The 2413th chapter annexation of the four countries
When Gu Cheng was running his own Qin State, of course he would not let go of the Qi State that the other party was running. At this time, the Qi State's palaces were magnificent, the king lived a luxurious life, and because of his good looks, he became the idol of the people all over the country.
Imitate the king's clothes and dress. Wherever the king goes, there will be crowds of people. It's so lively!
"Haha, just stay there and be pretty..." Gu Cheng said through gritted teeth.
The reason why they are gnashing their teeth is naturally because the Qin State is aggressively militarizing and recruiting strong men everywhere to enrich the army. There are almost no entertainment activities. Therefore, the monarch of the Qin State is almost a demonic existence in the minds of the people. Wherever he goes, he can hide.
I'm hiding, lest if I do something wrong my body will end up somewhere else!
The king of Qi lived a very happy life, but now the problem has begun to expand. That is, Qi's extravagant life has aroused the jealousy of the kings of the three surrounding countries. They have planned to send troops to destroy Qi and take its wealth as their own.
have!
The Qin State was not without its problems. As mentioned earlier, the monarch and the people were basically on opposite sides, and some surrounding countries also began to notice the strangeness of the Qin State. In order to protect themselves, they began to unite to fight against Qin!
Gu Cheng certainly expected this situation. Since the Qin State was just founded, although its national strength was rapidly increasing, it was still unable to deal with the coalition forces from neighboring countries. Therefore, he had to give up his plan to send troops to Qi State first, and instead
First build a high wall on the border and strengthen the protective force to prevent the coalition forces from breaking through and destroying the country. That will be troublesome!
It can be said that at this time, both Qi and Qin were facing huge foreign threats. Both sides had no time to take care of each other and could only protect themselves first.
The situation on the border of Qin soon became tense and began to enter the war stage. However, because Qi had no threat at all, and the monarch sent people to send gifts to the monarchs of Lu, Ji and Jiao, the war did not break out.
On the contrary, it seemed quite harmonious, and the king of Qi continued to live a luxurious life of drunkenness and lamplight...
Gu Cheng is secretly happy in his heart, you know how to enjoy it, just go ahead, sooner or later you will have a sword hanging over your head and try it if it falls at any time!
The war between Qin and the Allied Forces finally broke out!
Gu Cheng had no time to pay attention to Qi State for the time being. Anyway, he saw it now and thought it was okay not to look at it, because the king of Qi State played songs every night, and the dancers did not know the hatred of subjugating the country, but still sang beautiful songs in the court every day. Such a country
Can immortality still have heavenly principles?
The war on the border of Qin State became more and more fierce, and more countries joined the war group, but this was not a problem for Qin State. Gu Cheng constantly mobilized his troops and generals, pushed his combat power to the limit, and adopted some strategies
, such as alienating opponents, defeating each other, etc., and disintegrating some countries' armies!
For a time, the military power was great!
The remaining coalition forces felt a little bad. They didn't expect that the Qin army would become stronger and stronger as they fought. If this continues, no one will be able to reap the benefits in the future.
So they had to stick together to stay warm, strengthen their combat power, and finally won several battles and stabilized the situation...
News of the war between Qin and the Allied Forces began to spread, and many countries were ready to take action. Some wanted to take advantage of the situation, some were thinking about which war group to join, and some were just watching the excitement. In short, for
With the rise of Qin, the attitudes of various countries were different, but one thing was that no one thought that Qin would become a big trouble in the future!
On the Qi side, the country is still peaceful and peaceful, but the border is still being plundered from time to time, and the people have begun to feel a little dissatisfied with the monarch...
However, in that era when appearance was justice, the monarch of Qi was still loved by the vast majority of the people, and people's pursuit of him has not diminished.
At this moment, the king suddenly fell in love with a new kind of robe!
The fabric of this kind of robe is called "绨" in Qi State. It is a textile made of silk thread for horizontal lines and cotton thread for vertical lines. It is certainly cheaper than silk, but more expensive than pure cotton.
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The robes made of silk are beautiful to wear, comfortable and washable. Under the example of the king of Qi, people throughout the Qi State fell in love with silk robes!
Suddenly the demand increased greatly!
When Gu Cheng noticed this information, he didn't pay much attention to it, because the monarch of Qi State lived such a luxurious life all day long. He seemed to like silk products some time ago, and now he likes silk robes. It seems that he has dropped a level.
, it is a bit rare, but the robe is still a luxury item for the people. If Qi State were not relatively wealthy, it would be impossible for the people to follow the trend.
That's fine, just go spend your money and be happy. When my army of Great Qin reaches Qi, you will know that having money and living well is far less important than having a strong army...
Gu Cheng ignored this information, and the consequences were somewhat serious, but that is a story for another day.
