Amid the ceremonial music of chimes, strings and bamboos, a new day of court meetings began in the royal court of the Great Shang Fang.
Under Emperor Xin's instruction, the young courtier began to read out today's agenda.
Prohibition of non-commercial tribes from Fang Kingdom using trade routes for trade As soon as this issue came up, the whole court suddenly seemed to explode.
There was a lot of discussion and a lot of noise.
"Your Majesty, you must not do this.
This will shake the foundation of the country.
How much income will this reduce?"
"There are no taboos on trade routes and it has nothing to do with foreign affairs.
This is the ancestral teaching."
"I think this should have been the case a long time ago.
Our merchant soldiers are fighting bloody battles at the front, and the enemy is actually able to purchase a large amount of copper ingots, grain and other strategic materials from our merchant routes.
This is no different from subsidizing the enemy."
"Yes, it is only natural that the commercial city of Dayi is not allowed to use trade routes for trade."
Di Xin had long expected this situation.
He knew exactly how much wealth the Shang nobles and the royal family brought every year through the four trade routes of the Shang Fang.
Almost every nobleman has his own business and shop.
Such restrictions on trade would cost them at least a small half of their profits every year.
It would be strange if they did not object.
Amidst the commotion, Di Xin finally made the final decision, and it will be implemented from now on.
While there was a lot of noise in Chaoge's palace, Hua Zheng was standing in a residence in Huayi.
Many indigenous residents in the residences were temporarily evacuated outside the city because Hua wanted to upgrade the residences to the Bronze Age level.
Originally, Hua thought that high-end residential buildings were of no use, but this was the only way for Huayi to cross over to the Iron Age.
Only when the residential buildings, workshops, military camps, and palaces reached the highest level of the same era, could the palace be upgraded to the next era.
Since you have to upgrade sooner or later, let’s upgrade now.
After spending 300 points, the residence has been upgraded to the Bronze Age level in the interplay of light and shadow.
The exterior walls of the houses have been repainted, and the streets between the buildings have been paved with bluestone strips.
Hua didn't dare to use the remaining over a thousand points casually, and had to keep them as backup.
In the past two years, the system has given almost no temporary tasks.
Without tasks, naturally you cannot get points.
The next main task 11 is to conquer the Heluo area.
We don’t know when this will be completed.
On this day, Hua was teaching calligraphy and literature to children in a house in a residential area, when he saw Mr.
Mai hurriedly walked in.
When he saw him, he bowed and said, "My lord, something bad is going on.
It's strange."
There’s something going on over there in the city.”
Hua was shocked, thinking that the caravan had been robbed again.
Mr.
Mai continued, "The Shang King Di Xin issued a new edict.
From now on, all trading towns on the trade routes, including Qi'e City, will not be allowed to enter by non-Shang vassals."
Hua asked: "Then how can we become a vassal state of Shang Fang?"
Hua didn't care about these false names.
As long as he could maintain his daily financial resources, it was not a big deal to become a vassal state of Shang Fang in name.
"This little one doesn't know.
There are specialties in the art industry.
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He only knows about buying and selling.
But I heard that someone should be sent to Chaoge to submit a letter of credence or something."
Mr.
Mai was embarrassed. replied.
At this moment, a strong bow hunter hurriedly came over and said to Hua, "Uncle, there is something strange happening in Chongguo."
"Oh, does Chong Bohu want to take action?"
Hua asked.
The hunter replied: "No, I discovered a few days ago that Chongguo towns have begun to move westward on a large scale.
After repeated inquiries, I found out that Chongbohu had followed the order of Shang King Di Xin and moved to Xiqi territory. ” "So that's it."
Hua thought to himself, this is great news, and it clears the biggest obstacle for him to unify the land of Heluo in the future.
Since Chongguo expelled Yuguo, it has become the largest country in Heluo, with a population of more than 20,000 in the city alone.
