System: The 101st Marriage Proposal at the beginning of the journey

"If your elder sister Ling'er can become the new king of Nanzhao Kingdom, there is a great chance to achieve a stage of peace, just like the years when the Queen of Witches married the King of Witches." Patriarch Bai Miao said to Anu.

Anu sat in front of the patriarch's lap, lying on her lap, looked at the frowning of the patriarch and asked, "Aniang, why do you say it is a stage of peace? Does Ling'er sister become the king of Nanzhao? Live among your own people?"

The patriarch fondly stroked Anu's hair, and said earnestly, "The grievances between the two clans have lasted too long and are too deep for the kings of the two countries to suppress for a long time. In peacetime, we are accumulating power for the next war. Only after the last Not only did we lose many soldiers, but also half of the people in Dali City. The people are the foundation of the country. Our current population is not as good as that of Nanzhao. In a few years, the gap will increase. It’s getting bigger and bigger. When the scar heals and forgets the pain, the people below will be eager to move, and when the above can’t hold it down, the battle will start.”

"I've already become a king, why can't I suppress it?" Anu straightened up and asked innocently.

The important ministers in the palace bowed their heads and said in unison, "The ministers are waiting only for the king to look forward to him"

Seeing that the purpose of beating the minister had been achieved, the patriarch said with a kind smile, "You all get up, the children are talking nonsense, and they are not talking about you." The worry is Nanzhao, Linger can only suppress it for a while but it is impossible to suppress it for a lifetime. Think about the witch king and witch queen back then, and you will know that it was the practice of the witch queen who used the flood of Nanzhao to slander the moon worship leader. , forced the witch king to imprison the witch queen, and finally forced the witch queen to die with the water monster. Outsiders only thought that the witch king was deceived by the moon worship leader. I don’t know if you believe it or not, but I don’t believe it. The people of the Zhao Dynasty don’t know him as the King of Nanzhao. In my opinion, this is obviously a decision made by the Moon Worshiper to coerce the public opinion and force the King of Wu to make a decision, and the King of Wu finally chose the country between his lover and the country. "

"The Witch Queen is so pitiful. She still loved the Witch King deeply until she died with the water monster. Doesn't she understand that she has been betrayed by the Witch King?" Anu asked.

"With the wisdom of the witch queen, how could she not be clear? She is just helpless. This is the sorrow of the ruler. Sometimes no matter what choice you make, it is a torment for yourself." The patriarch said.

Anu seemed to understand, "No wonder the tree demon spoke so convincingly at that time, I guess the Witch King once said that."

"Oh? Dryad?"

"Well, at that time we went down the crack and traced it to the underground palace below the Nanzhao Palace. In the palace above, there was only the Witch King who turned into a tree demon. At that time, the fake Witch King once confessed in front of Sister Ling'er that he forced the After the death of the witch, all the people in the palace abandoned him."

"Perhaps the tree demon heard what the Witch King said secretly. The Witch Queen is such a good person, it's not surprising that palace people flee." The patriarch had met the Witch Queen, so he was very fond of her. learn.

"Well, Sister Ling'er is also very kind, maybe she inherited it from Empress Wu. Oh, Sister Ling'er disagrees with the plan of releasing the food at the end, saying that it is to release the food early. Uncle Lin probably thinks that the two methods will have the final effect. They almost agreed, and agreed to collect food from Suzhou and lend it to sister Linger at three times the price in three years. It is estimated that it will take 20 days to arrive in Nanzhao by water. However, sister Linger still disagrees, saying that she is waiting for the food Many people will die in these 20 days. Then I promised Master Lin Bao to open the border in Dali to receive orphans and widows among the victims to reduce the food pressure on Nanzhao. Sister Linger still thinks that too many people will die, and in the end she I tried my best to get Master Lin to agree to mobilize [-] tans of grain from Yibin and sell it to us at three times the price, and then we resold it to Nanzhao. I thought this would deepen Nanzhao's hostility towards us, so I agreed to resell the grain at a par price. I don't take any profit from the resale. Aniang, is it right for me to do this?"

The patriarch raised his head to look at the important ministers in the palace, and all the ministers in the palace nodded approvingly.

Tang Yu even praised, "The young master is benevolent and the people of Dali are blessed."

The patriarch nodded, "I know exactly how she did in this matter, and you don't have to just praise her, it's not good for her. In my opinion, you are all pretending to be confused with understanding, for fear of hurting her heart, let She is bored with government affairs. Well, since you didn’t say the whole thing, let me say it as a mother. Anu, the two things you just said, the first one is right to accept orphans and widows, and accept Nanzhao Young and middle-aged men are very dangerous. Those people are likely to bite us back after eating and drinking. Orphans and widows do not have this problem. Children can assimilate through education, while widows can assimilate through intermarriage with our clan. Our family. And in times of famine, these two kinds of people have the highest chance of death. Accepting them not only spreads the name of our family's benevolence and righteousness, but also increases the potential of our family. The purpose of selling grain to Nanzhao is to weaken the financial power of Nanzhao and make up for the loss of our family." The loss in Dali City was heavy in the previous World War I, and the wealth of the people was almost looted. The reason why Qin Jianghe wanted to open a market on the border of Dali Doing trade with Dali alone is also to supplement Dali's national power so that the national power of Dali and Nanzhao can be balanced.

"Mother! I didn't expect this. What should we do then? Why don't we sell it at a higher price." Anu said anxiously.

"You are the young master of our Dali, the future ruler of Dali. So what you say and promises you make must be fulfilled. This is not only the face of our Dali country but also the face of our Baimiao people. But you are only a promise There is still room for maneuver in this matter. The previous sneak attack on Dali City has caused too much financial loss to the people, so we can use this to make a fuss. Two thousand dans of grain are only traded every day. One hundred loads, the time dragged on for 20 days, I can guarantee that the Han people are absolutely very happy to do this, and your sister Linger can’t say anything. After all, we lost a lot of human and financial resources in the previous wars, and the reconstruction of Dali City still needs a lot We don’t make money from this transaction, and we spend manpower and material resources in vain, so it’s reasonable that we can’t spare enough manpower to do this resale transaction.”

"Then Nanzhao still produces an extra hundred dan of grain every day?" Anu asked.

"Although this hundred dan grains can hang Nanzhao's life, don't forget that what we are doing with Nanzhao is a transaction, and we decide who to trade with. We only need to find merchants in Nanzhao. , they are too lazy to care about the life and death of the common people, they will definitely sell it at a high price, and who are the people who can afford to buy food at a high price? Anyway, they will not be ordinary people, even if your sister Linger wants to, she will not have enough financial resources to manage Yes. This can also achieve the goal of weakening Nanzhao. And it can also transfer the conflict to the merchants in Nanzhao."