After saying a few words, I only heard the sound of wooden shoes, and Lin Wenqing appeared in front of everyone again. At this time, Lin Wenqing had already taken off the cloak and the light veil covering his face, wearing a navy blue long skirt, covered with a dark red shawl, and Ruyun's hair had been coiled up, pulled into a beauty bun, with a jasper hairpin horizontally, five exquisite views, curved eyebrows and embroidered eyes, red lips, it was indeed a very beautiful woman, but between the corners of the eyes and eyebrows, there was a hint of anxiety, but it was even more pitiful to me.

Although Lin Wenqing is slightly inferior to Li Yinghong in terms of appearance, he has a little more mature style than her, so it is not unreasonable to be able to rank above Li Yinghong. However, in a few years, when Li Yinghong grows up and has a more mature temperament, he will be able to surpass Lin Wenqing.

Everyone saw each other again, and Li Mucai introduced other people to Lin Wenqing, in fact, like Li Yinghong, Zhao Xuan, Du Yi and others, they all met Lin Wenqing, and it was really the first time they met Lin Wenqing, only Gao Yuan was alone.

However, when Li Mu introduced the plateau, Lin Wenqing's eyes also flashed a strange light, and said, "Dare to ask the general, is this Mr. Gao the one who fell with the meteor?" ”

Li Mu nodded, and said: "It's him, this time he was able to break the Qin army, and he was the most credited." ”

Lin Wenqing gave a salute like a plateau, and said: "Mr.'s name is already a household name in Handan, and Taibu has been dividing three times in a row, which is a good omen, so Mr. can come to Wenqing's manor, which should really make the wall of the humble house shine, and it is also a blessing for Wenqing." ”

Gao Yuan smiled bitterly, it seems that he can't get rid of the name of the star descending to the earth, but now he also understands that in this era, the appearance of visions is not limited to monarchs, some recognized sages, such as Jiang Taigong, Confucius, Lao Xiao, Sun Wu and others, Ju Shuo also have visions. Therefore, Gao Yuan is also a little relieved that the name of the star will not bring him big trouble. So he hurriedly returned the gift like Lin Wenqing, and said: "Madame has won the award, in fact, she is just a mortal, and she only came here by chance, and it is not a star who will come to the world." ”

Lin Wenqing smiled slightly and said, "Mr. is too humble." ”

Then Lin Wenchun immediately ordered to send a wine banquet to entertain Li Mu and his party.

After three rounds of drinking, Li Mucai said: "Wenqing, you have lived in Handan for a long time, do you know why the Zhao court did not contribute to the relief of the victims." ”

Lin Wenchun sighed lightly and said: "As early as three months ago, the victims of the disaster had already appeared, although the number of people at that time was not large, but there were already people who were speaking to the king, and the king of Jianyì bought a lot of grain and prepared to help the victims, but they were sued by Xiangguo as alarmist and exaggerated. The result was over, and more than a month ago, the victims had reached hundreds of thousands, and many manors outside the city were attacked by the victims, so there were many ministers to the king, asking the king to open a warehouse to help the people, but Xiangguo said to the king, saying that now the Qin army is pressing the border, Handan is in danger, and the grain in the treasury should be reserved for the Qin army to besiege the city, how can it be distributed to the people, so the king did not give an order, on the contrary, he also ordered to block the passages leading to Handan, and strictly forbade the victims to enter the suburbs of Handan, for which the army and the victims have fought many times, There were thousands of dead and injured victims, and Wen Qing was really a little blind, so he cooked porridge every day for disaster relief, which could be regarded as stabilizing the situation. ”

When Gao Yuan heard this, he also admired this beautiful widow, and he couldn't imagine that she was a little woman, not only a good businessman, but also a compassionate and kind heart, which was much better than those merchants who were rich and unkind, and only wanted to make profits.

As soon as Lin Wenqing finished speaking, Li Yinghong hated and said: "It's Guo Kai again, this guy is really hateful, this time I return to Handan, if I see him, I have to teach him a good lesson." ”

Li Mu frowned slightly and said, "Yinghong, don't talk nonsense. ”

Lin Wenqing said: "Sister Yinghong didn't talk nonsense, in fact, now the victims have hated Guo Kai, and many victims have made a little person, wrote Guo Kai's name, and cursed Guo Kai to die early." ”

Li Mu sighed and said, "Wenqing, it's hard for you, during this time, if you cook porridge to help the people, I'm afraid the loss will not be less." ”

Lin Wenqing said: "Over the years, there have been generals to take care of, Wenqing's business has done quite unsatisfactory, and he has some savings, not to mention that money is something outside the body, even if he loses a little, but he can save people's lives, and he can't do anything." It's just that this year's drought, my manor harvest has also been greatly reduced, and now there is not much surplus grain, but the number of victims is increasing, when I first opened porridge to help the people, the victims were only tens of thousands, and now there are hundreds of thousands of people, and I am afraid that it will increase in the future, but I hate that other merchants in Handan City have a large demand for food in front of them, but they deliberately collect grain, competing to raise prices, originally a stone of millet only bought between 70 and 100 yuan, but now it has risen to more than 500 yuan, and I am afraid that it will rise in the future, so Wenqing is to scatter all the family wealth, It is also difficult to sustain for too long. ”

Li Mu nodded and said, "Okay, when I return to Handan, I will definitely make a proposal to the king and persuade the king to open a warehouse to help the people." ”

