When the news that the emperor's father Yue Ling was captured by the secret Mozhe who was hidden beside him reached Pengcheng, Shi shouted a few times.

The senior figures of the Mo family gathered together, and the few remaining old Mohist's impression of the emperor's father Yue Ling was still on the ambition of the Song State. When Mozi talked and laughed with Song Gong, the emperor's father Yue Ling was just a child.

Including Shi, he never cared about his father Yue Ling. A mere Song State is still too small compared to the world.

The best-knowing history also proves this. Even if there is a hero, even if the law changes, what can we do?

When Zhou Gong divided the feudal period, he had already sent the State of Song to a dead end. There were a plain around him without any danger. There were many great powers surrounded by Ji Ji. Even if he conquered Ji in the future, he would dissipate and be surrounded by Qi, Yue, Chu, Wei, and Han. If he wanted to challenge the heroes, it would be a dream.

What's more, in the Song Dynasty, the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, except for the Yan State being a bit orthodox, which one of the remaining ones is not "discretionary ministers and thieves"? If there is Song Xiongqi who sacrificed the Yin Dynasty, it would be feared by the princes who started their business.

Now Zhao, Wei, Han, Qi and Si Shang, the eldest brother does not laugh at the second brother. How can there be an orthodox when it comes to orthodox?

Shi hopes that the emperor's father Yue Ling will live, but he hopes that the people will participate in this earth-shaking event through judgment: even if your blood is noble, even if your ancestors can be traced back to Duke Dai of Song, so what? They are still trampled under their feet by the former untouchables who are different from the ranks and inferiors.

As for the essence beyond the meaning he represents, the emperor's father Yue Ling did not matter to everyone in the upper class of the Mo family. What is important is the future without a person like him.

When the news came, it was the end of July and the beginning of August, the autumn harvest had already begun and the preparation of autumn seeds began.

Shi also understood that Dangshan's defense was not worth mentioning. He defended the lonely city without reinforcements. Even if the city's defense was impeccable, it would not be possible to defend it.

Giving six fingers a month is the longest period, and it is expected to break the city half a month earlier than the specified time limit.

The trial of the emperor's father Yue Ling can be put aside first, and then he took out a report and said: "From the summary of the news from Wei Han and other places, I see that the possibility of Wei Han sending troops is very small."

The contents of the report are summarized by the reports and analysis of the Mo people lurking in Wei and Han.

"The soldiers of Xihe remained motionless and were still stationed in Xihe, and there was no sign of mobilization."

"Wei Han has frequent contact, but Wei Ji himself danced the most. He sent an envoy to invite the King of Chu to join the alliance. I think this is probably an illusion."

"Wei State mobilized some soldiers, peasants and soldiers from Hedong, but in terms of quantity, it doesn't seem like they were going to go to war with us. Although Wei Ji was stubborn, at least he had attacked Zhongshan and Xihe, and there were some methods to talk about the military."

"Wei Han has frequent contacts and does not seem to be going to war against us. The King of Chu himself does not want to interfere in this matter. I think there is room for mediation in this matter."

If we talk about it, we have to say that the coup in Song State disrupted Si Shang's plan. The preemptive method was not to say that it could not be used, but that the emperor's father Yue Ling would choose to fight to the death before.

The Song Kingdom was rich and the land was fertile, but it was useless for Si Shang.

The markets of Song and Si Shang have formed a community. The grain and raw materials of Song are continuously supplied to Si Shang's handicraft industry; the handicraft industry of Si Shang is continuously sold to Song; a large number of Song people fled to Si Shang.

The salt-drying method completely squeezed out the market share of Hedong salt in the Wei State in the Song State; the operation model of selling iron tools and recycling agricultural products also made the Song State and Si Shang inseparable; more importantly, the previous law-making conference denied the laws restricting grain imports, which made many nobles who had transformed into commercial landlords in the Song State with no objection to Si Shang's pursuit of cooperation.

In this case, the Song State was directly controlled by the Mohist school, which made little meaningless.

The State of Song was a place of four wars. To maintain direct rule in the State of Song, it would cost too much, and it would seriously affect the strategy of Si Shang first and then north.

The decisions that previously abandoned Qi Southwest were all for the same reasons.

The Song State was actually a useless existence to the other princes.

If the Song State did not divide the troops alone, it would be just for the sake of justice. If it was a battle for hegemony in the Spring and Autumn Period, it would be impossible, but now it is no longer a battle for hegemony in the Spring and Autumn Period. If you want to send troops to the Song State, the Mo family existed, all the princes could only do their best.

But the Mo family could not agree to the division of the Song State. Even if the Chu State said that the ceiling was falling, in the Mo family, Song State was already a dish on the plate on Si. At this time, if you want to divide the part and then use the attitude of you not sharing it, I will beat you. It actually has no effect.

