Xu Cheng has been gloomy all the time, and because of this stinky temper in Wu Guozhou's division, he was kicked to Xilu, and in the face of Liu Xia's rhetorical question, he responded coldly: "What the villain said is the truth, the defeat on the big river, didn't you forget?" ”

He was born in Xu Guozhou's division, and he stayed in the Wu State Navy for ten years, and he did not encircle and suppress the thieves on the Huai River on weekdays, so he looked down on the wild way of thieves.

The arrogant thief was suddenly angered by Xu Cheng's attitude, and almost to the point of making a move, but Zhao Wuxian stretched out his hand to stop the two.

"Presumptuous!"

Liu Xia was startled and stopped moving, and Xu Cheng, who was almost grabbed by the placket, also pleaded guilty with a gloomy face: he was originally a minister of the Qu family, but now he was transferred to Zhao Wuxian, and he is already a retainer without mercy, and life and death are a matter of one sentence.

"If you two are going to work together in the future, how can you quarrel here? Zishi defeated the Qi people today and made great contributions, and no one dared to mention the invincible name of the Qi Guozhou Division from today onwards. But what Xu Cheng said is right, not every water battle can encounter this kind of excellent geographical advantage, and those who are good at fighting must make full use of Qizheng. ”

After holding both sides for a while, he put the hands of the two together: "This fire attack is more than strange, but the right rule is insufficient, if you want to compete with the Qi people boat master in the future, we still have to build more good boats and practice the water battle array." The former I want to hand over to Xu Cheng, the latter is Zishi's responsibility, you two are the commander of the boat division, and the other is the official of the boat, and you must cooperate sincerely in the future! Today, I don't know each other! ”

The lord has talked about this, and although the two of them are unwilling, they have no choice but to obey. In fact. There was some discord between them, and Zhao Wuxian stopped the trouble at the same time. But I'm happy to see it happen.

As a sovereign, the most important thing is to check and balance. Especially in the army, no one can be allowed to dominate, so he has always used infantry and cavalry to develop in a balanced manner, and from time to time he has also absorbed talents from different sources to appoint. But among the boat divisions that were so necessary to be established, there was no one to rely on before, except for the willow planters.

Zhao Wuxian's attitude towards Liu Xiazhi was a little contradictory, on the one hand, he knew that this was a talent and a good help for Wang Ba's business, but he was also afraid of him, after all, he was an unruly thief. He dreamed more than once. When the Qi Renzhou division was in Yuncheng, he suddenly took all the ships to do the robbery again and traveled all over the world......

So if you can arrange a person in the boatmaster system who is not a layman, but can match the willow plant, it will be very suitable!

At the moment, Xu Cheng is a good candidate, although he is a gift sent by the people of Wu, Zhao Wuxian can't be more careful, but in Xing Ao's letter, this Xu Guoren seems to have some opinions about the people of Wu after the death of the country.

So Zhao Wuxian tried again: "Now Xilu is sleepy. It is not possible to build enough ships, so it can only be designed first, and it is enough for existing ships to maintain control over the waters of Jisui, Pusui and Onozawa. After five or ten years, we will be able to build a boat division that can compete with Qi, Wu, Chu, and Yue. At that time, you may be able to compete with the Qi people in the sea, or compete with the Wu people in Huaishang......"

Liu Xiajiao was very interested in going to sea on a horizontal boat, and Xu Cheng, who still had the faint idea of recovering the country, was attracted by the latter sentence. His eyes widened. pondered the meaning of Zhao Wuxian's words, but Wuxian didn't point it out. After planting a seed in his heart, he asked them to count the captured ships and Qi people.

The battle on the river was completely over, and several Qi boats were burned and sunk. The remaining six or seven ships were taken prisoner after docking, and the crews inside were forced to surrender by spears and crossbow arrows, and the minor repairs were able to become part of the Xilu Boat Division.

