Huai State sent envoys to visit Qi State and reached a prisoner exchange with Qi State. This news soon spread to other countries.

This was naturally done by Zijue. Zijue spread the news like this, and naturally he had no good intentions. Most of the approximately 5,000 prisoners of war were adults, which was a number that could not be ignored for any country.

Huai State and Qi State exchanged prisoners of war, and Huai State got more than 8,000 people. Among them, there were only a thousand strong men, the rest were women, and more than a thousand children. Seriously speaking, Huai State still suffered from this exchange.

He suffered some losses, but Zijue didn't care.

With the help of the exchange of prisoners of war, Zijue wanted to divide the relationship between Qi State and the surrounding countries. Zijue knew that it was almost impossible to destroy Qi State now, so he planned to divide Qi State and weaken its strength.

The more than five thousand prisoners were almost as much as the entire military strength of these small countries, or even more. This exchange was soon known to several other countries.

After knowing that Qi had obtained 5,000 strong prisoners, the remaining Fang states could not sit still. You must know that they had all sent troops at the beginning, and now that the prisoners of war had been exchanged, how could they all be handed over to Qi?

The Fang states that participated in this war, such as Ju, Tan, and Lu, were all very dissatisfied. People do not worry about scarcity but about inequality. This sentence is very applicable to states and individuals.

At the same time, these Fang countries are also worried that they have suffered heavy losses, but Qi has gained 5,000 soldiers, and the gap between the strength of Qi and them has become wider. In order to prevent Qi from quickly recovering its strength, they must do this.

As for asking Qi to distribute the more than 5,000 prisoners to several other Fang states, this is also difficult to operate. If the distribution is based on the proportion of troops sent, it seems fair, but you must know that this is not dividing apples.

Some of these captives from Fang Guo survived more, while others survived less. It all depends on luck.

It is simply impossible to distribute according to proportions. How can people who are not from this country be forcibly divided? Impossible!

But if these soldiers are returned to that country according to which country they belong to, it is also difficult to operate. Some Fang countries have many people, and some Fang countries don't even have any, which will also make them dissatisfied. What's more, the loss of Qi country

The situation is so heavy that we are not sure whether we are willing to distribute the captives to other countries.

All in all, Zijue's prisoner exchange is completely a conspiracy. No matter what you do, Fang State will be dissatisfied, and there will definitely be cracks in the relationship with Qi State.

Zi Jue even had people spread rumors, saying that Qi State and Huai State had a secret agreement, and all the prisoners would be returned to Qi State. This rumor seemed to be full of loopholes, but it also gave other countries an excuse.

You must know that it was Qi State who ordered the princes to send troops to attack Huai State. As a result, Huai State and Qi State are now exchanging prisoners of war. Isn't there some inside story in this? Will they have any doubts if they use themselves to save others?

As long as there is a trace of doubt, the alliance of eastern princes originally against Huai will be broken. Even if Qi's strength recovers and he wants to summon the princes to attack Huai, it is estimated that no one in those Fang countries will pay attention to him.

Zi Jue's purpose is to dismantle the alliance so that these countries cannot work together, and to buy time for Huai State to develop, and then solve the problem after Huai State becomes stronger.

As Zijue expected, in the next few months, the vassal states of Qi, Lu, Tan, Ju, Ji, etc. began to argue continuously, demanding that Qi distribute the prisoners of war to them.

Qi State believed that the prisoners of war were obtained by him in exchange for slaves and was unwilling to distribute them to other vassal states.

In the end, several Fang countries broke up unhappy, and some Fang countries even went to the Emperor of Zhou to complain. For a time, the alliance of princes against the Huai Kingdom was in name only.

In fact, even if we get to Emperor Zhou, this matter will not be easy to solve. Unless Emperor Zhou provides property to compensate, some people will be dissatisfied no matter how it is done. Even with the reward from Emperor Zhou, the relationship between several kingdoms has been restored.

Not like before.

While Qi, Lu, Tan, Ju, and Ji were still competing for prisoners, envoys from Qi had already arrived in Huai'an with more than 8,000 Yin Shang remnants.

After the second business breakup, most of the captured merchants were killed, and the rest were treated as slaves and rewarded to meritorious ministers. Most of the people Zijue exchanged this time were women, which was exactly what he wanted.

Without these women, the population ratio of Huai State was instantly balanced. The proportion of women was even higher.

At the same time, with the surrounding small Huaiyi tribes joining in and the Yin Shang remnants from all over the country fleeing here, the population of the Huai State grew rapidly. Fortunately, Zijue started the era of ox farming, and the Huai State had a bumper grain harvest, so there was no need to worry about food.

question.

The victory of the two wars gained the respect of the Huai State. Not only the Fang State, headed by the Qi State, Zhou Dongfang, but also the Xu State also attached great importance to the Huai State. It also made the Huai State live up to its name and no longer

A joke in the eyes of others.

The internal fighting in Qi State and other countries made the eastern princes unable to manage Huai State. Zijue made good friends with Xu State and even sent people to marry Xu Hou's daughter. This was done in order to obtain an environment for peaceful development.

