Xu Cheng had a sullen face, and he was kicked to Xilu in Wu Guozhou because of his bad temper. Facing Liu Xiazhi's rhetorical question, he responded coldly: "What the villain said is the truth, Dahe Could it be that you forgot about the defeat in the last battle?"

He was born in Xu Guozhou's division, and spent ten years in Wu Guo's naval army. He usually surrounded and suppressed the hairy thieves on the Huai River, so he looked down on the wild way of robbery. network

The extremely proud Robber Zhi was immediately annoyed by Xu Cheng's attitude, almost to the point of doing it, but Zhao Wuxi stretched out his hand to stop the two.

"presumptuous!"

Liu Xiazhi was startled and stopped, and Xu Cheng, who was almost grabbed by the front of his shirt, also pleaded guilty: He was originally a servant of the Qu family, but now he has been handed over to Zhao Wuxi, he is already a servant without a shirt, life and death It's all a word.

"The two of you still have to work together in the future, so how can you keep arguing here? Zishi defeated the Qi people today and made a great contribution. No one dares to mention the invincibility of Qi's boat division from today. But what Xu Cheng said That's right, not every water battle can encounter such an excellent location, and those who are good at fighting should make full use of Qizheng."

After both sides held each other for a while, he put their hands together again: "This fire attack is more than enough, but it is not enough. If we want to compete with Qi Renzhou Master in the future, we still need to build more good ships and repair them. Learn to fight on the water. I want to hand over the former to Xu Cheng, and the latter is your responsibility, Zishi. The two of you are the commander of the boat master and the officer of the boat building. We must cooperate sincerely in the future! Don't know each other if you don't know each other!"

The lord has spoken to this, and although Piio Zhi and Xu Cheng were reluctant in their hearts, they had no choice but to obey. In fact, there was some discord between them, and Zhao Wuxi was happy to see it happen while preventing the trouble.

To be the ruler of a human being, it is important to check and balance, especially in the army, and never allow anyone to dominate, so he has always adopted the balanced development of infantry and cavalry in the military. It also recruits talents from different sources from time to time. But among the navy masters that were necessary to be established, no one could rely on him before except Liu Xiazhi.

Zhao Wuxi's attitude towards Liu Xiazhi was somewhat contradictory. On the one hand, he knew that this was a talent, and it was a good help for the cause of hegemony. But he is also afraid of him, after all, he is a rebellious thief. He dreamed more than once that when the pirate Zhi was in the city of Yun, he suddenly took all the ships to become pirates again and traveled all over the world...

So if you can arrange a person in the boat division system who is not a layman, but can match Liu Xiazhi. It couldn't be more suitable!

Right now, Xu Cheng seems to be a good candidate. Although he was a gift from the people of Wu, Zhao Wuxi couldn't be more careful, but in Xing Ao's letter, this Xu's subjugation seems to be a big deal to the people of Wu. some opinions.

So Zhao Wuxi tried again: "Now Xilu is too tired to build enough ships, so we can only design first. It is enough for the existing ships to maintain control over the waters of Jishui, Pushui and Dayeze. Wait five years and ten years. After that, we will definitely be able to build a boat division that can compete with Qi, Wu, Chu, and Yue. At that time, we may be able to compete with Qi people in the sea, or compete with Wu people on Huai..."

Liu Xiazhi was very interested in Hengzhou going to sea, and Xu Cheng, who still had a vague idea of ​​restoring the country, was attracted by the latter sentence. He widened his eyes, pondering the meaning of Zhao Wu Xie's words, but Wu Xie didn't point it out. After planting a seed in his heart, he asked them to count the captured ships and Qi people.

The battle on the river was completely over. Several Qi boats were burned and sank. The remaining six or seven boats landed and were captured. The crew inside surrendered under the pressure of spears and crossbow arrows. The minor damage was repaired. Can become a member of the Xilu boat division.

