Use mobile phones to teach the ancients to do infrastructure
Chapter 75 The last match
The people of Yan State were overjoyed and used the fine salt.
Of course, there are also miserable ones, such as the owner of the saltworks, those who are not bankrupt are reluctant to move quickly, crying and screaming to transform the saltworks everywhere.
Of course, their numbers are insignificant compared to the people of Yan Kingdom.
What's even more sad is that they are all bankrupt, and they have to be scolded for selling them high-priced salt before, and their consciences have been eaten by dogs.
In the capital, Chen Bai and Qi Zheng were receiving the news that came back.
"It seems that things are going smoothly than we thought." Chen Bo said, "In a few days, we can cut off their salt."
Qi Zheng frowned, "So fast? Their saltworks just closed down, if they pick it up again..."
Chen Bai smiled, "Even if they pick it up again, they are used to the cheap and good refined salt, and they can go back to the time when they spent a lot of money to buy coarse salt?"
"It's rational to think like you, but don't think of everyone as a person who can deal with this matter rationally. Sometimes people's greed and desires are unrestrained, especially... spending a lifetime around firewood, rice, oil and salt They will not listen to explanations, they only want cheap salt, if the royal family of Yan Kingdom cannot do it, they will naturally know what kind of chaos they will face."
The human heart is like this, and it is not reasonable to be able to be tolerated. As a vested interest, a small loss of interest is enough to make them explode.
"Besides, do salt merchants in Yan State really dare to pick up those salt fields again?" Chen Bai looked at Qi Zheng, "Now the merchants in Yan State know that I have cheap refined salt, right? What if we start selling salt to them again?"
Qi Zheng thought, that's right, those salt farms in Yan State have suffered such a big loss now, even if Yan State needs them again now, they must have to wait and see first, otherwise they will just go bankrupt again.
And the time they waited and watched was enough.
A few days later, Qi Zheng's order was conveyed, and the Dagan Salt Field would no longer sell salt to merchants in Yan State, and the salt would be sold domestically.
This news was quite a sensation in Daqian. Originally, only a part of the salt was sold domestically in each saltworks, which could not fully satisfy Daqian himself, but it was first sold to most of the country of Yan, and quite a few people were dissatisfied.
But there is no way, I agreed to Qi Zheng, and Qi Zheng will formulate the sales strategy within half a year. No one can object. It was suppressed.
In a word, it is easy to go from thrift to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. Dagan people have never experienced refined salt, so they can be satisfied with a little bit of benefits. Yan Guo, after getting used to refined salt, will return to high prices Kosher salt is harder.
What's more, the court also made a lot of money selling salt, but it was still money from other countries, so why not be dissatisfied.
If it is said that Dagan was only a sensation because of this news, then the merchants of Yan State were shocked, and the people of Yan State rioted.
The Yan country merchants are really confused, isn't it a good deal?They also made a lot of money from it, but why are they not selling salt to them all of a sudden?I haven't heard of any problems in Dagan's saltworks.
Don't do profitable business?I was happy at first, because when I sell other things, I have to consider whether I will lose money or not, but I don’t need to sell refined salt. There is a huge demand in Yan Country, so I don’t have to worry about selling it. Moreover, such a good salt, when buyers buy it, they don’t need it. It's a happy smile, just like picking up something cheap.
All of a sudden, the face of the merchants in the country of Yan was not good. If there is no such a big deal, it will be gone.
This is the result of only focusing on trade and not on production, and completely handed over one of his lifelines to Dagan.
In modern times, no country dares to do this. Even if it relies entirely on imports, it is impossible to only import from a single country, so it can only be checked and balanced.
Not to mention salt, the most basic thing in people's livelihood.
But in this era, when the commerce and trade of all countries are underdeveloped, who can find such a problem?
Sometimes this is the case. If you are one step ahead in thinking, you will be able to seize the opportunity step by step.
No matter how shocked the merchants of Yan State were, they could not get any salt.
The consequence is that all of a sudden, there is no salt available anywhere in the country of Yan, and the price of the little salt that remains has skyrocketed overnight, making it more expensive than the salt in the country of Yan.
If the price of other materials is soaring, it will be soaring. They don’t need it temporarily, but salt is different. It is a daily necessity. It is something that every family and every person will come into contact with.
For a while, the whole country of Yan State was in an uproar.
No one expected that Yan people's sentiments would change dramatically just overnight.
The news spread to Yandu immediately, and the entire court of Yan Kingdom was stunned, feeling as if they had been knocked out of the head suddenly.
"Why is this?"
"Why is it so sudden?"
In fact, they can find out the cause and effect after careful consideration, but no one has thought about it.
Prince Ruohong also got the news immediately, and the surprise flashed across his face.
Yan State has been peaceful for a long time, and there has never been such a state of chaos.
At the first moment, Ruohong thought of the consequences. If the country of Yan was short of salt for a long time, there would probably be riots all over the country, which was not much different from a lack of food.
Ruohong squinted his eyes, shaking people's livelihood, a sign of impending disaster, he must do everything possible to solve it as soon as possible.
Immediately, Prince Ruohong's order was passed on to the imperial court, "Let the salt farms in various places resume work, and the people must be supplied with the most basic salt."
As long as the most basic salt is provided, this crisis should be resolved.
As a result, a few days later, what awaited him was not that the order could not be reached, but...
"Your Highness, the salt factories in various places have been repurposed for other purposes. It may not be easy to resume production in a short time. Also, those salt merchants are pushy and unwilling to rebuild the salt factories, and their attitudes are uniformly negative."
Ruohong was stunned for a moment, the situation was too urgent, and he didn't have enough time to understand the details.
The person who reported continued, "Those salt merchants said that if they reopened the salt field, if they lose all their money and lose their lives, the imperial court will not be responsible for their losses. They also said that if the imperial court forces them to reopen the salt field, it will be Force them to die."
How can you be so firm?
For these salt merchants, this is indeed the case, because the investment in reopening the salt field is huge, the key is to invest as much as possible, their craftsmanship is far from comparable to that of Dagan, if Dagan supplies salt to Yan again, There is no doubt that their saltworks will be destroyed once again, without even a bubble.
To be honest, this is what Ruohong did not expect. He did not expect that even rebuilding the salt farm would not work.
Moreover, he is even more worried about whether the people can accept the high price of coarse salt even if the saltworks can be rebuilt.
In the past few days when the saltworks were rebuilt in various places, he also collected a lot of details through Yan Guo's news channels. The more he read the summary of these news, the more shocked he was.
It was as if there was an invisible hand pushing this incident to happen.
Ruohong said with a sullen face, "Is Daqian's prince competing? My country of Yan has become a battlefield for him to compete for the crown prince."
Sure enough, within two days, the court of Yan Kingdom received the letter of credence from Dagan.
The content of the letter of credence is very clear, on the condition of continuing to supply salt, in exchange for the three cities of Yan State.
For a moment, the entire Yan Kingdom court was silent.
"This is Daqian's conspiracy. What a sinister Dagan, he wants to use salt to balance our country of Yan."
"It should be the reason why Dagan competed for the Prince Grand Competition. The Dagan Prince Zheng held Dagan's new salt and suddenly sold a large amount of new salt to our country of Yan. He thought he was trying to curry favor with us, but he didn't expect it to be for the present. Sure enough, he didn't have good intentions, and finally showed his fox's tail."
The previously invisible places surfaced little by little, but it was too late.
"I heard that this competition is for the three cities of my country of Yan. The disciple who fought for Prince Zheng is the first disciple of his house, Tiger. The astonishing picture on the wall is from this person. I originally thought that He would be an elegant scholar, but he did not expect to be a conspiracy strategist with such a dirty heart."
