Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 509
When Chen Ping walked into the Xiangfu's study room angrily, he saw Bai Mo standing in front of the desk and splashing ink. When he took a closer look, he saw that the word "blade" had been written on the snow-white public transport paper, and immediately turned the pen of Bai Mo. , and added a heart under the word "刀" to form a character "Nin". The calligraphy in white ink is excellent, and the writing power is even more penetrating to the back of the paper.

"Excellent calligraphy!" Chen Ping praised, "Unexpectedly, the prime minister can practice good calligraphy."

But Bai Mo just shook his head, then he held the brush in his hand and looked at the word Ninja on the paper, lost in thought.

Chen Ping couldn't guess what Bai Mo was thinking, so he returned to the subject and said, "Prime Minister, regarding the price comparison of gold..."

"Teacher, you don't need to say any more." Bai Mo suddenly reached out his hand to stop Chen Ping, and then said, "The truth of this matter is already known." Look at the word forbearance, the so-called forbearance means a knife in the heart, how much pain should a knife be inserted into a person's heart?"

Chen Ping was silent, Bai Mo's words seemed far-fetched, but he seemed to understand a little bit.

"Careless, we are careless." Bai Mo sighed, and said again, "The truth is that we only know that we need to be patient when we use soldiers, but we don't know that we need to be patient when we are in government. We need to be patient in everything. We can handle the food shortage in Xianyang this time. It’s too hasty, it’s too hasty, we are still far behind them in terms of business, this, it’s really impossible to refuse.”

Chen Ping asked: "Then what does the Prime Minister mean... just put up with the gold price comparison?"

"What else can I do if I can't bear it?" Bai Mo sighed, "For the matter of food prices, King Han and King Zhao have already intervened once, and we have signed an agreement with the other party. The price comparison dispute was due to our own negligence, so we can’t blame them, and we don’t take it seriously when this matter is brought up to King Han and King Zhao.”

Chen Ping silently said that they did not take advantage of the gold price comparison. The reason is obvious. They did not force them to accept the price comparison. The agreement clearly stated 12 million yuan, not [-] taels of gold.

However, it is one thing to understand the truth, but Chen Ping still held his breath in his heart and said: "The problem is, if we accept the gold price comparison given by them, let's not talk about the busy work these past few months. If you have to pay 120 million shi of grain, 15 million yuan and [-] taels of gold, it would be a huge loss!"

"That shouldn't be the case." Bai Mo shook his head, and said thoughtfully, "I'm afraid I will pay for food and 15 million yuan, but it may not be possible to pay [-] taels of gold. The asking price of the other party may not be the final reserve price, the so-called sale is based on negotiation, and the Japanese Prime Minister will go to discuss with them in person tomorrow."

"Oh." Chen Ping shook his head and sighed, and said no more.

Bai Mo breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Before the Grand Master came back, we had been reflecting on the truth. We handled the food shortage in Guanzhong too hastily, and we also dealt with the matter of setting up officials to specialize in salt and iron too hastily."

Chen Ping was stunned, and Bai Mo's words were quite jumpy, and he really didn't understand it all at once.

Fortunately, Bai Mo immediately went on to say: "I don't know if the Grand Master has thought about it. When the Black Ice Platform checked the assets of those troublemakers, there was a huge discrepancy with the figures they finally showed. This caught us by surprise, so Only then did he ask Han and Zhao for help again, which attracted Feng and Guan, two evil wolves."

"Yes." Chen Ping nodded and said, "This old man is also puzzled."

Bai Mo said: "The truth seems to be a little clear, there must be a pusher behind this matter from Chu State."

Chen Pingdao: "Prime Minister is saying that the sudden extra funds from the troublemakers were secretly lent to them by Chu State?"

Bai Mo nodded, and said worriedly: "So, this time, we lost not only energy and food, but also the loyalty of these merchants. Xiang Zhuang has already reached into Guanzhong. The act of borrowing money to control these merchants is used by the Chu State, and we actually pushed these merchants into the arms of the Chu State with our own hands."

With Bai Mo's point, Chen Ping instantly figured out the ins and outs of the matter, and said: "Speaking of which, Feng and Guan may also have Chu State behind them, so they must not be allowed to transport this large amount of grain out of Guanzhong." !"

"But we have no evidence." Bai Mo spread his hands, shook his head and said, "Just based on your guess, would King Han and King Zhao believe it? What's more, even if King Han and King Zhao knew that Feng Ji, Guan Zhong and Chu State If there is a conspiracy, they may not intervene, after this incident, the truth is finally understood, the word "li" is no less lethal than a hundred thousand soldiers!"

Bai Mo's worry is not unreasonable, as long as Feng Ji and Guan Zhong don't do things that are not good for Han and Zhao, even if Han Wang and Zhao Wang know that they are secretly connected with Chu, they will never touch them, such as this time For the food crisis in Guanzhong, King Han and King Zhao have been covering up and conniving Feng and Guan.

Disputes between countries have never been so absolute and simple.

Chen Ping is silent. Considering the attitudes of Zhao and Han, they really can't use force casually. Otherwise, the Lianheng alliance that was formed with great difficulty will be easily disintegrated by Chu State. If Lianheng is lost With the support of the alliance, with Han's current national strength and military strength, it is no match for Chu at all.

