On the night after the meeting, a banquet was underway in the lobby of Jingyang Mansion.

This was a very high-standard meeting, except for the host Jingyang, there were only two guests.

The two guests were about sixty years old and the other was in their forties. They were all wearing gorgeous clothes, obviously they were all great nobles in the Chu State.

The older ones are the current head of the Zhao family, Zhao Zhong, the Shangzhu State of Chu State, and the younger ones are the current head of the Qu family, Qu Feng, the left Yin of the Chu State.

The heads of the three major families of Zhaojingqu gathered together.

Jing Yang put down the wine in his hand and said coldly: "This Huang Xie is too greedy for life and fear of death. When he encounters anything, he only knows how to wait and see and change his mind, and has no responsibility at all.

That is, the king was deceived by him, otherwise how could he be able to hold the position of the imperial court for so many years?"

Qu Feng, who has always been in friendship with Jingyang, smiled and said, "The king has always been wary of our three major families. Otherwise, how could Huang Xie take office?

However, this matter is not the key. The most urgent task at the moment is to come up with a charter for Zhao Kuo."

Jing Yang nodded and said, "Actually, I have already thought about it. With the strength of Da Chu, it will definitely not work to fight against Zhao.

But after all, Zhao State has a request for our great Chu, so we should find an opportunity to suppress Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo's arrogance and make him lose face.

This will not only make Da Chu more proactive in subsequent negotiations, but our three major families can also take the opportunity to step on Zhao Kuo and get on the throne."

Zhao Zhong, who was more steady, frowned when he heard this and said slowly: "Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo is not easy to mess with.

Grand Sima, I think this plan is still to be discussed.”

Jing Yang disagreed and said, "Why should the Shangzhu Kingdom be so worried?

Even if Zhao Kuo is a tiger, he will be considered a tiger when he has the Zhao army. When he comes to the territory of our Great Chu, he has no soldiers or generals. Can he make any waves?

Qu Zuoyin, are you right?"

Qu Feng thought for a while and nodded, "I think this matter is feasible. Chunshen Jun has suppressed us for too long. If we cannot do anything this time, our situation in the future will only be more passive."

Although the power of the three major families is very strong, the Chu State has the final say. Chunshen Jun Huang Xie has the full support of the King of Chu and has a great advantage in this struggle with the three major families.

Moreover, the King of Chu is only in his early thirties and has a long time to sit on the throne, which means that the struggle between the three major families and Chunshen Jun will inevitably last for a long time.

Seeing that the other two agreed, Zhao Zhong stopped insisting and just sighed: "Then plan carefully and make sure that Wu Xinjun cannot fight back, otherwise there will be endless troubles."

Jingyang smiled and said, "This is natural!"

Zhao Kuo entered the territory of Chu with a hundred Chiyou cavalry as guards.

Zhao and Chu did not border the state of Zhao. This time Zhao Kuo also needed to pass through the territory of Wei.

However, the territory of Wei State in the Central Plains was actually relatively small. In addition, the capital of Chu State Chencheng was very close to the border of Chu and Wei, so the closest country to Handan City was the Daliang City of Wei State, and the second closest capital was the Chencheng of Chu State.

This was also the first time Zhao Kuo entered the border of Chu.

After walking on the Chu State’s territory for a long time, Zhao Kuo suddenly felt a little strange: "What's going on with Chu State? There are no people all the way?"

It took half a day to walk thirty or forty miles at the speed of a carriage. After such a long distance, I didn’t see a village in Chu. I saw several broken ruins, but judging by the degree of damage, it was no longer crowded, and the many fields on both sides of the road were already deserted and covered with wild grass and vines.

You should know that Zhao Kuo came from the territory of Wei. Wei is located in the core area of ​​the Central Plains. Although the territory is small, it is densely populated. There is a village every few miles. At dusk, there is smoke everywhere, and the fields on both sides of the road are neatly cultivated, which is in sharp contrast to the Chu State in front of you.

This is just a border line, how can the change be so big?

Zhao Kuo looked at Li Si beside him. Li Si was born and raised by Chu. Zhao Kuo hoped to get the answer from him.

Li Si sighed and said, "I want to hide it from you. The answer is actually very simple - Chu State is too weak! Over the years, Chu State has always lost more and won less in foreign wars. All countries often attacked Chu State's territory. These Chu people on the border were the first innocent people affected by the war.

In order to avoid the war, most of the people here have now moved to the vicinity of Chencheng, and even to the south."

Zhao Kuo said oh, and immediately understood.

A famous saying - If you fall behind, you will be beaten! As a time traveler, Zhao Kuo has a deep understanding of this.

Don’t forget the national humiliation! Zhao Kuo looked at the surrounding fields and couldn’t help feeling regretful.

The Central Plains of this era are different from those of later generations. They not only have large plains, but also have extremely dense river water networks, and the Yellow River, the still clear mother river of China, is surging, making it an excellent place for farming.

It is no exaggeration to say that this is the true "Central Plains Water Town"! Such unique conditions are because the Chu State is too weak, and the people have to leave their homes and become refugees, leaving the fields completely deserted and grains without harvest.

This is obviously unfair.

"This place should be owned by my Da Zhao!"

Zhao Kuo made a conclusion with great certainty.

As long as this place belongs to Zhao State, Zhao State does not even need to immigrate. This place will soon have a large population returning to its peak due to the arrival of peace and become prosperous again, just like the scene Zhao Kuo saw in the territory of Wei State before.

That is the life that every Chinese should enjoy, rather than fighting everywhere and living in trouble like now! Zhao Kuo's sense of urgency became stronger and stronger.

Li Si stood beside Zhao Kuo and nodded with certainty: "Although I am from Chu, I also hope that this land can be under the rule of Great Zhao!"

As a Legal official, Li Si has always been a person who pays attention to reality. Li Si has long reached a conclusion after his career as an official in Chu and Zhao.

Moreover, he also strongly agreed with Zhao Kuo's concept of "Unified China", so he did not have any psychological barriers to this.

Nothing to say along the way.

In the afternoon of the same day, Zhao Kuo and his party arrived at Yangxia City, the border city of Chu.

What Zhao Kuo did not expect was that his first missionary career was in trouble when he came to the first city of Chu.

A figure stood outside the city, staring at Zhao Kuo's carriage from afar and entered Yangxia City. After a moment, he chuckled.

"Wu Xinjun, it's really...it's been a long time since."

A breeze blew, and the speaker's temples swung slightly, revealing a face that Zhao Kuo was quite "concerned".
Chapter completed!