"Promise him."

Qingji waved his hand and said: "Good horses from Zhongshan Country, as well as cattle, the more the merrier." I will leave this matter to you. ”

"No!"

Yang Hu immediately agreed.

With Yang Hu's shrewdness and ability, he will definitely not let Wu Guo suffer in this matter.

Qingji needs to use the rising Zhongshan State to act as a "-stirring stick" to mediate with the Central Plains countries, so that Wu can benefit from it.

Unconditional assistance?

That doesn't exist.

Zhongshan is barren and mostly barren, but there are abundant water and grass, and there are herds of cattle and sheep.

What Qingji values is the horses and cattle of Zhongshan Kingdom.

Horses aside, it can allow Wu to form a powerful cavalry force.

Cattle can be used as ploughing cattle, so that the agriculture of Wu ushered in a vigorous development.

"Bo, how is Uncle Qin and Yan Hou over there?"

Hearing this, Bo Yan hurriedly replied: "Great King, the Qin people are willing to increase their trade with my Wu State. ”

"According to Qin Bo, he planned to barter cattle, sheep, and horses from Qin in exchange for salt, silk, porcelain, tea, and paper from Wu, and the demand was extremely high."

Qingji squinted his eyes and said, "If the conditions are right, promise him." ”

"No!"

Why are the needs of the Qin people different from those of the Zhongshan people?

In Qingji's heart, he has already had an answer.

He had long learned from the Black Ice Platform that the Qin State saw a huge profit margin in trade with Western countries, so he planned to pass through the Silk Road and trade directly with Western countries in order to make a lot of money.

However, the Qin State did not have the ability to produce "luxury goods" such as silk, salt, porcelain, tea, and paper.

All the Qin people could do was to increase their business contacts with Wu in order to obtain the goods that Wu had monopolized for many years, and then sell them to earn the difference......

Middlemen?

Yes.

The Qin State now intends to act as a "middleman" to enrich the country and strengthen the army.

But is it really reliable?

Whether it is reliable or not, Qingji doesn't know.

It's just that Wu can take this opportunity to monopolize the economic lifeline of Qin!

When it comes to doing business, the Qin people are far inferior to the Wu people.

"The king, as well as the Yan Hou side, also plans to establish trade exchanges with my Wu State, just like Qin and Zhongshan, all Yan can get hold of is cattle, sheep, horses, and some local specialties."

Bo Yan frowned and said, "My lord, the minister thinks that my Wu country doesn't need so many horses. ”

"Cattle and sheep aside, after all, mutton can be used as food, and cattle can be used as farming cattle. This horse ...... My Wu Kingdom now has a large number of war horses, if they are all used to equip chariots, wouldn't it be excessive? ”

Hearing this, Qingji chuckled and said, "Bo Yu, who told you that those thousands of war horses will be used by the widows to fight the chariots?" ”

"This ......"

"For the use of horses, the widow has his own opinion."

"No!"

The Fan, Zhongxing, and Zhao clans, as well as the three kingdoms of Qin, Yan, and Zhongshan, dedicated to the state of Wu, or traded with the state of Wu, are now thousands, but they will inevitably exceed 10,000 in the future.

All for equipping the chariot?

No.

Not to mention that Wu has not such a strong national strength and can have thousands of chariots.

For now, Qingji is even more eager to form a cavalry unit, a cavalry unit equipped with stirrups and horseshoes!

When the time comes, the state of Wu, which has absorbed the most war horses in the world, will be able to form an army of iron cavalry that is enough to sweep the world!

"Bo Yu, in your opinion, how is Yan Hou's character?"

"Returning to the king, Yan Hou is a mediocre person."

Bo Yan replied: "The reason why Yan Guo participated in the disputes of the countries this time is because the Jin Kingdom was destroyed and the pattern of the world changed, which was not good for Yan State, so I wanted to enter the Central Plains and find out. ”

"Good."

Qingji thought about it for a while, Yanhou Jizai at this time was probably the Yanqian Jian Gong in history.

