Gongziyu's mind was suddenly confused, and he couldn't speak, since Gongziyu agreed, then he couldn't oppose it for the sake of opposing it! If he spoke out against it at this time, then it was a ploy of the prince's hoof, and he would undoubtedly isolate himself from the Chu State, and if he lost the support of the Chu State, he would have no chance of turning the tables at all.

Just when Gongziyu hadn't come up with a good solution, on the other side, Zhang Yi came out of the group of ministers and said loudly: "Great King, the minister thought that he also needed to agree to the request of the envoy of the Chu State, sent an envoy to question the Qi State, and began to recruit troops to prepare for Qi. ”

Saying that, after Zhang Yijian attracted the attention of everyone in the hall, he continued: "However, this battle is the proposal of the State of Chu to unite countries to attack the State of Qi, the army of the State of Chu has not yet been assembled, and the candidate for the main general of the State of Chu has not yet been determined. ”

"This..."

King Yue hesitated, Zhang Yi's words also made sense, especially the candidate for the chief general of the Chu State, and the Yue Kingdom needed to be equal.

Especially in the case of the King of Chu who has fought one after another in the past few years, if the King of Chu personally conquers, and the Yue Kingdom sends Gongzi to fight, then the status is not equal, and it is easy to suffer.

Seeing that King Yue hesitated, Zhang Yi immediately breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he could ease this time, so that Gongzi Hoof could not take the position of the main general of Vaqi, then the situation would not be bad in an instant.

Then, his eyes looked around, and found that Gongzi Hoof looked at him coldly, and Zhang Yi pouted indifferently. Then, seeing Zhao Slip who was watching coldly in the hall, he thought about it for a while, and then said: "King, even if you want to attack the Qi State, it will need the arrival of the envoy sent by the Chu State to make contact, so that the two countries can echo each other and fight together." ”

"It's too early to talk about who will be the main general."

Hearing this, Gongziyu immediately echoed: "Father, the son thinks that what General Zhang Yi said is reasonable, and the top priority is to agree to the request of the State of Chu and send an envoy to the State of Qi to persuade the King of Qi. ”

Although Gongziyu also thinks that seeing the posture of the Chu State, whether the King of Qi agrees or not, it is inevitable to start a war with the Qi State in the end, but now, when there is no candidate for the battle on his side, it is better to think long-term.

At the very least, it's going to drag on today...

After Gongziyu spoke, the ministers of his faction immediately came out to echo.

Seeing this, King Yue bowed slightly, and then looked at Yue Meng, seeing that he also nodded in agreement, thought about it, and said: "What Zhongqing said is reasonable, since this is the case, then first agree to the request of the envoy of Chu State, as for the matter of cutting Qi, we still need to wait for King Qi's reply, and then think about it in the long run." ”

Following the news from the Yue State, the Song and Han countries successively agreed to unite with the Chu State and sent envoys to the Qi State.

And the three kingdoms of Yan, Zhao and Wei, in order to divert the domestic contradictions, turned the resentment of the people to the Qi state, and agreed to put pressure on the Qi state, but for various reasons, they did not agree to send an envoy to the Qi state.

Just when the envoys of the State of Chu went to various countries to liaise, the spies planted by the State of Chu in the State of Qi began to spread all kinds of news in the large and small cities of the State of Qi.

Jucheng, in front of a small courtyard that is neither big nor small, Xue Qi was in front of his house, with a bitter smile, welcoming the six friends he had made in the past few years into his gatehouse.

A few years ago, Xue Qi was a poor scholar in the Qi Kingdom, but because he could write and calculate and was clever, he was hired by a big businessman and arranged to run a small cloth shop in Jucheng.

The big businessman gave him only one task, that is, to run a small shop in Jucheng with his heart, and record all the business conditions, including the purchase price and sale price of the cloth, how much cloth can be purchased from the countryside every month, how much cloth can be sold, etc., all of which seem to be normal business behaviors.

And Xue Qi's six friends are also some small businessmen in Jucheng, and their families are not very rich, but they can be regarded as having a little property.

The seven people entered the hall, the guests sat down, the servants served good wine and food, and after a meal of wine and meat, a friend asked: "Brother Xue, I don't know what you are doing when you invite us to gather today?" ”

Xue Qi sighed when he heard this, and asked, "Everyone, I don't know how the business has been in the past year?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the other six people present all changed, and the atmosphere in the room instantly became depressed.

After being silent for a while, Yan Kong asked faintly: "Brother Xue asked, has it been that you have made a lot of money this year?" ”

Xue Qi shook his head and said: "Brother Yan said that he laughed, the situation in the next place is worse than everyone else, if you can not lose money, even if you are thankful, how can you expect to make money?" ”

The six people all nodded approvingly when they heard this, and the seven people present were all acquaintances on the same street, only Xue Qi was engaged in cloth trading.

The most important specialty of Qi State, in addition to the famous fish and salt, cloth is also a big head of Qi State, and it has always been controlled by powerful merchants. Therefore, if you don't have a deep background, you can't enter the cloth market at all.

After Xue Qi arrived in Jucheng, after three years of hard work, he barely managed to run the small shop, barely able to break even, and no longer lost money.

In this situation, everyone knows that Xue Qi's cloth shop has never made money at all.

Xue Qi looked at the six people and sighed: "Don't hide it from the six, if the grain in Linzi was not burned last year, it would not live up to the trust of the master's family, and it can barely make the small store not lose money, but the world is unpredictable..."

As he spoke, Xue Qi showed a bitter expression.

Last year, the country of Qi suffered a catastrophe and the price of grain soared, and as a result, the people of Jucheng had to spend all their money on buying food and cutting other expenses. As a result, Xue Qi's small shop was hit hard again, and the cloth was backlogged for several months, without any income.

This situation continued until the king of Qi announced that he would sell grain at a low price and in limited quantities to the people, but it was still in a loss.

Among them, not only Xue Qi's shop, but also other cloth shops, or rather, except for those who sell grain, other merchants are basically at a loss.

The six of them felt something, and when they saw Xue Qi combining themselves, their depressed mood became even more depressed.

The world is hard!

Xue Qi paused and said, "In the past ten months, my cloth shop has not been stocked once. Even in the countryside where I often go to buy, the villagers take the initiative to send the woven cloth to Jucheng, but I don't dare to ask for it, because I am worried that I will not be able to sell it. ”

Yan Kong said with affection when he heard this: "Yes, Brother Xue, you are doing a good cloth business, everyone can't go out without clothes!" In the past few months, the people of Jucheng can't even afford to eat, where else do they need any wooden cases, the past ten months are not as good as the month before last, and it is miserable! ”

"That's right..."

"Miserable..."

After everyone complained, Xue Qi suddenly lowered his business and said: "Everyone, where did you get a message from the proprietor's house in Linzi yesterday!" ”