I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

On the outskirts of Ying, the capital of Chu State.

The spring rainy season has lasted for more than a month, making some sections of the road above the main thoroughfare muddy.

Spring is the season of revival of all things. When there is more rain, the growth rate of plants is much faster than other seasons. Maybe it looked like a small bud yesterday, but it has become a stretched paper overnight of green grass.

Under the torrential rain, nearly a hundred members of the Mo family were covered with thick mud under the soles of their boots, walking on the potholed road with difficulty.

Mo Di originally wanted to lead his clansmen to have a good fight with the Gongshu clan of Yuanguo in Diqiu, but due to various reasons, there was no chance for a formal fight, and all he suffered from the very beginning was crushing.

In fact, it is also true that Yuanguo has repeatedly appeared new types of equipment among Zhiyao's various ideas, Gongshu has played a role, and more is perfecting the equipment invented by Zhiyao, which has taken nearly 30 years.

Competing with this kind of thing, it's okay to start from the same starting line. Others have already run thousands of meters away, but you have just taken the first step. How can you compete?

Even if the original country is compared with the Song country, can the Song country compete with the Yuan country in terms of national strength?On the same assumption, the Yuan country could afford to spend hundreds of trials and errors, while the Song country might run out of resources after a dozen trials and errors.

However, Mo Di felt very unconvinced, all because he felt that he still had a lot of fantastic ideas that had not been realized, and if he lost, he would lose because Song was too weak, not because of his own ability.

It was precisely because Mo Di didn't really show his abilities that he politely refused Yuan Guo's solicitation.

Zhi Yao didn't know anything about the Mo Clan, and the rest of the people didn't care much when they were rejected because they didn't see Mo Di's ability.

how to say?It can't be blamed for the blindness of the person in charge of recruiting, it's just that if they don't pay enough attention, Yuan Guo may encounter a lot of troubles in the future.

Mo Di is holding back all his energy right now, wanting to let the world know his abilities.

This time, the Mo family sold all the things they could sell, and then entered the state of Chu several times.

People in the present age can clearly see that the princes in the world were wiped out, and the original Wang Yao had the ambition to wipe out the princes and bring the world into one.

Mo Di wanted to show his ability, but there was no room for him to develop in the original country, and then he felt that some of the national policies of the original country were not in line with his own ideas, so the Mo family entered the Chu country to seek effect.

It's not that they were not intercepted during the Yuan Kingdom period. If you want to blame them, you can blame the Yuan Army for being too reasonable. First, they didn't drive the Mo family back to their homeland, and then they didn't plunder the Mo family. In addition.

After entering the state of Chu, the Mo family's misfortune began. Every time they passed a noble fiefdom, they would be blackmailed once, and the savages in the wilderness would harass them more than once.

Anyway, the Mo family is also a family of nobles, so it is not difficult for the team to resist the savages, but some members of the tribe died, and it was very difficult to reach the outskirts of Yingdu.

Is it really the right choice to come to seek refuge in Chu?

Similar soul torture appeared in Mo Di's mind more than once.

In the hearts of the old and young of the destroyed country, the original country is of course the enemy country.This enemy country does not recognize the previous ownership of the land, and also refuses to recognize the ownership of the slaves. They have to weigh and consider everything before distributing the land according to the population status of a family.

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To be honest, people are not used to the rule that the winner owns everything. What they pay attention to is that the country can be destroyed, and the property that belongs to it cannot be deprived.

Now the original country does not recognize the ownership of the old property rights. In the eyes of the subjugated nobles, they are just a group of robbers. They have deprived them of their titles of nobility and plundered their family property.

Many nobles who have lost everything can only choose to leave their hometowns, and more than [-]% choose to defect to Chu State.

Why did Yuan State sit back and watch these old nobles defect to Chu State?It's not the atmosphere of the original country, but I just want to make the occupied area purer so that the new policy can be implemented more smoothly.

As for the subjugated nobles who defected to Chu State, they had no subjects and not much property left. Will defecting to Chu State help or will it make Chu State
Increase the burden, and you can see it soon.

We have reached Ying!

It’s not that Mo Di didn’t tell the nobles of Chu State that they came to defect to Chu State, but there are quite a lot of Song State nobles who have defected to Chu State recently.

The most important thing is that everyone doesn't know who played what role during the battle of Diqiu, so it can't show the specialness of the Mo family.

