King Xian was furious when he heard the news:

"Despicable, shameless! Xianguo is a widow's Xianguo, Yongxing City is a widow's Yongxing City, not a mansion that his Jin Kingdom can trample on, let alone a vassal, a concubine, dare to be so arrogant! ”

"The king, not the minister is alarmist, but very likely. It is imperative that foreign aid be brought in immediately. ”

"Where is the foreign aid, the widow will never believe that King Zhi can help the widow."

"The king, the minister thinks that Zhiguo can only be one of the foreign aids, and cannot give all hope."

"Looking at the whole world, apart from Zhiguo, who else can help the widow?"

"The Gonggong faction and the royal guest." Bailiyan said categorically.

"The Ligong faction and the royal guest do not interfere with the princes, how can the king of Jin give up because of the two factions."

"But if Yongxing City is given to the Ligong faction, then it's another story!"

King Xian's face changed rapidly when he heard the news:

"Yongxing Hou, the widow heard it right!"

"It's true, only by dragging the Ligong faction into it can Yongxing City be preserved."

"Yongxing City, which the widow has worked so hard to build, why should it be given to the Ligong faction, and how can the Ligong faction resist the ambition of the wolf son of the Jin Kingdom."

King Xian walked to the side of the corridor with his sleeves flicked his sleeves, and was extremely angry in his heart, Bai Liyan followed and continued:

"The king, he did not give Yongxing City to the Ligong faction, but cooperated with the Ligong faction with the capital of Yongxing City. Moreover, the relationship between the Ligong faction and the Liang State has been extraordinary in ancient times, and the Jin State still owes the Ligong faction a huge amount of money more than 20 years ago. ”

"The Jin State owes a huge amount of money to the Gonggong faction? How could the widow not know? ”

Bailiyan told King Xian in detail about the shipbuilding of Wu Suan, and King Xian thought for a moment and said:

"Even so, if the King of Jin is not shameless, how can the Ligong faction curb his wolf ambitions."

"The king's words are wrong, although the princes are deceitful, they are only at war between the two armies, and no prince has ever used despicable means against the sons of the world, let alone a country cutting off the most valuable land in the country from another. If everyone in the world is like this, how can small countries and weak countries deal with them. If Wei Guo wants to cut off Liang Guoboyuan, how can Liang Tianzi agree. ”

"According to Aiqing's meaning, can this matter be done?"

"It can be done!" Bai Liyan said firmly.

"What about Yongxing City?"

The minister thought that Yongxing City could not be given to the Ligong faction, but all the needs of the Ligong faction came from Yongxing City, so they could choose another land to the Ligong faction in the south or north of Yongxing City to prepare for the construction of the main hall, and agreed that Xianguo and the Ligong faction would work together to study the art of engineering, and the benefits could be divided separately.

In addition, you can lead the army into the Yongxing River to strengthen my momentum. ”

"Attract the Zhi army into the Yongxing River? If Zhijun also has wolf ambitions, wouldn't it be like lifting a stone to shoot himself in the foot. ”

"The king can rest assured, during the alliance of the princes, the Zhi army will not dare, and King Zhi will not tear his face with my Xianguo for the sake of Yongxing City. Moreover, the Zhijun is only here to transport goods, not to cheer for our Xianguo, so as long as the Zhijun can be brought in, the princes will have to weigh it. ”

"If King Zhi knew that his eldest grandson was in the alliance of our Xian country, how could he send a water army into the Xian country."

"If you promise a lot of profits, King Zhi will definitely send a small army to pledge the goods, and my Xianguo can use this to make some articles. Moreover, King Zhi only knew that the eldest grandson would meet in my land at that time, and he did not know that the Jin Kingdom asked for my Yongxing City. ”

"Aiqing wants to give up a lot of money to King Zhi?" King Xian questioned.

"No, if the king invites him with a lot of money, King Zhi will inevitably be suspicious and blackmailed by him. Therefore, in the name of mourning and trade with the Zhiguo Mission, large amounts of goods can be traded. The minister planned to exchange 400,000 catties of pig iron, 200,000 catties of steel ingots, 50,000 pieces of steel blades, 200,000 pieces of cotton cloth, 100,000 catties of soap, porcelain and glass, etc., with the Jin State at preferential prices for cotton, leather, sulfur, medicinal materials, oil, paraffin, beans, livestock and other things, so as to attract the army into the Yongxing River. ”

When King Xian heard the news, 400,000 catties of pig iron and 200,000 catties of steel ingots were taken aback, and suddenly felt a pain in his flesh:

"Aiqing, can I have 400,000 catties of pig iron and 200,000 catties of steel ingots in my Xianguo?"

"Back to the king, in addition to this part, there are at least 300,000 catties of raw wrought iron in stock, which can be used by our country. Two years later, when Zhiguo's raw wrought iron was resold, Yongxing City could be replenished into the warehouse, so Yongxing City is not short of iron tools now, and Jin Guo found out that my Yongxing City can produce 400,000 catties of iron, which is twice as much, so he has wolf ambitions and wants to swallow my Yongxing land. ”

When King Xian heard the news, he thought about finding a flaw, so he immediately asked:

"With an annual output of 400,000 catties of iron, how can you save millions of catties of iron!" King Xian hurriedly asked.

"Don't hide it from the king, since the end of Shengyuan 636, the output of raw wrought iron in Yongxing City has exceeded one million catties, and in 637 Shengyuan has exceeded 1.3 million catties. Moreover, if Yongxing City is not short of coal and iron ore, it is not difficult to produce two million catties per year. ”

King Xian gasped and sighed in his heart:

"I think that more than ten years ago, the national iron production was only 20,000 or 30,000 catties, and this year's iron production surplus is more than ten times, I really didn't expect it......"

