Chapter 1796

When Qi staged all kinds of great movements, Su Heng had appeared on another island in the vast ocean.

This is the state of Zhao, which corresponds to Jiang Xiu, king of the new Qi Dynasty, who granted the title of Zhao Jun Wang to his seven younger brothers.

Qi was in the northeast of the big business empire. If he killed the big business in a straight line, he would first contact the state of Zhou. The state of Zhou was the private land of the powerful gentry in the eastern two provinces of the big business. It was badly damaged and the people's livelihood was extremely difficult. There were frozen bones on the wine and meat smelly road of Zhumen, which is the most true portrayal of Zhou, Wei and Ren.

The island state of Zhao corresponds to the vast ocean in the northwest of Dashang. If you sail all the way west from Zhao, you can also connect to the continent where the Roman Empire is located. After all, tianyuxing is round.

Zhao's location basically takes a month's voyage to go to big business. The journey is twice as long as that of thoughtful business.

Theoretically, this island country, because of its short distance, is also difficult to break away from the control of the powerful gentry in the coastal areas of big merchants. However, in fact, at the moment, the state of Zhao is staging a war of resistance in full swing, and this war has lasted for more than ten years.

Decades ago, the first king of Qi, Jiang Renmei, with the help of the geography of Penglai Island and the general situation that the original Ying kingdom was oppressed by the gentry and nobles of the two empires, called on countless civilians to revolt and became a new king all the way from a small soldier.

This event has brought great stimulation to the Ocean countries.

Do you think no one in Wei and Zhou wants to emulate Jiang Renmei? No, there are too many people who want to emulate Jiang Renmei. However, the biggest defect of Wei and Zhou is that they are too close to the Shang and Tang Empire. The gentry and nobles along the coast of Shang and Tang can dispatch their private soldiers to the state of Wei and Zhou as soon as possible. Whether it is the deployment of soldiers or other materials, they are very fast and efficient.

In order to defeat and collapse again and again, the heroes who want to emulate Jiang Renmei.

The second most important reason is strategic depth!

Penglai Island in the state of Qi is as big as more than a dozen Shandong provinces. It has a huge strategic depth. Once it fails, Jiang Renmei can easily retreat and turn into. On the vast territory, countless local people are interested in Jiang Renmei, and it is far from easy for foreign invaders to pursue and kill.

Jiang Renmei was given the opportunity to rise again after repeated failures. With his growing fame, even if he was beaten in a war and fled with only a few relatives, he cheered in another place a few months later. The responders gathered and the army rose again.

Wei and Zhou did not have this major advantage. Their main core Island, the territory, was too small to have much strategic depth. You didn't think about how far to retreat. The gentry and nobles of the Shang and Tang Empire had sent a large number of cavalry to catch up with you from all directions and surround you.

The geographical location is too close to Shang and Tang Dynasties, and there is not much room to turn into the mainland. That is the reason why Wei and Zhou countries, no matter how many heroes emerge, are easily shot to death.

But Zhao, this is a reduced version of Qi.

Wei Zhou is far away from the native land of Shang and Tang Dynasties, and the fastest voyage is more than ten days.

Zhao is a month, Qi is the fastest two or three months. When it comes to distance, Zhao is an intermediate value.

Talk about area? Weiguo is equivalent to one third of the territory of Shandong Province, Qi is more than a dozen, Zhao is three, Shandong is similar, and the largest island area is nine times that of the main island of Weiguo! Nine times is not too exaggerated. At least it is not as prominent as the difference of fifty or sixty times in Qi.

But Zhao also has a very important advantage, that is, the whole country is mountainous.

The various mountain ranges of Wei Kingdom only account for more than 10% of the main island, while the terrain of Zhao Kingdom mountain ranges accounts for 40% of the island. With more mountains, it is difficult for cavalry to give full play to their huge advantages of joint attack and pursuit.

Don't think Zhao has many mountains, so there is no great interest here. Zhao is one of the ocean island countries with the most gold and silver mines, gem mines and even other copper and iron ores.

In addition to the 40% mountain terrain, there are huge freshwater lakes in several mountains, forming some fertile plains for farming.

Beyond the mountain circle, there are also plains and rich fishing grounds near the sea.

Because Zhao Guoyi is not too far away from big business, he has gathered a population of 89 million for thousands of years.

Therefore, the two countries of Wei and Zhou were younger brothers and middle brothers. They were arbitrarily exploited and extracted wealth by the powerful gentry of the Shang and Tang Dynasties. The state of Qi could be independent and strong. The real naval strength was to have a decisive battle with the main forces of the Shang and Tang Dynasties, and it might not lose.

The state of Zhao is no less than the same. It will still be exploited and profited by the powerful and powerful scholars and gentry in the three provinces of Northwest China, but the Zhao royal family here has a little dignity and autonomy in the face of the powerful and powerful businessmen and gentry.

However, after the people at the bottom of the state of Zhao were exploited by the big business gentry and the Zhao royal family, they were also very poor. There would be strong people from generation to generation who wanted to follow Jiang Renmei's example and overthrow everything.

This country, at present, is an embarrassing kingdom of war and poverty, which has been staged in turn.

You say that the powerful businessmen and gentry have exploited and bullied the people of the state of Zhao. Why isn't the royal family of Zhao nice to the people, so that they can avoid the people's non uprising and non resistance? Because the Zhao royal family wants to support the army!

The state of Wei and the state of Zhou belong to the national army, and often the navy is less than 10000. The state of Qi has 150000 strong navies and a huge fleet of battleships.

Zhao Zhongguo and the lower class. The royal family has 20000 army, 30000 Navy and several top battleships. This is the foundation for them to retain a trace of self-esteem and rights in front of the big business gentry.

If you want to support the army and ensure the combat effectiveness of these armies, you can't stop searching for wealth from the people.

Su Heng couldn't help feeling when he arrived in the state of Zhao and found out the general situation of the state of Zhao. He really didn't know how to evaluate it here. At present, the current king of Zhao is still a British Lord. Before he ascended the throne, the state of Zhao had only 10000 army and more than 10000 elite Navy, but it was in the hands of gentry and capital upstarts. Finally, the royal family can almost be ignored, Only one or two thousand people.

However, after King Zhao ascended the throne, with his superb political skills and skills of vertical and horizontal cooperation, Shengsheng pulled all the troops belonging to the gentry and capital upstarts into his own hands.

Even more recently, we have expanded and supported the army, raising our dignity as king to the strongest level since the Five Dynasties.

He Jian, the thirty-one year old king of Zhao who has ascended the throne for more than ten years, is the strongest and fiercest. You know, the last king of Zhao suddenly died of illness. The designated new king is not He Jian, but his son he Shu.

But he Shu was old and had a little bit of a wise and powerful frame, so he was easily killed by the gentry and capital upstarts who controlled the monarchy. Finally, He Jian, the most mediocre and young of the princes, was selected to succeed him.

Five years before he Jian ascended the throne, he acted like a puppet king who only knew to eat, drink and have fun and was raised as a fool. However, those five years were the most critical period for He Jian to lay out in private and turn things over in one fell swoop.

Up to now, the gentry and capital class in the state of Zhao have almost become the existence of pigs and dogs under the rule of He Jian, who can be killed or killed at will.

In any case, this is a small miracle of the rise of counter attack, but it is also an era of more and more rebellions in the state of Zhao and more and more chaos in places under the rule of He Jian, especially the "three thieves".