Seeing that Ji Hou suddenly left without the strength to drink, Shang Rong knew that his goal had been achieved, and immediately began to drink and chat with the surrounding nobles.

Knowing that the State of Qi was preparing to use force, the State of Ji would definitely ask for help from the State of Lu and the Son of Heaven.

At the same time, the state of Qi.

Shang Hong had just walked out of the mansion of Prince Jing of Qi State. As a businessman who deals in bulk goods, Shang Hong is also a guest of Jing, the prince of Qi.

Gongzi Jing is the brother of the Marquis of Qi today, with a noble status and prominent power in the Qi Kingdom, and Shang Hong naturally wants to make friends with Gongzi Jing when he trades. Shang Hong often sold goods to Wang Ji and Jin Guo, so he knew some things about Wang Ji.

He came here today to inadvertently leak a piece of news to Gongzi Jing. Ji Lie, the Son of Heaven, was very dissatisfied with Qi Hou.

In fact, many people know this news, after all, the Son of Heaven once issued an edict to reprimand the Marquis of Qi, but this time the Son of Heaven actually had the intention of deposing the Marquis of Qi.

After learning the news, Gongzi Jing, who was originally unrelated to the position of Qi Hou, instantly rose a flame in his heart, and a thing called ambition quietly grew in his heart.

The human heart cannot withstand temptation, and when the seeds of desire are sown, it only takes a short time for them to grow and grow rapidly, and Gongzi Jing fell into contemplation after Shang Hong left.

What the position of Marquis of Qi means, Gongzi Jing knows very well. Originally, this position had nothing to do with him forever, he could only be a prince of Qi State, but now the opportunity has come.

Originally, he could endure being a prince of Qi State, and he felt that it was also good to be able to live his life without worrying about food and clothing, but after knowing that he could sit on the position of Marquis of Qi, how could Gongzi Jing be an honest son again? There's no going back.

When she learned that she had a chance to sit in that position, Gongzi Jing made a choice the next day.

When everyone makes a choice, it is inevitable that something will happen.

After Ji Guo learned that Qi was preparing to start a war, he immediately asked Lu for help, and Ji Hou personally went to Wangji to make a message to the Son of Heaven.

Wang Lin didn't interfere too much in the whole thing, he just pushed it at the critical moment, and then the whole thing was like a stone on a mountain peak, just a small piece of movement, and the boulder would roll down unstoppably.

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The Marquis of Qi prepared a large army and wanted to conquer the Kingdom of Ji, but just as he was about to make a move, the Son of Heaven ordered the Marquis of Qi to enter Wangji. Originally, Qi Houchen was reluctant to go, but the ministers of Qi persuaded Qi Hou to go.

Qi Hou led his attendants to Wangji, and after arriving at Wangji, Qi Hou found that Ji Hou was already in Wangji, and at this time, he still didn't understand where Ji Hou was talking in front of the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven issued an edict to invite him to ask for guilt.

Qi Hou was furious, but it was too late.

In the third year of the king, the Zhou of Ji Hou Chen, the Son of Heaven cooked and mourned the Duke and set up his younger brother Jing, which was for the Duke of Qihu.

Zhou Tianzi cooked and killed Qi Aigong, this matter was like a violent wind, and it quickly spread throughout Bangzhou, and for a while, the princes were shaken. The consequences of Ji Liegan's incident are too serious, this is a direct interference in the inheritance rights of the princes, which has touched the sensitive nerves of the princes.

The Zhou dynasty was already in decline, and the Marquis of Qi was killed, resulting in a large number of princes with foreign surnames no longer paying tribute.

The Marquis of Qi was killed by the Son of Heaven because of the words of the Marquis of Ji, which led to a deeper contradiction between the State of Qi and the State of Ji, and the alliance of the Shandong States has been completely broken.

Huaiguo also doesn't have to worry about the pressure of the Shandong countries, and can go south with all his might.

Han is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River, the strength of this country is not strong, it is the Dongyi tribe that migrated from the Yin Shang period, but although the strength of Han is not strong, but Han is good at casting weapons, and silkworm breeding is also prevalent here.

Han is located on the bank of the Yangtze River, there are copper mines in the country, and Huai will buy copper and tin and other metals and a large number of weapons from Han every year. The forging weapons of the Han State are sharp, and the soldiers of the Huai State are sharp, which Bang Zhou has a great say in this.

The weapons of the Han country are very valuable, so the people of the country mine more. From the late period of King Wen, the Huai State was rich in grain, and began to exchange grain, cattle, sheep and livestock with the Han State for weapons, bronze and other metals.

It is not a good way to directly move troops against the Han State, although the Han State is small, but the people are brave, although the direct conquest can be won, but the casualties will not be low, and if these Han people are unwilling to surrender and flee to Wu Yue Jingchu, there will definitely be many craftsmen who are proficient in sword casting among these people, if they flee to Wu Yue Jingchu, it is to increase the strength of the enemy.

Wang Lin prepares to wage a trade war against the Han Kingdom, a strategy mentioned in the book "Tao Strategy" written by the ancestor King Wen. Zijue compiled a large number of books back then, among which most of them were recorded by him in his previous life, and most of them were summarized and compiled.

At the same time, successive heads of the family would record their own experiences in government, and some of these less important books were placed in the seowon for people to read, while some important ones were kept in the palace.

After deciding to use the trade war, Wang Lin ordered Shang Rong to reduce the price of grain shipped to Han by half, which was already a slight loss, and then increased the purchase price of copper, tin, and weapons, and at the same time sent people to Han to buy cloth and silkworm cocoons at high prices.

Let the people of Han feel that growing food is not profitable, and they will lose money, and they can make a fortune by planting jute, mulberry trees, forging weapons, and bronze. Use subtle ways to influence Hanguo.

People are profit-seeking, and when they see that someone is making money by planting jute, forging weapons, and bronze, and losing money by growing grain, then the results speak for themselves. They don't have to push him, they know what to do.

After Wang Lin asked the caravan to do this, after the autumn harvest, a large amount of low-priced grain was transported to Hanguo, where the price of grain was extremely low, barely making ends meet, and the prices of bronze, weapons, jute, silkworm cocoons, and cloth soared.

Seeing that the price of grain was extremely low, the people of Han began to plant jute or forge weapons or raise silkworms, and there were very few people who planted grain.

Even Shang Rong specially gave the nobles of Han a variety of wine, food and other extravagant enjoyment things, so that they became more and more addicted to it. People have a psychology of comparison, and these extravagant pleasures soon became popular among the aristocracy.

It is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift. How could the aristocracy, accustomed to extravagance, be willing to return to the previous frugal life? And it's expensive, and you need to spend a lot of money to buy it.

The price of grain in the country is extremely low, and the price of bronze, jute, silkworm cocoons, and cloth is very expensive. It was simply not enough to meet their needs by growing food, so it was natural that a large number of nobles would grow jute, dig mines, and forge bronze.

In doing so, both nobles and ordinary people have made money, so it will naturally drive more people to do it. On the other hand, although Huaiguo sold grain at a low price and bought weapons and bronze at a high price, it quickly made money back by selling extravagant things such as wine and food.

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The Battle of Huaihan was a classic trade war, in which the Huai Kingdom pushed the Han Kingdom into the abyss with grain, cloth, metal, and all kinds of wine and luxury, and then easily defeated the Han State. This war, which took place 3,000 years ago, tells us about the horrors of trade wars. - The Art of War