Today, the reputation of Chu has spread all over the world. Soon after Yue Jun Kai arrived in Yingdu, he visited the great engineer Ou Chou and wanted to see the mystery of the Jutie Mansion. As soon as this idea came out, Ou Chou rejected it, and to visit the Jutie Mansion, you must get the approval of the king, Ling Yin, and Gong Yin Dao, otherwise no one can enter except the craftsmen of the Jutie Mansion.

I didn't expect to visit today, and he was not alone, in addition to the monarch of Zhuyue, there were also more than 30 chiefs of tribes. Among these people, it is not strange to wear left clothes, and it is normal to stomp on the head and feet, but it is very indecent to wear a calf nose (apron). Not to mention that the back is exposed, the front apron is blown by the autumn wind, and the birds are instantly exposed, which attracts the low laughter of the craftsman from time to time.

These people did not arrange to go to Jutie Mansion as soon as possible, but went to the Mansion to see the converter first. At this time, the two-mouth pot invented by Tian Liang had been built, and the engineer was testing its reliability. The red, white, red and white molten iron flowed into the converter, and when the wind blew, the whole shed seemed to erupt like a volcano, and the fireworks frightened everyone to escape. After more than ten minutes of blowing, I saw the boiling water poured into a huge ingot, and one by one I began to scratch my ears and cheeks again, thinking about how much armor and how many treasure knives could be made from this furnace of iron.

After seeing the converter, I went to Jutiefu to see the ink furnace, and it was a lot calmer. However, there are also surprising things in Jutiefu, such as armor, which is pressed into thin plates like clay, and the thin plates become huge armor when they are cooled; The forging of the sword was also unexpected by everyone, they thought that the sword was cast, and then sharpened after the shape, and they did not want the sword to be hammered out with an iron hammer. Finally, they also saw a mechanism that sharpened iron like clay, and put it on like cutting wood, and after a while, it became what they wanted.

If there is a huge iron, there will be armor, but the Chu State has used the huge iron in all aspects, and the house built by the concrete mansion has a huge iron in the wall, and the shaft of the carriage is also a huge iron, and even the coins, the Chu State also uses the huge iron to make coins.

The afternoon visit left an incredible echo on everyone, and the most unwilling to join the alliance was silent at the moment. He knew very well in his heart that if Minyue did not join the alliance, he would not be able to get the iron armor. If you can't get the Ju Iron Armor, you will be bullied by Ou Yue - before that, Min Yue bullied Ou Yue.

And the long-distance and close attack that he had learned before has now become useless, the Qi State and the Chu State are allied, the Wei State is pressed and beaten by the Chu State, and the Qin State cannot defeat the Chu State. And once the Chu State finds itself in an alliance with the Central Plains powers, the boat division of the Chu State will come to the door, and it is not necessary to destroy the country, but it is certain to destroy itself.

"Beyond the sea, there is fertile soil." The next day, at the Purple Mountain Shipyard, before visiting Zhouji, Xiong Jing asked people to come up with a not very accurate coastal map. "It's just that the Chu people have no intention of going south, so they hope that you will take it for yourself."

"Dare to ask the king, where am I waiting?" The first time they looked at this kind of big map, not only did they not know the north and the south, but they also didn't know where their one-third of an acre of land was.

"This is Huiji," Xiong Jing said, referring to a place as a temple person. "This is the Oujiang River, and the south of the Oujiang River is Ouyue; This is Minyue, this is Nanwu ......" Xiong Jing was stunned when he said Nanwu, at this time Guangzhou is directly near the sea, but there are many islands in the bay, and the Pearl River is nowhere to be seen. "This is Xiou, this is ......"

It's easy to say about places near the sea, but it's not easy to say about some inland tribes. Fortunately, everyone has a clear distinction between the southeast and the northwest, knows where is the Chu realm and where is the sea, and they can probably guess the location of their tribe.

"Dare to ask the king, where is this?" Su Wuzhu looked at Taiwan to the east of Minyue and was puzzled, he had heard that there was a big island across the sea, but he never knew that the area of this island was so large.

"This is Yizhou." Xiong Jing said a name for Taiwan during the Three Kingdoms. "There is more miasma in the north of the state, and there are more movements in the south of the state, and then there are more miasma in the high mountains, and there are more people in the high mountains, and there is no miasma in the high places."

Su Wuzhu listened very carefully, and he could see clearly what he wanted to do.

"However," Xiong Jing said with a smile, "there are two currents west of Yizhou, and the boat cannot cross it." ”

When it comes to the impulse of the sea, I become disappointed. If it is not for the tailwind, the hand may be exhausted, and the currents (pro-tide and Kuroshio) can reach speeds of two knots or closer, and the result is likely that the bow of the ship will be facing east, but it will actually be carried south or north by the current.

This should also be the reason why Taiwan immigrated from the mainland very late, including Japan. In ancient times, the sailing ships on the Bohai Sea drifted to Korea as soon as they got lost, and generally did not drift to Japan, and the Tang Dynasty Jianzhen crossed to Japan and drifted to Hainan Island, which was also due to the sea current.

When I think of the currents, I think of the Hokkaido fishing grounds, which are the largest fishing grounds in the world, and for later generations they catch tens of millions of tons of fish a year. It's a pity that there are no boats and no nets, otherwise there is no grain and no trade, hundreds of thousands of tons of fish are caught a year, and the whole Chu country eats fish every day, and everyone eats fish.

"Ahem." Xiong Jing coughed himself, turned his mind back, and said, "In autumn and winter, the Pawn Wing Warboat can go to Yizhou." If Minyue is interested, it is not possible to assist Minyue to land on the island. ”

"Ministers, ministers naturally have intentions." He laughed dryly.

