Dou You then arched his hand and said: "King, the price of eighty-three yuan, for us who have been buying a large number of wheat and rice from various countries for three consecutive years, the price is really a little high, if we also raise the price of wheat and rice to eighty yuan, then the money of the Ether Mansion may be unbearable." ”

"So..." Dou You groaned: "King, are we going to test the Qi country again and further reduce the price of grain." ”

Xiong Huai was silent for a moment when he heard this, then slowly shook his head and said, "No need to try again." ”

"It's June now, and the wheat and rice from all over the world have basically been gathered and put into sale. Moreover, to continue to reduce the price and induce the Qi country to reduce the price, it will take one to two months to come and go, at that time, I am afraid that most of the grain will flow into the Qi country, even if the Qi country continues to reduce the price next, we can only follow the Qi country to drink soup. ”

Dou You hesitated: "The king means that we also buy wheat and rice from various countries at a high price of eighty yuan?" ”

"However, I am afraid that there will be no money in this way!"

Xiong Huai shook his head and said, "No, if we also set the purchase price of each country at eighty yuan, then Taifu's money should be enough." ”

Dou You reacted: "The king is saying that we will give up some countries? ”

Xiong Huai nodded and said: "Yes, the widow means that after all, Yan and Zhao are too far away from Chu State, and Qi State has a natural advantage in purchasing wheat from both countries." Among the three kingdoms of Han, Wei and Song, the state of Chu in Korea is close and far away from the state of Qi, and it is easier to transport grain from Korea to the state of Chu, with two major streams of water and Yingshui, which is easier than transporting water from the river to the state of Qi. ”

"In the same way, the Song State is located in the upper reaches of Surabaya, and it is more convenient to transport grain to the Chu State, but the Song State is very close to the Xue Land of the Qi State, even if it is transported by land, it is not very troublesome."

"Therefore, the widow has decided to buy the grain of various countries this year, mainly from South Korea, supplemented by the Song State, and strive for the Wei State, as for the other countries, then give it to the Qi State!"

In previous years, there was no competition, and all the wheat and rice of various countries were purchased by the Chu State, but now, as soon as the Qi State acted, the Chu State had to use the same or even more price, but it could only get less than the first one-third of the harvest.

There was silence for a while, and in the absence of any other way, it was all but so.

So, Dou You arched his hand and said: "Only! ”

Then, Xiong Huai thought for a long time, and then said to Chen Zhen: "Xianqing, although the widow gave up the idea of Yan and Zhao this time, Qi Guo should not easily get wheat from Yan and Zhao. ”

"Qing immediately arranged for envoys to contact the ministers of the two countries who were close to the state of Chu, and asked them to lobby the king of Zhao and the king of Yan to strictly prevent the state of Qi from obtaining wheat from the two countries in order to tide over this food shortage crisis."

Chen Zhen responded: "The minister receives the order." ”

"Also, Korea is still close to our Chu State, and has not turned to Qi State, and arranged for an envoy to visit my uncle, so that Uncle Gong can provide convenience for my Chu State, and drive away merchants from other countries who buy wheat and rice. Then send someone to summon Hui Ang Zuocheng of the Song State, and ask them to provide convenience for our Chu State. ”

"In addition, the Xiangguo Mansion of the Wei State, he can sit in the position of the Wei Xiang, the widow has contributed a lot, and now it's time for him to repay the widow."

"This..."

Before Chen Zhen could speak, Dou You was suddenly startled, and hurriedly spoke: "King, the matter of our purchase of Maimi before has made all countries suspicious, if we use the official power of various countries this time, it will undoubtedly tell all countries that Maimi's affairs are different. ”

"Even if the countries help us this time, I'm afraid that if we want to buy wheat again next year, I'm afraid it won't be so easy!"

Xiong Huai said disappreciatively: "Xianqing is too worried, now that Qi Guo has discovered the method of making flour, this means that the news has been leaked." A secret that one person knows can be said to be a secret, and now that two countries know it, the matter of flour cannot be hidden from other countries at all. ”

"Therefore, the widow plans to take advantage of the fact that other countries have not yet reacted, while the countries have not yet turned against the Chu State, and while the widow is still there, he will get this year's wheat first."

"What's more, the widow just wants to be able to hide it this time, in the coming year, what will happen, I'm afraid even the ghosts and gods don't know."

Saying that, Xiong Huai smiled: "Besides, the virtual is real, the real is virtual, the way of the virtual and the real is endless!" ”

"This..." Dou You was stunned, and then remembered that Chu State's acquisition of wheat from other countries was just a matter of one or two years, and after thinking about the words behind King Chu, he arched his hand and said: "The king is wise!" ”

Chen Zhen saw that Douyou approved of Chu State's plan, and responded: "King, the minister will arrange it." ”

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Korean Palace.

Uncle Han Xiang said with a straight face: "King, not long ago, the king of Chu sent someone to visit the minister, and promised the minister to give a heavy gift, hoping that the minister could expel the grain merchants of various countries, and provide convenience for the grain merchants of Chu to help the merchants of Chu buy my Korean wheat and rice!" ”

"Huh?" King Han was stunned, this kind of bribery of the minister, this is not the first time that the uncle has encountered it, how can he still confess to the widow!

This kind of thing, reprimanding, will only alienate the relationship between the two, which is inappropriate!

Speaking out in support, this is to encourage courtiers to fornicate with other countries, regardless of whether this country is an ally of South Korea or not, in short, fornicating with other countries is wrong.

Thinking about it, King Han said vaguely: "Uncle, at this time, Qing can kill himself!" ”

When the uncle heard this, he knew that King Han wanted to deviate.

"King, the minister does not mean that the minister accepts gifts from the Chu State, but that he will talk about Maimi."

"Maimie?" Han Wang was stunned for a moment, and then reacted: "Uncle means that there is something wrong with Maimi?" ”

"It's not right, and it's very bad!" Uncle Gong said: "Great King, do you still remember a few years ago when the Chu State and our Sanjin Alliance, the Chu State purchased a large amount of wheat from the Sanjin?" ”

King Han nodded hesitantly: "The widow naturally remembers that time the alliance, the widow and the king of Chu swore an oath to marry, exchange hostages, and..."

Saying that, King Han suddenly realized: "And the king of Chu said that Chu does not grow wheat and rice, because of the production of flour, he hopes that the widow will provide 500,000 stone wheat to the Chu country every year, because the quantity of wheat is not much, so the widow agreed." ”

Uncle Gong continued: "King, not only that, in recent years, the State of Chu has not only taken 500,000 stone wheat from us every year, but also wantonly purchased wheat from the hands of the people of various countries. ”

King Han reacted instantly: "What Uncle means is that now that the price of wheat is so high, the Chu State still vigorously buys wheat rice, and even does not hesitate to bribe the ministers of other countries. In other words, the state of Chu did not want to buy and sell Maimi, but had other plans. ”

Uncle nodded, thinking that in recent years, South Korea had also been suspicious of Maimi back then, so he kept a hand and hoarded a lot of Maimi, so he breathed a sigh of relief.