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Chapter 85: Each takes what he needs

This time, the Zhongshan Kingdom Incident is a free advertisement that allows businessmen all over the world to participate in politics and start seeking their own interests.

Making money rather than fiefdom a way to measure social status is something that must be experienced by change.

There will be new pain in the new era, but we cannot completely retro because of the new pain. A society dominated by money is not good, but we cannot invite the nobles back because of this bad.

The best nobles only exist in memory.

Especially when some people begin to miss the aristocratic spirit when "using poverty to seek wealth, farming is worse than labour, work is worse than businessman, and embroidery is worse than relying on the city gate", when some people begin to miss the aristocratic spirit, that is when the aristocrats are closest to "good".

No amount of details can be explained, but I just discussed with Le Chi how much money it would cost, how many weapons it would buy, and the amount of money it would cost after the restoration of the country.

Zhongshan Kingdom is close to the Yellow River. At this time, the Yellow River is on the ancient road. You can sail along Qi and enter the Hebei Plain and transport the materials, money, weapons, etc. needed by Zhongshan Kingdom.

If Zhongshan Kingdom wants to repay, it needs to take out a series of political conditions such as salt, mining rights, land transactions, etc. Otherwise, the Mohist school means that merchants cannot make profits and cannot raise money.

In this year, I can’t recover the country without money.

In the past, everyone used to slash with bronze weapons. If there were some core nobles and tribes, they might restore the country. The nobles were out of business. If there were chariots, they would fight against hundreds of disciples.

But now I want to restore the country, military uniforms, muskets, lead bullets, and gunpowder are all needed, and these all require a lot of money. If I don’t have money, I’m afraid that some cities will not be able to conquer them at all.

It’s just that the money of merchants is not that easy to get.

The farmer could allow or even imagine a "wise" monarch, and could even easily regard the monarch as a force for them to confront oppressed nobles and profit-seeking merchants.

But the merchants... are afraid that they don't like the absolute monarch the most, even if they are "wise", they won't like it. Especially after the Mohist family kept publishing some theoretical books to let them see another way.

What is important about these things is the subsequent details. After talking to Le Chi for a while, Shi said: "If Zhongshan wants to restore the country, he must first have the right to be kind and govern, so that he can gain support from the people; secondly, he must have money and weapons, so that he will not be able to make the slaughtered and powerful soldiers with the strong armor of Wei; finally, there must be a situation in the world, which cannot be ignored."

"Have you heard about the dispute between the Prince of Zhao?"

This time Le Chi came to Si Shang to seek help from the Mo family. The people of Zhongshan Kingdom seized this opportunity, so they nodded repeatedly and said, "I heard that Zhao Zhang is very wise, and Zhao Hou's son, the son of Zhao Shaode."

Shi smiled and said, "Since I have already talked about non-attack before, the situation in the world cannot be used. If Zhongshan Kingdom can speak of non-attack, then wouldn't Mr. Zhao support me?"

"The news came from Handan that the Lord Zhao had passed away and chaos in Zhao was about to arise. This is a general trend that must be paid attention to."

The news from the Mo family is much more versatile than Le Chi. The prepared transportation line spreads the news very quickly. Le Chi heard it and then realized that Zhao Hou was gone. He was shocked and said, "This is the opportunity to restore the country! I should return quickly."

Shi said: "In the past, Marquis of Lie died and passed the throne to his place. His son, Prince Zhang, was granted the title of the prince, in Handan. Prince Chao had a good relationship with Wei, and the Wei people were afraid that they would attack Handan in order to enter Prince Chao."

"The old place of Zhongshan intersects with Juluze. Passing Juluze is Handan. Wei is strong and Zhao is weak. If Zhongshan wants to restore the country, the power of the Zhao people can also be borrowed."

"If Wei attacked Zhao and entered the Prince's Court, the people of Zhongshan raised an army to restore the country. If they could support Gongzizhang, it would be easier to restore the country. Zhao and Zhongshan worked together to do things. Second, if the Wei people were defeated in the future, they could also get along with Zhao to form a non-aggressive alliance. Third, if they obtained the loans raised by the merchants and purchased weapons, they would also need to be transported along the river and passed through Zhao, which must be discussed with the Zhao people."

If there is still some historical trust between Wei and Zhao, then if Zhongshan can be restored and the dispute between Zhao Prince Zhao can be linked together, the only remaining trust between Wei and Zhao may no longer exist.

