"Go home the way you came!" Xiong Wuliang immediately commanded.

Under Shi Er's farewell, Zhong Hua and Shaohu escorted Xiong Wuliang, rushed back to Quyang City, and went straight back to Quyang Jun's mansion......

……

At this moment.

Qu Yuan was pacing slowly in Xiong Wuliang's study, and Zhao Slip put down the government affairs in his hand and was accompanying him.

Qu Yuan casually picked up a piece of white paper on the long case, and looked at it closely, the handwriting on it was clear and clean, and the white paper was thin and tough.

Qu Yuan couldn't help but open his mouth wide in shock: "This ...... What is it, so lightweight? ”

The blank paper in the fiefdom has become a sought-after commodity in the mall.

Business travelers from Qi, Qin, Wei and other countries, once they saw the blank paper pulled out of the industrial park, they were all crazy to buy it.

This blank paper has become all the rage in various countries.

For example, Qin Guo, who moved quickly, even replaced bamboo slips with white paper, as a necessary item for the court to procure—office efficiency was greatly improved.

It stands to reason that for the goods in Xiong Wuliang's fiefdom, Yingdu should at least know about it earlier than other countries.

But Qu Yuan didn't know what the blank paper was.

It can be seen that the bureaucrats of Chu are indeed much slower than other countries......

Zhao Slip coughed lightly: "Doctor Qu, this thing is a blank paper, created by the lord of my family!" ”

"It's soft and easy to write on...... Although it is not waterproof, on the whole, it is still much more convenient than bamboo slips. ”

Qu Yuan bowed slightly, and added another novelty in Quyang County in his heart——

Since leaving Yingdu last month, Qu Yuan took three or five personal guards, followed by a light car, and began to tour the entire Chu State.

First, from Yingdu to the east, passing through the surging [Yunmengze], arrived at [Dongting Lake].

Then along the Huaishui, all the way to the east, along the way to visit [Sha], [Xia] and other counties.

Although he didn't dare to say that he had traveled all over the entire Chu country in a month's time, at least there were thousands of miles on both sides of the Huaishui River, and Qu Yuan now knew everything about it.

As for feelings, all I can say is......

The more you look at it, the more thrilling it becomes!

I don't know if I don't see it, and I'm shocked when I see it!

The peasants and serfs of the Chu State cultivated numbly under the high tax rate of tithes and even tithes and even tithes and sevenths.

The nobles and feudal lords who owned fiefs everywhere were extremely poor and luxurious, with groups of wives and concubines, and castles - in which there were mountains of goods.

There are more than a dozen county towns around Huaishui, and even if they are selected for good development, the civilians there are also destitute.

As for the poorer county towns, or the fiefs under some tyrannical lord, even to the point of starvation.

……

Qu Yuan also knew that the Chu State was in turmoil, the royal power was scattered in the hands of the nobles and feudal lords in various places, and the government decrees and tax rates in various places were different, and the nobles in many places could be called tyrannical and expropriatory......

But I didn't expect that the real situation was even more exaggerated than Qu Yuan imagined!

You must know that most of the banks of the Huaishui River are plains, although there are still floods in some places, but on the whole, it is already the hinterland plain and rich land of the Chu State.

Even the two sides of the Huaishui River are in this scene, so what should those poor and remote lands with high mountains and Chu Wang Yuan look like?

Qu Yuan's heart sank more and more.

If it continues like this, within a few decades, the state of Chu will die!

Qu Yuan gritted his teeth and made up his mind-

When he traveled all over the Chu country and finally returned to Yingdu...... It is better to be exiled by the king of Chu, or to be executed—but also to be admonished!

We must urge the King of Chu to carry out a new round of changes!

Cut off the wings of the feudal lords in various places, concentrate the royal power, unify the decrees, and eliminate redundant officials!

This is no longer a question of whether a strong country is strong or not......

Only in this way can the state of Chu not die!

……

It was not until we continued eastward along the Huaishui River that we reached Quyang County.

Qu had no expectations—he had been numbed by the scenes along the way.

Continue to walk forward, just to see - the lower reaches of Huaishui are geographically far away from the power center of Yingdu. Will the feudal monarchs here be more tyrannical?

I want to see how miserable the people of Chu will be!

I, Qu Yuan, am mentally prepared!

But......

As soon as he entered the boundary of Quyang County, Qu Yuan was shocked by the straight and sturdy gray road!

Qu Yuan was squatting on the ground at that time, touching the road and touching his hands......

I didn't know what it was!

Not to mention the verdant farmlands, waterwheels and canals, all kinds of novel farm implements, and the endless flow of business travelers on the road......

After talking with the farmer, Qu Yuan was even more shocked to find out that the agricultural tax here was only tithe!

Scald!

Who in the world has ever heard of tithes?

"Whose fief is this?" Qu Yuan asked in shock.

The farmer puffed up his chest proudly—

"This place is Quyang County, which is the fief of Lord Quyang Jun Miliang!"

"Lord Miliang's kindness is higher than the mountains and deeper than the sea, and it will not be finished in a lifetime, and it will not be finished......"

As the farmer spoke, he actually started singing!

If Xiong Wuliang was at the scene, he could know at a glance that this guy must have worked as a handyman in the industrial park......

Qu Yuan didn't care about complaining in his heart that the lyrics in the farmer's mouth were cheesy and straightforward, and he didn't care about complaining about the farmer's out-of-tune singing voice......

At this time, Qu Yuan was completely shocked!

Qu Yangjun? Xiong Wuliang?

At the beginning, Qu Yuan felt that although this Xiong Wuliang was saddled with the name of a gentleman, he was quite accurate in seeing things, coupled with his later exploits in attacking Yue and his prediction of the drastic changes in Qin......

This should be a wise strategist.

Unexpectedly, when I came to Xiong Wuliang's fiefdom, I took a look-

My day, what kind of 'advisor'!?

This is called 'Ming Lord', isn't it?

Qu Yuan couldn't hold back his shock, and he couldn't care about continuing to travel east, so he went straight to Quyang Jun's Mansion and asked to see Xiong Wuliang by name.

Although Qu Yuan has been demoted to a concubine by King Chu Huai, no one dares to treat him as a concubine.

Zhong Hua immediately rode his horse to invite Xiong Wuliang back, and Zhao Hua reluctantly put down the mountain of official duties at hand to accompany Qu Yuan and the others.

Qu Yuan waited and slowly made up his mind......

Although King Chu Huai is soft-eared and indecisive, he always feels that he is extremely smart.

At the beginning, Qu Yuan urged King Chu Huai not to fall for Zhang Yi...... King Chu Huai is not biased! Labor and management are fooled!

It's okay to make occasional mistakes, but this king has a good face.

Otherwise, they would not be able to do the thing of 'raising troops in anger and defeating Danyang', so that mistakes will be added to mistakes.

Now he has been demoted to a commoner by such a thin-skinned king...... It is estimated that in a short period of time, don't think that it can be reused by King Chu Huai.

However, the court supported the reform of the law and supported Qu Yuan's party to resist Qin...... is constantly being suppressed by Zhaoju and stripping power.

If the law does not change, how can it fight against Qiang Qin? How can it be a strong country?

The conservative school of Zhaoju is now in the limelight!

Qu Yuan was anxious!

Now it seems—

Xiong Wuliang has a noble title, is favored, has courage, has eyesight, has the ability, and supports the anti-Qin line-

It's a little younger, but it's ...... But he is the best candidate to replace Qu Yuan and lead the young Zhuang faction in the court!

At this moment, Xiong Wuliang finally rushed back, panting and pushing open the door-