Chapter 176 Where is the land of business in six hundred miles
"She is still a woman from Wu."
In Chunshenjun's Mansion, Huang Xie was lying on a bed with a phoenix pattern engraved on it, with his chest exposed, holding two identical young women in his arms, and his two rough palms kept exploring under the smooth robe.
The beauty's face turned red, her panting continued, and her jade body wrapped in silk was looming.
These were a pair of twins given to him by Jiangdong County Sheriff half a month ago. They were also his favorite concubines. Originally, Huang Xie wanted to give them to the King of Chu, but later he was reluctant and kept them for himself.
"Do you want the king to change his fiefdom to Wu?" Huang Xie looked at the beauty in his arms and couldn't help but feel a little moved in his heart.
Although Huaibei is rich, it is bordered by Lu and Qi to the north, Wei to the west, and now it is adjacent to Tao County of Zhao. It is a veritable place of the Four Wars.
Any war can affect Huaibei, so it is really unsafe.
Moreover, women from Huaibei are not as smart as women from Wu!
This small waist is so slender!
This little mouth is red and attractive!
Thinking in his mind, Huang Xie kissed him.
"My lord." At this moment, a servant appeared outside the curtain.
"What's the matter?" Chun Shenjun's face darkened and he said unhappily.
"There is a message from the State of Qin," the servant said.
"Qin?" Huang Xie muttered strangely, "Bring it in."
The servant opened the curtain, walked in quickly with his head lowered, placed the bamboo slips on the eucalyptus table next to the bed, and quickly left, without raising his head once.
Fan Ju pushed the woman aside, walked to the desk, picked up the letter, opened it, and smiled.
"Fan Ju, Fan Ju, you haven't changed after all these years, you still care so much about your power."
"Master, what's the matter?" A beauty came up to her, her red lips raised slightly, and the faint fragrance sprayed on Huang Xie's face.
"It's okay." Huang Xie threw the bamboo slips aside.
King Wan and Huang Xie of Chu had good relations with Fan Ju when they were hostages in Qin.
The Qin State did not respect martial ethics, so it not only deceived King Huai of Chu into the State of Qin and imprisoned him in the State of Qin, but he was not sent back to the State of Chu until King Huai of Chu died.
When the King of Chu was still the crown prince, he was held hostage in the State of Qin and was detained in the State of Qin for several years. King Qingxiang of Chu was seriously ill and could not return to the State of Chu.
Later, with the help of Huang Xie, the King of Chu disguised himself as a charioteer, escaped from Qin, and returned to Chu to inherit the throne.
Afterwards, the King of Qin wanted to kill Huang Xie, but Fan Ju dissuaded him, so he sent someone to send Huang Xie back to Chu.
Three months after Huang Xie returned to the Chu Kingdom, King Chu Qingxiang passed away. King Chu succeeded to the throne. In order to thank Huang Xie for his help, he named him Lord Chunshen, and at once made twelve people in Huaibei
The county seal was given to Huang Xie, which was extremely generous.
Huang Xie was grateful for Fan Ju's help to him and sent people to give gifts to Fan Ju many times.
One of them was the prime minister of Qin and the other was the prime minister of Chu. They had many common languages and often exchanged letters.
This time Fan Ju sent a letter to Huang Xie, hoping that he could help him destroy Lu Buwei's plan and not let Chu and Qin form an alliance, at least not in the hands of Lu Buwei, otherwise his position as prime minister would definitely change hands!
In addition, Fan Ju also sent five hundred gold and ten beauties.
But Huang Xie is not interested in the beauties in Qin now. He is only interested in the two beauties on the bed.
"Let's wait until this person called Lu Buwei comes." Huang Xie thought in his mind, laughing and rushing towards the two people, "Beauty, I'm here."
"My lord." At this time, the servant interrupted Huang Xie again.
"What's going on again?" Huang Xie suppressed the anger in his heart and asked in a deep voice.
Anyone who is interrupted twice will not be in a good mood.
However, Huang Xie is disciplined. He once ordered that as long as there is something important, it must be reported immediately, no matter what he is doing. And he will never anger his subordinates because of this. This is why the subordinates dare to interrupt him at a critical moment.
reason.
"The envoy from the State of Zhao has arrived in the suburbs. Your Majesty, sir, please go and greet him." The servant leaned over and said.
"The State of Zhao has also sent an envoy!" Huang Xie said in surprise.
"Wait a moment, I'll go right away." After saying that, Huang Xie kissed each of the two beauties on their red lips, then got up, put on his robe, tied up his hair crown, and walked outside under their service.
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Although he is lustful, he still knows his priorities.
Otherwise, he would not be reused by King Chu.
Moreover, sex can be cured at any time, but Zhao Guo cannot be offended.
Today is not the same as before. The strength of Zhao State is just different, and Chu State cannot afford to offend!
