Chapter 248: The Crisis in Taoqiu
After watching the game, King Wei heard that Gongsun Yan had an important matter to look for him, and he immediately met with this much-valued Xiangguo.
"Great King, now the Wei State must be vigilant against the current Taoqiu! Yan today specially inspected the major industries of Taoqiu and found that the governance of Taoqiu today implies the art of war. Newspapers run by the euphem and merchants enabled the higher authorities to understand the situation of the lower classes; The common people, organized by the various factories, made the organization of the people of Taoqiu efficient; Students trained and trained by compulsory education will become the most heroic soldiers on the battlefield of the future! If we don't take advantage of Taoqiu's failure to rise now, it will definitely become a big problem for my Wei State in the future. Gongsun Yan told what he had seen and heard, and at the same time persuaded the current King of Wei.
However, before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by King Wei: "Xiangguo, you said that today's Taoqiu will become a big trouble for my Wei Kingdom in the future?" Xiangguo can't help but worry too much! Today's Taoqiu is indeed very prosperous, but it is a city after all, how much potential can it have? Although my Wei country is now a little unlucky and besieged by other countries, it is also a dignified country, how can I be afraid of just one city? Besides, now that the ancestral land where my Wei country originated is being threatened by the Qin State, the number one enemy of my Wei State is the Qin State, we must deal with the Qin State with the greatest energy, and where do we have the spare strength to manage the matter of a mere pottery mound? ”
"King, if you ignore Taoqiu, you will definitely regret it in the future!" Gongsun Yan said firmly.
Hearing Gongsun Yan's tone so affirmative, King Wei also had to correct his attitude a little, and asked Gongsun Yan: "Xiangguo, you are also a person who has led troops, if according to what you said, the current Taoqiu is a threat to the future of my Wei State, then how many troops can you use to take down the entire Taoqiu?" ”
Gongsun Yan thought for a moment, and then replied: "If there are 100,000 Wei Wushu, it takes half a year to gradually advance, and I can completely take Taoqiu!" ”
As soon as the King of Wei heard Gongsun Yan's words, he immediately said with a helpless look on his face: "Xiangguo should know that my Wei State has been at war with the Qin State one after another, and the consumption of military soldiers is huge, and now the total number of military soldiers in the whole country is only 70,000, where can the widow get together 100,000 military soldiers for you?" If I give Wei 10 years, the next generation will grow up, and Xiangguo's requirements can barely be met. Nowadays, there is absolutely no way to be outnumbered.
Taking a step back, even if I, the Wei State, poured all the strength of the whole country into attacking Taoqiu, would the Zhao State, as Taoqiu's in-laws, sit idly by? Taoqiu's mother country, Song Kingdom, must not let us attack Taoqiu, right? With such an important position as Taoqiu, will the Qi State sit idly by and watch us seize this place? ”
Gongsun Yan obviously came prepared, he took a deep breath and said to King Wei: "King, what am I waiting here for?" Isn't it just the combination of five countries! In the opinion of the ministers, the five countries can resist Qin in the west, attack Chu in the south, and reject Qi in the east! With such a strong strength, it is naturally not a problem to attack a mere pottery mound! ”
King Wei listened to Gongsun Yan's words and looked at him in disbelief: "Xiangguo, you won't be crazy, right?" No matter how powerful Taoqiu is in the future, can it compare to the current Qin Chu and pose a greater threat to our Wei State? The combination of the five kingdoms is not only you, but also my Wei State does not know how much it cost to gather. If you follow what you said, attack Taoqiu with a joint column, there is naturally no suspense that Taoqiu will be broken. However, in this battle, Zhao will inevitably begin to defect, and the combination of the five countries will become the combination of the four countries, and even the alliance will disperse! Losing the Zhao Kingdom, how can we win over the Zhongshan Kingdom and the Yan Kingdom in the north? Taking a step back, even if my Wei State takes Taoqiu, it will inevitably cost a great price, and the land of my Wei ancestors' ancestors will all fall to the land of the Qin State! Such a move that does not outweigh the losses, is it a statement to seek the country? ”
After saying that, King Wei didn't care about Gongsun Yan, and went to fiddle with Taoqiu's novelty again.
In this regard, Gongsun Yan had no choice but to let Taoqiu continue to develop for the time being. As Wei Xiang, he has already reminded King Wei of the threats he may encounter in the future, and he has fulfilled his responsibility! King Wei doesn't accept his opinion now, and if there is anything to regret in the future, he won't be blamed!
Shortly after King Wei arrived in Taoqiu, Han Wangkang also arrived in Taoqiu. Although Korea was very dissatisfied with Taoqiu because of the iron competition with Taoqiu. However, when King Han arrived at Taoqiu, saw the prosperity of Taoqiu, and discovered the kind of good things that Taoqiu planted, King Han immediately put aside his dissatisfaction with Taoqiu, and began to fish for all kinds of good things in Taoqiu like King Wei!