If Zhongshan Kingdom shouts to support Gongzizhang and oppose Wei at the same time, then Gongzizhang cannot use his cold butt to stick to Zhongshan Kingdom's hot face.

Once the fait accompli appears, the Wei State will inevitably feel that Prince Zhang has been planning for a long time and even sponsoring Zhongshan to restore the country.

The interests of Zhongshan Country are temporarily consistent with Mr. Zhao, and they are both anti-Wei. So this time, the restoration of the country openly shouted to support Mr. Zhang, and there was no loss. He could still tie himself to the chariot of Mr. Zhao.

It is actually not difficult to transport weapons to Zhongshan Kingdom. Some of the hometowns of Zhongshan Kingdom are close to the Yellow River channel at this time, and the southernmost end is about Hengshui and Jizhou in later generations.

There is not far from Handan. If Wei wants to send troops, in addition to the direction of Yecheng where Ximen Bao is located, Prince Zhi of Zhongshan Kingdom may also need to dispatch some troops.

Once the weapons are transported, the old people in Zhongshan will use this to restore the country and can relieve the pressure in Handan.

However, this reduction is actually aggravated in the long run.

If it was just a dispute between Mr. Zhao and the encirclement of Handan was unbeatable, the incense of the Three Jin Dynasties was still there, and there was still a possibility of reconciliation afterwards.

However, once the resumption of Zhongshan is tied to the internal chaos in Zhao and the interference of Wei, Gongzizhi will respond in the short term that he will not send troops to siege Handan, and the pressure on Handan can be reduced.

But in the long run, Wei must feel that Zhao has done too much, and even suspect that Zhao is preparing to acquire Wei's land. It will inevitably increase its troops in an interference battle, and may even mobilize the troops of Xihe to strive to resolve the matter of Zhao as soon as possible.

Shi has been preparing for such a tense atmosphere for Wei: if Zhao State is not solved, the rear will be unstable. Once Qin and Chu recover, Wei State will be over.

This time the matter of Zhongshan Kingdom was like adding fuel to the fire. Wei Kingdom thought that Zhao State was not only a dispute between the princes, but also a leader of the Three Jins and weakening the power of Wei State.

The Mohist family's plans were all for the future of the Mohist family, but when they said it, it seemed that they were planning for Zhongshan Kingdom everywhere.

What is appropriate is the best choice for Zhongshan Kingdom at this time. Relying on the dispute between Wei and Zhao, one is to restore the country, and the other is to maintain a good relationship with Zhao Hou after restoring the country.

The news about Le Chi is far less versatile than that of the Mohist family, and this information difference makes Le Chi impatient.

Le Chi naturally has his own considerations. If he cannot take this opportunity to make contributions, his status will not be improved.

His grandfather Le Yang was granted the title of Lingshou, and was not trusted by Weis because of the matter of eating the baby. Such great achievements were granted to the city near the Taihang Mountains of Zhongshan Kingdom, which was already neglected.

All this lies in a degree.

The Zhongshan Kingdom restored the country too early, and this time passed. Zhongshan Kingdom took advantage of the Wei State's interference in the restoration of the country, so this time could just aggravate the conflict between Wei and Zhao.

The conflict between Wei and Zhao intensified, and Qi State could only play a one-man show. Even if Wei Han sent troops to interfere in Si Shang, the number would not be large. Qi State was not very willing to let Wei Han get involved in Si Shang. If he could play a one-man show, he would also be worried that Wei Han would pick fruits with the nature of the Tian family, and he might not wait for Wei Han to take the lead in dispatching.

Only in this way can one defeat each one.

Le Chi knew that the Mo family had superb methods. Since he said that there was a commercial road to pass, he bowed: "I thank you so much for the Mo family!"

If you go back late and cannot catch up with the first wave of rebellion, you are afraid that your status will be greatly affected in the future. Moreover, you must go in person with your grandfather Le Yang.

This thank you to the Mo family is really from the heart.

He was not loyal to Zhongshan Kingdom, but Zhongshan Kingdom was the ladder he could climb up. This time the restoration of the country was also a way for him to become a famous scholar in the world.

The Mohist family had been planning for this matter for a long time, and when they mobilized the Seventh Division to the border of Feiguo, they had already begun to prepare for various possible consequences.
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