King Xian approached, and opened the smallest of the seven wooden boxes, only to see that he slowly lifted the lid of the box, and saw that there was a cloth bag in the wooden box, and the pocket was very tightly fastened with a live buckle.

King Xian stretched out his hand to untie the rope buckle, opened it and looked at it, he was taken aback, and was immediately stunned, and his heart set off a monstrous wave. The melancholy on his face vanished in an instant, replaced by something wonderful that could not be described in words.

Lu Gao happened to be standing in the dead corner of his field of vision, he didn't see anything in the pocket of the wooden box, and when he saw that King Xian was so shocked, he only thought it was something disrespectful, so he asked carefully:

"What's in the box, my lord?"

King Xian looked back at Lu Gao and asked:

"Why, General Wei didn't talk to you?"

Lu Gao shook his head and said:

"Nope!"

"Oh......" King Xian sighed strangely, and then said, "Then General Lu, you can see for yourself." ”

Lu Gao didn't know what King Xian meant, so he didn't take the initiative to look at it, only hesitated for a moment. Seeing that Lu Gao did not react for a long time, King Xian said again:

"The widow let General Lu see, why did General Lu disobey the order."

"This ...... The last will obey. ”

Lu Gao stepped forward and looked down, and saw that the box contained cloth bags, the pockets were half-hidden, and at first he saw some white beads, but he didn't react yet.

"This, this...... So much! ”

Lu Gao also saw that this box was full of pearls, and at least they were all eight or nine large first-class pearls.

When he was young, King Xian opened the remaining six wooden boxes one after another, each of which was either two cloth bags or three cloth bags, all of which were filled with pearls without exception.

Then I heard King Xian suddenly roar, and knelt on the ground with a snap:

"General Wei, the widowed General Wei ......"

Lu Gao was stunned for a moment, stepped forward to help King Xian and said:

"The king, this matter is very important, and I ask the king to make it clear how to deal with it."

"Quick, General Wei's secret letter."

"Oh, the last will be damned!"

Lu Gao took out the iron letter and handed it to King Xian, confirming that the iron letter was in good condition, King Xian opened the iron letter and took out the secret letter, read through the whole text word by word, and couldn't help but burst into tears at the end:

"General Wei is really a loyal minister of the widow, and the widow wants to give him a doctor, not a doctor!"

Lu Gao reminded at this time:

"King, General Wei has been surrounded in Guangxin now, and he should exchange this item for gold, silver, baggage and other items as soon as possible, and go to save General Wei as soon as possible, otherwise no matter how many treasures there are, he will not be able to exchange General Wei's life back."

"Yes, yes. Quick, go to the outside envoy Xuan Xun Mu to see the widow. ”

"No!"

Lu Gao left with his front foot, and King Xian secretly summoned the secret agents of the Inner Mansion to escort the pearls into the Inner Mansion and sort them with the Imperial Division.

About three quarters of an hour later, the foreign deacon Xun Mu hurriedly came to the Guangyuan Palace, and when he saw King Xian's eyebrows, Xun Mu felt that the situation was not good.

"Minister Xun Mu, meet the king."

"Aiqing excuses me, come and talk to the widow."

"Your Ministers obey."

King Xian ordered someone to give Xun Mu a seat, and a look signaled Lu Gao to retreat to the handle outside the hall.

After the screen retreated, King Xian approached Xun Mu and whispered:

"Lord Xun, how much is left of the widow's treasury now."

"As far as the minister knows, there is not much left, why didn't the king summon the great Si Nong Mo Anzheng."

"It's a very secret matter, and only you can do it."

"As long as the king gives an order, the old minister will not hesitate."

"That's good, the widow wants Lord Xun to go to Zhiguo to buy 3 million stones of grain, 10,000 ploughing cattle, 50,000 cowhides, 50,000 live pigs, and 400,000 iron farming tools, Lord Xun, see if you can do it."

Xun Mu's face turned black at this time and he almost wanted to cry, not to mention three million stone grain and grass, now the treasury doesn't even have the money to buy 300,000 stone grain and grass, even if his butt is kicked by others, he can't get three million stone grain and grass.

"King, it's not a joke!"

"When did a widow say anything, when did he ever joke."

As he spoke, King Xian took out a brocade box from under the table, and inside the brocade box was a hundred pearls that had just been carefully selected and sent by the Imperial Division.

Pushing the brocade box in front of Xun Mu, King Xian continued:

"Lord Xun will know when you open it."

At this time, Xun Mu looked weird, and he couldn't help but think in his heart, even if the brocade box was filled with anti-heaven treasures, it couldn't be exchanged for three million stones of grain and grass.

When Xun Mu opened it, sure enough, it was a box full of pearls, which made Xun Mu even more worried:

"King, this is the stuff of the harem mothers."

King Xian shook his head and said very calmly:

"The widow asked Lord Xun how much the pearls in the brocade box were worth."

"It's worth about fifty or sixty thousand inches of silver, but it can't buy three million stone grains and grass."

"The widow gave you 5,000 of these beads, can Lord Xun do it?"

Xun Mu was startled when he heard the news, and thought it was an auditory hallucination:

"King, how can this pearl be an ordinary thing, how can there be five thousand."

"If the widow says yes, there must be. Come! ”

King Xian ordered, and the two spies carried a wooden box into the main hall, and after placing the wooden box beside King Xian, they immediately turned around and left. Xun Mu saw such a big box, and his heart jumped immediately:

"Great, king, this is ......"

