The Great Wei Empire in the Warring States Period

In the early morning, Wei Shen got up and the first thing he did was find a few craftsmen to help him make the divine arm crossbow. Wei Shen took a piece of silk and drew the divine arm crossbow on it with a pen. Because Wei Ming was very fond of ancient weapons in the past, he also knew about the divine arm crossbow. After the painting was completed, he asked his follower Wang Xiao to go to the city to find some outstanding craftsmen.

After a day of nothing, Wei Shen remembered that there was"Wu Qi's Art of War" in the library. Why not take a look at it, it would be helpful in the future.

So I read the book of war in the bookstore. After a while, a maid came in and said,"Prince, Mr. Wang has brought you." After hearing that Mr. Wang had arrived, Wei Shen immediately went out and saw that Mr. Wang had brought several craftsmen. The leader of the craftsman was dark-skinned and looked tall. 1.6 meters or so.

The leader of the craftsmen said:"Master, I'm Hong Hei, I wonder what you want me to do?" Wei Shen showed the picture on his body to Hong Hei and said:"I wonder, sir, can I make a crossbow with this picture?" Hong Hei answered. After passing the picture, he looked at it carefully for a while and said:"Sir, this thing can be made, but it will take me a month to make it."""Okay, Mr. ’s words put me at ease. Oh, could you please help me create another thing?"

Wei Shen took out another picture, and there was a Quyuanli on the picture. Hong Hei took it and looked at it and said:"Young Master actually understands this ingenious thing. Lu Ban will not be able to think about this thing again in his life. A month later. I will bring the crossbow and this plow to the young master. Wei Shen smiled and said,"As long as you do it, sir, you will be rewarded heavily.""

After the craftsmen left, Wei Shen thought it would be better to go into business to make money. Salt was the most profitable in ancient times. There was no fine salt in ancient times, so it would be better to make fine salt to make money. After speaking, Wei Shen asked Wang Xiao:"How much does salt cost in the market?"

Wang Xiao said :"The current price of salt is about three cloth coins per liter of salt. In Qi State, salt is one cloth coin and two liters." After Wei Shen heard this, he said,"Wang Xiao, you rent a big house in the city and I want to open a shop.""He then said:"Call dozens of people to come. Be trustworthy.""As you command." Wang Xiaoxiao finished and retreated. Wei Shen went back to the library and picked up the bamboo slips and started reading.

At noon, Wei Shen looked at the sky and the people beside him. The maid asked,"When will we have dinner? The maid said:"Your Highness, it will take some time for the meal." After listening to what the maid said, Wei Shen remembered that in the pre-Qin Dynasty, people had two meals a day. He said,"Ask the people in the kitchen to prepare it. I will eat it now.""

After hearing this, the maid retreated. At this time, Wang Xiao also came and said:"Your Highness, everyone has been brought here. These thirty people are definitely reliable. Wei Shen looked at it and said,"Yes, these twelve gold coins are given to you.""After that, he took out a piece of brass from the wooden box next to him and gave it to Wang Xiao (in the pre-Qin period, gold referred to brass), and said to everyone:"Follow me."After that, he led the thirty people to a house. There were several large pots and dozens of buckets of salt in the room. Wei Shen asked someone to light a fire, boil the pot, and then poured in a bucket of water. and half a bucket of salt, and finally stirred constantly with a wooden stick.

After a while, the coarse salt gradually dissolved into the water. Wei Shen covered the pot again and burned it for another seven or eight minutes. Then he opened the lid and stirred constantly. The salt gradually appeared and turned into fine salt. Wei Shen took out a piece of cloth. The white cloth had many small holes and asked two people to hold the cloth. One person poured the salt from the pot into the cloth. After a while, the salt It was stuffed out through the small holes in the cloth, leaving only the residue.

Wei Shen said:"Now, just make this fine salt according to my method. Don't think of leaking the secret. If you do this well, I will reward you greatly." After everyone heard this, they immediately became serious and said,"I obey.""In the evening, Wei Shen made soap based on his previous knowledge. Wei Shen was so happy that he forgot about it.

In the morning, Wei Shen said to Wang Xiao:"Wang Xiao, go and call some big businessmen in the city. After Wang Xiao heard this, he immediately said:"His Royal Highness, Bai Gui, a big businessman from Luoyi, is in Anyi recently."When Wei Shen heard what Bai Gui said, he immediately called Mr. Bai over. After a while, Wang Xiao brought a man over. Wei Shen saw that the man looked like a businessman with a cunning face. He was wearing purple clothes and his waist was The man who hung the white jade said:"Bai Gui, a businessman in Luoyi, has met His Highness the Crown Prince.

Wei Shen smiled and said,"Mr. Bai Gui, sit down."""I called your husband here this time because I want to make a business deal. Then he took out a jar of white salt and a piece of soap and said,"Sir, please see this is the business I want to do with you.""Bai Gui took a look and saw that the salt was very thin and white. It was much whiter and much finer than the salt on the market. He immediately knew that this was a big business opportunity, and looked at the piece of soap that was white and pink, exuding There was a burst of floral fragrance. Bai Gui immediately knew that these two items were definitely a big business opportunity. After reading it, Wei Shen said to Bai Gui:"I wonder if you, sir, would like to do this business with me?

Bai Gui immediately said:"Of course I do!" Your Highness, I wonder how much your Highness wants?"Wei Shen said with a smile, this fine salt is not expensive, only ten knives and coins per liter, and this soap is ten taels of gold a piece." Bai Gui thought for a while and said,"This price is not expensive, Your Highness, I Willing to cooperate."

After a few days, the whole Anyi knew about it, and the soap and fine salt were instantly purchased and used by the nobles and big businessmen in Anyi City. And Wei Shen's shop was successfully built and named - Tianbaofang.

