Inside the big tent, the generals and colonels who were discussing the military situation and the servants who were handling the military newspaper brochures were all looking at the mud talking in confusion.

For such a major event as the loss of the country, the Qi court dragged on for half a month without reacting.

What kind of court should this be!

Su Lu thought of a court, the Qing court.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the domestic political situation was corrupt, corruption was rampant, the military was lax, the internal brutal suppression, and the external grievances were sought to be fulfilled.

Could it be that this Qi country is also like this?

Su Lu thought like this, and casually asked Niba: "What is the domestic situation in Qi State, can there be a big grain merchant, can you take over and sell us the grain?" ”

Mud scratched his head when he heard this: "The commander forgives the sins, the last general really doesn't know, these days he only cares about ambushes and assassinations." Li Lingdu went to the state of Qi, the governor you can order him to search, there should be a big grain merchant in the country of Qi, I looted two big grain depots on the south bank. ”

Su Lu nodded, and ordered the mud to go down and rest, and continued to tighten the strings in Qidi for more than a month, and this group of boys had almost reached the limit of their bodies.

The captain who left Dingxiang Wei in the camp to listen to the use called, Su Lu gave an order, and the captain took the order.

Luo Xuan said beside him: "Commander, we attacked the Qi State and occupied the land of the Qi State, no matter how lawless the merchants of the Qi State are, I am afraid that they will not dare to sell us grain and grass." ”

Without waiting for Su Lu to speak, Su Yun, who came in from outside, said: "That's not certain, back then, Tule violated my Han Kingdom, and my brother and Tulle were in dire straits, and those Jin merchants didn't sell their heavy grain and grass to the enemy. ”

Luo Xuan opened his mouth and stammered, not knowing what to say.

"Hey, what are so many bags in them?"

Su Yun saw the bag placed in front of Su Lushuai's case, and stepped forward, wanting to open it.

These bags were dirty, and they were placed in front of Su Lushuai's case at random, out of place with the surroundings, and Su Yun noticed it at once.

Only then did Su Lu think of the bag that several lieutenants put in front of the desk before the mud left.

"Yikes!"

Su Yun screamed, covering the mouth of the bag tightly, his cheeks flushed, and his eyes flashed brightly.

"Poof"

A silver ingots rolled out of the mouth of the bag and landed in front of Luo Xuan's feet.

"This is, the official silver of the Qi State?"

Luo Xuan picked it up and took a look, and when he saw the inscription at the bottom, he was surprised.

Su Lu got up and asked, "Come on, go and ask, how much official silver did Mud bring back this time?" ”

A guard went out, and came back after a while, and said in an excited voice: "Lord Qiqi, the mud captain has brought back fifteen carts of supplies, which are basically Qi State official silver, and Lord Zhou Yuan is counting." ”

Su Lu pinched his chin, this mud kid did a good job, although the silver can't be eaten, but if he is willing to accept the price of Tang Guo, he can still buy a lot of food from Tang Guo.

Three days later, Li Ling returned from Qi with a dusty body.

"Lord Wang, the last general is fortunate not to be dishonored, not only to find out the movements of the Qi court, but also to say that several big grain merchants of the Qi country have been moved, and their shopkeepers have arrived."

Su Lu nodded: "Why didn't the Qi people send troops?" ”

A strange look appeared on Li Ling's face: "Before Kang'an was slaughtered by the mud captain, he didn't report the loss of hundreds of miles of land north of the Qingjiang River to the imperial court, and until now, most of the people in the imperial court of the Qi State did not know that the north of the Qingjiang River had fallen into the hands of our Han State. ”

Luo Xuan was snatched out next to him and asked: "Impossible, the Qi people can't only have the line of Kangding to reach the sky, so the Qi court is too derelict in its duties." ”

Li Ling smiled: "What General Luo said is very true, Qi State also has a monitoring system, and the information has also been transmitted to the capital, but it has been suppressed by Kang'an's backers. ”

Everyone in the account looked confused,, they could still do this.

Su Lu smiled, just like the Qing court, many strange things were unimaginable.

"Zhou Yuan, you go, call your scribes, and give me a meeting with the big businessmen of Qi to bring down the price of grain, the quantity can be raised to a very high level, and I am not afraid of how high it is."

Zhou Yuan's face was happy, now he has silver money in hand, and he is about to have food again, solve the problem of lack of food in the Han army, and handle the logistics for the prince.

"Don't worry, the lower officials will let the Qi people leave happily."

The next day, as soon as the sky was bright, Zhou Yuan walked into Su Lu's big tent and found a chair in the tent to sit down.

Su Lu, who was instructing the military affairs excerpt, looked curious: "Zhou Yuan, what's wrong with you, your eyes are as red as copper bells?" ”

Zhou Yuan's face wrinkled, and he smiled as if crying: "Lord Wang, last night I negotiated the price with Qi people and grain merchants all night, and when the price was pressed to three cents a catty, Qi people threw out a bait that I couldn't accept." ”

Su Lu put down the brush in his hand, leaned back on the chair, and asked: "Is it possible that the Qi people and grain merchants can help cover up the fact that we attacked the Kang'an camp and occupied the land of Qi for hundreds of miles, so that Qi would not raise troops." ”

Zhou Yuan's eyes widened, and he looked at Su Lu in surprise, looking like how do you know, did you secretly ambush some people outside my tent.

Su Lu waved his hand: "The political situation in Qi is corrupt, corruption is rampant, and it is not surprising that Qi Shang made such a promise." Compared with keeping food prices lower, real interests are what they are pursuing. ”

"Okay, promise them, but the demand must be cleared in both money and goods, and the money cannot be paid in advance, so it will be handed over to the south of Gangneung."

Zhou Yuan nodded heavily, turned around and walked out of the tent, and went to negotiate with Qi people.

The mud that had been washed and cleaned stood beside the handsome case in a daze, his eyes were about to pop out, he didn't believe that it could be like this.

Su Lu smiled bitterly: "Surprised, strange? If I tell you that this is not a problem for Qi people at all, do you believe it or not? As long as we can come up with the money, these Qi merchants dare to sell us the city one by one. ”

The mud felt that his three views were subverted by his eyes, and he was dizzy, as if he had not recovered from the fatigue of fighting in Qidi for days.

On the contrary, Zhao Zheng next to him opened his mouth and said: "This thing is not unusual, mud master, we have seen a lot of Qi people, who are not clothed, hungry, and there is not even a handful of grain in the big vat at home, and they have been cleaned by the government, and it is not strange that such a court will do anything." ”

Zhao Zheng glanced at the door of the camp tent, and saw that there were no outsiders, so he simply spoke: "Don't talk about the Qi people, even our Han Kingdom, before the prince went out of the mountain, it was not much stronger than the Northern Qi, how many good land did the Jin merchants occupy, and how many Shazhou people did not have enough to eat." ”

"The eldest brother can't laugh at the second brother, our Han Kingdom was no better than there before, Captain Zhao Zheng said it well."

At the door, the military department Shangshu Pang De strode in.