Keelung Outer Port, a fleet of five Great Garen ships and several small boats is parked there. The fleet's supplies were transported yesterday and can be set off at any time. This fleet is Hai Junzi.

The exploration fleet led by Lu Wan, and Feng Shijie, who had just arrived, was standing on the middle sea boat, waiting for Lu Wan on the shore to say goodbye to the people who saw him off.

"Brother Lu, this is a great risk. On behalf of all the members of the association, I will hand over the brothers of this fleet to you!" Yan Bei raised the wine glass in his hand and asked Lu Cheng with a serious expression.

"Don't worry, President, I will do my best to bring the fleet back intact!" Lu Wan also said solemnly, reading the full text of the official Taoist sensation. Then he raised his wine glass and gave him a farewell to Yan Bei and his behind him.

The people drank a cup together, and then turned around and went to the boat.

As Lu Wan boarded the ship, the entire fleet of ships raised their sails one after another, and under the influence of wind, they began to sail slowly. Yan Bei and others on the shore, as well as the family members who came to see him off, all turned to the ship.

He waved goodbye to the stop, and the crew on the ship also kept waving until the fleet left the port and slowly turned into a black spot on the sea. The people at the port left in groups in three or two.

However, Yanbei did not leave the dock, but led by several servants to another place in the port. There was also a fleet of ships to leave, but this fleet was a merchant ship, transported on board

All of them are sucrose produced in Taiwan. This batch of sucrose must go north to Dengzhou, then go west from the Yellow River waterway and reach near Chang'an.

When Yanbei came, Wang Kuang and Cui Yu were already waiting for him. In addition, Cui Yu's wife Cui Cheng was also here. When Yanbei saw the three of them, he did not look forward to Wang Kuang and Cui Yu.

When he saw the ceremony, he took two quick steps and bowed to Cui Cheng very respectfully: "After leaving for several years, Mrs. Cui's style remains the same, which makes Xiaosheng really happy!"

Seeing Yan Bei so enthusiastic about his wife, Cui Yu immediately became alert. He remembered that his wife had said that when she was not married, many princes and nobles in Chang'an proposed marriage to Cheng's mansion, but they were all given by his aunt.

If you refuse your son, is it possible that Yanbei is one of them?

Cui Yu was really guessed correctly. Cui Cheng was a famous flower in Chang'an. His appearance inherited her mother's genes, and his literary female workers were the best choices. In addition, the family background of the Cheng family was the one who asked for marriage.

Of course, there was a constant stream of Yanbei, and Yanbei was one of them at the beginning. Unfortunately, the Cheng family looked down on Yanbei's family background and character, so there was no further information.

Mrs. Cui knew about Yan Bei's proposal for marriage back then, but she was cheerful and didn't feel embarrassed. Instead, she returned a generous politely: "Thank you, Brother Yan Shi for the praise, but Brother Yan Shi is young, but he has already done it with Liu Huang.

It’s really admirable to achieve such a great achievement!”

Yan Bei saw that his wife and Yan Bei really knew each other. Although it was just a common polite word, it also made him very nervous and didn't wait for Yan Bei to say anything. He hurriedly said, "It's still late now, Yan

Since my brother has already arrived, let’s say goodbye. After all, my little sister is still waiting for us in Chang'an."

Seeing that my husband was so nervous, Mrs. Cui felt a little funny, but she still said, "My husband is talking very much. Although this fleet belongs to our own, it also has a time limit to reach Chang'an. If we delay this, I'm afraid they will be

It will be difficult to do, so we and my husband will part with us and get together again when we have time in the future!”

When Mrs. Cui said goodbye to her, Yan Bei couldn't help feeling a little lost, but he quickly recovered. He bowed with Wang Kuang and said a few more words of separation. Then Cui Yu pulled his wife as if she was running away.

So he got on the boat and made up his mind to never let his wife meet with the Yan again in the future.

After Cui Yu's fleet left Keelung, it went smoothly and soon arrived in Dengzhou. After docking, Cui Yu and his wife immediately rushed to the Qi Palace and prepared to report Lin Yi to Li Yan.

In the main hall of the Qi Palace, Li Yan and Wen Xin had just held a banquet to entertain Cui Yu and his wife, and then Wen Xin took Mrs. Cui to the inner house for a trip. Li Yan listened to Cui Yu and his plan for Linyi, and especially

After asking about some of the situation in Linyi in detail, Cui Yu also answered one by one.

After Li Yan asked, he sat there and pondered. After a while, he spoke: "Brother Cui, in your opinion, can the grain transaction continue this year?"

"This..." Cui Yu didn't expect that Li Yan would ask such a irrelevant question. He was a little overturned for a while. He was stunned for a moment before speaking: "From the current situation, Lin Yi is jealous of us

The profits obtained by grain merchants, so this time I intend to mention a high price that we cannot accept. If we accept it, then they will gain a lot of money next year. If we do not accept it, then they will suffer a loss this year. By the next year, they will

The price will be reduced appropriately, but in my estimate, it will definitely be more than 30 min per stone. From our perspective, we will definitely not accept the current price, so this year's grain transaction is likely to be

It's going to be ruined."