Suddenly, comfortable businessmen from all over the world went to hygienic shops to buy fine salt and soap. Within a few days, Wei Shen was making a lot of money. Looking at the steady flow of wealth entering his pocket, Wei Shen knew that he had to train a new army now. Why did Anyi know about this soap and fine salt within a few days? This was thanks to the spread of Bai Gui, a big businessman who was famous all over the world.

And Wei Shen also promised to sell fine salt and soap to Bai Gui as soon as Bai Gui had it. In this way, under the hype of Bai Gui and Wei Shen, the prices of fine salt and soap gradually increased. But in the court of Wei State, some officials were criticizing these things, and the dignified prince actually started doing business with businessmen.

Ten days later, Wei Shen and Wei Hou began to attend the morning court again. Your Majesty arrived~~ When you were about to leave, Wei Si sat on the throne, looked at the ministers below, and paid homage to your Majesty,"Your Majesty, please sit down without courtesy." Wei Si said, and a minister stood up and said,"Your Majesty, you are the nearest I heard that His Highness the Crown Prince is doing some business with some businessmen, and I think it is unacceptable that the Crown Prince of this country is associating with businessmen." Another minister stood up and said:"Your Majesty, Your Majesty also believes that His Highness the Crown Prince's behavior is a serious violation of etiquette and law.." After hearing what Wang and the ministers said, the Marquis of Wei looked at Wei Shen.

Wei Shen laughed and said:"Father, I believe that a country not only needs the development of agriculture, but also the development of commerce. Qi has become one of the most powerful countries in the world because of the development of commerce, so we believe that agriculture We should pay equal attention to agriculture and commerce, because only by paying equal attention to agriculture and commerce can the country become stronger."

After listening to Wei Shen's words, many ministers also felt that it made sense. After all, Qi State relied on the development of commerce to become one of the strongest countries in the world. Wei Hou thought for a while and said:"Okay, let's not talk about this matter anymore. Is there anything else to report?"

Wei Shen stood up and said:"Father, I only want a new army of about 20,000 people."." After hearing what Wei Shen said, Marquis Wei asked why he missed a new army?"Wei Shen replied:"The most important thing in training this new army is to make Wei's soldiers have a sense of competition. Only in this way can the army be stronger. If Wei Wuzu had no comparison, he would have stopped moving forward. If you want to make Wei Wuzu more powerful, only comparison can make Wei Wuzu more powerful."

After Pang Juan heard what Wei Shen said, he stood up and replied:"Your Majesty, I thought that His Highness the Crown Prince could train a new army, so that the soldiers of Wei could become stronger. When the Marquis of Wei heard what Pang Juan said, he said,"Then the new army will be trained by the Crown Prince!""Because Wei Hou also knows that if Wei Shen becomes the king in the future, he will naturally have to practice and practice, and training the new army is one of his tasks. The rest of the things were gradually discussed in the court, and after it was over, they The court dispersed.

At this time, Pang Juan caught up with Prince Shen and asked:"Your Highness, do you need a general to train this new army?""Wei Shen said to Pang Juan:"Thank you, General Pang, but I want to read this new army. I decided to go to the whole army to see if there are any generals suitable to lead troops."After sending it off, the two sides talked about other things and left.

Wei Shen was still writing military training methods in the evening. He decided to use Qi Jiguang's military training methods in the Ming Dynasty as the basis for training Qi Jiguang's Mandarin Duck Formation. This formation can be attacked or retreated. Guarding, a dozen people can defeat an enemy army of more than a hundred people.

At this time, Wang Xiao came in and said:"Your Highness, General Pang will give you a copy of the essentials of leading troops written by himself. He said, I hope this can help you." Your training helps."Wei Shen said,"Okay, bring it here and leave first." Wei Shen picked up the bamboo slips written by Pang Juan and read them for about half an hour. He patted the table and said," As expected of a disciple of Gui Guzi, his ability to lead troops is truly remarkable."

A few days later, Wei Shen took Wang Xiaozheng to a restaurant for dinner and heard several people discussing the art of war. One of them, Wei Cuo, said:"I think the most important thing for an army is courage and the ability to defeat the enemy. With good understanding and favorable geographical location, Lu State defeated Qi State in one go. Knowing yourself and the enemy is the best way to defeat because of the favorable time and favorable geographical location."

After Wei Shen listened to the words of the man named Wei Cuo, he felt that this man should have his own reasons for leading the troops. Judging from the age of that man, he was about the same age as Pang Juan. After more than an hour, the man named Wei Cuo The people also left the restaurant, and Wei Shen led the people to chase him and said,"Sir, please wait a moment."Weiss turned around and saw a yellow-haired boy calling him. He stopped and said,"I wonder why little brother called me?"Your Excellency, the Crown Prince of Wei State, Wei Shen, Sir, I have benefited a lot from the art of war that you just mentioned in the restaurant. I hope that Sir, you can help our country train its new army.""When Wei mistakenly heard that it was His Highness the Crown Prince, he immediately bowed his hands and saluted:"Thank you very much, Your Majesty.Your Highness is very kind, and I am willing to help the State of Wei train its new army."Wei Cuo originally wanted to get ahead in the Wei Kingdom. Seeing that he now had the opportunity, he naturally agreed happily.

The next morning, an army of 20,000 people had been recruited from among the people. And Wei Cuo He became the commander-in-chief of the 20,000 new troops. Last night, Wei Shen discussed with him what he knew about Qi Jiguang's military training methods, the Yuanyang Formation and the method of leading troops given to him by Pang Juan. After a night, Wei Cuo also helped Wei Shen made many modifications and finally took shape.