The warrants of the five giant merchants were transmitted to Yandi through the flying pigeon, and after receiving the letter from the patriarch, the various businesses under the jurisdiction of the five merchants began to act in unison.

There are many merchants in Yandi, but the strength of the giant merchants is obviously incomparable to those small traders, they want to buy grain in one place, and the amount of money they can take out is also an extremely amazing amount!

At first, they bought grain at the usual price, but after two days, it doubled, or even multiplied.

The people didn't know why, thinking that it was profitable, they took out the surplus food at home in exchange for Yan coins.

Soon, however, they discovered that many shops had begun to refuse to accept Yan coins, but only gold and silver.

Yandu.

A cloth shop.

A common man took the ordinary cloth in his hand and said: "In the past, these few feet of coarse cloth only cost five Yan coins, why can't it be now?" ”

"I'm sorry, our store doesn't accept Yan coins, and I ask the guest officer to find another place." The shopkeeper said.

"Then, the head office of the ten Yan coins, right?"

"Don't say ten, not a hundred."

"What?" The people were shocked, and this situation happened, this is just a corner, although the five giant merchants can't monopolize the entire Yan Land, but they have successfully brought the rhythm.

The big merchants refused to accept the Yan coins, and the other small traders saw this, so they could imagine what the consequences would be.

This matter soon caused trouble in the court of Yan Kingdom.

In the hall of the court, a minister came out and said: "King Qiqi, recently, there has been a strange phenomenon in various parts of our Yan country, many large businesses refuse to accept our coins, and raise prices, so that the people fall into panic......"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Jin angrily slapped the case and said sharply: "These businessmen! What the hell is going on! Some time ago, he bought grain on a large scale with Yan coins, but now he refuses to accept Yan coins, is this clearly against this king!? ”

"Someone! Pass the order! Seal up all these businesses that refuse to accept Yan coins! ”

"King!" When the minister heard this, he hurriedly said: "Now, several big merchants have scattered a large number of Yan coins, and these Yan coins have flowed into the hands of the people, but they have been rejected by the shops, this is not a problem that can be solved by sealing a few businesses. ”

As he spoke, the minister hurriedly said: "Right now, the most important thing is to make my Yan Kingdom coins continue to circulate, otherwise, the consequences will be unimaginable!" ”

"And what do you say to do!?" Zhao Jin asked angrily.

The minister thought for a while and said: "In order to make the Yan coins circulate and the people no longer panic, our country should now withdraw some of the Yan coins in the market with real money and silver, so as to tell the people that the Yan coins are useful!" ”

As soon as his words fell, Prime Minister Li Zhao stood up and said: "Our country's treasury is already empty, and it is already stretched thin to support this war. ”

"This is just an action, mainly to tell the people of our country that Yan coins are useful!" The minister argued.

"But even so! Then our country's national strength is not supported at all! The military salary at the front is still insufficient, and the grain and grass are even worse! How can I get some of the extra gold and silver!? Li Zhao said loudly.

"......"

"That's it! Stop arguing! Zhao Jin waved his hand irritably, then frowned and said: "This matter is not trivial, if it is allowed to develop, my Yan country will be in chaos!" On the one hand, the king's intention is to seize those businesses that make trouble! On the one hand, take out a part of the gold and silver and recycle the Yan coins to stabilize the current situation! ”

There is nothing wrong with his decision, if it is in the heyday of the Yan Kingdom, this economic turmoil can be said to be not worth mentioning at all, Zhao Jin only needs one sentence to calm it down!

But now, the bad thing is in the big war of Fengyan, the national strength of Yanguo is not as good as that of Fengguo, and the domestic economy is in turmoil again, which is tantamount to making matters worse!

As we all know, war, that is, burning money, fighting is national strength!

Prime Minister Li Zhao said worriedly: "Your Majesty, the war ahead is already tight, and this time there is such a strange thing, Weichen thinks that it must be the Wind King's behind-the-scenes plan, intending to create chaos and empty our country's strength." ”

As he spoke, he added: "If this is the case, my country's national strength will definitely not be enough to support the next big war......

What he said, how could Zhao Jin not know, but now, the situation is in crisis, and he can't afford to think about it, so he can only calm down the current chaos first.

He asked in a condensed voice, "What does the prime minister think?" ”

Li Zhao swallowed his saliva, first looked at Zhao Jin cautiously, and then said weakly: "Wei Chen thinks that the most important thing at the moment is to drag the Wind King, but ...... You can pretend to be a vassal to them. ”

"What did you say!?" When Zhao Jin heard this, he stood up on the spot and stared at Li Zhao fiercely with a fierce look in his eyes.

In such a situation, Li Zhao was directly frightened and knelt on the ground, and then said in a trembling voice: "I, Wang Mingjian, Weichen...... Wechen had no other intentions, just ...... It is only suggested that my king pretend to be a vassal in order to confuse the king of the wind and buy enough time. ”

Hearing him say this, Zhao Jin's face finally got better, and asking him to be a vassal to Lu Chen was absolutely unacceptable to him!

But now, after Li Zhao's words were finished, he also had to think deeply.

That's right, you can pretend to be a minister first, the King of the Wind must be proud when he sees himself calling himself a minister to him, and when he relaxes, after Yan Guo relaxes his breath, he can find Qingguo again and conspire with him to attack the wind.

Thinking of this, Zhao Jin slowly sat back on the king's chair, looked at Li Zhao and said: "The so-called big husband can bend and stretch, isn't it just to be a minister to the King of the Wind, this tone, this king can bear it!" Bow to the northwest! ”

Yes!? Hearing this, the Yanguo Hall suddenly became a mess, and all the ministers exchanged heads and talked about each other, while Li Zhao knelt on the ground and shouted loudly: "My Wang Yingming-"

"Get up, this time to meet the Wind King, the prime minister will run this trip." Zhao Jin said coldly.

"Wechen obeys." Li Zhao hurriedly said.

Just when Yan began to calm down this economic turmoil, at the same time, Prime Minister Li Zhao was also ordered to go to Leizhou to meet Lu Chen.

He came under the banner of the envoy of the Yan Kingdom, and the entourage was also the envoy's guard of honor, as the so-called two armies were at war, and they did not kill the envoys, for the Yan envoy's request to see, Lu Chen still had to make a certain etiquette on the surface.

In the county capital of Leizhou.

At this time, Lu Chen was sitting on the top position, and on the left and right, there were the generals of the Wind Country, and the whole scene looked a bit like a small court meeting.

After Li Zhao entered the hall, he took a few steps forward directly, bent down at Lu Chen, and bowed deeply, saying:

"Li Zhao, Prime Minister of Yan Kingdom, see His Royal Highness the Wind King-"

Unexpectedly, the Yan envoy who came this time turned out to be his prime minister, Lu Chen was a little surprised, and then smiled slightly, and said: "Yan Xiang doesn't have to be polite, I came to see this king this time, I don't know what happened?" ”

(End of chapter)