After the whole sect traveled to ancient times, I led the rebellion

“A teacher must have a reputation.”—"The Book of Rites: Tan Gong Xia"

It means that there must be a legitimate reason to send troops to wage war.

In terms of the justice of the war.

Only actions based on just and moral reasons can gain people's support and recognition and succeed.

Anping faces Southern Wei.

If there is a legitimate reason for the war, it means that Anping is on the side of justice, or at least that the act of launching a war is correct.

If you go to war without a legitimate reason, then you are going to war without any reason.

This means that you can declare war on a city without reason today, and you can also declare war on any other city without reason tomorrow.

If this continues for a long time, you will be pushing yourself to the opposite side of everyone and making everyone hostile to you.

Then there will be a situation where you will lose support and even be attacked by many.

Not worth the candle.

If Mu Qing wanted to attack Southern Wei by force, he could not launch an attack directly but had to come up with a just reason.

So far, Mu Qing has conquered three cities, and it will take a long time to continue developing.

The people of Southern Wei did not trust the silver-armored soldiers and were hostile toward them.

A forced attack would only cause dissatisfaction among the people of Southern Wei City.

"To be a teacher without a good name is not only to be defeated, but also to be in danger."

Zhuge Huaian spent the whole night reading history books but could not find any reason to send troops to capture a city of Southern Wei.

The only thing that can be barely linked to this is that the refugee army claimed to be the king of Zhancheng and Anping stood up for the people.

But now Chen Shui is dead, the refugee army has fled and dispersed, and the Southern Wei has also changed the city lord. It is not logical to send troops to attack the city again.

"Attack, and you will only gain the city, not the people's hearts."

The weather was hot, and Li Min suddenly took Zhuge Huaian's feather fan. Before Zhuge Huaian could stop him, Li Min started fanning him.

This fan is really heavy. No wonder this kid doesn't often shake his broken fan. Li Min ignored the weight of the fan and shook it vigorously:

"A wolf that can't be tamed is still an ungrateful wolf. It depends on your decision."

Mu Qing had the same idea as Li Min. If she made enemies with the people of a city, even if she captured the city, the decrees she issued would be resisted by the officials and people there.

Since the implementation of the government decree is difficult, Mu Qing might as well focus his attention on the other three cities.

With three cities plus Anping, Mu Qing now controls four cities, and has already obtained Shuzhou and Daozhou, which she wanted most.

With the sea, it is a good choice whether it is to develop seafood or conduct maritime trade.

Attacking with force will do more harm than good.

Mu Qing is already trying his best to avoid war.

If they forcefully attack Southern Wei, the people will surely put up a stubborn resistance. Mu Qing can still make the calculation by using more silver-armored soldiers to exchange for this city that may counterattack at any time:

"Let Xiang Quan withdraw his troops back to the camp."

The Southern Wei Dynasty could have let it go, as long as the neighboring Guangsha developed and got rid of poverty. By then, the contrast between the two places would be apparent to the people.

People are always jealous, and sometimes jealousy caused by a huge gap can lead to conflicts.

——Beiyang——

"Report..."

A spy entered from outside.

Qi Yin held a beautiful concubine in one hand.

He raised his hand frivolously to lift up the concubine's chin, and looked impatiently at the spy who interrupted him:

"What's the matter."

"Anping won the battle of Shucheng. Now three of the four cities have been taken over by Mu Qing."

Qi Yin was shocked. He pushed aside the beautiful concubine beside him and walked quickly towards the spy:

"Tell me the details."

"Mu Qing controls Anping, Guangsha, Shuzhou, and Daozhou. The lord of Nanwei City has established himself as the ruler of the city. We don't know who the lord is yet."

"Weird."

He knew that Anping Mu Qing was a famous city lord in Shengjing, but how could this be possible?

It's only been a year since the Shengjing riot, how could it happen so quickly?

Qi Yin tried many times to annex nearby cities, but after several wars, his troops were exhausted, so he simply defended Beiyang to the death.

The Beiyang Mo family was at odds with him. If they hadn't cooperated, how could Qi Yin have ended up like this?

He thought about Mu Qing, but found that he knew nothing about him except his reputation.

Mu Qing is a famous wise man in Anping.

But what’s the use of a good reputation? In Qi Yin’s view, a good reputation is far inferior to power.

Qi Yin did not believe that a child less than ten years old could annex three cities that once belonged to the refugee army at once.

Moreover, they were the refugee army that almost fought from Zhoumo to Shengjing.

This is actually somewhat unbelievable.

Besides, he was just a nine-year-old prodigy, and his reputation was only exaggerated by those powerful people in Shengjing.

There must be someone else in power behind Mu Qing.

In addition to Qi Yin receiving the news, Bei Mingzi of Beiyang Mohism also received the results of this battle.

Tietou often stayed at the Mo family. Bei Mingzi did not drive him away, so he shamelessly stayed in Beiyang.

Tietou came to Beiyang with a mission.

Tietou had almost finished drawing the map of Beiyang that Mu Qing asked him to draw.

Tietou has been in Beiyang for a long time. During this year, he has visited almost every corner of Beiyang, except the palace complex in the main urban area of ​​Beiyang, which he has never been able to set foot in.

The mineral resources in Beiyang also greatly surprised him.

Tietou has followed Mu Qing for a long time and he knows some common mines.

Beiyang not only has iron ore and coal mines, but Tietou even discovered minerals that are very similar to oil.

Tietou has never seen oil.

All he knew was that petroleum was a thick, dark brown liquid.

Because oil is lighter than nearby rocks, it penetrates upward into nearby closed rock formations. The oil that gathers together forms oil fields. Some oil and natural gas also migrate to the ground to form oil and gas seeps.

Tietou discovered oil and gas seedlings in a lake in Huairan County, Beiyang.

But he wasn't sure if there was oil in the area.

Tietou made relevant marks on the map.

The silver-armored soldiers of Anping defeated the refugee army in Shucheng.

When the news came, Bei Mingzi did not hide it from Tietou who had just returned from the main urban area.

"Your master is really amazing."

"My master is very powerful. In my heart, he is the most powerful person in the world."

Bei Mingzi thought the child would be modest as she kept praising him, but unexpectedly, he immediately turned on the proud mode.

When Tietou heard Bei Mingzi mention Mu Qing, he couldn't stop talking about Mu Qing's deeds for three days and three nights.

Bei Mingzi was forced to hear a lot about what Mu Qing had done.

Tietou has a high EQ and is honest, but he is stubborn and dull because of his low EQ.

Mu Qing had thrown Tietou into the military camp for several months but he still hadn't learned the skill of reading people's expressions.

Bei Mingzi was not interested in Mu Qing at first.

It is possible that the reputations of these child prodigies were fabricated, not to mention that he never liked to know about the exaggerated things that were passed around.

Until Tietou casually mentioned something about textile machines.

"Wait, you just said that again."

"Master, are you planting hybrid rice?"

"No, the previous sentence."

"Did the master draw the blueprints for the textile machines at Anping Textile Factory?"

"Yes, that's it."

Bei Mingzi has always been very puzzled about the drawings in the letter. Which craftsman in Anping came up with such an ingenious idea?

"So this blueprint was drawn by your master himself?"

"Yes, my master knows a lot of things. In addition to the textile machine, I heard that Anping has even made the bicycle that the master often talks about."

"bike?"

Tietou scratched his head, not knowing why Bei Mingzi suddenly cared about his master.

But his lord had told him that he wanted to be on good terms with Bei Mingzi, and it would be best if he could persuade Bei Mingzi to go to Anping.