warring states careerist

Chapter 501
The selection of cities in the direction of Song and Wei to hoard, prepare for supply stations, etc., is also the judgment of the Mohist leadership on the direction of this controllable war.

If the countries close their eyes and only think that Feiguo and Sishang will integrate the rest of the countries, at most they will spend money to buy a lot of food, lose some money and prepare for peaceful development, and the Mohist people will be happy.

But if other countries intervene, Qi is the most likely to fight barebacked. Even if Wei and Han can't do their best, they may send out part of their troops. Then the choice of local marching route is a strategic issue.

If the judgment is wrong, the Mo family may be caught off guard.

This judgment is the collective judgment of the top Mohists headed by Qin Huali and Shi.

In the direction of Jianyang, Juling, and Langya, the country of Yue has not yet gone south, and the contradictions between Qi and Yue are serious. The Mohists have stationed some troops near Langya and the capital of Langya. These are enough to make Qi not dare to choose to march from that direction. .

Once they march from that direction, even if they win, what Qi will get is not the fertile land of the Central Plains they want most.

Judging from these points, if Qi State sends troops to intervene, it will not choose to march in the direction of the East China Sea, and the Qi army in Jucheng will at most guard and defend.

If the Qi State wants to contend for hegemony in the Central Plains, it must obtain Sishang, part of the land of the Lu State, and the fertile soil near Dayozawa.

Occupying the southwestern region of Shandong in later generations, the west can march into Henan to threaten Wei and Han, and the south can march into Huaibei to get Sishang, which is now the world's richest.

The attitude of the State of Lu, the Mohists think, may be very ambiguous, especially since the State of Fei was originally a vassal state of the State of Lu. Will let Qi Guo make excuses.

It is even possible to cede part of the land, divert disasters to the south, and connect Qi State and Mohism so that Lu State can survive the contradictions between the two sides.

In the eyes of the nobles, civilian riots are treasonous. In order to fight against this kind of treason, they can completely cede part of the land and cities.

On the side of Wei Guo, although the Mohists have prepared many constraints for Wei Guo, they feel that Wei Guo's power is still strong.

When the Great War in the Central Plains broke out in history, Wei State fought on four fronts. Although it eventually exhausted its national power and the diplomatic environment deteriorated in an all-round way, it at least proved that Wei State had the ability to fight on all sides.

Now Wei State's tentacles stretched too far, Chu State counterattacked Chen Cai and threatened Wei State Liang.The power of the Mohists in the Song State is increasing day by day, and the Song State unswervingly implements the policy of neutrality and non-aggression, but the Mohists are aggressive, which may make Wei State feel nervous.

South Korea is Wei's follower, and when Chu is weakened, there will be many conflicts between Wei and Han over the division of Zheng.

But Chu State began to fight back against Chen Cai, and the relationship between Wei and Han would immediately ease.

The senior officials of the Mohist School estimated the number of possible troops from various countries and the logistical pressure, and concluded that if a decisive battle was to occur, the direction of Wei Hanqi's troops would be to advance along the Jishui River and the Heshui River.

Water transportation can relieve a lot of logistical pressure.

As for the number of troops to be dispatched, the senior Mohists also felt that the chances of victory were within their grasp.

If too many troops are sent, it will take a year and a half to prepare.

Moreover, during the process of marching, they must not gather together to act, otherwise, it would be a logistical disaster.

Just like when the Three Jins attacked Qi, the marching route was the separation of Han, Zhao, and Wei. They did not start to join forces until after the Great Wall of Qi was Pingyin, and finally signed a covenant for Qi to dismantle the Great Wall and quickly withdraw their troops.

With the current strength of the Mohists, if there is no general mobilization and only the number of volunteers in service is counted, the coalition forces of various countries are less than 15, and it is impossible to win a decisive victory.

And if the coalition forces of various countries dispatch 15, the logistical pressure will force the countries to divide their forces and join forces.

