Conferred Gods: Start with a Phoenix clone

Chapter 303 Flood
Youhun Pass has always been an important checkpoint for defending against the two hundred princes in the east. The defense settings and many weapons of this pass are all facing the east. It is actually not difficult for Master Wen to attack from the west now.

There were also many knowledgeable people in Yin Jiao's Chaoge regime. For example, Yang Ren kept advising that just like the Deng family rebuilt Sanshan Pass, not to mention building a new city or a new pass, at least the defense of Youhun Pass facing the west should be improved, right?

Unfortunately, Chaoge now has a population of less than 100,000 and has long lost its former status as the number one city in the world. Without tribute from the princes from all directions, its financial situation is very bad.

Although Duke Dongbo had an army of 400,000, they were a loose group in actual combat. He commanded 200 princes and was more like the most powerful leader of an alliance.

Seeing the benefits, all the princes rushed forward. If they were asked to pay for the construction of the new city, they would start to shirk responsibility and argue with each other.

This kind of political model in which an alliance leader leads two hundred princes and remotely controls the city of Chaoge is absolutely inefficient and inappropriate, but this is the basis of Dongbo Hou Jiang Huanchu's rule.

He couldn't, like the Deng family of the Han Dynasty, slaughter all the 200 princes in the south, then register them as equals and allow them to rest and recuperate. Nor could he, like Ji Chang of the Western Zhou Dynasty, use various schemes, conspiracies, marriages, and sending sons to inherit the throne to divide and disintegrate the 200 princes in the west. He could only play the role of a paperhanger, trying to smooth things over.

It is a happy event that Master Wen has recaptured Youhun Pass.

Another happy event was that King Zhou finally had a successor.

In the past, the harem was managed by Queen Jiang, Concubine Huang and Concubine Yang.

Queen Jiang died early, and Concubine Huang fled to the Southern Capital. Concubine Yang was somewhat related to the Yang Ren family who had defected to Yin Jiao, and also hid her identity after the Chaoge Rebellion.

After King Zhou arrived in Xiaodu, he took in more than ten concubines. Even Wen Zhong did not stop him. For a young and strong king to have no descendants was too fatal for the hereditary regime!
The territory of the Shang Dynasty shrank greatly, and many ministers defected to Yin Jiao and Yin Hong. In particular, talented individuals such as Fei Zhong and You Hun left King Zhou. After eliminating many unfavorable influences, the fortune of the Shang Dynasty, which was called the Black Bird of Destiny, actually rebounded slightly. The result of this fortune projected into reality was that the new concubine gave birth to a son.

The court and the country were shaken, and the mentality of many old ministers and generals stabilized again, which indirectly gave the Shang Dynasty a slight boost in fortune.

King Zhou named his newborn son Wu Geng, with the surname Zi and the clan Wu, and the name Geng.

With an heir, the spirit and energy of the Shang Dynasty instantly changed.

It happened that Wen Zhong's senior brother Yu Yuan came out of seclusion at this time, and Wen Zhong immediately asked his senior brother to come down the mountain to help.

Yu Yuan's apprentice Yu Hua was serving as the general at Sishui Pass, which was the first important pass in the defense of Xiqi. It was a matter of great importance and could not be lost.

Yu Yuan refused to take up an official position in the Shang Dynasty, but was willing to go to Sishui Pass to help as a guest official.

Yu Yuan's indestructible body was nearly broken by Chi Jingzi's Fantian Seal that day. Later, the Golden Spirit Holy Mother obtained the golden elixir from Tongtian Sect Master. Not only did his old injuries heal, but he also made significant improvements on his original basis.

Yang Jian tried to sneak open the gate of Sishui Pass three times, but was discovered by Yu Yuan each time. One of them had the Eight-Nine Profound Arts, and the other had an indestructible body. Both of them were good at the Five Elements Escape Technique. For a while, neither of them could do anything to the other.

During the battle, Jiang Ziya lost another wave of lives.

