The time entered the thirtieth year of King Qingji of Wu, that is, in 484 BC, the first month. Since the Mengjin Meeting, Han, Wei, Wu, and Tianxia seem to have entered a period of peaceful development.

It's just that the Zhao State in the north is not at peace. The Zhao people, who were defeated by Wu in the Battle of Li, recovered their ground from elsewhere.

Zhao took Zhao Wuxian as the general, sent troops to attack the country, destroyed the dynasty, recovered the national strength, and got a lot of war horses.

Zhao Ying took this opportunity to once again pick up people's teeth and wisdom, and imitated Wu Guo to carry out Hufu cavalry shooting, so that the combat effectiveness of the Zhao army has been significantly improved.

The rest, such as Qi, Song, Wei, Yan and other vassal states, did not dare to act rashly. In order to avoid the defeat of the Wu army's eastward crusade, all countries sent envoys one after another in this year to worship and celebrate.

According to the practice of previous years, on the occasion of the beginning of spring, the emperor sacrifices to the queen of heaven to pray for good weather and abundant grains in this year.

Qingji, who was fifty years old at the time and experienced in the past, also smelled a dangerous smell from the princes of Wu this time.

…… At this time, in the huge Chongzheng Hall, Qingji was receiving the worship of the envoys of the Kanto countries. The envoys offered gold, jade silk, cloth, silk and other various objects, as well as rare treasures, so that Wu Guo smiled.

Such as Qi, Song, Lu, Wei, Yan, Han, Zhao, Wei, Zhongshan, and the envoys of the Nine Kingdoms were all present.

It is worth mentioning that the Achaemenid Dynasty of Persia also sent envoys to Xianyang to meet Qingji.

"The king of Persia presented a congratulatory gift: 1,000 gold and 1,000 horses, 2 horses of sweat and blood, 500 camels, 10 beauties, 300 black nu, 10 carts of nuts, and 10 stones of spices!" This time, the Persians offered the most congratulatory gifts to celebrate the taboo.

This made Qingji a little surprised. What was the intention of the Persians in sending so many things? You must know that as early as ten years ago, when the Persians were crusading eastward, Qingji led the allied forces of the Chinese countries to defeat the Persians, and the famous Darius I almost died in the Western Regions...... It stands to reason that the Persians have a deep hatred for Qingji.

Now the Persians have sent envoys to curry favor with Qingji, what is their plan?

"The king of Persia has a heart." Qingji bowed slightly, and set his eyes on the Persian envoy Jalali.

"Jalaari, please convey your gratitude to the king of Persia on behalf of the widow."

"Your Majesty the King of Wu, I will definitely convey it to the king." After hearing the words of the entourage translator, Jalali hurriedly gave a chest salute to Qingji on the throne, and said respectfully: "I hope that Wu and Persia will live in harmony and be a country of brothers forever!" Muller, who stood beside Qingji, also played the role of translator.

After all, they can't communicate at all if they don't understand the language. As an envoy, Jalali can speak the Chinese language, but he is more awkward, and in such a serious occasion, he may not only attract the ridicule of others, but also be disrespectful!

"Jalaari, the widow has heard that Darius I has passed away, and the current king of Persia is his eldest son, Xerxes, isn't it?" Qingji asked with interest.

"Yes. I didn't expect your majesty King Wu's news to be really well-informed! Jalali looked admiring.

In fact, the intelligence network of the Black Ice Station of Wu State is very developed. Throughout the Chinese countries, it can be called "the net of heaven and earth, pervasive".

As more and more business travelers went to Western countries for trade, many of the fine works of the Black Ice Platform also went abroad to send some information to Qingji.

It's like opening your eyes to the world. Having said that, since the Persians suffered a crushing defeat in the Eastern Crusade that year, the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia has been on the verge of collapse.

Fortunately, Darius I, with his prestige and iron-blooded means, once again restored the nearly dismembered Persian Empire.

And, as in history, Darius I launched the famous Battle of Marathon. The 11,000 men on the side of the Greek coalition were all hoplites, and they formed a dense phalanx of eight lines deep on the west side of the Marathon Plain, as was customary.

It was the rainy season, and the plain of Marathon was only high in the middle, with mud on both sides, and the Greeks used the terrain to win by ingenuity.

The Persian army lost 6,400 casualties, while the Greeks lost only 192 men. The disparity in the number of casualties between the two sides fully reflects the overwhelming superiority of the Greek Phalanx over the Persian phalanx...... Qingji can only say that the combat effectiveness of the Persians is really a pick.

During a rebellion in Egypt, Darius died when he was considering whether to go to Greece again or put down the Egyptian rebellion first.

Darius had many wives and concubines, and these women bore him many children. Of these, only one could become the lord of Persia, and he was Xerxes.

Xerxes had no suspense about succeeding to the throne. His mother was the queen of Darius and the daughter of Cyrus, the founding king of Persia.

Of all the Persian princes, Xerxes was the most honorable. In 485 BCE, Xerxes became the fourth emperor of Persia.

So, at the beginning of Xerxes's accession to the throne, why did he have to send an envoy to Wu to worship and celebrate? Jalali told Qingji the reason.

"Your Majesty King Wu, in recent years, your brave prince Fan has often led his troops over the Pamir Plateau, drunk the Maam Darya, invaded our Persian people, and plundered the wealth of Persia." Jalali said embarrassedly: "I beg Your Majesty King Wu to restrain Wang Zifan and let him stop his expedition to the west." Otherwise, the contemptible people are really worried that the war between Persia and Wu will break out again, causing the soldiers and civilians of the two countries to suffer greatly...... "The Persians are really afraid of Wu."

In the past few years, Gongzi Fan, who is in charge of sitting in the Western Regions, has repeatedly sent troops to plunder the territory of the Persians in the west.

At that time, Darius I dared to be angry but did not dare to speak. He wanted to send troops, but he was afraid of provoking Qingji and causing greater disaster for Persia......

"Jalali, as far as the widow knows, this west of the Amu Darya River was not the territory of your Persians, and the people who live there do not recognize themselves as Persians." Qing Ji said: "You Persians can go to the place, but my Wu people can't go?" Where you Persians can rob, can't I, the Wu people? ”

"This ......," Jalali was speechless for a moment.

"Stand down."

"Yes." Qingji waved his hand, and Jalali retreated. At this time, Tian Heng, the prime minister of Qi State, stood up, bowed to Qingji and said, "King Wu, my minister has a sentence, I don't know if I should say it or not?" ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say it." Qingji glanced at Tian Heng deeply. At this time, Tian Heng had already become the suzerain of the Tian family, and the official worshiped Qi Xiang.

Because last year, Tian Heng's father Tian Qi had passed away

"Tian Xizi". As Tian Qi's son, Tian Heng naturally took his place.