When people were in Qin, they ruled the world

Chapter 74 The Master and Disciple of Jixia Academy

Nothing happened in Qin State and Xianyang, and the time soon entered the end of the third year of Qin Wangzheng.

But Linzi, Qi State, thousands of miles away, was blown up because of the arrival of a Qin man.

It has been nearly a hundred years since King Xuan of Qi established the Jixia Academy of Qi State, and now it has become a place where scholars from a hundred schools gather. Scholars from the Seven Kingdoms gathered here, as many as thousands of people.

Among them, the studies of law, military, Confucianism, and Mohism are the most popular.

Here, there are real elites from a hundred schools of thought. The gathering of people from a hundred schools in this way has created the prosperity of Jixia Academy, but it has also brought about a problem, that is, no one will obey the other. Let there be a lot.

But it is precisely amidst these controversies that there is one person who can really convince a hundred schools of thought. This person is the Confucian Xun Kuang, respected by the Jixia Academy as Xunzi, a true master.

However, this Xunzi who is admired by the Jixia Academy has never left the study for a month to teach the scholars of the Jixia Academy. No one knows what this Confucian master is doing hiding in the study .

Except for the trusted disciples who brought food to Xunzi on a daily basis, no one had seen the master in a month.

"Junior brother, teacher, is he okay?" In front of Xun Kuang's yard, Han Fei asked Li Si, who was walking out of the yard with a food box.

In the Jixia Academy, there were many scholars who studied with Xun Kuang, but there were only two scholars who could truly call Xun Kuang a teacher in the Jixia Academy. One was Han Fei, who was born in the Korean royal family. , and the other is Li Si, who was originally from Chu State.

When Xun Kuang closed his study, Li Si was the one who brought him meals.

As for why it wasn't Han Fei, it was probably because Xun Kuang disliked that Han Fei, who was born in a royal family, was not thoughtful enough.Therefore, in the past month, even Han Fei had never seen his teacher Xun Kuang.

"Brother came just in time, it saved me a lot of time looking for you." Li Si laughed.

"Does the teacher want to see me?" Han Fei asked in surprise.

"That's right, senior brother comes with me." Li Si turned and walked into the yard.

This is an ordinary small courtyard, not big, so Han Fei and Li Si soon appeared in Xun Kuang's study.

Han Fei, who saw his teacher Xun Kuang again after a month, couldn't help being startled, because an old man with disheveled beard and hair appeared in front of him. The old man is considered a beggar.

Although Xun Kuang had a humorous personality, it was the first time Han Fei saw such a sloppy look.

"Teacher." Han Fei greeted respectfully.

"That Yao Jia from Qin has left?" Xun Kuang asked with his red eyes staring at him. Obviously, he had exhausted a lot of energy in the past month.

"Not yet, but almost all of Qi's food has left Qi," Han Fei replied.

"Qin has great people." Xun Kuang sighed.

One and a half months ago, Qin Yao Jia appeared in Linzi, the capital of Qi State, and bribed Xiang Guo with a lot of money to win the victory. Then it was reported that Qin State bought Qi State's grain at a price that was [-]% higher than the price of grain.

Such a matter involving the purchase of a country's grain, no matter how strict the confidentiality is, it is impossible not to leak a little bit of information.

This kind of abnormal thing happened in Jixia Academy, which naturally caused a huge disturbance. These people were free enough and smart enough, so countless speculations appeared in Jixia Academy for a while.

Even Xun Kuang became curious about this. What is the purpose of Qin's purchase of grain from thousands of miles away at such a high price?Doesn't Qin State know that the loss of food purchased from thousands of miles away is an astronomical figure just on the way back to Qin State?

Is Qin Guo stupid?
"The real nightmare of the Six Kingdoms is about to come." Xun Kuang sighed after hearing the words.

"Does the teacher already know the reason why Qin State bought grain at such a cost?" Han Fei asked curiously.

He heard another meaning from Xun Kuang's words.

"The peasant family has completely degenerated. I sorted out the things recorded in these bamboo slips during this month. You two should take a look." Xun Kuang said.

"Yes." Han Fei and Li Si looked at the pile of bamboo slips on the desk at the same time.

As the bamboo slips were opened, lines of familiar handwriting appeared in front of the two of them.

"In the thirteenth year of King Ping of Zhou, there was a severe drought in Zheng State. In the fourteenth year of King Ping Zhou, the locust plague came out of Zheng State and ravaged both sides of the river..."

Items appeared in the line of sight of Han Fei and Li Si, and the two slowly read a scroll of bamboo slips, both of them showed puzzled looks, then looked at each other, and picked up another scroll of bamboo slips at the same time.

This time, with the sound of flipping the bamboo slips, the brows of the two slowly tightened, and before they finished reading one bamboo slip, they grabbed another bamboo slip at the same time.

After repeating this several times, Han Fei and Li Si put down the bamboo slips in their hands at the same time.

"Teacher, there was a severe drought in the land of Weidong and Chuxi this year?" Han Fei couldn't help asking.

"Yes, the entire Huaihe River Basin is full of severe drought." Xun Kuang said.

"Then next year, there will be a catastrophe?" Li Si asked uncertainly.

"Now, I understand why Qin State made such a seemingly loss-making business. Who is it? Can have such insight?" Xun Kuang sighed curiously.

"South Korea?" Han Fei suddenly thought of South Korea. In the first half of the year, South Korea had been hit hard. He even learned from a letter from a friend that his younger sister, Honglian, who had always had the best relationship with him, was sent by his father. Qin State.

If there is another large-scale locust plague next year, then Wei Han and even Zhao will be hit hard, but Qin can minimize the destructive power of the locust plague because of the grain purchased from Qi. Then, what will South Korea face? ?
If the State of Qin attacks South Korea next year, is there still hope for South Korea?A dark cloud enveloped Han Fei.

"Teacher, if this news gets out, might Qin be stopped?" Han Fei asked eagerly.

"How to stop it? Is it South Korea who dares to move Qin's food, or Wei Guo dares? Or Zhao Guo dares to attack Qin and Qi at the same time?" Li Si said.

"You know, it is Qi's army that sends the food out of Qi, and it is Qin's army that takes over." Li Si continued.

"It's useless. Qin doesn't need to send food back to the hinterland of Qin this year. They just need to stockpile the food in Taoyi. Han Fei, don't worry about South Korea. Wei will be the one who will really suffer next year. " Xun Kuang, who saw Han Fei's thoughts, said.

"Wei country?" Han Fei asked puzzled.

"Since King Qin Zhuangxiang, the direction of Qin's attack is to move eastward along the great river. Its purpose is to completely separate the two countries of Han and Wei from Zhao. Only in this way can we concentrate on attacking Zhao or annexing Han and Wei. , and in the first half of the year, Qin State has already captured the northern border of South Korea, and next year it will be Wei State's turn to Wei State, a subsidiary state of Wei State." Xun Kuang said.

"Qin State? Qin State? Qin State!" Han Fei vaguely saw a huge shadow pouring towards him, but he was helpless.

(End of this chapter)