Only a few months after the war, the capital of Qi Linzi seems to have returned to its former liveliness. The city gate and the big city are still the cars and the big city are still the cars and the shoulders are rubbing, the curtains are even formed, the robes are raised into a curtain, the music in the city is continuous, the flute and drums are blown, the piano is no different from the pre-war building, but the number of people fighting cocks and lackeys and the six games and bowing has been greatly reduced.

There is no other reason, just because the royal court and the imperial court have been separated, and the money and corn from all the towns in the country are no longer transported into Linzi without restriction as before. And Linzi is the private town built by Qi Wang Tian, and the city tax, mouth tax, and household tax are all owned by the royal court, but unfortunately these money can no longer support the original ministers and servants. Since then, many ministers have no selfish rewards except for money, and bribery has almost disappeared; The servants are even worse, these people are no longer palace people after receiving a small amount of severance pay.

For the Chu army that has withdrawn to the outside of Linzi City, many people resent, and many people are grateful. It's just resentment or gratitude, and the Qi country after the change is no longer the Qi country it used to be. The water flows for a long time, the Xuanduan outside the Gaomen of the palace in the early morning of summer trembles, more than 100 courtiers who are mostly from all over the country are waiting for the upper court, as the Yan opens the Gaomen, the ministers rush in, enter the court and stand in shifts.

Soon, Tian Jian, who was dressed in a leather suit, came out to look at the court. At this time, the vision of the court was completely symbolic, and after Qi Xiangtian reported everything to him, Tian Jian got up and retreated from the court, and returned to the road gate to sleep, and the next time was the time for these courtiers to argue.

The issues of debate are all-encompassing, from the needle and thread of kudzu to the armor and grain, from the joint attack on Qin to overseas trade, Qi people are good at debating, and many times the debate is not for winning or losing but for showing eloquence. Qi Xiangtian, who did not have enough prestige, could only let them talk loudly. But as long as there is no result in the matter being discussed, then no one is allowed to leave the court. If you are hungry, you will be hungry, and if you have no rest, you will not rest, anyway, there must be a result, even if it is a bad result. Relying on this move, Qi Guo's change was finally completed.

There is no outer court, only the main court; There are no common people, only nobles.

Although such a result was not what Xiong Jing expected, after all, it was Qi Ren's own change. According to the agreement, after the change, the Chu army withdrew from Linzi, and an alliance was made between Qi and Chu. This alliance could not be broken by Xiong Jing alone, including the four-country economic system he designed, all of which had to be supported by Yingdu Zhengchao. Yingdu Zhengchao agreed, and sent many envoys to Qi to discuss, so that the covenant and the entire system could be completed and built step by step.

The Chuqi Covenant was as always, with an increase in the content of the military alliance than before. That is, if a third country takes the initiative to attack Chu, Qi will provide military assistance to Chu, including sending troops to help; Vice versa, if a third country takes the initiative to attack Qi, Chu will also provide military assistance to Qi, including sending troops.

Based on this, although it is not possible to change the situation of Qi soldiers politically, in terms of military technology, the Great Sima Mansion headed by Xiang Yan and the Yingdu Military Academy headed by Lu Yangjun have arrived in Linzi more than a month ago, the Great Sima Mansion of Qi State, which is similar to the Great Sima Mansion of Chu State, has begun to be formed, and the Linzi Military Academy, which is similar to the Yingdu Military Academy, is also preparing. The optimistic estimate is that the first batch of students will be able to enroll this fall, and Da Sima has already begun initial operations.

Although the Qi people are proud, it is easiest to distinguish the victory or defeat of the real sword and gun contest on the battlefield, but there is no resistance to the comprehensive study of the Chu State militarily. It's just that in the construction of the economic system of the four countries, the pride and unwillingness of the Qi people often become obstacles.

The economic system of the four countries was able to sustain a long and brutal war because of the continuous import of gold, silver, and goods from overseas trade. Without this input, the system would be over, and everyone would be back to the state system supported by officials. A large part of the import of overseas gold, silver and goods depends on the silk produced by the Qi State.

When the officials of Chu introduced the whole system, although they did not exaggerate the profits of overseas trade, the profits of thirty or forty times that of silk still made many Qi people frequently surprised. Some people suddenly felt that they had suffered a loss—although it was an economic system, and although Zhao and Wei could not intervene in the economy, the gold bank jointly established by Qi and Chu had the right to mint money in the four countries, as well as the right to intervene in the economy. In the initial planning, the future trade of silk was mainly produced by the Qi State.

Most of the silk was produced in the Qi State, and it was sold to the west of Zhongzhou by the Haizhou of the Chu State, and it could get thirty or forty times the profits, or even higher, and these profits were all owned by the Chu State, and the Qi State could get nothing but production profits.

In terms of alliances, this seems somewhat unfair. An alliance is similar to a partnership, and since it is a partnership, the distribution cannot be so uneven. From a legal point of view, the Chu people have already made money once when they buy the silk of the Qi State, and the risks of trade, the sea boats of trade, and the sailors of trade are all borne by the Chu people, and the profits of trade are naturally all obtained by the Chu people.

Both sides have their own reasons, but fortunately, it was Zhaomi, who was not so bad-tempered, who led people here, and with the mediation of Refractive Guang, the two sides did not collapse at all. But after several times, the matter was still not negotiated, and it became an insurmountable obstacle.

"King, the matter of silk brocade is threatened to collect ten times the tariff." At the kind invitation of Tian Jian, the king of Qi, Xiong Jing still lived in the Linzi Palace. However, in order to avoid suspicion, he lived in the palace garden, which was far away from the harem.

