Chapter 159 Step by Step
After a series of discussions, the Panlong Kingdom finally targeted the second princess. After all, she had not surrendered their people like the eldest princess before, which proved that there was cooperation. Chance.
The second princess did not want to meet these people at first, but then she thought about it. They had promised to help her ascend the throne as the queen, but they did not take any substantive action. As a result, they took advantage of the new emperor.
Now the sixth prince who has ascended the throne seems to want to establish a good relationship with her. As for the purpose, everyone knows it, but she is not stupid.
Since she wanted to bring down the eldest princess, there were some things she couldn’t get her hands dirty with, so she secretly asked her confidants to meet with people from the Panlong Kingdom. To ensure nothing went wrong, she also asked one of her secret Wei followed.
The two parties stayed secretly for two hours before leaving one after another, and the content of the discussion between the two parties reached Lianyi's ears in less than half an hour.
"Queen, the Panlong Kingdom wants to sell us their country's excess grain, saying that it is to help the second princess, so that she will be confident in doing things after she has the grain, and they also promised to sell it at a lower price than the market price. Sold to Fengqi Country at a price as low as three cents per catty. "For such a good bargaining chip, what are the conditions for Panlong Country?"
Lianyi would not believe that stuff would fall from the sky. Children's cake.
“Let their grain transport team enter Fengqi Country and allow them to sell other things.”
"I remember that there was a special trading market with Panlong Kingdom. Do they want to open a new trading market?"
"They want to go to the five occupied cities, and they also said There is a reason. After all, after the city was occupied, the people from the Panlong Kingdom did not leave, but continued to make a living in the city. They also had some relatives and friends who wanted to take them back."
"Humph! I'm afraid the drunkard's intention is not to drink! "What did the Second Princess say?" Her confidant replied that they could only let them go to one of the cities and let them think about it. The two sides were still arguing.
However, the confidant accidentally let the other person know the whereabouts of the Third Princess and the city where she is located."
After Feng Shou replied, he stood aside with his eyes lowered.
Lianyi was even a little angry and laughed. She didn’t know whether to call the second princess smart or stupid. She knew how to kill people with a borrowed knife, used people from the Panlong Kingdom to eradicate the third princess for her, and also dragged the eldest princess into the water.
It is stupid to seek skin from a tiger. Once this matter is exposed, she may not even be able to keep her status as a princess, not to mention taking the throne. After all, she is still alive as the queen!
“If she can buy a large amount of grain for disaster relief at a low price, then let her operate it, but she must check it carefully and don’t let Panlong Kingdom pass it off as inferior quality.
I'm keeping an eye on those people from the Panlong Kingdom. It's best to follow the clues, pull out all their people, and then arrange for people to use these identities to send a generous gift to the Xuanwu Kingdom and the White Tiger Kingdom."
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Lianyi ordered directly.
"Yes, I will give my orders now."
"Arrange people to bring back the third child and Xian Shijun, and make sure they are not infected with the plague."
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“Yes.”
Lianyi cut off a peony flower, inserted it into a small crystal vase, and asked Lan Xin to send it to her daughter. This child is more sensible and will come to greet her after completing her daily homework. Sometimes she would ask some questions that she didn't understand. Lianyi had already begun to instill in the little girl the way of thinking of a superior person, subtly influencing the little girl. In Shijiu's words, she started practicing the trumpet.
Three days later, the second princess came to see Ripple. After all, buying food with Panlong Kingdom was not a trivial matter. It required using the reserve silver of the national treasury, so she had to let the queen know and stamp it. The Queen's seal, otherwise the silver cannot be transferred.
"Mother Queen, this matter was initiated by people from the Panlong Kingdom. They contacted the people of the minister privately. At first, I thought the other party was a big grain merchant, but I just thought the timing of their appearance was too clever. , and after several investigations, I found out that they were from the Panlong Kingdom.
However, the price they offered to buy grain was very attractive, and it could solve the urgent problem of food shortage, so I did not expose them. After dealing with them for a few days, we agreed on the price, and then reported it to the Queen Mother. To be honest, my daughter was not sure, and she always felt that Panlong Kingdom would not be so kind. "
With her words, the second princess completely brushed herself off, and also gave the final decision-making power to Lianyi, showing her attitude of respecting the queen, and by exposing herself, she showed that she was not the person from the Panlong Kingdom who took the initiative to contact , but the other party concealed his identity and contacted her.
Lianyi smiled, feeling that the second princess's rank had improved, and she also knew how to distance herself from the relationship and share risks.
"The disaster-stricken cities will have to rely on relief grains until the spring of next year, and after the spring, they will also need to have good crops for planting. Please ask the people from the Ministry of Revenue to make detailed calculations and take a look at the state treasury granaries. There is a big gap in the food reserves. If he sells it, we must buy it."
After hearing this, the second princess immediately said:
"My daughter has asked the Minister of the Ministry of Finance to do it. According to statistics, the current gap is 500,000 catties of grain.”
The second princess obviously came prepared.
"In this way, you first buy one hundred thousand kilograms of grain, and each package of grain must be inspected. Don't let the people of Panlong Kingdom take advantage of the loopholes. You yourself also doubt their intentions. In this case, it is even more important. Be cautious.”
Lianyi proposed a compromise method.
"The Queen Mother is still thinking in the long term. Then buy one hundred thousand catties first. I will definitely send someone to keep an eye on it. I will ask them to transport these grains directly to the disaster-stricken city, so that I can further test the other party. Mother What does the emperor think?"
"But! I said, you are in charge of the country now. If you have any doubts about something, you can come to me and ask me. If you have an idea and decision, just do it. Don't delay. ”
"Yes, I thank you for your trust!"
The second princess bowed and left Zhuoxiu Garden with a smile on her face.
On the morning of the second day, the matter was brought up. The ministers also agreed to the second princess’s proposal. The Ministry of Household Affairs still had money to purchase 100,000 kilograms of grain. The matter was finalized. Come down.
The next step is to wait for the food to be shipped from Panlong Kingdom. Everyone will inspect the goods in person and then pay money.
Panlong Kingdom also received the news from him and knew that Fengqi Kingdom was willing to provide money to buy food, but the gap was large. They could not collect such a large amount of money at the moment, and they were also worried that they would cheat, so Just proposing to buy 100,000 kilograms of grain first was considered a test.
"Your Majesty, the Queen of Fengqi Kingdom has always been suspicious. We just agree to them. Even if the other party is trying to test it, our food transporters can still enter Fengqi Kingdom. Moreover, the Second Princess said that all the food this time will be used for disaster relief. , so it will be transported directly to the disaster-stricken city, and our opportunity will come."
Zhang Zhang made the pros and cons very clear.
"Okay, we won't do anything with this first batch of food. We will send it over first. The main purpose is to allow our people to enter the five cities smoothly."
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