At the gates of Yingdu, the state of Chu built some rain-shielding thatched pavilions, in which there were officials who specially registered for defection from other countries.

Mohs?Never heard of it.I don't know how many people come?
In the next name.

Sub name?It turned out to be the Duke of Song.Please take this bronze medal to the next one.

I don't know the next place, but where is it?

Hold high the bronze medal and enter the city, and someone will welcome you.

Mo Di took a closer look at the bronze medal in his hand. Song and Chu's characters are written differently, and some characters need to be guessed at random to roughly guess what they mean.

Those who won this kind of bronze medals were all from the Dukes of the Song Dynasty, and the Chu Congress treated them differently from the ordinary Song Dynasty nobles.

Because it was still raining, almost no ordinary people entered or left the city. Mo Di ran into another group of people from Song to Chu, and the two sides just looked at each other silently without any verbal communication.

To be honest, everyone is quite down and out, what should we talk about in the chat, should we reminisce about the past scenery and scold the cruelty of the original country together?
With that kind of effort, it would be better to quickly go through the procedures set up by Chu State, enter a place that can shelter from the wind and rain to warm up by the fire, and it would be even better to have a hot meal.

The people who came to seek refuge were all unknown, and there were only relatives accompanying them, and there were no retainers or servants.

The cruelty of the original country can be seen, but...

The state of song is dead, and there are still many people who are useful, and they don't know if they can contribute to the great Chu.

I heard that most of them are useless people, and Zhongting was troubled about how to arrange them.If it is a fiefdom, even if there is a lot of land in Dachu, what is the use of raising this person?

Zhongting and Feng Jun have been fighting endlessly for the fiefdom, so why come to the city to settle and defect to the Song people?
During the long journey, Mo Di has already experienced what it means to be difficult, and he still feels uncomfortable when he hears sarcastic remarks.

It’s just that those words are true. Most of the truly capable nobles of Song Dynasty died in the confrontation with the original army. If they didn’t die in battle, they would be recruited by the original country because of their outstanding performance.

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Some old aristocrats of the Song Dynasty who were recruited by the original country were eligible to retain half of their family property, and the original country promised that there would be no discrimination in rewards for meritorious service.

In fact, as long as they can see the situation clearly and are not hindered by other factors, the smart old aristocrats of the Song Dynasty would rather be wronged by the Yuan Kingdom than go to the Chu Kingdom and experience the pain of subjugation again.

This also led to the fact that among the old nobles of the Song Dynasty who defected to Chu, the number of smart people was very small, and they did not have a lot of their own. The old aristocrats of the Song Dynasty didn't like to see them very much anymore.

The foot is the Duke of the Song Dynasty. I don't know who his father is and what position he holds?The small official of Chu State who was in charge of the hierarchy was a little careless.

Mo Di said truthfully: "My father has no official position, and my ancestors have served as Sima themselves, and there is no official position anymore."

This small official of the Chu State recorded in the language of the Chu State, and asked casually: What position do you hold in the State of Song?

Mo Di said truthfully again: "There is no official position."

After asking a series of questions, the petty official of the state of Chu regarded Mo Di as a descendant of the duke of the state of Song who had long since fallen.

From this point of view, it should be that you came to have a meal when you learned that Da Chu entertained the old people of the Song Kingdom?The Chu official didn't mean to be sarcastic at all, as far as he was concerned, he was just telling the truth.

Mo Di really wanted to refute, but thinking that he had accomplished nothing, he didn't know how to refute.

That's right, since the generation of Muyi, no one in their branch has ever held an official position.

The fief under his name lived a life without worrying about food and clothing. After the blood relationship was far away, no one made any contribution to the country, and the fief was taken back.

Muyi is also known as Sima Ziyu, Sima is an official position, Zi is a surname, and Yu is a clan.Therefore, he is the ancestor of the later fish surname.

The reason why Mo Zhai is not from the Yu clan is mainly because he was rewarded by Song Junluan and got a fief called Mo, and he took the name of the fief as his clan.

Mo Di, who had a lot of anger in his heart, had a bad face, he was furious and didn't know who to rage at. Thinking of the difficult situation of his tribe, he suppressed his anger, and said gently: "Please tell the superior with one step, Mo Di is good at making weapons like the original Duke Shu."

The small official of Chu State who was in charge of recording had a calm expression on his face, and recorded the truth seriously, muttering in his mouth: Another nonsense generation.Yuanguo Gongshu and others dare to compare with them.

