Daliang City, Mengchangjun’s Mansion.

As soon as Su Dai walked off the carriage, he saw the owner Mengchangjun, who was waiting in front of the hall.

Su Dai was slightly surprised and hurried forward to salute: "What kind of virtue does Su Dai have to let you come out to welcome you here."

Mengchangjun laughed and said politely: "You are polite, please, please."

Su Dai followed Mengchangjun toward the lobby, and a hint of pride in his heart.

Mengchangjun's arrogance is actually famous. It is naturally not because of Su Dai himself, but because of the identity of Su Dai, the envoy of Zhao State.

Zhao State is now the most powerful country in the entire China.

Thinking of this, Su Dai's steps became a little lighter.

The two of them sat down in the lobby, and a maid brought melons, fruits and other items, and then left.

Mengchangjun smiled and said to Su Dai, "I don't know what the messenger is coming?"

Su Dai bowed and said, "I will not hide it from you. Su Dai came here this time to give you a big gift."

"Great gift?" Mengchangjun couldn't help laughing: "It must be a big gift that can be given to Brother Su Dai in person."

Su Dai said seriously: "That's natural. I heard that in this battle against Qi, Jun Hou's fiefdom was expanded a lot?"

Mengchangjun touched his beard and said with a complacent look: "There are not many, just three more cities."

Mengchangjun's fief was inherited from his father, former prime minister of Qi, Bang Tianying, and his name was Xue Yi.

Unlike the vassals of other countries, Tian Ying and Mengchangjun and his son served as prime ministers of Qi for two generations, and had many foundations in Qi, so Xueyi was nominally the territory of Qi, but in fact the taxes were never paid to the Qi treasury. Moreover, the appointment and removal of officials and the local army were all controlled by Mengchangjun, which was an absolute private kingdom.

In order to strengthen control over Xueyi, Mengchangjun even invested in helping his robbers move their families to Xueyi, which made Xueyi more than 3,000 families out of thin air. However, these robbers were not good at giving birth, and they liked to be brave and fierce, which made Xueyi a mess, causing the honest and honest residents to suffer a lot of trouble out of thin air.

Rebellion, but no matter who it is, it must admit that Xue Yi is actually equivalent to Xue State. In fact, Mengchangjun announced this after rebelling out of Qi State. However, after joining Wei State as a prime minister, Mengchangjun incorporated Xue Yi into Wei State and became the nominal territory of Wei State.

During this time, the four countries attacked Qi, Wei, as the winner, obtained two-thirds of the original Song Dynasty's land, namely the Song Dynasty County and Fangyu County.

Among them, Fang and the county bordered Xueyi. In order to commend Mengchangjun's achievements, the King of Wei waved his hand very happily and placed three cities in Fang and the county into Mengchangjun's fiefdom.

In terms of the current situation, it is equivalent to Mengchangjun's Xue Kingdom having three more cities out of thin air. It is no wonder Mengchangjun was so content when he mentioned it.

This is a real expansion of territory.

Su Dai took the opportunity to praise Mengchangjun, and Mengchangjun naturally smiled calmly with a comfortable and calm look on his face. For a moment, the atmosphere between the host and the host was extremely harmonious.

Seeing this, Su Dai knew it was time to continue, so he smiled and said, "Jun Hou, I won't keep it. This time the gift is actually - Jun Hou hopes that Xue Yi's fief can be expanded?"

When Mengchangjun heard this, his face suddenly moved: "How do you say this?"

Su Dai said: "Mengchangjun should know that Linzi has been compromised."

Mengchangjun's expression was a little complicated, but he nodded.

After all, he was a native of Qi and had been in power in Linzi for many years. If he had no feelings at all, he would be deceiving himself.

Su Dai coughed and said, "Good Lord, please learn that Da Zhao will not continue to withdraw his troops next, but will continue to sweep the cities of Qi."

Mengchangjun nodded subconsciously and said, "It's indeed such a...

Mengchangjun suddenly stopped.

After a brief silence, Mengchangjun looked at Su Dai with an extremely strange look: "Do you mean... Zhao State wants to annex Qi State?"

Su Dai nodded vigorously.

Mengchangjun was stunned at first, then laughed loudly, his beard trembling, as if he had heard something amazing.

Su Dai sat with a smile, and the expression on his face did not change at all.

It took a long time before Mengchangjun stopped laughing.

"Zhao State really wants to annex Qi State?"

Su Dai still nodded.

Mengchangjun let out a long sigh: "Your Lord Father and the King are crazy, really."

Su Dai said seriously: "Don't say that you are right, please wait."

Mengchangjun's mood was a little difficult to calm down, and after a while, he said: "It's my marquis who lost his composure."

Mengchangjun said a little unhappy: "So, your King Zhao wants to annex Qi State and is worried that the Great Wei will come out to oppose it, so let you go to the Great Wei?"

Su Dai nodded and said, "That's the reason."

Mengchangjun looked at Su Dai with a smile: "Then, you don't go to see the king first but come to see this marquis. I guess you hope to impress this marquis with the benefits and let this marquis speak to you and Zhao State in front of the marquis."

Su Dai praised: "Your Madam is indeed completely unscrupulous."

"I have no choice but to do it?" Mengchangjun sneered: "I have never calculated that anyone dared to be so bold that he wanted to use a battle to swallow Qi State."

Su Dai said: "The demise of Qi is beneficial to both Wei and Junhou."

