Gou Jian is Gou Jian in the end, and when Wen Chong and Fan Li came, Gou Jian had already calmed down, and had already ordered the chamberlain and the palace maid to clean up the palace, and Gou Jian also freshened up, without looking carefully, I didn't know that Gou Jian was angry with someone before.

"Young birds, you're here! No need to be polite! Sit! Gou Jian said with a normal face.

"I've seen the Lord!" Although Gou Jian said first, so that Wen Chong and Fan Li didn't have to be polite, they still honestly bowed before kneeling down on the brocade.

"This year's autumn harvest in my Yue country only has 420,000 stone of grain!" Gou Jian frowned, and then said: "Although there is a lot of food, I want to raise an army of 4,000 in Yueguo!" This year, about fifteen stone of grain is needed. In addition, officials at all levels have to pay, accounting for about 20,000 stones. To reward the Chinese people for having more children and raising children other than the eldest son, it will cost about 150,000 stone every year! This is already 320,000 stone grains! In addition, spring ploughing and autumn harvest are required to hold celebrations and rewards during the New Year's holidays, which must reserve about 20,000 stone of grain. All that's left is 80,000 koku of food, but it's still used in case of natural disasters and wars! This will also lend 15,000 stone of grain to the Han barbarians! ”

Wen Chong also sighed worriedly, and said: "This is indeed a trouble, it is said that Wu Guo is preparing to send 5,000 troops this time, and he needs 90,000 stone of grain in a month!" This is not counting the extra food that my country needs to send troops! There is also the loss of long-distance people's transportation! ”

Fan Li frowned on the side, and said in a deep voice: "Lord, this is not counting Yang Zilu's soldiers and horses!" I don't know if Yang Zilu will pull out most of the domestic troops, it doesn't take too much, only more than 3,000 people! The pressure on Yue Guo is even greater!! ”

When Gou Jian heard this, he gritted his teeth even more against Yang Zilu, but now there is nothing he can do! At present, the only way to use the money from the state treasury is enough to buy grain from the people and enrich the warehouses. After the army of Wu is gone, it is not an exaggeration to describe Yue Guo as a mess! When the time comes, Yang Zilu will wake up with a smile even if she sleeps!

The more Gou Jian thought about it, the more aggrieved he became, and said angrily: "What kind of food does the Han barbarian lack!" This year, the Han barbarians also have a bumper harvest, and the average grain yield per mu in Jian'an County and Ouyi in the south has reached four stones, seven buckets and one mu, which is almost more than Zhongfeng! What else do you want us to lend him? The widow will not lend him food to Yang Zilu, and the widow will see how Yang Zilu is! ”

(Note: In the Spring and Autumn Period, three stones are normal harvests, increasing in turn, and each additional stone is the three harvest levels of small, medium and large.) "No! Although Fan Li knew that it was Gou Jian's angry words, he couldn't help but be a little frightened, and hurriedly comforted: "Lord, if the Lord dares to do this, I'm afraid it will not only offend Yang Zilu!" I even offended my husband! This time the grain was borrowed by the husband himself, if you don't receive the grain to the Han barbarians, the husband will vent his anger on my Yue Guo! ”

Gou Jian was full of anger and said angrily: "What can't you! As long as the widow exposes Yang Zilu's hypocrite's lies in front of his husband! Will Fucha still be angry with Yue Guo? ”

Fan Li, Wen Chong, and Ku Cheng couldn't help but smile wryly when they heard this, in fact, why didn't they understand Gou Jian's mood? Facing an enemy who restricts himself everywhere, and this enemy has no weaknesses to find, even if Gou Jian can endure it, it is difficult to endure this kind of torture.

That feeling is more painful than letting the opponent swing his fist to hit you, and if the opponent hits any part of your body with his fist, he will also receive some backlash force, and he will feel bitter if he hits too much. But now Yang Zilu is directly holding the knife of Wu Guo to bleed Yue Guo, and Han Guo does not have to pay any price at all.

