Back Off, Let Me Come

"Ow, owe a country?"

The young lady from the Zhao family almost thought she was hearing hallucinations.

The young scribe said lightly: "Yes."

Then he turned to Qishan and asked, "Yes or no?"

Qishan: "..."

The young lady from the Zhao family didn't know the details of Qi Shan, and she couldn't imagine the hatred between the country and the family. The young man did know a little bit - I heard that Mr. Jiang Sheng and Xun Zhen had an old feud with Qi Shan, and the three of them usually didn't bother to glance at each other. , dislike each other.

She boldly guessed that this young scholar who claimed to be a distant relative of Mr. Qishan had the same nature as Mr. Jiang Sheng?

"Could it be that the chief secretary destroyed your homeland?" The young man didn't know what to call the young scribe, and he couldn't tell whether he was an enemy or a friend.

Young scribe: "Yes, and no."

His calm attitude gave the young man the courage to continue asking: "Yes or no? Is that a 'yes' or a 'no'?"

What is this answer?

The young scribe asked the young man: "Have you ever heard of the three strategies of 'Qi Wan and Lu Zhen', 'buying a deer to conquer Chu', and 'buying a fox to bring down the throne'?"

The boy's cheeks turned red with embarrassment.

Shaking his head: "Young man has little knowledge and has never heard of it."

The young scribe did not deliberately embarrass her.

"According to the records of Thief Star Yanling, these three items were all written by one person. This person was named Guan Zhong, and he truly achieved 'conquering the enemy without fighting.' Take 'Qi Wan Lu Can' as an example. It is said that there was The two countries are neighbors, one is called Qi, the other is called Lu. Both countries are good at textiles, and the one produced by Qi is called Qi Wan, and the one produced by Lu is called Lu Can. Guan Zhong gave an advice and ordered Qi to wear Lu Can from top to bottom. The people obeyed the order. Seeing the profit, the merchants of Lu State purchased Lu Guan and sold it to Qi State."

When the young man heard this, he was thoughtful.

On the other hand, the young lady of the Zhao family frowned and asked: "This man is so strange. Since he is from Qi, why does he admire Lu Jin? Isn't his business in Qi Wan bad? The money flows into the hands of Lu in vain, so he is not afraid of fattening Lu. The country’s soldiers and horses?”

If it hurts the country's textiles, why bother?

The young man said: "Whether we accept Lu Guan or not is not a matter of an order? He can make everyone from the public officials to the common people wear Lu Guan and abandon Qi Wan. Naturally, he can also order Qi Wan to abandon Lu Guan." Since it’s a trick, how can you give away benefits for free?”

The young lady from the Zhao family reacted.

"That's true."

The young scribe told the second half of the plan.

"In this way, the state of Lu did not provide money to the people but had a rich treasury. When the king heard about it, he ordered the people under his rule to weave Lu silk. The plan was effective, and Guan Zhong gave an advice again. He made people focus on Qi Wan, banned Lu silk, and did not compete with Lu. The country is engaged in trade. The people of Lu State are hungry and frustrated, and they cannot be given justice. The people have been cut off from their source of survival. Not to mention paying taxes to the royal court, they cannot even provide their own food rations..."

The young lady of the Zhao family gasped after hearing this.

"Is this an attack on a country's food supply?" On the surface, Qi State was the one who was wronged, but I didn't expect that it was Lu State itself who was wronged...

"Why doesn't the leader of the Lu State order all the people in the territory to grow grain? Even if he misses the plowing time, as long as he grows grain, he will no longer be constrained by the Qi State?" The young man realized something as soon as he asked, "A person can go without food for three days. , the grain cannot be harvested in three months..."

Grain takes time to mature.

This time was enough for Lu to be slaughtered by Qi.

"Sir, the remaining two strategies are the same - buying a deer to conquer Chu and buying a fox to subdue the emperor?" The young man became very curious about this "Guan Zhong". However, once you read the story, you can see that this part of the Thief Star Yanling is only interested in literary scholars.

The young scribe nodded: "Buying deer to conquer Chu means letting the men and women in the Chu State abandon farming and go into the mountains to hunt deer; buying foxes to subjugate the Chu State means letting the people of the State of Chu run for fox skins. When the country's strength is weakened, it will be taken advantage of by the north. If we enter, we have to surrender to Qi."

The young man understood something after hearing this.

"The Chief Prayer Book used Guan Zhong's plan against your homeland?"

The young scribe said with a dark expression: "He made this suggestion, but it was seen through early on, and the royal court took advantage of it, trying to make the country that Qi Yuanliang loyal to bleed. Who knows, this guy has played a trick A chain plan. Taking advantage of this to build momentum and take the lead in shouting, businessmen from neighboring countries saw the profits and came over one after another to imitate Qi Yuanliang's move. They signed contracts with businessmen from their own country and advanced flowers for the next year. If they could not deliver the goods, they would have to pay ten times the amount. Amount, upstream flood discharge in the second year..."

