The next day, King Xian's second decree was delivered to Boyuan, and Bai Liyan did not make a sound after reading it. Because of the constraints of communication speed, the news obtained by the Liang State and the princes was much slower than that of Baili Yan, and he needed to wait for the news to be completely transmitted to Boyuan before taking the next step.

In the next few days, Chu Ye and Bai Liyan exchanged and confirmed their revised agreements, and after revising the details again, they each sent them back to the capital as soon as possible.

At the same time, the news that King Xian sold the five counties in exchange for the king's title first reached Zhiguo, and the first reaction of the Gongliang clan when he heard the news must have been fake. The reason is also very simple, it is too fake.

"It's a joke, the five counties change the king's name, how can there be such a cheap business in the world, what is the difference between it and Ming robbery!"

Gong Liangchen was disdainful, and Gong Liangxiu on the side said:

"At this time, it is indeed strange, with the strategy of Baili Yan, the Liang Kingdom will never be allowed to plunder the five counties, and there should be another clue among them."

At this time, Gong Liangxu said:

"Father, the child thought that Baili Yan would categorically not give up the five counties to Liang Guo to make a wedding dress for him, but King Xian may not be. The child guessed whether it would be Bailiyan who knew that King Xian could not bear the temptation of the king, and did it intentionally. ”

"My nephew is right, and it is possible." Gong Liangchen affirmed, and then said, "In that case, what is its purpose? ”

Gongliang Xiu pondered for a moment and said:

"At present, the king asks for Dekang and does not see any intention of retreating, if Dekang is obtained by our country, and the Liang State will divide the five counties, what is the significance of the battle of Xianguo. We still have insight and discernment, how can Bailiyan not know. This matter is not so simple, with Baili Yan's temperament, I am afraid that it will also include us, I think it will stop immediately, so as not to fall into its trap. ”

"Second brother is saying that Dekang doesn't want it?"

Gong Liangchen asked in surprise, Gong Liangxiu nodded and said:

"Yes, the land of Dekang was originally the bait of the Liang State to calculate our country, whether it is swallowed or not, it will inevitably start a war with the Xian State or the Wei State in the end, and if the king falls into the well against our clan behind his back, the Zhiguo will definitely be defeated."

"But the second brother has ever thought that if Dekang falls into the hands of Bailiyan, it will be a big disaster for the world when Xianguo goes west in the future, how can the king and Xiangguo sit idly by."

"Having said that, but at the moment, Dekang is in the hands of the Xian army, and the king only has a promise to defend the country, not a promise to the Xian country, and the king of Xian just doesn't give it, and my country can't do anything about it."

"Then it will completely cut off their retreat to the south of the horse farm, and hundreds of thousands of horses can drag Xianguo to death."

Gong Liangchen's voice fell, and Gong Liangxu said worriedly:

"But if the Xianguo borrows the way from the Weiguo and has the help of the royal guests, the hundreds of thousands of horses of the Xian army can still return to the Qianyue Ranch. In this way, our country will face the dangerous situation of breaking with the Xian country, which may be where Bailiyan's calculation lies.

If the Xian army succeeds in releasing the horses, it does not need to go to war with our country at all, but only needs to stop buying our commercial goods and buy them from the defense of the country, and this loss alone is enough to surrender the soldiers without a fight, not to mention that our country has a huge demand for steel, pig iron, bronze, cloth and other commodities in the Xian country, and if the Xian country cuts off the supply, our country will have internal worries within two years. ”

"What Xu'er said is extremely true." Gongliang Xiu affirmed, and then said: "Bailiyan governs the country with workers, peasants and businessmen, and it will not clash with me head-on at all, but set off a business war. If this is the case, our country will not be able to fight back. ”

Gongliangxiu's attitude was pessimistic, and Gongliangchen was a little annoyed, he said:

"Xianguo buys a lot from our country and Jin, Song, Wei, and Xu every year, why can't we join hands to blockade Xianguo, and force it to comply."

Gongliangxiu shook his head and said:

"I'm afraid it's going to be very difficult. Regardless of the ghosts of various countries, the way of the business market is to care about the share, Xianguo's purchase of commercial goods from China accounts for more than 40% of its foreign purchases, and the Jin State only accounts for 30%. Among them, there is not only the discord between Bailiyan and the Jin Kingdom, but also the connection between our country and the southern border, and the face of the second uncle.

If China breaks off its trade with it, Xianguo can buy from Jin, Song, Wei, and Xu, and the annual income of the four countries is not a loss to China. In the same way, if the princes of various countries are deceitful to themselves, there will always be princes who make peace with the Xian country for their own interests.

Therefore, it is absolutely impossible to blockade the Xianguo, on the contrary, many commercial goods in the Xianguo do not need to be purchased from the outside world, and they can be self-sufficient, so there will be an impact in the early stage, such as a long-term confrontation, even if the vitality of the Xianguo is greatly damaged, the losses of the vassal states will not be less, and the final beneficiary will still be the Liang State.

Therefore, what the elder brother thinks is actually the calculation of the Liang State, no matter what measures our country makes, it will inevitably confront the Xian State in the end, so we must not hurt the national body for the gain or loss of one place. What's more, the current domestic situation is treacherous, and it is very unfavorable for our people to fight with Xianguo at this time. ”

Xu listened to Gongliang's advice, Gongliangchen restrained his anger and thought calmly for a moment and said:

What the second brother said was extremely true, and Fang Cai was anxious for his brother. Now that I think about it, if I don't suffer a loss, I will be stained. If we wait for the plan, it will be Liang Guo who will benefit. On the contrary, Bailiyan must have the means to counter Liang Guo. ”

"Yes, Baili Yanzhi is in the world, and Liang Guo is a stumbling block to it, but it is still easy to move, so it will definitely give up some of its interests in exchange for weakening its momentum, so it is not advisable to go to the troubled waters this time."

