Each of the four countries has its own agenda. In particular, the Qin state was particularly heavily influenced by its own business groups, especially the military industry. They urgently needed a large number of military orders to maintain the production activities and operations of the factory.

Korea's idea is very close to Qin's. That is to get a large number of orders for logistics supplies from Yan Guo. In this regard. Zhang Liang is calmer. He believes that at present, the relationship between Qin and Zhao is close, and Shang Wen is very disgusted with Guo Kai, but Guo Kai seems to be very close to Shang Wen, because he was able to come to power thanks to the help of the Qin State Foundation, so his attitude towards Qin State is relatively clear, that is, excessive closeness. Therefore, at the conference table, Shang Wen and the new prime minister of Zhao sat together, and what is even more precious is that this prime minister is still discussing something with Shang Wen. Although Shang Wen is reluctant to deal with it, this is a state affair after all.

"I think we should send troops as soon as possible. Only in this way can we further co-opt, control, and comfort the Yan Kingdom, if we don't send troops, then the money we get will be wasted. Guo Kai said calculatingly.

"However, we currently only have a small number of combat units close to the Yan State, and on the Qin side, you also know that in this case, it is not good to send troops with great fanfare, there is an agreement between you and the Yan State, which has long existed between the two countries." Shang Wen said.

"But for now, comforting Yan Guo is the most important thing at the moment." Guo Kai calculated like a businessman. Guo Kai's idea is to earn the first amount of money that Zhao Guo should earn from Yan Guo, if Zhao Guo wants to do what he said, and continue to make some merits, then he needs a lot of money, but according to Zhao Guo's current situation, it is impossible to have so much money. Therefore, he first thought of his neighbors, Yan State, Qin State's money is not very easy to earn, especially Qin State has always been in an advanced state, which is very difficult for Zhao State.

"I understand this, but you have to understand the fact that it is difficult for the Qin State to use large-scale ground forces at present. Moreover, you have also seen the white paper of our military. Shang Wen waved his hand.

The White Paper, Qin, is also the only country that can make its defense plans public. The white paper is a public written explanation, because of the use of white cover, so it is called the white paper, Qin's defense plan this year is to reduce military spending, and it is impossible to break out a large-scale war, which means that it is impossible for Qin to use large-scale ground forces.

"This year of Qin is a year of cutting military spending. It is impossible to support Qin's military dispatch with such a small amount of military spending this year, and even if there is military spending, we can pass a special bill, but the opposition in the country will be high, which will affect my future election situation. You should understand this. Shang Wen actually doesn't know whether he will participate in the next prime minister election, but this is a good reason. Because no one is going to play with their future. For example, the one sitting in front of Shang Wen.

"Yes, I understand." Guo Kai nodded. Shang Wen also nodded slightly, indicating that the other party was very relieved to understand.

However, at present, neither side has a good solution to the current dilemma. South Korea wanted to join in, but seeing that the relationship between Qin and Zhao was not ordinary, Zhang Liang believed that his views needed to be discussed privately, especially to obtain some war money from the Yan War.

The representatives of Yan are very anxious, but their bottom line is to protect the two major economic zones of Yan State. One is Liaoxi, Liaodong, and the other is the area north of Yanshan, and these two areas are the areas that Yan cannot lose the most. These two regions are the most developed areas of Yanguo, one is the coal mine and iron-smelting base, and the other is the gold of Yanguo, an important area for trade. These two regions are currently the two largest economic belts in Yan State.

These two economic belts are also the capital that Yan can sit down and talk about. Yan has abundant coal mines in the west and east of Liaoning, these coals are open-pit coal, easy to mine, and can be transported by rail to the northern states, cities, and small towns of the Qin State, and the coal mines of the Zhao State are also aimed at the north of the Qin State, so the two are very fierce in the competition in coal mines, and the Zhao State wants to take this opportunity to squeeze out the market share of the Yan State and achieve the purpose of dominating the market. However, the Qin State will not let this phenomenon happen, because there is absolutely no benefit after monopoly. What the Qin State needed was cheap raw materials, not high-priced coal mines.

The Quad meeting began with such calculations from the outset. Each side has its own purpose, and it is very clear, and it is very difficult to unify the interests of all parties, and Shang Wen is carefully listening to the advice of all parties, and at the same time having private conversations, people always want to talk about these issues during dinner. And it's better to have a situation where there is a lot of freedom to change, for example, a buffet is good.

