Xijun sneered: "It's a matter of E Qi donating ten thousand gold!" ”

Wan Shang nodded, and then shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, not only the Ejun donated money, just now Sikong Zhaoyu Sima Zhaoju and other important ministers in the court have entered the palace to offer gold, and then the feudal monarchs from all over the country also entered the palace to offer gold, the king and the ministers swore that in the future, the Taifu will be rich, and they will return the gold of the ministers twice in accordance with the example of the Ejun." ”

Yiling Jun was shocked: "What, so Xiong Huai not only wants to loot us and others, but also does not let go of the important ministers in the court, he is really crazy." ”

Xijun said in a demented voice: "Crazy heart... Crazy, the ancients probably didn't have such a brutal act, my big Chu appeared such a Chu king, is it that the sky is going to kill my Chu country!. ”

As he spoke, Xijun wept bitterly and said: "There is such a king of Chu, this is the sky that is going to destroy my Chu country!" ”

"What's going on, what's going on, isn't my Chu State a big victory over Qin Qi! Why are you going to lose your country? Could it be that the king of he..." Dangjun, who had just come to the neighborhood, heard Xijun's painful voice, walked quickly to Xijun's side, didn't care about his legs trembling, and asked with a pale face and frightened.

Wan Shang looked at his monarch and cried bitterly, and immediately persuaded: "Your Majesty, the king should really want money, not to rob the ministers of the Chu State." ”

"The king robbed the ministers, what do you say about this?" The confused Dang Jun asked.

"What's going on?" Xijun Yilingjun also asked.

Wan Shang replied: "Because the king saw a large number of courtiers donating money, so he prescribed the proportion of contributions, except for the first prince of E, the other ministers, the secretary should not contribute more than 1000 gold, the doctor should not contribute more than 500 gold, and the ministers below the doctor should not exceed 100 gold, and do not accept donations from countrymen who have no official position, and as long as the contribution reaches 100,000 gold, they will not accept the contribution of courtiers. ”

"Donation?" The party monarch is still in a state of confusion.

"We don't accept donations from our countrymen! Could it be that the king will really repay it twice? ”

Xijun and Yilingjun focused on this place.

You must know that Chu is a mercantile country, and there are no longer a few big businessmen who do not have official positions, and there is no reason why the king of Chu should not loot these powerless and powerful big businessmen first, but start to loot from the important ministers.

Wan Shang continued: "Your Majesty, if you go to the palace to donate money, you need to do it as soon as possible, and many merchants have heard that the king does not accept their own contributions, so they have united with the ministers who are not wealthy in the court to support these ministers in making donations. ”

"It is said that Qu Yuan only took a hundred gold to the Chu Palace, but the king authorized Qu Yuan to give a thousand gold according to the treatment of the Qing, but Qu Yuan said that he had no money, so the king asked Qu Yuan to go back to raise money, and he didn't want Qu Yuan to meet a big businessman who lent money in front of the Chu Palace as soon as he left the palace, and instantly raised a thousand gold."

Xijun exclaimed: "The king has always loved Qu Yuan, is it true that the future will double the return of the donation, the king is rewarding Qu Yuan!" ”

Yiling Jun said: "It should be like this, since the king ascended the throne, he has always been wise and benevolent..."

Before Yiling Jun's admiration for the King of Chu was finished, he saw Dang Jun running quickly in front of him like a gust of wind, and in his panic, Dang Jun's voice came from outside: "Prepare the car, no, prepare the horse, this gentleman wants to enter the palace to offer gold." ”

“···” Xijun Yilingjun looked at each other, Dangjun, your legs were shaking just now, is this appropriate?

Then he immediately shouted outside, "Prepare the horse..."

