Capital Datang

In Keelung Outer Harbor, a fleet consisting of five large Galen ships and several small boats is parked there. The supplies of the fleet have been transported as early as yesterday, and they can set off at any time.This fleet is the exploration fleet led by Lu Wan, the gentleman of the sea, and Feng Shijie, who has just arrived, is standing on the middle ship, waiting for Lu Wan on the shore to bid farewell to the people who were sent off by the association.

"Brother Lu, this trip is extremely risky. On behalf of all the members of the association, I will hand over the brothers of this fleet to you!" Yan Bei raised the wine glass in his hand and asked Lu Cheng solemnly.

"President, don't worry, I will do my best to bring back the entire fleet!" Lu Wan also said solemnly.Then he raised his wine glass, had a drink with Yan Bei and the people behind him who saw him off, and then turned around and boarded the boat.

Following Lu Wan's boarding, the ships of the entire fleet lifted anchor and raised their sails one after another, and under the action of the wind, they began to sail slowly, while Yan Bei and others on the shore, as well as the family members of the crew who came to see him off, all turned to the ship. They stopped and waved goodbye, and the crew members on the ship also kept waving their hands. When the fleet left the port and slowly turned into a black spot on the sea, the people on the port left in groups of twos and threes.

However, Yanbei did not leave the pier. Instead, under the leadership of several attendants, he moved to another part of the port. There was also a fleet leaving here, but this fleet was a group of merchant ships. All the cane sugar produced in Taiwan was to go north to Dengzhou, and then go west from the Yellow River waterway to the vicinity of Chang'an.Capital Datang 417

When Yan Bei came, Wang Kuang and Cui Yu were already waiting for him, and Cui Yu's wife, Cui Chengshi, was also here. When Yan Bei saw the three of them, he didn't say anything to Wang Kuang and Cui Yu. Seeing the ceremony, he took two quick steps and saluted Cui Chengshi very respectfully: "It's been a few years since Mrs. Cui's demeanor is still the same, so Xiaosheng is really pleased!"

Seeing Yan Bei's enthusiasm for his wife, Cui Yu immediately became vigilant. He remembered that his wife had said that when he was not married, there were many princes and nobles in Chang'an who proposed marriage to Cheng's mansion, but all of them were given by his aunt. Rejection, could it be that Yan Bei is one of them?

Cui Yu really guessed right, Cui Cheng was a famous flower in Chang'an back then.In terms of appearance, she inherited her mother's genes, and the talented female workers are all top choices, coupled with Cheng's family background, there are naturally an endless stream of suitors, and Yanbei was one of them back then.It's a pity that the Cheng family looked down on Yanbei's family background and character, so there is no further text.

Mrs. Cui knew about Yan Bei's marriage proposal back then, but she had a cheerful personality and didn't feel any embarrassment. Instead, she returned the gift graciously and said: "Thank you, Brother Yan, for your compliment, but Brother Yan is young, but he has already followed suit. Liu Lang has made such a great achievement. It is really admirable!"

When Yan Bei saw that his wife and Yan Bei really knew each other, even though it was just an ordinary polite remark, it also made him very nervous, and he didn't wait for Yan Bei to say anything else.Hastily said: "It's getting late now, since Brother Yan has come, let's take our leave, after all, my little sister is still waiting for us in Chang'an."

I saw my husband so nervous.Mrs. Cui also felt a little funny, but she still said: "Your husband is absolutely right. Although this fleet is our own, but it has a time limit to reach Chang'an. If we delay this much, I'm afraid it will be difficult for them. So our husband and wife will bid farewell to the two elder brothers, and we will meet again when we have time in the future!"

Hearing Madam Cui bid farewell to him, Yan Bei couldn't help but feel a little bit lost, but he recovered quickly, and immediately bowed his hands together with Wang Kuang, and said a few words of farewell, then Cui Yu seemed to run away, pulling his wife So he boarded the boat, and at the same time made up his mind that he would never let his wife see that Yan again.

After Cui Yu's fleet left Keelung, the journey was very smooth, and they soon arrived in Dengzhou. After landing, Cui Yu and his wife rushed to Qi Wang's mansion, ready to report Linyi's affairs to Li Yin .

In the main hall of Prince Qi's Mansion, Li Yin and Wen Xin had just hosted a banquet for Cui Yu and his wife, and then Wen Xin took Mrs. Cui to the inner house to play, while Li Yin listened to Cui Yu's plan for Lin Yi's affairs, In particular, he asked about some domestic situations in Linyi in detail, and Cui Yu also answered them one by one.

After Li Yin finished asking, he sat there and meditated. After a while, he said, "Brother Cui, in your opinion, can this year's grain trade continue?"

"This..." Cui Yu didn't expect Li Yin to ask such an irrelevant question. He couldn't turn the corner for a while, and then he was stunned for a while before he said: "Looking at the current situation, Lin Yi is jealous of us. The profits earned by the grain merchants, so this time we deliberately mentioned a high price that we cannot accept. If we accept it, they will make an inch of it next year. If we don’t accept it, then they will suffer a loss this year. Only then will the price be lowered appropriately, but according to my estimation, it will definitely be more than [-] Wen per shi, and from our standpoint, we will definitely not accept the current price, so this year's grain transaction is likely to be It's going to be a mess."

