The banquet of the state of Chu was not much different from that of the state of Wei.

Also in the spacious lobby, there is a bronze stove in the center, and the house slaves of the Sheep Tongue clan have stuffed charcoal fires into it, burning the stove very strongly, making people not feel that it is still cold at the moment.

"Your Highness, be careful."

Seeing Zhao Hongrun approaching the bronze furnace ding, squinting his eyes and looking at the inscriptions and inscriptions on the outside of the furnace ding, Yan Mo was afraid that the charcoal fire would burn the king of Su, so he hurriedly signaled.

"Hmm." Zhao Hongrun nodded in response to Yan Mo's kindness, and then pointed to the furnace and asked curiously: "When this king was in the Great Wei, he also saw similar inscriptions many times...... It is said that it flowed in from the state of Chu? ”

Yan Mo pondered for a moment and said: "In fact, the Chu State was the first ...... to use bronze vessels" Saying, he saw Zhao Hongrun's face with a look of surprise, so he explained with a smile: "The Chu State has little iron ore, but the bronze ore is abundant, and the ordnance of the Chu State more than a hundred years ago is all bronze, not the last general to praise the homeland, the bronze smelting technology of the Chu State is probably incomparable to the Great Wei Dynasty......"

"Oh?"

Zhao Hongrun glanced at Yan Mo suspiciously.

Seeing that Zhao Hongrun didn't believe it, Yan Mo didn't care, pointed to the bronze furnace in front of him, and said: "Like this furnace, can Your Highness see how many bronze ornaments there are?" ”

"Flattening?"

Zhao Hongrun squinted his eyes and looked carefully.

Although he also understood that such a large furnace tripod could not be smelted from a single piece of copper ore, but the problem was that he really hadn't found any traces of the combination, and this bronze furnace tripod seemed to give him a feeling of unity, as if it was originally one.

Seeing this, Yan Mo stepped forward and knocked several parts of the furnace with the hilt of his sword. said: "These two buckles are put together, and here, the four-horned Teng beast is also put together,...... There are also feet at the bottom of the tripod. It's all flattened. ”

He casually pointed out several parts of the combination, but Zhao Hongrun looked left and right, but he couldn't see any traces of the combination of those positions.

In this regard, he could only nod in recognition of Yan Mo's words: The bronze smelting of the Chu State is really the pinnacle, and it is not something that he can compare with Great Wei.

"It's a pity that bronze is still not as good as wrought iron......"

Yan Mo shook his head wistfully, what he was feeling in his heart at this moment, Zhao Hongrun could guess somewhat.

Truly. The bronze smelting of the Chu State was at its peak again, and the weapons created were nothing in front of the advanced wrought iron armaments of the Wei State.

If the State of Chu dared to use this old-fashioned bronze smelting technology to build a weapon, it was believed that it would definitely be beaten to the ground by the army of the State of Wei.

Because of this, it is said that the state of Chu is now also improving its iron-smelting technology, but unfortunately, the state of Chu is too restrictive in this regard.

The main reason for this is that there are too few bare iron ores, or the reserves are negligible. Either it is deep in the ground and cannot be mined with the current mining technology of the Chu State. No better than the Wei State. There are many bare iron ores, which are not only easy to mine but also have large reserves.

As for the second restriction, that is, the state system of the Chu State led to the lack of funds and resources they invested in iron-smelting technology, and many nobles and princes were reluctant to invest this money in the development of iron-smelting, and even blindly thought that bronze was better than wrought iron, or were reluctant to abandon the old traditions.

This is the same as Dawei's previous refusal to eliminate backward chariots. It is believed that the chariot is the weapon of the Wei State and the inheritance of the past dynasties, which cannot be abandoned.

The result?

It was not until they were beaten all over the ground by the Korean cavalry that those stubborn Wei people held back tears and locked the chariot into the warehouse and began to form cavalry.

There's no denying it. Sometimes the changes of the times often have to suffer heavy setbacks before some people abandon the old system and develop new technologies.

This is true of the state of Wei, and the same is true of the state of Chu.

