Be a sick and weak noble son in Daqin

The Wei State is well known to the world. Even the most powerful Wei State today dare not say how many cities in their country are richer than Diqiu. All the merchants are in the hands of the Gong clan. Even if the property taken back by Qi Yi Nan's side is not counted, Wei Gong can fully support an army of nearly ten thousand.

They don’t have too many soldiers in the country, which doesn’t mean they can’t afford to raise them. It’s only based on Duke Wei’s private property. It’s no problem to equip [-] soldiers and horses according to the standard of Wei Wuzu. It’s just that they can afford to support them. It is also impossible to recruit so many qualified young men to serve as soldiers.

But the state of Qin is different. The people of Qin are not willing to die on the battlefield, and when they recruit soldiers, they also fight for their heads. Because many common people have no land, they will starve to death if they don’t serve as soldiers, or there is another option, which is to join the clan as slaves .

Although the salary for being a soldier is the same, but at least you can eat enough, and you don’t necessarily lose your life in war. After these years of military service, you can get some money to buy a piece of land when you return to your hometown. In this way, when Wei Yang's reform is completed in the future, the Qin army will be a powerful existence that will be feared by all countries in the world.

Let’s not talk about the future. Although the current Qin army is also very strong, it is really poor. You can tell from Qin Gong’s tone of asking for things. It's not that poor.

Prince Xi sat next to him with his face propped up, and he was a little worried when he heard his father's tone, "Father, you should tell Duke Qin about the number of people, in case they only come to a few people, why don't we help them send their things there? "

"Don't worry about this. I told Father Qin to let him send someone to come here. Our country of Wei does not lack these things." Wei Gong pinched his son's white and tender face, and he was very relieved about this problem.

He even told Qin Gong to send people over, if only a few or dozens of people came, Wei Guo and Qin Guo would stop communicating with each other in the future. He didn't have such a poor friend, and Wei Guo couldn't afford to lose this person.

Wei Ji heard the meaning of his brother's words, and opened his mouth to try to tell his brother not to have too much hope for Qin Gong, but it would be too disrespectful to his brother to speak now, so he chose to remain silent in the end.

Forget it, if Qin Gong understands his brother’s intention to come, and really asks Young Master Qian to bring eight hundred elite soldiers to deliver the armor, he is now saying bad things about Qin Gong, “Brother, when will Young Master Qian arrive? ?”

"It will take ten days and a half months at the fastest to leave Hangu from Liyang and pass through the Kingdom of Wei. It will take longer to go to other places. There are many people brought by Young Master Qian, so it should be slower. It is estimated that it will take half a month to arrive. Emperor Qiu." Duke Wei did some calculations, and felt that they still had a long time to prepare, so don't panic.

If Young Master Qian does not go to Wei State, but detours to South Korea or even Chu State, it will take longer. The armor and spears have already forced the iron shop in the city to rush to work, plus the inventory that was going to be sold to other countries before. Ten thousand sets are more than enough.

Seeing his brother's confident appearance, Wei Ji always felt that Gong Ziqian might surprise them, but Liyang was indeed far away from Diqiu, and he couldn't come here in two or three days, probably because he was thinking too much.

"Uncle, are the Qin people really like the barbarians and drink their blood?" Prince Xi asked curiously. The Qin people he had heard were all very scary, and Qin Jun was even more like a monster who would eat children.

Several vassal states bordering the Qin State do not like to confront the Qin people head-on on the battlefield. Surrendering against the Wei military pawns can save your life, but not against the Qin State. Surrender and suicide are the same reason, even if the enemy dies They have to take all the useful armor and clothing off their bodies and take them away, who made them too poor.

Prince Xi has never been out of Diqiu since he was so old, or even in the palace, so he is very curious about the son of Qin who is about to come to Diqiu.

Wei Ji met his eldest nephew's shining eyes, thought for a while and then replied solemnly, "No, they will roast their food with fire."

"Is it enough to just roast it with fire?" Tai Zixi opened his eyes wide in shock, with a little distress in his eyes, "Uncle, don't you go there in the future, okay? If you don't want to stay in Diqiu, go Linzi is also fine, uncle's place is very prosperous, why do you have to go to Qin to suffer?"

His mother is the Princess of Qi State, and his uncle is the Qi Jun who has just succeeded to the throne. The relationship between uncle and nephew is not small, so in his eyes, Linzi is the safest place in the world besides Diqiu.

"It's because Linzi is too lively, so we can't go." Seeing that his eldest nephew was frightened, Wei Ji laughed a few times and told him what was going on in Qin State.

All the countries in the world look down on Qin. A large part of the reason is that their customs and living habits are similar to those of the surrounding nomads. However, they started their business by raising horses for the king of Zhou, and they gave up their ancestral business, let alone living.

After all, the Qin State is a serious vassal state, no matter how poor it is, it is also enshrined by the emperor, which is different from the pure nomads who occupy the grasslands in Yiqu.

Prince Xi frowned as he listened to their uncle talk about what he saw in Liyang, and his impression of Qin was still not very good. His uncle kept saying good things to them, so he couldn't be deceived, right?

Their uncle has traveled so far away twice since he was a child, and he looks gentle and easy to deceive. If the people of Qin coax him to play with cunning, he will be very sad if he finds out their true colors in the future.

Thinking of this, the child couldn't help but glanced at his unreliable father, then shook his head and sighed and sat back to worry. He was the only reliable person in the family who knew how to take precautions, and he had to watch his father and uncle, according to the uncle's words In other words, he has taken on a heavy responsibility that he shouldn't have to bear at this age.

Duke Wei was so amused by his son's reaction, he smiled for a while and said, "It happens that I'm free today, I'll take you out for a walk, go back and change your clothes."

