Mu Jiushan glanced at Bai Ye. If it weren't for this land god, there wouldn't be these black guards with weapons around him.
Let alone borrowing troops, Lin Xu might not be able to enter Mu's mansion. Lin Xu must have known, so he gave him a warning when he came up.
Although he felt a little unhappy, Mu Jiushan admitted that this was indeed a cruel attack.
At least it proved that Lin Xu was qualified to talk to him.
In the past, even if he was the emperor, Mu Jiushan would not bother to offend him.
"I can borrow it, but I have several conditions that your Majesty must agree to. Otherwise, even if you kill me, I won't borrow it."
"Say it." Lin Xu said calmly.
"First, the person lent to His Majesty must be hidden and no one can find out that he is my Mu family army."
"Secondly, we cannot let our Mu family army die for no reason."
"Thirdly, during the period of borrowing troops, His Majesty must ensure that they are fed and clothed and cannot interfere with their daily training."
"Also, these ministers will tell them that if His Majesty fails to do anything, they will leave immediately."
Lin Xu fell into thinking.
The first and third points are both easy to say.
The former is nothing more than to guard against the Xue family and the vassal king. Obviously Mu Jiushan is still uneasy and should be more careful.
As long as no one notices that the Mu family army is gone, the feudal king will definitely not dare to act rashly.
The latter ensures that the soldiers are fed, clothed and trained, which is what he should do.
On the contrary, it was the second point that made him a little confused. He immediately said it directly: "Mu Aiqing, what do you mean by this second condition?"
"Although there are many uncertainties in supporting the victims, the Mu family troops are all brave and capable elites. As long as His Majesty does not deliberately let them die, there will never be mass casualties."
"My condition is that the Mu family's army cannot die more than a thousand people. Otherwise, they will leave immediately and no longer care about anything at hand."
Lin Xu looked at him deeply.
This move was obviously to guard against him.
But he couldn't understand why he needed to borrow it if he was taking such precautions.
Given Mu Jiushan's status in the army, Lin Xu would not dare to do anything to him even if he did not borrow it, otherwise millions of Mu family troops would march through the imperial city in minutes.
At that time, what a Dongchang, what a land fairy.
All fucking corpses.
Of course, he didn't say this.
Fortunately, Mu Jiushan agreed to borrow it.
"Thank you, my dear, for your understanding of justice. I agree with all of your conditions. Time is pressing. Please let them go to Xishan County tomorrow."
"I will send someone to wait for you on the road."
"No problem." Mu Jiushan nodded expressionlessly.
"Then I'll leave. Let's continue chatting!" Lin Xu grinned and led the others away.
As soon as he left, the generals finally couldn't bear it anymore and started to speak out one after another.
"General, why did you agree? You can't borrow it!"
"That's right! The emperor doesn't have the ability to find land gods, but the Xue family does. Who knows if the Xue family sent him to target us."
"Those are our brothers who have been with us through life and death. We can't just watch something happen to them."
"General, please take back your plans. This soldier must not be borrowed."
"Right now, Damanzi is dishonest. There are less than 100,000 soldiers in Luoya City. Even if it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, if Damanzi attacks in a large scale, there is still a risk of breaking through."
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Hearing the anxious voices in his ears, Mu Jiushan waved his hand to quiet them down.
"I've thought of everything you can think of."
"The reason why we borrowed troops is to fight against the barbarians. The emperor can solve the problem of the victims if he has people. At this time, if we send troops to Luoya City, we will be safe."
The other generals were slightly startled, as if this was what happened. The most difficult problem of disaster victims right now has been solved.
They can successfully send troops to support Luoya City.
But soon, someone spoke.
"General, have you forgotten that we only have 300,000 people we can use? You borrowed 200,000 people. Even if you don't care about the feudal lord, there will only be 100,000 people left."
"Even if we include the Luoya City defenders, the number is less than 200,000. How can we fight against the barbarians?"
Although Damanzi is not a country, it is not weak in strength. After these years of cultivation, even if it is not at its peak, there are at least 500,000 people.
What's more, Damanzi is difficult to deal with.
Two hundred thousand people is too few.
"Ha, since I can defeat the Barbarians once, I can defeat them a second time. According to my estimate, not to mention 200,000 people, even 150,000 people are more than enough."
"Although there are many Damanzi, they are not good at attacking cities, and the inside is not made of iron."
"A bunch of rabble, I'm afraid they have forgotten that they were beaten to their knees by our Mu family army back then."
"Now you dare to come out and dance without knowing your life or death."
"Pass my order and recruit 100,000 troops. We will head to Luoya City in the near future. I want to see where Damanzi's courage comes from."
