"Thief, if the widow wants to kill you, why do you have to wait until today?"

Qingji smiled slightly, sat upright at the door of the cell, and glanced at the surprised thief.

"You...... Don't kill so-and-so? ”

"What good is it for the widow to kill you?"

From beginning to end, Qingji never thought about executing the thief.

For others, thieves are thieves who cause chaos in all directions, and everyone is punished for doing all kinds of evil.

However, for Qingji, the thief may become a big help for himself, and become a secret chess piece he planted in the Central Plains!

It is said that there were 9,000 people under the command of the thieves, who ran rampant all over the world, harassing the princes of various countries, breaking through houses and doors, plundering cattle and horses, and robbing women.

Wherever the thieves passed, the nations of all sizes, large and small, could only clear the wilderness, retreat, and dare not compete with them.

The Central Plains countries such as Jin, Qi, Lu, and Song have actually suffered from the invasion of thieves, which shows the strength of the thieves.

Of course, the thief can do this, not because he is really strong, and the nations can't deal with him.

The real reason is that the thieves and the thieves under their command come and go like the wind, their whereabouts are erratic, and every time after killing people and goods, they can escape into the mountains, forests, lakes and seas in time, and the officers and soldiers can't catch anyone at all!

As a result, the princes of the Central Plains can only let it go, hoping that the thieves can stop a little.

For such a thief, Qingji still admires it in his heart!

In fact, almost all of the thieves under the command of the thieves are fugitive slaves, savages, and prisoners who have been cornered by the world and have no livelihood.

The image of the thief is similar to that of the leader of the slave revolt......

Therefore, Qingji needs to subdue the thieves and let the forces of Wu quietly infiltrate the Central Plains to achieve the best effect of surprise.

It's just that Qingji knows that the thief is arrogant and unruly, so he must go through some extraordinary means to subdue the thief.

Confinement is a good way to do it.

The compression of space during confinement makes people feel extremely depressed, without a sense of time and space, deprived of all senses, and gradually despairing.

No matter how rebellious and tenacious a person is, I believe that after being locked up for more than two months, even if he does not go crazy because of this, he will be defeated.

Therefore, the current thieves are timid in the face of Qingji, and they have completely lost their previous arrogance and arrogance.

"I don't know what King Wu plans to do with him?"

The thief is very puzzled.

Qingji smiled indifferently and said, "Thief, the widow will let you go." But, the widow needs a guarantee from you. ”

"King Wu, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

"In the future, the thieves under your command will not be allowed to set foot in the country of Wu again."

Hearing this, the thief smiled dumbly and said, "This is easy to hear." The thieves under a certain command often crisscross the land of Qilu, and rarely set foot in the south of the Yangtze River! ”

"Besides, the widow wants to make a deal with you."

"Please."

The corners of Qingji's mouth hooked, outlining an arc full of interest, and said: "Thieves, although there are thousands of thieves under your command, they are just a rabble, and it is always difficult to become a big weapon. ”

"The widow may help you train your soldiers, and provide for your army's baggage, and all that is needed, including weapons, armor, salt, grain, rice, cloth, and so on. It's just that you need to pay for it. ”

As soon as he heard this, the thief became even more ignorant.

However, this does not prevent the thief from knowing, which is a good thing for himself!

"King Wu, seriously?"

"You don't joke."

"Then thank King Wu first!"

It's a win-win.

Qingji doesn't need to subdue the thief and make him his courtier, the two only need to conclude a private alliance and maintain a certain amount of contact.

The thieves, who have enough food and are well-fed and have great fame among the poor, believe that they will surely set off a storm in the northern countries.

No matter how bad it is, it can also make Qi, Lu, Song, Wei and other Central Plains countries feel a headache.

This is one of the great purposes of Qingji!

As for whether the thief will be defeated and die in the end, it has little to do with Qingji.

Qingji is a thief, just for the benefit of the Wu country.

If in the future, after the Wu State changes the law and has the foundation to dominate the world, Qingji will inevitably go north and chase the Central Plains.

At that time, the thief will be a big help for Qingji!

……

In the second year of King Wu Qingji, that is, in 512 BC, at the beginning of autumn and August.

Qingji, who had nothing to do, decided to go out on patrol to inspect the different customs and customs of various parts of Wu State, so as to make full preparations for the second reform of the law.

The monarch travels, this is not a trivial matter.

The territory of Wu is north to Jianghuai, south to Yu'er River, east to the sea, west to the big river, a radius of more than 1,000 miles, can be described as a vast territory.

It is a pity that the state of Wu belongs to the type of vast land and sparsely populated, and the population density is not dense, far inferior to the Central Plains vassal states such as Qi, Lu, Jin, and Wei.

Rao is like this, and it takes a lot of time for Qingji to go on a patrol.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the bigger the big country, the smaller the small country, the larger the territory is thousands of miles, dozens of cities, and the small one is only fifty miles, just one city!

Qingji's patrol is undoubtedly far-reaching.

The ancient emperors went out on patrol, and they were also on patrol, but the effect or purpose was completely different!

Such as Kang Mazi of the Qing Dynasty and Emperor Qianlong, the "ancestor of the barrage".

One advocates simplicity and obedience, inspects the people's conditions, and appeases the gentry, while the other is mostly for sightseeing and rewarding.

Every time Qianlong went out on patrol, there were thousands of guards on the front and back of the dragon boat, and they spent extravagance everywhere they went.

The local supply is extremely magnificent, and the wealth of the people has experienced a great catastrophe!

Moreover, Emperor Qianlong spent more than 100 times more than Kangxi on his southern tour because of his six trips to the south of the Yangtze River......

It is the so-called lesson of the previous car, the division of the rear car.

Qingji's trip this time is naturally with a very heavy purpose.

He handed over all government affairs to Dazai Jiza and the right prime minister, and if there was any undecided government affairs, it could be decided by Keiji himself.

Qingji went out on patrol this time, and the accompanying ministers were Sun Wu, the imperial historian, Fan Li, the historian of Zhisu, and Wu Zixu, the commander of Wudu County.

In order to avoid too much labor and loss of money and money, Qingji only brought 800 honor guards with Jiashi, and ordered the county commanders to guard the towns, and not to cater to themselves, and to enslave the people and build a large number of buildings, and those who violated it will be prosecuted.

The route of Qingji's patrol has been planned in advance, starting from Wudu, the first stop is Meili, the old capital of Wu, and then continuing southward to inspect the Wuyuan and Yu'er lines bordering the Yue Kingdom.

Then, Qingji's patrol team will go all the way to the west, inspecting the most desolate and sparsely populated southwest of Wu.

Finally, Qingji will take the big river, go up the river, patrol the Danyang and Zhufang areas in the north of Wu, and then return all the way to Wudu to complete this tour!

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