They have been back from Daliang for several days, and they have kept people around and refused to let them go out. They happened to finish the matter today, so they took Ji'er to see Mr. Wang Xu, and asked how the old guy took Ji'er He was tricked into being his apprentice.

No one in the world is better than their baby brother. Even if Guiguzi becomes his master, he can't hide it from his brother. What if the old man is too old and blind to teach students?

The two children quickly changed their clothes and came out, looking eagerly at the head of the family who could take them out, standing obediently with their hands behind their backs, the frame was ready, and they waited for the head of the family to give an order to set off.

Duke Wei shook his head and smiled, and followed up after the two younger ones sat down, "By the way, the whole Nan clan was demoted to common people at the court meeting today, and Qiyi's side is considered to be vacant. In your name."

"The entire Nan family was demoted to common people? Why didn't you mention such a big thing just now?" Wei Ji was stumped by his brother's sudden sentence and didn't know what to say. The Nan family is such a big family, if you say demote, you should demote it. Nothing will go wrong, will it?

After being a monarch for so many years, why do you still think that it’s just a matter of going out? Going to Daliang before was already very risky, but now it’s so urgent, it’s really not afraid that something will happen to Weiguo, right?

Or……

Wei Ji looked at his elder brother's calm and calm appearance, and then at Zheng Huan's eldest nephew who took out snacks from the cubicle, he pinched his earlobe and was no longer in a hurry, the master is not in a hurry, why is he in a hurry?

"If the Nan family didn't collude with Wei Guo to attack you, I would like to stay with Qi Yi for a few more years. Now it seems that we should deal with it as soon as possible, so as not to cause any more trouble." Wei Gong looked outside with his face propped up. , knocking his knuckles on the small case, his voice was crisp and pleasing to the ear, "Everything that needs to be arranged has been arranged, Wei Guo doesn't care about them now, Nan's can't make any waves, it's not a big deal, Don't panic."

The carriage quickly left the palace gate, Wei Ji looked away from the outside, saw his brother relaxed and continued to ask, "What should we do when Wei Guo reacts?"

"When they realized it, the dust had already settled. Now that Chu State and Zhao State are attacking one after another, Ji'er thinks how long it will take for Wei Yu to settle the current situation." Wei Gong asked with a smile, watching the baby brother lower his eyes to think, and nodded his son With a smile on his head, "Xi'er also talked about it."

"My child thinks that King Wei has settled the current matter and what will happen next. Who knows what will happen one after another?" Prince Xi shrugged his shoulders and continued, "Let's not talk about the other princes, anyway, uncle treats Wei. The country has been dissatisfied for a long time."

"Xi'er, father, let me tell you first, you can listen to your uncle's words, but you can't listen to everything. He is now the king of Qi, and he puts Qi's interests first. If necessary, we may swallow up our Wei country." Wei Gong took a jujube in his hand, feeling that his son had been inseparable from his uncle recently, and he was not so close to his own father, and the little emotions in his heart came out in a blink of an eye.

Prince Xi looked at his father who suddenly started to lecture inexplicably, pointed to himself and smelled, "Father, does the child look like a fool?"

Wei Gong squeezed his chin seriously, "Although we are not as good as your father and me, we are not as stupid as we are. We Xi'er still look quite clever."

"Forget it, you better stop talking." Prince Xi covered his heart tiredly, moved towards his uncle and continued, "My child is a guardian, of course everything is about defending the country, father Such a grown-up person, why doesn’t he even understand this point?”

Uncle would not hand over Qi to him. No matter how close their relationship was, they could not compare with biological father and son. Father's worries were really unnecessary.

The three of them were talking on the carriage, and they arrived at their destination in a short while. The old man returned to the house where he had lived for more than ten years. People from Qin and Yue didn't want to enter the palace, so they also moved in. Duke Wei made arrangements for the cook. , the old man lives here more comfortably than before.

The weather in the early morning is still cool, and it will be too hot to go out in one or two hours. The old man was talking with his old friend in the yard. Before he could get up when he heard the sound of the door, the servants had already gone to check the situation.

Wei Ji looked at his elder brother who had a sudden change in momentum, and walked behind holding the hand of his elder nephew, and realized something was wrong after a while. Seeing his brother's posture, could it be that he is looking for trouble?

Mr. Wang Xu was very happy to see the little apprentice he hadn't seen for a few days, he bowed his hand to Duke Wei as a gift, and seeing the little apprentice looked much better than before, he was happier, "Ji'er is here, yesterday son That old boy from Jing came over and said that he had accepted a smart student, but the old man was away from Diqiu for a few days, and that guy actually came here to show off his apprentice, to see how beautiful he is."

Prince Xi walked beside him, seeing that their uncle didn't understand, so he explained, "Mr. He has been accepted as a personal disciple, and that person seems to be called Meng Ke."

Mr. Zijing is a direct descendant of Confucius, whose name is Kongji, styled Zijing. The Kong family has a high prestige in the Central Plains. Confucian grandson Zisi served as Minister of State for several decades in Weiguo, and his descendants continued to stay in Diqiu Yes, Mr. Zijing is the current Minister of Health.

Wei Ji listened to his eldest nephew telling him about Mr. Zijing's new student, and his brows twitched when he heard the name, "Meng Ke?"

The name is so familiar, it must be Mencius, right?

The old man pinched his beard, pulled the corners of his lips and said disdainfully, "That kid named Meng Ke is indeed smart, but compared to our Ji'er, it's still not good enough."

Wei Ji:! ! !

Teacher, you can't say that, you can't ignore your apprentice's strength just to win the upper hand!

Hearing the old man's praise, Wei Gong disappeared completely from the unhappiness of being ignored, and said proudly with his hands behind his back, "How can we, Ji'er, be able to compare with just anyone?"

Wei Ji: ...