"What happened to the shadows that we lurked in the territory of Great Chu?" In the Mongolian camp, Kublai Khan frowned and looked at the strategist in charge of the secret and asked suspiciously.

Although the news of rebellion in the south has been coming from the south recently, it is indeed a little encouraging at first, but if you dig deeper, the results are too different from Kublai Khan's expectations.

Ten days ago, an assassin assassinated Lu Xiufu, a senior soldier, in Xiangyang City...... Failed to be captured, and the stabbing agent committed suicide by poisoning.

Well, Lu Xiufu is an important minister of the Chu State, and the place where the trouble is Li Xuan's old nest Xiangyang failed is understandable, Kublai Khan never thought that he could be stupid to kill a figure of Lu Xiufu's level at the beginning, although it was inevitable to be disappointed, but the result was still expected.

Eight days ago, there was a rebellion in Huiji, which stormed the government office...... Unsuccessfully, the rebels were quickly suppressed, and the thieves were ambushed.

On the same day, the Jiaxing County Commander suddenly encountered the impact of the rebels on the way to the inspection, but fortunately the city guards appeared in time to suppress the rebellion.

Five days ago, the remnants of the former dynasty in Lin'an City gathered thousands of guests, trying to take advantage of the false seizure of the city and try to enrich the country, but the person who presided over the uprising was found dead in his home the next day.

If one is a coincidence, but Mongolia has arranged so many shadows in the Southern Dynasties over the years, but since it was launched, there have been few successful cases, and those who launched the rebellion either died inexplicably, or the other party seemed to have been prepared, once or twice is considered a coincidence, but the vast majority of failures make people have to be suspicious.

"Great Khan, I'm afraid that the Great Chu Emperor has been prepared for our arrangement." The strategist in charge of the secret room said bitterly: "Now that we have lost most of the dark room we have planted in the territory of Great Chu, will we continue to carry out the original plan?" ”

"Suspend action!" After closing his eyes and pondering for a moment, Kublai Khan waved his hand and said, "It seems that I underestimated him a little, and ordered the rest of the darkness to lie dormant for the time being, waiting for the next order." Pass on our military orders and step up the siege of the city. "Since the surprise soldiers did not have the expected effect, the next step is to increase the strength on the frontal battlefield.

"Great Khan, I wonder if you have noticed a strange phenomenon?" Under Kublai Khan's tent, the first strategist on the left hand suddenly frowned and said.

"Oh?" Kublai Khan frowned and looked at his confidant.

"Although the fighting has not been fierce recently, the minister is careful to observe. It was found that the Great Chu Emperor had not appeared on the city wall for five days, which was not quite like his style. The strategist frowned.

"You mean......" Kublai Khan's eyes narrowed, and he looked at the strategist and said, "The Great Chu Emperor is no longer in Nanyang City at the moment?" ”

"This ......" the strategist shook his head, "I can't say for sure yet. ”

"It's not difficult, you'll see it tomorrow." Kublai Khan sneered: "Ben Khan wants to see what tricks he can play?" ”

……

Luoyang

In this ancient capital, there is now an air of restlessness, and the streets are full of wandering people, all of whom have common characteristics. His eyes were bloodshot, and his red eyes searched the shops, and once he found a shop selling salt, he would rush to the top and snap up the salt.

The salt and iron trade was originally an officially controlled trade in the era of cold weapons, but it was limited to the industrial level, although the Mongols occupied the northern territory of the Song Dynasty. Several salt lakes were also controlled, but there were no corresponding workers. The means of making zuò are also very primitive, and the annual output of lake salt is very limited, and the supply to the Mongols is somewhat stretched.

In previous years, most of the Mongols oppressed the Song Dynasty and forced the other party to offer a large amount of sea salt as a tribute to fill the domestic market demand. However, since the Great Chu replaced the Southern Song Dynasty, the attitude towards Mongolia was very tough, cutting off the official trade of sea salt, but every year, a large number of Chu merchants secretly smuggled sea salt, and transported the sea salt to the Mongolian-controlled areas and sold it at a high price. Profiteering.

In a short period of time, it was impossible to get Da Chu to make diplomatic concessions, and the Mongolian high-level also chose to turn a blind eye to these merchants who smuggled sea salt, and even gave some convenience in many cases.