Lin Wenqing said: "If the general can persuade the king, it is really a blessing for the people. ”

At this time, Gao Yuan spoke: "I'm afraid that even if the general arrives in Handan, it will be difficult to say that the king will be moved." ”

Li Mu turned to look at the plateau and said, "How do you say this?" ”

Gao Yuan said: "General, although it is said that Guo Xiangguo is worshipping it, but this year is a war, and I am afraid that there is not much food left in our Zhao State's mansion, which is also a fact, so the king's refusal to open a warehouse to help the people can be regarded as a reason, and with the general's words, he may not be able to say that the king will be moved; As for businessmen raising prices, one is that businessmen are still pursuing profits, which is still their nature, and the other is that there is a great drought in our Zhao country this year, and there is a lack of grain harvest in various places, and there is less grain, and the price will naturally rise, which is not something that can be controlled by manpower. Even if the price of food falls, if you can't sell it, it's still useless. ”

After listening to this, Li Mu pondered for a long time, finally nodded, and also smiled bitterly, and said, "What you said is good. On the battlefield, Li Mu was resourceful and witty, but in the face of the current situation, no art of war could be used, so at this time, Li Mu was also at a loss and had nothing to do.

Li Yinghong's eyes widened, and he said, "If even my father can't say that he can't move the king, then what can I do?" ”

Lin Wenqing also looked at Gao Yuan and said, "Is there any good way for Mr. Gao?" ”

Gao Yuan smiled: "Actually, I don't have any good way, the only feasible way now is to go to other countries to buy food." The country of Qi has not been warred for decades, and the area is sufficient, I heard that in the past few years, there has been a bumper harvest every year, and the grain is sufficient, so it is better to go to the country of Qi to buy grain, even if the price is a little higher, but it is also cost-effective. ”

Li Mu shook his head and said, "But the State of Qi has always been the leader of the State of Qin, as early as the Battle of Handan, the State of Qi refused to sell grain to the State of Zhao, how can it buy us grain now?" ”

Gao Yuan said with a smile: "What I am talking about is not to buy the grain of the Qi State in the name of the Zhao State, but also to let the merchants come forward and buy and sell the grain directly from the merchants of the Qi State, the price can be raised several times, and the merchants are profitable, as long as it is profitable, there must be many merchants who are willing to sell the grain." As for the court of Qi, the merchants of Qi will naturally find a way to get through the relationship. We don't have to worry about it. ”

In fact, the method of the plateau is to put it bluntly, that is, to smuggle grain from the Qi country, although the social status of the merchants is very low now, and they are despised by the Confucianism and the law, but the countries need merchants to come and go, and they are not exchanged, so in this era China's commercial contacts are very developed, and there are also many rich and rival big businessmen, such as Tao Zhu in the middle of the Warring States Period, Bai Shi, and recently the Wu family of Qin State, Guo Shi of Chu State, not to mention Lü Buwei, who supported the ascendancy of King Xiang of Qin Zhuang, are all well-known big businessmen in the world.

Because the merchants have a huge amount of wealth in their hands, and they have a close relationship with the magnates of various countries, they have great strength in all countries, and there is basically no business that they dare not do, not to mention that the grain is originally overproduced in the Qi country, so the monarch of the Qi country forbade the purchase of grain to the Zhao country, but the merchants of the Qi country must have a way to open up the relationship and smuggle grain to the Zhao country.

Lin Wenqing nodded and said, "I have a few businessmen I know in Qi Country, and this method can be tried." ”

Gao Yuan said: "In fact, there is no need for the lady to come forward alone, after arriving in Handan, the general can come forward, and even the king can be presented, form a chamber of commerce, and everyone will contribute together to buy food in Qi country, so that the work of the team can also be convenient in the door of Qi country, the funds for purchasing grain, and the transportation and preparation on the road." Not only can there be food for disaster relief, but it can also replenish the treasury of Zhao to prevent the Qin army from attacking Zhao again. ”

Li Mu also nodded quite a bit and said: "This method is good, after returning to Handan, I will immediately make a proposal to the king, I think the king will definitely agree." ”

Lin Wenqing said: "Even if the purchase of grain from Qi is successful, but the two countries of Qi and Zhao are separated by thousands of miles and the road is far away, and when the grain of Qi is transported to Zhao, it will take at least two months later, I am afraid that in two months, I don't know how many people of Zhao will starve to death, that is, the grain of my manor, which is only enough to support one and a half months at most." ”

Li Mu said with a smile: "This is easy to do, this time we defeated the Qin army and captured nearly 500,000 stone grain from the Qin army, and there is still some room to spare, I can send someone to the Fanwu camp to give you an order to pull out 100,000 stone of grain for you, which should be enough for you to support for another two months, temporarily relieving this urgent need." If it's not enough, you can be given more. ”

When Lin Wenqing heard this, he was also very happy, and hurriedly said: "In this way, thank you to the general, after selling the grain from the Qi country, Wenqing will definitely return the general." After finishing speaking, he turned to the plateau, raised his glass, and said, "Thank you for your guidance, if it weren't for Mr., I would just want to break my head and can't think of a way." Now I really believe that Mr. can come to Zhao Kingdom, which is indeed the blessing of my Zhao Kingdom. Wen Qing only thanked Mr. with this glass of thin wine. ”