Chapter 29 Lobbying
Even when the two men were having fun in the carriage, the carriage continued to follow the army. At dawn, the Chu army had already arrived in Qinyuan, west of Linzi City. The divisions and brigades quickly took over the tents, supplies, chariots, horses, food and fodder left by the Qin army...
All were ready-made, with more than 500,000 people living in the tent of more than 170,000 people. The central army tent happened to be Xiong Jing's shogunate. However, Xiong Jing was not in the shogunate since the early meals. At noon, when Tian Zong, Tian He and Mou Zong came to politely refuse, they did not see Xiong Jing.
"I dare to ask where the king is?" The Grand Sima Tianzong has the highest status and is difficult to speak easily; the military advisor Mou Zong was disappointed and unwilling to speak; only Jimo doctor Tian He spoke, which was also the reason why he came to Chuying.
"The king is on the water, and Mrs. Jiao Xuan rides a horse." Zhuang Wudi, who was receiving the three of them, should have been the queen. After the poisoning incident, the minister of the court wanted to Yingnan as the queen. A series of incredible things happened next. Despite this, as Xiong Jing's private minister, the general of Ying Shi still regarded Mi Xuan as the queen, and respectfully called him the wife. The concubine, and there was no one who mentioned him, even a level lower than the concubine.
"Teach...Madam Xuan...Riding a horse?" Tian He was a little dizzy. How could a great king teach a woman to ride a horse?
"Yes." Zhuang Wudi nodded with a smile, then sat still without saying a word.
The Qi people explained their intentions at this time that the Qi army's military power was not suitable for handing over, but they hoped that the Qi and Chu army could drive the Qin army out together. Qi would repay the hard-working lieutenant general. In addition to personal gain, Qi also agreed to form an alliance - if the Qin army attacked Chu and Wei in the future, the Qi army would send troops to rescue him; if Zhao was restored in the future, Qi would also help Zhao with his armed forces.
When the countries merged with each other, Qi was neutral; when everyone was not in harmony with each other, Qi agreed to join the coalition with each other. The two armies of Zhao and Wei had already merged with the Chu army, and Qi also said to form an alliance. Qi always had to be one step later than the expectations of each country. The price of being one step later was that the countries were becoming increasingly disappointed with Qi. Zhuang Wudi did not speak, Tian Zong and Tian He sat in awkwardly, and Tian He couldn't help but send a person out of the canal to see. If the King of Chu was really there, the three people would go there in person.
"Get on the horse, yes, get off the horse. OK. Get on the horse again... No!" On the canal riverside, Xiong Jing stood on one side and kept ordering Mi Xuan to get on and off the horse.
Most women who grew up in the palace were not physically strong. Fortunately, they had been training a lot during the period when they returned to Chu, so Mi Xuan would not faint if they sweated. However, Xiong Jing's horse riding was not a fancy way. The training method was no different from training knights, but it only reduced the intensity a lot. Mi Xuan's legs were long, and it was very difficult to get on and off the horse because of the more times. The heel of the leather boots accidentally touched the buttocks, and if he didn't accept it, he would start to shock the horse. Xiong Jing quickly grabbed the reins with his hands. Mi Xuan did not fall down and she fell down.
"The buttocks of a war horse are like a woman's buttocks, how can you touch them lightly?" Looking at the panting woman, Xiong Jing used a strange metaphor to ask Mi Xuan to remember this lesson.
"Xuan'er understands." Mi Xuan was sweating profusely and nodded repeatedly when he heard this.
"How should I?" Xiong Jing gradually relaxed the reins and maintained a serious expression.
"It should..." Mi Xuan, who was so tired that he almost collapsed, calmed down. After thinking for a while, he remembered to comfort the horse. The horse especially liked sweets. She took out the malt sugar from her bag and wanted to feed the horse. Seeing this, Xiong Jing looked even more serious and shook her head hard and said, "Wrong."
"Well..." Mi Xuan was stunned, recalling the things the man said just now, suspiciously taking the reins.
"Wrong." Xiong Jing shook his head again. He hoped that the woman could remember it himself. Of course, this must be in vain. When Mi Xuan was about to cry, he said in a surrendered tone: "Stelp."
"Ran, Ran." Mi Xuan smiled so much that he quickly pulled up the stirrups on both sides and put them on the saddle. Then, while feeding the unconsumed Er to eat malt sugar, he touched the unconsumed Er's neck while talking.
Horses and horses are always different. The second thing is a bloody horse that castrates. Castration reduces its irritability, but does not eliminate its sensitivity. It is difficult for ordinary people to get close to it. When dogs see people low, horses will actually do it. People who approach it not only need to dress brightly, have no foul body, but also have gentle sounds. Several children have been bitten by it, especially at the age of changing voice.
The reason why the root of the boot touched the horse's buttocks was because Mi Xuan's legs were too long and he was too much up and down. Physical strength was a must for riding a horse, and comforting the unwillingness to accept it was also a kind of rest. When Xiong Jing was about to repeat the key points of getting on the horse again, Chang Jiang ran over.
"Report to the great king, Linzi Da Shangtian is fighting for gold and seeking a meeting." The king taught his wife to ride a horse, and Chang Jiang stood on one side to bask in the sun. A great merchant was willing to pay a lot of money to seek a meeting with the great king. Of course, he had to make money, and it was meaningless. Fearing that Xiong Jing would not agree, Chang Jiang added: "He gave three thousand gold."
"Three thousand gold?" Xiong Jing was a little impressed by Tian Doujin, but not deeply. When he heard that this person was willing to offer three thousand gold, he quickly looked at the riverside. Two men came forward and came back and saw him looking over and bowed. "What's the matter with whom he wanted?"