Si Shang's general mobilization this time was also to fight back against this kind of diplomatic blackmail: if you fight, you will be afraid of whoever is afraid of it.

In addition, the summary and analysis of the intelligence sent by the intelligence department made Shi determine one thing: the possibility of Wei and Han interfering in the Song State was slim.

The radical in charge of agricultural crops said after hearing this: "What the master said, if Wei and Han had no intention of interfering, I think the general mobilization would end and return to their own way, and be busy with autumn harvest and autumn planting this year."

"The general mobilization has a great impact on our agricultural crops. The submitted report shows that if the mobilization continues, the number of autumn seeds this year will be reduced by about one-third, and the number of spring seeds will be reduced by another one-third next year."

"The food we stockpiled is enough for us to maintain a five-year standoff, but it is not good for us for a long time, and it is really a huge consumption."

Not only the radicals in charge of agricultural crop affairs were quite nervous about this general mobilization, but they all had similar attitudes, along with the person in charge of logistics, commerce, handicrafts, finance and taxation departments.

It is not that it cannot be said that it cannot continue, but that this kind of mobilization cannot last. If it is really done in this way, it will either completely move into the wartime system, give up the rest for ten years, and defeat the princes of various countries; or disband this mobilization early.

In addition to its technological advantages and industrial and commercial development, Sishang's prosperous life in recent years has a great relationship with its judgment on the world situation and a more reasonable recruitment system.

If mobilization continues, Si Shang's economy will inevitably be greatly affected.

Especially on the one hand, the general mobilization is especially true when the territory of the jurisdiction is not expanded. If the general mobilization can conquer one of the major powers such as Chu Qi in two or three years, it would be fine, more manpower, material resources and land will alleviate this pressure.

But now we are just scaring the princes. The food, cloth and gunpowder consumed by the soldiers mobilized every day is a huge number.

This will affect agriculture, industry, commerce, and trade next year, which is indeed unsustainable.

After thinking for a while, he explained: "We are in trouble, and the princes are even more difficult. With our mobilization, we can still maintain it with our per capita productivity. But the princes are not."

"If they are determined to interfere, then it will take at least 300,000 yuan to add logistics, baggage, supplies, and civilians."

"I said that these 300,000 include the number of coalition troops, including warriors, baggage, civilians, and soldiers. And these 300,000 can only maintain the confrontation with us in the State of Song. If we want to defeat us, we will have to impose an additional 200,000."

This number seems terrible, but in fact there are not many real soldiers, mainly logistics supplies, which is the big part of the number of people.

In history, Qin and Zhao fought in Changping were at the end of the battle. The food could not be sustained. If the battle continued, there would be a famine next year.

Moreover, Si Shang demonstrated his ability to attack the city this time and demonstrated his ability to fight in the field five years ago. The princes had to join forces to dare to fight against the Mo family, otherwise they would be afraid of being defeated by each one.

When the troops are united, the materials consumed will increase exponentially.

It is a fantasy to have a mere 500,000 peasant soldiers, including the civilians and the husband, want to encircle the iron wall. Once the gap is exposed, it can be defeated alone with the strategic maneuverability of Si Shang.

The battle in Dangshan was to tell the princes not to try to divide the troops, and to really interfere with the war between Song and Si Shang, and be prepared to join forces.

The more troops you have, the longer you will prepare, and the greater the chance you will leave Si Shang and the possibility of breaking the deadlock.

The information obtained from intelligence can only be used as a reference and is also a test of the Mohist senior management's judgment on strategy.

Faced with the idea that many people hope that this will be lifted, it is understandable, but I have to say more.

"For us, mobilizing so many people may only be economic downturn and people's livelihood will be affected. But for the vassal states, it may be that once the battle cannot be decided quickly, then famine and civil unrest will likely occur next year, especially the spread of our morality like fire."

"The more chaotic the country, the easier it is for our morality to spread. This must be taken into account."

"The situation in Song State has stabilized now, but we cannot cancel the general mobilization for the time being, and we will continue to maintain it for a while."

"I think this way, except for the main legions, the remaining mobilized forces will be distributed equally to each village and community without disbanding the system to help plant and harvest, and ensure the planting of autumn wheat."

"Cutting wheat in the army was originally a military service. In the past, when Zhengzhou and Zhou fought, they had cut wheat from each other. The soldiers of our charity army were all from peasants, so it was not difficult to cut wheat and plant wheat."

"Although it is determined from the request for the report that Wei Han may not send troops, this kind of failure to send troops is due to the effect of various factors."

"Our mobilization, the rapid stability of the situation in the Song State, the contradictions between Wei and Chu, and the military strength we demonstrated are indispensable and interacting with each other, which resulted in such a result."

