ps: I recommend a few novels similar to this book, "I want to be the emperor", "I am rich and noble" and "Overseer", you can collect them and see

The State of Chu was the first country to implement the county system. Two hundred years ago, King Wu of Chu destroyed the State of Quan and rebuilt it into a county, which was the beginning of the establishment of a county.

Among them, the area north of Fangcheng is divided into four counties: Ye County, Luyang County, Dongbugen, and Xibugen, all of which are large counties capable of sending thousands of troops!

Ye Gong Shen Zhuliang's duty is to govern these four counties in his capacity as the county magistrate of Ye County, and organize the northern defense line of Chu State.

Looking at his administration, I thought he was a mature and stable person, but it was not until Duanmuci entered the Yexian County Temple that he found out that this vassal official was surprisingly young.

Young Master Ye was about thirty years old, and his appearance was beautiful and handsome. He was wearing a Chu-style robe with large sleeves and a seal on his right hem.

Zigong was amazed that Duke Ye was able to dominate a domain within his first year of life, and Duke Ye was also amazed at the youngness of this uninvited guest.

"The guest is the famous Tao Zhu in the Central Plains?"

"Tao Zhu" is a mysterious businessman who has quietly risen in Taoqiu in the past few years. There are many legends about him. It is said that he is good at doing business. Therefore, the family fortune was scattered three times, and he became a wealthy businessman three times. Moreover, this man's hands and eyes are open to the sky, whether it is Zhao's horses, porcelain, or Lu State's clay, Song State's lacquer ware, Wu Yue's copper and tin, and Ju State's salt.

Because of the extensive business, he also had some trade interactions with Ye Gong, who guarded the north gate of Chu State. Tao Zhu transported the goods entrusted to him by the Zhao family into Chu State, and then bought gold, copper and tin from Chu State and left. Due to the importance of this man in the trade between the Zhao clan, the state of Lu, and the state of Chu, in the past few years, he has even been given the wrong gold "Ye Gongzi Gaojie" by Ye Gong, allowing Tao Zhu's caravan to trade in When entering the state of Chu. Tax deductions are available for the transport of goods by land and water.

Ye Gong originally thought that Tao Zhu was at least forty or fifty years old, and a wily businessman, but who would have thought that the person who brought "Ye Gongzi Gaojie" to ask for a meeting was not older than himself. And his appearance is elegant and subtle, and there is no copper odor at all.

He frowned slightly. Some unbelievable.

Zigong smiled calmly: "The villain is Tao Zhu." This is the name he used when he ran a luxury place in Taoqiu and built a caravan. It was Zhao Wuxi who took it for him, and Zigong didn't know there was What a deep meaning, that's how it is used.

Ye Gong was amazed, and then asked: "I don't know where the guests come from, where are they going, and what's the matter of visiting Ye County?"

"The villain came from Chaoge. He went to Zaiying. The reason why he stayed in Yexian was because he saw something when he was passing through Zheng State and wanted to tell Ye Gong."

Chaoge is now under the control of the Zhao family, and Ye Gongzi Gao roughly guessed who the monarch served by this "Tao Zhu", he asked: "I wonder what the guest wants to tell me?"

Zigong raised his robe and said, "When I was passing through the outskirts of Xinzheng, I saw a large army of Zheng Guo gathered. When I inquired, it turned out that Zheng Guoqing, Yousu, was gathering soldiers to practice battle formations."

Hear the word swim speed. Ye Gong's brows twitched, and he couldn't help remembering that a few years ago, when You Su rode him to King Qin to attack Wu, five thousand men from the handsome Zheng division raided Yedi. Destroyed the Sheji of Xu State who moved to Yedi. When Shen Zhuliang came back, he was devastated, and the people of Zheng State burned, killed, looted and retreated. After this incident, he was sealed in Yexian County, and instead of Xu Guo, he guarded the northern border for Chu.

Never forget the past, the teacher of the future, although Shen Zhuliang doesn't know this sentence, he understands the truth, the soldiers of the four counties under his jurisdiction. The main targets of defense are Zheng and Jin!

