"I really didn't expect it, you kid can, don't think about serving the rebels in the future, I Cheng Chumo still treats you as a person. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Cheng Chumo's words were very direct, very embarrassing, and faceless.

But Chen Buzhou didn't have any emotional fluctuations, and only smiled lightly: "Grandpa Cheng, don't worry, since I have taken refuge in Datang, I will naturally help Datang in the future." ”

Cheng Chumo shrugged: "Even if you kid has a conscience, if you continue, then Tubo wants to cooperate with the rebels, what should I do?" ”

Chen Buzhou said: "The last thing we don't have to worry about is Tubo, in fact, the situation in Tubo must be clear to everyone, they are located on the plateau, food has always been very scarce, since they started a war with our Datang, my Datang has cut off all trade with Tubo, Tubo's own grain is not necessarily enough, how can they sell grain to the rebels in Shuzhong, moreover, Tubo people like to drink, they have no way to get grain from Datang, so they can only use their own grain to make wine, so there will be more shortage of grain and grass, So the rebels couldn't buy much grain from Tibet. ”

As soon as Chen Buzhou said this, the problem that had stumped everyone just now suddenly became easily solved, and Cheng Chumo tasted it carefully and praised it again and again.

After listening to this, Tang Zhou nodded: "Yes, after careful analysis, the matter can indeed be solved in this way, since this is the case, then let's do it this way, if this plan succeeds in stopping the enemy's expansion, then victory is not far from us." ”

After Tang Zhou finished speaking, everyone went their separate ways, Tang Zhou submitted a table to the imperial court, asking the imperial court to send people to negotiate with Nanzhao and issue certain decrees, while Qin Huaidao sent people to patrol the defense to prevent some Tang Dynasty merchants from cooperating with the rebels because of high interests.

After this arrangement, the amount of grain and grass purchased by the rebels was really reduced a lot.

Now, the strength of Liu Bai's side has reached 30,000, but the grain and grass can only support more than a month, and if he continues to recruit soldiers and horses, the time for the grain and grass to support will be even less.

Faced with this situation, Liu Bai was a little anxious.

"Mr. Yuan, Tang Zhou sent people to stop the trade between Nanzhao and us, and there are fewer merchants in the Tang Dynasty who are willing to cooperate with us now, as for Tubo, it will be winter soon, and their own grain is not enough, let alone sell it to us, what do you say we should do now."

Yuan Fu pondered for a moment, and then asked, "In the eyes of the prince, is money important, or is grain and grass important?" ”

Liu Bai said: "In our current situation, money is like waste, it is not particularly important to me, but grain and grass, which we urgently need." ”

Yuan Fu bowed his head and said: "Since the prince thinks that money is not as good as grain and grass now, then we might as well increase the bargaining chips, and give those merchants more benefits, people die for money, birds die for food, if we give them more benefits than they imagine, I think there will still be people who are willing to sell us grain, and as long as we get through this difficulty, we can have the strength to attack Jianmen Pass, then we can recuperate in Shu, and finally point to Chang'an." ”

Yuan Fu's meaning is very simple, as long as they are willing to spend money, there will be businessmen who will take the risk of trading with them, for this, Liu Bai did not hesitate, and immediately agreed, for them, money is really nothing now, and when they seize the Sword Gate, the entire Shu is theirs.

After Liu Bai agreed, Yuan Fu increased the profits given to those merchants, so that some merchants in Nanzhao and even in Tubo risked their lives to trade with the rebels in Shuzhong.

If the profit from selling grain is higher than the profit from brewing, these merchants are naturally willing to sell grain to the rebels instead of staying and selling wine, and even some merchants in Datang want to take a risk.

Faced with this situation, Tang Zhou was also very anxious.

Liu Bai has accumulated a lot of money over the years, and he won't be able to spend it for a while, so even if he raises the price, he still has a lot of money in his hands, and if many businessmen take risks for profit, then the strength of the rebels will only get bigger and bigger.

Therefore, he ordered people to tighten the supervision of the Tang merchants.

On this day, the Tang Dynasty soldiers intercepted a batch of grain and grass that was transported to the rebels in Shuzhong, and it was Wu Liang, a merchant in Chang'an, who transported the grain.

Wu Liang's business in Chang'an City was good, and he was also a very bold man, he felt that wealth and wealth were in danger, and if he wanted to be rich, he had to take risks, so after learning that the rebels offered a high price, he came secretly with food.

But it's a pity that his luck was not very good, and he was caught by the soldiers of Datang.

After arresting him, he was taken into the Sword Gate.

Wu Liang came to Jianmen Pass and saw Tang Zhou and hurriedly begged for mercy: "Little Hou Ye spare my life, I am just a ghost, I didn't withstand the temptation of money for a while, so I thought about making a deal with the rebels, and asked Xiao Hou Ye to spare my life." ”

Wu Liang begged bitterly, Gu Yingying, Qin Huaidao and others were watching from the side, they didn't have a good impression of such a person, but after all, they were from the Tang Dynasty, and they felt that they could just teach a lesson and send them back.

But Tang Zhou glanced at Wu Liang, and then said a very indifferent sentence: "Ben Hou also wants to spare your life, but Ben Hou doesn't want other businessmen to have hope, so you can only be killed by Ben Hou and make an example, you can only die." ”

After Tang Zhou finished speaking, Wu Liang was dumbfounded, he was just selling grain, how could he not be guilty of death, right?

"Little Marquis, spare your life, spare your life, I'm just a businessman, but I just sold some grain, how can you kill me......"

Tang Zhou shook his head: "Although you only sold a little grain, but your grain feeds the rebels, which will make us die more people, you are an executioner, and more than many people are terrible executioners, you feel that you still have the face to live." ”

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Before Wu Liang finished speaking, Tang Zhou had already waved his hand and ordered someone to take him to be killed, so as to warn those merchants of the Tang Dynasty that it would be okay not to think about cooperating with the rebels, and anyone who cooperated with the rebels would be killed on the spot as long as they found it, and there would be no mercy.

Tang Zhou's side set an example, and Nanzhao's side was no exception, but anyone who found someone selling food to the rebels in Shuzhong was executed on the spot.

Nanzhao had received favors from the Tang Dynasty before, so this time in the face of the Tang Emperor's request, Nanzhao was very cooperative.

Of course, all they could do was to make sure that they did not sell grain and grass to the rebels, and it was unlikely that they would assist Tang Zhou from the south.

First of all, Nanzhao is very small, and it is difficult to protect itself, they really don't have the strength to help Datang.

Li Zhi also knew this situation, but he didn't force it, only let them cut off communication with Shuzhong, they wanted to trap Liu Bai in Shuzhong, although he occupied most of the resources and cities in Shuzhong, but if the surrounding countries did not interact with them, it would be difficult for them to really develop.

The current conscription is just drinking to quench thirst, and sooner or later there will be bigger problems.

The Tang Dynasty and Nanzhao have solved it, but the Tubo side still has some contact with the rebels in Shuzhong.