Chapter 164: The Turmoil Has Not Settled in Xianyang City (3)

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And now the underwater fairy is out,

The fragrant breeze permeates the Jingshi.

This underwater fairy is not something else, it is the thing given by Mi Heng today, ambergris, this ambergris does not look good, but its unique fragrance is timeless.

Because of its unique aroma and rare quantity, it has always been a luxury commodity for the royal family and high society.

"Ambergris!" Seeing the Queen Mother speak, Mi Heng stepped forward and replied.

"Strange! It's not the same color as you see it. As he spoke, he picked up his sachet and opened it to inspect it.

Seeing that among the sachets there were musk, jasmine, and several spices that could not be named, and the woman carefully fiddled with them for a while, and took out a small, stone-like thing from it, and held it up and said:

"Virtuous nephew, how is the ambergris of the mourning family slightly different from yours?"

Mi Heng fixed his eyes, and sure enough, the ambergris he sent was gray-white, but the queen mother's hand was dark black, and he saw Mi Heng laugh and said:

"The Queen Mother doesn't know! This ambergris newcomer is white, purple for a long time, and black for a long time. Presumably this piece in your hand is quite a few years old, right? ”

"This thing was given by the Queen Mother when she was out of the cabinet! It must have been a short year! I see, there are really people outside the sky, the mourning family is the first time to hear such a statement, and it is also the first time to see such a large piece of ambergris, I don't know where the virtuous nephew got it? The Queen Mother asked.

"If you go back to the Queen Mother, this is my Great Chu business trip, who traveled across the ocean and the sea, and brought it back from Dashi in the far reaches of the Western Regions." Mi Heng replied.

"Big food?" The woman looked at Mi Heng with a little puzzlement, hoping that Mi Heng could tell the story in detail. Seeing this, Mi Heng naturally understood what the woman meant, and immediately said:

"This big food has many dragons in the West Sea, and there is an island in the West Sea, which is called Ambergris Island, which is a beautiful sea surface, and the waves hit the clouds. Every spring, the dragons gather on it, and the drama leaves saliva foam, accumulating and being strong. The merman explores it as a treasure. The new one is white, purple for a long time, and black for a long time.

Fanren took a canoe to this island and took it back. In case of turmoil, everyone goes to the sea, attaches the boat with one hand, and reaches the shore with the other hand.

Its ambergris is like fat gum at the beginning, black and yellow, quite fishy, and it will be a big mud for a long time. Or cut out of the belly of the big fish, if the big round beads are bucketed, the fish is also few, and it is burned between them, and its hair is fragrant and lovely.

The goods are in the city of Sumen, the price is not light, the official scale is one tael, with twelve pieces of money from other countries, one pound of money is one hundred and ninety-two, and the quasi-Chinese copper money is 490 Wen, which is especially expensive. ”

Hearing such a description, the woman also felt eye-opening, and she didn't feel that she recalled that when she was not out of the cabinet, she also accompanied the fleet to the south, so happy, and now that the time has passed, she can no longer find the feeling of the past.

I can't help but feel a little sad:

"This outside world is smart, compared to the life in this palace, it is really colorful."

Seeing that the Queen Mother was so sad, Mi Heng thought, 'It's no wonder, at such an age, she is widowed, and her son is not around, and there is no one to talk to, so it's no wonder that she looks forward to the outside world'

Mi Heng took a few steps forward, took out a small piece of ambergris from the box, turned his head and glanced at the dwarf warrior, the dwarf warrior understood, took out the fire fold from his arms, blew it, and handed it to Mi Heng.

Mi Heng picked up the incense burner on the table, lit the ambergris, and put it in the incense burner. But seeing that the emerald smoke was floating in the air, knotting and not dispersing, Mi Heng guided the smoke with his hand, and instantly in front of the woman, depicting a magnificent picture of thousands of miles of waves.

It is not inferior to the mirage of the dreamy scene, and the most annoying thing is the faint fragrance, which makes people intoxicated, as if they are in the vast blue waves, and they are intoxicated in the land of flowers and dense forests.

The woman who watched it was very intoxicated, as if she was in the vast land of smoke and waves, hanging straight to the sea of clouds and sails, and couldn't help but step forward and stroke emotionally:

"The virtuous nephew really has a heart!"

"It's good if the Queen Mother likes it!" As Mi Heng spoke, he glanced at the dwarf warrior, and a subtle smile appeared on his face.

The time of a pillar of incense has passed in a blink of an eye! In the time of this pillar of incense, the scene in front of her changed greatly, the woman stirred the smoke with her hands, depicted the mountains, depicted the big river, and in a moment a picture of the territory of the southern Chu, ready to come out.

