading it, and put the bamboo slip beside him.

After Zhang Xing finished speaking, he waited for a while, took out a bamboo slip again, handed it to Qu Kuo, and said: "These noble gentlemen, mainly with the three surnames of Zhaojing Qu, because of the king, among them, the surname Qu has the most children, a total of thirty-seven, the surname Zhao, the surname Jing and other public disciples together have a total of fifty-eight, and the other major families together, a total of seventy-two. ”

Qu Kuo finished reading the bamboo slips and sighed: "Since the Great King even attacked Qin a few years ago, he intended to restore the changes that Wu Qi carried out in the Chu State, and won the full support of Qu Yuan, the left disciple, trying to change the law to become stronger. ”

"But Wu Qi is greedy and lustful, mean, and unkind, and tyrannical in changing the law, which has aroused the anger of the heavens and the resentment of the people, and even Wu Qi's change has failed, so what can he do with Qu Yuan, who is young and doesn't know the depths. In the end, not only did he get in, but he also took us Qu Shi and became the target of the public, almost giving him Qu Yuan's funeral. ”

"Fortunately, the king is wise, and he knows his way back and alienates Qu Yuan, otherwise the state of Chu will have to experience another great chaos."