But still nearly half of the Qi boat escaped. Zhao Wuxi is also not without regrets. If Taoqiu brought enough iron and the smelting and casting skills were good enough, then a large iron chain that was one mile long could be made. Give Qi Guozhou division an iron rope to block the river, so that none of them can escape!

After the war, it was surprising that the commander of Qi Guozhou's boat division was also among the prisoners.

Zhao Wuxi immediately ordered this person to take good care of him. Qi's ships and sailing skills might be able to come out of his mouth a lot. After emptying it, it can be exchanged for a large ransom. In the short half year after the war, I was buying salt, mining and smelting iron, setting up a hospital, and setting up a school, all of which cost money and silk... If it weren't for the capture of Qi's scholar-officer during the war His ransom has been continuously sent through secret channels, and his treasury has long been empty.

He also asked a few unimportant Qi military officials to return to Qi State with their own letters, to inform Qi Hou of the news, and to convey his condolences and suggestions from Lu State Xiao Sikou.

That is, reconciliation.

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"Reconciliation? Why is this!" Sure enough, Zhao Wuxi's secret decision aroused great doubts among several close officials.

As for the military officials who felt that they had won the battle, why they still showed weakness, he explained: "Although Qi's navy was defeated, his national strength was not damaged. Although Xilu seems to have the upper hand at present, it will be better in a few months. , if we continue to face off economically with Qi for a long time, I am afraid we will not be able to get any benefits."

At this moment, the cargo-colonial war has reached a stalemate.

The state of Jin and Qi, Zheng, and Wei still did not sign a peaceful covenant, and Zhao Wuxi's countermeasures against looting were understandable. The merchants of Jinlu Cao had no idea, and felt that this move would also reduce their competitors. Every time a group of thieves sold unlucky loot in Jijin, Jin merchants swarmed.

As for the heavy losses of the merchants of Qi State... In this era, merchants have no right to speak. Most of them depend on the government and are subordinate to the officials. Until business became more important, the Warring States period when big merchants could compete with the princes, Qin State also said that if the merchants were killed, they would kill them. When they swept the Six Kingdoms, they only saw the merchants go to the wind, but no patriots like Xiangao complained.

Vulnerable ** businessmen, vulnerable under the powerful national weapons.

Therefore, Zhao Wuxi didn't care whether the merchants were happy or not, he cared about Uncle Cao and Sanhuan's attitude.

Ji Qiao conservatively estimated that if the state of economic warfare continues, Qi will continue to block salt and even other resources. That Xilu is self-sufficient, and at the same time eats on the outside, maybe he can last a few more years. But the fragile Cao Bo and Sanhuan, and Zhao Wuxi can't guarantee when they will surrender. These rotten old-fashioned nobles always have a strong compromise. In this respect, they are not as good as Confucius and his disciples. backbone.

By that time, his situation will be passive.

So it's better to use this time to win again. Showing a gesture of willingness to reconcile, and then kicking the ball to Qi Guo, when Qi Hou refused, Zhao Wuxi could not be blamed for the crime.

Wanton revenge may be a temporary pleasure. But it is not enough to completely cut off the transaction. Although you punished the other party, you are also suicidal to yourself.

Applying the theory of protracted warfare, Qi has a large population and abundant resources, while Xilu is narrow and sparsely populated and lacks resources. Moreover, he is still in a place of four battles, and he has to face the covets of various forces at home and abroad... In the absence of generational differences in weapons and technology, Zhao Wuxi has no certainty of victory, not only economically, although he Zigong, who has a lot of crazy ideas, can't conjure up a sea of ​​salt and copper.

The so-called sanctions are a double-edged sword, which often leads to both losses. The two sides have been in confrontation all the year round, the economy is stagnant, and the people are suffering from lack of food. There are complaints up and down, and in case of arousing internal conflicts that can be easily integrated and quelled, it is enough for Zhao Wuxi to drink a pot.

So it's okay to gamble with anger, but you can't play too big. At this time, one party must first propose to restore trade. Whoever makes the request first, and who approves and agrees, also pays attention.

