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"Lady?"

"However, it's like the legendary Queen Mother of the West, with the heroine as the monarch."

If the moral gentleman of later generations is here, he will definitely jump up and say, "This matter has never been heard of for eternity, and it must not be!" Xu Cheng didn't make a fuss, he thought for a while and said: "Earlier, there were many female feudal kings in the Xu Kingdom, if they can successfully restore the country......

He gritted his teeth, and replied to Zhao Wuxian on behalf of the restoration forces of Xu State: "It is not okay to welcome a heroine, and it is not ......"

As a Fang State deeply influenced by the culture of Dongyi and Yin Shang, the Xu State, like the Dayi Shang, women were not only the marital spouses of men, but also the feudal kings, generals, and ministers of the state. The inferior status of women in the Zhou Dynasty and later was in stark contrast to Shang and Xu women. Wu Ding's wife had her own fief "Pang", and she could also recruit troops in the territory, which Song and Xu almost continued.

What's more, compared to supporting a grandson of Xu State, Xu Cheng and others are more urgent to let Xu Di break away from the rule of Wu, if they can say that Zhao Wuxian can attack Wu, this price is worth paying.

In his mind, although it is said that Xu Huan is the heroine, in fact, she herself is more likely to live in Yecheng and send her heirs to the Xu Kingdom Regent. After a hundred years, Xu will become the Xu of the Zhao family, as if it is the translation of the current Lu country: now the Lu country is also the eldest son of the Zhao family as a "general", and the country is also thriving.

Zhao Wuxian knew that Xu Cheng was the head of the forces of Xu Guo's restoration, and over the years, people had continued to come to him from Xu Di, and Xu Cheng did not dare to stand on his own, but recommended all the talented people to Zhao Wuxian, and he decided. Now seeing that Xu Cheng readily agreed, Wuxian nodded secretly in his heart, this person can also distinguish which is more important, and he is a material for doing big things.

"However, the matter of destroying Wu and recovering Xu is not in a hurry, when it can be realized after five to ten years later, the canal from Taoqiu to Surabaya can be dug up, can you have patience and wait?"

In this wedding banquet, Xu Cheng and Zigong met and exchanged some ideas, so Xu Cheng had heard of Taoqiu's "Heshui" plan.

"The minister is just forty years old, he can afford to wait! The southern river network is vertical and horizontal, mainly relying on water warfare, and after the canal is completed, the minister can take the sailors of Onozawa all the way south and fight back to Xu! ”

Zhao Wuxian shook his head: "Even if the Heshui Canal is completed, it will mainly transport apprentices and grain and grass, and I don't think there will be a big water war in the narrow river." But when the time comes, the boatmaster you train will be of great use, not only in the rivers, but also on the sea! ”

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In the crisp autumn of August, Ju Guo Langya.

Smelling the salty sea breeze, listening to the crunch of wood and ropes, and the shouting of the crew, everything is so familiar. Xu Cheng felt as if he had returned to more than ten years ago, back to the time when Xu Guo had just perished.

Xu Jun led them out of the city and surrendered, and also cut off his long hair and replaced it with a short bun of the Wu people. The Duke of Xu was scattered and went their separate ways, and because he was good at water warfare, he was arranged to serve in the Wu State Boat Division, which happened to be the coastal port "Zhu Fang" north of Gusu. There is the mouth of the great river, the big wings, small wings, turbulence, building boats, bridge boats of the Wu country are all made there, every time the sun is shining, the blue water surface will be crawling with centipede-like Wu boats.

Langya is also a seaport, but it is different from Zhu Fang.

The harbor is divided into two ports, the outer harbor is larger, and the inner harbor is protected by the hills and cliffs deep into the sea, so the water is calm and provides a good berth. A bunch of fishing boats leaned on the docks, leaving the port every day to catch fish and shrimp, or diving into the deep water to catch pearls, and now at dusk, they were returning with a full load of moored along the fish market, unloading their catch.

For the people of Juguo, the mountains and the sea symbolize everything, and there are rough-carved stone statues erected along the coast, with solemn expressions and speckled seabird droppings, which are the stone figures used to town the sea. Every year in June and July is the flood season, the sea will blow a strong wind, sweeping away the fishing boats and even the people and animals on the shore, so there will be a grand ceremony to sacrifice the sea, in previous years, Juzi will even come from the national capital in person, but this year it has not arrived, because not only the port, the entire Langya, for the time being, does not belong to the country of Ju......

A year and a half ago, Zhao Wuxian took the homeless Qi State and the soldiers of the Gao Er clan as the vanguard, and suddenly invaded the Ju State, allowing this once Dongyi power to complete the change of banner overnight. However, the Zhao clan did not openly occupy the Ju State, but only let the Guo and Gao Er clans take seven or eight thousand people to be stationed in Jiegen in the north, and the name was called the Ju State to guard the border, and the Zhao family forced the Ju State to hand over the Lianggang Langya, of course, it was not forcibly occupied, but "leased", and it was rented for 99 years in one go......

Therefore, this seaport is now planted with the banner of the Zhao family, and the fish market and wharf are also managed by the Zhao bureaucrats.

Now that Xu Cheng had also been sent to Langya, Zhao Wuxian asked him to install a boat division capable of fighting at sea within five to ten years......

"You are an expert in water warfare, you should know that the boatmen trained in the northern rivers and lakes can really beat the Wu State Naval Army?"