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On the other side, Cai Ze rushed from Handan to Daliang, then took a boat along the divide to go south, enjoying the scenery on both sides of the strait along the way, and arrived at Chenying unknowingly.
"Ahead is Yingdu (Chen Ying)." Cai Ze said after getting off the boat, looking into the distance.
"Sir, my subordinates often heard that the Chu State was a southern barbarian, and thought that the Chu State was very far to the south from our Zhao State. However, this time I am on an envoy to the Chu State, why do I feel that the Chu State is not very far away?" A follower said incomprehensively.
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"The capital of Chu State was in Jiangling before, but it was later moved to Chendi after it was occupied by Qin State. If the capital had not been moved, we wouldn't have even gone halfway." Cai Ze said angrily.
There is still a section of waterway from Handan to Chenying, which makes it very easy. If you go to Jiangling and have to drive all the way, it will be really painful.
Many officials even died on the way to take office.
"Chu is so big?" the attendant said in shock.
"Before the Battle of Yanying, Chu State was the country with the largest territory among the seven kingdoms. Even Qin State was not as good as Chu State. It's just that Chu State's situation was a bit special..." Cai Ze shook his head.
Chu State has the most nobles among the seven kingdoms, and unlike the Three Jin Dynasties, the Chu State's nobles are hereditary, resulting in old nobles everywhere who have been passed down from unknown periods.
These nobles had strong control over their fiefdoms and were able to train private soldiers on their fiefdoms. The King of Chu was unable to control these forces at all.
During Chu's only reform, Wu Qi, who was preparing to eliminate these nobles, was united and killed by the Chu nobles.
After the Battle of Yanying, if the Chu State could reform and develop the Yangtze River coast, there would still be hope of competing with Qin for supremacy again in the future.
It is a pity that the King of Chu chose to move the capital to a prosperous place like Chendi.
Although the control efforts north of the Huaihe River have been increased, the development and control efforts on both sides of the Yangtze River have also been greatly weakened.
Moreover, at this time, Chu State did not have the strength to compete in the Central Plains.
"Sir, it seems that Chu State has sent someone to greet us." A follower suddenly pointed forward and said.
Cai Ze looked up and saw a dozen luxurious vehicles in the distance, lined up in a row, slowly driving towards Cai Ze.
The last time Gongsun Long sent an envoy to Chu, not only did no one come out of the city to greet him, but it was even several days before the news of the alliance between Wei and Zhao came, before he was able to see Lord Chun Shen and the King of Chu.
Now Cai Ze sent Chu and Lord Chun Shen directly out of the city ten miles to greet him. This is the benefit brought by the country's prosperity.
"I've met Chun Shenjun."
Cai Ze didn't know Huang Xie, but he could infer from the flag that the fat middle-aged man in front of him could only be Huang Xie.
Huang Xie's face froze: Why is this person so ugly!
However, Huang Xie came to his senses in an instant and leaned over to salute: "I have met Ambassador Zhao."
The two exchanged pleasantries and entered the city together.
"This is a gift from my king to Lord Chun Shen. There are five hundred pieces of paper in total, and another five hundred are given to Lord Chu." Cai Ze said to Huang Xie.
"Huang Xie would like to thank King Zhao here." Huang Xie said happily, liking the gift from Zhao Guo very much.
This is much more valuable than Fan Ju's gift. After all, all the golden beauties Fan Ju sent were in Chu State.
The State of Chu did not have paper. Although King Zhao sent a thousand pieces to him a few days ago, even with his status, the King of Chu only rewarded him with a hundred pieces.
Now a piece of paper has been copied for ten gold in the Chu Kingdom, and it is priceless. After all, no one can be rewarded by the King of Chu.
This time Zhao Guo brought him five hundred pieces of paper, equivalent to five thousand gold.
However, Huang Xie didn't intend to sell it, and he didn't take it seriously for a mere five thousand gold.
The two came to the palace all the way, and the King of Chu came out to greet him. When he saw Cai Ze, he was stunned for a moment, and then blurted out: "Why did the State of Zhao send such an ugly person to our State of Chu?"
Cai Ze paused in the middle of the ceremony. After a few breaths, as if he had not heard anything, he continued to complete the ceremony and said with a smile: "Zhao Guo has different rules for sending envoys. Handsome envoys will be sent to the place of etiquette."
State, and ugly envoys will be sent to barbaric countries. The state is the ugliest, so it is better to send envoys to Chu."
King Chu's expression froze, he smiled and said nothing.
Huang Xie quickly smoothed things over and invited Cai Ze into the palace.
After everyone sat down, the King of Chu asked, "I wonder what the envoy from Zhao did when he came to Chu this time?"
"To be honest with the King of Chu, the foreign minister is here to form an alliance with the State of Chu on behalf of the State of Zhao." Cai Ze leaned over and said.
Theoretically speaking, Zhao and Chu are still allies.
