"Wow! For! Oosh1......" Hurried footsteps sounded, and Fan Li walked into the hall with a anxious face.

"Huh!? Dr. Fan, why are you here! What's the matter? Gou Jian heard the footsteps, diverted his attention from the bamboo slips, raised his head and saw that it was Fan Li, looked at Fan Li in surprise, and asked.

"Lord, if you don't deal with the problem of food prices this time, I'm afraid there will be a big mess in Vietnam!" Fan Li didn't wait to sit down, and said with a solemn face.

"What happened?" Gou Jian was stunned, and his face became a little dignified.

"That's the case, the minister found that all parts of the country did not know that a group of people were pouring out there, and they hyped up the reason why the price of grain in the country was so high. That's because the lord didn't care about the life and death of the people and gave all the food to the Wu army, which caused the resentment of the people to deepen more and more. Lord, this time I will not deal with it, I am afraid that there will be a matter of King Zhou Li! Fan Li propped his hands on the floor and leaned forward to show his seriousness at this time.

Speaking of this, Fan Li said angrily: "And these people, the minister suspects that they are Yang Zilu's meticulous work!" ”

"What! Yang Zilu, this bastard, the widow didn't provoke him, he actually came to provoke the widow! Gou Jian was stunned at first, and then became furious. Gou Jian had to be angry, the matter of King Zhou Li in Fan Li's mouth was actually a tactful statement by Fan Li. It is said that the famous Chinese riot in history, the Chinese expelled the king. It can be seen that Yang Zilu's sinister intentions in this move, how can Gou Jian not be angry, but feel frightened?

After scolding for a long time, Gou Jian let out a long sigh and complained to Fan Li: "Doctor Fan, what do you say you should do this time!" The widow now has no more than two dishes per meal, and the clothes on his body are all from the hands of the widow's wife. In order not to make Wu Guo angry, the widow gritted his teeth and took out 7,000 stone of grain from the budget of the spring ploughing and autumn festival, and then squeezed out 3,000 stone of grain from other places, and collected 10,000 stone of grain to transport to the front line! Is it easy to be a widow? Yang Zilu, this bastard, he ...... His plan this time is too poisonous! ”

"This ......" Although Fan Li is resourceful, it is impossible for him to conjure up food. In the end, Fan Li could only say: "Lord, the minister can't think of it for a while, but everyone gathers firewood and the flame is high, how can they come up with a way!" Besides, this is just a guess, so please don't worry too much. ”

"Well, that's all there is to it now!" Gou Jian sighed softly when he heard this, and said helplessly. Even if he knew that Fan Li's words were just to comfort himself, what else could he do?

Because of the seriousness of the matter, Gou Jian sent his chamberlain to invite them to the important ministers of various families, but it was only half a day, and Dazai Kusei, Qing Dafu Wenzhong and others already felt in the palace.

Gou Jian briefly said the question, and all the doctors looked embarrassed, and the atmosphere in the hall became more and more heavy for a while.

Wen Chong let out a long sigh and said, "Lord, now it seems that there is only ...... The only way to cut is to cut other expenses! Otherwise, I am afraid that there will really be a riot among the Chinese people, and now we can only choose the lesser of two evils! ”

"Cutting other expenses? What can be cut off! Gou Jian smiled bitterly, shook his head and said.

"It can only reduce the Lord's policy of encouraging the people of the country to have more children, and the minister estimates that in order to stabilize the problem of high grain prices in Vietnam, it is necessary to sell at least about 110,000 stones!" Wen Chong did the math and spoke.

"110,000?" Gou Jian couldn't imagine that he needed to use so much grain, and now Gou Jian regrets it! I knew that I didn't buy grain from the people at the beginning, and Gou Jian only got 30,000 stones to buy grain from the people, but when I sold it, I had to sell it at the usual price and sell 110,000 stones.

Wen Chong said solemnly: "Lord, this is already relatively small, and the minister is calculated according to the calculation that there are 150,000 people in the country, and the people need to eat 7,500 stone a day. But obviously, one day is not enough for the people of the country to eat, then it will take about half a month, that is, it will take 112,500 stones, and the result given by the minister has been deducted from a fraction. After half a month of low prices, the price of grain will also be reduced, but the minister thinks that it will only be reduced to about 15 yuan a stone! ”

"That's why it's so low!?" When Gou Jian heard this, his face turned black when he landed, and his sale this time could be described as a fire sale at a big loss. I didn't expect to pay such a big price, but I got such a small return.

