Chapter 302: Jin Yu and its failure outside (6)
It was already April when I crossed the Great Wall of Chu with Meng Sheng and others.
If Zheng, Wei and Han want to jointly send troops this year, the recruitment preparations should have begun.
However, it is estimated that the three countries will not send troops too quickly, and the conflict between Zheng and Han needs to be resolved. In history, Zheng took advantage of the opportunity of the three countries' joint troops to stab South Korea.
Moreover, the stabbing was quite fierce in the back, directly besieging the capital of South Korea, Yangdi.
In other words, while the three countries joined forces to join the prince's decree, Zheng, as an ally, took advantage of the opportunity of the three countries fighting against Chu and attacked the ally's capital.
Si Ziyang was ambitious. Zheng's land was divided by Chu and South Korea. He also had a feud with South Korea.
If we can take advantage of the opportunity of Wei and Han fighting together to attack Chu Great Wall and enter the prince's decision, take down Yuguan Daliang and other parts, connect the east and west pieces of land together, and at the same time besiege the South Korean capital and force South Korea to sign an alliance, it seems that we can regain our strength.
The time for this betrayal is very good. In any case, Wei will maintain the situation where the three countries temporarily allied into the Prince Ding. When Prince Ding was in Zheng at this time, he could only mediate and would not help South Korea to attack Zheng in the name of the Three Jin Alliance... Moreover, if South Korea eats Zheng, the one who is most dissatisfied with it is probably Wei.
Shi is very suspicious that the reason why "the Jin army and Zheng army join the prince will not succeed" in history was not that the Duke of Luyang defeated the Three Kingdoms coalition, but that it is likely that the Zheng people stabbed the sword behind the scenes and the conflict between South Korea and Zheng and Han intensified.
After all, in just four years, the Chu State suffered a big defeat, and the field combat capability could not have decreased so much in just four years.
Moreover, this time, the Chu State was a total outbreak of various diseases accumulated over the past few decades, so if it were not for the problems in Zheng State, it might not have been defeated.
According to the previous plan, Shi and others did not go directly to Luyang, but went to Yingcheng east of Luyang first, and would join the other part of Mo who rushed here from Pei County, as well as the city-guarding weapons sold to Chu State.
Yingcheng is probably Pingding Mountain in later generations. The son of King Wu once enfeoffed the country here. In the poem "Xiaowu", there is also a line of "Suizi, Yinghou Shunde". He also served as the emperor's ruler. Later, the Chu State destroyed the princes and established a county here.
This place also belongs to the Luyang Luguan defense line. If the three kingdoms of Wei, Han and Zheng enter the Prince Ding, they must break through the Great Wall defense line of Chu.
Walking on the front line of Ye, Fangcheng, the Fengjun there is strong, and he is afraid that if he fails to succeed, he will be seized by these county officials.
It seems easier to go to Luyang and Luguan line, and this is the shortest distance. Once the Luguan is broken, the Chu State will inevitably be shocked.
This is a political battle, and it does not need to be won so brilliantly. As long as the Great Wall defense line of Chu State is opened, conflicts within Chu will always break out, and those who support Wang Ziding will immediately stand up and wave flags and shout.
As the commander of the Luguan defense line, Duke Yang took great pressure this time and could not withstand any failure. Once he failed, there would be almost no chance to make a comeback.
Originally, it was correct for Gongsun Kuan to choose Luyang as his fief. At that time, Chu was in an aggressive position and was in an offensive position in an all-round way. The focus of fighting for hegemony was also between Song and Zheng.
When neither of them had the power to destroy the country, Jin could not attack the essence of Chu with all their might, and could only find a way to maintain hegemony from the direction of Song and Zheng in the Central Plains.
But now the situation has changed. Luyang, which was originally safe, is on the front line of this inheritance war.
This time it's no better than before.
Before Mo Zi visited Luyang, when Duke Luyang was still full of ambition. Mo Zi talked with Duke Luyang as a stance to persuade him not to launch an unjust war.
Duke Yang had a close relationship with the Mo family, and he had friendships in the previous generation, but this friendship was not enough to help the Duke Luyang work. The ultimate goal was to make the Mo family's own plan.
Shi and others were in Yingcheng and soon found the Mo family members who had been staying here for more than ten days. This time, more than 40 people came to the Mo family, and the remaining people were transported by hired people.
The carriage is loaded with gunpowder and some simple firearms. These simple firearms are not troublesome to manufacture, but they are too dangerous to use and not very powerful. However, they are still ahead of the times at this time. In short, it is a huge breakthrough.
There are thousands of gunpowder thunders with iron or pottery, thirty barrels of gunpowder, more than 300 raw fire door weapons such as crude hand cannons, four lightweight "cannons" that fire gravel or large-caliber spray guns, and three copper cannons.
This is something that has been produced since July last year. Although copper is expensive, the return is infiltration into the State of Chu, mining rights and tax exemption rights, and this investment is still worth it.
