I am a corrupt official, but they say I am a loyal minister

"I wonder if Da Yue can continue to provide food?"

In the past few months, in the struggle with the rebels, not only did he lose his troops, but also a lot of food was either robbed or burned by the opponent. As a result, he was very short of food and needed to replenish it urgently.

The imperial court refused to give him food, and blocked the channels for transporting grain, so he had to ask the Great Moon Dynasty to come here!

The envoy of Dayue said expressionlessly: "His Royal Highness King Wuxi, my Majesty is very dissatisfied with you!"

"Last year, we had already agreed that we would provide food and armaments, and you would raise troops to attack Dawu immediately after the autumn harvest! But later, you violated the agreement for an unwarranted oblique moon treasure! Nowhere is it welcome!"

King Wuxi's face darkened.

"And it has been more than four months since the beginning of the new year. You haven't even destroyed a small rebel army, but let the opponent gradually grow stronger, but you keep losing troops! To be honest, our majesty doubts your army very much. Ability! Cooperating with an incompetent person is very risky!"

King Wuxi's face became even more gloomy.

The envoy of Dayue asked loudly: "Now, you are begging us again, hoping that we will provide food! His Royal Highness King Wuxi, would it be you instead?"

King Wuxi was ashamed and angry, and his black spots were exposed mercilessly by the other party!

If he hadn't asked for help from the other party, he would have wanted to kill him on the spot now!

King Wuxi suppressed the anger in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "The thing about the oblique moon treasure a year ago is not because I don't want to fight, but because I have lost more than 30 soldiers and horses at that time. The strength and morale of the troops are not good. Coupled with the fact that the weather is getting colder, there is no chance of winning an army! So this king rests and recuperates, accumulates strength, and fights again in the coming year!"

"Since the beginning of the new year, we have indeed encountered this group of rats! It's not that this king doesn't want to deal with them, but that they are as cunning as foxes, come and go like the wind, and are extremely difficult to deal with, no matter who comes!"

"As long as you supply me with enough food, I will be able to deal with this group of rats and raise troops!"

The envoy of Dayue waved his hand: "His Royal Highness King Wuxi, we don't want to listen to your explanation, I only want to see the result! If you still want to continue to cooperate, just do as we said! We have two plans for Your Highness to choose from!" "

King Wuxi was expressionless: "I would like to hear more about it!"

The envoy of the Great Moon raised a finger: "The first plan, we provide sufficient food, but you must raise troops immediately!"

"It's absolutely impossible, now is not a good opportunity at all!"

King Wuxi said loudly: "Not long ago, the Dawu court defeated Daxia, and the morale was in full swing! They also received food supplies from Daxia, so there is no need to worry about the future! At this time, our army is not as strong as before, and we must suffer heavy losses if we raise our troops now!"

"Secondly, this group of rats hasn't been dealt with, how dare they raise an army? What if the king fights in the front, and they dig out the king's lair behind, what should I do?"

"Then, only the second plan is left!"

The envoy of Dayue smiled and said: "We still provide sufficient food, but please open the gate of the city and allow our army to enter Wuxi! With the strength of both sides, the army will be strong and strong, and we will clean up the group of rats and attack Dawu. , isn't it easy?"

King Wuxi's complexion changed, this is a number of classics forgetting the ancestors, opening the door and stealing!

Although he had cooperated with the other party before, he never agreed to let them in. This is the bottom line of being a child of the royal family!

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If you do, there is no going back!

"Let the king consider this matter! Military advisor, help me see off Master Liu!" King Wuxi turned and left.

"Yes, my lord!" Mr. Feng Chu cupped his hands.

Not long after, Mr. Feng Chu came back, and King Wuxi asked, "Military Master, which of these two options do you think you should choose?"

Mr. Feng Chu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you can't choose any of them! The first plan is that Dayue will let us raise troops immediately. There will be a large military force in the front and a mouse army in the back. We have no chance of winning at all, and failure is almost doomed! "

"The second plan, if we do this, we will be dishonored by the world and be ashamed by the people of the world! My lord, under such circumstances, it is impossible to achieve anything. This has been the case throughout the ages!"

King Wuxi put his foot down and stomped his chest: "How did this king not know? But now, what can we do? If there is no food, we will lose as well, but we will just wait for death slowly!"

"My lord, there is actually another way!"

King Wuxi's eyes lit up: "What method, tell me!"

Mr. Feng Chu cupped his hands and said: "My lord, you still have the keel bone in your hand. This is the most precious thing in the world, and it has a price but no market! Royal families from all over the world, who wouldn't want it? If you exchange food with Da Yue, the other party should agree!"