"My heart is really dirty. I used the sale of salt as a breakthrough to plot my entire country of Yan without knowing it. This person is really insidious. My country of Yan must be more vigilant against him in the future."
"Hmph, when did our country of Yan suffer such a big loss? If we accept him, what is the strength of our country of Yan? You can buy salt from the surrounding countries, and you can’t live without the salt he has worked so hard.”
Outraged.
But Ruohong's brows were always furrowed, because without Daqian's salt, although the Yan Kingdom would not be dead, but... there would be chaos, and an unimaginable price would have to be paid.
Buy salt from other neighboring countries?It's really funny. When the countries are in chaos, it's the best of benevolence for these neighboring countries not to make trouble, and you still want them to pull Yan Guo at this time?They probably would like to see the country of Yan riot, or even fall apart.
But now there is no other way, we can only try to restore the Yan State Salt Farm, and at the same time try to buy salt from neighboring countries.
In fact, Ruohong's thinking was right, the caravans who went out to buy salt got nothing at all, and had to face the ridicule of salt merchants from all over the world.
Of course, it’s not right to say that they got nothing. At least Ba and Wei, which are allies with Yan, still sold them some salt.
As for the quantity, it can only be said to be a bit of humanitarianism. There are too many monks and few rice, which is not enough. The so-called allies can make money together when it is beneficial. When you are in trouble, you can’t say how to gloat in your heart.
After all, this alliance has not yet reached the point where they are as close as brothers.
Of course, this is something.
Ruohong went back to the mansion after the court, and went to Lan Ruoyun's place, "You are hiding really deep, and Daqian has really produced a great strategist."
Lan Ruoyun had a wry smile on her face, "Would you believe me if I said that I only found out about the situation? Prince Dabi, each house did their best and did not inform each other."
What Lan Ruoyun didn't say was that he didn't expect that a prince and a tiger could bring such unimaginable chaos to the country of Yan.
Moreover, this chaos should only be the beginning. If the government of the Yan Kingdom mishandles the situation and cannot continue to supply salt to various places, or even say that it cannot continue to supply cheap refined salt, riots may break out.
In this competition of princes, he originally thought that they had brought something that the country of Yan dreamed of, and no matter what, it was impossible for other princes to win theirs.
But I didn't expect that Prince Zheng and the tiger would do such a trick so unexpectedly, putting the country of Yan in a dilemma.
It is hard to say whether it is more important to solve the shortage of potatoes in Yan's grain production, or to let the refined salt continue to circulate and avoid riots.
But to cede the three cities so simply, neither Ruohong nor the court of Yan could make such an easy decision.
What they are thinking about now should be how to solve the problem of salt shortage, because as long as this problem is solved, it is equivalent to solving it easily.
Dagan, going to the capital, Qi Zheng and Chen Bai are also waiting for news.
Chen Bai was not in a hurry, and thought of all the countermeasures Yan Guo could think of, "Even if they paid a huge price to buy such a large amount of salt from other people, it would not help. It is impossible for the people to accept such a high price of salt."
The price may be even higher than before, and businessmen from other countries are not fools, so it would be strange not to take the opportunity to make a fortune.
The people of Yan Kingdom must also have family and country feelings, but when it comes to their own interests, there will always be people who are dissatisfied, and the rioters are just this group of people, which is enough.
After the news of Yan State came back to Daqian, Dagan was almost a sensation.
Prince Zheng has been in charge of selling salt for half a year, and it has only been so long that the whole country of Yan has rioted.
Yan State is the enemy of Daqian. Because Yan State was rich in the past, they were not less angry with each other.
Now it's like letting out a bad breath, and everyone has a feeling of elation.
"The prince's government is so good that he gave the country of Yan such an embarrassing situation without spending a single soldier, and made them bold enough to assassinate our king."
"There is also that tiger, who really deserves to be a unparalleled strategist. This game is really wonderful. To be honest, before this, who would have thought that the entire Yan Kingdom could be stirred up like this with salt, which is really refreshing. "
"There are also those students from Yunshang College. They have contributed a lot to my saltworks reform. In this way, they can be regarded as contributors in this round, especially the Zhaoxue University scholar. It is said that this Chief engineer of the sub-saltworks reform."
"The tiger does not show the mountains and does not show the water. He is a real celebrity. The decision is in the palm of his hand. The decisive victory is thousands of miles away. The tiger makes a plan, and his student Chen Zifu executes it..."
The name of the tiger, in the past, it was said that it can keep pace with the four great gentlemen, but it is actually a bit exaggerated, and it is also somewhat different from the real celebrities in the world, but after this round, who in the world can still not know the tiger The name?
In the future, the title of celebrity in the world will be worthy of the name of tiger.
"In the past, those who secretly scolded the prince's political resources and enemies will regret it."
"That's right, let's eat refined salt later. It's really satisfying to be able to teach those Yan people such a big lesson."
Dagan court is also very lively.
In previous frictions between Dagan and Yan State, there were not many deaths and injuries, but the benefits were not reaped. But this time, such an achievement was achieved without a single soldier. It is incredible and very gratifying at the same time. .
"Prince Zizheng is worthy of being a son of the royal family who has worked hard for me. It is the hard work of my hard work to be courageous and scheming."
Today's princely administration is not the time when it was lonely and helpless before. Naturally, someone would claim credit for such a long-faced matter.
"The winner of this round of the prince competition, I think it must be the prince's government."
As a result, someone snorted, "That's not necessarily the case."
Everyone saw that it was the prince Zhuo who spoke, and the prince Zhuo's face was not very good. He really didn't expect such an accident, and said, "Until the last moment, who knows who will win or lose."
Chen Bo couldn't help being stunned for a moment, how do you think the prince Zhuo still has something to do?
That's right, Chen Bai and the others haven't found out about the strategy of Prince Zhuo and the others. It has to be said that it is too closely guarded.
It's not that Chen Bo and the others didn't send someone to inquire about Lan Ruoyun's news, but the news they got was really dumbfounding.
I heard that Lan Ruoyun was in Yandu Tiantian and his old lover Yan Guo's ex-Prince Ruohong, ostentatiously ostentatiously, such a couple. Talk about finding out what strategy he used.
But now the prince Zhuo's attitude seems to look like their mission is going well, which is really confusing.
But at least for now, he still has the upper hand.
Moreover, how long can Yan Guo last with that little salt?It's all the salt he sold out, and he knows it in his heart.
The news of Yan people's livelihood chaos also spread to other countries, and most of them must have watched the excitement. Besides watching the excitement, they also remembered two names, Qi Zheng and Tiger.
It is really difficult not to let people remember that a big country like the Yan Kingdom can be reorganized into such a state with a simple gesture of hands.
Yan State, just as Chen Bo expected, Yan State can buy a lot of salt from other countries, and it is high-priced salt. Riots broke out in various parts of Yan State.
Of course, the local people would not think that they were rioting, at most it was just a riot, they just wanted to eat salt, that's all.
In the eyes of different people, with different identity camps, they have different views on the same thing.
The court of Yan Kingdom finally panicked. If there were riots in only a few places, even if it was a major riot, they might not be panicked, but if there were riots of all sizes from all over the country, it would really be frightening.
Things that I didn't even think about before, but now I'm starting to think about them, such as the conditions proposed by Dagan.
Ruohong also frowned. Speaking of which, it is not impossible for the Yan Kingdom to restore salt production, and it is not impossible for the people to accept the high-priced coarse salt before, but it will take time to sort it out, but what they lack now is time Well, the mobs all over the country of Yan will not wait for them to sort out how they used to be.
The matter is imminent, even if they know that they will suffer a loss, but the loss has to be suffered. I am afraid that this is a good idea of the prince and the tiger, because they do not have enough time to restore salt production and quell the riots, so as to maintain the stability of the country of Yan , had to agree to their conditions.