But nearly half of the Qi boats still escaped, and Zhao Wuxian was not without regrets, if there was enough iron transported from Taoqiu, and the smelting and casting technology was good enough, then he could build a large iron chain that was a mile long, and give the Qi Guozhou division an iron cable to block the river, so that none of them could escape back!

After the war, what was surprising was that the commander of the Qi Guozhou Division was also among the prisoners.

Zhao Wuxian immediately ordered this person to be taken care of, and the ships and navigation skills of the Qi State might be able to get a lot out of his mouth, and after they were hollowed out, they could be exchanged for a large amount of ransom. In the six months after the end of the war, it cost money to buy salt, mine and smelt iron, build hospitals, and set up schools for itching...... If it weren't for the ransom of Dr. Qi who was captured during the war, his treasury would have been empty long ago.

He also had a few inconsequential Qi military officials singled out, and asked them to return to Qi with their letters, to inform the Marquis of Qi of the news, and to convey the condolences and suggestions of him, the little Sikou of the Lu State.

That is, reconciliation.

……

"Reconciliation? Here's why! Sure enough, Zhao Wuxian's secret decision aroused great doubts among several close ministers.

For the military officials who felt that they had won the battle and couldn't figure out why they should show weakness, he explained: "Although the Zhou Division of the Qi State Office was defeated, the national strength was not damaged. Although Xilu seems to have the advantage at present, a few months is good, and if the economic confrontation with Qi continues for a long time, we may not be able to get any benefits. ”

At this moment, the war has reached a stalemate.

The Jin state and Qi, Zheng, and Wei still did not sign a peace covenant, and it is understandable that Zhao Wuxian carried out anti-sanctions and plunder. The merchants of Jin Lucao had little idea, and felt that this move would also reduce their competitors, and every time the bandits sold the unlucky loot in Jianjin, the Jin merchants flocked to it.

As for the merchants of Qi who suffered heavy losses...... In this era, businessmen have no right to speak, most of them eat in the government and belong to the secretary doctor. Until commerce became more important, and the big merchants could compete with the princes in the Warring States, the Qin State also said that if the merchants were strangled, they would be strangled, but when they swept the six countries, they saw that the merchants tended to take refuge, but there were no patriots like Xiangao complaining.

Fragile independent businessmen, vulnerable to powerful state weapons.

So Zhao Wuxian didn't care whether the businessmen were happy or not, he cared about Uncle Cao and Sanhuan's attitude.

Ji Qiao conservatively estimated that if the state of economic warfare continued, Qi would continue to blockade salt and even the rest of the resources. Nasiru was self-sufficient and fed on the outside. Maybe a few more years. But Cao Bo and Sanhuan, who were nervous, Zhao Wuxian could not guarantee when they would disarm and surrender. These decaying old-fashioned aristocrats always have a strong sense of compromise. At this point, it is not as strong as Confucius and his disciples.

At that point, his situation will be passive.

So it's better to take advantage of this victory again, show a gesture of willingness to reconcile, and then kick the ball to Qi Guo, when Qi Hou refuses, the crime will not be blamed on Zhao Wuxian's head.

Reckless revenge may be temporary, but it is not possible to cut off the deal completely. You have punished the other person, but you have also committed suicidal sex to yourself.

To paraphrase the theory of protracted warfare. Qi has a large population and rich resources; The land of Xilu is sparsely populated, lacks resources, and is still in a land of four wars, and has to face the covetousness of various forces at home and abroad...... In the case that there is no generation gap between weapons and technology, Zhao Wuxian has no certainty of victory, not only economically, although he has a lot of ghost ideas, but he can't conjure up the salt mountain copper sea.

The so-called sanctions. It is a double-edged sword, which often leads to the loss of both sides. The two sides have been facing each other for many years, the economy is withering, and the people are poor and lack food. There are complaints from top to bottom, in case the internal contradictions are stimulated, it is enough for Zhao Wuxian to drink a pot.