But Fan Li knew that this matter was absolutely not to be rash, and Fan Li immediately persuaded Gou Jian: "Lord, this matter is not a question of whether Han Guo deceived or not deceived Wu Guo!" The question is whether the Yue State lends grain to the Han State or not! Even if the husband knew that Yang Zilu was lying, but I didn't lend grain to Han, I couldn't go there in Yueguo! I have to give my husband a scolding! It's just a lose-lose situation! ”

Speaking of this, Fan Li paused and said with a wry smile: "What's more, maybe Yang Zilu has already dug a pit, just wait for the lord to accuse him of deceiving King Wu in front of his husband." At that time, Yang Zilu had already arranged everything, so that King Wu thought that all this was because the lord refused to lend grain to the Han Kingdom, and there was still a mustard for the Han Kingdom! What does the Lord think the husband will think about this at that time? ”

Gou Jian clenched his hands into fists, looked directly at Fan Li, and his tone was full of suppressed anger, making people feel that a huge pressure was coming. "Can the widow only bear it silently?"

"Yes, Lord, there is not much you can do now except to bear it silently! Yang Zilu rose too fast! We don't know much about him, and his men are not as bribed as Bo Ya! Fan Li also looked directly at Gou Jian, and his voice was as calm as a pool of lake water that would never have ripples.

"Lord! Please calm down! Anger won't solve the problem! Now our people have begun to try to bribe the doctors of the Han Kingdom! So please be patient, Lord! Besides, in the three years of shame in the Wu Kingdom, the Lord was able to survive it! Why can't we get through it now? Wen Chong stood up and persuaded Gou Jian bitterly.

"Whew!" Gou Jian let out a long breath, was silent for a while, his face slowly calmed down, and asked in a deep voice: "Doctor Fan, you are right!" The widow is too impatient this time! The widow doesn't believe that my Yue Kingdom can give Yang Zilu the opportunity to find a calculation every year!! ”

"The Lord is wise!" When Fan Li and the others heard this, they all let out a long breath in their hearts, and said that they would also appease Gou Jian. In order to appease the soul of Gou Jian's inferiority, there is no need for flattery.

However, when the army of Wu State set out to fight, Gou Jian and the Yue Kingdom still inevitably felt deeply aggrieved. Not only in terms of food and grass, but also in terms of reception, although he knew that the other party was Wu Zixu's son, Gou Jian still met Wu Ming very politely. Gou Jian didn't want to have any problems with etiquette, so that Wu Zixu could catch the pigtails and make it difficult.

Who knew that when Wu Ming saw Gou Jian, it was as if a bamboo pole was tied behind his waist, and he was stunned that he would not salute Gou Jian, but just sat on the side by himself, so angry that Gou Jian wanted to click Wu Ming with a sword.

But in the end, Gou Jian still had to endure it, and the next banquet didn't need to be said, it would be most appropriate to describe it in such a sentence. Gou Jian couldn't use his hot face to stick to Wu Ming's cold ass. It is said that after the banquet, a small earth dragon turned over (earthquake) occurred in the palace where Gou Jian lived that night, shattering everything that could be smashed in the palace.

Fortunately, Gou Jian has always advocated simplicity after returning to China, so the broken things are not valuable things. Otherwise, Gou Jian may be even more depressed in his heart afterwards, and he will have to pay a lot of money to rearrange his palace.

Although Wu Ming is not very good at Gou Jian, he is not soft and hesitant at all when it is time to start. On the grounds that the military rations were insufficient, he personally led the troops to the warehouse of the Yue Kingdom, and took 30,000 stone of grain with half a gun and half a gun. After Gou Jian knew about it, he could only swallow this evil breath aggrievedly.

Fortunately, Fucha regretted his younger brother and did not let Yue send too many soldiers and horses, but only asked Yue to send fifty military vehicles to help in the battle, which was more symbolic than practical. It can be regarded as a little relief to Gou Jian's fragile heart, but it is enough for Gou Jian's flesh to hurt, and it is both food and soldiers, which is not a small devastation for the Yue country, which is still quite fragile.

When he arrived in Juwucheng in the Han Kingdom, Wu Ming's attitude immediately changed. If anyone sees Wu Ming's treatment of Gou Jian, and then looks at the treatment of Yang Zilu, I am afraid they will wonder if Wu Ming has dropped the bag?

Facing Yang Zilu to greet him personally, Wu Ming not only gave Yang Zilu a cold butt. Instead, he politely got out of the military vehicle and saluted Yang Zilu with a fist, compared with Gou Jian, that attitude is simply a heaven and an earth. After Gou Jian found out, although he had expected this to be the case, he still couldn't help but be angry, so angry that his nose was almost crooked.

