Bai Liyan didn't expect that the Son of Heaven would use this matter to set up a situation to trick him, after all, the two sides had already tacitly agreed that continuing to act in this posture would inevitably make people feel disgusting.

After a moment of brewing in his belly, he said leisurely:

"There is no need for the Son of Heaven to be embarrassed about this matter, my king, as a courtier of His Majesty, should share the worries of the community. This kingdom is barbaric and occupies a vast land, and my king's heart is powerless. In order to make the country obey the education of the Central Plains and feel the grace of the Son of Heaven, the foreign ministers thought that they should take refuge under the wing of the Son of Heaven to pay homage to the king, bathe in the prestige of the state, and make them obey the king of the Central Plains.

Only in this way can we move their hearts, make their hearts in awe, and stop raising troops to kill and mutilate the common people. This is Benhou's heartfelt words, and I hope that the Son of Heaven will see it. ”

A hypocritical and disgusting speech made everyone unappetizing, not that the rhetoric was not gorgeous enough, the wording was not respectful enough, but that he spit for a long time, Bailiyan was only willing to give up a county in exchange for the title of King Ping, this price was far less than the expectations of the Son of Heaven and everyone.

Xiangguo Jia Zhou's cheeks couldn't help twitching, and he said:

"It's not enough for a county to be able to influence the barbarians who defend the country."

Bai Liyan immediately answered:

"The Son of Heaven is now in a county to defend the country, since one county is not enough, it seems that my country has to offer a county to comfort His Majesty's love for the people."

As soon as this statement came out, everyone was in an uproar, and Jia Zhou was taken aback

"What, what Yongxing Hou said before meant Peijun!"

Bailiyan should have said:

"Isn't it?"

"You!"

Jia Zhouqi's face was red, his ears were red, his liver and lungs were about to split, and at this time, the Son of Heaven also couldn't hold his face, and said in an extremely unhappy tone:

"Yongxing Hou Mo is not joking!"

"The Son of Heaven is wrong in what he said, the Liang army has already occupied a county, if there are more, this is probably inappropriate. It is inevitable that the princes will criticize and people will be panicked. The foreign ministers thought that the Son of Heaven should convince people with reason and rule the world with education, and such wanton annexation of the princes' lands was really hurtful to the king, and it was really inappropriate. ”

Before the words fell, Jia Zhou rose up and said:

"Xianguo occupies more than ten counties of Weiguo, His Majesty the Son of Heaven only has one county, where does King Xian put the Son of Heaven, where does he put himself."

"Jia Xiang's words are wrong, in the agreement between my king and the eldest grandson, my country only has to defend the country three counties, if today's son has won one county to defend the country, the land of Peijun is twice as large as Dekang, and my country will dedicate land to the Son of Heaven, not only can not show the benevolence of the Son of Heaven, but also show His Majesty's greed and treachery, so that the princes are afraid and the world criticizes, and then the Son of Heaven will be trapped in unkindness and injustice, my king is bound to condemn the Marquis for plotting against him, and the Marquis can not afford it, and I hope that Jia Xiang will be clear."

At this time, Jia Zhou's face was extremely displeased, and he said:

"Since it is a sacrifice of land, how can the Son of Heaven be unkind and unjust, Yongxing Hou is so alarmist, it's not appropriate!"

"Liang Guohuan is a big county, and the most is four times that of Dekang County, Jia Xiang is so devouring, don't you think it's too ugly."

"You!" Jia Zhou raised his eyebrows and raised his eyes, his face was blue, and he was so angry that he choked. After a little restraint, he said sharply: "The whole world is not the king's land, the Xian country can take it, and the land of the Son of Heaven cannot be taken, what is the reason!" ”

"Ben Hou has never said that the whole world is not the king's land, but there are many people and sizes, if the land of a county is not a county, but two counties, three counties, four or five counties, then simply forget the world and one county, wouldn't it be better!"

Jia Zhou's trick of stealing the concept is pale and unconvincing, and can only be a deceptive move to steal fame.

The counties in the hinterland of the Central Plains are all large counties, with a small number of 780,000 square kilometers and a large number of 100,200,000 square kilometers, and the current land and population intelligence information is not transparent, and some remote princes do not even know the situation of foreign counties at all, and even how big the counties under their rule are, there is no accurate and detailed chart data, and can only be roughly measured by the general data of population, products, acres, and mileage data of east, west, south and north.

