Until leaving the palace, Xiang He and Xiang Tuo had not recovered from their huge chagrin, the moment they walked out of the palace gate, the two couldn't help but glance at each other, and then sighed at the same time, whether they wanted to or not, the move to the capital was already a foregone conclusion, because the king was talking about the decision, not asking for their opinions.

But for Xiang He and Xiang Tuo, moving the capital is indeed a little unacceptable.

Cause? Isn't that obvious? Xiang He and Xiang Tuo are both from the Chu State, and the foundation of the Chu people is in Jiangdong, if the capital is moved to the Central Plains, then wouldn't they, the Chu people, be living in a foreign land? Wouldn't the Wei people in the Central Plains be able to make a profit? Moreover, the queen is also a native of Wei, and it is conceivable that after the capital is moved, the Wei people will definitely rise to power.

Of course, Xiang He and Xiang Tuo's reluctance to move the capital also have their own small calculations.

Xiang He and Xiang Tuo are the Marquis of Che, and they are the children of the Xiang clan, and they are in a high position, so they are not only powerful, but also rich, both of them have a large number of industries in Ziling and Wu County, if the capital is moved, these industries will be greatly affected, and the existing income will shrink significantly, which makes the two of them very painful.

Xiang Tuo couldn't help but complain: "Really, what is a good move?" ”

"Forget it, don't complain." Xiang He sighed, "King Chrysostom, since we have decided to move the capital, you and I are ready to move the capital by edict, don't think about anything else, you don't have to make the king unhappy, alas." ”

Looking at Xiang He's distant back, the corners of Xiang Tuo's mouth bloomed with a trace of disdain, what a coward, if you don't go to me, no matter what, you have to persuade the king to take back his life, thinking of this. Xiang Tuo didn't hesitate anymore, and as soon as he beckoned, a family member carried a sedan chair forward, Xiang He bent down into the sedan chair, and said in a deep voice: "Go to the big arena." ”

Xiang Tuo knew that there was a grand gladiatorial performance in the Grand Arena today.

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The Ziling Arena was completed just last year, and it is circular in shape, enough to accommodate tens of thousands of spectators. Even the circular sand field in the center of the arena is large enough to accommodate hundreds of gladiators to compete in the same field.

Since the introduction of the gladiatorial arena in Xiangzhuang, this kind of bloody and violent gladiatorial fighting has become the most popular entertainment activity in the Chu State. Whether it is the emperor's relatives, dignitaries, giant businessmen, or ordinary people, or even beggars on the street, they are all madly obsessed with this kind of entertainment. Therefore, every time there is a gladiatorial fight, it is almost full.

The specifications of today's gladiatorial competition are very high, the four gladiatorial enclosures of Shujun, Qianzhong, Yuzhang, and Huiji, the four gladiatorial enclosures, are all elite, and the two local gladiatorial enclosures in Ziling have also sent the best gladiators, as well as the barbarian fighters bought from Liaodong at a large price, which can be said to be a gathering of masters.

Even the ceremonial battle when the gladiatorial arena was first completed was not as grand as this one.

There is only one reason why today's gladiatorial fight has such a high standard, that is, today is the twentieth birthday of Xiang Zhuang's favorite concubine Ji Jieyu, who is the favorite youngest daughter of Minyue Wang Ji Wuzhu. As the state of Chu became stronger and stronger, in order to protect himself, the king of Minyue, Ji Wuzhu, had no choice but to dedicate Ji Jieyu to Xiang Zhuang as a concubine.

Ji Jieyu did not live up to her father's expectations, and with her outstanding appearance, graceful figure and dancing posture, she quickly won Xiang Zhuang's heart. was canonized as a concubine.

On the VIP seats of the north stand, Concubine Ji, who had never experienced such a grand scene, was so excited that her face was crimson, and she greeted the surrounding stands again and again, and the audience in the stands around cheered one after another, in the minds of the subjects of Chu State, the beautiful and noble Concubine Ji Guifei undoubtedly represented the royal family of Chu State. Totally worth their cheers.

Gao Ying is a distant brother of Liang Guogong Gao Chu, and he is also the owner of the Ziling Royal Gladiatorial Enclosure, Gao Ying got up from his seat with a smile, bent down slightly and said to Concubine Ji: "Concubine Niangniang, please give orders." Concubine Ji was slightly disappointed and asked, "Why, isn't the king coming?" ”

Xiang Tuo, who was sitting in the VIP seat on the other side, said: "Niangniang, the king has something important to discuss with the military advisor, and he can't come." ”

Concubine Ji sighed, she didn't care too much, she got up and walked to the stands, stretched out her white jade-like hand, and gently raised her palm upward, and the surrounding stands suddenly burst into tsunami-like cheers, because they knew that the exciting gladiatorial performance was about to begin!

The iron gate on the south side of the circular sand field slowly rose, and the two teams of guards held long horns, from which they burst out, and the sound of the horns was low and distant in a moment, and in the continuous sound of the horns, the iron gates on the east side of the sand field also rose one after another, and more than a dozen gladiators wearing iron armor and holding various weapons came out of it.

