This is one of the hegemonic strategies designed by Gong Shukuo for the Jin Kingdom, and the second is that Taoguang Yanghui plots to seek the country, and if the two become one of them, you can win the Central Plains.

After seeing the Jin State Naval Army, he has an insight, and now Uncle Kuo has an excuse for Liang Guo as the Son of Heaven, obviously wanting to cover up.

But after thinking about it, Wu Xuan came out this time to seek benefits for the Ligong faction, and if he returned empty-handed, he would have to be counted down by the boss. Thinking of this, Wu Suan continued:

"The matter of shipbuilding is just a matter of raising hands, but I don't know how the King of Jin can do it."

Hearing that Wu Xuan was relieved, King Jin's face was slightly happy:

"As long as the master speaks, this king will not hesitate."

King Jin accepted it admittedly, and at this time Uncle Kuo answered:

"Slow down, big king."

"What's wrong with Xiangguo." King Jin questioned.

"When the old minister asks Master Yu Wusuan, it will not be too late for the king to agree."

"That being the case, Xiangguo, please."

Uncle Kuo was worried that Wu Xuan Lion would open his mouth, so he interrupted King Jin. After thinking about brewing for a while, Uncle Kuo went straight to the topic:

"If Master Wu Shu wants to be rewarded, only two things are not advisable, other gold, silver, jewelry, and beauties, Sang Tian Qianmo can use them as much as possible, as long as the master's treasure ship can be carried away, the old man will never stop him."

"Xiangguo, but it doesn't hurt to say it, the old man is willing to hear about it."

"One is iron, the other is coal, these two masters are not to be taken, and other treasures can be sent."

"Hiss......" Wu Suan suddenly felt tricky, all he wanted was iron and coal, and his uncle didn't give it, so how could he explain: "Xiangguo is the only one who doesn't let these two things go, what is the reason." ”

"Iron is a delicate and sharp thing in gold, and if you are controlled by others, you will not suffer from it."

"What about coal." Wu Shu asked.

"Coal and stone can be refined iron, which is twenty times better than charcoal, and if these two things flow to other countries, will they not be cocooned and bound by themselves."

"The old man only asks for coal, is it so acceptable?" Wu Shu retreated to the next best.

"No, no. Except for these two things, the others are at the mercy of the master. ”

Uncle Gong didn't give in an inch, which made Wu Suan helpless.

He went out of the mountains to find coal and iron ore for the Ligong faction, and he went to Zhiguo and Xianguo to inquire before, but they were also strictly controlled, and he was not allowed to buy them at all. The headquarters of the Ganggong faction was small, and it was impossible to find either iron ore or coal, and when iron tools were gradually becoming popular, the Ganggong faction was always seeking higher refined iron technology, so it needed to supply iron ore and coal in large quantities for a long time.

In an era of low productivity and technology, the vast majority of mineral resources were buried deep underground, with very few open-pit mines, if any, available. To be discovered, it is basically discovered by chance, and there is no more professional prospecting technology, which is basically based on luck.

So far, the Jin Kingdom has discovered a number of large iron mines, and there are not many coal mines. The reason why the neighboring country is strong and strong, the root cause is that the number of iron weapons in the country is more, and the country has five large-scale iron mines, three coal mines, and more than 20 small mines, ranking first among all countries.

There are many iron mines and many coal mines, which means that there is a generation gap in equipment, and you can distinguish the superior from the inferior as soon as you fight. The Jin Kingdom has been working hard to endure until now, but he is secretly hoarding iron weapons, and he will be caught off guard when he kills Zhiguo one day.

As a result, iron and coal were not only strictly controlled in the Jin Kingdom, but also most of the other princes.

The reason why the four countries of the West Sea were defeated by Wei Guo back then was that the four countries of the West Sea did not have a single iron mine, and Wei Guo was only equipped with 40,000 heavy infantry with iron weapons and 10,000 light cavalry with iron weapons, which contained 230,000 light infantry of the four countries, and the efficiency was not high.

Of course, the strategy of using troops is also very important, and it is the people who fight the war in the end.

