When the news that the emperor's father Yue Ling had been captured by the secret ink artist hiding beside him reached Pengcheng, Shi Lian shouted a few hellos.

The high-level figures of the Mo family gathered, and the impression of the few remaining old Mo people on the imperial father Yue Ling was still in the Song Kingdom, which was a little ambitious and ambitious.

Including Shi, he never took the emperor's father Yue Ling to heart, just a Song country, which is still too small compared to the world.

The history that we know also proves this, even if there is a male master, even if the law is changed, what can it be?

When Zhou Gong was divided, the Song State had already been sent to a dead end, surrounded by a plain without danger to defend, with a large number of large countries and surrounded by Zhuji, even if the future conquest of Zhuji dissipated, the country surrounded by Qi, Yue, Chu, Wei, and Han wanted to challenge the heroes, it was simply a dream.

What's more, in the Song Kingdom, the sacrifice of Yin Shang, such as the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, except for the Yan Kingdom, which is a bit orthodox, which of the rest is not a "chaotic minister and thief"? If there is a Song Xiongqi sacrificed by Yin Shang, it is what the princes who started from the "chaotic ministers and thieves" are afraid.

Now Zhao, Wei, Han, Qi and Sishang, the eldest brother does not laugh at the second brother, when it comes to orthodoxy, how can there be orthodoxy?

I hope that the emperor's father, Yue Ling, is alive, but I hope that through the trial of him, the people will be involved in this earth-shaking event: even if your blood is noble, even if your ancestors can be traced back to Song Daigong, so what? He was trampled under the feet of the once untouchables who were inferior to each other.

As for the essence of the meaning that the imperial father Yue Ling threw out of the meaning he represented, it is not important to everyone in the upper echelons of the Mo family, what matters is the future without people like him.

When the news came, it was the end of July and the beginning of August, the autumn harvest had already begun, and preparations for autumn planting had begun.

Shi also understood that the defense of Dangshan was not worth mentioning, and if there were no reinforcements from outside, it would be impossible to hold the isolated city, even if the defense of this city was impeccable.

Give six fingers a month, that is the longest period, and it is expected that the city will be broken half a month earlier than the stipulated time limit.

The matter of judging the emperor's father Yue Ling can be put aside for a while, and Shi took out a report and said: "Judging from the summary of news from Wei Han and other places, I think the possibility of Wei Han sending troops is very small. ”

The contents of the report are a summary of the reports and analyses of the ink practitioners lurking in various parts of Wei and Han.

"The Xihe pawn is motionless, still stationed in the West River, and there is no sign of mobilization."

"Wei Han has frequent contact, but Wei Zhen jumped the most by himself, and sent an envoy to invite the King of Chu to join the alliance, I think this is also an illusion."

"Wei has mobilized some of the soldiers and peasants in Hedong, but in terms of numbers, it doesn't look like they want to go to war with us. Although Wei Zhen was stubborn and self-serving, at least he was also a person who attacked Zhongshan and cut down the Xihe River back then, and there were still some means to talk about knowing soldiers. ”

"Wei and Han have frequent contacts, and it doesn't look like they want to go to war against us. The king of Chu himself does not want to interfere in this matter, and in my opinion, there is a lot of room for mediation in this matter. ”

If you talk about it, I have to say that the coup d'état of the Song State disrupted Sishang's plan, and the preemptive means did not mean that they could not be used, but they did not expect that the emperor's father Yue Ling would choose to fight to the death.

The Song country is rich and the land is rich, but it is chicken ribs for Sishang.

The market of the Song State and Sishang itself has formed a community, and the grain and raw materials of the Song State continue to supply the handicraft industry of Sishang; The handicraft industry in Sishang was continuously sold to the Song Kingdom; A large number of Song people fled to Sishang.

The salt of the salt drying method completely squeezed out the market share of Hedong salt of Wei in the Song State; The operation mode of selling iron tools to recycle agricultural products also made the Song Kingdom and Sishang inseparable; More importantly, the previous law making conference rejected the decree restricting grain imports, so that many nobles in the Song State who had transformed into commercial landlords were not opposed to Sishang and sought cooperation.

In this case, the Song State was controlled by the Mo family, which was of little significance.

The Song State was the land of four wars, and the cost of maintaining direct rule in the Song State was too great, and it would seriously affect the strategy of Sishang first in the south and then in the north.

Including the previous decision to abandon Qi Southwest and other decisions, they are all for the same reason.

The Song State was actually a chicken existence for the rest of the princes.

If you don't divide the Song State and send troops alone, just for the sake of righteousness, if it is in the Spring and Autumn Period, it is not impossible, but now is no longer the time of the Spring and Autumn Period to fight for hegemony, if you want to send troops to the Song State, the existence of the Mo family can only go all out.

But it is impossible for the Mo family to agree to the matter of dividing up the Song Kingdom, even if the Chu State is talking about the sky, in the eyes of the Mo family, the Song Kingdom is already a Chinese meal on the plate of Sishang, and at this time, if you want to divide a part and then use the attitude that you will beat you if you don't divide it, it will not actually work.