Seeing that Duke Wu Guo had made up his mind, the other generals finally did not dare to stop him and lowered their heads to obey the order.
"By the way, send a few teams to sneak into the feudal king's territory. Any disturbance in the feudal king's territory must be reported in time."
"The last general takes command!"
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The next day, a busy street in the imperial city.
You Jiuli walked out of a rice shop with Lu Yin.
"Damn Xu Jinhai, how dare they take advantage of the situation? Last year, Xu Ji was on the verge of bankruptcy. If the lady hadn't helped, they would have been killed by their creditors."
"But now they hear that we want to buy a lot of rice. Even the cheapest old rice costs three taels per catty. This new rice only costs four taels. Why don't they grab it."
Lu Yin cursed.
Due to the disaster, even in the imperial city, food prices are getting higher day by day.
Normally, aged rice like this would be too expensive to sell for fifty cents, but now it's almost the same price as new rice.
"It's human nature not to do business without treachery." You Jiuli sighed.
"But miss, from yesterday to now, we have visited almost all the rice shops in the city, and the food we received is only a few hundred dan, which is far from the goal."
"With the money we have, we want to collect 500,000 shi of special price rice. The price of old rice must not be higher than 50 shi, otherwise it will definitely not be enough."
You Jiuli was very fast. Yesterday, he borrowed what he should borrow and mortgaged what he should mortgage, in exchange for a large amount of silver.
We even visited many places selling grain.
As a result, the news somehow leaked out. The entire imperial city knew that she, You Jiuli, had sold off the Jiuli Chamber of Commerce's property and purchased a large amount of aged rice.
Therefore, apart from buying a few hundred shi of aged rice at the beginning, almost everything else is ridiculously expensive later on.
There are even a few stores where old rice is sold at the same price as new rice. It's simply a sinkhole.
"Forget it, let's go back first! If you can't buy it in the Imperial City, go to other cities to buy it." You Jiuli walked away in despair.
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"Someone, come quickly! The rice in this rice shop is poisonous. My husband fell unconscious after eating it and kept spurting blood."
The main entrance of Rongji Rice Shop.
Several guys in cloth robes were shouting wildly.
Next to them, there was a stretcher with a middle-aged man with a beard lying on it.
He was wearing a hat, his face was pale, and there were many blood stains on the brocade clothes he wore.
Many people who didn't know the truth gathered around and pointed at Rongji Rice Shop.
When the boss of Rongji Rice Shop saw his expression changed drastically, he ran out and shouted: "Who are you? How dare you accuse me so unjustly? Believe it or not, I will ask the government to arrest you."
"Okay, you scream. Our master is like this because he eats your rice, so he just called the government people to come over and comment."
"The doctor said it was caused by eating unclean food. After checking, you, a profiteer, dared to sell us old rice as new rice."
The waiter yelled crazily, and the people heard the words and began to curse Rongji Rice Shop one after another.
"This Rongji is so stupid. He actually sells old rice as new rice? He is crazy about money!"
"I support reporting to the officials and asking them to arrest this evil businessman."
"Rongji's rice has always been more expensive than other rice. In the past, it often happened that old rice was mixed with new rice and sold. I didn't expect that this time it would be even more extreme. They just sold old rice as new rice. They really know how to do business."
…
The boss of Rongji Rice Shop had a charcoal face. He couldn't answer this because he did it.
But have you ever sold this rice?
It could be fake, but it could also be true.
Because such rich people usually ask their servants to come over and buy them, which cannot be verified at all.
"Okay, don't shout, come in and discuss it first."
Shopkeeper Rongji waved his hand, and a dozen shop assistants immediately brought them all in, and then closed the door of the rice shop.
"What do you want to do? Do you want to kill people and silence them?" Several civilians asked with wary expressions.
Shopkeeper Rongji ignored them, looked at the person on the stretcher and said helplessly: "President Youhui, you are also one of the presidents of the three major chambers of commerce in the imperial city, so why are you doing this?"
"I, Rongji, am just a millet shop, I can't stand your troubles like this!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the person on the stretcher sat up and asked in surprise: "Shopkeeper Rong still recognizes me like this?"
"Mr. You said you were in disguise, but at least you should cover up the red birthmark on your ear!"
"Besides, you're just dressing up in such a bad way to deceive people you don't know. I've worked with you many times, how could I not recognize you?"
Shopkeeper Rongji shook his head and waved: "Come here, watch the tea!"
You Changqing did not continue his disguise. He tore off all the sticky beard and sat on a chair: "Shopkeeper Rong, you should have heard about my Jiuli Chamber of Commerce!"
"We have cooperated several times and it is very pleasant. This time we are in trouble, can you help us?"