There is a conspiracy in the front, and a conspiracy in the back, leaving the country of Yan with no choice.
It seems simple, but every step needs to be exhausted to achieve the current situation.
The current situation in Yan State is changing day by day, no matter how much hatred there is, it will have to wait until the chaos of people's livelihood has been quelled.
Qi Zheng and Chen Bo are also waiting, or the entire Dagan court is waiting for Yan Guo's reply.
And what they were waiting for was the envoys from the Kingdom of Yan who rushed to Shangjing day and night.
Looking at the bloodshot eyes of the envoy, it must be that he has not stopped along the way. Chen Bai and Qi Zheng looked at each other, and it seemed that something was going on.
It was just the words of the envoys of the Yan Kingdom that made Chen Bai's face extremely dark in an instant. It should be said that not only him, but most of the officials in the court also changed their faces instantly.
The envoy of Yan State said, "My king of Yan State agreed to your request, and you can cede the three cities as an apology for the assassination of your king by my Yan State businessman."
They are all people who want to save face. It must be difficult to say that Yan Guo must rely on Dagan's salt to calm the chaos, so he begged Dagan to resume the salt supply at the cost of the three cities.
These words were really aggrieved, so I used the assassination king's apology as an excuse. After all, it was justifiable, and it was a little nicer to say it.
At this point, Chen Bai began to feel joyful, and his mind came to fruition.
As a result, the Yan State envoy changed his tone and said, "However, the land of the Three Cities is priceless, and Dagan also needs to agree to resume the trade with Yan State's salt merchants."
This is for sure, salt disrupting the people's livelihood can only disrupt Yan for a while at most, and it is impossible to disrupt it for a lifetime. It is only a time difference, so it is definitely worthwhile to exchange for the three cities.
"And add the conditions proposed by Lan Ruoyun, the deputy envoy of the mission sent by your king to our Yan country this time."
Chen Bo was stunned, and also a little curious, what kind of conditions Lan Ruoyun put forward, so that Yan Guo was so interested, and he still misses it at this time.
The empress dowager Zhaosheng was still presiding over the government this time, and the empress dowager Zhaosheng was obviously puzzled. This time, the mission was mainly to question Yan Guo, but they did not bring any conditions...
The Empress Dowager Zhao Sheng thought about it and probably guessed a little bit. There was Lan Ruoyun in the mission, maybe it was prepared by the prince Zhuo for this prince contest.
He couldn't help but said, "Oh, let's talk about what conditions Lan Ruoyun proposed with you?"
She kept an eye out and only said that the conditions proposed by Lan Ruoyun were not the conditions proposed by the mission on behalf of Daqian.
The mouth corners of the envoy of Yan State raised their lips, because Crown Prince Ruoqing told him on the third day before he set off that it doesn't matter whether he agrees to this condition or not, but he must say it loudly in front of Daqian.
"Lan Ruoyun, the deputy envoy of your country, brought an order from your king, willing to provide my country with potatoes that can grow on the dry land, in exchange for three cities of my country, and my country of Yan took the initiative to cede the territory to Daqian , it’s not an exaggeration to exchange these two conditions..."
Before the voice fell, Chen Bai, who was still smiling, turned gloomy
The potatoes were provided to Dagan by himself, and now the king is using potatoes to deal with himself.
And the entire court was silent.
If potatoes can really grow on the land of Yan State, Yan State will make up for its only shortcoming. In addition, Yan State is already rich, what will Dagan, who is the enemy, face?
It was so quiet that you could hear a needle drop, and no one could react even for a while.
"Presumptuous." In the end, it was the empress dowager Zhaosheng's scolding that brought everyone back to their senses.
The envoy of the Yan Kingdom smiled, "Why should the Empress Dowager Zhaosheng be angry? This was originally a condition proposed by the king of your country. I just repeated it. Or is it that the Empress Dowager Zhaosheng didn't know about it?"
Silent, silent for a long time.
Then came the sinister laughter of the Empress Dowager Zhao Sheng, "After the Yan Kingdom lost its first prince, can it only do such small tricks of slandering people?"
After finishing speaking, he didn't wait for the other party's reaction, but said, "If you continue talking, I will kill you."
The envoy of Yan State hurriedly cupped his hands, "I am only conveying the meaning of my royal family of Yan State, whether you agree or not depends on your country's meaning."
Chen Bo glanced at the empress dowager Zhaosheng with a gloomy face. Others may think that the envoy of the Yan Kingdom is slandering people. No matter what she thinks in her heart, the empress dowager Zhaosheng must define this matter now. Because, it's just the envoy of Yan State talking nonsense.
However, Chen Bo's mind sank into a trough. In order to prevent Qi Zheng from becoming the crown prince, how could the king do this?
To be honest, it's a bit shocking, and it's really hard to figure out the reason.
At this time, as if the officials had reacted, they inevitably condemned the envoy of Yan State, "Stop talking nonsense."
"For such a big matter, why wouldn't your majesty discuss it with us and listen to your gossip to confuse the crowd."
No matter what you think in your heart, anyway, it is right to condemn at this time.
The envoy of Yan State was not interested in verbal criticism, but said, "Everyone should seriously consider the conditions proposed by my king of Yan State."
This brought the topic back.
"It's good to be able to exchange for the three cities of Yan State, but it is absolutely impossible to give potatoes to Yan State like this."
"That's right, I have no use for such auspiciousness, so how can I just give it to Yan Guo."
The envoy of Yan State suddenly said, "Are you really not thinking about it? Those are three cities. To be honest, the three cities of my Yan State are all rich cities. Do you really want them?"
At this time, a voice came out, "If you don't give you potatoes, you Yan Kingdom will have to give up the three cities. It's not me who is in a hurry now. You should think about it. If I don't agree to resume the salt supply, What is the state of your country in Yan?"
The discussion stopped in shock.
That's right, they don't need to think about this issue at all, it's his country of Yan who should be anxious now.
The Yan State envoy glanced up, "I don't know who you are?"
Chen Bai replied, "Daqian Hongwenge Zhaoxue University Bachelor, Cabinet Counselor University Bachelor, and the palace is writing."
The envoy of Yan State couldn't help but take another look, "It turns out that he is a student of the famous scholar Tiger in the world. He really has some insights. Although Yan State is in a hurry, there is a time to quell the riots. If Dagan misses this opportunity, he will die Really missed the three cities, how many wars and soldiers can be exchanged for such three cities."
This man is eloquent, no wonder he can become the envoy sent by the Yan Kingdom.
Chen Bai smiled, "No matter what you say, you can't cover up the fact that if your country of Yan can't restore the salt supply, the riots won't stop. If you are as indifferent as you said, you won't come to me non-stop, right? We Don't worry, if you want to negotiate terms, let's sit down and talk slowly."
Envoy of Yan State: "..."
How can he be a master who doesn't enter into oil and salt, clinging to this point, let him break through.
Negotiations, we must make use of our strengths and avoid weaknesses. Chen Bai grasped that the current situation in Yan State is more urgent. If you say a thousand words, how can your Yan State return to normal in the future? At least you have to work hard now. , I am the one taking the initiative.
Although the envoys of the Yan State are capable on the surface, they are indeed eager in their hearts. Now that the Yan State is full of riots, it is not known what will happen if it is delayed for a while.
After a verbal battle with all the officials of the imperial court, he "reluctantly" agreed that as long as the supply of salt was restored, he would be willing to cede the land and three cities.
Originally, he didn't expect to be able to persuade Dagan to agree to provide them with potatoes, but he decided to retreat.
The officials are also happy, they just got the three rich cities of Yan Kingdom?
