Compared with the Qin State, the military strength of the Chu State may not be victorious, but the overall strength is obviously far superior to the Qin State. Standing on the bow of the ship and looking at the shadow of the sail that catches the sky, you can know how developed the economy of Chu is, which is absolutely not seen in Qin.

Ji Yao was able to arrange a special building ship to be on standby at any time in Sandalwood, and now that he has arrived in Chu State, he is naturally more prepared. After bypassing the large shadow of the sails, the ship sailed into an artificially dug channel. By this time, the boatmen had put away their oars and sails, and threw a large number of cables towards the shore on both sides, and a group of slender men came to take the ropes and put them on the cattle and horses to pull the boat forward.

The berth for the royal family is not deep, and when you enter from the mouth of the canal, you can go up less than 100 meters to a large area of open water. Looking at the surrounding environment, this should be a naturally formed protrusion by the Yellow River, which artificially blocked the river outside, so such an inner harbor was formed.

At this time, there were no less than thirty ships of all sizes parked in the inner harbor, among which their building ships could only be regarded as medium, and the largest one was obviously a sea ship, with countless circular windows on both sides of the high freeboard, and the exterior was covered with iron armor, which looked very much like a cannon door, but the number was a little scary.

The ship slid over the stern of the large ship, which was more than twice as long as them, and changed into the port at a berth on the inside of the harbor, a seemingly simple process that took about half an hour. The main reason is that the interior of the port must be built open enough, so unlike the channel position, which can be directly towed by cables, and there are no motorized tugboats on the Shenzhou Continent, it is indeed quite troublesome to let the human-driven sailboats accurately park at the berth.

Once the ship is in place, the rest is simple. Because it is a special berth, the outside trestle is naturally designed to match the height of the hull, and the carriage can be driven up directly, without the assistance of a crane, and the labor here is also abundant, and there are even animal power mechanisms that rely on low-level monsters such as water rhinoceros to assist in unloading the ship, and the speed is naturally much faster than that of a purely artificial wharf.

Of course, God bless them without waiting to unload the ship. As soon as the boat came to a stop, the carriage drove straight down.

Counting it, this is not the first time that Tianyou has entered the realm of Chu State, not even two, three or four times, they have been in and out of the realm of Chu several times when they were with Xiyan before, but that was more than ten years ago, if it was an ordinary child, it would definitely not be left at all, but Tianyou is a traverser, and the sound comes with memory, and he naturally knows that he has been here many times.

This dragon boat ferry Tianyou also came twice back then, but it seems that this scale is several times larger than back then. I have to say that the development strategy of the Chu State is very correct, and the strategy of the Qin State that is dedicated to the development of armaments will most likely end up being as strong as Mao Xiong, and although the strategy of the Chu State cannot see the change in strength in the short term, the longer the time, the more powerful it can show. After all, the country is not a simple military group, just like practicing martial arts must first practice the body, without a good body, no matter how clever the martial arts are, they can't play with power. At this point, the Chu State is obviously more clever than the Qin State, at least Tianyou, as a traverser, can clearly see this. Of course, apart from himself, among the local natives of the Shenzhou Continent, even the King of Chu himself could not be completely convinced that his development strategy must be right.

After arriving in Chu State, Ji Yao seemed to relax, and the convoy slowly left the dock area and headed straight for Daxing Town. This Daxing town is the largest market town near Longchuandu, and the county government of Daxing County, to which Longchuandu belongs, is here. Although there are places to stay at the ferry, except for the merchants who are about to depart, most people will not choose to stay at the pier, after all, it is so lively that it looks like a construction site during the day and night, and it is really not a good place to rest.

As a princess, Ji Yao naturally would not wronged herself, and the convoy drove out of the dock area without stopping, but they did not go to Daxing County either. The convoy walked along the road to Daxing County, and after a while, it suddenly turned a corner and drove towards a hill about ten feet high next to it.

