Chapter 501 Wei Guo knows how to survive very well

Peng Zhou circled the town and made a rapid journey north for more than an hour, entering a canyon.

In the middle of the canyon, there is a level set up by the Taoyi side.

After passing the checkpoint and walking out of the canyon, it is the territory of the country.

What if you didn't go on horseback? It's at least a day to walk here from the other side of town.

Peng Zhou was very glad that he met Lü Buwei's caravan on the way. Otherwise! Where did he get his horse? If you hunt all the way? It is not yet known how long it will take.

The situation of the defense of the country is not very good, although the defense of the country has not been destroyed, but it is not a complete sovereign state. For some reason, this patriotic state is very tenacious, and the small vassal states of the Great Zhou Dynasty have basically been destroyed, but it is still strong.

Maybe? Successive kings who defended the country were able to seize the opportunity, right? They know they're a small country, so! will be attached to the big vassal states. Be willing to be a vassal state and protect yourself.

It is also said! It was because of the relationship between Shang and Yang that the Qin State did not destroy the Wei State for a long time. In fact! This is very unlikely. Shang Ying was a "sinner" of the Qin State for a long time after he was torn apart, so where did the Qin State take care of it?

In short! Or is it because the king of the country will be attached, and he always relies on the right backer. And! Not only do we rely on the right backers, but we also maintain good relations with other countries in our neighborhood. It is easy to survive, so it can survive for a long time.

The road taken by Peng Zhou is the closest road from Taoyi to Weiguo. It is precisely because of this that the caravan led by Xia Shufeng passed through Taoyi to return to the country.

The population of the Patriotic State is okay, there are people living everywhere. But! It is a fragmented state and is not centralized. Maybe? The reason for the large population of the country is the reason why he has been preserved. In this era of cold weapons where population is comprehensive national strength, if you have a population and a vast land, you will become a powerful country.

The Patriotic State may have taken advantage of the population, supported by agriculture and handicrafts, so that it could meet the reasonable demands of the controlling power. Other than that! There are also financial resources to maintain relations with neighboring countries. Therefore! It has been preserved for a long time.

As a "weak" country, if you don't have a big country to rely on, other countries will come to bully you. And blindly attached to and dependent on a certain hegemonic country, then! You may gradually lose all the power of a sovereign state and become a tool of use and exploitation by a hegemonic state.

So! You have to rely on the hegemonic power while also building good relations with other countries around you. If the hegemon is not good for you, because you have a network, other countries that are friendly with you will stand up and help you explain. If the hegemon is too much to rely on, you can choose to betray and take refuge in another power that can compete with the hegemon. Therefore! You can still survive, and the hegemon will not dare to bully you.

Often, when the hegemonic powers you are attached to find out that someone is trying to woo you, they will restrain themselves and have a good relationship with you.

Wei! It is in this relationship and environment that I survived. Once defended the country, he took refuge in the Qi State, the Chu State and the Jin State. After the Jin State was divided by the "Three Jin Dynasty", Wei Guo took refuge in Zhao and Wei. In a word! Surviving in the cracks, defending the country is easy.

Peng Zhou came to defend the country, not only to find Lu Buwei, but also for another purpose. That is: he wants to see the way of survival of the country.

During his life with Zhuangzi, Peng Zhou heard Zhuangzi talk about defending the country more than once. Zhuangzi praised the "way of defending the country" very much, in order to survive, in order to maintain the existence of the country, the king of the country was very good, and he kept the country. The Song Kingdom, where Zhuangzi survived, did not survive and perished shortly after his death.

Because of the large population, the land of the country is well used. Basically, the good land is planted with crops. The land that could not be cultivated for crops was not wasted. Where there are people, economic forests are planted. For example! Trees such as fruit trees.

Because the country is well-established, the social security situation in the country is also very good. Patriots are very kind, but do not take the initiative to talk to people. If you ask them anything, they will answer you politely and make you satisfied. If they don't like you, or if they don't like you, they will avoid you as if they were running away from a plague.

In a word! The Patriots are mild-mannered, less radical, not the kind of "sideways eyebrows", fierce confrontation, or indifference.

At noon, Peng Zhou came to a small town.

He was already hungry, but unfortunately there were no inns or restaurants along the way.

Since entering the canyon to Weiguo, there has been no official road, and the official road of Taoyi has been broken when it reaches the checkpoint in the canyon. In fact! The canyon is the territory of Taoyi. After passing the canyon, it belongs to the patriotic country. No need to talk nonsense, on both sides of the canyon, there are mountains. The mountain is the natural dividing line between Taoyi and Weiguo, and only the gorge has a possible passage here.

But! The Weiguo side did not want to engage in construction on the official road, so there was no official road exchange with the Taoyi side.

Maybe! Under the oppression of Wei or other vassal states, the Wei side did not allow them to trade with Taoyi. It's not that you don't trade with Taoyi, but you don't trade with Wei Ran.

Of course! Wei Guo and Tao Yi are not only at this level, but also at other levels. As for what the other levels look like, Peng Zhou doesn't know.

Because he left without breakfast in the morning, Peng Zhou was so hungry that he couldn't do it. Seeing a restaurant whose business was still booming, Peng Zhou led his horse and walked over. He doesn't have much money on him, but it's still okay to eat a full meal.

This is a restaurant owned by locals, and the customers are all locals of Weiguo.

When the shopkeeper saw a foreigner on horseback, he first shook his head for a moment, and then stepped forward to greet him.

"Guest, please!"

"Thank you!" Peng Zhou said politely! And then! He threw the reins of the horse to the young man, nodded and said, "Give me some fodder for my horse, and I will give you another money!" ”

Forthwith! He took out a piece of knife coin and handed it over.

"Howler!" When the young man saw that it was beneficial, he immediately became more polite.

Peng Zhou nodded to the young man again before entering the hall on the first floor.

The hall was full of guests and was bustling with activity. Seeing a young man dressed as an outsider suddenly appear, the people in the hall quickly quieted down and looked at him in unison.

"Passing by! Pass by! Peng Zhou hurriedly arched his hand towards everyone.

"Guest! Please! Please sit here. After the shopkeeper was stunned for a while, he walked over quickly and beckoned Peng Zhou to sit down.

"Thank you!"

"What do guests need?".

"Whatever! The sooner the better! I'm still in a hurry, and I'm in a hurry! Let's ask for your restaurant's most famous regular meal! The sooner the better! Peng Zhou said.

"Howler!" The shopkeeper answered.