Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 739 Lingnan Incident
  Tianze, who was sitting at the top, glanced over Han Fei with cold, snake-like eyes.

Tianze sent people to inquire about Han Fei's experiences in Qin State after he first came to Baiyue.

As a 'dead man' who should just disappear, Han Fei was willing to come to him and seemed to trust him.

However, both of them knew in their hearts that they were not friends, and it would be unreasonable to even call them collaborators.

Both sides are just taking advantage of each other.

What Han Fei and Wei Zhuang had done for him before was a kind of early investment, for the suggestion just made.

Turn the troops around and point the sword at Lingnan!
  This is using Tianze as a sword and pointing it at the Baiyue people.

The terrain of Lingnan is complex, with numerous mountains, forests, waterways, and poisonous miasma and poisonous insects. It can be described as a natural danger. If the soldiers of the Central Plains get involved in it rashly, they may suffer heavy casualties without the need for the local Vietnamese people to resist.

In comparison, Tianze and his subordinates, who were both from Baiyue, were much more at home in such an environment.

However, Tianze knew well that tribes such as Baiyue, Dongou, Minyue, and Nanyue were all different.

Even he is troubled by the extremely harsh environment south of Lingnan.

It is not easy to go south and regain a piece of territory from Fujian and Yue in order to make a comeback.
  Tianze's eyes changed several times, but he still could not refute Han Fei's suggestion.

Han Fei was not in a hurry. He stretched his body freely and waited for Tianze's reply with a smile.

He knew very well that Tianze could see through his purpose, and he also knew that it would be a rough road for Tianze to go south, but he was not worried that the other party would refuse.

Tianze had no choice.

If he does not turn his troops and go south, sooner or later his resistance army will be completely swallowed up by the Chu army, and he himself will once again have nothing, or even become a prisoner.

As far as Han Fei knew, the Yue people were relatively united in the face of foreign invasion, but they never rejected internal struggles, and even the fierceness of the struggles between tribes was no less intense than that of the Central Plains countries.

If Tianze was asked to help Chu attack Baiyue, he would definitely not do it, but if Tianze was asked to invade other Yue tribes by himself, Tianze would never show mercy.

As Han Fei thought, Tianze finally spoke after hesitating for a long time.

"My king's subordinates have been fighting with the Chu army for many days and suffered heavy losses. Even if they give up the fight with Chu and attack Minyue, will they be able to achieve anything?"

I just forgot to mention that Tianze has now become the king - the King of Dongyue.

Although he, the king, doesn't have many troops, only a few ministers, and not even a proper city, it doesn't matter. As long as Wang Tianze of Dongyue doesn't feel embarrassed, then...it doesn't matter.

When Han Fei heard this, his eyes flashed and he smiled.

Can Tianze gain anything from fighting against Fujian and Yue?

Who can be sure about this, but if you don’t fight, you will definitely gain nothing, and you will be swallowed up by the Chu army.

Tianze knew this well in his heart, but he still asked it, naturally he wanted to contribute something on his own side.

If you use him as a swordsman, you have to give him some help, right?
  "Brother Tianze, don't worry too much. Your army is strong and your soldiers are brave. It's just that your military equipment is backward and your logistics are lacking, so it's difficult to contend with the Chu army."

"However, when facing the Minyue Kingdom, we no longer have to be constrained by this." Han Fei said some words of encouragement casually, "The Minyue Kingdom has a vast territory and is larger than the previous Baiyue Kingdom, but its population is even thinner and more isolated. But the troops we can fight are far inferior to those of Chu, and we still have to guard against the Nanyue Kingdom in the south."

"Brother Tianze will definitely face far less pressure than he does now."

"Huh!" Tianze didn't answer, just sneered.

Of course, the Minyue Kingdom's army was not large, and its armaments, grain, grass and other logistical supplies were not much better than his, but how could the accounts be calculated like this?

Why didn't you say that the combat effectiveness of the Minyue Army was definitely greater than that of the Chu Army? Why doesn't the geographical advantage the other party occupies not count? Han Fei was not annoyed when Tianze didn't respond.

He didn't mean to give up everything, he just wanted to make his words clear first, and he couldn't always let Tianze's wishes come up.

"Of course, Brother Tianze, as a friend, Liusha will also provide some support and help to your department."

After hearing this, Tianze's face finally softened, and he asked in a kinder manner:
  "What kind of help is Liusha willing to provide?"

Han Fei shrugged and said, "It all depends on your needs, Brother Tianze."

"Ha... that's quite generous." Tianze chuckled, his snake eyes swept over Han Fei, who looked sincere, and asked bluntly, "As a reward, what does Liusha need from me?"

Bustling and bustling, benefit coming and going, Liusha encouraged him to attack Fujian and Yue, he must have his own purpose.

Han Fei didn't pretend to be polite and slapped his thigh, "Brother Tianze is still so cheerful, so I won't talk in circles with you."

"What Liusha needs is very simple. As long as Brother Tianze can establish a foothold in the Lingnan area and support Liusha in doing some local goods business."

"Doing business?" Tianze wrinkled the snake scales covering his face.

Doing business in the Lingnan area... This was the first time he had heard of it, but he could accept it.

As the prince of Baiyue, Tianze knew very well that although the land of Baiyue was considered a remote and barbaric land, it was rich in many luxury goods preferred by the people of the Central Plains, such as gold, stone, pearls, jade, agate, ivory and so on.

When these things are shipped to the Central Plains, they can be sold at sky-high prices.

But few people did this business in the past because it was too difficult.

The prerequisite for making money by transporting it to the Central Plains is that you have to transport it there!
  The environment in Lingnan is harsh and cruel, and transportation cannot be described as inconvenient. It can be said that there are not even a few decent roads. How to transport goods?
  Moreover, the Baiyue tribes have always rejected the Central Plains and will not make deals with the Central Plains forces at all.

Even if they were willing to do this deal, the value of the Central Plains currency in Baiyue was not large enough.

The Baiyue tribe also needs materials. The Central Plains is relatively plentiful but the Baiyue tribe is rare in materials.

This requires transporting a large amount of materials to Lingnan.

In the environment of Lingnan, the various costs of transportation between the two ends...

Moreover, there are so many tribes in Baiyue. It is impossible to convince one of them, but if you encounter several tribes who want to do zero-yuan purchases... this business will not work.

In addition, the Central Plains countries have always looked down on the foreign barbarians, so they would not pay attention to Lingnan at all, let alone spend so much effort trying to open up the trade routes in Lingnan.

But if Liusha has his support and he can occupy a piece of land in the Lingnan area, then this matter will be feasible.

The support Liusha mentioned was definitely not a simple permission. Tianze also needed to be responsible for the protection of the caravan and even take on part of the transportation work.

Tianze doesn't mind spending more effort, because the caravan traffic is also very important to him.

The majestic King of Dongyue can't always rely on quicksand's charity, right?

Business transactions are a solution that everyone can be satisfied with.

Of course, by that time, Tianze will definitely be in a state of relative concession in the transaction between the two parties, after all, he is favored by others.

Hmm...it's definitely just a temporary concession.

(End of this chapter)