In addition, the transmission of information is extremely slow and closed, and the non-related vassal states do not care how big a county is at all, and the Liang State is wishful thinking of opening up the territory on the map.

Because the current map of various countries is not accurate at all, can only be seen roughly, let alone have the means of measurement, so the distortion of the county map is extremely serious, 300,000 square kilometers is often the same as 10,000 square kilometers of the map, and the technical constraints can not obtain the measured land area, which provides a convenient opportunity for the concept of map to open up the territory.

Bailiyan's bottom line is to only let two counties, plus the three places of Peijun and Gongxiang that have already been occupied, Liang Guo will get at least 500,000 square kilometers of land, which is equivalent to more than twice the land of the three counties of Dekang, Yuanshan, and Qiujun, and Liang Guo's appetite is greater than expected.

At this time, the atmosphere was full of gunpowder, and seeing that Bailiyan still had no intention of letting go, Ji Feng came forward to start a round:

"Your Majesty, the matter of land Yongxing Marquis also has some truth, the actual situation of the land in each county is complicated, and it really should not be generalized. At the same time, there is no precedent for the king's number, so you might as well consider the two things in the long term and then make a decision. ”

The Son of Heaven frowned and thought for a moment and pretended to ask Jia Zhou, but in fact he was extremely annoyed:

"Bo Yuanjun's words, what about Xiangguo's intentions?"

"Your Majesty, no matter how small the earth is, it is the land of the Son of Heaven, and a county is a county, so how can there be a difference between size and size. Since Bo Yuanjun asked for a long-term plan, the minister also seconded it. ”

"Well, let's talk about it again. The widow is tired, and all of you are scattered. ”

"Your Majesty's ...... St. Ann"

Everyone leaned over to salute the Son of Heaven, and under the support of a group of palace people and maids, the Son of Heaven got up and left, Jia Zhou flicked his sleeves, turned around angrily, and chased after the guard of honor and drove away.

After a short time, the hundred officials and courtiers dispersed, and only Ji Feng, Ji Tong, Li Dai, Baili Yanren and others were left in the atrium to continue talking, and they all had ghosts in their hearts.

"How did the Marquis of Yongxing know that the land of Peijun is twice that of Dekang, where did the news come from?"

Ji Feng asked, and Li Dai also asked:

"Yes, brother-in-law, as far as my brother-in-law knows, the land of Peijun is slightly larger than that of Dekang, but thirty years ago, Dekang's acres of land were the same as Peijun's, and the population was also comparable, so why did Dekang only be less than half of Peijun."

At this time, Bai Liyan answered:

"Peijun and Dekang are both plains, Dekang lives in the river, but Peijun has no big river to rely on, only small rivers are vertical and horizontal, so although Dekang is small, it is conducive to irrigation, so it can cultivate more land. However, if there is less water in Pei County, there will be less acres of land. Thirty years ago, it is not surprising that the population of the two counties was roughly the same as that of the acreage.

However, Pei County's east, west, north, south and vertical and horizontal areas are much larger than Dekang's, and the city's jurisdiction is more than twice as much as Dekang's. ”

In fact, the difference between the east-west north-south span of Dekang and Peijun is not very large, but the map outline of Dekang County tends to be square and trapezoidal, while the outline of Peijun tends to be octagonal.

With the same circumference, the area of the square is smaller than the rectangle, the area of the square is less than the hexagon, the hexagon is less than the octagon, the octagon is less than the circle, and the area of the circle is the largest, so the outline of the map of Peijun tends to be circular, and the land area increases geometrically for every ten kilometers of its diameter.

Therefore, even measured in terms of the straight-line mileage of east, west, north and south, Peijun is not much larger than Dekang, so it is easy to give people the illusion.

In addition, the water network of Pei County is far less than that of Dekang, and the altitude is also high, and the backward irrigation facilities also restrict the use of water resources, resulting in a situation where Pei County, which is more than twice the area, has the same acres of land and population as Dekang.

Of course, Ji Feng, Li Dai, Ji Tong and others will not understand these truths, and it is impossible for Bailiyan to pour beans into a bamboo tube, and Ming told them that it took ten years to send spies and measure the entire Central Plains, even if they said it, they might not believe it.