This mountain stands on the halfway road between Longchuan Ferry and Daxing Town, and the two sides of the ferry and the road are very steep, and ordinary people have to use their hands and feet to go up, which is slightly better than the cliff. Only the slope in this direction of the road is relatively better, and the steps are specially built, and the car cannot go up, but people and horses can go up.

"This mountain stands on the bank of the Yellow River, and it looks like a watchtower. Because Ji Yao had obviously relaxed her vigilance around her, Tianyou didn't cooperate with her to hide in the car. At this time, he was sitting on the wheel, and when he saw the mountain, he sighed.

The maid next to her didn't say anything, but the captain of the guard who was guarding the side of the car introduced: "This mountain was originally a military camp, specially designed to defend the dragon boat ferry. Once the dragon boat ferry is attacked, whether it is to immediately go forward to support or to respond according to the guard, it will have a miraculous effect. There is also a beacon tower on the mountain, which can notify the rear of the alarm at any time. In the year of flooding, it can also serve as a warning of water conditions and evacuation. ”

Tianyou nodded and said: "You can attack and retreat, you can defend it, you can do it for civilian use in natural disasters, and you can do it for military use in times of man-made disasters, it is indeed a good place." ”

The guard was obviously also a talkative person, and he chatted with Tianyou all the way. Tianyou didn't know much about the situation in Chu State, and it was very scattered, so he just took this opportunity to ask some information about what he wanted to know. Of course, what a guard can know is something that everyone knows, and it is unrealistic to expect to get news from him about the King of Chu's side.

The convoy turned a fork in the road and walked for a while, and it was at the foot of the mountain. The mountain was not big, but they only came to the back of the mountain after half a circle. I saw that the mountain was almost like a cliff on both sides of the ferry and the main road, but after going around this half circle, I found that the direction of the northbound ferry was actually steeper than those two sides, and there was really only a certain slope in the direction of the main road. According to the guard, this slope is not all natural, but a certain big man who passed by hundreds of years ago discovered the military value of this place, so he mobilized the people to pile up a barely passable slope behind the mountain, so that there is such a stronghold.

There are no excavators on the Shenzhou Continent, and the slope that relies on manpower to resist the pile is naturally steep and narrow. The convoy naturally couldn't go up to the foot of the mountain, but fortunately there was a camp at the bottom of the mountain.

This place was originally used as a military fortress, but because the overall pattern of the Shenzhou Continent has not changed much after the Great War, under the peace of more than a thousand years, it is inevitable that there will be some civilian development trends in many places, especially in a commercially developed country like Chu.

At the foot of the mountain, this place was originally only built a circle of wooden villages, which is the first layer of the gateway to the fortress on the mountain, and is used to park cars and horses by the way. However, because there was no fighting all year round, the camp began to expand continuously, and now a large number of houses and residential areas have been built. According to this trend, I am afraid that it will be connected with Daxing Town in another hundred years.

Ji Yao actually has a special room in this ghost place. In fact, the main body is a special inn, which only receives high-ranking officials and dignitaries. The decoration is naturally much more luxurious than the general inn, the important thing is to be clean, and the people are particularly professional.

God bless them with no luggage here, and they settle down quickly. Although Ji Yao brought a lot of things, she didn't have to worry about it, and she didn't even need to ask, naturally someone commanded people to arrange everything properly.

As if pinching a point, as soon as they settled down, a group of sergeants came from outside the hotel. The entourage consciously stopped outside the door, only for the first person to walk in, and did not ask for directions, he went straight to Ji Yao's guest room on the third floor, and the Ji Yao guards standing on the stairs did not stop him, obviously knowing this person.

After coming to the third floor, this person was not as reckless as downstairs, listening to the staircase, he said aloud to Ji Yao's door from afar: "The town guard of Longya Fort is Zhenghua to meet the princess." ”

Of course, Ji Yao wouldn't answer, but the door opened. A maid stood at the door and raised her hand slightly at Fang Zhenghua to make a gesture to invite in, and at the same time said, "The princess, please come in and speak." ”

"Princess Xie. That Fang Zhenghua hurriedly walked into the house, and was led by the maid all the way to the room where Ji Yao was before kneeling down on one knee again.

