Chapter 319 [Going to the Soldiers? 】
The birds and finches in the mountains and forests near Fengming Academy have suffered, since the morning, the sound of eagles has not stopped, and one by one golden eagles, goshawks, and gray-backed falcons have arrived in a row, it is simply an eagle meeting, the air overlord is coming, what else can the little birds say? There is no possibility of protesting, drag the family and flee tightly, a little slow and a half, it will become food in the eagle's mouth...... Read the latest and most complete novels
In fact, the falcons who are tasked with delivering letters have long been loveless to ordinary birds and finches, where can this thing compare to beef and mutton marinated in sake? Not to mention the deliciousness, I was quite excited to eat it, my whole body was hot, I didn't feel cold when I flew in the air, and it didn't affect my eyesight, flying at an altitude of one or two thousand meters, I could still see the red flag on the ground at a glance; The gray-backed falcon let out an excited eagle chirp, folded its wings and landed on its feet, and was caught by the young officer who was waiting here, first fed it a large piece of mutton, and then quickly took out the flying letter in the bamboo pipe at its feet.
"This is today's eighteenth flying book, send it to the 'Lanbo Pavilion', Dean Bai can wait!"
The young officer shook his hand and threw out the letter, and someone immediately took it in his hand and quickly sent it to the pavilion on the lake. Nowadays, the training of flying eagles and the passing of flying books are also one of the miscellaneous courses of the college, and they are also compulsory courses, and every student must master this skill in order to obtain the required credits; It was Bai Dang who waved the little red flag to lead the flying eagle just now, this kid was tired of learning this course, and he couldn't wait to raise a child to have fun, so he leaned in front of the young official and whispered: "Brother young official, what do you say is wrong today?" It's only been half a day, and there are eighteen flying eagles delivering messages? I've just seen the markings on the eagle's body, and the farthest one is from Bashu. Could it be that we have also established an eagle station in Bashu? And yes. Dean Bai and the man named Sun Bin sat in the pavilion early in the morning, drinking tea and eating snacks and reading these flying books. There is also the dean's wife to sit with, what do you say is happening? ”
"Shut up, don't ask what you shouldn't ask, you're a student of Fengming Academy on your first day?" The young officer glared at the kid fiercely, and wanted to kick him in the ass, but suddenly heard the sound of an eagle chirping in the air again, which was louder than before, and couldn't help but be taken aback: "Good guy." It's a green back! Such a big green back is rare, and Shucheng under 5,000 miles should be severely punished with this kind of eagle, could it be that Chu Di came to Feishu? Hurry up! ”
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The weather in April is far from warm, and sitting on the gazebo and drinking tea is a tune that only the petty bourgeoisie likes. However, Sun Bin enjoyed this feeling very much, the fresh water vapor on the lake from time to time would remind him of his days in the mountains, and the Baijia tea was also bitter and then sweet, much like the herbal water cooked by his teacher.
Bai Dong drank tea with him cup by cup, and Kujiu sat on the side reading the flying book sent, and heard that even the price of salt in Bashu, which was far away in the southwest, had fallen to five hundred yuan a stone, and Sun Bin couldn't sit still. The teacher said that the first thing for a soldier is the importance of cultivating qi, and he can be regarded as a person who has cultivated qi for many years. But I was stunned by such a low price of salt.
Qingxi produces everything, almost self-sufficient, but it is not salt, when he was in Qingxi, he did not go down the mountain to buy salt, at that time he bought the green salt of Qi State, said to be the top grade, but it is much worse than the refined salt of Wei State, so it also costs about 800 yuan a stone, whether it is with Qin Yuan money or cloth coins commonly used in Shandong countries, it is almost this price. He studied as a soldier, so he naturally knew what it meant if there was a huge change in the price of salt and grain, this was not a casual joke, and the price of salt moved, whether it rose or fell, it would most likely lead to war! What's more, when he went to Wei to see Senior Brother Juan this time, he also knew that Wei was almost a national mobilization in the production of refined salt; Wei is not as good as Lao Qin, who is far away in the west, and if Wei's economy is in chaos, the surrounding countries will suffer.
Sun Bin took a deep breath, put down the teacup, and looked up at Bai Dong; He remembered Bai Dong and his new gambling contract, but he never imagined that Bai Dong would start with the economy of Wei, let alone that this senior brother Bai would have such scheming and means, it turned out that he had been secretly arranging and calculating Wei State a long time ago. He didn't doubt the authenticity of these flying books, if the dignified Guigu disciple and the white son of the Qin State were fake in this kind of thing, then he would have to lose face?
"Hehe, it seems that the senior brother has received the true inheritance of his mentor, and he also knows the truth of the economy in military affairs."
Bai Dong chuckled and put down the teacup in his hand and glanced at Sun Bin: "Senior brother thinks that the price of salt has fallen sharply, what will happen to the Wei Kingdom?" By the way, it's just the beginning, and in a few days, the price of refined salt in Wei will fall by eighty percent, and even the basic sea salt will fall by at least fifty percent."
