As soon as he heard Fan Li say that he could get food, Bo Yao became excited. This is a very real problem. The matter is obvious, if you can't get food, you have to stop working, and migrant workers can't work hungry.

This issue cannot be handed over to King Wu yet. Handed over to King Wu, in the end, the two of them have to do it, you can't ask the king to go to the countryside to urge grain, right? You're going to have to get a reputation for being incompetent. Moreover, the power of King Wu has been decentralized, and Bo Yao and Fan Li can act in the name of the king.

However, the common people can no longer squeeze out 100,000 loads of grain. The two of them were a little anxious.

At this time, Fan Li said that he could get food, no wonder Bo Yao was ecstatic.

"Young uncle, you say, where can I get food?"

Unexpectedly, Fan Li sighed and said, "Forget it, although there is food in this place, we can't get it." I didn't say it. ”

Bo Yao shouted: "I said young uncle, what is the matter with you? As long as there is food, I can get it out. ”

Fan Li shook his head: "It's useless, with our ability, we can't get it." Let's find another way. ”

Bo Yao shouted: "Hell, as long as there is food there, it is Longtan Tiger's Den, and I also want to get food out, you say, where is the food?" ”

Fan Li said, "Okay, I said. Actually, as you know, there is food in this place, and there is a lot of it. This is Huguan. ”

"You mean rations?"

Bo Yao was also stunned. What Fan Li said is the truth, there is indeed food there, and there is a lot of it, and it is conservatively estimated that there are tens of millions of quintals, as long as you give a little casually, the problem of Gusutai will be solved.

But that's military rations! The military rations in the state reserve can only be used when the war starts, and this batch of grain is enough for 200,000 troops to feed at least two years.

The most troublesome thing is that this batch of grain is managed by Wu Zixu, and it is more difficult to ask Wu Zixu to take out military food to repair Gu Sutai, which is more difficult than cutting his flesh.

Fan Li said: "How is it? It's useless for me to say it, so let's find another way. ”

Bo Yao said: "I also thought about it, but I felt that it was in vain to think about it, so I didn't say it." ”

Fan Li sighed and said, "Actually, there is too much food there, just give a little casually, and we can get through the difficulties." ”

Bo Yao said: "Yes, the military rations reserve is 10 million quintals, and we only need 100,000 quintals, and the problem will be solved." But Wu Zixu won't give it, and if the king comes forward, I'm afraid he won't be able to get a grain of grain. ”

Fan Li said: "I don't understand, Dazai, why can't the king solve the problem on this issue?" Could it be that Wu Zixu can be above the king? ”

He sighed and said, "For the king himself has made this rule." And this regulation is correct, these grains are the ballast stone of national security. No matter how poor or weak a country is, as long as it has a strong enough army, no one can bully it, and to ensure that the army can fight, it must first have food. ”

In fact, Fan Li has coveted Wu Guo's military rations for a long time. Although we can't empty the rations of the Wu army, we must break this rule. He must dig some out of the rations.

Through the construction of Gusutai, the goal of greatly weakening the national strength of Wu has been achieved. But as Bo Yao said, no matter how poor and weak the state of Wu is, as long as this powerful army is still there, it can still be proud of the others.

The destruction of Wu and the revival of Yue ultimately relied on military strength and a strong army. Of course, the comprehensive strength of the country is the foundation of the army. Now, although the common people of Wu have become poor and the treasury has been empty, as long as it lasts a few months and the wheat harvest is up, this crisis will be alleviated.

It will take at least two years for Gusutai to be built, and if it is tossed for another two years, it will take many years to make up for the deficit. Without five years, Wu Guobei wants to recover.

The significance of the construction of Gusutai also lies in the fact that the people's hearts gathered in Wu were scattered, and although the common people were stupid, they could still see that their suffering was caused by the construction of Gusutai. Is it possible that the king, for the sake of his own pleasure, made the people miserable and mourned, and still wanted the people to support him intimately?

Fan Li thought about these things thousands of times in his heart. Gusutai has reached the late stage of the project. It is certain that it will be completed on schedule, and what we need to do now is to take advantage of this matter to step up the looting of the common people, further weaken the national strength of the Wu State, and deepen the contradictions between the common people and the imperial court.

What we have to do now is to dig out some of Wu Zixu's military rations. 100,000 loads of military rations can't hurt a single hair of the Wu army, but it can break their military rations and understand the rules, and it can further deepen the contradiction between King Wu and Wu Zixu, causing internal divisions in the Wu court.

This is imperative, and it must be done.

Bo Yao saw that Fan Li had been silent for a long time, so he said, "Young uncle, what are you thinking?" ”

Fan Li smiled and said: "I regret that I came up with a bad idea, how could I think of asking Wu Zixu for food, isn't this a tiger's mouth to eat?" ”

Bo Yao also smiled: "This is more difficult than taking food from the tiger's mouth." But this is the only place where Wu can get food. No wonder we thought of going together. ”

Fan Li said: "But I think that if there is another person in charge of this grain, things may be done." Wu Xiangguo has always opposed the construction of Gusutai, so no matter what, he will not come up with food to support us. However, there is one thing that I have never figured out. ”

He said, "What's something you can't figure out?" ”

Fan Li said: "It's better not to say it, I don't want to cause trouble." ”

Bo Yao smiled and said, "You didn't say it like this before you spoke." Do you suspect that I will spoil you? ”

Fan Li bowed and replied, "My lord's words are serious. All right. I treat Dazai as a confidant and will tell you anything. ”

Bo Yao showed a smug smile: "That's right, let's say, what's the matter?" ”

Fan Li said: "I can't figure it out, Wu Zixu was so opposed to the construction of Gusutai at the beginning, and then suddenly he didn't object. Immediately afterwards, there was an attempt to set fire to Lu Hai, although Lu Hai escaped death at that time, but was killed in the end. These things are linked, don't people think of ......"

Before Fan Li finished speaking, he stopped, looked at Bo Yao, and Bo Yao said: "Not only do you doubt it, no matter how stupid people are, they will think that Wu Zixu did it." At first, he was clearly opposed, but the king did not listen to him, and his opposition was invalid, so he played yin and killed the chief engineer, so that you could not do it. ”

Fan Li said: "Wu Zixu is such an upright person, this is not in line with his style, I can't believe that he did it." ”

Bo Yao said: "Who said that Wu Zixu can't play conspiracy? He was exterminated in the Chu State, ran all the way to the Wu State, defected to Ji Guang, bribed Zhuanzhu, and assassinated the Wu Wang, which led to the later Helu. It can be said that Wu Zixu started by conspiracy. ”

Fan Li sighed and nodded: "Dazai sees things accurately. Since Wu Zixu did the killing of Lu Hai, why did Dazai let him go gently? ”

"Evidence! If there was evidence, my Bo Yao would have cut off Wu Zixu's head a long time ago. ”

Fan Li shook his head: "Dazai, we shouldn't be so stiff with Xiangguo, now that we have to ask him, things will be difficult to do." ”

Bo Yao smiled: "Young uncle, this is not a good relationship, you don't know Wu Zixu yet." You are Wu Zixu and his old man, and you don't want to get a grain of military ration from him."

Fan Li gritted his teeth and said: "I don't believe in this evil, I must get 100,000 loads of grain from Wu Zixu." ”

Bo Yao's eyes lit up: "Young uncle, do you have an idea?" ”