Ask for a recommendation ticket, the second chapter in the evening

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"With such a Baili deal, can the Zhao family give it to Zheng Guo!?"

The squire questioned loudly, and the Zheng Guo guards in the hall also reprimanded, and the voice echoed in the official office.

However, this can make the intimidation of ordinary envoys fart and urine, but for Zigong, it is like a breeze in the willows.

On this critical occasion, he suddenly remembered the experience of following his Kun father and brother to run a cargo farm when he was a child.

Breeders of goods, breed goods and wealth, and get rich.

People in the world have their own business and do their own thing, but the products are different in different places, not to mention the counties and towns of the state, and even different lilu and people have the need for exchange, just like water flowing to the lower places, day and night.

Merchants are the medium of this kind of activity, among which Zheng Wei merchants are the most famous, each relying on his ability and doing his best to seek wealth.

The Duanmu family was one of them, and the elders of the clan let Zigong travel around with the caravan since he was a child, and pushed him to the stall for training.

In the beginning, in order to make others stop buying, a smile was the only thing a teenager could rely on, but customers did not necessarily smile back, and some people would bully him when he was young and wanted to buy goods cheaply.

"Bargaining is something you have to learn in business!"

After suffering several losses, the elders taught him this, and in this experience, Zigong learned a truth: it turns out that cheap goods can be sold at a high price, and expensive things can be bought at a low price, and the price determines how much profit a merchant can get in the transaction.

As he grew older, he began to show his talent by doing business between the Jin and Lu kingdoms. Often thousands of miles apart, according to the time and place to speculate on the changes in the market. Every time you speculate on the price, you must buy cheaply and sell expensively to make a profit. became a successful businessman. Among the apprentices of Confucius, Shuzigong was the richest.

After he began to assume the role of "pedestrian" of Zhao Wuxian's forces, Zigong was pleasantly surprised to find that the art of diplomacy was actually very similar to that of goods. The negotiating table is like a stall in the market, where buyers and sellers have their own needs, but they do not say anything, but put their fingers in their sleeves and bargain with critical eyes, in a vain attempt to buy and sell the interests of the state as cheap goods. to maximize profits.

After the training of abduction and deception in the Sishang countries, Zigong is also proficient in this way, so he can see the falsehood of the commander at a glance.

"Sure enough, as suggested by Uncle Xian, Zheng Guoren exaggerated his strength in order to raise his worth, and he waited for the price to sell ......"

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Zigong quickly sorted out the wording, raised his head and said with a smile: "The ruling is right, under the governance of the two generations of famous ministers, Zichan and Uncle Zi, plus the ruling inherits its business. Zheng Guo is indeed very strong. Six years ago, five hundred miles rushed to destroy the Xu State, and five years ago he conspired with Dan Pian to almost subvert Cheng Zhou. He even invaded six cities of the Song Kingdom. It is no wonder that everyone in the world says that Zheng has a body of 1,000 times, but he is strong by 2,000 times...... It's a pity ......"

Listen to Zigong praise Zheng Guo. He was full of doubts, and when he got here, he couldn't help but ask, "What is the pity?" ”

"It's a pity. Zheng Guo is not invincible either, two years ago. General You Su's partial division was defeated by Meng Zhu at the hands of my lord, and after he returned, didn't he tell the power of the Zhao army to govern? ”

Si Xiao's face suddenly darkened: "That time, Zheng Guo only dispatched two divisions of 5,000 people, and the loss was not big, Zikuan also said that this was his carelessness and unpreparedness for a while." ”

In the face of the buyer's doubts, the seller once again falsely reported the quality and price of the goods, and wanted to continue to deceive the opponent, Zigong couldn't help sighing, can there be less routines and more sincerity?

Of course it can't be, this is a diplomatic arena of deceit, and he will temporarily put aside the "sincerity" and "faith" that his master taught him, and accompany him to be honest.

"The ruling is right, that battle was really a fluke, Zheng Guo's luck! Because it was only the Zhao army's partial division that fought against the Zheng army, as well as the shouts of Song and Cao. Even so, we also won a complete victory in the Song Rebellion, and if we had been as elite as we were at that time, I am afraid that General You Su would not have been able to evacuate smoothly. ”

"So the Zhao family is still sparing?" Si Xiao sneered, looking disbelieving, but the momentum was not as strong as the party, Zheng Guo's most capable Qing was Zhao Wuxian's defeated men, this is an indisputable fact.

Zigong took a step forward and said: "Yes, I spared my strength at that time, and I also spared my strength at this time, and please think about it, Dongzhao, which was the enemy of Zheng Guo at that time, only had a corner of Xilu, but now?" ”

But he saw Zigong stretching out his hand to the east and pointing: "In the east, the lord of my family, the monarch of the Lu country, governs the millions of people in the whole territory of Lu on behalf of the Marquis of Lu, and the princes of Si are under control. ”

He waved his hand to look westward again: "In the west, the lord has become the son of the Zhao family, and there are thousands of miles of feudal opinions, horses from Jinyang, grain and straw from Hanoi, and armor soldiers from Handan, all of which can be transferred at will. With the strength of Zhao soldiers, the solidity of Taihang and Yiguan, the west can block the soldiers of Jin Hou and Zhibo, and the danger of Mount Tai of Lu can be used to resist the edge of Qi Hou in the east. Now there is no progress on both sides, so they urged Zheng Guo to send troops, so as to open up the situation in the south, this is to hope that Zheng Guo will take advantage of the fire for Jin Qi! ”

Si Xiao couldn't help but sigh helplessly, if it weren't for the fact that the Zhao clan had suddenly become so huge, once the East and West were united, it would make Zheng State have one more two thousand times power, why did they have to get involved in the war and want to strangle this state?

