The princess and the prince-in-law had not returned from their honeymoon for more than a month, but Gan Lei did. Situ Pan then sent someone to call Feng Ziying to discuss the matter, and asked him to take Jia Cong by detour to Rongguo Mansion. Jia Cong did not dare to neglect and dealt with it honestly.
Wearing a new scholar's robe, Situ Pan came over. Situ Pan thought highly of him and asked him to sit next to Feng Ziying. Most of the others knew him and knew that Situ Pan was pleased with him, so they all greeted him with smiles.
Earlier, a female mountain villager reported to the official that a few days ago, many soldiers and horses suddenly arrived at the foot of their mountain. It did not sound like the accent of the Yan State. The trustworthy county magistrate quickly went to Beijing to report to the King of Yan. The King of Yan was shocked and ordered the imperial guards to
Commander Gan Lei led his troops to check, and sure enough, there were soldiers and horses stationed from unknown sources, and Huizi had already escaped. Gan Lei thought he was just training his troops and pursued them all the way. A few days ago, he was able to capture all the enemy soldiers alive. Co-author
Zhong Wei and others guessed wrong. These were not the people of the King of Chu, but the people of the King of Jin. They wanted to capture Princess Jian'an near the capital, and first betrayed her to the State of Wu, and then used her as a hostage to the Rongguo Mansion and the Lu State.
He asked for a ransom, and was eventually sent to the Chu Kingdom to be killed, pretending to be the king of Chu's mastermind and disrupting these countries.
Jia Cong's teeth became cold after hearing this: "What a vicious thought! Princess Jian'an is also his niece."
Situ Pan asked: "Do you have any ideas about your family's affairs?"
Jia Cong whispered: "It doesn't seem to be your family's business." Feng Ziying glared at him. Jia Cong held his cheek and thought for a long time, and suddenly realized that this was Prince Yan's Mansion, and quickly put down his hands and sat upright. Situ Pan
Looking at him funny, Jia Cong rubbed the back of his head and said with a cute expression: "I have an idea, but it's quite troublesome. Why don't you listen to your wishes first?"
Situ Pan looked down, and immediately a general said: "The king of Jin has sent troops to the capital, and our country should raise troops to fight back."
Gan Lei said: "Didn't this allow the general to be captured?"
The general said: "His heart is worth killing!" Jia Cong rolled his eyes.
Situ Pan kept looking at him and said, "Where is Cong'er looking?"
Jia Cong said: "It is easy to conquer Jin. After we conquer it, we can occupy the land of Jin and not occupy it. If we don't occupy it, wouldn't the battle be in vain? How to calculate the money, food and weapons spent? If we occupy it, won't we provoke all the kings in the world to attack it?"
Do you think others will listen to our reasoning? Even though they were the ones who made the move first, after all, the matter was hidden and we couldn’t tell what they were telling lies about."
Situ Pan said, "Since you think it's inappropriate, let me tell you your troublesome ideas."
Jia Cong knew that he was waiting, so he stopped trying to pass things off. "The King of Jin is also a villain. To deal with villains in a gentleman's way is to be a fool, in a warrior's way it is easy to suffer losses, and in a scoundrel's way it is best. The plan of alienation will succeed.
It's good to win, but it's bad to lose. King Jin is someone who is difficult to guard against when the world is not divided, but it is very easy to deal with it after the world is divided." He waved his finger and said, "He is sneaky, we are honest and upright.
Don't all the kings have special envoys in the capital? Invite each special envoy to visit the prisoners of war individually, and then bring along a few spies sent over by the King of Jin - there are only a few who can be temporarily trained. The princes of each house who are responsible for the security will immediately conduct a detailed inspection of their own.
There are spies from the Jin State, and they have sent spies to the Jin State. Regardless of whether they succeed or not, they are all wary of the Jin State. It will be difficult for them to win over their allies in the future. In the autumn, we will openly tell the world about this matter."
Someone below asked: "Why don't you issue an edict to the world now?"
"You have to give each prince some time." Jia Cong said with a smile, "otherwise King Jin will withdraw all the spies."
Situ Pan coughed: "Is this over?"
"Of course not!" Jia Cong said, "Because the Jin State caused chaos to the Yan State and wanted to frame and provoke chaos among the three kingdoms of Yan, Wu and Chu, the Yan State joined forces with Wu and Chu to impose economic sanctions on the Jin State. Although the Lu State was small,
You can take it with you."
Situ Pan was slightly shocked, and all the staff and ministers clapped their hands and said "good". Although they didn't know what economic sanctions were, Jia Cong's words had clearly pushed the Yan country to the position of overlord. They didn't know that King Wu was willing to
Refuse. Situ Pan asked calmly: "What economic sanctions?"
"For example, you don't buy things from the Jin State," Jia Cong said, "but you can sell things to them. To be honest, this is the best move for the Wu State envoy. Wu State's industry is developing rapidly, and things are of high quality and low price.
They are playing dumping - I will go to the Kingdom of Wu later and explain to the King of Wu what dumping is."
