Zide Temple.

Qingji was sitting opposite Fan Li, Sun Wu, Ji Ran, Bo and other three princes and nine secretaries to discuss state affairs.

Fan Li, the historian of Zhisu, first presented a bamboo slip and said: "The king, according to the king's order, the minister will count the property obtained by my Wu State from selling military supplies to the outside world in the past year. ”

"There are mainly two, one is the thieves in the Central Plains, and the other is the Sanyi people in the south."

"The thieves traded with my Wu country, more than 500 horses of silk, more than 3,400 pieces of cloth, more than 300 pieces of gold, and about 7,500 slaves!"

"The Sanyi people traded with our Wu country, ivory, rhinoceros horn, rhinoceros skin, jade, pearls, agate and other valuables, which are innumerable, and after peddling, it is about 500 gold and 5,000 slaves!"

"And that's not even counting the property that the two took the initiative to give to the king."

"Shhh

Hearing the data summarized by Fan Li, the ministers present couldn't help but gasp and feel shocked.

Just the weapons and equipment peddled to foreign countries, this year's income is already worth the financial income of Wu in the past five years!

Is it really so profitable?

The ministers are really a little unbelievable.

In this regard, Qingji was extraordinarily calm.

In this world of great contention, there is a shortage of soldiers, and things like weapons and armor, and military baggage are naturally very scarce materials.

Of course, the Spring and Autumn period was no more than modern, and the war consumption was not so great.

After all, even arrow clusters can be recovered, let alone cold weapons such as ge, spears, swords, and halberds?

Therefore, it is obviously not feasible for Wu to rely only on thieves and Sanyi people to keep making a fortune.

Qingji has long been mentally prepared for this.

"King, the old minister has a word, I don't know if I should say it or not?"

Dazai Jiza asked slowly.

"Please."

"The king, sell weapons to the Sanyi people, and help them form an army, so that the Sanyi people can fight fiercely with the Vietnamese army, so as to drag down the Yue country, the old minister deeply agrees."

Ji Zha's words changed sharply, and he said: "However, the old minister thinks that the king really shouldn't help the thieves and troubles the countries of the Central Plains. After all, the kingdoms of Qi, Lu, Wei, and Song also helped the king return to China to seize the throne and pull out the chaos, and the thieves were thieves.

The great thief of the world! ”

"It is reasonable to be reasonable, the king should not help the thief to abuse."

It is not surprising that Ji Za is the kind of righteous gentleman who is unmoved by fame and fortune and treats money like dung.

Therefore, Qingji was not annoyed, but smiled faintly: "What Dazai said is not unreasonable. However, the widow thinks that the princes of the world are fighting without righteousness, and they are only famous, so why should they be punished by the widows? ”

"As long as you can make great profits for my Wu country, the widow is pointed out by a thousand people, what if you are scolded by the world as an ungrateful?"

"The king's words are great!"

Ji Za Zhengse said: "The monarch, the monarch, the king is the country." The king should know that it is a great taboo for people to do great things and cherish their lives, and to forget their righteousness when they see small profits! ”

"My Wu country sells a large number of weapons and armor, and the military baggage is stolen, which is criticized by the world. The world is stigmatized by the king, and also by Wu Guoyi! ”

After a pause, Ji Za said bitterly: "The thief is a big thief, and the disaster is in various parts of the Central Plains, such as Qi, Lu, Wei, Song and other countries, it must be held accountable to my Wu country, or there is a danger of the coalition army crusade, how will the king deal with himself at that time?" ”

“……”

Qingji fell silent.

At this moment, the pawn had to speak: "Dazai's words are wrong. The hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit! ”

"There is only a trading relationship between my Wu Kingdom and the thieves, not an alliance, or helping the thieves to cause chaos. Where does the responsibility come from for the accountability of the princes? ”

"As for the alliance of the princes to attack Wu, it is even more Damiao. Not to mention whether the princes of the Central Plains can unite as one, my Wu State will be easy to bully? ”

Hearing this, Ji Zha's face suddenly sank, and he said, "Uncle, you are a fallacy!" Nonsense! ”

"What I, Wu Guo, am doing now, I am really self-defeating to the princes!"

"If the princes abandon Wu, how should Wu deal with itself? Isn't it like the state of Chu that calls itself a barbarian? ”

"What about the barbarians?"

Bo blew his beard and glared: "Jizi, although my Wu royal family has Ji Zhou blood, why don't the princes of the world regard Wu as a barbarian like Chu State?" ”

"In this case, why should I, the State of Wu, go to the Central Plains princes in vain?"

"You!"

Ji Za's face was flushed by Bo's words, but he didn't know how to refute it.

Because Jiza's heart is very clear.

Although Taibo, the ancestor of Wu, was the eldest son of King Tai of Zhou, and the Zhou Dynasty established by Ji Chang and Ji Fa father and son was in the same lineage, the Taibo family had lived in Wu for a long time and had already merged with the local Jingman and Shanyue people.

Therefore, the princes of the Central Plains ostensibly admitted that Wu belonged to the Chinese cultural circle, but it was very different from the Central Plains culture, and the culture of Wu was quite similar to that of Chu and Yue, so it was inevitable that the Central Plains princes would look down on Wu in their hearts and regard the Wu people as barbarians.

Ji Za has been practicing the way of sages since he was a child, in order to break down this barrier between the kingdom of Wu and the countries of the Central Plains, but it is not known to outsiders.

I saw Qingji smile slightly and said, "If the princes of the Central Plains send envoys to hold them accountable, let them come." Wu does not provoke trouble, but it must not tolerate the presumptuousness of other countries! ”

"The king is wise!"

The ministers immediately complimented.

Qingji's attitude towards foreign relations has always been extremely tough, and this time is no exception!

"Great King, over there in Yueguo, they are still invading the Sanyi people. Through the weapon assistance of our Wu State, coupled with the training of the warriors of the Sanyi tribe by the military officials, the combat power of the Sanyi people has been greatly improved, but they are still unable to defeat the Vietnamese army in a head-on confrontation. ”

Sun Wuzuo, the imperial historian, said: "In the past year, Yue Wang Yunchang personally led a large army, almost all the troops of the country to conquer the Sanyi people, although the casualties were heavy but unshakable!" ”

"Now, the Sanyi people have turned into guerrillas, constantly attacking the Vietnamese army between the mountains and dense forests, and the war has fallen into a tug-of-war."

"However, UU read the book and speculated that if there is no accident, at most in a year, the Yue people will basically be able to conquer the land of Sanyi, and their power will increase greatly!"

Hearing this, Qingji glanced at Sun Wu and said, "Changqing, do you want the widows to send troops to attack Yue to reduce the pressure on the Sanyi people?" ”

"Definitely."

Sun Wu shook his head and said, "I, Wu Guo, must not make a big move now. Now that the Yue people are pouring their strength into attacking the Sanyi tribe, the country is empty, but it is not easy for the Wu State to annex the Yue country in one go! ”

"The people of Sanyi have asked me several times and again for the Wu State to send troops to attack Yue."

Qingji waved his hand and said, "Let the Sanyi people fight to the death with the Yue army." Whether it's a year or half a year, with the unruly personality of the Sanyi people, the Yue people want to really let the Sanyi people use it for themselves, how easy is it? ”

As the king of a country, Qingji is very aware of the current situation of Wu.

There is a big war at every turn, and Qingji is not afraid, lest the war fall into a tug-of-war.

And once Wu State attacked Yuedi on a large scale, it could not finish its work in one battle and destroy Yue State in one go, once Chu State intervened, Wu State would inevitably fall into the quagmire of war and could not extricate itself.

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