If you let yourself bite hard, it will really cost you a lot, and if you bite hard, it will definitely lead to a strong counterattack from the merchant.
After these two things went through Hua's mind twice, he understood the message that Shang King Di Xin wanted to convey to him.
Hua nodded and said to Mr.
Mai: "I understand, don't worry, this is not a big deal.
I will give Chaoge a letter of credence and express my willingness to become a vassal and pay tribute."
Hua opened the system panel and checked what professions the high-end residential buildings in the Bronze Age could generate.
There are two more options: hero hunter and lobbyist.
His focus falls on the attributes of lobbyists.
A lobbyist has basic eloquence and persuasion skills and can complete general tasks such as diplomacy, persuasion, and persuasion.
High-end Bronze Age dwellings are required to generate, and cost 3 points to generate.
So Hua immediately created two lobbyists, handed them the drafted letters of credence, and asked them to go to Chaoge to submit the letters of credence to King Shang.
Hundreds of miles away in Su Yi, Su Bohu, who received the letter of war from Shang, finally made up his mind after hesitating for several days, wrote a surrender form, and sent a messenger to fly Chao Ge.
Chaoge Zhaixing Pavilion.
Fei Zhong walked in excitedly with two scrolls of bamboo slips.
Di Xin saw his expression and asked, "Fei Qing, you are so happy, but it's done."
"Your Majesty, please take a look."
Fei Zhong said and presented Xia Fang's letter of surrender and Yousu's surrender to Emperor Xin.
After Di Xin hurriedly read it, he patted his thigh and said, "Okay, okay, thanks to Fei Qing's strategy this time."
Fei Zhong said, "Your Majesty, this matter is not over yet."
After hearing this, Di Xin glanced at him doubtfully and asked: "Fei Qing, both sides have surrendered, what else remains unsettled?"
"Your Majesty, Su and Xia Fang cannot be compared and treated equally.
We need Xia Fang to contain Zhou Fang, but Su has no such effect.
What I, the Great Shang, need is Su Zhen to surrender, not Xia Fang Just surrender in name.
Only in this way can we ensure absolute safety and unimpeded traffic around the Great Shang Kingdom."
Di Xin nodded and said: "What Dr.
Fei said makes sense, but how to judge whether Yousu has really surrendered?"
Fei Zhong showed a strange smile and said to Emperor Xin: "I heard that Su Hu, the king of Yousu, has a daughter named Daji.
She is as beautiful as a fairy and has a peerless face.
Your Majesty, please issue an edict asking Su Hu to dedicate Su Daji to your Majesty.
As a concubine.
If he agrees, it is a true surrender, otherwise it is just a false surrender. " After hearing this, Emperor Xin's eyes shone and he said: "This is a great plan.
I will immediately issue an order to Su Hu to escort his daughter Daji to Chaoge.
However, it is inappropriate to let the daughter of the king of Fang State be my concubine."
Bar."
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The current Shang Dynasty is a true monogamy, not a pseudo-monogamy like the concubine system.
The real meaning of concubine at this time is "female slave".
Even if you give birth to a child with the male master, if you don't talk about the actual treatment, it is just a slave.
In terms of etiquette, there is no difference in status from other female slaves or even male servants.
The meaning of concubine at this time is almost the same as that of illegitimate child in the Western Middle Ages.
So Di Xin asked this question.
Fei Zhong said with a smile: "Because of this, this move can truly detect whether Su Hu surrendered for real or fake."
Summary of data so far in this chapter: Points: 1045 System population: including 50 farmers, 10 strong bow hunters, 2 traders, 3 witch doctors, 100 bronze shield guards, halberd warriors: 40, spearmen: 30, compound bow archers: 150, officials: 16, budding cavalry : 20, mahout 20, lobbyist 2, total 462 people Population balance: 2578 Building facilities: Bronze Age high-end palaces, military camps, workshops, residential pigeonhouses, rammed earth city walls, warehouses, copper mines, primary wineries, primary stables: