On the way from Ji Zhou to Pieyi, Ji Jili had already walked not long ago.

The forces of Rong Di and Fang Guo who passed by on the way, he drew them on a map for Ji Kao's reference.

Two wagons, twelve prisoner wagons, and dozens of sergeants marched along the north bank of Weishui.

The south bank of Weishui was within the sphere of influence of the Inufang State at this time.

The dog side has a deep relationship with the dog Rong and receives support from the dog Rong in the north from time to time. Although this Fang country has a bad relationship with Yin Shang, and although this Fang country is surrounded by Zhuxia Fang Kingdom, it has never been wiped out.

The relationship between the Ji family and the dog side is naturally not very good, and when the ancestral land was occupied, there was a part of the dog Rong. For decades, he has never dealt with the country of Inufang.

So much so that the neighboring Ji family's in-laws, Taijiang's mother country, and the Tai family among the Jiang Fang countries, although they are not far away, the Ji family has never visited. On the one hand, it was caused by Taijiang's self-esteem, and on the other hand, it was also cut off by the dog country.

In fact, in the Ji Zhou national policy, the next step after recovering the ancestral land is to destroy the dog side.

It's just that the power of the dog side is complicated, and Ji Zhou's strength is not enough, so he doesn't dare to start easily.

According to his grandfather's request, Ji Kao avoided the power of the dog side and came to his first stop for Ji Zhou's prestige, Bi Fang and Cheng Fang.

These two Fang countries live under the Lintong Pass, and they are both very ancient Zhuxia Fang countries.

Bi Fang, from the surname Ren, after Yuyang, the young son of the Yellow Emperor. The ancestors of this country, there was King Yu's chariot at that time, Xi Zhong, who was the one who invented the chariot. When Xi Zhong was in the Xia Hou clan, he was sealed in Xue Di and Pi Di, both in Yanzhou. Among the descendants, there are those who moved to Biyuan, and the clansmen of this branch took the name of Juyi as their surname and changed their name to Bi, which has been passed down from generation to generation.

Cheng Fang is the surname of Feng, after the heavy. The heavy thing is that when the emperor left the Jedi to reach the sky, Si Tian was a god's Nanzheng. At the time of Emperor Yu, because of the chaos of gods and men, Nan Zhengzhong and Huo Zhengli were both removed by Emperor Yu. Later, Emperor Yao ascended the throne, and after restoring Chong and Li, he did not let them hold the sacrifice of heaven and earth until the Xia Dynasty.

After the soup was extinguished, the sacrifice changed, and there was no longer the right to sacrifice after Chongli.

At this time, Bi Cheng and the two countries were only separated, and the Fang country was not big, even smaller than Ji Zhou.

When Ji Kao's convoy came over, they received a very warm welcome. Whether it is Bi Fang or Chen Guo, this is the case.

The two countries are small countries, and they are often harassed by the dogs in the south and the ghosts in the north. Fortunately, the country of Dog Fang is okay, there is Weishui in the south, and it is not very difficult to defend.

However, the western ghost in the north drove straight down along the Jingshui River without the slightest barrier. Every spring and autumn, their treatment is actually similar to that of Ji Zhou. Even, they are not as good as Ji Zhou.

Ji Zhou has horses and can fight against Xiluo Ghost Rong, but they lack horses and can only defend passively.

Now seeing the twelve Zhai kings who escorted Ji Kao to the west to Guirong pass by, these two countries are extremely happy, and they entertain Ji Kao and his party well.

Ji Kao first passed through Bifang, and then arrived at Chengfang, the two countries are very close to each other, but it is only a one-day journey. Ji Kao first stayed in Bifang for one night, and then in Cheng Fang for one night.

At the time of Cheng Fang, Ji Kao finally couldn't hold back the doubts in his heart and invited Fu Shuo to where he lived.

"What, Ji Kao, is there any problem?"

Along the way, Fu Shuo and Ji Kao each lived in a carriage, and the two rarely communicated. Occasionally, I talked to him, and I asked him for advice.

Regarding Ji Kao, the future sage called by Emperor Wu Yi of Shang, Fu said that he felt that he still needed to observe more, and after Ji was admitted to Qiyi, he could suggest how Emperor Shang would arrange him.

"Master Fu said, this time I invited you to come over, not to ask about cultivation, but about state affairs?"

Fu Shuo glanced at Ji Kao and said in surprise: "Oh, this time I don't ask about the way of heaven, do you want to ask about humanity?"

Ji Kao shook his head: "Heaven is humane, with my realm, how dare I talk about it casually." It's just that I have doubts in my heart, but I don't understand it, and it's not good to go to this foreign country to explore secretly, so I asked the adult. ”

Fu Shuo was stunned for a moment, suddenly stood up, and saluted Ji Kao: "It's that I've said too much, you don't dare to talk about heaven and humanity casually, what qualifications do I have to talk about it?"

Ji Kao hurriedly stood up and saluted back, this question had not been asked yet, but Fu Shuo saluted him, which really made him speechless, so he could only return the salute silently.

"Okay, you say, what's the problem?"

"After passing through the two countries, I found that this place is between the two rivers of Jingwei and Wei, with abundant products and excellent cultivation conditions, and the people are also diligent. Even if there is an invasion of Rong Di, it will not be too prosperous, why are these two countries, up to the lord of a country, to the ministers of the courts, down to the common people, whether they are dressed or physied, they look extremely difficult, but why is this?"

