Great Chu, the first year of Wude, July.

Baozhou, in the mansion of the Marquis of Danghai, Yu Guang, dressed as a civil official, was sitting in the hall, leisurely sipping fragrant tea, and two guards with swords in their hands and sharp eyes stood behind them.

"Master Hou, arrive" Not long after, a loud voice sounded.

Yu Guang immediately put down the teacup and stood up, only to see Li Jian, who was dressed in a marquis suit and seemed to be a little pale, walked out with two officials from Baozhou.

"Meet the Hou Ye," Yu Guang said with a slight salute.

"Lord Yu, you're welcome, sit down," Li Jiandao said.

"Master Xiehou" Yu Guang saw that Li Jian took the lead in sitting down, and then returned to his seat.

"Lord Yu, you are a patrol appointed by His Majesty, and you have been in Baozhou for more than a month, I don't know if you have found any problems, if you have raised it, Ben Hou will correct it immediately" Li Jian asked very gently.

"Hou Ye is serious, Baozhou is rich in things, and the officials are honest and surrendered, it is really a blessed land for me to be a great Chu overseas, and the lower officials are really a little lingering, haha" Yu Guanglang laughed.

Li Jian raised his eyebrows and picked up the teacup next to him, as if he was not ready to say more.

"Lord Yu, Baozhou was originally rich and healthy as you said, but in the past month, for some reason, it seems that all the rich merchants in my Dachu have cut off trade with Baozhou, and this matter must be known to adults" On Li Jian's left hand, a middle-aged man with majestic eyes and a towering momentum asked in a low voice.

Feng Jing, Baozhou's other driver, is in charge of Baozhou's people's livelihood economy, is the second person under the Hou Mansion, and is also Li Jian's minister.

When Yu Guang heard this, not only was he not anxious, but his face was ugly: "This matter, the official also knows, he has written to the court many times, and the court has also sent a special person to solve the problem urgently, these rich businessmen are simply bold, Feng Don't be at ease, the court has already spoken, at most another month, the court will definitely solve the problem."

"Another month" On the other side of Li Jian, a man with a goat's beard, his eyes seemed to be deep, and he sneered: "Now that Baozhou is already scarce in goods, the price of rice is soaring, if it is in a month, chaos will definitely break out, isn't the imperial court worried?" ”

Cui Ying, the big copywriter of the Houfu Navy Army, in fact, is Li Jian's military division, but the Marquis of Danghai can't set up a military division, so he uses a big copywriter to distinguish it, because the copywriting is just a record of military information, and the existence of military affairs, even if it is bigger, it is not considered a violation.

"Cui Wenshu rest assured, this point has also been thought about by the imperial court, although these rich merchants do not come to Baozhou for some reason, but there is no harassment to Yangzhou and Xuzhou, if the people of Baozhou want to buy things, can they take a boat back? That's not a problem," Yu Guang said with a smile.

"In this way, the court has no choice but to make a group of rich businessmen, and the people still need to think of their own countermeasures," Feng Jing sneered.

Yu Guang's eyes froze, and the whole person became serious, "Feng don't drive, pay attention when you speak, you are dissatisfied with me Yu Guang, it's okay, but if you say this to the court and Your Majesty, it will be disrespectful."

"You!" Feng Jing was furious.

"Okay" At this time, Li Jian waved his hand, looked at Yu Guang and said seriously: "Lord Yu, the Marquis of Danghai has been loyal to Dachu for generations, loyal to Your Majesty, but I don't know if someone has entered the slander and framed me Li Jian for disloyalty, if Your Majesty has suspicions, you can directly issue an order to arrest me Li Jian and enter the imperial capital for review, but no matter what, the people of Baozhou are also the people of Dachu, if something really happens, no one can get rid of this responsibility."

"Hou Ye is serious, Xia Guan has already said, the imperial court is actively finding out why the rich businessmen do not come to Baozhou, and they are also preparing everything as soon as possible to run over, but Hou Ye may not know, some time ago General Wang Xiaokun fought with Beidi, there were many dead and wounded, and now the border is still filled with a tense atmosphere, and there are tens of thousands of Chen soldiers on both sides, so I hope Hou Ye can give some time, and can also understand the difficulties of the imperial court, if there is really a problem, you can open the treasury, Hou Ye rest assured, all losses, the imperial court will double the compensation" Yu Guang said calmly.

