Chapter 24 The Yang of Pushui is prosperous

After Xiong Wuwei and Tail left, Xiao Chuan first consulted Senior Brother Yu, and then asked Zhuang Zhou for leave under the guidance of Senior Brother Yu, because it would take a few days to handle this matter, so Xiao Chuan specially asked Zhuang Zhou for leave for ten months. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Zhuang Zhou's impression of Xiaochuan is very good, not only approved Xiaochuan's leave, but also instructed him, "Xiaochuan, although you have not been in the beginning for a long time, but you have excellent qualifications, diligent and studious, very comforting for the teacher, although the teacher is allowed to take your leave, but don't forget to study when you go out, don't be negligent, if you need to do this trip, you can seek help from my disciples"

"Thank you, master, Xiao Chuan will definitely ask for help if you need it."

"Well, let's go back and get ready early."

"Thank you, Master"

Ogawa said goodbye to Zhuang Zhou and returned to his house.

At this moment, several senior brothers who got along well with Xiaochuan also came to see Xiaochuan off.

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The senior brothers left one after another, and Xiaochuan also began to pack his luggage, at this time, Senior Brother Wang Ziming came to Xiaochuan's house and asked, "Xiaochuan, listen to the senior brothers, Xiaochuan seems to have something important to go to defend the country?" ”

Xiao Chuan put down the burden that he had already packed at hand, and hurriedly greeted, "Yes, Senior Brother Ziming, Xiao Chuan has something to go to defend the country for a few days, so he asked the master for a few days off."

"Xiaochuan, I happen to be a patriot, why don't I go with you, it can be regarded as an old horse knowing the way, if I can help one or two, Ziming will do my best"

"Oh, it's really good, Xiao Chuan can't ask for it, since that's the case, then I'll go with my senior brother to ask for a master."

"Good"

The two went to Zhuang Zhou again.

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The next day, when the jade leak was still dripping, Xiaochuan and Wang Ziming packed up, each of them rode a fast horse, and rushed to Puyang, the capital of the country, in the starry night.

Yi Xiaochuan and Wang Ziming hurriedly whipped up, slept in the open air, and rushed to Puyang in a few days.

Puyang, because the Yang of Pushui is named Puyang, the Weiguo region is on the north bank of the modern Yellow River, the eastern foot of the Taihang Mountains, near the south of Hebi and the north of Xinxiang in Henan Province. It is the national capital of the country at the moment, and it is also the third national capital of the country.

Weiguo is a small vassal state during the Warring States Period, but it has withstood the experience of four changes of capital, Weiguo has gone through a total of more than 800 years, until Hu II was canceled the title, and the name Weiguo finally disappeared in the long river of history.

Ogawa also has thousands of years of experience and rich knowledge, and he already knows what to do about this trip to defend the country. Xiao Chuan and Wang Ziming led the horse to an inn in Puyang City.

Xiao Chuan smiled and said, "Senior brother, why is it that you and Xiao Chuan are at the point, don't you go home to see"

"Xiaochuan doesn't know, for his brother's family in the wild king, although this country is small, there are still so many cities" Wang Ziming smiled embarrassedly.

Xiao Chuan smiled and said, "Although Senior Brother's Patriotic Kingdom is not wide, it is an outstanding person, aren't that Wu Qi and Shang Ying your fellow countrymen?"

"Well, yes, Wu Qi and Shang Ying are both famous, and they are known to the princes," Wang Ziming also said with honor.

"Senior brother, don't say it's now, your fellow countryman is thousands of years later, and when people mention them, they are all praised."

"Ah, I hope so."

Xiaochuan smiled and thought, don't talk about the two of them, even the famous Lu Buwei in later generations is also your fellow countryman, your fellow countryman is a celebrity Cheeduo, even if later generations don't know why to defend the country, but everyone will not forget the good crane lost the country, the battle of Chengpu, the righteous extermination of relatives, the corpse admonishment Linggong, the mantis arm as a car, and the mulberry Pu are all known to women and children.

