The King of Qin touched his short beard and thought for a while: "Since there is a covenant to cease the war, then for the sake of peace in the world, our Qin State can call at least 500,000 civilians to build a canal, which is a good thing."

"King of Qin, you just said that you should transfer 500,000 people. This will be written in the covenant."

"What's the matter with this covenant?" The King of Qin did it on purpose. He could not agree to Wei and Han so easily.

Zhao Wangzhang said at this time: "Since Qin State is determined to be peaceful in the world, then we must also be sincere."

The King of Qin said nothing, looked at the cards in his hand, grabbed a handful of chips and threw them on the table: "I have considered this."

It is obviously unrealistic to let the King of Qin make a promise immediately.

King Wei said again: "Your King Qin just now, you said that you want to transfer Bai Qi and Bai Hui will come back. I think it's good, so I will issue an edict. It's just the New Year, so you can let them watch the ceremony."

"I can agree to this."

The four countries of Wei, Han, Zhao, and Yan thought clearly that the cities that Bai Qi and Bai Hui swept by were not only not worth the spoils to take, but also had a bad reputation.

Because Bai Qi and Bai Hui do not harm civilians, nor do he steal civilians' property.

But the rest of the countries are not like this.

In contrast, the four countries of Wei, Han, Zhao and Yan dare not steal the civilians of Qi, otherwise they would have become a bad reputation.

The four kings thought that Bai Hui was really poisonous.

In a city, all the wealth of all the civilians is not as rich as one percent of the wealth of the nobles. This will not make the civilians fight desperately, and will not only lose their reputation, but also gain benefits.

Therefore, Bai Qi and Bai Hui quickly withdrew to Luoyi, otherwise Qi and the others would have to seize the empty city, and they would also need to transport grain from their own country to supplement military use and to safeguard the people.

There are hundreds of cities in Qi State, and eight of them are rich.

Linzi is already in the hands of Bai Qi and Bai Hui. It is estimated that Changle, a big city not far from Linzi, cannot escape Bai Qi and Bai Hui's hands. So they come back quickly and leave at least one big city for at least each of the five countries.

A big city represents a huge amount of wealth.

After the King of Qin placed the bet, all of them gave up their cards and asked them to write an edict immediately. The King of Chu had no choice but to fold the cards and keep the same as everyone.

After writing the edict, the King of Qin was unhappy: "I won't play this card today."

The Five Kings understood the Qin King's mood and also expressed that they had the end of today.

When the King of Qin returned to the resting place, he found that there was no one in the Queen Mother Xuan's room, and a servant came to report: "The Queen Mother went to Shaoliangzao's residence."

"Prepare a carriage, I want to pick up the Queen Mother." The King of Qin wanted to discuss with Queen Mother Xuan if he had something to do.

Just as Bai Hui sometimes used tricks but did not dare to make the final decision, but needed to make a decision in vain, the King of Qin did not have the confidence to think that he could make decisions, so he needed Mr. Xuan to help him make some decisions later.

When he arrived at the house that Bai Hui had temporarily borrowed in Luoyi, the King of Qin saw a light in Bai Hui's study as soon as he entered the front yard. He immediately called someone and asked, "Who dared to enter the doctor's study without my permission."

The King of Qin was very unhappy because of many secrets in Bai Hui's study.

The escort in the courtyard immediately stepped forward: "The king is the queen mother."

"Empress Dowager?" The King of Qin hurried to the study, knowing that Bai Hui is not here, and no one except the King of Qin cannot get close to him.

King Qin entered Bai Hui's study and saw Queen Mother Xuan reading the bamboo slips.

Listening to the footsteps, Empress Dowager Xuan knew that the King of Qin had arrived. She didn't look back and pointed to a bamboo slip and said, "The book says that the elite Qin army is not the four guards. The copper and iron required for 170,000 people, 1,400 iron, or 28,000 stones. Four thousand troughs of wood and seven thousand coal, and 30,000 craftsmen and civilians."

King Qin was stunned for a moment. He seemed to have heard of this data, but he didn't look at it carefully.

Queen Mother Xuan continued: "The copper and iron just now have armor, so let's talk about military uniforms. 170,000 people need nearly one million sets of military uniforms. If the mulberry and hemp are planted in the fields, it will require nearly 100,000 mu of fertile land and 60,000 people. This is just two of them becoming cavalry, and there will be horses, animals, tents, and vehicles. Wang'er knows how much is needed?"

The King of Qin could not answer this question, so he could only choose to remain silent.

Queen Mother Xuan pointed to the book: "There are mountains, forests, fertile fields, and tens of thousands of grazing, production, and transportation. Do you think that the Qin State can take it out. According to Bai Hui's bamboo slips, take this attack on Qi as an example. The troops sent were actually 185,000, 120,000, and 150,000 were responsible for the production of weapons, equipment, military uniforms, baggage, etc.."

"These 450,000 people are not just going to war, but include production and transportation consumption, which requires at least 10 million stones of grain, 100,000 stones of copper, iron, 500,000 stones of coal, 100,000 stones of construction materials, and 100,000 stones of mulberry and hemp. So, Wang'er, how many people do these consumptions need to be supported by our Qin State before the national strength?"

The King of Qin still couldn't answer this question.

That is, Bai Hui, socioeconomics has achieved its effect at this time.

Queen Mother Xuan pointed to the book: "According to Bai Hui's calculations, it takes 2.35 million people to support these 185,000 elites. This is not counting, the Four Guards!"

hiss……

The King of Qin took a deep breath and said that the population of Qin was about four million at this time. Some nobles also concealed some of the population, such as slaves, maids, servants, etc. who were not registered. To put it bluntly, they were evading the conscript.

All of these together, Qin State had a population of about 4.4 million.

According to Bai Hui's calculations, the entire Qin State can only support 350,000 elite Qin troops.

"You are still far from you! You can be above the top in front of the Five Kings, relying on the power of Qin." After scolding the King of Qin, Empress Dowager Xuan ordered: "Come!"

A maid entered immediately.

Queen Mother Xuan ordered: "Go and tell Shaoliangzao's personal guards that the study room will be twice as much as the guards. No one is allowed to approach unless the order of the palace or the king. Go to the backyard to tell Shaoliangzao's wife that I borrowed the front yard for a few days, and they don't need to greet each other every day. At noon tomorrow, I will have dinner with them!"

"promise!"

When the maid left, Empress Dowager Xuan handed the bamboo slips he had been reading to the King of Qin.

"It is obviously not finished yet, but it is worth pondering."

The King of Qin took it and read it on it: On the advantages and disadvantages of elite soldiers and the tactics of the sea of ​​people.

It is better to have elite soldiers or to fight in a sea of ​​people. This is a question that Bai Qi and Bai Hui have been discussing for a long time. Although they cannot come up with the final result, this kind of discussion is very important for the two brothers.

Obviously, at this time, Empress Dowager Xuan believed that this was also very important to Qin.

When the King of Qin was reading, Queen Mother Xuan said: "There is a very interesting saying above: Ten spirits fight against hundreds of people, but they cannot be defeated. Ten spirits fight against hundreds of people and kill them! This should be Bai Qi's words."
Chapter completed!