In the outer harbor of Keelung, a fleet of five large Galen ships and a number of small boats are parked there, and the supplies of the fleet have been carried out as early as yesterday, and they are ready to leave at any time. This fleet is the exploration fleet led by Lu Wan, the sea gentleman, and Feng Shijie, who has just arrived, is also standing on the middle sea boat, waiting for Lu Wan on the shore to say goodbye to the people who are being seen off by the association.

"Brother Lu, this is extremely risky, on behalf of all the members of the association, I will hand over the brothers of this fleet to you!" Yan Bei raised the wine glass in his hand and said to Lu Cheng with a solemn face.

"Don't worry, President, I will do my best to bring the fleet back completely!" Lu Wan also said solemnly. Then he raised his wine glass and shared a drink with Yan Bei and the people who saw him off behind him, and then turned around and got on the boat.

With Lu Wan's boarding, the ships of the entire fleet lifted anchors and raised their sails, and under the action of the wind, they began to set sail slowly, and Yan Bei and others on the shore, as well as the families of the crew who came to see them off, all waved goodbye to the ship, and the crew on the ship also kept waving, until the fleet left the port and slowly turned into a black spot on the sea, and the talents on the port left in pairs.

However, Yanbei did not leave the wharf, but under the leadership of a few attendants, moved to another part of the port, where there was also a fleet to leave, but this fleet was a fleet of merchant ships, and the ships were carrying cane sugar produced in Taiwan, which was going north to Dengzhou, and then went west from the Yellow River waterway to the vicinity of Chang'an.

When Yanbei came, Wang Guo and Cui Yu were already waiting for him, and Cui Yu's wife Cui Cheng was also here, when Yanbei saw the three of them. did not greet Wang Guo and Cui Yu, but took two steps quickly. Shi Li, who was very respectful to Cui Cheng, said: "After a few years, Mrs. Cui's demeanor is still the same. Let Xiaosheng really please! ”

Seeing that Yanbei was so enthusiastic about his wife, Cui Yu immediately became vigilant, he remembered that his wife had said that when he was not married, there were many princes and nobles in Chang'an who proposed to Chengfu, but they were all rejected by his aunt, could it be that Yanbei's kid was also one of them?

Cui Yu really guessed correctly, Cui Cheng was a famous flower in Chang'an, and she inherited her mother's genes in appearance. Moreover, the literary and artistic female workers are all the best choices, coupled with Chengfu's family background, there is naturally an endless stream of people seeking relatives, Yanbei was one of them at the beginning, but it is a pity that Chengfu looks down on Yanbei's family background and character, so there is no follow-up.

Mrs. Cui knew about Yanbei's courtship back then, but she had a cheerful personality and didn't feel embarrassed, but returned the salute generously: "Thank you Brother Yan for your compliment." However, Brother Yan Shi is young, but he has already made such a great contribution with Liuyang, which is really admirable! ”

Yan Bei saw that his wife and Yan Bei really knew each other, although it was just an ordinary polite word. But it also made him very nervous, and he didn't wait for Yanbei to say anything, and hurriedly said: "It's not too early now." Since Brother Yan has already come, then we will leave. After all, my little sister is still waiting for us in Chang'an. ”

Seeing her husband so nervous, Mrs. Cui also felt a little funny. However, he still spoke: "What the husband said is very true, although this fleet is our own, but it also has a time limit to reach Chang'an, if we delay it like this, I'm afraid it will be difficult for them to do it, so we will say goodbye to the two brothers and reunite again in the future!" ”

Hearing Mrs. Cui say goodbye to him, Yan Bei couldn't help but feel a little stunned, but he quickly recovered, and immediately gave up his hand with Wang Guo, and said a few words of parting, and then Cui Yu seemed to run away, pulled his wife and got on the boat, and at the same time made up his mind that he would never let his wife meet the surnamed Yan again in the future.

After Cui Yu's fleet left Keelung, the journey was very smooth, and soon arrived in Dengzhou, and after docking, Cui Yu and his wife immediately rushed to the Qi Palace, ready to report the matter of Linyi to Li Yuyu.

In the main hall of the Qi Palace, Li Su and Wen Xin had just held a banquet to entertain Cui Yu and his wife, and then Wen Xin took Mrs. Cui to the inner house to play, and Li Su listened to Cui Yu's plan for Lin Yi's affairs, and especially inquired in detail about some of the domestic situation in Lin Yi, and Cui Yu also answered one by one.

I saw that after Li Su finished asking, he sat there and pondered, and after a while before he spoke: "Brother Cui, in your opinion, can this year's grain trade continue?" ”

"This ......" Cui Yu didn't expect Li Yu to ask such an irrelevant question, and he couldn't turn a corner for a while, and was stunned for a moment before he spoke: "Judging from the current situation, Lin Yi is jealous of the profits obtained by our grain merchants, so this time I deliberately mentioned a high price that we can't accept, if we accept it, then they will have to make an inch next year, if we don't accept it, then we will suffer a loss this year, and when it comes to the next year, they will reduce the price appropriately, but in my estimation, It will definitely be more than 30 wen per stone, and from our standpoint, we will definitely not accept the current price, so this year's grain trade is likely to be in vain. ”

Li Yu gritted his teeth after hearing this, in fact, he had already received information from Lin Yi and guessed that this was the result, but he wanted to listen to Cui Yu's opinion, but unfortunately the result was similar to what he guessed.

