Seeing that Yin Rui was a little angry, Li Jing smiled slightly and did not return to his question head-on.

"Old general, why do you think that with a population of less than one million in Dongyi, you can continue to survive under the blade of my great merchant and not be completely wiped out. ”

"It's because ...... It's because ...... "If this Yin Rui is a good hand at fighting and killing the enemy, but in this national strategic decision-making, he is like an ignorant child."

That's right, why is this, not to mention how strong the founding monarch Taiyi was at that time. Even His Majesty Wu Ding, the ancestor of my great merchant Zhongxing, should be able to defeat this Dongyi, but so far, the Dongyi people are still living well on the coast of the East China Sea, and they are strange.

Li Zongbing asked such a question, don't you have your own unique opinions, and please solve the doubts of the veteran. Yin Po thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't understand it, so he could only ask Li Jing.

"The old general is actually very simple, Li Jing just likes to read some books and learn some secrets, and he can't say that he has any own opinions. ”

"General Yin, you have probably been here in Chentangguan for many years, and you also have a certain understanding of the life of the Dongyi clan. There are two major calamities in this Dongyi tribe, one is its strong neighbor, which is my great business. Then there are hordes of fierce beasts that often harass them and make them unrestful. ”

Yin Po nodded, indicating that what Li Jing said was not wrong, but he still couldn't understand what this had to do with Dongyi's not being wiped out.

"The fierce beasts of Dongyi are a little different from the fierce beasts on my continent, that is, it is difficult to completely extinct them, because they come from the ocean. Therefore, it is not possible to send masters to exterminate all the powerful fierce beasts and raise some weak fierce beasts in captivity like Makino City. This makes the land of the Makino Mountains not only an excellent place for the training of large merchants, but also an additional income for the national finance. ”

Hearing Li Jing's words, even if Yin was lacking in vision, his years of experience in marching and fighting also made him understand what Li Jing meant by this.

The reason why these Dongyi people are not touched is the tacit understanding shared by the emperors of the Great Shang Dynasty. Defeating them completely will certainly open up the territory and expand the territory, but in fact, the benefits that the big merchants can get are really not much.

Instead, it is necessary to continuously invest forces to resist the invasion of fierce beasts and consume the national strength of the Great Shang. With such a lack of income, it is impossible to say that the entire big business will be burdened by it.

In this way, if Dongyi is defeated, the gains outweigh the losses. It is better to keep Dongyi, so that he becomes a barrier between the big merchants and the beast tide. As a result, the Great Shang was protected from the rebellion of the fierce beasts, and Dongyi had to fight against the fierce beasts for the sake of his own survival, constantly consuming the strength of the clan, making them unable to become strong.

And as time goes by, the power of the Dongyi fierce beast will become weaker and weaker. When the land of Dongyi is no longer plagued by fierce beasts and the living environment is no longer bad, it is the time to seize Dongyi.

Thinking of this, Yin Rui had to sigh, the sage of the kings of the Great Shang Dynasty, and at the same time, he also had a trace of admiration for Li Jing, who was able to see through this plot at a young age.

Of course, in fact, what Li Jing pointed out seemed to be very reasonable, but in fact, it was only a superficial thing, and there were deeper reasons that he did not say. In this world where immortals dominate, the reason why the Dongyi clan can exist is definitely not only because the great merchants need to rely on him to resist the fierce beasts.

The existence of every human race force in the world is actually more or less related to the powers of the immortal world. Just like the reason why Dashang was able to stand for 800 years was because he was recognized by the three emperors of the human race and supported by the sect.

To say something unpleasant, the human race is no longer the master of the desolate land, and it is no longer the era when the Heavenly Emperor of the Five Directions ruled the human race. Now the people who control the direction of the entire human race are the immortal forces led by the Humans, but they are independent of the Terrans, and they are led by the Sect of Interpretation and Interception.

As Li Jing, who has always been among the immortals, he has a relatively thorough view of the composition of power in this world. It's just that Li Jing at this time is not as cynical as Jin Crow about this situation. I don't have such an aversion to the people in the immortal path meddling in mortal affairs, but I think it should be like this.

Because the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, it is only appropriate for an immortal with a lifespan higher than that of ordinary people to lead the entire human race. On the contrary, those who don't ask about the world and understand the immortal Tao wholeheartedly, Li Jing feels that it is unacceptable. It is too selfish to occupy the resources of the entire human race, but only to cultivate for himself.

And for now, the two religions have been well explained. If nothing else, just one stable word is enough to represent everything. Since the God of Haotian stayed in the Heavenly Court, the human race has not experienced any major disasters for thousands of years.

Therefore, Li Jing was not optimistic about King Shou's strategy of completely annexing Dongyi by force from beginning to end. Not only because his own Shinto practice needs Dongyi people, but his own interests conflict with Shouwang. It is too simplistic to try to change the pattern on this continent by relying on only one's own strength. Moreover, as far as Li Jing himself is concerned, he is also quite disgusted with war.

Although I don't know which immortal boss is standing behind the Dongyi clan, but under the pressure of the three emperors of the human race and the sect, he can still protect the Dongyi people for thousands of years. How could such a person be challenged by a mortal king.

Therefore, how the emperors of the Great Shang Dynasty were saintly and kept the Dongyi clan to resist the fierce beasts from the sea, it was just to convince Yin of broken rhetoric.

Li Jing was almost sure that Dashang was still a bit of a saint and an ambitious emperor. None of them wanted to eliminate the Dongyi clan like King Shou, but they all failed, or they couldn't implement it at all.

Li Jing didn't expect to be able to directly change King Shou's strategy and make him give up the plan he had been planning for a long time. But he can make many things a reality through his identity as a general soldier, forcing Shouwang to change his mind.

Although in this way, he may be considered treacherous, making King Shou feel that he is just using him, and maybe he may even turn against him, and even eventually lead to a war against each other. But Li Jing felt that in this way, things were under his control, and he also believed that one day King Shou would understand his hard work.

Of course, these things are in the future, and the most important thing at the moment is to convince Yin Rui to agree to help Dongyi survive the famine. Li Jing looked at the old general who seemed to be somewhat convinced, and he knew that his remarks were in the past.

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