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Chapter 445 Infinite Astonishment
Li Shiqi followed Pu Jun all the way back from the river to Hongdu City.
Along the way, I saw that the fields outside Yuzhang City were full of newly opened fertile fields, and many farmers were working in the fields.It was already early summer, and the crops in the fields were growing very gratifyingly.

Li Shiqi couldn't help but feel moved. He had heard that Jiangdong was a remote place, but now it seems that this is not necessarily the case.With so much land, there are also many people who cultivate it.

"The country of Yue really has beautiful mountains, clear waters, abundant resources and abundant people, and the people live and work in peace and contentment!" Li Shiqi couldn't help sighing.

Pu Jun smiled and said: "Mr. Li is absurd. In fact, these are barren lands, and these people have been ravaged by wars. Their hometowns in the north were destroyed by wars and military disasters, and they came to Jiangdong in desperation. The king of Yue was kind and sympathetic to his suffering, so he reclaimed the land here, planted crops, and built Hongdu City and a large number of houses for the people to live in."

Li Shiqi couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Jiangdong does have a lot of land, and the land is fertile and the climate is humid. It is a land of good fish and rice.The only thing that is missing is the population. Now that Yue is doing this, attracting refugees is a good way to increase the population.

The population has increased, the labor force and soldiers have increased, and the food production will undoubtedly increase a lot, so that more people can be fed.In this way, it can continue to attract the northern population to move to Jiangdong.This is a good way. After returning, you can consider implementing it in the Guanzhong area!
But Pu Jun knew it well, the fact that the Yue Kingdom garrisoned land to attract refugees was well known in the world, and it was impossible to hide it from others.However, not everyone can learn to do this matter of farming and dividing land. The soldiers of the northern princes are busy fighting, how many of them have time to come out to farm and farm?

What's more, their territory is full of wars and military disasters. How can it be as peaceful and peaceful as Jiangdong?The Guanzhong area of ​​the Han Dynasty seems to be feasible, but the initial investment is very large.This time, if the king of Yue had not had the foresight to start farming in advance and was prepared.With so many people rushing in suddenly, how can they deal with it calmly.Without the support of Ms. Fan Yilan's financial and material resources, it would be unimaginable. The rations for 10,000+ people, and this kind of food are not small consumption...

Han Guo wants to copy it and implement it, it is difficult!What's more, the Han Kingdom is now at war, how many people are willing to join them?So Pu Jun is not worried at all.

When he entered Hongdu City, Li Shiqi was greatly shocked. He thought that the State of Yue would actually build a city in such a remote place as Yuzhang in such a short period of time.The scale of the city is not small, and many of the houses in it are also distributed to the common people for free.No wonder the refugees are willing to come to Jiangdong, they are really well prepared.Now he understands a little bit why King Han, Mr. Zhang Liang, and even Marshal Han said that King Yue is extraordinary, and now he can tell just by looking at these.It can be seen that the rise of the Yue Kingdom certainly has external factors of the world situation, but also has its inevitable internal reasons.

After a short rest in Hongdu City, Su An rushed to Hongdu the next day and personally escorted Li Shiqi and his party to Shanyin.No matter what Li Shiqi was thinking, he happily thanked him and set off.Only Lu Yi was a little depressed. He had already arrived in the country of Yue, but no one cared about him.

He didn't pay attention to himself, but he was more respectful to the old man, and he still couldn't see his big brother, which made little Lu Yi feel a little sad.However, after hearing from Zhou Shengzhi that he will be able to see his elder brother King Yue after arriving in Shanyin in a few days, he feels a little better.

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After entering Shanyin, Li Shiqi felt even more the vitality of this small Jiangdong town, which had completely become a metropolis of Wu and Chu.It can be said that all industries in the city are prosperous, living and working in peace and contentment, and orderly.Now the Central Plains area is raging with war, and this Jiangdong Yue Kingdom is like a peaceful paradise, which is very enviable.

Without further delay, Su An immediately invited them to live in the courtesy hotel, and the etiquette and treatment were very high.Then Su An came to tell him that the King of Yue would host a banquet in the palace that night to welcome him, but Lu Yi still didn't mention anything.

Li Shiqi's heart sank, and he felt a little bad. Maybe Han Wang was really rash this time.Although the momentum of the Han-Vietnamese marriage has already been spread, the King of Yue may not buy it!Judging from the current situation, people simply ignore this marriage, and seem to be deliberately downplaying it. It seems that this matter must be brought up tonight, and there can be no further delays!
That night, a banquet was held in the Yue Palace, and Su An personally went to welcome Li Shiqi and Zhou Shengzhi to the palace for the banquet.As for Lu Yi, he will continue to stay in the Li Hotel. In the capital of the Yue Kingdom, there is no need to worry about security matters, and the Yue people themselves will worry about it.

The palace was rebuilt from the former Qin Palace, and its scale and grade are acceptable. It is naturally much better than Liu Bang's previous palaces in Bashu and now in Xingyang.However, compared with the Qin Palace in Xianyang, it is still much inferior.

Entering the palace hall, a young and unrestrained figure stood up, and said with a loud smile: "Mr. Li has come from a long way, and the country of Yue is full of splendor!"

