The weapon tycoon who traveled to Daqin

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Facing the bombardment of the Yan army, the Qi army was in a panic

And the Qi army, which was stepping up its attack on the defensive positions of the Allies, also began to enter a state of panic.

"The outside of the city has been bombarded," said a soldier of the Qi army, looking at the thick smoke rising outside the city.

"Are we surrounded?" Qi soldiers asked worriedly

"Hurry up and attack!" Facing the sudden bombardment, the Qi army officer still urged his soldiers to move forward quickly

The impact of the heavy artillery bombardment is that the soldiers of the Qi army generally have a sense of fear of the heavy artillery. This kind of fear is the powerful bombardment of the pacifier cannon. The soldiers of the Qi army have nothing to do about it.

The entire Huaxia Empire is engaged in a land war, and Qi's diplomatic situation has undergone a qualitative and major change

"How much arms does North Korea need this time?" Hou Sheng asked the North Korean mission while sitting tall in his palace hall

"Dear Great Qi, we need a lot of firearms this time. The Yan State and the barbaric Qin people are harassing us frequently. We urgently need these firearms to arm our own army." The North Korean mission said in a relatively blunt Huaxia language

"Hey, Yan Guo and Qin people," Hou Sheng said proudly

"The head of the envoy probably doesn't know yet," Hou Sheng said proudly

"The capital of Yan State is being surrounded by our Daqi army, and Qin State's army is also in our encirclement. Not only that, an army of Qin State has been completely wiped out under the fierce attack of our Daqi generals." Hou Sheng despised said

"Hahahaha" Hou Sheng then laughed happily, and the accompanying ministers and disciples of Qi State also laughed hahaha

"Ah, a big victory is worse than a big defeat," a doorman whispered to himself

"Great Qi is mighty," said the head of the North Korean mission respectfully.

"Hey, what novelty did you bring from North Korea this time?" Hou Sheng asked loudly at this time

"Respectful Prime Minister of Qi, this is our gift list from Korea," said the head of the North Korean mission respectfully presenting the gift list

An attendant carefully forwarded the gift list to Hou Sheng

"Ten thousand-year-old ginseng" Hou Sheng slowly called the gift list and saw

After watching it slowly, Hou Sheng frowned.

"These are just gifts for King Daqi, but..." Hou Sheng obviously meant that this was his share of benefits, but Hou Sheng's public extortion for bribes surprised the head of the North Korean embassy.

"Oh, this is just a little meaning of our country to adults." The head of the North Korean mission suddenly changed his words at this time

"Oh, this hahaha" Hou Sheng also felt that suddenly he opened his mouth and burst out laughing, and the diners sitting there had some apologetic smiles and contempt on their faces. This practice of ignoring the monarch of Qi and publicly asking for bribes really made them feel It is shameful that Huaxia has entered the hall and openly asked for bribes from a country on the hall, which made many ministers feel ashamed

The ensuing banquet slowly became lively

These treaties were all concluded after the banquet, and the content of the conclusion is completely beneficial to Qi.

These treaties are all secret, and the terms of these treaties are not planned to be submitted to King Qi for approval, and the content of these terms is completely beneficial to Qi.

The treaty stipulates that Qi State has the right to garrison troops in North Korea. Qi State’s navy can directly reach North Korea through the sea.

The requirement for the number of troops to be stationed is because Qi State occupies absolute dominance, and North Korea has no specific requirements, but Qi State can send troops to North Korea at will.

For North Korea, the garrison sent by Qi State needs to train them to help it build a regular army. North Korea provides Qi State with a large amount of ginseng and other special commodities every year. In return, Qi State provides various arms to arm North Korea.

These weapons will help the Qi army to build a musket army of more than 1 people in the first year and provide a certain number of cannons. In the second year, they will join the Qi army from North Korea to attack the Yan army.

North Korea paid tribute to Qi State and became a small subsidiary country of Qi State, and North Korea had no objection to this. The two parties reached this secret agreement very happily.

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Although Qi's approach has damaged North Korea's sovereignty to some extent, Qi is currently in a strong state, and North Korea is also frequently harassed by armed forces hired by Yan and Qin.

Under the principle of the lesser of two evils, North Korea had no choice but to sign an alliance with Qi. They wanted to use Qi's strength to resist the invasion of the armed forces of Yan and Qin.

Qi State provides a strong backing force. Of course, Qi State is not all free. A large amount of gold and silver will be transferred from North Korea to Qi State’s treasury. Qi State will use these real gold and silver to support the war against Yan State and at the same time compensate for its growing An increasingly weak treasury

At the same time, Qi State can also take advantage of North Korea's attack on the armed forces of Yan State and Qin State while restraining its own enemies while making a fortune in war. The idea of ​​killing two birds with one stone naturally made Housheng make such a choice.

This approach seems reasonable and in line with the interests and needs of the Qi State, but it has brought potential security risks to the Qi State.