In the past, every city and every place would be beaten to death.
Expansion of territory did not consume a single bit of national power. To be honest, it also found a sales channel for Dagan's salt, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
There is something wrong with looking at Qi Zheng, at least there are very few kings of any country who can do this.
It's just that Qi Zheng's complexion is not good.
According to the current situation, he has already won this round of the prince competition.
Chen Bai took a look and probably understood what Qi Zheng was thinking now.
If it was true that the envoys of Yan State slandered the king, it would be fine, but if not, it would be complicated and dangerous.
Baiguan signed the letter of credence with the envoys of the Yan Kingdom, and the Empress Dowager Zhaosheng would follow the whole process, but the Empress Dowager Zhaosheng handed over the matter to Sangong, and left after saying that she was tired.
It just doesn't look like he's tired.
It was indeed the case, the Empress Dowager Zhao Sheng had someone push her directly to the king's bedroom.
The rare king did not rest, but sat there, as if waiting for someone.
That's right, although the king did not go to court, what happened in the court cannot be hidden from him.
The king raised his head and said quietly, "Here we are."
The Empress Dowager Zhao Sheng did not answer, but looked seriously at the king sitting in the wheelchair, before speaking for a while, "You once promised me that to become the king of Daqian, you must live and die for Daqian. Have you ever done it?"
The king sighed, "The queen mother has finally come to question me."
The Empress Dowager Zhao Sheng frowned, "Don't say that Lan Ruoyun acted privately, you don't know about it."
The king replied, "No matter what I do in my life, I am afraid that I will not be able to meet the expectations of my mother, or I am afraid that people like my mother have never paid attention to me. It's just that this great job needs a king, and I And it happens to be your son, so the queen mother put me in this position, so what is my life?"
"I am the king of Dagan, and I will push Dagan into the abyss by myself? Isn't this just enough for the empress to trust me?"
"Even if the decision I made in a short while made the queen mother confused, in my heart, it was for the sake of good work."
The Empress Dowager Zhaosheng was silent, was she questioning the supreme king of Daqian?Shouldn't she have questioned it!
After being quiet for an unknown amount of time, the Empress Dowager Zhaosheng did not speak, but was pushed away.
An unquestionable voice came from a distance, "Give back that position to him, it belongs to him, and no one is more suitable than him."
The king's body trembled for a moment. Did he not get the approval of the queen mother after all his hard work?
After Zhaosheng Empress Dowager returned to her bedroom, her face was expressionless, and she summoned a person, saying, "Go to Yan Kingdom quickly, and Zhao Lan Ruoyun returns to court."
I am afraid that only Lan Ruoyun can tell the truth about the truth.
And Lan Ruoyun, when she was 13 years old, was trained by her to be the chief spy, and then stayed with the king and became the Lanwei of the four dark guards.
Your Majesty probably thought that it was his discerning eye that discerned pearls and discovered a bright pearl, but in this world, how can there be so many pearls that are dazzling without being polished.
At the beginning, I didn't tell the king, but I wanted him to be more confident, have the ability to fully control the affairs, and become a good king. Unexpectedly, it made him overconfident, and dared to do anything.
When the news from the imperial court spread to the market, the whole capital of Shangjing was boiling.
There are only three more cities on the territory of Daqian, which is worth celebrating more than any celebration.
When Chen Bai's carriage passed the market, he was infected by the celebration.
There were even bold people who saluted Chen Bai's carriage with a smile, "Scholar Zhaoxue has a bright future."
It's a lottery.
Everyone knows that Chen Bo has made a lot of efforts in the reform of the saltworks. This is also the direct reason why Dagan was able to harvest the three cities. With such a great contribution, it is not wrong to say that the future is boundless.
Chen Bo froze for a moment, then nodded with a smile.
When he returned to Tingwei Mansion, Chen Xiaobu was dressed in festive clothes like a Fuwa.
"Brother, mother is preparing a big banquet for guests again. The invitations have been sent out, and even relatives from my hometown are invited to come, saying that my brother and I have honored our ancestors, and we must celebrate it."
Chen Xiaobu also participated in the reform of the saltworks, so he must have a share of the credit.
"But brother, I just want to play with Dalmatian. I don't want to be surrounded by so many people. They keep pinching my face and make me recite the Analects. I can't even recite it. It's embarrassing."
Chen Boxin said, if you don't study hard all day, you can concentrate on listening to the anecdotes of various countries in Meng Huanchao's class, and you won't pay attention to the serious knowledge.
However, Chen Bo was also somewhat resistant to those overly enthusiastic scenes, and simply said, "I'll take you out to play."
This made Chen Xiaobu very happy, he led Dalmatian away without changing his clothes, because when he went back, he was guaranteed to be caught by his mother to show off his baby.
Going to Beijing now is a different experience, even though there are too many people on the street, Chen Bai and Chen Xiaobu are not easy to squeeze around, so he simply took people to the Qi government.
As a result, the Qi government was more festive.
As the protagonist who won the three cities for Daqian, the Qi government's joy can be imagined.
Chen Bo also vaguely heard some of the servants secretly saying something, now there is only one last match left, even if they don't win the last match, their Highness has the most points, right?
Chen Bai smiled, no wonder he was so happy, but he didn't take these servants' words seriously, the matter didn't come to an end, who knows what will happen.
Chen Bo asked Chen Xiaobu to lead Damaiding to visit Qi Zheng's Alaska, and went into Qi Zheng's study by himself.
Qi Zheng didn't have much joy on his face.
Chen Bai couldn't help but said, "Now the capital is full of joy, why are you still so distraught?"
Qi Zheng replied, "Ask knowingly."
Chen Bai smiled and knew what Qi Zheng was probably thinking, "Why bother, even if this didn't happen, the king's attitude is not the same, things that won't change at all, why bother."
Qi Zheng was taken aback for a moment, "You are kind-hearted, by the way, why are you here at this time?"
Chen Bo shrugged his shoulders, to be honest, he was fine, but the road was too crowded, he was afraid of losing Chen Xiaobu, so he missed the crowd when he entered the mansion.
But now that you are here, you have to find something to do if you have nothing to do, "How can we say that we have won until now, and now there is only one last competition left. As long as we win this last competition, everything will be settled. This is something to announce to the world." , can the king change his mind?"
Qi Zheng said in his heart, that's right, as long as he can win this last match and close the coffin, even if the king is in trouble, he must be appointed as the crown prince first.
"Drink and drink, if you don't get drunk, you don't return."
It's just that, at the end of the drink, Chen Bai really became drunk and never returned, hugging Qi Zheng's thigh, "I'm not drunk, I won't leave, I can still drink."
Qi Zheng's face was dark, he had only drunk so much, and he was so sloppy, showing his true colors.
Speaking of which, Chen Zifu hadn't explained to him well what happened to his face with cat ears and awls before.
At this moment, Chen Bo suddenly said, "Qi Zheng, your legs are so strong, I'll take a photo of you if you take them off, tsk tsk..."
Qi Zheng: "..."
In the future, please don't let Chen Zifu get drunk, it's ridiculous, touching a man's leg and shouting "he's strong, how decent is it?"
Qi Zheng, who was sitting boldly, couldn't help but retract his legs, pinching them.
However, Chen Zifu, like that tiger, likes strong and strong men in the same line, and the corners of Qi Zheng's mouth can't help but rise a little.
Chen Bo didn't even know how he got back, but when he woke up the next day, Chen Xiaobu really covered his face and wiped his face with a handkerchief. Seeing Chen Bo woke up, he hurriedly said, "Brother, you were so shameful yesterday, I It’s almost ashamed to see people.”
Chen Bo was taken aback: "What's wrong?"
