"By chance, one day I was fishing in a lake. When he saw a girl overboard, he rescued her. She insisted on waiting on the shore, saying that someone would come to pick her up. ”

I didn't feel at ease, so I waited with her. After a while, a rowing boat came to pick her up. It was probably because of this life-saving grace and that I was a sincere person that they insisted on inviting me to the boat for a gathering. ”

"When I got on the boat, they couldn't help but entertain me. When I ate their rice, it was japonica rice, and it was very fragrant. ”

This is the moat secret war that first planted the disaster, and the king of Xiliang bought grain and grass from Dongyang at a low price and transported it back to China by water.

This year's harvest is plummeting, and a great disaster is bound to break out in the three countries. At that time, he will either sell at a high price, or support, or suppress other countries, which is a good bargaining chip in his hand.

However, it is too much of a coincidence that such a thing can be encountered just by fishing. Should it be said that God favors Zhou Zhifu, such a hidden thing can be discovered by him so easily.

Before Zhou Zhifu could say a few words, Baili Zhiheng was distracted. The young man sitting with him paused slightly, tilted his head slightly, and called softly.

"Cousin."

"Ah, cousin the prince. You go on, I'm listening. ”

Baili Zhiheng picked up the teapot on the table and poured him a cup of tea, and the young man smiled.

"Okay, thank you for worry-free."

"A month ago, the Dark Guard Hotaru tracked down a highly trained team. They were scattered into several tribes, and mingled among the people. Because it is quite secretive, no matter how it is checked, there is no trace. ”

"But according to the information provided by the fireflies, they should be aliens."

"What's the message?"

"Tattoo, the firefly drew a pattern on one of the arms, which was a snowy owl. Riding a horse and falconry, this is a tattoo often made by Xiliang soldiers. ”

"They come prepared, they don't do things in a hurry, they don't even do anything. I reasoned that they were not ready, or were preparing. ”

"The key to their success should be to go deep into Dongyang. It is necessary to fully understand the local situation, and even get acquainted with each other before implementing the plan. ”

"In order to lure them in, I thought of three things. The first is to hold a lantern festival in Shangyang Long Street, Qudu, the second is to hold a dragon boat race in Dianjiang Lake, and the third is to install eyeliner in the Zuiyue Building. ”

"Everything was done in advance. Then he sent secret guards to disguise themselves and mix in the crowd, or vendors, or fortune tellers, or family members...... Pay attention to their movements. ”

"This trick quickly paid off, breaking them one by one and then integrating them. I know where they live, and it looks like an ordinary family's mansion, so it should have been rented in advance. ”

"Half a month later, they have made a move and began to buy a large amount of grain and grass."

"I sent people to camp in every horse shop in advance, and for a few days I found nothing."

"But their actions are becoming more and more blatant, I can't wait, I want to take someone to copy this mansion directly, but I was blocked by the secret decree from the palace."

"Father also knew about it, but he didn't stop it."

Zhou Duci knew everything that was going on, no, he should know a little more than he did.

"Why didn't Your Majesty stop it?"

Baili Zhiheng didn't understand it, because he was afraid that the king of Xiliang would take Dongyang first, or if he had made some deal with Xiliang.

"This is a difficult problem, if you rashly detain Xiliang's team. King Xiliang only said that because of the severe drought in his country, in order to stabilize the people's hearts, he secretly bought grain. ”

"It's easy to avoid the past for good reasons. In this case, we will suffer. ”

Hundreds of miles of constant trance.

"That is to say, if there is any problem with the grain and grass in Dongyang. At that time, the king of Xiliang will be able to make trouble with this and bite back. ”

"Hmm."

"So what should I do next?"

Zhou Zhifu came to him, shouldn't he let himself help find a way.

Although Baili Zhiheng really wants to be majestic in front of him, he is not good at such a plan, if he is allowed to contribute money and efforts, it will be fine.

