Although this practice of Qi has damaged the sovereignty of the Korean state to a certain extent. But Qi is currently in a strong state. The Korean State was also frequently harassed by the hired armed forces of the Yan State and the Qin State because of its succession.

Under the principle of the lesser of two evils. The Joseon had to choose to enter into an alliance with the Qi state, and they wanted to use the strength of the Qi state to resist the invasion of the armed forces of the Yan and Qin states.

Qi provides strong backup. Of course, Qi is not all free. A large amount of gold and silver will be transferred from the Korean state to the treasury of the Qi state. The State of Qi will use this real money to support the war against the State of Yan. At the same time, it makes up for its own increasingly weak treasury.

At the same time, Qi could also take advantage of the Korean State's attack on the armed forces of Yan and Qin to contain its own enemies. While making a lot of war money. Such an idea of killing two birds with one stone. Naturally, Hou Sheng made such a choice.

This approach seems to be very reasonable, and it is also in line with the interests of Qi State. But this has brought potential security risks to the Qi country.

First of all, if Qi is exposed at this time, then Qi will fall into a passive diplomatic situation. This kind of situation is very disadvantageous for Qi Guo. In the Warring States period. China is naturally known as civilization. And the barbarian tribes were the objects of Chinese contempt. The Qin people were ridiculed by the six eastern countries because of their history of raising horses in the west and their fierce folk customs. For this reason, the Qin State had to change the law and rise rapidly. Although the Six Kingdoms were unable to suppress the Qin State militarily. But in public opinion. All countries looked down on Qin.

Although the Qin State went its own way. But there is still a sense of inferiority in the Six Nations. This feeling is this kind of civilized judgment in the Chinese civilization circle. The criterion for judging this civilization is whether or not it has dealings with barbarian tribes outside the Chinese civilization circle.

Obviously, as an important adherent to Chinese civilization, Qi is breaking this unspoken rule. The reason why the ministers of Qi State opposed it was because of a point. They were unwilling to put the internal struggles of Chinese civilization into the affairs of barbaric foreign races. And this approach of Qi Guo's victory just exceeded this unspoken rule.

This will put Qi on the cusp all of a sudden.

Secondly. This approach will undoubtedly involve Qi Guo in another circle. Here it is. The state of Qi will passively enter the barbarian tribes around the Chinese civilization. Although this is consistent with Shangwen's active participation in the international affairs of the surrounding world. But the upper echelons of Qi were unwilling to do so. Because the expansion of the territory will bring about a change in the center of power. This is a potential risk factor for a later victory.

And finally. With the addition of the surrounding barbarian tribes. The entire internal war in China is likely to gradually escalate into a regional war. The impact of this battle will be far-reaching. This undoubtedly added a certain degree of difficulty to the war of unification.

The diplomatic situation of Qi has undergone a qualitative change. The state of Chu was not idle. Their businessmen are actively developing their overseas businesses.

"Ahead is the boundary of the New Chu Kingdom. Prepare to dock. "A sailor from the Chu State stood on a high lookout and looked into the distance to check the situation.

"Yes. The front is to the new Chu country. A captain of the Chu State anxiously took a telescope to check the situation in the distance.

In his telescope, he vaguely saw the words of the flag of the Chu State.

With the gradual rise of the slave trade. In particular, the demand for slaves in the Qin State was increasing. The Bashu region of the Qin State is undergoing an unprecedented development. The required population has more than doubled the total population of Bashu. But the gap has not been filled. In particular, the demand for sugarcane. A large amount of sugarcane began to be cultivated in this place of Bashu. Due to the impossibility of using agricultural machinery. Agricultural machinery cannot pass through the Qinling Mountains. The machinery and equipment produced in Guanzhong were blocked. So, slaves became the main labor force. Not only these, but also the mining of various mineral, forestry resources. All require a lot of slave input. These gaps. The state of Qin could not be satisfied. Especially when it comes to transportation. Qin's transportation capacity was extremely tight. Therefore, Bashu can only rely on the transportation of the Yangtze River water system. The state of Chu in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River took the opportunity to develop.

Especially those merchants of the Chu State. They began an aggressive southward invasion. Loot the population resources of the southern Yue people to fill the huge slave demand of the Qin state.

That's a big, big market demand. All the merchants of the Chu State who had been to the Qin State aimed at this. They organized merchant ships to go south one after another, snatching a large number of Yue people and transporting them to Bashu in the Qin State. At the same time, drop by when you come back. Load all kinds of handicrafts produced by the Qin State on the ship. It was also transported to the place of the lower Chu State. Or it's the territory of the Yue people. They used exchange to plunder the population.

"Dock." "Dock." The put on sailor shouted loudly.

The sails were slowly lowered. The iron anchor is slowly lowering. The reins were thrown over.

On the shore, large numbers of slaves were held in cramped cages. There are also large piles of various supplies on the shore. These supplies are vital resources for their survival.

From time to time, you can see various patterns painted on the shore. Wearing animal skins. **Yue people with large pieces of skin. They wear fancy feathered hats. From time to time, they talked to the Chu people.

Those natives were all local natives who had a cooperative relationship with the merchants of the Chu State. With the excellent weapons provided by the merchants of the Chu State. and the Chu people sent troops to fight jointly. Together, the two families established a stable situation in the surrounding area, and the indigenous people who were dependent on the merchants of the Chu State were given the right to use their local land. And the merchants of Chu got the slave population they wanted. The surrounding disobedient tribes were conquered by them, a large number of people became prisoners of war, and the merchants of Chu obtained the population they wanted through the exchange of cheap industrial goods.

"We're rich." The captain exclaimed excitedly.

"Another merchant ship is coming." A Chu businessman on the shore said with a telescope.

"Come on, come on. When we come, we get rich. We happened to capture a group of slaves. These damn slaves they will eat us, use ours. We're still looking at them. Just transport them to the territory of the Qin State. We'll be able to make a lot of money. The merchant of Chu said.

"Yes. Not bad. The mercenary leader on the side nodded. As long as the merchant gets rich. These mercenaries, who live by killing people and setting fires, also benefited. Compared with. The temptation of loot is also great. But there are not many valuable things in the south. Something like gold is rarely seen. There is a lot of silver. But it's not very valuable. If mercenaries want to make extra money, they can only catch more women. Because women can make more money.