Wang Guo hummed a little song and asked Sima Yiyi to call Lu Zixu over.

Although it is said that the last time Lu Zixu went to the Qi State, he really pitted himself, and Lu Zixu should not go to the envoy again.

But this time, sending someone to send money to Lu Guo, Wang Guo was serious.

Although the Lu State is relatively strong among the vassal states, it is still much smaller than the Qi State, and it is even more unbearable to bear the consumption of war.

If the monarch of the state of Lu is given 500,000 taels of silver, and they are given a temporary truce with the state of Qi, the monarch of the state of Lu will definitely be very happy.

Moreover, the 500,000 taels of silver that was also saved, what kind of storm did it set off when it was spent in Haiguo......

Lu Zixu listened to the call and entered the palace to see Wang.

Wang Guo explained the matter and said: "This matter is related to the survival of the Sea State, and it is necessary to persuade the Lu State to temporarily suspend the war with the Qi State." ”

Wang Guo thought about it again and continued to order: "Well, it doesn't take much, just buy him a one-month truce." ”

Lu Zixu was a little surprised.

What tricks is this king doing?

Obviously, it was the Lu State that contained the Qi State in the west, and it was more convenient for the Sea State to do things in the east.

Why is it that now that he is on the pole and has to send money to Lu State, so that Qi State has the energy to clean up the situation in the east?

But after experiencing the defeat of the Qi army in Anfeng Town, Lu Zixu was very much at Wang Guo, although he was curious, but it was inconvenient to say more, and he was ordered to quit at the moment.

Seeing Lu Zixu away, Wang Guo began to have dinner.

I have to say that as Wang has been here for a long time, the things that were not smooth at the beginning feel much more delicious now.

"This meal, although it is not refined enough, but when I eat it, I no longer feel that it is difficult to swallow, and I can even feel that there seems to be a little salty aroma added to this meal......"

Well?

Salty?

No, isn't there no salt in this world at this time?

Where did it come from?!

"Sima Wanyi!" Wang Guo frowned and pointed to the rice bowl, "Why does this meal taste different from usual?" ”

Sima Wanyi saw Wang Guo suddenly calling him, and there was a trace of anger in anticipation, thinking that he had made a big mistake.

Seeing that Wang Guo was just asking for food, he put down his heart and laughed: "My king, this is the sea salt that Lu Buwei got out of Pingcheng, no, it was only developed today, and I just sent someone to the palace......

？？？

Sea salt?

Lu Buwei, this little guy, how did he figure out this thing by himself?

"You probably didn't tell Lu Buwei how to make salt, right?" Wang Guo's eyes are not good.

"Oh, how dare the old slave!" Sima Wanyi hurriedly explained, "The old slave just said to Lu Buwei about drying the sea, and was laughed at by Lu Buwei, saying that this is not a fool's behavior?" ”

"And now, he's dried the seawater, and added the salt to the food, and it's delicious! ……”

WDNMD……

In the end, salt was brought into the world!

No, this thing is too profitable, isn't it......

The fragrant meal in his hand suddenly stopped smelling.

No, you still have to hurry up and lose the country!

But Wang Guo thought about it and did not make a personnel transfer, mainly for two reasons.

One is that the internal rotation of personnel is somewhat slow in the country.

Like Ouyang Fatty, he doesn't have to care about anything, and after a dozen of them, the land area has dropped by almost half......

How can internal adjustment be as fast as external troops?

Moreover, Wang Guo is confident that if he arranges a truce in Qilu this time, there will be a way to provoke the king of Qi and let him wave his troops to attack Haiguo.

The second is that Wang Guo eats the food here, and he is really tired of eating without salt......

What's more, Wang Guo just wanted to die in a country by himself, and didn't want to involve others. With such a good thing as salt, why do you have to let the common people eat it badly every day?

Wang Guo wants to be a faint king, but he doesn't want to be a tyrant.

So this salt, if it is invented, it will be invented, Wang Guo does not want to continue to pursue this issue.

"Tell Lu Buwei that salt is a necessity for ordinary people, don't compete with the people for profit, and you must not sell it at a high price, you know?" Wang Guo emphasized again.

"The old slave understands!" Sima Wanyi received the order and sent someone to pass the order to Pingcheng.

……

Haiguo, Heicheng.

Lu Ban finished the last bite of food on the plate and licked his lips with satisfaction.

This meal is also so delicious!

Although it looks like an ordinary cuisine, for some reason, the workmanship is so delicious that people can't help but eat it!

"City Lord Lu, what good things do you put in this dish, I have never eaten such a delicious meal in my life!" Lu Ban's eyes lit up.

Lu Buwei smiled: "The master praises falsely. This thing is called salt, which is the crystallization obtained by me after drying in the seawater, and when I put it in the meal, it can add fragrance and make people have an endless aftertaste. ”

Lu Ban nodded again and again, and exclaimed: "City Lord Lu, there is really you!" I don't know how you came up with the idea of drying water, this kind of operation, if you didn't really see this thing, I really thought it was a fool! ”

Lu Buwei's lips trembled slightly.

How does this sound both familiar and harsh?

"Master, this is not something I came up with, but a solution that our king came up with." Lu Buwei said.

Lu Ban praised again and again.

"I came along the road from Lu State, and I have long heard that the monarch of the sea country is a generation of heroes, and I can see that the king of the sea country is really as wise as a torch!"

After sighing for a moment, Lu Ban continued to ask, "This salt is a good thing. But the lord of the city is drying salt here, isn't he afraid of bandits and thieves? I've heard before that Pingcheng is not very peaceful. ”

Lu Buwei laughed.

"Master, you're outdated! In the past, Pingcheng was indeed not peaceful, but now, the general Jiang Shen led the forbidden army to practice here, picking on those bandits. Now this Pingcheng is really worthy of the name of 'Ping'. ”

Lu Ban slapped his thigh: "The monarch of the sea country, you are so discerning!" ”

"Stabilize Pingcheng, monopolize salt making, and sell it like this, this Pingcheng is not only a sea country, but also a rich warehouse on the coast of the East China Sea!"

Lu Buwei smiled and shook his head: "The master doesn't know, the king just sent an order, asking me not to sell salt at a high price, and not to compete with the people for profit." ”

……

Lu Ban fell into thought.

After all his efforts, he came up with such a monopoly and endless wealth, and the monarch of the sea country still didn't let it be sold at a high price?

Lu Buwei saw the confusion in Lu Ban's eyes, and said with a smile: "In the Central Plains, there is a big country called the Jin State. ”

"There are four wealthy families in the Jin Kingdom, namely Zhi, Zhao, Han, and Wei."

"Among them, the Zhi family is the most powerful, and once sent heavy troops to attack the Zhao family."

"But the Zhao family has long ago lightly endowed the original fiefdom, so as to benefit the people and rest with the people. Since then, the people's hearts have been attached, and the Zhi family has been fighting for three years, but they have not been able to destroy the Zhao family. ”

On the contrary, in the end, the vitality of the Zhijia family was greatly damaged and no longer glorious; The general trend of the Jin Kingdom was basically monopolized by Han, Zhao and Wei. ”

"Master, do you know what I mean?"