"The wolf ambition of the king of Xiliang, we need a timing, or a proper reason. An opportunity for him to suffer a dumb loss, so that he can't use this as an excuse to send troops in a short period of time. ”

"Nor can we continue to buy out grain in a year or a few years, which will lead to a lot of depletion of the national strength of the two countries, and thus lose the initiative."

He understood the reason, but after thinking about it for a hundred miles, he still couldn't guess what he could do.

"Cousin, what are you going to do?"

Zhou Zhifu took out a roll of drawings from his cuff and pointed to a place for him.

"If Beixiang is also involved, if the grain and grass have an accident at the junction of the Three Kingdoms River. Whose responsibility is this? ”

If you want to enter the territory of Xiliang from Dongyang, you must pass through Sanqing Gorge, the intersection of these three countries.

Baili Zhiheng vaguely knew a little sign.

"Cousin wants us to send someone here to intercept it, and then blame Beixiang?"

Zhou Zhifu shook his head with a serious expression.

"Don't worry, we're solving problems, not creating them. If we do this, what is the difference with Xiliang's approach? ”

"If there is strife in the world, the first thing that will be affected is the people. The common people are innocent, because we bear such a fate. ”

"I ......"

Baili Zhiheng didn't understand these conspiracies, he just guessed randomly according to Zhou Zhifu's words.

"Don't worry, I need your help. I need 300 tide-making children with excellent water quality, a fishing net that is strong enough, and two teams of merchant ships, one from Dongyang and the other from Beixiang. ”

"We create the illusion that it looks like a natural disaster."

"Huh?"

"Look here."

Zhou Zhifu's slender and slender hand was on one of the drawings in a position, which was Wuling Mountain, which was close to Sanqing Gorge.

"We're going to create the illusion of a landslide."

"The first step is to lead the Xiliang merchant ship loaded with grain and grass to the side of the mountain. This required us to arrange two groups of merchant ships in advance, pretend to start a dispute, and occupy the position on the bank and in the center. ”

"In order to avoid trouble, they will definitely get close to Wuling Mountain."

"At that time, I will lead a thousand Jingwei to ambush on the mountain in advance and throw falling rocks downward."

"In the second step, the two teams of merchant ships cooperate and row only one side of the oar. Then look for the tide makers to push together on the other side, causing the hull to shake and the illusion of uncontrollable. ”

"The third step is to transfer the remaining tide runners to dive to the bottom and get close to the boat transported by Xiliang. Because the bottom of the ship is the most vulnerable part of the whole hull, teach them to cut with a sharp blade. ”

"Then, rescue the people on the Xiliang boat. He also assigned two witnesses who had been arranged in advance on the two merchant ships to return to Xiliang with them to prove that this was a natural disaster. ”

"Finally, it's time to collect the nets, to place them where they will pass in advance, and when everything is over, to salvage the grain and grass. Then you will be sent back to the market by your cousin. ”

Baili Zhiheng nodded in agreement.

"This plan may be called a cover-up."

He has been with Nanzhou since he was a child and learned to do business very early. There are very many people in the Three Kingdoms, and it is not difficult for him to collect these people.

But since Zhou Zhifu has a request for him, this is a good opportunity to achieve his wish.

"If this is done, can my cousin grant me a request?"

"Huh?"

"I want to try it with my cousin, a gentleman with six arts, a horse and an archer. Can my cousin grant me this request? ”

Zhou Zhifu looked at him for a while, and gently agreed.

"Okay, I promise you."

This is what Baili Zhiheng has always wanted to do, to make a name for himself.

"If you lose, you have to tell the people of Dongyang that you are not as good as me."

"Okay."

The young man was still calm and calm, a pair of beautiful black eyes moved, and he asked a little narrowly.

"Okay, but what if you lose without worry."

"If I lose, do whatever you want."

"Well, if you lose without worry, give me the sandalwood abacus that the prime minister gave you."

"Okay."

The two teenagers reached an agreement, and the people of the world didn't know, and they worked together to quietly resolve the crisis hidden in the shadows.

Afterwards, Zhou Zhifu was very trustworthy and tried the same as him. There were many onlookers in this competition, including nobles, literati, prime ministers and Nan Xu.

