Wei Shen smiled and said, "So he is at that position. Tell someone to keep watching!"

Gongsun Yue asked again, "Your Highness, are we leaving now?"

Wei Shen thought for a while and said, "Let's stay for a few more days, but there is a small matter for Mr. Gongsun to handle."

"What is it?"

Wei Shen smiled: "..."

………

Qin Palace

Ying Quliang looked at the "Book of Gongsun Yang" in his hand, and Jing Jian beside him asked carefully, "Your Majesty, the envoy of Wei State secretly met with the patriarch of the Meng family last night. I don't know what they were discussing. Do you want to...?"

Ying Quliang put down the bamboo slips and said lightly, "I want to go hunting recently, tell Tell those noble families to join the hunt tomorrow, and invite the envoys of Wei State. "

Ying Quliang said: "Go and tell the general to change the place where the new army is trained. I guess that place has been discovered by the spies of Wei State. Tell him to secretly take the soldiers away at night."

"Yes."

...

The next morning

In the inn, Wei Shen was reading "Wu Zi". Gongsun Yue walked in and said: "Your Highness, the Duke of Qin invited us to participate in the hunt. Should we go?"

Wei Shen put down the bamboo slips and thought for a while and said: "Go! Since we are here, let's see how the Qin people hunt."

"Yes!" Gongsun Yue bowed.

Geng Ying on the side asked: "Your Highness, I feel that Qin may want to show us how powerful it is, so that we should not provoke Qin too much."

Wei Shen smiled and said: "Qin! Sooner or later, it will be annexed by my Wei! Order the soldiers of Shangjun to prepare for battle."

Geng Ying asked puzzledly: "What are you ordering the soldiers of Shangjun to do?"

Wei Shen said meaningfully: "While the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits!"

………

Ying Quliang stood on the chariot in military uniform, with a sword on his waist, a strong bow in his right hand, and arrows on his back, his eyes piercing and shooting straight ahead. Gan Long on the side came over with a cane in his hand, and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, the hunting ceremony has begun, but the envoys of Wei have not arrived yet!"

Ying Quliang looked at the surrounding environment, dozens of chariots were lined up, and each chariot had three elite soldiers in armor.

And a group of nobles stood in front of Ying Quliang's car. Ying Quliang kept staring at the patriarch of the Meng family. Meng Guanxi secretly glanced at Ying Quliang. When he looked at Ying Quliang, he felt a chill. Ying Quliang's eyes were full of murderous intent. : Does he know what I did?

Ying Quliang looked at Meng Guanxi for a while and said to Jing Jian beside him: "Why hasn't the envoy of Wei come yet?"

As soon as the voice fell, a report sounded: "The envoy of Wei has arrived."

Ying Quliang looked at the source of the voice and saw two chariots coming towards him. The chariot in front was Wei Shen, the envoy of Wei.

Wei Shen and others got off the car and walked in front of Ying Quliang, bowing and saying: "The envoy of Wei greets the Duke of Qin."

YingQu Liang glanced at it and said nonchalantly, "Why is the envoy of Wei late!"

Wei Shen smiled and said, "We are late for dinner. I hope the Duke of Qin will forgive me."

Ying Quliang ordered without even looking at it, "The hunt begins!"

Dozens of chariots were driving the prey. Ying Quliang saw an elk, bent his bow and drew his arrow, and shot an arrow, hitting the elk's heart.

Suddenly, there was a cheer on the field, and the Qin soldiers shouted, "Long live the king!"

At this time, a wild goose flew over in the sky. Ying Quliang bent his bow and drew his arrow and shot an arrow into the air. The wild goose that had just flown in the sky instantly fell to the ground and died.

Ying Quliang looked around and asked, "How is my archery?"

Jing Jian on the side flattered him and said, "Your Majesty's archery is unparalleled in the world!"

Ying Quliang looked at Wei Shen again and said, "Does the Wei envoy know archery?"

Wei Shen laughed and said, "I don't know. I only know how to use a crossbow. Why use a bow when there is a crossbow?"

Ying Quliang said again, "Is there no one in Wei who can use a bow and arrow?"

At this time, Geng Ying, who was standing next to Wei Shen, stepped forward and said, "I know a little about archery and am willing to shoot!"