King Xian was calm, and opened the wooden box casually, and the bright light came to his face, which shocked Xun Mu. At this time, King Xian said proudly:

"Lord Xun, it's time to trust the widow."

"This ...... King, how can I have so many treasures in my Xian country? ”

"Lord Xun doesn't need to ask about this matter, the widow only asks Lord Xun if he can do what he said."

"Yes, yes, the minister should do his best to share the king's worries."

The batch of pearls paid tribute by Bailiyan (Wei Xian) totaled 19,000 pieces, and there were more than 600 pearls in the best condition, and King Xian did not take out a single one.

The 5,000 pieces given to Xun Mu are 5,000 of the 8,000 with better quality, and the remaining 10,000 or so are of the middle and lower grades with more general condition, and the value is only one-quarter to one-fifth of the middle grade.

When King Xian closed the wooden box containing the pearls, he whispered:

"This matter is very secret, Qing must be cautious and choose his cronies to do it as soon as possible."

"The minister will live up to the king's trust."

"In addition, immediately send an envoy to defend the country, and buy grain, grass, cowhides, and other things from the country, the more the better, but if there is any shortage of baht, you can report it to the widow. Remember, don't tell Mo Dasinon. ”

"The minister obeyed. But ......" Xun Mu wanted to speak and stopped, and the words came to his mouth and swallowed back.

Then King Xian asked:

"What?"

"Great King, there are so many treasures, if you take them to Zhiguo with you for fear of being blackmailed by Zhiguo, but now that all industries in Xianguo are withering, merchants are lost, and silver money is running out, I am afraid it will be difficult for the minister to raise so much silver money from all over the country in a short period of time.

The minister suggested that you can first find Antaihou secret business, test Antaihou's tone, although Liang Guoguo is small, but all industries are prosperous, commerce and trade are prosperous, and the silver money is very huge, and there will be no shortage of silver coins and baht. ”

"The widow is allowed to play."

In fact, Bailiyan's secret letter also wrote this, and the only one who can help Xianguo at the moment is Zhiguo.

Although Zhiguo is a feud of Xianguo, it has the limitation of having to help. The Black Turban Army adopted a strategy of defensive attack and harassment against Zhiguo, and the strategy of clearing the wilderness with strong walls led to the population of the northwestern counties of Zhiguo being swept away, and the army of the Gongliang clan of Zhiguo suffered from logistics and could not fight for a long time.

At this time, if the Xian State collapses, the most direct consequence will be that Zhiguo will fully border the rebels on the northern and western fronts, and there will be 250,000 infantry troops and tens of thousands of cavalry led by Wang Yanfei, a brutal general of the Jin State, on the eastern front.

Zhiguo's mentality at this time is no longer the time to sit and wait to pick up a bargain two years ago, and now Zhiguo doesn't want Xianguo to collapse. Therefore, as long as the envoy is sent to make Zhiguo feel that it is profitable, Zhiguo will definitely reach out to help, but he will never open the warehouse and let Xianguo open it.

After all, Xianguo is the subordinate state of the Jin State, and Zhiguo is bound to not want to see the Xianguo under the leadership of the Jin State go to war against Zhiguo, so he is still wary of Xianguo.

Xianguo is going to ask for people, Zhiguo is the tiger wolf of the Central Plains, eating people without spitting out bones, Xun Mu is worried that Zhiguo will see the treasure and take the opportunity to blackmail is reasonable. Of course, Bai Liyan can naturally think that at this time, the people who are not short of money in the whole world belong to Liang Guo and Changsun Guo.

Among them, the economy of Liang is developed, although the country is small, but the economic scale is far above the Changsun country, looking for Liang to exchange a large amount of cash, especially in addition to gold and silver, Liang copper coins are on money, there is no economic and trade transaction barriers, this is one of them.

Second, political risks. Liang Guoguo is small, theoretically the suzerainty and big brother of all countries, with the current situation, he still doesn't dare and can't slander you, otherwise how can he talk about political credibility.

And the eldest grandson Guozheng saw that he pulled out the long one, and the flat one fell to the ground, which was a lump of mud that couldn't support the wall, and it was useless, but it was such a prince, and he had always been known for his cunning.

In particular, he is a large peninsula country, surrounded by the sea on three sides, and the maritime trade is extremely developed, and if the Xian country wants to transport the goods of the North Sea to the West Sea and the West Sea inland for sale, it has to go through the gate of the Changsun country.

At this time, when you come to trade valuables with Changsun Guo, he won't lie to you, and you can't do anything about him, you can only admit it, otherwise the future business will be done.

In addition, you must not hang yourself from a tree, and you must not only send envoys to Zhiguo, but also send envoys to defend the country.

Weiguo is located in the west of the continent, far away from the Central Plains, but the land is large and the population is large, there are no large-scale wars all year round, the country is basically peaceful, the material reserves are quite rich, and at the same time, it can also exchange a large amount of gold from the barbarians in the west through trade, so Weiguo is not only rich in materials, precious metals are also relatively abundant, the land border between the two countries is not adjacent, and there is no geopolitical conflict of interest in theory.

The only contradiction is that Xianguo and Qiguo are both under the Jin State, and the Jin State relies on Weiguo to be located inland, and there is no access to the sea, so they traveled across the ocean to garrison troops in Qiguo, and put the knife edge at the door of Weiguo's house, so Weiguo is not happy with Xianguo, Xianguo rashly sent an envoy, obviously Weiguo is not necessarily to be seen.