If it is less than 15, and it looks like South Korea sent [-] troops and Wei Guo sent [-] troops, then there is nothing to say, and it is probably just a formality.

Even if there is a mistake in the judgment of the strategic direction, Qi State sends troops south from Jucheng, that is not afraid.

Sending troops south from Jucheng, Qi State is tantamount to giving up the joint efforts of its allies.

Even if Wei and Han still send troops, the Mo family can also free up their hands and let Qi go forward little by little along the border of Yue, Mo, and Lu, which has been in operation for ten years. Solve it, enough to free up your hands to fight back against Qi.

Since more than ten years ago, when they started to take advantage of Prince Ding of Chu's chaotic layout and intentionally deceive the main force of Chu State in Daliang, the worries of the Mo family in Sishang have been resolved through diplomacy.

Having created a seemingly extremely powerful "overlord of the world" like the Wei State, and bringing the chaos of Prince Ding to the extreme, the Chu State will only continue to cooperate with the Mohists now.

Of course, this kind of cooperation may soon come to an end, and even turn against each other: Once Wei State is exhausted by the Mohist’s five-way siege and ten-sided ambush, Wei Zhao turns his face, Chu State pacifies the false Chu established by Prince Chen Cai, Mohist The honeymoon period with Chu is over.

But now, the Mohists only need to fight on two fronts at most, which is enough to defeat them one by one.

The original Mohist battles were standard defensive counterattacks.

Take advantage of the conventionality, lure the enemy to attack the city, weaken the force and organize the force to counterattack.

Only, times have changed.

When we were weak back then, we had no choice but to choose to defend and counterattack.

Now that the power is flourishing, it is natural to choose to take the initiative to attack and solve the interference of various countries outside Sishang.

Once the strategy is set, logistics issues have become the top priority of this combat preparation.

It was different from the last battle of Lishui, which was a defensive counterattack in an inside battle, and the logistical pressure was extremely small.

If there is a problem with the logistics this time, and the marching speed cannot keep up, once the worst-case scenario—Wei Hanqi join forces—appears and one wing cannot be defeated before joining forces, the initiative in this war will change hands.

Shi Jiatun understands how important his mission is. If he wants to break up possible divisions of troops and allow the enemy to come from several directions, I will only fight all the way and annihilate as much as possible to prevent the reconciliation. Allied forces.

With regard to the establishment of food and supply stations, Shi Jiatun is going to take advantage of this speculation about Zhongshan State's joint-stock company.

A businessman seeks profit like a shark sees blood.

The news in Taoqiu will soon spread to businessmen from all over the world. They can foresee the huge profits in it, and they will definitely find ways to speculate in it.

But not every merchant is so rich in cash. There are also some merchants who resell and transship with a large backlog of goods in their hands, and some merchants may only have cronies who are not in Taoqiu, and the amount of funds in their hands is insufficient, etc.

To solve these problems, if it takes a long time, they can naturally rely on the loan from the gold bank, and rely on the annual dividend income minus the interest on the loan as profit.

But if the time is very short, I am afraid that some businessmen will be unable to do what they want. Seeing the profits in front of them but not being able to invest in shares, it is really as uncomfortable as losing the money after they have already obtained it.

Shi Jiatun stayed in Taoyi for a few days, and the people below collected all kinds of news, but one thing was consistent: many merchants in Taoqiu were frantically selling their goods, going to the gold bank to prepare loans, or urgently Ask people to come from other places.

Those who go in first want to push the people behind them down, while those who have not yet come up behind hope to squeeze up. It is always the same reason.

When many businessmen were suffering from the sudden increase in the interest of private lending, Shi Jiatun actually held a party in Taoqiu, inviting businessmen from all over the world to participate.

Merchants flocked to the store after hearing the news.

This kind of gathering that invites businessmen to participate in Mohism has been held many times. When it was held for the first time 20 years ago, the operation technology of the wheat flour mill was sold. Those who invested in the past have now made a lot of profits.

