In fact, there are many people in the Zheng State who want to kill Li Jie. People in the Zheng State also died in the north of Liyi. After the defeated army returned to the country, is it possible to say that there is no resentment or hatred?
However, it was of no use. The fact that the king was kidnapped was their greatest incompetence.
If you want King Zheng Shuang to return to his country, you can't rely on military means, and it's even more impossible without military means.
The trouble now is here. First, in the international political arena, Zheng Guo has no say at all. If there is a loyal minister like Song Dynasty's "Jincao" Dai Ju, then other countries may help to speak for the sake of "political correctness"
, It’s a pity that Zheng Guo is of no use to you.
Zheng Chengzi, a bird man, has made it clear that he has abused his power and developed a country. How can he welcome back the king?
Don't make trouble, okay?
Second, after Zheng Guo experienced the "Rebellion of Guest Soldiers" and "Pingyu Incident", although the main body of the army was not severely damaged, it was certain that the army would be bullied.
Originally, the king Zheng Shuang was the commander-in-chief, but now everyone is the "unparalleled king of soldiers", who obeys whom.
Even Zheng Chengzi himself, now in Xinzheng, is just the "leader" after compromise. He can temporarily sit in this position because Zheng Chengzi "uses public funds for private purposes" and frantically makes money and official positions, which stabilizes himself.
The basic market. Then use its own basic market to influence the capital area of Xinzheng, and finally stabilize the national politics.
In essence, Zheng Chengzi's position was very empty, and he had no authority internally, let alone externally. Even when Li Jie entered Mishui, no one informed him in advance. It is conceivable that he has control over the outside world.
There are no highlights.
At this moment, Zheng Chengzi also knew very well that he needed something to make the people in the Zheng Kingdom willing to support him.
He is not qualified to rely purely on violent means.
Apart from violence, I now have some ideas.
Li Jie is the best solution.
"My lord, Zheng Chengzi sent someone to ask for an audience."
"Just say I'm not free."
"yes."
Not even using the excuse of "I occasionally felt cold", Li Jie had no intention of meeting Zheng Chengzi directly now.
It is similar to the situation in Biyang State. At that time, Biyangzi Yubao was the "goddess". Now, he, Li, is the "goddess", and Zheng Chengzi is the local licking dog of Zheng State.
The art of dog walking remains true to its roots. If you are still away from it, give a little hope, and finally make the dog licking willingly.
In addition to the five hundred crocodiles in Commissioner Li's accompanying team, there are also a large number of female soldiers from Qiubei. The establishment of "Liu Camp" is official. Meiqiang's visit this time is not just to pretend to be a beautiful girl.
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Her work tasks are not easy. In addition to collecting and counting slaves, she also mobilizes the "Liu Camp" to manage the health conditions of a large number of slaves. If the crocodile men do it, something may happen.
Steel crocodiles will kill people, non-steel crocodiles will kill people.
In short, for Commissioner Li, this is a loss-making business.
I think back in Biyang country, Shaha, who was mentally retarded, actually knocked out the beautiful girl from Biyang country who he was chatting with on the street and kidnapped her. It was so heartless.
"Speaking of which, why is the princess of Qin called this name?"
Commissioner Li thought she would be called "Nongyu" or something like that, but she turned out to be "Yeyue".
"I heard this name because the princess was born when Qin Jun forged the sword 'Yeyue', so she was given this name."
"If this is not a sword but a divine sword, wouldn't it be called the Yeyue Divine Sword?"
"Um?"
"Change it again and call it Yagami Moon Sword, it will be more interesting. Do you think I look like 'L'?"
"..."
Meiqiang tilted her head and looked at her husband with a puzzled expression. She knew that her husband would be nagging from time to time.
"Sigh... my appearance is simply messed up."
With a sigh, Commissioner Li was lucky to be able to earn a living in this era by relying on his own strength.
"Whether it is Ye Yueshen or Ye Shenyue, in short, the princess of Qin must play the flute!"