Mi Heng was speechless in surprise, and when he looked at the dwarf warrior again, he lost his pride in talent, and was replaced by an indescribable amazement.

"The Queen Mother has been to the country for many years, and she still remembers my Great Chu Territory, which is really admirable!"

"It's great, but there's little peace in the east!" Saying that, on the east side of the Chu State, a country is re-outlined, and this country is not another country, it is the Yue country.

"When the Wu army entered Ying, it almost pushed the Great Chu into a catastrophe, and now this Yue country is also a tiger and wolf army, and the greed is insufficient, the front foot destroyed the Wu country, and the back foot is thinking about the Chu country." The woman's seemingly casual statement is actually very mysterious.

At the beginning, the war between Chu and Qin was in full swing, and the reason why they retreated to the south was largely because the king of Yue Wujiang slammed his blow in the back, and King Huai of Chu personally led his troops eastward and missed the best opportunity to exterminate Qin.

Listening to the Queen Mother's words today, Mi Heng is very clear in his heart that he has been here since before, and he wants to make a deal with the Queen Mother, a transaction that is enough to change today.

"If you go back to the Queen Mother, if this Yue Kingdom is gone, wouldn't our Great Chu Kingdom be half of the world, no less than Zhou Tianzi of the current dynasty." Mi Heng said.

"How easy is that?" The woman didn't seem willing to start trading, but hoped to get more hole cards.

"Why is it so difficult? As long as the Queen Mother's hand touches it lightly, it will all be connected! As he spoke, Mi Heng raised his hand and guided the woman's hand, preparing to erase it on the border between Chu and Yue.

"Hey! Don't be so anxious. I'm afraid it's not that simple, right? The woman withdrew her hand, not wanting to erase the horizontal line from her eyes.

When Mi Heng heard it, this was raising the price, but it didn't matter, he came in person this time, and he was holding the chance to win, otherwise, how could the prince of a country easily take risks.

"The Queen Mother means! Is Yan Guo right? Mi Heng said straight to the point, and the implication couldn't be more obvious, isn't it your son Yingji.

I saw that the woman smiled slightly and didn't say anything.

"After the matter is completed, the Great Chu Congress will unite all the countries in the world and support Gongzi Yingji to return to power, as for the rest of the things, it will be up to the Queen Mother to plan herself!" Mi Heng said bluntly.

is so direct, but the queen mother is at a loss, and her wishful thinking is nothing more than that, I didn't want to be seen so thoroughly by the young man in front of me, and after thinking about it for many years, this is another difficult opponent.

Between countries, there are no eternal friends, only eternal and unchanging interests, and the Queen Mother knows very well that if it were not for the determination of King Qin Wu to forge ahead and expand the territory, the State of Chu would not be able to make a deal with itself.

After the Qin State occupied Bashu, the Chu State's sphere of influence was forced to retreat to the Han River Valley, so that the natural danger of the Yangtze River was not the exclusive possession of the Chu State.

In later generations, there was a poem that once said, "The white emperor of the dynasty is among the clouds, and the thousands of miles of Jiangling will be returned in one day".

In order to guard against the sudden attack of the Qin army, the state of Chu had to strengthen the deployment of troops along the river, and as a result, it cost an unknown amount of food, and the Qin army was like a sharp sword tied to a rope, hanging on its head all day long, and no one knew when the sword would fall.

Worry all day.

"I don't know what your father says?" The Queen Mother is not at ease with the young people in front of her, as the saying goes, 'This mouth is hairless, and the work is not firm' still has to listen to how the real family members are arranged.

"Father asked his nephew to bring this!" As he spoke, he took out the object of the phoenix above the tiger from his arms, handed it to the Queen Mother with both hands, and said:

"My father said that as long as the Queen Mother sees this object, everything will naturally be understood!"

The woman took the thing in Mi Heng's hand with a surprised face, but after experiencing the officialdom, this improvisation is naturally mastery, and the smile on her face is just what she says, and she said with a smile on her face:

"This object is still a gift from the former king, and the mourning family sent it to the hands of your father, just hoping that the two countries will be friendly and never violate each other, but I didn't expect it to return to the hands of the mourning family today, no wonder it was my Daqin who was rude first.

When I see this thing today, I know the heart of your father, and if there is anything you need in this case, just open your mouth! ”

Mi Heng was proud in his heart, and finally won the Queen Mother, so that his actions in the Qin State had a few more chances of winning.

"Even so, you have to be extremely cautious!" The Queen Mother emphasized on one side:

"The queen of King Qin Wu, Mrs. Wei is not a simple character, the reason why this Yingdang does not take back the 'Flying Feather Guard' is mostly because Mrs. Wei has enough news channels in her hands, you have to be extremely careful!"