The small countries upstream release floods to the small countries downstream...

This is considered basic practice.

There are policies and measures to counter.

The small downstream country was naturally on guard against Lao Liu's upstream trick. Except for farmland, which could not be moved away, the common people within the territory lived on high ground, and even the buildings were stilted buildings. The losses caused by floods can be offset to the maximum extent, and there are even blessings in disguise - flood discharges bring silt upstream, and farming does not require special fertilizers, so harvests can continue for several years.

The young scribe's homeland itself is highly dependent on imported grain. The grain depots in various places have at least two years of grain storage, and the upstream flood discharge will not make it as passive as Lu, Chu, and Dai. It doesn’t even matter whether the upstream Laoliu discharges the flood or not.

result--

The target of that flood was not food at all, but flowers! All the flowers ordered for the second year were destroyed, unable to be delivered, and a large number of merchants went bankrupt. You must know that many of these merchants were supported by noble families, and there were even royal families who ended up wearing vests. When several neighboring countries saw this, they were naturally resentful of the loss and took the opportunity to attack and add insult to injury. As a result, his homeland was destroyed.

juvenile:"……"

The young lady of the Zhao family: "..."

The young man figured it out and said, "Well, then, this can be considered a normal confrontation. Why do you say that the prayer book owes you..."

The young scribe's expression said "I don't want to mention it".

Why else?

Because he saved Qi Yuanliang with his cheap skills.

This guy pretended to be soft and harmless, and made him a close friend. He also wanted to introduce him to his friends. As a result, this guy turned around and made him bankrupt, turning from a millionaire to abject poverty overnight.

juvenile:"……"

The young lady of the Zhao family: "..."

This hatred is indeed very great.

But, they don’t understand——

When the two met, apart from being a little angry at first when they held Su Shang hostage, the rest of the time they got along pretty well?

They are more like friends than enemies.

As everyone knows, there is an inner story behind this matter.

On the surface, that small country loves flowers, but it is not a clean place. The royal family is even more of a filth, making it the filthiest place in the world! The noble Lord indulged in lust and left seeds everywhere. The young man was the product of a night of happiness, and his mother already had a husband. His biological mother and adoptive father regarded him as a thorn in his flesh. However, due to the identity of his biological father, he had to keep his son. Life.

He has been looked down upon since childhood.

And the biological father?

Haha, in order to protect himself, he prayed for mercy from neighboring countries everywhere, but as the leader of the country, he agreed to a series of absurd conditions, one of which was to reduce the area of ​​cultivated land in his country and purchase grain from neighboring countries at high prices. The common people could only buy grain if they wanted to eat, but those who couldn't afford it would starve to death. Many people were starved for a while, and mourning was everywhere... Under the brocade of flowers, there was a rotten and smelly skin.

The young scholar wanted to save the country but had no way to save the country. He suggested that he was his biological father several times, but was scolded and put into court battle.

Even after he was dragged down, he still asked loudly.

[Father, do you know how many people have starved to death over the years? All these measures are nothing more than putting out the fire, Mr. Jun——]

The coldness of the other party made him feel chilled.

[Just common people, just like ants. 】

The surrounding neighboring countries have been destroyed and resurrected several times, but his small country has remained standing for decades, which shows that the policies adopted by the royal family are correct. This little scribe also dares to point fingers at himself, shouting about why he is asking for orders for the people!

Don’t overestimate your capabilities!

Therefore, when the young scribe was demoted, he rescued Qi Yuanliang by chance, and he saw through the opponent's plan and did not stop him. He even had a crazy idea in his mind - it is better to destroy a country than to conquer it; if it cannot be destroyed, it cannot be established, but it must be destroyed and then established!

only--

The country was destroyed, but what about the peaceful age promised by Qi Yuanliang? After this guy defeated his master, he slapped his butt and ran away!

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Tomorrow I will be 30 weeks pregnant with my small ovulation, and I will be full term in seven or eight weeks, right?

Finally, it’s time to unload and be liberated, woo woo woo.

PS: So far, food is still the lifeblood of a country, and Guo Jia has really done a great job in this regard┭┮﹏┭┮

PPS: I’ve been bored watching Guanzi’s selections these past few days, and then I realized that Mr. Guan Zhong is so awesome!

PPPS: In order to arrange Qi Bu Shan’s fancy revenge, my hair is going to be bald...Tang Mei will appear in the next chapter. In order to make the characters more down-to-earth, there will be a few weird cases of common people_(:з」∠)_or the previous ones The inspiration came from chatting with my mother one day. In a word, feudal superstition is unacceptable. But in the ancient environment, it was really a murderous knife.