Li Jie hugged Meiqiang and said softly, "If this princess has a fierce temper, Qiang can help me. You are the best at taming girls and keeping her docile, okay?"
"Why don't you do it yourself, dear man?"
"What if I beat someone to death?"
"..."
Supporting her husband's great cause of "prostitution all over the world for free" is Qiang's inner motivation. Anyway, she and Meidan were the first to meet Li Jie. At home, no matter what your status, you are all equal.
There is only one wife, and that is Mei Dan. The rest are all the lives of the second wives.
It's not like Qiang hasn't thought about it. If she was the one who picked up Li Jie, would her fate now be that of Mei Dan?
That is simply a certainty.
My husband is such a boring and boring person.
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Outside Changge Camp, the bustle of the market exceeded that of any winter, and was even more intense than in summer and autumn.
Although the traffickers are busy in the summer and autumn, the profits they make are not too high. That is to say, more labor is needed during the busy farming season. Only then do they make a little profit, mainly to earn hard-earned money.
The cost of raising a slave is not low. Fortunately, there are wars everywhere in this era. As long as there are wars, there is no need to worry about not having slaves.
But because of the war, not all agricultural activities in all areas will be stable. If agricultural activities in some areas are suspended or even farmland is degraded, the cost of feeding slaves will rise sharply.
A typical example is the Second Forced Yang War. The Song Dynasty can be said to have suffered a bloody loss.
The caravans that supported logistics in the Song Dynasty did not make much money. As for the war wild dogs and merchants accompanying the army, a lot of money was lost because of the complex battlefield environment...
Bankruptcy abounds.
It is very rare for people like Zheng Guo to still have business and become big even after losing.
"Eight Wu boats came yesterday, with fifty women in each boat."
"What's the price?"
"I don't know, but the guards and wealthy merchants of Jin have been dormant for the past few days and dare not make any more bids."
"Are you making an offer at this time? Shouldn't we collect slaves and sell them to Huaizhong City?"
The market was very lively. In order to make it easier for Li Jie to trade and buy people, Dr. Changge even opened up a piece of flat land and built it with seven or eight large houses, which could temporarily accommodate six to seven hundred people.
But who would have thought that the Wu people would just modify a few sets of bunk beds here and stuff them to the brim. Who knows, there are thousands and hundreds of people huddled in such a small place.
In addition to these, the local Zheng people also started small businesses. Especially when they discovered that the consumption level of the crocodile people was actually higher than that of ordinary scholars, the "invisible hand" of the market began to touch around.
Who the hell can withstand this?
The fellows from Qi State, who originally clamored to break up the conflict with Wu Guoli, immediately organized a professional service team to provide the highest quality sword service to the sudden increase in customers in the area.
"Isn't there a food shortage in Huaizhong City? How dare you buy so many slaves?"
"I heard that Marquis Chen, along with the Marquis, borrowed grain to build a nest and comfort the kingdoms. They also raised grain and fodder and transported it to Huaizhong City."
"Li Zihao is so rich."
"When spring comes, we will go to Huaizhong City."
"Nowadays, boats are convenient and there is the Jiangyin Guild Hall in Xinzheng. Next year, we can make a profit by traveling to and from Huaizhong City and getting some specialties."
Although the most lively market at this time was the population market, the lively trade in people naturally led to other commodity transactions.
In particular, pottery, porcelain, lacquerware, weavings, bamboo strip handicrafts, woodware, etc. were all affordable to the urban residents of Zheng State.
As for some stone farm tools, the old rule was to barter with the savages of "Jize" and "Meiyuan". When Li Jie started his business, the biggest profit margin he could earn was through bartering of stone tools.
The savages and barbarians are not incapable of metal processing, but due to continuous attacks, many craftsmanship has been lost, and a large number of craftsmen have fled to other countries.
The remaining savages and barbarians huddled together for warmth and formed very small settlements, which naturally could not support metal smelting and metal processing.
It is also normal for people to degenerate into stone tool processing.
In addition, even if there are several large tribes that can process bronze wares, the daily consumption cannot be transferred to agricultural tools. At most, they are daily utensils or sacrificial vessels, and ghost vessels.