"Brother Cui, if Linyi's grain can't be purchased, what kind of impact will it have on our Datang?" Li Su asked again.

After hearing this, Cui Yu smiled bitterly and said: "Liuyi, there was no grain from Linyi before, and the grain of our Datang was enough to eat, and the price was also very cheap, but now the domestic business is booming, and agriculture is affected, even if you promote new measures such as new rice varieties, it can't change the fact that grain production is declining, so the grain transported by Linyi to China is becoming more and more important, especially in the prosperous Guanzhong area, where the rice eaten by the people is Linyi rice, if the grain of Linyi cannot be shipped to China this year, I am afraid that Guanzhong, Even the price of food in the whole north is going to rise a little. ”

Li Su also smiled bitterly when he heard this, what he was most worried about was this situation, and Datang was just that, after all, Li Shimin had already built a lot of granaries in various places, and one year less Linyi rice was nothing, after all, the people of Datang were rich, and the rise in grain would not affect their lives at all.

But Li Su is different, he has just conquered the Wa Kingdom, and the situation there is even worse than the original Baekje, there are people who rebel due to hunger everywhere, so he plans to promote the exchange of work for food like Baekje, and this grain is naturally Linyi rice transported from the sea, but now Linyi is making such a fuss, and his plan has been disrupted all of a sudden.

If you want to make up for this shortcoming, you can only go to Datang to buy grain, but this will cause a further rise in the price of Datang grain, if you let someone know, I am afraid that you will also refer to him in the court, saying that he raised the price of grain in Datang, which is a very serious crime, even if Li Shimin helps him cover up, it will also deal a blow to his prestige.

What can I do now? Without the grain of Linyi, the Wa State could not carry out the exchange of work for food, and the Wa people did not have food in their hands, so they would take risks, and it would also cause the rule of the Wa State to be unstable.

Cui Yu also noticed the wry smile on Li Yu's face, and asked a little puzzled at the moment: "Liuyi, the small people of Linyi are weak, and now they refuse to sell us grain, then we will simply send troops to destroy him, and then not only will the grain stored in the country be ours, but also the grain produced every year in the future will also be ours, and there will be no need to be stuck by them like now." ”

Hearing Cui Yu's words, Li Yu shook his head and said: "Brother Cui, you can't help but underestimate Lin Yi, although the other party is a small country, but it can also organize tens of thousands of soldiers, just with the slave hunting team in Yanbei's hands, I'm afraid it will be difficult to fight a battle." ”

Li Su said this, glanced at Cui Yu and then said: "In addition, according to your plan, it is to conquer the capital of Linyi in one fell swoop, and then capture the king of Linyi, but you can't help but think too simply, the capital of Linyi may be conquered, but if the king of Linyi escapes, then the other party will definitely gather a large army to counterattack the national capital, with the strength of the slave hunting team, it should be no problem to hold the national capital, but you can't go out of the city to destroy the other party, in this way, this battle will be a war of attrition, and it is in other people's land, So we can't afford it. ”

"This ......" Cui Yu was also dumbfounded after hearing this, although he and Wang Guo were quite talented, but they had no experience in this kind of military affairs, not to mention those grain merchants like them, as for Yanbei, it was no problem for him to do business, but it was not good to fight this kind of thing, so when they discussed it before, they didn't find a big loophole in the plan at all.

Li Yu's words were not finished, but continued to hit Cui Yu and said: "Take a step back and say, even if your plan succeeds, the king of Linyi will be captured by you, but Linyi is not like the Tang Dynasty, they have a very loose grasp of the place, if the king is arrested, I bet that Linyi will definitely rise up in the country, and when the time comes, the war will destroy Linyi, a grain-producing area, so it is best not to implement your plan to directly attack the capital of Linyi!" ”

Hearing Li Su's last words, Cui Yu was suddenly deflated, thinking that they could solve Lin Yi's problem once and for all, but it wasn't until Li Su analyzed it that he knew that their plan seemed to be beautiful, but in fact, it didn't work at all, could they really have no way to take Lin Yi at all, so they could only wait for them to raise the price?

However, Li Yu saw Cui Yu's dejected appearance, but stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder and said: "But Brother Cui, you don't have to be discouraged, Lin Yi will be ours sooner or later, and my people are also planning a plan against Lin Yi, but unfortunately now is not the time to launch, and I urgently need Lin Yi's food now, so this time I am afraid that I will let you be wronged and temporarily give in to Lin Yi, but next year at the latest, I will let the people of Lin Yi eat how to spit it out!" ”

When Li Su said the last sentence, two fierce lights appeared in his eyes, and a cold smile appeared on the corner of his mouth! (To be continued.) )