Therefore, after Xiao Chuan poured tea for Wang Ziming, he said, "Oh, in fact, think about it, senior brother, I envy you, how can you be regarded as an orthodox descendant of the country, that is the first Wei Hou Kang Uncle of your country, that is the orthodox grandson of King Wen of Zhou, but the ninth son of King Wen of Zhou's concubine, this concubine Tai Ji added a total of ten sons to King Wen, namely the eldest Uncle Yi Kao, the second Wu Wang Fa, the third Guan Shuxian, the old Zhou Gongdan, the fifth Cai Shudu, the sixth Cao Shu Zhenduo, the old Qicheng Shuwu, the eighth Huo Shu, and the old Jiu Kang Shufeng, that is, the first guard of your country, and the old ten seasons. ”

"Yes, in that year, Zhou Gongdan decided the rebellion of the three eunuchs, and Shu Kang was named the prince of the country, Ji Feng, and Uncle Kang was the guard, dividing the people of Yin Shang and protecting the Zhou royal family. Initially, Wei Guo was the song of the Ding capital Yin Shang, although it was only a candidate at the beginning, but several generations worked hard, and when Wei Wu waited, because the dog Rong killed the king of Zhou You, the Wei Hou and the generals went to, and Zhou Pingrong was very meritorious. King Zhou Ping named the Marquis of Wei as the Duke of Weiwu. At that time, it was also considered to be prominent among the princes, but the world has changed, the vicissitudes of life, how do you know that today's Weiguo has shrunk into a corner, and there are only a few cities left, except for Puyang, where we are now, there are basically not many cities" Wang Ziming said with a sigh.

"Well, but when I just entered the city, I also paid special attention to observe, and I found that Puyang City is not inferior to the capital of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, so it should be the same, although it is really a sparrow, although it is small, I don't know what kind of situation the wild king where my brother's family lives?"

"The Seven Heroes of the Warring States?" Wang Ziming wondered.

"Oh yes, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm used to calling that, the strongest country now, the Seven Heroes"

"Oh, I see, presumably Xiaochuan refers to the Qi Kingdom, the Three Jin Kingdoms, the Yan Kingdom, the Qin State and the Chu Kingdom"

"Yes, what does Senior Brother think?"

"Well, yes, these seven countries are indeed relatively rich and powerful, and the rest of the countries can't be compared with them, and the wild king is actually similar to the national capital Puyang, probably because the territory of the country is narrow, so there is not as much attention as those strong countries and big countries, so the cities are almost the same."

Wang Ziming continued without self-deprecation: "Yewang is also the same as Puyang, basically all choose a flat place to build, the bottom of the city wall is rammed earth, tired of square stone bricks, there is a week of moat outside the city, the outer city is basically a height of 100 meters, the width of the city wall is half of the height, the north wall and the south wall are about 2,000 meters long, and the east and west walls are about 4,000 meters long. In fact, the cities of the country are basically like this, I think it would be very convenient for the prince to move that day, as for the inner city, the prince is where the prince is located, and he is also a white coat, and he has never been lucky enough to enter, so he does not dare to say anything. ”

Xiao Chuan smiled: "Then maybe, what if your prince helped your family to your wild king that day?" ”

"Ah, that's really uncertain, but at this time, maybe before the prince moves, the country may be gone."

"Hey, senior brother, don't be too tired, maybe you are still the longest in this warring state?"

"If that's the case, it's good to defend the country"

The Warring States countries are constantly conquest, human life is like a mustard, and the big country is still precarious, not to mention the small country that defends the country, and it is unknown that it will overturn at any time, no wonder Wang Ziming thinks so, but Xiaochuan knows that Weiguo, precisely because it is not even a dish in the eyes of all countries, so it can be regarded as a pure land in troubled times, that is, when Qin destroyed the six countries to unify the world, he also retained the territory of Weiguo, but this is also because the princes of Weiguo are more aware of current affairs, or it is really a trivial matter to destroy Weiguo.

Ogawa said, "If things go well this time, Ogawa will want to go to the Wild King."

"Okay, that son can do the friendship of the landlord."

"Okay," Ogawa said.

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After the meal, Xiao Chuan prepared the items and came to Mrs. Wei's sister Wuyang County Guard's Mansion, Xiao Chuan gave the gatekeeper a little knife coins to buy off the gatekeeper, and after a while, an old man walked out, and said in front of him, "This is Mr. Yi, I heard that Mr. wants to see the master of my family, but the master recently sent an envoy to Zhao Guo"

Xiao Chuan smiled and took out a package and handed it to this person, "Then please ask the old man to give the two items in this bag to your wife" Saying that, Xiao Chuan took out a cloth bag and gave it to the old man, "A few gold, and I hope the old man will not blame him"

The old man accepted the gift, put the cloth bag in his clothes, and said with a smile, "Mr. Yi, later, the little old man will be Mrs. Ming."

