The hegemony of the Jin State was ended by the Huai State, and the Huai State once again became the hegemon. However, Wang Yue's health became worse and worse. At first, he could still get up and move. After the army returned from conquering the Yue State, his body became weaker and weaker.
[Struggle for hegemony in the Spring and Autumn Period. 】
[Your eleventh grandson Wangyue successfully defeated the coalition of princes of Bangzhou, and the Huai Kingdom was strengthened by the fate of Bangzhou. 】
[Your eleventh generation grandson Wang Yue defeated Jin Wengong, interrupted Jin's dominance, and dominated the world. Your luck increased. 】
[You obtain a human-level item, the Peaceful Jade Pendant. Soothing Jade Pendant: It can make the wearer calm and focused, even if Mount Tai collapses in front of him, his face will not change. Allowing people to maintain a clear mind in any environment. 】
This jade pendant is quite good, and it will be effective as long as you wear it.
In the winter of the second year of the Jin-Huaihe hegemony, Wang Yue ascended the throne for six years and died in the Huai Palace.
Two cloud cranes descended from the sky, and after a sad dance, they returned to the cave world with Wang Yue's soul.
His posthumous title is Duke Huan.
To conquer the land and conquer the people far away is called Huan; to conquer the people with respect and diligence is called Huan; to conquer the land and conquer the country is called Huan; to conquer the four directions with force is called Huan; to defeat the enemy with great success is called Huan; to conquer the enemy far away is called Huan; to be able to achieve military ambition is called Huan;
Wang Yue's death brought a lot of luck, but because he was not the son of destiny and his reign was short, there was no prop reward.
Wang Yue's death also caused great confusion in the surrounding countries, and his son Wang Jin came to the throne.
Wang Jin was only twelve years old when he came to the throne, and Sun Shuao assisted in government affairs. The king was young and everything in the Huai Kingdom sought stability. Therefore, except for more than thirty princes who came to watch the ceremony when he ascended the throne, the Huai Kingdom did not hold any more alliances after that.
Huai State restrained its fangs and claws and began to develop. This undoubtedly also made the countries in the Central Plains of Bangzhou breathe a sigh of relief. .
Without the suppression of the Huai State, the Jin State quickly recovered from its defeat and began to develop, but it did not dare to provoke the Huai State again.
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Wu Di, Gusu.
It has been more than seventy years since Duke Wu Zhaogong merged with Wu. Over the years, the Huai State has not carried out large-scale development in Wu. One of the reasons for this is that the natural environment of Wu is poor, there are many mosquitoes, and the climate is hot. The reason is that the population of Wudi is not abundant.
After decades of development, the population of Wudi has reached more than 800,000. At the same time, the threat from Yue State has also made Huai State consider using Wudi to suppress it.
Therefore, the central government of Huai'an sent Xu Yong to Wudi to build Gusu City and develop Wudi.
Although there was sufficient water in Wu at this time, there were many wild animals inhabiting it, and because of the abundant rainfall, there were many swamps in Wu, where mosquitoes were rampant, making it uninhabitable.
After Xu Yong came here, he began to survey the geography and hydrology and build Gusu City.
In recent years, Huaiguo Academy has followed Sun Shuao in flood control and trained a group of disciples. These people are very familiar with water control and embankment construction. After some surveys, Xu Yong prepared to dig a canal. The canal enters Taihu Lake in the east and the Yangtze River in the west.
The vast mist of Taihu Lake can be used as a navy camp. The Huai Kingdom Navy can go straight from Weiyang to Gusu without any obstruction. As for water transportation, it can go from the north of Gusu to Xiapi, completely connecting the north and south of the Huai Kingdom.
A large number of academy disciples came to Wudi, which was crisscrossed by waterways, swamps and lakes. Many swamps are swamps in the rainy season and dry up in winter because they are mostly stagnant water. So college students began mapping these low-lying swamps.
Then ditches are dug to lead the water out, and manpower is spent to fill it in, or it is dug into a lake and connected to the river by ditches. Swamps and small lakes were filled in, and ditches were used to introduce water into the large lakes. Through a series of dredging, repairs, and connections, the numerous chaotic water channels in Wudi were connected.
