There is a Qingdu outside Gusu City that leads directly to the Five Lakes. It was originally a small natural river. After the founding of the Wu Kingdom, successive kings developed Gusu, which created a pretty good water conservancy environment.
Qingdu is not named because of the blue water of this artificial river, but because the original intention of digging Qingdu was to transport bluestone from the Five Lakes.
Here are the most skilled stonemasons in the entire Wu Kingdom, and the most developed stone processing market in the Yangtze River Estuary.
Regardless of whether it is the Yue State or the Chu State, the nobles in their respective countries are willing to hand over jade to the Qingdu Stone Factory for processing.
High-end jade funerary objects can be found here.
But now, with the military control of the royal city, Qingdu's market has suddenly become depressed, causing great inconvenience to trade, a large amount of materials are being squeezed, and the income of a large number of craftsmen has been destroyed.
Most of the craftsmen's families have children who serve in the army, and some even become generals of a hundred men.
However, even a hundred-man general is only a low-level officer and has no say in the royal city.
"Sir, the investigation of Sifang Water Gate has been completed!"
"Everyone encourages each other."
"I'm willing to die!"
Gong Ziyin's expression was indifferent, with both confidence and confusion. It was just his calm expression that gave those who followed him strong confidence.
The situation of junior officers is quite uncomfortable now.
The failure of the crusade against the Nanchao clan caused many people to not only not improve their family status, but also to decline a lot. In the north, many people were promoted due to the rebellion of Lord Yiyang.
If they were people in the same system, it would be hard to say anything, but a strange person like Li Jie suddenly appeared. And around Li Jie, the king gave great conveniences, and a large number of upstarts gained credit through Li Jie.
There is even Doctor Qing's family cooperating with Li Jie.
This leaves junior officers even less likely to stand a chance.
Salaries are also decreasing because of the unfavorable war; family income is also decreasing because of the sudden economic stagnation.
Anxiety naturally spreads among this group, but because they have been fighting with Gongzi Yin, no matter how anxious they are, they will no longer be anxious when they think that Gongzi Yin is likely to succeed to the throne.
But he never expected that when he should have returned and succeeded to the throne smoothly, Gongzi Yin was actually turned away.
And the very troublesome situation is that Gongzi Yin came back secretly, saying that he had a secret order.
But the "neiju" who conveyed the secret message appeared once and never appeared again.
In other words, as long as the king is willing, he can kill Gongzi Yin and the group of people who follow Gongzi Yin at any time.
The reasons are so sufficient that they make people tremble.
"My lords! If you achieve great things, you will be rich and noble!"
"The Lord will win——"
The slogan sounds good, and winning is also a long-standing confidence in the past.
But this time when he met the Nanchao clan, Gong Ziyin knew very well that he had encountered too many difficulties. Those inexplicable constraints were not the qualities that the Nanchao clan should have at all.
People from Chu, people from Yue, people from Huaiyi, people from Qi, people from Yangyue, Dr. Wu Guoqing... a mess of forces come and go, but the Nanchao family is always rescued before the last breath.
Again and again, all that was consumed was Master Gusu's own energy.
And Master Wang... is also confused now.
Not only the hundred generals and other low-level officers were anxious, but also Young Master Yin himself.
"Master..."
The family leader who has followed Gong Ziyin for many years is now very old. He is a short old man, but his beard and hair are well taken care of. He has a pair of slightly cloudy eyes and always tries his best to look at others and talk.
"Now that the matter has come to an end, there is no need to say more."
"I don't want to persuade the young master. As the young master said, there is no need to say more at this point. But I never thought that the person the king belongs to is actually Ji Zi."
"This has been known for a long time."
Gong Ziyin is tall and tall. Although one foot is disabled, he still looks extraordinary when he stands there. He even looks more majestic because of his beautiful beard and long beard.
At this moment, he was speaking calmly, not wavering in any way because of the impending big change.
"How much does it cost to succeed a young master?"
"In the face of your father, how can we make a deal? It's just a matter of doing our best. When we enter the city, we don't know whether our body will be somewhere else."
No one should plot against Wu King Gou Chen. As long as he can remember, Prince Yin has seen all kinds of people who thought they had tricks in front of Gou Chen.
But these guys, the grass on their graves has been changed countless times.
He doesn't think he can outwit his biological father, so what Young Master Yin can do is to try his best to grasp the force in his hands and do as much as he can. This is his profession. Only in his professional field can he compete with his biological father.
A handful.
Otherwise, just like the elder brother Gongzi Chou, Kong has rich assets of the wife clan, and the power of the wife clan is even more powerful in Jiangdong, but in the face of Gou Chen, King of Wu, he is not even qualified to provoke.
In the blink of an eye, the great clan fell apart.
As for keeping a low profile or being thoughtful, it was a helpless choice, because it would arouse the disgust of King Gou Chen of Wu.
"Sir, why don't you bribe Jiang Yinzi and promise him a lot of money and power. Outside of Gusu, the most powerful person is the strong man Jiang Yinzi appointed by the king."
"If I recruit him as a reinforcement, I will be the King of Wu someday. How will I deal with this person?"
It's not that Gong Ziyin has never thought of wooing Li Jie. Outside of the Wangji area, the most powerful person currently is Li Jie. If Li Jie really wants Li Jie to recruit a team, Jiangyin City can now recruit 10,000 or 20,000 people.
But when Prince Yin ascends the throne like this, how will he reward Li Jie? Will he split the land and divide the territory for him?
Even if you want to kill the donkey, how will you succeed? Especially how to face the generals in the military hierarchy?
You know, no matter how much you hate Li Jie, in the eyes of the military, Li Jie is a peer, a warrior, a warrior, and has even entered the ranks of high officials.
You can kill Li Jie when you ascend the throne, but who will you kill in the future?
In addition to these troubles and considerations, Gong Ziyin also had another reason, and that was pride.
He looked down upon Li Jie, the leader of the barbarians, and thought that it was a shame that he, a veteran on the battlefield, relied on a sudden barbarian to ascend to the throne.
Even if they want to go north to form an alliance in the future, the countries in the Central Plains will definitely take this matter as an issue.
It is a good story that a great country supports a certain young man to return to his country and become the king; it is a joke that a young man rises to power by relying on the ferocious manipulations of country bumpkins.
"Then... what is the name of the young master when he takes action?"
"With Ji Xuan in front of you, why worry about it?"
"Respect the king and ask for rape?"
The family leader was speechless for a moment, and the old man's face was full of sorrow. Lord Yiyang shouted such a slogan, but he was stabbed to death by Wang Mingmen's men.
Now my son wants to use such a slogan? Is there really no taboo at all?
But Jia Ling couldn't tell anything from Gong Ziyin's plain expression.