After some etiquette, Ji Yao went directly to the topic and asked Fang Zhenghua: "There is a small Jiaye Temple nearby, have you ever heard of it?"

That Fang Zhenghua plopped, and the body that had just stood up knelt there directly, and this time it was not kneeling on one knee, but directly lying there with both hands and feet. This is basically about to catch up with the five-body throwing ceremony.

"The princess atoned for her sins, the little Jiaye Temple is not far from the Dragon's Tooth Fort, and the young general is ....... ”

Ji Yao raised her hand to interrupt Fang Zhenghua's explanation, "Go and bring people to Ping." ”

Fang Zhenghua shuddered for a moment, but still asked, "Then what are those people going to do?"

This time, Ji Yao hesitated slightly, and then said: "Dismiss those people who have been deceived and send them to the borders of various places." The third generation is not allowed to move. ”

"The young general commanded. ”

Fang Zhenghua was about to go out, but there was a sudden scolding from the guards on the stairs outside, and then he heard someone shouting at the top of the stairs: "Yin Lu Changping of Daxing County asks to see the princess." ”

"Let him in. ”

When the guards heard the voice, they immediately moved to both sides and let Lu Changping pass.

"Yin Lu Changping of Xiaguan Daxing County visited the princess. Although this Lu Changping looked very anxious, he still saluted politely and thoughtfully, and it wasn't until Ji Yao asked him to get up that he immediately rushed to say with some rudeness: "I heard that Niangniang met a few thieves who claimed to be cultivators in Xiaojiaye Temple on the road, but I don't know if there is such a thing?"

Ji Yao nodded lightly, "There is such a thing." I'm asking General Fang to go and level the little Kaye Temple. ”

"Mother, no. Lu Changping hurriedly stopped.

Ji Yao's expression remained unchanged, but her tone was a little cold, "Why not?"

"Back to my mother. This small Jiaye Temple doesn't matter, if it's usual, it's flat, it's flat, but after all, it's a Buddhist force. A few days ago, we had that incident with the Buddha Gate, and at this time, I am afraid that the Buddha Gate will not be able to get over the face, and there will be another trouble. Please think for me and the people, and bear with me for the time being!"

Lu Changping thought that Ji Yao would retreat because of the big hat she buttoned, but who knew that she did the opposite, not only did she not have the slightest intention of restraint, but exploded in an instant like a cannon battle that was ignited.

Bang, Ji Yao slapped the Eight Immortals table next to him directly into a piece of wood, and even the floor under his feet was pierced by the table legs through a few holes and directly into the guest room on the first floor below.

"Lu Changping. You are the county Yin of my Great Chu, not the cultivation of Buddhism. Let me hear you mention the Buddha's set of submissive things, be careful of your dog's head. ”

With a pop, Lu Changping was already frightened and fell directly to the ground, he didn't expect Ji Yao to have such a big reaction. He is not an ordinary county Yin, to be exact, he should be regarded as Ji Yao's talent, otherwise with his identity, he would not dare to say this to Ji Yao today no matter what. Don't look at him as a county Yin, he is a heaven-like existence in this county, but compared with Ji Yao, he is at least several levels worse, not to mention that Ji Yao herself is not an ordinary concubine, this is a genuine fairy from Zixiao Palace, even if you don't look at the identity of the princess, it is not something he can accuse casually.

Looking at Lu Changping, who was trembling on the ground, Ji Yao snorted coldly and didn't pay attention to him anymore, and turned to Fang Zhenghua on the side and said, "Go, turn the whole Xiaojiaye Temple over for me, and let those bald donkeys know that my Da Chu is not a place where they can stretch out their claws casually." ”

"The subordinates obeyed. Holding his fists to receive the order, Fang Zhenghua glanced at Lu Changping who was lying on the ground again, and then turned around and left quickly to do something for Ji Yao. It seems that this small Kaye temple really can't stay.