Yang Zilu and Wu Ming had a friendly exchange, and Yang Zilu privately gave Wu Ming a night pearl and a sword that Yang Zilu estimated to have the hardness of mild steel. Compared with Wu Zixu, a stinky and hard old man, his son Wu Ming was much easier to deal with, and after receiving the gift, when he saw Yang Zilu the next day, he hinted that the specifications of the Han State to send troops could be in accordance with the Yue Kingdom.

In fact, Wu Ming has taken great care of Yang Zilu in doing this, and has always sent troops to help in the war, if it is not a big bargain, everyone wants to send a little less soldiers and horses, just perfunctory. It's like Gou Jian, when he asked the fifty military vehicles to be handed over to Wu Ming, it looked like he was giving away his daughter to marry, needless to say, he was reluctant. In fact, in the final analysis, he was still afraid that Wu Ming would give him the fifty military vehicles to be pitted.

Although after more than a year of development, the current Yue State is no longer the shabby vassal state of only a hundred military vehicles like it was when it fought against Yang Zilu. However, the number of military vehicles in Vietnam was still small, only 200 times. It was only less than one-third of the troops of the Yue State in its heyday. These fifty military vehicles are already a quarter of the strength of the Yue country!

However, Yang Zilu is different, he sent more troops, and it was Gou Jian who pitted. Yang Zilu was naturally reluctant to agree, but Hao Yi, who rejected Wu Ming like this, was naturally not good. So Yang Zilu patted Wu Ming's chest very skillfully and said, there are fewer troops, brother, it is difficult for you to do it! How can a brother be like this? I'm going to send troops this time! And to pull out most of the soldiers of the Han Kingdom!

Wu Ming was naturally embarrassed when he heard this, how embarrassed he was to accept the gift, he didn't say anything at all. And although he will be under a little pressure in Wu Guoguo by doing this, it will not be too much, don't forget who the old man on his head is - Wu Zixu!

Although the husband was unhappy with the old man Wu Zixu, in Wu State, Wu Zixu's prestige was still very high, and even Bo Yao was unwilling to turn his face with Wu Zixu for this trivial matter. So Yang Zilu thought about Wu Ming so much, and Wu Ming was also a little moved, so he patted his chest again and again and said that you can rest assured about this matter! Absolutely no problem!

Yang Zilu was naturally unwilling, and said that it was good to say bad, which persuaded Wu Ming. This time, the Han Kingdom sent a lot of troops, a full 3,000 people, but Yang Zilu was not as honest as the people of this era in terms of numbers. Besides, Yang Zilu is preparing to pit Yue Guo, how can he make the number of people smaller? Yang Zilu is also bold, and when he reported to Wu Ming, he exaggerated the strength of 3,000 people to 5,000! When Yang Zilu's doctors heard this, they all broke out in a cold sweat. Lord! You're too ruthless!

Yang Zilu is Yang Zilu in the end, he knows that this real force can't be deceived for a long time, rather than letting Wu Ming find out and feel uncomfortable in his heart, it's better for me to say it myself! So Yang Zilu went to see Wu Ming privately on the night of the day he reported the number of soldiers and horses, and told Wu Ming that the Han Kingdom was too poor, and this year it suffered another disaster, and the harvest was poor. If the soldier dies, he doesn't know where the pension comes from! Now there is only a deficit of some food. In fact, the strength of the Han Kingdom this time is only 3,000 people! I hope Brother Wu can take good care of it!

While speaking, Yang Zilu personally gave Wu Ming a piece of chain mail, although the chain mail was made of wrought iron, the price was not cheap at all. It takes three craftsmen and more than ten apprentices to make a set in about 20 days. Even if the Ordnance Supervisor made all his efforts to make chain mail, the annual output would only be about 70 sets at most. And because it was given to Wu Ming, it was also retouched, and it looked like a golden light flowing, quite mighty.

Although Wu Ming didn't know the true value of this set of chain mail, after Yang Zilu tested Sun Zhijing's defensive power a little, Wu Ming knew that this armor must be expensive. Although it is said that the general loves beauties, swords, and horses. But the armor is also very fond of, especially now that the war is imminent, although he is said to be the main general, and the safety is definitely the best in the whole army. But there are really safe places there on the battlefield! One more piece of armor is equivalent to half a small life.

