The first reaction of anyone who came to Linzi was shocked by the prosperity of Linzi. In the years when Guan Zhong became Zhongfu, he made drastic reforms, reforms, and pragmatic responses to the needs of the country and the people. At the same time, he adhered to the national policy of respecting the king and expelling the barbarians, pacifying the Chu State in the south, intimidating the Jiuyi in the east, and resisting the Di people in the north, building Qi State into the largest country in the east, and at the same time turned Linzi into the center of Eastern culture in the Central Plains.

People from surrounding countries came to make a living, while the people of Qi were extremely confident and striding with their heads.

Yun Yao was amazed because Guan Zhong was not a time traveler. He just adapted to local conditions and stimulated the potential of Qi according to existing conditions. It can be said that he adapted to the right time and place and social changes.

Guan Zhong saw that the well-field system greatly reduced the enthusiasm of the Chinese and savages for farming, the overlap of tariffs and municipal taxes reduced the enthusiasm of merchants for trade, and the strict Zhou Li suppressed the consumption enthusiasm of the nobles. So he opened the shackles and released everyone's enthusiasm.

Starting from import and export merchants, it brought a large amount of goods to Qi State, and at the same time it also gave Qi State specialties a sales channel. Then there was the enthusiasm for consumption, the advocacy of luxury, and the nobles took the lead in consumption. Finally, the well-field system was reformed and taxed on the land was levied, so that the farmers' enthusiasm for farming returned. In the future, all the fields were privately owned, and the state only collected taxes according to the fat and poverty of each piece of land, and the extra ones were all the farmers themselves.

Moreover, in order to stabilize the price of grain, Guan Zhong also came up with the idea of ​​purchasing and storage at a low price and selling at a high price to stabilize the market. Regarding disasters, Guan Zhong even came up with a way to use labor for relief. If a disaster occurs, the king will build palaces or roads and water conservancy, and anyway, he will gather refugees to work together.

Therefore, the palace of a monarch is not only a personal enjoyment, but also a cornerstone of national stability.

If Guan Zhong's method is really developed, Qi might unify the world in advance. Unfortunately, although these policies are good, there is no supervision. When Guan Zhong and Xiaobai grow old, Qi will completely fall from the throne of hegemony.

In fact, the overlords of the Spring and Autumn Period were the same. When they dominated the country, they were at their peak. However, once the king died, they either internal struggles were caused by inheritance rights or that the nobles and officials were defeated by the superiors, resulting in the decline of national strength. Qin State was so fierce that the six generations of kings insisted on one path.

The country is booming, and Guan Zhong also feels accomplished, but today Bao Shuya brought bad news: "What happened."

Seeing that Bao Shuya was so heavy, Guan Zhong couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong? Something happened to Jiuyi?" Jiuyi was also Dongyi. In the past, there were twelve tribes in Dongyi, but now there are only nine left, and the nine tribes have almost been conquered by Qi.

Bao Shuya told Guan Zhong that something strange happened: "It was indeed Jiuyi. The messenger we sent was crazy. He said he saw monsters and was talking nonsense. The king asked me what to do, so I came to discuss it with you." "Jiuyi has had many legends since ancient times, and he worships witchcraft. Do you think someone used witchcraft? And this is not the first time."

Guan Zhong also remembered what happened last time: "Last time, the king's concubine suddenly attacked the king madly. Later, it was found that Jiuyi poisoned the concubine and caused the concubine to go crazy. The reason was that Qi ordered Jiuyi to surrender. Do you think this time was also poisoning?"

Bao Shuya shook his head and said, "This time it's probably even more evil than poisoning. After the messenger came back, he kept engraving words at home, even the words were engraved on his arms and belly, all with the words "Ten Deaths".

"Ten deaths?" Guan Zhong didn't understand at all.

Bao Shuya didn't understand either, but he said: "The king means to send troops, but my idea is to send another group of envoys to investigate, but there are more alchemists among the envoys." "Actually, I have long had the idea of ​​establishing an army that specializes in investigating the strange forces and chaos, but there is no suitable opportunity, so I want to use this opportunity to build the army."

"You really believe that monsters will cause trouble in the world. I told you that it was just a dream." Guan Zhong and Bao Shuya have always been friends, so they know each other very well. Guan Zhong took advantage of Bao Shuya when he was young, but Bao Shuya would not complain again. There is only one thing Bao Shuya is very stubborn, that is, he had a nightmare when he was young. In the nightmare, there was a monster that trophy that caused trouble in the world, which always made him feel resentful.

But Bao Shuya had no identity at that time, so he let it go. Now he has become a virtuous minister, and he has seen more and more strange things, and the influence of nightmare is getting bigger and bigger, so he has the idea that he will build a special force to fight against unknown enemies.

The envoys on the Dongyi mission were almost wiped out, and the survivors were also crazy, so he thought that at this time he could suggest to the monarch that as long as his friends support him, the monarch would definitely ask for money and people.

Guan Zhong also wanted to persuade Bao Shuya, but saw that Bao Shuya was extremely serious and seemed to have an expression of not giving up until she succeeded.

"Then what are you going to do?" Guan Zhong asked.

"The alchemist is a must. I also want to select a few swordsmen from the disciples, and then find a swordsman to create an iron sword so that this army with a small number of people but sufficient elite troops will investigate the matter. However, the cost will definitely be a lot, so you must convince the monarch to provide the expenses."

To ask the king to spend money for a nightmare, Guan Zhongxin thought that if he persuaded him like this, the king would definitely not want to.

"You can only convince the king if you can find evidence. You can't say that because you had a nightmare when you were young, you have to pay a lot of money to support a army." Guan Zhong said: "Let's do this, I will give you the money first. Let's form the army first and go to Jiuyi to investigate. If there are really monsters, it's not too late to report to the king. If it's just the poison of Jiuyi, it proves that your dream is really just a dream."

When Bao Shuya heard Guan Zhong’s safe arrangement, he couldn’t help but nodded: “It’s good. But in order to select the best swordsman, I want to arrange a sword fighting conference.”

"This is OK. I think the king will support it." Guan Zhong said that the sword fighting conference was a very good proposal.

In the past, collective activities were for unity, but now collective activities have become a symbol of strength. The ability to engage in international collective activities is a symbol of wealth and power. In the past, only the Zhou emperor could do international activities, but now Qi can do them.

Guan Zhong said that if you want to do it, you must make big things. Not only should you let the swordsmen of Qi fight the swordsman, but you should also let the swordsmen of the surrounding countries come together, so that the national will of Qi can be demonstrated.

"It's better to invite famous swordsmen from all countries and invite them to Qi to attend the sword fighting conference."

After hearing this, Bao Shuya called Guan Zhong or Guan Zhong, but it was true that he still had to pay attention to Guan Zhong for trouble.

So the two told the king about this idea, and Xiaobai said that it was not very interesting? "Sword Fighting Conference? Okay, interesting, let's do it according to your ideas. We will invite famous swordsmen from all over the world to come to Qi to compete. The winner will give him a title of "Sword Saint" and then reward fertile fields and treasures."

Bao Shuya initially thought about Qi State, and Guan Zhong just said that neighboring countries were directly spreading the whole world when Xiaobai said that the scope was expanded again and again.

The State of Qi immediately sent people to visit famous swordsmen from all over the world. For a moment, the world was shocked.
Chapter completed!