"Heavy salute!" Xiong Huai said with a smile: "I don't know if the widow sent a stone of flour to King Yue, this is not a heavy gift." ”

Chen Zhen responded: "Count, of course this is a heavy gift." ”

In the absence of a stone mill, the manpower consumed to make a stone of flour is no longer a few, and flour is still a rarity, which is indeed a heavy gift.

Zhao Jujin said: "King, since you send flour, why not send a cook." ”

Chen Zhen continued: "Your Majesty, what Sima said is extremely true, and those important ministers of the Yue Kingdom, we can also send ten catties of flour each." ”

Xiong Huai nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, then I will send flour to King Yue." But only to send flour, the widow thought that there was still something insufficient, flour this thing is ingenious, with ordinary cloth bags, it is simply a humiliation of flour, so the flour given to the king of Yue, should be packed in the best wooden box, and the wooden box should be engraved with exquisite patterns. ”

"Also, we also need to tell King Yue that the fuel for burning noodles cannot be ordinary wood, but the most precious wood."

After a pause, Xiong Huai asked, "Two virtuous people, do you think we also follow the pipe, engrave patterns on the firewood and then burn it?" ”

Zhao Ju hesitated, shook his head and said: "King, it's too much, everyone knows about the things that plagued the world in the past, and all countries are vigilant. We don't need to tell the king of Yue about this, but we can give the king of Yue a batch of firewood, and then carve exquisite patterns on it to guide the king of Yue. ”

"Okay." Xiong Huai nodded and said, "Since even the firewood has been sent, let's send a full set." The widow heard that jade bowls and ivory chopsticks should be used to eat noodles, and gold plates should be used for steamed buns, so that the food would be delicious, so the gifts for the king of Yue, then add these things. ”

"The king is wise."

At the same time, because the prince's wedding was just two days later, the feudal lords from all over the Chu State rushed to Yingdu.

After coming to Yingdu, Fengjun found that the focus of public opinion in Yingdu is not the prince's wedding, but flour.

At this time, the practice of noodles and steamed buns has spread from the Chu Palace, causing the nobles of Yingdu to follow suit, and after many experiments, they finally mastered the practice of steamed buns.

The wisdom of the masses is unlimited, some nobles who like barbecue have been experimenting with how to barbecue pasta by themselves, and some nobles who like to like to eat have also been self-taught, and their brains have been opened, and the steamed bread is cut, and then the cut sashimi and meat slices are put into the steamed bread to make the steamed bread version of the meat sandwich bun.

To everyone's regret, it is difficult to make flour, and it is really difficult to meet the needs of the nobles of the entire Yingdu.

For example, now, Xiang Jun swallowed the bun in his hand in one bite, and then said to Qu Yangjun, who was also eating buns: "This flour is really delicious in the world, no wonder Qu Yuan's person will also dedicate this thing to the king." ”

Then he complained: "The only pity is that this flour is too expensive, but ten buns cost Benjun a gold, and a feudal monarch can only buy ten, Benjun only ate six points full, and the person who sells buns is really black." ”

"It's a pity that Benjun's fief is in the Huaishui Valley, and he has always been fighting with Si Shi and Yueguo, otherwise, Benjun came to Yingdu early, and he would have already let people buy Mai Mi to make his own noodles, but unfortunately now it is a step late, and Yingdu's Mai Mi was bought out by the profiteer, so that Ben Jun could only buy buns..."

Qu Yangjun swallowed the bun, shook his head quickly, and then said to Xiang Jun: "Even if you come early, it's useless, the feudal monarchs who went out with the king also didn't buy wheat rice in Yingdu, and most of the wheat in their hands were transported from their own fiefdoms, and then let people make it." ”

"As for the shop that sells steamed buns, Xiang Jun also asked to be cautious, now the local nobles in Yingdu are still not enough to make flour for their own use, where will they sell flour..."

Xiang Jun was shocked and said: "What does Qu Yangjun mean is that the rumor is true, the king is really using the army to make flour?" And the shop that sells steamed buns in Yingdu is the personal property of the king! ”

Qu Yangjun nodded.

Xiang Jun showed a happy look: "Could it be that the news that the king wants to use flour as the staple food at the prince's wedding banquet is also true?" ”

Regarding Xiang Jun's focus on flour, Qu Yangjun did not think it was inappropriate.

Instead, he wondered: "This news has been circulating for a long time, but the king has not officially announced it." ”

As he spoke, Qu Yangjun picked up the bun in his hand and said with a deep gaze: "But since the king made flour into buns and sold them because of lack of money, there is a good chance that this news is true." ”

Xiang Jun froze for a moment when he heard this, slowly put the bun in his hand into his mouth, then chewed it slowly, slowly finished eating the bun, and said: "What Qu Yangjun means is that the king intends to push out the flour, and the purpose is to use the flour to make money from us!" ”

Qu Yangjun shook his head and said: "It's true that the king makes money, but it's not true that he makes money from us. Flour is made from wheat rice, and wheat is a cheap thing, and I want to come to the treasury of Xiang Jun's mansion, and I also hoarded a lot of wheat and rice. ”

Xiang Jun did not deny it: "Yes, in order to prevent natural disasters, the people of Xiang Di have also planted wheat, and a lot of wheat is also stored in the treasury of this monarch's mansion. ”

Qu Yangjun said: "That's it, the feudal lords everywhere will more or less store some wheat and rice, and it only takes a lot of manpower to get flour." We are not short of wheat or manpower, so the king's target has never been us, but those wealthy merchants in Chu and other countries, and only they will be short of rice and people. ”

Xiang Jun nodded and said: "It seems that the king is going to take a heavy policy, but unfortunately all countries are on guard against the heavy policy, and the wheat itself is food, I am afraid that the policy has failed before it has been implemented." ”

Qu Yangjun nodded, and he was also puzzled in his heart, what were the kings of Chu and the princes of the court thinking, why did they choose wheat when they used the policy of weight, even if all the people from other countries went to plant wheat and rice, it would only make other grains more abundant, would it still cause famine in other countries?

There are also such doubts, as well as the envoy of Wei, Lou Su.

As a minister of the pro-Chu faction of Wei, Lou Su was sent to Chu by King Xiang of Wei early as a messenger of Wei to attend the wedding of Princess Wei and Prince Chu.

However, after arriving in the state of Chu, especially after the return of the king of Chu, some changes in the state of Chu greatly surprised him.

First, because of the flour, the ministers of the Chu State forced the King of Chu to expel Qu Yuan, and then the flour did not disappear in the Chu State with Qu Yuan's expulsion, but there was a tendency to intensify.

The price of wheat and rice in Yingdu rose from more than ten yuan per stone all the way up, and in three days, it nearly doubled to 34 yuan and one stone.

Because there is no shortage of grain in the Chu State, the price of 34 yuan and one stone is already slightly higher than the price of corn before the war, and the price of corn in Yingdu is the same as now.

Such a situation can only lead to one consequence, that is, the families who have wheat in their homes near Yingdu have come to Yingdu to sell rice with wheat on their backs, and then carry the corn home, and after another three days, the wheat in Yingdu was bought out.