Wen Chong nodded seriously and said: "Yes, Lord, the high price of grain this time is not just caused by the Lord's purchase of private grain, this is just a little spark." It was the foreign grain merchants behind the fire who hoarded grain. Especially Wu Guo, they tasted the sweetness last year, how could they not come this year? In addition, because of last year's food shortage, the Chinese people have lost their minds, and some people have food at home that can support the harvest next autumn, but they are still crazy about buying grain without food. They do it only because the abundance of food gives them peace of mind. ”

Speaking of this, Wen Chong paused, sighed, and continued: "Lord, after this half-month sell-off, I believe that the people will also recover a lot of reason. This is the most important factor that makes food prices lower, but because of these grain merchants who are hindering them, the minister thinks that the price reduction is only half of the reduction! If the Lord wants the price of grain to return to normal prices, he needs to crack down on these grain merchants! The only way to do this is to continue to sell a large amount of grain, and in addition, the minister has no other way. ”

Wen Chong said the back, his face was full of bitterness, although he made such an opinion, he knew that it was unlikely. Although there are people from all countries among these grain merchants, the majority are the grain merchants of Wu State. Who would dare to touch them? If they are moved, they will be tantamount to the interests of most of the aristocratic class of Wu State. And now there are only 3,000 soldiers in the Yue Kingdom, and there are 100,000 soldiers in the opponent of the Wu State.

Gou Jian sighed, avoided the topic of literature, and asked Fan Li, "Doctor Fan, what do you think of this matter?" ”

"Minister......" Fan Li didn't know what to say for a while, he was against the strategy of the genre, but against the strategy of the genre, he had to propose a better way than the genre. Otherwise, although the method of literature is not good, there is a way to do it.

Dazai Kusei interjected at this time: "Lord, why can't we buy grain in Wu or even other countries. ”

When Gou Jian, Fan Li, Wen Chong and others heard this, their faces couldn't help but show a wry smile, and Fan Li replied on his behalf: "Ku Cheng, your opinion and Wen Chong have already been mentioned to the Lord. But at that time, the Yue State had already to pay the money and grain of the Wu army, and the nobles of the Wu State were shrewd to death. By the time we bought grain, they no longer sold grain to our country, and even if they did, it was very expensive, 25 yuan a stone. Transported back from Wu to Yue, the price of this grain of 25 yuan and 1 stone, even if it is not 30 yuan, is not much worse. As for other countries? Yang Zilu, this bastard, doesn't know if he had foreseen the situation in my country for a long time, or for what reason, he ordered that the grain of the Han Kingdom should not be exported this year during the autumn harvest. Each person can only take a five-day ration with one person when they leave the country, and any more will be punished. If he was found to have an extra day's rations, he was sent to the mine to serve for one year. If there are ten more days of rations, they will be beheaded and their family property will be confiscated! With such a heavy punishment, where are there businessmen who dare to take risks? ”

"As for other countries?" The smile on Fan Li's face became more and more bitter. "It's too late for them to come back from delivering food, and they can't quench their thirst from far away. Besides, the cost of transporting it back is not cheap, even if you buy grain from the nearest Chu State, the cost of transporting it back is about 212 yuan per stone of grain, and the price of Qi State is even higher. Compared to Wu Guo, this is just a deeper or shallower relationship! ”

When Kucheng heard the words, he was speechless, and he didn't know what to say.

"Alas, now the only thing is to change the day! But in this way, the prestige that the widow has built up with great difficulty may be reduced a lot! Gou Jian said very helplessly, why did he feel that he had so many disasters?

"Lord, the lesser of two evils! Besides, after surviving this hurdle, can the Lord slowly figure it out, and he is not afraid that his prestige will not come back? Wen Chong immediately comforted.

"Lord, what the text says is very true, please bear with me!" Fan Li, Ku Cheng and others also comforted Gou Jian.

When Gou Jian heard this, his mood was much better, but he hoped that the disaster would pass sooner.

