After that, Zhu Xiang continued to guide rice cultivation and expanded the scale of rice cultivation in Guantian; Li Bing continued to open the mountain; Ying Xiaozheng continued to deal with other chores; Li Mu is ready to train.

Although Li Mu entered Shu with Zhu Xiang and Li Bing, he was not only an officer in charge of Shu County and a county, but was similar to the commander-in-chief of the "Southwest Military Region".

After all, there are plains in Shu County, and there are few large fields in Ba County. Qianzhong County is still very chaotic now, although it has been established as a county, it is still in a state of constant war. The main station of the military region is in Shu County.

When the king of Qin hired people, he gave great power and trust to his courtiers.

Even though Li Mu was still a young general, with Li Mu's record in facing the Xiongnu and the recognition of Bai Qi, Zhu Xiang, and Lian Po, the King of Qin decisively appointed him as the general to guard the south, and gave him the right to find fighters to train on his own.

Before Li Mu left Xianyang, the old King of Qin summoned him and told him that if he wanted to attack Chu in the future, he would definitely appoint Li Mu as a general, and encouraged Li Mu to familiarize himself with the climate and geography of the south as soon as possible.

The Qin State wanted to attack the Chu State, and it was best to transport grain and troops by water.

The two waterways for Qin to attack Chu were from Hanshui near the Qinling Mountains on one side, which was also the main route for Qin to attack Chu; On the one hand, it is down the Yangtze River, which is the reason why King Qin attaches importance to Shu County.

Although Shu County and Chu County are separated by Ba County and Qianzhong County, if you go down the Yangtze River, this distance is nothing.

Shu County has plains and iron mines, and the grain output and iron tools are very good, which is just suitable for attacking the Chu State.

There were also drawbacks to attacking Chu from the Yangtze River, such as the Yangtze River being steep, and the shipping conditions on the Chengdu Plain were not good for now.

But King Qin was a very adventurous man. He believed that the opening of the Yangtze River route was very important for attacking the land of Chuyue.

Li Bing's letter can be agreed by the courtiers for this reason.

After he transformed the water network irrigation of the Chengdu Plain, the Minjiang River, a tributary of the Yangtze River, could be directly connected with Chengdu City, and from Chengdu City, it could go directly to the Yangtze River and go straight down to Chuyue.

And so it did after that.

After the completion of Dujiangyan, Chengdu became the largest shipping transit station in southwest China. There is a Tang poem that says "the door is berthed in the Dongwu Wanli Ship", which describes the grand scene of merchant ships coming and going in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in Chengdu.

The grain of the Chengdu Plain was also continuously transported from the Yangtze River channel to the southern battlefield when the Qin State unified the Central Plains, and became one of the most important supports for the logistics of the Qin State's unification war.

At Zhu Xiang's suggestion, Li Mu not only trained cavalry, but also sent people to study more powerful warships, installed bed crossbows on warships, and trained soldiers with good water skills to drive warships to face the enemy directly from the shore.

These ships also had a higher loading capacity, and were very efficient in transporting grain, grass and soldiers.

Li Mu is now gearing up, waiting for the opportunity to train his troops.

Coincidentally, Nanban didn't know what to do and intruded on the border of Shu County. Li Mu took the newly formed cavalry to meet the Nanban for a while, broke through the opponent's vine armor with fire, cut off a lot of heads and came back as a military merit, and by the way, conquered several tribes to pay tribute to the king of Qin.

Li Mu gave the tribal leader and map to the queen of Qin, who was overjoyed and gave Li Mu more support.

Li Mu tasted the sweetness, and he wanted to go to Chudi to shake it up.

So, he led the fleet to Qianzhong County, and in the name of guiding the military tun, he sent people to Chu State in Qianzhong County to investigate the situation in Chu State.

The state of Chu now has Chun Shenjun, which is not too weak. But Li Mu is a person who has been harmed by the divisive scheme, and he can see at a glance that the Chu State has room for the discord scheme.

