Chapter 65 Gusu City, the Land of Fish and Rice

The hegemony of the Jin State was ended by the Huai State, and the Huai State became the overlord again, but Wang Yue's health became worse and worse, and he was able to get up and move at the beginning, and when the army of the Yue Kingdom returned, his body became weaker and weaker.

[Spring and Autumn Battle. 】

[Your 11th grandson Wang Yue successfully defeated the coalition of the princes of Bang Zhou, and the Huai State was strengthened by the Mandate of Heaven of Bang Zhou. 】

[Your eleventh grandson, Wang Yue, defeated Duke Wen of Jin, interrupted the Jin kingdom to dominate, and dominated the world, and your luck increased. 】

[You get the human-level item: Tranquility Jade Pendant.] Tranquil jade pendant: It can make the wearer rest and concentrate, and Mount Tai collapses in front without changing color. It allows people to keep a clear head in any environment. 】

This jade pendant is not bad, as long as you wear it, it will always be effective.

In the winter of the second year of the Jinhuai hegemony, Wang Yue ascended the throne for six years and died in the Huai Palace.

Two cranes descended from the sky, and after a sad dance, they returned to the cave world with Wang Yue's soul.

Nicknamed Huan Gong.

Soil service far away Huan; Ke Jing Qinmin said Huan; Reclamation of land and country; Wuding Quartet said Huan; Ke Cheng Cheng said Huan; Defeat the enemy and obey Yuanhuan; can become Wu Zhi Huan;

Wang Yue's death brought a lot of luck, but because he was not a child of destiny and his reign was short, there were no item rewards.

Wang Yue's death also made the surrounding states very suspicious, and his son Wang Jin ascended the throne.

Wang Jin was only twelve years old when he ascended the throne, and the government was assisted by Sun Shu Ao. The monarch is young, and all the affairs of Huai State are stable, so except for more than 30 princes who came to watch the ceremony when he ascended the throne, Huai Guo did not hold a meeting after that.

Huai Guo reined in its fangs and claws and began to develop. This undoubtedly also relieved the Central Plains countries of Bangzhou.

Without the suppression of the Huai State, the Jin State quickly came out of defeat and then began to develop, but it did not dare to provoke the Huai State again.

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Wu Di, Gusu.

Since Wu Zhaogong merged with Wu, it has been more than 70 years, and Huaiguo has not carried out large-scale development in Wu over the years, one of which is because the natural environment of Wu is poor, mosquitoes are numerous, and the climate is hot, and the other part is that the population of Wu is not abundant.

After decades of development, the population of Wu has reached more than 800,000, and the threat of Yue has also made Huai consider using Wu to suppress it.

Therefore, the Huai'an Center sent Xu Yong to Wu to build Gusu City and develop Wu Land.

At this time, although the water source in Wu is sufficient, there are many wild beasts entrenched in it, and because of the sufficient rainfall, there are many swamps in Wu land, mosquitoes are rampant, and it is not suitable for living.

After Xu Yong came here, he began to survey geography and hydrology and build Gusu City.

In recent years, Huaiguo Academy has followed Uncle Sun Ao to control the water, and has trained a group of disciples, who are very familiar with water control and embankment. After some surveying, Xu Yong was ready to dig a canal. The canal enters the Taihu Lake in the east direction and the Yangtze River in the west.

Taihu Lake is vast, can be used as a water military camp, Huaiguo sailors can go straight from Weiyang to Gusu, unimpeded, as for Caoyun, it can go up from Gusu to the north until Xiapi, completely connect the north and south of Huaiguo as a whole.

A large number of academy disciples came to Wudi, which was crisscrossed by waterways, with many swamps and lakes. Many swamps are swamped during the rainy season, dry up in winter, and are mostly stagnant. As a result, the students of the college began to mark these low-lying swamps.

Canals are then dug to divert the water and it is necessary to bury it with manpower, or to dig into lakes and use ditches to connect with the river. The swamps and small lakes were filled, and the water was brought into the large lake by ditches, and through a series of dredging, repairing, and connecting, the many chaotic canals in Wu were connected.

