Chapter 305 [Wei State's Incident Happened... 】
Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the upper class nobles have been a good man, and the wind is nothing. The story of King Sun of Chu and the old fisherman, the story of Lord Long Yang and King Wei is not rare. Ying Quliang and Jingjian are still in love and rituals, at most they are divided into peaches and broken sleeves. After all, there is Bu Rong Yi, and the "Chrysanthemums" have not been put on the agenda. In fact, it is a kind of platonic love that focuses more on spiritual communication.
Bai Dong naturally knew about this, even the matter of Jing Jian’s arrangement of spies beside him could not hide it from him; Nie Zhu is an expert in doing such things, and the second young lady of the Bai family is even more difficult. Who would think that the flea girl is just a simple swordsman, which would be a big mistake? All the children of the Mo family are skillful assassins. If they can’t inquire about information as an assassin?
Facing Liyang, spring was in full bloom, Bai Dong jumped out of the carriage with a smile, and grabbed a man in his hand. This man was a chef who went to the Western Regions with the army. He had good skills in cooking, his face was chubby and like a chef, but his eyes were very strong. His eyes could turn three times when he brought the pot of vegetables. Bai Dong was extremely despised and simply took him to Jingjian and handed him in your hand. What else could you say?
"Brother Jing, you will return your people to you. I hope this kind of thing will not happen next time, otherwise my brother will be unable to do it."
Jing Jian is not a person who is not in friendship, but no brotherhood can compare to his loyalty to Ying Quliang. Bai Dong can understand it, but he cannot accept it. This time he has to make it clear to Jing Jian and has made up his mind to meet Ying Quliang. If the spy is sent over in the future, I will quit! Now Bai Zuo has the confidence to do this.
Jing Jian was furious and blushed: "Brother, it's my brother who is sorry for you. But my brother is the chief minister of Qin. Some things have to be done."
"I certainly understand your loyalty to the Lord. If you don't do this, it's called a corpse and a lie. Brothers will look down on you. I'm angry that you underestimate the Bai family too much. If you want to send someone, you should send a decent person. This is also considered a master of Si Qing? I like it so much, I don't look like a chef at first glance. Brother Jing, your subordinates obviously lack training? Okay, let me see you. I received a book on the way. The story of Wei State is undesirable."
This time, Ying Quliang did not go out of the city to greet him. After Bai Dong met the doctor Gan Long and others, he changed his horse directly. On the way, he received three letters from Ying Quliang. The troubles of Wei State arose because of him, and he had to solve them himself.
Jing Jian glared at the chef fiercely, calling out brothers, wait for me, and also urged the fast horse to chase him. The two of them went straight outside the Liyang Palace under the protection of a group of guards.
As Bai Dong and Jing Jian, there is no need to report to enter the Liyang Palace. You only need to take out your sword and get off your horse and walk. The guards in the palace snatched them from the front to report. Ying Quliang did not treat them as outsiders, and ordered the eunuch to introduce the two of them directly into the Lihua Palace. When the two arrived, Ying Quliang and his wife were enjoying flowers by the lake. The small lake planted water lilies moved from Yue Kingdom, which were aquatic plants native to China, but there was no such thing as Qin. It was said that it was the filial piety of Baijiazhuang.
Seeing Bai Dong and Jing Jian coming, Bu Rongyi glared at Jing Jian, blinked at Bai Dong, and then found an excuse to leave. She was different from the lady who loved to take over power. She was full of love and family, but she had no interest in any military and national affairs.
"Third brother."
Since it was not a court meeting, Bai Dong was not reserved and gave a gift with a smile. He found the stone bench in the pavilion and sat there. Jing Jian was not polite, so he sat down next to him and complained: "Your Majesty, the person I sent was discovered by Brother Bai, and I won't send him in the future."
"It should have been like this long ago. If even the fourth brother could not believe it, which one could I believe?"
Ying Quliang's eyes turned on Bai Dong's face and smiled and said, "Fourth brother, Pilibao and Wei's salt affairs, which one should you and my monarch and minister first? You are so famous now. It is said that Lao Qin was blessed by the God of Thunder Fire, and killed hundreds of thousands of grassland wolves with one thunder fire? Tsk tsk, this is no wonder Deng Lingzi is going to die. No matter how powerful he is, he is afraid he can't resist such a huge wolf pack? You kid can't use any thunder in the palm of your hand to make me vain this time, otherwise the third brother would really hit you in the butt..."
"The third brother knows me. If Lao Qin wants to assimilate the Rongs of the Western Regions to strengthen our country's strength, he must first trade. If the wolves are not eliminated, the trade route will be difficult. I have no choice, otherwise I will not use such a powerful weapon as 'black gunpowder'."
"Black powder?"
"No, whether it's the thunder in the palm or the thunder bag, it's actually something that's up to. Now I can't hide it. The third brother wants the recipe and I have brought it. However, the third brother is a wise king of all ages. He should know that this thing cannot be used well, otherwise it will cause a catastrophe for Lao Qin. I refused to say it clearly before, because I was afraid that the third brother would be too impatient to be in the throne and not intentionally deceive the emperor."
"Oh? This third brother doesn't understand. With this weapon, hundreds of thousands of wolves can be killed. Can't he rely on it to recover Hexi and shock the world? Do you still have to hide in a secret room, and only have the gold and copper mountain but you want to go hungry?" Ying Quliang asked knowingly. In fact, he was a little unwilling to accept it. He really hoped that Bai Dong could say that this thing can be used, and that Lao Qin would become the overlord of the world tomorrow.
