A few days later, Ji Cheng, the monarch of Zhongshan from the north, and Yan Hou Ji arrived at Taoqiu.

Zhongshan and Yan are both small but strong, tenacious and unyielding countries. Both countries are located in the north, and although there are many contradictions between them, on the whole there is more cooperation than differences, and the two countries often support each other diplomatically and cooperate with each other.

The Zhongshan Kingdom was a state founded by Rong Di and had been fighting against the powerful Chinese state from the early Spring and Autumn period. It first destroyed the criminal state and the patriotic country, angered the powerful Spring and Autumn overlord Qi Henggong, and was finally defeated by the coalition army led by the Qi state, and had to hide in the lofty mountains of Taihang Mountain to lick its wounds.

In the mid-to-late Spring and Autumn Period, the biggest enemy of Zhongshan became the overlord of the Central Plains at that time, the Jin State. The wars between the Zhongshan Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom came and went, with victories and defeats, and they were fought happily. Later, the outstanding talents in the Jin Guoqing clan basically had the experience of fighting against Zhongshan. Bank of China Wu extinguishes the drum, Zhao Ying breaks Zhongshan, and Zhibo destroys the enemy, all of which are the battles of Liwei in the late Spring and Autumn period when the famous generals of the Jin State cut off the wings of Zhongshan!

After the division of the three families, the Wei State took the lead in rising in the hands of Wei Wenhou. The powerful Wei State, with the power of the new law, relied on famous generals such as Wu Qi and Le Yang to train elite Wei warriors, destroyed Zhongshan for the first time, and occupied Zhongshan State. After the destruction of Zhongshan by the Wei State, some of its remnants retreated into the Taihang Mountains, in the Zhongshan Huan Gong more than 20 years of hard work, plus the assistance of the Qi State, the Zhongshan State was re-established, and the capital Lingshou.

As a Chinese-style Rongdi country, after many years of being beaten and having the experience of destroying the country, Zhongshan finally knew that it could not win the respect of the Chinese country simply by playing brave and ruthless. It must be culturally and bloodlinedly close to the Chinese civilization in an all-round way, so that it can occupy a place in the whole world. Therefore, it not only modified its ancestors, but also regarded itself as a descendant of King Wu of Zhou, and changed its surname to the national surname of Zhou. For the Confucian doctrine of advocating "Yi Di into China, then China, China into Yi Di, then Yi Di", Zhongshan Guo highly recognizes and highly respects it!

In the entire Zhongshan Kingdom, there are a large number of Confucian students who are promoting culture and education, and governing the country with Confucianism has also become the unswerving national policy of Zhongshan Kingdom. Dai Yan once asked people in Zhongshan in the past, knowing that in addition to the fact that the folk martial arts atmosphere in this country is still strong, its country has actually moved closer to the Chinese country in terms of writing, clothing and coins. If others don't remind them, others may think that this is another Lu country.

When Ji Cheng, the king of the Zhongshan Kingdom, arrived in Taoqiu, he was extremely interested in such a city, which Mencius praised as "the government of kings". And the amazing prosperity of Taoqiu City, which made the King of Wei amazing, also made this Yidi monarch admire! Ji Cheng has never been to Linzi, but he feels that the prosperity of Linzi, the largest city in the world, is probably nothing more than that!

In the past, this Yidi monarch also felt that under the governance of the successive monarchs of Zhongshan, the Zhongshan Kingdom was prosperous and developed, whether it was commerce, handicrafts, agriculture or animal husbandry. As a country about the same size as the Song State and stronger than the Song State in terms of strength, Ji Cheng was originally very confident. However, he only saw one of the three capitals of the Song Kingdom, and knew that Zhongshan Kingdom and Song Kingdom, countries with thousands of years of history, could not be compared at all!

So he began to be a student honestly. He was extremely attentive to Dai Yan's policies in Taoqiu. Every decree issued by Dai Yan in Taoqiu, Ji CD ordered someone to collect it, and he said bluntly to Dai Yan: "Ji Cheng was in the country in the past, and he was a little proud to see that my Zhongshan country was thriving and the country was rising. However, seeing the grand occasion of Taoqiu today, Ji Chengfang knows that there are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the sky! ”

Of course, Dai Yan didn't dare to hold up in front of such a monarch who was about to become king, so he hurriedly treated him politely. As a Chinese state established by Rong Di, Zhongshan obviously lacks self-confidence in culture. The most obvious is the move of this Zhongshan King to buy and buy in Taoqiu!

When he learned that the kings of Wei and Han had purchased a large amount of porcelain produced in Taoqiu, the monarch immediately purchased double copies, fearing that he would be left behind. As for the tea, whale oil, ambergris, etc., which the Taoqiu people are keen on, the monarch also put on a "big dog" face, and purchased it on a large scale without even asking the price, which made Dai Yan feel a little ashamed.

What a good customer this is, I still have to yin him for my brother-in-law! At a certain moment, Dai Yan even had some plans to secretly help Zhongshan Guoyi in his heart. However, thinking of the solid alliance with Zhao Guo, Dai Yan still gave up this plan.

After all, no matter how much money you have, it's not as important as safety or life, is it? The brother-in-law can provide him with security, Zhongshan Guo is just a pure big dog, which one is more important This is obvious!

As for Yan Guo, it is far less refreshing than Zhongshan Guo.

The country of Yan itself comes from a famous family, but after the summoning of the prince, although this country has been in the bitter cold land in the north, it has not figured out with the Central Plains for many years, and even was wiped out by the mountains. However, compared with Zhongshan Kingdom, the behavior style of the Yan people is more barbaric, similar to barbarianism.