Uncle Kuang has a pound of iron, and he doesn't give a single piece of coal, of course, there are considerations.

Since Wu Suan is willing to build a warship for the Jin State, the asking price will not be low, if it is open to Wu Suan, the loss of inventory will be small, and the war potential and iron production of the Jin State will be exposed. If Zhiguo grasps the output of coal and iron in the Jin Kingdom, it is possible to strike at the Jin State first, and Gong Shukuo, as the chief designer of the Jin Kingdom, of course, cannot fail to guard against it.

In this way, Wu Suan's abacus also failed, but Gong Shukuo still wanted him to build a warship for the Jin Kingdom:

"Master Wu Shu, why do you have to ask for coal and iron, and why don't other baht enter the eyes of the public."

"This is entrusted by the master, and the old man is also very embarrassed, this time it has been more than a year, but nothing has been obtained, what face does the old man have to see the master."

The rules of the Ligong faction are strict, and the head of the sect is the largest leader of the Ganggong faction, but all the children of the Ganggong faction must unconditionally obey the will of the head of the sect and implement the ideas of the Ganggong faction.

As the top craftsmen of the Ligong faction, such masters as Wu Shu have a very important position, and the head of the sect has a veto right in front of the interests of the sect.

Wu Suan told the truth, and Uncle Kuo suddenly laughed:

"Hahaha......"

"Why did Sangkook make fun of the old man."

"This appearance is not to make fun of Master Wu Shu, as long as the master helps me to build a water master in the Jin Kingdom, not only will there be a lot of masters, but there will be coal, iron, tin, and copper in the future to thank you, I don't know what the master thinks."

Wu Shuan was vigilant, and he asked:

"What does Xiangguo mean by this?"

"Master Wu Shu values nothing more than coal and iron, these two things are not desirable now, and may not be undesirable in the future, as long as the master helps me build an invincible warship in the Jin Kingdom, after the matter is completed, the master will get these two things within ten years of coal and iron."

Uncle Kuo's plan is very good, to build a large number of warships, not to mention that it will take five or six years to become an army, and in another ten years, it will be fifteen or sixteen years, which does not know the year of the monkey and the month of the horse. Now it is empty talk, but before that, the gold, silver and jewelry are still given, and when the time comes, the workers will be sent to collect the debt, which is dispensable.

But wouldn't that be a breach of trust?

Phew, politics has a fart credit, not to mention that the old man gave money, don't you take it too, why do you have to spot it.

Taking a step back, there is fifteen or six years, which is enough for the Jin State to accumulate strength to fight a few battles with Zhiguo and Weiguo, and when it is won, there will be an iron mine in Zhiguo less than 300 miles away from the border of the Jin State.

At this time, Wu Suan thought about it, as if he didn't suffer a loss, he could not only get money, but also get spot in the future, what was wrong, so Wu Suan said:

"This matter requires the old man to immediately repair a letter to ask the master, if the head promises, the old man will build a warship for the Jin Kingdom, if not, the old man can't help."

"That's very good." Uncle Kuo was overjoyed, and then played the King of Jin: "King, since you have obtained the approval of Master Wu Suan, the king should immediately choose a suitable person and bring gold, silver and jade to the Ligong faction." ”

"Alright, the widow is ready to play. Hahaha...... "King Dayue of Jin, then his eyes fell on the side of Wu Xuan who knelt down from beginning to end, and the taciturn Sai Qian said: "There is one more thing, I don't know what Xiangguo wants." ”

"The king wants to hire Master Saiqian as a teacher to train the palace guards."

"That's right, but I don't know what Master Saiqian thinks."

The topic turned to Sai Qian, and Sai Qian shook his head and directly gave no:

"Under the unintentional official, thank you King Jin for your kindness."

"This ...... Either way. ”

King Jin's favorite thing is Sai Qian, as a master of gunnery, Sai Qian's training of the Jin army's gun formation is far more cost-effective than Wu's calculation. Sai Qian refused, and there was no room for negotiation.