At the same time, some low-lying places were dug into lakes to store water to prevent drought, and the river was dredged and unblocked, and finally merged into the Yangtze River for flood control.

Because the construction of Gusu City is located in the south and the rain is abundant, in order to prevent the foundation of the city wall from being unstable, Xu Yong specially ordered people to dig mountain stones as the foundation of the city wall. Five feet of bluestone are buried in the foundation, and there are three feet of bluestone on top of the foundation. In this way, even if the enemy flooded the city, it would not be able to destroy the city walls.

Gusu City is a big city, according to Xu Yong's rules

The circumference is twenty miles, and it can be said that it is a big city second only to Huai'an. After several expansions, the city wall of Huai'an has thirty-six miles.

In this era, only Zibo of Qi, Jiangdu of Jin, Yingdu of Chu, and Luoyi of Zhou Tianzi can be compared with Huai'an. The circumference of Gusu City is twenty miles, which is enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people. Coupled with the surrounding Taihu Lake Plain, living 300,000 people is not a problem.

Such a large city requires a large number of people to complete the construction, but fortunately, Huai State now has abundant grain and grass, coupled with the transfer of people from other places to work hard, so that the manpower is barely enough.

Gusu City is located on the shore of Taihu Lake, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and at the same time, the Huai State Navy can hide in the Taihu Lake, and the Chu State does not know where the Huai State Navy is.

After the Taihu Lake Plain has been organized, it has become fertile land and a land of fish and rice. Xu Yong excavated a canal and diverted the water of Taihu Lake to irrigate fertile land, and the Taihu Lake Plain became a land of fish and rice.

The construction of Gusu City and Jiangnan Canal took ten years, and every year Huaiguo drew 100,000 laborers, as well as a large amount of money, grain and grass, and its cost was amazing, second only to Yong'an Canal.

[Your descendants appointed Xu Yonggu Su City to complete the construction, this great city will be glorious for thousands of years in the history of the future, the inheritance is endless, the thousand-year-old historical city, you have obtained the ground level props - Tianzhu Shenwei, and your luck points have increased. 】

[Ground Rank Item: Heavenly Help: After use, you can temporarily increase four of your six-dimensional attributes to 99, lasting for thirty-six hours, and obtain the effect: Heaven and Earth are all in the same force when you come. After thirty-six hours, the effect wears off, the user is mentally exhausted, and the life is exhausted and he dies. 】

[Your descendants appointed Xu Yong to build the Jiangnan Canal Canal, which will become part of the Grand Canal running through the north and south in the future, and you have gained a lot of luck. 】

Gusu City took ten years to complete the construction, the Jiangnan Canal was through, and Gusu City became the land of fish and rice, with abundant grain and straw, and was the granary of Huaiguo.

After the construction of Gusu City was completed, Wang Jin moved 10,000 wealthy households from Huai'an Mansion to Gusu and filled Gusu City.

After nearly 300 years of development, Huai'an has become extremely prosperous and has a peak population. As a result of this prosperity, Huai'an was overcrowded.

At the same time, Gusu City, as another granary of Huai State, the second largest city in Huai State, Wang Jin was not at ease to hand it over to others, so Gusu City was directly under the jurisdiction of the office, and its officials were all appointed by the children of the office.

In this way, there is no need to worry about some careerists relying on Gusu City to stand on their own, and at the same time, the children of the public office become local officials, which is also the experience of the children of the public office.

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Gusu is one of the birthplaces of Jiangnan culture, with a long history, and has long been the economic, cultural and political center of the Jiangnan region. It is a historical and cultural city with a history of more than 2,000 years, and it is said that its builder was Xu Yong, a disciple of Sun Shuao.

Gusu City was included in the first batch of 24 historical and cultural cities in China. It's hard to imagine that in the Bronze Age, more than 2,000 years ago, humans could have built such a spectacular city. β€”β€”The Cambridge History of China, the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and the Huai Kingdom