"Since King Ping moved eastward, there have been five hegemons and heroes, and I, old Qin, was stronger than Duke Mu. But whether it was during Duke Mu, the most powerful Jin State, or even the current overlord of the world, Wei State, can there be a country with the ability to unify the world? No! This is because if you dominate the world, once you want to destroy the country, it will inevitably lead to joint confrontation between the countries; so even if Wei Ying had a powerful general Pang Juan who had 360,000 Wei Wu soldiers, he was still just a deterrent to the princes, but he did not dare to destroy the country."
Bai Dong said: "A well-trained army is not a pack of wolves. The pack does not know the way of advancing and retreating. Just use a thunderbolt bag to blast all the way. The human army will naturally come up with various ways to deal with this. The thunderbolt bag made of black gunpowder may not be so effective. Moreover, once this thing comes out, it will shock the world and turn to deal with Qin together. At that time, old Qin may resist?"
"Old Qin can't resist..."
Ying Quliang sighed. The black gunpowder is good, but it depends on whoever is in the hands of it. If it is obtained by Wei, it may be of great use. The weak Qin State will be unpredictable. Bai Dong is not exaggerating.
"So this thing can only be used at critical moments, or when I, Lao Qin, truly enriches the country and strong people, and has the power to destroy the country, it will be considered a real magic weapon. Otherwise, it will be safest to hide in the secret room."
"You kid is going to be anxious to death...well, what you said makes sense, this thing will be hidden in the secret room as you said. Let's talk about Wei State now. How nice it was that day, you said that two peaches killed three soldiers, and used salt profit to provoke Wei Qi's fight, so that I, Lao Qin, benefited from it. Now, I haven't seen Wei Qi fight, Wei State is even stronger. Are you helping Wei Ying or Lao Qin? I can't understand."
Ying Quliang threw out a secret letter in dissatisfaction. Jing Jian glanced at the mark on the letter, and his face turned red again: "Brother Bai, it's my subordinate..."
"Wei State has made fine salt since last year and sold it to all countries around the world. Now, even Yanqi and other countries that produce sea salt are rich in sea salt, are proud to eat Wei salt. Wei salt is not bitter, and there is no abdominal pain when eaten. The powerful and nobles of all countries like it, and the people love it. Although the price is slightly higher than Yanqi sea salt, it has entered the world's food case! The benefits of the world should be based on salt profit. Now Wei has gained great benefits from the world. In just one year, Wei Wu's soldiers have increased to 400,000. Everyone is eight feet tall and three layers of thick armor are carrying. They can fight for a hundred miles..."
"Wei Wushu increased from more than 300,000 to 400,000? It seems that Wei Ying made a lot of money?"
Bai Dong smiled while reading the letter. Wei Wuzhang was the only professional army in this era. Even with the national strength of Wei, it was the limit to raise 360,000 martial soldiers. Now, it has increased by 40,000 in less than a year! No wonder the third brother was anxious. Before he could return from the Western Regions, he sent three urgent letters to recruit him into the palace.
"You are still laughing? Take a closer look at this secret letter. Not only has Wei and Qi not fought, but Qi is also very cooperative, raising the basic salt price has become a joke! The Qi people sold a large amount of sea salt to Wei at a lower price, making Wei's fine salt all over the world, which is more effective than the coins of various countries! What are you doing? What are you killing three men? I think you picked peaches and gave them to the enemy for food! By the way, the one who cooperated with Wei is the one who is the one who cooperated with Wei the most. He is not your friend? Isn't you a partner? Are you just like this? Are you who are forming a group to secretly invest in Wei and harm Lao Qin?"
Ying Quliang became more and more angry as he spoke, his eyes turned red.
"I understand. Is the third brother jealous of seeing that Wei made a lot of money? Yes, in less than a year, Wei Wuzhu became 400,000 people. No wonder the third brother was angry."
"Nonsense! If this continues, Wei Wuzhu will probably exceed 500,000 sooner or later. When will I take back my hometown in Hexi? Not to mention Hexi, my city of Liyang is going to be in danger!"
"Don't worry, third brother, Liyang City will not be dangerous, but Wei Ying will soon be in trouble. Xu Gongzheng is my partner. I have worked hard with him for nearly a year and invested hundreds of thousands of gold. I will wait today! It will be three months later, and as short as one month, Wei will inevitably raise an army, but their opponent is not Lao Qin, but Zhao and Qi..."
"Second, do you take this seriously?"
Ying Quliang's eyes lit up when he heard this. Among the countries in Shandong, Han, Yan, Lu and Wei were weak. The ones who could become opponents of Wei were Qi and Zhao. If these two countries had a war with Wei, it would not be possible to fight in a year or two. Old Qin would definitely be in a good mood when he sat in the mountains and watched the tigers and wolves fight each other.
"When did I deceive my third brother? I don't know that Wei Ying can get the cheaper sea salt because Mr. Xu built three salt cooking fields in Yue Kingdom according to my plan. We will give him as much sea salt as Wei Ying wants!"
"Why is this?" Ying Quliang and Jing Jian's intelligence were also inexplicably clear, and I really couldn't figure out what Bai Dong and Mr. Xu were fighting. (To be continued...)
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Chapter completed!