King Su Hu of Wei looked at the newspaper on the table and rubbed his aching head.

The Zhao State of the eldest brother Su Xiong has a great geographical location and there are no powerful countries around it, so it can develop freely.

From the contents of this newspaper, he could tell that his eldest brother Su Xiong was arrogant and arrogant.

If there was one of Zhao's neighboring countries that was as powerful as it, the eldest brother Su Xiong would never be so arrogant.

Zhao Guo was able to disclose his national policies without fear of provocation from neighboring countries.

Wei Guo cannot do this. The situation here in South America is completely different.

Next to Wei State is a neighboring country of comparable strength, Cao State.

There is also the Qi State in the south with a population of several million and which is mainly engaged in mining and animal husbandry.

Wei cannot expose its ambition for hegemony prematurely.

The war between Wei and Cao originated from the contradiction between the two countries.

Once Wei wanted to dominate, Qi and Cao, who had been on the sidelines, united.

Qi State was in the south of Wei State to contain the Wei army's actions.

It is even more impossible for Wei State to solve Qi State first.

Once Wei makes a move, Cao will definitely send troops to intervene.

If Cao wanted to achieve the same goal, Wei would also send troops to intervene.

Wei was fighting on two fronts, and Wei King Su Hu was not confident in winning the war.

If Wei wants to dominate, it can only decide the outcome with Cao first.

Since the last time a fierce war broke out between Wei and Cao, both countries chose to withdraw their troops and call a truce because they could no longer fight.

King Su Hu of Wei discussed with Prime Minister Qu Xiaolong and Governor Song Kangbo many times how Wei should respond to the threat from Cao.

None of them discussed a precise method to solve Cao Guo's problem.

After Wei Wang Su Hu read this newspaper, he already had a completely different idea in his mind than before.

The current situation of Zhao State is similar to that when the countries were first established.

This economic crisis is another round of reshuffle in the strength of various countries.

When each country was first established, its strength was about the same.

As countries develop, huge gaps in strength have emerged.

Just take the Americas as an example. Because Zhao State developed the fastest, it moved from the west coast of America to the east coast of America.

And because there was no pressure in the north of Zhao State at that time, Su Li, the founding monarch of Xiang State in the south of Zhao State, was injured and died.

This, either due to strength factors or coincidental events, has led to the Zhao State's strength developing into what it is today.

Wei and Cao were not bordering each other at first, so the two countries could expand their territories and develop their strength rapidly.

After the territories of Wei and Cao were bordered, the development of the two countries had reached a bottleneck. Unless they could annex each other, they could develop into a strength similar to that of Zhao.

Precisely because the two countries were equally powerful, King Su Hu of Wei thought for a long time but could not think of a way to solve Cao's situation.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the competition among various countries provided Su Hu with sufficient reference.

Wei State used various strategies such as beauty trap and alienation strategy against Cao State.

But as long as the ambition of Cao Guo and Li Dazhuang is not extinguished, he is still in his prime and has not yet fainted.

These strategies are completely ineffective.

King Su Hu of Wei now discovered that the economy was also a big killer.

Today's war can no longer be won by having enough food and grass.

Sufficient ammunition must be provided to the army.

Industrial strength is the foundation for a country to defeat its enemies.

Now that the economic crisis has emerged, the industrial strength of various countries has suffered heavy losses.

Which country can get out of the quagmire of economic crisis and develop its own industry.

As long as the industrial level exceeds that of the enemy, you don't need to use complicated tactics. You only need to use the tactics commonly used by the Empire's Type B army to bombard, and you can easily defeat the enemy.

In the last war between Wei and Cao, they imitated the empire in carrying out fire bombings.

Both of their countries have insufficient ammunition production capacity, and this kind of semi-finished product fire bombing has depleted their ammunition stocks.

King Su Hu of Wei clenched his fists, knowing that what the newspaper said was correct.

How to solve the economic crisis is a key destiny decision for all countries.