"Things are universally connected. If we cancel mobilization now, then our bottom line in the matter of Song State will be fully exposed, which will not be beneficial to future negotiations and mediation."

"The matter of Song State needs to be resolved by all countries. If you want to take a step back, you must make two steps ahead."

"Our bottom line is to maintain the neutrality of Song State. No countries shall interfere and recognize the coup of Song State. But in order to make all countries agree with this bottom line, the attitude we need to make is to make two steps ahead of this."

"The merchants also know to start the price on the ground and pay the money on the spot. The same is true for this kind of negotiation. How can we directly give the lowest price?"

If the mobilization continues, agriculture will definitely be affected. Even if an administrative order is issued to require all villages and villages to plant a sufficient amount of land, it will lead to great difficulties due to insufficient manpower.

However, with the grain reserves over the years and the current land quantity, even if a certain amount of planting is reduced, under the tax system and price system, Si Shang can support it longer than the princes.

Shi looked at Jia Dun, the city in charge of finance, industry and commerce, and asked: "How is the businessman's mood?"

Jia Tong, the city smiled and said, "The merchants value profits. The news of the siege of Dangshan came, and they ran around and told each other, and they were all very happy."

"Price are naturally stable. Since we cracked down on grain speculation a few years ago, merchants have also understood that just their little capital is really seeking death. The prices of grain and cotton are now stable, and merchants are also very smart and dare not speculate on grain, because their little capital, if they want to speculate and hoard, we only need a large warehouse of inventory to crush them to death."

"There were rumors before that we wanted to issue profit-winning debts. This incident of storm has been siege. Since Dangshan was surrounded, there have been many people inquiring about it. More businessmen are holding gold and copper in their hands, wanting to invest profit-winning debts in order to make a profit."

"The merchants have sufficient confidence in us, at least now. They will not care whether they were born in Luoyi or Anyang; Linzi or Yingdu. All they need is profit. If war can bring them benefits, then they are willing to invest."

"Actually, we all know that even now, we have not yet made a real mobilization. Even the Li Tianxia Debt and the Grain Price Control Law have not been implemented. What kind of mobilization is this?"

The merchant valued profit, and the restoration of Zhongshan was fully demonstrated.

The restoration of Zhongshan was led by the Mo family. The merchants paid money and the Mo family provided weapons, and the rule of Wei State in Zhongshan ended.

Businessmen do not care about the significance of Zhongshan's restoration of the country to benefit the world. They only care about the franchise given by Zhongshan as the benefit of debt repayment: the franchise of salt, iron, horses, and fur, which compensated the merchant's loans back then.

The same is true in Si Shang. The biggest temptation of the state of Song for merchants is the land.

On the premise of ensuring that some farmers were allocated to the land, a large amount of land that fled to the nobles would be auctioned. This is the interest that the merchants care about. Therefore, under the premise that the situation in Dangshan was besieged by the Song State was stable, the merchants supported the war in Si Shang.

The same land is different in the price of land in the State of Song and in the South China Sea. If there are thousands of acres of land in the State of Song, planting fuel, cotton, and grain, relying on the industrial and commercial consumption in Si, it will be a sure profit without losing money.

Moreover, the Song State is not short of population, especially if the Mohist country chooses not to take over the Song State only makes changes on the premise of protecting the interests of self-cultivated farmers, industry and businessmen, the power of landless farmers represented by the farmers is not enough to cause great waves.

However, the statement about issuing Litianxia bonds is just a market rumor, but from the degree of concern of merchants, it can be seen that merchants trust Si Shang's strength very much. As long as the economy is not enough to support it, Si Shang will not have any big trouble.

The profit income of industrial and commercial products in Sishang is generally a three-legged way.

The Huai River Basin in the southwest of Qi in the Song Dynasty is part of the market; the Si Shang is part of it; the South China Sea and the wild areas around the South China Sea are part of it.

As long as there is no sign of defeat in Si Shang, even though it has an impact on business, it is not enough to hurt the bones.

This time, Si Shang was facing a small crisis. After all, it was a bit like going to war with all the princes, so I felt that this was also a drill.

Mobilization, agriculture, industry and commerce, people's hearts, public opinion and other series of drills have enabled the ruling group of Sishang to learn from experience, learn to deal with it, and make full preparations for the real war in the future.

The Mohist class did not trust the merchant class, but it was not important. What was important was that they sought profit.

Just like when Zhongshan restored the state affairs, merchants from Wei State invested a lot of money in Zhongshan to make profits.

This matter is the same as it is on Si. It would be too naive to expect them to benefit the world.

As long as it is profitable, Si Shang is fighting with Wei, and the merchants in Si Shang can transport food to the cities of Wei.
Chapter completed!