Compared with Gongliang Xiu, Gongliang Chenzhi is slightly below it, but it lacks the vision of economic strategy, and under the loose political framework, it is possible for any few princes to form a military encirclement network against a single prince, but it is impossible to carry out economic sanctions and blockades.

Not to mention that the form of social civilization is not yet institutionally operable, there is no difference between cutting off economic channels and trade barriers, and it is the economic sides that will ultimately be harmed.

There is no doubt that the damage to the economy in the early days of the blockade will be undoubted, but half of the minerals and coal in the salty country do not need to be imported, and the country is the most dependent on foreign countries such as cotton, soybeans, leather, wool, etc., although domestic production is small, but it is not nothing, if necessary, grain production can be reduced, and cash crops can be planted to balance domestic demand.

However, the economic situation between the princes in the same period was very different, the Xian country could not get raw materials, and they could not get the goods and precious metals of the Xian country, the longer the economy in wartime, there was always the first prince who could not hold back, once the encirclement was loosened, it would all collapse, and finally the city would compete for market share.

Therefore, Gongliangxiu did not advocate confrontation with Baili Yan, because he was very aware of Bai Li Yan's means and temperament.

persuaded Gong Liangchen, the three brothers, uncles and nephews discussed for a whole afternoon, and finally came to a conclusion that Liang Guo was going to finish this time.

Time blink of an eye to the end of March and early April, and the news of the change of kings in the five counties also spread to the Jin Kingdom. King Jin's attitude after learning the news was not as expected by Ji Jinsheng, not only was he very annoyed, but he was also furious and incompetent.

At the same time, the news reached Liang at the beginning of April, and after the war between Xian, Wei and Changsun, the two shortest gallops from Liang were in a state of war blockade, so they could only go to the west coast through Changsun, and then ferry south to Liang.

The speed of the expedited land route was faster than that of the sea vessels, so the news was delayed at sea for several days before it arrived in Jinye, and then transferred from Tianjin to Boyuan. At this time, it was already the eighth day of the fourth month. The situation has changed subtly at this time, and Mo Qingzi has successively obtained the first-hand inside story from Wei Guo, but when he saw the news, he was not only confused.

All the information shows that Xianguo only asked Wei Guo for Jiangquan in Dekang County, and did not take any of the other counties. Not only that, but he also gave Wei a lot of benefits economically, and at the same time asked for the old people and slaves of Sun Guo, and King Wei also agreed.

Xianguo spent a lot of effort, and didn't want anything, in the end, as long as Jiangquan was a place, Jiangquan had gold and silver mountains that were worth such a lot of trouble as Bailiyan, and it was said that it was a complete scam.

"No, it's so wrong, there's fraud in this!"

Mo Jianzi concluded that there was fraud, but Ji Feng couldn't see it, he said:

"Ben Jun thinks that this is the power of Baili Yan, and it is not worth it not to defend the land. Weidi is sparsely populated and the commercial canals are broken, and after the annexation of the Xian State, it is necessary to spend a lot of money to operate Weidi. Rather than this, it is better to bring the defense to its knees, exchange land for trade rights, one can operate the defense land, and the other is to attack and defend again after a period of time, which is more convenient to annex the defense land. ”

"No, not at all." Mo Jianzi decisively rejected Ji Feng's idea, and then said: "Back then, Xianguo only had seven counties and remnants, and it was still able to annex four counties, but now it has eleven counties, how can it not annex three counties." Among them......"

Before Mo Jianzi could finish speaking, Jia Zhou came with a happy face and interrupted the two of them:

"There is news from Chenling that King Xian intends to exchange the land of the five counties for the title of king."

Ji Feng was overjoyed when he heard the news:

"Lord Xiangguo's words are true!"

"It's true, King Xian issued a royal decree more than 20 days ago, and the Xianjun horses should be delivered to Boyuan in late March, and we were nearly half a month late."

At this time, Mo Qingzi's face suddenly became solemn, and he was shocked:

"It's broken, it's the evil of Baili Yan!"

Jia Zhou was puzzled when he heard the news, so he hurriedly asked:

"Why did the master of the head say this, this is the land of five counties."

"Because of this, Fang Xian Bailiyan's intentions are sinister. Jia Xiangguo, do you know that Bailiyan and Weiguo did not ask for a county of Weiguo, but only a land of Jiangquan in Dekang County, and on the other hand, His Majesty the Son of Heaven has now occupied one county, and then five counties, and can easily get the land of six counties overnight, which is to put the Son of Heaven on the fire and burn it! ”

Mo Qingzi said the ins and outs, Jia Zhou knew the seriousness of the situation when he first woke up from a dream:

"Master Master, the matter has come to this, what should I do now?"

"Hurry, we can't wait any longer, we must reach a deal with Xianguo immediately before the news spreads completely, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable."

Once the news spreads, Liang Guobing will seize the six counties without blood, and the Xianguo, which has contributed the most, has not gained a place, and was also taken away by Zhiguo Dekang to seal the passage to the west, and even a fool can see that Liang Guo is the initiator.

Taking a step back, if you can cut off the six counties of Weiguo today, you will be able to abolish the princes in the future, and the next step for Mo Jianzi is precisely to depose Sun Guo and annex the land. Once the news spreads, the political use of the Liang State, the majesty of the Son of Heaven will be gone.