Meng Mao responded: "The king, the minister thought that he could explain to the envoy of the Chu State, so he said that the Yan State was in ruins, suffered disasters one after another, and urgently needed a large sum of money to stabilize the Yan State." ”

"It just so happens that Yan Guo has a bumper harvest of wheat and rice, and Qi State is willing to buy wheat from Yan State at a price of 100 yuan and one stone, but the king considered the situation of Qi and Chu and decided to ask Chu State what he meant first, I don't know if Chu State intends to buy this batch of wheat and rice, if Chu State is interested, then the king can sell wheat and rice to Chu State at a price of 70 yuan and one stone."

"If the State of Chu is interested, then we will take out one million stone wheat rice, and if the State of Chu refuses, then we will take out 200,000 to 500,000 stone wheat rice to curry favor with the Qi State!"

King Yan groaned for a moment, and then communicated with Meng Mao's meaning.

Although the wheat sold to Chu is only seventy yuan, Yan is too far away from Chu State, if Chu really wants to buy Yan Guo's wheat and rice, then it is considered the cost of transportation, then the cost must be doubled.

Therefore, the State of Chu should not want the wheat of the Yan Kingdom.

Since the State of Chu does not want it, and the State of Yan is now short of money, it is a matter of course for the State of Yan to sell the wheat of the State of Qi. Moreover, 200,000 or 300,000 wheat and rice, but the annual ration of 10,000 people, is actually not much.

This is how the Yan State sold well to the two countries of Qi and Chu at the same time.

Of course, if the State of Chu insists on buying the wheat of the Yan State, then the State of Yan will naturally do what the State of Chu wants, and then transfer the resentment of the State of Qi to the State of Chu.

Thinking about it, Yan Wangzhi was noncommittal, turned to look at Guo Kui, and asked, "I don't know what Mr. thinks?" ”

Guo Kui heard King Yan's inquiry and responded: "King, the minister thinks it is feasible. ”

Yan Wangzhi nodded, looked at Meng Mao and said: "Meng Qing, the widow plans to hand over the matter of receiving the envoy of the Chu State to the widow, I don't know if the widow is willing to share the worries of the widow!" ”

Meng Mao's spirits perked up, and he immediately bowed happily: "The minister receives the order!" ”

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The time is slowly advancing to July, and news from various countries has also spread to Yingdu, and the acquisition of Maimi has come to an end.

In the main hall, Chen Zhen said with mixed feelings: "Great King, the three kingdoms of Wei, Han and Song, as predicted before, did not dare to refuse our request, so all the three kingdoms provided convenience for the merchants of Chu State. At the same time, however, all countries have increased their hoarding of wheat and even increased the price of wheat by a large margin. ”

"So much so that after this year's wheat harvest, within a month, it has risen from more than 20 yuan to more than 60 yuan now."

Xiong Huai's face did not change when he heard this, this situation was expected to ask for help from high-level officials of various countries at that time, so Xiong Huai was not much surprised.

What Xiong Huai really cares about is how much grain the Chu State has purchased this year.

Thinking about it, he asked Dou You on the side: "Taifu Yin, how much wheat has Taifu purchased from various countries this year?" ”

Dou You arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, because this time we bought wheat from various countries at a price of eighty yuan, due to the problem of lack of money. Therefore, Zhao Guoyanguo, who was far away, gave up directly and did not send someone to buy Maimi. ”

"And South Korea's Song Kingdom, although there are high-level shots from the two countries, but because these two countries themselves are also buying Maimi. Therefore, this year, only two-thirds of the wheat purchased by our Chu State from South Korea is in previous years, and this also includes the 500,000 stone wheat rice that South Korea sold to our Chu State. And the Song Kingdom is only half of what it was in previous years. ”

"As for the Wei State, because of the rivalry between the three kingdoms of Qi, Chu and Wei, plus the fact that the Wei State took action by itself, and the price of the Qi State is higher than that of our Chu State, it is only a quarter of the previous years."

Xiong Huai nodded, although it was not as good as before, but he managed to keep the big head of the Song Kingdom of South Korea.

Moreover, various countries have come to buy grain, and finally did not let most of the grain flow into Qi country, and all the hard work was not in vain.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai smiled and said: "Assassin Shiling, I don't know what happened to Yan and Zhao, did they take action against Qi State, and how much grain did Qi State buy from the two countries?" ”

Chen Zhen shook his head and responded, "Great King, both Yan and Zhao have all rejected our envoys. ”

"Because Qin and Zhao are constantly filthy in Shangjun, Zhao is unwilling to completely fight Qi State, so he doesn't care too much about Maimi's attitude. By the time the news of the change in Maimi between Wei and Han reached Zhao and the king of Zhao wanted to restrict, Qi had already obtained a large amount of Maimi from Zhao. ”

On Yan Guo's side, according to Yan Wangzhi's reply, Yan Guo's warehouse had a large amount of wheat in his hand and wanted to sell it, and Qi Guo gave a price of 100 yuan and one stone, but Yan Wang didn't dare to agree. Then he was willing to sell it to the state of Chu at a low price of seventy yuan a stone. ”

"But the envoy was also very clear about the lack of money in our Chu State, so he didn't dare to agree to King Yan, and used a delaying strategy to say that he would reply to the king, so as to stabilize the Yan Kingdom."

"According to the messenger's reply, King Yan agreed to the envoy's request and was willing to offer ten horses for the king's life."

Xiong Huai shook his head with a smile when he heard this: "Eat a trench and grow wise, it seems that King Yan has become much more slippery after the last blow!" ”

King Yan said that there is a large amount of wheat and rice in the warehouse of Yan State, which must be true, the grain purchased by Chu State before was all the grain in the hands of merchants and nobles from various countries, and this part of the grain is not a big head, the real big head is still the grain that comes from various countries through tax collection.

In the previous years, except for the first year, when the hand of the State of Chu was directly stretched out to the treasury of the Three Jins, the next, in order to avoid attracting the attention of various countries, it did not reach out to the treasury of other countries.

Now that the price of wheat is like this, it is natural for Yan Guo to want to sell wheat when his vitality is greatly damaged.

It's just that transporting grain from Yan to Chu is a matter of transporting grain, even if the whole journey is transported by water, and the river water enters Surabaya into the Huaibei region of Chu State, not to mention the distance, it also has to pass through the three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei and Song. The consumption on the road, the tariffs along the way, the price of seventy dollars, is too high!

If it's twenty dollars and one stone, Chu really wants it!

After laughing, Xiong Huai said: "Send the order to the messenger, and say that the widow can't afford it." ”

In addition, I would like to express my gratitude to King Yan for the widow and thank King Yan for the horses he sent. In order to express his gratitude, the widow also sent a big gift to King Yan, saying that now the price of wheat and rice in various countries has risen to more than 60 yuan, and the price of 70 yuan is too low, and the widow is willing to offer a price of 90 yuan and a stone, so that Yan Guo can bite Qi Guo fiercely, let Qi Guo bleed, and let Yan Wang feel resentful. ”

Chen Zhen smiled and said, "Only! ”

Xiong Huai paused and said, "Since Maimi's matter is basically over, then next, we have to settle this account with Qi Guo." ”

"Order, the widow intends to ······"

Before Xiong Huai's words were finished, a waiter broke in from outside the hall in a panic.

Xiong Huai frowned at first, and then after recognizing that this waiter was someone from the Southern Harem, he was immediately startled, stood up all of a sudden, walked off the stage, and quickly asked worriedly: "Why are you so flustered, but what happened to the queen?" ”

The waiter gasped and said, "The king, the queen is about to give birth, so the minister has come to repay you!" ”