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Chapter 176 Borrowing soldiers from Jin

Chu He and others lingered in the Zhou Palace in Luoyi for ten days. During these ten days, Jiang Xiaobai and others, in accordance with Chu He's instructions, almost all of the sons of King Ji Gui of Zhou, and made them very secretly.

These Zhou princes all thought they were chosen by the "silly son of the landlord's family" from the Chu State. Those who had no ambitions were all ready to do sneaky things in secret, only trying to be the throne of the Zhou Dynasty one day.

It seems a bit incredible. Someone is rushing to do such a miserable position in the King of Zhou? In fact, if you think about it seriously, the poor families have stolen all three tiled houses. Moreover, no matter how weak the Zhou Dynasty is, it is also a dynasty and a country. Even if you are looked down upon, only the princes and kings with similar status can look down on me. When ordinary people see each other, who dares not kowtow to bow down?

During these ten days, Chu He then visited the old ministers of the Zhou Dynasty and also looked through the houses of these people.

Although there are no big surprises, there are still some gains.

Not only did he collect six words from the Western King's Sutra, but now he has 8864 words in total, and he also obtained an ancient animal skin painting, which is a mysterious bird, hovering in the vast vast world, looking back.

When Chu He saw this painting, the pieces of Zhurong in the sea of ​​consciousness jumped violently, so Chu He bought the painting and prepared to study it carefully.

After ten days of delay, Chu He and others bid farewell to the "reluctant" Zhou King Ji Gui, many Zhou princes with enthusiasm, as well as three Zhou princes with resentful eyes, Chu He and others left Luoyi.

When the Chu soldiers gathered on the east hillside, Qian Qijiang asked Chu He: "Master! Let's go next..."

Now the ancient armor that Sima of the Western Zhou Dynasty, who was dressed in Qijiang, was qualified to wear. He held a bronze spear engraved with mysterious runes. He could tell at a glance that it was not an ordinary person. His eyes looked at Chu He had already gained some real respect.

Za Qijiang was not a famous unparalleled martyr in ancient and modern times. Now it was controlled by Chu He, and life and death were all in the hands of Chu He. Chu He has always been a courteous person to him and has no excessive demands. Now he even gave him ancient armor and bronze spears of extraordinary origin that he could only wear, which was equivalent to making some promises.

Good birds choose trees to live in, and there is no choice for Qian Qijiang, so they are a little open-minded and really have the intention to assist Chu He in accomplishing things.

"Change the way! Let's go to Jin!" Chu He said.

"Aren't you going to go?" Jiang Xiaobai said in surprise.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, although farming families had appeared, most of them only planted spiritual plants and tamed spirit beasts, which was a bit like natural druids. Only when Xu Xing was born during the Warring States Period did the farmers be completely born, integrated into the people, and began to participate in politics.

Nowadays, the peasant family traditions are scattered in various countries, and among the many schools that have appeared, they are the most widely distributed.

To learn the inheritance of the peasant family, we should first recommend Qi and Chu, and then Jin, Qin, Wu, Yue and other places.

Chu He shook his head and said, "I not only went to Jin to learn agriculture, but also went to Jin to borrow troops."

"Jin State borrowed troops?" Za Qijiang exclaimed slightly.

Brother Pingtou and Jiang Xiaobai were also puzzled.

There are also some small countries separated from Jin and Chu. If you ask Jin to borrow troops, even if you borrow them, it will be a very troublesome and cumbersome thing to relocate them back to Chu.

Chu He said, "I have thought about this. It is precisely because there is a gap between Jin and Chu that I can feel at ease to borrow troops. And I have already negotiated with the King of Zhou. When I borrowed the troops of Jin, I would use Zhou and crossed the Zhou Kingdom. It would not take too much time."

"What's more, once the Jin army enters Chu, the distance between them is far away and the news is blocked, and if the Jin king wants to pass on the orders to the Jin army, it will become very troublesome. It will make it easier for us to truly control the army. Even... swallow it directly, borrowing or not returning it."

After hearing Chu He's words, everyone was speechless.

Before he even borrowed the soldier, he had already begun to plan to borrow or repay, and acted as a scoundrel. Where did he get his confidence and face?

"You are so confident that you can borrow troops from Ji Yi?" Jiang Xiaobai splashed cold water.

Ji Yi, Duke Zhao of Jin, is the current lord of Jin State.

Chu Hedao: "In fact, it is the best time to ask Jin State to borrow troops now. The six ministers of Jin State are in power, and Ji Yi has gradually insufficient control. If I borrow troops at this time and give them conditions that they cannot refuse, then Ji Yi will definitely try his best to accomplish this matter, clear out the forces that he cannot control, and then recruit soldiers who can control again."

"The question is...what conditions do you have that cannot be rejected?" Jiang Xiaobai asked perseveringly.

Chu He just smiled mysteriously, and Sister Mimi, who was sitting behind her, also pursed her lips, as if she knew what Chu He was thinking.

Seeing that Chu He didn't say anything, Jiang Xiaobai's hair was curled up in anxiety. He pulled Chu He and asked him several times. Seeing that Chu He never paid attention to him, he went to ask Brother Pingtou and Sun Miao again.

But these two people didn't answer either.

Does the flat-headed brother know or not? Even if he knows, he won’t say it. But Sun Miao really doesn’t know. He has no presence recently and is tired and doesn’t love him.

Za Qijiang listened on the side but his eyes were filled with bright colors.

Chu He's arguments are reasonable and well-founded. Perhaps Chu He really took the position of King Chu, and it is indeed possible that the might of King Zhuang of Chu would be reappeared.

Although the current King Xiong Ju of Chu is careful and vicious, he is too slim and lacks a view of the overall situation. All the courts appoint foolish people and are afraid of virtuous people. Under his governance, the State of Chu would gradually weaken even if he barely maintains the situation.

If there is no change, in about twenty years, the State of Wu will conquer the capital of Chu, which is the root of the disaster laid by King Xiongju, Ping of Chu. Of course, Za Qijiang does not know the consequences of this.

However, as an insightful general of Chu State, it did not prevent him from making some similar predictions.

In history, King Ping of Chu's biggest mistake was to favor the mediocre minister Fei Wuji and forced Wu Zixu's father to death. After that, Wu launched troops to attack Chu five times and defeated Chu repeatedly. The Chu's national strength declined. Not only did it lose the strong strength of Jin and Chu's battle for hegemony, but it was also repeatedly invaded by small countries. The vassal states under his command all rebelled against Chu and returned to Jin, and King Ping of Chu eventually died of depression.

It took only three days to pass through Zhou State, and it can be seen that Zhou State is so narrow.

Of course, because this was once the center of the world, transportation was also convenient, which made Chu He and others less troublesome in marching.

When we arrived at the border of Jin State, everything became different.

Compared with the wild and primitive Chu State and the down-and-out and messy Zhou State, Jin State should appear much more "advanced".

After walking for several days, fertile fields were already everywhere on the road, and there were also many merchant convoys passing by on the official road.

Of course, Chu He and his group were naturally subjected to strict investigation by the Jin defenders because they had as many as thousands of soldiers. After finding out Chu He's identity, they were polite again.

When Chu He and others were three or five days away from Xintian, the capital of Jin State, the news that he, the young master of Chu State, was about to visit, had spread throughout the city. Various rumors about Chu He, the long storm that had been spread, have become a topic of conversation for people after dinner.
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