A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 9 Development and Salt
Huai State sent envoys to visit Qi State, and reached a prisoner exchange with Qi State.The news spread quickly among other countries.

Of course, it was Zijue who did it. Zijue spread the news like this, naturally he had no good intentions.Most of the prisoners of war around [-] are adults, which is a number that cannot be ignored for any state.

Huai State and Qi State exchanged prisoners of war, and Huai State obtained more than [-] people, of which only [-] were strong men, the rest were women, and more than [-] were children.Seriously speaking, Huaiguo still suffered a bit from this exchange.But Zijue didn't care.

With the help of the exchange of prisoners of war, Zijue wanted to divide the relationship between Qi State and the surrounding Fang States.Zijue knew that it was almost impossible to destroy Qi State now, so he planned to divide Qi State and weaken its strength.

More than 5000 captives are almost comparable to the entire military strength of these small countries, or even a little more.This exchange was soon known to several other states.

After knowing that Qi State had captured five thousand strong men, the remaining Fang States could not sit still.You must know that they also sent troops at the beginning, and now that the prisoners of war have been exchanged, how can they all be handed over to Qi?
Ju, Tan, Lu and other Fang states that participated in the war were very dissatisfied.People do not suffer from scarcity but from inequality. This sentence applies to both nations and individuals.

At the same time, these Fang countries were also worried that they each suffered heavy losses, while Qi got [-] soldiers, and the gap between Qi and them became even wider.In order to prevent Qi from quickly recovering its strength, they had to do the same.

As for asking Qi to distribute the captives of more than 5000 people to several other Fang countries, this is also difficult to operate.If it is distributed according to the proportion of troops dispatched, it seems fair, but you must know that this is not a division of apples.Some of these captives survived more than Fang Guo, and some survived less, it all depends on luck.

Proportional distribution is simply impossible.People who are not from this country, can they be forcibly divided into the past?impossible!

But if these soldiers are sent back to that country according to which country they belong to, it is also difficult to operate.Some Fang Kingdoms have many people, and some Fang Kingdoms don't even have one, which will also make them dissatisfied.What's more, Qi has suffered heavy losses, and it is uncertain whether it is willing to distribute the captives to other countries.

All in all, Zijue's exchange of captives is a conspiracy. No matter what you do, Fang Guo will be dissatisfied, and the relationship with Qi State will definitely crack.

Zijue even made people spread rumors that Qi State and Huai State had a secret agreement that all the captives would return to Qi State.This kind of rumor seems to be full of loopholes, but it is also an excuse for other Fangguo.

You must know that Qi State ordered the princes to send troops to attack Huai State.As a result, Huai State and Qi State are now exchanging prisoners of war. Isn't there a bit of insider information about this?If they judge others by themselves, will they not have any doubts?
As long as there is a trace of doubt, it will crack the alliance of Eastern princes who originally dealt with Huai country. Even if Qi country recovers, if it wants to call the princes to crusade against Huai country, it is estimated that no one in those Fang countries will pay attention to him.

Zijue's purpose is to dismantle the alliance, so that these Fang countries cannot work together, and buy time for Huai country to develop, and then resolve it after Huai country grows stronger.

As Zijue expected, in the next few months, Qi State, Lu State, Tan State, Ju State, Ji State and other vassal states began to argue continuously, demanding that Qi State distribute the prisoners of war to them.But Qi State believed that the prisoners of war were returned by him in exchange for slaves, and he was unwilling to distribute them to other vassal states.

In the end, several Fang countries broke up unhappy, and some Fang countries even went to Zhou Tianzi to file a complaint. For a while, the alliance of princes against Huai country was in name only.

In fact, even if it comes to Zhou Tianzi, this matter is not easy to solve, unless Zhou Tianzi takes out goods to compensate, otherwise people will be dissatisfied no matter how they operate.Even if there is a reward from Emperor Zhou, the relationship between the several Fang countries will not be restored to before.

When Qi, Lu, Tan, Ju, and Ji were still vying for captives, Qi's envoys had already brought more than [-] Shang survivors to Huai'an.

After breaking the business for the second time, most of the captured merchants were killed, and the rest were rewarded as slaves to meritorious ministers. Most of Zijue's exchanges this time were women, which was exactly what he wanted.With these women, the population ratio of Huai State was instantly balanced.The proportion of women is even higher.

At the same time, with the attachment of the small Huaiyi tribes around and the escape of Yin and Shang survivors from all over the country, the population of Huai State grew rapidly.Fortunately, Zijue ushered in the era of cattle farming, and the Huai country had a bumper harvest of grain, so there was no need to worry about the grain problem.

The victories in the two wars earned the Huai country respect, not only the Fang country headed by Bangzhou Dongfang led by the Qi country, but even the Xu country also attached great importance to the Huai country.It also made Huai country worthy of its name, and it was no longer a joke in the eyes of others.

The internal strife in Qi and other countries made the eastern princes unable to manage Huai, and Zijue made friends with Xu, and even sent someone to marry Xuhou's daughter.To do so is to obtain a peaceful development environment.

