Chapter 374: It's too late to run away without carrying a bucket
It’s interesting!
The Lu State was a thing of the past. Judging from the current situation, even if the Jin State is no longer the legitimate overlord, is there any country in the Central Plains that is more powerful than the Jin State?
Good guy!
The Emperor of Zhou was afraid that he would forget the tyranny of the Jin State and the little chickens of the Jin people. Most likely he was also afraid that the Lu State would not perish quickly, so he chose to entrust the Tian family's restoration to the Lu State.
Can Zhiyao not be confused? He is on the side of "Linzi", and the Zhi family has fully invaded Qi State, but he was ignored.
"It seems... Emperor Zhou also has good intentions?" Zhi Yao thought of something and came to a new conclusion.
After all, Qi is a vassal state of the Zhou royal family, especially a country descended from Jiang Taigong. Now it is being tortured so miserably by the Zhi family. The Emperor Zhou pretended that he did not see it and it was considered to have given the Zhi family a great deal of face. Otherwise, even if
It's useless to say anything. It's always appropriate to express your stance by giving instructions, right?
Even though the Emperor of Zhou had become a brand, he still sent ministers to give orders to the princes, but the princes were increasingly not taking it seriously.
Of course, if the princes do not take the Emperor Zhou's instructions seriously, they will still lose face if they lose face.
So at first glance, the emperor of Zhou did not blame the Zhi family for tormenting the Qi state, which means that the generous gifts sent by the Zhi family to the Zhou royal family every year are still useful, and the effect seems to be quite good.
"I heard that Ji Gai is seriously ill and is very likely to die soon?" Zhiyao thought to herself.
At present, the person with the surname is Emperor, and the rest of the people are either given surnames or titles.
Once the contemporary Emperor Zhou dies, Zhi's early investment will not be in vain, as this time it will be of use to Qi State.
The prince of the Zhou royal family was named Ren, and he was a man with very poor health.
Zhiyao thought that after Ji Kui passed away and Ji Ren ascended the throne and established a prince, Zhishi should start to bribe him.
Zhiyao has always attached great importance to preparing for a rainy day.
Bribing the Emperor of Zhou seems to be of little use. One day, if you can buy the title of a marquis, at least there will be proof of the founding of the country. When the time comes, whether it is splitting or monopolizing the Jin Kingdom, it will not be considered "usurpation", but it will be acceptable.
way of founding the country.
This time, Minzi was embarrassed because the Zhou royal family missed the Zhi family of Jin and ordered Lu to be responsible for the restoration etiquette of the Tian family.
In general, there is nothing wrong with Lu State doing this specifically, but it is not a good thing to interfere in the current situation.
If the Zhi family has an opinion, it means that the Lu State is intervening in Zhi family's disposal of the Qi State, and the Lu State will get angry.
Why did Minzi conclude that Qi was going to perish as soon as he saw Zhiyao? In fact, it was to test Zhiyao's attitude. It was a bit unsightly after testing it. As expected, Qi's fate could be predicted from Zhiyao's attitude.
To put it bluntly, Zhiyao did not refute that Qi State was going to perish, didn’t it mean that he had made his attitude clear?
Let's talk about it again. If the Zhi family wants to destroy the Qi State, not only will the Tian family's situation become very embarrassing, it can be expected that the future of the Lu State will also become worrying.
"What's the matter with Zi Qian?" Zhi Yao looked at Min Zi and looked at him in a daze. Asking this question was no different from chasing someone away.
Minzi looked at Zhiyao blankly for two or three breaths, and then he seemed to have thought of something and said slowly: "I sent an envoy to Jindu to discuss the contribution, and Jin Qing (Zhishen) said
We need Jin Qing (Zhiyao) to make a final conclusion."
Contribute? Pay tribute!
In other words, the State of Lu finally understood who had the final say in the Central Plains. The State of Wu proved to be a fake thigh with several defeats at the hands of the State of Jin. The State of Lu wanted to embrace the real and thick thigh of the State of Jin again.
What is slightly embarrassing is that the Lu State spoke ill of the Jin State. They had just recognized the new boss, deceived the new boss once, and then turned around and decided to join the old boss again.
That's all. If Lu is not embarrassed, the other princes will be embarrassed.
Zhiyao was very embarrassed now, especially when faced with someone like Min Zi, whose reaction was slower than others, so she had to slow down her speech for fear that the other party would miss her.
"There is no rush to contribute. Envoy Lu may go to 'Jiegen' first and meet with envoy Wu then," Zhiyao said.
Min Zi seemed not to have heard the sarcasm in Zhiyao's words, and said seriously: "In this case, Zi Qian will go to the 'Jie Gen' party first, and then visit Jin Qing after that."
At this time, Zigong was outside asking for an audience.
Zhi Yao glanced at Min Zi who was not ready to leave yet, and asked Zigong to come in.
Before, Zigong didn't know that Min Zi was present, and he didn't even know that Min Zi was acting as an envoy from the State of Lu and was going east to serve as a ceremonial officer. He was a little surprised to see Min Zi.
"Zongzi." Zigong first saluted Zhiyao and then Minzi. Then he faced Zhiyao again and said, "The envoy of Wu has entered the city and asked to see Zongzi outside the mansion."
Boyu was the envoy of the State of Wu. Before coming to "Linzi", he first sent someone to ask Zhiyao, and only came in person after getting permission.
Zhiyao looked at Minzi again and frowned slightly when she saw that there was still no sign of leaving.