Li Jian's face sank, "Then I don't know when the imperial court will be able to solve the problem of Beidi, and when will it be able to open commerce again."

"A month at most, never exceeded," Yu Guang affirmed.

"Really? If so, then Ben Hou will be let out, in order not to let the people suffer, Ben Hou will open the treasury of the mansion, as long as the people can eat enough, I Langhai Hou Mansion does not care about this loss" Li Jian said loudly.

"Hou Ye is benevolent" Feng Jing, Cui Ying immediately admired.

"Haha, that's great, so the lower officials won't bother" Yu Guang stood up.

|“ Okay, don't drive you to deliver it for me," Li Jian said calmly.

"Yes"

When Yu Guang left completely, Li Jian's face instantly turned blue.

"Master Hou, this Yu Guang is obviously playing sloppy, talking in the sky, what Chen soldiers are tens of thousands, is he completely ignorant of foreign affairs when I am Baozhou? In that war, the total number of losses is estimated to be no more than four hundred, and Beidi has already admitted that the two sides are starting a new round of peace talks, and it is also the most important thing, if the imperial court really wants to take action against these rich merchants, it can be deterred by killing a few, why be so verbose, what he said for a month is completely false" Cui Ying said seriously.

"Ben Hou knows, but what can he say? He Xiang Chi is the Son of Heaven of Da Chu, and I am just a courtier, the Son of Heaven is not wrong, the courtier is guilty, once something goes wrong in Baozhou, the people will not blame the Son of Heaven from afar, but will focus on Ben Hou's body, saying that Ben Hou is incompetent, creating chaos, especially when he canonized the ancestor Li Yong as the Duke of the Four Seas, which has already spread throughout Baozhou, so even if it is Ben Hou himself, he can't say a bad word about the court, otherwise it is disloyalty and unfilial piety" Li Jian said fiercely.

"What Hou Ye said is very true, disloyalty and rebellion, it will not last long, it will be difficult to gather the hearts of the people, but if it goes on like this, then at most two months, Baozhou will not be able to hold on, as long as Yu Guang spreads some rumors, the people will be in turmoil, they all want to follow Hou Ye from time to time, but to return to the mainland to live, so that Baozhou's century-old foundation will be completely ruined" Cui Ying nodded.

Li Jian stood up and said solemnly: "It seems that if I don't go north once, this crisis will not be resolved."

"Hou Ye" Cui Ying was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Don't go north, you must not go north, once Hou Ye goes north, the great cause of Baozhou will be completely over, Xiang Chi may not kill Hou Ye, but he will imprison Hou Ye for a lifetime"

"So what do you say? Even if you buy it from Sakura and the West, it is just a drop in the bucket, and the sea route is dangerous, if something happens now, the consequences are unimaginable, if you reverse it now, the odds of winning are too small, and it will also leave endless hidden dangers" Li Jian said seriously.

"Master Hou is worried, the current situation can only be broken by war" Cui Ying said in a low voice.

"Battle" Li Jian raised his eyebrows.

"Our Baozhou's spies in the Sakura Country, some have become a small force, they have a lot of samurai, let them secretly send people to attack Baozhou, it is best to create a blood disaster, so that the Hou Ye can justifiably go to the court to conquer the Sakura Country, if at this time, the court is still an economic blockade, then the people will be angry, the court will also lose its majesty, and the Hou Ye will become a big hero who is alone to protect the island, and since then occupy the time, place, and people"

Li Jian's face moved, and he hesitated slightly: "If you do this, you will kill a lot of innocent people."

"Master Hou, if you want to achieve great things, you must not be benevolent to women, and cherry blossoms are originally one of our goals, this loss can be made up for in the future" Cui Ying said in a low voice.

Li Jian frowned, paced back and forth a few times, and said, "This matter, let Ben Hou think about it."

"Master Hou" Cui Ying was about to say something, but Li Jian had already waved away.

At this time, Feng Jing walked back, looked at Cui Ying who shook his head and sighed in the hall, and wondered: "What's wrong?"

Cui Ying briefly repeated what he just said, "In this situation, if this is not the case, Baozhou will only be forced to death by the shackles of the imperial court."

"Brother Cui, you don't have to worry, Hou Ye just can't figure it out for a while, because although Hou Ye wants to be self-reliant, he wants to become a big hero comparable to Taizu, Taizong, and even the ancestor Sihai Gong, expanding the territory, conquering foreign races, and raising the prestige of our army.