Situ Pan said: "This is difficult. How can the people know what is on the street and belongs to Jin?"
"The people's sanctions are just a meaning, and it doesn't matter; what matters is the official sanctions. The King of Jin, his mother's family, his wife's family, and important close officials all have many Zhuangzi shops in Beijing, Wuchu, Luzhou, and Ping'an Prefecture.
Yes." Jia Cong winked and said, "The business district management office in Ping'an Prefecture has a directory." A staff member named Luo smiled, and Situ Pan also had a smile on his face. Jia Cong continued, "These
They account for more than 60% of Jin's wealth, maybe 70%. The four countries of Yan, Wu, Chu, and Lu can individually increase taxes on these Zhuangzi shops, and I will try to persuade Uncle Teng, the prince, to add Guangdong and Guangxi." Situ Pan immediately laughed.
An official below was about to open his mouth when the man next to him stepped on him hard and shook his head slightly. The man hesitated for a moment, but then Jia Cong spoke again: "The King of Wu can just pay back. After all, he has money."
The king of Chu is much poorer. If he can't save everything, he will directly raid those shops to vent his anger. If other kings are greedy and use Taipingquan, they will increase taxes in the name of righteousness and bravery, or they will say, "Hello, shopkeeper, I am the chief manager of the palace. I see."
You have a nice shop, why don't you give it to me?" He clapped his hands and said, "We can't control it~~"
Situ Pan laughed loudly and pointed at him: "You kid!" Feng Ziying sat next to him and pinched his cheek.
The person who was stepping on the foot just now said in a low voice to the person who was stepped on: "Don't compete with him. He can convince Wang Ziteng and lead the King of Lu. Who has such great achievements?" The man was stunned for a moment and shut up honestly.
Mouth.
Jia Cong on the other end laughed a few more times: "As the ancients said, if a dog bites a person, the person cannot bite the dog back, but he can give the dog a stick. If one stick is not enough, you can add an extra stick."
Feng Ziying was smiling and shouting: "No nonsense!"
Situ Pan smiled and said, "Ziying, let him speak." Then he asked, "What other sticks does Cong'er have?"
Jia Cong made a face at Feng Ziying, turned to Situ Pan and said: "Aren't the officers and soldiers pretending to be bandits? He can do it, can't we? He specifically picks out corrupt officials, gets a lot of money, and the people still praise him.
"Tian Xingdao', by the way, I picked some strong men to take over."
Situ Pan said: "Corrupt officials can never be punished. Once they robbed someone, they will intensify their efforts to plunder the people's wealth and anointing the next time."
"Very good! The King of Jin has lost money outside, so he will inevitably have to raise taxes. The King of Jin must also have capable people under his command, and seeing this situation, he will definitely stop him. But if he does not increase taxes, the King of Jin will be short of money~~ Loyal and good people will be indispensable.
Disheartened." He sat down solemnly and waved, "Yan welcomes you." Some of the servants laughed. Jia Cong also laughed and said, "If corrupt officials add a layer of exploitation, the people of Jin will not survive.
Go down. The State of Yan welcomes you. If you lose money, lose talents, and reduce the population, the Jin State will be seriously damaged."
Feng Ziying said: "It's just that we have to guard against Jin sending people to our country to pretend to be bandits and rob."
Gan Lei said: "Don't worry, Mr. Feng, General Mo and others are not freeloaders."
Situ Pan nodded: "Thank you, generals."
All the generals clasped their fists together: "I will die for the prince!"
An aide, Mr. Luo, said: "Speaking of robbery, the King of Liao formed an alliance with Russia and went to fight Prussia in the West together." He said with a smile, "It's just that I don't know how the King of Liao fooled the Russian ruler. They didn't help.
To fight the war with Russia is just to use Russia's way to rob the West."
An old gentleman sitting below said: "Because of the King of Liao, the people of our dynasty now have a bad reputation there, just like Japanese pirates."
Jia Cong high-fived and said with a smile: "Well done! Old gentleman, does he know that Westerners' money was originally stolen from the Americas? It's just a crime."
Feng Ziying continued: "I just got the news from Qin Sangu from Qiongzhou yesterday."
Jia Cong blinked: "Huh?" She has obviously been kidnapped by my fifth uncle, okay... Who is the one who sent the message?
"Huo Sheng has gathered troops, horses and ships to conquer Australia." Everyone was in an uproar. Australia is different from Japan and Korea. It is too big, not much smaller than the whole country of our country put together.
Jia Cong clicked his tongue and said: "I told you how he attacked the small countries in Southeast Asia and never took them. He just stole the money and ran away. He despises those small island countries."
Situ Pan raised his eyebrows: "He always walks in front. He was also the first to attack Japan."
"Yeah." Jia Cong nodded, "After the fight, he ran away. Thinking about it, he was actually very wise. Unlike other princes, he has no territory in his hands - even if Qiongzhou is included, Qiongzhou is also a deserted island, small and inaccessible to birds.
There are not many people laying eggs. If he establishes a kingdom in Qiongzhou, Uncle Wang will not be able to turn a blind eye even if he wants to."
