Chapter 226: Luogu City Transaction
He didn't have the time to worry about the livelihood of the people, but hurriedly ordered someone to prepare pen and ink to write a letter to the other monarchs, explaining the situation of Yiguo, and introducing this method of early harvest to the monarchs of various countries. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Soon, the people along the Qinjiang River came down from the embankment and joined the early rice harvest.
When the news came to Shu, the king of Shu was still in the harem, and his life was merry and happy.
As soon as he finished reading the emergency report, King Shu's face changed, and he sat on the chair with his butt in his head, and his face became solemn.
The minister who sent the urgent report stepped forward and said: "Why should the king worry, the affairs of their country have nothing to do with the Shu Kingdom, so don't spoil the king's interest." ā
The King of Shu glared at him fiercely: "Idiot! How irrelevant is it? Although the rice over there is not ripe, it is also rice, a large amount of rice is down, and the southern countries are not short of grain, so why come to buy it at a high price from Shu? If we can't sell our rice, what money will we use to buy iron tools and horses? ā
Then he put his hand on his knee and thought for a while, and said, "No, if you offend the southern countries because of this matter, the gain will outweigh the loss." ā
Walking quickly to the bookcase, the king of Shu wrote a letter to the monarchs of Yiguo, Han and Lu: "I refused to sell rice at the original price before, which was really helpless, because the Qi army had been staring at it from the sidelines, and wanted to collect a large amount of rice from Yiguo, in order not to sell it to the Qi army and support the war of several major pillar countries, Shu could only raise the price of rice, so that the Qi army would retreat." Now that the major pillar countries are in difficulty, Shu is of course duty-bound and willing to prepare 100,000 quintals of rice to sell to several major pillar countries at the original price. However, this matter could not be known to the Qi army, so he could only choose to trade secretly in Luogu City, which was convenient for waterways. ā
It may be that the reply from the kings of various countries will arrive soon, and it will be traded twenty miles outside the city of Luogu in Yinshi, two days later.
There are still three days left before the food is gone.
Zhao Yuan hadn't eaten properly for four days, he had lost a lot of weight, his eye sockets were getting deeper, and from a distance, there were only two deep eyes and a pointed nose left on his entire face.
Although the face was calm, the generals in the battalion also vaguely felt something, and Fuyue found that in a place where no one was, there were always soldiers gathered together to whisper.
Faced with this situation, Fuyue felt that he could not wait any longer, so he called the generals sent out to inquire about the situation of the national treasury and asked him to write down in detail the location of the national grain depot and the number of troops on duty.
Then, Fu Yue took the situation he wrote to the handsome account to discuss with Zhao Yuan, and he couldn't rob it openly, so he came secretly, he planned to disguise his soldiers as thieves in the rivers and lakes, loot the grain depot in the dead of night, and then set it on fire.
Thinking of this, he walked quickly into the tent.
The situation in the tent tonight is different from the previous day, there are several people in night clothes standing in the tent, and Fu Yue does not know any of them. They were talking to Zhao Yuan about something, and when they saw Fu Yue coming in, they all shut up.
Zhao Yuan glanced at Fu Yue and didn't greet him.
Fu Yue immediately realized that the timing was wrong, and he bowed and quickly exited the tent. After coming out, he stood at the door of the tent, guarding the door for Zhao Yuan, preventing others from entering.
The night breeze blew on his face, and he looked at the starry sky and thought to himself, "The behavior of these people seems to be meticulous. ā
Two days later, twenty miles outside the city of Luogu, Yin Shi.
The Shu army transported 100,000 quintals of rice here in ox carts, because they were afraid that the Qi army would know, so they did not dare to raise the flag or light the lamp.
After a while, a little light flickered on the official road from the three directions of Yiguo, Lu and South Korea, and the trading teams of the three countries arrived as scheduled.
According to the conditions agreed in advance, each of the three countries came out with a leading general, each of whom held a brocade box in his hand, opened the brocade box, and there was a golden bull in the box, which was exactly the same. It turned out that this was a spring gift from Shu last year to the monarchs of several pillar countries, and each country was the same as a golden bull in a semi-recumbent position.
The generals of Shu came out of the queue to the front, picked up the three golden bulls and carefully examined them, and after a long time, after confirming that they were correct, they hugged their fists and said: "It is not rude to Shu, it is really the enemy of the Qi army, so you can only be more careful." ā
The generals of the three countries all returned the salute, indicating that they could understand.
After the politeness, let's get to the point.
The generals of the Three Kingdoms ordered the soldiers to rush the ox carts loaded with silver taels prepared in advance to the front, and asked Shu to count them.
After the counting, Shu divided 100,000 quintals of grain to benefit 40,000 quintals, and 30,000 quintals of Korea and Lu to the three countries. After the three kingdoms received the grain, they did not stay for a moment, and quickly disappeared on their respective official roads with grain and grass in a hurry.
The head of Shu watched the teams of Yiguo, Han and Lu disappear into the night, and said in his heart: "It's really a small place, even if there is a shortage of food, it won't be like this, and I can't even take care of greetings with food." I don't know what kind of hunger people are in these three countries......"
Seeing that the matter was done, they did not need to delay, and went to the king of Shu with the silver two.
The king of Shu listened to the general's report on the transaction process outside Luogu City, and saw that the three kingdoms of Yiguo, Lu and Korea gave a lot of silver, and felt very proud.
He thought: "Zhao Yuan, Zhao Yuan, you humiliated me back then, and today I see that you are about to run out of ammunition, and when you come to beg me, I may not sell it to you for ten times the price!" ā
Now that the grain matter has been completed, the trade gateway closed by the three countries should be able to be opened, and he called the minister in charge of the city and asked about the resumption of trade between Yiguo, Lu and Korea. Unexpectedly, the minister replied crisply: "These three countries have not taken any action at all, and the various gates are still closed." ā
When Yi Guohou heard this, he was furious: "These three villains! I sold all the rice to you at the original price, why did I cross the river and tear down the bridge, turn my face and deny it? No, I must solemnly warn them, don't forget the previous agreement, you can't keep your word! ā
He rolled up the sleeves of his dark green bronzed Shu brocade robe, raised his sheep and wrote three letters questioning the monarchs of Yiguo, Lu and Korea.
Soon, the king of Shu received replies from the three kings, and he opened the envelope with anticipation, only to have his nose crooked.
The three monarchs replied very uniformly, that they had not received any rice at all, and that the trade border had been reopened? Don't even think about it! The three of them also tacitly scolded the King of Shu at the end of the letter.
Yi Guohou is: "Foolish people talk about dreams!" ā
Han Hou wrote: "Mu monkey and crown!" ā
Lu Guohou was the most ruthless, and wrote: "The head of the animal is roaring!" ā
The lungs of the King of Shu are about to explode, he has lived for decades, and he is used to being pampered, how can he withstand this run. He grabbed the white-glazed gold-edged pen wash on the case and threw it to the ground, shattering it: "These villains! If they go back on their word, I will make them look good......" He was about to say the next sentence, when he suddenly remembered something and froze there.