Chapter 290: The Bitter Meat Plan is fully determined

Among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, the highest average must be the Qi State, because the Qi State holds the most important strategic materials, salt and iron.

And the salt of Qi is not money, it is sent by the sea, in the Spring and Autumn Period, when Jiang Shang set his eyes on the land of Dongyi, he valued the natural salt around the coast of Qidi like a beach.

Guan Zhong's sentence of burning sea boiled salt almost monopolized the entire salt import and export business in China.

The role of salt is not only the necessary elements required by the human body, but more importantly, it is used to store food, vegetables, salted meat, salted fish and other grain storage require a large amount of salt pickling, after all, in the Spring and Autumn Period of the era of low field productivity, any grain is extremely valuable, and pickling is the only means of storage in ancient times.

How profitable is salt making, since ancient times the rich merchants are salt merchants, in the late Spring and Autumn Period, the beginning of the Warring States Period is to rely on the salt of Shanxi Xie County to get rich, the history of Yidun "with the salt of the cup, and the king of the rich", in such a monopoly of interests in the era, to achieve the rich rival king.

Moreover, mastering salt resources not only grasps one of the lifeblood of the world, but also improves the comprehensive quality of the country, because sufficient salt can ensure human health.

There is a saying that the country of Qi became rich because of salt, and Korea died because of salt.

Another strong because of salt is the Jin State and the Wei State that were at their peak for a while, and the Wei State was once powerful because it mastered the largest natural salt pan in the Central Plains.

The other is iron.

Although iron was not officially popularized until the Han Dynasty, a large number of pig iron products were already in the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period in the Yan, Qi and Chu Kingdoms, and there were six iron ore sites with complete mining technology in the territory of Qi State.

At a time when the whole world was chasing the control of bronze, the Qi State was already developing new materials to replace bronze, but in the end, due to the times, it was not realized in the end.

There is natural sea salt to provide a steady stream of wealth to Qi State, and in terms of materials, there is a supply of pig iron instead, and in addition to the fact that Qi land is flat and suitable for farming, the overall per capita of Qi is generally higher than that of other countries.

In today's terms, among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, in fact, only one of them is considered a developed country, and the others are considered developing countries, even if they are powerful countries such as the Jin State and the Chu State.

However, Qi has reached the level of developed countries with the help of resources, but it is also superior to other countries.

Although other countries are also rich, they are all nobles and wealthy, and the lives of ordinary people are miserable, but the living standards of ordinary people in Qi are already higher than those of people in other countries.

The wealth of Qi can be said to be outstanding.

Therefore, the people of Qi are born with a sense of superiority and look down on other countries, and it is also because of this sense of superiority that the Qi country as a whole becomes comfortable and lazy, and finally leads to the destruction of the country.

The walls of the Lone Bamboo Country are nearly four meters high, and the outer walls are all paved with bricks and stones, which are not particularly mature, but the degree of cohesion is more durable and durable than lime mortar, and it is very beautiful.

But such a city wall, in the eyes of the people of Qi, is still a bit thin.

Especially in the eyes of refugees in Linzi City.

Because the Qi State is so rich, so rich that the Qi State can support five capitals, Linzi, Jimo, Ju, Gaotang, and Pinglu.

At that time, Le Yi led the army of the Five Kingdoms, all the way to conquer 72 cities in Qi State, and finally under the two Qi capitals of Jimo and Ju, he sighed at the city.

Because of these two capitals, the walls are six meters high and more than 30 meters wide, and the city can accommodate at least 500,000 people, and what is even more terrifying is that there are enough food, equipment and other materials in it to eat for several years.

It is impossible to conquer such a strong city by force, and the Five Nations Alliance has no intention of breaking the cauldron, after all, helping Yan to attack Qi is mainly to fight the autumn wind, and by the way, to rob it.

Therefore, these two capitals became the capital of Tiandan's later turnaround.

Many historians believe that Tiandan's fire ox array should be joked by later generations, thinking that Qi State could not make up tens of thousands of cattle and sheep at that time, but in fact, with the wealth of Qi State, tens of thousands of cattle may not be able to get together, and thousands of heads are still sprinkled with water.

Because the country of Qi is too rich.

The Linzi City of Qi is not the richest city among the five capitals, but in the archaeological excavations of later generations, the ancient city of Linzi is divided into an inner city and an outer city.

The outer city is about 5 kilometers long from north to south and 25 kilometers wide from east to west. There are still more than 1,000 meters of city wall, the city base is about 40 meters wide, about 5 meters high, all are rammed earth slabs, very solid.

In the inner city, there are relics such as the Jinluan Palace, the Dianjiangtai, the East and West Warehouses, the Storage Bay, the Fish Pond, and the Dressing House. On the peaks of the mountains in the north of the ancient city, the ancient tombs are more than 30 miles long, and there are more than 400 of them. There are many tombs, and the height of the tombs is rare.

At that time, the grain transportation river, through the southeast city gate hole, could directly sail into the storage bay, and the shipping was very developed.

Therefore, the walls of the four meters high and less than ten meters wide of the city are indeed a bit thin, so it is not the lonely bamboo country that makes these Qi refugees feel safe, but Tian An, who is standing in front of the city gate and looking forward to welcoming them.

There were too many refugees smuggled from Qi this time, there were tens of thousands of people, and they didn't dare to easily put them all in the city, so they only selected thousands of people as representatives to go to the capital to have a look at it to reassure the people.

But fortunately, there is Tian An, the king of Qi, and the situation can be controlled better.