Chen Xiaobu: "Yesterday you hugged Prince Zheng's leg like that.
Of course, there are also miserable ones, such as the owner of the saltworks, those who are not bankrupt are reluctant to move quickly, crying and screaming to transform the saltworks everywhere.
Of course, their numbers are insignificant compared to the people of Yan Kingdom.
What's even more sad is that they are all bankrupt, and they have to be scolded for selling them high-priced salt before, and their consciences have been eaten by dogs.
In the capital, Chen Bai and Qi Zheng were receiving the news that came back.
"It seems that things are going smoothly than we thought." Chen Bo said, "In a few days, we can cut off their salt."
Qi Zheng frowned, "So fast? Their saltworks just closed down, if they pick it up again..."
Chen Bai smiled, "Even if they pick it up again, they are used to the cheap and good refined salt, and they can go back to the time when they spent a lot of money to buy coarse salt?"
"It's rational to think like you, but don't think of everyone as a person who can deal with this matter rationally. Sometimes people's greed and desires are unrestrained, especially... spending a lifetime around firewood, rice, oil and salt They will not listen to explanations, they only want cheap salt, if the royal family of Yan Kingdom cannot do it, they will naturally know what kind of chaos they will face."
The human heart is like this, and it is not reasonable to be able to be tolerated. As a vested interest, a small loss of interest is enough to make them explode.
"Besides, do salt merchants in Yan State really dare to pick up those salt fields again?" Chen Bai looked at Qi Zheng, "Now the merchants in Yan State know that I have cheap refined salt, right? What if we start selling salt to them again?"
Qi Zheng thought, that's right, those salt farms in Yan State have suffered such a big loss now, even if Yan State needs them again now, they must have to wait and see first, otherwise they will just go bankrupt again.
And the time they waited and watched was enough.
A few days later, Qi Zheng's order was conveyed, and the Dagan Salt Field would no longer sell salt to merchants in Yan State, and the salt would be sold domestically.
This news was quite a sensation in Daqian. Originally, only a part of the salt was sold domestically in each saltworks, which could not fully satisfy Daqian himself, but it was first sold to most of the country of Yan, and quite a few people were dissatisfied.
But there is no way, I agreed to Qi Zheng, and Qi Zheng will formulate the sales strategy within half a year. No one can object. It was suppressed.
In a word, it is easy to go from thrift to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. Dagan people have never experienced refined salt, so they can be satisfied with a little bit of benefits. Yan Guo, after getting used to refined salt, will return to high prices Kosher salt is harder.
What's more, the court also made a lot of money selling salt, but it was still money from other countries, so why not be dissatisfied.
If it is said that Dagan was only a sensation because of this news, then the merchants of Yan State were shocked, and the people of Yan State rioted.
The Yan country merchants are really confused, isn't it a good deal?They also made a lot of money from it, but why are they not selling salt to them all of a sudden?I haven't heard of any problems in Dagan's saltworks.
Don't do profitable business?I was happy at first, because when I sell other things, I have to consider whether I will lose money or not, but I don’t need to sell refined salt. There is a huge demand in Yan Country, so I don’t have to worry about selling it. Moreover, such a good salt, when buyers buy it, they don’t need it. It's a happy smile, just like picking up something cheap.
All of a sudden, the face of the merchants in the country of Yan was not good. If there is no such a big deal, it will be gone.
This is the result of only focusing on trade and not on production, and completely handed over one of his lifelines to Dagan.
In modern times, no country dares to do this. Even if it relies entirely on imports, it is impossible to only import from a single country, so it can only be checked and balanced.
Not to mention salt, the most basic thing in people's livelihood.
But in this era, when the commerce and trade of all countries are underdeveloped, who can find such a problem?
Sometimes this is the case. If you are one step ahead in thinking, you will be able to seize the opportunity step by step.
No matter how shocked the merchants of Yan State were, they could not get any salt.
The consequence is that all of a sudden, there is no salt available anywhere in the country of Yan, and the price of the little salt that remains has skyrocketed overnight, making it more expensive than the salt in the country of Yan.
If the price of other materials is soaring, it will be soaring. They don’t need it temporarily, but salt is different. It is a daily necessity. It is something that every family and every person will come into contact with.
For a while, the whole country of Yan State was in an uproar.
No one expected that Yan people's sentiments would change dramatically just overnight.
The news spread to Yandu immediately, and the entire court of Yan Kingdom was stunned, feeling as if they had been knocked out of the head suddenly.
"Why is this?"
"Why is it so sudden?"
In fact, they can find out the cause and effect after careful consideration, but no one has thought about it.
Prince Ruohong also got the news immediately, and the surprise flashed across his face.
Yan State has been peaceful for a long time, and there has never been such a state of chaos.
At the first moment, Ruohong thought of the consequences. If the country of Yan was short of salt for a long time, there would probably be riots all over the country, which was not much different from a lack of food.
Ruohong squinted his eyes, shaking people's livelihood, a sign of impending disaster, he must do everything possible to solve it as soon as possible.
Immediately, Prince Ruohong's order was passed on to the imperial court, "Let the salt farms in various places resume work, and the people must be supplied with the most basic salt."
As long as the most basic salt is provided, this crisis should be resolved.
As a result, a few days later, what awaited him was not that the order could not be reached, but...
"Your Highness, the salt factories in various places have been repurposed for other purposes. It may not be easy to resume production in a short time. Also, those salt merchants are pushy and unwilling to rebuild the salt factories, and their attitudes are uniformly negative."
Ruohong was stunned for a moment, the situation was too urgent, and he didn't have enough time to understand the details.
The person who reported continued, "Those salt merchants said that if they reopened the salt field, if they lose all their money and lose their lives, the imperial court will not be responsible for their losses. They also said that if the imperial court forces them to reopen the salt field, it will be Force them to die."
How can you be so firm?
For these salt merchants, this is indeed the case, because the investment in reopening the salt field is huge, the key is to invest as much as possible, their craftsmanship is far from comparable to that of Dagan, if Dagan supplies salt to Yan again, There is no doubt that their saltworks will be destroyed once again, without even a bubble.
To be honest, this is what Ruohong did not expect. He did not expect that even rebuilding the salt farm would not work.
Moreover, he is even more worried about whether the people can accept the high price of coarse salt even if the saltworks can be rebuilt.
In the past few days when the saltworks were rebuilt in various places, he also collected a lot of details through Yan Guo's news channels. The more he read the summary of these news, the more shocked he was.
It was as if there was an invisible hand pushing this incident to happen.
Ruohong said with a sullen face, "Is Daqian's prince competing? My country of Yan has become a battlefield for him to compete for the crown prince."
Sure enough, within two days, the court of Yan Kingdom received the letter of credence from Dagan.
The content of the letter of credence is very clear, on the condition of continuing to supply salt, in exchange for the three cities of Yan State.
For a moment, the entire Yan Kingdom court was silent.
"This is Daqian's conspiracy. What a sinister Dagan, he wants to use salt to balance our country of Yan."
"It should be the reason why Dagan competed for the Prince Grand Competition. The Dagan Prince Zheng held Dagan's new salt and suddenly sold a large amount of new salt to our country of Yan. He thought he was trying to curry favor with us, but he didn't expect it to be for the present. Sure enough, he didn't have good intentions, and finally showed his fox's tail."
The previously invisible places surfaced little by little, but it was too late.
"I heard that this competition is for the three cities of my country of Yan. The disciple who fought for Prince Zheng is the first disciple of his house, Tiger. The astonishing picture on the wall is from this person. I originally thought that He would be an elegant scholar, but he did not expect to be a conspiracy strategist with such a dirty heart."
