PS: The second chapter is dedicated, tomorrow there is something to do, and there will be more at night

Qi Hou handed over his youngest son to his ladies, and asked them to go back to the palace on their own, and his face, which was originally like a spring breeze, was suddenly covered with a layer of frost.

"Trouble again at noon?"

Jishui Pushui is in the territory of Xilu, and when the salt policy was implemented, Qi Hou was mentally prepared for these two waterways to be cut off by the Zhao family, but the noon road was at this juncture......

"In the area of the road of Yangjin, didn't the widow let Xue, Yangzhou, Yangqiao and other towns send troops to inspect along the way? There are also soldiers guarding the house on the Wei Guo side, how can there be a whole road interruption and all the merchants being robbed! ”

Bao Mu said with a bitter face: "Doctor Pingyin thought it was done by a small group of robbers at first, after all, there were not a few recalcitrant people who fled to the mountains and forests after the epidemic last year, so he only sent Xiao Rong with fifty people to inspect, but he never returned. Doctor Pingyin was suspicious, and sent a battle-hardened company commander to a pawn, just on the road to block the robbers, thinking that the capture was like a stone hitting an egg, but with a roar, there were hundreds of robbers around in an instant, and the entire 200 soldiers were also trapped. Those who fled back sporadically only said that the leader of the other party used soldiers like a god, coming and going like the wind! And ......"

"What else?"

"The leader of that group of thieves calls himself Liu Xia Plant!"

"Isn't the willow plantar the thief of Onozawa......

This person is also an old friend familiar to the Qi people, and the merchant ships of the Qi State that passed through Pushui Jishui in previous years were not less plundered by him. It was easy to be exterminated by the Zhao family, and the Qi businessmen clapped their hands and applauded, who would have thought that Xingjin had not been there, this water duck shook his body and went ashore to run the noon road!

Bao Mu bowed his head and said: "The thief was defeated by Zhao Wuxian last year, some people say that he died, and some people say that he has absconded elsewhere. Some people say that he surrendered to the Zhao clan and became a retainer of Zhao Meng, but now it seems that the latter is true. In the battle of the snowfield a few months ago, it was this person who cooperated with Zhao Bing to flank our army! In the opinion of the subordinates. His attack on Wudao now was not an ordinary raid, but he was instructed by Zhao Wuxian, and he was taking revenge on the Yan Ce of the Qi State! ”

Qi Hou gritted his teeth with hatred: "Mobilize troops!" Xiao Rong and pawns are not enough, so a brigade will be dispatched, led by Doctor Pingyin himself, to clear the way, the widow does not believe that the thieves have such great ability! ”

Bao Mu was speechless, the military system of Qi State, one brigade is 2,000 people, which is equivalent to the sum of the soldiers in Pingyin. As soon as the war ended, so many troops were deployed. Just for a group of thieves, this is too big.

Although this move is suspected of killing chickens with the knife of slaughtering cattle, I think the road should be able to be cleared soon, right?

……

However, Qi Hou and Bao Mu underestimated Liu Xia, and he really had the ability to retreat in the encirclement and suppression of 2,000 people, and the plundering cause was not affected.

In its heyday, the thieves rampaged through the surrounding states, with Onozawa as the center, north to Mount Tai, south to Huaisi. It is bordered by the Great River in the west and Lucheng in the east. All of them are his sphere of activity. In the towns that passed, the big countries defended the cities, the small countries were insured, and the encirclement and suppression of 2,000 soldiers seemed to be commonplace.

What's more, this harassment of the noon road was supported by Zhao Wuxian, and as soon as Qi Shi came, he didn't want to be a tough thief, so he turned his head and led people back to Xilu. Under the protection of the strong crossbow of the Zhao clan's city head, the Qi people on the opposite side could only stare dryly. If they insist on blocking here, a few days later, the news that the merchant brigade has been plundered again will come from the other side of the noon road, so that the Qi people will take care of one or the other.

