When the uncle heard that the king of Chu had rejected Korea's request for peace, his heart sank, and then he looked at the king of Chu hesitantly.

Does the king of Chu think that the price of Korea is not enough? Or is it unwilling to make peace with South Korea and take the opportunity to launch an offensive against South Korea?

Whatever the reason, Uncle Gong decided to increase his stacks.

So, the uncle bowed again: "King, the friendship between Chu and Han is naturally not something that can be measured by just ten cities, but the heart of our country needs to be known to the king through the city." Therefore, our country is willing to offer thirteen, no, it is fifteen cities, please for the king's life. ”

Hearing this, Xiong Huai looked at his uncle and shook his head and sighed: "The widow is not as good as the new clothes, and the people are not as good as the old." The widow heard that it was the same as before, and the white head was as new. The widow and the uncle have known each other for decades, but they don't want the uncle to treat the widow like this, thinking that the widow will covet the land of his allies. ”

The uncle listened to the sigh of the king of Chu, but he secretly said in his heart: I have been dealing with the king of Chu for decades, and I thought that the king of Chu was just a benevolent and righteous king who loved to be greedy and cheap, but he didn't want to, and the king of Chu didn't do it, and he wiped out his ally Yue Guo as soon as he made a move.

Is this still the King of Chu he knows?

As the saying goes, knowing people knows faces but not hearts, and they have been friends for decades, but the uncle found that he had never seen the king clearly.

The lid is as old as ever, and the white head is as new, nothing more.

Thinking about it, the uncle lowered his head and didn't dare to look at King Chu.

Xiong Huai saw that his uncle was silent below, so he sighed: "Well, the widow knows that King Han and Uncle Han are worried that the widow will retaliate against Korea, even if the widow swears not to attack Korea, I guess you won't believe it." ”

When the uncle heard this, he immediately bowed: "Don't dare." ”

"Alas!" Xiong Huai sighed, and then spoke: "The fifteen cities proposed by Uncle Gong have been accepted by the widows, and the previous Korean attack on Chu has been written off from now on. In addition, the widows are not only willing to make peace with South Korea, but also willing to form an alliance with South Korea again. ”

"Alliance?" Uncle was stunned.

Xiong Huai nodded and said: "Yes, it is an alliance, in order to show the intention of the alliance of the Chu State, the widow intends to make Gongzi lice the king of Xincheng, and take out ten of the fifteen cities ceded to Korea as the fief of Gongzi lice." ”

"What?" Uncle was shocked.

Gongzi Lie is the second son of King Han, and when Chu and Han returned the hostages, they were sent to Chu as hostages.

Now the king of Chu has taken out ten cities as the fief of Gongzi lice, which means that the king of Chu only needs five cities in Korea and returns ten cities.

With just five cities, it was exchanged for another alliance between Chu and Han.

No matter where you look at it, the king of Chu is full of sincerity and generosity.

However, with the greed of the king of Chu, he would let go of Korea so easily and make an alliance with Korea?

Uncle Gong felt a little uneasy in his heart, thought about it for a while, and asked, "King, I don't know what our country needs to pay?" ”

Xiong Huai smiled and said: "The alliance between the two countries is a heart-to-heart relationship, how can a widow make King Han embarrassed?" ”

The uncle looked at King Chu hesitantly.

Xiong Huai paused, and said embarrassedly: "But there is one thing that is very difficult for widows. ”

Sure enough, the uncle secretly spewed a sentence in his heart, and then asked, "I don't know if our country can relieve the king's worries." ”

Xiong Huai said with a smile: "Uncle, the widow is kind to the child's lice, and now the child's lice are about to perform the crown salute, and the widow wants to find a great sage for him to be a teacher, but the great sage of Chu is scarce, and no one is available, and the widow is deeply worried." However, the public sung in South Korea is the leading sage in South Korea, and few people in Korea can match it.