It seems that among the old aristocrats of the Song Dynasty who understood their situation, there were many braggarts, and they were exposed by the Chu State later, which directly damaged the reputation of the rest.

There are two famous families in the Yuan Country, either because they have made great military exploits, or because they have special expertise.

Gongshu is trustworthy in various inventions and maintenance, and has built an excellent reputation.

The Dou family is very famous in water conservancy projects, and many water conservancy projects in the original country are led by them.

Mohs?To tell the truth, not many people in Song Dynasty knew there was a Mo family, let alone who Mo Di was.

It is absolutely not nonsense, Zhai made large crossbows, small crossbows, and many defensive equipment can also be made, if you don't believe it, try it out.It's not that Mo Di couldn't bend down.

The petty official of the state of Chu had seen many dukes of the state of song who came to defect to him, and heard a lot of bragging. As a result, there were too many people who were directly defeated by the attempt. When he wanted to refuse, he saw a person and immediately stood up and saluted.

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The person who came in was Xiang Wu, he was one of the representatives of the princes from all over the country in Ying, and he was a very inconspicuous one.

Is this item the ancestor of the Xiang family in the Warring States Period?In fact, no one can tell.

At present, of course there is the Xiang family. They are one of the enfeoffed princes of the Zhou royal family.

So speaking of it, the Xiang family who fought for the state of Chu in the future, and even restored the state for the state of Chu later, is actually a bad fate.

After all, Xiang State was destroyed by Chu State, but the descendants of Xiang State’s Duke Clan were loyal to Chu State. It’s nothing if you don’t know history, so it would be strange to know about it.

Of course, similar things are normal. For example, Yang Youji is also the male family of Yangguo. After Yangguo was destroyed, Yangyouji also served Chu State and made a lot of contributions.

It's just that in that case, Xiang Yu didn't respect the last king of Chu, but it was a way of venting anger for his ancestors.

Hearing what Mo Di said just now, Xiang Wu looked back and forth on Mo Di with scrutiny for a while, and said, "I don't know how to prove it?"
Of course, Mo Di's current appearance is extremely embarrassing. Talking like a petty official in Chu State due to his family background is not considered humble, it's just a kind of trying his best to fight for him.

Asked by someone who seemed to be in a position of power?Mo Di didn't have too much self-esteem, so he replied: You only need to give him a piece of land and some rations to prove it.

Those who are capable are not afraid of the test, what is afraid is that there are no people who want to be tested.

Xiang Wu nodded silently, signaling to register first, wait for Mo Di to complete the registration, and then said: There is no need to enter the city, just come with me.

Mo Di still needed to ask some questions clearly, so he said: I don't know who is under my feet, if Di is really capable, can I recommend the king of Chu?
This is because Mo Di has suffered enough from being crushed. He wants to get the support of King Ning of Chu with his national strength after showing his talents. The original country was crushed with national power.

Xiang Wu took a deep look at Mo Di, and said: Let's try it first.

Recommended to Chu Wangning?I'm thinking too much.

When Chu Wangning was still a son, he showed great hostility to Fengjun, and made a humiliating compromise after usurping the throne.

Nowadays, not to mention that Chu Wangning and Feng Junshi are in the same boat, the confrontation between the two sides has never stopped, but

Due to the fact that the original country is really aggressive, people exercise restraint.

So, when Feng Jun found a talent, how could he recommend it to Chu Wangning?It must be used for his own use, as a bargaining chip against Chu Wangning, and even seize the opportunity to strengthen himself.

The Mo clan was placed in a village outside the city, which can be regarded as a place that can shelter from the wind and rain.

At the beginning, Mo Di was busy making tools, but did not immediately make hand crossbows and bed crossbows.

Xiang Wu came over in the middle and saw the tools made by the Mo family. Even if he didn't see the shadow of the crossbow for a while, he could still understand that he had picked up a talent.

Do you think it is easy to make a tool?First of all, you must master a lot of technology, including erecting a smelting furnace and skilled manual work.

Even if they only master smelting, they can be regarded as useful talents, not to mention that the Mo family only took less than half a month to create a speed of creating a small workshop.

Song Guomo family?Is there such a family?Never heard of it before.Xiang Wu felt that he should send someone to Song to inquire.

What should I do if I find a talent?Not only is it impossible for Xiang Wu to recommend him to Chu Wangning, he even won't mention it to other lords at all, what he wants is for his own use!