This is the maturity of the thief following the tactics of Sun Wu and Wu Yuan. He divided his more than 1,000 bandits into three divisions, made a surprise attack on Qi and quickly retreated, taking turns to intrude on the noon road, retreating with all the help, and then coming again and again, the Qi people were tired of coping, and the merchants were robbed as before.

So, when the time came in March, when the plane trees began to bloom, the voles changed into small birds such as cranes and quails, the rainbows began to appear in the sky, and duckweed began to grow in the water, the situation on the noon road not only did not improve, but also tended to deteriorate further.

Not only the "Yangjin Road" in the territory of Qi State, but also the passage in Wei Province was also affected, and at least eight of the ten convoys passing by would be patronized by thieves, and all goods were swept away. Therefore, some businessmen who urgently need to go to Linzi would rather go to Pushui and Jishui to be exploited by the so-called "anti-monopoly tax" than pass the noon.

However, the gold of Chu, the copper and tin of Wu, the horses, leather and feathers sent by Qin could not pass the test, and they were all accepted by Zhao Wuxian. If you come across what Xilu needs, buy it at the original price, and if you don't need it, please call home, welcome to come back next time.

In a sense, Qi Guo's salt policy and Zhao Wuxian's imposition of "anti-monopoly tax" are both considered one of the ways of economic sanctions. Didn't you sell me salt and want me to eat it? Then I'll be with you, and your goods don't want to cross the border easily from me!

However, after all, Qi is a large country rich in resources, and it has a natural advantage in this war without gunpowder, and for a small economy like Xilu, it will not work to completely cut off the trade. If all the Jishui and Pushui are banned, it will certainly punish the Qi State, but it is also a suicide act for himself, once the businessmen take a detour, the economy withers, and the lack of compassion begins to be lacking, it is not just salt!

At that time, the people will be poor and lacking salt, the state will be insufficient, and there will be complaints from all levels, and once the contradictions in the newly occupied areas are aroused, it will be enough to avoid a headache for a long time.

Guan Yiwu understands this truth best, so he advocates "closing the market and ridiculing but not leviing", and attracting foreign businessmen with free reception at post stations and other preferential treatment in China, the purpose of which is to "return the world's merchants to flowing water". Once successful, the Qi State will be able to obtain foreign specialties, and these merchants will spend money and gold in the Qi State when they stay, and when they leave, how can they return empty-handed? Qi's fish salt was dumped as ballast cargo.

Wuxi's purpose is much the same, he sets up checkpoints on two rivers without blocking the road, and the merchants have no choice when the thieves are ravaging the noon road.

So for a while, in addition to some merchants who stopped in Taoqiu to wait and see, the number of merchants who passed through Jishui and Pushui did not decrease but increased, especially those who transported grain, fish, vegetables and fruits, and could not afford the price of waiting.

Although there were also complaints, the complaints of the merchants in this era were insignificant to the rulers, and they stood on the dock of Yuncheng without a shirt, and couldn't help but sigh at the wonder of this idea: "Even if it is Guan Zhong himself, he has to rely on the market to ridicule and not levy to attract people, and Zigong's method of raising taxes but attracting more merchants is really unique." ”

Wuxian sometimes can't help but think that he has a talent like a thief. Sending people to obstruct the trade routes of the enemy country and make their trade routes prosperous is also a good way to accumulate wealth!

In the process of the rise of the maritime powers of modern Western Europe, all of them did this! The Dutch plundered the merchant ships of Spain and Portugal, and after they became coachmen at sea, they were regarded as fat sheep by the British and French. For countries with weak business power and lack of resources. It's a great way to defeat a powerful enemy.

It's true at sea, but it's also true on land!

"But this valve can't be opened indiscriminately, in Xilu, only Liu Xiajiao can do this, and the rest of the unauthorized bandits can be wiped out and merged one by one if they are effective imitations!"