"I want to ask for it... I don't know." Tian Doujin didn't say anything to ask for before seeing him.
"Summon." Wang Ting's money is Wang Ting's money. If Tian Doujin asked for anything, Xiong Jing wanted to take the money for himself and hand it over to Mi Xuan for management. After he said that, he saw the two historians around him and looked at him, and said, "Donate three thousand golds, give Wang Ting two thousand, and say two thousand to the outside world, and the remaining one thousand..."
"Which." Chang Jiang was the official servant, and Xiong Jing became a family with the young master Mi outside the king's court. He knew Xiong Jing's current embarrassment.
Tian Doujin and his second son Chang Tian soon came over, and the left and right Shishi also came over. After the two paused their heads, Xiong Jing asked, "What's the matter with Tian's visit? "
"Little man..." Tian Doujin wanted to see Xiong Jing but didn't dare to look at it, so he finally took a secret look. It was not as tall as the legendary three heads and six arms, but taller than ordinary men, Wei Bianguan and Wei Bian's suit, and red looks heroic and brave. "Little man is worried that Qi will not exist, so he asked the king to take in the villain and let the villain live in Chu, thinking that it is the business of mulberry weaving."
"Oh?" Tian Doujin's request was not simple. If he wanted to migrate his mulberry business to Chu State, it would require land. Without land to plant mulberry trees, there was no way to talk about mulberry trees. The Chu State had no shortage of land, but I just didn't know how much land he wanted.
"Geometry of mulberry trees? How much do weaver?" Xiong Jing asked.
"I would like to advise the king that there are more than 8 million mulberry trees," Tian Doujin is a big merchant, but it is really unexpected to this point. "The Weaver Girls are 40,000,000."
"Oh..." Xiong Jing dragged his tone and suddenly felt that the money was not easy to get. Eight million mulberry trees, how many acres of land would be needed to plant it? He looked at Changjiang, who did not understand farming and mulberry trees; he looked at the two historians, who were well-read in poetry and books, but once the numbers were involved, the two became confused.
The King of Chu looked around and paused his head on the ground. He didn't dare to speak for some reason. Xiong Jing was about to cough and ask, Xiangrou's breath sounded in his ears, and a soft female voice said softly. "King, one hundred and twenty mulberry plants can be planted in one acre, and twelve kilograms of silk can be produced in the field."
"Seventy thousand acres?" Xiong Jing held Mi Xuan's hand. "What do you want? I will give you 70,000 acres of mulberry planting?"
The 70,000 acres are about the size of Linzi City. This is not a reward, but a tax will be paid in the future, at least symbolic. However, if the 70,000 acres are fertile land, they will have been planted by others long ago. If it is a land reclamation, it may not be suitable for planting mulberry trees.
"Tell the king, the villain heard that there were many places in Dongting County." Tian Doujin said, he read a lot of newspapers and knew where there was a good place in Chu State.
"Then you go and see first. If there is land, you will plant it. If there is no land..." Xiong Jing didn't want to say anything anymore. Dongtingjun County was in the territory of Zhao. However, thinking of the three thousand golds, he said, "My land is in Hangzhou. Although there are mulberry silk in Yue, there are not many. Why not go to Hangzhou."
"Hangyi?" Hangyi is not a famous city. It was not a famous city. It was not managed by the Koreans, but instead stayed in Yingdu.
"Ran." Xiong Jing saw Tian He who was coming hurriedly, and Mou Zonghe Tian Zong behind him, and he waved his hand to let Tian Doujin retreat.
"I have seen the king." Tian He and the other two got out of the car and bowed, and Zhuang Wudi was there.
"What's the matter?" Xiong Jing didn't know whether Qi people agreed to hand over the military power. Seeing Zhuang Wudi's expression, his face quickly became stern.
"The military power matter is not approved by the officials of the court." Tian He did not hide it and said straight to the point. "This..."
"If it is not allowed, the Chu army can return to the country." Xiong Jing was very unhappy.
"The great king must not." Tian He hurriedly said. "The military power of the Qi army is in the hands of the Grand Sima. The Grand Sima personally led the Qi army, and the roosters would crow and drive, blocking the wells and fire, and only the king's horse would follow."
After Tian He said that, Tian Zong immediately bowed and said, "I must be like this."
"This is a matter for Qi State. Qi State is not in a hurry, why are you anxious?" Xiong Jing did not have a deep impression of Tian Zong, and at the same time he had a bad premonition: Wang Jian must have run away this time. If he hadn't wanted to run away early, how could he abandon the camp in such a short time?
"Please listen to my words," Mou Zong didn't want to speak at first, but as a military advisor of Qi, he had to speak from the standpoint of Qi. "The Qin people divided their troops to attack Qi, which was a good opportunity to defeat Qin. Wang Jian abandoned the camp and left, but there was no baggage, food and fodder. The troops of the four countries would be able to get it, and they should be defeated. The Qin people's elite soldiers were all in Wang Jian's army. If this defeat was the Qin people, it would be difficult to support the situation..."
At the beginning, Mou Zong was trying hard to convince the State of Chu to seize this opportunity. He also proposed the framework for the entire plan first, and the staff of the Operations Department were responsible for improving the details. Although the plan failed, Xiong Jing still took a look at Mou Zong. However, he now persuaded himself to seize the opportunity to pursue the Qin people, which was less excited than when he was in Ji Ying's bedroom last month.
This may be because Mou Zhong also felt that pursuing the Qin people did not have the chance to defeat the Qin people, and he could only help Qi scare the Qin army away and recover lost territory. If so, pursuing would not be of much significance, because the coalition forces could not catch Wang Jian. But if they did not pursue and let the Qin army occupy Jixi, Qi, it would not be a good thing.
Chapter completed!