After forcing the various countries in Yangcheng to send envoys to Xia District, the Xu people got another reward and found Sha Dong again the next day.

"Shajun! I'll wait... I'll wait... I don't know..."

As a member of Xu State, the diplomatic power has long been gone. Most of Xu State’s diplomacy was handed over to Zheng State. The sovereignty was also incomplete. A large number of local nobles’ fiefs were encroached upon by Zheng State.

The rest stop that existed during the emperor's time is now being managed by Zheng Guo.

It can be said that the income from droughts and floods to ensure a good harvest is basically nothing left.

At this moment, Zheng Guo invaded Xu Guo again, which gave these down-and-out nobles an opportunity to show their diplomatic power.

"I don't know what you are doing? But what's the secret?"

"The country of Xu is weak and has been bullied by the big powers. Now that I see the people of Fu going on to succeed me, I feel envious..."

Sha Dong put the pen on his desk, and then looked at the Xu people who were hesitant to speak: "Do you want to restore the country, or do you want to borrow troops?"

"Borrow troops!"

"Restore the country!"

He blurted out without hesitation, and several Xu people looked at him earnestly, but they were quite embarrassed.

Sha Dong was not stupid and could guess what these Xu people were thinking.

This time Zheng Guo might have gone to "destroy Sheji". Xu State was invaded by Zheng Guo more than 20 times, half of which were destroyed. The kings of Xu State fled to foreign countries many times, and most of the kings of Xu State were in

During his reign, he lived under the influence of others abroad, and his local sentiment was both strong and weak.

It's very contradictory, but it's also reality.

"Why don't you all conspire to have a conversation and tell us what the situation is like in the country of Xu now?"

After saying this, Sha Dong waved his hand and shouted, "Prepare tea."

"yes!"

The guard immediately went out and brought in a teapot. Pottery teacups were placed on the coffee table. Xu Guoren originally wanted to sit down on his knees, but there were only chairs in the office.

There are also cushions made of cattail on the rattan sofa, which makes it not uncomfortable to sit on.

Five people were sitting a little stiffly, some put their hands on their knees, some had their fingers intertwined, and some were neither sitting nor standing. All in all, it was very awkward and unaccustomed.

"Drink tea, this is Wuhu tea, the best tea in Wu country."

"Thank you, Mr. Sha."

Some dialects of the Wu people say that the pronunciations of "tea" and "snake" are similar, so people in Xu always feel strange after hearing this.

After drinking some tea to calm down the shock, Xu Guoren felt a little uneasy. After all, the Shadong in front of him was the right-hand man of Jiang Yinzi of the great Wu Kingdom, and he was a real "big shot".

Sha Dong could destroy a small country like Xu State by himself.

"There was an alliance between Wu and Jin in the past. After Jin Gongzi Xiaoque crossed the border and entered Xu, Zheng Guo sent troops to attack Xu. Originally, the king wanted to go to Jin to ask for help, but the Jin State was busy and had no time to pay attention to the small Xu State. He had a clear heart, but Cai Guo took it from him.

destroy……"

"Cai Guo?"

"Exactly."

"Cai Guo..." Sha Dong muttered for a while, then laughed suddenly, "Hahahahahaha, gentlemen, it can be said that you are so happy from heaven!"

"This...Why is Mr. Sha mocking my Xu Ren's situation?"

"I am not mocking Xu people, but I am mocking Cai people for not knowing life and death and not knowing benevolence and righteousness. Since you are in Biyang, you have seen righteous men and martyrs, and now you have been wronged, why don't you tell the world. The righteous men in the world will definitely help!"

"this……"

A group of people were holding ceramic teacups. They didn’t know what to say for a moment. The ignorant ones secretly drank two more sips of tea. Anyway, they also discovered that after the tea was finished, the guard next to them would come over and pour it.

Tea.

The service is pretty good.

To be happy, Sha Dong should certainly be happy. The boss Li Jie has decided to attack Cai Guo, but for a while he couldn't find a suitable entry point.

Coupled with the labor expedition, not only the pressure on logistics, but also the "correctness" of soldiers when fighting is particularly important.

When an expedition becomes an unjust war, even if the overlord conquers a small country, the cost will increase exponentially. In the end, victory may be possible, but the benefits will be very, very low.

And the expedition has a just slogan and reason, which can become the inner persistence of most soldiers.

The importance of having a well-known teacher is timeless.

Once a soldier feels that the war he is participating in is not only unrewarded after high investment, but only bloodshed and sacrifice, then he will have strong self-doubt.

This is short-sighted behavior that outweighs the gains and losses.

"Why don't you, gentlemen, write down what happened to Xu in a book?"