An aide said: "Since the enfeoffment of the world, Prince Teng, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, has never stopped paying taxes to the national treasury, and Qiongzhou has never paid a penny."
The corners of Situ Pan's lips turned up again: The treasury was already in his own hands, and Wang Ziteng was really paying taxes to the State of Yan. Although he must have left a lot for himself, he always had an attitude of submission. He said: "His salary
Isn’t it also given by the treasury?” All the officials laughed.
Jia Cong laughed for a while and then said: "He was the one who attacked Japan first. But at that time he joined forces with King Chen to rob him. He was a minister to King Chen and the prince, so Japan could not get his turn. Later, King Chen did not know what he was involved in.
When he returned home from illness, King Wu of Japan had already sent Wei Ruoheng to Japan, and later Generals Liu Tong and Feng Tang of Lu State came to Japan. Although Japan is now divided into three vassals, which one does not have a solid backing? Even if Huo Sheng takes the entire Qiongzhou
How much population can be filled by migrating? Will Wang Ziteng give it to others? In the end, it is not about making wedding clothes for Yan, Wu and Liu. Therefore, he does not want Japan or other small islands in Nanyang, he only wants money."
Situ Pan thought: "His ambitions are not small, and Australia is huge."
Jia Cong said: "Australia doesn't have a large population, and they are all savages. There is no need to fight, just go there."
Situ Pan was stunned: "What?"
Jia Cong said again: "There are no immigrants in Australia at the moment. There are only some Western pirates... Ah, the pirates have built some strongholds in order to rob the savages of their population and money. The Westerners have not yet immigrated. We are heading toward
Any * team could kill them in the past, and so could Huo Sheng. He didn't have to bother killing the Australian natives, because there were too few, and Australia was such a large territory that it was best to avoid them when he first went.
If the prince wants to grab the land from him, he can just move people there to open up wasteland for breeding. Well, Australia is a vacant land, and whoever occupies it belongs to whom."
Feng Ziying said: "I remember it was written on your last chart that this place is accessible to the Western Kingdom of England."
"Yes, that's what the other country said." Jia Cong blinked, "Did they have the final say? Huo Shengfei said it was his, and England had the ability to snatch it away! They are still at war with France. Wait for them
After the battle, Huo Sheng also moved a lot of people there."
Feng Ziying said: "How did Huo Sheng get so many people?"
Jia Cong said: "Even if he moves the entire Qiongzhou there, it will still be cost-effective. He can establish a country there. As for the population, it won't take long to reproduce. The difference between Australia and Japan is that no one will compete with him!"
Situ Pan frowned: "Why don't Westerners immigrate there?"
"Because most of the land is barren," Jia Cong said, "there are not many water sources and there are many wild animals. The winter is hot and the summer is cold. When it is hot, you can boil water in a basin under the sun. Compared with the vast and fertile lands of North America, the people of the West
I don’t want to go to Australia. And there are no people. Both North and South America have populations and countries. The Westerners destroyed the other countries and occupied their territory. Australia is completely a wasteland, with no houses, fields, roads, bridges, and nothing.
The construction of houses and wasteland is already very labor-intensive. In the past, if we couldn't maintain them all, we had to live in caves and hunt for food. In fact, most of the small island countries in Southeast Asia are barren. Since they are all barren, of course it is better to choose the bigger one."
"That's it." Situ Pan nodded, "For Huo Sheng, it is indeed the most suitable place."
Jia Cong said: "There is no detailed nautical map of that place. Huo Sheng must have sent people to survey it in the past few years, otherwise he would not even be able to find the port. It takes a lot of effort."
Feng Ziying said: "I'm afraid he made that idea many years ago."
"No way." Jia Cong unknowingly raised his chin again, "My brother Baoyu is very familiar with him. I also knew him when I was a child. He is not a very ambitious person. I thought that I should learn from him.
The collapse of King Chen began. The young boy was on good terms with King Chen. If the world was not divided, he would help King Chen seize the throne. After a trip to Japan, Huo Sheng found that he had been blind in the past. King Chen was not only a banker.
With such a pewter spear tip, you still don’t listen to others’ advice, so you start to become self-reliant.”
An official said: "That place is so big, why don't you take it for yourself? Can't I, Dayan, not be able to defeat that kid Huo Sheng?"
Situ Pan asked Gan Lei: "Is it possible that General Gan will defeat Huo Sheng in twenty years?"
Gan Lei said: "Huo Sheng is nothing more than a stinky boy, he is no match for the last general."
"Then let Huo Sheng help the lonely king clear up wasteland and build a house first." Situ Pan said, "It won't be too late to collect it later." Jia Cong laughed.
Situ Pan then said to everyone: "Now that Japan is peaceful. Since there is still a vast and fertile land, the Westerners are fighting a civil war again, and the King of Liao is free to rob for fun, we should also send troops to North America."
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Jia Cong immediately clapped his hands. He thought to himself, hey, the people of the previous generation still lacked the spirit of pioneering. If Huo Sheng hadn't stimulated me, even if I said it, this prince might not have been able to make up his mind~~