"I heard that your beloved daughter, Miss Youjiuli, is selling off a large amount of the Chamber of Commerce's property, and even the Jiuli Pavilion has been mortgaged."
"I didn't believe it at first, but now that I see that the dignified President You Changqing is not willing to use this method to discuss cooperation, I think it is indeed the case."
"But please come back! I can't help you." Shopkeeper Rongji shook his head.
"Shopkeeper Rong, please help me today. I will be grateful in the future."
You Changqing doesn't look like the former president of Jiuli Chamber of Commerce at all, and he even calls himself his younger brother.
You know, when the Jiuli Chamber of Commerce gained power, this Rongji was not even worthy of carrying his shoes.
"Haha. The dignified former president of the Jiuli Chamber of Commerce would one day beg me, Rong, in such a lowly manner. I am so proud of myself." Shopkeeper Rong Ji laughed: "Okay, I can help you! But you have to Kneel down and beg me!”
For the former president of the Jiuli Chamber of Commerce to kneel down and beg for a small shop owner, if this spreads, You Changqing will definitely be laughed at.
Sure enough, when the guy brought by You Changqing heard this, he was instantly angry.
"What are you talking about, asking our president to kneel down and beg you? Are you worthy of it?"
"Rongji, don't bully others too much. Even if our Jiuli Chamber of Commerce suffers, it is not something you can insult."
"President, let's go!"
…
"Shut up!" You Changqing scolded them, looked at Shopkeeper Rong Ji and said with a smile: "Since Shopkeeper Rong likes to see people kneeling, okay, I will kneel!"
After speaking, his knees gradually bent.
"President, you can't kneel down, he is insulting you." Several waiters looked worried.
But finally there was a bang.
You Changqing still knelt down.
"Shopkeeper Rong, are you satisfied?"
You Changqing's face was still full of smile, and he didn't feel there was anything wrong with his behavior at all.
Shopkeeper Rongji stared intently at the man kneeling in front of him. In the past, even if he wanted to kneel down to You Changqing, he wouldn't be qualified.
But now the situation is reversed.
You Changqing from the dignified Jiuli Chamber of Commerce knelt down in front of him.
"President You, this is not you."
"You used to be so arrogant and high-spirited. Even if the Jiuli Chamber of Commerce is in trouble, I don't know why, but it is definitely not something that can easily defeat you."
"It is precisely because of your refusal to admit defeat that the Jiuli Chamber of Commerce is what it is today. Your deeds are almost universally circulated in the business circles of the Imperial City."
"I really want to know why you should give up your dignity and kneel down for a little person like me."
You Changqing did not answer, but stood up slowly and said, "I just want to know, is what Shopkeeper Rong said true?"
Shopkeeper Rongji was silent for a moment, and finally said: "You want aged rice, right?"
"One or two pounds, this is the lowest price I can give."
"30 Wen!" You Changqing said in a deep voice.
"You Changqing, you are crazy. Even if there is no flood, it is impossible to buy a pound of old rice for 30 yuan."
"Where do you have the nerve to say this?"
Shopkeeper Rongji said with a livid face.
"In that case, I won't bother Shopkeeper Rong." You Changqing said as he picked up the beard on the table and put it on his face again.
"Guys, keep working! Go back and add drumsticks for you."
Hearing You Changqing's words, shopkeeper Rongji's face changed drastically, and he immediately shouted: "Fifty Wen, otherwise you can just report to the official!"
You Changqing smiled and said immediately: "Thank you so much, Shopkeeper Rong. This kindness will be unforgettable to You."
"By the way, I would like to ask Shopkeeper Rong to do me one more favor. Please inform my daughter Jiuli to come and receive the food, and don't mention me."
"Thank you! I'll take the first step!"
"Don't forget to clarify it for me." Shopkeeper Rongji yelled, and immediately sat on a chair and breathed heavily.
I'm afraid this You Changqing is not a lunatic. He doesn't even give up his dignity for his daughter.
A man has gold under his knees, kneels to the sky and kneels to his parents, this guy can't stand it.
"Shopkeeper, did you really sell it to him at such a low price?" a waiter asked doubtfully.
"You think I don't even know who he is."
"You Changqing used to be so high-spirited and domineering. Not to mention kneeling down, even if you scolded him, he would pounce on you and bite you."
"The fact that he can kneel down shows that he is completely crazy and desperate."
"If we don't sell it to him, he might really kill us. I can't fight him. If you make less, just make less, just think of it as a loss of money and avoid disaster."
"However, I don't have much. 80% of the food in the Imperial City is in the hands of the other two major chambers of commerce."
"They are not comparable to a little person like me. Even if You Changqing kneels down and dies there, it will be useless."
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