The weapon tycoon who traveled to Daqin

After discussing a series of countermeasures, Shangwen asked his assistant to sort out the contents and send them to the country of Qin via telegram. As for what the country of Qin thinks of it, it depends on what happens to the King of Qin. Shangwen can only put forward his own opinions at the moment.

However, when King Qin saw Shangwen's report, he thought that it was very inappropriate and unwise for Qin to take the initiative to negotiate, because if you take the initiative to negotiate, you will feel like you are actively showing weakness. Then in the subsequent negotiations, Qin will face a passive situation. This situation is very unfavorable to Qin's situation because the King of Qin believes that it is still too early to negotiate.

It is not only the King of Qin who holds this view, but also Wei Liao, Wang Jian and others. They also believe that active negotiation will not be helpful to Qin's current situation. On the contrary, not only will it be unhelpful, it is likely to cause Qin's passivity in matters. situation

"If Qin takes the initiative to negotiate, Qi will think that as long as they win militarily, they may take the initiative. In that case, Qin's external posture will be very unfavorable. At the same time, this will greatly increase the military pressure on this pair. We are already in a more serious military disadvantage, so I don’t agree with using diplomatic means now. On the contrary, I think we should use any means other than diplomacy to contact the Qi people only when the Qi people feel pressure. "Wang Jian said to Wei Liao on the phone

"Well, I agree with you, but I think we should take some easing measures in terms of trade restrictions on exports. You must know that if restrictions are adopted, the commercial response will be greater, and the pressure on our public opinion will be greater. You should know that I am a civil servant. If If the military fails to solve the problem and causes other problems, my responsibility will be heavy." Wei Liao said on the phone. Wei Liao means that if trade restrictions are adopted to restrict exports, especially steel exports, Qin's domestic pressure, especially steel, will exert pressure. According to the pressure reported by the news media, the government will be in a very disadvantageous position because the Qin government did not solve military problems well and turned to commercial methods, which led to losses to the interests of Qin merchants. It will lead to a reduction in taxes, which will be a kind of damage to Qin's economy itself.

Wei Liao's views are very unique. This is the first time for Wang Jian to know the impact of economic issues on the military.

"I haven't thought about this problem yet, but I think we should have other methods," Wang Jian said

"Well, I'm thinking of other ways." Wei Liao said immediately. His idea just took into account the major problems that would arise after restricting trade exports. This problem is a double-edged sword that can hurt Qi State at the same time. Qin's economy needs to find a balance point between the two. This balance point is how to consider both immediate interests and future interests.

This consideration of interests depends on Qin's specific needs. According to Qin's current needs, Qin's current main task is to focus on military siege. On the one hand, Qin is trying its best to avoid being involved in the war. If all three hundred people are captured, If this matter is annihilated, the public opinion reports in Qin's domestic media will create a strong pressure of public opinion. This pressure of public opinion may ignite the warlike heart in the hearts of the people of Qin. Once ignited, the consequences will cause great harm to Qin. The government of the country is bound to fall into the condemnation of public opinion. If the government cannot participate in the war, the Qin government, especially Shang Wen's government, is likely to collapse early. No matter how big your contribution is, as long as Qin is in a weak position externally, you will have to step down. [

Once Naofumi's government collapses, who knows who will come to power and what policies they will implement. Whether the subsequent political situation will be stable can only depend on the direction of history, because Naofumi has lost the greatest possible control.

So the current problem must be solved in a suitable way

While the Qin State was busy solving the current crisis, the south of the Qin State was not idle. Since the Qin State began to form a large-scale armed merchant fleet and took a continuous crackdown on the water piracy of the Chu State, it took zero measures to deal with the water piracy. A tolerant attitude means that Qin's armed merchant fleet and Chu's water pirates have formed a high-pressure situation. The formation of this situation has seriously deteriorated the living environment of water pirates.

"Big Iron Ship" A Chu navy soldier holds an old-fashioned wooden telescope in his hand to look at the Qin armed merchant ship approaching in the distance. Qin's armed merchant ship hangs a Qin flag on the bow to symbolize its origin from Qin.

What then appeared in the eyes of the Chu Navy soldiers were more large iron ships of the Qin State. This was an armed merchant ship of the Qin State, with a scale of more than 22 ships of various sizes.

