At the mention of coal, Xi Qihe shook his head: "Is it necessary?" There is already a lot of coal around Dingyang County, and after the excavation of the Fencheng Coal Mine, it can be transported along the Yellow River to Hanguguan. At present, there is a plan, the farmers in the mountainous areas northwest of Dingyang are poor, and even if they build terraced fields, they will not have enough food to eat. ”

"Plant fruit trees, million acres of fruit forest plan."

"You can give it a try, but I ......" Xi Qihe lowered his voice: "I heard rumors that the court of Dingyang County is preparing to return to the jurisdiction of Hexi County, and the million-mu fruit forest plan will take at least two to three years to complete." Do we have the time? ”

Bai Hui didn't know, and he didn't answer after thinking about it for a long time.

Xi Qihe said: "After the battle in Hedong, I will talk about it, depending on the king's opinion, if this plan is implemented halfway, the fruit trees of the farmers in the mountains have just been planted and there is no food to eat, and Hexi County is unwilling to take over, but we have harmed the farmers." My opinion is that after beating Hedong and waiting for the king's edict, I will talk about it. ”

"Okay." Bai Hui approved of Xi Qi and Lao Cheng's approach.

"I said brother-in-law......" Bai Hui patted Xi Qihe lightly on the shoulder, and was about to talk about the autumn harvest and a celebration or something, when suddenly Bai Hui's personal guards broke in and hugged his fist hard: "Zuo Shuchang, expedite the military situation, Qin and Han started a war, the reason for the war is unknown, General Wang Yi and General Bai Ping led 10,000 soldiers and horses to attack Persimmon." ”

"What?" Bai Hui stood up violently, took a deep breath and calmed down: "Prepare the horse quickly, I want to see the king." ”

When Bai Hui saw King Qin, it was already half an hour, and King Qin went to inspect the barracks.

Hearing Bai Hui say that Persimmon Yi was at war, King Qin was also stunned for a moment: "This is almost a month earlier than the agreed time, is there anything wrong?" ”

"The minister doesn't know, the minister will general."

"Accurate!" The King of Qin did not intend to intervene in the military affairs of Hedong.

Bai Hui immediately ordered people to beat drums and gather generals, ordered 10,000 elites to enter the first-level combat readiness, and immediately rushed south to Persimmon Yi as soon as he waited for the order, and at the same time sent five hundred teams to find out the news.

After giving the military order, Bai Hui held two wild walnuts in his hands, and his palms were sweating.

Suddenly, things changed, which made Bai Hui nervous.

After all, Bai Hui was not ready to go to war with the Wei people, so why did the plan be advanced?

King Qin waved his hand to signal the generals to retreat, and their entire armies were waiting for military orders at any time, and then asked Bai Hui: "What's the difficulty?" ”

"Your Majesty, there is not enough ordnance, and there are rations, uniforms, and arrows. Detailed topographic map ...... "Bai Hui said dozens of reasons in one breath, and after summing it up, he was not completely prepared.

King Qin smiled when he heard this, and King Qin asked rhetorically: "Fighters and armaments, what is the weight and what is light." ”

Bai Hui immediately got up: "The king is wise, the minister understands that the fighter cannot be lost, but it still can't be fought at the moment, Wei Gongzi came to watch the game, if my Qin State started a war at this time, I am afraid that I will be laughed at by the people of the world, and my Qin people deceived Gongzi to come to Fencheng." ”

"Yes." King Qin nodded slightly, the Six Kingdoms still had to be faceless during the Warring States Period, no matter who went to war, they had to find excuses and reasons.

"What's the best idea?"

"Wang, it is the time to test the sincerity of the Han people, according to the original plan of the minister, the Han people will fight against Qin in a month, and the negotiation will take a month, and then the minister will send troops to attack Fencheng in a month, and after the rescue of the Wei state, the minister will lead the army to attack Guyi, and then seize Wangyuan City, and cut off the road of the Wei army with two places."

Bai Hui was silent after finishing speaking, these were plans that he already knew.

Bai Hui continued: "Your Majesty, the Koreans are at war with Qin a month in advance, so the time for this negotiation must be extended, and then let the Koreans find a convincing reason to explain this skirmish. ”

"Convincing reasons?" King Qin thought for a while and nodded: "That's right, since the Koreans are interested in forming an alliance, then they need to show sincerity." This excuse and reason let them look for it. Sent people to urgently find Xiang Shou He went to Persimmon City, and then executed the widow's edict, and secretly transferred General Sima Cuo to Persimmon City secretly. ”

"No!"

There is only one convincing reason, that is, the Koreans began to implement the strategy of exhausting Qin, and told Wei and Zhao about this strategy.

At present, there are less than ten people who know about this tired plan, and only six people know the details.

They are King Qin, Empress Dowager Xuan, Wei Ran, Bai Qi, Bai Hui and Gongsun Long, who is responsible for the implementation.

A few days later, the first and first corner game between Qin and Wei and the Warring States was about to start, Bai Hui didn't plan to go, he was counting the amount of various military supplies.

When King Qin heard that Bai Hui didn't go to Bancheng, he went to find Bai Hui in person.

"Your Majesty!" Bai Hui put down the file in his hand and stood up.

King Qin nodded slightly, picked up the file that Bai Hui put on the case and looked at it, after flipping through the volume in his hand, King Qin picked up the others, and the more he looked at it, the tighter his brows became.

Originally, King Qin was going to come over and tell Bai Hui that this ball game between Qin and Wei is very important, and you, as the chief official of the five and a half cities in Hedong, must go and accompany the widow to participate in it.

But at this time, he didn't want to leave when he saw these various files on Bai Hui's desk about sending troops.

King Qin ordered: "Fetch a glass of light wine for the widow, or clear water." After speaking, King Qin sat in Bai Hui's position just now.

Bai Hui's long case, a foot-high bamboo slip was piled up on both sides, and there was a basket full of baskets next to it.

These are not all of the war readiness files, but only a part of them.

A full hour passed, King Qin felt that his arms were weak, he had already looked through too many bamboo slips, one bamboo slip weighed several catties, this kept turning over for an hour, and he would be tired if he had good physical strength.

King Qin pointed to the cushion in front of him: "Bai Hui, you sit in front of the widow." ”

"No!" Bai Hui saw King Qin's brows furrowed, but he was very happy in his heart, he thought that King Qin had already realized the hardship of being a courtier, not because of the weight of the bamboo slips, but because of how tight the military needs to start the war at the moment, and he still needed a lot of preparations.

After Bai Hui sat down, King Qin stretched out his hand and pressed it on a pile of bamboo slips: "Bai Hui, the widow asked you." ”

Bai Hui immediately replied: "The king asks, and the minister answers everything." ”

This is everything, King Qin still believes it, and he doesn't have any doubts, he patted the bamboo slips lightly: "Bai Hui, has Bai Qi read these bamboo slips in detail?" ”

"Your Majesty." Bai Hui's tone became very serious: "My brother trains the sergeants day and night, constantly thinking about the situations he may encounter in wartime, and also studying the terrain in wartime. Therefore the ministers do their part in these things. ”

King Qin's face was serious and he didn't say a word.

Bai Huixin said, isn't it that the King of Qin thinks that Bai Qi is unhappy that he doesn't care about armaments and logistics. hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, my brother Bai Qi has not been neglected in the slightest. ”