"My heart is really dirty. I used the sale of salt as a breakthrough to plot my entire country of Yan without knowing it. This person is really insidious. My country of Yan must be more vigilant against him in the future."
"Hmph, when did our country of Yan suffer such a big loss? If we accept him, what is the strength of our country of Yan? You can buy salt from the surrounding countries, and you can’t live without the salt he has worked so hard.”
Outraged.
But Ruohong's brows were always furrowed, because without Daqian's salt, although the Yan Kingdom would not be dead, but... there would be chaos, and an unimaginable price would have to be paid.
Buy salt from other neighboring countries?It's really funny. When the countries are in chaos, it's the best of benevolence for these neighboring countries not to make trouble, and you still want them to pull Yan Guo at this time?They probably would like to see the country of Yan riot, or even fall apart.
But now there is no other way, we can only try to restore the Yan State Salt Farm, and at the same time try to buy salt from neighboring countries.
In fact, Ruohong's thinking was right, the caravans who went out to buy salt got nothing at all, and had to face the ridicule of salt merchants from all over the world.
Of course, it’s not right to say that they got nothing. At least Ba and Wei, which are allies with Yan, still sold them some salt.
As for the quantity, it can only be said to be a bit of humanitarianism. There are too many monks and few rice, which is not enough. The so-called allies can make money together when it is beneficial. When you are in trouble, you can’t say how to gloat in your heart.
After all, this alliance has not yet reached the point where they are as close as brothers.
Of course, this is something.
Ruohong went back to the mansion after the court, and went to Lan Ruoyun's place, "You are hiding really deep, and Daqian has really produced a great strategist."
Lan Ruoyun had a wry smile on her face, "Would you believe me if I said that I only found out about the situation? Prince Dabi, each house did their best and did not inform each other."
What Lan Ruoyun didn't say was that he didn't expect that a prince and a tiger could bring such unimaginable chaos to the country of Yan.
Moreover, this chaos should only be the beginning. If the government of the Yan Kingdom mishandles the situation and cannot continue to supply salt to various places, or even say that it cannot continue to supply cheap refined salt, riots may break out.
In this competition of princes, he originally thought that they had brought something that the country of Yan dreamed of, and no matter what, it was impossible for other princes to win theirs.
But I didn't expect that Prince Zheng and the tiger would do such a trick so unexpectedly, putting the country of Yan in a dilemma.
It is hard to say whether it is more important to solve the shortage of potatoes in Yan's grain production, or to let the refined salt continue to circulate and avoid riots.
But to cede the three cities so simply, neither Ruohong nor the court of Yan could make such an easy decision.
What they are thinking about now should be how to solve the problem of salt shortage, because as long as this problem is solved, it is equivalent to solving it easily.
Dagan, going to the capital, Qi Zheng and Chen Bai are also waiting for news.
Chen Bai was not in a hurry, and thought of all the countermeasures Yan Guo could think of, "Even if they paid a huge price to buy such a large amount of salt from other people, it would not help. It is impossible for the people to accept such a high price of salt."
The price may be even higher than before, and businessmen from other countries are not fools, so it would be strange not to take the opportunity to make a fortune.
The people of Yan Kingdom must also have family and country feelings, but when it comes to their own interests, there will always be people who are dissatisfied, and the rioters are just this group of people, which is enough.
After the news of Yan State came back to Daqian, Dagan was almost a sensation.
Prince Zheng has been in charge of selling salt for half a year, and it has only been so long that the whole country of Yan has rioted.
Yan State is the enemy of Daqian. Because Yan State was rich in the past, they were not less angry with each other.
Now it's like letting out a bad breath, and everyone has a feeling of elation.
"The prince's government is so good that he gave the country of Yan such an embarrassing situation without spending a single soldier, and made them bold enough to assassinate our king."
"There is also that tiger, who really deserves to be a unparalleled strategist. This game is really wonderful. To be honest, before this, who would have thought that the entire Yan Kingdom could be stirred up like this with salt, which is really refreshing. "
"There are also those students from Yunshang College. They have contributed a lot to my saltworks reform. In this way, they can be regarded as contributors in this round, especially the Zhaoxue University scholar. It is said that this Chief engineer of the sub-saltworks reform."
"The tiger does not show the mountains and does not show the water. He is a real celebrity. The decision is in the palm of his hand. The decisive victory is thousands of miles away. The tiger makes a plan, and his student Chen Zifu executes it..."
The name of the tiger, in the past, it was said that it can keep pace with the four great gentlemen, but it is actually a bit exaggerated, and it is also somewhat different from the real celebrities in the world, but after this round, who in the world can still not know the tiger The name?
In the future, the title of celebrity in the world will be worthy of the name of tiger.
"In the past, those who secretly scolded the prince's political resources and enemies will regret it."
"That's right, let's eat refined salt later. It's really satisfying to be able to teach those Yan people such a big lesson."
Dagan court is also very lively.
In previous frictions between Dagan and Yan State, there were not many deaths and injuries, but the benefits were not reaped. But this time, such an achievement was achieved without a single soldier. It is incredible and very gratifying at the same time. .
"Prince Zizheng is worthy of being a son of the royal family who has worked hard for me. It is the hard work of my hard work to be courageous and scheming."
Today's princely administration is not the time when it was lonely and helpless before. Naturally, someone would claim credit for such a long-faced matter.
"The winner of this round of the prince competition, I think it must be the prince's government."
As a result, someone snorted, "That's not necessarily the case."
Everyone saw that it was the prince Zhuo who spoke, and the prince Zhuo's face was not very good. He really didn't expect such an accident, and said, "Until the last moment, who knows who will win or lose."
Chen Bo couldn't help being stunned for a moment, how do you think the prince Zhuo still has something to do?
That's right, Chen Bai and the others haven't found out about the strategy of Prince Zhuo and the others. It has to be said that it is too closely guarded.
It's not that Chen Bo and the others didn't send someone to inquire about Lan Ruoyun's news, but the news they got was really dumbfounding.
I heard that Lan Ruoyun was in Yandu Tiantian and his old lover Yan Guo's ex-Prince Ruohong, ostentatiously ostentatiously, such a couple. Talk about finding out what strategy he used.
But now the prince Zhuo's attitude seems to look like their mission is going well, which is really confusing.
But at least for now, he still has the upper hand.
Moreover, how long can Yan Guo last with that little salt?It's all the salt he sold out, and he knows it in his heart.
The news of Yan people's livelihood chaos also spread to other countries, and most of them must have watched the excitement. Besides watching the excitement, they also remembered two names, Qi Zheng and Tiger.
It is really difficult not to let people remember that a big country like the Yan Kingdom can be reorganized into such a state with a simple gesture of hands.
Yan State, just as Chen Bo expected, Yan State can buy a lot of salt from other countries, and it is high-priced salt. Riots broke out in various parts of Yan State.
Of course, the local people would not think that they were rioting, at most it was just a riot, they just wanted to eat salt, that's all.
In the eyes of different people, with different identity camps, they have different views on the same thing.
The court of Yan Kingdom finally panicked. If there were riots in only a few places, even if it was a major riot, they might not be panicked, but if there were riots of all sizes from all over the country, it would really be frightening.
Things that I didn't even think about before, but now I'm starting to think about them, such as the conditions proposed by Dagan.
Ruohong also frowned. Speaking of which, it is not impossible for the Yan Kingdom to restore salt production, and it is not impossible for the people to accept the high-priced coarse salt before, but it will take time to sort it out, but what they lack now is time Well, the mobs all over the country of Yan will not wait for them to sort out how they used to be.
The matter is imminent, even if they know that they will suffer a loss, but the loss has to be suffered. I am afraid that this is a good idea of the prince and the tiger, because they do not have enough time to restore salt production and quell the riots, so as to maintain the stability of the country of Yan , had to agree to their conditions.