Xu Cheng said honestly: "No, back then, the Xu River network was crisscrossed, and the minister's Kun father and brothers also made a living on the water all year round, but once they met the Wu people who were walking on the boat like walking on the ground, they were defeated. The Wu people have lived by the water since they were born, and their familiarity with the boat ride is like that of the prince and grandson of the Central Plains. ”

"The northerners can't compare with the southerners in this respect, so if you let the boaters of Onozawa go south, it will not be a war, but a death for them. Therefore, if you want to train a more powerful boatman, what you need is not a calm inland lake, but a wider water, the sea! ”

"In time, the land and water will advance together, and the Zhao army will recover the Xu State along the canal, while you will take the boat division south along the coast, and the troops will come to the hinterland of the Wu State, and you will not worry about the Wu State not going to the king, and you will wear Chinese clothes and surrender!"

……

Although Zhao Wuxian's idea is very grand, for the ocean, Zhao's retainers and diners are basically blinded, even the thieves are no exception. Only Xu Cheng had the experience of following Wu Chuan to attack the Yue people from the sea in the past, and he also commanded several small naval battles, so he was the only one to choose.

However, when Xu Cheng came to Langya, he realized that he was actually self-made......

There were few warships in the Ju Kingdom, and the ships of Onozawa could not be brought with them, so they could only rely on the mountainous and pine-lined Langya Hills to build slowly, and maybe they would have to be explained here for the next ten years.

Not to mention that his enemies are not only powerful, but also close at hand......

Zhao Wuxian's imaginary enemy at sea was not only the state of Wu in the south, but also the state of Qi in the north.

Although he was lucky enough to rely on tactics to defeat the Qi State Boat Division twice in the Great River and Jishui, the really powerful Qi State Shaohai Fleet, the Zhao family has not yet learned it!

As the only seagoing ship general who was ordered in danger, Xu Cheng also had a certain understanding of the current situation of Qi Guo's fleet. The state of Qi took advantage of the coastal advantage to greatly promote the benefits of fishing and salt, and was the most frequent and mature country in the maritime activities among the princes, and some fixed seaports also appeared.

The ancestor of the Qi State, Pinggong (Qi Jinggong), liked to play on the seaside, but was also deceived by the magicians, and once sent people to visit the legendary Three Immortal Mountains: Yingzhou, Abbot, and Penglai, although it ended in vain, but it also promoted the navigation industry of the Qi State.

Therefore, the sea ships of Qi country shuttle on the Shaohai Sea, from Zhifu (Yantai) in Donglai as the transit point, north to Jieshi of Yan State, south to Ju Guo Langxie has a north-south route, the protection of this route is the Shaohai Boat Division, and now this fleet has fallen into the hands of the Chen family, anchored in Zhifu Port. Fortunately, the Zhao family did not go to war with Chen and Bao, so there is no need to worry about them coming to Langya for the time being.

But anyone with a discerning eye knows that it is impossible for peace between Zhao and Qi to continue for a long time, judging from Zhao Wuxian's arrangement of the country and Gao Erqing, as well as the dispute between the two sides over the Hejian region, the war is not far away, maybe before the southern expedition to Wu, Xu Cheng's new fleet will have to fight with the Qi people first......

Thinking of this, Xu Cheng felt pressured, although Zhao Wuxian promised that Langya's salt, tribute, and commercial tax income would be used for shipbuilding and naval training, and the craftsman asked him to open his mouth, and new inventions such as ballistas would also be used on sea ships as soon as possible, but he was still worried.

Don't attack Qi and Wu when the time comes, the army is like a splitting bamboo, but his boat division is defeated, then you don't have to think about recovering Xu State, let's commit suicide by throwing yourself into the sea first!

What Xu Cheng didn't know was that in the original history, ten years later, Wu attacked Qi, and it was he, as the commander of the boat division, who went on an expedition to Qi from the distant Zhu Fang, but was defeated by the Qi fleet off the coast of Langya, which was the first naval battle recorded in history in China......

"Time is running out......," he sighed, deciding to start with the recruitment of sailors and the construction of the keel of the first ship at sea.

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When Zhao Wuxian planned his strategy against Wu, he laid out a long-term situation that lasted for ten years, but at the same time, he also had to pay close attention to Wu Wangfucha's movements. In case this stunned man resolutely went north to Song and Lu, then Zhao Wuxian could only put aside the split situation within the Jin Kingdom, as well as the surrounding Rong Di Bang Kingdom, which could be wantonly conquered, and take on the challenge of the husband......

Because the state of Lu is one of the two foundations of his domination of the princes, it must not be shaken! The same is true for the Song Kingdom and the Ju Kingdom, and what Zhao Wuxian eats in his stomach will never allow others to touch it. From this point of view alone, the contradictions between Zhao and Wu are almost irreconcilable, just as Wu and Qi fought for Song, Lu, and Sishang in the original history, Zhao and Wu must also have a battle!

However, as the time entered September, there was good news in the south: after breaking the Huiji and subduing the Yue State for half a year, Fucha finally couldn't help but send troops, and the direction pointed by Wu Renbing Feng was Chen Guo! The excuse is from the fact that Chen Guo did not help Wu attack Chu more than ten years ago, and then to the recent alliance of Chen Guo with Chu to attack Wu's State of Dun and Cai.

"Fucha, this is to re-liquidate the resentment formed in the Lu era......" Zhao Wuxian gloated about this, this will be the prelude to Wu Chu's competition for Chen and Cai, which is enough to tear up for several years.

Although Wu Zixu's comeback is bad news because it involves opposing the Chu State, since his husband almost went north to stir up trouble, Zhao Wuxian has the time and energy to trouble his neighbors...... (To be continued.) )