Master Kong Zhongni

Chapter 175 The Tuqiu Concession
In the Pingyang Palace, the aroma of mellow wine wafted leisurely, and the sound of orchestral music was melodious and melodious.

Zaiyu and Zigong sat on the left of Qizi, while on the right of Qizi sat the officials of the state of Qi.

However, the number of doctors in the Qi country obviously cannot be compared with that of a country like Qilu.

Although Zai Yu had been mentally prepared, when the dinner party started, he was almost unstoppable.

He knew Qi Guo was small, but there were only three doctors in the whole country, wasn't that too much?

Although this incident is outrageous, it seems reasonable when you think about it.

The country of Qi is just a small country with a radius of tens of miles. Qizi himself occupies the fattest Pingyang, and has divided more than half of it.

The remaining six doctors divided the remaining land equally, and each of them probably occupied two or three miles.

No wonder it is said in "Rituals" that the minister of a small country should be the minister of a big country.

It turns out that it is not only out of consideration of dignity, but also based on practical significance!
Zaiyu weighed the weight of the goji fruit, and finally understood why he was so cautious about Lu's subordinates.

Qizi can't be careless!

As far as what Zaiyu saw when he entered Pingyang, the name of the state of Qi, a country of hundreds of vehicles, is very false.

Regardless of the number of households, daily defenses, and the size of the city, Pingyang cannot be compared with Qufu and Linzi.

Both Qufu and Linzi are big cities with more than [-] households, and Linzi has as many as [-] households.

As for Pingyang in Qi State, Zai Yu roughly estimated that there were only a few thousand households.

The richest cities in Qi State are all like this, let alone the rest.

In other words, if a war is really going to happen, the Qi State will devote all its strength to the whole country, and it will crush its teeth, and only two or three thousand people can be dispatched.

With such a small amount of troops, Jae Yu can now touch him for a while.

And after the three hundred soldiers were armed, Zai Yu even had the illusion that he could stand up to Qi Zi.

However, this cannot be completely called an illusion, because examples of sudden sudden deaths of small and weak countries are not uncommon in the Spring and Autumn Period.

That's how Lu's neighboring state, Feng State, perished.

The state of Feng is weaker than the state of Qi, and there is only one city in the country, Fengyi.

In the autumn of the 16th year of Lu Zhaogong, the ruler of the state of Lu, Feng Zi, took his people out of the city to farm. As soon as he left the city, the news spread to the ears of the neighboring state of Lu.

The State of Zhu had a plan against the State of Feng for a long time, so it took the opportunity to launch a surprise attack on the State of Feng.

They smashed and looted in Fengyi, and even Fengzi's wife and daughter were snatched away by the Lu people.

After Fengzi brought the Chinese people home after finishing their work, they were all dumbfounded looking at the messy home.

Isn't working hard to support the family?

Now that the wife and children are gone, what are you doing alive?

After crying a lot, Pangzi decided to be a prisoner with his wife and daughter.

Seeing how pitiful he was, the people of Zhu returned his wife to him, but detained his daughter.

Pangzi wanted to cry but had no tears, so he took his wife to join his father-in-law Song Guozuo teacher Xiangxu.

When Xiang Xu saw his daughter and son-in-law being bullied like this, he immediately became furious, and immediately made a petition to Lord Song, demanding that the country of Zhu be crusaded.

After hearing the news, the Zhu people had no choice but to obediently return the captives and their belongings.

With the lessons learned from Feng Kingdom, how could Qizi not be cautious?
Zaiyu really didn't move his chopsticks during the drinking, none of them dared to move.

Qi Zi was so cautious that Jae Yu felt embarrassed to ask him.

Jae Yu was thinking about how to bring this matter up with Qi Zi, but Qi Zi spoke first.

"Zaizi?"

Zai Yu raised his glass and asked, "Do you have anything to call me?"

Qi Zi smiled and said, "I heard that you are a student of Confucius, so you must be proficient in "Poetry", right? Now that the banquet is in full swing, why don't we recite poems to cheer us up?"

As soon as Zaiyu heard that he was going to chant "Poetry" and toast, he immediately understood Qizi's implication.

As a well-trained diplomat, "Poetry" has always been the key research subject of Zaiyu and Zigong.