Thinking of these, Zhao Hongrun suddenly lost interest, and began to look at the decorations in the house.

I have to say that after removing the bronze utensils and many lacquered wood furnishings, as well as the many house slaves, in fact, the lobby of the sheep tongue clan is the same thing, and I can't see that there are any superior conditions.

Although it is said that those bronze vessels and lacquerware would be very popular if they were sold to the Wei Kingdom.

At this time, Yang Yutao came to Zhao Hongrun's side, and saluted respectfully: "King Su, the wine and food are ready." ”

Zhao Hongrun glanced back, and happened to see the house slaves in the house holding lacquered wooden trays, serving dishes one after another, and placing them on a total of twenty-one tables in the hall.

The process of serving the food was monitored by the Wei soldiers of the Junshui Battalion, so Zhao Hongrun was not worried that someone would poison the food.

"General Baili and Qu Cheng, why haven't they come yet?"

Zhao Hongrun glanced in the direction of the door.

I remember that when he decided to eat, live and stay at the house of the Yangyu family, he had already sent someone to inform Bailiba and Qu Cheng.

Of course, Yan Mo also asked to send someone to inform Qu Cheng, and asked Qu Cheng to inform those clans in the inner city, if the patriarchs of those clans were more acquainted, they should quickly come to the mansion of the Yangyu clan and let Zhao Hongrun cut them hard.

Just when Zhao Hongrun was muttering, Baili Ba led his generals to arrive, and to his surprise, Cao Jue was still among them.

"General Cao Jue, when did you come to Runan?"

Cao Jue smiled and hugged his fist towards Zhao Hongrun, and before he could speak, Baili Ba explained for him with a look of approval and relief: "Your Highness doesn't know, when Xiong Tuo's army attacked my Yanshui camp, this kid saw that there was no chance to harass Xiong Tuo's army, so he planned to attack Xiong Tuo's grain and grass, and he fought to Suiping County, and also cooperated with Xu Yin of Fen Cheng to severely damage Xiong Qi's army......"

When Cao Jue heard this, he said with a smile: "The last general is just the right time for him...... It's a shame to say that a certain person who was going to sneak attack Xiong Tuo's grain and grass lost his way and ran to Fenchengsai, and the last general was also shocked at that time......"

"Good Guy......

Zhao Hongrun couldn't cry or laugh.

You must know that he had already learned from Yan Mo and others that Xiong Tuo's military rations were originally transported to the front line of Yanling through Shangcai, and then, after Xiong Tuo gave up Shangcai, he turned to use Rushui to transport it to Chen County by ship, and then transported it to the front line by land from Chen County.

And Chen County is obviously in the southeast. But Cao Jue's group of cavalry actually ran to the southwest, no wonder there was no news of this cavalry team these days.

"Your Highness, don't blame, it's not for nothing, it's just the so-called mistake is wrong, a certain led the cavalry to the vicinity of Fen Cheng Sai, and happened to bump into Xu Yin, the general of Fen Cheng Sai, leading the army to fight with Xiong Qi, the king of Miyang. So a certain person made a quick decision and ordered the whole team to sneak attack Xiong Qi's own formation, guess what? ”

Looking at Cao Jue's excited face, Zhao Hongrun casually guessed: "Caught Xiong Qi?" ”

Suddenly, the excited expression on Cao Jue's face froze, he looked at Zhao Hongrun with his mouth open, and said with some dazedness after half a sound: "Well, I caught Xiong Qi, and then Xiong Qijun was defeated...... He glanced at Zhao Hongrun again with some resentment.

"I just said it casually......

Looking at Cao Jue's resentful eyes, Zhao Hongrun felt that he was a little innocent, and after coughing, he asked Cao Jue about the situation over there.

As for Cao Jue's merits, Zhao Hongrun did not mention it, after all, the Junshui Battalion is not a Pinghui army, and in the future, Baili Bazi will be rewarded for meritorious deeds.

"Fen Chengsai has sent troops."

