The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 499 Ying Zheng: Gan, I got tricked again [Please subscribe*Please vote]

"What about food and grass?" Yan Yan turned to look at Ying Zheng and the civil and military officials of Qin with a smile.

"..." Ying Zheng and the nine ministers of the Qin State were speechless. Bingzhou had given away two counties. Do they still have the nerve to ask for a high price?

"Little Fusu, look, uncle gave you such a big gift, shouldn't you also give him something?" Yan Yan ignored the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty and turned around to continue teasing Fusu.

"Ah?" Fusu was stunned for a moment, then reached into his arms and took out a piece of jade. He handed the jade to Yan Yan with some reluctance, "This is a gift my father gave me when I was born. It has always been Stay with Fusu, and now Fusu will give it to his uncle."

Shao Siming rolled his eyes at Yan Yan helplessly, "You are cheating on a kid, do you want to show some face?" Then he pulled Fusu's outstretched hand back.

"Since it is little Fusu's favorite thing, and a gentleman has the beauty of adulthood and does not take away people's love, it is better to leave it to little Fusu." Yan Yan said with a smile, and then continued, "But my uncle's family is very poor. After these two months, there is nothing left to cook, not even food to eat.”

"Uncle, I'm not afraid. My uncle's family doesn't have one, but our family has one. My father took Fusu to see a canal, and told Fusu that with this canal, we would no longer suffer from hunger. Fusu can Please ask your father to give some to your uncle!" The child said straightforwardly, how could he be so thoughtful?

Yan Yan nodded with a smile, then looked at Ying Zheng and the civil and military officials of the Qin Dynasty, and raised his eyebrows provocatively. Did you see that you are not as generous as a child?

"Father, can you help uncle and the others?" Fusu also looked at Ying Zheng pleadingly.

"Just increase the market price by 30%!" Ying Zheng gritted his teeth. The cost of transporting grain to Bingzhou was very large, usually around 50%. If the market price could be increased by 30%, Qin would already have lost money.

"As for the quantity..." Black and white Xuanjian continued to look at Ying Zheng.

Ying Zheng twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "It's over. This guy is so shameless. Even a child learned it carefully and deliberately led Fusu to say such things."

"..." Ying Zheng and Manchao Wenwu also suddenly came to their senses. They seemed to have been led astray again without knowing it.

This is the maximum amount that the Qin State can provide. There are only a few people in Bingzhou, and half a million dan is enough for them to feed them for a year.

And this quantity must be limited, otherwise Bingzhou will have surplus grain. When Qin sends troops to Zhao, Bingzhou will have food reserves that threaten the Qin army.

Originally, they wanted to take the opportunity to raise the price of grain in exchange for more war horses, cattle, sheep and other supplies from Bingzhou. As a result, they actually lowered the price!

Not only can he not set a price, he cannot determine the quantity either.

"Thank you, King Qin!" Yan Yan smiled and took out the certificate of credence that he had prepared, and filled in the price and quantity in the blank columns.

"I always feel like something is wrong, but I can't put my finger on it!" Ying Zheng frowned. Isn't this too easy a promise?

"Five hundred thousand stones!" Ying Zheng spoke again.

"I, give it!" Ying Zheng gritted his teeth, and then looked at Black and White Xuanjian hatefully, it's your turn.

This is for the sake of Fusu and Bingzhou, the two counties that were given away for free.

"As the so-called brothers settle accounts clearly, Bingjun should know that the world is in trouble this year. Even though the Qin State has food, our Qin State has a vast territory and has new Nanjun, Yingchuan and Lijuns. These three counties are also affected by the disaster. Therefore, there are not many people who can support Bingzhou, and as for the price..." Black and white Xuanjian looked at Ying Zheng, he really couldn't decide the price of food.

It was like they used the 20% of the grain price to buy the two counties designated by Bingzhou.

After thinking about it for a moment, it doesn't seem like a loss to be able to buy two counties with money.

Even though the two counties originally gave it away for free, now they took the initiative to pay for it, so it seems they still lost money. If you don’t make any money, you’re losing money!
However, Bingzhou is equivalent to using the army to help them expand their territory in exchange for food and grass, which is still acceptable.

"I still feel that this is not like Bing Jun's behavior!" Ying Zheng hesitantly stamped the royal seal on the certificate of credence, still feeling that he might have overlooked something, but he did not expect it for a while.

The main reason was that Yan Yan didn't give them the opportunity to discuss and study it in detail, so everything was agreed too quickly.

The writing of the book is also very clear, there are no traps or ambiguities, but Ying Zheng just feels that something is not right.

Two letters of credence were exchanged, one was about Bingzhou's purchase of grain and grass from Qin, some of which were settled in gold, and most of them were bartered, using Bingzhou's war horses, cattle, sheep and other livestock and derivatives. Qin’s grain, grass, copper mines and other supplies.

The other is that before May this year, Bingzhou will hand over the two counties of Jincheng and Wuwei to the State of Qin.

"Little Fusu, uncle will come see you when he has time next time!" After the court meeting, Yan Yan took Shao Siming and left the Qin Palace without staying for a banquet.

"Run!" After leaving the palace, Yan Yan took Shao Siming and ran directly towards the place where the Mo family's Suzaku stayed.

As an escort, Black and White Xuanjian was a little confused as to why Yan Yan was running so fast, but he still informed Ying Zheng immediately.

Ying Zheng was even more confused. Why was Yan Yan running so fast? He didn't even attend the dinner prepared to welcome them.

"Let's go back to Bingzhou!" Yan Yan saw that Shao Siming was confused, but he did not immediately explain, and directly ordered the Mohist disciples to fly away from Xianyang in the Suzaku.

In the middle of the night, Ying Zheng, who was tossing and turning, still couldn't figure out why Yan Yan ran so fast.

"Damn it, I actually forced Bingzhou to send out an army to seize the city in exchange for food and grass." Ying Zheng still blamed himself.

They knew how difficult it was to merge the two counties, but in order to prevent Qin from asking for high prices, they had to send a large army to help Qin seize the two counties, just to make Qin feel guilty and not raise the price.

"Alas...it seems we have gone too far!" Ying Zheng thought, so he simply stopped sleeping, got up, and returned to Qinian Palace to continue reviewing the memorials.

After reviewing it for a while, Ying Zheng finally saw the Longxi and Beidi military reports sent back by Li Xin.

Bingzhou sent 6,000 troops, led by Luo soldiers, heading west.

"Six thousand?" Ying Zheng frowned. Can an army of six thousand conquer five counties?
"Gan! I've been tricked again!" Ying Zheng jumped up instantly.

He understood that Bingzhou was pretending to be powerful. It sounded nice to let Qin take over the two counties of Jincheng and Wuwei. In fact, Bingzhou could not occupy or control these two counties.

Continue westward along the map, to Zhangye, Jiuquan, Dunhuang, and further west...

"Western Regions!" Ying Zheng understood. What Bingzhou wanted was not these five counties at all, but to open up the Hexi Corridor and lead directly to the Western Regions!
However, Bingzhou's current military strength is simply not able to compete head-on with those big countries in the Western Regions. However, Qin State took over Jincheng and Wuwei, so the armies stationed in Longxi and Northland will naturally advance westward.

In other words, Bingzhou used the army in northwest Longxi to threaten the countries in the Western Regions!

"No wonder he ran so fast!" Ying Zheng twitched the corner of his mouth. He refused to give it to Zhangye, Jiuquan and Dunhuang because he was worried that Qin would steal the Western Region from them.

(End of this chapter)