To put it bluntly, in this era of face-consciousness, many things cannot be said on the table, so when doing diplomatic work, it is necessary to convey needs through "Poetry".

Qizi proposed to recite "Poetry", and Zaiyu immediately cheered up.

He replied: "It's not proficient, but since you are interested, I should naturally accompany you."

As soon as Zaiyu finished speaking, he saw a doctor from the state of Qi standing opposite him.

He came to the hall holding the wine cup, and bowed to Qizi: "Chun Yuyang, I would like to present a poem for entertainment."

Qizi nodded slightly: "Sure."

Chun Yuyang smiled and came to Jae Yu to toast and sang loudly.

"In the wild, there is dead fructus, covered with coriander. There is a woman with spring flowers, which is lured by auspicious men.

There are puckerel trees in the forest, and dead deer in the wild.The white grass is pure, and there are women like jade.

So easy!I feel embarrassed!No matter what! "

(A dead roe is in the wilderness, covered by white grasses. There is a young girl who is in love, and the boy chases it to make fun of it.

There are small trees in the forest, and there is a small dead deer in the wilderness.Who is the Imperata bundle dedicated to?There was a girl named Yan Ruyu.

Take it off slowly, don't panic!Don't touch my belt!Don't make the dog bark! )

After Chunyuyang sang the song, the expressions of Zaiyu and Zigong changed three times.

What Chun Yuyang sang was "Death in the Wild" in "Poetry", which is a love poem describing the first love between boys and girls in the pre-Qin period, dry wood and fire, and "fighting" in the forest.

But Chun Yuyang's reciting this song "Deer in the Wild" at this time is definitely not for the sake of pornography.

No matter how small the country of Qi is, it is impossible to play such nonsensical operations on such a diplomatic occasion.

Since it's not a yellow accent, then Chun Yuyang naturally meant something.

"Death in the Wild" is a poem written from the perspective of a girl.

The main content of the poem is to blame the young man for being too hasty and violent, but at the same time he is reluctant to blame his sweetheart directly, so he can only gently advise him not to make too many moves, so as not to attract onlookers and others to gossip.

Chunyu Qiong sang this poem at this time, obviously it was inspired by Qizi.

Qi Guo wants to tell us in a roundabout way that their hearts belong to Lu State, but they refuse to speak out in support of Lu State!
Zaiyu and Zigong looked at each other, and both of them read the confidence in each other's eyes.

Qi Guo wants to be a grass on the wall, but before he starts fighting, he rides on the wall first!
Jai Yu didn't speak after listening, just shook his head and smiled.

Zigong stood up and sang the same.

"Wang Lu is like flying like a John. Like a river like a Han, like a bud of a mountain. Like a stream like a river, with continuous wings. Unexpected and unpredictable, Zhuo conquered the country of Xu.

Wang Youyun said that Xu Fang came.Xu Fang is the same, the merit of the emperor.The four sides are flat, and Xu Fang comes to the court.If Xu Fang doesn't return, the king said return! "

This one is Chapter 5 and Chapter 6 of "Changwu" in "Poetry".

Among them, Chapter 5 tells the battle of King Xuan of Zhou defeating the army of Xu State in a decisive manner.

And Chapter 6 is about the triumphant return of King Xuan of Zhou, Xu Guo bowed his head and paid tribute on time, and did not dare to give birth to a rebellious heart.

At this time, when he recited "Chang Wu", he also specially selected chapters five and six, and Zigong's implication was very clear.

Qi State should either obediently obey Lu State's command, or prepare to accept the iron fist sanctions from Lu State just like Xu State did back then.

After Zigong finished reciting the poem, he stretched out his hand and passed the wine cup in his hand to Chunyuyang.

I saw Chun Yuyang's body trembled, and the hand that took the wine was trembling. He showed a forced smile, and thanked him in return: "Thank you for your toast."

Zigong smiled kindly: "I wish you a long and healthy life."

This time Chun Yuyang was so frightened that his face lost all color, he staggered and almost fell to the ground.

Seeing this situation, Zai Yu almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

This is the division of labor established by the two early on.

They had agreed before they came that one would sing the red face and the other the bad face.

Zaiyu had thought about it early in the morning, if he couldn't subdue Qizi, how could he make Qiguo honestly be his source of raw materials?

