A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 31 Planning Han Country
Seeing Ji Hou leave suddenly overwhelmed with alcohol, Shang Rong knew that his goal had been achieved, and immediately started drinking and chatting with the surrounding nobles.

Knowing that Qi State is going to use force, Ji State will definitely ask Lu State and the emperor for help.

At the same time, Qi State.

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

Young Master Jing is the brother of Marquis of Qi, who is distinguished and powerful in Qi State, so Shang Hong's business is naturally to befriend Young Master Jing.Because Shang Hong often sold goods to Wang Ji and Jin, he knew something about Wang Ji.

He came here today to inadvertently reveal a piece of news to Gong Zijing.Emperor Ji Lie was very dissatisfied with Qi Hou.

In fact, many people know this news. After all, the emperor once issued an edict to reprimand Qihou, but this time the emperor actually intended to depose Qihou.

After hearing the news, the young master who had no predestined relationship with the position of Marquis Qi suddenly burst into flames, and a thing called ambition quietly grew in his heart.

The human heart cannot withstand temptation. When the seeds of desire are sown, it only takes a short time for them to grow rapidly. Gong Zijing fell into deep thought after Shang Hong left.

What the position of Marquis of Qi means, Gong Zijing is very clear.Originally, this position had nothing to do with him forever, he could only be a prince of Qi, but now the opportunity came.

Originally, he could bear to be a son of Qi, and thought it would be good to live a 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 a son honestly?There is no going back.

After learning that she had the opportunity to sit in that position, Gong Zijing made a choice the next day.

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

After Ji Guo learned that Qi State was preparing to launch a war, he immediately asked Lu State for help, and Ji Hou personally went to Wang Ji to speak to the emperor.

Wang Lin didn't intervene too much in the whole thing, he just pushed at the critical moment, and then the whole thing was like a rock on a mountain peak, just moved a small piece, and the boulder would roll unstoppably Falling.

The Marquis of Qi prepared his army and wanted to conquer the country of Ji, but just when he was about to attack, the emperor ordered the Marquis of Qi to enter Wang Ji.Originally, Qi Houchen didn't want to go, but the ministers of Qi State persuaded Qi Hou to go.

Qihou led his attendants to Wangji. After arriving at Wangji, Qihou discovered that Jihou was already in Wangji. At this time, he didn't understand. Its invitation is to ask for guilt.

Qihou was furious, but it was too late.

In the third year of the king, in the Zhou Dynasty of Ji Houzhen, the emperor Lie Peng Ai Gong established his younger brother Jing as Qi Hu Gong.

Zhou Tianzi cooked and killed Duke Ai of Qi. This incident spread rapidly throughout the state and Zhou like a strong wind. For a while, the princes were shocked.The consequences of what Ji Lie did was too serious. This was a direct intervention in the succession of the princes, which had already touched the sensitive nerves of the princes.

The Zhou family was already in decline, and they cooked and killed Qihou. As a result, a large number of princes with foreign surnames stopped paying tribute to court.

Qi Hou was boiled and killed by the emperor because of Ji Hou's words. This incident led to deeper conflicts between Qi and Ji, and the alliance of Shandong countries has been completely broken.

The Huai country does not have to worry about the pressure from the Shandong states, and can go south with all its strength.

Han State is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River. This country is not very powerful. It is a Dongyi tribe that migrated during the Yin and Shang Dynasties. However, although Han State is not strong, Han State is good at forging weapons, and silkworms are also popular here.

Han State is located on the banks of the Yangtze River. There are copper mines in the country. Huai State buys copper, tin and other metals and a large number of weapons from Han State every year.The forged weapons of the Han state are sharp, and the Huai state's conquests are sharp, and Bang Zhou has a say in this.

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

It is not a good way to directly attack the Han country. Although the Han country is small, the people are brave and brave. Although the direct conquest can win, the casualties will not be low. Moreover, if the people of the Han country are unwilling to surrender and flee to Wuyue, Jingchu, these people There must be many craftsmen who are proficient in making swords. If they escape to Wuyue Jingchu, it will increase the strength of the enemy.

Wang Lin was preparing to launch a trade war against Han. This strategy was mentioned in the book "Tao Lue" written by his ancestor Wen Wang.Zijue compiled a large number of books back then, among which "Tao Lue", "Heavenly Craftsmanship", "Wang Dao" and so on were mostly compiled by summarizing the knowledge he recorded from his previous life.

At the same time, the patriarchs of the past dynasties will record their own ruling experience. Some of these books are not important and are placed in the academy for people to read, while other important books are stored in the palace.

After deciding to use the trade war, Wang Lin ordered Shangrong to reduce the price of grain shipped to Han by half, which was already a slightly loss-making price, and then increased the purchase price of copper, tin, and weapons, and at the same time sent people to Han The country bought cloth and cocoons at high prices.

It makes the people of Han feel that growing food does not make money, but also loses money. Planting jute, mulberry, forging weapons, and bronze can make a fortune.Influence the country of Han in a subtle way.

People are profit-seeking. Seeing that some people make money from planting jute, forging weapons, and bronze, but losing money from planting food, the result is self-evident.You don't have to push him, they know what to do.

After Wang Lin asked the caravan to operate in this way, after the autumn harvest, a large amount of low-priced grain was transported to the country of Han. The price of grain in the country of Han was so low that it could barely make ends meet, while the prices of bronze, weapons, jute, cocoons, and cloth skyrocketed.

Seeing the extremely low price of food, the people of Han country began to grow jute or forge weapons or raise silkworms one after another, but very few people grew food.

Even Shang Rong specially gave the nobles of Han Kingdom all kinds of extravagant enjoyments such as fine wines and delicacies, which made them more and more addicted to them.People have a mentality of comparison, and these extravagant enjoyments quickly became popular among the nobles.

It is easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal.How can the nobles who are used to extravagance be willing to return to the frugal life before?And it's expensive, and you need to spend a lot of money to buy it.

However, the price of food in the country is extremely cheap, and the prices of bronze, jute, cocoons, and cloth are high.Relying on growing food cannot meet their needs at all. Naturally, there will be a large number of nobles planting jute, digging mines, and forging bronze.

No matter nobles or ordinary people who do this have made money, it will naturally drive more people to do it.On the other hand, although Huai State sold grain at low prices and bought weapons and bronze at high prices, it suffered a loss, but it quickly made money back by selling luxury goods such as fine wine and food.

The Battle of Huaihan was a very classic trade war. 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 Kingdom.This war that happened 3000 years ago tells us the horror of trade wars. - "The Art of War"

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