These gladiators were all selected from thousands of barbarians, slaves or prisoners by the gladiatorial enclosure masters, and after a long period of gladiatorial training, one race was taller, one stronger than the other, especially the crotch was simply wrapped in a linen strip, which looked extraordinarily huge, and immediately attracted the screams of countless young women or girls in the surrounding stands.

Driven by the frenzied atmosphere in the stands, more than a dozen gladiators also began to become excited, one by one raising their large shields, heavy swords, giant hammers, javelins or iron forks in their hands, showing off their grave muscles, opening their lion-like bloody mouths, and roaring hysterically at the surrounding stands, and the north stands attracted a particularly large number of roars.

On the north stand, Concubine Xi's heart was beating wildly, and her raised hand fell suddenly.

In the next moment, the iron gate on the west side of the circular battlefield also slowly rose, and more than a hundred unkempt barbarians, dressed in animal skins, and armed with all kinds of rudimentary weapons, rushed out of it, and their eyes were fierce and hideous, and they threw themselves into the eyes of the surrounding stands, revealing undisguised killing.

A sound of inhalation suddenly sounded in the stands around the building, and then cheers resounded in the sky.

In the midst of the tsunami-like cheers, more than a hundred barbarians had already rushed towards the more than a dozen gladiators on the opposite side.

This gladiatorial performance will simulate the battle of Meishan, more than ten elite gladiators represent the remnants of the Chu State who were trapped in Meishan, and more than 100 barbarians represent the 700,000 army of Liu Bang, the king of Han, the audience likes to watch this epic battle, the king of Chu led thousands of remnants to face the battle of Meishan of hundreds of thousands of coalition troops, which is undoubtedly the most gorgeous movement.

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"The king, the minister thinks it's better to move the capital to Luoyang." Bai Lixian made it clear.

Seeing that Xiang Zhuang was still a little undecided, Baili Xian said again: "Compared with Luoyang, Daliang has a more suitable geographical location, and it can also drive the revival of the five counties of Liangdi, but Daliang is surrounded by plains, which is not conducive to defense militarily, and Luoyang is choked in the west of the Han Valley, the east is in the tiger prison, and the north is a river and natural danger, which can be said to be impregnable." ”

After a pause, Bai Lixian said again: "Also, if the capital is moved, the city walls, palaces, residences and city fortifications and other facilities of the beam need to be rebuilt, which will take at least three years, and the rumor of moving the capital has already spread, if it is delayed for three years, the minister is worried that there will be changes." ”

Xiang Zhuang was stunned when he heard this, he really didn't expect this.

Bai Lixian said again: "King, the matter of moving the capital should be urgent rather than delayed, and it should be sooner rather than later." ”

"Ziliang, what you said is reasonable, but the widow owes it to consideration." Xiang Zhuang nodded and said, "Okay, then the capital Luoyang, you draft the edict for the widow, and all the ministries will prepare immediately, and the capital must be moved to Luoyang within six months!" ”

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The gladiatorial show of the Colosseum has entered.

Although the barbarians are numerous, and all of them are strong, ferocious and murderous, they are all good and bad after all, and lack the ability to cooperate in combat, on the other hand, more than a dozen gladiators, although there are few people, but they are all elites in the gladiatorial enclosures, almost all of them are the victorious generals of the gladiatorial arenas of each county, and they are well-trained and skilled in cooperation. ..., so it seems that the barbarians have the absolute upper hand on the scene, and a dozen gladiators seem to be in a bad situation, but in fact, it is not at all, every time a dozen gladiators see blood, they are not injured, and once a hundred or so barbarians see blood, they are either throats or hearts, or simply corpses.

After more than half an hour of fierce fighting, there were only about a dozen barbarians left, but there were still six gladiators, and the gap in the number of the two sides was not so obvious, and the gladiatorial performance finally entered the end, because these dozen or so barbarians were all really good players, and the remaining six gladiators were also the elite of the elite.

"Roar!" A barbarian smashed out with a punch, and the gladiator's shield shattered in response, and the iron fist of the bowl was inexhaustible, and slammed on the gladiator's face, and although the spectators in the stands around could not hear the sound of bones shattering, they could clearly see that the gladiator's head was suddenly shattered, and his brain was mixed with broken bones and flew in all directions.

However, the gladiator's sword before death also cut open the barbarian's abdominal cavity, and the barbarian's abdominal cavity suddenly cracked, and a section of bloody intestines suddenly flowed out of it, and the barbarian screamed and desperately tried to stuff the overflowing intestines back, but more intestines overflowed from it, and the scene was extremely bloody.

"......" The spectators in the stands around them suddenly shouted and fell into hysterical madness.

Concubine Ji was also flushed with excitement, she liked such bloody scenes, she liked this kind of gladiatorial performance full of violent beauty, there was no reason, she just liked it, when she saw a strong barbarian or gladiator fall in a pool of blood, or be cut off by the head, she was so excited that her soul trembled.

Looking at the beautiful and fragrant concubine with a pink face and a crimson face, the corners of Xiang Tuo's mouth couldn't help but smile a little, maybe he could let the king take back his life through the concubine, you need to know that there are prosperous markets and exciting gladiatorial performances in Ziling, but there is nothing in Luoyang or Daliang, there is nothing but dust and dirt. (Your support on this site is my biggest motivation.) )