Sishang's general mobilization this time is also to counter this kind of diplomatic blackmail: fight and fight, who is afraid of whom.

In addition, the summary and analysis of the intelligence sent by the intelligence department made Shi conclude one thing: the possibility of Wei Han interfering in the Song State was very small.

When the head in charge of agricultural crops heard this, he said: "What the giant said, if Wei Han does not interfere, I think the general mobilization can be over, and they will return to their respective fields, busy with this autumn's harvest and autumn planting." ”

"The general mobilization has a great impact on our agricultural crops, and the report submitted shows that if the mobilization continues, the number of seeds planted in autumn will be reduced by about one-third, and the number of spring plants next year will be reduced by one-third."

"The food we have hoarded is enough for us to sustain a five-year standoff, but it is not good for us for a long time, and it is really a huge consumption."

It was not only the head of the department in charge of agricultural crops who was quite nervous about this general mobilization, but also the heads of the departments in charge of logistics, commerce, handicrafts, finance, taxation, and so on, all had a similar attitude.

It's not that it can't be continued, but this kind of general mobilization can't last, and if it really follows this way, it will either completely switch to the wartime system, fight for ten years and give up the rest, and defeat the princes of various countries; Either this mobilization should be disbanded early.

In addition to its own technological advantages and industrial and commercial development, Sishang's affluent life in the past few years has a great deal to do with the judgment of the situation in the world and a more reasonable recruitment system.

If mobilization continues, the economy of Sishang will inevitably be greatly affected.

This is especially true when the general mobilization on the one hand does not continue to expand the territory on the other hand, if the general mobilization can capture one of the major powers such as Chuqi in two or three years, then fortunately, more manpower, material resources and land will alleviate this pressure.

But now it is only to frighten the princes, and the amount of food, cloth, and gunpowder consumed by the mobilized soldiers every day is a huge number.

This will have an impact on agriculture, industry, commerce, and trade next year, and it will indeed be difficult to sustain itself.

After thinking for a moment, he explained: "We are difficult, and the princes are even more difficult. With our general mobilization, we can still maintain it with our per capita productivity. But not with the princes. ”

"If they are determined to intervene, then with the addition of logistics, baggage, supplies, and people, at least about 300,000 will be needed."

"I say these 300,000 troops, including the number of soldiers and the number of the combined army of baggage, people, and soldiers. And these 300,000 can only maintain a confrontation with us in the Song Kingdom, and if you want to defeat us, you are afraid that you will have to levy an additional 200,000. ”

This number seems terrible, but in fact there are not many real soldiers, mainly logistics baggage, which is the bulk of the number.

In history, Qin and Zhao fought Changping, and in the end it was already the end of the crossbow, and the grain could not last, and if it continued to fight, there would be a famine next year.

Moreover, Sishang showed the ability to siege the city this time, and showed the ability to fight in the field five years ago, and the princes were intrigued, and they had to join forces to dare to confront the Mo family, otherwise they would be afraid of being broken by each one.

When you join forces in one place, the amount of materials consumed will be multiplied.

A mere 500,000 peasant soldiers, including those who serve and serve the people, want to encircle the iron wall, which is also a utopian dream, and once the gap is exposed, the strategic mobility ability of Sishang can be broken alone.

The battle of Dangshan was to tell the princes not to try to divide the troops, but to really interfere with the war between the Song State and Sishang, and prepare to join forces.

The more troops, the longer it will take to prepare, and the greater the chance and possibility of breaking the game for Sishang.

The information obtained from the intelligence can only be used as a reference, and it is also a test of the judgment of the Mohist high-level on strategy.

In the face of many people's desire to lift the mobilization order, it is understandable, but I have to say more.

"Mobilizing so many people, for us, may just be a withering economy and people's livelihood will be affected. But for the vassal states, it may be that if a quick victory is not possible, then there is likely to be famine and civil strife next year, especially if our morality spreads like fire. ”

"The more chaotic the country, the easier it will be for our morality to spread, and this must be taken into account."

"Now the situation in the Song State has stabilized, but we cannot cancel the general mobilization for the time being, and we will continue to maintain it for a period of time."

"In my opinion, in this way, in addition to the several corps of the main force, the remaining mobilized troops, without disbanding the organization, will be evenly distributed to each village community to help plant and harvest and ensure the planting of autumn wheat."

"Cutting wheat in the army is a military business, and Zheng and Zhou have also cut wheat from each other in the past, and the soldiers of our righteous teachers are all farmers, so it is not difficult to cut wheat and plant wheat."

"Although it is judged from the request for newspaper that Wei Han may not send troops, this kind of non-military dispatch is the result of various factors."

"Our mobilization, the rapid stability of the situation in the Song Kingdom, the contradictions between Wei and Chu, and the military strength we displayed were all indispensable and interacted with each other to achieve such a result."

