Just as the monarchs and ministers of Wu had expected, the princely states of the Central Plains, such as Qi, Lu, Song, and Wei, were dissatisfied with Wu's sale of a large number of weapons, armor, and military baggage to the thieves, so they sent envoys one after another to force the Wu state to stop selling weapons to the thieves.

But is Qingji the kind of king who is easily coerced by others?

For the envoys who came to Wudu, Keiji avoided them, and only sent Dazai Jiza and the pawn Bo Que to come forward and sternly refuse the requests of the envoys of the foreign countries.

Why does Qingji have such confidence?

In addition to the increasingly powerful national strength of Wu State, behind Wu State stands the overlord Jin State, which has dominated for many years!

The Central Plains countries wanted to join forces to attack Wu, so they first asked if the Jin State could agree.

Besides, among the nations, it is inevitable to intrigue and fight, who has such prestige to call on the princes to fight Wu?

This matter is destined to be over, and it will only further deteriorate the relationship between Wu and the Central Plains countries.

But Qingji didn't care at all.

The world is bustling, all for profit. The world is all for the sake of profit!

One day, after Wu's reform is a great success and ranks among the first-class powers, who will dare to provoke Wu?

I'm afraid that in order to protect themselves, the weaker vassal states have to fight with the Wu State.

……

Time flies, like a white horse passing by.

Time into the fifth year of King Qingji of Wu, that is, in 509 BC, after years of change, after peaceful development, the national strength is unprecedentedly strong!

The population has increased from 1.2 million at the beginning of the reform to more than 1.5 million.

This is due to the policy of encouraging population and fertility in Wu for several years, and at the same time, the new law of Wu has achieved remarkable results, attracting many people from neighboring Chu State, Yue State, Zhongli State, Xu State, Qi State and other countries to drag their families and settle in Wu, becoming the Li Shu of Wu State.

According to the latest statistics, Wu's financial income in the previous year was more than 2,300 pieces of gold, more than 61,000 horses of cloth, more than 10,000 horses of silk, and more than 2 million pieces of rice!

This is a very frightening statistic.

Although the current financial income of Wu is not as good as that of Qi and Jin in the north, it is already better than that of Chu, and it can really be said to be very rich.

Although the population is not as large as that of Chu, the financial revenue of Wu has been left behind by Chu State, ranking third among the princes in the world.

In the Zide Palace, Qingji was convening Ji Zha, Fan Li, Sun Wu, Wu Zixu and other three princes and nine kings to discuss major matters.

The three princes and nine secretaries belong to the central head of the Wu State, and the minister who can be trusted by Qingji.

Therefore, once there are some major national events that are not convenient for public discussion, Qingji will not hold a large court meeting, but only a small area of court meeting in the Zide Palace.

Fan Li, the history of Zhisu, first said: "King, now the official roads and bridges in my Wu country, starting from the Wu capital, go north to the Central Plains, enter Qilu, and go south to the new city, a smooth road to the north and south, has been completed!" ”

"However, the rest of the labor is still many, and there is much to be done. The country is now also full of treasury, and the grain and rice in the warehouse are piled up! ”

"Why is there nothing to be done in my Wu country?"

"Good!"

In just a few years, Wu Guo has made remarkable achievements because of the new law, and Qingji is in his eyes.

As Fan Li said, Wu Guo's current treasury is full, and the grain and rice in the warehouse are piled up, if you don't consume it, I'm afraid that the rice will be moldy and can't be eaten!

Besides, the laborers who were responsible for paving the way for the construction of bridges for the Wu State were basically the original prisoners of war of the Chu State, or other slaves and prisoners, whose sentences had not yet expired and could not be released, so they could not be allowed to feed them in vain, or let them make a living on their own, right?

Realizing this, the pawn immediately said: "The king, since the labor is still many, and the warehouse is full, why don't the king start the work and repair and expand the palace?" ”

"My Wu Kingdom will definitely dominate the world, and the palace is far inferior to the palaces of Qi, Chu, Jin and other countries. It's not even as good as the Central Plains countries such as Song, Wei, and Lu, so wouldn't it be impossible to show the great power of our Wu country? ”

Large-scale construction projects, laboring people and money, just to repair and expand the palace?

This is very much in line with Bo Biao's traitorous character.

In fact, compared with the palaces of the Central Plains, the palaces of the Wu Kingdom are indeed inferior, and even can be called simple!

The palace of a country is equivalent to the façade of an ordinary person's house, and it really can't be too shabby.

"The pawn is wrong."

At this time, the imperial historian Sun Wu spoke up: "Repairing the palace and expanding the palace is probably not enough labor, and it is not the current needs of my Wu Kingdom!" ”

"I don't know what the Imperial Doctor thinks?"

Bo was very puzzled.

"The palace of Wudu, why should it be repaired or expanded?"

Sun Wu smiled slightly, and said to Qingji: "King, the minister remembers that when you and I went out on patrol, the king once said to the minister that if Wu wants to become a hegemon and achieve the cause of the king, it is necessary to choose a place with a royal spirit, sit and control the north and south, and build the new capital into a magnificent city like Linzi, the capital of Qi!" ”

"Right now, my country of Wu is rich and the people are strong, why don't you build a new capital with the grand wish of the past?"

"Good!"

Those who know me, Sun Wuye!

Qingji glanced at Sun Wu with emotion.

It is rare for monarchs and ministers to know each other.

Sun Wu really knows Qing Ji quite well!

Qingji has the ambition to dominate the world, and wants to achieve a more magnificent feat than the Duke of Qi Huan, the Duke of Jin Wen, and the King of Chuzhuang.

However, a small Wu capital city is obviously no longer able to carry Qingji's great ambition.

If Wu wants to dominate the world, it is imperative to move the capital!

As for the location of the capital move, Qingji had already thought about it.

At the beginning of his accession to the throne, Qingji had the idea of moving the capital, but at that time, Wu was constantly worried about internal and external troubles, and his national strength was declining, so he really couldn't invest the extra manpower, material and financial resources in the construction of the new capital.

The time is not ripe.

Therefore, the construction of the new capital can only be postponed until the reform of the state of Wu achieves remarkable results.

"The widow wants to build a new capital, I don't know what the second and third sons want?"

Qingji looked around and asked the three princes and nine qing who were present.

After the construction of the new capital, the thing to be done is naturally to move the capital.

The ministers had no objection to this.

Because the national strength of the state of Wu is indeed strong now, it is not a problem to build a city that can accommodate more than 100,000 people!

"I don't know where the king wants to locate the address of the new capital?"

Dazai Kiza asked suspiciously.

This is a serious question!

The construction of a new capital city is not a one-time effort, and it requires countless human, material and financial resources, so all aspects of planning must be in place.

"Fetch the map."

Qingji waved his hand, and the CRRC Fuling, who was standing on the side, understood it, and immediately asked the two temple people to take out a huge map and spread it on the smooth floor.

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