This person is the thirtieth monarch of the Yan Kingdom and the son of Yan Pinggong.

Like the vast majority of Yan monarchs, Ji Zai's deeds are unknown.

Yan and Qin, in general, are located in a corner of Kyushu, and live together with Rong Di, and have always been a relatively mysterious country.

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Compared with the once hegemonic Qin State, the Yan State is more low-key and mysterious.

After King Wu of Zhou established the Zhou Dynasty, he sealed Zhao Gongxiu in Yan and established the vassal state of Yan State under the Western Zhou Dynasty.

The Yan land sealed by Zhao Gong is in the wilderness of Yan Mountain, and Yan Country is named after Yan Mountain.

However, Zhao Gongxiao did not go to Yandi to seal it, but sent his eldest son Ke to manage Yandi, and he stayed in the capital Hojing to continue to assist the Zuo Zhou royal family.

The ninth generation below Zhaogong has no name and no year, and Yan Huihou has no name and no year below.

Probably in the seventh century B.C., the Yan Kingdom expanded to northern Hebei and western Liaoning, and after annexing the Ji Kingdom, the capital Ji was built.

However, the good times were short-lived.

Shanjung successively went south to attack Zheng, Yan, Qi and other countries, and the Marquis of Yan Huan was forced to move the capital to Linyi to avoid the invasion of Shanjung.

Shanrong invaded Yan on a large scale, and Yanzhuang Gong was defeated and asked for help from Qi.

At that time, the Duke of Qi Huan was in power, and the Duke of Qi Huan took the call of "respecting the king and destroying the country" and launched a large-scale counterattack on Shanrong.

When Duke Qi Huan was cutting down the mountains, he also destroyed the lone bamboo and Lingzhi at the same time, and finally was able to protect the Yan Kingdom.

Duke Yanzhuang was very grateful to Duke Qi Huan, and did not hesitate to treat him with courtesy, and personally sent Duke Qi Huan into the realm of Qi.

The Duke of Qi Huan then cut the place where the Yanzhuang Gong went to Yan as the boundary, and ordered the Duke of Yanzhuang to restore the government of the Zhaogong, such as Chengkang when he paid tribute to Zhou Tianzi, and then the Yan State returned to Jicheng from Yidu......

Since then, the relationship between Qi and Yan has been very harmonious.

In Yan Huigong's generation, he wanted to get rid of the doctors and reuse his henchman Song, and the doctors killed Song together, Yan Huigong was afraid and fled to the country of Qi.

So the two countries of Qi and Jin organized a large army to crusade against Yan and escorted Yan Huigong back.

Unexpectedly, Yan Huigong died as soon as he returned to Yan Kingdom, and the Yan people supported the new monarch Yan Mourning Gong.

This Yan Mourning Gong is Ji Zai's great-grandfather.

The time when the Yan Kingdom really rose was in the Warring States Period, King Yan Zhao......

Don't look at the Yan country at this time, it is not small, in fact, the Yan country is vast and sparsely populated, and the national strength has always been relatively weak.

"The King."

At this time, Fan Lijin said: "On the side of the Son of Heaven, he decided to send a message to the king, and promised to make Han, Zhao, Wei, Fan, Zhi, and Bank of China six families divide into Jin, and rank among the princes together with Zhongshan, and the titles are all viscounts. ”

"Good."

Qingji didn't have any surprises.

After all, the Zhou royal family has received so many benefits this time, and there is the overlord Wu Guo behind it, how can they not agree?

Now, the thing that Qingji has to consider is how to solve Zhao Ying, so that Handan Ji can naturally replace the big sect with a small sect and establish the Zhao State.

Zhao Ying doesn't get rid of it, and Qingji is really not at ease.

Because this person has the style of a hero, and there are many famous ministers under his command, once Zhao Ying seizes the opportunity, chases the Central Plains, and annexes several countries, it will be difficult for Wu to drink the Yellow River again to ensure that his hegemony is not lost......