"This is Luzon, here is ...... Yingzhou. "Xiong Jing originally wanted to talk about the Wa Kingdom, but he felt that it was too much to call the country, and it was better to call the state." Where are these...... Except for a few times in Yingzhou, the Chu people had no intention of expanding the land. The more people are good at driving boats, if they want to go to sea, they can help. ”

This was the first time that people had seen the entire East Asian chart. It was the nature of the Yue people to expand their coastal territory, and Wu fought a naval battle with Qi in the East China Sea near Langya; Yue Guo simply moved the capital to Langya. Thinking that the State of Chu actually supported his territorial expansion, the monarch of Zhuyue suddenly felt that his throat was dry and his heart was beating hard.

"Wait," Xiong Jing looked at the tribes beyond Zhuyue. "There is a treasure land south of the Tai people, which is not called the Red River Delta, which is a plain, which is easy to cultivate, and can also expand the soil here."

"I'll wait......" Zhu was about to speak, but was preempted by the donkey man. Tell the king that there is already a country here, and the king's name is the king of Anyang, and it is said that it is after the king of Shu. Separated by mountains, it is inconvenient for us to expand the soil. ”

"King Shu? Didn't Shu be destroyed by Qin? "Xiong Jing didn't know that there was already a country here.

"The Great King was destroyed by the Qin State, so he went south and founded the country here." The donkey is good. "Previously, there was a Wenlang country, and the king of Anyang destroyed the Wenlang country and named the country Ouluo."

"The delta is huge, and it is impossible for Ou to occupy it all. Tracing up the estuary of the Red River to reach the delta. "Xiong Jing didn't expect that he was really a Shu person, since the Shu Kingdom was destroyed by Qin, there is no need to fight." It is most convenient to expand the land near the sea, and you can also try to improve your livelihood and increase your mouth without the sea. It's just that the first line of Xiangshui and the first line of Ganshui must be opened, and the Wuling Gap needs to be built. These fortifications are well prepared, and they can not be garrisoned in peacetime, if the Qin army attacks......"

"Dare to ask the king, how did the Qin army attack the south of Cangwu?" Song Song, the elder of Xi'ou, was a little strange, he felt that the Qin State was far away in the Central Plains, and it was impossible for him to cross the Chu State and fight to the south of Cangwu.

"The Qin State has the heart to swallow the world." Xiong Jing Road. "If the rest of the countries are destroyed in time, the state of Chu will naturally bear the brunt. If the state of Chu is defeated, he will naturally follow the Xiangshui and Ganshui to cross the Wuling Mountains and destroy you. Don't believe it, now that the Qin State occupies half of the world's Dingkou, it can afford to lose ten times, and the Chu State will collapse once it loses. ”

Xiong Jing said seriously, everyone couldn't help but believe it, and then thought that the Chu State was going to form an alliance with everyone, and immediately had some epiphany.

"The Qin State implements the system of counties and counties, and the counties are to organize the people of the tribe into households. And you wait, naturally, moved to Xianyang, and will never return to your homeland in this life. In the tribe, you are the king, the elder, and the chief, and in Xianyang, even the lowliest officials can bully you and insult you. If you draw your sword, it's a private fight, and if you don't use a sword, if your neighbor breaks the law, you have to sit together.

Do you know about slaves? In short, you are a slave of the Qin people in Xianyang, and anyone can call you. If you are a big chief, you may have starved to death before you reached Xianyang. ”

A cadre of people stared at each other, all listening to Xiong Jing say how the Qin people were, most people were convinced, but there were exceptions, and they said: "The Qin people are really like this?" ”

"The Qin State is not the Chu State, the Chu State can tolerate you in Huiji County, but the Qin army will definitely not. Do you know why? Xiong Jing looked at him and smiled.

"Please tell the king." The unidentified Xiong Jing smiled, a little worried.

"As far as the state of Chu is concerned, whether Huiji County is left to you or given to the family surnamed Mi is no different to Buyu, it is all about paying tribute. But after you are the king of Yue, there are many Yue people in Huiji County, since there is no difference, why bother to give it to the Chu people who the Yue people don't like? Can you rely on Huiji County to defeat Chu? ”

Xiong Jing was outspoken, and he was not worried that the Yue people would hate the Chu people because of this. Chu and Yue were originally allies, if it weren't for the fact that King Yue Wujiang listened to the words of the Qi people and attacked Chu, the Yue Kingdom would not have fallen to this point today. Even if there is no frontier to conquer Chu, the Chu State has not been killed, leaving Huiji County, the ancestral land of the Yue State, so that the Yue people will continue to sacrifice.

"The Qin State is different. The county system of the Qin State Bank never allowed any city to be outside the control of the imperial court, and in order to prevent the resurgence of the city, not only the king, the princes, but even the common people in the city had to move away. There is no one who does not make a register in the official government, and there is no acre of land that does not pay land rent to the King of Qin. Will such a Qin state leave such a county to you? ”

He was speechless for a while, he was the one who knew the Central Plains the most among the Yue. Qin is indeed like Xiong Jing said, the county system is practiced, although there are feudal monarchs in the country, but the vast majority of the leaders are Gulu, only the important ministers have the food estate, and the food of the important ministers will be taken back in the end. However, he still had a trace of illusion about the Qin State.

Xiong Jing couldn't understand what he was thinking, and continued: "Even if the Chu army pulls out the girder and defeats the Qin army this time, the Qin people will still come in the future. If the state of Chu is defeated, Zhuyue will definitely not exist. If you don't make an alliance with you, in addition to the hundreds of years of alliance between Chu and Yue, it also means to be in the same boat. ”