Xiong Wuliang nodded lazily and scolded with a smile: "A group of bastards, just waiting to see Ben Hou's jokes, yes or no?" ”

"Did the second and third sons just look forward to Ben Hou falling into the water?"

All the sailors laughed, and said with shy faces: "The prince has wronged people...... How dare we have such evil intentions? ”

Xiong Wuliang laughed, noticing that Ji Yi and Xiao Bai were at a loss, so he waved his hand and ordered: "It's all gone, dock as soon as possible." ”

All the sergeants praised the promise in unison, the Chu flag with red letters on a yellow background fluttered with the wind, and some soldiers shouted loudly: "The lord has an order - land as soon as possible!" ”

The sailors quickly returned to their posts, still frowning at each other...... The little lord of his own family has a good temperament, and he treats them very kindly to these ordinary soldiers, and he does not have the appearance of ordinary nobles......

You can treat us soldiers as human beings, and even as friends...... In non-war times, he can joke with the brethren and dismiss the occasional 'offense' of the soldiers.

You can't find a second one in the whole world!

In the hearts of the vast majority of soldiers, there is such a lord, which is enough for the soldiers of the three armies to die for it!

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The big boats of the sailors docked one after another, put down the boats, and carried Xiong Wuliang and others to the shore...... The riders on the shore had been waiting for a long time, and when they saw Xiong Wuliang, they immediately saluted: "I'll wait to meet the lord!" ”

"Quyang Zuo Yin Fang just took Le Yi to the Hou Mansion, saying that he wanted to serve the lord......"

Xiong Wuliang: I'm blanching!

I won't be sleepy if you say this!

I don't know what means this summoning used to convince Le Yi so quickly...... Xiong Wuliang didn't say a word, and immediately jumped on the back of the horse with the saddle sheath, and led a group of riders to gallop in the direction of the Hou Mansion.

Kongliu Yiyi and Xiaobai stood in place, looking at each other...... scolded Xiong Wuliang in his heart......

Okay, Xiong Wuliang, you are personable.

It's you!

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Le Yi paced slowly in the study in the Quyang Marquis's mansion, summoning the slide to accompany him.

After a while, Qu Yuan pushed the door in, saw Le Yi at a glance, and immediately bowed: "Yin Qu Yuan in Xiaquyang, I have heard the name of Chang Guojun for a long time, and it is a blessing to see it today." ”

Le Yi didn't dare to slack off, and immediately got up and saluted back: "Qu Zi's name, Le has already heard of it...... Don't dare to be Qu Zi's praise. ”

Qu Yuan, as the former great Sima of the Chu State, is certainly not a small reputation.

The two exchanged pleasantries for a moment and sat down separately.

"Brother Le, how do you feel about my Da Chu?" Qu Yuan pondered his words for a moment, and then asked.

Le Yi pondered for a moment, and then said slowly: "Le doesn't know much about the Chu State...... This Quyang City is extremely prosperous, not inferior to Yanguo Jicheng. ”

"But the rest of the Chu State must be far inferior to the fiefdom under the rule of the Marquis of Quyang."

Thinking back to the first time he walked around Quyang City, Le Yi at that time was shocked by the prosperous Quyang City one after another, and all kinds of novelties and things made Le Yi's eyes blind.

The towering and solemn city wall is not inferior to the most majestic and steep fortress in Yan Kingdom.

The streets are crowded with pedestrians, most of them smiling and with a well-nourished glow...... There is a significant difference from the tired dishes on the faces of the people at the bottom of other countries.

No wonder the army under the Marquis of Quyang was invincible.

Just looking at the physical fitness of these pedestrians, they far surpass the Chinese people in Jicheng...... These Chu people are stocky and powerful, with oily faces. If you are facing those Yanguo farmers with vegetables on their faces, it should be okay to fight three at a time.

Even ordinary peasants are still like this, what kind of treatment will the army under Xiong Wuliang be? It's beyond Le Yi's imagination!

Such a well-fed professional army, coupled with top-notch weapons and armor, is easy to fight ten in the face of soldiers temporarily recruited by various countries.

The street scene of Quyang City is extremely prosperous - thanks to the prosperity of commerce brought by foreign merchants, there are countless liquor stores and shops in the streets of Quyang City.

If this is just to make Le Yi look sideways, when he saw that those ordinary farmers could often go in and out of the wine shop, it was simply shocking Le Yi's eyeballs.

Where did they get the money?

The people under the rule of the Marquis of Quyang are so rich? Not only can you eat enough, but you can also afford to drink?

Oh, my God!

Not to mention the foreign merchants with accents all over the street-Le Yi once presided over the reform of the law in Yan State, and he is no stranger to governance. He knew that such a dense number of merchants represented an astronomical amount of taxes.

All in a word - the fiefdom of the Marquis of Quyang is so rich!

Of course, with the size of the Chu State, the fiefdom of the Marquis of Quyang is just an exception - if the entire Chu State was like this, it would have dominated the world a long time ago.

According to Le Yi's understanding - although the Chu State is vast and has many people, there are many feudal monarchs of various factions, and under the layers of exploitation, there is not one in ten financial resources and manpower that can be used by the top level of the Chu State.

Moreover, the power of the feudal lords in various parts of the Chu State is extremely great, and they not only have the power to kill and seize in their own fiefs, but they can even change the laws in their fiefs.

In order to satisfy their own selfish desires, many feudal lords levied and extorted tyranny, making the people under their rule miserable, and even some Chu nobles levied outrageous taxes of 'tithes' in their fiefs, forcing the Chu people to be displaced and even rebelled.

Why didn't the King of Chu come out and take care of it?

Laughing to death.

Unless these feudal lords committed a major crime, the king of Chu has no right to change or deprive those princes of their fiefs and powers - whoever dares to touch the cake of these feudal monarchs, Wu Qi, who was shot to death by random arrows, is a lesson from the past!

This led to the fact that although the state of Chu was vast and rich, the forces that could be mobilized were extremely low.

If we talk about the Qin State, the King of Qin can mobilize 90% of the war potential with a single order.

Le Yi presided over the Yan Kingdom after the reform, and the King of Yan was also able to mobilize sixty or seventy percent of the country's forces in wartime.

And the state of Chu......

The first is that the country is on the verge of extinction, and the second is that there are benefits to be gained from winning many battles...... In addition to the above two extreme situations that can make the feudal lords everywhere work hard for the king of Chu - in a conventional war, the king of Chu can mobilize up to 10% of the country's forces.

So the state of Chu is strong and weak.

Le Yi smiled faintly and said to Qu Yuan: "Le Yi is shallow and doesn't dare to speak up. ”

"If you have to express your opinion...... In a certain opinion, the state of Chu has accumulated a lot of disadvantages, although the land is vast and densely populated, it has no resources to be dominant. ”

"Although the king of Chu is hegemonic, he relies on the successive victories of the Marquis of Quyang on the battlefield...... But these victories are all weak defeating the strong, try to ask how there are people in the world who win a hundred battles? ”

"If one day Quyang Hou dies...... The myth of the hegemony of the Chu State naturally collapsed! ”

Qu Yuan stroked his palms and laughed, and it seemed that he was not angry at Le Yi for belittling the Chu State, but was even more pleased-

"Since Brother Le just mentioned the King of Chu...... Dare to ask Brother Le, what is your impression of my Great Chu Guojun? ”

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