But is it really possible that the disaster of Gou Jian will pass soon? As soon as the doctors retired from the court, a white dove flew out of the palace of the king of Yue. flew all the way to the Han Kingdom. Not long after the white dove fell, two messengers galloped out of Ju Wucheng, and they were also configured with one man and three horses. Non-stop rushing towards the Dragon Tour City of the Gu Contempt Country.

When Yang Zilu received the news, it was just the morning of the fourth day after the Gou Jian court meeting.

"Thank you for your hard work! Come on, prepare two tables of good wine and meat for the two brothers, oh yes! You must be very tired after walking such a long distance, you go down to bathe and change your clothes first, and rest for a while before eating! Yang Zilu did not have the indifference of a king at all, but was like a kind neighbor.

"Thank you, Lord!" Both messengers couldn't help but blush, and there was an urge in their hearts to die for their confidants.

"No, you deserve it!" After Yang Zilu finished speaking, he personally sent them to the door of the main hall. Yang Zilu picked up the envelope with a solemn face, opened it and pulled out the stationery inside. If Fan Li saw this letter, he must have been so surprised that his jaw dislocated, which said in detail about the affairs of the court, although what the doctors said was not recorded clearly, but the general meaning was expressed, which shows the strength of Yang Zilu in the country.

"Gou Jian is really courageous, but! You Gou Jian also underestimated me Yang Zilu too much. After reading the letter carefully, Yang Zilu sneered, stretched the letter paper to the candle, and slowly watched the letter burn to ashes.

"Someone!" Yang Zilu shouted outside the door.

"No, the Lord doesn't know what's going on?" Immediately outside the door, a pro-soldier answered.

"Go and summon the widow to come over!" Yang Zilu commanded.

"No!" The soldiers outside the door answered, and immediately left quickly.

When Remnant Zhu and Mang Gao arrived, Yang Zilu was eating breakfast, and when he saw Remnant Zhu and Mang Gao coming, Yang Zilu beckoned to them and asked, "Have you eaten the morning food?" ”

(Note: Morning food is ancient breakfast, dinner is called feeding, what?) Lunch, you ask? In ancient times, people only had two meals. The sad ancients, in the era of material underdevelopment, only had two meals a day. "Thank you, my lord, the minister has already used the morning food!" Mangao said solemnly.

"Not yet! Lord, do you want to invite your ministers to eat morning food? Remnant Zhu was not polite, and said grinningly.

When Yang Zilu heard this, he scolded with a smile: "You food! ”

"The people live on food, this is what the Lord said!" Remnant Zhu was not afraid of Yang Zilu at all, and retorted aggressively.

"Alright, let's all sit down and eat. Someone bring two sets of utensils! By the way, remember to ask the cook to bring you an extra breakfast! Yang Zilu instructed the soldiers outside the door.

"No! Lord, the minister has already eaten the morning food! Mangao hurriedly waved his hand and said solemnly.

"Look at you, what else did you say you had eaten, and when you saw this morning food, you couldn't help swallowing saliva, and you said that you had eaten it. You're welcome! Yang Zilu said disappreciably.

When Mang Gao heard this, he also relaxed a lot, and soon someone sent two sets of tableware, but Mang Gao was still a little restrained, eating like a literati, little by little, Yang Zilu was very awkward.

It's a remnant bamboo, in front of Yang Zilu, he doesn't know what it means to be polite, what should be eaten, when there is only one fritter left, he and Yang Zilu stretched out chopsticks at the same time and grabbed it, and finally this fritter had no choice but to split the body. But the remnant bamboo snatched a little more fritters, so the remnant bamboo also looked up proudly to Yang Zilu, Yang Zilu smiled when he saw this, and didn't care at all.

The debauchery of the remnant bamboo is more in line with Yang Zilu's intentions.

