Fishing is made by Chu State for money and technology, Qi people produce wood, craftsmen, and fishermen. All the fish caught during the fish flood are made into canned fish and stored, and then transported to Chu State to become the source of meat for the Chu army. This can not only utilize the resources of Qi State, but also do not affect the original sales of Qi State fish goods, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

This is business. If it turns into a war, especially in a war outside Qi, it will be hindered. Xiong Jing insisted on using fishing boats to transport Zhao people. The ministers did not speak at first, but finally asked a cunning question: "If the Qi people don't want to, what should they do?"

Xiong Jing also thought about this problem. He took a deep breath and said, "If the Qi people don't want to do so, they will be unscrupulous!"

"If the king wins Qi, the people of Qi will be close to Qin." Jin Yi couldn't believe it.

"No. I won't win against Qi, but Qi is not close to Qin. Qi people are afraid of Qin, but Qi people know very well that if our Chu State is destroyed, Qi State will also perish." Xiong Jing expressed his thoughts. After Qi State's reform, he mastered the fate of Qi State and was the Qi State's county officials. They would never betray themselves, but only others.

"Yes. If I defeat Qi, the Qi people are afraid of my destruction, and I am afraid of the Qin people's attacks and I will not save me. I must be cautious and trust me. Although Chu and Qi are allies today, they are useless and useless, they will become burdensome." Li Qi's view is the same as Xiong Jing. The Chu and Qi alliance is in name only, so it is better to do their own things.

"This..." Naojiu and others looked at each other, and felt that Xiong Jing and Li Qi were right. The alliance was useless. The Qi people kept compromising against Qin. It would be better to resolve the alliance just like this. If Qi was in charge of the Housheng, they might just be in charge of Qin. Qi is now in charge of the government. These people are more and more elite. It is impossible for them to turn to Qin in an all-round way. They will only be able to get along with each other and urge Qin to attack Chu.

"I think it's okay. With the Qin people's plan, if I win the Qi Dynasty, I must attack Qi first and then attack me." There are two small figures in the Chu State who have the greatest influence on the national affairs. One is Li Qi from the War Department, and the other is that they know the other department and do not give me anything. The things they agree with are basically half set. Therefore, don't let me talk, and everyone looks at him.

"Why?" Xiong Jing looked at Wubing, and didn't understand his words at all.

"The king is the king of courage and faith. The king is not afraid of the strong enemy, but rather fears that the enemy is not strong. The enemy is weak, and the victory is not strong." Don't let me explain. All the ministers nodded when they hear this. The real strong only sees the strong, and often disdain the weak and regard them as if nothing.

Don't let me continue, "How about the common people? The common people have many real benefits and are afraid of defeat and mistakes. They only wish that the world is weak but not strong. In this way, they can bully the weak.

This is the strategy of the Qin people. The Qin people knew that I was his mortal enemy, but they feared that I was strong and attacked Zhao. When Zhao was destroyed, they attacked Qi. When Qi was destroyed, they attacked me. Therefore, my ministers said: If Qi is defeated, Qin will attack Qi but not me."

"Since the Qin people are afraid of me, since they attack Qi, how can they defeat me?" The ministers were a little confused about the logic of not giving me.

"This..." Don't let Xiong Jing and I say something in unison, don't let me let Xiong Jing say it first.

"This is an indirect strategy." I was inspired by Don't let me know that Xiong Jing suddenly realized and said a word that was not available in this era.

"Indirect...strategy?" New words popped up from the king's mouth from time to time. The ministers often had to rack their brains to understand the meaning of those new words. However, Xiong Jing explained it himself. "Use the right combination, use the strange victory, attack without direct attack. Moreover, in the Battle of Bailuyuan, there were many Qin people and our army was few. The Qin people had to set up a front line to attack me with all their strength. The longer the front line, the thinner our army, and the thinner our army was, the more likely it was to break our army."

Instead of treating Qin and Chu as two countries, but Qin and Chu as two super-large military formations. From this perspective, it is easy to understand that the Qin army attacked Qi first. Of course, this is still not exactly what Xiong Jing said about indirect strategy. He actually only heard this word and did not deeply understand what indirect strategy is.

Xiong Jing suddenly realized that he did not give me words. Li Qie, who also had this kind of insight, sighed: "If the Qin people attacked Qi, our army might be able to rest for several years, and such a plan to advance westward will be accomplished."

Advance westward is to obtain a geographical barrier, and to obtain a source of tribal soldiers. However, it takes a lot of time to conquer those mountain tribes and train tribal soldiers. This is actually something that the War Department has been worried about for a while.

"If the Qi people do not allow fishing boats to save Zhao, if the court decides, will the Qi be absolutely eliminated?" Xiong Jing did not bring the topic to the westward advance. The westward advance led to the rescue of Zhao, and the rescue of Zhao led to the defeat of Qi. These are topics other than the westward advance.

"If the Qi people do not allow Zhao people to pass through the border, and if the fishing boats do not allow Zhao to save Zhao, you should be defeated." Naojiu and Zhaoshu looked at each other, nodded together, and said, "If the court decides, I will be the one who is strongly advocating the Qi."

"The same is true for me." Li Qi, E Zhuo, Nao Xin, Luyang Jun, Gongshujian, Honghuan, Jingshu and others also told each other. "If the Qi people refuse to save Zhao, what's the purpose of the alliance? It should be defeated by Qi."

"Then try to drive the fishing boat out of Qi." Xiong Jing made up his mind that he would rescue all the Zhao people in Handan City. After discussing the matter, he said, "What else is there?"

