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The state of Chu was the first country to implement the county system, and two hundred years ago, King Wu of Chu destroyed the state of power and rebuilt it into a county, which was the beginning of the establishment of a county.

Among them, the area north of Fangcheng is divided into four counties: Ye County, Luyang County, East Butang, and West Butang, all of which are large counties that can send thousands of troops!

The duty of Ye Gong Shen Zhuliang is to rule the land of these four counties as the county prince of Ye County, and organize the northern defense line of Chu State, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the feudal official of Chu State.

Looking at its administration, I thought he was an old and stable person, but it wasn't until Duanmu Ci entered the Yexian County Temple that he found that this feudal official was surprisingly young.

Ye Gongzi is about thirty years old, beautiful and handsome, he wears a Chu-style wide robe with big sleeves, and wears a seal on his right, sitting upright in the hall and looking calm.

Zigong was surprised that Ye Gong was able to rule a domain in just one year, and Ye Gong was also surprised by the youth of this uninvited guest.

"The guest is the well-known Tao Zhu of the Central Plains?" "Tao Zhu", is the past few years in the Taoqiu quietly rise of the mysterious businessman, about him a lot of legends, it is said that he is good at business, summer is the skin, winter is the capital, drought is the boat, water is the car, so three scattered wealth, and three times become a rich businessman. And this person's hands and eyes are all over the sky, whether it is Zhao's horses, porcelain, or Lu's silk, Song's lacquerware, Wu Yue's copper tin, and Ju's salt.

Because of his extensive business, he also had some trade intersections with Ye Gong, who guarded the northern gate of Chu, and Tao Zhu transported the goods that Zhao handed over to him to specialize in Chu State, and then bought gold, copper and tin from Chu State and left. Due to the importance of trade between the Zhao clan, the Lu state, and the Chu state, in the past few years, he was even given the wrong gold by Ye Gong to the "Ye Gongzi Gaojie", allowing Tao Zhu's caravan to enter the Chu state. Tax deductions are available for land and water transport of goods.

Ye Gong originally thought that Tao Zhu was at least forty or fifty years old, a scheming businessman, but who expected that the person who brought "Ye Gongzi Gaojie" to ask for him was not as old as himself, and his appearance was elegant and subtle, and there was no copper smell at all.

He frowned slightly, a little incredulous.

Zigong smiled calmly: "The villain is Tao Zhu." "This is where he runs extravagantly in Taoqiu. The name used to build the caravan was still given by Zhao Wuxian for him, and Zigong didn't know what the meaning was, so he used it like that.

Ye Gong was surprised, and then asked: "I don't know where the guest came from, where he is going, and what is the matter with visiting Ye County?" "The villain came from Chaoge and went to Zaiying, and the reason why he stayed in Ye County. It was because he saw something when he was passing through Zheng Guo and wanted to tell Ye Gong. “

Chaoge is now under the control of the Zhao family, and Ye Gongzi Gao roughly guessed who the monarch served by "Tao Zhu" was, and he asked, "I don't know what the guest wants to tell me?" ”

Zigong raised his coat and said: "When I passed through the suburbs of Xinzheng, I suddenly saw the army of Zheng Guo gathered, and when I inquired, it turned out that Zheng Guoqing's Shi You Su was gathering soldiers and practicing the battle formation. ”

Hear the word "swim speed". Ye Gong's brows jumped, and he couldn't help but think of when You Su rode him to King Qin's attack on Wu a few years ago. Shuai Zheng's 5,000 men raided Yedi and destroyed Xu Guosheji, who had moved to Yedi. When Shen Zhuliang returned, he saw that he was devastated, and Zheng Guoren burned and looted and then retreated. After this incident, he was sealed in Ye County and replaced Xu Guo to garrison the northern frontier for Chu.

Don't forget the past. The division of the future, although Shen Zhuliang doesn't know this sentence, he understands this truth, the soldiers of the four counties under his command are mainly guarding against Zheng Guo and Jin Guo!

But he said quietly: "Spring harvest is a common thing. Why is it surprising? ”

"Now it is January when the farming is busy, even the Qi, Jin and Zhaolu of the Central Plains did not go to war, they were busy farming, but the Zheng people chose to hold the spring harvest at this time, and then the smoke and dust of the army went to the southwest, and the villain felt that this matter was strange, so he came to inform Ye Gong."

