Prince Luo Lan's crazy purchase of sulfur stone immediately aroused the strong interest of the southern state, but in just three days, thousands of people gathered near the volcano in Nanjun.

However, a decree was suddenly issued, and the new king of Gargo forbade anyone to sell sulphur stones to Luo Lan.

Those who had already hurried away with sulfur stones were directly beaten, and no one earned Prince Luo Lan's gold coins at all.

So this matter ended without a problem, and the people could only sigh regretfully.

In the castle, Luo Lan and Charles stood in front of the window, looking at the people who were discussing enthusiastically outside, and the people were still thinking about the sulfur stone, but unfortunately it couldn't be sold.

Count Abbe had died three days earlier and had been simply buried by Gargo, and the populace did not even know the news.

It took three days for Charles to adjust his mentality, and he was calmer than before.

"Your Highness, why did you suddenly buy sulfonite? The gunpowder matter is not in a hurry, and now it only arouses the suspicion of Galgo, who forbids us to buy sulfonite. ”

Charles was very puzzled by Luo Lan's actions, Luo Lan was undoubtedly startling the snake. South County's Volcano Charles also wants it, but now is clearly not the right time.

Luo Lan smiled: "I understand what you mean, you want to wait until I subdue the Southern State before considering the matter of sulfonite." But I'm not in a hurry to get the sulfonite this time, I'm just experimenting with one thing. ”

"What's the matter?" Charles was interested, Luo Lan sat down, and told a story.

"I read about one thing in a book about the Western Regions. It is said that a long time ago there was a Qi country, and there was a Chu country next to him. The monarch of Qi wanted to conquer Chu, but he was afraid of insufficient force, so he did not dare to use troops. ”

Luo Lan paused, "The wise man of the Qi State told the monarch that we can spend a lot of money to buy the deer of the Chu State. There are many deer in the Chu country, so they are naturally willing to sell them, and the Qi country does not hesitate to spend a lot of money, so the Chu country catches the deer. ”

"From the army to the common people, men went into the mountains to catch deer, and women ran around the roads to pick up the deer, completely abandoning agriculture. However, the State of Qi hoarded grain, and when the grain of the State of Chu was almost consumed, the State of Qi no longer bought deer. The people of Chu could neither sell their deer nor have any food, and it would take at least three months to re-cultivate. ”

When Luo Lan said this, Charles opened his mouth wide in amazement.

"Your Highness, who wrote this story? Now there is no Qi State and Chu State in the Western Regions, is it a country from many years ago? ”

Charles was so smart, he already understood what Luo Lan meant.

There was no grain in the Chu State, the domestic food prices skyrocketed, and the people were in turmoil, and the Qi State did not make a single soldier and let the Chu State be in chaos.

"For the sake of food, the people who fled from the Chu State to the Qi State were as many as four-tenths of their own population, and the vitality of the Chu State was greatly damaged, but they surrendered to the Qi State in three years."

Luo Lan finished telling the story with a smile, and Charles clenched his fists excitedly: "It's incredible, there is such a war, the people of Qi are too smart!" ”

Yes, that smart Qi native is called Guan Zhong, who can be called the originator of world economics and is known as the first prime minister of China.

"Your Highness, you are going to replace the deer with sulfur stones, so that the southern state will be in chaos, and then we will be rich relatives, and the southern state is poor relatives!"

Charles's eyes were full of brilliance, and he was almost worshiped by Qi Guo.

Luo Lan sighed: "Yes, there are only 20,000 people in the southern state, if they all go to dig sulfonite stones, they will collapse by themselves in less than half a year." Unexpectedly, Gargo actually forbade it, he was really a blind cat and bumped into a dead mouse. ”

Although Gargo is not a fool, he is by no means a very smart person, he forbids the sale of sulfur stones, and he definitely does not understand Luo Lan's sinister intentions, he just happened to bump into it.

After Charles was excited, he also understood that Luo Lan's plan was blocked, and Gargo's decree was unexpected.

"Your Highness, what should be done in this situation? Qi Guo's plan can't be carried out. ”

"Don't worry, Count Abbe is dead, Gargo has no worries, he will do his best to develop the military. I have already heard that Gargo sent troops to collect food, presumably to buy more armaments from Nanshan Country. ”

Luo Lan took a sip of warm water, Charles's expression darkened, and then he cheered up: "Indeed, my father died, and Gargo no longer had any worries. But no matter how strong he is, he will not destroy agriculture, because his army is strong enough, and he will stop in moderation. ”

"Then we'll add a fire to make him unstoppable!"

