After each war, the territory of each country would change. Five years ago, the Qin generals Meng Ao attacked Wei, Dingsenzao, Yan, Xu, Changping, Yongqiu, and Shanyang City all pulled them out, took twenty cities, and first established Dongjun. The following year, the five countries joined forces to attack Qin and were defeated, and Wei had to give up the idea of ​​regaining lost territory. The six states of Guandong, Dongjun was like a wedge, inserted horizontally between Zhao and Wei and Chu, making Zhao completely isolated, while Qin bordered Qi in the east.

Of course, the Qin people's intentions understand that he believes that the current strategy of Chu should be to help Zhao, and helping Zhao is to help him. Although he is a Zhao person, it is correct to save Zhao. If you really want to break the deadlock at the moment, you can only save Zhao to delay time. It takes time to build a ship, and sailing to America also takes time.

With the high-yield crop of sweet potatoes, Jiangdong may be the rear of Chu, but this does not mean that Chu can compete with Qin. When Mongolia destroyed the Song Dynasty, Jiangnan was also very rich, but Xiangyang lost its country as usual. Can Jiangdong survive alone, and Xiazhou, which is still in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, withstand the Qin navy?

The conditions of the Southern Song Dynasty were much better than those of the Southern Song Dynasty. The Southern Song Dynasty had at least no shortage of population. After the Chu State moved eastward, nearly half of the population lost. Although there were Song territory and Lu State supplemented it, these populations were all north of the Huai River, and the population in Jiangdong was less than 200,000 households.

Xiong Jing doesn't understand military tactics, but he understands strategy. Wu Guanzi nodded in agreement with Xiong Jing's statement. He smiled and said, "What if Zhao Chu attacks Qi?"

"Attack Qi?" Xiong Jing was stunned. Although Qi was almost destroyed once, there was Muling Pass on the Chu State and the Yellow River natural danger on the other side of Zhao State. At this time, the Yellow River entered the sea from Hebei, which happened to be the border of Zhao Qi... "Teacher, there is Muling Pass in the south of Qi, and the Yellow River natural danger on the north. The peninsula was narrow and long. In the past, the people of Qi retreated to Jimo to counterattack and restore the country. Moreover, Qin and Qi were in good terms. Our Chu State and Zhao State attacked Qi, and Qin State would not sit idly by."

Xiong Jing said, and Wu Guanzi laughed: This disciple has a strong overall view and lacks only military skills. In time, he will be the hero of the world. He smiled and listened to Xiong Jing's words, and then said: "Zi Jing once said that the boat that spreads the sea is more than twenty feet long, and can travel thousands of miles in one day when it is controlled by the wind."

"Yes." Xiong Jing nodded. The length of the sea boat he wanted to build was more than fifty meters, and the speed could reach ten knots while the wind was flowing. This would be 440 kilometers a day, and the country of Chu was less than five hundred meters. Those with more sailing boats traveled thousands of miles a day, and at least six hundred.

"The wind-controlling ship is unique to our Chu State, and Qi State is completely unaware of it. If the ship carries more than 10,000 armored soldiers from the sea to Anling...what?"

"...Teacher," said Xiong Jing, when Feng Guanzi asked, he was really stunned. Anling was west of Qingdao Port, and was probably located in the later generations of Lingshan Guard of Jiaonan, close to Qi's Great Wall built by Qi's defense against Chu.

Wu Guanzi didn't know the inner changes of his disciples, so he pointed to the map and asked again: "I ask you, Chu State destroyed Lu, but stopped at Muling Pass, why?"

"Before the army moved, food and grass came first. Our Chu State destroyed Lu, relying on Sishui, Yishui and Mushui. Sishui originated from the south of Liangfu Mountain and had no way to advance north; Muling Pass guarded Yishui, and Mushui. If you attack Qi, you will have to break Muling Pass." Xiong Jing replied.

"That's right." Zhu Guanzi laughed, "By land attacking Qi, it is necessary to destroy Muling Pass, so Qi is set up here with heavy troops. But Zijing builds sea ships and attacks Qi and opens the sea. If you can seize Anling, the people of Qi will be attacked from both sides, and Muling Pass will be broken. Although Qin does not want Chu and Zhao to destroy Qi, if I fight quickly and Qi is destroyed in a daze, there will be no way to save me. If I don't help, Qi will be my alliance rather than Qin's abuse."

Xiong Jing was stunned again. He was too pretentious as a cheap master.

Zhu Guanzi still didn't know the disciple's thoughts, and said again: "Zi Nuan is my disciple, and also your senior brother. He was deeply favored by King Zhao and has been a general of Zhao for several years. If you are the eldest son, you will become the King of Chu in the future, and you can follow the plan to destroy Qi with him. At that time, the two countries took the Wenshui Linzi as the boundary, returned to Zhao to the north, and returned to me to the east. Qin Ruo launched troops to attack, and promised Wei to the east county and Qi south to join forces with Han, and forced Yan State to resist Qin with the Haishi. If the five countries win this battle, our Chu State will become stronger and more powerful. After resting for several years, you can attack the old Ying again. The old Ying will be restored, and the Qin State will be in great power."

"Teacher, what if Linzi cannot conquer for a long time?" Xiong Jing considered the feasibility of the plan.

"I was surprised and attacked without preparation. The crossbow of Zijing was said by Gongshu, and the stone bomb could attack the city, and the strong city could be broken." During this period, in addition to taking Xiong Jing as his disciple, Wu Guanzi also went to build a mansion to see the powerful crossbow made by Xiong Jing.

"Who is Gongshu Doctor?" Xiong Jing heard the man's name more than once.

