According to Xiong Huai's thoughts, now the price of grain in Qi has exceeded 100 yuan, if Qi buys grain on a large scale, and domestic merchants and nobles donate a large amount of grain, Qi will definitely bleed, and in the next year or two, there will be financial difficulties.

Chen Zhen paused before shaking his head and said: "Great King, originally some nobles were willing to serve the King of Qi, but because Meng Weijun offered 200,000 stone of grain to the King of Qi, and only needed King Qi to return 200,000 stone of grain a few years later, other powerful people followed Meng Weijun's example and offered their loyalty to the King of Qi. ”

"Therefore, at present, the King of Qi has obtained nearly one million stone grain from the noble feudal monarch, although these grains will be returned in the future, but, at present, the Qi State has the strength to fight a war, and the army will not collapse because of lack of food."

This is someone else's feudal monarch...

A thought flashed through Xiong Huai's mind.

Although this is also related to Meng Yanjun's current difficult situation, it is undeniable that Meng Yanjun's behavior has greatly relieved the pressure on King Qi.

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai couldn't help but sigh and said: "Yes, it is difficult to fill the desire, this is also the nature of human beings, since this kind of thing has happened, then Douqing, do you have a countermeasure?" How can we prevent the big businessmen from profiting from the reopening of Binh Thanh provinces? ”

Seeing that the king of Chu had limited his target to the merchants, Dou You immediately breathed a sigh of relief, thought for a while, and said: "Great King, these merchants are under the banner of serving the country and selling grain at a price lower than the market price, in the eyes of the people who do not know the truth, this is a sign of serving the king, so they cannot be attacked. ”

"However, Meng Weijun's matter gave the minister some inspiration."

As he spoke, Dou You saw that King Chu's face was as usual, and a hint of strangeness flashed in his eyes and said: "The king, the minister suggests summoning these feudal monarchs between Jianghuai and collecting grain from them at the current market price?" ”

"Levy grain?" Xiong Huai looked at Dou You hesitantly: "What does Xianqing mean by this?" ”

Dou You explained: "The king, according to the calculations of the ministers, this time these feudal lords have basically sold most of the grain reserves for profit, and there should not be much food in their hands except for some rations. Now it is about to enter the first month, and there are nearly ten months left before the corn harvest. ”

"Therefore, the minister meant to take them by surprise, forcibly collect food from them, and force them to hand over the rations in their hands."

"Then, we raised the price of food and continued to persecute the Qi country. At that time, these feudal lords will have no food to use, whether they borrow food from other feudal lords, or admit their mistakes to the king, in short, let them spit out the profits from this time! ”

Xiong Huai's face was heavy, and there was a high probability that Dou You's plan would succeed, not only to make these feudal lords spit out the benefits, but also to make them bleed once.

However, doing so is inconsistent with his predecessor's character and his long-standing personality, and it will also affect his plans for the feudal monarch in the future.

After thinking carefully for a moment in his heart, Xiong Huai had an idea and said, "Dou Qing's meaning has already been understood!" Spread the edict, so that Ye Hou, Jin Jun, Yin Jun, Naling Jun, Dong Jun, and Zhan Yangjun six feudal monarchs came to Yingdu to see the widow. ”

"Yui."

Soon after Douyou Chen Zhen left, Xiong Huai, who was annoyed in the center of the hall, saw Nanhou walking in with a happy face.

Xiong Huai was stunned for a moment, and came to the palace to find him in the south, which is a rare thing!

Thinking about it, he immediately got up and greeted him

Nanhou came to Xiong Huai's side, and saluted with a smile: "Meet the king!" ”

"The queen is excused!" Xiong Huai helped Nanhou up and asked, "Queen, somehow looking for a widow?" ”

Nanhou looked at the King of Chu with a gloomy face, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the king, congratulations to the king." ”

Xiong Huai was stunned for a moment, and Nanhou said happy, this ······

Immediately reacted, Nanhou Daoxi, naturally not a state affair, but...

Thinking about it, Xiong Huai showed a look of surprise and asked, "Queen, but someone in the harem is pregnant?" ”

Nanhou smiled and nodded.

After receiving Nanhou's affirmative reply, Xiong Huai was immediately overjoyed and asked, "Queen, I don't know which lady is pregnant?" Mrs. Qi? Or Mrs. Qin? ”

Nanhou smiled and shook her head.

Xiong Huai gasped when he saw this, in the past few months, he has only spoiled four people, not Mrs. Qi and Mrs. Qin, is it Han Meiren?

"Queen, it can't be Han Meiren!" Xiong Huai looked at Nanhou in disbelief, Han Meiren's age doesn't seem to be small...

Nanhou shook her head again.

Three of the four people are not, and the rest of them, Xiong Huai stared at Nanhou intently, and said with great joy: "Queen, could it be that you are pregnant?" ”

Nanhou looked at King Chu with a look of great joy, and smiled and said "um".

Seeing this, Xiong Huai immediately turned around a few times with great joy, and then gently took Nanhou into his arms, and then slowly stretched out his hand to Nanhou's abdomen, touched Nanhou's undulating abdomen and said: "Queen, it seems to be a dream, the widow is going to be a father again!" ”

Nanhou leaned on Xiong Huai's arms, stretched out a hand to hold Xiong Huai's hand caressing her abdomen, and said with a blurred eye: "The king, the concubine also seems to be dreaming, I didn't expect that I would be able to give birth to children for the king again!" ”

The two of them got tired for a while, and Xiong Huai suddenly said nervously: "Queen, since you are pregnant, why do you come to tell the widow in person, just send someone to inform you and let the widow go to see you!" If yes..."

Before the rest of the words could be spoken, he was interrupted by Nanhou's coquettishness, Xiong Huai knew that he had lost his words, and smiled.

Although this is not Xiong Huai's first child, but he learned that he was pregnant, this is the first time, last time, Xiong Huai still remembered that Qin Meiren was not pregnant when he went out on the expedition, and when he returned from the expedition, the child had been born.

This ······

I was pleasantly surprised, but I always felt like something was missing.

When Nanhou became pregnant this time, Xiong Huai knew that there was less nervousness and expectation!

The result is important, but so is the process in between!

······

The fifteenth day of the first month.

This is an ordinary big court meeting in the Chu State, it has not been invented in the Shangyuan Festival, the Lantern Festival has not yet appeared, and the Eastern Emperor Taiyi is not celebrating the festival today, in this era, the fifteenth day of the first month is just an ordinary day.

After the discussion, Xiong Huai looked at Jin Jun and the other six feudal monarchs who were standing in the forefront, and saw that they were all as usual, he smiled, and gave Li Qiu a look at the palace.

Retreat.

In a side hall, Xiong Huai looked at the six feudal monarchs sitting below, and said with a smile: "Six virtuous people, do you know what the widow summoned you for." ”

Dong Jun and Zhan Yangjun, two people who colluded with merchants to sell grain to Taifu, were all suspicious when they heard the words, but their faces were the same as the other four, and they didn't know why, so the six of them arched their hands at the same time and said: "Back to the king, the ministers don't know." ”

Seeing this, Xiong Huai let out a silent "um" and sighed: "Do the six virtuous ladies know how much the current grain price is?" ”