
Welcome to The Banquet of Consequences (FFTT, 11/10/26)
In the spring and autumn period, Qi and Chu were the two superpowers. Instead of risking a bloody war, the Qi statesman Guan Zhong advised the Duke to buy deer from Chu at exorbitant prices. The Chu people abandoned farming to hunt deer for quick profit. Once their fields lay fallow, Qi cut off all grain exports. Chu was soon starving and economically ruined, forcing it to submit to Qi’s hegemony without a single battle.-The