And these businessmen are also very good-natured, and they will automatically contribute a part of the sea salt to the government, and the two sides will reach a tacit understanding.

However, recently, with the full-scale outbreak of the war between the two countries, the smuggling of sea salt has been completely cut off, and the Mongolian people are already short of saltPeople are still frantically looking for the sea salt that can be found on the market, not only in Luoyang, but also in most cities in Mongolia.

"This is the plan that His Majesty is talking about?" In an inconspicuous courtyard, Huang Yaoshi looked at Li Xuan with some doubts.

"What do you think of the hunger sales method?" Li Xuan looked at Huang Yaoshi with a smile and said.

"The old man hasn't admitted it yet!" Hearing the other party's title, Huang Yaoshi snorted coldly, thought for a while, and said, "It's a way to make money, but the old man doesn't see what's the point of the general trend of the world?" ”

"This is just the beginning." Li Xuan smiled slightly, now it is not Yitian, there is a country as his backing, and he has plenty of time to make his layout.

Kublai Khan's eloquence is strategic, naturally not comparable to the master of the late Yuan Dynasty, and there are countless capable people under his command, and there may not be no people who are proficient in business to see the mystery and solve it.

But now, Kublai Khan led the army to the south, but it was a good time for Li Xuan to make a move, even if someone saw the key, the news reached Kublai Khan, and then Kublai Khan reacted and transmitted the news back, and the time that came and went was enough for him to turn Mongolia upside down.

"Continue to sell salt, and at the same time start buying all the hemostatic drugs and a small amount of grain." Li Xuan flipped through the account book in his hand and looked at the person in charge of the dark department who was arranged in Luoyang with satisfaction.

"Yes." The person in charge of the Luoyang Dark Department nodded and bowed to retire.

A few days later, another batch of sea salt was transported in, which made people have to sigh at the strength of the hearts of these merchants, and daring to smuggle sea salt at this time is tantamount to collaborating with the enemy and treason, but after the sharp increase in the price of sea salt, people sadly found that at the price of sea salt today, ordinary people cannot afford to buy sea salt at all.

Some shrewd people gradually discovered that the price of some hemostatic drugs in the city began to increase because of the impact of the war, and at the same time, there were special pharmacies that were buying food, and at the same time, some shops were buying food.

"In this way, it can increase the burden of Mengyuan's logistics and grass." Huang Yaoshi looked at the bill casually, a grain transaction did not seem to be much, but a city gathered, it was not a little uncle, not to mention that Huang Yaoshi knew very well that the other party's plan was not limited to one Luoyang City, but radiated all the cities in the entire Mongolian control area, and the assassins were probably like this, and the grain and grass that gathered together was definitely a terrifying number.

Huang Yaoshi is proficient in mathematics, after a calculation, Huang Yaoshi was suddenly surprised to find that although it will cost a lot of money to purchase these grains, but at the current price of salt, even if the money for purchasing grain and hemostatic drugs is put aside, there is still a surplus, that is to say, even if Li Xuan returns home now, this trip not only consumes a lot of Mongolia's war potential, but also makes a lot of money, of course, the premise is that these things can be transported back to the Chu State.

"It's a waste not to be a businessman." Shaking his head, Huang Yaoshi looked back at Li Xuan and said, "It's just these things, how can they be transported back to Chu State?" ”

"Why do you want to ship it back?" Li Xuan turned his head and asked rhetorically.

"Uh~" Huang Yaoshi frowned, and after being slightly stunned, he immediately reacted, looked at Li Xuan with strange eyes and said, "Do you want to use these things, cholera people's hearts?" ”

"Uncle Yue's eyes are like torches!" Li Xuan smiled, and at the same time, in his heart, he couldn't help but be slightly surprised by Huang Yaoshi's thinking ability.

"It's really a big game of chess!" Taking a deep breath, Huang Yaoshi looked at Li Xuan, a flash of surprise flashed in his eyes, and suddenly, he began to feel some sympathy for the Mongolian Great Khan who had worked so hard for a city in Nanyang.

The faint sound of strings sounded in the depths of the courtyard, and the rhythm that became sad before the tune became a melody, so that the two people in the courtyard looked at each other, and could see the helplessness and bitter smile in each other's eyes. (To be continued......)