The Shenzhou Continent is different from the earth, and whether it is the Buddhism or the Immortal Gate here, it cannot be regarded simply as some kind of religious organization. Neither Zixiao Palace nor Buddhism is a religious group under the rule of a certain country, they are interest groups that are above the state and have complete political, economic, and military autonomy.

It is precisely because Buddhism and Xianmen are really powerful groups, so this small Jiaye Temple cannot be regarded as an ordinary temple, his status is more like an embassy or even a concession, and within its control, it can even partially distort the national law and royal power of the Chu State, which is by no means comparable to ordinary temples. If it weren't for this, no matter how bold those black-clothed people were, they would never dare to come to spy on the princess of their country because of the abbot's words, because the Buddhism of this world has been completely materialized, and it is a real regime like the Chu State, but the name is different.

Waiting for Fang Zhenghua to leave, Ji Yao glanced at Lu Changping at his feet again, and wanted to scold a few more words, but after thinking about it, he slowed down and said, "Get up." You are also a disciple of my immortal sect, how can you think like those ordinary people? What kind of temperament is Buddhism, those mortals don't understand, don't you understand? If you give way today, he will be able to force you to the edge of the cliff tomorrow, and then what will you do? Turn around and jump down?"

"The immortal chief forgives the sin, and the disciple knows that he is wrong. The disciple was also confused for a while!" Lu Changping didn't even call the subordinate official, and directly changed his name to the disciple to get closer. Although he did not learn art in Zixiao Palace, his mother was a disciple of Zixiao Palace, and he was sent to Chu State to do some contact with Chu State because of his poor qualifications and little room for growth. Lu Changping, as a descendant of the people of Zixiao Palace, although he was unable to enter Zixiao Palace because of his worse qualifications, he also received tacit permission to practice the simplified version of Zixiao Palace's mental method, so he dared to give Ji Yao advice like that before. It's not because of the estranged relationship, it's precisely because he feels that he is Ji Yao's 'own person' that he dares to say that. It's just that I didn't expect to stab myself half to death by stabbing the hornet's nest.

Seeing that he admitted his mistake and had a good attitude, Ji Yao didn't pursue it anymore, educated him a few more sentences, and then revealed the matter. Lu Changping didn't resist, he stood there like a child who made a mistake and listened carefully to Ji Yao educating him like a child. Originally, don't look at Ji Yao's white little face, it looks like it's less than thirty, it's true that his mother is Ji Yao's junior. The age of the fairy can't be judged by her appearance, and her grandfather hasn't given birth to it when she becomes famous. What's wrong with being reprimanded by such an elder?

"Alright, you don't have to pestle there. Go to the county government and assign some people to help Fang Zhenghua deal with the relocation of those foolish people. ”

"Yes, disciple, let's do it. Immortal Chief, you should also have a good rest. ”

Ji Yao didn't answer again, and waved his hand to drive him out. After hearing the sound of Lu Changping going downstairs, he said to the maid on the side: "I'll go out for a walk and ask people to change the floor, tables and chairs." ”

"Yes, Princess. The maid whispered.

Ji Yao, who went out, did not go elsewhere, but transferred to the outside of Tianyou's room.

Knock Knock...... "God bless, are you resting?"

Tianyou didn't feel much, but now he can replace sleep with practice, and he naturally has less time to actually lie down and sleep. Although it was a bit tiring to travel during this time, they were docked in the early hours of the morning, and it was just after dawn, so it was really not the time to sleep. Hearing the knock on the door, Tianyou, who was meditating and practicing, immediately opened his eyes, and when he heard that it was Ji Yao outside the door, he quickly answered, turned over and jumped out of bed, walked quickly to the door and opened the door.

"Bi You Immortal Chief. ”

Ji Yao paused for a moment and lamented: "Don't you still refuse to call your mother?" Without waiting for Tianyou to answer, she said again: "Hey...... Forget it, let's not talk about that. My mother has something to say to you, come in first and close the door. After speaking, without waiting for Tianyou to react, Ji Yao walked into the room by herself, and the maid behind her consciously stood outside the door and did not follow up.

