Chapter 781: The Sorrow of Shopkeeper Wu
Jiang Xingchen is a person from the Qiankun Empire, and he has no obligation to help Daqin and Moon Shadow, the last time he solved the problem of salt mines, it can barely be said that it was to repay the world's trading houses for sending people around looking for things like pepper cumin tea, but this time, the Qiankun Empire also gave Jiang Xingchen a first-class marquis and thousands of square miles of land.
Emperor Great Qin and Emperor Moon Shadow are not unreasonable people, so how can there be any reason to let Jiang Xingchen work in vain. Therefore, when the Great Qin Emperor received the letter from the Moon Shadow Emperor, he fell into deep thought. It's certain to give Jiang Xingchen a return gift, but what should I give.
"Give money directly, how much you have to give, Jiang Xingchen may not necessarily accept it...... Give things, ordinary things can't be taken at all, and the things that people star receive are the best...... That's right, mine!"
Emperor Daqin suddenly thought of the alkali mine that Jiang Xingchen was going to leave in the Great Chen Kingdom, and immediately smiled.
"Go back and sort out the small mines in the country, and let Jiang Xingchen pick one at random, this return gift should be enough......" Thinking in his heart, Emperor Great Qin immediately wrote to the Moon Shadow Emperor to inform him of this decision.
At the same time, in a small courtyard in the Moon Shadow Capital, Shopkeeper Wu was leisurely drinking alone, and the scorching summer did not affect his good mood at all.
Although the other side has not yet nodded in the negotiations, in his opinion, the two countries will not hold out for long.
"It's a nice day, the sky is clear, and there is no cloud! Hehe, don't expect it to rain...... It's the middle of July, and by the end of July I don't believe you'll be able to resist!"
Shopkeeper Wu drank the wine in the cup in one gulp, put the wine glass heavily on the table, and smiled proudly.
He was defeated last time about the big honey locust, and although the prince didn't say anything, he also saw the prince's unhappiness. This time, he held back his strength to show himself well.
As long as you succeed, you can not only make a lot of money. can also unknowingly help a nail bought in Moon Shadow, and the son of the An family will definitely be satisfied.
It was at this time that the courtyard door opened. A young man sweating profusely ran in and said breathlessly, "Shopkeeper Wu." Instead of decreasing, the Lunaris movement was getting bigger and bigger, and now the entire Lunaris department was busy, and the blacksmith's workshop was refining a large number of iron pipes, as well as a strange thing! There were too many carriages and other means of transportation to count, and there were a lot of laborers...... By the way, I heard that the Moon Shadow Emperor has also gathered a lot of masters!"
Shopkeeper Wu looked up at the young man and pointed to the seat opposite. said lightly: "Calm down, don't panic!"
"Uh!" The young man was stunned, obviously he didn't expect that when he heard about this situation, Shopkeeper Wu would be able to calm down.
"Shopkeeper Wu, you have to think of a way, it seems that they really have a way to get water!" After being stunned for a moment, the young man said anxiously.
"If they move a little bigger, you won't be able to hold on, what's the deal...... Do you think it's possible to get water, and you can think of how they can find water for irrigation, which is not something that can be solved by digging two wells!"
Listened to the words of the shopkeeper Wu. The young man's feelings gradually calmed down, and after thinking carefully for a moment, he nodded: "Yes! I really can't imagine how they can get water! And it's a lot of water for irrigation!"
"So. These eight achievements are their bluff, and needless to say, their purpose is for our food! No matter how big their actions are, how much they can spend. You know, the amount of food we have is a huge number!"
"Yes!" the young man nodded, and suddenly asked again: "Shopkeeper Wu, if we don't let go, will they use force! Our grain has already arrived!"
"No! You're thinking too much! Do you think I haven't thought about it, and the food that has been shipped this time is only a part. If they want to solve the problem of food this winter, it is impossible for them to do the thing of robbing and plundering!" said the shopkeeper Wu confidently.
"Oh my God. Dozens of seven-story treasure ships transported 100 million catties. How much grain are we going to sell them?" the young man's eyes widened.
"The combined population of the Moon Shadow Kingdom and the Great Qin Kingdom is nearly 100 million, and half of the region has been affected this year. The shortage of grain is at least more than 3 billion catties...... The transportation cost on this road is not lower than the price of grain, and by the end of July, the price of grain will not be three times as much, and they will have to ask for five times!" said Shopkeeper Wu.
As soon as he finished saying this, he suddenly heard a commotion outside as if the camp had been bombed. Because the voice came very abruptly, it startled him.
"Hmm, what's going on outside?" shopkeeper Wu looked puzzled, and the young man was also at a loss.
Immediately after, they heard voices outside.
"It's out of the water, it's really out of the water, what you said is true!"
"What did I lie to you, I don't believe you to see, the water has merged into a stream. ”
"Oh my God, how is this possible! Where, I'll go see ......"
Every time he said a word outside, the face of the shopkeeper Wu turned darker, and after a while, it was already gloomy like the bottom of the pot. If the outside is not estimated by the people of the Moon Shadow Empire, then it means......