Chun Shenjun was not a member of the clan, or even a member of the traditional nobles of the Chu State. Of the "Four Sons" who were famous all over the world in the Warring States, only Chun Shenjun was not a clan.

The state of Chu was an extremely "traditional" country, the upper echelons were controlled by the great nobles, and the power of the king of Chu was not great. That's why Wu Qi died so miserably at the beginning, and even threw himself on the body of the former King of Chu, and was shot into a hedgehog along with the body of the King of Chu.

Chun Shenjun is a courageous person, although he did not reform, he also did some practical things for the Chu State.

As we all know, in a country where power has been divided among the great nobles, wanting to do practical things will definitely harm the interests of the great nobles. Therefore, Chun Shenjun set up many enemies.

Although the king of Chu trusted him, the king of Chu had no heirs for a long time, and the future of Chun Shenjun was worrying.

Don't say that Chun Shenjun is in a hurry, the King of Chu, who loves Chun Shenjun, is also very anxious himself, and he keeps going to the harem to cultivate. Chun Shenjun also offered many women.

Finally, a woman presented by Chun Shenjun became pregnant, and it seemed that Chun Shenjun's situation had improved. But the clan supported by the great nobles of the Chu State obviously would not give up so easily, and now the Chu State has the rumor that the child conceived by the woman is not the son of the King of Chu, but the son of Chun Shenjun.

When Li Mu heard this rumor, his face was very strange.

He remembered that when he was in Xianyang before, someone spread a rumor about Zheng'er, saying that Zheng'er was not Xia Tong's son, but Lü Buwei's son. Lü Buwei gave his pregnant wife and concubine to Xia Tong.

It was only when he saw that Xia Tong and Ying Xiaozheng were very close, and Lu Buwei's influence around Xia Tong was gradually replaced by Zhu Xiang, and it didn't look like the treatment that Ying Xiaozheng's father should have, so this rumor gradually subsided.

However, Li Mu suspected that behind the subsidence of this rumor, King Qin might have made a move.

Because later, when there were rumors that Ying Xiaozheng was not Xia Tong's son, but Zhu Xiang replaced Gongzizheng with his own son, King Qin killed many people, and said that he had given those people a chance when he killed them.

As far as King Qin is concerned, he can test Zhu Xiang and Ying Xiaozheng himself, but when it comes to the bloodline of King Qin in the future, he will never allow others to make things up and reduce the credibility of King Qin in the future.

Now the rumors of this scene in Chu State are similar to those in Xianyang at the beginning. No matter what country it is, there are only a few rumors, but every time someone is fooled.

Li Mu sighed for a while, and sent people to infiltrate the Chu State, intensifying the rumor that the fetus in the womb of the pregnant woman in the palace of the King of Chu was Chun Shenjun, and added the opposite rumor - the fetus was indeed the king of Chu, but the clan of the Chu State wanted to take away the position of the king of Chu, and deliberately spread false rumors, just waiting for the king of Chu to take away the position of the son of the king of Chu after his death.

Li Mu sent people to tell the truth.

It's just that after this big truth reached the ears of the King of Chu, the King of Chu knew about it, and he was still in a very bad mood.

He summoned Chun Shenjun and said, "Why are they so arrogant? Are they demonstrating to the widows?! ”

Chun Shenjun was also puzzled.

These statements were not made by him. He still held on to the hope that he would be able to enjoy his old age in peace, and was unwilling to tear his face with the nobles who supported the Chu State.

Chun Shenjun believes that as long as the son of the king of Chu can succeed to the throne normally and has his own assistance, he will definitely be able to sit firmly on the throne of the king of Chu, then he will have no worries about his future. So he just had to wait, and he didn't need to meet the nobles of the Chu State who opposed him.

He also thought that the great nobles of the Chu State would also restrain themselves after seeing his "sincerity" and suppress the rumors about themselves.

Unexpectedly, the rumors calmed down for a while, and suddenly they became more and more intense, and there were also rumors of seizing the throne.