At that moment, Chen Ping said: "Then, the prime minister still plans to cancel the Yantie official camp?"

"Yes, the Yantie official camp must be canceled immediately, and the relationship with the merchants in Guanzhong must also be repaired." Bai Mo nodded slightly, and said in a dark voice, "Xiang Zhuang will not hesitate to lend a huge amount of gold to control the giant merchants in Guanzhong. How can the prime minister do what he wants? We have lost this contest, but we must not lose everything!"

Chen Pingdao: "Prime Minister, do you already have a plan to fight back?"

"That's right." Bai Mo nodded his head heavily, and said in a fierce voice, "This time, I want to borrow a head that is enough to accomplish a big event. No matter how bad it is, I will cut off Xiang Zhuang's black hand in the pass."

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Luoyang, the palace.

Xiang Zhuang raised the secret letter in his hand, and said to Bi Shu and Bai Lixian: "Learn the sword, Ziliang, it's done."

"Oh?" Bai Lixian asked, "Your Majesty, Bai Mo really agreed to compare the price of one tael of gold to one thousand renminbi?"

"That's not true." Xiang Zhuang shook his head and said, "In the end, both sides will make a concession, one tael of gold will be exchanged for two thousand renminbi."

Bi Shu calculated with his fingers for a while, and finally said with emotion: "Even so, we have made a lot of money this time. Guanzhong merchants, aristocratic families, wealthy families, and relatives lost hundreds of millions of dollars in food speculation. After passing Bai Mo's hand, it flowed into the treasury of our Great Chu in a blink of an eye, and Bai Mo even lost 120 million yuan in the treasury of the Han Kingdom and [-] million shi of folk surplus grain in Guanzhong."

Xiang Zhuang smiled and said nothing, this is the huge lethality of manipulating the "exchange rate".

Before Xiangzhuang's crossing, the United States often used this magical weapon with amazing lethality, and it was invincible. No matter it was the small shrimp countries in Southeast Asia, Japan, or the European Union, they couldn't parry it at all, even if it was a plant with amazing defense power. Family, under Uncle Sam's artifact, will inevitably suffer and suffer.

Compared with the United States in the later generations, Xiang Zhuang's method at this time is similar to that of a child playing house, but with the strong industrial and commercial foundation of Chu State, it is more than enough to use this method to deal with Bai Mo who has no experience in finance. Of course, This kind of good thing can only happen once, and it will be difficult to repeat the old trick next time.

Bai Lixian suddenly said: "I remember that the king once said that with the help of this food crisis in Guanzhong, we must achieve three goals. One is to loot the food and money in Guanzhong. It seems that the food in Taicang in the two countries of Zhao has only achieved the first two, right?"

Indeed, a large amount of folk wealth in Guanzhong has now flowed into the state treasury of Chu State. Although this amount of money seems insignificant compared to the total treasury of Chu State, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat. Anyway, it is worth a hundred thousand Ten thousand yuan, which is equivalent to 25 taels of gold, but it seems impossible to talk about the looting of food in the two countries, right?

As for the matter of controlling merchants in Guanzhong through loans, it will not be accomplished overnight.

"That's right?" Bi Shu said, "The 80 shi of grain returned by Han to South Korea and Zhao seems to have been transported to Puban with the grain fleets of Feng and Guan, right? Is it possible that your majesty is planning to send a water army to stop it?" Jiang intercepted?"

"Of course not." Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and said, "Han and South Korea set up dozens of iron chains to block the river (Yellow River) and built more than a dozen water fortresses. , what we are defending against is our navy, so it is simply impossible to block the river and intercept it."

Bailixian said: "Then I don't understand, how can I get the 80 stones?"

"That's not easy, just spend money to buy it." Xiang Zhuang laughed, "Didn't you rob 20 taels of gold from Guanzhong this time? Why don't you take 80 of it and sell [-] taels of gold from Han and Zhao?" buy food."

"80 gold to buy [-] shi of grain, the price is not low." Bi Shu said, "The problem is, Han Xin and Zhang Ao probably won't sell it? After all, this is the grain reserve of Taicang of the two countries."

"They will sell it." Xiang Zhuang laughed, "Because Han Xin and Zhang Ao are short of gold!"

Seeing that Bi Shu and Bai Lixian still didn't understand, Xiang Zhuang said with a smile: "Xuejian, Ziliang, to tell you the truth, the widow has already sent Qi Mai to Handan and Anyi for secret activities. If Han Xin and Zhang Ao want to If you buy war horses from the Northern Diao Kingdom, you must exchange grain for gold, because Qi Mai does not recognize five baht, he only recognizes gold."

Bai Lixian and Bi Shu suddenly realized that the king had already been waiting for them here.

Immediately, Bai Lixian exchanged glances with Bi Shu again, and both of them saw a hint of admiration in each other's eyes, thinking that the king not only has military skills like a god, and political strategy, but also has extraordinary talents in economics. Under this series of onslaughts, if the Han, Han, and Zhao countries can resist it, then there will be ghosts.

(End of this chapter)