When Ying Quliang heard that farming would make achievements, he took down his bow and an arrow and gave it to him, saying, "Use this bow!"

Just then, another wild goose flew by, crying extremely mournfully. Geng Ying took the bow but returned the arrow to Ying Quliang and said, "You only need a bow!"

Everyone was a little confused. How could you shoot down a wild goose without an arrow?

Geng Ying drew his bow and aimed at the wild goose. With a bang, the wild goose actually fell directly from the sky, shocking everyone!

Ying Quliang was surprised and said: "Sir, your archery skills are indeed superb. You must be the best in the world! It's like a god descending to earth!"

Geng Ying returned the bow to Ying Quliang and said: "In fact, this goose flies very slowly, which means it has been seriously injured."

Then he took the wild goose and pointed it to Ying Quliang and said: "Mr. Qin, please look, the wound of this wild goose has not healed yet. It should have been shot by someone with a bow and arrow before. Its cry is sad, which means it has been separated from the flock for a long time. The wound has not healed and the fright is still not recovered. When it heard the sound of the strong bow, it was frightened and fell down."

Ying Quliang exclaimed He said, "Sir, you are really amazing. I wonder what position you hold?"

Geng Ying said, "I am the assistant general, responsible for training the army in archery!"

Ying Quliang murmured to himself, "Wei State has this person to train the army in archery. I am afraid that my Qin army cannot match him!"

…………

Back to the palace

Ying Quliang stayed in the study and stared at the map on the wall. After an unknown period of time, Jing Jian walked in and said, "Your Majesty, the general wants to see you!"

"Oh, let him come in!" Ying Quliang said.

Ying Quliang turned around and sat on the cushion, picked up the bamboo slips beside him and read them.

Ying Qian walked in and said, "Quliang, there is not enough money to train the army. When will the money be paid?"

When Ying Quliang heard this, he asked in confusion, "Brother, didn't I get it two months ago?Thousands of gold? Why is it not enough? "

Ying Qian said helplessly: "Qu Liang, you don't know, this thousand gold is not enough. The food for the soldiers alone is as high as a thousand stones a day, and rewards are given to soldiers with outstanding training every day. How can it be enough? This is a hundred thousand troops!"

After hearing this, Ying Qu Liang asked the housekeeper Hei Fu in the palace: "Hei Bo, how much money is left in the treasury?"

Hei Fu sighed and said: "Your Majesty, there is no extra money in the treasury. There are only 3,000 gold at most. Although there is enough food, money..."

Ying Qu Liang was puzzled and said: "Brother, is there anyone who is greedy for taxes in the country?"

Hei Fu explained: "Your Majesty, Qin's business is relatively backward compared to the Eastern countries. The commercial taxes collected in a year are at most a few thousand gold. If the land tax is collected in food instead of money, it is impossible to use food to pay for the soldiers' money. ”

Ying Quliang said again: "But I have heard that horses and kerosene are needed by all countries, aren't they? And Wei has already opened the border, so why can't we collect taxes?"

Heifu said: "Your Majesty, you don't know that Wei merchants are trying their best to suppress the prices of these items. The price of a barrel of kerosene used to be 20 cloth coins, but now it has been suppressed to only five cloth coins. Moreover, Wei deliberately targets my Qin merchants. All the borders leading to Wei merchants are subject to high customs duties. It's hard to make money!"

Ying Qian cursed: "These Wei dogs deliberately target my Qin. They charge high taxes to my Qin merchants when they pass through the borders, and low taxes to people from other countries. Quliang, I will personally lead troops to escort our merchants!" As he said, he was about to go out with troops to ask Wei for an explanation.

Ying Quliang stopped him and said: "Brother, calm down. Aren't the envoys of Wei in my Qin now? I will go and talk to them in person! ”

Seeing Ying Quliang going to negotiate with the Wei envoys, "Well, Quliang, if we can't reach an agreement, I will personally chop off their heads and see if they agree!" Ying Qian said angrily.

…………

In the inn

Wei Shen murmured, "Mr. Gongsun, is the matter done?"

Gongsun Yue replied, "Your Highness, don't worry, the matter has been done."

Wei Shen smiled and said, "I wonder if Qin's business will be defeated by my Wei? Since you have enough food, I will hold back your money!"

At this time, Geng Ying walked in and said, "Your Highness, the Duke of Qin is here!"

………

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