From an outsider's point of view, these two people are on par, and it is really difficult to distinguish between high and low. But Baili Zhiheng knew that he had lost, because he was a little worse than Zhou Zhifu every time.

"Raising the son of the country with the Tao is the six arts of teaching. One is five rites, two is six music, three is five shots, four is five royals, five is six books, and six is nine numbers. ”

They played six rounds in order.

The five rites are: auspicious rites, fierce rites, military rites, guest rites, and jia rites. This is also divided into two steps, one is to answer in writing, and the other is to demonstrate to those present.

The two answered perfectly, and they couldn't find any difference in their manners, and the game was flat.

Six music, to play in one drum, the flow of the clouds to play "Cloud Gate Volume", "Xianchi", "Dashao", "Da Xia", "Da Hui", "Dawu".

The game is still flat.

Five shots, refers to the white arrow, the ginseng, the note, the ruler, the well.

The requirements for each shot are different, the white arrow is the arrow that passes through the hoof, and the force must be appropriate, just hit the target, and the white arrow has just been exposed.

The first arrow is fired, and the last three arrows go in succession, and the arrow looks like an arrow.

The arrow is shot out, the tail of the arrow is high and the arrow is low, and it looks like it is moving slowly.

Xiang ruler's reading let, the minister and the king shoot, not standing side by side with the king, should retreat a foot.

The well instrument is connected to the four arrows, and the position of the shot on the hoof, it should be arranged up and down, left and right, like a tic-tac-toe.

Riding horses and archery, they are all ten shots and ten hits. But at the same time, when Zhou Zhifu finished shooting and dismounted, he had just drawn out the seventh arrow.

In this game, the judges all said that it was a draw. But Baili Zhiheng knew that Zhou Zhifu was better.

The Five Imperial Commands refer to the skills of driving carriages and chariots, and there are also five types - Ming and Luan, Chasing Water, Passing the Monarch's Table, Dancing and Fighting, and Chasing Birds.

Luan and the bell are the bells on the car, and when the car moves, the bells hanging on the car should ring in harmony.

Chasing the water meanders means driving through a winding waterway without falling into the water.

Passing the watch means that the driver should be able to pass through the gap between the erected poles without touching the poles.

Dancing is when driving on the road, it should be in tune with the beat, like a dance.

When chasing wild beasts in the field, the prey should be driven to the left so that the owner sitting on the left side of the car can shoot.

In order to increase the difficulty, there were three people in the car, and this game seemed to outsiders that both of them had successfully done it.

But after lifting the curtain, the three people sitting in Bailiheng's car looked a little frightened. On the other hand, the three people in Zhou Zhifu's car were all idle and lazy, and one of them even dozed off.

The judgment of this game was even, but Baili Zhiheng knew that he had lost again.

Of the six books, only the skill of "book" has an intersection with "qin, chess, calligraphy and painting", that is, calligraphy. As the saying goes, "words are like people", and writing well was a necessary condition for literati in ancient times.

Baili Zhiheng wrote five kinds, true, grass, li, seal, and line.

Zhou Zhifu wrote eight kinds, oracle bone script, golden script, big seal, small seal, official script, regular script, cursive script, and line script.

In this game, Baili Zhiheng lost.

Nine counts. In the six arts of the gentleman, "number" refers to calculation and arithmetic, which is subject to the "Nine Chapters of Arithmetic".

This is what he is most proficient in, and Zhou Zhifu is not bad. But in the end, Baili Zhiheng has been practicing since he was a child, and he can't do without business every day, and he won this game.

From the perspective of onlookers, the two are both young and talented, on par, and it is difficult to say why they won or lost.

This matter soon spread in Qudu, and now what Baili Zhiheng heard no longer meant that he could compare with the prince.

In and out of the words, the two of them are equally divided, and they occupy the romance. After this competition, it seems that he really stands on the same height as Zhou Zhifu, but is this really the case?

Baili Zhiheng gave the sandalwood abacus to Zhou Zhifu, and he became more and more introverted, and he was no longer resentful.