When Chen Ping walked into the study of the Prime Minister's Mansion angrily, he saw Bai Mo standing in front of the case and splashed ink, and when he got closer, he saw that a blade word had been written on the snow-white public paper, so the white ink pen turned around, and added a heart under the blade word, and made up a forbearance word, Bai Mo's calligraphy is excellent, and the pen power is straight through the back of the paper.

"Good calligraphy!" Chen Ping praised, "I didn't expect the prime minister to practice good handwriting." ”

Bai Mo just shook his head, and then held the brush in his hand and looked at the ninja characters on the paper and fell into deep thought.

Chen Ping couldn't guess what Bai Mo thought, so he got back to the truth and said: "Prime Minister, about the price comparison of gold......

"There is no need for the Taishi to say any more." Bai Mo suddenly stretched out his hand to stop Chen Ping, and then said, "This matter is already known. After saying this, Bai Mo pointed to the word forbearance on the public paper and said to Chen Ping, "Master, look at this word forbearance, the so-called forbearance means a knife in the heart, and a knife in the heart, how much pain should it be?" ”

Chen Ping was silent, Bai Mo's words seemed to be inconsequential, but he seemed to understand a little.

"Careless, we're careless." Bai Mo sighed, and said, "I only know that we need to endure the use of soldiers, but I don't know that governance also needs to be endured, everything needs to be endured, this time Xianyang food shortage, we dealt with it too quickly, too hastyly, about the way of business, we are far away from them, this, it is really not okay to disobey." ”

Chen Ping asked, "What does the prime minister mean...... Is the matter of gold price comparison so endured? ”

"What if you can't bear it?" Bai Mo sighed, "For the sake of grain prices, King Han and King Zhao have intervened once, and we have signed an agreement with each other. ”

Chen Ping was silent. They did not force them to accept the price comparison, they were unwilling to pay for grain without gold, but still paid with five baht money, and the agreement signed by the two sides clearly stated that it was 50,000 yuan, not 120,000 taels of gold.

But it's one thing to know why. Chen Ping was still holding his breath in his heart, and said: "The problem is, if we accept the gold comparison they give, we will have to pay 1.2 million stone of grain, 20,000 yuan and 150,000 taels of gold, wouldn't it be a big loss!" ”

"That shouldn't be the case." Bai Mo shook his head and said thoughtfully, "I'm afraid that the grain and 20,000 yuan will be compensated, but as for the 150,000 taels of gold, it may not be." One tael of gold for a thousand dollars is only the other party's asking price, not necessarily the final reserve price, the so-called buying and selling is based on negotiation. The Japanese minister of tomorrow went to talk to them in person. ”

"Ugh." Chen Ping shook his head and sighed, and said no more.

Bai Mo breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Before the Taishi came back, the prime minister had been reflecting on it, we handled the matter of the grain shortage in Guanzhong too hastily, and we also dealt with it too hastily regarding the matter of setting up officials to specialize in salt and iron. ”

Chen Ping was stunned, and Bai Mo's words jumped quite a bit. He really didn't understand it at once.

Fortunately, Bai Mo immediately continued: "I don't know if Taishi has thought about it, when the Black Ice Platform checked the assets of those troublemakers, there was a huge discrepancy with the numbers they finally came up with, which caught us off guard, so we asked Han and Zhao for help again." This attracted the two vicious wolves Feng and Guan. ”

"yes." Chen Ping nodded and said, "The old man is also puzzled by this matter. ”

Bai Mo said: "The original appearance seems to be somewhat understood, there must be a promoter of the Chu State behind this matter." ”

Chen Ping said: "Did the prime minister say that the troublemakers suddenly had extra funds that were secretly lent to them by the Chu State?" Bai Mo nodded. Yu said worriedly: "Therefore, this time we lost not only energy and food, but also the loyalty of these merchants, Xiang Zhuang has already put his hand into Guanzhong, he wants to control these merchants through loans, for his use in the state of Chu, we actually pushed these merchants into the arms of the state of Chu with our own hands." ”

Being so little bit by Bai Mo, Chen Ping also figured out the ins and outs of the matter in a moment, and said: "Speaking of which, Feng and Guan can't also have the Chu State behind them, then this bulk of grain must not be transported out of Guanzhong!" ”

"But we don't have the credentials." Bai Mo spread his hands, shook his head and said, "Based on you and I guess alone, will King Han and King Zhao believe it?" What's more, even if King Han and King Zhao knew that Feng Ji and Guan Zhong were colluding with the State of Chu, they might not come forward to intervene. ”

Bai Mo's worries are not unreasonable, as long as Feng Ji and Guan Zhong do not do anything unfavorable to Han and Zhao, even if King Han and King Zhao know that they are secretly colluding with the State of Chu, they will never touch them, such as this food crisis in Guanzhong, King Han and King Zhao have not been shielding and conniving at Feng and Guan.

Disputes between countries are never so absolute and simple.

Chen Ping was silent, considering the attitudes of Zhao and Han, they really couldn't use force casually, otherwise, the Lianheng Alliance that was finally formed would easily be disintegrated by the Chu State, and if it lost the support of the Lianheng Alliance, with the current national strength and military strength of the Han State, it would not be the opponent of the Chu State at all.

