On April 18, just as the spring sowing in Shaoliang was coming to an end, Dongliang Jun sent people to recruit doctors from various cities to Shaoliang City to discuss the issue of salt.

Wei State is a salt-producing country, because there is a famous salt pond called Jiechi in the east of the Wei State, which is located not far from the west of Anyi.

This god-given salt pond made the Wei State never have to consider the shortage of salt. The salt produced in this place alone can meet the needs of the subjects of the whole country, and can even be sold to Shaoliang, Herong, Han, Zhao and other countries.

Now that the Wei State suddenly cut off the supply of salt to Shaoliang, this is undoubtedly a revenge, or threat and warning to Shaoliang to terminate the vassal relationship.

Previously, everyone in Shaoliang thought that Wei would send troops to attack Shaoliang, but they did not expect that Wei would use another way.

In fact, it was not just a matter of salt. According to the results of the Heyang doctor Yin Qi sent someone to inquire, since the Wei Prime Minister Gongsun Yan returned to Anyi, Anyi ordered the whole country to cut off trade relations with Shaoliang.

But Shao Liang had no intention of getting anything from Wei State, and he was busy with domestic construction, so he didn't notice it for a while.

But Shao Liang didn't notice it, which does not mean that Heyangyi didn't notice it.

As a former border town of Wei, Heyang City communicated with the four countries of Qin, Shaoliang, Herong and Wei. There were still many merchants passing through this city. But now, with Heyang City being assigned to Shaoliang by Qin, Wei has completely cut off its ties with Heyang City, which has led to Heyang City being unable to do business with Wei anymore.

This made some clans, merchants, and even local people in Heyangyi very dissatisfied.

These people dare not complain about Qin and Wei, but poured this dissatisfaction on Shaoliang. Who made Shaoliang weak?

It is no exaggeration to say that if it were not for Qin's request, the people of Heyang would not want to be incorporated into Shaoliang State at all - they would rather be incorporated into Qin State than into a small country like Shaoliang.

"This is not a complete bad news, right?"

Dongliang doctor Fan Hu said with a wry smile: "It's better than sending troops to attack my Shaoliang in Wei."

Hearing this, everyone had to smile bitterly.

Perhaps it was because the war between Wei and Zhao had not yet ended, or perhaps the Wei was afraid of the 200,000 Qin troops stationed in Linjin. In short, Wei had no intention of using troops to Shaoliang for the time being. For Shaoliang, this might be the only comfort.

With a sigh, the doctor of Heyang, Yin Qi frowned and said, "As Doctor Fan said, Wei State uses banned salt to retaliate against me, Shaoliang, which is indeed better than sending troops to attack me, but it also hit my Shaoliang's weakness... I don't know what the situation is in Dongliang, Old Liang, and Fanpang City. I, Heyang City, are currently very resentful. A group of people secretly provoke public opinion, as if they want to return to the rule of Wei..."

"The spy of Wei?" Li He asked calmly.

"Maybe it." Yin Qi stroked his beard and said.

To be fair, everyone here is actually not worried about Heyangyi returning to the Wei State's rule, because Qin State would not allow it. If Shaoliang was unable to solve it, Ying Qian, who was stationed in Linjin, would directly send the Qin army to suppress it and "help" Shaoliang suppress Heyangyi.

This is exactly what Yin Qi was worried about. He neither wanted the city under his rule to bleed, further causing a gap between Heyang City and Shaoliang, nor did he want Qin to intervene.

"Can you negotiate with Qin and buy salt from Qin?" asked Sima Zhuo, a doctor from Fanpang, while quietly looking at the Qin envoy sitting next to him.

Yunyou's heart moved slightly and said, "Actually, my salt from Daqin was mainly purchased from Wei, Qi, and Bashu, and the domestic reserves were not large. But if Shao Liang made a request, the king of our country would still agree."

But Shaoliang has to pay some price for this... right?

Everyone here looked at each other and knew it very well.

At this time, Wang Yi interrupted and said, "Why try buying salt from Qi State?"

