Speaking of this grain and grass escort, Wei Zheng naturally said that the head was the Tao.

"It's just that the grain transportation route from Chang'an to the Turkic border has changed a lot, first to climb over many high mountains, and then to cross the vast grassland, the grain transportation route can be described as very difficult, and the people along the way eat and chew horses There is also considerable loss! 100,000 quintals of grain and grass set off from Chang'an, and finally arrived at the front line, and it was already good to be able to leave 50,000 quintals, and the rest was all consumed on the way! ”

"Zilong proposed in the court before that some grain and grass can be transported to the border army first, I agree very much, and I am already starting to make corresponding preparations, but the most important thing is that Your Majesty is in the golden autumn moon, starting from Chang'an, it is bound to take the army to the front line,

At that time, this part of the army can carry a part of the grain and grass, but since then it will be necessary to transport grain and grass for the front line in a steady stream of horses, needless to say, this road is difficult and dangerous, I heard that Luo Wangfu, Wei Chi Mansion, Cheng Mansion The young generals seem to be interested in this time the post of grain and grass pioneer, and the horses can get to know those young generals when they arrive! ”

"On the way to transport grain, the horse has one thing to pay special attention to, that is, when arriving at the front line, we must pay attention to the Turkic sneak attack, if the grain and grass are burned, then try to remedy, this point, the horse can divide the grain transport team into several teams, so as to ensure that even if the grain and grass of a certain team is damaged, it can still ensure that the grain and grass of other teams are in good condition, so as not to have too much impact!"

"This way to transport grain, you also need to pay attention to the bandits and bandits along the road, although the horse is under the royal flag, but it is not sure that there will be any bandits and bandits who dare to rob the emperor's grain!"

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Wei Zheng recounted, and said that there were dozens of points to pay attention to, and the house dragon humbly wrote them down, which was a very valuable experience for him to transport grain in a few months.

And Wei Zheng also spared no effort for the 200,000 taels promised by the house dragon, and almost explained all the emergencies that the grain and grass pioneer officer might encounter along the way to the house dragon in detail.

However, seeing the sharp and studious appearance of the house dragon, Wei Zhengzhi was also pleased, it seems that His Majesty, the candidate for the pioneer of grain and grass, is really not wrong.

"Uncle Wei, in fact, Zilong has an idea about the transportation of grain and grass this time, but there are still some places that can only be understood, I don't know if Uncle Wei can give Zilong a point!"

House Dragon asked sincerely, now that Wei Zheng has taken out all his real materials, it is necessary for him House Dragon to shake his strength.

"Zilong, but it doesn't hurt to say it!"

Wei Zheng took two sips of the teacup, and after talking for so long, his mouth was also a little dry.

"Uncle Wei, Zilong thinks so, the Turkic war is bound to be carried out after the autumn, there are still at least four months to go, these four months are enough time for us to transport part of the grain and grass to the front line for storage, but when the grain and grass are transported to the front line and come back, it will inevitably return empty, and the consumption of grain and grass will be intensified, and the grain and grass transported to the front line must also be guarded, and the loss of grain and grass will be aggravated at that time, after April, how much can we leave with the grain and grass that we transported first?"

House Dragon really couldn't help asking, and then said:

"Zilong recently studied history books, and saw the story of Guan Zhong buying deer to make Chu, Zilong suddenly thought of a clever plan on a whim, why not follow Guan Zhong's purchase of deer to make Chu to balance the Turks? Please also ask Uncle Wei for advice! ”

When House Long said this, before he could say what the next plan would be, Wei Zheng's eyes suddenly lit up.

As one of the three prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty, how did Wei Zheng not know the story of Guan Zhong's purchase of deer to make Chu.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, after Guan Zhong was in harmony, he governed the Qi State very well, conquered many vassal states that were divided into one side, and assisted the Duke of Qi Huan to dominate the Central Plains.

But the state of Chu does not listen to the orders of the state of Qi, so how to conquer the state of Chu?

At that time, several great generals of the State of Qi asked the Duke of Qi Huan to fight, asking to lead heavy troops to fight the State of Chu and deter the State of Chu from becoming vassals with military might.

But Xiangguo Guan Zhong shook his head again and again, and said: "Qi and Chu are fighting, and they are evenly matched, which is enough to fight for a while." First, we have to use up the grain and grass we have worked so hard to accumulate, and then the lives of thousands of people in Qi and Chu will become bones. ”

The words made the generals speechless.

After Guan Zhong finished speaking, he took the generals to see the copper smelting, and the rest of the people didn't know what Guan Zhong's plan was to conquer the Chu State.

One day, Guan Zhong sent more than 100 merchants to the state of Chu to buy deer. At that time, the deer was a relatively rare animal, only in the Chu State, but people only regarded the deer as a general edible animal, and two copper coins could buy one. The merchants sent by Guan Zhong threatened everywhere in the Chu State: "Qi Huan is a good deer and does not hesitate to spend a lot of money." ”

Seeing that it was profitable, the merchants of Chu State stepped up their efforts to buy deer, at first three copper coins at one end, and after more than ten days, the price was increased to five copper coins at one end.

When King Chu Cheng and the ministers of Chu heard about it, they were quite excited. They believe that the prosperous Qi country is about to suffer, because 10 years ago Wei Yigong was a good crane and the country was destroyed, and Qi Huan Gong Hao Lu is the same mistake.

They ate and drank in the palace, waiting for the Qi State to be greatly injured, and they could sit in the world. Guan Zhong raised the price of the deer to 40 copper coins per head.

When the Chu people saw that the price of a deer was the same as thousands of catties of grain, they put down their farm tools one after another, made hunting tools and ran to the mountains to hunt deer; Even the officers and soldiers of the Chu State stopped training, successively changed their weapons into hunting tools, and secretly went up the mountain.

In one year, there was a great famine in Chu, but copper coins were piled up into mountains.

The Chu people wanted to use copper coins to buy grain, but there was nowhere to buy it. Guan Zhong had issued an order prohibiting the vassal states from trading grain with Chu.

As a result, the Chu soldiers were thin and lost their combat effectiveness. Guan Zhong saw that the time had come, so he gathered the army of the princes of the Eighth Road, drove to the Chu realm, and had a great tendency to sweep.

King Chu Cheng was in a difficult situation both internally and externally, and had no choice but to send ministers to sue for peace, agreeing not to divide one side again, bully small countries, and promise to accept the orders of Qi State. In this way, Guan Zhong did not move a knife and did not kill a single person, and subdued the originally powerful Chu State.

"Zilong means that if you want to buy Turkic cattle and horses with that perfume profit, when the decisive battle in the golden autumn comes, the number of Turkic cattle and horses will inevitably decrease greatly, and their food reserves will be far inferior to our Datang!"

Wei Zheng's eyes lit up, it's not that Wei Zheng couldn't think of the trick of buying deer to make Chu, but it was really the emptiness of the Tang Dynasty's national strength, and following the example of buying deer to make Chu, whether it could have an effect on the Turks, who could guarantee it?

Once it doesn't work, wouldn't it be a waste of silver taels, but now that there is a horse house dragon, these 200,000 taels of silver as a windfall, this story of buying a deer and making Chu seems to be emulated!