After hearing this, Li Yan gritted his teeth. In fact, he had received information from Lin Yi long ago and guessed that it was the result, but he wanted to hear the opinions of Cui Yu, a professional, but unfortunately the result was similar to what he guessed.

"Brother Cui, what impact will Linyi's grain not be purchased, what kind of impact will it have on our Tang Dynasty?" Li Yan asked Mr. Mafia again, let's get a divorce.

After hearing this, Cui Yu smiled bitterly and said, "Liuhuang, there was no food from Linyi before, so the food from our Tang Dynasty was enough to eat, and the price was very cheap. However, now the domestic business is booming and agriculture is affected, even if it is

When you first promoted new measures such as new rice seeds, you could not change the fact that grain output decreased. Therefore, the grain transported to Linyi by the country became more and more important, especially in the prosperous Guanzhong area where the rice people eat is forest

Yiji rice, if Linyi’s grain transportation is not allowed to be domestic this year, I’m afraid the food prices in Guanzhong and even the entire north will rise a little.”

Li Yan smiled bitterly when he heard this. This was the situation he was most worried about. It would be fine in the Tang Dynasty. After all, Li Shimin had already built many granaries in various places. Linyi rice, which was a year less, was nothing.

The people of the Tang Dynasty were rich, and some increase in food could not affect their lives at all.

But Li Yan was different. He had just conquered Japan, and the situation there was worse than that in Baekje. There were people rebelling from hunger everywhere, so he planned to promote the exchange of labor for food, just like Baekje.

This grain is naturally Linyi rice transported from sea, but now Linyi's troubles have disrupted his plan at once.

If you want to make up for this defect, you can only go to the Tang Dynasty to buy grain, but this will cause a further increase in the price of grain in the Tang Dynasty. If anyone knows this, I may also write a book in the court, saying that he is so generous.

Tang's grain price is a very serious crime. Even if Li Shimin helps him cover it up, it will also cause a blow to his reputation.

What should I do now? Without Linyi's food, Japan cannot trade for grain. If the Japanese have no food in their hands, they will take risks and will also cause unstable rule in Japan, although there are Ishikami and Suwo Gangs.

To suppress it, but if there is any accident, the efforts it puts in attacking Japan will be in vain.

Cui Yu also noticed the bitter smile on Li Yan's face, and asked in confusion: "Liuhuang, Linyi country is weak, and now they are unwilling to sell us food, so we might as well send troops to destroy him. At that time,

Not only do they store their food in China belong to ours, but the food they produce every year in the future is also ours, and they will no longer have to be stuck like they are now."

Hearing Cui Yu's words, Li Yan shook his head and said, "Brother Cui, you are too underestimating Lin Yi. Although the other party is a small country, they can organize tens of thousands of soldiers, just by Yan Bei's hands.

The slave hunting team may be difficult to decide in one battle.”

Li Yan said this, and looked at Cui Yu and then said, "In addition, according to your plan, we are going to conquer Linyi's capital in one fell swoop, and then capture the king of Linyi, but you are thinking too simple. Linyi's capital

It may be conquered, but if the King of Linyi escapes, the other party will definitely gather a large army to counterattack the capital. With the strength of the slave capturing team, it should be fine to defend the capital, but he cannot go out of the city to eliminate the other party. In this way,

, this war will become a war of attrition, and it is in other people's land, so we can't afford it."

"This..." Cui Yu was also stunned after hearing this. Although he and Wang Kuang were quite talented, they had no experience in such military and national affairs, let alone those grain merchants like them. As for Yan,

Bei, it’s okay to let him do business, but fighting is not possible, so when they discussed it before, they didn’t find any major loopholes in the plan.

Li Yan did not finish his words, but continued to attack Cui Yu and said, "If you take a step back, even if your plan is successful, the King of Linyi will be captured by you, but Linyi is not like the Tang Dynasty, and their grasp of the place is

Very loose. If the king is arrested, I bet that Linyi will definitely have heroes rising together. By the time, war will be the only way to destroy Linyi's grain-producing land, so you will have the best plan to attack Linyi's capital.

It's better not to implement it!"

Hearing Li Yan's last words, Cui Yu was suddenly discouraged. He thought they could solve Lin Yi's problem once and for all, but he did not realize that their plan seemed beautiful, but in fact

It doesn't work at all. Could it be that they really have no way to deal with Lin Yi and can only wait for them to raise the price?

However, when Li Yan saw Cui Yu's dejected look, he stepped forward and patted his shoulder and said, "But Brother Cui, you don't have to be discouraged. Lin Yi is ours sooner or later, and my subordinates are planning a target of Lin.

It’s a pity that now is not the time to start, and I urgently need Linyi’s food now, so I’m afraid you will feel wronged this time and give in to Linyi for the time being, but I will let Linyi people at the latest next year.

How do you eat it, just spit it out for me again!”
Chapter completed!