"Things are universally connected, and if we revoke the mobilization now, then our bottom line in the matter of the Song State will be exposed, and it will not be conducive to future negotiations and mediation."

"After all, the matter of the Song Kingdom needs to be solved by all countries. If you want to take a step back, you have to take two steps forward. ”

"Our bottom line is to maintain the neutrality of the Song State, not to interfere with other countries, and to recognize the Song State of the coup. But in order for countries to agree with this bottom line, we need to take an attitude that goes two steps further than that. ”

"When a merchant sells, he knows how to sit on the ground and pay back on the spot. This kind of negotiation is the same reason, how can there be a direct lowest price? ”

If mobilization continues, agriculture will certainly be affected, and even if an administrative order is issued requiring each village community to plant a sufficient amount of land, it will be extremely difficult due to the lack of manpower.

However, with the grain stored over the years and the amount of land now, even if the cultivation is reduced to a certain extent, under the tax system and price system, the Sishang side can support it for a longer time than the princes.

Shi looked at the city in charge of finance and commerce, and asked, "How is the mood on the businessman's side?" ”

Shijia Dolphin said with a smile: "The businessmen are very profitable, and when the news of the siege of Dangshan came, they rushed to tell each other, and they were all very happy." ”

"Prices are naturally stable, and since we cracked down on grain speculation a few years ago, businessmen have also understood that with their little capital, it is really self-defeating to confront us. The prices of grain and cotton are now stable, and the merchants are also very clever and do not dare to speculate on grain, because they want to speculate and hoard with their little capital, and we only need a large warehouse of stock to crush them to death. ”

"However, there were rumors before, saying that we were going to issue Litianxia bonds, this chasing after the wind and shadows, since Dangshan was besieged, I heard that there were a lot of people, and more businessmen had gold and copper in their hands, wanting to invest in Litianxia bonds in order to make a profit."

"The confidence of the businessmen in us is sufficient, at least for now. They don't care if they were born in Luoyi or Anyang; Linzi or Yingdu, all they need is benefits. If the war pays off, then they are happy to invest. ”

"Actually, we all know that even now, we don't have a real mobilization. Even the decree on the control of the world's debts and grain prices has not been implemented, what kind of general mobilization is this? ”

Businessmen are very profitable, and the restoration of Zhongshan was vividly displayed.

The restoration of Zhongshan was led by the Mo family, with merchants contributing money and Mo weapons, and the Wei rule in Zhongshan was over.

The merchants didn't care about the significance of Zhongshan's restoration to benefit the world, all they cared about was the franchise given by Zhongshan Jun as a benefit to pay off debts: the franchise of salt, iron, horses, and furs compensated the merchants' loans back then.

Now the same is true on the Sishang side, the biggest temptation of the Song Kingdom for merchants is the land.

On the premise of ensuring that some peasants receive land, the land of a large number of fugitive nobles must be auctioned, which is the interest that the merchants care about, so under the premise that the situation of the Song State is stable after the siege of Dangshan, the merchants support the conquest of Sishang.

The price of the same land in the Song Kingdom is different from that in the South China Sea, if there are thousands of acres of land in the Song Kingdom, planting fuel, cotton, and grain, relying on the industrial and commercial consumption of Sishang, it is a sure profit.

Moreover, the Song State did not lack population, especially if the Mo family chose not to take over the Song State and only carried out reforms on the premise of protecting the interests of yeoman farmers, industrialists and businessmen, the power of the landless peasants represented by the peasants would not be enough to make big waves.

It's just that the statement about the issuance of bonds that benefit the world is just a rumor, but from the degree of concern of the businessmen, it can be seen that the businessmen have a lot of trust in the strength of Sishang, as long as the economy is not boastful enough to support, then there will be no big mess in Sishang.

The profits from today's industrial and commercial products in Sishang are generally a three-legged approach.

The Huaishui basin in the southwest of Songdiqi is part of the market; The interior of Sishang is part of it; The South China Sea and the wild areas around the South China Sea are part of it.

As long as there is no defeat on the Sishang side, then although the impact on business is there, it is not enough to break the bones.

This time, Sishang is facing a small crisis, after all, it is a bit of a war with the princes from all walks of life, and I think this is also a drill.

A series of drills, such as mobilization, agriculture, industry and commerce, popular support, and public opinion, enabled the ruling clique in Sishang to learn from experience, learn how to deal with it, and make full preparations for a real war in the future.

The merchant class, the Mo family can't believe it, but it's not important. The important thing is that they seek profit.

Just like the restoration of Zhongshan back then, the merchants of Wei invested heavily in Zhongshan to make profits.

This matter is the same in Si, and it would be too naïve to expect them to benefit the world.

As long as it is profitable, maybe Sishang is at war with Wei here, and the merchants of Sishang will be able to transport grain to the cities of Wei.

However, as long as Sishang can continue to win, and most merchants feel that it is unprofitable to invest in the rest of the princes at this time, it will be enough. Merchants can't be fed, but the world at this time is a worse world, Sishang is not an ideal country for merchants, but at least stronger than the princes.