Tianyou nodded and smiled at the maid outside the door, and closed the door after the other party saluted. Back in the house, Ji Yao was already sitting at the table, as if she was looking around the room.

Sure enough, as soon as Tianyou came over, Ji Yao asked, "Didn't you rest just now?"

"The disciples already have little feeling, and after they started to practice the Sect's mental method, they are even more energetic and have no intention of sleeping, so the disciples generally only sleep for one or two hours a day, and the rest of the time is replaced by practicing the method of breathing. ”

Ji Yao nodded lightly, stretched out her hand to make a gesture to pull him, Tianyou was stunned for a moment, but after thinking about it, he obediently walked over and handed his hand to her.

Ji Yao took his hand and guided him to sit down on the stool, and then did not let go of his hand, but began to lower his head and stroke his hand. Looking at her movements, Tianyou felt extremely twisted in her heart, in terms of appearance alone, Ji Yao is like a twenty-five or sixteen-year-old big sister, and her appearance is dignified and beautiful, with three points of nobility and two points of coldness, to be honest, it is a hundred times more beautiful than the PS photos of those Internet celebrities after opening a bunch of special effects. But no matter how beautiful it is, Tianyou knows in his heart that this is actually. Even if you don't want to admit it in your heart, I'm afraid that this blood relationship can't be avoided. No way, who called him a soul piercing? This body was not brought from the earth, and there must always be real parents in this world. But the more he knew this, the more uncomfortable he felt.

Obviously, seeing that it was a big beauty who was making an intimate move to him that exceeded normal etiquette, Tianyou did not have the slightest sense of intimacy between relatives towards Ji Yao in his heart. But reason told him that this was his biological mother, so there was a contradiction between his reason and instinct, so that he obviously wanted to withdraw his hand but didn't know whether to do it or not.

"That ......" Seeing that Ji Yao was actually addicted to grabbing his hand and touching it, Tianyou couldn't help it, so he simply reminded: "I don't know ...... the immortal chief came to find the disciple?"

As if she had just remembered what was going on, Ji Yao raised her head and asked, "A few days ago, I asked my mother to speed up the convoy and didn't let you get out of the car, you didn't hold a grudge against your mother, right?"

Hearing Ji Yao's question, Tianyou immediately understood her intention, and quickly shook his head and explained, "No." The disciple knew that it was to shake off the tail behind him, and it was a necessary arrangement for my safety, but the disciple didn't understand the immortal chief's intentions and caused you some trouble, and it was the disciple who should apologize. ”

After listening to Tianyou's words, Ji Yao patted Tianyou's hand with a relieved face and said, "It's good that you understand, I'm still worried that you don't understand that your mother will hold a grudge against your mother!" After chatting for a while, Ji Yao suddenly changed the topic and asked Tianyou: "Do you know why I brought you back this time?"

Tianyou was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and asked, "You didn't want to bring me back...... Do you want me to come back and confess my relatives?"

Ji Yao knew that Tianyou couldn't call out the word "father" when she changed her words temporarily, but she didn't say much, but continued the previous topic.

"That's one of them. In fact, the main purpose of bringing you back this time is to let you meet the ministers and relatives of the clan, so as to prepare you for the inheritance of the unification in the future. ”

Tianyou had always had doubts about Ji Yao's original intention of coming to Chu by herself, because her attitude was too tough, and she decided to do so even though she knew that it was dangerous. But now that he heard this explanation, he somewhat understood Ji Yao's thoughts.

The king of Chu has been childless for many years, and now the outside world has even secretly stood in line, ready to support the two descendants of the Chu royal family to inherit the throne of the monarch. One of the most important reasons why the son of the world named Mi Tianying, whom Tianyou met last time, was so arrogant and domineering was because he was likely to become the future king of Chu, so he would be so unpopular.

But in fact, the king of Chu is not really childless, although most of the children of the king of Chu were assassinated and did not reach adulthood, but Tianyou is still alive. In other words, the king of Chu actually had an official heir.