"Bang!" the courtyard door opens again, and a middle-aged man runs you in.
"Shopkeeper Wu, it's a big deal, I really found water! They have drilled a lot of wells...... the middle-aged man said anxiously.
"Dig a well~" As soon as he heard this, Wu's shopkeeper's heart let go again: "How much water can be drilled into a well, I thought they could really solve the problem!
Where will the middle-aged man go, and said anxiously: "It's not an ordinary well, it's the kind of well that directly pumps water up!"
"Huh?" the shopkeeper Wu was stunned, he didn't understand, what kind of well was pumping water up.
"Oh, it's hard to explain, I've never seen this thing before, you better come with me to see it...... Don't worry about someone appearing, now everyone is going to see the water, let's just not go together!"
The middle-aged man turned around and walked out as he spoke, and the shopkeeper Wu and the young man glanced at each other and followed quickly. Until now, they don't believe how much water they can get when they dig a well!
However, when they arrived outside the city and saw more than 20 pressurized wells gushing out clear water, merging into small streams and flowing down the trenches into the fields, they were suddenly struck by lightning, and the whole person was stupid.
"Impossible, this can't be, what the hell is this, it can pump water up from the ground!" "Shopkeeper Wu snorted and panted, and his thoughts were confused. The other party is obviously bluffing, how can he really get out of the water.
"You say, what the hell is going on?" shopkeeper Wu turned his head sharply and looked at the young man beside him.
The young man was frightened, with a bitter face, how do I know what's going on, it's obvious that you said that the other party was bluffing, and let me stabilize it.
At this time, the chatter of the people around them poured into their ears.
"It's amazing, it's unimaginable to pump water up from the ground!"
"I heard that the Qiankun Empire has solved the problem of drought in the grain-producing areas more than ten days ago, and this method is also used!"
"Daqin's side is too, I used this method to draw out the water a few days ago!"
"First the Qiankun Empire, is it the way they came up with?"
"Do you still need to ask, it must have been someone who came up with it first, and I didn't see that the first thing to solve was my own drought!"
"We're a little late, but it's just mid-July, and it's still too late to ......."
Hearing these words, Shopkeeper Wu's eyes were a little dark, the Qiankun Empire and the Great Qin Kingdom had solved the drought for so long, and they hadn't gotten any news.
"Why don't I know the news of the Qiankun Empire and the Great Qin Kingdom?"
"I really haven't heard of it all along, there are no such rumors in the Moon Shadow Capital at all!" The grievance in the young man's heart, on such a hot day, I ran outside from morning to night, and you still doubt me.
Immediately after shopkeeper Wu, he turned his head to look at the middle-aged man in the distance, hoping to get an answer from him! The young man didn't know, it was possible that Moon Shadow had blocked the news and deliberately yin me. But as a member of the Moonshadow Agriculture Department, don't you know Xin'er? Even if we avoid seeing each other more now, you should tell me about such an important matter.
The middle-aged man smiled helplessly, he hadn't gotten any news before, and his attention was all on the preparations of the Moon Shadow Kingdom, but who knew that all of a sudden the water would come out.
Seeing the middle-aged man's expression, Shopkeeper Wu felt dizzy, and his body shook and almost fell.
The young man hurriedly supported the shopkeeper Wu and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong with you, are you okay?"
Shopkeeper Wu waved his hand, turned around and walked back, and for a moment he seemed to be dozens of years old, and his body was rickety.
Who would have thought that there would be such a method of taking water, and that such wells would be installed in various places, and this mission would fail without asking.
If he just fails, he will have to bear huge losses. Hundreds of millions of catties of grain have arrived, and the freight alone is a lot of money. If it is shipped back, it is equivalent to spending another freight, and it is better not to ship it back! But staying here is also a problem...... Now the grain is stored in the storehouse, and the rent is given to the family every day.
Thinking of the fact that he had sworn before that when the price of grain rose to five times in late July, Shopkeeper Wu felt that he was a fool and was played by others as a monkey. It's ridiculous that he is still self-righteous, the other party has been dragging it like this, not because the price is high, but because he wants to transport the grain and pit himself.
When Shopkeeper Wu and the young man lost their souls and walked back, the Moon Shadow Emperor and the head of the Hua family were laughing, they had put up with Shopkeeper Wu for a long time. Now they can all imagine the expression of Shopkeeper Wu after hearing the news of the water, and the joy in their hearts is mentioned.
"Tomorrow they will see that our negotiators are not going, and they will probably regret that their intestines will be blue!" said the head of the Hua family.
"Go, why don't you go! Let's let him taste the aggressiveness too! Now he can't sell this batch of grain, it costs money every day, and the cost of shipping it back is even higher, so we'll be sorry for him if we don't buy it at a low price!" the Moon Shadow Emperor waved his hand.
The head of the Hua family's eyes lit up and said, "That's right, he worked hard to send food, how can we not accept it!"
"Okay, let's not talk about this, let's think about what mine to give Jiang Xingchen!" (To be continued) R655
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