Zijue sat cross-legged in the void, watching Wang Lin's operations. He never expected that Wang Lin would be able to apply it to this extent just by relying on some book knowledge he left behind.
Using economic means and human greed, the Han country's heritage was hollowed out. Wang Lin's six-dimensional attributes: internal affairs: 91, power: 95, strategy: 88, commander: 78, force: 75, charm: 90; for a monarch, they are already top-notch.
Zijue watched him use his tactics to break up the Shandong princes alliance, and the country of Han became a piece of the bag, just waiting to be harvested.
With such excellent offspring, I believe this time will definitely bring him extraordinary luck benefits.
Two years passed quickly. During the five years before and after, they continued to sell grain at low prices and purchased silkworm cocoons, weapons, bronze, and cloth at high prices, making the country of Han very prosperous.
In the entire farmland of Han State, only about 10% are still growing food. The rest were either replanted with mulberry trees or jute.
Wang Lin looked at the information in his hand. After so many years of infiltration, Han State had long been infiltrated into a sieve by Huai State. Looking at the information in his hand, maybe Han Hou knows his country better than he does.
"10% of the land is used to grow food. If we think about it, even if we continue, we won't be able to reduce it." Wang Lin said with a smile. After all, not everyone is blinded by desire. There are always some people who are sober, and these people have never given up growing food.
But so what if you are awake? How can the output of 10% of farmland meet the needs of the entire country?
"Your Majesty, in order to make money, the nobles of Han State have sold even the bronze weapons stored in the country." Shang Rong said respectfully.
As the executor of the entire plan, Shang Rong can be said to have participated in the entire plan. He watched with his own eyes as the Han people pulled out the seedlings, planted mulberry trees and jute, and pushed themselves into the abyss little by little. Now he respects Wang Lin like a god.
"How much food does Han have now?" Wang Lin asked.
Shang Rong said: "We still have less than two months of food in hand, but Han State still has some food in stock, but we can only eat it for a month at most."
"There are still four or five months before the grain harvest. Even if the grain harvest is bumper, Han State will not be able to feed everyone. The order goes down and no more grain will be sold to Han State from today on. Also, pay attention to Xu State and don't let Xu State send grain to Han State. Sell it to them!" Wang Lin said directly.
Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this. As the king's confidants, they had been waiting for this day for a long time.
"Order Wei Ping to lead the army south, but don't attack Han. Wait until they have no food and collapse before attacking!"
"Here!" a strong man next to him responded loudly.
"Order the navy to dispatch. Without Gu's order, not a grain of food will be allowed to enter the Han Kingdom. At the same time, if the Han people escape by boat, arrest them all!"
"Here!"
As Wang Lin issued the order, Huaiguo's war machine immediately began to operate. Wei Ping led an army of 30,000 people southward. The Huai Navy on the banks of the Yangtze River also began to dispatch.
The suspension of grain transportation in Huai State soon affected the price of grain in Han State.
Wei's Grain Store.
Many people came to buy food early in the morning, but the food store had just opened. Food that was originally extremely cheap has doubled in price.
The people of Han, who had become accustomed to low food prices, looked in disbelief and shouted: "Yesterday the price of food was only ten yuan, why did it rise to twenty yuan today?"
"Yes, are you raising food prices on purpose?"
"Yesterday the price of food was only ten yuan, and today it has doubled. It must be you who are causing trouble!"
For a time, everyone on the street denounced it, and it quickly attracted the attention of others. After hearing that the price of food had doubled, everyone couldn't sit still. Even if they had food at home, they immediately gathered around.
Food concerns everyone's belly. After hearing that there was a problem with the food, within a quarter of an hour the entire street was crowded with people coming to buy.
"Everyone, it is not me who wants to raise the price. The food has not been shipped this month. I don't know the specific reason. I am not the only one who decided to raise the price of food. All the food stores in the city have increased it!"
"There's no food left?" After hearing this, the people who were still arguing didn't care about anything else and rushed to buy food.
At this time, everyone no longer cares about the increase in food prices.
News of the food shortage spread throughout the city in a very short time, and all the people ran to buy food. So many people are rushing to buy, not to mention that there is not enough food, even if there is enough food, it will have serious consequences.
Originally, there was only less than two months' worth of food left in the city. After the people's frenzied buying, the price of food was rising steadily. In just one morning, the price of food rose from ten yuan to one hundred yuan.
What’s even more shocking is that by the afternoon, all the food in the city has been sold out!
There was no food to sell, which directly caused many people who had not bought food to panic. I don’t know who shouted: "They are lying, they must have food!"
"Come in!"
"They want to starve us! Get in there!"
They have been queuing for most of the day, and because there is no food, the spirits of these people are already tense. It only takes a little push to detonate these people.
The commotion began quickly and spread at an extremely exaggerated speed. A large number of people who had not bought food joined them.
By the time officials responded, the riot had spread throughout the city. Some people even started attacking other people for food.
Seeing this situation, the king of Han and the nobles knew that they could not let things develop and immediately dispatched troops to control the city.
The rioting people could not be the opponent of the heavily armed army. Wherever the army passed, a large number of people who were snatching food were killed, and many people who woke up hid in their homes.
Soon the army took control of the city, but even so, there were still a large number of casualties in the city.
After taking control of the city, the king of Han quickly summoned his ministers to discuss the matter. At this time, the king of Han already knew that there was a shortage of food. Although there is still a lot of grain stored in the granary, it is not enough for the whole country.
"My lords, we all know that there is a food shortage across the country. If we can't find food as soon as possible, the army will be in chaos!"
"Your Majesty, I will send someone to Huai Kingdom to buy grain right now."
"Going to Huaiguo to buy grain? Humph, Huaiguo suddenly cut off its food supply. Even if you go to Huaiguo to buy grain now, they won't buy it!"
"Not selling? You mean Huai Guo did it on purpose!" Su Mo's expression changed slightly.
"You still don't understand now? The Huai State deliberately sold grain to us at a low price, and then purchased silkworm cocoons and cloth at a high price, just to let us reduce grain planting, and then suddenly cut off the grain during the lean period. What a ruthless plan! What a ruthless scheme. Heart!"
"In the past five years, the people of Han State have pulled out seedlings to plant jute and mulberry trees in order to benefit. Now 90% of the land is planted with jute and mulberry trees. This Marquis of Huai is so scheming!"
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Ten years of planning and five years of implementation. Once annexed, Huai State merged with Han. ——"Historical Records·Huai Family"