After saying that, Sha Dong quickly took out a few blank notebooks and handed them to several people from the Xu Kingdom. Then he said in a persuasive way, "Everyone, please write down your anger in your heart, and I will go to the general to report it. 'Sacrifice your life for righteousness, and go forward and succeed'!"

"Seriously?!"

"really!"

Xu Guoren came to see Sha Dong this time, just to give it a try, but he didn't really have much hope of success.

After all, Xu State is located in the Central Plains and belongs to the "Central Plains" of the Central Plains. When the Emperor of Zhou was powerful, the princes from all over the world, especially the princes from the southeast, had to pay tribute to Xu State first.

Take a short rest, adjust your mentality, prepare properly, and wait for the summons of Emperor Zhou with the best spirit.

Therefore, Xu State, like Cao State, was a developed economic center at that time.

The reason for Cao State's success is due to the trade and geographical advantages of the great powers, while the Xu State has nothing to do with the trade between great powers and is purely about the economic benefits brought about by political activities.

One of the important incomes is to provide quite good services to the "chaosu cities" of various countries on the territory of Xu State.

Every year the princes pay tribute, and the service industry alone can make a lot of money.

However, as the Emperor of Zhou gradually declined, tribute gradually became a mere formality, and in the end the form was gone. Countries cut off tribute to the Emperor of Zhou, which became a daily routine. In the end, the "City of Chaosu" also existed in name only, and this special trade

Activity also declined.

It can be said that the decline of Xu State is closely related to the rise and fall of Emperor Zhou.

In the long run, as long as the Zhou royal family cannot be revived, Xu State will perish sooner or later. Even if there is no Zheng State, there are Cai State, Chen State, Song State, Chu State and other countries that can annex it.

At this time, all the efforts of the people of the Xu Kingdom are to survive, and they are just surviving. A generation is a generation that can survive. As for humiliation or not, the nobles of the Xu Kingdom at this time do not pay much attention to the face.

.

Otherwise, I wouldn’t have used my crooked brain to go to other embassies to steal things when I had no food to eat...

Now that I have come to Shadong, the five Xu Guoxing people don't have much hope at all.

Even when he blurted out "borrowing troops" and "restoring the country", he never thought about the price his country would pay.

If the entire Xu Kingdom wants to be preserved, life is probably worse than death.

The paper is ready-made and the pens are brushes. If you give them hard pens, many people won't be able to use them.

Xu Guoren wrote all his complaints and anger against Zheng Guo on paper, and at the same time, he bitched Cai Guo who took advantage of the situation.

At the same time, Xu Guoren also said that he was lobbying Jin, Qin, and Chu, and then someone had already gone to Weiguo to ask Weiguo to mediate and make Zheng Guo withdraw its troops.

After receiving these "accusations", Sha Dong immediately brought the papers to Li Jie.

"This Xu Guo has been fucked by Zheng Guo more than twenty times without dying? Is this asshole rotten?"

"?????"

Shang Wuji, the uncle who was working next to him, had a strange look on his face and didn't understand what his brother-in-law was saying at all.

Li Jie originally planned to announce his intention to kill Cai Guo at the dinner party today. After all, someone had been involved in an assassination attempt before. This behavior was quite bad.

County Magistrate Li has reasons to be angry and to take revenge. The officials and generals of other countries will not fail to support this.

But now, there is a more rounded reason.

The Xu people who had been eating and drinking were asking for help everywhere, hoping to persuade the Zheng people in the country to retreat.

The focus is on the Zheng people, but among them Cai Guo also played a disgraceful role, such as taking advantage of the situation and looting. For example, he blackmailed a lot of the land of many countries, especially grain, seeds and cloth, and robbed a lot.

He also robbed a large number of people and threatened the nearby Shen State.

In short, Cai Guo is a thief and Zheng Guo is a gangster.

"Wuji, what's going on with Cai Guo? He's a bit crazy."

"The new Marquis Cai is very diligent in his administration. Since last year, he has always been at odds with Shen State. They are quite at odds with each other. It seems that Cai State wants to destroy Shen State."

"He is also ambitious."

"Nowadays, the world is in turmoil, and the great powers are too busy taking care of themselves. Since Chen and Cai are not small countries, they certainly have some ideas."

"Sima Shen Guo seems to be forcing Yang Yang?"

"Exactly."

"Then why didn't he mention this matter? It's a perfect opportunity to blackmail Cai Guo. Our 'Justice League' will definitely give him justice."

"Although the State of Shen is not as good as the State of Cai, it still has the ability to protect itself. Moreover, the State of Shen has better relations with the State of Chen, and has also befriended the State of Chu, so it is not afraid."
To be continued...