Wu's ability to dominate the southeast did not solely rely on the explosive seeds of successive monarchs. The special geographical conditions also created a rich material foundation for Wu's dominance.
The clues can be seen from the expansion road map of Wu State, such as the two Am cities. Among them, the old city of the Yun Am clan is called "Dong Am" in Gusu, and is also called "Dongyi". This city,
In addition to the lively commercial production activities, it is a military fortress no matter which angle you look at it.
Natural rivers and lakes were used to form "back"-shaped fortifications.
The entire Dongyan City has four "moats" or city guards.
If you want to get in and out of Dongam City, there are only two directions by land, one is northwest and the other is southwest.
The rest are all waterways. There are more than 20 large and small water gates in the entire Dongyan City. There are many water fortresses. From a distance, it looks like a floating water fortress.
It's just that it has declined now, but judging from the scale, one can imagine how much effort Wu State made here.
The earliest role of this city was to kill the remnants of the previous dynasty and the barbarians in the Yangtze River estuary area.
After the second fall of the Yan Kingdom, the military role of this city was to suppress the hidden rebel forces in the northeastern region of Suzhou.
It was not until the upper-class nobles headed by the Yunyan family gradually moved out and went to Yanling that the entire area became completely stable.
"Damn it, if you didn't take a look, you wouldn't know that this old city of Yunyan is a fucking super Paris."
When Chief Li was a foreman, he once took his workers on overseas trips, not because he was generous, but because Party A paid a huge amount of their wages with their fucking air tickets.
If it weren't for Party A who really couldn't do it, how could Mayor Li be so happy?
So, after getting on the plane that was originally Party A's own tour group, Mayor Li took the workers to Paris.
Go away disappointed, return disappointed.
But it raised the historical profile a bit... Mr. Li knew for the first time that Paris was originally developed as a military city.
On the restored map of classical Paris, there are only a few big broken places.
The situation is similar to the one in front of you in Dongyan City, except that the Seine River is not flowing here, and the endless ocean in the distance is not the Atlantean Ocean.
"Dongyan is really going to be flooded."
Arbitrary, who was happy to go along, folded his hands with a smile, looked at Dong Amancheng that had been submerged in water for many years from the carriage, and said with emotion.
In the past few years, it was actually okay, and the seawater hadn't encroached too much. But for some reason, several villages east of Dongyan City were completely soaked in the seawater.
Although it still shows up from time to time, it is completely destroyed.
Now it's Dong Amancheng's turn. Last year, half of it was soaked. After the seawater poured in, the entire city suffered a devastating blow.
Along the coast and rivers, sandbars will increase and some land will be submerged.
Even the current Dongyan City, I heard that a long, long time ago, it was soaked in water, and then its head emerged, and then the remnants of the previous dynasty came over and occupied the land for business.
Now, it's dilapidated anyway, so there's no problem with Lu Chen.
Anyway, it can't flood Gusu.
Since Gusu couldn't be flooded, Dongyan was left alone. All the troops originally stationed in the area were turned into "militiamen". Their main jobs were farming and hunting. Occasionally, they went to the sea to make extra money... It was easy to make money by going to the sea.
Chinese mitten crabs are eaten by few people, but blue crabs are considered a regular food in East Amancheng.
When Mayor Li first started working as a foreman, he once took over a small job in a farm, raising blue crabs. At that time, he learned a little knowledge: the northernmost limit of green crab activity is south of the Yangtze River Estuary.
After crossing the Yangtze River, there are almost no blue crab activities.
In fact, if there is really a small-scale wild population, it is no longer the Yangtze River estuary, but south of the Qiantang River estuary.
However, at this time, Dong Amancheng was enjoying eating blue crabs.
"This Dongyan City is really run-down."
From a distance, it is obvious that a large number of fortifications have been abandoned, and intelligence has been transferred from military use to civilian use. And if nothing else happens, as the salt water and fresh water converge and surround the city, the entire city will be completely scrapped.
"Li Jun, although the Zhi family is said to have a small number of people, it still has a certain reputation in Dongyan City. I won't wait until we meet, so I can make inquiries for Li Jun first."
"Well, I came here just to ask for dowry. After all, this is the inheritance of Shang Ji's mother, and it is to be used as dowry. How can I misappropriate it casually?"
Mayor Li said, patting the machete on his waist, "I am reasonable, you know the arbitration."