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Two days later, in the early morning, the prince of the southern tour was about to go north. The arrival of the prince and the sulfonite incident made the southern state hot.

So now that the prince is gone, many people are still coming to see the excitement.

Luo Lan said goodbye to Gargo on horseback, and at the same time gently waved to the people, without a trace of hostility at all.

When the people saw that he was mild, they also became mild, and became less hostile to him.

The horse team went away, and Luo Lan and his party entered the mountain.

Gargo sat in his chariot and stared coldly at the peaks at the end of the steppe.

The minister next to him smiled and said: "New king, you see that His Royal Highness the eldest prince has slipped away like this, they came back to send Count Abbe to be buried, I thought he had made a big move." ”

There was laughter all around.

The corners of Gargo's mouth went up, and he turned his head and said, "Did you send someone to buy weapons and horses?" ”

"Someone has already been sent, Nanshan Country is making the most sophisticated trebuchet, it's just ......"

"Just what?"

"It's just that we have collected too much grain in the past two years, and the farmers have complained, and some people even say that they want to see Count Abbe, suspecting that Count Abbe is controlled by you."

Gargo's eyes narrowed, burning with rage.

But he immediately calmed down, shook his head and said: "We can't do without the peasants, after this time the grain is levied, next year the tax will be exempted, and the people will be notified immediately." ”

Soon, the whole southern state of the state cheered, and the lord of Gargo issued a decree that next year the tax exemption and the spring and autumn harvest would be all his own.

The grievances that had been brewing disappeared without a trace, and the calm and stable days of Utan Pradesh returned.

However, a month later, several grassland herdsmen rushed into the palace and reported a major event.

"New king, soldiers from the north have appeared in the mountain, and we can even hear the sound of horses' hooves on the other side of the mountain, and there seem to be many soldiers stationed on the side of the mountain in the north."

"What?"

All the courtiers were shocked, especially Gargo, he never expected that Luo Lan would send troops to be stationed on the side of the mountain.

"What does Luo Lan want to do? Is he going to attack the southern state? ”

"It's impossible, they can't even eat, where does the military strength come from? Send someone to investigate! ”

The next day, the spy returned, looking uneasy.

"New king, the big thing is not good, at the southern end of the Nakajima state, there are nearly 10,000 people, all of them are adult farmers, most of them have no weapons, but they are all murderous, holding farm tools and training."

The ministers were shocked again.

Gargo frowned: "Luo Lan is training the peasants? He is delusional to win with the peasantry? ”

There was a hint of disdain in Gargo's tone, he looked down on the peasants.

A minister stepped forward and admonished: "New king, the population of the north is 200,000, and if you really want to train troops, you can gather more than 50,000 soldiers in a few months." And we can't attack the north, we can only sit back and wait for them to grow, and in the long run, our advantage will no longer exist. ”

"Yes, there are too many people in the north who can be soldiers, and they can grow unscrupulously, and we can only sit back and wait!"

Everyone panicked, and Gargo's face was ugly.

"Damn Luo Lan, he actually trained under my nose? Is this humiliating me? He was sure that I would not dare to attack the north, so I trained my troops without concealment? ”

Gargo slapped the dragon chair angrily, he also realized that something was wrong, there are many people in the north, and after development, the advantage is far better than his own, and what is even more terrifying is that he can only watch the other party develop.

The ministers discussed for a while, and they all proposed: "We can only continue to expand the army, recruit men over the age of fourteen, and buy more weapons from the Nanshan Kingdom." ”

"No, the treasury is already empty, and if you buy more weapons, you have to re-collect grain, and the peasants will complain."

"What are we afraid of? Wouldn't it be okay to sacrifice a little for the new king? ”

The ministers quarreled, and Gargo had a headache when he heard it, and he squeezed the dragon chair with his palm and released it, thinking for a long time in the cacophony of sounds.

"That's enough, the southern state is mine, it must not be occupied by Luo Lan, continue to expand the army just in case, I don't believe that a group of poor ghosts can defeat us!"

The winds of late winter and early spring suddenly sharpened, and a chill swept over the warm southern state.

In a local castle in Nakajima State, Luo Lan eats boiled pheasant and looks at Charles with a smile.

"Say, what is Gargo doing now?" Luo Lan asked with a smile.

Charles sighed: "Your Highness's financial war is really admirable, it turns out that the war can still be fought like this, and Gargo is estimated to be dragged down by us." ”