Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 564: Acquaintances who have been beaten are also considered acquaintances

"Hey! This city is quite high!" Yan Lingji couldn't help but exclaimed when she saw Daliang City for the first time.

But this was not a shock, just a bit strange. After all, the other cities she had seen were not so big.

Gu Xun nodded and agreed, "Daliang City is indeed a giant city that is rare in the world."

"Wei is so rich, and its capital city is more magnificent than Qi's?" Yan Lingji curiously made a guess, but immediately shook her head and denied it, "No, although this city is big, you can see on the wall. It’s been a long time since it came out and there are no signs of repairs, and it doesn’t look as new as the one in Linzi.”

"Wei still has no money."

Gu Xun happened to have some understanding of this and explained it to Yan Lingji:
  "The majesty of the main beams of the Wei capital was built on the vigorous construction of successive Wei kings, and the reason for this was due to helplessness."

"Helpless?" Yan Lingji asked in confusion.

"Well, I have no choice." Gu Xun nodded and continued, "You have also seen the environment around Daliang City along the way. There are no dangerous pass fortresses to defend, it is all plains and smooth roads, which means that Daliang may be exposed at any time. Under the enemy's front."

"In fact, this flaw in Daliang has become extremely obvious since the period of the war against King Hui of Wei. Almost any wise general from other countries can see the embarrassing reality that Daliang, the capital, has become the weakness of the Wei State. It is not disappointing. Hopefully exploited this weakness."

For example, Sun Bin used this to make Pang Juan happy...

"At that time, Wei's national power was still at its peak, and Daliang was often just a weakness that was exploited. Later, as Wei's national power declined and its territory was lost, Daliang's situation became more and more precarious, and Daliang was repeatedly beaten into the city by others."

"In order to ensure the safety of the capital, several generations of Wei kings since Queen Wei Hui had to continuously strengthen the defenses of Daliang to create this majestic city."

After listening to Gu Xun's series of explanations, Yan Lingji's first thought was:
  "It's so difficult, why not change the capital? Are there any brain problems among these Wei kings?"

For a moment, Yan Lingji said what she was thinking directly. Fortunately, there was no one else around, so it didn't matter what she said.

Hearing this, Gu Xun spread his hands and curved his mouth, "I don't know about this. Maybe it was because the later King Wei was reluctant to part with the city that he had spent a lot of manpower and material resources to build. Maybe it was because he was reluctant to part with such favorable geographical conditions as Daliang. Who knows? "

"Huh???" Yan Lingji looked confused, "How can you be so privileged if you are beaten to the bottom of the city all day long?"

Is this a special hobby that likes being beaten?
  "Alas, don't just look at the shortcomings of Daliang's geographical location, there are also a lot of advantages here."

"This place is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains. It has gentle terrain, convenient transportation, and is connected in all directions. As the capital of a country, it is very helpful for the king to maintain his rule."

"So what, I'd rather choose a safer place, especially now that Wei State doesn't have much land to rule." Yan Lingji still didn't understand.

Gu Xun curled his lips, "If we talk about it now, I think Wei State probably has no money to move the capital..."

Although the military strength of the three Jin countries, Han, Zhao and Wei, is very different, in terms of finance, they are probably not too far apart.

In Mr. Cao’s words, although the outer frame has not collapsed, the inner bag has been exhausted...

"..." Yan Lingji fell silent immediately, and the corners of her mouth twitched slightly, wanting to laugh, but she held it back out of respect.

In the end, did the co-authoring still come down to such a practical reason?

But it is surprising and understandable. After all, Wei State's city wall has not been repaired for a long time, and many obvious and eye-catching scars can be seen on it.

"Okay, let's go into the city."

After a moment of silence, the two continued to head towards the city as if nothing had happened. During the trip to Daliang, Gu Xun didn’t plan to stay long, so he just wandered around for two days and ended it.

Although Wang Zeng of Wei is old, he is not considered dim-witted. The situation in the court is relatively stable, and there are no particularly famous powerful ministers. The only thing that has attracted considerable criticism from the people is that the crown prince of Wei is fake and obsessed with raising dogs.

However, before he inherited the throne, this incident was not very harmful and would hardly affect others.

Overall, there's not much fun to be had.

There is no one familiar with Gu Xun here... It seems that there are a few people from the Armored Sect...

Gu Xun originally interrupted a group of Armored Sect members, including the junior sister Mei Sanniang who was the head of the Armored Sect during the ceremony.

He thought that the other party should still have an impression of him, but this kind of acquaintance seemed to be of no use.

Yan Lingji was also uninterested. Looking at the scene in the streets of Daliang City, she said boringly:
  "It seems like there is nothing special here. It doesn't feel much different from Xinzheng."

"Of course it's not that big. How far is it from Xinzheng? It's so different, I guess it's surprising!"

"Oh... Okay~" Yan Lingji made a long and sultry voice to express her helplessness. She fell on the couch in the carriage, and then suddenly became interested again. She straightened up suddenly and spoke in an excited tone. Gu Xun outside suggested:

"Then why don't we go back to Xinzheng and take a look?"

Since it's almost the same and Daliang doesn't have any special fun, it's better to go back to a familiar place and play with familiar friends.

This is Yan Lingji's simple thought.

Gu Xun, who was driving, didn't think about this proposal for too long and rejected it.

"No reply, no need."

"No need? What do you mean?" Yan Lingji lifted the curtain of the carriage and asked outside.

"Literally." Gu Xun raised his eyebrows and replied, "There is no need to go back at this time, it doesn't make much sense."

Although he did not know the specific time when Han Fei entered Qin, he thought it was not too far away. Ying Zheng was thinking about Han Fei day and night, and would definitely put pressure on South Korea as soon as possible to force him to hand over Han Fei.

However, Gu Xun's words did not serve as any explanation, and Yan Lingji still didn't understand.

Gu Xun did not explain in detail, but said perfunctorily, "You will understand in the future."

Yan Lingji stared at the back of Gu Xun's head for a long time, but finally chose to accept this perfunctory excuse and wait for the future.

Then the two of them started looking for a suitable inn as usual.

At the same time, in Daliang City, inside the armored sect's station, the tall and burly, giant-like head of the armored sect, who was known as 'bronze head and iron arm, unscathed in a hundred battles', also got Gu Xun's message from his disciples. There is news that the two have entered the city.

And next to him, standing impressively was his junior sister Mei Sanniang, who had graceful lines and bold clothes.

"They have arrived!?" Mei Sanniang's temper was much more impatient than her taciturn senior brother. When she heard the news, she immediately shouted, and her slightly thick and high-pitched voice suddenly sounded in the large hall.

(End of this chapter)