The only one who can spread rumors to the ears of the king of Chu is the Qin State, except for the great nobles of the Chu State itself.

But now that the Qin State has turned its troops to the Central Plains, recalled the generals who were originally stationed in the south, and sent a young general who had just arrived from Zhao to Qin to guard it, it was obvious that he did not regard Chu as a target.

In the Qin state, relatives from outside Chu occupied high positions. They also did not deliver any news to the King of Chu, indicating that the King of Qin really had no intention of attacking the State of Chu now.

It wasn't King Qin who did it, it was his own people.

The great nobles of Chu delivered the news of their intention to seize the throne directly to the ears of the king of Chu, why is this? It is impossible to find death by yourself? The king of Chu didn't have the ability to kill them. What else could it be besides their demonstration to the king of Chu!

The more King Chu thought about it, the more angry he became, and he was angry and frightened: "They, do they really want to rebel?" ”

Chun Shenjun said calmly: "Although we can't eradicate them, correspondingly, they don't have the ability to rebel. The king and I are united in our efforts, and there is no need to fear them. ”

King Chu was infected by Chun Shenjun's calmness, and his heart breathed a sigh of relief.

Indeed, if they really have the ability to rebel, they will not stare at their own heirs, but force the palace themselves.

Chun Shenjun said again: "But by doing this, they are indeed provoking the king, and the king can teach them a lesson." ”

The king of Chu immediately said: "Chun Shenjun, please speak!" ”

Chun Shenjun said: "Why don't the king directly invite them, explain their worries about the rumors during the banquet, and let them help the king solve this matter?" ”

Although the king of Chu is mediocre, he is not stupid. He was also a proton after all, and immediately understood the meaning of Chun Shenjun's words.

He summoned the big nobles, it was a beating, but also a chance to give them a chance to stop. It can not only show their dissatisfaction, but also give them a step.

The king of Chu immediately agreed, and found an excuse to invite the major nobles to send people to the banquet.

The people sent by Li Mu immediately spread rumors that the king of Chu was angry and wanted to wipe out this group of nobles who went to the banquet.

The great nobles were terrified.

After the king of Chu repeatedly stated that the child was indeed himself and firmly supported Chun Shenjun, they temporarily stopped and let the rumors stop.

Whether they want to spread rumors next depends on when the king of Chu dies, how old and talented the prince who inherited the throne is, and when Chun Shenjun dies.

If after the death of the king of Chu and Chun Shenjun, the new king of Chu cannot "obey the public", they will continue to spread this rumor, and then kill the king and force the palace; If the King of Chu and Chun Shenjun are lucky enough to live long enough for the new King of Chu to gain a foothold, they will also continue to be loyal courtiers.

Who knows, after they stopped, not only did the rumors not subside, but new rumors also spread out that hit their minds.

They were very frightened in their hearts, thinking that Chun Shenjun had changed his mind and no longer tolerated them, and deliberately spread rumors to kill them.

When the king of Chu asked them to go to the banquet, they were suspicious and immediately believed that the king of Chu wanted to kill them all at the banquet.

So they secretly mobilized the army of their fiefdom, strengthened the city, and sent people to complain to the king of Chu, saying that they were ill and could not go.

The king of Chu was stunned to receive the letter of rejection, and he was furious, ignoring Chun Shenjun's dissuasion, and sent someone to reprimand him.

The □□ of the state of Chu immediately took a sharp turn for the worse.

Li Mu, a young general who was despised by the people of Chu, watched this scene in Qianzhong County and said to Zhu Xiang: "Why is it so easy to succeed in the discord plan? ”

Zhu Xiang was puzzled: "You just ask me this?" Shouldn't you ask, why did I come to Qianzhong County? ”

Li Mu was more puzzled than Zhu Xiang: "Do I need to ask?" If you want to do something, just tell me, I'll help you, why ask? ”

Zhu Xiang: "......" He didn't know for a while whether he was moved by Li Mu's trust and support, or was speechless Li Mu's character.

