Above the court of the Xiliang King, the King of Xiliang looked at the courtiers sitting down with an angry face, and stretched out his hand to cover his chest.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you are all full of food and have nothing to do all day long, and then you know that you sleep, right? What is the use of widows raising you people? I, Xiliang, are now in a crisis, and you people are still talking to the widow all day long, Guotai Ming'an, do you eat dry rice all day? ”

The courtiers looked at their king's angry face at this time, and no one dared to say a word, looking at the performance of the courtiers, King Xiliang was even more annoyed, and they all wanted to quickly cut down all these courtiers, but he really didn't have the courage, and now it was at the critical juncture of survival, if he was doing something like that at this time, it would not be self-defeating.

In fact, it's no wonder that Xiliang is so angry, since a large number of merchants from the Liang Kingdom entered Xiliang before January, none of them felt the slightest difference at first, and even they felt that their current national strength in Xiliang was getting stronger and stronger, otherwise how could so many merchants from the Liang Kingdom come over? It's nothing more than profit.

But what they didn't expect was that the things brought by the merchants of these two countries were almost no different from their local things in Xiliang, and some things were better than their own Xiliang, but the price was still lower than their Xiliang, and they naturally smiled at this, and sighed in their hearts one by one that the people of Liang were really stupid and had a lot of money, this was clearly a loss-making business, and they even came all the way to come over, and it was already very good for them to go back. Not to mention what makes a lot of money, the Xiliang Imperial Court is naturally happy to see this.

If the situation has been developing like this, then there is nothing, and the king of Xiliang will not want to be so angry now, the key is that every few days, there are merchants in Xiliang who do not want to let the merchants of Liang State monopolize the interests in vain, so they can only sell them at a reduced price, but after they lowered the price, they found a very serious problem, even if they lowered the price, the people of Xiliang still preferred to run to buy the things brought by the people of Liang, and finally they had to reduce the price again, so that Although the situation has improved slightly, the hearts of Xiliang merchants are dripping blood, and they are now trading at a loss, which is unprecedented.

However, at this time, the merchants of the Liang State directly released the news to the outside world, telling the people of Xiliang that if they did not have much silver in their hands, it would not hurt, so that they could exchange things such as cattle and sheep, grain, etc., and these things were much cheaper than the price of silver coins.

As soon as this news came out, the people of Xiliang exchanged their cattle, sheep, grain and other things at home for those "flashy" things brought by Liang merchants, such as tea, porcelain and other things.

Looking at the bustling Xiliang people in front of the shops opened by the merchants of Liang Kingdom, and looking at the scene of the front door of their own houses, one by one the Xiliang merchants became

began to do everything possible to resist these Liang merchants, and even sent people to smash the shops of those Liang merchants, but the people they sent over had not yet arrived in front of the Liang merchants' shops, and they were already beaten by the angry Xiliang people.

These actions made the Xiliang merchants feel a little loveless, obviously they were their compatriots, but now it felt as if they were those Liang people.

Seeing this, one by one the Xiliang merchants began to unite, but they had already lost the opportunity, even if they were united now, so what could they do? Now the silver money in the hands of the people of Xiliang has reached the hands of the merchants of Liang State, and these silver coins have long been sent back to Liang State by them.

When the merchants of Xiliang also began to follow the example of the merchants of Liang and also adopted the method of bartering, the cattle, sheep, grain and other things in the hands of the people of Xiliang had already entered the hands of the merchants of Liang State, and they did not stop after getting these things, and directly let people transport all these things back.

When I got to the back, I felt that the things in the hands of the people of Xiliang had basically been put into their own pockets now, and the merchants of Liang State had released the news, if there was nothing to do, then it was okay, just give them people, whether it was a man or a woman, as long as they were healthy, it was completely fine, and these people were worth more than cattle and sheep.

Because Xiliang's taxes are very high, ordinary people can't have much left all year round, and these things have now been taken by the merchants of Liang State, and they don't know that they are about to be in trouble, and they are still complacent at this time, thinking about how to show off the good things in their homes with others.

In just three days, tens of thousands of people have been sold by Xiliang people, most of them are women, and they are all young women, for these, the merchants of Liang State naturally accepted them all, and those who came did not refuse, as long as they were willing to sell, they would accept it.

It is precisely because of the crazy actions of the merchants of Liang State that those who are high in the temple can be regarded as gradually reacting that something seems to be wrong, and one by one the Shangshu Imperial Court wants to solve this matter, but at this time they are not idle to engage in these things, and now the merchants of Liang State have begun to evacuate.

The things they got before have already been transported to Liang State, whether it is silver, cattle and sheep, or grain, and even those people who were sold by the Xiliang people have been transported back to Liang by Liang merchants.