After hearing Zhao Hongrun's inquiry, Cao Jue's pretended resentful look suddenly disappeared. Said solemnly: "To the general's surprise, General Xu Yin's troops this time are fifteen thousand!" ”

Because Yan Mo, a general from the Chu State, was present. Zhao Hongrun was not very good at asking about the battle situation carefully, after all, it was really not good to ask the general of Fen Chengsai how many Chu people he had killed in that victory in front of Yan Mo.

Therefore, he omitted this step and asked Xu Yin about his movements after the war.

Obviously, Cao Jue had also learned of the existence of the Ping Xuan Army, and was not surprised why Yan Mo, a Chu general, was here. And, in order to take care of him, he tacitly did not report the results of the battle, but briefly talked about Xu Yin's movements: "Since you have taken Xiong Qi, I believe that General Xu Yin must take Yuyang first." As for the subsequent ...... Probably he will capture Xiangcheng. ”

『……』

Yan Mo looked at Cao Jue in surprise, after all, they, the generals of the Pingxuan Army, didn't know that it was not only Zhao Hongrun who waved his army to Chu this time, but also Xu Yin, the general of Fen Chengsai, who had been attacked by them.

"Even Master Xiong Kai was captured......

Yan Mo sighed secretly.

After all, Xiong Tuo, the monarch of Xuancheng, had treated him well before, but now that he learned that Xiong Qi, another monarch of Yi who supported Xiong Tuo, was also defeated by the Wei army, he couldn't help but feel worried about Xiong Tuo.

But when he thought that he had now surrendered to Wei and helped the Wei army to capture Runan, Yan Mo's mood was very complicated, and even his eyes couldn't help but become gloomy.

Fortunately, Zhao Hongrun had been paying attention to Yan Mo's expression, and seeing him sighing silently, he ended the conversation with Cao Yu in a few words: "Okay, let's talk about this in advance." …… Let's all take a seat, today's banquet, one is to celebrate General Yan Mo's success, and the other is to General Cao Jue to take over the wind, which can be described as double happiness. …… Come! ”

As he spoke, Zhao Hongrun forcibly pulled Yan Mo to the chief on the left.

Originally, according to the level of military rank and status, the position of the chief on the left should belong to Bailiba, so when Yan Mo realized Zhao Hongrun's intentions, he couldn't help but be flattered and resigned again and again.

But this time, even Baili Badu exported support for Zhao Hongrun: if a seat can be exchanged for a city, let alone give up a seat, even if it is to let Baili Ba sit in the last seat, he is very happy.

At this time, Qu Cheng also came here with Zuo Xunxi, Hua Yu, Gongye Sheng, and Zuo Qiumu, and Qu Cheng was also very happy after learning that Zhao Hongrun and the Junshui battalion soldiers treated Yan Mo well.

After all, if he wanted to gain a foothold in the Wei State in the future, it was not enough for Zhao Hongrun to value him alone, and the more Yan Mo was valued by Zhao Hongrun, the more likely it was that the title of "Ping Xuan Jun" would be retained in the future.

Soon after, when Meng Kui, Pei Zhan, Chen Shi, Wang Shu and others also came to the banquet at the invitation of Zhao Hongrun, everyone began to drink and celebrate.

At this time, the sheep tongue standing in the hall slapped his hands twice.

Immediately, from the doors on the left and right sides of the lobby, a group of young women with long sleeves and slender clothes walked out gracefully.

At this time, the rhythm also sounded, and the women danced to the rhythm.

I saw these beautiful women with long sleeves and thin waists and dancing dances, and they attracted the attention of many generals as soon as they appeared.

Their eyes were like wolves that had never seen meat in their lives, and they were eager to swallow the women in front of them.

"It's like I've never seen a woman in my life......

Sitting on the main seat, Zhao Hongrun held the wine bottle, and looked at the generals who were secretly swallowing their saliva while drinking lightly, and laughed at them in his heart with peace of mind.

He had completely forgotten that when he first saw Miss Su's confidante, he stared at others intently, and Miss Su's face turned red.

At that time, his gaze was actually similar to that of those generals at this time. (To be continued.) )