"Great Khan!"
Dugu Yan said, "After we captured Gu County, we found a large amount of rice in the granary!"
"Rice?"
"good!"
Dugu Yan said, "Rice is only found in your Chu Kingdom. In the north, millet is the main crop. Rice is extremely expensive in the north, and even kings and nobles rarely have the opportunity to eat it. Yet, the granaries of Gu County have tens of thousands of shi (a unit of dry measure). What does this mean? It means that the Zhongshan Kingdom is very wealthy... And this is just Gu County. Who knows how much rice their capital, Shouchun City, has stored up!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Ming frowned and fell into deep thought.
Among the northern states, Zhongshan was a small, impoverished nation, surviving only due to the geographical advantage of the Taihang Mountains and the strong sense of unity among the Bai Di people...
Two high-ranking officials from the state of Jin, the Zhao family and the Wei family, both sent troops to attack them, but both returned empty-handed.
In people's minds, the people of Zhongshan were not much different from the barbarians who ate raw meat and drank blood... they had just been influenced by the advanced civilization of the Central Plains.
Tens of thousands of bushels of rice—even the city of Linzi in the State of Qi probably couldn't produce that much...
What does this tell us?
This shows that it was precisely the result of the maneuvering and manipulation by the wealthy businessman, Mr. Luo.
That bastard's background is definitely not simple!
It must be a case of state-backed "official-businessmen" operating and profiting from various countries!
It's the same strategy as the 'golden strategy' used by the people of Qi!
"Great Khan..."
Dugu Yan continued, "Originally, after capturing Gu County, I wanted to press on and take another city in one fell swoop, but... the terrain of Zhongshan Kingdom is unique, easy to defend and difficult to attack, so advancing further would be difficult..."
"baby!"
Jiang Ming reached into Dugu Yan's collar again and said, "To break through Zhongshan, we can't fight them head-on. We should use a 'heart-piercing' tactic to disintegrate them from within!"
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