After receiving the gift, the old man had to come back after a while, and said with a smile, "Madame is inconvenient to see each other in the house, Madame asks Mr. I don't know what I want, if it is convenient, try to help Mr. achieve one or two."

Xiao Chuan smiled and said, "Xiao Chuan is not talented, I got a white tiger skin a few days ago, I wanted to give it to Mrs. Weiguo, and it was convenient for me to trade, but no one recommended me."

The old man smiled and said, "That's the case, Mr. just leave the address, I will return to Mrs. first, if it happens, I will definitely go to find Mr."

Xiao Chuan said some kind words again before leaving.

In the inn, Xiaochuan saw that Wang Ziming was still there, and said with a smile, "Senior brother, why don't you go out for a walk?" ”

"Xiaochuan came back so quickly, I don't know how Xiaochuan's affairs are doing?"

"Hehe, it should be soon, let's go, senior brother, let's go around this Puyang City, or I'm sorry for the hard work of the two of us all the way" Xiaochuan pulled Wang Ziming to the city. Before Xiao Chuan left the inn, he gave the innkeeper some knife coins, and asked him to take care of one or two if anyone found him.

Puyang City is composed of two parts of the city and the corridor, from the construction of the city wall and the buildings in the city can still vaguely see the traces of Yangshao culture, Xiaochuan and Wang Ziming yesterday is from the Qishui Gate into Puyang, so this time the door went around to another road, along the way the two of them walked and looked, during which they passed by Dongguo Ji, went to the corner of the city, until the head of the south city stopped, Xiaochuan kept sighing "Senior brother, this Puyang is still good, you see the people coming and going on this road, bustling, really prosperous, I really can't see that the country is so prosperous."

"Yes, I think that the defense of the country was also heard by the princes back then, if it wasn't for the state rebellion, why would the defense of the country be now?"

"Oh, senior brother, what is the rebellion in the state?" Xiao Chuan is not particularly clear about small historical events, especially the history before Qin's unification of the Six Kingdoms.

"That's the case, on that day, Duke Zhuang married Chen Guonu as his wife, Chen Nu died early, and his sister Dai Concubine was favored by Duke Zhuang, and his son was made the prince. Zhuang Gong favored the concubine Zizhou to call for good soldiers, and Zhuang Gong ordered him to take charge of the army. Zhuang Gongxu, the crown prince ascended the throne, and the state called on Zheng Guogong's uncle Duan to kill Duke Huan. Zhou Hu established himself as the monarch of the country, and sent troops to help Gongshu Duan attack Zheng State, and at the same time invited Song, Chen, Cai and others to send troops together. And Shi Jie, the secretary of the Wei State, conspired with Chen Hou to kill the state and call for Pu. Yingli Huan's younger brother Jin is for Wei Xuangong. ”

"I see, that's really the misfortune of the Zhuang family"

"Hey, not only did the people suffer, but the defense of the country was also reduced to this."

"Hey, the concubine hasn't thought about it yet, and she will be a scourge, and she seems to be a fool."

"Hey, how rare are things like Wei Wugong," Wang Ziming sighed.

"Oh, that is the man of God whom everyone calls and praises, and commemorates the "Qi Ao" written by the world."

"Ah, the gods are a bit exaggerated, but Wei Wugong once said: People also have words, the philosopher is not stupid, vote for me with a peach, repay it with a li, be gentle and respectful to people, and the foundation of Weide."

"Hehe, I see, people have been many gentlemen since ancient times, so it is so"

"Where, where, don't hide from Xiaochuan, although there are many talents in later generations, there are a few people who can be lined with Qiao"

"Well, there are bandit gentlemen, such as cutting and learning, such as grinding, squeezing, and noisy! Filled with ears, it will be like a star. Embarrassed, embarrassed, there are bandits and gentlemen, and they can't be embarrassed! Xiao Chuan exclaimed, "It's really a good sentence for the ages."

After turning for a long time, the two of them were also a little tired, so they returned to the inn to rest.

In the early morning of the second day, someone from the county guard office arranged for Xiaochuan to enter the palace, and Yi Xiaochuan took out the items that had been prepared and rushed to the palace of King Wei with the visitor.