The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 633: The Lord of the First Water Division [Subscribe*Monthly Ticket Request]

"Repeal Madam Hu's title, and place Prince Eighteen under house arrest for three months, and then hand him over to Madam Wei for discipline!"

The little princess is gone, but the leader of the Mohist school is still here.

Madam Hu brought her own death upon herself, and the whole palace knew about it. She even came to Qinian Palace. It goes without saying that the other ladies would definitely add insult to injury and secretly fan the flames, until the whole city knew about it.

At this time, if he did not make his attitude clear and punish Mrs. Hu, once she was used by someone with ulterior motives, it would easily affect Qin Bing's friendship.

Ying Zheng believed that although he was not a qualified father, he was well aware that the love a father has for his children was often unreasonable.

It’s like, although he never taught Fusu, if someone told him one day that Fusu was bullied in Bingzhou, he would also be very angry.

Upon hearing Ying Zheng's order, the leader of the Mohist school bowed and saluted before turning around and leaving.

The Imperial Censor Feng Quji, who was about to impeach, did not say anything else.

It is the lady's responsibility to teach the princes and princesses. The fact that Hu Hai could say these words proves that there is a problem with Mrs. Hu's teaching.

Hu Hai is still young and cannot cause any trouble now, but if this continues, what will happen in the future?

Preventing problems before they arise is the creed of the censors.

"Go on!" Ying Zheng turned around and continued to play with the Nine Ministers.

However, it is generally acknowledged that the North is not good at naval warfare.

Wei Ju's navy was a trouble after all. Although they had many ways to capture Daliang without crossing the Yellow River, the fact that the Yellow River was so large flowing through the heartland of the Three Jins was still a trouble after all.

Especially when the State of Wei was still in existence, Wei Ju would still restrain the navy.

If the Wei State were gone, the navy would become pirates.

This will be very unfavorable to Qin's rule over the Three Jins.

Especially since Qin could not do anything to them across the Yellow River, the anti-Qin elements in the destroyed Zhao, Wei and Han states would have a backbone. Coupled with the reputation left by Xinling Jun, Wei Ju's navy would most likely usher in more vigorous development after the demise of Wei.

By that time, Wei Ju had become the biggest rebel leader in Qin.

However, it is very difficult to assassinate Wei Ju, and no one knows whether Bing Jun has sent Bingzhou experts to protect Wei Ju.

Besides, Wei Ju was still Bingjun's brother in name only.

Once Wei Ju died an untimely death, Bingzhou would definitely investigate, and naturally the cause would be traced back to Qin.

"Wei Ju..." Wang Jian sighed and presented the intelligence obtained by the army to the Nine Ministers and Ying Zheng.

After reading it, Ying Zheng and others looked even more serious.

Originally, Wei Ju's navy had only five warships and hundreds of small boats, but the information Wang Jian had obtained now was beyond everyone's expectations.

In recent years, Wei Ju has been constantly fleecing the various princes, taking in a large number of the remaining ministers and nobles of Han and Zhao, getting a lot of money from them, and then continuing to develop the navy.

He also colluded with the State of Chu and cheated the State of Chu into giving him the blueprints and shipbuilders of the tower ships. He supervised the construction of three tower ships on the Yellow River, more than twenty warships, and over a thousand large and small ships. The number of naval forces was close to 100,000.

It has become the world's number one navy, surpassing the Guoji navy of Chu.

That’s not all. The merchants from Qi State were also profit-driven and even sold ships to Wei Ju!
This means that Wei Ju's navy can not only roam the Yellow River, but also follow the Yellow River to the sea.

"Qi State..." After reading the information handed over by Wang Jian, everyone wanted to curse.

There is nothing wrong with the Chu State providing help to Wei Ju, after all, Wei Ju was able to contain the Qin army in the heartland of the Three Jins.

But what can you, Qi State, gain by helping Wei Ju?
Allow Wei Ju's navy to roam all over the territory of Qi?
The places where the Yellow River flows have become the cruising grounds for Wei Ju's navy. Isn't Qi afraid that Wei Ju will go to Qi to become the overlord of the sea after Wei is destroyed? "I finally understand why Wei Ju's navy can develop so fast!" Wang Wan and others were puzzled when they first saw the scale of Wei Ju's navy. Why can Wei Ju develop so quickly?

Simply taking in those exiled nobles is not a long-term solution. After all, a one-off business cannot sustain the navy for a long time.

But after seeing Qi State, everyone understood.

There were many merchants in Qi State, and Wei Ju's navy appeared on the Yellow River, which enabled them to transport Qi's grain and fodder quickly and at a low price and sell them to various places upstream.

In addition to food and fodder, all kinds of commercial supplies from Qi could also be transported upstream by Wei Ju's navy and distributed to various parts of the Central Plains.

And everyone knows that canal transport is the cheapest mode of transportation.

This condition did not exist before, but the appearance of Wei Ju's navy has filled this gap.

Monopoly is the most profitable way to make money.

Therefore, Wei Ju's navy had a constant source of income.

Especially for the transportation of grain and fodder, under normal circumstances, at least one-third of the grain and fodder will be consumed on the road.

However, water transport can reduce this consumption to the extreme.

"Have you found out how much Wei Ju earns every year from the grain transport?" Zhisulie Shi Teng's eyes lit up, as if he smelled the scent of small money.

"Wei Ju would never say this, but judging from the expansion of the navy, it is probably not less than the annual tax revenue of Wei State!" Wang Jian said in a low voice.

"Wealthy enough to rival a country!" Teng's eyes brightened.

This is truly rich enough to rival a country.

However, when we think about the various places in Qi State through which the Yellow River flows, it seems not difficult to imagine.

"Don't even think about it. None of us knows how to operate a navy!" Wang Jian couldn't help but pour a basin of cold water on Teng.

The navy is a very rare type of military force. Except for Qi and Chu, other princes did not have it.

It just so happens that the Wei State, which originally did not have it, now has it, and it has become the best navy in the world.

However, Qi and Chu did not take it seriously, and their naval boatmen risked their lives to send them to Wei Ju's navy.

"So, what General Wang means is that even if we destroy the State of Wei and obtain the navy, in fact, no one in us can control the navy?" Ying Zheng asked with a frown.

"Although I don't want to admit it, it seems to be the case now. At least in the short term, none of us can operate such a large-scale navy."

Wang Jian spread his hands helplessly.

If the navy only had a few thousand or tens of thousands of people, he could still select people from the prisoners of war to control it, but a navy of more than 100,000 people would not be something that ordinary people could control.

It’s just like the generals and officers in the army. There are many generals and officers who can command thousands or tens of thousands of soldiers, but there are only a few in the world who can command more than 100,000 soldiers. They are all famous generals on the list of various countries.

What's more, this general of one hundred thousand troops is also a naval general.

"You can only persuade him to surrender, not kill him!" Wang Jian finally made up his mind about his attitude towards Wei Ju.

After all, that's a naval force of 100,000. It would be a shame to waste it.

Moreover, the navy makes so much money that I'm afraid no one in Xianyang would be willing to waste such a lucrative way of making money.

Ying Zheng also knew this. If the navy only consumed a large amount of food and grass, then they would not care about abolishing it. However, now that the navy can be self-sufficient and even wealthy, the Qin State will definitely not allow the navy to be abolished.

(End of this chapter)