Ning Qi said: "On the sixth day of March next year, it is the fiftieth birthday of Qi Wangjian, and the State of Qi is going to hold a big celebration and invite envoys from various countries to watch the ceremony, I heard that Qin, Chu, Yan, Wei and other countries have decided to send envoys to celebrate, but we have no communication with Qi State, so Qi State sent envoys to us to invite."

Gao Yuan nodded, he knew that Tian Jian, the king of Qi, was the last monarch of the Qi State, and he reigned for a total of forty-four years, which was quite a long time. However, during the reign of King Jian of Qi, he pursued a good alliance with Qin, but did not have bad relations with other countries, nor did he participate in the policy of cooperation and indulgence of various countries. During the battle of Qin and Zhao Changping, Zhao Guo borrowed grain from Qi State, but was rejected by Qi State. In the past 50 years, the Qi State has not had a single war with other countries, and the country and the people are peaceful and happy, which is almost a miracle during the Warring States Period.

However, in this era of fierce competition and tigers and wolves, it is destined that there is no room for spectators and pacifists, so the national policy of Xiang Qi State that has nothing to do with itself and hangs high can certainly be in a corner of peace in a short period of time, but after the other five countries are all destroyed by the Qin State, the Qi State will naturally be difficult to spare.

On the one hand, the reason for the fact that the Qin State has implemented the strategy of long-distance friendship and close attack since King Qin Zhao, giving priority to attacking the three Jin states such as Han, Wei, and Zhao, suppressing the Chu State, and befriending the Qi State that has no territorial junction with the Qin State, and bribing the powerful ministers of the Qi State and influencing the affairs of the Qi State, so that the Qi State is free from the joint vertical.

On the other hand, forming a friendship with the Qin State was also a national policy formulated by Qi Wangjian's mother, the queen.

In 284 BC, Yan General Le Yi led the army of six countries to attack Qi, King Qi was killed, and more than 70 cities under Qi were killed, and the son of King Qi changed his name and surname, and became a servant in Taishi Ji's family. And the daughter of Taishi saw that Fazhang was good-looking, and she was definitely not a person, so she had an affair with him. Later, Tian Dan defeated Yan Fu Qi with the fire bull array, and succeeded to the throne with the legislative chapter, which was for the king of Qi Xiang, and the daughter of Tai Shi Ji was the queen, and Tian Jian was born for the king of Qi Xiang. After the death of King Qi Xiang, Tian Jian succeeded to the throne and respected her as the queen mother. Because the king of Qi was still young, the queen assisted the king of Qi in governing for 14 years, serving the Qin state prudently, and communicating with the princes to emphasize faith and righteousness, but did not participate in the cooperation of various countries.

After the death of the queen, Hou Sheng became the ruler of the Xiangguo, and under the continuous bribery of the Qin state, Hou Sheng strongly persuaded Qi Wangjian to adhere to the national policy formulated by the queen, make friends with the Qin state, and not participate in the cooperation of various countries. And King Qi Jianshi's mother is extremely filial, so he has completely inherited the queen's national policy, and it has not changed for more than 30 years.

However, although Qi does not participate in the joint expedition of various countries, it still maintains friendly relations with various countries, so next year is the fiftieth birthday of Qi Wangjian, and all countries are invited to send envoys to watch the ceremony.

Although the plateau did not officially claim the king, but in fact it was also a party of the princes, not long ago Daijun had just defeated 200,000 Yan troops, forcing Yan to compensate Daijun for peace, this battle also shook the countries, and it was impossible for Qi to not know. Moreover, the State of Qi is not an old aristocratic country like the Yan State, because the current State of Qi is not the Jiang State of Qi established by Jiang Taigong, but the Tian State of Qi established by the Tian family instead of the Jiang family, and it has been less than one hundred and fifty years since the founding of the country, so there is not much reaction to the plateau standing on its own in Dai County. At the beginning, Tian He, the first monarch of Tian Qi, was a subordinate of Qi State. Therefore, the state of Qi actually regarded Daijun as a candidate of one side.

After the caravan sent by Daijun arrived in Qi State, the paper sold also caused a lot of shock in Qi State, because he knew that Daijun could also produce this kind of paper in large quantities, and the merchant was very profitable, and his sense of smell in this area was very sensitive, so he immediately smelled business opportunities from it.

The people of Qi have always had a tradition of doing business, so Qi is the most commercially developed country among all countries, there are many giant merchants, Tian used to be the largest merchant in Qi country, and now there are many rich businessmen in Qi country is not a small influence. Therefore, several large merchants not only sent representatives to Daigun with the caravan to discuss the affairs of cooperation, on the one hand, to negotiate trade affairs with Daigun, and on the other hand, to examine the actual situation of Daigun, and how well it was producing paper. At the same time, he also used his influence in Qi to send an envoy to Daijun and invited Daijun to send an envoy to attend the ceremony of King Qi's fiftieth birthday. It is also hoped that Qi can formally establish diplomatic relations with Daijun, so that the trade between the two sides will be more convenient.