First of all, if Qi State is exposed at this time, then Qi State will fall into a passive diplomatic situation. This situation is very unfavorable to Qi State. In the Warring States Period, China was naturally called civilized, and barbaric tribes were the objects of China's contempt. Qin People in the west were ridiculed by the six eastern countries because of the history of raising horses in the west, and the country of Qin had to reform and rise rapidly. Although the six countries could not suppress Qin in the military, all countries looked down on Qin in public opinion.

Although the Qin State does its own way, there is still a sense of inferiority among the six countries. This feeling is that the Chinese civilization circle clearly judges this civilization. The criterion for judging this civilization is whether it has contacts with barbaric tribes outside the Chinese civilization circle.

Obviously, as an important adherent of Chinese civilization, Qi State is breaking this unspoken rule. The reason why the ministers of Qi State objected is because of one point. He is unwilling to put the internal struggles of Chinese civilization into the affairs of barbaric foreign nations. And Qi's practice of winning later just went beyond this unspoken rule.

This will put Qi State on the cusp of the storm

Secondly, this approach will undoubtedly involve Qi State in another circle, that is, Qi State will passively enter the barbaric tribes around the Chinese civilization. Although this is consistent with Shangwen's active participation in surrounding international affairs, the upper echelons of Qi State are not willing. This is because the expansion of the territory will bring about changes in the center of power, which is a potential risk factor for later victory

Finally, as the surrounding barbaric tribes join in, the entire internal war in China may gradually escalate into a regional war. The impact of this big battle will be extremely far-reaching, which will undoubtedly add a certain degree of difficulty to the unification war.

The diplomatic situation of Qi State has undergone a qualitative change, and Chu State is not idle. Their businessmen are actively developing their overseas business.

"Ahead is the border of the new state of Chu, ready to dock." A sailor of the state of Chu stood on a high observation deck and looked into the distance to check the situation.

"Well, we will arrive at the new state of Chu." A captain of the state of Chu anxiously held a telescope to check the situation in the distance.

In his binoculars, he vaguely saw the words of the flag of Chu

With the gradual rise of the slave trade, especially the growing demand for slaves in the Qin State, the Bashu area of ​​the Qin State is undergoing an unprecedented development. The required population has exceeded twice the total population of Bashu, but the gap has been unable to make up, especially sugarcane. A large amount of sugarcane began to be planted in Bashu, because agricultural machinery could not be used. Agricultural machinery could not pass through the machinery and equipment produced in Qinling Guanzhong, so slaves became the main labor force. Not only these, but also the mining of various mineral and forestry resources required a lot. The slaves invested in these gaps were not met by the Qin State, especially in terms of transportation, the transportation capacity of the Qin State was extremely tight, so Bashu could only rely on the transportation of the Yangtze River system, and the Chu State in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River took the opportunity to develop.

Especially those merchants from the state of Chu, they began to actively invade the south to plunder the population resources of the Vietnamese people in the south to fill the huge demand for slaves in the state of Qin

This is a very large market demand. All Chu merchants who have been to Qin State are aiming at this point. They have organized merchant ships to go south to snatch a large number of Yue people and transport them to Bashu in Qin State. All kinds of handicrafts produced are loaded on ships and transported to the lower reaches of the state of Chu, or they are the territory of the Yue people. They achieve the purpose of plundering the population by means of exchange.

"Docking" "Docking" the sailor who put on shouted loudly

The sail is slowly lowered, the anchor is slowly lowered, the reins are thrown over

And on the shore, a large number of slaves were imprisoned in narrow cages, and a large amount of various materials were piled up on the shore. These materials are important resources for their survival.

From time to time on the shore, you can see Yue people painted with various patterns, wearing animal skins and wearing large pieces of skin. They wear exquisite feather hats. They talk to Chu people from time to time.

Those aborigines are all local aboriginals who have a cooperative relationship with the merchants of the Chu state. With the excellent weapons provided by the merchants of the Chu state and the troops sent by the Chu state to jointly fight, the two jointly established a stable situation in the surrounding area. The aboriginal people attached to the merchants of the Chu state got The right to use their local land, and the merchants of Chu State got the slave population they wanted. The disobedient tribes around them were conquered by them, and a large number of people became prisoners of war. population

"We're rich," the captain exclaimed excitedly

"There's another merchant ship coming," said a Chu merchant on the shore holding a binoculars

"Come, come, come, we will get rich, we happened to capture a group of slaves, these damned slaves, they will eat ours, use ours, and we will pay them back, as long as we transport them to the territory of the Qin State, we will be ruthless Make a lot of money," said the Chu businessman

"That's good." The mercenary leader on the side nodded as long as the merchants made a fortune, these mercenaries who rely on murder and arson to make a living can also get benefits It's rare to see that silver will be a lot but it's not worth much. If the mercenaries want to make extra money, they can only catch more women because women can make more money.

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