Chapter 170: Preparations for the Conquest of the Merchant Kingdom (10)
Ji Fa looked at the four vassal states near the Zhou State, although these four vassal states were all small countries, they had different attitudes towards the Zhou State.
There are those who are afraid to make contact, there are those who despise and look down on them, and there are those who remain neutral and seek the interests of their vassal states, all of which are different and different, and at the same time, the actual situation of each country is different, thus creating a complex and varied situation.
"There is a clear difference in the attitude towards these vassal states, otherwise they will do bad things." Ji Fa secretly admonished himself in his heart.
"Since ancient times, the royal road has been different, and it is necessary to find the right way to adapt to local conditions."
Ji Fa then focused his attention on the three kingdoms of Peng, Pu and Wei, on the one hand, because these three vassal states were very close to the Zhou State and belonged to Ji Fa's vassal states, and there were no diplomatic relations with the Zhou State, on the other hand, these three vassal states in history were famous, and Ji Fa remembered this.
"I remember that in history, these three vassal states finally surrendered to the Zhou State, and followed the Zhou State to participate in the crusade against the Shang Dynasty, it seems that these three vassal states must be taken, after taking these three vassal states, not only can stabilize the frontier of the Zhou State, but also solve the worries, further strengthen the strength of the alliance, and add another member to the army of the Zhou, so that the strength is further enhanced." Ji Fa thought in his heart, this is the best result.
"So who to take with you this time?" Ji Fa thought in his heart.
"Well... Lan Ling's words must be brought, not only to protect safety, but also to help me when it is critical, which can be regarded as a guarantee of strength, and then there are the two sisters Yongyun and Yongrou, each with different roles, and then it is Shi Feng'er, she should also bring it, as for Xue'er, just stay in the palace, and you can also accompany Hu Jiang to talk when you are fine. Ji Fa had already thought about who to take with him.
"Forget it, if you bring it, let's bring it all together, and dress up as my guards, so that there will be no complaints, and other women will not have to complain." Ji Fa shuddered a little when he thought about that situation, he knew too much about women's grievances, so he simply brought them all.
"And Du Yu'er also has to bring it, including Bing'er, hey, speaking of Bing'er, I haven't seen you for a while."
However, Ji Fa sensed it and found that Bing'er was still in the cultivation space, and it seemed that she was still concentrating on cultivation, Bing'er seemed to be able to feel the instability of the space, and she made a move in that section, and entered some aura to make up for the stability of the space.
So Ji Fa disguised the girls as guards, and then he used the teleportation flag, and directly took the girls to the outside of Xiqi City.
First of all, Ji Fa took the girls to Peng Guo, and some of the people were very surprised, but Ji Fa didn't say it completely, just said Bing'er's credit, Bing'er smiled and didn't say anything, she received Ji Fa's aura transmission, and promised to help him, but on the condition to accompany her one day a week, and how to accompany Bing'er decides.
Ji Fa swallowed his saliva, touched his waist, and had to agree.
"That's right, I've been cultivating for many years, and I happened to meet a master to teach me, and I gave this flag, and I can quickly reach the location." Bing'er explained this to the women.
The women nodded suspiciously, and finally believed Bing'er's words, Ji Fa breathed a long sigh of relief, but the women didn't care much about this matter, as long as Ji Fa said it, they were willing to believe it, and it wasn't a big deal anyway, so the situation passed like this.
Ji Fa asked Shi Feng'er to drive the carriage, and he and Bing'er secretly used aura to speed up the carriage, in order to facilitate the convenience of movement, all the women were dressed as guards, and Ji Fa dressed himself as a graceful son, wanting to see the customs of Peng Guo with his own eyes.
In this way, the group entered Peng Guozhong, and saw the customs of Peng Guo along the way, Ji Fa remembered that the country was wavering, and although he respected Zhou Guo, he had been watching the situation, and did not throw himself into the arms of Zhou Guo, nor did he take further action.
"We need to analyze what they are hesitating about and what they care about, so we can stop." Ji Fa pondered.
Soon a situation in the territory of Peng Guo attracted Ji Fa's attention, and he saw through the window of the carriage that many people in Peng Guo had a cyst on their necks, which was very large, as if it was a ball of flesh, but it grew in the necks of the people, and it seemed to be connected with the bones and tendons.
"Isn't this the big neck disease? Speaking of which, salt in this era did not contain iodine, so some people lacked iodine in their bodies, which caused this disease. But it's not right, logically speaking, this kind of person should be a minority, even if Zhou Guo, who lacks iodized salt, hasn't seen so many big-necked people? Could it be that there is a lack of iodized salt in this country? Ji Fa said in surprise.
So Ji Fa paid attention, he got out of the carriage, and asked Shi Feng'er to take the daughters to walk around the city first, and he came to the city to explore around.
He came to a tea stall and asked for a bowl of tea, and then pretended to be from another place and asked puzzledly, "Man, why do you have so many big necks here?" ”
"You're from out of town."
"yes."
"Hey, there's a reason for this, our Peng country is a small country, and we can't produce our own salt, we used to buy salt from other vassal states, and since other small countries have been fighting for years, our original salt roads have been blocked all of a sudden, so the supply of salt is not available, don't tell you the joke, our salt here is more expensive than gold." The guy complained.