What if we have negotiated the terms with Qizi now, and something happens in the future, and Qizi directly chokes his resource supply?
The reason why he wanted to make a report to the office and go to Qi State in an official capacity, instead of visiting in a private capacity, was to use the tiger's skin as a banner and use the huge Lu State to support him.

As for the country of Lu, the monarch, Yang Hu, including San Huan, did not expect him to go on this mission at all.

Because Qi State has only such a little strength, one more of them is not much, and one less of them is not much.

It is best for Zaiyu to persuade the wolfberry to move, but not to pull the wolfberry down.

The State of Qi is just a dispensable partner to the State of Lu, but to Zaiyu, it is the savior of Tuqiu's agriculture and the first experimental field for economic colonization.

If you don't use Lu State to intimidate Qi Zi, how can you hollow out Qi State's industry in the future, and how can you make him obey my Zaizi?

At this moment, the atmosphere in the hall was almost frozen, Qi Zi smiled stiffly, and raised his sleeve to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

"What are you two doing?"

When Zaiyu heard the words, he suddenly laughed and got up: "This sentence is your fault. Don't you still not see the situation in the world clearly?"

Qi Zi was stunned: "What's the situation in the world?"

Zaiyu said slowly: "From Yanggu, where the sun rises in the east, to Yuyuan, where the sun sets in the west, from Mingdu, where the sun shines brightly in the south, to Youdu, where the sun never sets in the north, a single map stretches across the world. The canopy has fallen!

Behind this canopy are the capitals of all the ancient kingdoms of Xia—Xincai, Diqiu, Xinzheng, Wanqiu, Xueyi, and Jufu.

These towns and their surrounding populations were all within Qi's sphere of influence, and all in one way or another fell not only under Qi's influence but increasingly under Linzi's control.

Almost everywhere, Qi merchants had the upper hand.So far, except for the state of Qi under your rule, no real freedom of commerce has been realized at all.

And the purpose of my trip is to bring real prosperity and prosperity to your country of Qi.

And use this to fight against those Qi businessmen who put benevolence, justice and morality behind them, only know how to pursue their own interests, and put the interests of the people under their own interests! "

At first, Qizi shuddered with fright from Zaiyu's excited tone, but in an instant, he frowned again, and then slowly relaxed.

"It turns out that you didn't come here this time because you want our Qi country to send troops!"

Hearing this, Zaiyu just sat down slowly, shook his head slightly, and said, "The monarch sent me here this time, and he didn't mean to force you to send troops. We understand your difficulties. Therefore, in matters of alignment, we only need you to remain neutral." .”

Qizi heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the words, and immediately beamed with joy: "Then what is the freedom of commerce and trade you just said?"

This time, without waiting for Zaiyu to speak, Zigong stepped forward with a smile and said, "We just hope that you can order to cancel the high customs and market taxes imposed on Lu merchants."

Regarding Zi Gong's proposal, Qi Zi had no intention of rejecting it.

The size of the Qi State is not large, and the customs and city tax is far less than the share of the land tax.

If the friendship of the State of Lu can be obtained by simply canceling the customs and market taxes, then Qizi will naturally be very happy.

He laughed loudly and got up and said: "So that's the case, the widow understands."

Seeing that he agreed without hesitation, Zigong smiled even more happily.

"Since you are so happy, then we can't let you suffer. As you may know, my subordinates manage a huge caravan business.

And your Qi State is next to Qi State, so I want to rent a piece of land in your country to build a warehouse to store goods..."

"Leasing land..."

Hearing this, Qizi finally hesitated.

The land is the foundation of the country, and most of his income comes from farmland.

He can accept the abolition of customs and city taxes, but if he wants to move the fields, it will scratch his lifeline.

Jae Yu had also expected this, and he said with a smile: "Don't worry. What we are renting is not a flat land, but a place close to the mountains and ravines, and we believe that you will be satisfied with our quotation .”

Qizi asked hesitantly, "How much does your country plan to pay?"

Zai Yu took a sip of his drink and said lightly, "Three hundred acres of land, one year, 20 yuan."

　A monthly ticket is always good for the author, no matter who the author is.

　　——Excerpt from "Zaiyu's Diary"

　　
　
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