"Sulphur does not come, gunpowder... is insufficient." Jingshu of the Military Affairs Department was particularly reserved today. There was another topic in the meeting today to discuss the rebel general Jing Hua. The Qin people were promoting Jing Hua's rescue of the King of Qin, so Jing Hua was also listed as a topic.

The power of the artillery is unparalleled, but the consumption of gunpowder is also amazing, especially the four times the load of the Chu army. Xiong Jing originally thought that there were still 100 tons of gunpowder left in the army, but in fact, there were only less than 50 tons of gunpowder left, and 144 artillery pieces, and each cannon has an average of more than 60 launching drugs. This number makes the Chu army artillery only have one battle.

"How much sulfur does Hu Dansao branch have?" Xiong Jing asked this person. The little sulfur he transported was optional, but now it is an emergency.

"Not much." Jing Shu took out a piece of prepared Chu paper with numbers written on it, presented it to Xiong Jing and then took it back.

"How much does the sea-pier gunpowder still have?" Jing Shu gave the number not exceeding Xiong Jing's expectations, so he could only look at the Red Wall. The Chu army used to have a ling army and a hustle army, but now it is divided into land soldiers and sea soldiers.

"This..." Hong Liu didn't expect the king to attack the sea and gunpowder. He also learned from Jingshu and wrote a number with Zhang Chu paper.

"How much is this?" Hong Kong Shu's handwriting was sloppy, and Xiong Jing couldn't understand the first word.

"Report to the king, this is the four." Hong Shu's answer surprised Xiong Jing. The navy actually had so much gunpowder. Hong Shu hardened his teeth and explained: "There should be ten sea-piercing gunboats, with each gun of two hundred rounds, now only.... I ask the king to help me lead the gunboats to Wublai Port to attack the Persians, so there is no end to sulfur!"

Five gunboats were launched this year, plus the Chaos that were launched before, there were a total of six gunboats. Hong Kong volunteered to go to Wubulai Port, which was actually listed as a combat plan by the Operations Department. When Li Qi nodded, E Zhuo said: "Save Zhao Weixian, it will not be too late to go to Xizhou again in October."

"Seleucids dare to detain my sea boat, they must be punished severely!" Xiong Jing had long been interested in sending gunboats to the Persian Gulf to show off his power and cut off the spice trade led by Persian merchants. This incident just provided an excuse. "However, the sulfur in Wublai Port comes from the sea in the Mediterranean Sea. If there is no hook-long, can there be pigeon news?"

Leading the Bifang number, the Ghost Car No. 1, passed the Dahracles stone pillar two months ago and drove into the sea of ​​the Mediterranean. He first went to Carthage and then to Egypt, but since last month, he has not sent a pigeon message as agreed.

When he heard the king ask about Wu Gou Chang, Hong Shu who had been paying attention to the matter said: "No."

"Why there is no one?!" According to the experience of previous long-distance voyages, the construction of sea boats, personnel, sailing equipment and supplies have been made the most reasonable adjustments, and there are twelve fifteen pound cannons on it. Xiong Jing did not believe that it was because of the negligence of the hook and the length, which caused the pigeon news to be sent regularly. The most reasonable explanation is that they have disappeared.

"I don't know." Hong Chuan was helpless. "I dare to say that if the two boats were not suddenly caught in a hurricane, they would be taken away by others!"

"Hurricane? Being taken away by others?" Xiong Jing lost his mind. Many people say that the Mediterranean is just a bathtub. In fact, the Mediterranean wind and waves are not small, but the Mediterranean wind and waves are mainly concentrated in winter. It is summer now, and the only reasonable explanation is that the two sea boats were taken away by others.

"Yes, after I attacked the Persians, I can go to the sea in the earth the next year to find out the cause." Hong Shu said.

"I ask the king to send more sea boats to Yingzhou to find sulfur." ​​Jiyin Jihui attended this meeting for sulfur. "The king said that the pyrite mine is something that has never been heard of in all counties and towns, so I am afraid that I will not be able to do so."

The sulfur is purified by distillation, which finally reminded Xiong Jing of another way to obtain sulfur: distillation with pyrite. This is also the main way to obtain sulfur in East Asia after the invention of gunpowder. The problem is where is the pyrite? Xiong Jing knew nothing about this, so he could not point a finger, and then the pyrite appeared. He could only send people to various counties and towns to search.

"But after searching for Yingzhou for several years, he would never get sulfur!" Xiong Jing said distressedly. He even had an illusion that this time and space were not the original time and space, so sulfur could not be found in Japan. Of course, this is wrong. There are 270 volcanoes in Japan, but most of these volcanoes are distributed on seven volcano belts. Haizhou did not search in the volcano belt, so naturally it could not be found.

"Therefore, I think it is necessary to send additional sea boats so that they can get sulfur." ​​Jihui suggested. "I will ask the king to send the witches to Yingzhou to sacrifice to his gods. This may lead to sulfur as soon as possible."

"Good." Sacrifice is a solution that can be done, so Xiong Jing can only try it out. "There is also Yizhou, and people need to be searched."

Japan has sulfur, and Taiwan has sulfur. If you look for pyrite, Persian Gulf, and Mediterranean on the mainland, you will send fleets to every direction and do your best. If you can't find sulfur, it can only be said to be God's will.

"Since Hu Dansao can get sulfur, can we send a caravan to Daxia?" Jingshu put forward another feasible suggestion. It is luck to find minerals. Since Hu merchants can get sulfur, why not transport more back?
Chapter completed!