"Is it really that powerful?" In fact, in his heart, Mi Heng also knows the power of Wei State's powerful ministers, and also knows the complex relationship behind it, but he also wants to see how the Queen Mother describes Mrs. Wei Guo, and whether there is any news that he doesn't know.

"Although Zhang Yi is the leader of the power of the Wei State, he does not reject the Chu State in his heart, and when Zhang Yi is there, the Wei State is very restrained and can get along with the officials of the Chu State.

But since Zhang Yi was scolded by King Wu of Qin at the instigation of Win Dang, he went to Wei to contact King Wei and jointly crusade against Korea, but from the point of view of the mourning family, this Zhang Yi is gone forever. The Queen Mother said.

"Then who is the leader of the power of the Wei State now?" Mi Heng still had some important news, and then asked.

"I heard from my subordinates, there is a person named Feng Xi, who is Zhang Yi's henchman, and he is active everywhere in this Xianyang City, but in the eyes of the mourning family, since this Zhang Yi left, most of the powerful ministers of Wei are moving closer to Mrs. Wei, presumably this Zhang Yi is also powerless, let alone Feng Xi.

It seems that if these people are gathered in the hands of Mrs. Wei Guo, things will be difficult! The Queen Mother said helplessly.

"Haha.. The grasshopper shakes the tree, which is ridiculous. The Queen Mother can rest assured that this little thing will not stop the son from returning to the country to govern! Mi Heng said very confidently.

"Good! There are virtuous nephews! Oh! No, no, no, look at the mouth of the mourning family, with the full support of the king of Chu and the crown prince, everything is not worried, everything is not worried, someone is here to drink! As he spoke, he stood up and gently wiped his hand on the border between Yue and Chu, and a complete southern border was vividly displayed.

A personal maid, bring the wine and put it aside!

At a glance, Mi Heng also understood that once the State of Chu helped Gongzi Yingji return to govern, the State of Yue, as an ally of the State of Qin, would be betrayed by the State of Qin, and let the State of Chu kill and annex it.

"And here!" The Queen Mother said that in the west of the Chu State, in the direction of the bottom of the Han River Valley, the border of the Chu State was extended to the west to the west of Wuguan, so that the Yangtze River was returned to the hands of the Chu State.

Mi Heng looked at it, and there was a burst of ecstasy in his heart, in this way, he would take back the hundreds of miles of land occupied by the Qin State, so how could it not make people happy, but after thinking about it, since it was a transaction, both sides had to be profitable.

What did she want Chu to make in this way? Mi Heng thought in his heart.

The woman has experienced too many court accidents, and she is very familiar with the trade-offs of human nature, and when she sees Mi Heng like this, she also understands in her heart, "It seems that this kid is also a calculating person." Then he smiled and said:

"It's not important, it's just that the business travel of the Chu State can resume business and trade with the Qin State."

Mi Heng just woke up like a dream, it turned out to be like this! The commerce of Chu is prosperous, and the big merchants of Chu are famous all over the world, but it is a pity that between Qin and Chu, there have been wars for many years, resulting in Chu merchants not wanting to enter Qin to do business.

Another point is that the Qin State is located in the northwest, the land is barren, and there are no scarce resources, so there are no valuable objects. Mostly horses, leather goods, etc.

But these materials are not unique to Qin, and they can always be obtained from the hands of the Rongdi people when they go north to Wei, Zhao, and Yan.

Despite this, the material of this glue paint of the Chu State is a must for the Qin State! In his Art of War, Sun Tzu once said:

"Where the method of military use, galloping thousands of cars, leather cars thousands of times, with 100,000 armor, thousands of miles of food, then the internal and external expenses, the use of guests, the material of glue paint, the dedication of car armor, the daily cost of thousands of gold, and then 100,000 divisions."

Glue painters, things that modify instruments. Essential materials for the manufacture and maintenance of bows and arrows and other combat equipment.

In other words, without the glue paint of the Chu State, the bows and arrows of the Qin State could not be produced normally, and the armor could not be used normally. Armor is a trivial matter, because the soldiers of the Qin State do not pay attention to defense, but the bow and arrow have to be mentioned.

The powerful Qin crossbow, if there is no feather arrow, what is the value! Over the years, trade between Qin and Chu has been blocked, and Qin has to buy at a high price through the eastern countries, so the cost of the entire military has become very huge.

With such important resources, the state of Chu naturally refused to let go of the trade sanctions against the state of Qin easily, once the Qin army had enough supplies. Foreign wars are bound to become unscrupulous.

In this way, the pressure on the Chu State is not small, once the Qin State forces are full-fledged, it will be very difficult to contain them, so this Qi Heng does not want to agree, but keeps thinking in his heart:

"How do I refuse her?" (To be continued.) )