Wu Bochang's expression made Qian Sule smile bitterly, "I'm not hiding it from Wu Weng... I've beaten Qian and supported King Lu, but the princess has stopped seeing me as her father again... It's been more than a month since now."

"The princess has always been aware of the general situation and is a good child... Why didn't Lord Qian explain it to her clearly?"

"If she explains it clearly to her, she will not be able to go back to her parents' home, but if she returns to her parents' home, I am afraid that no one can hide it... Either the princess betrayed the King of Wu, or I, Qian, is in Cao's camp and in the heart of the Han Dynasty... This will make all the previous efforts of this plan go to waste!"

After hearing this, Wu Bochang sighed, "Mr. Qian endured humiliation and burdened him... It's really hard for you!"

....

Luzhou Prefecture, capital of Hefei.

In front of Wu Zheng, there were five people sitting, including Military Machinery Assistant, Duke Wei Xia Wanchun, Minister of Military Machinery, Commander of the Left Camp, Liao Zhongping, Acting Chief Auxiliary, Censor Wang Yi, Pavilion Minister Mao Xiang, and Ma Shiying.

Five pairs of eyes stared at Wu Zheng tightly, calming down.

That's right, at this time, when King Nan of Wu returned to them, they must have important matters to discuss.

Could it be... the King of Wu wants to return to Jiangnan?

Most of them were nervous, with a hint of excitement in their eyes.

Only Wang Yi had a hint of melancholy in his eyes. If King Wu really rushed his troops south at this time, it would be a nightmare for all living beings in the world. How many people who could have died at home with a wife and died decades ahead of schedule? How many soldiers who could have served the country died in this avoidable war?

Wu Zheng spoke, "Call you here for two things... First of all, food. Dear sir, I beg you some food... The 100,000 soldiers in front of us, three meals a day have turned into two meals, or even one meal... Let's not let the soldiers fight desperately when hungry, right?"

As soon as Wu Zheng spoke, he went straight to the point, which disappointed everyone for food, and made Wang Yi feel relieved. It turned out that the King of Wu wanted to continue the Northern Expedition. As long as he returned to the Northern Expedition, he would not go south for the time being, and civil war would be avoided.

As long as you have time, you will definitely come up with ways to turn swords into jade.

Wang Yi replied anxiously, "The court has tried its best... to support the Northern Expedition, all the officials of Yingtian Prefecture have not paid their salaries for four months, including those in the royal family... To be honest, the rice cabinet in my family is only three days' food."

Wu Zheng frowned and waved his hand and said, "I am not here to listen to the chief minister's suffering. I want to tell the suffering. After the war, I will sit down and listen to the chief minister's pouring out... But now, what I want is food!"

Wang Yi smiled bitterly, and he bowed: "I have no choice but to do anything... If your Highness feels it is difficult for me to take important tasks, please choose another talent!"

Wu Zheng was angry, slapped the table suddenly and shouted: "You still want to give up the slap to threaten the orphan? If you can't do it, you can give up the slap. If you can't do it, can you give up the slap? Then let the 100,000 soldiers ahead disperse!"

Wang Yi quickly stood up to apologize, "Your Highness calmed down... I did not intend to slack off, nor did I have any intention of threatening Your Highness. It was just that the grain stored in the capital and surrounding prefectures had been exhausted and the new grain had not been collected, so how could I raise such a huge amount of food?"

Wu Zheng snorted coldly and said, "I don't believe that there is no food among the people... In the past six or seven years, I have not raised a kilogram of grain from the people of Jiangnan. In the previous wars, I asked King Jin to help me and buy grain from Huguang and Sichuan. Today, your chief minister told me that there is no food to raise?"

Mao Xiang said at this time: "The prince calms down. The chief minister is indeed working hard to raise grain... but the effect has always been unsatisfactory. I think I am afraid I can't buy grain!"

When Wu Zheng heard this, he suddenly turned his head and stared at Mao Xiang.

Mao Xiang sighed, "When it comes to war, the first thing the people think of is to store grain. They all say that if there is food in their homes, they are not panic... Even if they buy grain at high prices at this time, they may not be able to buy food!"

Ma Shiying said casually, "I have always disagreeed with the idea of ​​buying grain... In my opinion, since I can't buy grain, I will collect grain!"

Wang Yi turned around when he heard this, "What Lord Ma said about collecting grain... Why not just robbing grain?!"

Speaking of this, Wang Yi turned around and said to Wu Zheng, "Your Highness must not believe slander... This will damage Your Highness's reputation and will be of no use to the country or the court!"

Wu Zheng slightly suppressed his hands and signaled Wang Yi not to be excited. Then he asked Ma Shiying: "Old Ma... Lord Ma, do you tell me how to collect grain, and who should I collect grain from?"

Ma Shiying stood up and saluted, "As the prince said, the prince has not collected grain from the people for six or seven years, so where has the grain gone... Logically speaking, now in Jiangnan, the people should have stored countless grains, but what the Chief Aunt said is true, there is really no food to raise in the market..."

Wu Zheng frowned and said, "I don't have time to listen to you nonsense...answer your questions!"

Ma Shiying accused him of guilt and said, "There is a cause before there is a result... Prince, don't be anxious, please listen to me and finish the whole story."

Wu Zheng choked and turned his head and waved, "Okay, okay... let you talk... let's talk!"

"The government treasury has no food, and the people have no food at home...but there are some places where the grain is piled up like mountains!"

Wu Zheng's eyes flashed, "Where? Who?"

"Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce." Ma Shiying spit out four words word by word.

Wang Yi and others heard this and were very anxious. What is the truth about Ma Yaocao telling? Who doesn’t know that the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce was founded by the prince?

Five pairs of eyes stared at Wu Zheng's face.

Wu Zheng's face gradually became calm and he had no reaction for a while.

After a long time, Wu Zheng asked, "Ma Yaocao, the Chamber of Commerce is originally a place for trading, and it is reasonable to have food... What's wrong with it?"

Ma Shiying smiled slightly and bowed, "Since the prince thinks it's OK... I naturally think it's OK."

After saying that, Ma Shiying retreated and sat down.

Wu Zheng said coldly: "Do you know what I don't like?"

Ma Shiying was unmoved and replied with a smile: "I would like to ask the prince for advice."

"Speak halfway!" Wu Zheng gritted his teeth.

Ma Shiying laughed and said, "I don't know if this is wrong with me... can I violate the law?"

Wu Zheng was furious and stood up and pointed at Ma Shiying and shouted, "Get out... go out!"

The word "元" is a four-tone accent, and the word "元" becomes a second tone.

Hearing that Wu Zheng was really angry, Mao Xiang quickly stood up to smooth things over, "The prince calmed down... Lord Ma's intention is actually that he doesn't want the prince to make things difficult!"

Wu Zheng snorted: "Why is this difficult... what can I do to make things difficult for...?"

Even though he said so, his body slowly sat down.

In fact, Wu Zheng was really embarrassed, very embarrassed.

The development of the Chamber of Commerce to this point is both unexpected and unexpected by Wu Zheng.

The ancients were so smart!

You can learn whatever you learn, learn from one example and learn from one example.

He was so smart that Wu Zheng wanted to use the meager knowledge of his later generations to fool them, but after a while he found that they used their own ways to treat others, and even became more and more powerful.

There are some business methods that Wu Zheng has never seen before.
Chapter completed!