Li Shiqi knew Yin Xu could give him such a courteous treatment, and he was quite grateful, so he hurriedly saluted politely: "Your servant, Li Shiqi, is paying his respects to the King of Yue, and he is sending his greetings to the King of Yue on behalf of the King of Han!"

"Thank you, King of Han! Mr. Li is here!" Yin Xu returned the salute with a smile.

"This is General Zhou Bo's son, right? It really is a tiger with no dogs!" Fei Ying had already figured out the identities of the members of the envoys sent by Han, and Yin Xu praised with a smile.

Zhou Shengzhi was a little panicked, but he dealt with it calmly!

"Mr. Li, please take a seat quickly!"

Today, Li Shiqi represented Liu Bang, the King of Han. Because of his noble status, the first seat on the left side of Yin Xu's head was reserved for distinguished guests. Li Shiqi was so excited that he refused to sit down!

After taking his seat, Li Shiqi had time to look around and notice that he was accompanied by a courtier from the Yue Kingdom.

There are two old men sitting on the first seat opposite, one is gray-haired, he looks like he is not younger, he should still be above him.However, he is full of glory and hale and hearty, and he is always strong.The one seated at the same table was an old man with a long beard, probably in his sixtieth year.

These two people are able to do this, presumably their identities are not low, but they don't know exactly what identities they are?When his eyes fell on the second seat on the opposite side, he couldn't help being a little surprised, and when he saw the face of the person opposite him clearly and confirmed it, he couldn't help but be amazed.

It took a long time before he said: "Mr. Chen Ping?" That's right, it was Chen Ping, the counselor under Xiang Yu's command, with great intelligence.Among Xiang Yu's counselors, Fan Zeng belongs to him, why is he here?
"Hello, Mr. Li!" Chen Ping responded with a smile.

One sentence was equivalent to the other party's acknowledgment of his identity, and the doubts and shock in Li Shiqi's heart became more intense.

Yin Xu pretended to turn a blind eye, and said with a smile: "Mr. Li, let me introduce you first, Mr. Chen Ping, I think you already know each other. Mr. Chen is now the Prime Minister of our country, helping the widow deal with the government affairs of the country!"

Prime Minister of Yue Kingdom?Chen Ping is the prime minister of Yue?Li Shiqi was so shocked that his mouth opened slightly.How did Xiang Yu's counselor become the prime minister of Yue in an instant?It's just that I haven't heard of him for a while, and the change is so fast.Unexpectedly, Yin Xu invited such talents to Yue.

Yin Xu smiled lightly, and he was shocked now, so how shocked should you be later?Is this just the beginning?

Yin Xu then smiled and said: "Mr. Li, Mr. Chen Ping's next leader is Mr. Zhong Yin. He is a big son of the Mohist Deng Ling sect!"

Mohist giant?Li Shiqi was a learned Confucian, and he had heard about Deng Lingmo.He knew that there were many talented and knowledgeable people in this faction, and of course they once followed Fusu, the eldest son of Emperor Qin.But since Fusu's death, Deng Lingmo's people have disappeared, why did they suddenly appear in Yue Kingdom now?

It's really amazing, it seems that this country of Yue is really a land of hidden dragons and crouching tigers, it's not easy!It's really not easy!
While sighing, Li Shiqi immediately discovered a problem. Yin Xu introduced the latter two first, but the first two on the front have not been mentioned yet.Chen Ping is already the prime minister, so what are the identities of these two?
Yin Xu smiled and pointed at the long-bearded old man and said, "This is Mr. Wei Liao, the Taiwei of the Yue Kingdom?"

"Mr. Wei Liao? Military strategist Wei Liao, Qin Guotai Wei Wei Liao?" Li Shiqi was astonished, and when he heard the name, he couldn't help asking back.

Wei Liao clasped his fists with a smile and said, "Mr. Li is absurd, but Mr. Wei Liao is not the Grand Commandant of the Qin State, and the Qin State is no longer here. King Mengyue will not abandon him, and now he is the Grand Commandant of the Yue State."

Li Shiqi knew who Wei Liao was, and Wei Liao, a military strategist, did not say this casually.How could this person's military strategy be comparable to that of ordinary people?Thinking back then, it was this person who helped Qin Shihuang make suggestions and pacify the six kingdoms, how could he suddenly appear in Yue Kingdom?
This person seems to have disappeared for many years without any news. Why is he now under Yin Xu's command inexplicably?At the same time, he also thought about the impact Yin Xu would have if he had someone like Wei Liao in charge.Chen Ping, Wei Liao, Deng Lingmo, the king of Yue was surrounded by some high-level people to assist him. No wonder the Yue kingdom was so powerful now.

But today was too shocking, too astonishing, I never thought that I would be given so many surprises when I just came to Yue country!What a surprise!

Li Shiqi smiled and said, "I didn't expect all of you to be in Jiangdong. It's an honor to meet you today. Li Shiqi is really lucky!"

Everyone smiled back!

Li Shiqi thought he was astonished today, but when Yin Xu said the name of the white-haired old man, he had completely forgotten what shock was!
Only Yin Xu said: "This is the counselor of the widow and the grandfather of the widow's wife—Mr. Li Si!"

(End of this chapter)