"King, once my Yongxing City iron production is made public, the Jin Kingdom will monopolize 1.3 million catties of iron materials, and ask the princes of the world who can agree."

"Aiqing wants to make Yongxing City Iron and Steel available to the world?"

"Exactly. First, it can shock the world and let all countries know the national strength of our Xian country, and second, it can make the princes of the world know the ambition of the wolf son of the Jin country. Imagine that if the Jin Kingdom has an annual output of 1.3 million catties of iron in Yongxing City, tens of thousands of pieces of iron armor can be built in a year, and everyone in the world can be the enemy.

Taking a step back, Yongxing City's financial resources account for half of our Xian Kingdom, even in the Jin Kingdom, it is by no means a small number, and it is no different from embezzling the Xian State by being cut off by the Jin State so easily. If you are so greedy, you will be indignant by the whole world, how dare the king of Jin move against the trend of the world. ”

"Alas...... Or Aiqing is far-sighted, but in this way, the iron production of Yongxing City will be made public, will it attract the covetousness of the princes in the future, and will the price of iron plummet like a pearl? ”

"Please rest assured, iron is not only steel, the quality of iron depends on the formula of iron, and now the only one who can make good steel is my salty country, and other countries can't refine it. In addition, the iron needed by the Xianguo in the future is everywhere, with the increase in coal and iron ore mining in the future, it is not a problem to produce five million catties of iron after a few years, ten million catties, although the price will fall, but the price of iron used by the Xianguo to cast cannons, agricultural tools, and blades is also declining, and the countries can not produce good iron, so the price of our country has the final say, unless they don't want it, our Xianguo can also use it for its own use. ”

"What Aiqing said, the widow remembered the way of 'replacing government with business' played by Aiqing back then, doing what others don't have, doing what I have and what others can't. In the past, the widow had countless pearls, thinking that he had comprehended the true meaning, but now it seems that it is just a superficial opinion. ”

King Xian's deep gaze fell on Bai Liyan's face, and his soul was full of respect. But he is a monarch, and how can a monarch show respect for a courtier.

"Just do it according to Aiqing's plan, and the affairs of the Ligong faction must be long-term and not cause losses to the interests of our country."

"Obey orders!"

persuaded King Xian, Bailiyan was relieved. After the death of the Marquis of Lu, King Xian's temperament changed greatly, and he no longer obeyed his previous words.

Of course, King Xian is the king of a country, and he can't restrain King Xian like his subordinates, even if he knows that his choice is right, but it is not easy to make the monarch nod.

King Xian's support for the development of Yongxing City was not out of understanding the future development trend, but out of regret for the decline of his country's national power and his remorse during the reign of Gongsun Yue, he wanted to make up for his mistakes as much as possible.

The next day, Bai Liyan rushed to Yongxing to lobby Cheng Jiyuan. Cheng Jiyuan is the head of the left gate, and he plays an important role in the Ligong faction, as long as Cheng Jiyuan agrees to the conditions, he will be very sure to persuade the Ligong faction to migrate to Xianguo as a whole.

Before going to see Cheng Jiyuan, Bai Liyan first made an appointment with Zong Botai and Zhao Anling to understand the details.

"Mr. Zongbo, what does Master Zuomen mean?"

"His original intention was to agree to move to Yongxing, but the Ligong faction was afraid of the Jin Kingdom, so I did not inform Master Zuomen of the Jin King's covetousness of Yongxing City."

"Well, it's counterproductive. However, I think the Ligong faction is afraid of the Jin Kingdom, so as not to deceive them and become angry with us. ”

"Lord Hou wants to make the matter of Wu Shu public in the past, so as to attack the King of Jin Wuxin?"

"Hehe, Mr. Zongbo, who knows me, is also. At that time, not only the old accounts will have to be settled, but also the new ones. At that time, the annual iron output of Yongxing City will be made public, and Benhou wants to see how King Jin swallows this molten iron! ”

After speaking, Bai Liyan casually took out the bottom sheet and handed it to Zong Botai and Zhao Anling to look at, and two moments passed, Zhao Anling said first:

"Master Hou, how do I think this clause is quite similar to the constitution of Qianfang, Lord Hou doesn't want to turn the Ligong faction into a chamber of commerce, right?"

What Mr. Zhao said is extremely true, Ben Hou is planning to turn the Ligong faction into a chamber of commerce. The two companies worked together to study engineering and shared the benefits. ”

At this time, Zong Botai said:

"Master Hou's method is a clever plan to control the Gong faction. The Ligong faction has a unique craftsmanship and has always been consumed by profit, which offended many princes. If we can't take it for our own use, we will suffer from it in the future, and turn it into a chamber of commerce, which will be more conducive to curbing it. ”

Ultimately, the Gangpai is a multinational technology company that makes money through technology monopolies, and then invests money in the research and development of new technologies, and the cycle is repeated.

From a modern point of view, this is completely a technology monopoly profiteering enterprise, and it is undoubtedly the most favored high-quality asset of the state.

At present, the world only knows the hatred of monopoly enterprises to make huge profits, but few people see the benefits brought by monopoly technology enterprises.

Under the background of the current agricultural civilization with backward production technology, whoever masters more skilled craftsmen, who has more advanced technology, who can quickly improve the productive forces, enhance the national strength, and change the existing production pattern will bring about changes in production relations. Changes in the relations of production indirectly lead to adaptive changes in the system.

The political changes initiated by the feudal elite are all the end of changing the head, changing a group of vested interests, and re-erecting the ruling class, while the drizzle silently does not change the productive forces and production relations, and achieves an adaptive change of the system, in the final analysis, it is still a metaphysics of changing the body and not the brain.