Now, the border crisis faced by Da Qin still exists. In order to protect themselves, the surrounding countries are fighting to the death with the Qin army. This makes Gu Cheng also feel a headache. The supply of food and grass is running out, and the number of people is also somewhat insufficient. The country
In urgent need of recuperation...
In Qi State, the popularity of silk robes has greatly increased the demand for silk robes as raw materials. Qi State's domestic production is small and cannot meet this demand. Therefore, Qi State began to send large quantities of silk robes to Lu, Ji, and Jiao.
Later, the neighboring Liang Kingdom also joined this supplying country!
The people of Qi have said that as long as they are rich materials, they will buy them, and they will buy them at a high price, and they will not refuse anyone who comes!
When the people of these four neighboring countries heard the news, they calculated their accounts and found that selling silk fabrics to Qi was a great deal. They could weave silk fabrics with half the effort of farming and earn double the money.
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At first, people were still dubious, but when the Qi merchants really bought the silk materials at high prices, the people of the four countries went crazy with joy. They joined the silk materials industry one after another and stopped farming!
As the supply of silk materials from the four countries to Qi increased, the fiscal revenue of the four countries also increased significantly. This made the monarchs of the four countries extremely happy. They simply called on the people to engage in more silk materials production and sell them to Qi. In order to encourage this behavior
, they themselves also put on silk robes and stopped the autumn wind blowing at the border to ensure the normal progress of border trade...
This wealth feast has been going on for nearly a year, and sudden changes occurred!
Qi State suddenly stopped purchasing raw materials, and its borders were closed!
"What's going on? No more acquisitions?"
"Isn't it always collected well?"
"What's the point of not doing acquisitions? I still have a lot of them at home."
"Who says it's not the case? Now we don't farm any more, and our whole family's livelihood depends on selling food!"
"Oh my God, how can Qi keep his word? Isn't it true that he doesn't reject anyone who comes to him?"
"Hmph, I must tell the king about this. The little Qi Kingdom dares to keep its words, so you can just wait to suffer!"
"Yes, yes, tell our monarch to go!"
"We will send troops to attack Qi in a few days!"
"That's right..."
The kings of the four kingdoms soon received the news, and they were all shocked. Unexpectedly, Qi State went back on its promise and declared that it would purchase large quantities of silk materials and would not refuse anyone who came. But now it has openly violated its promise and it is impossible not to attack!
Therefore, the kings of the four countries gathered together and immediately formed a coalition, preparing to destroy Qi and divide their wealth.
At this time, they discovered an extremely serious problem, that is, the army was short of food!
Yes, for a whole year, the people of the four countries abandoned their land and turned to making stuffs. As a result, their grain output dropped sharply. All the food they needed on weekdays depended on purchasing it from Qi and other neighboring countries. During this year, although Ti
The income from selling grain is good, but the purchase price of grain is also rising. Now, the income from selling grain is almost close to the cost of purchasing grain!
At this critical moment, Qi State closed the border trade and interrupted the food supply, which was a major factor. However, other neighboring countries found that these four countries were going to form a coalition to attack Qi State and were in urgent need of food and grass, so they either raised the price of food significantly or defeated Qi State.
The benefits are that they don’t sell food and grass to them at all, leaving the four-nation coalition forces in a state of naked warfare!
When the soldiers learned that they had no food and grass, how could they still have the will to fight?
How could there be a war if the stomach was not full? Therefore, the four-nation coalition disintegrated before it was even formed.
The war failed, and the autumn wind on the border failed because Qi had already prepared and strengthened border protection.
After a period of time like this, food prices soared, and people could no longer afford it. Famines already occurred in the four countries.
The kings of the Four Kingdoms quickly ordered the people to stop making rice cakes and return to farming. However, it was too late. Even if the people worked hard to farm, food could not be produced in a short time. At this time, Qi's army had already
The troops were divided into four groups and were invincible. They rushed all the way to the palaces of the four countries and captured all four countries without spending a single soldier!
Qi State annexed the four countries at once, greatly displaying its national power and becoming a hegemonic country!
When Gu Cheng was in full swing with the coalition forces from neighboring countries, he suddenly heard the news and was a little confused!
Since this game of chess is the same as reality, how the other party manages the country is kept secret. You can only judge the opponent's strategy through superficial observation, and what the opponent's strategy is can only be known through inquiring. Therefore, Gu Cheng
No matter what, I can't figure out why Qi State was able to annex four countries at once and become a hegemonic country?
And now I am still fighting in a mess!
He quickly sent spies to find out how Qi State developed...
After Qi State annexed the four countries, its territory suddenly expanded several times, and it bordered Chu State.
The Chu State was also a big country, and its national power was only stronger than the current Qi State. Therefore, the Qi State suddenly faced this formidable enemy.
In the past, Liang State bordered it, and it managed to survive through humiliating and humble means such as marriage, tribute, and being a younger brother, but the current Qi State certainly does not want to do this.
How to deal with the Chu State has become a major problem, but this is nothing to Xiaoxing...