There is a conspiracy in the front, and a conspiracy in the back, leaving the country of Yan with no choice.
It seems simple, but every step needs to be exhausted to achieve the current situation.
The current situation in Yan State is changing day by day, no matter how much hatred there is, it will have to wait until the chaos of people's livelihood has been quelled.
Qi Zheng and Chen Bo are also waiting, or the entire Dagan court is waiting for Yan Guo's reply.
And what they were waiting for was the envoys from the Kingdom of Yan who rushed to Shangjing day and night.
Looking at the bloodshot eyes of the envoy, it must be that he has not stopped along the way. Chen Bai and Qi Zheng looked at each other, and it seemed that something was going on.
It was just the words of the envoys of the Yan Kingdom that made Chen Bai's face extremely dark in an instant. It should be said that not only him, but most of the officials in the court also changed their faces instantly.
The envoy of Yan State said, "My king of Yan State agreed to your request, and you can cede the three cities as an apology for the assassination of your king by my Yan State businessman."
They are all people who want to save face. It must be difficult to say that Yan Guo must rely on Dagan's salt to calm the chaos, so he begged Dagan to resume the salt supply at the cost of the three cities.
These words were really aggrieved, so I used the assassination king's apology as an excuse. After all, it was justifiable, and it was a little nicer to say it.
At this point, Chen Bai began to feel joyful, and his mind came to fruition.
As a result, the Yan State envoy changed his tone and said, "However, the land of the Three Cities is priceless, and Dagan also needs to agree to resume the trade with Yan State's salt merchants."
This is for sure, salt disrupting the people's livelihood can only disrupt Yan for a while at most, and it is impossible to disrupt it for a lifetime. It is only a time difference, so it is definitely worthwhile to exchange for the three cities.
"And add the conditions proposed by Lan Ruoyun, the deputy envoy of the mission sent by your king to our Yan country this time."
Chen Bo was stunned, and also a little curious, what kind of conditions Lan Ruoyun put forward, so that Yan Guo was so interested, and he still misses it at this time.
The empress dowager Zhaosheng was still presiding over the government this time, and the empress dowager Zhaosheng was obviously puzzled. This time, the mission was mainly to question Yan Guo, but they did not bring any conditions...
The Empress Dowager Zhao Sheng thought about it and probably guessed a little bit. There was Lan Ruoyun in the mission, maybe it was prepared by the prince Zhuo for this prince contest.
He couldn't help but said, "Oh, let's talk about what conditions Lan Ruoyun proposed with you?"
She kept an eye out and only said that the conditions proposed by Lan Ruoyun were not the conditions proposed by the mission on behalf of Daqian.
The mouth corners of the envoy of Yan State raised their lips, because Crown Prince Ruoqing told him on the third day before he set off that it doesn't matter whether he agrees to this condition or not, but he must say it loudly in front of Daqian.
"Lan Ruoyun, the deputy envoy of your country, brought an order from your king, willing to provide my country with potatoes that can grow on the dry land, in exchange for three cities of my country, and my country of Yan took the initiative to cede the territory to Daqian , it’s not an exaggeration to exchange these two conditions..."
Before the voice fell, Chen Bai, who was still smiling, turned gloomy
The potatoes were provided to Dagan by himself, and now the king is using potatoes to deal with himself.
And the entire court was silent.
If potatoes can really grow on the land of Yan State, Yan State will make up for its only shortcoming. In addition, Yan State is already rich, what will Dagan, who is the enemy, face?
It was so quiet that you could hear a needle drop, and no one could react even for a while.
"Presumptuous." In the end, it was the empress dowager Zhaosheng's scolding that brought everyone back to their senses.
The envoy of the Yan Kingdom smiled, "Why should the Empress Dowager Zhaosheng be angry? This was originally a condition proposed by the king of your country. I just repeated it. Or is it that the Empress Dowager Zhaosheng didn't know about it?"
Silent, silent for a long time.
Then came the sinister laughter of the Empress Dowager Zhao Sheng, "After the Yan Kingdom lost its first prince, can it only do such small tricks of slandering people?"
After finishing speaking, he didn't wait for the other party's reaction, but said, "If you continue talking, I will kill you."
The envoy of Yan State hurriedly cupped his hands, "I am only conveying the meaning of my royal family of Yan State, whether you agree or not depends on your country's meaning."
Chen Bo glanced at the empress dowager Zhaosheng with a gloomy face. Others may think that the envoy of the Yan Kingdom is slandering people. No matter what she thinks in her heart, the empress dowager Zhaosheng must define this matter now. Because, it's just the envoy of Yan State talking nonsense.
However, Chen Bo's mind sank into a trough. In order to prevent Qi Zheng from becoming the crown prince, how could the king do this?
To be honest, it's a bit shocking, and it's really hard to figure out the reason.
At this time, as if the officials had reacted, they inevitably condemned the envoy of Yan State, "Stop talking nonsense."
"For such a big matter, why wouldn't your majesty discuss it with us and listen to your gossip to confuse the crowd."
No matter what you think in your heart, anyway, it is right to condemn at this time.
The envoy of Yan State was not interested in verbal criticism, but said, "Everyone should seriously consider the conditions proposed by my king of Yan State."
This brought the topic back.
"It's good to be able to exchange for the three cities of Yan State, but it is absolutely impossible to give potatoes to Yan State like this."
"That's right, I have no use for such auspiciousness, so how can I just give it to Yan Guo."
The envoy of Yan State suddenly said, "Are you really not thinking about it? Those are three cities. To be honest, the three cities of my Yan State are all rich cities. Do you really want them?"
At this time, a voice came out, "If you don't give you potatoes, you Yan Kingdom will have to give up the three cities. It's not me who is in a hurry now. You should think about it. If I don't agree to resume the salt supply, What is the state of your country in Yan?"
The discussion stopped in shock.
That's right, they don't need to think about this issue at all, it's his country of Yan who should be anxious now.
The Yan State envoy glanced up, "I don't know who you are?"
Chen Bai replied, "Daqian Hongwenge Zhaoxue University Bachelor, Cabinet Counselor University Bachelor, and the palace is writing."
The envoy of Yan State couldn't help but take another look, "It turns out that he is a student of the famous scholar Tiger in the world. He really has some insights. Although Yan State is in a hurry, there is a time to quell the riots. If Dagan misses this opportunity, he will die Really missed the three cities, how many wars and soldiers can be exchanged for such three cities."
This man is eloquent, no wonder he can become the envoy sent by the Yan Kingdom.
Chen Bai smiled, "No matter what you say, you can't cover up the fact that if your country of Yan can't restore the salt supply, the riots won't stop. If you are as indifferent as you said, you won't come to me non-stop, right? We Don't worry, if you want to negotiate terms, let's sit down and talk slowly."
Envoy of Yan State: "..."
How can he be a master who doesn't enter into oil and salt, clinging to this point, let him break through.
Negotiations, we must make use of our strengths and avoid weaknesses. Chen Bai grasped that the current situation in Yan State is more urgent. If you say a thousand words, how can your Yan State return to normal in the future? At least you have to work hard now. , I am the one taking the initiative.
Although the envoys of the Yan State are capable on the surface, they are indeed eager in their hearts. Now that the Yan State is full of riots, it is not known what will happen if it is delayed for a while.
After a verbal battle with all the officials of the imperial court, he "reluctantly" agreed that as long as the supply of salt was restored, he would be willing to cede the land and three cities.
Originally, he didn't expect to be able to persuade Dagan to agree to provide them with potatoes, but he decided to retreat.
The officials are also happy, they just got the three rich cities of Yan Kingdom?
In the past, every city and every place would be beaten to death.