And because it was the first time he saw it, Wu Ming thought it was a priceless treasure that was rare in the world. Wu Ming's favor for Yang Zilu naturally soared, and Wu Ming's relationship with Yang Zilu is so good that he can't wait to kill the head of the chicken and burn the yellow paper, and worship as a brother. Regarding Yang Zilu's false report, Wu Ming not only opened and closed his eyes, but also helped cover it up.

This time, the commander of the 50 military vehicles of the Yue Kingdom was still Yang Zilu's old acquaintance, that is, the Yue Guo doctor who had been captured by Yang Zilu last year, and the deputy general was also an old acquaintance.

Yu Yong can be one of the five doctors of Yue Guo, and naturally he has a certain level. After rounding the Han army, before he arrived at the city of Gumei in Yue, Tongue Yong discovered Yang Zilu's false report. However, Yu Yong is a general and more like a doctor, he stupidly went to Wu Ming, saying that the Han army had made a false report, and hoped that the general would send someone to investigate.

What is the relationship between Wu Ming and Yang Zilu? Immediately, his eyes widened, and he scolded, "What are you?" Do you need to point fingers at this? Didn't General Ben know that the Han army did not have 5,000 men? General Ben heard that the Han Kingdom and the Yue Kingdom were not in harmony before, and thought to himself, this time the king asked the Yue Kingdom to lend 15,000 stone of grain to the Han Kingdom, and the relationship between the two countries would definitely become good under the coordination of the king! You guy actually jumped out to sow discord at this time! What do you mean by that? Or does it mean Goujian? ”

Tongue Yong's heart is called a grievance! However, he could also hear the partiality in Wu Ming's tone, the difference between five thousand and three thousand people was so big, maybe he didn't notice it for a while because of the number of people at first, but how could Wu Ming not notice it at all! Yu Yong also had to confess to Wu Ming: "The general taught a lesson! The last general is too villainous! Absolutely nothing to do with the Lord! I hope the general doesn't get out of the way! This is the last general's fault! Jealous man! ”

Wu Ming was not cheeky enough in the end, and he knew that he was really a little guilty this time, so he didn't take the opportunity to blame Yong, but just said it without being salty. "That's it! That's it, there's nothing else to do in the future! In fact, the man is also a good person! ”

What else can I do? can only be full of grievances, but he has to show a reluctant smile on his face and say: "Yes!" Be! It's not easy for the last general to disturb the general! The end is gone! ”

However, compared with the tongue, the current Gou Jian is more aggrieved. The army of Wu plus the army of Han made a total of 10,000 people, while Gou Jian's 50 military vehicles plus infantry made a total of 1,400 people (one military vehicle with 25 infantry, and three chariots on the other military vehicle. There were more than 11,400 people in total. Five hundred and seventy stone of grain is consumed in one day! Coupled with the loss and food along the way of transporting the people, it is about 623 stone of grain.

Don't look at it much, but it's almost 19,000 stone in a month! And as the army went deeper and deeper, the food loss along the way became even more severe. The start of the war and the return of the army of Wu State, the doctor of Yue Guo calculated it for Gou Jian. The battle is estimated to take about three months, perhaps even longer. For three months, about 60,000 koku of food is needed.

Gou Jian's heart is dripping blood! Coupled with the 15,000 stone grain straw lent to the Han State, there are now only 5,000 stone rich people left in the Yueguo Warehouse, although Gou Jian has used the money in the treasury to buy grain from the people, but I am afraid that he will not be able to buy much. If Vietnam encounters a famine this year, Gou Jian is afraid that he will either be in arrears of military salaries, or he will have to reduce the welfare of the people of Vietnam before he can have food disaster relief.

Putting aside the aggrieved Gou Jian, after about five days of marching, the Triple Alliance came to the border of the Gu Confidant State. However, what made Wu Ming strange was that there were no defenders at the border pass of the country, and even the residents in the original pass were only a few old people who couldn't walk.

Wu Ming sent someone to inquire, and the soldiers came back to report that according to the old man, three days ago, the defenders and the residents of the pass had been ordered to retreat, but as for the old men who had retreated there, they did not know.

However, in Wu Ming's opinion, this is normal, after all, it is just a few ordinary people, and how much useful news can be known. Wu Ming also knew that it was impossible to get too much news from these old men, otherwise even if he got it, Wu Ming would have doubted, could this be a trick of contempt?

(To be continued)