At this time, the most advanced stone tool processing must be the great powers. Outside of the great powers, Li Jie claimed to be second, and no one dared to claim to be first.
A large number of stone agricultural tools and hunting tools are urgently needed by small and medium-sized savages and barbarian settlements.
Without tools, it would be unimaginably difficult to open up wasteland. With a stone ax, you can clear a small forest, scatter a few beans, and remember to weed, and you can always harvest seventy or eighty pounds from one acre of land.
As long as you have enough, you can continue to support yourself and your tribe.
It's just that these settlements often have no bargaining power, they can't make fine stone tools, and the great powers can't just go out and do some bullshit and scattered transactions.
As a result, Gangyin-eup was highlighted and became an absolute outdoor seller's market.
Perhaps in Suzhou, a stone ax can only be exchanged for two chickens or a few large eels, but in the territory of the "bird barbarians", Jiangyin Yi said that in exchange for a sheep, not a single hair of it is missing.
The same situation naturally appeared in "Jize" and "Meiyuan". However, the local savages not only did not think that the Wu people's goods were expensive, but also felt that they were kind and conscientious.
There is no way, usually, city people will not sell things to them, and ordinary traveling merchants do not have the ability to transport heavy stone tools.
It is very rare for Huaizhong City to suddenly organize a group to clean Yingshui. Word of mouth spread, and almost all the settlements and villages in "Jize" and "Weiyuan" took Qingzhuang to Changge Market.
Carry out "barter" trade.
The people of Zheng did not expect that the country bumpkins in their hometown would have such strong spending power.
The wealth of the Zheng savages hidden in the countryside is really much better than that of the Wu savages.
The most awesome thing is that these savages from the Zheng State actually trade "white flower" rice. It is not rice, not wheat, and not millet, but rice that has been threshed and shelled.
You must know that the main staple food grown in Zheng is millet. However, the local savages in "Jize" and "Meiyuan" actually took out rice for trade, which scared the fellow villagers in Xinzheng and Changge half to death.
"The State of Zheng is indeed rich."
Commissioner Li was a little confused when he saw that a leader of a settlement in "Weiyuan" actually exchanged rice for a boat and then filled the boat with stone tools.
If he had traveled back in time and ended up in the Zheng Kingdom, that would have been so exciting.
"My dear man is so wise. The stone tools stored in Huaizhong City were actually exchanged for so much food."
"It's all good rice. This Weiyuan savage is actually willing to pound the rice into such a fine white color. Is the life of the country people in the Central Plains so exquisite? Compared with them, Yinxiang is really a stinky country in a backwater."
While sighing, Commissioner Li suddenly became energetic and said, "If the savages are like this, aren't the Chinese people even richer? I think this is Xinzheng, we still have to go and have a look. We are all here, what are we doing in Changge? It's time to go and see it.
Look at the scenery in Xinzheng, is it different from that in Suzhou?"
Speaking of which, Commissioner Li suddenly discovered that the only major capitals he had visited so far were Gusu and Xincai. If he had gone to Xinzheng this time, there would only be three.
"Back then, I had made great ambitions to travel to libraries in various countries, but I just didn't know if Zheng's library would be open."
Libraries in various countries only record their own trivial things and are generally not open to the public.
But now, Commissioner Li feels that he can go to Zheng Guo's National Library to cultivate his sentiments.
After all, he is also the man carrying the "E-Lian Theory" now.
Now among the merchants from various countries who travel to and from Changge, who wouldn’t use this matter to sway the people of Qi?
Although the people of Qi were filled with hatred, they still endured it for the sake of the health of customers from all over the world, and continued to invest in the construction of the great health care cause.
"My beloved is illiterate."
"Don't you understand this? Although I am illiterate, Princess Qin must be literate. Wouldn't it be nice to have a date in the library and a cup of milk tea?"
As he said that, Commissioner Li made another three-foot gesture, "It would be better if there is such a long sunshine in the afternoon."