Fan Hu shook his head and said, "If you buy salt from Qi, you have to pass through Wei, whether you take the road or water. Since Wei has decided to retaliate against me with banned salt, then he will definitely not allow Qi to sell salt to me at Shaoliang."

Wang Yi felt that Fan Hu was right, frowned and nodded, and said, "Then... Yan State?"

It is undeniable that Yan State also relies on the sea and produces sea salt, but Yan State is too far from Shaoliang. If you sell at least Liang from Yan State, the price will probably be so high that Shaoliang is unacceptable.

"What about South Korea?" Wang Zheng also made a suggestion.

There are only a few countries around Shaoliang. Apart from Qin and Wei, there is only Han Dynasty. It is not surprising that Wang Zheng can think of Han Dynasty.

The problem is that South Korea is not a salt producer, and its salt mainly comes from Wei.

What's more, South Korea is an ally of Wei, and the two countries join forces to fight against Qin. Since Wei imposed a ban on Shaoliang, South Korea will inevitably embargo.

After thinking about it, it seems that only Qin can help Shaoliang. After all, Qin is a big country. Not to mention that Wei dares to threaten Qin with the ban on salt, even if Wei dares to do this, Qin can still buy salt from Bashu, especially Qi. Could it be that Wei wants to offend Qin and Qi at one time?

In the end, Dongliang Jun still stayed with entertainment, obviously still hoped that entertainment, and asked Qin to solve the problem of salt use in Shaoliang.

Zhai Hu and Yin Qi were also taken away by Dongliang Jun.

Because he was going to take a tour back to the old Liang, Li He was waiting for the former in the front hall. While waiting, he talked about it with Wang Yi, Wang Zheng, Fan Hu, Sima Zhuo and others.

Sima Zhuo shook his head and said, "In my opinion, Wei State's move is not wise. Isn't this pushing me Shaoliang to Qin State more and more?"

Wang Zheng sneered: "Obviously, the State of Wei has long regarded me Shaoliang as an enemy. Doctor Sima still expects Anyi to make a wise decision?... What's more, that Gongsun Yan hated me Shaoliang to death..."

It's interesting to say that, in fact, only Fan Hu and Sima Zhuo are locals from Shaoliang, Li He, Wang Yi and Wang Zheng are both from Wei.

Including Dongliang Jun and Zhai Hu who are currently discussing with entertainment, they are actually from Wei.

It is precisely because they are from Wei, whether it is Zhai Hu, Wang Yi or Wang Zheng, they are all familiar with the Prime Minister of Wei Gongsun Yan.

Considering the vindictive character of Wei Xiang, Wang Zheng concluded that Wei Xiang would inevitably be involved in the involvement of Wei's embargo on Shaoliang this time.

On the same day, Yuyou sent someone to report the matter to Qin State, and also sent someone to inform Ying Qian, who was stationed in Linjin.

Two days later, on April 20, Ying Qian suddenly visited Laoliang.

At that time, Li He and Mo Jian and other Momen were preparing to build the facilities needed for iron smelting in the Panshui area. Suddenly, they heard that Ying Qian was coming and they were very surprised.

When Li He thought about it, he understood that it must have been the Youyou general who told Ying Qian about the ban on salt of the State of Wei to Shaoliang. Otherwise, how could he say that the envoys to various countries were actually the detailed work of other countries?

He handed over the affairs at hand to Mo Jian and took Peng Chou, Fox and others to see Ying Qian.

When he returned to the old Liang City, he saw Ying Qian standing on the west wall of the old Liang City, looking at the terraced fields on the west loess plateau, with a thoughtful look on his face.

"Young Master Ying Qian?"

Li He greeted him from afar.

Ying Qian turned around when he heard this, and also smiled and bowed to Li He with a smile, and replied with a greeting: "Doctor Ziliang."

"I'm not that close to you."

Li He stared at Ying Qian and looked at him twice, but he still didn't say what he said in his heart: "Shief Qian is here today, I wonder what advice is there?"