"The head of the founding palace steward, after Lu Ban, if the shipbuilding is helped, it will be twice the result with half the effort." Zhu Guanzi said this and said: "Han and Wei have defeated Yique, Qi have attacked five countries, Chu has injured Yan and Ying, Zhao has pain of Changping. The former powerful country no longer exists, and the nations regard Qin as their hegemony. In the past few decades, Qin attacked Wei and defeated Zhao, but Zhao was weak. Only Qi and Chu have the opportunity to rise again, but Qi and Chu are incompetent, and the prime minister is greedy for bribes. Only our Chu can control the violence of Qin. If Zi Jing is not the eldest son, the whole world will be returned to Qin."

Feng Guanzi understood Xiong Jing's ambitions, but as a Zhao man, he also wrote "Feng Guanzi" for 60 volumes. Of course, he did not want his disciple to sail in the sea. Xiong Jing originally wanted to ask, "What's wrong with the whole world returning to Qin?", but he felt that this was too inconsistent, so he had to say, "The disciple was tired and confused, and he didn't know how to choose. If you do things for the eldest son, you will not decide the temple, and this must be the destiny of heaven, so why not wait for it?"

"Zi Jing believes in the destiny?" Wu Guanzi said with surprise.

"Finance." Xiong Jing nodded without hesitation. "Heaven has a destiny, people have ambitions. The ambition of disciples is not in the court, but in the six continents and seven seas. After hundreds of years of war, a country will surely rise up and destroy all countries. Whether it is Qin or Chu or Qi, they are all unified. What is the difference? But by connecting the world with sea routes, I will change my lonely and blocked situation. Even if my disciple dies in the future, it will benefit China for generations."

One is to become an inevitable tool in history, and the other is to open a big sailing ban for China. As an otaku who is familiar with modern military history two thousand years later, it is very clear which one is more important. In his opinion, only by opening one side of the sea and breaking the obstacles to the exchanges between China and civilizations around the world can the nation set up a stall.

When Wu Guanzi heard this, he shook his head vigorously, "Zi Jing is wrong. The rule of Chu, Qi, and Zhao may benefit the people through the sea, but the rule of Qin is not the same. Qin destroyed the countries, destroyed their ancestral temples, abused their tribes, and treated their ministers like earth, but our Chu State was not the case. If the rule of Chu State was not, destroyed the country and preserved the ancestral temples, moved their offices, and treated their monarchs with Zhou rituals. Qin won the world and committed atrocities to the world. At that time, the people were forbidden to go to sea and abolished the shipbuilding craftsmen. How could China benefit for hundreds of generations?"

The words of the storm made Xiong Jing think of many bad things, and he suddenly wanted to say something.

"Zi Jing is tired, go back." Wu Guanzi waved his hand and said calmly.

*

April is the silence of the May, and the temperature is slightly higher than that of the Warring States Period two thousand years later. It was so hot that it was just in May of the lunar calendar. After more than two months of construction, the shipyard under Zijin Mountain had all cut all the plants and trees, and the shipyard could see some outlines on the yellow mud ground. However, there were few houses built, and the ground was mostly filled with timber mud ravines. More than a thousand common people from the Xiongjing Feng land, and the migrant workers recruited nearby were working hard. It was not that the supervisors were strict, but the kind prince paid according to the amount of earth, digging more, earning more, eating meat, rice, and drinking wine. This was much more comfortable than home.

Xiong Jing, who sneaked to the shipyard on the day of the ten-day holiday, was standing on the bank of the Huai River. He was no longer surrounded by his servants, except for Master and Apprentice of Feng Guanzi, Ji Lingjun, Ji Jujun, Yi Lanyangjun, Luyangjun, and Anlingjun, who had long lost their fiefdoms, there were also specially invited the steward Yin Gongshujian from the Zao Mansion. The group was watching the keel water truck under the river embankment.

Today is the finalization day for the water truck - in more than a month, the shipyard craftsmen have built six types of twelve water trucks, each of which has to be carried to the Huai River shore for trial operation. One tests the water volume, the second tests are lightweight, and the third tests are reliable. Only in this way can the problem be discovered and the previous design is improved.

"The prince must be able to win the sky to achieve this water truck." The six water trucks on the river embankment are like dragons. Because the river embankment is too high, it takes two relays to pump the river water to the river bank. The water flow like a waterfall makes people love the more they look at it, and Gongshu couldn't help but bow to Xiong Jing.

Gongshujian was the chief engineer of the Chu State. He was not good at his appearance and could be the best in the world in the world. The craftsman of the shipyard bowed his head when he saw him. Xiong Jing was very polite to him and bowed back, "It's just a trick of carving insects. Everyone called me Zijing, and Gongshu doctors don't have to call me my best."

"Zi Jing is too humble." Gongshujian didn't care much about the etiquette of superiority and inferiority. He looked at the water wheel that was flowing continuously on the river bank and said, "Can I see the secret of the water wheel?"

"Of course." Xiong Jing didn't care whether the water truck was leaking. The water truck was a civilian product and would definitely be copied when sold. "Please."

The water truck that was rushing out of water stopped. It was a double-pedal water truck. The two workers who stepped on the water truck were still unsatisfied, but the workers shouted to stop and stood on the side. After the flow was cut off, the original structure of the water truck suddenly appeared, about a meter long, with a wooden frame as a long groove, with rotors at both ends. The wooden chains at each section were sandwiched with square plate leaves. It was these plate leaves that raised the water to a height of meter.

"Use wheel drive chains, chains, and boards to lift water." The principle of the water truck is simple and clear, and you can understand it at first glance, but the simpler it is the more admirable it is. Gong Shujian thought of the crossbow. He thought that the crossbow was an amplification of the crossbow. Who knew that although the crossbow and the crossbow had the word "cross". One was to bend and exert force, and the other was to distort force, which was completely different.
Chapter completed!