Therefore, the widow planned to invite Gongzhong to come to Chu to teach Gongzi lice, but I don't know what the uncle thinks. ”

Uncle opened his mouth, surprised and happy in his heart. was shocked by the ruthlessness of the King of Chu, and quietly wanted to cut off the arm of the King of Han and cut off the tentacles stretched out by the Qin State to Korea. At the same time, he is secretly happy that he will monopolize the power of South Korea.

However, Gong Zhong was the right-hand man of King Han, and Gong Zhong did not dare to rashly agree to King Chu's request and send Gong Zhong to Chu as a hostage.

Xiong Huai saw that his uncle hesitated, and said again: "Uncle, Gongzi can't leave Yingdu in a short time, so the ten cities of Xinchengjun, the widow plans to make a request to South Korea, and plans to ask Uncle Gong to manage the ten cities, I don't know what Uncle Gong wants." ”

The uncle was taken aback, although he knew in his heart that Chu Guo had sold the city of South Korea to South Korea twice, but he couldn't help but rejoice in his heart.

Ten cities, even if they are managed on their behalf, this is a big piece of fat.

Not to mention that it can also solve the public settlement!

Xiong Huai saw that Gongzhong had already moved, and said again: "Uncle, I think Qing also knows that Han Meiren is pregnant and is about to give birth. The widow loves Han Meiren, so he plans to give birth to a son after Han Meiren gives birth, and if he gives birth to a son, he will give him all the remaining five cities north of Luyang, and if he gives birth to a princess, he will use those five cities as the princess's food. ”

Gong Zhong swallowed his saliva, looked at the King of Chu in surprise and asked, "Is this true?" ”

"You don't have any jokes, and the widow has a word." Xiong Huai nodded solemnly.

Seeing that the king of Chu said this, the uncle immediately decided to sell the prince, anyway, the prince had already offended the Qin State and completely lost power in Korea.

Thinking about it, he bowed and said: "King, when the minister returns to Xinzheng, he will definitely persuade the widow to re-ally with your country and send the prince to Yingdu." ”

"Good!" Xiong Huai laughed and said, "In this case, then please ask my uncle." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare." Uncle wiped the cold sweat from his head and agreed again and again.

"Now that Chu and Han are about to form an alliance..." Saying that, Xiong Huai looked at his uncle and said with a smile: "Then, the widow is facing a difficult matter now, and he also asks the uncle to serve as a counselor for the widow." ”

Uncle was stunned, could it be that the king of Chu still has conditions?

At this time, Xiong Huai smiled and said: "Uncle, the 30,000 Qin troops who were captured by the widows not long ago, Uncle knows about this!" ”

Uncle nodded, the surrender of the Qin army to the Chu State after the 30,000 break had already spread to the world at this time, how could he not know.

However, what Uncle Gong didn't know was what these 30,000 Qin troops had to do with South Korea.

"I don't know why the king is worried?"

Xiong Huai sighed and said, "After the widow recruited these 30,000 Qin troops, they found a problem. That is, after this year-and-a-half-long war in the Chu State, countless grains were consumed, and the food in the country was already insufficient, making it difficult to feed these Qin troops. ”

Uncle Gong breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, the king of Chu originally wanted to buy grain, so...

Then make a discount and sell a batch of grain at half price.

Xiong Huai saw a hint of a smile on the corner of his uncle's mouth, and continued: "But fortunately, the widow got the news from the Qin State, and heard that the Qin State has sent an envoy to exchange the 300,000 captured Qin troops with three hundred miles of land west of Xishui, including Yuzhong, in exchange for the 30,000 captured Qin troops, I wonder if the uncle thinks the widow should agree to the return conditions of the Qin State?" ”

When the uncle heard this, he immediately shook it.

If Chu and Han form an alliance, South Korea naturally hopes that the Qin State will be weaker and better, and that the relationship between Qin and Chu will be as bad as possible.

