The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 787: Moving the Capital [Subscribe*Monthly Ticket Request]

After thinking about it, Yan Yan agreed to borrow the money.

The mirage is of extraordinary significance. If we miss this opportunity, it will be unknown how many hundreds of years it will take for someone in the entire China to bring up this plan again.

The investment required for the Mirage Project is likely to be several years of tax revenue for an empire, but no one can estimate the benefits that can be obtained.

With the risks too great and the benefits unknown, no empire would dare to invest its years of accumulation in such a project.

It is because the navy and Wei Ju have money but nowhere to spend it, otherwise Wei Ju would not do this.

"The initial investment is 12 million!"

Seeing the money, Jing Ke, Dong Jun, and Gongshu Chou who came running over after smelling the smell all began to breathe heavily.

This was far more investment than they had imagined.

The initial investment in building the Beiye Royal Court was not this huge.

"It is a thousand feet long from front to back, two hundred feet wide from left to right, and two feet at the waterline..." looking at the requirements put forward by Wei Ju.

Those who are knowledgeable about technology think Wei Ju is crazy.

With this requirement, it is like building a movable island on the sea.

But looking at the initial investment funds given by Wei Ju, they really couldn't bring themselves to refuse.

"Damn!" Jing Ke and Gongshu Chou looked at each other.

The money is in place, the technology is no problem, and we have to use all our resources to make the product satisfy the client.

"It will be impossible to complete it even if we sell out the Yin-Yang family!" Dong Jun was also a little crazy.

If they don’t bring out all of Yin-Yang Family’s core technologies, they probably won’t even be qualified to participate.
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"brother!"

A dilapidated courtyard in a slum alley in Shouchun City.

"I never thought that General Ji would have time to see a criminal like me at this time!"

A young man in sackcloth was sawing wood with a saw.

"Brother, what's this?" A foul smell came from the alley, and Ji Bu couldn't help but covering his nose.

"The bed is broken, so of course it needs to be repaired!" Bambu said without even looking up, and then added, "I forgot, people like General Ji usually don't repair it, they just replace it!"

Ji Bu was choked by Bambu's words.

As a son of a noble family, he was also a talented descendant of the Ji family of Danyang. He had been living a life of luxury since childhood. What Bamb described was indeed his life, and he had no way to refute it.

"You're here, it seems the war is not going well!" Bambu continued to do his work, hammering and pounding, but he never looked at Ji Bu again.

After this change, he also faced the reality.

Ji Bu lost the entire Shadow Tiger Legion but was able to become a commander-in-chief again and the leader of the Shouchun army, while he did nothing wrong but became a criminal.

The reason is very simple. Ji Bu was descended from the Ji family of Danyang, an aristocratic family. Therefore, no matter how big a mistake he made, nothing would happen to him and he would still hold a high position. But for someone like him who was born a commoner or even a prisoner, as long as he was not trusted, then no matter what he did would be wrong and he would never have the chance to make a comeback.

"Brother, are you still concerned about the battlefield?" Ji Bu became a little excited when he heard Bambu's words.

If Bambu was really disheartened, it is impossible for him to still care about what is happening on the battlefield.

"Is it necessary for me to care?" Bambu sneered and pointed to the alley outside the door. It was full of refugees fleeing from Huaibei. And these were only the refugees who managed to escape into Shouchun. As for those outside the city, there was no need to say more.

"Fifteen coins in exchange for a place to enter the city, this is the State of Chu!" Bambu said disappointedly.

Ji Bu was silent for a moment, then spoke again, "There are too many refugees. If there is no restriction, all the refugees will pour into the city, which will put too much pressure on the city defense." "Are you afraid of polluting the eyes of those nobles?" Bambu sneered.

"Brother, you must also understand the difficulties of the court!"

"I can understand the difficulties of the court, but can the court understand the difficulties of these people, these refugees?"

"They could have fled to Qi and Lu, or surrendered to Qin, but they didn't. They fled to Shouchun because they believed in the court and the State of Chu."

"However, when they were stopped outside Shouchun City, the light in their eyes was gone!"

Bambu spoke very calmly, without any anger or resentment in his tone, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him.

"Let me guess. Well, it should be that Ruyin and Xiacai are gone, and Shouchun will not send troops north to retake Ruyin and Xiacai!"

"Your King of Chu, Fu Chu, was afraid of Prince Qi, and also afraid that he and Xiang Liang would join forces and threaten his position."

"then……"

"You sold out the Tenglong Army and Young Master Qi to the Qin Army, the Navy, and the Bingzhou Army!"

Bambu pondered and slowly told the reason for the demise of Xiong Qi and the Tenglong Legion.

"It's not what you think. We didn't have it, but no one expected it..."

Ji Bu opened his mouth to explain that they did want to rescue Xiong Qi, but at this time... In the end, Ji Bu could not continue.

Until the news of Xiong Qi's defeat and annihilation came, Shouchun was still clamoring about whether to send troops to provide assistance.

Even if Xiong Qi had not acted, and had not been attacked from both sides, and had not fought bloody battles, it would have been impossible for him to wait for the arrival of reinforcements.

"See, you can't even make it up yourself!"

Bambu sneered. He had seen through the State of Chu and it made him feel sick!
"You sold the Tenglong Army and sold Gongzi Qi. I guess the next step is to sell Shouchun!"

Bambu thought for a moment and continued.

Ji Bu looked at Bambu in shock. He had never thought that Bambu had such political acumen.

Shouchun was indeed considering moving the capital during this period. They wanted to move the capital to Fuchun and the Yangtze River because there were navy there, so they would not be defeated by Wei Ju's navy without any ability to fight back.

However, only the nobles in the court knew about this matter. How did Bambu know it now?

Seeing Ji Bu's shock, Banbu smiled coldly. He was just mocking Shouchun's incompetence and saying the most cowardly possible behavior of those Chu trash, but Ji Bu's reaction made him know that he guessed right.

"I will stand on Shouchun City and watch how you escape the pursuit of Bingzhou Blood Riders!"

Ji Bu became even more silent. He came to find Bambu hoping that Bambu would come out again and take charge of the Thunder Leopard Corps to buy time for moving the capital to Shouchun.

If no one stopped the Qin and Bingzhou Blood Cavalry, then with the speed of the Bingzhou Cavalry, it would be impossible for them to retreat safely to Fuchun.

“We lost Zhongli, lost Cai, lost Xiacai, and then lost Quyang and Ruyin;
After defeating Yinghu, he defeated another 70,000 new troops, and then lost another 100,000 Tenglongs;

Retreat again and again, suffer defeat again and again.

He continued to lose Shouchun and defeated Lei Bao and the Imperial Guards.

I stood on Shouchun City and watched with my eyes wide open how you defeated the State of Chu bit by bit!"

"Oh, I forgot. The Royal Guards will not be lost because they are all nobles. It is impossible for them to be treated as consumables like ordinary soldiers and taken to the front battlefield for consumption."

(End of this chapter)