Zigong couldn't let it go, and continued: "Not to mention that the Zhao family has the Han family as an assistant, and the Song family has the Song family as a robe outside. ”

Si Xiao said disdainfully: "Song is not enough to mention, Zheng and Song have been fighting for two hundred years, and Zheng has almost always won, not to mention that now the Song State has weakened, the lord and young ministers are suspicious, the chicken Si Chen, gods and ghosts are everywhere, this is the country is about to die, ask God is also ......."

Zigong retorted: "Otherwise, in the Song Rebellion, the Song State did lose its strength greatly, but the political situation quickly stabilized, the dead were buried well, the wounded were well cared for, the laborers fed each other, and the soldiers were fed and paid." ”

Although unfortunately encountered a famine after the war, with the help of Lu State, the people who lost their relatives and friends stopped wailing under the organization of Wu Zhu, shared their worries together, and stepped up their cultivation and labor to produce more wealth. The monarchs and ministers of the Song State respected the ghosts and gods, were worried and afraid of natural disasters, and went to court very early in the morning and retired from the court very late in the evening, and sent envoys from all sides to sue for peace with the princes with low words and heavy gifts, and formed an alliance with the Zhao and Lu states, and abandoned the previous suspicion......s with the Cao and Chu states."

"Now that the Song State has recovered most of its vitality, the country is solid, and the diplomacy is successful, they are planning to prevent Zheng Guo as a priority. At this time, it is not profitable to attack the Song Dynasty, and it is difficult to even drive them away from Punan, am I right? ”

In the past few months, Zheng Guo has not carried out a tentative attack on the Song State, although the Song army cannot defeat the Zheng army, but the defense of the city is also first-class. They were unable to open up the situation in Punandi, and they were hesitating whether to carry out a full mobilization, but the Zhao family had already defeated Fan, Bank of China, and Handan, and returned to the division.

At this time, Zheng Guo's strategy is a little embarrassing, he can't fight with all his strength, and he will do his best to lose his own strength.

Seeing that it was not as he expected, Zigong smiled slightly, "At this time, the Song Dynasty is not defeated, if the ruling insists on being the enemy of the Zhao family, the biggest possibility is that the ruling party will raise 20,000 Zheng soldiers to advance eastward, and then be blocked by Punan and Jixi." The lord of my family, Jun Dake, can first command an army of 20,000 troops to the south, and hunt here with Zheng Guo. The Zhao army has already defeated General You Su, defeated the army of Qi, defeated Fan and Bank of China, I don't think the ruling government is sure of victory, right? When the time comes, the second leading soldiers, ambushing thousands of corpses, and beheading Ai living beings, Zheng Guo will not only not get benefits, but will also be in danger of losing his teacher! ”

Si Xiao couldn't sit still, and looked at Zigong in a daze, but he was unwilling to admit defeat, so he said viciously: "I have heard for a long time that Duanmu Ci is good at quibbling, and sure enough, I should cut off your tongue before you speak." “

Zigong was not afraid, "When I finish analyzing the pros and cons for the government, it is not too late to cut off my tongue and burn it into food, and there will be no regrets in giving it!" ”

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O national soldier, this Duanmu Ci is really a peerless national soldier!

Si Xiao had to admit that he had held back enough momentum to act, but he was actually pierced by Zigong's words. Zheng Guo is not weak, but he is not as strong and confident as he boasted before, especially when facing the Zhao family, the Qing clan who has won all battles.

Of course, you can't easily admit defeat, and you have a lot of dealings with merchants, knowing that if you follow their rhythm at this time, these greedy businessmen will definitely kick their noses in the face and want to take more money from your pocket!

Therefore, he snorted angrily and said: "I only know that Zheng Guo's interests are in the gap between the border with the Song Dynasty, in Punan and Jixi. ”

He suddenly lowered his voice and stared at Zigong and said, "If the Zhao clan can deliver these three places to Zheng Guo, Zheng will definitely stop attacking...... I would even consider joining the Zhao family's side! ”

In the final analysis, Zheng Guo is still the character of an opportunist, if he can gain benefits without fighting, why not? It's a big deal to regret it after the benefits are in hand, this kind of thing is not the first time to do it, if you can separate the relationship between Zhao and Song by the way, it would be better.

Of course, they, Zheng Guo, will never stay in an alliance with the Song people!

But unexpectedly, Zigong said with a straight face: "I'm afraid that the ruling is wrong, although Zhao and Song are in-laws, the monarch can't force Song Gong to humiliate your country." ”

The smile froze on his face, and he slapped the case again and said angrily: "Then you came this time, claiming to bring peony medicine to seek the friendship of Zheng Guo, but you turned out to be empty-handed, and you didn't even want to give a city and a town in the east, so you wanted to persuade me with one mouth?" ”

Zigong bowed and said, "Don't be in a hurry to govern, of course the foreign ministers did not come empty-handed, I will give Zheng Guo a big gift in the name of the sovereign, but ......"

"Although this gift is also for the people of the land, it is not in the east, nor in the Song Kingdom, nor in Punan and Jixi......"

"Where is the land you are talking about?" Si Xiao guessed that Zigong would refuse and bargain, but he didn't expect him to answer like this.

Zigong smiled: "In the west, in Ruyang, in the Barbarian clan, in the land of Yiluo!" (To be continued.) )