Crossing the God of Warring States System

Chapter 68 Xia Guozhu's Counterattack
After sending Yan Hui away, Zhou Zihao felt calm.

Then he went to the ironworks to bring the finished product of the cannon barrel to the base, continued to assemble the cannon, and put it in the space for storage. Zhou Zihao didn't tell anyone.

This pair of cannons, he has to wait until a certain period of time to take out all of them, and gag everyone.

There are cannons being made, and of course there are also preparations for looting, but Zhou Zihao makes them in secret and does not let others know. The pressure from various countries is increasing, which makes Zhou Zihao a little annoyed.

There are also those stubborn nobles of the Qi Kingdom who are too late to deal with them, and they are still sabotaging behind the scenes. They only care about their own interests.

Like the modern history of China, during the communist reform, the state used very thorough methods to directly distribute the land of the landlord class to the peasants.

But in the Warring States period, this method did not work, because those nobles were equivalent to slave owners and could call on the slaves below to rebel.

Some nobles went too far, directly creating a lot of public opinion, making it difficult for Zhou Zihao to carry out reforms quickly.

And the one who resisted the most was the Xia family. King Xuan of Qi loved Xia Yingchun the most these years, and he could be said to be responsive to her requests. If Zhong Wuyan hadn't controlled her, the Xia family's relatives would have used their growing power to encroach on Qi. land up.

However, Xia Guozhu is a little passive now, because Xia Jie had a feud with King Qi at the beginning, which restricted the Xia family's actions everywhere.

"My lord, it's not good."

The person who spoke was Xia Guozhu's housekeeper, Uncle Ming. He was in charge of managing the contacts of the Xia family enclosure personnel, and received a lot of money every month to maintain the operation of the Xia family.

Seeing Uncle Ming shouting and running towards him in a panic, Xia Guozhu knew that something must have happened, but he just needed to calm down. When Uncle Ming approached, he said, "Uncle Ming, what happened?"

"Huchihuchi" Uncle Ming took a few deep breaths, took a long time to recover, and said: "I... our income in Lu County has been completely cut off, and that Liu Xiong has been taken care of by the county magistrate newly sent by King Qi gone."

"what?"

His eyes were fierce, and he was hit for several days, making his eyes bloodshot.

Uncle Ming said: "The county magistrate took Liu Xiong into custody as soon as he arrived in Lu County, and beat him to a half."

Xia Guozhu: "Who is so bold, doesn't he know that this is my Xia family's territory?"

The reason why he cares so much about Liu Xiong is because Liu Xiong contributes the most money in Lu County every month, and also makes the most money. If such a talent is lost, the Xia family will have a hard time in the future.

Uncle Ming clapped his hands, "We have already mentioned it to him and gave him the money, but this time the county magistrate was sent directly by King Qi, and no one will give him any face."

Xia Guozhu: "King Qi? What kind of thing is he? It's just a good fate. If my daughter Yingchun can also give birth to a son, how can I let that ugly woman succeed. Now that King Xuan of Qi has passed away for less than a month, his feathers have not yet grown." So plump, who has just taken power, how capable can she be."

"What does the master mean?" Uncle Ming knew that as long as the master released such sharp eyes, he would give the correct instructions.

"Of course it's to play with King Qi. He directly cut the income of the nobles. He must have offended many people. Even if we don't do anything, someone will come out against him. We just need to let the wind out quietly and encourage some people to make speeches. ..."

Xia Guozhu directly calculated his gains and losses, and then calculated Zhou Zihao fiercely.

Uncle Ming understood a little bit, and said with a smile: "The master said that he wants to unite those nobles who have already disliked the king of Qi, and put pressure on him together. Now when countries are coming to invade, we will not get our sincere support by then. How can the king win the battle, is it because of the Daqi Expeditionary Army that was just formed?"

The more he talked, the more excited he became, feeling that the master's method was really too cunning, he directly strangled King Qi's throat, making him want to swallow it, but he just got stuck there.

"Haha~" Xia Guozhu also smiled with satisfaction. This Uncle Ming has been with him the longest, and he also understands his thoughts, just like the roundworm in his heart.

"Okay, you just follow what you just said, go down and deploy well. We will strive to maintain our current position and not decline any longer. Not only that, but I also need to consider future development." Xia Guozhu waved his hand and sent Uncle Ming away.

But he was thinking about how to persuade the other nobles. This was directly against King Qi, and many people were unwilling to do it. After all, they were all from Qi.

After Uncle Ming went down, he went straight to several other noble families, trying to get them to meet Xia Guozhu.Speaking of this matter, if it was put in the past, it would be no problem, but now it is a bit difficult.

Compared with the neglected big nobles like the Xia family, King Qi has a higher status among those nobles.When King Qi Xuan loved Xia Yingchun, many nobles looked up to Xia's family, and many people were afraid of his family.

However, after Uncle Ming's visit, he still received replies from the three families, saying that they were willing to discuss with Xia Guozhu.

……

At this time, Xia Guozhu was planning with his son Xia Jie.

Seeing that his father was so haggard, Xia Jie worried, "Is my father worried that King Qi will directly get rid of our Xia family?"

Xia Guozhu looked at his son, a little helpless, because he only knew how to play and didn't learn anything, so what to earn.

"Hey~ This is not something you can stop just by worrying. Judging from the series of actions of King Qi, he is not just our Xia family."

Xia Jie was taken aback, he thought that King Qi kept suppressing the Xia family because of him, which made him behave with his tail between his legs every day.

Listening to my father now, it seems that I was wrong.

"Father, what should we do? Do we just watch King Qi slowly swallow us up? What about my sister, why didn't she help us?" Xia Jie asked.

Xia Guozhu sighed, "You, you, don't you know your sister's situation? She is similar to us. After King Qi Xuan left, she had no status at all. If it weren't for his previous prestige, he might call us now. Not as good."

"Ah! Isn't that the end?"

The last pillar in Xia Jie's heart also collapsed, and he instantly felt that the world was full of darkness.

He is used to the life of a rich son, and he can bully people casually in Linzi City every day, but now as soon as he shows bad behavior, he will be caught and questioned, which makes him feel as sad as going to jail.

"So we still need to work hard on our own to keep our current position."

"It seems that father is still the best in our Xia family." Xia Jie scratched his head, "Then what does father need me to do?"

"You?" Xia Guozhu looked disgusted, but after thinking about it, his son also needs to exercise, but thinking of being so ignorant, he gave up the idea of ​​letting him play around, "You stay here for me, don't let him go. Just make trouble."

(End of this chapter)