Zhu Xiang first answered for Li Mu: "It's not that the discord meter is always so easy to succeed, but the place where the discord meter can be used has its own gaps. There are no gaps, what kind of discord meter is used? With the gap, they are easy to turn against each other without a discrepancy meter. ”

Li Mu sighed again: "Okay, you're right. ”

Zhu Xiang saw that Li Muzhen didn't ask why he came, so he couldn't hold back and said: "I heard that you have put down the bandits in Qianzhong County, and I thought that Qianzhong County should replant grain, so I wanted to come to Qianzhong County to test the new planting model." ”

Li Mu said: "Huh? Farming, you are free to do whatever you want. But you put Zheng'er alone in Chengdu, is that okay? ”

Zhu Xiang said: "Li Bing temporarily returned to Chengdu to recuperate due to overwork, and with Li Bing to take care of him, Zheng'er will definitely be fine." Now Chengdu can't do without him. In addition, he is young, and the Yangtze River is turbulent, so it is more dangerous to take a boat. ”

Li Mudao: "Although Zheng'er should be fine, if you want to experiment with any new seeds, Chengdu can also try it, why do you have to go to Qianzhong County?" ”

Zhu Xiang said: "The last time you wrote a letter, didn't you say that the fields in Qianzhong County were wasted? Moreover, the original people of Chu State are still accustomed to the extensive planting method of fire and flooding, I am afraid that there will not be much harvest during replanting? The Chengdu Plain has finished spring ploughing, and you don't need much guidance from me, I think you may need me. ”

To put it bluntly, Zhu Xiang suddenly became idle in Shu County, and when he saw Li Mu saying in his letter that no one planted the land here in Qianzhong County, he couldn't help but want to find a new place to farm.

In fact, Zhu Xiang also wanted to go to Bajun to guide planting. Ba County is steep in the mountains, just to test the terraces.

However, the county guard of Ba County and the Haoqiang of Ba County are relatively "xenophobic", and Zhu Xiang is very troublesome to deal with them, so he does not go to find hardships for himself.

Li Mu said that because Qianzhong County was at war with Chu State, and Chu State wanted to regain its ancestral land, it had been sporadic harassment of Qianzhong County, so Qianzhong County was in a wartime state, and the power of the county guard was far inferior to that of the general who guarded the town, and Li Mu could make his own decisions here. Of course, Zhu Xiang ran to Qianzhong County by boat.

Li Mu was speechless: "I want to sail on the Yangtze River, but it is still more dangerous." You shouldn't put yourself at risk. ”

Zhu Xiang said: "If you don't rush at night and when the weather is bad, and you are traveling with a fleet, how can it be dangerous?" As long as the ship is not completely sunk and there is a problem with the ship, it can also be rescued immediately. ”

In short, Zhu Xiang just can't be idle.

The terrain of Qianzhong County is complex, the mountains and mountains in the west can be terraced, and the east is close to the Yunmengze Plain to engage in rice planting and mulberry fish ponds, which is not well used, it is simply a waste.

Although Li Mu wanted to refute Zhu Xiang, Zhu Xiang was here, and it was pointless for him to refute it, so he sighed and let Zhu Xiang feel free.

It just so happened that he helped Zhu Xiang farm in Qianzhong County, and he could further numb the Chu State.

Li Mu originally wanted to keep Zhu Xiang's coming to Qianzhong County a secret, but Zhu Xiang's white hair was too conspicuous, and it spread all over the streets and alleys as soon as he came to Qianzhong County, and everyone knew that Zhu Xianggong had come to guide farming.

Zhu Xiang touched his hair and said to Li Mu: "The next time I travel, should I use ink to dye my hair black first?" ”

Li Mu glanced at him: "Are you just thinking about this now?" I thought you were deliberately showing off your gray hair, not like a mortal. ”

Zhu Xiang said seriously: "To be honest, I am indeed showing off. My gray hair is really good-looking! ”