After thinking for a moment, Zhao Wuxian swiped his pen and wrote dense seal characters on a newly made pale yellow rattan paper, and after drying it, he solemnly stamped Xiao Sikou's seal and his own private seal......

Millennial time. The dark ink slowly blurred, and the bright red cinnabar gradually faded......

This piece of paper, which is as light as a feather, has finally become a precious cultural relic placed in the glass case of the storage room for everyone to sigh at, and its value is as heavy as Mount Tai!

Some people praised it as opening the floodgates of that great era; Some people also spurned, saying that this is the evidence of the blatant approval of the banditry, and it is a stain that Zhao Wuxian will never erase in his life!

Time reverses to a thousand years ago, when it was originally sealed in a bamboo tube. It was carried by Yu Xi, a shirtless cronie, and sent to the noon road on a fast horse.

A few days later. Standing on a sacked cart of the Qi State Doctor, Liu Xia was holding this thin strategic, with a very strange expression.

In the edict, Zhao Wuxian, in the name of the small Si Kou of the Lu State, recognized Liu Xiajiao, who had been pardoned for his capital crime because of the "return of the prodigal son", as a "righteous man" who assisted Jin and Lu, and he would serve the Si Kou in the following days. Wash away the heinous sins of the past.

Zhao Wuxian authorized Liu Xiajiao, allowing him to pursue and privateer the merchants, convoys, and fleets of Qi, Wei, Zheng, and other belligerents. In addition to the above powers, Xilu also regarded the bandits under Liu Xia as "recruited mercenaries", allowing them to keep some of their privateer's possessions and having an obligation to assist the Zhao clan in their war against the Qi state.

After scanning it all over. Gradually getting a little excited, Liu Xia smiled and read its name in front of all his subordinates:

"This is a privateer order!"

That's right, it's a power of attorney, a Privateer Permission Order!

……

While Zhao Wuxian stabilized his position and began to dispatch chess pieces to counterattack, as his opponent, Qi Hou Pestle was a little angry.

After a few consecutive airbursts and a decade of hard work, Doctor Pingyin finally sent someone back to complain. The theft of the noon road was unsolvable for a while, is it possible to let Guoxia take an army of people? In this way, the food over there can't support the consumption of the army.

At that time, Guan Yiwu applied the technique of severity to the struggle between the vassal states, and achieved the effect of victory without a fight, and the kings of the countries tended to join forces.

But now, Guan Zi's disciples and grandchildren in the Qi country are playing light and heavy arts, but they have encountered a strong counterattack!

When the ministers were silent, they heard "Bang! With a loud bang, Qi Hou's fist slammed into the desk.

Before everyone could bow down and plead guilty, this action caused a violent cough in the pestle, and his body began to chill again, and the roar of Zhao Wuxian in the Battle of the Snow Field seemed to be in his ears.

He drew his saber, as if to dispel the echo, and the voice was loud, as if to hide his fear.

"The widow and the king of three thousand times, against the Zhao family of the small state of Shangxilu, the battle cannot be won, and the light and heavy techniques cannot be controlled?"

Qi Hou kicked Liang Qiu, who came to appease, down the steps, his eyes seemed to be about to breathe fire, which was already angry.

"If you can't come up with a way to fight back today, the ministers will not be allowed to retreat from the court, and they will not be allowed to eat!"

The doctors of Secretary Qi looked at each other, and after standing for a moment with a bitter face, Chen Heng, who was still resourceful, stood up and put forward an idea.

His eyes full of jealousy raised: "Don't worry, the last time I fought was with the power of Zhao Qing of the Jin Kingdom, and now that Zhao Qing has returned to the country, the Zhao family has become a lonely tree that is difficult to support, a lonely bird without a nest." Although relying on the talent of his subordinate Wei Jia Duanmuci, the dispute over goods and colonies has been repeated, but it is useless after all. Because Qi is a big country with mountains and seas, it will win! Sirunai, a small state lacking salt and people, will be defeated! The minister has a plan to solve the danger of the road being blocked! (To be continued.) )

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