Zhuge calmly stroked the fox fur and said, "I just happened to go to the King of Shu to discuss a business." Let's go to the King of Shu first, if he withdraws the restriction on Biliang Ningxiang, you can go to the spice workshop on the shore of Biliang Lake, and sign the contract at that time, it will be easy. ”

Shu'er asked, "Young Master Zhuge has ever seen the King of Shu?" He's a good talker? ”

Zhuge said calmly: "The King of Shu is familiar with my father-in-law, and I saw him a few times when I was a child. There are two idiots in Shu, the king of Shu is a sword idiot, and the king of medicine is a poison idiot, the two elders are very interesting people, Boss Yan doesn't have to worry, I promise, if you come with me to meet the king of Shu, he will definitely agree to your business request. ”

Shu'er was puzzled: "Although Young Master Zhuge knows the King of Shu, how can he be so confident in guaranteeing what I want?" ”

Zhuge said calmly: "The sword addict of the King of Shu is obsessed with collecting the world's swords and martial arts cheats. There used to be a swordsmith named Meng Lin in the country. Of the twenty swords he forged in his lifetime, fifteen were included in the private collection of the King of Shu. If he sees this Meng Lin sword in your hand, he will definitely call you a brother and sister, and he will definitely agree to the matter of spices. ”

Shu'er thought for a while and said, "If the King of Shu wants to use my sword in exchange for my right to sell Biliang incense in Chen State, it is not impossible. Truth be told, my sword was bought on the black market for twenty taels of gold. Get the right to sell the cool incense, and the profit in the future will be more than twenty taels of gold. ”

Zhuge calmly stopped: "Boss Yan must not measure this Meng Lin sword by money. Although you were lucky enough to buy it for twenty taels of gold, you didn't know that it was a priceless treasure for a sword idiot like the King of Shu. If you use this sword for your advantage, he will look down on you. He is the king of a kingdom, how can he ask you for the things you love? All you have to do is show him your sword and let him know that you value it as much as he does, and that you are like-minded and can conspire with him. ”

Shu'er smiled: "It turns out that sword idiots can be obsessed to such an extent. He looked up and down the young master of the Zhuge family again, and saw that he was riding a short donkey, holding an injured fox in his arms, with a small burden and an extremely ordinary long sword hanging on the donkey, and there seemed to be nothing of value on his body, so he couldn't help asking: "It seems that when you talk about business with the King of Shu, as long as you do what you like, it will be a matter of course." Forgive me for taking the liberty of not knowing that Young Master Zhuge wants to talk about business with the King of Shu, what are you going to do with him? ”

Zhuge calmly bent the corners of his eyes, and said mysteriously: "You have a sword, and I have a cheat." ”

"What cheats?"

"It's a new book that my father-in-law and I have spent ten years collecting and compiling, called 'The Great Book of Martial Arts of the Hundred Schools of Kyushu Nations'."

"It sounds very encompassing, can it be on the 'classic list' mentioned by King Zhao?"

"This book has not yet been published, and my father-in-law asked me to come to the King of Shu for an inscription first, and then promote it to the world through the mouth of the King of Shu."

Shu'er came to be interested: "Since the death of King Zhou, the world is divided into nine points, so it is called Kyushu." Later, among the Kyushu, Bashu merged into Shu, and Chu and Yue merged into Chu, and there were seven kingdoms. Among the Seven Kingdoms, Qi Wei was destroyed, and only five countries remained. I don't know if Young Master Zhuge 'The Hundred Martial Arts of the Kyushu Nations' is divided into the five countries today, the seven countries of the year, or the original Kyushu? ”

"Boss Yan, good question. I also argued with my stepfather about this. Later, I felt that those who know the times are Junjie, and when there are five kingdoms today, if you talk about Qi Wei again, I am afraid that the King of Song will be unhappy, and if you talk about Ba and Yue, the King of Shu and the seven kings of Chu may not be happy to read it. Therefore, although it is called 'Kyushu Kingdoms', it is actually 'Hundred Schools of Martial Arts'. In the classics, only which faction is indicated, and there are no national borders. Many sects have deep roots, dating back to the Zhou Dynasty, and it would be unfair to divide them only by geography regardless of the flow of time. ”

Shu'er sighed: "If Kyushu can be unified again, your 'Hundred Martial Arts Classics' will no longer have to avoid the name of any country, and I don't have to worry about a piece of customs clearance paperwork." ”

Zhuge asked calmly: "Boss Yan also wants Kyushu to be unified?" ”

Shu'er thought of her brother who was on the throne, and hesitated: "If Kyushu is unified, how will the king of the five kingdoms be placed?" ”

"Among the five countries, which country is the most powerful, let the king of which country rule Kyushu, what's the difficulty?"

"Then according to Young Master Zhuge Zhi, which country is the most powerful today?"

Zhuge thought about it calmly and said: "Today, in terms of national strength, the Chen State is the most powerful, and in terms of the royal road, the Song State is the most powerful. ”

"What is the royal road?"

"The way of the king, worry about the country and the people, make good use of talents, govern the country well, and do not stick to small things. That Chen Wang Li Chen, because of the festival with the Song State, he cut off the trade with the Song State, although the Chen State was strong at this time, but now the customs are restless, if one day to hit the Chen State, then the Chen State only with the power of a country, I am afraid that even the Jinyang Pass will have to move the position. Although the Song State was not as rich as the Chen State, it had a huge territory and great potential. Liu Jing, the king of the Song Dynasty, is not a few years older than us, it is said that he is young and promising, governing the country well, selecting talents without sticking to one pattern, and in the past six years, he has broken the hegemony of the Qiao clan lord in the Song State for decades, and abolished the view of the family, which is already unprecedented. And among the other countries, which king dares to abolish the hegemony of the gate lords? King Song's move is already to firmly hold the royal power, and within the Song Kingdom, he is the only one, and there will never be a disaster of seven kings like Chudi. ”

Shu'er has lived in Chen for a long time, and all she heard is how King Song is iron-blooded and cold-faced, unsmiling, and a boring person, this is the first time I have heard people praise his brother Liu Jing so much, and I am so happy in my heart that I want to hear more about my brother. "So Young Master Zhuge thinks that King Song is a good king?"

"King Song is young, if he does not change his original intention and is not swayed by the temptation brought by the royal power, he will be the best king since the division of Kyushu."

"But when I was in Chen Guo, I always heard people scold him, saying that he killed innocents indiscriminately, violated the loyal family, and was a cold-faced, ruthless, boring and boring royal power madman who only knew how to review and review...... In contrast, King Zhao writes the Kyushu list every year, with a broad vision and profound knowledge. Although King Chen forbade trade with the Song Kingdom, within the Kingdom of Chen, commerce and trade were prosperous, and King Chen was broad-minded, and he did not even catch the thieves who stole the collection of Jinyang Palace. And the King of Shu, known as the sword idiot, is quite respected by the people in the rivers and lakes. Only this Song king, who is not smiling on weekdays, will inevitably be severely punished for violating laws and disciplines, and there is no room for discussion, even several generations of Song Guoqiao's loyal and good people can be imprisoned and sentenced, and Chen Guoren always calls it 'lost his conscience'. ”

Zhuge calmly laughed and said: "King Chen doesn't catch bandits, is he broad-minded?" Isn't Chen Guo a bandit? ”