Just when the four northern kingdoms were discussing how to help Yan repel the Qi army. The state of Chu in the south was not idle, and the envoy of the state of Qin finally sent the letter of the state of Qin to Shouyang, the state of Chu, which was very difficult to walk. The envoy of the Qin State changed from the train to the car, and the car was difficult to walk on the dirt road of the Chu State, and soon changed to a horse-drawn carriage, and the carriage was very bumpy, although the Qin State carriage was designed to attach great importance to the shock absorption effect, but this still could not resist the difficult dirt road of the Chu State. Especially where it rains. This has turned the envoys of the Qin State into clay figures.

Later, it was the local two-wheeled carriage of Chu State, and the ox cart solved the problem. The two-wheeled vehicle, with its extremely high adaptability, sent the envoy of the Qin State to the Chu State. The letter was addressed to the entire aristocratic power class of the Chu State, which controlled a large number of private soldiers and various local powers, as well as the most lucrative business activities of the Chu State at present.

Although the royal power has not been hollowed out, the cohesion is generally not strong. This is also one of the important reasons why the state of Chu was destroyed by the state of Qin, although the state of Chu is large, it is useless if the cohesion is not strong. Although the territory of Qin was not as large as that of Chu at the beginning, the population was not as large as that of Chu, and the number of soldiers was comparable, the cohesion of Qin was very strong. This is also one of the important reasons why the Qin State can be strong. The Qin State has a strong cohesive force, especially the current strong development momentum of the Qin State.

The content of the letter is to hope that the state of Chu can rectify the problem of water piracy in the Yangtze River. At the same time, it is also hoped that the state of Chu can strengthen the construction of the port, and it should be pointed out that because of the road situation, the plan of the Qin state to propose the concession has not yet been transmitted, and it is only the issue of port construction. The question is extremely superficial. And the content obviously has the characteristics of leaning towards the side of the Qin state.

"Qin Guo is trying to rob us of our business." A Chu nobleman said.

"The Qin State has strengthened the port facilities, our ships were able to dock before, but theirs cannot, if their ships can dock, in comparison, two ships of the Chu State can be worth one ship of the Qin State, this is obviously a loss for our Chu State, and such a request must not be agreed." The nobleman of the Chu State who spoke analyzed.

"That's true, Qin's merchant fleet can't dock for the time being, but our wooden ships can, but the merchant ships of the two countries can compare the results."

"The merchant ships of the Qin State have twice the carrying capacity of us, and at the same time, they are faster than us, so that the goods we have transported from the Qin State have not yet been sold, and the goods of the Qin State have already been launched. What is our advantage, that is, we can dock, loading and unloading speed is fast, but compared with the speed of the Qin merchant ships, we are absolutely not good, and now the wharf facilities are repaired, and it is not easy for us to make money. The people of the Qin State are going to cut off our financial routes. An emotional nobleman said loudly.

"Yes, the ships of the Qin State come and go to the Yangtze River of our Chu State, and the taxes and fees paid should also be increased. In this way, we can make our local business better. A short Chu nobleman suggested loudly.

"Yes, that's it, raise tariffs." The other nobles agreed. This proposal was endorsed by many nobles, and this was probably the first idea of a tariff trade war. And Qin Guo himself didn't understand why such a situation would occur.

The nobles of the Chu State absolutely did not want their interests to be damaged, and the earliest letters sent by the Qin State did not take this into account, and the later letters realized this and sent them in time. Shang Wen also understands that if countries learn about trade tariff wars, then trade wars will be endless. This is what Shang Wen didn't want to see at first, and at the same time tried his best to avoid it, but what he didn't expect was that Shang Wen's careful avoidance still happened.

The ideas of the upper echelons of the nobles of the Chu State were too advanced. This was greatly unexpected by Shang Wen, in fact, this was just the idea of the upper nobles of the Chu State. As for the specifics, they still need to weigh them, for example, the attitude of the Qin State, and what kind of measures the Qin State will take after they annoy the Qin State, and the two sides are not yet the time to tear their faces. And the situation is also very good. The nobles can still make money, and the people of Qin have not negotiated with the people of Chu because they can't make money.

However, this is only the idea of the nobles of the Chu State, and the people of the Chu State below don't think much about it, especially those merchants who have no support, they don't care about it, because the business of making money is monopolized by these nobles. And what is not monopolized at present is the slave trade, and they tasted the sweetness from the slave trade and began to expand their business rapidly, and the Qin people did not understand that these Chu people got so many slaves from there, and the price was also much more favorable.

However, the merchants of Chu State thought of another way to make money quickly, that is, on the return trip, they could make a lot of money by transporting various industrial products of the Qin State, which could also make a lot of money by buying land along the Yangtze River. The Yangtze River trade gold line is slowly kicking off.