"So that's the case, you have really suffered, so your king has not found a way to help you? Does he know that? ”
"Our monarch has known for a long time, and has been trying to find a way to solve it, but it has no effect, and it will be like this for the time being. It is also difficult for the king, he is also dedicated to the people, and has thought of a lot of solutions. . . ”
Ji Fa saw that the guy stopped talking, went to work, and left after paying for the tea.
He stepped aside and thought: "So that's the case, it seems that as long as the problem of this vassal state and the people eating salt is solved, then the vassal state of Peng can be co-opted." ”
So Ji sent a letter to Taigongwang, stamped his seal, and then found the post station and sent it.
Then Ji Fa led the women, drove the carriage to Pu again, this time without exception used the teleportation flag again, with the experience of the last time, this time the women seemed calm.
Yongyun said: "Hey, hey, it's amazing, this flag came over with a whoosh." ”
Yong Rou asked suspiciously, "How can there be such a flag?" Why did this master make this flag? Could it be for voyeurism... ”
Lan Ling covered her mouth and snickered, Bing'er hurriedly explained: "No, no, it's because there are many disciples of the masters, and it is very inconvenient for the masters to come and go, so this flag was made." ”
Ji Fa couldn't help but laugh and thought: "A woman's brain circuit is really Qingqi, she can think of this, but how can I think of this?" Hey, hey, forget it, let's get down to business first. ”
He thought to himself: "The next stop should be the Pu State, this country treats the Zhou State with a contemptuous attitude, maybe there will be other ideas, I am afraid it will be more difficult to subdue this vassal state." ”
Then the women and Ji Fa came to the territory of Pu Kingdom, and the women were also curious to look at it along the way, Ji Fa had the experience of going to Peng Country last time, and began to pay attention to the situation, and soon Ji Fa was hot-eyed and found a new problem.
"That's in this Pu country, why are there no traders doing business, it's a little too strange, I haven't seen it since just now, until I've been here, I still haven't met, no, I have to go down and inquire."
So just like in Peng Guo, the girls went to visit first, and then Ji Fa began to ask someone to inquire.
He stopped a middle-aged man passing by, pretended to be from out of town, and asked, "Big brother, I'm from out of town, why don't we let us set up a stall to do business?" ”
"Oh, it's been a long time ago, you don't know if you're from other places, the king is afraid of other countries, and earn the wealth of my country through business, so he ordered Pu to cut off all trade, and this is what he sees."
"Huh? How so? I came here from other places, and I wanted to do some small business, who would have thought that it would be like this? ”
"Hey... You can't be blamed for this, but you can only blame Pu Guo. Passers-by shook their heads and sighed and left.
Ji Fa finally thought about it, this Pu country is not able to do business, and the lord of the country is so self-proclaimed that he can only deter by force, so he wrote a letter to Taigongwang, detailing the situation here.
Then he continued to look at it, and found that what the people had told him was true, and for this reason he was convinced of his own ideas, so he found a post station and sent out the letter.
In the end, I had no choice but to find a family and give them some knife coins to replenish the water source and supplies, and then set sail again and prepared to hit the road.
After using the teleportation flag again this time, the women obviously adapted to the process, but this time the women said that they had been sitting in the carriage for a long time and wanted to go around.
Fortunately, Ji Fa had already prepared, in order not to attract attention, Ji Fa had brought some of their men's clothes before, ordinary people's clothes, and in Peng and Pu before, the women themselves also bought some, so they all changed at the moment, in order not to cause a commotion, Ji Fa and the women deliberately dispersed, but kept in touch.
In this way, they finally came to the micro country, and as soon as they came in, Ji Fa remembered that his analysis of this country, the micro country treats any country neutrally, but Ji Fa understands that the so-called neutrality is a joke, but he didn't find it, and he has a good policy for the micro country, and once he finds it, this neutrality will disappear by itself.
"So this micro-country, in the final analysis, wants to rely on a strong country that is beneficial to him, so that the country and the people can get more benefits, and the micro-country can also get a lot, so as to develop better." Ji Fa was convinced of his thoughts.
Then he asked Bing'er and Lan Ling to protect the girls in secret, and contact him in time if there was anything.
Then Ji Fa quietly transported the aura in his body, this time he walked around, the entire royal city of the micro country, and found that it was really a small country, far less big than Xiqi City.
Walking and walking, Ji Fa came to the palace of Weiguo, saw the micro king, he found that the micro king was indulging in practicing strength, so he deliberately pretended to be the god of heaven and descended to earth, and floated directly to the sky above the micro king, it seems that the micro king does not like other people to disturb, only himself in the room, seeing Ji Fa's fall, the micro king was so frightened that he quickly knelt down, thinking that the arrival of the god of heaven.
Ji Fa pretended to be deep and said: "King Wei Mo worships me not as an immortal, I am the King of Zhou, I was also brought here by the gods, and the gods asked me to wait for the alliance to be repaired, and I dare not disobey and come here." ”
As soon as the words came, Ji Fa slowly landed on the ground, showed the seal and seal, and King Wei believed it, and then hurriedly gave a salute.
Ji Fa waved his hand and said, "Let's talk about your conditions." ”
After some bargaining, King Wei directly reached an agreement with Ji Dada, and since then Wei Guo has submitted to Zhou, and Zhou has given various preferential treatments to Wei Guo every year.
"At this point, the alliance of the eight princes is complete, and the next step is to make preparations for the assembly and destruction." Ji Fa said happily.