Early the next morning, the flushed Dou You reported in the palace: "King, yesterday, the ministers gave a total of 80,000 gold, and now that the Taifu is abundant, the king's flour plan can be implemented." ”

After Xiong Huai woke up the day before yesterday, he was worried that the borrowing plan would scare Douyou to death, so he told Douyou about the flour plan, after all, the next state-owned flour and acquisition plans are all inseparable from the support of Taifu.

After learning about the flour plan, Douyou no longer worries about the lack of money and food, and his heart disease is gone, and he suddenly feels comfortable.

Xiong Huai said to Dou You: "Xianqing, the widow borrowed 100,000 gold from the ministers in one go, in order not to lose his trust in the ministers, he will definitely return 200,000 gold in the future, and all the things about selling flour will be handed over to Taifu, I don't know how long it will take Taifu to gather 200,000 gold." ”

Dou You thought for a moment and said: "Great King, the purchase of wheat and rice from various countries is huge, coupled with the king's tax exemption policy, the sale of flour plus the commercial tax of the Chu State, I am afraid it will take three to five years to completely pay off the ministers' money." ”

In three to five years, it is necessary to tie up the commercial taxes of the Chu State.

Xiong Huai secretly rejoiced, fortunately, there was no specific deadline for returning, and the king of Chu did not borrow money for profit, otherwise the state of Chu would not have to do anything else next.

Just as Xiong Huai and Dou You were discussing how to sell the flour, Li Qiu walked up to the King of Chu and reminded softly: "King, the king of Ejun asks to see you." ”

"E-kun!"

Could it be that Ejun has already completed the formation of the caravan?

Thinking of this, Xiong Huai instructed: "Let Ejun go to the Assassin Mansion later, and the widow will arrive later." ”

"Yui."

After Li Qiu left, Xiong Huai said to Dou You: "Xianqing can now arrange the purchase of wheat and the sale of flour, and after a month, the widow will sell flour in the major cities of Chu State, and after six months, the widow will buy wheat and rice in all the cities of Chu State." ”

Dou You responded: "Only." ”

When Xiong Huai arrived at the Assassin's Mansion, E Jun was communicating with Chen Zhen.

When the two saw the arrival of the king of Chu, they immediately saluted and said, "Meet the king." ”

"No courtesy." Xiong Huai said, and asked Ejun: "Xianqing, but the caravan has been formed. ”

Ejun replied: "Back to the king, after two days of preparation, Wechen has already set up a caravan and plans to go to the northern countries today. ”

"Okay, but before Xianqing leaves, the widow still has one more thing for Xianqing to move." Xiong Huai said and said to Chen Zhen: "Go to know Beiya." ”

Chen Zhen responded: "Only." ”

After speaking, Chen Zhen stepped forward and guided the King of Chu and the King of E to the backyard of the Assassin's Mansion.

Soon, the three of them came to a heavily guarded room, and after entering the room, E Jun saw that in the huge room, there were only more than ten empty bookshelves, and there were only a few wooden tablets on the shelves.

Passing by one of the bookshelves, Ejun noticed that the bookshelf was marked as Korean.

After the three of them sat down in the room, Xiong Huai explained to Ejun: "The place where Xianqing is now is a newly established department of the widow, called Zhibeiya, which is different from the spies temporarily sent by the military to investigate the military situation of various countries. It was when the widows frequently sent envoys before, they relied on the spies buried by the envoys of the Chu State one after another to probe the intelligence of various countries. ”

"However, the exchange of emissaries from various countries is not frequent, the number of spies is seriously insufficient, and the target of emissaries is too large, so this method is not advisable."

"Therefore, the widow decided to rely on merchants to scatter the spies of our Chu State to all corners of the country, in order to collect the national conditions of each country, including the population of each country, the price of grain and other commodities in each place, the customs of each place, the topography of each place, and so on. After these spies enter the countries, unlike other main jobs of business, their main purpose will be to find out information, and business will only be a cover. ”

"The widow hopes that when Xianqing goes to various countries to buy grain this time, he will send the spies of my Chu State to various places so that they can lurk."