In the past two years, the Xingzhao Kingdom has fought against the Qingcang Kingdom twice, plus the floods in the south and the drought in the north, plus the huge amount of money and food spent on building fortifications in the west.

Although Xing Tianze won hundreds of thousands of stone grain and grass from Qingcang Kingdom last year, it could only alleviate the urgent need for a while, and even the grain and grass that was transferred to Nanjun a few days ago were divided from the newly raised military rations.

Therefore, this recital of the responsible official of the treasury is to express that there is no surplus money and food in the treasury.

Xing Tianze frowned tightly, he had heard more or less about the treasury not being able to make ends meet, but he didn't expect the situation to be so grim, so that there was only an empty shelf left.

But now that the war is critical, there is no extra time for Xing Tianze to wait for new military rations to be raised.

"When I went back to fight this king, I was worried about food and grass, but I didn't expect it to be again!" Xing Tianze threw the bamboo slip on the table with some annoyance.

Without a trace, he looked at the five princes quietly, he didn't say anything too much, why did they send troops without the support of money and food?

This is obviously the hand that Yin Tianhu returned to him after being put on a swing by Xing Tianze.

The atmosphere in the study has become gloomy, if the money and food are fruitless, they can only agree with the soldiers, which can not help but damage the face of the Xing Zhaoguo, and it will also have a great blow to the reputation of the five princes.

Xing Tianze suddenly thought of something, and sent people to the capital or the surrounding towns to buy grain in the market, so as to supply the grain and grass needed for this campaign.

At this moment, Murong Yu suddenly returned to the study, and it happened that he happened to hear the thoughts of the fifth prince, so he directly told him not to have any illusions in this regard.

In the few days that he left the palace, he went to many places in the capital to investigate, and found that many grain stores had been closed, and the price of grain in the market had jumped extremely sharply.

From the beginning of ten dollars a bucket to now three dollars a bucket of silver.

Even if there was really so much food for Xing Tianze to buy, it would be impossible to maintain the army without tens of thousands of taels of gold.

After hearing Murong Yu's words, Xing Tianze's brows furrowed even more tightly, this is not a small amount of money.

"You can't be out for the past few days just to tell us these things, right?" Traceless looked at Murong Yu with a sneer.

"I know I can't hide anything from you." Murong Yu smiled and took out a piece of cloth from his arms.

"Lord Wang, the movement of the Xue family in the next few days is really not small, there are more than 20 carriages outside the city every night, and almost all the shops selling grain on the market are their family." Murong Yu spoke in detail about what he had discovered in the past few days.

"The Xue family has never been a merchant in the capital, so where did they come from?" A flash of doubt flashed in Xing Tianze's eyes.

The study suddenly fell into silence, and suddenly Xing Tianze seemed to think of something, and suddenly stood up from the chair, there are really a lot of problems in the matter of rising food prices.

Nanjun is the core fiefdom of the Xue family, although it is hundreds of miles away from the capital, although there is grain and grass for disaster relief in the face of drought, it is difficult to stabilize people's hearts.

After all, Nanjun is the granary of the capital and several large cities around it, and thousands of acres of fertile land should not be out of grain.

If someone buys grain and grass in the capital in advance, and then there is a drought in Nangun, the surrounding people will definitely buy grain from the grain store for fear of being affected.

If all this is connected in series, although it seems a little incredible, it is not impossible, so if someone is really behind the ghost, then the biggest benefit is the Xue family.

"What a Schrödinger, he dares to play a man-made disaster scheme against the people of the world." Xing Tianze's fists were already clenched together, making a clicking sound.

After Wuxian glanced at Murong Yu, a solemn look flashed in his eyes.

What if they had guessed this now? The big war was imminent, and Xing Tianze couldn't spare his hands to clean up the Xue family at all, so he could only turn a blind eye temporarily.

At the same time, in the Xue family's mansion in the capital, a gold coin was thrown up and down by Xue Yin, and Schrödinger was drinking tea slowly.

In the matter of Tao Mingzhao, the emperor demoted Schrödinger's official position by three levels, and told him not to enter the palace if he was fine, and he would stay in the mansion to prepare for retirement when he was old.

But for the two fathers and sons, what if they are disappointed? What if Xing Tianze let the Xue family take a heel?

What the Xue family did in Nanjun has greatly increased the strength of their family, and no one would have thought that the drought is not a natural disaster but a man-made disaster?

Without grain and grass in hand, Xing Tianze's desire to lead the army to the expedition is simply a fool's dream, so it is not yet known who will be out of this game in advance.

"Yin'er, what do you think about the Fifth Prince's campaign?" Schrödinger put down the teacup in his hand, and his eyes were full of anticrisy when he looked at Xue Yin.

Schrödinger originally had three sons under his knees, but except for the eldest son Xue Yin, the other two died young.

After experiencing the pain of losing his son, he pinned almost all his hopes on Xue Yin, in Schrödinger's eyes, his son still lacked a grasp of people's hearts and things, but he was extremely good in his style.

"I don't have any opinions, the fifth prince is not an ordinary person, although we have grasped the disadvantage of grain and grass, but he is often shocking in his actions, and it is not something we can understand." Xue Yinyi grabbed the gold coin that fell in the palm of his hand.

Although he had only dealt with Xing Tianze twice in the real sense, there was too much brilliance on this man, and Xue Yin really couldn't see through it for a while.

And there is also an unfathomable traceless son beside the fifth prince, for the latter, Xue Yin is extremely concerned.

As soon as he thought of Xing Tianze and Wuji, an extremely tyrannical look flashed in Xue Yin's eyes! If it weren't for the limelight of the two of them, with his own talent, he would have entered the house in Xingzhao Country a long time ago.

Looking at Xue Yin's appearance, Xue Dinger sighed silently, how could he not know Xing Tianze's talent......

Xing Tianze and Tao Mingxi had been strolling on the streets of the capital for an hour and a half, and Wuxian and Murong Yu were in charge of the Five Princes' Mansion.

The two of them had already visited the grain market in the capital, and seven or eight of the ten stores had already closed, and the prices of the remaining two or three were extremely high.

Even so, there is still an endless stream of people queuing.

Half an hour later, Xing Tianze returned to the Five Princes' Mansion, and it could be seen from his gloomy face that the Five Princes' mood was extremely low.

"Come, pass on the king's order, go to the grain market and tell the owners who are still coming to the store, come to the palace immediately, and the king has something to ask them." After Xing Tianze sat down in the study, he immediately issued an order in an extremely cold tone.