Thinking about it, the uncle immediately gave up his hand and said: "Great King, Yu Zhong is facing the Qin State Wuguan, once something happens, the Qin army will go out of the Wu Pass, then the Chu State will definitely not be able to have Yu Zhong." As for the land in the western part of Xishui, it was difficult for the Qin army to hold on. To exchange these two places for the captured Qin army, this is to use what the Qin State does not want, in order to enhance the strength of the Qin State, the minister thinks that it is not advisable, and hopes that the king will think twice. ”

Xiong Huai nodded and said: "The widow also thinks that this deal can't be done, it's just that the Chu State is short of food and can't afford to support these captives, how can this be good." ”

Since you can't afford it, let's kill them all!

These words echoed in the uncle's mind repeatedly, but he still didn't say it after all. Although the uncle really wanted the king of Chu to kill the 30,000 Qin troops, these words could not come out of his mouth, otherwise, this would be to attract hatred to South Korea.

After groaning for a while, the uncle saw that the king of Chu had been looking at him, as if he was waiting for his advice.

After a long time, the uncle spoke: "King, since the Chu State is short of grain, it is better to buy a batch of grain from our country, and the minister is willing to sell it to the king at half price." ”

Xiong Huai shook his head and said: "The big war is a big war, and this big war that lasts for many years has made the Chu State run out of money and grain, and the widows have no money to buy food." ”

The uncle looked at the king of Chu in a daze, no money and no food, if he didn't kill him, did the king of Chu plan to let South Korea pay this amount of food?

Just when Uncle Gong was puzzled, Xiong Huai smiled and said: "Uncle, the widow means that he will ask South Korea to lend a batch of grain to the widow to turnover, and in the next year, after the autumn harvest of Chu State, the widow will return the grain." ”

Uncle Gong showed a look of shock and couldn't help but look at King Chu hesitantly.

It turns out that Chu and South Korea are allied, and the price that South Korea needs to pay is here.

The king of Chu borrowed grain is fake, and it is true that Qin and Han completely broke off diplomatic relations.

Once the Qin State knew that all the food used by the captured Qin army was provided by South Korea, what would the Qin State think? Once the Qin State knew that the pro-Qin Gongzhong had been taken hostage to the Chu State, what did the Qin State think?

If it is the general manager, the state of Chu will definitely take the initiative to reveal these news to the state of Qin, and then everything will be pushed to South Korea, and at that time, the state of Qin will definitely hate South Korea to death.

In this way, his uncle and even the whole of Korea were completely tied to the chariot of the Chu State, and from then on broke with the Qin State.

Once the state of Chu wants to plot against Korea, then Korea will be finished.

How to choose, the uncle was uncertain, eager, sweating, and after a while, his clothes were soaked, as if he had just come out of the water.

Xiong Huai saw that his uncle was silent, his face suddenly sank, and he said angrily: "Uncle, in the case of Korea's betrayal, Chu and Han have formed an alliance again, and the widow has given up ten cities, is South Korea unwilling to lend a little food to the widow?" ”

Seeing that the king of Chu was furious, the uncle quickly decided to fall to the state of Chu between Qin and Chu.

After all, his uncle's relationship with Qin Guo was not very good.

Thinking about it, he hurriedly responded: "The king is angry, and the reason why the minister hesitates is just thinking about how much food to lend to the king. ”

Xiong Huai smiled coldly in his heart.

If it weren't for the fact that the widow wanted to focus on the country next, he wouldn't need to think about what South Korea thought, just go north and force the son to be the prince of South Korea, so there is no need to talk nonsense here.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai muttered: "Uncle doesn't have to think about it, the 30,000 army is used for 900,000 stone grain a year, and as a captive, there is no need to eat enough, so please ask your country to borrow 400,000 stone grain." ”

Seeing that the king of Chu's face was not good, the uncle immediately responded: "I am willing to listen to the king's orders." ”