After receiving the king's order, Sima Wanyi hurriedly sent someone to send a message to Lu Zixu.

"The purity of the silver sent by Lu Guo is not enough?" When Lu Zixu heard this, he couldn't help but be taken aback.

Then a cold sweat broke out.

Because he really didn't have the silver sent by the country of Pulu!

After all, one million taels of silver is too much, and if you carefully check them one by one, it will inevitably consume too much manpower and time.

Over there, the envoys of Lu kept urging, saying that they urgently needed to repay the loan and buy a large amount of salt to return to China. Lu is in the pain of losing land, and he can't delay too long in Haiguo.

Lu Zixu felt that there was some truth in this.

After all, Lu Guo is still waiting to accumulate strength to counterattack at this time, and it is indeed inconvenient if the trip in Haiguo is delayed for too long.

What's more, Lu Zixu also had an idea, hoping that the Lu State could rise quickly to compete with the Qi State, so as to reduce the military pressure on the Sea State, so he did not investigate too much in silver.

After a symbolic spot check of a portion of the silver, it was found that there was no problem, and it was put into the inventory.

After all, Lu Guo still has a lot of business to trade with Haiguo, so it can't be that at the beginning, there will be some silver with insufficient purity, right?

As a result, Sima Youyi delivered a message, saying that the king knew that the purity of this batch of silver was insufficient, so he was furious and demanded that he refuse to trade with Lu this time, and asked the envoy of Lu to bring back the million taels of silver.

Lu Zixu broke out in a cold sweat, and his face also showed a touch of gloom.

Could it be that this envoy of the Lu Kingdom dared to bring silver of insufficient purity in front of him?

"Go, please send the envoy of Lu State, come to me for a while!" Lu Zixu still had respect in his mouth, but he was actually quite annoyed.

Not long after, the envoy of Lu State brought it, and as soon as he entered Lu Zixu's mansion, he laughed and said: "Lu Gong, how is it, did Haijun say when he will sell us salt?" ”

Lu Zixu sneered and secretly sarcastic: "The quality of this batch of salt is high, if you don't have enough pure silver, I'm afraid you won't be able to take it!" ”

The facial muscles of the envoy of Lu couldn't help jumping.

But after all, he was used to seeing big scenes, and soon his expression returned to normal, and said: "The silver of the Lu Kingdom is extremely pure, and of course it is worthy of the salt of the Shanghai Kingdom." ”

The change in the expression of the envoy of the Lu State was all in Lu Zixu's eyes. Lu Zixu didn't talk much nonsense, and directly ordered the forbidden army in charge of the treasury to open the treasury and inspect the silver!

"Eh, wait a minute. Lu Gong, when the silver first arrived, didn't you send someone to check it? How to check again? The envoy of Lu was a little flustered.

Lu Zixu still sneered and said, "Pure or not, you have to test all of them to know." ”

The envoy of the Lu State was flustered, but he still had a smile on his face: "Lu Gong doesn't believe in my Lu State?" This silver is absolutely pure, if there is a defective product, Lu Guo is willing to fake one and pay ten! Now Lu Gong can rest assured, right? ”

The envoy of Lu State had a smile on his face, but he also hid a knife in his smile and set a trap for Lu Zixu.

Lu Guo and Hai Guo have just reached a cooperation at this time, and they need to have a certain amount of trust. If either side undermines this trust, the other side can take the opportunity to attack and become a new bargaining chip!

After all, Lu needs the sea country to restore its economy, and the sea country also needs the Lu country to involve the Qi country and make itself safer on the coast of the East China Sea.

In the case that both sides have the need for this kind of cooperation, and the interests are not contradictory, if there is no complete certainty, no one will dare to tear their faces easily, right?

Take the matter of checking the silver as an example, if the purity is not enough, then Lu Guo will breach the contract first, and Lu Guo is sorry for Haiguo, and Haiguo will naturally seize the initiative in the next negotiations.

But if there is no problem with the silver, it is that the sea country does not trust its partners for no reason, and it is the sea country that is sorry for the Lu country, and the Lu country can also take the opportunity to get benefits.

In other words, if the money is not checked, both parties can continue to trade according to the existing conditions.

But once all the silver is checked, one of the Lu countries and the sea countries will inevitably suffer a big loss!

Lu Zixu is not fully sure, dare to bet?

When the envoy of the Lu State thought of this, he couldn't help but smile even more.

Because of this batch of silver, adulteration used extremely clever means, and it was created by Lu Guogong's henchmen.

And this envoy is the only one who knows about the lack of purity of silver. Therefore, he concluded that it was impossible for Lu Zixu to be 100% sure that the purity of the silver was insufficient!

What's more, Lu Zixu is a thoughtful person, so the envoy of Lu State deliberately said the price of fake one to pay ten, which made Lu Zixu think that Lu Guo had enough confidence!

Now, shouldn't you take the huge risk of damaging the interests of the sea country to forcibly ask for a silver inspection, right?

Lu Zixu couldn't help muttering in his heart when he saw the determined gaze of the envoy of Lu State.

With his cautious attitude, he naturally knew that if he couldn't find out that there was a problem with the silver, once the Lu State was in trouble, the Hai State would suffer a big loss......

"My lord, check, or don't check?" The soldiers of the forbidden army waited for Lu Zixu's order.

Lu Zixu took a deep breath.

There is no accurate source of this batch of silver, and nothing wrong was found in the spot check, and there is no problem with the weight and volume, and it seems to be a sufficient amount of silver.

If he uses his character, he will definitely not hurt the harmony of the two families, and make a comprehensive investigation of this kind of thing that hurts the harmony of the two families.

But it's different nowadays. Whoever speaks of impure silver, but the king!

Lu Zixu knows very well that he must not judge the king with common sense!

In many cases, although the king's approach may seem strange, as if he was messing around, it is often only after the fact that he realizes the horror of it.

And when there is a disagreement between his judgment and that of the king, there is no doubt that the king will always be right.

Lu Zixu gritted his teeth: "Check!" Check them all out! ”

The envoy of the Lu State was stunned for a moment, and then turned a little annoyed: "Since the Hai Kingdom doesn't believe us, then don't talk about this deal!" ”

Lu Zixu also let go: "If the silver is okay, I will find a way to lower the price of salt and give Lu Guo more benefits." But at this time, it was offended! ”

The forbidden army received the order, took out a silver ingot, and began to examine it carefully. First look at the color, then weigh, and even split several halves from the middle, all of which are real sterling silver.

The envoy of the Lu State pursed his lips and sneered: "Duke Lu is too suspicious. ”

Immediately, he whispered to himself: "A small country really thinks of itself as a thing." How can Lu Guo's methods be guessed by a small country like Hai Guo? ”

Lu Zixu's lips were slightly white, he looked at the forbidden army, and he didn't say much, just said, "Melt it." ”

He wanted to see if he could melt the silver and let it come to its original form!

The forbidden army set up a furnace for the purpose of minting silver dollars, and put silver ingots into it.

In a moment, the silver melts.

The color is bright and the materials are pure.

Lu Zixu's face instantly became ugly.