King Qi, oh, no, it should be called Emperor Qi now.

After receiving the letter from the front-line general, Emperor Qi immediately sent additional people to infiltrate the country of Yue to inquire about the news in many ways.

Hey, King Qi has just been proclaimed emperor, and his ambitions have swelled, not to mention that only half of the Wu Kingdom has been defeated at the moment, even the entire Wu Kingdom is difficult to satisfy his appetite, and it is swelling greatly.

Here I have to mention the other two kings who are emperors, their hearts should also be inflated, but their manifestations are completely different.

After the king of Qin became emperor, he went north to contact the Han clan of the Jin State, and the Korean-style bow and crossbow armor were all over the world, which was actively strengthening the armament;

At the same time, Xing troops went south, and several cities of Shu were captured, and then the two sides sat down to negotiate peace, and finally Shu ceded land and paid compensation, and Qin took a piece of land from its hands, which was rich in copper and iron.

The Chu State is simpler, after the king of Chu became emperor, he suppressed and gathered the aristocratic forces, and constantly improved the status of the royal family, although his ambition did not affect the rest of the country, but it should not be underestimated.

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The external environment is like this, let's go back to Dayue.

The Dayue Imperial Court has not been idle recently, and at the suggestion of Lu Zhi, it is preparing to hold a large-scale event of national competition in the New Year.

All walks of life in agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and sideline fishery can participate in this activity, as long as there is a unique job, you can come, and the custody is famous and has tangible benefits.

It adopts the imperial examination model, where the cities compete first, and the winner advances;

Then there is a competition divided into four regions: northern, southern, western and capital, and the winners go to Beijing to show their talents, and even have the opportunity to see the sky.

If the farmer has a unique job in his hand, he can get a wooden ox and a flowing horse after registering and making a book, which is infinitely powerful, and can work for at least five people;

Orion's prizes are a variety of weapons, the most eye-catching are some strong bows and crossbows, and even Lu's strong crossbows, which are unique to the army and are rare to see on weekdays;

Herdsmen reward the beast ring, which is the most stringent, and the person who receives the reward must not only go through the identity review, but also join a newly established department under the Ministry of War;

Fishermen can get cement boats of all sizes, and the imperial court also provides free maintenance and trade-in.

Of course, the above are all Lu Zhi's proposals, and the rest will be handed over to the scholars and others for detailed study, and the selection will officially start when everything is properly considered.

Yes, this activity is said to be a competition, but in fact it is a selection, and the main purpose is to attract talents for the imperial court.

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Lu Zhi's side is not without things to do, the people have competitions, and the army naturally can't be left behind, he means to engage in a big competition, and then combine it with military exploits to issue rewards.

King Yue fully supported this, but he had other requirements, and he hoped that Lu Zhi would be able to take Prince Zheng with him.

Lu Zhi understood as soon as he heard it, isn't it just to accompany the prince to study and pave the way for the prince.

So the big contest became the prince of politics inspecting the armies of various places, issuing rewards, and rewarding the three armies.

This matter is a little embarrassing to say, the construction of the Northern Army was presided over by Lu Zhi, and later it has been commanded by Lu Yi, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the Lu family army;

The western border army was also pulled by Lu Zhi, and later handed over to General Zhang;

The army in the south is the weakest, and it has not fought any battles, but this is the only descendant of Prince Zheng, after all, the queen's mother family was sent to the south by the king of Yue, and this team was recently trained by them.

Hey, how can I say it, after all, it is Lu Zhi's military power that is too strong.

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Approaching the New Year, everything was ready to stop, and Lu Zhi took Prince Zheng to start the review trip, and they took the horse fairy palace this time, and they were very comfortable along the way.

Oh, by the way, the destination of the first stop is Golden Scale City, it's almost the New Year, and King Yue is also more sympathetic, thinking about reuniting Lu Zhi and his brothers by the way.

On the carriage, Prince Zheng was reading and writing, and Lu Zhi was reading some idle books next to him, such as biographies and mythological stories.

"Brother-in-law, how true do you say the stories told in mythological stories are?" After doing his homework, Prince Zheng leaned over to Lu Zhi and glanced at the book in his hand a few times, and then asked.

"Hey, that's hard to say." Lu Zhi showed Prince Zheng a story with a folded corner, which was about the sacred bird Suzaku.

"There are countless birds in the world, and there are many red ones, and I am afraid that this red bird was made up by people after seeing the red bird."

"Maybe." Many of the myths and stories here are similar to the world before Lu Zhi traveled through them, and this is the reason why he folded this page of stories.

However, right now, he took the opportunity to talk to Prince Zheng about Suzaku for another reason, "Tricks, do you know?" ”

Prince Zheng nodded quickly, "I know, my father likes mechanical techniques very much, but he doesn't have skills. ”

Seeing that Prince Zheng was so active, Lu Zhi immediately thought of something, "It's not that my brother-in-law is hiding his secrets, others really can't learn this trick." ”

Prince Zheng nodded, slightly disappointed, "I know, my father said it." ”

"Hmm." Lu Zhi thought for a moment, took out the wood and carving knife from his arms, and made a trap bird on the spot, "This, you know." ”

"Yes." Prince Masato took the trap and teased him, and his mood improved a lot.

"When I was a child, I was not in good health, so I could only return to my hometown, live in the ancestral tomb and pray for the blessing of my ancestors, this stay is twenty years younger......" Taking advantage of the fact that Prince Zheng was fiddling with the flying birds, Lu Zhi talked about his "life experience".

"One day, maybe it's the blessing of my ancestors, and I will find that I am different from ordinary people......"

"Is it immortal?" Prince Zheng was very excited, "Is it the kind that my brother-in-law held me on the day of the council hall?" ”

Lu Zhi was stunned for a moment, "√, that's it, I don't know how it came about, anyway, it suddenly happened." ”

"Uh......" Prince Zheng hesitated, "Brother-in-law, in fact, my father has read the secret books of the royal family, and similar things have been recorded, but the age is very old, if it weren't for your appearance, it might be a myth and legend." ”

I am a system, and it should be different from what is recorded in the secret books of the royal family, but when I think of the sea of blood and the corpse of the gods, Lu Zhi is not sure, there may be anything.

"Hey, don't talk about that, I can't figure it out anyway." Lu Zhi waved his hand, "Let's still talk about the Vermilion Bird, you said that if you magnify the Flying Bird by ten million times, will you be able to create something similar to the Vermilion Bird?" ”

"Suzaku?" Prince Masa's eyes lit up, "Is it okay?" ”

"Theoretically, there is no problem." Lu Zhi took out the drawings that had been prepared a long time ago, "Look, we only need to magnify the flying bird in equal proportions, and it should be enough." ”

"Then, let's empty the bird's belly, and then there will be a lot of space in it, and there will be a lot of things, and it's no problem to release people."

"In other words, it can transport troops and ......materials," Lu Zhi smiled, "The key is that it can travel the whole world by taking this one." ”

Prince Masa: "!! ”