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"My lord, Lu Xuan humiliated me like this, he clearly did not care about my lord's face!"

In Yangquan City, Cui Yan's expression did not change much as he listened to the messenger's cries, but the knuckles of the fingers holding the paperweight had already turned white.

"My lord, this plan was discovered by Lu Xuan, and he used it against us, causing great losses to our side! It is not appropriate to use troops at this time!" The counselor sighed, this time Gui Yijiao wanted to plot against him , Huangzhou spent a lot of real money to do this game, and not only that, they also invited the Xie family to join forces.

Now that Lu Xuan has broken the situation, not only is the Xie family unable to explain, but more importantly, Huangzhou has suffered heavy losses. There is no shortage of food, but there is almost no money left in the treasury!

There is no shortage of food, so there is no need to worry about a drop in luck, but the massive loss of money will have a big impact on them. Military salaries require money, and government offices require money. Even if officials have good luck, they can temporarily ignore these, but Where are the officials below? They have to support their families.

This loss could even put their army and government system into a state of paralysis. At this time, they could not send out troops hastily. Morale was low and the morale of the army was weak. Sending out troops hastily might be in line with Lu Xuan's wishes.

"Lu Xuan, I underestimated him." Cui Yan took a deep breath to calm down.

"Lord, there is one more thing that my subordinates find quite strange." The messenger bowed.

"Speak!" Cui Yan nodded.

"Lu Xuan seems to know every move of the lord. When his subordinates left, didn't Lu Xuan say that the lord wanted to be famous? He gave the lord this name." The messenger said solemnly: "And this time, Lu Xuan Xuan seems to have expected everything, I suspect..."

With that said, the messenger glanced at the counselors around him and said nothing.

"Is there a traitor!?" Cui Ping couldn't sit still, and looked fiercely at a famous military general and adviser around him.

"Don't mess up your position! This is a plan to alienate the rebels!" Cui Yan said in a deep voice.

Just by looking at his increasingly gloomy eyes, many people understood that their lord was suspicious.

It is not difficult to understand if you think about it. Five years of planning and layout, which consumed countless manpower and material resources, not only failed in the end, but also lost everything.

If the skills are not as good as others, that's fine. If the five-year plan falls short because of a spy around him, no one can accept it.

And with Cui Yan's pride, it might be difficult for him to accept the reality that he is no good at planning. This result may be what Cui Yan wants to see more.

"Lord!" A counselor suddenly came in in a hurry, bowed to Cui Ping and said, "Something happened."

"What's the matter?" Cui Yan frowned when he heard this.

"A large number of wealthy merchants and common people in Fangshan County surrounded the Yamen, demanding that the Yuzhu trade be opened!" the counselor said solemnly.

Cui Yan narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard this. After taking out the mountain and river seal and feeling it carefully for a moment, his face gradually darkened. The luck gathered in him was constantly being lost. The speed was not fast yet, but it was continuing to lose.

"Jade coins!" The chief counselor's expression changed when he heard this, and he said in a deep voice.

"Probably." Cui Yan nodded. At this moment, it was difficult for him to maintain his calm expression.

The thing is simple to say. The jade coin has now been sold to the price of three hundred taels of gold, and it is priceless. In the process of purchasing large quantities of Yuzhu in the past four years, there are also many in Huangzhou. Traders make a living by buying and selling polygonatum odorifera.

Originally, this matter was easy to handle, but the appearance of Pei Ruhai's jade coin caused a large amount of private funds in Huangzhou to pour into this small jade coin. And as the value of the jade coin became higher and higher, countless people participated. Up to now, many people have invested all their wealth in this jade coin, and many people have borrowed a large amount of foreign debt to buy jade coins, waiting for the appreciation of the jade coins to double their wealth.

Cui Yan didn't actually care about this at first. After all, this was a disguised way of helping him promote the Yuzhu cultivation plan in Yanyun and Yunzhou. Moreover, the other party's money was here and he couldn't escape. Pei Ruhai was always under his control. .

And Pei Ruhai has always been able to pay dividends to everyone, so the value of this jade coin has become higher and higher, even exceeding the profits it brings.

However, in the middle of this year, it was suddenly announced that the trade of Polygonatum odorifera was banned and the purchase of Polygonatum odoratum was no longer allowed. In addition to causing the people of Yanyun and Yunzhou to lose all their money from farming for a year, it also cost Huangzhou a large number of clear-headed jade coins. Investors began to panic.

In the final analysis, the foundation of jade coins is the Yuzhu trade. Now that the Yuzhu trade is 10%, wouldn't this jade coin become a castle in the air?

Many people began to sell jade coins, or went to Pei Ruhai to sell jade coins. However, Pei Ruhai's money had been seized by the government, and even Pei Ruhai was arrested. At that time, a large number of officials came to plead for Pei Ruhai, and they had some connections with the Cui family. They also came, and they were preparing to harvest Yan Yun at that time. Cui Yan could only give in to the pressure and temporarily let Pei Ruhai go.

But now, the failure of the plan to harvest Yanyun has caused a large number of merchants controlled by the Cui family to lose their money. At the same time, the transaction of Yuzhu has also caused the value of jade coins to plummet overnight. From the beginning of two hundred taels of gold to now, in just a short time In a few days, it plummeted to two hundred taels of silver, a total drop of thirteen times. More importantly, there is a market but no price!