After Shen Zhuliang pondered for a while, he summoned his subordinates and said this and this in his ear, and only after the entourage left, did he say to Zigong with a straight face: "Do you think you are a high string?" Xian Gao was originally a Zheng person, for Zheng Guo Li Min Sheji, for what purpose did the guest inform me of this? ”

"The footprints of merchants do not respect national borders, but as officials and merchants, they are also effectively loyal to the monarch. The villain is doing things for the Zhao family, Zheng is the common enemy of the Chu State and the Zhao family, and the Zheng people are ready to move on the southern border, and the villain is the same enemy. "In this way, your identity is not a merchant, but a lobbyist of the Zhao family?" "He is also a friend of the Chu State, this news is a gift from the Zhao family, and the lord of my family hopes to use this to make friends with Ye Gong." "Is that all?" "That's all."

This "Tao Zhu" replied neither humbly nor arrogantly, Shen Zhuliang groaned again, and said after a while: "Please go down to the pavilion to rest, and after the news is confirmed, it is not too late to thank you, is there any inconvenience for the guests?" “

Zigong said with a smile: "It's okay, I just happened to be able to meet some scholars and businessmen of the Chu State in Ye County, as a businessman, it is also a good thing to have more friends in various places." “

Ye Gong's thin lips under the sagittal beard showed a smile for the first time: "Although I am not as good as Zhao Qing with three thousand diners, but there are many guests, I will introduce some Chu Guoshi to the guests, I just hope that after the guests return to the court, they will not laugh at my hospitality in front of the Zhao gentlemen." “

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For the next few days, Zigong lived in the Ye County Pavilion, surrounded by Ye Gong's cronies, and was only occasionally invited to travel with Ye Gong in the county and get acquainted with the diners in Ye Gong's mansion.

Ye County is located in the north of Fangcheng, in the past, Shen, Ye and other princes were divided here, after being conquered by King Wen of Chu, the Chu talents in the south migrated in successively, and the original Ji Jiangcheng Guo Zhimin fused, forming a unique culture - here there are both the elegant and brave martial arts of the Chu State, and the ritual and music of the Central Plains.

Under the management of Ye Gong, Ye County can be described as a gathering of humanities and developed economy, and the nobles and scholars of the Chu State wear high crowns and wide robes and large sleeves. But once something is called, he can change into a tight-fitting leather armor and serve in the army with a sword.

It's a pity that most of the dialects of the ordinary Chu people can't be understood by Zigong, such as Wentianshu, so there is very little information that can be obtained from the discussion of others - although there is "Cheng Zhou Yayan" as a circulating language in this era, but except for pedestrians who want to communicate with the Central Plains, as well as some nobles who want to attend diplomatic occasions, who will learn this from ordinary Chu people?

It's mid-January, and although the weather in the north is getting warmer during this season, it's still a little warm and cold, while the south is starting to get hot and humid. Fortunately, the climate outside Fangcheng was not much different from that of Lu and Song, and Zigong was still able to adapt to it.

On this day, Zigong was invited by Ye Gong again, ready to go out to the banquet, he put on a thin shirt, followed several Ye Gong guards who came to pick him up through Ye County's market, and walked towards Ye Gong's mansion. He had tried to talk to them, but they were all natives through and through, and only the one in the lead could speak in a coarse manner.

A clear stream flows from the ground to the south. They walked along the embankment, passed through half of the county, passed by the "city" in the county, and not far away was the Ye Gongfu.

When passing by the "city", Zigong habitually glanced at it, because the morning market has passed, and the evening market has not yet arrived, so the middle does not seem lively, but it is not deserted.

At this moment, he saw a Chu scholar about forty years old, wearing a high crown on his head and stepping on cloth shoes, walking towards him with a smile, carrying a fish in his left hand and holding the long sword at his waist in his right hand.

Seeing this person, those Ye Gong's cronies greeted him one after another, with a respectful attitude.

This person Zigong has a little impression, he is a diner who often goes in and out of Ye Gong's mansion, and the feeling to Zigong is that although his appearance is not good, he is better than the abundance and handsomeness, which is unforgettable at a glance.

They didn't have a chance to speak on weekdays, and they didn't know their names, but this time the man walked straight to Zigong's side, took Zigong's hand affectionately, and said a word in the Ludi dialect that few people could understand. "Zigong just went to Zheng Guo to persuade the Zheng people to go west, and the back foot came to Ye County to inform Ye Gong of this matter, so he is afraid that he wants to borrow the sword of the Chu people to delay the pace of Zheng Guo's eastward advance for the Zhao family! You can fool others, but you can't fool me! “

As soon as these words came out, Zigong was shocked for a while, thinking that his mission had been exposed! (To be continued.) )