"Long time no see!" Jin Yao also came to Guo Kai with a smile.
During the land reform, he also worked with Guo Kai for a period of time as Cheng Xi, so the two of them knew each other in this capacity.
"Farewell to the past, the gentleman's style remains the same!" Guo Kai responded with a smile.
But everyone at the banquet felt the change in the atmosphere.
The noise in the originally bustling banquet hall was consciously muted at this time. Both the officials and retainers following Guo Kailai in Xianyang and the officials in Longcheng all pricked up their ears to listen, for fear of missing any details.
And this is also caused by the subtle relationship between Xianyang and Longcheng.
If the Chu State was still there, Longcheng would be Xianyang's natural political ally, and it would be Qin's bridgehead and thorn in its fight against Chu.
But once the Chu Kingdom was destroyed, the status of Dragon City became extremely embarrassing. In a more serious sense, the Dragon Lord supported his own troops and claimed the territory as the king!
Therefore, officials from both Longcheng and Xianyang knew that there must be a battle between Longcheng and Xianyang!
"Let me introduce you!" Jin Yao seemed not to notice the solemn atmosphere at the scene. He smiled and introduced the officials of Longcheng to Guo Kai.
Guo Kai was also stunned and failed to keep up with Jin Yao's rhythm.
"This is to show off your authority!"
"This is not introducing someone to you. It's clearly telling you that this Chu Land is under the control of Dragon City!"
"But without the help of Dragon City, we really can't control Chu Di!"
"Everyone has been killed by Dragon Lord, so naturally we can only rely on Dragon City!"
The officials and retainers brought by Guo Kai were all communicating in low voices.
Guo Kai seemed not to notice, and followed Jin Yao to recognize the person with a smile.
"This is my long history, Mr. Wu Rui!"
"Mr. Wu Rui is talented in literature and martial arts. He has been heard about it in Xianyang for a long time. I just lament that the mountains are high and the water is far away, but he has never seen him!"
"Sir Guo's words are serious. I'm afraid no one in the whole world knows your name!"
Even without hitting the smiling person, Wu Rui and Guo Kai smiled and praised each other.
"I heard that there are two heroes in Dragon City. Wu Rui has a long history. Kai has already seen it. I wonder who Mr. Chen Xian is who is sitting behind the scenes for Dragon Lord and stabilizing Dragon City?" Guo Kai took the initiative to ask.
"Xian has met Mr. Guo!" Chen Xian also took the initiative to stand up and salute.
"I have long admired your name!" Guo Kai took the initiative to salute and say hello.
Then Jin Yao took Guo Kai to introduce all the officials and generals in Dragon City.
Guo Kai also knew that these people would be the mainstay of the Chu Territory. Without the cooperation of these people, it would be difficult for him to move forward in the Chu Territory in the future.
"Aren't you afraid that Guo Kai will take away all your people?" Li Mu looked curiously at Jin Yao, who was sitting next to him and drinking leisurely.
"I did it on purpose!" Jin Yao said with a smile.
"What do you mean?" Li Mu looked at Jin Yao with some confusion.
"Wu Rui and Chen Xian are both talented. Wu Rui is talented in literature and martial arts. It will be normal for him to become the nine ministers in the future. Chen Xian is smart in politics and is definitely qualified to be a frontier official. You have seen Ying Bu and Ji Bu. They are both
He is a fierce general!" Jin Yao said as he looked at Li Mu and pointed at them one by one.
"Then what? You know what I want to ask!" Li Mu looked at Jin Yao and said solemnly.
The conflict between Xianyang and Longcheng will break out sooner or later, and he doesn't believe Jin Yao can't see this.
"Why do you think Longcheng and Xianyang will go to war?" Jin Yao looked at Li Mu and asked.
Li Mu frowned and looked at Jin Yao, not knowing whether to call him big-hearted or naive. Even someone like him who is not good at political struggles knows the dangers of power struggles.
"Dragon City is too small to accommodate their talents. They should have a bigger future!" Jin Yao looked at Wu Rui, Chen Xian and others and said casually.
Dragon City once only had two counties. After conquering the south of the Yangtze River, it expanded to four counties, but it was still too small compared to the entire world.
People like Wu Rui, Chen Xian, Ying Bu and Ji Bu have absolute talents and talents. They should go to a larger and broader world to display their talents, instead of being restricted to Dragon City and Chu Di.
"I mean, what should you do!" Li Mu was a little tired. Is this what he cares about?
You gave up on Yanzhao once, and now you have finally established the power of Dragon City from scratch, with absolute supporters. Do you want to give up again?
"You think about others and never think about yourself? Aren't you tired?" Li Mu sighed.
"I have been to the State of Qi, met Master Xun, and studied the I Ching and the I Ching Qian with him. After the flying dragon is in the sky, the dragon has regrets!" Jin Yao said something unrelated.
Li Mu's frown deepened, not knowing what Jin Yao wanted to say.
"Leave aside the Book of Changes, let's take martial arts as an example. When we first started practicing martial arts, we always felt that punching hard and leaving no force behind is the most powerful. But later on, we realized that real masters can only punch three points away.
Only by using your strength can you live longer!" Jin Yao continued.
"So what?" Li Mu still couldn't understand what Jin Yao wanted to do.
"The ending is already destined, why send it away?" Jin Yao sighed.
"The former Yan and Zhao seemed to have become extremely powerful because of me, with the ability to fight Qin. But as the leading general of Yan and Zhao, you should also know that we have already defeated Yan and Zhao for the sake of this powerful Yan and Zhao.
Ten rooms and nine empty houses have become empty, and almost every young man in every household has been drafted into the army."
"Once the war goes bad, Yan and Zhao will be devastated, and Qin doesn't even need to fight us. As long as it drags on for three to five years, our internal conflicts will break out."
"And do you think that with the abilities of you, Pang Nuan, Lian Po, and Le Cheng, we can destroy Qin within three years?" Jin Yao looked at Li Mu and asked.
Li Mu also fell silent. Yan and Zhao had the smallest population among the princes in the world. Although they were vast in territory, their combined population was not as large as that of Qin.
In order to raise an army of 300,000, they almost drained the young men of Yan and Zhao.
You may not see any problems in the short term, but as time goes by, and it only takes a year or two, Yanzhao will be short of food and grass due to a lack of sufficient labor, and then conflicts will break out.
"Compared with the Zhao State back then, Dragon City is now weaker, but Qin State is more powerful. If a war begins with Qin State, Dragon City will have no chance of winning, and it will only cause Dragon City to be invaded by war again."
"Even if I can lead them to resist the Qin army's advance, I am not sure I can defeat you!" Jin Yao looked at Li Mu and continued.
If there was a war between Longcheng and Xianyang, then he and Li Mu would definitely meet on the battlefield, and he was not sure that he could defeat Li Mu.
"I'm also not sure I can beat you!" Li Mu said in a low voice.
"But you can lose many times, but Longcheng can only lose once!" Jin Yao continued.
"It was actually not my original intention to build Dragon City back then. My original intention was to see the great rivers and mountains of China, but I didn't expect to wake up one night and find myself in military service."
"You know, when I woke up and looked at the uniform on my body, I was totally dumbfounded!"
Jin Yao smiled and recalled the scene when the rebel army covered him with military uniforms, and shook his head helplessly.