"Sheep eats people?" Yao Guangxiao was just slightly startled, then lowered his head and started thinking. After a moment, he raised his head and asked: "Your Highness, are you trying to destroy the grassland without bloodshed through commerce and military force? Forgive me for being honest, during the Han Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, both tried to weaken the grassland tribes through mutual trade, but they all achieved little success."
"With the conspiracies of the ministers of Han and Song Dynasties, it is difficult for them to accomplish the whole thing. Your Highness wants to use his own power to do it, but he already has a plan in mind?"
He couldn't help but look at Yao Guangxiao with admiration again. After hearing these three words, he could immediately think of a strategy to destroy the grassland. Zhu Su originally thought that he would first wonder why sheep can eat people.
If you want to completely change the grassland, the necessary condition is to change the way of life of the grassland herdsmen. You must know that the living conditions of the northern grasslands are poor and large-scale farming is impossible. If the climate is warm and the pastures are abundant, ordinary herdsmen are actually more willing to obtain resources through mutual trade with farming peoples. This is also the reason why mutual trade was launched during the Han and Song Dynasties: through mutual trade, the intention was to plunder horses and other war resources, increase the dependence of the grassland on the resources within the customs, and reduce the strength of the grassland nomads.
But this method is very fragile. As long as there is a disaster year, the mutual market system will immediately collapse: the only way for nomadic people who encounter natural disasters is to enter the customs and plunder!
After all, cattle and sheep are both property and food for them. When natural disasters kill cattle and sheep, almost all of them are reduced to abject poverty.
If you don’t rob, you will die!
So in the exchange market, the kind herdsmen who were leading their cattle and sheep and holding mare's milk wine all mounted their horses and wielded their gleaming swords. They turned into fierce bandits who tried to use the flesh and blood of the farming people to spend their lives. Food for troubled years.
This problem has been almost unsolved for thousands of years. Everyone in the world believes that either you will die or I will die, and there is absolutely no possibility of coexistence and symbiosis between the two. Even a man as talented as Yao Guangxiao would never be able to break free from the constraints of the times. He could not imagine the enthusiasm on the faces of those grassland peoples in the future when they would sing, dance, and present hada to the Han people.
"Of course there is a plan. Monk, you came to me because you didn't want to waste time in the stable, and you wanted me to use you, right?"
"In that case, just guess what my plan is. If you guess it right, I will use you, how about it?"
Zhu Su smiled a little evilly. Using the sheep-eating-man puzzle to compare Yao Guangxiao, no matter how wise and close to a demon the demon monk was, he probably wouldn't be able to guess it.
Ignoring Yao Guangxiao's deeply frowned brow, Zhu Su continued: "You have so much free time, why not just run errands for me."
"Do you know who is the most famous wealthy businessman in the city?"
"Rich businessman?" Yao Guangxiao stopped thinking hard for a while and replied respectfully: "If we talk about rich businessmen, in Yingtian City, the first one would be Shen Rong."
"This man's family is said to be as rich as the country, and he is the most popular among businessmen. When his father was alive, people called him 'Shen Wansan', which shows that his family is very wealthy."
"Shen Wansan?" Zhu Su laughed. Unexpectedly, this Shen Wansan was actually a real person.
"Does Shen Wansan's son have anything to do with officials in the court?"
"No." Yao Guangxiao shook his head. He had previously only wanted to become an official to demonstrate his skill in slaying dragons, so he was naturally familiar with many affairs of the Ming Dynasty. "The Shen family has been wealthy since the Yuan Dynasty. But in the early years, they acted in a high-profile manner, so they were not liked by His Majesty. No official in the court dared to get close to them. Now they are very low-key."
Legend has it that Zhu Yuanzhang never liked Shen Wansan. Unexpectedly, this matter turned out to be more than a legend. The family has been rich for many years and has nothing to do with officialdom. This is simply a windfall for Zhu Su from heaven. He smiled with satisfaction and told Yao Guangxiao: "In that case, monk."
"Go to the Shen family home with my name card and tell Shen Wansan."
"Tomorrow at noon, I'm going to meet him at Shen's house. I want to borrow something from him."
Yao Guangxiao was stunned for a moment, "Your Highness, you want to use the Shen family's assets to solve the urgent financial needs of the Imperial Manor?"
"Forgive me, young monk, for going too far. Killing the chicken to get the eggs is really something a wise man would not do..."
"There's so much nonsense." Zhu Su simply showed his playboy temper. "I'll teach you how to spread the word, just go and do it."
"If you want to serve as my minister, you should first understand what it means for a sheep to eat a human being."
With that said, he put his hands behind his back like Lao Zhu and walked back to the house with square steps.
"..." Yao Guangxiao paused. Looking at Zhu Su's leisurely back, he couldn't persuade him any more. He thought to himself: Well, if this guy is a person who only knows how to take things by force, then I, Yao Guangxiao, have been wrong. Eye.
Let's go and send this post. What will happen after that? Just sit back and watch.
…
The next day, the water vapor in Yingtian became thicker, black clouds pressed down on Yingtian Mansion like a dome, and the air seemed to be stagnant, gloomy and terrifying. The moment the thunderstorm entered the city with the carriage carrying the "Wu Wangsu" three-character chess card, it finally poured down suddenly as if it had been completely released.
"Master! Master!" The Shen family's housekeeper, who was sent to wait at the west gate early in the morning, stumbled into Shen's house. Not caring that he was soaked in the rain, he said in a sad and crying tone: "Master, His Highness King Wu has entered the city!"
"Dozens of guards, armed with armor and swords, were showing off in a murderous manner! Master, this means that the person who came here is not a good person!"
The main hall that was supposed to be magnificent now seems empty. The priceless white porcelain from the Tang Dynasty and Ru kiln from the Song Dynasty that were originally placed in the hall have disappeared. Even the Huanghuali table has disappeared. Shen Rong sat in front of the empty door, staring blankly at the thunderclouds rolling in the sky.
With a click, a bolt of lightning pierced the night sky, turning Shen Rong's face pale.
"Master!" The butler ignored the wetness all over his body and grabbed Shen Rong's clothes with rain all over him. "Why are you still sitting here? That prince is here with bad intentions. Let's run for our lives!"
"Escape? Isn't it the king's land in the world? Where to escape?" Shen Rong slumped down on the chair.
"My Shen family is in doom. I thought that by keeping a low profile in the past two years, we could avoid this disaster."
"Unexpectedly, I escaped His Majesty Long Wei, but was targeted by His Majesty King Wu..."
Speaking of this, Shen Rong burst into tears. The rain was swept into the hall by the wind and wet his hair, but he seemed not to notice it.
He kept muttering: "It's over... It's all over. My Shen family is over..."
Who is the person named Zhu?
That's royal!
Yesterday, the monk who claimed to be a disciple of Prince Wu's Mansion told him that when His Highness Prince Wu came to the Shen family to borrow something, he had already pronounced the final outcome of the Shen family.
Throughout the ages, have emperors, generals and ministers ever borrowed things from merchants?
The Zhu family is rich all over the world, and King Wu is His Majesty's most beloved legitimate son. What can he borrow?
It's nothing more than fancying the wealth of the Shen family and wanting to lend my head to Shen Rong's necklace!
(End of chapter)
