King Qin touched his short beard and thought for a while: "Since there is a truce in the alliance, then for the sake of the peace of the world, my Qin State can call in at least 500,000 people to build the canal, which is a good thing." ”

"King Qin, you just said that 500,000 people will be transferred. This is to be written in the covenant. ”

"What's the matter with this covenant?" King Qin did it on purpose, he couldn't agree to Wei and Han so easily.

Zhao Wangzhang said at this time: "Since the Qin State has the intention to make the world peaceful, then it must also be sincere. ”

King Qin was silent, looked at the cards in his hand, grabbed a handful of chips and threw them on the table: "Let this king think about this matter." ”

It was obviously unrealistic to get King Qin to make a commitment immediately.

Wei Wang Qian said again: "Just now, King Qin, you said that you want to adjust Bai Qi and Bai Hui back, and this king thinks it's very good, so let's issue an edict." At the time of the New Year, you can also let them observe the ceremony. ”

"This king can agree to this."

The four kingdoms of Wei, Han, Zhao, and Yan thought very clearly, the cities swept by Bai Qi and Bai Hui not only had no spoils to take, but also carried notoriety.

Because Bai Qi and Bai Hui do not harm civilians, nor do they rob civilians' property.

But this is not the case in the rest of the countries.

In contrast, the four kingdoms of Wei, Han, Zhao, and Yan did not dare to rob the civilians of Qi State, otherwise they would fall into notoriety.

The four kings said in their hearts, this Bai Hui is really poisonous.

A city, the wealth of all commoners combined, is not even one percent of the wealth of nobles. Doing so will not make the common people desperately resist, both to lose their reputation and to reap the benefits.

Therefore, Bai Qi and Bai Hui hurriedly withdrew to Luoyi, otherwise they would seize the Qi State, and there would only be an empty city, and they would also need to transport food from their own country to supplement the military and the people.

There are hundreds of cities in the Qi country, and there are eight big cities that are extremely rich.

Linzi is already in the hands of Bai Qi and Bai Hui. It is estimated that Changle, a big city not far from Linzi, can't escape from Bai Qi and Bai Hui's palms. Therefore, they hurried back and left at least one big city for each of the five countries.

The big city represents a huge amount of wealth.

After the four kings of Wei, Yan, Zhao and Han bet on the king of Qin, they all folded, and asked at the same time, and the king of Qin immediately wrote an edict. The king of Chu had no choice but to fold and keep one heart with everyone for the time being.

After writing the edict, King Qin was unhappy: "This card is not played today." ”

The five kings understood King Qin's mood and said that this is the end of today.

King Qin returned to the resting place, but found that there was no one in the Empress Dowager Xuan's room, and an attendant came to report: "The Empress Dowager went to Shaoliangzao's residence. ”

"Prepare the carriage, the widow will take the queen mother back." King Qin had something to discuss with Empress Dowager Xuan.

Just as Bai Hui sometimes used tricks, but he didn't dare to make a final decision, and he needed to make a decision in vain, King Qin didn't have the confidence to think that he could make a decision, so he needed Xuan Tai to help him make some decisions.

When he arrived at Bai Hui's temporary borrowed house in Luoyi, as soon as he entered the front yard, King Qin saw a bright light in Bai Hui's study, and immediately called someone to ask: "Who dared to enter Lang Zhongling's study without the permission of the widow." ”

King Qin was very unhappy because there were many secrets in Bai Hui's study.

The guards in the courtyard immediately stepped forward: "Your Majesty, it's the Queen Mother." ”

"The Queen Mother?" King Qin hurriedly went to the study, you must know that Bai Hui is not here at ordinary times, and no one can approach it except King Qin.

King Qin entered Bai Hui's study and saw Empress Dowager Xuan flipping through the bamboo slips.

Listening to the footsteps, Empress Dowager Xuan knew that it was King Qin who had arrived, and she didn't look back and pointed to a pair of bamboo slips and said: "This book says that the elite Qin army is not the fourth guard." 1,400 tuns of copper and iron, or 28,000 stones, were needed for 170,000 people. There are 4,000 tuns of wood and 7,000 tuns of coal, and 30,000 craftsmen and people's husbands are needed. ”

King Qin was stunned for a moment, he seemed to have heard of this data, but he didn't look at it carefully.

Empress Dowager Xuan continued: "The copper and iron just now already have armor, not to mention the military uniform. 170,000 people need nearly one million sets of military uniforms, and if mulberry and hemp are planted in the fields, nearly 100,000 mu of fertile land and 60,000 people are needed. And that's just two cavalry, followed by horses, livestock, tents, and vehicles. How much does the king know? ”

King Qin couldn't answer this question, so he could only choose to be silent.

Empress Dowager Xuan pointed to the book: "Mountains and forests, fertile land, and hundreds of thousands of grazing, production, and transportation are needed. Do you think that the million-strong army of Qin can take it. According to Bai Hui's bamboo slips, take this attack as an example. The actual number of troops dispatched was 185,000, of which 120,000 were responsible for baggage, and 150,000 were responsible for the production of weapons and equipment, uniforms, baggage, and so on. ”

"These 450,000 people, not only for the expedition, but also for production and transportation consumption, need at least 10 million stone of grain, 100,000 stone of copper and iron, 500,000 stone of coal, 100,000 stone of building materials, and 100,000 stone of mulberry hemp. So Wang'er, how many people do you need to feed these consumptions according to the national strength of my Qin State before? ”

King Qin still couldn't answer this question.

That is, Bai Hui, and socioeconomics played an effect at this time.

Empress Dowager Xuan pointed to the book: "According to Bai Hui's calculations, it takes a population of 2.35 million to support these 185,000 elites. And that's not all, Siwei! ”

Hiss......

King Qin gasped, the population of the Qin State was about four million at this time. There were also some nobles who hid some of the population, such as slaves, maids, servants, etc., who were not registered, and to put it bluntly, evaded conscription.

All of these add up to a population of about 4.4 million in Qin.

According to Bai Hui's calculations, then the entire Qin State can only support 350,000 elite Qin troops.

"You're still a long way off! You can stand tall in front of the five kings, relying on the strength of the Qin State. After Empress Dowager Xuan counted down the words of King Qin, she ordered: "Someone! ”

A maid immediately entered.

Empress Dowager Xuan instructed: "Go and tell Shaoliangzao's personal guards that this study will be doubled in guards, and no one is allowed to approach unless it is ordered by the palace or by the king." Then go to the backyard and tell Shaoliangzao's wife that the palace will borrow the front yard for a few days, and there is no need for them to say hello every day, and tomorrow at noon, the palace will have dinner with them! ”

"No!"

One of the maids retreated, and Empress Dowager Xuan handed a bamboo slip she was reading to King Qin.

"Reading this, it's obviously not done yet, but it's worth pondering."

King Qin took it and read it: On the advantages and disadvantages of elite soldiers and crowd tactics.

Is it better to fight with elite soldiers or to fight with people, this is an issue that Bai Qi and Bai Hui have been discussing for a long time, although they can't get the final result, but this kind of discussion is very important for the two brothers.

Obviously, at this time, Empress Dowager Xuan thought that this was also very important for the Qin State.

When King Qin read it, Empress Dowager Xuan said: "There is a very interesting sentence above, ten essences are enemies of hundreds of people, they cannot be defeated, and ten thousand essences are against one hundred thousand people, torture and kill them!" This should be a white word. ”