But he said calmly: "Chun Sou is a common thing, why is it surprising?"

"It's a busy month for farming now. Even Qi, Jin and Zhao Lu in the Central Plains didn't fight, they were busy farming. The Zheng people chose to hold a spring search at this time, and then the army went to the Man clan in the southwest. , The villain thinks this is strange, so he came to tell Ye Gong."

Barbarian! Shen Zhuliang's heart tightened, and he hurriedly called his subordinates and said something like this in his ear. After the entourage left, he turned to Zigong and said, "Does the guest think he is Xiangao? Xiangao is originally from Zheng. It is the government of Zheng Guoli and the people’s government, and what is the purpose of the guest telling me about this?”

"The footsteps of merchants and merchants do not respect national boundaries, but as officials and merchants, they are also loyal to the lord. The villain is working for the Zhao family. Zheng is the common enemy of the Chu state and the Zhao family. The Zheng people are about to move on the southern border, and the villain is the same enemy."

"So, your identity is not a merchant, but a lobbyist of Zhao's?"

"I'm also a friend of Chu. This news is a gift from the Zhao family. My lord hopes to make friends with Ye Gong."

"Is that all?"

"That's all."

This "Tao Zhu" answered neither humble nor arrogant. Shen Zhuliang pondered again, but he was already half convinced. After a while, he said, "Please go down to rest. After the news is confirmed, it will not be too late to thank you."

Zigong smiled and said, "Rather than being placed under house arrest in the yard, the villain would like to get to know some scholars and merchants from the state of Chu."

"It's natural."

For the first time, the thin lips under Ye Gong's arrowy beard showed a smile: "Although I don't have as many as 3,000 diners as Zhao Qing, but there are quite a few guests, I will introduce some scholars from the state of Chu to the guests, and I only hope that the guests will return to Chaoge. Afterwards, don't laugh at my hospitality in front of the Zhao gentleman."

...

A few days later, Zigong was placed under house arrest by Ye Gong in the courtyard of Ye Gong's mansion, isolated from his entourage and cronies. .

Yexian is located in the north of Fangcheng. In the past, Shen, Ye and other princes were enfeoffed here. After being conquered by King Wen of Chu, Chu talents from the south migrated in one after another and merged with the original people of Jijiang Chengguo, forming a unique culture—— There are both the elegant and brave of the Chu State and the ritual and music of the Central Plains.

Under the management of Ye Gong, Ye County can be described as a gathering of humanities and a developed economy. But once there is something to call, he can put on a tight leather armor and join the army with a sword.

It is a pity that most of the dialects of the Chu people are not understood by Zigong, such as Wentianshu, so very little information can be obtained from the discussions of others - although "Cheng Zhou Yayan" has been used as a common language in this era, but Apart from the pedestrians who need to communicate with the Central Plains, and some nobles who have to attend diplomatic occasions, who else would ordinary scholars of Chu State learn this?

It was mid-January. Although the weather in the north was getting warmer in this season~lightnovelpub.net~, it was still a little warm and cold, and outside Fangcheng was not much different from Lu and Song. On this day, Zigong was invited by Ye Gong again and was about to go out to attend the meeting with him. He had tried to talk to these people, but they were all locals, and none of them knew Yayan.

Just as he was about to arrive at the banquet venue, he saw a man in his 40s, wearing a high crown and walking towards him with a smile.

how to say? Zigong's impression of him is that his appearance is not impressive, but he is more handsome and handsome.

This man Zigong has seen before, is a diner in Ye Gong's mansion, and has never talked on weekdays, but this time he went straight to Zigong's side, held Zigong's hand affectionately, and said something that few people can understand. Word.

"Zigong just went to Zheng State to encourage Zheng people to go west, and then he came to Ye County to tell Ye Gong about this. With such a double-edged sword, I am afraid that he wanted to borrow the sword of the Chu people to delay the pace of Zheng State's eastward advance for Zhao's! You! You can deceive others, but you can't deceive me!"

As soon as these words came out, Zi Gong was shocked for a while, thinking that his mission had been exposed! (To be continued.)

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