In Dai Yan's view, if Zhongshan is Rongdi, it is a vulgarity, but in the process of its willingness to learn, the country has begun to gradually become Chinese, from the monarch to the people.

Compared with Zhongshan, Yan Guo has taken a completely opposite path. It itself is a descendant of the noble Zhou dynasty, but in the process of dealing with the barbarians for a long time, its domestic customs have gradually become Hu.

When Yan Hou Ji Hao arrived at Taoqiu, he looked like a cow was coaxing, as if the entire Taoqiu people owed them money. If that's all there is to it, Dai Yan just doesn't want to see them, and he doesn't hate them. They came to Taoqiu, and even brought a strong army of merchants with them, and prepared to sell the rouge of the Yan Kingdom in Taoqiu.

To tell the truth, Dai Yan will not oppose the merchants from all over the world coming to Taoqiu, but will welcome it very much, because this is equivalent to increasing the overall strength of Taoqiu merchants in disguise, and it is also beneficial to the entire Taoqiu. But the behavior of the Yan people to organize businessmen with the state really made Dai Yan hate, because compared to a single businessman, the state will be very unreasonable to do business!

In fact, Taoqiu also had merchants who had dealings with Yan and transported the rouge, a specialty of Yan, to this place to sell. In such a situation, no matter how high the price is, this is an act of free trading, whether it is making money or losing money, it has nothing to do with Dai Yan, and Dai Yan will not say anything.

However, the promotion of Yanguo's state behavior this time, because of the strong military support, seems to be a little unscrupulous. These people who followed Yan Jun to Taoqiu and took the opportunity to sell rouge, because they had the support of Yan Guo, they immediately became bolder.

Under the influence of public opinion in Taoqiu for several years, the Taoqiu people have actually accepted the concept of "free trade". Such a concept is actually mainly Dai Yan's preparation for future expansion, but it is also reasonable if it is used in Taoqiu's local business. Under this concept, there has been no forced buying and selling business in the whole Taoqiu for several years.

However, as soon as the Yan people arrived, they didn't care about the atmosphere of Taoqiu. They sold rouge in Taoqiu North City, and there was a woman who saw that this thing was very useful, so she just tried it slightly, and after asking the price, she didn't feel very satisfied, so she didn't buy it, and then Yan Ren didn't agree.

In the eyes of the Yan people, as long as they use their things, they must be bought! In the process of such a forced sale, a conflict broke out with the Taoqiu people, and the Yan people looked arrogant and arrogant, and they didn't know how to converge when they came to Taoqiu's territory, and they openly confronted the Taoqiu mounted police.

When they were suppressed by the Taoqiu Mounted Police, Yan Jun, who came to Taoqiu Xiangwang, immediately broke out, and he immediately put pressure on Wei through Gongsun Yan, demanding that Taoqiu immediately release the arrested Yan people and compensate them for their losses!

When did Dai Yan suffer such an aggrieved thing, of course he was unwilling to agree to it. However, in the context of the current Prime Minister of the Five Kingdoms, Yan State, as an important ally, is obviously not something that Dai Yan can confront as a feudal monarch. Gongsun Yan put pressure on Dai Yan through Wei and Zhao respectively, so that Dai Yan had to back down to the Yan people, not only promising to release the arrested Yan people, but also having to buy all the rouge brought by Yan Guo at a large price!

In this way, the Yan people sold out all the rouge they brought to Taoqiu, and made a lot of money through this method! After this incident, the people of Yan Guo even walked on the streets of Taoqiu, looking proud!

Such a thing, how can it not make Dai Yan hate Yan Guo? In fact, it is not surprising that such a thing happened. Because today's Yan State, under the interaction with the northern barbarians, has gradually become Hu, far less developed than the surrounding imperial capital of the Celestial Dynasty in later generations, and the relatively high quality.

They don't care about face like the other four countries, they only know that reaping benefits for themselves is the greatest success! As for whether the means behind this success are despicable, it is not for them to consider. And with the domineering of the Yan people, they actually didn't think about the Taoqiu people's thoughts at all!

In order to teach the Yan people a lesson, he secretly informed all the merchants in Taoqiu that they were not allowed to sell even a grain or a commodity to the Yan people, and the money that the Yan people earned from Taoqiu was not only useless, but even their daily life became a problem!

Such a scene made the entire Yan Kingdom Mission extremely strange at first. Yan Jun Ji didn't believe that Dai Yan had such a great influence on Taoqiu's merchants, he sent people out to buy grain from Taoqiu merchants, even if Yan people came out at a price of 1,000 gold buckets, no Taoqiu merchants were willing to sell grain to people with Yan accents!

Such a scene, not only the Yan people were shocked, but even the monarchs of the countries who came to the prime minister were full of disbelief! They couldn't believe that Dai Yan, a mere feudal monarch, had reached such a level of control over Tao Qiu!

In fact, Dai Yan was able to do such a thing, not only because of his strong prestige in Taoqiu, but also because of the barbaric style of the Yan people who caused public anger in Taoqiu. At such a moment, anyone who does not stand with the Lord will be seen as a traitor to Taoqiu in the future! In this way, he will not be able to gain a foothold in Taoqiu. A businessman's inability to gain a foothold in Taoqiu, the commercial center of the world, is a much more serious problem than his own bankruptcy!

Under such measures, the people of Yan had to rely on Zhao Cheng's help to live a normal life in Taoqiu.

And this time the incident left a deep impression on the people of Yan Kingdom, and also let the other four countries see Dai Yan's strength in Taoqiu, so that they no longer dare to underestimate it!