"These Qi people!" Another matter was being discussed in the Ming Hall, and Zhao Huang came in.

"The king, the minister thinks that the tariff is the national government of the Qi country, if you have to produce silk brocade in Qi, I have nothing to do if the Qi people collect ten times the tariff." Refractive is a compromiser who has always believed that peace between the two countries should be precious. "Not as ......"

"What if?" The gold banks are being formed, both countries have money governments, there are all records of how many currencies are issued, and the gold and silver prices of copper coins in the market are also very constant, there is no problem in the financial aspect, and now we are talking about trade and tariffs. Qi Guo is very important, and these people make some things from time to time, which makes the discussion very difficult.

"Not allowed." Refractive tract.

"Xu Zhi?" Xiong Jing's eyes became fierce, "Silk brocade is a luxury, rare is expensive, today may have thirty or forty times the profit, a few years later its profit will be greatly reduced, not to mention that silk should be sold ten times cheaper." ”

"But if I can't wait, this matter will be discussed for a long time, and it will be detrimental to all countries." Time is very precious, and according to the plan, all trade tariff negotiations should be completed this year, the currencies of each country should be determined, and the four countries will begin to operate in full swing next year to regulate and control the economic operation of the four countries. Zhao and Wei have no capital to rely on, and the key to the problem lies in the Qi State.

"If this example is opened, and if you encounter similar things again, Qi people will threaten each other with tariffs, what if so?" Zhao Huang Road.

"The goods of trade are only silk and brocade," said the refractive state. "The rest are all the things of my Chu country. The matter has been discussed for more than a month, and if it is delayed any longer......"

"Dare to ask the king, if the silk brocade is sold ten times to the extreme west, how many times does the Qin people's silk brocade give to the Rong people?" Xiang Yan couldn't help but ask, he only cares about the military, but trade affects the military.

"If the price of silk brocade is ten times that of Persia, and the nobles have it, I am afraid that the Sogdians will not want to sell silk brocade again. The Sogdians did not collect silk brocade, the Rong people did not exchange horses, and the Qin people were not profitable. Xiong Jing guessed. He thought of Hu Tansuozhi, who would return to Chu next year. But after this time, I am afraid that he will not come again, because silk and iron will be transported to Persia by sea.

"In this case, why not set ten times the price, let the Qi people sell, and I can collect the boat fare." Xiang Yan's proposal was simple. "Ten times the profit, I get half, Qi people get the other half, but what?"

"This ......" Refractive looked at Xiang Yan and then at Xiong Jing. Qi people will definitely agree to such conditions.

"It's better to have a tenfold tariff than that." The suppression of silk prices is only in the past twenty or thirty years, and in thirty years, the price of silk will definitely increase significantly. Xiong Jing thought of the war, and he immediately looked at Refractor, "Tell the Qi people that after two years, the silk brocade will only be ten times more profitable, and if the Qi country charges ten times the tariff, Haizhou would rather not sell silk brocade." ”

"How many times does the king think the tariff can be?" The plan to suppress the price of overseas silk Qu Guang only learned now, and he already had a bottom in his heart after discussing it with Qi Ren.

"If the land in the extreme west only gets ten times the profit, the tariff of Qi is at most three times." Xiong Jing Road. "If the Qi people don't believe it, they can go with the boat."

"The minister knows." Refractive Dao, this is Xiong Jing's bottom line.

"If the Qi people envy me for making huge profits, why don't you go to the East Mediterranean Company to build a boat?" Xiong Jing asked rhetorically.

The Eastern Mediterranean company is open and anyone can invest. It's just useless to give money, if you want to build a ship, you must produce a large chapter of wood, relative to processing with incoming materials. After the ship is launched, the company is responsible for the operation, and the profits are distributed according to the established proportion. The owner of the ship can send someone to supervise the ship, but the right to use the ship belongs to the company, cannot be taken away, and can be transferred or sold back to the company. Specifically, this is the shareholder of the company that needs to provide shipbuilding timber.

"The Qi people are already harvesting Dazhang." Refractive tract. "Many cities are already demolishing palaces."

"Good." After the Chu State demolished the palace chamber to take wood for shipbuilding, Han, Wei, Qi and Zhao began to dismantle the palace chamber to get wood. This kind of wood does not have to be dried, it can be docked and shipwed, and it can be traded after a year, which is several years faster than Dazhang.

"The ministers are leaving." Since the matter of silk tariffs was finished, Xiang Yan and others had been waiting, and Zhao Huang and Qu Guang immediately retreated.

As soon as they left, they said: "The Qi people are deceitful, and the ministers think that the attack on Qin is unknown." ”

"Tian He is credible." Xiang Yan disagreed with Li He's opinion, "And the Qi State has 5,000 cavalry, and the Zhao State has more than 10,000 cavalry, and the 5,000 cavalry of the Yan State was under the command of Wu'an Hou, and the Wei State has 2,000 cavalry, plus my Chu State, you can get 30,000 cavalry."

30,000 cavalry, Qi Zhaoyan can get 50,000 or 60,000 horses. With a 'ho', Xiang Yan opened the map of Qin that had been covered before, pointed to the location of Xianyang and said: "Xianyang City is in the north of Weishui, but I heard that King Qin Zhao started to build a new palace in the south of Weishui, and now the King of Qin regards the government and politics in Weinan, and the 30,000 cavalry army can directly smash Xianyang and kill the King of Qin." ”