Shen also said: "General Hua, we have a bumper harvest this year, and we have enough grain, and we can continue to produce grain next year, so there is no need to collect so much, and the money is not enough?" ”

Hua Long said: "I have a way to collect the money, you can just collect it." Chen Sheng will bring a group of people to meet the king of Zhou tomorrow, he has money, ask him for something, and then you will be in charge of the grain procurement in the western part of the Jin State, the Wei State and the Chu State. General Shen, you are in charge of grain procurement in the eastern part of Lu, Song, Yue, and Chu. ”

A few days later, Hua Long and Chen Sheng came to King Zhou's palace, and when they saw King Zhou, they said, "King Zhou, you want to help me this time." ”

King Zhou said: "Hua Aiqing, what do you need help with?" ”

Hua Long said, "I want money, and you lend me all the money you have." ”

King Zhou said, "What do you want so much money for?" The widow has given it to you, what do you use for yourself? ”

Hua Long said: "There is nothing else, you must have money, what are you doing with so much money, and you can't give birth to a baby, after lending it to me, maybe you can give birth to a child, and after giving birth, you will return it with interest." ”

King Zhou said, "There is no widow." ”

Hua Long smiled and said: "What are you doing with some money, when we first came, we borrowed you some soldiers and horses, didn't we pay you back with interest, and also laid down so much territory for you, so that you can show off in front of the princes and kings." If you really don't give it to me, I won't leave. ”

King Zhou knew that if he didn't give it, Hua Long might be forced to do it, so he could only say, "Okay, the widow will send someone to you tomorrow." ”

Hua Long said: "No, you tell me to go down, and I will take someone to the treasury to get it." ”

King Zhou said, "You are robbing." ”

Hua Long said: "You can rob me for it." ”

King Zhou said helplessly: "Okay, okay, the widow asked someone to take you there, and you must leave some for the widow." ”

Hua Long said as he walked, "Okay." ”

After Hua Long and Chen Sheng got the money, they said to Chen Sheng: "The grain received will be placed in Luoyi first, and then transported to Yiling, we must pay attention to safety and don't let people rob it." If you have something to do here, you can ask King Zhou for help, and if you can't get something, you can find Dr. Yan Suyan, and I'll go back to Yiling first. ”

After Hualong returned to Yiling, he has been pondering: I don't know if this trick is useful, but I am not afraid of food in my hands, the economic income in this era is mainly agriculture, and having food is equal to being rich.

I fried grain at a high price, and there must be many people who could not resist the temptation to sell the grain in their hands. I have stockpiled so much grain, and I don't believe that there will be no one in these countries who will not have a famine next year.

It didn't take long for a large amount of grain to be transported to Yiling City, Xiang Yu was puzzled when he saw it, and found Hualong and asked: "Second brother, you have so much grain, what is that trick?" ”

Hua Long said: "Big brother, in my time, this was called economic war, I used all the money to buy grain from neighboring countries, and desperately raised the price. By next year, there will always be a few countries that will not be able to meet the grain supply, and if there are some natural and man-made disasters, there will be a large-scale famine, and then we will have a big problem."

Xiang Yu said: "I don't understand economic warfare, but we won't suffer losses in this trick, and we are not afraid of anything if we have food." ”

Hua Long said: "Yes, when the time comes, we will have the final say, and we can make a big fuss here." ”

Xiang Yu said: "You can operate this slowly, I can't help." ”

Hua Long suddenly asked, "Big brother, what's wrong with you and Ji Yan now?" ”

Xiang Yu said: "It's still the same, I'm satisfied to see her often, and when I see her, I feel like Yu Ji is still alive!" ”

Hua Long said: "Big brother, I can understand this. ”

Xiang Yu said: "Second brother, don't deliberately arrange anything for me and Ji Yan in the future, I know that you are good for me, but I don't want to see Ji Yan unhappy, I am already very sorry for Yu Ji, as long as Ji Yan is happy, I will have a lot less pain in my heart." ”

Hua Long said: "Big brother, I listen to you, I will definitely make Ji Yan happy." ”

Xiang Yu said: "Second brother, fortunately we came to this era together, otherwise I don't know how lonely I am." ”

Hua Long said: "Big brother, yes, if I hadn't brought you here, I guess I wouldn't have been able to survive, let alone do big things." ”

Xiang Yu said: "The two of us are destined! I'm going to teach Ji Qing to practice with them. With that, he left.

Hua Long also went to Shen You to see how the grain purchase was going on on his side.

When Shen You saw Hua Long, he said: "General Shen, the grain purchase is relatively smooth, after our people enter other countries, as soon as the price rises, the local merchants will start to go to various places to help collect it, and then resell it to us, which will also save us a lot of trouble." ”

Hualong said: "This is the best, if the harvest is almost over, the price will be increased again, until no one sells." ”

Shen You said: "But the Yue country did not receive much grain, they fought for many years, at first the whole country fought with the Wu country, after the destruction of the Wu country, and then began to grab land with other countries, not many people engaged in production." ”

Hua Long said: "It seems that the economy of Vietnam is a bit empty, whether they have it or not, the price has been rising, how much can be collected, there is always a master who wants money and does not want to die." ”

Shen You asked: "What if it attracts the attention of other countries and a dispute arises?" ”

Hua Long said: "We originally wanted to find fault, and we wished that other countries were looking for trouble, but you still have to pay attention to safety." ”

Shen You said: "If you do this, there will definitely be an accident in the country next year." ”

Hua Long said: "Just waiting for something to happen!" If something really happens and some refugees escape, we will take them all and raise them first, because there is plenty of food anyway. ”

Shen You said: "General Hua, if a trick like yours succeeds, the effect is much stronger than fighting." ”

After more than a month of collecting in this way, all countries noticed that something was wrong and hurriedly took countermeasures.

Chu and Jin are strong and large, and they have not been affected much; Wei, Song, and Lu, the influence of the Three Kingdoms was relatively large; There was no grain in the Yue country, and some was collected.

Hualong saw that all countries paid attention to it, so they withdrew their men and stopped the acquisition.

The Yue Kingdom is bordered by the sea in the east, Waiyi in the south, Zhou Dynasty in the west, and Lu and Song in the north.

When King Yue found out about this situation, he was a little anxious and also sent people to the Lu State, the Song State and the Zhou Dynasty to buy grain. The people who went came back and said: These countries don't let the people sell grain anymore, especially the Lu and Song countries, and a lot of their own grain has also been collected.

King Yue thought: If this continues, the grain will definitely not be able to eat next year's autumn harvest, and it must be Xiang Yu's ghost, so he sent a messenger to negotiate with Xiang Yu, saying that he would recover it at a high price.

A few days later, the messenger reported that Xiang Yu refused to sell it, so he could only exchange his horses for grain. King Yue thought: Xiang Yu's trick is really poisonous, he is forcing widows, he will exchange horses for horses, what kind of battle will I fight.

So the king of Yue invited the ministers to discuss, and the king of Yue said: "Xiang Yu is making trouble, and the grain of the surrounding countries is purchased at a high price, and our grain will not be able to eat next autumn, Xiang Yu now wants us to exchange horses for food, what can you do?" ”

One minister said: "We have joined other countries in sanctioning them. ”

King Yue said: "The three kingdoms of Chu, Jin, and Qin are busy developing their territory, and they will definitely not care; Qi is far away, and Xiang Yu has not collected their grain, so he will definitely not care; There was no war in the three kingdoms of Wei, Song, and Lu, and although a lot of grain was collected, they had stocks and could survive it. ”

A general said: "Then let's rob it, it was he Xiang Yu who cheated first." ”