Ever since he came to these two countries, he had always felt strange. At first, he also felt that there were foreign enemies who had invaded the country, and they needed to give money and food. But a little bit of knowledge turns out that this is not the case.

The nuisance of the ghosts in the west was not enough for them to do so. The other surrounding countries are all descendants of Zhuxia and Miao, mainly Zhujiang Fangguo, mixed with the surname Feng and the surname Fang, and they are not countries that bully the weak.

When Fu said this, a strange smile couldn't help but appear on his face: "What you see is only the surface, and there are many things you can't see." I don't blame you for this, if I didn't use the Yuan Shen Cave to take care of everything, it would be difficult to discover the truth. ”

"Please sir. ”

"In this country, the loss of Lu has increased the number of lords, and the ministers have a poor appearance, compared with the people, so is it. ”

Hearing what Fu said, Ji Kao was stunned, reducing his salary, increasing his title, and the ministers seemed to be lacking, and colluding with the people to harm the people, was this the reason?

"Why is that?"

Fu said with a smile: "If you govern the country, the national policy comes first." Bi Chen and the two countries, sandwiched between the powers, are difficult to expand their territory externally, and they need to show a virtuous image internally. Where does the virtuous come from, isn't it a reward and punishment. The kings of these two countries are not mean, so they reward more and punish less. Those who are rewarded are either gold and silver, or knights, and have many titles, but the treasury is limited, so they have to be reduced. The ministers have lords but lack of lu, how, get it from the people. They are afraid that the monarch will know, so they can only show a state of want. Don't talk about the king, even the people who were harmed by them don't know what to do. ”

"Why don't you know that they didn't take the food and money?"

"They took the bread and bread, but they took it by the right way. Clever name, coaxing and deception, so that you don't know up and down, you can fill your own pocket. ”

Fu said stroking his beard and smiling leisurely, if this was put in the time when he was governing the country, this kind of thing would never happen, he was not so easy to deceive. Even His Majesty Wu Ding is more shrewd than him.

Ji Kao nodded, then muttered for a long time, and suddenly called the attendant.

"You go and tell Lord Cheng Fang that I will visit him alone early tomorrow morning, before leaving. ”

The attendant received the order and went to inform the lord of Cheng Fang.

Fu said with a smile and asked, "What, Ji Xiaoyou, do you want to help these two countries?"

"Yes, it's all Zhuxia Fangguo, since you're passing by, then you can help. ”

"Then I'll wait and see how you'll help him. ”

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Chengyi, the king's house.

Like Ji Zhou, Cheng Fang's monarch also has a mansion but no palace. In fact, with the size of their current country, it seems that they don't need a temple.

Feng Zhonghe, that is, the lord of Cheng Guo at this time, looked surprised and looked at the Ji envoy in front of him.

"What Mr. Kao said, but is it true?"

As a gentleman of Cheng Fang, who has been subject to family tradition since he was a child, and thinks he has a little level on how to govern the people, he was a little dumbfounded when he heard what Ji Kao said.

He has always believed that the reason why his people are in difficulty is that there is too little harvest in Cheng Guo's fields. Therefore, this Cheng Jun, even himself, is also extremely frugal, just to avoid increasing the burden on the people.

But now, suddenly, someone told him that in fact, only he and the people were really poor, and the officials in the middle were not poor.

"Cheng Jun also knows how to farm, so you might as well calculate it yourself, with Cheng Guo's field, how much is harvested, how much is eaten, and then where does the rest of the harvest go. ”

As soon as Ji Kao said this, Feng Zhonghe was stunned and wondered: "It's just some grain, what's the use of them putting it away?"

"What's the use, you can use it to trade valuable things with people from other countries, whether it's jade, or bronze, or armor, it's all right. ”

Ji Kao was surprised in his heart, food, this is the most useful thing, how can it be useless when you put it away?

"Childe, please wait for me for a moment. ”

After speaking, Feng Zhonghe got up and left, leaving Ji Kao alone in the pavilion in the mansion to watch the scenery.

It's also boring, this so-called mansion of the monarch of a country, there is no tea to drink, no wine to drink, and no singing and dancing to watch, it seems to be more pitiful than Ji Zhou.

At least when the Ji family receives visitors, they will prepare some hospitality gifts.

There was nothing to do, so Ji Kao sat casually, began to breathe and breathe, and refined qi.

In fact, along the way, whether it was in the carriage or resting and camping, Ji Kao never let go for a moment, and his cultivation was not stopped.

I was really tired, so I took out a volume of Su Wen given by Baicao Zhenren and thought about it.

The Book of Plain Questions is the beginning of the medical Tao, and it is the book of questions and answers between the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan and many medical masters. Among them, the book of medical Taoism in the world is spread all over the world to people who are interested in studying medicine. However, there is also a part related to the cultivation method, which is divided into several volumes, which were recorded by several medical masters at that time and passed on to their descendants.

This volume given by Baicao Zhenren to Ji Kao is the question and answer between the Yellow Emperor and Qi Bo at the beginning, and it is also the foundation of Qi Bo's cultivation.

Although there is no specific method of cultivating qi and refining qi, there are profound insights into the use of medicinal herbs, the structure of the human body, and the harmony of heaven and man.

When Ji Kao read this book, he couldn't put it down, like a treasure.

In fact, this is a treasure.