And Zijue led the army to win two battles, which made Xu Hou look at him differently, and soon agreed to marry his daughter to Zijue.After marrying Xu Hou's daughter as his wife, Huai State also received a lot of support from Xu State, and there were thousands of people just as the daughter's dowry.

The national power of Huai country began to grow rapidly. The most obvious change was that Huai country could only provide [-] luck points per year, but now it has directly doubled to [-].

Huai'an has also developed from a town to a big city.The population of Haojing, the most prosperous in this era, was only about 3, and many of them lived around Wang Ji. Huai'an had a population of more than [-], which was considered a big city in this era.

Five years passed in a flash.

In the past five years, the Huai country has been absorbing people, through transactions to exchange for the survivors of the Shang Dynasty from other countries, or to absorb the Huaiyi tribe.In addition to the capital of Huai'an, Huai State also established two other cities.One of them was built on the south bank of the Huaihe River, north of Huai'an, and was named Huaiyin.

The other one was built in the southeast of Huai State, named Yandu.It is very close to the sea, and Zijue built a city here to use seawater to cook salt.In this era, it is not easy to obtain table salt. Except for some natural salt lakes, there are only rock salt and sea salt.

Since Huai Country is close to the sea, Zijue will naturally not let go of the lucrative business of sea salt.Therefore, Yandu was specially built.After the salt is boiled here, it is sold to other countries.

Huai country can be said to have made huge profits through selling salt, which is one of the reasons why Zijue was able to buy slaves from other countries to enrich the population.

Qi, Lu, Tan and other countries in the north became bad because of the captives. In the end, all the captives were still captured by Qi.However, Ji, Lu and other countries brought the lawsuit to Zhou Tianzi and did not get these prisoners.Emperor Zhou just asked Qi to compensate some other Fang countries for some goods.

After all, according to enfeoffment, Qi State is the leader of the eastern princes, and he needs him to conquer the barbarians and deter the princes. Now weakening Qi State is contrary to the national policy.Although Qi State produced some goods, Lu, Ju, Tan, Ji and other countries were not satisfied.

And Qi State was also very dissatisfied with Ji State and Lu State's going to Wangcheng to sue because they handed over their property and goods for compensation.

Because Ji State is very close to Qi State, blocking the direction of Qi State's expansion, coupled with its complaint, this made Qi State very dissatisfied, and clashed on the border several times.If Lu State hadn't been helping Ji State, Qi State would have fought Ji State.

Zijue built two cities, and also received rewards. By purchasing slaves, remnants of the Yin and Shang dynasties to vote, and attaching Huai Yi, the population of Huai State has expanded to 4.Among them, Huai'an has 2 people, Huaiyin and Yandu each have [-] people.

[Huaiyin is built, the establishment of this city will in the future history, there will be countless famous ministers and capable people, prosperous and prosperous, you get the earth-level props-God-blessed Talisman, your luck has increased. 】

[Yandu is completed, and the establishment of this city will continue in the future. It will flourish for thousands of years, and you will get the earth-level props—the Harvest Talisman, and your luck will increase. 】

[Earth-rank · God-given Talisman: After use, it can make people cleanse their marrow and cut their hair to regain new life, improve people's aptitude, attribute points and potential, and make them become outstanding people.Increase the potential value by a total of 40 points, and you can immediately get 20 attribute points. 】

What the hell!

Seeing the effect of the god-given talisman, Zijue's heart couldn't help beating faster a few times.This god-bestowed talisman is worthy of the name bestowed by the gods. If a person with good qualifications uses the god-bestowed talisman on him, he can directly create a hero.

The increase of [-] attribute points is very large, and the potential has increased by [-] points. Even a fool can become a middleman. If the foundation is good, a hexagonal superman can be created!
With this god-given talisman in hand, Zijue doesn't have to worry about his heir's crotch after he dies.

[Ground-level Harvest Talisman: After using it, you can get three years of continuous harvest in the designated area, and it will not be affected by diseases, insect pests, and natural disasters. 】

This harvest talisman also made Zijue's eyes brighten. Three consecutive years of good harvests are also very important for the growth of national power.After three years of accumulation, even the materials for launching several wars in a row are enough.

Zijue did not expect that the establishment of these two cities would have such benefits.Does that mean that if you build a city in the future, you can also get a good harvest reward?

Just when Zijue was a little eager to try, the system gave an explanation, because the two cities established by Zijue have performed well in the future history, and have continued to develop for thousands of years, so they are so rich. rewards.If the built city does not have great development in the future or does not have any outstanding people, then it will not be rewarded.

After seeing the system's explanation, Zijue finally understood.Huaiyin will send troops to Xian Hanxin in the future, and Yandu will continue until he crosses over. If you want to get rewards, you can only go to a famous historical city.

——Yandu has a long history. Salt farms have been opened since the Western Zhou Dynasty. It is one of the earliest salt farms in China and even in the world.Salt played an important role in human development, and the salt and iron monopoly system also provided a lot of wealth to the feudal dynasty. From the establishment of the Western Zhou Dynasty to the end of the feudal dynasty, the salt industry was an important source of income for the dynasty. "Salt and Iron Monopoly in Ancient Economy"

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