After listening to what Ning Qi said, Gao Yuan suddenly realized that there were so many things here, thought about it, and said, "Who is the envoy sent by the Qi State." ”

Ning Qi said: "It's Tian Tong, the middle doctor, and this person is the minister of the Qi country. ”

Gao Yuan nodded, although the middle doctor is not a particularly big official, but it is by no means small, it is reasonable to act as a messenger, and in the past, Gao Yuan was also a middle doctor in Zhao State, and now although Gao Yuan is self-reliant, he has neither called the king nor the title, just called the king, so the Qi State sent a middle doctor as an envoy, and he is also a minister of the clan, and he has attached great importance to the county. Gao Yuan asked again: "Then who is the merchant who came?" ”

Ning Qi was stunned for a moment, and was also a little embarrassed, and said: "The merchant who came was received by Mrs. Wenqing, and the minister has never seen it, if the lord wants to know, he should ask Mrs. Wenqing." ”

Gao Yuan also smiled, now Ning Qi is equivalent to the Xiangguo of Daijun, so of course it is impossible to meet the representatives sent by the merchants of Qi State, so he asked again: "Then Mr. Ning thinks that we should send envoys to Qi Country to watch the ceremony?" ”

Ning Qi said: "Of course, you should send people to watch the ceremony, and you should also send important ministers to enter the Qi country with generous gifts." My lord, now we have few people in the county, and the main source of income is mainly based on commercial operations, and the main country of business is Qi, so we can take the opportunity of this ceremony to formally establish diplomatic relations with Qi, so that it will be much more convenient to conduct business with Qi in the future. ”

Gao Yuan nodded and said, "Yes, you are very right." ”

Ning Qi said again: "Also, this time the fiftieth birthday of the king of Qi, all countries will send envoys to participate, now Zhao and Han have been destroyed, and other countries have the worry of dying and cold, according to the minister's view, this birthday will be a rare opportunity, and all countries will definitely not let go of this opportunity, in addition to congratulating the king of Qi on his birthday, he will definitely come and go in secret, organize the joint confluence against Qin, and at the same time will also find ways to pull the Qi country into the united vertical." And the envoys of the Qin State will definitely not sit idly by and watch the countries form a joint column again, and they will definitely obstruct it in secret, so this time there will be a good show in Linzi, and of course our Daijun should also send people to participate, if we can promote the countries to really form a joint column, it will also be of great benefit to our Daijun. ”

Gao Yuan nodded again and again when he heard this, although he knew very well that even if the countries formed a joint column again, it would be difficult to compete with the Qin State, not because the strength of the countries was insufficient, but that it would be difficult to work together, and it would be even more difficult to pull the Qi State into the joint column, but if it could really form a joint column again, it would indeed be a big threat to the Qin State, at least it would be able to buy a certain amount of time for itself, so that he could develop as much as possible. Therefore, he also said: "Okay, just do what you say, but who to send to the Qi country should be carefully considered." ”

Ning Qi said: "Qi Wangjian's birthday is March next year, and there are still more than three months to go, so there is no need to rush, but the envoys of Qi have been waiting in Daijun for a few days, and when does the lord plan to meet him." ”

Gao Yuan said: "Okay, I'm afraid it's too late today, you have informed the envoy of Qi State, and I will meet him early tomorrow morning." After a pause, he said: "You send someone to Yan Country first, meet Tai Xiao Dan, and see who Yan Country sends as an envoy, whether there is any intention to form a confluence with other countries, let's talk about it first, and then negotiate with other countries, so it is easy to talk about it." ”

Ning Qi immediately said: "Yes, it is still the Zhou Dao that the lord thinks, I will send someone to Yan Country immediately." After saying that, he said goodbye to Gao and turned to leave.

After Ning Qi left, Gao Yuan immediately ordered Lin Wenqing to come over and meet.

Now Lin Wenqing and Luo Huan have moved out of the mansion on the plateau and live in a single household by themselves, firstly, because Lin Wenqing is a widow after all, and he has lived in the mansion on the plateau for a long time, which is really not good. In addition, now Lin Wenqing is in charge of the business of Daijun, and he is busy with affairs, not to manage business contacts, but also to pay for papermaking, printing and other things, and there are more and more people working under her, and she has to receive a large number of various people every day.

However, although Lin Wenqing moved out of the plateau's mansion, he did not move far, just across a street, because Lin Wenqing often had to report to the plateau and discuss various affairs, and Luo Huan also had to come to the plateau mansion every day to find Jiang Mingxia to play. Of course, everyone in the Plateau Mansion knows that Luo Huan is a disciple of the Plateau, so there is no need for Lin Wenqing to lead it personally, as long as it is led by the two old family members.

Originally, he didn't plan to invite Lin Wenqing to come to the mansion to meet today, but when he learned that Qi sent an envoy to Daijun, and he also decided to recruit an envoy from Qi tomorrow, then he had to figure out the situation of the caravan doing business in Qi this time, because now there is only this one caravan between Daijun and Qi, and it is also necessary to find out who the merchants from Qi are, what influence they have in Qi and how they should deal with them in the future. Of course, you have to ask Lin Wenqing about these things.