It seemed that overnight, Shouying fell into the endless spring rain. It was April, and the brilliant spring light disappeared without a trace. The leaves of the trees turned green. When the drizzle moistened, the green was fluttering with the wind. The boats were sailing in the Huai River, the woods, shipyards, and purple gold mountains were all gray. In my ears, the sound of the drizzle splashing on the boat shed was the sound of the war drums.

Xiang Yan, Xiang Zhi, Xiang Chao and others were most sensitive to the sound of fighting drums, especially as the sound of the drums was getting closer and closer. Seeing a few people listening, Xiang Que, who is the county magistrate of Xiang County, said: "The battle between Daliang is coming soon, and it is probably because the boat master learned the formation."

"Cheap Division?" Xiang Chao had never seen the Zhou Army. The people of Wu and Yue had the first such water army. In order to fight with the Wu Kingdom, the Chu State joined forces with Yue to control Wu, and with the assistance of the Yue people, they had their own Zhou Army. After the Qin people occupied the old Ying, they took over the remaining ships of the Chu Army's Zhou Army and formed the Zhou Army. Qi State was between the lower reaches of the Yellow River and the Bohai Sea, and there was a Zhou Army very early; but the three Jin Dynasty did not have a Zhou Army. The Yellow River flooded every year, with sandy beaches and low water levels, so the Zhou Army was useless.

"It's indeed the boat master." In the drizzle, someone saw a shadow of a boat coming from the river on the left. The boat was wide and slender. The battle flags, soldiers and boat slurry were all shaking. The drums kept beating the drums, and the sound of the drums was deafening.

Xiang Yan and others went down the river, and the boat army went upstream. The feeling of intersecting the two sides made Xiang Yan suspected that he was in a chariot and was rushing past the enemy.

"So fast?" Xiang Chao also discovered that the ark was very fast, like a galloping horse on the water. No one answered him. After a few breaths, the warships disappeared without a trace, leaving only the faint sound of drums.

"I dare to ask if it's the general's boat?" When I arrived at the waterway entering Ying, someone asked loudly on the side of the road.

"It's the General's boat." The boatman replied loudly, "Who can you ask?"

The boatman asked, a small boat came over, and there was a man with a pure garment and simple clothes standing on the boat. Clothes were a symbol of identity, but only the clothes worn by the king could change, either a black garment sacrifice, a white garment, a red garment military service, or a black garment hunting field. The literati and officials were Xuanyi at all times, and they were different from the difference between Sushang, the sergeant, the sergeant, the sergeant, Huang sergeant, and the sergeant.

At this moment, the man with Su Shang stood at the bow of the boat and must be a doctor. Xiang Yan and others did not dare to be negligent, so they hurried out of the shed and walked onto the boat to bow to the chief. When the bowing greeted, the person who came laughed and said, "Why should you be polite, General?"

"I've seen Yang Moon-kun." The person who came was Dazai Yang Moon-kun. He laughed loudly, and he no longer had the tone of the shogunate in the military last year.

"I have met Yang Wenjun." Xiang Que, Xiang Zhi, Xiang Chao and others also came up to salute Yang Wenjun.

"Let's go into the cabin to talk." Although Yang Wenjun came here to welcome Xiang Yan and others, there was something else.

"I heard that Zichao and Princess Lu..." They were all very familiar. As soon as Yang Wenjun entered the cabin, he asked Xiang Yan to retreat and then straight to the point.

"Oh, the son is stupid, and this is what we want to ask the king to atone for his sins." Xiang Yanshen sighed. Last month, the king invited the sons of the unmarried princesses. Somehow his son got together with the Princess Lu, and finally rode a horse with Princess Lu. He was so rude.

"I would like to ask Yang Wenjun to say a few words before the king. I, Xiang, will be punished later." Xiang Chao is the legitimate son of Xiang, and the core of the next generation of Xiang's nephews. Xiang Que never wants him to be punished by the king.

"At the time of Shangsi, men and women love each other, what is the crime of the crime?" Yang Wenjun smiled and said, "What I worry most is the alliance between Chu and Qin. The spy reported secretly that Qin State had increased its troops in Nanyang County, and the king summoned the general. Although it was not for the whole matter, it was mostly for this matter."

"I have heard of it too." When talking about Qin, Xiang Yan's concerns became deeper. Qin and Zhao joined forces on the border this month. Qin and Zhao, which stabilized the northern line, may continue to attack Chu. The situation of Chu was like this continuous spring rain, and it was ambiguous.

"But the King of Qin has been missing Princess Qian for a long time." Yang Wenjun's words were puzzled, but fortunately he said in the next sentence: "Only the King does not want Princess Qian to marry the King of Qin, so he is willing to marry Zichao."

"Ah?!" Xiang Que said loudly, and mentioned the matter between his nephew and Princess Qian. He was still a little worried, but now he was shocked.

"The king does have this intention. The day in Shangsi was beyond the gates and gardens, and it was also the king who made people do it on purpose." Yang Wenjun said with a smile.

"King, how can you?... The king is so kind to Xiang, I..." Xiang Que burst into tears and cried out in the direction of the palace. There was a way for the princess to give marriage to his ministers, but Princess Qian was known to all the six countries. Such princesses usually marry into the palace and have never had any precedent for the ministers who were granted marriage.

