But the problem is that Sihai buys grain from Southeast Asia, and after being stripped by local officials, coupled with manpower, material resources and losses along the way, the price remains high.

In Laoag, a stone of grain from four seas costs 123 yuan, which is more than double the price of rice in Luzon.

However, even so, the Ming court still accepted it all.

Yes, because the price of sea grain is much higher than that of grain transported by road, the local people of Luzon only buy local rice, not Southeast Asian rice.

Therefore, the grain transported by the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce was not imported into the Luzon people, but all of it was purchased by the Luzon Ming Court for official grain hoarding.

In other words, the household department has to provide more than 70,000 taels of silver to the four seas every month.

You must know that the taxes paid by Sihai to the imperial court every month are only forty or fifty thousand taels.

This naturally made the officials of the household department complain.

"Four seas of grain cannot be cut off." Liu Yu shook his head and interrupted the official's complaint.

"Now, I have written to the East India Company's English Merchant House in Pattani, Siam, that they will help us to increase the amount of rice purchased from Siam, and the price of grain will drop by sea." Liu Yu said.

After the English set up a trading house in Luzon, the East India Company opened up the Siamese market to the four seas in return.

The merchants of the East India Company in Pattani, Siam, would also facilitate merchants from all over the world.

"The rice transported by the merchants of the four seas and the surplus grain of this year have all been hoarded, and the Ming court has set up granaries in various coastal towns in Luzon, so you should pay more attention to it, and do not let the thieves rob it." Liu Yu looked at the officials present and joked with a smile.

"My lord, and now my Ming court has hoarded a total of more than 300,000 stones of rice, wheat and potato seeds, enough for the people of Luzon to eat for several months, only Dayu Island will store more than 50,000 stones, you must know that there are only 800 soldiers and civilians on Dayu Island, and the annual needs are only 5,000 stone of grain and grass, I don't understand why I have to spend so much silver taels to buy rice now." An official said.

"What your lord means is beyond your imagination." Hu Ben right town general Lu Xingtai said angrily.

The officials present immediately shut their mouths and looked at Liu Yu in fear.

"Only when there is food can the people be safed." Liu Yu looked at the indigenous official in front of him and said earnestly.

"Yes, if we counterattack Taiwan in the future, these grains and grasses will be used." Liu Quan nodded.

For Liu Yu, it is supportive of buying grain and grass at any cost.

"There are many generals in the Fujian Navy Division, and it will take a year and a half to fight Shi Lang, as the so-called soldiers and horses have not moved, grain and grass go first, and our army will naturally hoard grain and grass on Dayu and other islands in an attempt to send troops to Taiwan." Liu Quan glanced at Liu Yu approvingly.

"There is no need to discuss the matter of sea food." Liu Yu said indifferently.

The rain was getting heavier, and Liu Yu simply asked all the soldiers present to return to the camp.

The Ming army is not a fool, and it is impossible for them to stand in the rain in vain with such a heavy rain.

In the camp of the Chinese army, a bonfire was lit, and everyone was roasting clothes and armor around the bonfire.

"It's been half a month since Lord Xiao led the sailors to set off from Dayu Island, and I don't know how." Zhu Honghuan said worriedly.

"Lord Wang, don't worry, my Daming Shui Master has the blessing of Mazu, and he will be fine." Liu Quan comforted.

Under the city of Nongnai,

Daying, Liwu Town,

Ruan Youjing came to the Ming camp early in the morning with his injuries.

"Lord Ruan, please hurry up." Yang Yandi was naturally overjoyed when he saw that Ruan Youjing had come to his tent in person, and hurriedly walked out of the camp to greet him.

"Brother Yang, don't come unharmed." Ruan Youjing barely showed a smile and spoke.

Most of the officials in the Annam area can speak a sentence or two of Chinese, after all, they are also within the sphere of influence of the Celestial Empire.

"Fast forward to the camp." Yang Yandi hurriedly welcomed Ruan Youjing into the camp.

