warring states careerist

Episode 302
It was already April when I crossed the Great Wall of Chu with Meng Sheng and others.

If Zheng, Wei and Han are going to jointly dispatch troops this year, preparations for recruitment should have already begun by this time.

However, it is appropriate to estimate that the time for the three countries to send troops will not be too fast, and the conflict between Zheng and Han needs to be resolved. In history, Zheng also took advantage of the opportunity of the three countries to send troops together to stab South Korea.

And the stabbing in the back was quite ruthless, directly besieging Yangdi, the capital of South Korea.

That is to say, when the three countries joined forces to enter Wang Ziding, Zheng Guo, as an ally, took advantage of the opportunity of the three countries to join forces to fight against Chu, and attacked the capital of the allies.

Si Ziyang is ambitious, and the land of Zheng State is divided by Chu State and South Korea.He also has a feud with South Korea.

On the eastern front, if we can take advantage of the opportunity of Wei and Han to attack the Great Wall of Chu and enter Wang Ziding, take Yuguan Daliang, etc., connect the two lands together, and at the same time besiege the capital of South Korea and force South Korea to sign an alliance, it seems that we can regain our glory .

The timing of this kind of betrayal is very good. In any case, Wei Guo will join the Prince Ding in order to maintain the temporary alliance of the Three Kingdoms, and the Prince Ding is in Zheng Guo at this time, so he can only mediate in the middle, and will not use the Three Jin Alliance. In the name of helping South Korea to fight Zheng Guo... Moreover, Wei Guo is probably the most dissatisfied when South Korea eats Zheng Guo.

Shi very much doubts that the reason for "Jin Shi and Zheng Shi's entry into the prince's decision to fail" this time in history is not that Duke Lu Yang defeated the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms, but that the conflict between South Korea's retreat and Zheng and Han intensified after the Zheng man stabbed him in the back.

After all, after just four years this time, Chu State suffered a big defeat, and it was impossible for the field combat ability to drop so much in just four years.

Moreover, this time the state of Chu was considered to be a general outbreak of various diseases accumulated over the past few decades, so that it might not have been able to defeat the state of Zheng if there were no internal problems in the state of Zheng.

According to the previous plan, Shi and the others did not go directly to Luyang, but went to Yingcheng to the east of Luyang first, and met with those other Mohists who rushed here from Peixian County, as well as those city guards who sold to Chu State. weapon.

Yingcheng is probably the Pingdingshan of the later generations, where the son of King Wu once ruled the country. In the poem "Xiawu", there is also a sentence "Meizi is one person, Yinghou Shunde". The county is established here.

This place also belongs to the defense line of Luyang and Luguan. This time, if the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Han, and Zheng are included in Wang Ziding, they must break through the defense line of the Great Wall of Chu State.

Walking along the line of Ye and Fangcheng, where the lords are powerful, they are afraid that they will be besieged, and they are also worried that if they fail to succeed, they will be robbed by these county officials.

It seems easier to go along the line between Luyang and Luguan, and this is the shortest distance. Once Luguan is broken, Chu State will definitely be shaken.

This is a political battle, and it does not need to be won brilliantly, but as long as the Great Wall of Chu is broken, conflicts within Chu will always break out, and those who support Wang Ziding will immediately stand up and shout.

As the commander of the Luguan defense line, Duke Lu Yang was under great pressure this time and could not stand any failure.Once it fails, there is almost no chance of a comeback.

Originally, Gongsun Kuan was right to choose Luyang as the fiefdom. At that time, the Chu State was aggressive and was in an offensive position. The focus of the struggle for hegemony was also between Song and Zheng.

When neither of them has the power to destroy the country, it is impossible for Jin to attack the essence of Chu with all its strength. It can only find a way to maintain hegemony from the direction of Song and Zheng in the Central Plains.

But now the situation has changed. Lu Yang, which was originally safe, is at the front line of this succession war.

This time is not as good as before.

Before Mozi traveled to Luyang, when Duke Luyang was full of ambitions, Mozi went to talk to Duke Luyang from the standpoint of persuading him not to start an unjust war.

The relationship between Duke Lu Yang and the Mohist family is quite close, the previous generation and the present generation have friendship, but this friendship is not enough for the Mohist family to help Duke Lu Yang do things, the ultimate goal is for the Mohist family's own plan.

Shi and the others were in Yingcheng, and quickly found the Mohists who had been staying here for more than ten days.This time, more than forty people from the Mo family came, and the rest were hired people.

The carriage is loaded with gunpowder and some simple firearms. These simple firearms are not troublesome to manufacture, but they are too dangerous and not very powerful to use, but they are still ahead of the times at this time. Huge breakthrough.

There are thousands of iron or pottery gunpowder mines, [-] barrels of gunpowder, more than [-] primitive Huomen weapons such as crude hand cannons, and four portable "cannons" or large-caliber guns that shoot gravel. The spray gun and three small copper cannons.

This is something that has been produced since it was finalized in July last year. Although copper is expensive, the return is the penetration of Chu State, mining rights and tax-free rights. This investment is still worthwhile.

In addition to these firearms, there are six sets of iron armor.