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King Wuxi shook his head fiercely: "No, no, no, the keel involves the secret of longevity, and the most important treasure among the treasures must not be handed over!"

Although he is rare in grain, he is even more rare in keel.

After all, human nature is selfish, and soldiers and horses will starve to death without food.

But without the keel, his dream of eternal life was shattered.

Mr. Feng Chu said anxiously: "My lord, my subordinates also know the importance of keel, but food is more important now! Without food, we can't survive the autumn harvest, soldiers and horses are starving to death, and hegemony is even more nonsense! If we survive If we don’t pass away, when we never rise again, are you willing, my lord?”

King Wuxi's heart was slightly shaken.

"My lord, the keel is gone, we can have more! Think about it, our keel was obtained from Lin Beifan. The keel is so precious, didn't he keep some?"

Mr. Feng Chu whispered: "As long as we get through this calamity, we can find a way to get it from him! The other party is greedy for money, and if we give him more money, I don't believe he won't agree!"

King Wuxi's heart was finally shaken: "Okay! Let's use the keel to exchange for food!"

The envoy of Dayue knew that King Wuxi had a dragon bone in his hand, and was going to exchange the dragon bone for food. He was very shocked: "You actually have a dragon bone in your hand?"

King Wuxi nodded: "Naturally! Would I have lied to you with this thing?"

The envoy of Dayue anxiously asked, "How many do you have?"

Seeing the other party's anxious expression, King Wu Xi and the military adviser looked at each other and knew that the matter was settled.

A smile appeared on King Wuxi's face: "About two or two!"

In fact, he had three taels in his hand, but just in case, he didn't hand them over completely.

The envoy of Dayue asked again: "Where did you get it?"

"Lord Liu, this involves my king's secret, so I have nothing to say!" King Wuxi shook his head. Lin Beifan was a pawn they buried in the court. It was extremely useful and must not be revealed.

"This matter is of great importance. I cannot make a decision. I must report it to His Majesty! However, if you really have keel bones, you should be able to exchange them for some food!" the envoy of Dayue replied.

"Then there will be Master Lao Liu!" Bu.

Chapter 291 Can Someone Make the Elixir of Life?

The envoy of Dayue went back soon, and came back soon.

He brought a person to verify the authenticity of the keel, and discuss the grain trade after confirming the authenticity.

The other party was contaminated with a little bit of keel powder, and smelled and looked at it very carefully.

Finally, he said excitedly: "Master Liu, this is indeed a keel!"

Da Yue envoy was shocked and said: "Really?"

"Exactly!"

"Of course it's true, can this king deceive you?" King Wuxi looked over curiously: "What makes this king puzzled is, have you seen keel bones? How can you identify them?"

The two ministers, Da Yue, looked at each other and smiled contentedly.

How have they seen it?

How many keels do they have in Da Yue!

The keel was real, and then the two sides began to bargain.

Around these two or two keels, how much food should be exchanged is appropriate.

For King Wuxi, the more the better.

But for Da Yue, naturally the less the better.

In the end, after a week of bargaining, the Great Moon Dynasty was willing to provide about 3000 million catties of grain, about two months' grain and grass for the Wuxi army, enough to last until the autumn harvest.

However, after the autumn harvest, King Wuxi had to raise his troops.

In this way, Dayue got the keel he dreamed of, and King Wuxi got the food for development, and both sides were happy.

Mr. Feng Chu, the military adviser, clasped his hands and said with a smile: "My lord, I'm so happy!"

"Military division, where does joy come from?" King Wuxi asked.

"My lord, the problem of food is not only our problem, but also the problem of the rat army! Their army is getting bigger and bigger, but the problem of food is also becoming more and more prominent. If there is no food in hand, they will inevitably be in chaos and self-destruction!"

"What the military adviser said is absolutely true!"

"Now, we have solved the food problem, and we can survive until the autumn harvest! But, what can the rat army do? They have no land in their hands, so they can only rely on robbing, or transporting grain from the outside world! But outside grain transport channels, often The east is cut off by the imperial court, and the west is cut off by us, so there is no way to transport food from south to north!"

Mr. Feng Chu cupped his hands again: "So, my lord, now we can respond to all changes without change, as long as we keep our own food and our own fields, we can drag them down and win without fighting." !"

King Wuxi said happily: "That's right! Don't move our army around, don't give them an opportunity! As long as we guard our own grain and fields, we can drag them down and let them kill themselves! Haha... ..."

"My lord is wise!" Mr. Feng Chu said with a smile.

"But the keel..." King Wuxi said in distress, never forgetting.