In addition to these firearms, there are six sets of iron armor.
At this time, all countries have armor. Cobblers like the handsome brother need to pay a certain amount of armor as military taxes, of course, leather armor.
Because they are all long strips of armor, which looks like wooden slips written on bamboo slips at this time, they are called armor.
Since Pei County can produce iron on a large scale and train a group of forging craftsmen, it is not difficult to make such a nail piece.
Although the labor value of each set of armor is still very expensive at this time, since countries have not reached the peak of military militarism in the Warring States Period, then relying on these "nobles" to afford armor is also a good way to accumulate money when the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period alternates.
These weapons shipped are all profitable, and they are actually several times the profit.
Not the two privileges obtained by the Chu State, these armored pieces can also be sold to the nobles to obtain extremely high profits.
Moreover, the world's strong country now has Jin and Chu as its mighty. A series of wars surrounding this crisis of inheritance rights of Chu is an excellent opportunity to open up market sales and reputation by these "defensive weapons" that can be sold.
If the Mohist family wants to develop, they must have enough funds to invest in capital for reproduction, so that they can continuously attract craftsmen and population from all cities in the world and enrich their strength.
Since the future route has been determined internally, this weapon trade will also become the main income of the Mohist family in the future.
This is the real huge profit. Compared with iron and agricultural tools that take years to repay, or the Gongfen Society, which the Mohist family directly invested for a long time, the profits are both high and fast.
The person who followed this escort was Hu Feizi, a disciple of Mozi, and also the "Mr." of Qu General of Chu. He was familiar with Shi and Meng Sheng and was an important figure in the Mo family.
Hu Feizi first asked about his trip to Yingdu. When he learned that the King of Chu had agreed to various conditions, he said happily: "Before coming, the master said that he would be trustworthy when doing things. Now that this matter is done, my Mo family will soon enter Chu."
He replied: "I heard that the cunning rabbit has three caves, so I can only save him from death. Now the Mo family only has caves in Pengcheng, Pei County, and it is not stable. If I can gain a foothold in Chu this time, the situation in the future will be better."
Then Shi asked again what happened in Peixian after he left? What instructions did Juzi and Qi Wulai convey?
Hu Feizi first talked about the changes in Pei County. As expected, everything was on track and there was no risk of war in the short term. The development of Pei County in the entire industry was normal and upward.
Iron smelting technology basically reached the level of the Han Dynasty, and the technology of producing pig iron was higher in the mixing method. Because of the reflective arc-side separation of fuel and pig iron, the quality of the cooked iron produced is good.
The Mohist family itself is a joint organization of the top craftsmen in this era, and the level of all kinds of craftsmen is not low.
It is appropriate to know the general principles and principles, and the original Ink master's strong hands-on ability is exactly the perfect match made by heaven.
After the busy autumn harvest, Pei County also began its first batch of recruitment, and the entire Pei County charity army expanded to about 3,000 people.
This is not the case with Pengcheng, which has just begun to penetrate.
Moreover, the iron farm tools produced in Pei County began to be transported to the north through cities such as Taoyi, and exchanged for a large amount of copper metal.
As the basic foundation of the Mohist school, the Song State adopted the method of "marketing favor to the people".
Relying on the strongholds in some cities, the method of promoting Sumai and a public mill within 30 miles was used to treat diseases, and the methods such as "Shifushui" gradually penetrated into the surroundings of the State of Song.
Most of the iron tools are gradually repaid in installments, so as to develop the agriculture of the Song State, and to gain more support and familiarity from the people of the Song State.
In addition, everything else is developing step by step, and no problems have occurred for the time being. And when the new and old are the most powerful after the innovation of agricultural technology, the people's support for the Mohist school is at its peak.
After telling the situation in Pei County, Hu Feizi and Meng Shengheshi said: "This time, Juzi discussed with the other members. Since the future goals have been set, it would be best to make the reputation of the Mo family more famous this time."
"It is only subject to the previous agreement. This time we must not directly help Chu fight, but can only carry out in the name of providing city-guarding equipment. The Giant means that here, we will make a decision on the spot. If there are any differences, if the support and opposition cannot be decided...the appropriateness shall prevail."
Shi nodded and said, "I will do my best to live up to everyone's expectations. I have thought about this. This time, it is indeed a rare opportunity for our Mohist family."
In the Battle of Shangqiu, the Mohist family made a fame. Even though the incident of Mi Binghui died halfway, they took advantage of this time Mi Binghui to the extreme.
This time, since we are determined to infiltrate the State of Chu, we must take this opportunity to make certain contributions in the State of Chu so that the King of Chu can cooperate with the Mo family with justification.
However, this degree needs to be grasped very carefully.
After doing it, Zheng Weihan and other congresses were dissatisfied with the Mo family, and even caused some unnecessary hatred.
If what he did not do enough, it would be difficult for the King of Chu to suppress the opposition of the Mohist family to infiltrate Chu's state of helping change.
Chapter completed!