King Xiliang glared, looked at those courtiers, looked at them for a while, and then said coldly:

"Pass the widow's order, put all those Liang merchants in prison to the widow, and leave all the silver money they got to the widow......"

After listening to King Xiliang's words, Prime Minister Xiliang stood up with a wry smile and said in a deep voice:

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's too late to say this now, it's just a month period, and my Xiliang's economy has been crushed by the Liang people, and those Liang people will do it every three days

Forget that they Liang State transported it once, and now they have already sent back all the things they got from my Xiliang, and they have now begun to retreat, and they can't find them at all, even if they can find it, they don't have anything in their hands, and after inquiry, they know that they are not the real masters at all, they are just the housekeepers of those Liang State merchants, and they are insignificant, and those people who are still in my Xiliang have long been controlled by the old ministers, but……”

Listening to the words of this old prime minister, King Xiliang was about to be angry at this moment, and his old face was flushed with suffocation at this moment, as if he had been greatly insulted.

"Your Majesty, although the old minister has ordered the Liang people who are still stranded in my Xiliang to be detained, but they have nothing else in their hands except those goods, and a few days ago, the foreign envoy of the Liang State in my Xiliang came to the old minister's mansion at night, and calmly told the old minister, let the old minister quickly put all the merchants of their Liang State back, otherwise, it will definitely cause the Liang army to press the border, and then the war will rise again, and the lives of the people will be miserable......"

Listening to the words of the old prime minister, King Xiliang's face became even more ruddy, and he slapped the table in front of him fiercely, and then a mouthful of blood spurted out, which frightened all the ministers into a little discouraged, and before they could react, King Xiliang slowly got up, and then fell down the steps, and a deep wound was snorted on his head, and blood flowed.

After sending King Xiliang back to the palace, the imperial doctor had already heard the news, and entered the palace one by one, looking at King Xiliang lying on the bed without blood and unconscious, and his heart couldn't help but "pop".

After showing King Xiliang's body, none of the imperial doctor's faces were good-looking.

Looking at the faces of those imperial doctors, the prince directly panicked, but quickly calmed down, now that he is the prince, if even he panics, isn't it just to tell people that he is not worthy of being a prince? Moreover, at this moment, there is even a little joy in his heart, if his father is gone like this now, then isn't he the rightful King of Xiliang? At that time, the entire Xiliang world will not be decided by him.

"What is the king's health? Why are your faces so ugly? Why don't you hurry up and come to Lone from the truth? ”

Listening to the prince's cold words, the imperial doctors glanced at each other, and then whispered:

"Your Royal Highness, the king's physical condition is not optimistic, the king is already old, and his physical condition is declining every day, and recently he has been stimulated, and his qi and blood surge, causing him to faint, and then he fell from a high place, so that he ...... Your Highness, if Weichen is not mistaken, the king is afraid that it will be ......"

The words of the imperial doctor are naturally understood by the prince, so can he become the king of Xiliang soon? When the time comes, will he be able to play Murphy to death? As soon as he thought of this, not only did the prince not feel a little sad in his heart, but even at this moment, his heart became more and more excited, and he couldn't wait

wanted to let his father die quickly, so that he could vacate the seat for him to sit.

"Come on, go and ask the prime minister to come in."

After calling the prime minister and others in, the imperial doctor told the prime minister and the others what he had just said to the prince, and after listening to them, these old ministers began to burst into tears one by one, but soon they had already reacted, looked at the prince, and then said in a deep voice:

"His Royal Highness the Prince, now that the king is unconscious, the country cannot be without a king for a day, and now my Xiliang is in a critical situation, so I also ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to temporarily regent the government to ensure that the court is not chaotic, as for other things, I will wait for the king to wake up."

Originally, listening to the words of the prime minister, the prince's heart was still a little happy, but after hearing the words of the prime minister, the prince's face instantly became gloomy, he was the prince of Xiliang, and now his father and king were dying, shouldn't he ascend the throne? Why wait for this old man to wake up? It's not that he doesn't know that his father has always favored Murphy more than him, if he waits for the old man to wake up, then can he still smoothly become the king of Xiliang and inherit the unification?

However, the prince naturally would not say these words, looked at the prime minister and their people, and said in a deep voice:

"Prime Minister, my lords, now my father is unconscious, it stands to reason that I am alone as a prince, and I should manage the government, but looking at my father like this, I am upset, I am afraid that I will miss a big event, so all this is still asked to the prime minister and the ministers to manage it, all things are also asked to be the prime minister's full power, and then give Lone a good word, and when the father comes to his senses, Lone will tell his father again, Lone has been taking care of his father's living in his father's palace for the past few days, and his father is auspicious. I don't think there will be any other problems. Prime Minister, the time is almost up, you better hurry up and lead the courtiers to continue to discuss the government. ”

(End of chapter)