"What's the news?" The people who were venting their depression instantly quieted down and asked one after another.

The six of them all knew that Xue Qi was not the owner of the cloth shop, but just a shopkeeper, and the owner of the cloth shop actually had someone else.

Xue Qi said proudly: "Do you know the news of food prices in other countries?" ”

Yan Kong said: "I have heard a little, I heard that although the food prices of other countries are a little better than those of Qi countries, they are not much lower!" ”

Xue Qi nodded and said, "Yes, that's right." I heard the proprietor say that the kings of other countries are not as benevolent and righteous as our kings, and they did not sell grain at low prices, so many people went bankrupt. ”

Dong Guo Shui, who is in the ironware business, nodded and said: "This news is true, two months ago, when I bought low-cost iron and stone from the border, I heard that the people of other countries are very unhappy, and there are already many civilians who can't survive." ”

"Originally, before the wheat harvest, the grain prices in various countries had already begun to fall, but I didn't expect that after the wheat harvest, the world's grain prices skyrocketed again, and many people couldn't hold on."

Xue Qi said: "Yes, that's right, that's the news I got like this, the most serious thing is the subject country of Lu country, Fei Guo, I heard the proprietor say that Fei country was half a month ago, the granary accidentally ran out of water, and the price of grain skyrocketed again, but this time Fei country did not carry it, and a large number of people went bankrupt and fled." ”

"What, is that true?" The six of them were shocked at the same time, looking at each other.

"Well, it's definitely true." Xue Qi nodded sincerely, and then spoke: "Because Jucheng is close to Philadelphia, the proprietor of my family summoned me to go to the vicinity of Philadelphia to buy slaves. Because the ruler is close to the six, he revealed the news to the six, hoping that everyone will go to Philadelphia to make a fortune together. ”

The seven people here are all businessmen, with a little bit of assets, and of course they know what that means!

In other words, where are there many cheap slaves in Philadelphia!

The most desirable thing for those who do business is this kind of slave who only needs a mouthful of food. Of course, it would be even better if even this bite of food was saved.

Moreover, even if you don't need slaves, you can sell them to Linzi or other countries.

Yan Kong swallowed his saliva and praised: "Brother Xue is really noble, I don't know when Brother Xue plans to leave, it is better for you and me to go together!" ”

"That's right, Brother Xue, it's better to go with you!" As Dong Guo Shui, who needed labor the most, said with a grateful face: "Brother Xue is so gracious, even if you have something to say in the future, you will be able to help you in the future." ”

Then, the other five people also opened their mouths to thank Xue Qi!

Xue Qi nodded with satisfaction, this is exactly the task given to him by the proprietor of Linzi, because the incident happened suddenly, and Jucheng was short of money and food, so he walked the news out.

One is to share the risk, and the other is to make good connections, open up the situation, and facilitate business in the future.

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At the same time, there were rumors in various parts of Qi that the monarchs of other countries were not as benevolent as the king of Qi, and did not sell grain at a low price, resulting in the poverty and bankruptcy of the people.

And under the cover of this news, the news that a Qi country is short of food and the king of Qi is beggar-thy-neighbor is also quietly spreading.

Linzi.

King Qi was also stunned when he got the news of Fei Guo.

Prince Qi said with a heavy face: "Great King, the monarch of the Lu State protested to us not long ago, saying that our Qi State took advantage of the fire to rob, and took advantage of the disaster in the Fei Country to send a large number of merchants to arrest slaves at the border. ”

King Qi frowned and said, "Is this serious? ”

Chu Zi nodded: "According to Doctor Ju's report, because the news of the escape of the people of Philadelphia spread rapidly in Jucheng, there are indeed a large number of merchants who went to buy slaves at low prices. ”

"This..." The king of Qi was stunned, and this kind of thing happened, which obviously affected the relationship between Qi and Lu, and he paused and asked, "I don't know how the loss of the Fei country is?" ”

Chu Zi replied: "The news from the country of Lu, more than half of the people of the country of Fei have fled, because of this matter, Lu Jun has arrested and tried Fei Jun, according to the news, this time the country of Fei is over, and Lu Jun wants to cut off the lord and remove the country." ”

"In addition, Doctor Ju came to report that the prince of Fei Guo defected to Jucheng, hoping to return to Qi with Fei Guo, and he was willing to serve the king, and only hoped that Qi Guo would take action to protect Fei Guo."

