Seeing Feng Ji shouting out the final reserve price of 90,000 yuan and 1.5 million stones, Bai Mo's face finally sank completely, and he knelt down from the seat and said coldly: "It seems that there is no need to talk about it anymore!" After saying this, Bai Mo immediately turned around and brushed his sleeves, and Zhou Guanfu glared at Feng Ji and Guan Zhong murderously, and followed.

Feng Ji and Guan Zhong followed suit, grabbed Chen Ping and asked, "Taishi, what does Prime Minister mean by this?" ”

Chen Ping shook his head and said, "The old man also advises the two of you, don't be too desperate to do things, and say goodbye." ”

Seeing Chen Ping's figure go away, Guan Zhong turned his head and said to Feng Ji: "Brother Feng, Bai Mo shouldn't be annoyed and angry, and use force directly against us, right?" If that's the case, we're really okay with him. ”

"No, it won't." Feng Ji waved his hand and said nonchalantly, "Although this Bai Mo said that he hates the merchant's wrist and doesn't want to bargain with us, in fact, this guy is shrewd, don't look at him with a cold face and don't want to talk anymore, in fact, this is the most clever bargaining trick, he is forcing us to make concessions." ”

Guan Zhong said: "Then what should we do now?" We can afford to wait, but can't we afford food? ”

Feng Liang said: "Don't worry, Brother Guan Zhong, we can't afford to wait, Bai Mo can't afford to wait, he is still waiting to repay the borrowed grain from Han and Zhao, so he won't wait too long." ”

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Chen Ping quickly caught up with Bai Mo and asked, "Master, how to deal with this matter?" ”

Without waiting for Bai Mo to answer, Zhou Guanfu said: "Prime Minister, why don't you lead the troops to copy them?" These two guys actually dared to dominate the market in the Guanzhong Earth Period. Reversed them? ”

"Don't mess around." Bai Mo hurriedly stopped Zhou Guanfu, and said to Chen Ping, "Taishi, 90,000 yuan and 1.5 million stones are too far from our bottom line, and in today's situation, I'm afraid there won't be any good results if we talk about it any longer, so Benxiang decided to dry them for a few days first." Wait for them to come to the door and talk about it. ”

Chen Ping bowed his head lightly and said, "But they may not come to the door." ”

"They will." Bai Mo looked back at the dense boats on the Sanjiangkou Water Village, and said thoughtfully. "This grain ship is parked on the water, and the humidity is extremely heavy, and it will definitely become moldy after a long time."

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Xiang Zhuang strolled on the left bank of Yingshui under the embrace of Bishu and Bailixian. Looking around, I saw that many villages on both sides of Yingshui have regained their vitality, not only the sound of chickens and dogs, but also the smoke curling, on the ridges on both sides of Yingshui, there are farmers who are not afraid of the cold to turn the ground, and occasionally there are peasant women who rush to deliver food, followed by three or two drooping children.

"King, the changes in Yingchuan County are really big." Bai Lixian sighed sincerely, "More than half a year ago. This Yingchuan County is still a depressed scene, but now? The chickens and dogs in the village smell each other, the pedestrians on the road are endless, and there are even more strange trips, at first glance. Even compared to the countryside of Jiangdong counties, it is not far behind. ”

Xiang Zhuang was also in a good mood, and said with a smile: "This is all the credit of Ziliang, if it weren't for your good policy of letting the bandits enter the household, even if we can move all the millions of people in Jiangdong, it will be difficult for the five counties of Wei to develop, at least within three years." It is impossible to send money and grain to Taicang. ”

Bai Lixian hurriedly said: "This, the minister categorically did not dare to take credit. ”

Xiang Zhuang smiled and said, "Ziliang, do you know how many bandits are in the debt now?" ”

Bai Lixian replied: "Great King, the minister thinks that there should be at least more than 50,000 people, right?" ”

"Fifty thousand?" Xiang Zhuang shook his head and laughed, "Ziliang, you have always had no last resort, but this time it was a big miscalculation, Gao Chu just reported that it was more than 300,000 robbers in the five counties of Weidi, if you even count their wives and children, the total number of Dingkou is more than 500,000!" "What, more than half a million?" "Bai Lixian was really surprised this time.

Bi Shu was also a little surprised, and asked: "Isn't there only more than 100,000 defeated soldiers of the Han army that fled to Weidi?" ”

Xiang Zhuang said: "The defeated soldiers of the Han army who fled here are indeed only more than 100,000, but in addition to the defeated soldiers of the Han army, there are also the defeated soldiers of the Huainan army and the defeated soldiers of the Qi army who fled from Huainan in the rout, plus the people who fled into the mountains and forests because they could not bear Peng Yue's exploitation in previous years, and the loss of strong men was as high as more than 300,000. ”

Baili Xian said: "So, with the original household, the population of Wei has exceeded one million? ”

"More than 1.2 million to be exact." Xiang Zhuang nodded, and said, "However, if you want the five counties of Wei to really develop and become the center of the entire Chu State, you have to continue to immigrate, and it is estimated that at least two million more people will have to be moved from all over the country, and with a population base of three million, it is estimated that it will be about the same." ”

The five counties of Wei are the Henan of the later generations, Henan is fertile for thousands of miles, irrigation and convenient, and Hebei has always been the heart of the Chinese people, as long as the dynasty does not have civil strife, the population of these two places should account for at least half of the total population of the country, Xiang Zhuang is also Henan as the future of the strategic base of the Great Chu Empire to build.

