Yue Guo, the king of Yue stood in the main hall, looking at the extremely simple map on the wall.

It is said that it is a big hall, but in fact, it is not as good as the attic of the slightly richer nobles in the Central Plains, and with the current conditions of the Yue Kingdom, it is not possible to build a real hall, and it is not time to enjoy it.

"The widow wants to completely subdue Baiyue before the end of this year, make every effort to govern the country, accumulate strength, wait for changes in the world, raise 30,000 troops to attack Jiangdong, and restore the national glory of our Yue country." King Yue hammered his fist on the map.

With the help of Zhao and Qin, in the past year, the Yue State has recovered most of the Baiyue, and the rest are either relatively hard or have too many remote locations.

This area is an endless mountain, and it may take half a day to walk not far from each other, not to mention the march of the army and the transportation of grain and grass.

If it weren't for the wheelbarrow passed down by Zhao Guo, it was used in the mountains in an extraordinary way, and only one person and one car could transport hundreds of catties of grain, and the rest of the Yue kings were going to give up.

However, Baiyue is sparsely populated, there are no road connections between the regions, and communication is difficult, and even if they are integrated, it is impossible to recapture Jiangdong from the Chu State.

The only chance is to wait until the Chu State and other countries are in the back when the war between the Chu State and other countries, this opportunity is not difficult to wait, war is the norm in troubled times, and peace is a short-term accident.

"The last general will fight." Chang Yang said loudly.

"Okay, the widow will take the general as the vanguard, and the army will be sent next month." King Yue bowed down to a man dressed as a civil servant, "The matter of grain and grass will be handed over to Mr." ”

"As long as the minister is here, the grain will be kept endless." Wen Shi said solemnly.

Wen Zhi was secretly invited from Wei by the King of Yue, and it is said that he is the descendant of Wen Chong, one of the three major strategists under the command of King Goujian of Yue, although it cannot reach the top of the world, but it is also much stronger than the remnants of the Yue State, and has won the trust of the King of Yue.

"The widow just bought a boatload of wine from Zhao State, and gave it all to the soldiers, telling them that there will be more wine in the future." King Yue clenched his hands into fists and said confidently.

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Sinjeong, South Korea.

The roar of firecrackers was heard in the palace, accompanied by smoke rising and bursts of laughter.

"The artillery battle made by Zhao Guo is really interesting, obviously let it go, and the boom will be gone, but it is a little addictive." Han Wangran said with a smile, subconsciously clicked another one with both hands, and threw it into the distance.

"It's just that it's too expensive, a pack of matches costs only three dollars, but a cannon fight sells for fifty dollars." A concubine said.

Fifty dollars is nothing to the aristocracy, but there is no difference between buying a cannon and grabbing money, many nobles are addicted to playing, and they throw out hundreds or thousands of dollars a day, and they don't even make a splash.

Although some nobles found out that this was a trap and strictly forbade their clansmen to buy cannonballs, not everyone could resist this temptation, especially after I didn't know which genius remembered to give gifts with cannonballs, the word style instantly appeared in everyone's hearts.

When others are still carrying two pieces of bacon and two fish, you send two firecrackers, and even the porter will look at you twice.

So everyone switched to sending firecrackers, and for a few days, Xinzheng was full of the sound of firecrackers.

To this extent, unless King Han intervenes to prohibit artillery from entering South Korea, it will be completely unstoppable.

"King, firecrackers are expensive, it's not easy to set off a leader, every time you set off a firecracker, you have to increase the burden of a leader, let's put some less." Queen Han persuaded.

"The king of a country who is widowed doesn't even have the right to enjoy?" Han Wangran's face sank, and his left hand, which was holding the cannonball, also stopped in mid-air.

"As the king of a country, the king naturally has the right to enjoy, but the consequence of enjoying is that the king of a country becomes the king of a dead country. In the long run, the weaker South Korea becomes, the stronger Zhao will be. On the day when the Zhao army came to the city, what did the king do to resist the Zhao army? Queen Han said angrily.

Han Wangran's face suddenly turned red, his eyes were full of anger, his chest fell together, and he was extremely angry, but in the end he still didn't scold the queen.

"The widow knows, and the widow will fight less in the future." King Han took a deep breath and handed the cannon to the eunuch next to him, "From now on, no one in the palace is allowed to buy cannonballs, including widows. ”

……

Compared with other countries, the situation of Wei was much worse, and last year Hedong was defeated, and although it bought war horses from Zhao again, it lost its jurisdiction over the chasm.

Not only was it impossible to get a penny of taxes from it, but the merchant ships of Wei had to pay taxes to Zhao.

The top and bottom of the Wei State complained about this, and even Fan Zuo, who made the decision on behalf of the King of Wei, was hated by many people.

Fortunately, King Wei did not kill Fan Zuo as soon as his brain was pumped as before, but took out some faint officials and let the talents selected from all over the country make up for them.

"King, are you looking for me?" Shaofu Wei Yang walked in and arched his hand.

"How much money does Shaofu have? The widow wanted to pave a few more roads. King Wei asked.

During this time, he saw the importance of roads, since the construction of the road that runs through the east, west, north and south of the Wei State, there is an endless stream of vehicles, Wei Guo just collects tolls, and can earn back the capital within three years, not to mention the rising commercial tax.

Wei is located in the Central Plains, the center of the Seven Kingdoms, merchants from the south to the north have to pass through Wei, commerce is extremely prosperous, and in the case of losing the gap in taxes, it can still feed tens of thousands of troops, relying on the skyrocketing business taxes.

Even if King Wei has a brain pump, he won't be able to get along with money if he can't get along with himself, not to mention that his brain hasn't been pumped yet.

This situation is naturally to build more roads and collect more money.

"The money in the internal history is not enough to bear the military expenses, and this year's military expenses will be borne by the Shaofu, I'm afraid ...... It's hard to free up money to build roads. Wei Yang said.

Both the internal history and the Shaofu are in charge of money, but the difference is that the money in the internal history is used for the state, such as giving money to officials. The money of the Shaofu is the small treasury of the monarch, which is mainly used for the monarch and the clan.

However, the whole country belongs to the monarch, and it is normal for the monarch to take some money from the internal history for his own use, or to take some money from the Shaofu to fill the internal history.

In fact, the latter filled the former's money and the number of times it took far more money than the monarch took money from the internal history.

"Can we make cement ourselves?" King Wei suddenly thought that if Wei could make cement, even if the cost was high, it would definitely be more cost-effective than buying it from Zhao.

He knows how dark Zhao Guo is, and the war horses of three or four thousand in the past were forced to be fired to 20,000 by Zhao Guo.

And the artillery battle, it was gone with a bang, and one cost fifty dollars.

There is also a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, saying what kind of collector's edition, one set costs 100,000 yuan, and there is still one set in the palace, every time I see King Wei, I feel that my heart is dripping blood.

There are countless examples of this, and sometimes the king of Wei is eager to raise troops to destroy the Zhao state and snatch all the money back.