What puzzled Wu Zixu was that Gusutai resumed construction and began construction.

How can you do this without an engineer?

After planning for a few years, he got rid of Lu Hai, thinking that he could prevent the project from going on, so he stopped it. Unexpectedly, the project is working again.

Bo Ya ignored the state affairs and stayed on the construction site all day. According to the report of the spies, the project was carried out in an orderly manner, even better than Lu Hai.

What the hell.

Bo Yao must have a master behind him to guide, otherwise it would be impossible to do such a good job. Wu Zixu knows Bo Yao well, he has a deep study of being an official, and he can be said to know nothing about doing engineering.

It is impossible for a person who knows nothing about engineering to command so well.

So where is this commanding man hiding? And how can this person understand the situation and give instructions when he is not on the road surface of the construction site?

Wu Zixu didn't dare to make a big move, because Shangguan Zheng was still investigating, and Shangguan Zheng found a little clue, so it would be a big trouble. The black gauze hat on his head is not a trivial matter, and the reputation is too ugly.

In fact, Wu Zixu is a master of conspiracy. In that year, he went from Chu to Wu, bribed the martyrs, successfully assassinated the Wu prince, and helped his son Ji Guang ascend to the throne, and he officially started his career.

He regarded the rise and fall of Wu as his own business.

With the advancement of the project, the cost is getting bigger and bigger, and all kinds of materials are constantly being transported from all over the country. Tens of thousands of migrant workers consume thousands of quintals of food alone every day. A huge convoy worked day and night to transport grain, firewood, grass, and vegetables to the construction site.

Over the years, Wu has had bumper harvests every year, coupled with successive victories, the treasury is full, and the grain reserves are abundant. And the common people also have a lot of food in stock.

However, the construction of Gusutai involves dozens of industries, not only the tens of thousands of people on the construction site, but the entire country is busy with this matter.

A large number of laborers were driven from the land, and the basic agriculture of the country began to shake. The land is barren and the harvest is reduced.

When the grain in the treasury is at the bottom, it will be levied from the people. Naturally, the people refused to hand over their life's food, and protests against donations and taxes occurred from time to time, and even violent clashes between the common people and officers and soldiers broke out continuously.

Of course, the losers are always the common people, and their people are either dead or wounded, and in the end the food is also snatched.

The common people of Wu quickly became poor, and they changed from supporting the king to resenting the king.

Social contradictions are deepening. The state of Wu is rapidly declining.

"Wu Yue Chunqiu" contains: "It makes the roads often have dead people, the streets and alleys cry incessantly, the people are tired, and the soldiers are in pain......"

Fan Li went to the countryside every time and saw the tragic situation of the people, and the boss in his heart couldn't bear it. But when I thought about it, didn't it be this effect to encourage King Wu to build Gusutai? The heart hardened again.

One day, Bo Yao said to Fan Li: "Master Fan, I came to report just now that our food is almost finished. ”

Fan Li said: "How many days is enough to eat?" ”

Bo Yao said: "It is less than half a month. ”

Fan Li said: "Then hurry up and transport it, because of this incident, the work will be stopped, and the king will blame it, and no one can afford it." ”

Bo Yao said: "Luck? Where to get it? The local warehouses have long been empty. Where is the food coming? ”

Fan Li said: "This logistical matter has nothing to do with Chang Geng Luo Zichen, but it is all about the two of us." ”

"Who's to say it's not? ”

Fan Li said: "If you don't pass the order, increase the intensity of collection." The common people will always collect some of it. ”

Bo Yao said: "The intensity of the levy can be increased, but the people have to have grain in their hands, and the people have no grain in their hands, and if you increase the intensity of the levy, it will not produce grain." ”

He said, "According to Dazai's wishes, what should we do?" ”

He said, "Why don't we tell the king about this." ”

Fan Li stared at Bo Yao for a while and didn't speak. Bo Yao said, "Young uncle, why are you staring at me? ”

Fan Li said: "I don't believe that what I just said was said by Bo Yao. I don't know what Dazai means? Tell the king these things, and do you have food there? Then you are tantamount to asking, king, is Gusutai still repaired? ”

Bo Yao shook his head again and again: "No, no, you can't ask this." ”

Fan Li said: "If the king says that if he doesn't repair, we will break up, why should we go." If the king wants to talk about repairing, doesn't he want us to find a way to find this grain? You can't expect the king to go to the countryside to get food, can you? If the king goes to the countryside to get food, what else do you want us people to do? ”

Bo Ya said, "What does the young man mean?" ”

Fan Li said: "I mean, what about this matter, we will find a way to solve him, can we not alarm the king, it is better not to alarm the king, because it is to tell the king, the matter still has to be done by us." ”

Bo Yao nodded and said, "That makes sense." So how can we solve this food problem? ”

Fan Li said: "It's half of February, and Jiangnan Xiaoman is harvesting wheat. Between Huaishui, the mango is planted and the wheat is harvested, and the wheat is beaten down, dried, collected, and transported to Gusu, which takes at least 20 days. This means that it takes at least 80 days for the migrant workers to eat the new wheat. Now we have half a month's ration in our hands, so we are still short of 70 days' rations, that is, we still have a shortage of 100,000 loads of food. ””

He said, "Where can I go to get 100,000 loads of grain?" ”

Fan Li said: "Where you go to get it, we don't care, you just need to get this grain." ”

"Hey! How do you speak like a king? ”

Fan Li said: "Isn't that the case? ”

"Let's not talk about the useless ones, think about where to get the food." ”

Fan Li said: "There is a way to get food. I am afraid that the king will not let this method be used. ”

"What way? ”

"Fight! Let Wu Xiangguo lead tens of thousands of troops to bully the surrounding small countries, won't this food come? ”

Bo Yao looked at Fan Li in a daze, and said for a long time: "Young uncle, you can do it, your brain is enough." You can think of it, do you think the battle is so easy to fight? First of all, there is no guarantee of victory, and if you lose, the loss will be even greater. The second is, if you have to be famous in war, why do you fight others? If you can't say a valid reason, it will cause public indignation, and at that time, several countries will unite and attack Wu, and the matter will be big. You can't say this to the king. ”

Fan Li sighed and said, "Then I'm out of line." You're the commander-in-chief, figure it out. ”

Bo Yao said: "I, the commander-in-chief, sent you, the deputy commander-in-chief, to get food, but if you can't get food, you will be killed." ”

Fan Li said: "I, the deputy commander-in-chief, can't get food, and you, the commander-in-chief, will also be beheaded!" ”

Bo Yao sighed and said, "Young uncle, don't make trouble, let's find a way, it's annoying." ”。

Fan Li said: "Dazai, I remember, there is a place where we can get food. ”

Bo Yao was excited: "Say, where can I get food?" ”