"Yes, yes, yes, yes..."
Upon hearing Mayor Li's reasoning, Arbiter Leng Buding suddenly regretted it.
He thought of "Black Jiaosha", and even more so, Sanhei, the hero of "Black Jiaosha". He was a grown-up guy, but was beaten to death by Chief Li with a hammer.
When has it ever been reasonable to say this?
The team is not large in number, but those brought by Li Jie are all "crocodile men". Following Li Jie, there are also captain-level ruthless men whose main job is to lead the charge.
It is a bit different from Sha Dong's "handsome talent" and "general talent".
"Sha hum."
"exist!"
There is a captain on the left who has a sturdy build, like a fat man, but in fact he is just strong, with dark skin and a wide mouth. He usually doesn't like to talk, but he is a muffled gourd, who typically dares to fight and kill.
Before Mayor Li showed up, he was the unlucky guy who was bullied.
But after working with Mayor Li, I became enlightened and became prosperous immediately.
Sha Hen didn't care about anything else. As long as Shou Li said to take action, he would do it; if Shou Li said to charge, he would charge.
Not vague at all.
His original name was "Heng Heng", but there was no word for "Heng". After Li Jie appeared, "Heng" came into being.
In Sha Heng's opinion, Shou Li was the person who brought him new life.
After becoming the leader of the "Crocodile Man" team, Sha Hen only followed two iron rules.
The first is that everything Li said is right; the second is to refer to Article 1.
"cheer up!"
Li Jie patted Shaheng on the shoulder with a subtle look.
"yes!"
After understanding what the boss meant, Shaheng immediately became more energetic.
The referee didn't know what "buck up" meant. He couldn't understand it, but he had a vague feeling that something must be up.
That’s all, you’ve come here, can you still go back?
Arbitrator thought in his mind, after all, he has already made people "shining", he is a "celebrity" after all, and next he will be a "celebrity". It is necessary to make his presence felt everywhere.
Although Dongyan was destroyed, it was still the territory of Wu State.
Knowing that Yinxiang Xiangshuai and Yunting Arbitration were coming hand in hand, Dongyan City immediately welcomed him. The ceremony was not big, but all the officials, big and small, were present.
Those who are officials in Gusu can look down on Li Jie, but who in Dongyan City dares to be so presumptuous? Even if the surname is Ji, it is not suitable, because it is a long way from Dongyan to Gusu. What if you encounter a "savage"?
"Crazy? Where can I make sense?"
The Yancheng County Magistrate is indeed surnamed Ji, and he was very close to King Gouchen three generations ago. Now, he is considered a distant relative.
There was no loss of status in welcoming Li Jie and Arbitration outside Dongyan City. The main reason was that he was at the level of the Yancheng County Division, which was not the same as the Yancheng County Division.
In the Gusu sequence, the Yancheng County Division is also the "fifth watch" grade of Yunting.
The chaos of Wu’s system can also be seen from this.
"Li Jun, Zhong Jun, I am very happy to have come from afar."
"May I ask the county magistrate, where can the beast-controlling branch be located?"
In fact, Li Jie had seen the people of the Zhi family a long time ago. They were not dressed like the Wu people. Most of the things they used to decorate their bodies were furs and animal teeth.
After seeing the real person Li Jie, the Zhi family members were also panicked.
They knew that "Baisha Mongfu" was tall and mighty, but they didn't know that "Baisha Mangfu"'s arms, which he used to pound iron all the time, were so thick!
"The Zhi family is here, why is Li Jun looking for them?"
"He is an in-law and has some family affairs."
After chatting for a while, the Yancheng County Magistrate called the Zhi family members to come over.
Chief Li counted the heads, there were three in total, and it seemed that there were two more who were guarding the elephants.
"Why does Shang Ji's dowry take so long to come to Baisha?"
"Dowry money? Shang Ji is not married, how can she get the dowry money?!"
puff!
Li Jie drew his knife and stabbed the person who answered him to death on the spot.
Before the people of Amancheng could react, Sha Heng yelled: "Capture the Zhi clan and destroy the family!"
"kill!"
The "crocodile man" who was "dumbfounded" just now became "like a wolf and a tiger" in an instant. The entire head of the Yancheng County Division went blank, because in the flash of lightning, among the thirteen members of the branch, one of the leaders died.
The remaining twelve were all pushed to the ground, then tied up and stuffed with rags to serve them!