After mentioning food and grass, not only the public clan sect, but also the two ministers of the common sect, Lin Xiangru and Yu Xin, looked at Zhao Dan.

Originally, Lian Po's defeat and lack of food and supplies were the two trump cards of the public clan sect. It was because the common sect could not deal with these two trump cards that he could not help but give up his position as commander-in-chief of Changping Front.

Zhao Dan smiled slightly and said calmly: "You guys don't have to worry about food and grass."

"Oh?" At this time, the Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng, who had already recovered, couldn't help but be curious: "Dare you ask where the king wants to borrow food?"

The matter is very obvious now. Zhao State has absolutely no food. If you want to get food and grass, you must borrow it from other countries.

Apart from the Qin State that was fighting, Zhao State had to start with the other five countries if they wanted to borrow food.

First of all, South Korea, which was one of the Three Jin Dynasties with Zhao State.

The Battle of Changping broke out because Qin State wanted to seize Shangdang County, South Korea was even forced to do something to lead the trouble east and offer Shangdang to Zhao under the pressure of Qin State. This is a country that was afraid of being beaten by Qin State, so no matter whether it has food or not, it is impossible and dare not borrow it.

Then there was another country in the Three Jins State of Wei.

Wei was an ally of Zhao at this time, and had been seized by Qin. It was a common hatred with Zhao. If Zhao Dan had not yet sent envoys to Qin for peace, Wei would have sent troops to help Zhao.

I don’t know if it was because of this. When Zhao Dan sent someone to borrow food a while ago, the king of Wei refused to borrow food.

Then there is the Yan State in the north of Zhao State.

Although Yan Wucheng, the king of Yan, was Zhao Dan's brother-in-law, Yan was a die-hard ally of Qin. In history, Yan took advantage of the defeat of the Changping War in Zhao, so borrowing grain from Yan was also living in a dream.

Next, let’s talk about another ally of Zhao State, Chu State at this time.

In history, after the failure of the Battle of Changping of Zhao, the State of Zhao, it was Chu and Wei who sent troops to rescue each other, which led to the defeat of the Qin army in the Battle of Handan, so there may be a chance to find Chu.

But the problem with Chu is that it is the only country among the other six countries that does not border Zhao.

Therefore, of course, the only country that Zhao State can borrow is the last one and the only one.

Zhao Dan coughed and said, "I want to send envoys to Qi State."

"Qi State?" The ministers looked at each other when they heard this. Finally, Lou Chang couldn't help but speak, "Report to the king, King Jian of Qi has never liked our country, so this matter is difficult."

It's not a pleasure, but it's actually light.

In fact, the relationship between Qi and Zhao is not a matter of personal preferences of King Jian of Qi, but a matter of national grievances.

You should know that in recent decades, in addition to defeating Lin Hu and Lou Fan and annexing Zhongshan Kingdom, the most important expansion direction was Qi in the east.

Among the generals and ministers of Zhao State in the era of Zhao Dan's father, King Huiwen of Zhao, Zhao She conquered Qi State and occupied some land; Lian Po's first half of his life was simply "eating, sleeping, and attacking Qi State", and captured more than 70 cities in Qi State; even Lin Xiangru led his army to attack Qi State and captured three or four cities.

If it weren't for the Gaotang period before King Huiwen of Zhao was about to die a few years ago, he ordered the three big cities of Luhe Pingyuan and the fifty-seven cities under these three cities to exchange the famous general Anping Juntian of Qi, the land north of Qi's Yellow River would be very small, and all occupied by Zhao.

Moreover, the current king of Qi, Tian Jian, that is, King Jian of Qi, seems to have learned a lesson from his father Tian Fazhang's experience of attacking Qi by five countries and almost being destroyed by Le Yi.

Since King Jian of Qi ascended the throne, Qi State has adhered to the diplomatic isolation policy of "The rest of you fight your own, I don't care about anything and just watch the fun", and basically does not participate in the war.

What phenomenon did this lead to? This led to the fact that from the time when King Jian of Qi ascended the throne until Qin Shihuang sent troops to destroy Qi, Qi State had never fought a real war in the past few decades. He just watched the other five countries be destroyed, destroyed, and then it was his turn to be destroyed.

Therefore, this Qi king of the fallen king of Qi, Wang Jian, is also a strange flower.

In short, there are historical grievances between Qi and Zhao now, and the hatred of destroying the country and seizing the land. Now, King Jian of Qi is following a diplomatic isolation policy. Under the combination of the two reasons, it is actually very difficult for Zhao to borrow food from Qi.

This can also be seen from history that Zhao Dan in the history books borrowed grain from King Jian of Qi, and was ruthlessly rejected by King Jian of Qi.

