King Yue said with deep thought: "Yes, now the entire area between Jianghuai and Huai has been divided between Chu and Yue, and we have been fighting with Chu for more than a hundred years, and most of the time we are concentrated in Huainan. ”

Yue Meng spoke again: "King, if E Qi is here to paralyze my Yue country, then there are two places we need to be vigilant about, one is the river, the Chu State went down the river, and the soldiers pointed directly at Wucheng, and then used the river as a ditch to divide my Yue country into two, and then the troops went out of Guangling to attack Huainan. ”

"This second place is that most of the Chu army concentrated in Guangling, Shou County, and used the main force of the Chu army to forcibly attack Huainan. Therefore, now that Eqi has concentrated all the Chu troops in Guangling in Guangling, it is not only for defense, but also for use as bait, so that we can take it lightly. If we detain the Ejun, it will be our injustice to Yue Guo, and the Chu State will use this as an excuse to cut down Yue, then the Chu army between Jiang and Han will go down the river. ”

"Of course, the purpose of Ejun's visit this time is really to let Jiangxi Jiangdong communicate with each other, but this incident itself is to make us careless and prepare for the future Chu State's invasion of Vietnam."

King Yue then asked, "If the state of Chu has bad intentions, then how can we deal with it." ”

Yue Meng replied: "The king, of course, it is to agree to E Qi's request. People have the intention of hurting the tiger, and the tiger is harmful to people's hearts, but they just rely on their own means. If the state of Chu wants to paralyze us, why can't we take this opportunity to paralyze the state of Chu in turn. As long as Chu and Yue are on good terms, then Chu will not attack our Yue State for the time being, we just need to be careful to guard against Chu State, and then wait for the opportunity. ”

"And now we and Chu are still allies, communicate with each other, and have the ability to do what they should, if we reject Eqi, it will definitely disappoint many people between Ejun and Jianghuai who want to do business with our Yue State like Eqi, which will definitely make Chu and Yue centrifuge, which is not good for our Yue State."

King Yue asked, "What does this mean?" ”

Yue Meng replied: "Great King, since the first monarch moved the capital to Wucheng, the strength of our Yue Kingdom is not as good as before, and we can no longer compete to dominate the Central Plains. ”

Yue Meng's words made the people present very emotional, and the current Yue country is no longer unable to dominate the Central Plains, but even the Central Plains can not go.

When everyone sighed, Yue Meng continued: "Great King, since the weakening of the Wei State, the Central Plains has entered the stage of the three kingdoms of Qin, Chu and Qi competing for hegemony, and now the form of the world is that whoever is strong, all countries will join forces to fight whomever they want. First the state of Wei, then the state of Qin, then the state of Qi, and now it is the turn of the state of Chu. ”

"It's just that last time, all the countries experienced an unprecedented war, and the three major powers of Qin, Qi, and Chu were all exhausted and suffered heavy losses, so this was a truce for a while. After recuperation, the next stage of the struggle for hegemony is undoubtedly the Qin-Qi Alliance's east-west attack on the Chu State. Of course, before that, Qin and Qi still had to compete with Chu for allies, the Three Jin, Yan, Song, and even our Yue. ”

"Before besieging Wei and Qin, all countries didn't need us to Yue, but once we attacked Qi and Chu, all countries will not forget about us."

"So what does Xianqing mean?" King Yue asked expectantly.

Yue Meng smiled and said: "Great King, the Chu State is big and the Yue Country is small, just with our Yue State and Chu State fighting hard, there is no chance of winning at all." Therefore, what the minister means is that we Yue Guo should not only guard against Chu State, but also befriend Chu State and not give Chu State any truth, lest Chu State point the finger at our Yue State. ”

"If we want to guard against the Chu State, the places that we should focus on in the Yue State are the two places that the minister just mentioned, one is Shou County, and the other is Yingdu, the capital of Chu State. And the only way to go to these two places to explore is to communicate with each other. ”

"In addition, we only need to follow the state of Chu tightly, just like the state of Song followed the state of Qi not long ago, and when the world changes, we will give a thunderous blow and regain the lost territory in one fell swoop, and the state of Chu will not only not attack us in order to appease us, but will also bribe us with heavy gifts."

In the end, Yue Meng sighed with emotion: "King, for our Yue country, as long as Qi and Chu fight evil, it will be an opportunity for us to cross the country, once Qi and Chu form an alliance, it will be a disaster for Yue country, and we must not ignore it." ”

King Yue nodded and said, "The meaning of Qing is unknown to few people." ”

Saying that, King Yue sneered: "Then today's deliberation will be like this, and when he summons E Qi tomorrow, the widow will agree to him." ”

Gongshi Yu Zhangyi Gongzi Yu: "···"

The deliberations of the Yue kings and ministers, the monarch naturally did not know.

On the second day, Ejun came to the Yue Palace with the gift he gave to the king of Yue.

"Foreign Minister Eqi pays a visit to the King of Yue..."

After Jun E finished speaking, he waited for King Yue's reply.

King Yue's face was expressionless, and what Ejun said was the same as what Gongzi Yu said yesterday.

Although he had already made up his mind, he couldn't say yes so quickly.

King Yue nodded and said: "Since the friendship between Chu and Yue, the two countries have not prospered, and the people have lived and worked in peace and contentment, which is not only a blessing for the Chu State, but also an honor for the widows." If the two countries can communicate with each other and become brothers forever, the widow is naturally willing, but the widow still needs to discuss with the ministers about the specifics of this matter. ”

After the Ejun retreated, the king of Yue said to the ministers: "The widow wants to communicate with the Chu State..."

···

When Ejun visited Yueguo, on the side of Yingdu, Xiong Huai was in full swing with Jing Lidou and Chen Zhen to deploy the Maimi plan.

Because in the past, wheat was only used as emergency food, and the people planted less, but now the purchase of wheat has been as long as several months, and the wheat in Chu has become more and more difficult to buy, and the wheat in the hands of the people is almost gone.

Not only the state of Chu, but also the situation on the side of the Three Jins.

Especially after the end of the alliance, the Three Jin Dynasty began to follow the Chu State to hoard wheat and rice.

At this time, Dou You reported to Xiong Huaiyu: "Great King, because the Great King bought too much wheat during the Three Jin Alliance, it has aroused the vigilance of all countries, so now all countries have begun to control wheat rice. ”

Saying that, Dou You hesitated: "It's just that there is a phenomenon that is very strange, that is, in addition to the fact that the Korean team does not support or oppose the production of flour by the Korean team, Zhao and Wei all restrict the use of flour made from wheat and rice, of course, Qin Yan and the two countries also do the same." ”

Xiong Huai disagreed: "Nowadays, all countries are centered on war, and it takes a lot of manpower to make flour, and it is natural for countries to restrict it. ”

Dou You nodded and said: "What the king said is extremely true, and Weichen also thinks so, but there is a problem with the Qi country." ”

Xiong Huai asked curiously, "What's the problem?" ”

Dou You pondered for a moment and said: "King, the news we got from the Qi State, since the armistice between the Qi State and the Yue State, the King of Qi has changed his normal state and returned to the attitude at the beginning of his ascension to the throne, and he has become extravagant, not only vigorously promoting flour in the Qi State, but also building a palace. ”