Xiong Huai was overjoyed.

This is just a canal, if in a few years, when the state of Chu is free, all the places between Jiang and Han will be dug through the canals, what will it be like.

Xiong Huai thought about it and suddenly smiled.

Seeing this, the ministers immediately bowed and said, "Congratulations to the king, God bless the Chu country." ”

Xiong Huai laughed when he heard this.

After a pause, Xiong Huai waved his hand, interrupted the praise of the ministers, and asked: "Taifu Yin, although the grain production between Jiang and Han has increased, after all, there is only one canal, and the increased grain is limited, so where does the rest of the grain come from?" ”

Dou You responded: "Back to the king, it was bought by the minister." ”

"Bought!"

Xiong Huai was stunned, this answer was unexpected and reasonable.

Since the growth of grain in Chu is limited, the surplus grain must have come from other countries, and if Chu wants to obtain grain from other countries, it can only buy it.

Dou You explained: "Great King, although there were many problems caused by the previous incident between us and the Qi State to raise the price of grain, the high price of grain also made the people of other countries start to increase the amount of wheat and rice planted. Because of the war between Chu and Song and Qi in Surabaya, grain from the Surabaya Valley could not be transported to Qi. Therefore, a large amount of wheat and rice from the south of Han and Wei flowed into our Chu State, and most of the extra grain in Taifu came from here. ”

As he spoke, Dou You bowed his hand again and said, "King, in order to buy high-priced wheat and rice, the money in the Taifu warehouse is almost empty. ”

Xiong Huai stagnated.

In this war that lasted for nearly a year, the excuse of Chu was that the grain price of Qi was too high, close to three times the normal grain price, which overwhelmed the countries.

As a result, if you don't want to lose, although Han and Wei did not participate in the war in the early stage, last winter also planted a winter of wheat for Qi and Chu.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai smiled: "It's okay, copper coins and gold are things that can't be eaten by hunger or clothing when they are cold, and they are only valuable if they are spent." ”

Dou You heard the words and said: "The king is wise. ”

After making arrangements for the next things in the Chu State, in the end, Xiong Huai said to Jing Li: "Ling Yin, send someone to contact King Han, and say that the widow wants to ally with King Han." ”

"Yui."

More than ten days later, Xiong Huai, who had not long returned to Yingdu, had to leave Yingdu again and go to Xudi to meet with King Han.

The purpose of this time is nothing else, it is to give a big gift to King Han.

In the Alliance.

Xiong Huai took Chen Zhen and Gongsun Yan, and King Han took his uncle and Zhang Cui, and the two sat opposite each other, and the ministers accompanied them.

After a short period of condolences, Xiong Huai rushed to the point.

"King Han, not long ago, our Chu, Song, Zhao and Han jointly attacked Wei, as a result, not long after Zhao sent troops, Qin sent the main force to attack Zhao's Shangjun, fortunately, Zhao Wang's skills were superior, defeated the invading Qin army, and kept Shangjun, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable."

"The words of the King of Chu are very true." King Han nodded with palpitations, agreeing with Xiong Huai's words.

Qin defeated Zhao and recaptured Shangjun, for others, it may not be like that, Chu itself is strong enough, not afraid of Qin's attack, Zhao can also retreat to the Lin land east of the river, and stop the Qin army with the raging river.

South Korea is the only one who is extremely frightened, not only weak, but also unsafe.

Once the Qin State attacked, Korea could only defend the city with heavy troops and then wait for reinforcements.

Therefore, when the Qin State attacked Shangjun, I am afraid that in addition to King Zhao, only King Han was the most worried about the kings of the remaining countries.

Xiong Huai saw that King Han agreed, and continued: "Qin State is a country of tigers and wolves, and it has always had ambitions for the Three Jins, so the widows and the power of the Three Jin Dynasty drove the Qin State back to Guanzhong. I don't want to, for the sake of his own selfishness, Wei first secretly united with Qin, and then betrayed Wei's brother Zhao State, bribed Qin State with heavy gifts, and asked Qin State to send troops to the county. Otherwise, the timing of Qin's dispatch of troops would not have been so coincidental. ”

"This..." King Han looked at Xiong Huai with a hesitant expression.

But I can't figure it out in my heart.

It is said that when the Qin State sent troops to the county, the people of Korea also had this doubt.

But it was quickly ruled out.

At that time, although Zhao sent troops, but did not really attack Wei, the king of Wei offended Zhao at this time, which would only make King Zhao angry and offend Zhao for nothing.

You must know that there was still a tacit understanding between the Sanjin Dynasty at that time, and before South Korea sent troops, they sent people to Wei to warn them.

And Anling, captured by the Chu-Han coalition army, was also surrendered by Wei on his own initiative.

Xiong Huai saw that King Han didn't react much, so he continued: "Not only that, not long after King Zhao defeated the Qin State, the Zhongshan Kingdom united with the Hu people to plunder the Zhao State Dynasty. Hu people don't talk about him, then Zhongshan is an ally of Qi, Zhongshan still did not hesitate to send troops on behalf of King Zhao in the case of King Zhao's victory over Qin, it must have been instructed by Qi State, behind this, it must be King Wei's request.

Seeing the failure of Qin's actions, the king of Wei was worried that Zhao would not withdraw his troops, so he made a request to Qi. ”

King Han bowed slightly.

If it was just a matter of Qin, the people of South Korea thought it was just a coincidence, and then the incident of Zhongshan that happened next had to make South Korea suspicious.

Perhaps, Wei couldn't trust Zhao and Han, so he used his means in secret.

As a result, Zhao Guo suffered a big loss.

According to the news obtained by King Han, this time, the Dai Land of Zhao suffered a great loss, the cities that were breached, all the money and grain were looted, and the Zhao State Ranch of Dai Di was destroyed in one fell swoop, and it was difficult to recover within a few years.

Even, the Hu people also looted many women and returned to the north.

Although Zhao expelled the tripartite alliance to recover the Daidi, the Daidi was also in a mess and its vitality was greatly damaged.

Thinking about it, King Han asked: "This matter is indeed too strange, I don't know what King Chu has planned." ”

Xiong Huai muttered: "King Han, the widow feels that the betrayer is undoubtedly more hateful than the enemy, especially the betrayal from the brother. Therefore, the widow plans to teach Wei a lesson, I don't know what King Han thinks? ”

King Han did not immediately agree.

Although South Korea has communicated with Zhao Guo, South Korea will follow in Zhao Guo's footsteps to be Zhao Guo's younger brother in the future, and there is no need to look at Wei Guo's face to act.

Although South Korea was also a little worried about Wei, worried that Korea would be sold to Qin by Wei just as Wei sold Zhao.

But I can't stand South Korea's weakness.

Thinking about it, King Han cautiously spoke: "King Chu, the widow is also dissatisfied with Wei in his heart, and I don't know how King Chu plans to teach Wei a lesson. ”

As he spoke, King Han looked at Xiong Huai intently.

Xiong Huai heard that King Han did not refuse directly, so he spoke: "The widow intends to unite with Han, Zhao, Song and other countries to strike at Wei and force Wei to return Anling and Yanling, which originally belonged to Korea, to Korea. In addition, the Great Liang of Chu and other places seized by Wei did not have to be returned by Wei, as long as Wei handed over the seven cities in the south that intersected with Chen.

As for what Zhao and Song want, let them decide for themselves. I don't know what King Han thinks is the strategy of the widow? ”