So it's okay to gamble. You can't play big, and at this time, one side must first propose to resume trade. Whoever makes the request first. Who approves and agrees, and there is a point of attention.

Zhao Wuxian decided to take advantage of the victory. In turn, lower your posture and put a smoke bomb on Qi Hou.

Because according to the news he just got, the Zhao family's family moved to Jinyang, which stimulated Rong Di north of Xiawu Mountain, and now they are in a never-ending war with Dai Rong and cannot get out. So at least before the autumn harvest, Siru had to survive on his own.

Zhao Wuxian didn't want to fight with Qi State, he needed to delay time, and he needed to put a dose of ecstasy soup on Qi State, so as to save Qi Hou from being angry and corrupting the whole country to attack, if he didn't have Zhao Ying's help, he would not be able to bear it.

However, Zhao Wuxian clearly overestimated his own writing skills, and the pride and triumph accumulated over the years could not be concealed in his letters, although he tried his best to hide them......

It was not so much a letter of reconciliation as a slap in the face to Qi Hou again, forcing him to agree to a war letter asking for peace......

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In the late April of Qi, mole grasshoppers began to chirp among the wild grasses, earthworms emerged from the wet soil after the rain, king gourds began to grow, and bitter herbs bloomed pale yellow flowers.

This month belongs to the fire virtue, the Marquis of Qi according to the princes' etiquette, living in the left room of the south to the Ming Hall, riding in a vermilion car, driving a red horse in front of the car, waving the red dragon flag, wearing a vermilion color of the dark clothes, wearing red ornaments, using tall and large utensils.

His heart was also as anxious as a flame, and he was always waiting for the news of victory from the office boatman who was going up against the water.

Chen's boat division raged on the river for more than a month, and the river bandits with the skull banner were defeated, although in fact the raids did not decrease, but Qi Hou felt that Zhao Wuxian's arrogance had been suppressed by himself a little.

Although he was defeated by Zhao Meng of the Jin Kingdom who could be compared to him last time, but against Zhao Meng's son, Qi Hou felt that he could easily defeat it. Zhao Wuxian's method of purchasing salt from outside can solve the predicament of Xilu, but Lu State can't hold it, and the same is true for charging high taxes to Qi State merchants and cutting off the noon road, all of which is premised on Cao Guo's cooperation.

As long as his boat division opens up Jishui, then Zhao's high tax collection will become an ornament, and the ships of Qi State will be able to pass smoothly under the escort of the boat master, and when the boat division advances to the surface of Taoqiu water, Cao Guo will definitely immediately defect.

Therefore, Qi Hou looked forward to the sun, moon, yin, yang, heaven, and earth, the four time lords standing in Langya Mountain, and even the soldier lord Chiyou were prayed to by him.

However, it backfired, and in late April, less than half of the ships were left to return to Linzi with the news of their failure. A fire ignited by Zhao Wuxian on the Jishui River burned Qi Hou's stupid military adventures to ashes, and even the commander was annoyed and captured.

Qi Hou was a little devastated, and the victory brought by the Chen clan on the river was swept away, and he nervously cried out in the court: "Isn't divination a great battle!?" Then he dragged Wu Zhu out and the car cracked, and the ministers were silent.

That's not all, two days after Qi Hou's thunderous uproar, someone came to report that a prisoner had been released, and he also brought a letter from Zhao Wuxian.

"Letters? Will it be opened by the widow? Qi Hou was red-eyed, ignoring the dissuasion of the doctors, he pulled the paper letter, opened the seal and read it silently.

"When the foreign minister heard that the Marquis of Qi had banned salt, he thought it was too much, and the goods were expensive in the exchange, if it was the good of the neighbors, it would be a lose-lose move......"

On that day, Zhao Wuxian's handwritten letter named "Salt Ban Order" shocked the Qi court, and since then it has been well-known among the princes, and is regarded as a model of pedestrian speech that can be ranked with the "Book of Absolute Qin"! (To be continued.) )

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