At this moment, each of the ministers in the Longtai Hall of the King of Zhao Palace are core figures of Zhao State. Naturally, they have a clear understanding of these situations, so they seem so surprised and puzzled.

Seeing this, Zhao Dan smiled again and said, "You guys don't have to worry. I have already taken care of this matter, and food and grass should not be a concern."

Of course, Zhao Dan was confident in his heart. The former Zhao Xiaocheng King Zhao Dan was not good, but it does not mean that I, a time traveler, cannot do it.

In fact, what Zhao Dan didn't tell these ministers was that he had even thought about the candidate for the envoy to Qi State.

Zhao Dan coughed and said slowly: "I want to cut Maiqiu and other places into Qi State in exchange for half a year of food."

"What?" As soon as Zhao Dan said this, the five ministers present at the scene changed their qualities at the same time.

Lin Xiangru was the first to speak: "King, this is absolutely forbidden!"

Even the Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng said, "Think twice!"

Why was Zhao Dan's proposal opposed by the ministers of the two factions, Lin Xiangru and Zhao Sheng? This has to talk about the border between Qi and Zhao at this time.

After returning from the three cities and fifty-seven cities in Gaotang for Tiandan, Zhao State had only Maiqiu in Shandong, south of the Southern Yellow River Road.

From the map, the Maiqiu land is a prominent part of the Zhao State that was deeply inserted into the border of Qi State. From Maiqiu, you can attack Rao'an of Qi State to the north, and attack Gaotang, the important town of Qi State to the south. It only takes a few days to go east to the bottom of Linzi, the capital of Qi State.

Anyone who knows something about the Northern Song Dynasty would not know the place name "Youyun Sixteen Prefectures". In a sense, the land of Maiqiu has the effect of being the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun. If the State of Zhao has Maiqiu, it is equivalent to the State of Liao has the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun.

This is also the scheming of Zhao Dan’s father, King Huiwen, who used Gaotang and other places to exchange Tian Dan for Tian. So what if Gaotang is returned to you Qi State? As long as the place in Maiqiu is still there and Tian Dan is gone for your Qi State, I can get back Gaotang at any time. Your Qi State cannot sleep well in Linzi.

It can be said that the Land of Maiqiu is a strategic deterrent from Zhao State against Qi State, a sword of Damocles hanging on the head of Linzi, the capital of Qi State.

That's why Lin Xiangru and Zhao Sheng both opposed the factions at the same time. After all, although the ministers in this era had different political views, they were far from the point of life-and-death situation in later generations, and they would still think about problems based on the overall situation of the country.

The reason why Lin Xiangru was the first to jump out of opposition was because the main military achievements of the common people were obtained from Qi. Two-thirds of Qi's territory was defeated by Lian Po, the common people's territory, and now he returned to Qi to the country, which obviously was not in line with the interests of the common people's territory.

However, that was of no use.

Zhao Dan waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "My intention has been decided. Lin Qing, Mr. Pingyuan doesn't need to say much. The Battle of Changping is the battle of the fate of our Zhao State! If Changping is defeated, our Zhao State will not have much time. If Changping can win, what is the point of mere Maiqiu?"

All the ministers looked at each other, and the king had all brought the problem to the national destiny. If anyone wants to object, he must think twice before he can do it.

Finally, Yu Xin took the lead in breaking the silence: "I believe that cutting wheat hills to borrow grain is also a feasible strategy."

Pingyang Jun Zhao Bao also said: "I will discuss it."

After some confusion, Lin Xiangru could only pinch his nose and agree to this opinion. After all, the king (Zhao Dan) had just sold the common people's sect, and the cessation of land and grain was also a behavior of wiping the butt for Lian Po, the common people's sect, in Changping's failure. Lin Xiangru's opposition seemed firm, but in fact it just showed an attitude. It was necessary to agree.

This proposal to cede land and borrow grain was finally passed.

Unlike the ministers' reluctant agreement, in Zhao Dan's opinion, it would be worth it if this place of Maiqiu could be exchanged for half a year of food and grass.

That's right, this is indeed cede land, but don't forget that this was originally the land of Qi, but was conquered by Zhao, and now it's just returned to Qi.

Besides, Zhao Dan understands very well what the consequences of the failure of the Battle of Changping are.

Once Changping is defeated, Zhao State and other five Eastern countries will basically be destined to be doomed. Not to mention one maiqiu, you will not be able to get rid of the fate of being destroyed by Qin State even if you cut ten maiqiu!

To survive with broken arms, I have to do it.

When Zhao Dan thought of this, he couldn't help but look at Shangdian Lou Chang.

If it weren't for the bad idea that Zheng Zhu was sent to Qin, which led to Zhao's diplomacy being so passive, Zhao Dan wouldn't have been to the point of cutting land and seeking food.
Chapter completed!