Sun Bin's face twitched a few times: "How did you do it?" ”
"The salt trade base is actually a huge trading market, and when the salt merchants get used to trading in it, it can affect the price of salt. Although the price of salt still has to be attributed to the real supply relationship in the end, Wei Ying is too crazy, he has done his best to produce too much refined salt, and it only took half a year to consume the basic sea salt that Yan Qi had hoarded for five years, and bought out the sea salt that the two countries had hoarded for ten years. ”
"It should fall, but it shouldn't fall so fast, from Wei to Bashu, it's normal for things worth hundreds of dollars to double when they reach the ground, unless someone has already hoarded a large amount of refined salt in Bashu and Chudi, which are salt-deficient countries, and they also have to make waves in the trading market to lower the price of salt so quickly."
Sun Bin is stupid from time to time in front of Pang Juan, but in fact, his IQ is extremely high; And it is impossible for a soldier not to understand the economy, although the big market created by Bai Dong is fresh, it is not difficult for him to understand.
"Senior Brother Sun is a soldier, and he can't think of it?"
Bai Dong nodded with satisfaction: "Senior brother is right, but this is not called making waves, but using economic means to suppress the opponent." The so-called 'going to the army to fight and plot', this is a kind of war, I spent half a year preparing for this, otherwise how dare I bet with my senior brother again, boast that I don't need a single soldier to make Wei sad? Senior brother, you lost this time, but you have to keep your promise to stay in Qin for half a year, of course, if Lao Qin can't satisfy my senior brother after half a year, I will also keep my promise to send my senior brother away. ”
"I just came out of the mountain, and I haven't established an inch of skill, you have spent so much effort to keep me, do you really value my senior brother so much?"
Sun Bin glanced at Bai Dong, although the little junior brother's means of kidnapping him into Qin were not bright, but it showed the importance of him, which made him quite moved in his heart; If it weren't for Senior Brother Juan in the Wei State, maybe he would have agreed to stay in the Qin State, after all, Bai Dong is also from Qingximen, not an outsider: "You just have to rest assured, Senior Brother and I are also people who do what we say, and I won't go back on it, but you won't win." ”
"Oh? Bai Dong is willing to hear the senior brother's high opinion. ”
"You are not a soldier, and it is understandable that the greatest wealth in the world is the army, but since the junior brother is an important minister of the Qin State, don't you know that the last 'national capital' in the world will not be used lightly? Unless there is a great disaster or the danger of destroying the country, this money is stored in the treasury, which should account for as much as 10% of the national treasury! Wei is a powerful country in the world, and this treasury alone is worth all the treasury of Qin? So even if the price of salt plummets and the economy of Wei is affected by this, Wei will not be chaotic, let alone taste any hardships, junior brother, your means are clever, but unfortunately you are still too young."
"Senior brother mean I'm young?"
If it weren't for the kidnapping himself, Sun Bin, a fledgling innocent little Zhengtai, would not have been pitted alive by Pang Juan until he died, and now seeing him teach himself that he was too young, Bai Dong had the heart to spray rice on the spot, so it was easy to hold back and not laugh: "So Senior Brother Juan is not young?" With him in the Wei Kingdom, are you still afraid that the King of Wei will not use the national capital? ”
"You colluded with Senior Brother Juan to harm the Wei State? No, no, what Senior Brother Juan wants to do is to be the number one general in the world, today, only Wei Guo can help him fulfill his wish, how can he harm Wei Guo Is it because of Hui Shi and Gongzi Ang! Sun Bin was finally a smart person, and suddenly figured out the key.
"Senior brother also said, the greatest wealth in the world is the army, back then, the dog Rong fed the war with war, and forced the king of Zhou to move the capital eastward, not to mention that the Wei State is stronger today, or ten times more than the dog Rong? Wei now has 400,000 Wei soldiers, they don't do anything to produce, they only practice war every day, even their parents, wives and daughters have rations from the state, these soldiers are the ideal army of the senior brother? But these 400,000 Wei warriors ate more than half of Wei's taxes! When Wei's economy stabilized, it was naturally able to support them, and once the economy collapsed, guess what? ”
Sun Bin looked at Bai Dong fixedly for a long time: "Senior brother, you are so poisonous!" Once Wei's economy collapses, the only way to do this is to reduce the number of soldiers, otherwise you will have to use troops to go to other countries to grab money! King Wei is bent on dominating the prime minister, so he naturally refuses to give up the army, so he must go to war, which is exactly what Senior Brother Juan wants. ”
Bai Dong laughed: "That's right, so as long as I reveal some plans to Senior Brother Juan, he will help me persuade King Wei to use the national capital, because the more Wei's economy collapses, the bigger this battle will be, which is exactly what he wants." Senior brother is also a soldier, let's talk about it, if Wei moves troops at this time, will it have to suffer? ”
"The country is poor, to feed the war with war, just like the water to attack the enemy, can not win a big victory will be defeated, the master said, although the Wei State is strong, but in the land of the four wars, this great trouble also, although the senior brother Juan is a great soldier, but the most like to bully the weak, and never put the opponent in the eyes, if he provokes too many countries, I am afraid that the Wei State will suffer"
"Senior brother really knows Senior Brother Juan the best, and when Wei Guo suffers, Senior Brother will lose to me." Bai Dong laughed: "Accept and concede, the little brother has won another game." ”
"Now that the war has not started, it is still unknown, and your hand of 'going to the army and plotting' may not be able to succeed slowly, the war and strategy is contained in the "Art of War", and the teacher has only passed on to me, where did you hear about it?"
Sun Bin's eyes widened suddenly, and he looked at Bai Dong as if he had seen a ghost.
"Uh, yes, how do I know?" Bai Dong was stunned for a moment, he was too carried away, why did he say it? ”
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