"The state of Chu is a state, and the king of Chu is the hope of the princes, how can he destroy the contract so lightly?" After Zheng Du entertained Deng Zhi at the banquet, he "questioned" him.

The question was naturally about the fact that the army of the State of Chu did not evacuate at the agreed time.

It's just that...... This has already been feasted first, and this "questioning" seems to be very weak.

What deters Deng Zhi even more is actually kneeling - sitting on a chair in Chu State for several years, whether it is a formal occasion or in private, he basically can't see kneeling and sitting anymore, he has long been used to it, and suddenly he kneels and sits up again, and his legs are really numb!

After Deng Zhi moved his posture vaguely, he said calmly: "It's not that I broke the contract with Great Chu, but that we have sufficient evidence to prove that it was Shu that hired Haikou to plunder slaves, and during this period, it repeatedly violated the overseas territory of Chu State, and even attacked our Great Chu Navy. ”

Deng Zhi didn't even blink his eyes when he spoke, just like the people of Chu swore that Liu Zhang would first calm Hanzhong and then destroy Jing Chu.

"Never! How could my lord, who is also a righteous man, act in such a way? What's more, the Haikou are all Wei people, separated from the mountains and rivers of Yizhou, how can they trade slaves? This matter is obviously the so-called of the Wei State! Zheng Du completely refused to admit it, and pointed to the Wei state.

And Liu Zhang, who was on the side, had already been instructed to hand it over to Zheng Du to deal with it first, and he didn't open his mouth at this time, just pretended to be unfathomable and sat in the first place, occasionally looking at Zhang Song on the other side.

"Oh? So the Marquis of Shu finally decided to abolish the system of slavery and selling his body? Deng Zhi said in surprise.

Zheng Du was stunned when he heard this, and said secretly: You are too good at climbing the pole, I just said that my lord has no reason to instruct others to "catch slaves", how can he turn around and become a person who wants to abolish slavery and sell himself?

There are so many scholars in Xichuan, which family does not have countless deeds of sale?

Although......

It cannot be regarded as a "slave", and even most peasant households may not see the fangs of the master's family contract for the rest of their lives, but the slavery system, or the habit of feeding and hiding households, is deeply embedded in the blood of the nobles.

In essence, this is not only for exploitation, but also for the sake of competing with the "imperial court".

After all, there is one more family in the scholar's family, and there is one less household in the household registration of the city concubine, and then they only need to serve the scholar first, and do not need to pay taxes to the court, and even over time, they only know that there is a master's family, but they don't know that there is a court.

When the state of Chu wanted to abolish the lifetime deed, how many ups and downs did it go through and how much preparation did it make?

It is better to take it step by step, coupled with a large enough profit plate, to "wash" this bad habit out.

The biggest difference between the ten-year deed of the Chu State and the previous hidden household is that for individuals, it reduces slavery, but for the imperial court, it really puts every Chu citizen into the household registration.

It's not that after being hired, for the imperial court, it is equivalent to not having this person......

But now that he suddenly brought it up here in Shuhou, is he afraid that Shuhou will not die fast enough?

The state of Chu only took advantage of the trend to "rush" with interests, rather than the thorough development of the productive forces to this point, and the system of the state of Chu has always been slightly ahead of the productive forces.

For example, now the Wei State wants to learn from the Chu State everywhere in terms of technology, but it is still rampant to sell his body, not only enslaving foreign races, but also most of the craftsmen in the workshop are the "hidden households" of the scholar clan - the workshop system and technology of the Chu State are promoted by the imperial court, so they naturally took the opportunity to replace the benefits of the hidden households, and completely sealed them with the "Law of Chu", and the workshops and technologies of the Wei State were learned from the Chu State, and they would not take out the "hidden households" in vain.

As for the Shu Kingdom......

Cao Cao, the king of Wei, has the skill to suppress the scholars, and if Liu Zhang, the marquis of Shu, dares to do this, Yizhou will have civil strife every minute.

What the? When the state of Chu comes, there can be no more hidden households?

That is also to follow the King of Chu, which is more promising than following Liu Zhang!

If Bai Tu really let go and is willing to give the Yizhou Shi clan, no less privilege than now, I am afraid that he can't wait to invite the Chu army in, not a family or two......

Zheng Du just moved his mouth, and before he could speak, Deng Zhi continued: "If the Marquis of Shu really has such righteousness, the King of Chu and all his colleagues in the Chu State will be happy, and in the future, the Shu State will be the brother country of the Great Chu, and even if it is a warship, it will be willing to trade...... Even a gift! "Deng Zhi looks like I'm very open.

Theoretically, these feudal marquis who gave Jiuxi can also be regarded as having their own marquis, such as Yan State.

It's just that other Fuhan princes will not shine on their own "Hou State", but it is not a problem to say that Shu State.

And Zheng Du listened to Deng Zhi's words, but his face was already crooked-what do we want the battleship to do? Open in a mountain stream?

"Ahem, Lord Deng misunderstood, the servant family exists in Xichuan, and it has its own reason......"

"So the Marquis of Shu really wants to have more slaves?" When Deng Zhi heard this, he immediately made a suspicious look.

Zheng Du also saw that Deng Zhi was completely messing around, so he no longer passively begged for mercy, but said with a straight eye: "My Shuhou Mansion has not done this kind of thing, if the Chu State really wants to use this to add the crime and attack the Han clan, then my Shu Hou Mansion will never sit still, with the danger of my Xichuan terrain and the evil of the mountains and rivers, if I make up my mind, the migrants will enter the city, the strong wall will clear the wilderness, and the Chu State is ready to use a few years and how much grain and grass to attack Yizhou?"