Zigong knew Minzi's fellow disciple very well, so he invited him: "I haven't seen Ziqian for a long time. Can I go and talk to him?"
Min Zi did not understand that he should not be present when Zhi Yao met the Wu envoy. He was just a little slow. After saluting Zhi Yao, he left side by side with Zigong.
"Haha? Haha!" Zhiyao was not made to laugh, but simply made to feel helpless.
Not long after, Bo came over.
Zhiyao came to the door in advance to wait. When he saw Bo Xi, he stepped forward to meet him and said with a smile: "It's been a tiring journey, why don't you take a rest first? You're in a hurry?"
Hearing these kind words without being seen outside made Bo Xi smile with joy.
"You have a heavy responsibility, so don't dare to let it down." Bo Xi responded.
In recent years, Zhishi has given Bo Xi many gifts, so regardless of what happened to the Jin and Wu countries, Bo Xi still had a very good impression of Zhi.
As a member of the Jin family, the Zhi family repeatedly gave gifts to Bo Xi, which seemed to be a disgrace. After learning how big the business between the Zhi family and the Yue State was, if they wanted to do business with the Yue State, they could not do without Bo Xi's help and cover.
In fact, you can understand why.
Boyu thought that what he cared about was not money, but the respect that others had for him. He understood why others respected him, so he served Fu Chai with more attentiveness.
"Since I heard that Zhizi is here, I don't mind going to the Jin capital. I can decide the affairs of Jin country with one word." Bo Zhi flattered him.
Ever heard of hidden appearances?
It is true that Zhiyao can make decisions about the affairs of the Jin State. Even if he is told by Boyi, Zhiyao is definitely a powerful official who is extremely arrogant and domineering!
Zhiyao's response was a series of "haha" laughs.
"Zhizi, let's not worry about the state affairs for now. Did you hear that Zhizi has some contact with the Tian family?" Bozi asked.
Zhiyao had made some guesses before, and now she was even more certain that Bo Xi came here specifically to deal with Tian's affairs.
Bo Xi looked at himself and said: "Tian's family has given you a lot of courtesy, and there are many boats."
"Tian's bribery to get a lot of boats?" Zhiyao knew about this for the first time.
To be fair, it's not that there are no water systems over there in Donglai, but the only ones that can be called large water systems are Youshui and Gushui, and they are not considered canal levels. Many river sections cannot provide boat navigation at all.
For military purposes, Youshui and Gushui cannot be used as barriers at all.
So, what is the purpose of Tian's large number of boats?
Bo Xi laughed and said: "I attach great importance to the Tian family's restoration of the country. The Tian family has all requests and requests. This time, Xi went north and traveled by water. He delivered more than 30 large ships and more than 300 boats to the Tian family."
The State of Wu and the State of Qi were connected by the Yishui River, but the Yishui River did not provide boat access throughout the entire journey, and the Yishui River did not connect to the east.
So, if Bohu went north by water, they could only take the short sea route.
"..." Zhiyao had to admit that the Wu State was awesome. In the current era, it was easy to travel by sea and arrive safely.
Wu State had indeed begun to conquer the sea, and twice used sea routes to land on the Qi State's beaches, but was driven into the sea by Qi State both times.
Zhiyao kept staring at Bo Xi, making him feel a little hairy.
"Why does Tian need a boat?" Zhiyao asked.
Bo Xi replied: "As mentioned, there is a serious shortage of food and fodder, which needs to be supplemented by fishing and hunting."
Yeah?
Zhiyao knew that the maritime fishery in Qi was quite developed, but the shipbuilding technology had always been the same, and no one deliberately pursued the advancement of shipbuilding technology.
"No wonder there is intelligence showing that the Tian family has been concentrating manpower on the coast. It turns out that this is the case." Zhiyao thought with some relief.
It was impossible for Tian to conceal all the transfers, it was just that Zhiyao had not thought about migrating across the sea.
Now, Bo Xi's mention made Zhiyao think more about it.
Next, Zhiyao will definitely pay close attention to what the Tian family is doing on the east coast, and how much attention they pay to fisheries.
Seeing that night was coming, Zhiyao ordered a banquet.
There was another episode in the middle. Several Qi princes came to see Zhiyao. After they met, they started having sex. I heard that one of them died.
This happened to be heard by Bo Xi, who said at that time: "The country of Qi has perished."
Zhiyao has often heard people predicting the demise of Qi recently.
It is not unusual for people who know something about the situation to make such a conclusion. The strange thing is that the Dukes of Qi seem to have blinded their eyes on their own, and it seems that they have collectively lost their minds.
But then again, it’s not surprising that anything happens in the end of the dynasty. Some people either don’t understand it, or they may give up on themselves and want to bring more people to death together. Anyway, they only stop when the demons dance together and are buried together.
At the banquet, Bo Xi mentioned something that stunned Zhiyao. It was about how they discovered that there were Tian clan strongholds on some islands along the way from the sea to the east, and there were quite a lot of them.
What Zhiyao is surprised about is nothing else. She is surprised that there are families now that specialize in managing the islands. What she is thinking is: "The products of the sea are far richer than those of the land, and the current fishing harvest is definitely better than that of future generations..."
That's a sure thing.
How many fisheries are currently carried out at sea? Once the fish is caught, the harvest will be abundant.
Zhiyao wondered whether her family should also engage in marine fisheries. Even if the fish could not be sold alive, just making various pickled seafood could further improve the food under her control.
