Destiny Only Han

Chapter 201 I am safe!

Hedong County, Anyi.

Although this is not the capital that Xiang Yu conferred on Wei Bao as the king of the Western Wei Dynasty, there is a salt lake here, and it has always been one of the most prosperous and prosperous cities in the north.

In order to better control the salt trade here, Wei Bao moved his capital here.

At this time, on the road leading to Anyi City in the distance, a two-horse cart came rapidly.

On the corner of the carriage, the flag of the Han Dynasty waving in the wind, and the hanging yak-tail scepter, declared the identity of the envoy of the Han Dynasty who came.

Li Shiqi's trip was not only to persuade Wei Bao to submit to Han again, he had another purpose.

Before leaving Liyang, Xiao He once found him and asked him to sign a salt trading contract with Wei Bao when he saw Wei Bao.

Limited by the existing exploration conditions, the Guanzhong area does not produce much copper. As for the salt, it was a bulk import from the Wei State when it was from the Qin State.

Since Wei Bao broke with Han, he cut off the salt supply in Guanzhong.

Today, the price of salt in Guanzhong has risen from 150 yuan a stone to [-] yuan a stone!
And the price is still rising.

Whether it is a person or a livestock, a certain amount of salt needs to be supplemented daily, especially now that manpower is the main force, and people sweat a lot during work, so the demand for salt is far greater than that of later generations.

It is written in "Guanzi Haiwang" that in a family of ten, ten people lick salt, and in a family of one hundred, a hundred people lick salt.For the amount of table salt, five liters is less than half for a husband in one month, three liters is less than half for a woman, and two liters is less than half for a baby.

That is to say, a man needs to eat five liters of table salt in one month.

With the exchanges and business exchanges between the countries, the volume represented by one liter in Qin State is similar to that in Qi State.

The volume of Shang Yang Fangsheng is about [-] milliliters.

Five liters of salt means one thousand milliliters, which is the amount of two bottles of mineral water.

This is enough for many families to use for half a year in later generations...

Therefore, Wei Bao cut off the salt supply in Guanzhong, and he couldn't tolerate Xiao He, the great steward of the Han Dynasty, not caring!

Well, because the salt springs in Hanzhong and Berkshire have been mined for many years, the production has gradually declined and can only be used for local consumption. It is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket to help Guanzhong.

Therefore, for Li Shiqi at this moment, he must succeed no matter what!

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Wei Palace, front hall.

As the sun set and the moon rose, Li Shiqi stretched his numb legs, stared at the empty entrance of the hall with angry eyes.

Wei Bao agreed to his request for an audience, but never showed up.

Li Shiqi didn't dare to leave because he wanted something from others, so he could only wait in the palace. What if Wei Bao didn't intend to play tricks on him, but was really caught up in other important matters?

As an envoy, you need to have a good temper.

At the gate of the hall, a servant walked in and glanced at Li Shiqi in surprise: "Why is the Han envoy still there?"

Li Shiqi smiled bitterly and said, "If I'm not here, where else can I be?"

The servant was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a smile: "In that case, I won't bother you..."

After he finished speaking, he slowly stepped back and left.

But Li Shiqi rushed in front of him, grabbed his sleeve and asked, "Where is King Wei? Where is he at the moment?"

After being left out for a long time, Li Shiqi, who tried to persuade himself to be patient, couldn't bear it anymore.

Since Wei Bao didn't want to come to see him, then he just asked Wei Bao to discuss it!
There is no grievance or enmity between the two parties. Even if there are conflicts and conflicts between countries, they should not treat him like this, and treat an old man who is nearly [-] years old like this!

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Wei Palace, bedroom hall.

After drinking a bowl of deer blood, Wei Bao, whose face was pale and his eyes were slightly black, suddenly heard a commotion outside the hall.

"This is the inner palace, you can't go in!"

"Get out of the way!"

……

Wei Bao only felt that the loud scolding, somewhat old voice seemed familiar.

Is it the former minister who persuaded him to be diligent in political affairs?

Not like.

Suddenly, he came to his senses. He had seen this man in Liu Bang's place. His name was Li Shiqi.

"The envoy sent by Liu Bang should be him..."

"Who is Liu Bang?"

Beside Wei Bao, a woman in tulle with a jade body poked her head to ask.

According to the past practice, after Wei Bao drank deer blood, he would go to turn off the lights with his blood pumping, but now, he listened to the shouting and cursing outside the hall with great interest.

But the woman was a little curious, it was really a strange thing that someone dared to make noise in the palace.

"It doesn't matter who Liu Bang is, you just need to give birth to my son as soon as possible..."

Wei Bao casually perfunctory when the other party started twisting and twisting, got up and walked out of the hall.

Although it is very important to have an emperor's son, if the old man is allowed to yell and scold outside and spread the word, where will he put his face as an emperor?

"What's the noise? Making noise outside Gu's bedroom, is this what an envoy should do?"

Wei Bao stood wearing a royal robe, under the moonlight, there were two very conspicuous blushes on his cheeks.

The deer blood is starting to work.

Seeing that Wei Bao had finally walked out, Li Shiqi took two steps forward and bowed to the ground: "This minister has no choice but to..."