After all, these refugees from the Qi Kingdom are not Donghu savages, and if they get into chaos, it will indeed pose a huge challenge to the current military strength of the Lone Bamboo Country.

"Wang Sun, the Kingdom of Qi is dead!"

"Childe, the King of Qi surrendered without a fight, and regarded us as prey and sacrificed to Qin thieves!"

"Wang Sun! Qin thieves trapped the city for three months, the old and young in the city starved to death countless times, mourning all over the wilderness, and the tyrannical Qin was not allowed to be buried, we are bitter! ”

"Wang Sun, Qin thieves are wreaking havoc in the country, and the court is a dead country, my generation has done its best, but after all, Wang Sun needs to preside over the overall situation and restore the Qi country!"

The refugee leaders of Qi State included the people of Linzi in the past, as well as the old township officials from all over the country, as well as the officers who Tian An had befriended in the army at the beginning, and surrounded Tian An to complain with tears.

Tian An, who had a hangover and lack of sleep for several days, was pale, with bandages on his body, and a resentful expression of hatred that he couldn't slash his enemies, and cried with them, "All the clans have worked hard, Tian An is incompetent, and the Qi royal family is incompetent, so that the people of Qi are wronged and suffer the next great disaster, and I, Tian An, am the Qi royal family, and I have no shame to face the villagers, and I am ashamed of Tian An, so I can only die and apologize." ”

After saying that, Tian An took out the long sword on the waist of the officer who maintained order next to him and wanted to kill himself, but he was quickly stopped by everyone in surprise, so a large group of old and young masters hugged their heads and cried.

There were many Yan people on the city wall of Haodu, and when they saw this scene, they couldn't help but feel sad, and they cried silently for a while.

Zang Di, who was dressed in a plain robe, looked up to the sky and said for a long time: "Although the lonely bamboo is good, it is not the homeland after all." ”

Once again, it resonated with the Yan people on the city wall.

Mo Ji, the chairman of the neighborhood committee, who specially brought the royal reserve army to maintain order in the city, rolled his eyes when he heard this, and despised the white-eyed wolf in his heart.

The Lonely Bamboo Country treats these swallows so well, these swallows are looking for an opportunity to be self-reliant, a group of white-eyed wolves who can't be fed.

Now there are more white-eyed wolves from the Qi Kingdom under the city, and it just so happens that the two groups of white-eyed wolves are together.

Mo Ji secretly gave orders to his guards to mobilize the ballistas on the city walls to prevent a mutiny in the city.

"Feed the white-eyed wolf who is not familiar." In the royal palace in the city, the dumb child threw the white wolf cub from the second floor into the swimming pool on the next floor, frowning and sneering.

The white wolf cub fluttered and wailed in the water for a while, and seemed to find that the water was not deep, and the dog actually dug it up in the pool, and was very happy.

The golden eagle stood on the railing and giggled as if laughing.

"If you like to be obedient, go get a dog." Mo Lian, who was dressed in a white gauze dress, was holding a carving knife and was carving a root carving.

Tu Shan Niangzi also sat on the other side to polish these jades, and smiled when she heard the words, "With her temperament, she can't raise anything for long, so let's go and raise a boat." ”

The dumb child snorted lightly, sat beside her mother and raised her chin, "My Tu Shan has been able to sail twelve miles against the wind in the sea." ”

"The ancient trees in Beidailin are almost cut down by you, and you have only sailed twelve miles, and these trees can make a thousand riding spears for me to burn charcoal." Tu Shan Niangzi chuckled.

"It's just a thousand riding spears, if my boat is built, I will be able to find immortals in the East China Sea in the future, and fish for dragons, which is enough to feed the people of the whole country." The dumb child wrinkled his nose and snorted softly.

"Nonsense, let you honestly raise frogs and fish, you don't go to these serious things, you have to waste financial resources to mess around, relying on the emperor to favor you and act recklessly." Tu Shan reprimanded.

"Since the emperor indulges her, it naturally makes sense, Aunt Tu Shan don't talk about her every day, I'm tired of hearing it." Mo Lian laughed softly, with a hint of envy in her eyes.

Tu Shan Niangzi smiled, "Maybe I've been a little idle lately, and the matter has been handed over to the eldest brother, I have nothing to do, so I grabbed her and scolded her to relieve her boredom, I was too busy last year, I didn't care about disciplining her, I didn't expect to cause so much trouble to the emperor and Situ." ”

"The trouble that comes there is the help." Mo Lian smiled: "If there is no dumb eccentric, how can the city survive this year's flood season." ”

Mo Lian looked at the arrogant expression of the dumb child's straight waist, and then continued: "Although it still floods half of the city." ”

The mute shrugged his shoulders in an instant and let out a sigh.

"But it's a big achievement, and it will be fine next year." Mo Lian smiled.

"When will the Emperor come back?" Dumb asked, blinking.

"Yes, soon." Mo Lian's expression flickered, and Wan Er smiled.

"Situ." The young lady knocked on the door and came in and called.

"How?" Mo Lian clenched the carving knife in her hand slightly, looking at the young lady in armor.

Qing Niang described the situation outside the city just now, especially the scene of Tian An's self-slaughter.

"Heh, what a bitter ploy." Mo Lian curled the corners of her mouth, and smiled mockingly.

"This Zang Tu is too shameless! What does it mean that although the lonely bamboo is good, it is not the homeland? We've been raising their food for more than half a year, and we've fed it to the dogs? The mute child stood up indignantly and snorted angrily.

"Shut up and sit down." Tu Shan Niangzi frowned and scolded coldly.

The dumb man shrunk his neck and sat down.

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