The negotiations ended in vain, which was completely expected by Bailiyan. If the progress is too smooth, it will make Ji Feng, Jia Zhou and others suspicious.

After the Son of Heaven dispersed, he immediately went to the inner house, and Mo Jianzi has been waiting here, secretly spying on the movements of the atrium.

"Baili Yan is really difficult to deal with, last time he was lucky enough to escape, and today it will become a big disaster, what a pity."

Mo Qingzi sighed, and the Son of Heaven asked:

"The master in charge has a good plan to force Bailiyan to give in to the widow."

"Your Majesty can rest assured, what Bai Liyan said today has been able to understand its strategy, he first tested His Majesty with Pei, was blocked back by Jia Xiang, and then used Gongxiang as a capital to try to confuse the customs and disturb the audio-visual, it can be seen that as long as His Majesty is dissatisfied, he will continue to increase the land. But every time it is added, it will be extremely difficult, so I want to ask Your Majesty how many counties he likes, if there are too many, Bailiyan will definitely not agree.

And according to Bailiyan, he knows all the counties and counties well, and this seat has also received secret reports in the past few years, and Bailiyan has a topographic map of the fine mountains and rivers of Xianguo, which is very accurate. If Baili Yan obtains the topographical map and land details of the country, it will be extremely unfavorable to His Majesty. ”

At this time, Jia Zhou answered:

"The world's excellent mountains and rivers topographic maps are all in the imperial file of the Son of Heaven, and the detailed book of land is also available in our country, Xianguo should not be more detailed than Your Majesty, whether the master in charge is too worried."

Mo Qingzi shook his head busily, and he said:

"No, according to secret reports, Xianguo has created a cartographic secret technique, which can draw the terrain of rivers, lakes, mountains and rivers, which is only a millimeter different and very accurate."

"According to the master in charge, Peijun is really more than twice as big as Dekang!"

The Son of Heaven asked, and Mo Jianzi looked embarrassed:

"There is no record of how big Peijun is, but there is no doubt that it is bigger than Dekang."

Most of the elite ruling class has a detailed account of the land situation, but it is only an abstract account of the acres and household registration, and there is no way to know the actual area of the territory.

Ji Jinsheng proposed that six counties are slightly less than the eleven counties of Xianguo, and they are only the news obtained from the infiltration of Xianguo for many years, mixed with the conclusions drawn from experience, but the judgment is basically not wrong.

After a short moment, Mo Qingzi continued as he had just said:

"Your Majesty, it is imperative to find out the inside story of the negotiations between Weiguo and Xianguo as soon as possible, and only in this way can Bailiyan be forced to make concessions."

"Now that I have offended the country, I am afraid it will not be easy to defend the country and reveal the truth."

"Then how much land is Your Majesty determined to take to understand this battle?"

"The whole world is a land of widows, how can it be too little, naturally the more the better."

For the request of the Son of Heaven, Mo Qingzi suddenly felt troubled, and he said:

"Your Majesty, I think it's better to stop in moderation, Your Majesty don't forget, there is also the land of Sun Kingdom. Since Bailiyan has promised to help Sun Guo restore the country, this time there will be land benefits. His Majesty only needs to firmly control the Sun Kingdom, and if he subdues it in the future, he can also take all the land for His Majesty. ”

"The widow understands what the boss said, so according to the boss's intentions, how many counties should the widow take?"

Mo Qingzi decisively raised three fingers and said:

"Don't count Pei County, take three more counties. His Majesty sits on the land of eight counties, watches the princes fight each other, and then takes the counties after ten years, and the king can be expected to reign in the world within 50 years. ”

The eight counties that Mo Jianzi refers to are actually smaller than the eleven counties of Xianguo, not including the three counties of Sun State, so Liang State is in fact already a potential power. According to Mo Jianzi's script routine, there will be another princes' war against the catastrophe of the world, and it will be time for the Jin Xuedi people to invade the north again ten years later, and then the princes' vitality will be greatly damaged, and the Liang State can completely copy the rise of the Xian State.

Of course, it is his right to calculate, reproduce, and imagine how Mo Jianzi calculates, but Bailiyan's conditions are not what he has.