As soon as Xiong Huai's voice fell, Chen Zhen and Qu Yuan on the side were all slightly stunned.

Build another palace?

What does King Chu mean by this? Building a palace in Shou County, thousands of miles away?

Thinking about it, I couldn't help but have all kinds of surprises in my heart.

Especially Chen Zhen, as early as that day, when the king of Chu put the spoils of Yue in Shou County, Chen Zhen hesitated. However, at the beginning, he only thought that the king of Chu was worried that the countries were about to invade Chu, and he was unwilling to waste a lot of manpower to transport, so he was unwilling to transport the money, grain and treasures to Yingdu.

But now... The doubts in Chen Zhen's heart became even heavier, and he buried the doubts deep in his heart.

"This..." At this time, Hui Ang looked at King Chu hesitantly and said: "King, it is not difficult to build another palace, but Shou County also knows a little bit about it, although the city of Shou County is not small, but if you build a palace in the city, then Shou County will be small." ”

Xiong Huai smiled: "It's okay, it's just right to expand the scale of Shou County." Moreover, the widow thought that the current city wall of Shou County was extremely weak, so the widow planned to let Qing go to Shou County and rebuild the four city walls in addition to the current city wall. The wall was built with the four-version method, and the wall was as high as possible, at least two zhang high and close to three zhang. ”

Hui Ang was stunned, according to the requirements of the King of Chu, then the city wall of Shou County is a big project.

For example, the way in which all countries build city walls today is to build rammed earth walls. Generally speaking, each county and city adopts two versions of the law, while the capital city or the city of the dangerous Guanyi adopts the four versions of the law. The city wall built by the four-version method is much stronger than the city wall built by the two-version method, and of course, the amount of work in it is far greater than that of the two-version method.

Hui Ang knew that the city of Chu State, and only the city wall of Yingdu was built with the four-version method, or when Wu Qi was in Chu State.

Now, the king of Chu actually plans to use the four-version method to build the city wall in Shou County.

Thinking about it, Hui Ang hesitated and said: "King, using the four-version method to build a wall, is there a bit of a lot of work." ”

Xiong Huai shook his head and said: "Not much, not much at all, Shou County is close to Huaishui, and it is easy to be flooded by the enemy to attack the city, and the city wall built by the two versions of the law will rot when it is soaked in the water." Therefore, in order to prevent the enemy's water attack, the city wall was built using the four-version method, so that even if the enemy attacked by water, the city wall could hold out longer. ”

"Command!"

When Hui Ang heard this, he remembered the Huaishui near Shou County, so he no longer insisted.

Xiong Huai saw Hui Ang receiving the order, nodded, and spoke again: "But please rest assured that Hui Qing will arrange for Gong Yin to assist Qing in building the palace and the city wall." ”

"King Xie!" Hui Ang suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, the Mo family craftsmen were famous, and with their support, the task on him was much lighter.

The next day, just after arriving in Yingdu Hui'an, he took the edict of the king of Chu and went by ship again.

Soon after Hui Ang left, he returned to Yingdu after taking the lead.

March 15, the Great Dynasty of Chu.

At this time, Xiong Huai sat on the throne, looked at the ministers below and said: "Not long ago, in the battle against the Qin State, although my Chu State did not complete the whole work and failed to capture Nanzheng, this is a crime of bad luck and not war. ”

When the ministers heard this, they didn't have a big reaction. Even Zhao Ju, who was in charge of attacking Nanzheng, had a calm face, only Ling Yin Jingcui, with a faint displeasure on his face.

When he went to Shou County, he went in high spirits, and he wanted to add another stroke to his record.

But what he didn't expect was that he had only arrived in Shou County not long ago, and before he had started a war with Qi and Wei, the king of Chu had made peace with Qin.

Of course, he also asked why the king of Chu spoke so quickly, why did he stop so easily after taking great pains to mobilize the whole country and frequently contact various countries, such a big move, such a tough attitude, and a look of not giving up if he did not break the Nan Zheng oath?

Is it really because of the lack of money and food in the legends outside?

As a result, the reply given by the king of Chu was that the people's hearts were unstable, especially in the Jianghuai region, and the people were full of complaints, and they continued to fight against other countries, and there was no worry about civil strife.

In this regard, especially after seeing the information given by Chen Zhen, Jing Cui was silent for a long time.

In Shou County, he naturally heard rumors in the Jianghuai area, but he didn't expect the matter to be so big that the king gave up the great opportunity to attack Nanzheng.

Jing Cui has been unforgettable for a long time, not only lamenting the bad luck of the times, allowing the Qin State to escape, but also having a faint dissatisfaction with the Jianghuai feudal monarch in his heart.

If it weren't for them, he Jingcui would still be in Shou County now!

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard the king of Chu continue:

"Zhuguo, this war secretary with only 30,000 troops, and at a very light price, recaptured Shangyong Hanzhong in one fell swoop, which is a great achievement. Therefore, the widow decided to expand Xianqing's fiefdom and seal a county. ”

As soon as Xiong Huai's voice fell, the ministers suddenly gasped and looked at Zhao Ju hotly.

When the Yue was destroyed before, the king of Chu had already given a county of Zhaoju, and now he has recaptured Shangyong Hanzhong, and the king of Chu has divided another county, which is the land of two counties. In this way, Zhao Ju has become the premier feudal monarch of the Chu State, and he can already become independent from the Zhao clan and set up a separate door.

But at this time, unlike the hearts of the ministers, Zhao Ju not only did not have blood boiling in his heart, on the contrary, his heart was cold at this time.

Through various previous indications, it is shown that the king of Chu is deliberately changing the law and recovering the fiefs from the feudal lords in various places. If his fiefdom reaches two counties, at this moment, not only will it not be glory and blessing, but it will become a disaster.

Once the king of Chu makes the next move, then as the top feudal monarch of the Chu country, he will inevitably bear the brunt of the attack and be targeted by the king of Chu.

Instead of setting up another door, it is better to continue to stay in the Zhao clan and rely on the Zhao clan to keep warm.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ju saw that the King of Chu was looking at him with a smile, and immediately bowed and said: "This battle can recapture Shangyong Hanzhong, all thanks to the service of the soldiers, the people of Hanzhong and Shangyong to resist, and the full assistance of Shangyong Hanzhong and Hanzhong. Therefore, the minister did not dare to take credit, and asked the king to investigate. ”

Xiong Huai was stunned, looked at Zhao Ju in surprise, and then, seeing the ministers looking at him puzzled, he immediately said: "If you have merit, you will be rewarded, and if you have a fault, you will be punished, this is the rule of the widow." Other people have merit, and the widow will be rewarded, but Zhuguo, as the first meritorious, should also be rewarded. ”

Speaking, Xiong Huai smiled and said: "In the first battle of Shangyong, the general Huan Zang has merit, and the widow wants to use General Huan Zang as the county guard of Hanzhong, and sit in Hanzhong to defend the Qin State. The people of Hanzhong and Shangyong had meritorious service in resisting Qin, and the widow decided to give taxes for two years. ”

After finishing the other people's rewards, Xiong Huai looked at Zhao Ju and said with a smile: "Zhu Guo has recaptured the land of the two counties this time, such a great achievement, and I hope that Xianqing will not refuse, lest people from other countries think that the widow is reluctant to give the reward." ”