As he was talking, Jin Xiang suddenly hurried over with Qu Bucai.

"King, I just received a message from the flying pigeon in Guanzhong." After seeing the salute, Qu Bucai presented the secret letter.

Xiang Zhuang read the secret letter, and handed it to Bi Shu, and Bi Shu handed it to Bai Lixian after reading it, the secret letter was sent by the Ebony Cliff Liyang Branch, after Chen Ping formed the Black Ice Platform, he strengthened his control over Xianyang, especially Chen Ping used the eagle to patrol the city, and the carrier pigeon was repeatedly caught, and the Ebony Cliff had no choice but to move the branch to Liyang.

Naturally, what the secret letter said was about food hegemony.

Baili Xian said: "King, Bai Mo's move is probably to force Feng and Guan to make concessions, right?" ”

"That's nature." Xiang Zhuang's eyes suddenly showed a hint of cunning, and he turned his head and instructed Qu Bucai to say, "Old Qu, immediately pass the book to Anyi and Handan, and stab this matter to Han Xin, the king of Han, and Zhang Ao, the king of Zhao." ”

Qu Bucai took the promise, but Baili Xian said: "King, Bai Mo may not succumb to the pressure of King Han and King Zhao. ”

Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and said with a treacherous smile: "Of course Bai Mo will not succumb to the pressure of King Han and King Zhao, and the widow has no such extravagant hope, hehe, the reason why the widow wants to stab this matter in front of King Han and King Zhao is to make this matter a dead end." ”

Bi Shu and Bai Lixian couldn't help but glance at each other when they heard this, but they only saw a blank look in each other's eyes.

The cunning color in Xiang Zhuang's eyes became more and more intense, and he said with a smile: "Xuejian, Ziliang, do you think, if under the intervention of King Han and King Zhao, this matter has a result acceptable to all three parties, and then when Bai Mo wants to change the hexagram again, does he have to think about the consequences?" ”

Bi Shu and Bai Lixian looked at each other, but they still didn't know what to say.

Seeing the two of them at a loss, Xiang Zhuang felt unprecedented happiness in his heart, and he couldn't help but look forward to the day when Bai Mo was deflated.

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A distinguished guest came to Anyi, and was personally accompanied by the general Xie Fu to the palace to meet Han Xin, the king of Han.

This distinguished guest is none other than Zhao She, the younger brother of the North Mink King Zhao She, also known as Qi Mai, in this ancient time when current affairs information is extremely underdeveloped, Qi Mai's secret connection with Chu is difficult to be understood by others, in fact, even in Chu State, only a few civil and military ministers know the true details of Qi Mai.

Han Xin, the king of Han, and Xie Fu naturally couldn't know that Qi Mai was a spy of the Chu State.

However, the Northern Sable tribe has a good relationship with the Chu State, and has established the Han King Han Xin with the help of the Chu State, but this does not affect the exchanges between the North Sable State and South Korea, although South Korea and the Chu State are in a hostile camp, but the North Sable State has not joined the alliance led by the Chu State after all, has it? …,

What's more, Qi Mai was able to sell horses that South Korea desperately needed.

After the guest of honor had spoken to him, Han Xin, the king of Han, asked straightforwardly, "How many horses can Mr. provide?" ”

Qi Mai smiled, and asked instead of answering, "Hehe, but I don't know how many horses King Han wants?" ”

Han Xin's eyes lit up suddenly, after seeing the power of the Chu cavalry and the Han cavalry, he dreamed of building an iron cavalry that was not inferior to the Chu and Han cavalry, but he couldn't find enough war horses.

Han Wang Han Xin was about to have an in-depth exchange with Qi Mai, when suddenly an attendant hurriedly came in and said a few words in his ear, Han Wang Han Xin's face suddenly showed embarrassment, first waved his hand and retreated from the chamberlain, and then instructed Xie Fu: "Xie Fu, you talk with Mr. first, the widow has some urgent business, just come when you go." ”

After that, without waiting for Xie Fu and Qi Mai to react, he got up and left the table and hurried away.

Qi Mai was stunned, but Xie Fu quickly put on a smile and said, "Sir, let's continue to talk." ”

didn't mention Xie Fu and Qi Mai first, but said that Han Xin, the king of Han, hurriedly returned to the harem, and asked the attendant as he walked: "Concubine Feng is fine this morning, why is she suddenly going to die?" ”

"My lord, this slave doesn't know either." The waiter smiled wryly.

Gradually approaching Concubine Feng's bedroom, I faintly heard a cry: "Don't stop me, don't stop me, let me die, you let me die, I don't want to live, I don't want to live, woo woo woo ......"

As soon as he entered the door, Han Wang Han Xin saw that Concubine Feng was struggling to put her long jade neck into the white ring ring, and several palace maids were desperately stopping her next to her. Whoever bullies you, you tell the widow, and the widow gives you anger. ”

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." Feng Miaonu hugged the thick neck of Han Xin, the king of Han, and cried silently, "Half a month ago, the price of grain in Guanzhong plummeted, and the slave brother spent some money to buy a batch of grain, but he didn't think that he was detained in Sanjiangkou by Bai Mo, seeing that the grain was about to become moldy, and the slave brother was about to lose all his money, I was afraid that he would not be able to live, and the slave family did not want to live......" (Your support on this site is my biggest motivation.) )