Zi Jue led the army to victory in two battles, which made Xu Hou look upon him with admiration, and he soon agreed to marry his daughter to Zi Jue. After marrying Xu Hou's daughter, Huai State also received a lot of support from Xu State, just as a

The daughter's dowry numbered a thousand people.

The national power of the Huai Kingdom began to grow rapidly. The most obvious change was that the Huai Kingdom could only provide one thousand luck points per year, but now it has doubled to two thousand.

Huai'an also developed from a city into a large city. The most prosperous population of Haojing in this era was only about 100,000, and many of them lived around Wangji. The population of Huai'an reached more than 30,000, which was considered a city in this era.

It's a big city.

Five years have passed by in a flash.

In the past five years, the Huai State has been absorbing the population, exchanging Yin Shang remnants from other countries through trade, or absorbing Huai Yi tribes. In addition to the capital city of Huai'an, the Huai State has also established two other cities. One of them was established

On the south bank of the Huaihe River and north of Huai'an, it is named Huaiyin.

The other one was built in the southeast of Huai State, named Yandu. It is very close to the seaside. Zijue built the city here to use seawater to boil salt. In this era, it was not easy to obtain salt, except for some natural salt lakes.

Other than that, there are only rock salt and sea salt.

Since the Huai Kingdom is close to the sea, Zijue will naturally not let go of the lucrative business of sea salt. Therefore, he specially built Yandu. After boiling the salt here, he sold it to other countries.

Through the sale of salt, the Huai State can be said to have made huge profits, which is one of the reasons why Zijue was able to purchase slaves from other countries to increase its population.

The relationship between Qi, Lu, Tan and other countries in the north became bad because of the captives. In the end, all the prisoners were obtained by Qi. However, Ji, Lu and other countries took the lawsuit to Emperor Zhou and did not get these prisoners. Emperor Zhou just

Qi State was asked to compensate several other Fang States with some goods.

After all, according to the enfeoffment, Qi State is the leader of the eastern princes, and he needs to conquer the barbarians and frighten the princes. Now weakening Qi State is contrary to the national policy. Although Qi State has produced some wealth, Lu, Ju, Tan, Ji and other countries have not

satisfy.

Qi State was also dissatisfied with Ji State and Lu State for going to the royal city to complain because they handed over their property as compensation.

Because the State of Ji was very close to the State of Qi, it blocked the direction of the expansion of the State of Qi, and because of its complaints, the State of Qi was very dissatisfied and had several border conflicts. If the State of Lu had not been helping the State of Ji, the State of Qi would have

He is probably going to start a fight with Ji Guo.

Zijue built two cities and also received rewards. By purchasing slaves, the survivors of the Yin Shang came to vote, and Huaiyi was included. The population of the Huai Kingdom has expanded to 80,000. Among them, 40,000 are in Huai'an, and each in Huaiyin and Yandu

Twenty thousand people.

[Huaiyin is built. This city will be established in the future history. Countless famous ministers and capable people will emerge, and it will be prosperous. You will obtain the earth-level props - the God-given Talisman, and your luck will increase. 】

[Yandu is built, and the construction of this city will continue in the future. It will flourish for thousands of years. You will get the earth-level props-the Harvest Talisman, and your luck will increase.]

[Earth level·God-given talisman: After use, it can cleanse the marrow and cut off the hair and regain a new life, improve the person's qualification attribute points and potential, and make him a hero. The total potential value is increased by 40 points, and 20 points can be obtained immediately

Attribute points.]

Damn it!

Seeing the effect of the God-given talisman, Zijue's heart couldn't help but beat a few times faster. This God-given talisman is worthy of the name of God-given. If a person with good qualifications uses the God-given talisman on it, he will be instantly

A great person can be created.

The improvement of twenty attribute points is very large, and the potential is increased by forty points. Even a fool can become a valuable asset. If the basics are good, he can create a hexagonal superman!

With this god-given talisman around, Zijue doesn't have to worry about his heir having sex after he dies.

[Earth Level·Harvest Talisman: After use, you can obtain three consecutive years of harvest in the designated area, and it will not be affected by pests, diseases, or natural disasters.]

This harvest talisman also made Zijue's eyes light up. Three consecutive years of good harvests are also very important for the growth of national power. Three years of accumulation will be enough to launch several wars in a row.

Zijue also didn't expect that building these two cities would actually have such benefits. Does that mean that building cities in the future can also be rewarded with good harvests?

Just when Zijue was a little eager to try, the system gave an explanation. Because the two cities Zijue built have performed well in future history and have continued to develop for thousands of years, they have such a huge sum.

Rewards. If the city you build does not have great development in the future or does not produce any outstanding people, you will not get rewards.

After seeing the explanation of the system, Zijue finally understood that Huaiyin would be the place where the Immortal Han Xin would be sent in the future, and Yandu had continued until before he crossed over. If he wanted to get rewards, he could only visit a famous historical city.

——Yandu has a long history. Salt fields have been opened since the Western Zhou Dynasty. It is one of the earliest salt fields in China and even the world. Salt has played an important role in human development, and the salt and iron monopoly system also provided a lot of wealth to the feudal dynasty.

, since the establishment of the Western Zhou Dynasty until the end of the feudal dynasty, the salt industry has been an important source of wealth for the dynasty. "Ancient Economy: Salt and Iron Franchise"
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