Originally, if the King of Chu really had no heirs, then the activities of those people outside would also be active, and neither the King of Chu nor Ji Yao would have any ideas. But the problem is that Tianyou, the orthodox heir, or, King Chu and Ji Yao naturally have no reason to give up their throne to others. But the throne is not the same as an ordinary inheritance, it is not for whoever the king wants to give. At the very least, the person who accepts the throne must have a minimum identity. For example, no matter which son or brother the king of Chu gave the throne to himself, even if someone objected, he couldn't say anything big.

But the key is that Tianyou is still a non-existent person among the subjects of the Chu State, if the King of Chu really has a problem one day and wants to pass on the throne, it is impossible to suddenly pull him out and pass on the throne. You must at least let the dignitaries know that he has such a personal existence, and you must first pave the way for Tianyou when everything is normal and the king of Chu has enough control over the country, at least you have to pull a few supporters for Tianyou, arrange some hole cards or something. Otherwise, even if the king of Chu forcibly passed on the throne, the princes and ministers would not buy it.

Knowing Ji Yao's thoughts, the knots in Tianyou's heart have been unraveled a lot. Of course, this can only show that Ji Yao's behavior is not a big problem, but Tianyou will not get close to her because of this. First, the throne or something is really not something that Tianyou wants, and secondly, this is actually the same as his father in his previous life forcing him to inherit the family business, and it is impossible for Tianyou to add any family affection.

Although there were no extra points, the knots in his heart were finally unraveled, and Tianyou's attitude towards Ji Yao was a little closer. Ji Yao probably felt a slight change in Tianyou, and her mood also improved.

After the two chatted for a while, Ji Yao suddenly turned the topic to Buddhism.

"Do you remember that little Kaya Temple that sent someone to secretly follow us?"

Tianyou nodded, "How does Biyou Immortal Chang plan to deal with this matter?"

"I've sent someone to raid it. ”

Tianyou didn't expect Ji Yao to move so fast, and asked with a little surprise: "Will it be ...... to act against the forces of Buddhism based on the confessions of a few thieves?" Hearing Tianyou say this, Ji Yao was a little angry again, because Tianyou's thoughts at this time were basically the same as Lu Changping's previous thoughts, and they were all worried about the rebound of Buddhism. However, before Ji Yao could speak, Tianyou shook his head again and continued: "No, no, they won't do anything." ”

Ji Yao, who was going to educate Tianyou, didn't expect Tianyou to figure it out by himself, and in a good mood, he asked him with a smile of satisfaction and curiosity: "Oh, then how can you conclude that Buddhism will not do anything?"

Tianyou's brain was still running at a high speed at this time, and when he heard Ji Yao's inquiry, he said casually: "First, although the Buddhism Gate is strong, but this is the Chu Land, at least nominally, the temples built in the Chu State, regardless of the immortals and Buddhas, should be under the jurisdiction of the Chu Prefecture Government, and the Buddhism Gate is not reasonable in this matter." ”

Ji Yao nodded and asked, "What about the second?"

"The second is your identity as an immortal. If you are just a princess, then you can't do this, otherwise Buddhism will definitely not rest with the king of Chu. But you are not only the princess of this Great Chu, but also the Biyou Fairy of Zixiao Palace. To some extent, you represent Zixiao Palace, the entire Immortal Gate. All ten nations are nations. If it is a country, there must be law. But Xianmen and Buddhism are not countries, although both have strength far beyond any country, but after all, they are only sect forces. To put it mildly, the Immortal Buddha forces are more like those market gangs. So we don't need to talk about any evidence, as long as both sides understand what is going on. ”

Hearing this, the smile on Ji Yao's face couldn't be hidden, and she asked happily, "Are there anything else?"

"And ......" Tianyou said this but suddenly froze, not because he didn't think about it, but suddenly realized that this matter didn't seem to be suitable to continue.

Ji Yao was dissatisfied when she saw that he wanted to speak and stopped, and urged him to speak quickly.

Tianyou had no choice but to reopen his mouth and say the third reason.

"The third is ...... Buddhism is not ready for the fateful battle against my immortal gate. ”