At that moment, Chen Ping said: "So, the prime minister still plans to cancel the salt and iron official camp?" ”

"Yes, the official camp of salt and iron must be canceled immediately, and the relationship with the merchants in Guanzhong must also be repaired." Bai Mo bowed his head lightly, and said gloomily, "Xiang Zhuang does not hesitate to lend a huge amount of gold to control the giant merchants in Guanzhong, how can his true appearance be as he wishes?" In this battle, we will lose, but we must not lose to the bottom! ”

Chen Ping said: "Prime Minister, do you already have a case to fight back?" ”

"Not bad." Bai Mo nodded heavily, and said in a cruel voice, "This time, Benxiang wants to borrow a head of sufficient weight to do a big thing, and no matter how bad it is, he will cut off Xiang Zhuang's black hand that has reached into the guanzhong." ”

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Luoyang, royal palace.

Xiang Zhuang raised the secret letter in his hand, and said to Bi Shu and Bai Lixian: "Learn the sword, Ziliang, the matter is done." ”

"Oh?" Bai Lixian asked, "King, Bai Mo really agreed to the price of one or two gold to a thousand yuan?" ”

"Not really." Xiang Zhuang shook his head and said, "In the end, both sides gave in one step, one tael of gold for two thousand dollars." ”

Bi Shu counted his fingers for a moment, and finally said with emotion: "Even so, we have made a lot of money this time, the 100,000 yuan lost by the merchants in Guanzhong, the family, the wealthy family and the Xun relatives who speculated on the sale of grain, just passed through Bai Mo's hand, and in a blink of an eye, it flowed into the treasury of our Dachu, not counting, Bai Mo even lost 20,000 yuan in the treasury of the Han State and 1.2 million stone folk surplus grain in Guanzhong. ”

Xiang Zhuang smiled silently, this is the huge lethality of manipulating the "exchange rate".

Before Xiang Zhuang crossed, the United States sacrificed this amazing artifact every time, and it was invincible, whether it was those small shrimp countries in Southeast Asia, small Japan or the European Union, they were simply unable to parry, even if it was a flower planter with amazing defensive power, under Uncle Sam's artifact, it was inevitable to suffer losses.

Compared with the United States in later generations, Xiang Zhuang's methods at this time are similar to that of a child, but with the strong industrial and commercial foundation of Chu State, it is more than enough to use this trick to deal with Bai Mo, who has no experience in finance. ..., Bai Lixian suddenly said: "I remember that the king once said that with the help of this food crisis in Guanzhong, three goals should be achieved, one is to loot the grain money in Guanzhong, the second is to control the giant merchants in Guanzhong through loans, and the third is to loot the grain in Taicang in Han and Zhao, and now it seems that only the first two have been realized, right?" ”

Indeed, the private wealth in Guanzhong has now flowed into the treasury of Chu in large quantities, although compared to the total treasury of Chu, this amount of money seems very insignificant, but no matter how small the mosquito is, it is also meat, no matter what, this is 100,000 yuan, equivalent to 250,000 taels of gold, but the looting of the grain of Han and Zhao seems to be impossible to talk about, right?

As for controlling the merchants in Guanzhong through loans, it was not possible overnight.

"Right?" Bi Shu said, "The 800,000 stone of grain returned by the Han State to Korea and Zhao State seems to have been transported to Pusaka along with the grain fleets of the Feng and Guan families, right?" Could it be that the king intends to send a naval army to intercept the river? ”

"Of course not." Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and said, "The Han Kingdom and South Korea have set up dozens of barrage iron cables on the water surface of the river (Yellow River), and built more than a dozen water villages. ”

Baili Xian said: "Then the minister doesn't understand, how can he get these 800,000 stones?" ”

"That's not easy, spend money to buy it." Xiang Zhuang smiled, "Didn't you rob 200,000 taels of gold from Guanzhong this time?" You might as well take out 20,000 of them and buy 800,000 stone of grain from Han and Zhao. ”

"20,000 gold buys 800,000 stone of grain, this price is not low." Bi Shu said, "The problem is, Han Xin and Zhang Ao are afraid that they won't sell, right?" After all, this is the reserve grain of Taicang of the two countries. ”

"They'll sell." Xiang Zhuang said with a smile, "Because Han Xin and Zhang Ao are short of gold!" ”

Seeing that Bishu and Bailixian still didn't understand, Xiang Zhuang said with a smile: "Learn the sword, Ziliang, don't hide it from you, the widow has already let Qi Mai go to Handan and Anyi to secretly operate, if Han Xin and Zhang Ao want to buy war horses from the North Mink Kingdom, then they must exchange grain for gold, because Qi Mai doesn't recognize five baht money, he only recognizes gold." ”

Bai Lixian and Bi Shu suddenly realized that the king had been waiting for them here for a long time.

Then Bai Lixian exchanged a look with Bi Shu, and both of them saw a trace of admiration in each other's eyes, thinking that the king not only used soldiers like gods, political strategy, but also had extraordinary talent in the economy, under this ring of onslaught, if Han, Han, and Zhao could resist it, then there would be ghosts. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )