The charming legitimate daughter is reborn, addicted to the abstinent prince's pampering

The story tells how Guan Zhong, the prime minister of Qi, used cloth to short-circuit the grain of Lu and capture his opponent without spending a single soldier.

Qilu is a neighboring country.

Lu's textile technology was advanced, and the silk weaved was very thin and well-known throughout the world. Guan Zhong encouraged Qi merchants to import large quantities of silk, and deliberately raised the price of silk, luring Lu to give up food production and plant mulberry and weave silk all over the country. , developing textiles into a pillar industry.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Guan Zhong asked the King of Qi to ban Qi people from wearing Lu silk. As a result, Lu's economy plummeted and food prices soared. Lu was forced to succumb to Qi without a fight due to economic collapse.

Gu Chengfeng knew this period of history.

After Gu Wangshu reminded him, he immediately realized that only by using the economy to contain Mobei could he achieve "not using a single soldier" in a strategic sense.

"It's just that Mobei is different from Lu. Nomadic people like Mobei mainly raise cattle, horses and sheep. They make a living on the prairie, and it is difficult to develop other pillar industries. How can we defeat them economically?"

Gu Wangshu strongly agreed with Gu Chengfeng's view.

"Indeed, it is impossible to defeat Mobei economically."

"Then what should we do?" Gu Chengfeng asked.

Gu Wangshu shook the teacup in his hand.

"Second uncle, this tea is good. How do you make it?"

Gu Chengfeng followed Gu Wangshu's gaze and looked at the teacup in her hand. The tea in the teacup swayed with her movements but did not overflow.

Gu Chengfeng had an idea and immediately remembered the last time the prince came to the general's mansion, Gu Wangshu used tea utensils, tea water and tea leaves to metaphor the situation in Helian.

Now she mentioned the tea ceremony again, and Gu Chengfeng reacted immediately.

"Strength and softness are combined to achieve success?"

Gu Wangshu smiled. She knew that her second uncle was very smart. As long as she reminded him a little, he would understand what she wanted to express.

Gu Wangshu added:

"A soft hand can bring emotion, a hard hand can frighten the mind; lure it to be greedy and lead it by the nose; cultivate its inertia and act when the opportunity arises."

The so-called soft-hand affection and hard-hand deterrence refer to both soft and hard tactics, that is, the red-faced strategy. More commonly, it is a slap in the face to give a sweet date.

Coaxing and scaring can firmly control people's hearts.

It is better to understand by pulling the cow's nose. The cow's nose is one of the softest parts of the cow's body. To put a ring on the cow's nose, you only need to pull the ring gently. It is as strong as a cow but it has to be obedient.

Mobei is a bull with a bad temper and a tough temper.

If you compare "soft hand with emotion, hard hand with fear" to a whip.

Then beat the cow with a whip in one hand and hold the cow's ring in the other hand. The cow will not be obedient even if it doesn't want to.

After Mobei became obedient, he gradually developed the habit of relying on Helian. Mobei couldn't break away even if he wanted to.

Having said so much, Gu Wangshu brought the focus of the conversation back to Zhao Bingcheng.

"For nomads like Mobei, all legal systems have little effect, and restraint methods are obviously unreliable, so Zhao Bingcheng's cooperation is needed. As long as he can find a way to use the economy to contain Mobei, if he wants to be like Qi It is not impossible to make Mobei surrender just like destroying Lu."

The shock that Gu Chengfeng felt in his heart could not be described in words.

Over the past few days, he had been shocked again and again by the strategies Gu Wangshu showed.

From military strategy to economic strategy, to the control of people's hearts, it is almost as easy as a fingertip.

It can be seen that without their knowledge, Xiao Shuding read a lot of military books, but it was not convenient to display them because of his daughter's body.

If it weren't for Concubine Wen's desire to destroy the Gu family, even if she had the ambition to serve the country, Xiao Shu would have hidden her talents and kept them secret, right?

Gu Chengfeng suppressed the rising waves in his heart.