Zhao Wuxi decided to take advantage of the victory, lowered his posture in turn, and put a smoke bomb on Qi Hou.

Because according to the news he just got, the Zhao family moved to Jinyang because of the move of the main town. Rong Di, who was stimulated to the north of Xiawu Mountain, is now caught in the war with Dai Rong and Wu Wu, and he can't get out. So at least before the autumn harvest, Siru had to support it on his own.

Zhao Wuxi didn't want to die with Qi. He needed to delay the time, and he needed to put a dose of ** soup for Qi, so that Qi Hou would not attack the whole country in a panic. Without Zhao Yang's help, he would not be able to bear it.

However, Zhao Wuxi obviously overestimated his writing skills, the pride and victory he had accumulated over the years. Although I tried my best to hide it in the letter, I couldn't hide it and spilled it out...

It's not so much a letter of reconciliation, but a gauntlet that slapped Qihou again and forced him to agree to ask for peace...

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In Qi State in late April, grasshoppers began to call among the wildly growing weeds, earthworms burrowed out of the wet soil after the rain, king gourds began to spin and grow, and bitter herbs opened pale yellow flowers.

This month belongs to Fire Virtue. According to the feudal feudal system, the Duke of Qi lives in the left room of the Mingtang in the south. He rides a vermilion car, drives a red horse in front of the chariot, carries the Chilong flag, and wears deep vermilion clothes. Wearing red jade ornaments, the utensils used are tall and large.

His heart was also as restless as a raging flame, and he was always looking forward to the news of victory from the Gongshi boat division who went up against the water.

Chen's boat masters have been raging on the river for more than a month, and the river thieves carrying the skull flag have been defeated. Although the looting has not decreased in fact, Qi Hou feels that Zhao Wuxi's arrogant arrogance has already disappeared. Pressed down a bit by myself.

Although he was defeated by Zhao Meng of the Jin Kingdom who could compete with him last time, Qi Hou felt that he could easily defeat Zhao Meng's son. Zhao Wuxi's method of purchasing salt from abroad can relieve Xilu's predicament, but the state of Lu can't support it. The same is true for the practice of charging high taxes to merchants in the state of Qi and cutting off the Noon Road. The premise of all this is that the state of Cao wants to Can cooperate.

As long as his navigator can get through the Jishui, then the high tax imposed by the Zhao family will become a decoration, and the ships of Qi State will be able to pass smoothly under the **** of the navigator. When the navigator advances to the water surface of Taoqiu, the State of Cao will definitely defect immediately. of.

Therefore, the Marquis of Qi looked forward to the sun, the moon, the yin, the yang, the sky, and the earth.

However, things backfired. In late April, less than half of the remaining ships returned to Linzi with news of their failure. The fire that Zhao Wushi ignited on the Jishui River burned the foolish military adventures of the Marquis of Qi to ashes, and even the commander-in-chief was taken prisoner.

Qi Hou was a little bit broken~lightnovelpub.net~ Chen's victory on the river was swept away, and he nervously cried out in the court hall: "Isn't this battle auspicious for divination!?" Zhu was dragged out and the car cracked, and all the ministers were silent.

That's not all. Two days after Qi Hou was furious, someone came to report that a prisoner had been released, and also brought a letter from Zhao Wuxi.

"The letter? It must be opened by the widow in person?" Qihou's eyes were red, and despite the advice of the Qing doctors, he pulled the paper letter, opened the seal, and read it silently.

"The foreign ministers heard the order of the Marquis of Qi banning salt, and they thought it was too much. The most important thing is to communicate with each other. If it is good for the neighbors, it will be a lose-lose move..."

On that day, Zhao Wuxi's handwritten book called "The Order of Remonstrance and Forbidden Salt" shocked the court of the state of Qi. Since then, it has become famous among the princes and is regarded as a model of pedestrian speech that can be compared with "The Book of Jue Qin"!

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