Su Hu of Wei State knew that if the empire wanted to solve the economic crisis, it would have to pay a huge price.

If Wei wants to solve the economic crisis, it must pay an extremely heavy price.

King Su Hu of Wei was ready to pay the price.

He wanted to leave a strong country to his descendants.

If any force dares to stop him from doing this, he will never take human feelings into consideration.

…

King Qi Sushan looked relaxed and was watching movies from the empire with his children.

He said happily: "This is filming the story of your father and me.

This actor performed very well, your father was so wise and powerful back then."

As the plot of the movie progressed, Qi Wang Sushan slapped his thigh and said angrily: "What kind of crew is this? They don't respect the facts at all.

He actually said that I am not as good as Zhang Yuliang, the king of Fujian. This guy has become a big fat man and made himself fat to death.

I guard millions of cattle and sheep and still maintain a healthy body.

Just looking at my self-control, I am far superior to that guy Zhang Yuliang, and he even said that I am not as good as him.

When it comes to leading troops in battle, the two of us are pretty much the same.

Develop the country, the environment of Qi State is stable, the country is peaceful and the people are safe.

The country of Fujian was almost destroyed several times, but it was only with the help of the empire that it was able to turn the corner."

King Qi Sushan was getting angry. He saw a little eunuch outside the door, looking around to observe what was going on here.

He waved his hand and called the young eunuch over and asked, "What happened?"

The young eunuch said respectfully: "Your Majesty, Lord Ma Jinshui Ma wants to see you."

When Qi Wang Sushan left the movie, he met Ma Jinshui in the side hall of the palace.

Ma Jinshui is his confidant and has the power to enter the palace at any time.

But this man is prudent in his work. Except for important events, he will never go to the palace for ordinary matters.

Ma Jinshui, the cabinet minister of the State of Qi and the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, held a newspaper in his hand. After saluting, he said anxiously: "Your Majesty, the current situation in our country is very critical and must be dealt with early."

Qi Wang Sushan glanced at the newspaper in Ma Jin's sailor, he chuckled and said calmly: "My guess is right, this is the newspaper of the Imperial Chinese Associated Press.

The contents of this newspaper have a great impact on regional powers, but the impact on our country is not as great as you think.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The impact of the economic crisis on our country is not as great as you think."

Ma Jinshui heard Qi Wang Sushan's tone of not caring about anything.

He looked anxious and said: "Your Majesty, this is the only chance for our Qi country to rise."

King Qi Sushan snorted coldly and said: "Cao and Wei have developed too rapidly, and our country is mainly based on animal husbandry and mining, and there is simply no industry of sufficient scale.

If we don't develop industry now, Cao Wei and Wei will not regard us as a threat.

Once we develop industry, our country's ambitions will be exposed, and Cao Wei and Wei will definitely attack us, and Qi's current good situation will be in vain."

Ma Jinshui was already heartbroken, but he still continued to advise: "Your Majesty, Cao and Wei have experienced previous wars. The two countries suffered heavy casualties and have formed a feud. It is absolutely impossible for the two countries to unite.

Even if things are really impossible to do, as long as we wait for the price and choose to join the Cao State or the Wei State, we will be serving as a junior brother to the regional power.

No matter what we choose, our situation will not be worse than that of Xiangguo."

Qi Wang Sushan's expression changed. He waved his hand and said, "I have made up my mind. This matter does not need to be discussed further."

Ma Jinshui bowed and said: "I have disturbed your Majesty's pleasure, so I will leave."

He left the palace with a heavy heart.

When Ma Jinshui returned home, there were several people in disguise hiding in the shadows in his study.

"Mr. Ma Ge, how is the situation?

Does your Majesty agree with our country’s vigorous development of industry?”

Ma Jinshui sighed quietly and said: "The king is addicted to pleasure and has lost his enterprising spirit.

The king just wants to maintain the current situation and does not want to take any risks."
To be continued...