"My lord, please relax!" Mr. Feng Chu said in a low voice: "This subordinate has contacted Lin Jun secretly, and learned from him that he still has three taels of keel under his hand! Under the persuasion of his subordinates, he is willing to give away two taels Keel, but the asking price is 400 million taels!"

King Wuxi took a deep breath: "400 million taels! It's twice as expensive as before! He's too greedy!"

"My lord, Lin Jun said that the keel has already flown away, and there is no chance to get the keel again! He has the only keel left in his hand, and rare things are valuable, so the asking price is naturally not cheap!"

King Wuxi looked very troubled.

Mr. Feng Chu persuaded again: "My lord, if he is not greedy, we have no chance either!"

"That's true!" King Wuxi sat down decisively, his brows were furrowed, his face was uncertain, and his fists were clenched tightly, obviously making an important decision.

After a while, he said: "Give him all the gold, silver and jewels in the palace! If it is not enough, grab it from other people, and make sure to get 400 million taels for this king!"

Mr. Feng Chu was shocked: "My lord, if we give them all, we will have no money! This..."

King Wuxi waved his hand: "We don't need money anymore! As long as we last until the autumn harvest, when the rat army collapses, we will immediately send our troops eastward, and we can get whatever we want. Why do we care about the little money?"

"What the lord said is very true!"

As a result, a large amount of gold, silver and jewels were secretly transported to Linfu in the capital.

At the same time, the Wuxi army began to shrink its front line, and no longer ran out, but guarded heavily, guarding the granaries and fertile fields layer by layer, so as not to give the oblique moon army an opportunity.

This matter was quickly learned by the Slanting Moon Army.

"His Royal Highness, King Wuxi colluded secretly with the Great Moon Dynasty again, got food support from the other party, and began to shrink the front line and guard it heavily! Looking at them like this, it is obvious that they want to drag us down!"

Princess Ziyue nodded solemnly: "Fortunately, we have already prepared! How are those rabbits and bamboo rats?"

"His Royal Highness, after receiving your order, we have transported a large number of rabbits, bamboo rats and other animals with super reproductive ability to the two mountains! After careful observation, I found that their reproductive ability can be described as amazing!"

"There are only half a month of fish, and their number has more than 10 times! And the growth rate is very fast, you can eat it in a month or two! According to the reproduction and growth speed of these animals, they can definitely supply our entire army!"

"Great!" Princess Ziyue had a bright smile on her face, and the food problem that had been weighing on her heart was finally resolved.

With enough rations, you can completely let go of your courage, and the great cause of restoration can be expected!

"Since King Wuxi has shrunk the front line and has no chance to attack, then we will rest temporarily, train and strengthen our troops, dig more tunnels, and raise more rabbits and mice to prepare for the future!"

"Yes, Your Royal Highness!"

After arranging everything, Princess Ziyue returned to her humble boudoir and wrote a secret letter.

Let your cronies take it back and hand it over to Lin Beifan in the capital.

In the Lin Mansion in the capital, Lin Beifan looked at the letter from Princess Ziyue and the gold, silver and jewelry sent by King Wuxi, and he had a good understanding of Wuxi's situation.

King Wuxi must have exchanged a large amount of grain from the Great Moon Dynasty with the keel, and then guarded the grain and fertile land, so as to keep things unchanged and get rid of the oblique moon army.

But what they don't know is that the Slanting Moon Army has already received his guidance and has cultivated a large amount of grain and meat in the two major mountain ranges.

Now the two sides don't fight anymore, just compare consumption and wait for the opportunity.

"After the autumn harvest, it's time for King Wuxi to raise his troops! This time, King Wuxi will rebel if he doesn't rebel! Because if he doesn't rebel, there will be nothing left!" Lin Beifan laughed softly.

King Wuxi, now he has been pushed to the end of his rope!

The money of the entire palace and Wuxi was taken away by him!

The food soldiers and horses can only last for a few months, and the oblique moon army often beats the autumn wind, killing people and grabbing food!

Under such various unfavorable circumstances, if you don't fight hard, you will be finished!

Lin Beifan looked to the north: "After the autumn harvest, the group of warriors of King Jibei has basically been cultivated! Huangtu's hegemony is right in front of us, and King Jibei will definitely not be able to sit still, and he will raise troops!"

"There is also the Jiangnan King, who will also raise troops after the autumn harvest!"

"Jiangnan at this time has collapsed into a mess! The original commercial economy is impossible to talk about, the population loss is serious, and there is a shortage of food! If you don't fight, you will be finished!"

"So, after the autumn harvest, there will be civil war!"