After eating breakfast, Yang Zilu slowly wiped the stains left over from the breakfast just now with a white towel on the corner of his mouth, and then said that he was looking for the purpose of coming to Zhuzhu and Manggao this time, and said: "Remnant Zhu, Manggao, the widow is looking for you, I want you to take people to sneak into the warehouses of Yueguo, and set fire to the grain and straw of Yueguo." Moreover, the time cannot be early, nor can it be late, and it is necessary to set fire to the grain that night after the Yue State issued an order to open the warehouse and release grain. It can also be a little later, within a day or two of the opening of the warehouse in Vietnam, but it can't be any later. And now that you rush to Yueguo, I'm afraid you won't have much time to prepare. ”

Hearing this, Remnant Zhu's eyes widened, and he said, "Lord, this is too difficult, isn't it?" And, it won't just be the two of us, right? That's a death sentence, yes! Did you send us a coffin with it? ”

Mang Gao is different from Remnant Zhu in this matter, his face is pale, and he said with a firm gaze: "Lord, please rest assured, Mang Gao will definitely complete the Lord's task, even if it is death!" ”

Yang Zilu waved his hand and said, "Don't be too excited, you two don't get too excited, and you guy, you guy, you also said that you sent a coffin to the sarcastic widow!" The widow let you go, but they did not send you to death. Remnant Zhu, you are more clever and calm, this time you go to the widow will give you the token of the platform, let the platform help you, I'm afraid it's not so easy for you to die. In addition, you can also draw technical combat (martial arts) masters from the outnumbered personal soldiers and even the whole army to help you, but the number cannot be large, at most fifteen! It's not that the few people don't want to give you more, but to do this kind of thing, the more people are easier than the must. And there are too many people, and they may also be discovered by the fine work of the Yue Kingdom, you don't underestimate the fine work trained by Fan Li, although it is not as powerful as the widow's room, but it should not be underestimated. ”

Hearing this, Remnant Zhu nodded and said, "This is about the same, please rest assured that this lord." But how do I feel that the lord seems to be ready to stuff the platform to the minister? ”

Yang Zilu glared at him and said, "What do you mean by this?" What is not stuffed, it would be nice to have the position of director for you! Believe it or not, the widow let you be a Jing Ke! ”

"Who is Jing Ke from!" Remnant Zhu scratched his head and asked with a puzzled expression.

"What are you! Go down and get ready! Time is running out! Yang Zilu suddenly remembered that Jing Ke had not appeared yet, and immediately prevaricated. Remnant Zhu still wanted to ask carefully, but he was already driven out by Yang Zilu half-invited and half-pushed.

Because of Yang Zilu's edict, they were really not polite, they first selected one hundred and fifty people, and then selected fifteen technical masters from these one hundred and fifty people, including seven from Yang Zilu's personal soldiers. The people who were selected were not very reluctant, but Yang Zilu attached great importance to this matter. All the selected people are given the rank of sergeant, and when they return to the army, they can also become the captain of the team in charge of fifty, and after completing the task, they will definitely have military merits, and maybe they will become a colonel when they return.

In order to prevent the discovery of the Yue Kingdom, the Remnant Zhu was very cautious in its plan to enter the Yue Kingdom, and first the soldiers entered the Yue Kingdom in two ways, and they would join forces in Zhuji City, which was more than 100 miles away from Huiji City.

Yang Zilu also attached great importance to this matter, handed over the military power to Kan Pingtian, and secretly returned to Juwucheng with no more than thirty personal soldiers. There are only two carrier pigeon routes in the Han Kingdom, one is from Huiji City to Juwucheng, and the other is from Juwucheng to Jiukui City, and then to Dong'an City. And the carrier pigeons of Huiji City take off to Juwucheng, it probably takes about two hours.

Yang Zilu arrived at Juwucheng in order to get the news as quickly as possible, and he could even remotely command the station when he encountered difficulties. From here, it can also be seen that Yang Zilu attaches great importance to this action.

And now it has been ten days since that court meeting, although it has been ten days, but Yue Guo not only needs to open a warehouse to release grain, but also needs a lot of preparations. For example, the transportation of grain, as well as the notification of the people of Yue to open the warehouse and release grain this time, as well as the reward of delaying the policy of one year to encourage the multi-birth policy, etc., also gave the Han country a lot of time to prepare.

Of course, Fan Li would not be stupid enough to think that the Han State would be indifferent to this matter, and he also sent additional manpower to clear the manpower of the Han State in Yueguo, and also sent more soldiers and horses to garrison Cangli. Fan Li, who has long understood Yang Zilu's methods, does not dare to despise it at all, even if there is no one in Yue Country who continues to fan the flames, it seems that there is peace.

(To be continued)