He was hit by Yu Yuan's Blood-Transforming Divine Sword, but this time no antidote was needed because after Jiang Ziya returned to the Zhou camp, he bled for seven days and eventually died.

When the blood dried up and the person died, the negative effects of the Blood-Transforming Divine Sword naturally disappeared.

As soon as Jiang Ziya died, the White Crane Boy from the Yuxu Palace in Kunlun Mountain came to save him again with elixirs.

After rescuing the man, Baihe Tongzi returned to Yuxu Palace with Jiang Ziya's gratitude. However, Jiang Ziya was very afraid of the Blood-Transforming Divine Sword and did not dare to use his old face to block the sword again. He had no choice but to retreat.

Yu Yuan defended the western front, while General Qiu Yin transferred some of his forces to the south. The Han had paid a heavy price for conquering the two hundred southern princes and enrolling the people. Now, they had no strength left to fight a northern expedition, and the southern front remained relatively stable.

Wen Zhong led the four generals of the Mo family to attack the Duke of Dongbo. King Zhou personally led the troops to attack the Duke of Beibo, Chonghouhu, who occupied Jizhou.

The Shang Dynasty defended the western and southern fronts and launched fierce attacks on the east and north, and the situation in the world underwent a new change.

Apart from the conquest of western Hunan, the Deng family hardly used any foreign military force this year.

From top to bottom, the most important task is to reclaim arable land.

Deng Jiugong inspected spring farming work in various places every few days.

Even Huang Feihu led a five-colored fat ox and plowed three acres of land in front of all the civil and military officials.

Brother Fat Ox is a divine bull. He has his own tribe. He took two days off and returned to the tribe, bringing more than 500 cows to the Han State. These are not professional plowing bulls, but war bulls. However, they can also plow the land!

The Han Kingdom immediately issued a ban prohibiting the eating of beef!

This is similar to King Zhou's prohibition on alcohol. It is not aimed at ordinary people. Ordinary people cannot eat beef in those days, and three or five of them together cannot beat the war bulls of the Five-Colored Divine Bull tribe.

The ban caused considerable turmoil throughout the Han State, but the Deng, Huang, Li, and Su families were related by marriage and had sufficient military force to suppress all kinds of disobedience, so the ban was gradually implemented.

In addition to reclaiming farmland, the biggest task for the entire Han Kingdom that year was flood control.

Floods occurred frequently in the Minjiang River, Jialing River, Han River, Huaihe River and other places. Civil and military officials tried their best but could not find the source of the floods. Finally, Daji, who had returned from her travels, discovered the problem. There was a water monster in the Huaihe River that was constantly stirring up trouble. It was this monster that constantly stirred up the waters in all directions, causing great suffering to the people in the south.

"You monkey! Do you dare to come out and fight me?" Nezha stood on the rock on the shore, holding the dragon-tooth spear, and shouted at the center of the Huai River.

Nezha is five years old this year. Including the three years in the womb, he is almost eight years old. After practicing the Hun Tian Bao Jian for more than a year, he has grown a little taller and now looks like an ordinary ten-year-old child.

A whirlpool in the center of the river slowly rose, hiding a malicious gaze within it.

The water monster looks like an ape, with a flat nose, a protruding forehead, a white head and a green body, and fiery eyes.

The water monster is called Wuzhiqi.

His head and neck were a hundred feet long, and he was so strong that he could move mountains and fill the sea. He often stirred up storms near the Huai River, endangering the people.

When Dayu was controlling the flood, he suppressed this water monster at the bottom of the river. After so many years, the restrictions were loosened, so Wuzhiqi came out again to wreak havoc on the world.

Wuzhiqi was trapped for many years. Dayu did not want to bear too heavy a responsibility, so he did not kill him. Instead, he drove nine bone-piercing nails into his limbs and internal organs.

The bone-piercing nail has been removed now, but Wuzhiqi's limbs and internal organs have suffered irreversible damage. Only one tenth of his previous Taoist skills remain. Some time ago, he went ashore to fight Nezha, but was almost killed by a gold brick.

(End of this chapter)