The army under the city really ceased fighting, which surprised the people of Higashiura.

For a time, the two sides were wary of each other, but they did not attack each other.

In this way, the calm was maintained for five or six days.

Today, Ruan Youjing went directly to the Ming camp to negotiate with the Ming people on behalf of the Zhenla people.

Looking at Chen Shangchuan in the camp, Ruan Youjing also smiled.

"Master Chen, don't come unharmed." Ruan Youjing said towards Chen Shangchuan.

A few people also know each other, after all, when Chen Shangchuan and Yang Yandi waited for Nantou Guangnan before, they also had contact with Ruan Youjing.

Chen Shangchuan looked at Ruan Youjing indifferently.

"The Zhenla people slaughtered several villages and communities in my Dongpu Ming, killed my people, destroyed my farmland, and now they have withdrawn." Wang Shi glared angrily, and he didn't have the slightest good impression of these Guangnan people.

In fact, Ruan Youjing didn't want to come at all to discuss peace this time, after all, Ruan Youjing was very happy to see the two families fighting each other.

Ruan Youjing's proposal to Yang Yandi for peace talks was not really to stop the truce, but to buy time for the Zhenla army, so that the hidden wood sticks could bring more heavy grain and grass in order to fight again.

But who knew that the concealment of the firewood stick was not done directly.

ordered the Zhenla army to leave Dongpu immediately, and even the armament baggage was not allocated to the Zhenla army in Dongpu.

The generals of Zhenla had long wanted to withdraw their troops, and when they saw that they were talking to the hidden man, they naturally all saluted and planned to withdraw from Nongnai City.

If it weren't for the fear that he would encounter retaliation from the Dongpu Akira when he withdrew his troops, the Fanren generals would have slipped away a long time ago.

So this time Ruan Youjing also had to come to the Ming camp to beg for peace, and it was naturally Mo Xin who was promoted by the generals of Zhenla who came with him.

"This time, on behalf of Quang Nam, I hope that Dongpu Mingren and Zhenla can stop fighting." As soon as Ruan Youjing entered the camp, he saw that the atmosphere in the camp was not right, so he immediately moved out of Quang Nam.

"You are all Ming generals in Nantou Guangnan, Lord Ruan has grace and you, and specially let you go to the Zhenla area to recuperate, and now since the farmers are worry-free, can you let the Zhenla people leave the country." Ruan Youjing asked.

"It's impossible, kill my Mingren, insult my Mingshi, and now I want to leave, I think it's beautiful." Wang Shi said angrily.

"Then what do you want, after all, this time Quang Nam hopes that you can stop the truce, and you can't disobey Lord Ruan." Li Youde sneered and looked at the Ming man in front of him with great contempt.

"I might as well tell you, and now there are still 3,000 Zhenla troops under the city, more than 100 war elephants, and countless chariots.

After listening to Li Youde's intimidation, all the Ming generals present were angry, and they looked at each other angrily, and Wang Shi and the others stood up even more angrily, holding the handle of the knife in their hands, eager to break it into pieces.

"Good, good!" Chen Shangchuan looked at the arrogant Guangnan general in front of him, took a deep breath to calm the anger in his heart, and said: "Since Zhenla still wants to fight, then the good Dongpu Ming people will accompany him to the end, and then he will enter the firewood stick and wash the royal city in blood." ”

"My lord, we really want to stop the war, after all, I Zhenla is also a lost soldier, more than a thousand soldiers have died in the battle, and the soldiers are already exhausted, and I only want to stop fighting and withdraw the army today." Mo Xin listened to the group talking there in Chinese, and naturally listened confused, but fortunately, there was an interpreter accompanying the army on the side.

It didn't matter, it almost scared Mosin to death.

Today, he and Ruan Youjing came to the Ming camp, not to provoke.

As a result, these Guangnan people were arrogant at the beginning, and they also threatened the Ming people with the Zhenla army of Dongpu.

If Zhenla still has so many troops and baggage now, do they still need to beg for peace with the Ming people?