Li Yin gritted his teeth after hearing this. In fact, he had already received information from Lin Yi and guessed the result, but he wanted to hear the opinion of Cui Yu, a professional, but the result was similar to what he guessed.

"Brother Cui, if Linyi's grain cannot be purchased, what kind of impact will it have on our Datang?" Li Yin asked Mr. Mafia again, let's get a divorce.

But Cui Yu smiled wryly after hearing this: "Liulang, there was no food in Linyi before, and the food in Datang was enough to eat, and the price is also very cheap, but now the domestic business is booming and agriculture is affected. You promoted new rice varieties and other new measures at the beginning, but they couldn’t change the fact that grain production has declined, so the grain shipped from Linyi to the country is becoming more and more important, especially in the commercially prosperous Guanzhong area, where the rice eaten by the common people is from Linyi. Yimi, if the grain from Linyi cannot be transported to the country this year, the price of grain in Guanzhong and even the whole north will rise a bit."

Li Yin couldn't stop smiling wryly when he heard this. What he was most worried about was this kind of situation. That's all. The people in the Tang Dynasty were rich, and some food increases would not affect their lives at all.

But Li Yin is different. He has just conquered the Wa Kingdom, and the situation there is even worse than that of Baekje. There are people rebelling because of hunger everywhere, so he plans to promote work-for-food like Baekje. This grain is naturally Linyi rice brought from the sea, but now that Linyi has made such a fuss, his plan has been disrupted all of a sudden.

If you want to make up for this shortcoming, you can only go to Datang to buy grain, but this will cause a further increase in the price of Datang's grain. If someone with a heart knows about this, I am afraid they will refer to him in the court, saying that he raised the price of Datang. Tang's food price, this is a very serious crime, even if Li Shimin helps him cover it up, it will still deal a blow to his reputation.

What can I do now?Without the food in Linyi, the Wa Kingdom would not be able to exchange work for food. If there is no food in the hands of the Wa people, they would take risks and cause the rule of the Wa Kingdom to be unstable. If there is any accident, the painstaking efforts put in to attack the Wa country will be in vain.

Cui Yu also noticed the wry smile on Li Min's face, and asked with some puzzlement: "Liu Ying, Lin Yi is a small country and the people are weak, and now they refuse to sell us grain, so we might as well send troops to destroy him. Not only the grain stored in their country belongs to us, but also the grain produced every year in the future will also belong to us, so we don’t have to be stuck by them like now.” Capital Datang 417

Hearing Cui Yu's words, Li Min shook his head and said, "Brother Cui, you all underestimate Lin Yi too much. Although the other party is a small country, they can organize tens of thousands of soldiers. The slave hunting team, I am afraid it will be difficult to decide in one battle."

When Li Yin said this, he glanced at Cui Yu and then said: "In addition, according to your plan, you want to conquer the capital of Linyi in one fell swoop, and then capture the king of Linyi, but your thinking is too simple. It may be conquered, but if the king of Linyi escapes, then the opponent will definitely gather a large army to counterattack the capital. With the strength of the slave hunting team, it should be no problem to defend the capital, but they cannot go out of the city to destroy the opponent. , this battle will become a war of attrition, and it is on other people's land, so we absolutely cannot afford to consume it."

"This..." Cui Yu was also dumbfounded after hearing this. Although he and Wang Kuang are quite talented, they have little experience in such military affairs, let alone those grain merchants like them. Bei, it’s okay to let him do business, but it’s not okay to fight wars, so when they were discussing before, they didn’t find any major loopholes in the plan.

Li Yin didn't finish his sentence, but went on to attack Cui Yu and said, "Take a step back and say, even if your plan is successful, the king of Linyi will be caught by you, but Linyi is not like Datang, they have control over the place. It is very loose. If the king is arrested, I bet that there must be a lot of heroes in Linyi. When the time comes, the grain production area in Linyi will be destroyed by war, so you attack the capital of Linyi directly. It's better not to implement the plan!"

Hearing Li Yin's last words, Cui Yu was immediately discouraged. He thought they could solve Lin Yi's problem once and for all, but he didn't know until Li Yin's analysis that their plan seemed good, but in fact It doesn't work at all. Could it be that they really have no choice but to wait for them to raise the price?

However, seeing Cui Yu's dejected look, Li Yin stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder and said, "But brother Cui, you don't have to be discouraged, Lin Yi will be ours sooner or later, and my subordinates are also planning a campaign against Lin Yi." It's a pity that now is not the time to launch the plan of Yi, and I am in urgent need of food from Lin Yi, so this time I am afraid I will make you wronged and give in to Lin Yi temporarily, but next year at the latest, I will let the people of Lin Yi How to eat it, I will spit it out again!"

When Li Yin said the last sentence, two fierce lights appeared in his eyes, and a cold smile appeared on the corner of his mouth!