"Are we going to check these Qin ships?" The Chu navy soldier looked at the Qin armed merchant ships with a telescope in his hand. On the opposite side of the Qin armed merchant ships, there were also people with telescopes to check their situation. Not only that, Qin The machine guns on the Chinese armed merchant ships are all aimed here.

"You don't want your life. What kind of boat are we? We belong to a boat girl." A veteran of the Chu Kingdom navy kicked him up and cursed loudly. The idea of ​​​​this Chu Kingdom navy soldier was so dangerous that he even thought of investigating others. Qin's armed merchant ships

Some ships of the Chu navy were not even equipped with artillery. They still used old-fashioned bows and crossbows. These weapons did not pose a huge threat to the Qin armed merchant ships made of iron armor. What's even worse was the Qin armed merchant ships. The machine guns equipped can easily kill any ship in the Chu navy, and this is only an armed merchant ship of the Qin State, not a warship of the Qin State. This huge gap has led to the armed merchant ships of the Qin State running rampant in the waters of the Yangtze River of the State of Chu. The scope, depth and frequency of activities are also getting wider and wider. The navy of Chu State wants to control it, but it cannot control it at all. The weapons are very different, and Chu State does not have any weapon that can stop it. This leads to the navy of Chu State to attack Qin State’s armed merchant ships. Neglect of management

This kind of indifferent attitude made Qin's armed merchant ships feel more confident and bold, especially in taking more severe measures against water pirates.

"Jing San, the water pirate leader of Chu State, repeatedly led a crowd to rob Qin State merchant ships and deliberately killed Qin State merchants, causing Qin State heavy economic losses. Now we are sentenced to the crime of gathering a crowd to intentionally injure and rob in Article 8, Article 3 of the Criminal Law of Qin State." He will be hanged and executed immediately." A Qin captain stood on the deck of the Qin armed merchant ship and pronounced his sentence.

"In addition, everyone in his gang was hanged and his body was hung as a warning." The captain of the Qin State looked pitifully at the water pirates of the Chu State. This water pirate named Jing San was an armed merchant ship of the Qin State who took the initiative to attack and strangle him. This group of water pirates pursued them for more than three consecutive days and finally annihilated them all in the harbor where they were parked. Their leader and several of his men were captured alive. How to deal with the Qin State's armed merchant ship? The captain believed that Qin State should have caught it himself. He was dealt with according to the method of treatment by the people of Qin State, so the captain of Qin State tried him and gave him a cruel death sentence.

"Go to hell!" A Qin crewman pulled the rope in his hand desperately

"Oh oh

"Yes, yes." The water pirate leader struggled desperately to speak, but his face was so red that it reached his neck, and his whole body was struggling.

"Hehehe" The Qin crew looked pitifully at the water pirate leader's meaningless struggle [

"Hahaha, damn the water thieves, go to hell!" Qin's crew members made all kinds of insulting moves towards the water thieves.

In the end, the water pirate slowly lost any struggle and was hanged alive on the Qin State armed merchant ship. Then the Qin State crew put all the other gang members on ropes and pulled them up with force.

"Spare me, I have no choice but to do this. I have an old mother at home. I want to go home..." A water pirate from Chu State who was trying to plead for mercy shouted loudly. He tried to exchange this plea for mercy. He saved his own life, but Qin's ships were severely hit by Chu's water pirates, and the policy was that they could not be forgiven forever, so Qin's armed crew did not give him a chance and directly knocked out his teeth with the butts of his guns. Then he tightly put on the rope and quickly hung it up

The water thieves struggled desperately to get rid of it, but they couldn't get rid of it and then died slowly. Seeing this scene, many water thieves felt scared. The purpose of hanging was achieved in this way. Although the hanging was not bloody, it could cause great fear in the hearts of the prisoners. This is what Captain Gan Qin wants to see.

Some water pirates peed their pants on the spot, and some kept shaking. No matter what, these water pirates were put on ropes one by one and hung on Qin's armed merchant ships, and their bodies were hung like this all day long. above

So Qin's armed merchant ships began to hang the corpses of water pirates as blessings on the ships. This meant that the water pirates of Chu had suffered a big blow and were not afraid of water pirates. If they dared to come, this would be the consequences.