King Qi shook his head: "This matter is categorical, tell Prince Fei that a widow can be rich." ”

"Yui!"

The fifth day of the eighth month.

After some operation, led by the state of Chu, the four kingdoms of Chu, Yue, Song and Han jointly sent envoys to the state of Qi, and then handed over the letters of the seven kingdoms to the king of Qi to exert pressure on the state of Qi.

In the main hall of the Qi Kingdom, the Shangguan Doctor presented the national letter of the Seven Kingdoms to the Queen of Qi, and said solemnly: "The king, the widow heard that there was a disaster in the Qi country, and countless grains were burned, and he lamented when he heard it, and felt sad for the people of the Qi country. ”

"Then, regardless of the difficulties at home, your country gathered a large army in the south, wanting to forcibly borrow grain from the three kingdoms of Chu, Yue and Song. The ministers of our country were indignant and asked the widow for his life, and wanted to show your country that our country should not be bullied. However, the widow rejected the suggestion of the ministers, and instead explained to the ministers on behalf of your country. ”

"Say: Your country's behavior is not to forcibly borrow grain from the three kingdoms, but because of the calamity, you are worried that our three kingdoms will take advantage of the great disaster of the Qi country to send troops to attack. Therefore, as long as our three kingdoms of Chu, Yue and Song do not move and send an envoy to explain to the king of Qi, we can naturally eliminate misunderstandings and reconcile. After all, when there was a war at that time, weren't it the people of Qi who suffered the disaster? ”

The widow persuaded the ministers of our kingdom and at the same time wrote to the kings of all countries, urging them not to be impulsive, lest the war recur. Then, Song Yue accepted the persuasion of the state of Yi, and together with the state of Chu, he sent an envoy to persuade the king not to be impulsive. ”

"As a result, unfortunately, your country actually regarded the kindness of the Three Kingdoms as weakness, and then thought that the Three Kingdoms could be bullied, and forcibly borrowed 300,000 stone of grain from the Song State."

After a pause, Doctor Shangguan saw that the minister of Qi was full of gloom, and the king of Qi did not react, swallowed his saliva, and continued: "Then, the Song State came to our country to ask for help, hoping that the widow can uphold justice. However, after thinking about it for a few days, the widow finally decided to give Qi another chance, persuade the King of Song, and apologize to the King of Song, saying: This is not that the King of Qi thinks that the Song State can be bullied, but that the Qi State is really short of food and is desperate. ”

"In the end, after repeated persuasion by the widow, King Song calmed the anger in his heart."

The King of Qi listened to the words of the envoy of Chu and saw the aggrieved appearance of the envoy of the Song State, and his heart was shocked.

The relationship between the Song State and the Chu State doesn't seem to be so iron, right?

Why was the Song State so close to the Chu State?

Before getting along and coming up with a result, over there, the Shangguan doctor in the palace continued: "The widow originally thought that the Qi State had received 300,000 stone grain from the Song State and 500,000 stone grain from the Wei State, so it should be somewhat dissipated and overcome this crisis with peace of mind. ”

"But I never expected that in order to solve the crisis in your country, your country would greatly raise the price of grain, and the price of grain in the world exceeded 100 yuan."

"At that time, the countries couldn't help but take revenge on your country, but the widow still persuaded the countries, saying that the Qi country had planted a large amount of wheat, so as long as the wheat was ripe, the Qi country would tide over the crisis, and the grain price would return to normal, and it would only be a few months, so why bother the people to risk death to go to war against the Qi country!"

"······ of countries"

Before Doctor Shangguan finished speaking, King Qi saw that the State of Chu had planted everything on his head, and couldn't help but say coldly: "In this way, the four envoys visited our country, is this to declare war on the widows?" ”