Afterwards, there have been many gatherings of this kind held by the Mohists in Sishang, and almost every time they have been full of the temptation of profit—the Mohists left part of the soup that they couldn’t eat or didn’t want to eat, or the Mohists didn’t have enough energy to manage it with peace of mind. All directions are profitable.

Just like 20 years ago, all the cronies who received the invitation, those who did not receive the invitation, and those appointed by the businessman because he was not in Taoqiu, gathered together.

After some words, Shi Jiatun sang a song first.

Owl Owl Owl, even if it takes my son, it will not destroy my house.Enskins, Mins of the vend.

When the sky is not cloudy and rainy, it will penetrate the mulberry soil and prepare for the household.Do you dare to insult me ​​if a woman is a servant of the people today?

I'm short of hands, and I'm in full swing.To save the rent, to die in the mouth, to say that I have no family.

I give the feather Qiao Qiao, I give the tail 翛翛, and I give the room a warp.Drifted by the wind and rain, Yu Weiyin Xiao Xiao!

After singing, Shi Jiatun said: "This female bird even knows how to save rent and prepare food in advance for emergencies."

He originally meant "preparing for a rainy day" as the beginning of the metaphor, but his words made many businessmen nervous.

Shi Jiatun's identity is here, and the Mohist's strength is here. Sometimes a word may be interpreted by merchants as many different meanings.

For the sake of confidentiality or fairness, when Shi Jiatun usually speaks in front of businessmen, he always uses "diplomatic rhetoric" and is vague.

But this time when he sang "Owl", when it came to Yu's saving rent, Yu's mouth was silent, and when he said that he had no family, many businessmen misunderstood the meaning of Shi Jiatun.

Nowadays, businessmen are called by everyone in many vassal states, and their reputation is really not very good, and they often become a shield for the vassal monarchs to divert conflicts.

Businessmen speculate for profit, buy low and sell high, hoard goods for eccentricity, cheat and deceive, manipulate prices... these are the instincts of businessmen to pursue profits.

The first thing in the reform of the Qin State was to completely prohibit merchants from buying and selling grain, in order to prevent merchants from manipulating prices.

If it's just buying and selling, that's all. Some merchants stock up in advance, raise prices, and even create some rumors that cause food prices to rise.

Sishang is fine, the Grain Mohists have always followed a semi-laissez-faire policy, hoarding grain for many years, speculating on grain in Sishang is courting death.

But elsewhere, it really has a bad reputation.Sometimes the monarch will say: The world is hungry and poor because of the merchants.In this way, merchants are used as a way to pass on domestic conflicts, and the low status of merchants mostly stems from this.

Shi Jiatun originally wanted to say: Birds are planning for a rainy day. The past few years have been smooth and rainy, but a bad year may always come.Therefore, if you want to build some free warehouses, you must build some from the Song Dynasty to the Wei Dynasty, and stockpile food for emergencies. You can contract the purchase and construction to businessmen, and the Mohists will pay in advance through Jinxing. To invest in the speculative industry in Zhongshan Kingdom, the reputation of the Mohists does not need real gold at all, because a large part of the money is still to buy the handicrafts of the Mohist workshops, and the credit notes are equivalent to cash, which is what many businessmen urgently need.

But in the ears of some speculators, that is: you flock of owls make the people jingle in poverty, you are as hateful to the people as owls are to birds...

If others say it, the businessmen will not think there is any major problem, and there are many people who scold them all day long.

But Shi Jiatun's words really scared some businessmen into sweat, thinking that if they hated the Mo family this time, it might be difficult to do some business in the future.

Some well-informed businessmen have heard rumors that representatives from Sishang are now gathering in Pengcheng to make laws together. It is said that many representatives elected by farmers are proposing to levy taxes on grain imported from other than Sishang. Or refuse imports until the price of food falls below a certain value...

These businessmen thought to themselves, could it be that there has been any change in the grain policy of the Mo family?Some merchants who had a lot of grain in their hands were even more frightened. A slight change in this policy might cost them a lot of money.

(End of this chapter)