Wei Bao interrupted impatiently: "Gu already knows your purpose, but life is like a white horse passing by. It's too late to enjoy yourself in time, and I'm tired of fighting and killing."

"Besides, the King of Han is arrogant and insulting. He reprimands the princes and ministers just like scolding his servants. He doesn't pay attention to etiquette at all...Gu, I don't plan to serve him anymore!"

Li Shiqi wanted to say something more to change Wei Bao's determination.

But Wei Bao's blood was surging at this moment, and he was a little impatient, so he shouted: "Fork out!"

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Great river crossing.

Li Shiqi looked north towards Anyi, his face full of anger.

Now, he has finally seen what Xia Jie and Shang Zhou looked like!

Wei Bao said a lot of miscellaneous things, isn't he still addicted to female sex, unwilling to forge ahead?
"Dark Lord!"

"Sooner or later the country will be ruined and people will perish, and wives and concubines will be reduced to others' taboos!"

"Nonsence!"

Li Shiqi stepped onto the ferry, the hatred on his face still not dissipating in the slightest.

Not only did Xiao He fail to negotiate the signing of the salt trade that Xiao He had given him, but Liu Bang asked him to persuade Wei Bao to surrender.

The former is easier to say, it is nothing more than suffering the common people...

And the latter...

Wanhuhou, gone!

After the dream was shattered, Li Shiqi gritted his back molars, his eyes were cold.

"Wei, you wait to die!"

...............

My old lady has more opponents... Liu Ying sat in front of Liu Bang's left, her chin resting on her hands, and listened quietly to Li Shiqi urging Liu Bang to attack Wei.

If he remembers correctly, Liu Bang almost took all of Wei Bao's harem...

And Bo Ji, who gave birth to Emperor Han Wen, was among them!
But that doesn't matter, as long as you exercise your body well, restrain your old lady, and don't make an entry about 'human pig'.

Then come to think of it, Emperor Han Wen is very likely to be King Dai Wen.

Well, in fact, in Daiguo, Liu Ying doesn't really want to give it away.

Here in later generations, it is a place where heavy industry is very developed.

There is coal and there is iron.

Therefore, it is better to find a way to get him to Jiangnan.

The warm wind made Liu Heng drunk...

In fact, Liu Ying is also happy to see the crusade against Wei Bao.

In later generations, he once visited the Hedong Salt Pond, and he also knew something about the set of salt-making techniques that did not appear until thousands of years later.

Due to the problem of the mountain in Yanchi, in summer, the narrow pipe effect makes the wind stronger, and the strong draft sweeps across the lake, blowing away the transpired water vapor, allowing the sun to shine directly on the water more effectively.

It only takes five or six days to dry a thousand catties of salt.

And the most important thing is that the method of using fresh water and brine to make salt can adjust the temperature of the brine, so that impurities such as magnesium sulfate and sodium sulfate can be decomposed and precipitated into nitrate.

In this way, the dried salt is no longer bitter, and it becomes the so-called refined salt.

The quantity is large and the quality is high!
According to legend, when Hedong Yanchi had the highest output, the tax revenue of this place alone accounted for one-eighth of the country's fiscal revenue!

Liu Ying was thinking, if he could take Yanchi as his own, hehe...

However, he understands that such well-developed resources belong to the country's wealth, whether it is Xiao He or Liu Bang, they will not allow him to wantonly occupy them.

However, it is man-made.

What Liu Ying imagined was taking the management rights of Yanchi by means of similar contracting.

At that time, he will use the new method of preparing table salt to collect salt, and then report taxes according to the old production...

Don't say it's useless for him to ask for money!
Xiao He directly took the money for repairing Luoyang warehouse and Chidao!

"It is tolerable or unbearable!"

Liu Ying patted the table in front of her hard, and under Liu Bang's surprised gaze, she put her hips on her hips and said loudly, "Father, can you bear this kind of thing? Anyway, I can't bear it!"

"How about this, the boy is willing to take command of Wei Bao himself, and let him know what it means to be a father-son soldier in battle!"

"Of course, the boy still needs two lieutenants, the left lieutenant general Han Xin, the right lieutenant Cao Shen..."

Before Liu Ying could finish speaking, Liu Bang just tapped the table with his fingers, and then pointed out the door.

Amidst the laughter of the crowd, Liu Ying walked out with downcast eyebrows.

Liu Bang smiled and shook his head. His mood after being suffocated for a long time became better. He looked at Li Shiqi and asked, "Who is General Wei?"

Li Shiqi nodded and said, "Bai Zhi."

Liu Bang thought about it for a while and said, "Young child Huangkou, there is nothing to worry about. Who is the cavalry general?"

Li Shiqi answered fluently: "Feng Jing."

Liu Bang said with a smile: "I know this man, he is the son of Feng Wuze, the general of the Qin Dynasty, and he has nothing to show. Who is the pawn general?"

Li Shiqi is like a treasure: "Take it."

Liu Bang laughed again: "No wonder Wei Bao betrayed me! However, I am safe."

He looked at Han Xin and Cao Shen seriously and said, "Although that bastard is talking nonsense, his plan is not bad. Why don't we just let you two do the crusade against Wei Bao!"

(End of this chapter)