Now that Wei and your country have repeatedly broken out on the sea, the Marquis of Qi and the Marquis of Zheng are also waiting for battle, if Yizhou can drag down the 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Chu State, it can be regarded as a well-deserved death! Zheng Du looked very excited.

Zheng Du dared to break the jar, also because Zhang Song and Liu Zhang were present at this time......

If Deng Zhi really doesn't eat this, Zhang Song will give Liu Zhang a look, and then Liu Zhang only needs to scold Zheng Du and let him quit first, and then he can change the topic.

As for the reason for the reprimand?

It is enough to say that he does not want the people to suffer, and it also reflects the benevolence and righteousness of the Marquis of Shu, and it will be more beneficial to the reputation of the Marquis of Shu in the future.

Of course, the real reason is that the Marquis of Shu is not so binding on Yizhou at all, after all...... It's the warlords who haven't been completely transformed successfully!

really in the whole Xichuan, the integration of the military and the people, everything is aimed at dragging down the Chu State, and even at the expense of the people and scholars of Yizhou as the "price...... I'm afraid that someone will abandon Shu and join Chu on the spot.

Even if a part of it is temporarily controlled, there will be "different minds" after that.

If Liu Zhang surrenders to the Chu State, he will at least have a lifetime of leisure, but if he dies in civil strife, then he can only be martyred in the Shuhou Mansion......

In the history without the White Rabbit effect, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang converged, and when it came to the final stage of the attack on Xichuan, Zheng Du suggested that Liu Zhang should move the people to places that were easy to defend and difficult to attack, and burn all the granaries that could not be controlled outside, and drag them until Liu Bei could not hold them and retreated naturally......

Hearing this trick at that time, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were also in a cold sweat.

After all, whether Liu Zhang can do it or not, not to mention, once he wants to gamble, it is true that the Jingzhou army may not be able to hold it first!

However, Liu Zhang didn't dare to bet at all, but surrendered directly.

Deng Zhi also saw Zheng Du's fierce inwardness, and did not make a look of surprise or jealousy like the young man who was easy to fool in Zheng Du's imagination, but said indifferently to the Marquis of Shu: "The benevolent and righteous princes of the Marquis of Shu, how can they act like this? If there is really such an unrighteous act, how can I spare food and grass ...... my great Chu Heavenly Soldiers?"

Zheng Du punched in the air, while Liu Zhang looked at Zhang Song frequently, as if he wanted to know whether he wanted to open his mouth.

However, at this time, Zhang Song took the first step and said: "The current enemy of the Chu State is in the north but not in the west, what is the intention of the King of Chu to send troops to Xichuan again?" Can Mr. Tang show me? ”

Zhang Song also saw that the state of Chu was still not ready to destroy Shu, otherwise...... But if Liu Zhang is stronger, the state of Chu will fall here at least thirty percent of the troops, and then the state of Chu will become the hope of the princes of the world - the kind with bad intentions.

It's just that Zhang Song couldn't guess what the State of Chu was going to do in the absence of important information......

After all......

The state of Chu just wanted to delay for another two or three years, and when the time was ripe, it would "finish the battle" at sea, and in one fell swoop, the state of Wei would languish and at the same time shock the north, and now it ...... It's just to make people look less suspicious and take out their anger at Shu - how could Zhang Song guess this kind of thing?

From the perspective of Zhang Song and the people of the world, the balance on the Bohai Sea, which was originally completely on the side of Chu State, is gradually tilting towards Wei State, right?

Even the situation in the whole world is now gradually tilting towards the Wei State, right?

Zhang Song suspected that several "masters" in the Han family should be trying to induce Chu to fight directly with Wei......

After all, now "everyone can see" that the reason why Chu is a little declining is more because it is separated from Wei by the Han princes, and the places that directly conflict with Wei are all in the sea closer to Wei.

The aggressiveness shown by the Wei State even made the Han family not want to passively hinder it anymore......

Because of their ignorance of the Chu State, especially their ignorance of the layout of the Chu State in Yizhou and Bozhou, they still have too much underestimation of the national strength of the Chu State.

It is not even an exaggeration to say that even if the Chu State did not have artillery real qi ships and the two sides really used the same warships, it was impossible for them to lose to the Wei State......

After all, the sinking of a main ship by the Wei Navy can be regarded as a nerve-wracking, and the sinking of a main ship by the family basically means that it has to withdraw from the competition of maritime interests, and the sinking of a main ship by the Chu State...... The casualties of the soldiers are tragic, but from the perspective of warships alone, this can be regarded as a boost to domestic demand!

If there is really a full-scale war, the state of Chu can launch new warships all the time without destroying any domestic workshop ecology - the kind that is faster than the one that is sunk in battle.

Even if the fleet is exchanged for two, a year later, it will be the Wei State that will first squeeze a lot of the domestic people's homes and destroy people, and the Chu State will ...... We are also happily completing new orders.

This is also a potential benefit of industrialization - war will not leave its "comfort zone" until it reaches a certain scale, unlike agricultural civilizations, which basically leave their comfort zone as long as they use the knife......

Unless the Wei State can attack the Chu State in one go, how can it be the Chu State with the highest production efficiency and an additional "whole world" to raise it?

It is even difficult to force the state of Chu out of the comfort zone where "war losses are still within the range of stimulating domestic demand" and enter the stage where war damages national strength......

Unless, as Zhang Song thought, Chu State is really dragged in Yizhou by 30% of its national strength, and then the princes of all parties will definitely see the opportunity and make Chu State fall into a bitter state of overdrawing national strength! 1