Chapter 682(2/2)
At that time, some lucky people offered this thing to me, saying that it came from Hu merchants, and that this thing was obtained in exchange for grain. But the world knows that Beizhen is bitterly cold and has nothing to produce. All the generals of the six towns are powerful, even
Most of the soldiers and herdsmen secretly traded with Rouran, whether for silk and hemp, grain and grass, swords and bows, or military armor...
What's more, some brave people even trafficked Rouran's raw iron (crude iron ore) and horses to Qing, Yan and other states, and then transported them to Nanliang... So we learned that the general was
The income from selling grain to Rouran was not accounted for due to the filial piety...
But I have ruined my big business, so I have to find someone to follow. But after searching and searching, I found that both Hu merchants and Han merchants have their origins and whereabouts?
I am a conquering marshal, not a censor to eliminate corruption. Since this is my original intention, I cannot make a big show of it and destroy my foundation. After thinking about it in every possible way, I tricked Yuan Yi into saying that the army was short of food and grass, and first coaxed him to cut off the six states and the northern territories.
He then encouraged Yuan Chen (Gao Zhao's son-in-law) to embezzle grain from the six towns in the north.
But a hundred thousand troops are deployed in Beizhen, and the daily cost is so huge? Moreover, Yuan Yi has nothing to do with me, and guarding against Yuan Chen is like guarding against thieves. Yuan Chen is also timid, so it is like a drop in the bucket.
What I am planning is too far off. And this matter will not be accomplished overnight. I have no choice but to slowly try to do it.
After that, Rouran retreated, and I returned to the court with his troops. He also used a clever plan to transfer Yuan Chen to Guanzhong in order to obtain food in Guanzhong.
The war has ended, but the six towns and the north are devastated, with starvation and death everywhere. Therefore, the imperial court will transport grain from Guanzhong to Changping to relieve the six towns. Guanzhong is also experiencing good weather and abundant grain production. Of course, Changpingcang is not
Dare to move, but it would be even easier for Yuan Chen to raise some while collecting food...
But who would have thought that when Yuan Chen went to Guanzhong to raise grain, the price of grain in Guanzhong was even more expensive than that of the six towns, five times higher than the market price? And only gold and copper were recognized, and other items such as silk were not accepted.
recognize?
Gao Zhao released his palm and revealed the copper coin inside: "Yuan Chen sent an envoy to report this to me. He brought this thing at that time. He said that such a copper coin, which weighs ten baht and is completely golden, can only be exchanged for one pound of grain. And if it is given to Guanzhong,
In exchange for money, one coin of this coin can be exchanged for five Chinese baht and five qian. Previously, the price of grain was roughly one qian per catty, so wouldn’t it have increased five times?
At that time, I only thought that during the reign of the late emperor, Gao had offended the Guanzhong gentry too much, and his son-in-law was also implicated by me. I thought he wanted Yuan Chen to find another way to prepare food and grass. But you bewitched Li Shao and killed Yuan Chen.
Trapped in Guanzhong, he was finally defeated and killed, so there is no news about this matter.
And I, the Gao family, have completely cut off the source of food and grass... You can also know that by the time Yuancheng came to Xiazhou to persuade him to surrender, everyone below Gaozhao and I had no more than two meals a day, and among the people, Yi Zi
And the food elephant. If not for this, how could I have descended so quickly?"
Gao Zhao paused for a moment, then smiled miserably and said: "The Queen Mother, all the princes, and even the rich and powerful people all think that I, Gao Zhao, are extremely evil and insane, and vow to overthrow the Yuan and Wei world. But I don't know that a mantis stalks a cicada.
The oriole was behind, but in the end it was just a wedding dress for Mr. Li..."
Hearing what Gao Zhao said, several people were shocked, doubtful, and contemptuous!
If it is as he said, it seems that the Gao family is only a small evil, and Li Chengzhi is the big evil: If it were not for Xihai to drive up food prices, the Gao family would not be able to raise food, and naturally they would not attack Yuan Yi, and in the end he was forced to do so.
The people of the five states rebelled, eventually causing chaos in the north.
If it hadn't been for Li Chengzhi, Gao Zhao would not have had no choice but to plot the Six Towns for the sake of food and grass, laying the foundation for chaos in Beizhen.
In short, Gao Zhao made a lot of mistakes, but none of them were as many as Li Chengzhi...
"Nonsense, absolutely bullshit!"
Yuan Yuan was furious and cursed angrily, "Could it be that Li Chengzhi put the knife on your neck, Gao Zhaoyou, and forced you, Gao Zhaoyou, to rebel?"
Gao Zhao was choked and speechless, and just snorted coldly.
Liu Fang and Yang Shu were also silent, and their faces were as dark as stained with ink.
Gao Zhao said so much, his original intention was to prove for Li Chengzhi why there is no shortage of food in the West Sea!
That's why Yuan Yuan became so angry...
Chapter completed!