At this time, all countries have armor, and a cobbler like Shi's brother needs to pay a certain amount of armor as a military tax, of course leather armor.

Because they are all long strips of armor, which are very similar to the wooden slips written on the bamboo slips at this time, so they are called Zhajia.

Since Pei County can produce iron on a large scale and has trained a group of forging craftsmen, it is not difficult to make this kind of armor.

Although the labor value of each set of Zhajia is still very expensive at this time, since countries have not yet reached the peak of military power in the Warring States Period, the armor that can only be used by these "nobles" is still expensive in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods. It is also a good way to accumulate money in exchange for a large amount of funds at the turn.

These delivered weapons are all profitable, and they are actually several times the profit.

Not counting the two privileges obtained by the Chu State, these armor pieces can also be sold to nobles to obtain extremely high profits.

Moreover, now that Jin and Chu are the dominant powers in the world, the series of wars surrounding this crisis of Chu's succession is an excellent opportunity to open up the market and reputation of these "defensive weapons" that can be sold.

If the Mohists want to develop, they must have enough funds, which can be used as capital investment for reproduction, so that they can continuously attract craftsmen and people from all over the world to enrich their own strength.

Now that the future route has been determined internally, this kind of arms trade will also become the main income of the Mohists in the near future.

This is the real huge profit. Compared with the iron farm tools that take many years to repay, or the co-cultivation cooperatives that the Mohists directly invest in for a long time, the profits are high and the recovery speed is fast.

The escort this time was Mozi's disciple Hu Feizi, who was also the "Mr." of General Qu from Chu. He was familiar with both Shi and Meng Sheng and was an important figure in the Mohist school.

Hu Feizi first asked about Shi's trip to Yingdu, and when he learned that the king of Chu had agreed to various conditions, he said happily: "Before coming, the giant said that Shi's work must be reliable. Now that this matter is done, my Mohist family will be ready soon." Enter Chu."

Shi replied: "I heard that the cunning rabbit has three caves, so we can only avoid its dead ears. Now the Mohists only have caves in Pengcheng, Peixian County, and they can't be safe. If they can gain a foothold in Chu this time, the future will be better. .”

Then Shi asked again, what happened in Pei County after he left?What instructions did Juzi and Nanwukai convey?
Hu Feizi first briefly talked about the changes in Pei County. As Shi guessed, everything is on the right track, and there is no risk of war in the short term. The development of the entire Pei County is normal and upward.

Iron smelting technology has basically reached the level of the Han Dynasty, and the technology of producing pig iron by stirring method is higher, because there is a reflective arc surface to separate fuel and pig iron, and the quality of wrought iron produced is good.

The Mohist School itself is the top artisan association of this era, and the level of various artisans is not low.

Su knows the general principles and principles, and the original Mohist has strong hands-on ability, which is a match made in heaven.

After the busy autumn harvest, Pei County also started the first batch of conscripts, and the number of volunteers in Pei County expanded to about 3000.

This is not counting Pengcheng, which has just begun to infiltrate.

Moreover, the iron farm tools produced in Peixian County also began to be continuously transported to the north through Taoyi and other cities, in exchange for a large amount of copper metal.

Song State, as the basic platform of Mohism, adopts more methods of "benevolence from the city to the people".

Relying on the strongholds in some cities, it gradually penetrated to the periphery of the Song Dynasty by means of promoting Sumai and a public mill in Sansili, and using methods such as "Shi Fushui" for curing diseases.

Most of the ironware is repaid gradually in installments, so as to not only develop the agriculture of the Song Dynasty, but also gain more support and familiarity from the people of the Song Dynasty.

All other items are also developing step by step, and there are no problems for the time being, and it is at a time when the contrast between the old and the new is the strongest after the agricultural technology innovation, and the public's support for the Mohist school is at its peak.

After talking about the situation in Pei County, Hu Feizi and Meng Shenghe said: "This time, Juzi discussed with the other committee members. Since the future goal has been set, it is best to let the Mohist's this time." more famous."

"It's just subject to the previous agreement. This time we absolutely can't directly help Chu State fight, but can only do it in the name of providing defense equipment. Juzi means that here, we will make a decision on the fly. If there is any disagreement, support When you can't make a decision with the opposition... the appropriateness shall prevail."

Shi nodded and said: "I will do my best and will not disappoint everyone's expectations. I have thought about this matter, this time is indeed a rare opportunity for our Mo family."

In the first battle of Shangqiu, the fame of the Mo family, even though the elimination of soldiers will die halfway, but Shi made the best use of the failed elimination of soldiers.

This time, since it is determined to infiltrate the Chu State, it is necessary to take this opportunity to make certain contributions to the Chu State, so that the King of Chu can legitimately cooperate with the Mohists.

However, this degree needs to be grasped very finely.

After doing it, Zheng Weihan and other congresses were dissatisfied with the Mohists, and even caused some unnecessary hatred.

If it doesn't do enough, it will be difficult for the King of Chu to suppress the opposition of the domestic nobles to the Mohist infiltration into Chu to help reform.

Since everyone is allowed to make a decision on the fly, and the final decision-making power when hesitating is handed over to Shi's hands, this can be regarded as really letting Shi try to be on his own.

(End of this chapter)