After all, the last time Gongsun Long visited Chu, Zhao and Chu had already signed an alliance and it was not broken afterwards.
But neither Chu nor Zhao mentioned the non-binding covenant.
What the two countries need now is a closer alliance.
"Form an alliance? Haha, last time the Three Jins negotiated peace with Qin, did they send someone to notify me, Chu, to participate?" King Chu sneered.
To this day, he is still haunted by what happened back then.
Because that was the closest Chu State came to regaining its old capital, but in the end nothing was gained and hundreds of thousands of troops were lost in vain.
Huang Xie's face looked a little unnatural. It was he and Jing Yang who led the army to attack Jiangling and were defeated by Sima Cuo and Wei Ran.
"I would like to ask the King of Chu, when Chu and Zhao formed an alliance, did they ever send a single soldier to the north? We, the Three Jin Dynasties, held back more than 90% of Qin's troops. As a result, Chu's 300,000-strong army was defeated by 50,000 Qin's troops.
, Do you still want to blame me, the State of Zhao?" Cai Ze asked. "In addition, the original matter has passed, and bringing up the old affairs of King Chu will not change the outcome."
"Yes, the matter is in the past, we still have to look forward." Huang Xie laughed.
"Well, I won't mention the past. But why did our country of Chu form an alliance with the country of Zhao?" King Chu asked.
"Although Qin was newly defeated, its heritage still exists and it is still the most powerful country in the world. King Chu should have no objections, right?" Cai Ze said.
The King of Chu snorted coldly and had no objection.
"There are four countries to the east of Qin. South Korea and Wei have already formed an alliance with Zhao. May I ask the King of Chu, if Qin wants to go east, which country will it attack first?" Cai Ze asked.
King Chu and Huang Xie's expressions suddenly changed. They had not realized before that the only way out of Qin State from the east was Chu State!
"Sir's words are like morning bells and evening drums, which wake me up. Please accept my bow, sir." The King of Chu stood up and walked to Cai Ze, bending down and bowing.
At this time, a eunuch walked over quickly, came to the King of Chu, lowered his head and whispered a few words.
The King of Chu had a look of surprise on his face, and then he complained to Cai Ze, "I suddenly have something urgent to deal with. Please forgive me. The envoy can rest first. We can talk about anything tomorrow."
Without waiting for Cai Ze to agree, the King of Chu left an official to entertain Cai Ze, and then hurried out. Chun Shenjun also got up and followed behind.
"May I ask Chun Shenjun, what happened in Chu State? Why did the King of Chu leave suddenly?" Cai Ze quickly grabbed Chun Shen Jun and asked anxiously.
Lord Chun Shen looked around and whispered: "I am dissatisfied with the envoy from Zhao. The State of Qin has also sent an envoy. I think he must have arrived outside the city. I need to go with the king to greet him first. Please forgive me for neglecting the envoy from Zhao."
understanding."
"Why did the envoys from Qin and Zhao suddenly come together?" King Chu said on the way.
"I'm afraid they also came here to win over our country of Chu." Huang Xie said.
"What do you think our country of Chu should do, sir?" King Chu asked.
Jun Chun Shen suddenly thought of Fan Ju's request, raised his hand and said, "Your Majesty, I have a suggestion. Arrange the Qin envoy and the Zhao envoy to be summoned together. In this way, the two will inevitably fight, and our country of Chu can benefit from it.
, no matter what happens, you can still choose to form an alliance with the winning side."
"Good idea sir."
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Lu Buwei stepped into the main hall and suddenly saw Cai Ze sitting there, and suddenly had an unknown premonition in his heart.
Cai Ze also had a gloomy face and clenched his fists. The King of Chu had already intended to form an alliance with Zhao yesterday, but Qin suddenly sent an envoy over to interrupt his plan.
The two of them greeted each other expressionlessly and sat down in their respective seats.
"I wonder what the Qin envoy came to Chu this time for?" asked the King of Chu.
Lu Buwei cursed King Chu in his heart.
Under normal circumstances, envoys from different countries must be entertained separately.
Now he and Cai Ze were deliberately summoned together, obviously to let them compete so that Chu could benefit from it.
"This fat man looks quite honest, but I didn't expect him to be so cunning." Lu Buwei thought to himself.
"Buwei came here this time to tell the King of Chu good news." Lu Buwei cupped his hands and said.
"Oh? I wonder what the good news is?" King Chu asked.
"We, the State of Qin, plan to return the land around Wancheng to the State of Chu." Lu Buwei said.
"Does the envoy of Qin really mean what he said?" King Chu's voice suddenly rose.
"Haha." At this time, two sneers came from the side.
"I wonder why Ambassador Zhao is laughing?" Lu Buwei looked at Cai Ze.
"May I ask the King of Chu, where is the six hundred miles of Shang Dynasty mentioned by Zhang Yi?" Cai Ze faced the King of Chu and said with cupped hands.