At the same time, some low-lying areas were dug into lakes to store water and prevent droughts. The rivers were dredged and smoothed, and eventually merged into the Yangtze River for flood control.
The construction of Gusu City was because it was located in the south and had abundant rain. In order to prevent the foundation of the city wall from being unstable, Xu Yong specially ordered people to dig out rocks as the foundation of the city wall. Five feet of bluestone are buried in the foundation, and there are three feet of bluestone above the foundation. In this way, even if the enemy flooded the city, they could not destroy the city wall.
Gusu City is a big city. According to Xu Yong’s rules,
With a circumference of twenty miles, it can be said to be the largest city after Huai'an. After several expansions, Huai'an City has a wall of thirty-six miles.
In this era, only Zibo of Qi, Jiangdu of Jin, Yingdu of Chu, and Luoyi of Emperor Zhou could compare with Huai'an. The circumference of Gusu City is twenty miles, which is enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people. Coupled with the surrounding Taihu Plain, living for 300,000 people is not a problem.
Such a big city requires a lot of manpower to complete the construction. Fortunately, Huai State now has abundant food and grass, and the people and strong labor are mobilized from other places, so the manpower is barely enough.
Gusu City is located on the bank of Taihu Lake, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack. At the same time, the Huaiguo Navy can be hidden in Taihu Lake. The Chu State has no idea where the Huaiguo Navy is.
After the Taihu Plain has been reorganized, it has become fertile farmland and a land of plenty. Xu Yong dug canals to divert water from Taihu Lake to irrigate fertile fields, and the Taihu Lake Plain became a land of fish and rice.
The construction of Gusu City and Jiangnan Canal took ten years. Every year, Huai State received 100,000 laborers and a large amount of money and food. Its expenditure was astonishing, second only to Yong'an Canal.
[Your descendants appointed Xu Yong to complete the construction of Gusu City. This great city will shine for thousands of years in the future history, and will be passed on endlessly. It is a thousand-year-old historical city. You have obtained the earth-level props - God's help and divine power, your Qi Luck points increased. 】
[Earth-level props·God’s power: After using it, you can temporarily increase four of your six-dimensional attributes to 99, which lasts for thirty-six hours, and you will get the effect: the world and the earth are all of the same strength. After thirty-six hours, the effect disappears, the user's mental strength is exhausted, and his life is exhausted and he dies. 】
[Your descendants appointed Xu Yong to build the Jiangnan Canal. This canal system will become part of the Grand Canal running through the north and south in the future. You gained a lot of luck. 】
The construction of Gusu City took ten years to complete, and the Jiangnan Canal was connected. Gusu City became a land of fish and rice, with abundant grain, and became the granary of the Huai Kingdom.
After the construction of Gusu City was completed, Wang Jin moved 10,000 wealthy households from Huai'an Prefecture to Gusu to populate Gusu City.
After nearly three hundred years of development, Huai'an has become extremely prosperous and its population is at its peak. The consequences of such prosperity also caused the land in Huai'an to be overcrowded.
At the same time, Gusu City was another granary of the Huai Kingdom and the second largest city in the Huai Kingdom. Wang Jin was not at ease about handing it over to others, so Gusu City was placed under the direct jurisdiction of the government, and all its officials were appointed by the children of the government. .
In this way, there is no need to worry about some careerists relying on Gusu City to support themselves. At the same time, it is also a training for the children of the public family to serve as local officials.
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Suzhou is one of the birthplaces of Jiangnan culture with a long history. It has long been the economic, cultural, and political center of the Jiangnan region. This is a famous historical and cultural city with a history of more than 2,000 years. It is said that its builder was Xu Yong, a disciple of Sun Shuao.
Gusu City was among the first batch to be included in the list of 24 historical and cultural cities in China. It’s hard to imagine that in the Bronze Age more than 2,000 years ago, humans could build such a spectacular city. ——"Cambridge History of China·Eastern Zhou Dynasty·Huai Kingdom"