Come to Pei Ruhai and ask Pei Ruhai to buy it back. Pei Ruhai can't get the money at all. The excuse is that the money has been withheld by the government, and the business of Polygonatum odoratum has also been stopped. Now the Polygonatum odoratum from Yanyun and Yunzhou cannot be transported, and there is no way to transport it here. If people buy it, where will the money come from to buy it back?

Pei Ruhai's answer was reasonable, so the people's grievances were concentrated on Cui Yan, and Cui Yan's luck began to decrease, and the decrease continued to increase.

You must know that in the past four years, almost every county in Huangzhou has sold jade coins, and a large amount of wealth has been concentrated on this small jade coin. After four years, almost most people have participated in the jade coin game. If this jade coin The currency suddenly collapsed, and the result... Cui Yan could imagine that the entire Huangzhou would be in mourning.

"Let Pei Ruhai come to see me!" Although Cui Yan had tried hard to suppress his emotions, he still felt like he was gritting his teeth at the end: "In addition, we are ordered to arrange for Pei Ruhai's family in Yunzhou to save Pei Ruhai's family at all costs. Bring it back to me!"

"Yes!"

Pei Ruhai has been waiting for this day since he was captured and released. He knew that Lu Xuan's plan was successful. As for his own life... whether he can survive or not depends on today.

"See Mr. Cui." When he was brought to Cui Mansion, Pei Ruhai was already very calm. His family member Lu Xuan had been settled properly, and he had no worries. Lu Xuan still kept his word in this regard. This was also the case for Pei Ruhai. The reason why he is willing to sacrifice his life for Lu Xuan.

Cui Yan looked at Pei Ruhai with a serious look: "Master Pei, you are also a wealthy businessman. In terms of background, you are more than a hundred times higher than Lu Xuan. If you are willing to abandon the dark side and turn to the light at this moment, I will not only forget the blame, but also be willing to use you again."

"Cui Gong Mingjian, I'm just here to make some money." Pei Ruhai bowed.

"Making money? Where's the money?" Cui Yan looked at Pei Ruhai and said sharply: "After searching the whole family, the property obtained was only one-half of a hundred, but these jade coins were almost all over the entire Huangzhou, and almost all the wealth in the Huangzhou was exchanged for I got those so-called jade coins, tell me, where is the money!?"

There is no shortage of food in the barren state, but the money is gone. The people are hungry, but the wealth they have worked hard to accumulate for many years has disappeared. With the resentment of the people, the luck of the leader of the state who has worked hard will be wiped out. It would be good to be able to recover within ten years.

"Whether Cui Gong believes it or not, the number of jade coins Pei has here from the beginning to now is only ten thousand." Pei Ruhai couldn't help but marvel at the horror of Lu Xuan's move. The entire Huangzhou's wealth was swept away, but only these money Even if he sincerely agrees with her now, she still can't find her whereabouts.

"Absurd!" A counselor frowned and said, "There are hundreds of thousands of jade coins on the market in this barren state now. How can it be possible that there are only ten thousand?"

"This... I don't know clearly." Pei Ruhai shook his head.

"Not sure? The jade coins in your hand are clearly the same as the jade coins in other counties. These things are made with special techniques. Ordinary people can't imitate them even if they want to!" the chief strategist frowned.

"Let's ask another question." Seeing that Pei Ruhai didn't speak, Cui Yan took a deep breath and asked again: "Let me ask you, where did the jade coin in your hand come from?"

"It was a gift from Master Lu, and this method was also taught by Master Lu!" Pei Ruhai didn't hide it either. Even if he knew about it now, what would he do? The situation was already established, and it was meaningless to say it or not. He couldn't just say it because of his hard words. Put your life on the line.

"Lu Xuan?" Cui Yan's eyes had become a little sinister: "When did this happen?"

"Before I come to Huangzhou," Pei Ruhai lowered his head and said.

"Pfft~" Cui Yan sat down on the ground. He could no longer maintain his image as a young man from an aristocratic family. He stared blankly ahead and remained silent for a long time.

In other words, Lu Xuan had already started to make plans from the very beginning when they requested mutual trading, and it was obvious that Pei Ruhai was not the only one who made Lu Xuan's move. Pei Ruhai was just a chess piece thrown by Lu Xuan to attract his attention, and Lu Xuan really His ultimate move has been deployed throughout the Huangzhou since then!

"That's not right. The money should stay in Huangzhou after all, but where has the money gone now?" the chief strategist frowned.

No matter how the money is transferred, he should be unable to get out of Huangzhou. Even if it does not flow to Pei Ruhai, it should still be in Huangzhou. Why is there almost no money circulating in the market now? This is unreasonable!

"Check!" Cui Yan took a deep breath and said, "I want information on all bulk trades in the past four years, no matter which company I trade with."

"My lord, I just remembered something." The chief counselor suddenly asked: "My lord, do you still remember the metal trade with Kang State in the past few years? This may be the largest trade in recent years."

Cui Yan suddenly raised his head and looked at the chief counselor. Just as he was about to say something, he saw a general running in. He saluted Cui Yan and said, "My lord, there is a battle report from the front line. The Guiyi Sect has assembled heavy troops in Xiuwu and Linhe counties. You are trying to invade the border of our deserted state!"