"General, Brother Zique, please forgive me for your conspiracy. Princess Qian's marriage to the Qin Palace will be beneficial to the Chu-Qin alliance, and will become the queen of Qin. In the future, she will give birth to an heir to the eldest son, that is, the future King of Qin. If she marry into the Xiang family..."

Yang Wenjun rushed on the boat, completely lobbying. Xiang Yan changed his color and said, "If you have something to do, please tell me."

"Okay. I will say it bluntly." Yang Wenjun noticed the displeasure in Xiang Yan's eyes, but he just smiled. "For the alliance between Chu and Qin, and also for the queen of Qin, and even for the next King of Qin, I want to ask the general to refuse the king's marriage. If Princess Qian married into the Xiang family, the princess of Zhao would marry into the Qin Palace. The foreign relatives of Qin were in charge of the major affairs of Qin. If Princess Zhao was appointed as the eldest son of Qin, the Qin army would attack the south.

In today's world, the King of Qi does not care about the Central Plains, and the Han and Wei countries are surviving and the country is about to perish. Only Chu and Zhao can resist Qin's battle. Qin wants to destroy the six countries, but in one day, either destroy Zhao first or Chu first. It takes more than ten years for the king to implement the new policy. As a Chu person, I would rather Qin destroy Zhao than Qin to destroy Chu. Can the general understand my wish?"

"Of course." Xiang Yan nodded slightly. To this day, all countries have been 'no matter who you attack, don't hit me anyway'. Han and Wei hope that Qin will attack Zhao, Zhao hope that Qin will attack Chu, and Chu will also want to have a good alliance with Qin. Chunshen Jun's death was the biggest loss of Chu. After his death, no one of the five countries could take on the great responsibility of the Union and could only allow Qin to attack and wait for death.

"Thank you, General." Yang Wenjun bowed a lot and asked the two brothers to avoid each other. After bowing, he said again: "Go farewell first."

Yang Wenjun said goodbye immediately, but his farewell was only formal. When he returned to the boat, he asked loudly: "Is it the general's boat?"

He had just said goodbye and asked loudly less than a quarter of an hour. Although the boatman was strange, he still answered loudly. At this time, the boat had already arrived near the water gate of Yingdu. In addition to the Dazai Yang Wenjun, there were also some temple people such as the king's servant Jiang. The ceremony was even more polite, and there was Chang Jiang there. Yang Wenjun only spoke without saying good manners, and the person who spoke.

"The king originally wanted to meet the general in person, but the matter of building the palace was urgent, so he asked Yang Wenjun and his old slave to go out of the city to welcome him. He asked the general, Xiang Gong, Xiang Gong, and Zichao to rest in the inn before and entered the palace to attend the banquet at dusk." Chang Jiang also came to read Xiong Jing's oral orders according to the script.

"Dare to ask..." Chang Jiang is the master of the two kings of Chu, and Yang Wenjun is also a person with background. Xiang Que winked, and a servant took two boxes and opened them. There were three-inch pearls inside. "Dare to ask Dazai, the master accepts it with a smile."

Before the box was opened, Changjiang was still looking forward. When she opened it, she saw that it was a three-inch pearl, and the expectation suddenly turned into disappointment. He smiled and picked up the pearl, threw it in his hand and put it back. "Why should Mr. Xiang do this?"

"This is a little bit of politeness from my Xiang family." Xiang Que looked at his brother Xiang Yan and said this.

"Then I will accept it." The pearl was valuable in the past, but now no one dares to wear it in Yingdu, which means it has become less popular. What's more, even a one-foot-sized pearl can be made of Lu Li's mansion, and these three-inch pearls are not valuable at all.

"I dare to ask, the king's banquet today..." Yang Wenjun just left anxiously, and Xiang Que had no chance to ask.

"It's all the commanders who have made merits." Chang Jiang smiled, "I just welcomed Mr. Zeng, Yin of Xiyang into the city."

"This is a great joy. The king will pay homage to the ancestral temple the next day and reward the ministers who have made meritorious." Yang Wenjun also laughed. He was anxious just now, and he forgot to tell Xiang Yan that the king of Ying would reward the ministers who had made meritorious.

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Misty steam permeated the shed, and every few minutes the roar of the 10-ton hammer of the Juti Mansion came. The smell of coal, iron and water steam easily reminded people of the old-fashioned green train. However, it was far less advanced. What appeared before Xiong Jing was a mutated Newcomer steam engine.

Its cylinder is made of ceramic. Without a boring machine, the craftsmen of the Mansion believe that only ceramics that are easy to process can achieve the accuracy of the cylinder and piston required by the king. This may be true, but in addition to being unbearable to fall, the ceramic is not easy to connect with the air pipe of the boiler below. If the cylinder is iron, it is possible to rivet. Now the cylinder is ceramic, and the cowhide air pipe can only be tied tightly with iron wire. Because of this, every time the boiler discharges steam outward and rushes the piston up, the shed is filled with aerosol, just like a bathhouse.

The boiler steam pushes the piston in the cylinder higher, and the seesaw-like cantilever begins to rise on the right side, and the left end drops. The iron arm hard-connected to the left end of the cantilever pushes the solar planet gear to rotate, and the gear drives the wheel shaft to rotate. When the piston rises to the top and the steam is completed, a valve at the bottom of the cylinder will automatically open, and the air is exhausted in the cylinder, and the piston will drop rapidly, and it will also pull the right cantilever to descend rapidly. The left arm connected to the solar planet gear will rise and rotate with the wheel shaft for a circle.
Chapter completed!