The four chatted for a long time, and at about noon, Uncle Kuo sent the two out of the palace, and then saw King Jin again:

"King, why do you want to stay in Saiqian, this person is from the Imperial Guest Gate, and it is not practical to stay in the Jin army."

"Why not let them train their army?"

"The king's plan is not right. The old minister dared to ask the king, the royal guest has been guarding since ancient times without fighting, does the king know why? ”

"I don't know, please give me advice."

"The royal guard also, the royal guest travels the world to fight unevenly, and never depends on the countries, this is the royal guest door rule, but also a ban. If there is a royal guest entering the office, it will be expelled from the door by the royal guest. If it is to help the people to abuse, the royal guests rose up and attacked it, thinking about why the country of the West Sea was torn apart, the cause was that the royal guests helped the people to abuse, and the people of the royal guest gate hoeed and defended the road and killed the king of Ji, didn't the king know. ”

"Xiangguo is comparing the widow to the king of Ji back then! Hmph, that's not the case. ”

King Jin was unhappy, and paced a few steps with his sleeves, and Uncle Kuo hurriedly explained:

"Great king, in the world, where there is a disaster of war, how can there be a reason not to die and not to plunder. In the world, the most unseen thing is to kill and plunder the city. If you don't kill and plunder cities, how can you dominate and consume the strength of other countries. Keeping Saiqian by your side is tantamount to sleeping with a tiger, don't be careful."

"Hiss......" King Jin's back was cold, and he suddenly felt reasonable: "What Xiang Guo said is reasonable, Xiang Guo continued." ”

"This time Saiqian went south to the Song Kingdom, it must be to find out the news about Jin Xuedi's invasion of the southern border, if he is forced to stay in Saiqian, then the royal guest will ask the king to raise an army to attack Jin Xuedi, what is the king's plan." Uncle Kuo said, King Jin was speechless.

The rules of the royal guest gate are strict, and the children are not allowed to enter the army for life, and the violators are expelled from the royal guest gate, and they are strangers from then on.

And the royal guest is rigid, dead dogma, a little tendon, no matter who in the royal guest gate joins the countries for what reason, the mother country is no exception, as long as there is a little outrageous behavior in the war, such as looting, qiangbao, grabbing food, etc., are regarded as tyranny, the royal guest gate immediately dispatched assassins, at least to assassinate the main general, or to behead the monarch.

The Ji State of that year, that is, the four countries of the West Sea and the Wei Kingdom, was originally a prince, the Ji State hired the royal guest that year, and when the Sun State fought for hegemony, the arson army plundered, and the royal guest assassinated the King of Ji, resulting in the Ji State being divided into five, and there was an allusion to the "five families divided into Ji".

The origin of the royal guest can be traced back to the early days of the Liang Dynasty's division of the princes, due to the decline of the Liang Dynasty's dominance, which led to the rise of the three barbarians in the West Sea, the "Jin Xuedi" south of the Qianyue Mountains in the south, the two clans invaded the territory in a big way, and the Liang Dynasty was unable to resist, and the princes around the country were busy grabbing territory and had no time to take care of the invasion of foreign Yi.

Yuke is a folk insightful person, in the Gonggong school and other Jianghu schools of funding to start a non-governmental organization, early to stabilize the southern Qianyue Mountain border was formed, and later turned into a martial school, to solve the crisis and help the poor as their own responsibility.

King Jin wants to stay in Saiqian to serve in the army, in the eyes of Gong Shukuo, it is equivalent to carrying a fixed bullet, in case Jin Xuedi comes to attack one day later, the Central Plains countries will join forces to go south, and the royal guest will ask the king of Jin to come out and make the first bird, and the Jin State will not agree at that time.

promised, the Jin Kingdom was thankless, and he got a moral name. If you don't agree, you will be labeled as unjust, and if you don't get it right, you will be killed. It's okay to find a lice to carry on your body, isn't it boring to be self-deprecating.

Under the repeated persuasion of Gong Shukuo, King Jin finally dismissed his plan to stay in Saiqian.