Ying Qian wiped a piece of salt on the city wall with his fingers, and looked at his fingers and said to Li He: "I have heard of the ban on salt in Shaoliang... Well, I am also very angry!"

『…』

Li He looked at Ying Qian's face without any anger expressionless face and said lightly: "If Qian Shuai is here to make fun of him, please forgive me for having something important to do..."

"Hey, don't be anxious." Ying Qian hurriedly called Li He and said with a smile: "I commanded a 200,000 army. Do you think I'm so free and come to tease you and wait? I'm here today, there's something important to discuss..."

As he said that, he pretended to be affectionate and reached out to grab Li He's arm, and said in a low voice: "A while ago, an envoy from Zhao asked me for help from Qin and begged me for help from Qin. Therefore, Qin decided to help Zhao and march into Hedong, forcing Wei to withdraw from Zhao..."

Li He rolled his eyes.

Isn’t it just that I want to take advantage of the fact that Wei and Zhao are still fighting to further advance to Wei and capture Hedong of Wei? Is it necessary to say that it is so high-sounding?

"... Therefore, I came here specially and invited Shaoliang to help Zhao State together." Ying Qian smiled and said the purpose of this visit.

Li He glanced at Ying Qian: "Supervisor Qian also knew that my Shaoliang now advocated Mozhi and advocated 'universal love' and 'not attack'. How could he assist Qin in attacking Wei?"

"Hey." Ying Qianyi corrected righteously: "It is not an attack on Wei, but a support to Zhao and stop Wei from continuing to occupy Zhao!"

Li He was so amused by Ying Qian's serious expression.

He pointed to several scattered Momen outside the city and said to Ying Qian: "Qian is handsome and try to convince those Momen."

Ying Qian thought for a while, probably because he thought that his ridiculous statement was not enough to convince the disciples of the Mo family, so he stopped hiding anything and said to Li He in a low voice: "Ziliang, you advocate advocating Mozhi, but you just hope that Shaoliang will become strong... I don't promise anything else. As long as Shaoliang assists me in attacking Wei this time, my two countries will be divided into two or eight in the future, and even, the salt pond in Hedong, I can give half of Shaoliang... How about it?"

Li He glanced at Ying Qian in surprise.

It has to be said that Ying Qian has actually promised a lot of "28% share". After all, the Qin army under Ying Qian's command was 200,000, and Shaoliang had only 20,000 troops in total. In terms of the share ratio, Ying Qian was definitely sincere.

But the question is, is Ying Qian really so kind?

At present, Qin State acquiesced to Shaoliang to continue to exist because of Wei State’s threat, and to fight against Wei State in total. But once Qin State takes over Hedong, does Qin State still need Shaoliang?

Therefore, it is necessary to ensure that Hedong is still in the hands of Wei. At least before Shaoliang became stronger, Li He did not want to break the current balance.

He refused Ying Qian without hesitation: "My Shaoliang currently only wants to build a country, not want to intervene in disputes between other countries, and will not take the initiative to attack other countries. Please come back by Qianshuo."

"I have good intentions." Ying Qian said with a smile: "Hedong Yinfu, as long as he occupy one or two cities, wouldn't it be better than the construction of Shaoliang for several years?"

Li He was unmoved: "I, Shaoliang, just want to build, not anything else, please come back."

“…”

Ying Qian looked at Li He without turning his eyes: "When our Qin army occupied Hedong, don't be envious of Shaoliang."

Li He smiled: "Wei State is the overlord of the past. I advise Qianshuai not to be too confident... Of course, if Qianshuai marched into Hedong and was counterattacked by Wei State, Shaoliang, who was in charge of his promises, will continue to keep his promises and fight against Wei State in unison with Qin State."

"snort!"

Ying Qian left unhappily.

Looking at Ying Qian's departure, the smile on Li He's face slowly closed.

In his opinion, neither Wei nor Qin are suitable as Shao Liang's allies, because no matter which side has the upper hand, it will have an adverse impact on him Shao Liang, and Shao Liang should look for other allies.

Excluding Wei and Qin, there is only one country closest to Shaoliang.

South Korea.
Chapter completed!