"What method will Zhao Bingcheng use to contain Mobei?"

Gu Wangshu shook his head.

"I don't know." She only understands the theoretical basis, but she is not good at how to practice it.

"From Zhao Bing's perspective, when he reaches the border and understands Mobei's living habits, he may be able to come up with a solution."

"Furthermore, once the winter clothes successfully arrive at the border and wait for the victory over Mobei at the border, the battle report will be sent to Kyoto as soon as possible. When Concubine Wen got this news, she also knew about our plan to build a plank road in secret to infiltrate Chen Cang. This will be very important to Zhao Bingcheng. It is said to be very unfavorable, and he will inevitably be killed when he returns to the capital."

"So Zhao Bingcheng cannot return to Kyoto. He is already at the border anyway. Why not take this opportunity to find out the situation in Mobei, develop the economy, and take the opportunity to contain Mobei."

Gu Chengfeng felt that what Gu Wangshu said was very reasonable.

The biggest problem before the two of them now is how to pass the news to Zhao Bingcheng.

Gu Chengfeng sighed.

"It would be great if we could have thought of this in advance when the prince came to the house that day. It would be safer for the prince to order someone to pass the news to Zhao Bingcheng."

It's a pity that all their energy was focused on how to send the winter clothes to the border. They couldn't solve the problem of winter clothes, so how could they consider conquering Mobei.

Now that I think about it, it is very difficult to deliver the message.

"Second uncle, let me think about it." After saying these words, Gu Wangshu stood up and left the study.

On the way back, Gu Wangshu's mind was full of trying to find a reason to leave the house to see Zhao Bingcheng so as not to arouse suspicion. She did not notice that Qiu Chi hesitated several times.

Wait until you return to Qinxinyuan.

Gu Wangshu went straight to the bed.

"Qiuchi, I don't need to serve here anymore. You can go down first. I want to take a nap." She said it was a nap, but in fact she just wanted to lie in bed and think about strategies.

Qiu Chi stood by the bed and hesitated for a while, wanting to say something but not embarrassed to say it.

Gu Wangshu noticed something was wrong with her.

"what happened?"

"Miss...slave, can you please take a day off?"

The maids of the General's Mansion are allowed one day off every month, but Qiu Chi's leave has been used up. In addition, she has been out of the house many times for Yu Quan's affairs in the past few days, so she is really embarrassed to ask for leave from the young lady again.

But the day for her brother's betrothal gift was coming soon, and she had to ask for leave.

Gu Wangshu thought it was some big deal, but it turned out that he was just asking for leave.

She readily agreed immediately.

"Go."

"Miss, why don't you ask me why I asked for leave?"

Gu Wangshu smiled:

"It can't be to betray your young lady, right?"

Qiuchi immediately raised his hand to make an oath.

"I won't betray you even if I die, I swear."

"Well, I don't think you know it either, so go ahead."

Qiu Chi was moved in her heart. None of the maids in Yong'an City were as lucky as her. She must have been lucky enough to meet such a good lady in her previous life.

The young lady trusts her so much, and she can't hide her whereabouts from the young lady.

"Miss, I'm asking for leave this time because my brother is about to pay the betrothal gift. He thinks I'm knowledgeable by always following the master, so he asked me to pick out a piece of clothing for him that won't go wrong, so as not to make the bride's family feel that my brother doesn't take him seriously. .”

"Are you going to go to the Buddhist temple?" Gu Wangshu asked abruptly.

Qiu Chi thought for a moment and said, "I plan to go to a clothing store. If there is no suitable clothing store, I will go to a cloth store to pull some fabric and find a seamstress to make one."

After saying that, Qiu Chi saw his young lady staring at her, her eyes unblinking, as if she was in a daze again.

Qiu Chi: "..."

The lady has been in trance more recently than in the past ten years or so.

"Miss?"

When Gu Wangshu came to her senses, she suddenly thought of a way to leave the house to see Zhao Bingcheng.

"The holiday is guaranteed, but we have to wait until tomorrow. Grandma and I will go with you."