Unlike Wei, Korea annexed Zheng was originally a commercially developed country. Therefore, although Korea is small, the life pleasures of Korean nobles are far above that of Wei! Not only did King Han purchase various luxury goods such as porcelain, tea, ambergris and other luxury goods in Taoqiu, but even the nobles who arrived in Taoqiu with King Han did not give up this opportunity at all, and began to buy in Taoqiu, which raised the price of luxury goods in Taoqiu a lot!
After the arrival of Korea, the remaining countries also rushed to Taoqiu. Zhao Guo withdrew from the Xiangwang, but wanted to join the alliance, so Zhao Yong did not come in person, and it was Zhao Cheng, the minister of Zhao Guodongfu, who came to Taoqiu.
Zhao Cheng and Dai Yan have been good friends for many years, and now Taoqiu's mother is Zhao Cheng's niece, and the two sides are genuine in-laws!
Although Zhao Cheng is now in Zhao State, he has a bad relationship with Zhao Yong because of political reasons, but this does not prevent him from caring about his niece's life in Taoqiu. In addition, he had an interest relationship with Dai Yan because of the tea and horse trade many years ago, so everyone was much more polite when they talked.
Zhao Xue's life in Taoqiu over the years has been quite comfortable, because this city is now the most prosperous and wealthy city in the world, which just satisfies her love of excitement. Moreover, under the governance of Dai Yan, this city has continued to emerge new things over the years, which has also made her good impression of this city continue to rise, and as the mother of Taoqiu, she has an inexplicable sense of pride in her heart.
Later, after Taoqiu got the Fuli grassland of Chu again, she was able to enjoy the feeling of galloping on a horse again! And as the main mother, the only job she was appointed by Dai Yan in the entire Taoqiu was to help train cavalry. Later, after Dai Yan saw the princess's fun-loving attitude, he had to send Le Yi, who was in charge of Taoqiu's security and the entire Taoqiu Mounted Police team, to assist her.
Knowing Zhao Xue's life in Taoqiu over the years, it is indeed very comfortable and very happy, and Zhao Cheng is really relieved. However, when he was with Zhao Xue in private, what he said to Zhao Xue also made the princess suddenly become shy.
"Xue'er, now you are also the mother of this Taoqiu, Taoqiu has such a big family business, even my uncle and I are a little moved. You should also work hard to give birth to a son for Tao Qiujun, so that you can inherit such a big family business in the future. If you have a problem, don't restrain him too much, when he married so many concubines, it wasn't used at this time. ”
As soon as Zhao Xue heard Zhao Cheng say this, she immediately became coquettish: "Uncle, I'm still young now." Besides, it's not my problem that I haven't given birth to a child now, it's his. ”
It turned out that when he married Zhao Xue, Dai Yan saw that this princess, and even the concubine who married to Taoqiu, was too young, and according to the standards of later generations, none of them were adults! Dai Yan is a knowledgeable person, and he knows that making his wife pregnant too early will definitely have an impact on their bodies when they give birth, so whether it is with Zhao Xue or when he is in love with his concubine, he is extremely cautious, and he never acts during the danger period. Therefore, for several years in a row, Dai Yan did not have a child.
However, in today's era, the monarch has no children, just like a country without a prince, which will make the courtiers below anxious and even cause a crisis! The housemother has not given birth for five years, which has caused a surging undercurrent in the entire Taoqiu, but Dai Yan is in the game and does not know it. Many big businessmen even came up with the idea of dedicating their daughters to the sovereign, hoping to marry the sovereign, but because of Zhao Xue's domineering position in the entire Taoqiu, no one dared to bring it up.
In the past few years, both Dai Yan and Zhao Xue have become accustomed to a "safe" life, and gradually the matter of having children has been ignored by the two of them. In addition, Dai Yan has often been out and about all these years, and he has very little time to return to Suiyang to meet Song Jun, and his elder brother Zixi, who is the only elder, has no chance to remind him.
And Zhao Ben himself, who had a relationship with Dai Yan in the past, and is Zhao Xue's elder, naturally would not be taboo about this matter. was reminded by Zhao Cheng like this, even Zhao Xue, who was playful, felt that she needed to remind her beloved and plan for her future!
After Zhao Cheng reminded Zhao Xue, Dai Yan was very pleasantly surprised to find that his private life began to be full of fun. The savage princess, who had always liked to have fun all over the Potterhill, suddenly became extremely clingy. And in order to have a child, this princess doesn't mind letting her concubine serve with her, after all, legally speaking, the children born to the concubine who followed her to marry to Taoqiu actually belong to her princess!
This also made Dai Yan feel a different happiness!