Mengchangjun said: "What you are talking about is the Battle of Gaotang. If Qi is destroyed now, what are the benefits for the Great Wei and this marquis besides making Zhao stronger? Don't forget that Handan is the capital of another country closest to Daliang."

Su Dai said: "So that, Jun Hou, Xue Yi is bordering the Huaibei region of Qi. If you can get a few more cities from Huaibei region, Xue will be the real Xue State."

Mengchangjun was silent for a while and said, "How many more can we get?"

Su Dai took out a silk map from his arms without any haste and pointed at it on the map: "Please see, Ni, Xiu, Wucheng, and Feixian, all four cities can be included in the future Xue Kingdom."

Mengchangjun squinted his eyes and stared at the map in front of him.

If what Su Dai said really came true, then the King of Wei would definitely agree under the pressure of Zhao State. Who dares not give Zhao State face at this time?

Once these four cities are included in Mengchangjun's fiefdom, his territory will be quite amazing.

It is almost the same size as the current state of Lu.

Although Lu is now a small country, it is also an independent country after all.

Not to mention anything else, who can have a fiefdom as big as Lu in the world with so many countries? And it is independent and completely own, equivalent to the monarch of a small country.

A real country in the country.

Which one is better, a strong country, a prime minister or a small country? This question is really hard to say.

Looking at the silent Mengchangjun, Su Dai threw out a bomb again: "My king has something to say first. As long as Junhou can persuade King Wei to not stand against the Great Zhao in this war, then in the future, even if Junhou and Wei fall apart, Great Zhao will immediately recognize Xue State and... Junhou, King Xue. As long as Junhou is alive, any country's conquest against Xue State will be regarded as a provocation against Zhao, and Great Zhao will definitely send troops to defend Xue State."

Mengchangjun took a deep breath.

These conditions of Zhao State are not bad.

This is equivalent to directly supporting Mengchangjun’s founding of the country with force.

Mengchangjun was quite moved.

The head of a chicken is still a phoenix tail, Mengchangjun has already had the answer to this question.

Even if it is the prime minister who is the overlord of Qi, what if it is less than ten thousand people? As long as it turns against the King of Qi, then I can only escape from Qi in a panic and watch that many of my close friends are slaughtered by the King of Qi?

Although Mengchangjun has indeed succeeded in revenge from the current situation, it is impossible for those who have died to be resurrected again, which is also a great regret in Mengchangjun's heart.

This led Mengchangjun to a conclusion that only his own strength is the real strength, and he can truly protect himself and the people he wants to protect. Those powers obtained by relying on the trust of the king are nothing more than castles in the air.

With this conclusion, the next decision will be easy to make.

Mengchangjun looked at Su Dai and said in a deep voice: "Is the only condition of King Zhao that Wei will not interfere?"

Su Dai smiled and said, "If Wei can send troops to help, it will be better."

Mengchangjun said: "After Zhao annexed Qi, it will be the strongest country in the world. Who can guarantee that Zhao will not continue to attack Wei in the future?"

Su Dai said: "Qi State has such a vast territory and a large population. After annexing Qi State, there is no ten or eight years. Does Junhou think that Da Zhao has the remaining strength to go to the expedition?"

Mengchangjun asked, "What about ten or eight years later?"

Su Dai glanced at Mengchangjun and said meaningfully: "Things to happen ten or eight years later are what King Xue should consider, such as - even Zhao attacks Wei, or even Zhao attacks Chu?"

Su Dai deliberately took the word "King Xue" very seriously.

Mengchangjun put his thumbs together, and his index fingers gently tapped each other. After a while, he said: "The reasons you said are not enough to convince the king."

Su Dai smiled and said, "Actually enough. Please think about it. If Zhao State had been recuperating for ten years, which country would launch a war most radically?"

The name of King Xue made Mengchangjun's face move again, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he thought for a while and said, "It should be Qin."

Su Dai nodded and said, "That's right. If Qin State launches a war, it will either be Hedong, Han Xinzheng, Zhao State Shangjun, or Chu State Yingdu. Which one would King Xue think Qin State choose?"

Mengchangjun said: "Han and Wei. But Xinzheng is the capital of South Korea after all, and the Koreans will definitely defend the whole country, so..."

Su Dai said: "So the Hedong County of Wei is the most suitable target. Therefore, the troubles of Wei seem to be Zhao, but in fact, in the next few years, the one that can really pose a major threat to Wei is actually Qin. If Wei is willing to support Zhao, then when Qin attacks Hedong, Zhao will not stand by and watch."

Mengchangjun glanced at Su Dai and said, "Qin is Zhao's biggest opponent, so Zhao doesn't want Qin to break out of the Central Plains, right?"

Su Dai smiled and said, "That's true, and Da Zhao can also promise that if the war between Wei and Qin will start in the future, then the Da Wei State can directly take away the Tao County of Qin, and Da Zhao will definitely support it."

After all, Tao County is just an isolated island hanging in the eastern part of the Central Plains of Qin, and its size is not enough to support a large army, so if Wei really attacks, it can indeed be captured.

Mengchangjun said: "Those are the benefits of the future. I... I still need the benefits of the present to convince my king."

Su Dai nodded and said, "Pinglu City among the five capitals of Qi State and the nine nearby cities can be handed over to Wei State."

Mengchangjun said again: "The Chu army has entered Huaibei, nominally protecting the ally Qi State, but in fact it is taking advantage of the situation to rob. How do you ensure that the cities and towns that I gave me will not be occupied by Chu State?"
To be continued...