Expansion of territory did not consume a single bit of national power. To be honest, it also found a sales channel for Dagan's salt, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
There is something wrong with looking at Qi Zheng, at least there are very few kings of any country who can do this.
It's just that Qi Zheng's complexion is not good.
According to the current situation, he has already won this round of the prince competition.
Chen Bai took a look and probably understood what Qi Zheng was thinking now.
If it was true that the envoys of Yan State slandered the king, it would be fine, but if not, it would be complicated and dangerous.
Baiguan signed the letter of credence with the envoys of the Yan Kingdom, and the Empress Dowager Zhaosheng would follow the whole process, but the Empress Dowager Zhaosheng handed over the matter to Sangong, and left after saying that she was tired.
It just doesn't look like he's tired.
It was indeed the case, the Empress Dowager Zhao Sheng had someone push her directly to the king's bedroom.
The rare king did not rest, but sat there, as if waiting for someone.
That's right, although the king did not go to court, what happened in the court cannot be hidden from him.
The king raised his head and said quietly, "Here we are."
The Empress Dowager Zhao Sheng did not answer, but looked seriously at the king sitting in the wheelchair, before speaking for a while, "You once promised me that to become the king of Daqian, you must live and die for Daqian. Have you ever done it?"
The king sighed, "The queen mother has finally come to question me."
The Empress Dowager Zhao Sheng frowned, "Don't say that Lan Ruoyun acted privately, you don't know about it."
The king replied, "No matter what I do in my life, I am afraid that I will not be able to meet the expectations of my mother, or I am afraid that people like my mother have never paid attention to me. It's just that this great job needs a king, and I And it happens to be your son, so the queen mother put me in this position, so what is my life?"
"I am the king of Dagan, and I will push Dagan into the abyss by myself? Isn't this just enough for the empress to trust me?"
"Even if the decision I made in a short while made the queen mother confused, in my heart, it was for the sake of good work."
The Empress Dowager Zhaosheng was silent, was she questioning the supreme king of Daqian?Shouldn't she have questioned it!
After being quiet for an unknown amount of time, the Empress Dowager Zhaosheng did not speak, but was pushed away.
An unquestionable voice came from a distance, "Give back that position to him, it belongs to him, and no one is more suitable than him."
The king's body trembled for a moment. Did he not get the approval of the queen mother after all his hard work?
After Zhaosheng Empress Dowager returned to her bedroom, her face was expressionless, and she summoned a person, saying, "Go to Yan Kingdom quickly, and Zhao Lan Ruoyun returns to court."
I am afraid that only Lan Ruoyun can tell the truth about the truth.
And Lan Ruoyun, when she was 13 years old, was trained by her to be the chief spy, and then stayed with the king and became the Lanwei of the four dark guards.
Your Majesty probably thought that it was his discerning eye that discerned pearls and discovered a bright pearl, but in this world, how can there be so many pearls that are dazzling without being polished.
At the beginning, I didn't tell the king, but I wanted him to be more confident, have the ability to fully control the affairs, and become a good king. Unexpectedly, it made him overconfident, and dared to do anything.
When the news from the imperial court spread to the market, the whole capital of Shangjing was boiling.
There are only three more cities on the territory of Daqian, which is worth celebrating more than any celebration.
When Chen Bai's carriage passed the market, he was infected by the celebration.
There were even bold people who saluted Chen Bai's carriage with a smile, "Scholar Zhaoxue has a bright future."
It's a lottery.
Everyone knows that Chen Bo has made a lot of efforts in the reform of the saltworks. This is also the direct reason why Dagan was able to harvest the three cities. With such a great contribution, it is not wrong to say that the future is boundless.
Chen Bo froze for a moment, then nodded with a smile.
When he returned to Tingwei Mansion, Chen Xiaobu was dressed in festive clothes like a Fuwa.
"Brother, mother is preparing a big banquet for guests again. The invitations have been sent out, and even relatives from my hometown are invited to come, saying that my brother and I have honored our ancestors, and we must celebrate it."
Chen Xiaobu also participated in the reform of the saltworks, so he must have a share of the credit.
"But brother, I just want to play with Dalmatian. I don't want to be surrounded by so many people. They keep pinching my face and make me recite the Analects. I can't even recite it. It's embarrassing."
Chen Boxin said, if you don't study hard all day, you can concentrate on listening to the anecdotes of various countries in Meng Huanchao's class, and you won't pay attention to the serious knowledge.
However, Chen Bo was also somewhat resistant to those overly enthusiastic scenes, and simply said, "I'll take you out to play."
This made Chen Xiaobu very happy, he led Dalmatian away without changing his clothes, because when he went back, he was guaranteed to be caught by his mother to show off his baby.
Going to Beijing now is a different experience, even though there are too many people on the street, Chen Bai and Chen Xiaobu are not easy to squeeze around, so he simply took people to the Qi government.
As a result, the Qi government was more festive.
As the protagonist who won the three cities for Daqian, the Qi government's joy can be imagined.
Chen Bo also vaguely heard some of the servants secretly saying something, now there is only one last match left, even if they don't win the last match, their Highness has the most points, right?
Chen Bai smiled, no wonder he was so happy, but he didn't take these servants' words seriously, the matter didn't come to an end, who knows what will happen.
Chen Bo asked Chen Xiaobu to lead Damaiding to visit Qi Zheng's Alaska, and went into Qi Zheng's study by himself.
Qi Zheng didn't have much joy on his face.
Chen Bai couldn't help but said, "Now the capital is full of joy, why are you still so distraught?"
Qi Zheng replied, "Ask knowingly."
Chen Bai smiled and knew what Qi Zheng was probably thinking, "Why bother, even if this didn't happen, the king's attitude is not the same, things that won't change at all, why bother."
Qi Zheng was taken aback for a moment, "You are kind-hearted, by the way, why are you here at this time?"
Chen Bo shrugged his shoulders, to be honest, he was fine, but the road was too crowded, he was afraid of losing Chen Xiaobu, so he missed the crowd when he entered the mansion.
But now that you are here, you have to find something to do if you have nothing to do, "How can we say that we have won until now, and now there is only one last competition left. As long as we win this last competition, everything will be settled. This is something to announce to the world." , can the king change his mind?"
Qi Zheng said in his heart, that's right, as long as he can win this last match and close the coffin, even if the king is in trouble, he must be appointed as the crown prince first.
"Drink and drink, if you don't get drunk, you don't return."
It's just that, at the end of the drink, Chen Bai really became drunk and never returned, hugging Qi Zheng's thigh, "I'm not drunk, I won't leave, I can still drink."
Qi Zheng's face was dark, he had only drunk so much, and he was so sloppy, showing his true colors.
Speaking of which, Chen Zifu hadn't explained to him well what happened to his face with cat ears and awls before.
At this moment, Chen Bo suddenly said, "Qi Zheng, your legs are so strong, I'll take a photo of you if you take them off, tsk tsk..."
Qi Zheng: "..."
In the future, please don't let Chen Zifu get drunk, it's ridiculous, touching a man's leg and shouting "he's strong, how decent is it?"
Qi Zheng, who was sitting boldly, couldn't help but retract his legs, pinching them.
However, Chen Zifu, like that tiger, likes strong and strong men in the same line, and the corners of Qi Zheng's mouth can't help but rise a little.
Chen Bo didn't even know how he got back, but when he woke up the next day, Chen Xiaobu really covered his face and wiped his face with a handkerchief. Seeing Chen Bo woke up, he hurriedly said, "Brother, you were so shameful yesterday, I It’s almost ashamed to see people.”
Chen Bo was taken aback: "What's wrong?"
Chen Xiaobu: "Yesterday you hugged Prince Zheng's leg like that.
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