"The battle between them still has to be fought?"
"Yeah!" Ouyang Shaochen nodded lightly: the three princes were all ambitious to become Emperor Qianxuan, and none of them would bow their heads to be a vassal. Only after a certain prince wiped out the other two, Qianxuan's civil war It will end, but the strength of the three princes is equal, and the forces under their command are also almost the same. It will take at least a few years to decide the winner...
"So, the reason why you urged me to come to Qianxuan is to let me watch the three princes fighting among Qianxuan?" Murong Xue looked at Ouyang Shaochen, with the corner of her mouth slightly raised, a smile that was not a smile.
"Of course not!" Ouyang Shaochen shook his head, his eyes flickered unnaturally: "I also just found out about Qianxuan's inner transformation..."
"When was it just now?" Murong Xue stared at him and asked angrily.
"Half an hour ago, in the cabin." Ouyang Shaochen said in a low voice, with a little sincerity shining in his dark eyes.
"Really?" Murong Xue was dubious.
"Of course it's true, what did I lie to you about this kind of thing..." Ouyang Shaochen said without changing his face and heartbeat.
Before they knew it, everyone came to a simple and majestic mansion, the civil and military officials dispersed respectfully, and the guards carried Long Xun into the mansion in an orderly manner.
The mansion is not the imperial palace of Qianxuan Kingdom, but the temporary residence of Emperor Tantai Chen, but the mansion is still decorated with elegance and grandeur. Ouyang Shaochen and Murong Xue were led to the guest room by the servants, while the emperor and the nine princes Went to the royal study.
The furnishing in the Imperial Study Room is simple, but the bookshelves, tables and chairs, utensils and so on are all extremely delicate and precious. The golden silk stove in the corner is filled with curling ambergris, which looks extremely quiet.
The emperor screened all the eunuchs and maids out, sat on the red sandalwood chair, looked at Tantai Mo with admiration: "Ninth Brother, you have worked hard."
"It's my honor to be able to share the worries of the emperor, and I don't feel hard work." Tantai Mo's deep voice was full of sincerity, and the emperor's eyes flashed with relief, and his majestic face softened slightly: "Nine Emperors How much food and grass did you bring back this time?”
Tantai Mo calculated carefully, and said in a deep voice: "Back to the emperor, there are about two hundred thousand dan."
200,000 Dan!
The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly. There are about 250,000 soldiers under his command. A soldier eats 8 taels a day, and eats 2 catties a day. It is 72 catties a month, and 250,000 people eat 1,000 catties a month. Eight million catties, that is, 180,000 dan, 200,000 dan of grain and grass, enough for them to eat for more than a month...
The food and grass brought back last time was eaten by the army for nearly three months! The shipment back this time was actually half less than last time...
The emperor frowned inwardly, but his face showed a look of praise: "I am very pleased that Brother Jiuhuang brought back life-saving food and grass again and again. From now on, the food and grass needed by the army will be fully entrusted to Brother Jiuhuang." Come on, Brother Nine Emperors, don't let me down..."
It was obviously a compliment, but Tantai Mo's face froze when he heard the words of praise. The emperor meant that he should continue to go out to look for food! But: "Your Majesty, we don't have any more gold and silver..." When they left the palace, they brought a lot of gold, silver, jewelry, and rare antiques, but they sold all of them to buy food and grass for soldiers.
"I know." The emperor interrupted him with a wave of his hand: the silver for selling jewelry and antiques was used up half a year ago. When Tantai Mo went out last time, he left empty-handed. When he came back, he brought it back as before. Hundreds of thousands of tons of grain and grass...
"The reason why I was able to bring back the grain and grass is because I met acquaintances on the road and borrowed money from them..." Tantai Mo said in a low voice, with a little shame in his deep voice.
But the emperor was disapproving: "Then you can continue to borrow money from your friends, and when I recover the entire Qianxuan, I will return them ten times..." Tantai Mo, as the prince of Qianxuan, made friends who were either rich or noble. , It is not a problem at all to take out dozens or millions of taels of silver...
"But my friends, all of them have elders alive, they can use up to a hundred thousand taels of silver, and they have already lent all of them to my brother..." Tantai Mo's deep voice was slightly heavy.
"That's it..." The emperor frowned slightly, Tantai Mo's friends could no longer lend him money, and he would no longer be able to buy food and grass, and without food and grass, he would not be able to feed the 250,000 troops.
If you want Tantai Mo to continue to buy grain and grass, you must have a friend who can lend him a large amount of silver, but such a friend must be wealthy and close to him. Such a special friend is hard to find... Wait, be rich, have a heart-to-heart relationship, a picture-like handsome face suddenly appeared in front of the emperor, his eyes lit up, and he said anxiously: "Ah Mo, how is your relationship with Ouyang Shaochen?"
Tantai Mo didn't understand why the emperor asked this question for a while, and said truthfully: "It's okay."
"Then you go and borrow money from him." The emperor's frowning brows stretched out, and a little light shot out of his eyes: Qingyan Xiaoyao Palace is a famous hereditary palace in the world, rich and powerful, Ouyang Shaochen, as the son of Xiaoyao Prince, There are at least a million taels of silver that can be used, enough to feed and drink 250,000 soldiers for half a year...
Tantai Mo's eyes froze: "How can this work..." Although he and Ouyang Shaochen have a good relationship, they don't have much contact with each other. At most, they can only be regarded as ordinary friends. Forget about friendship, and borrow money from others...
"Why not? We are borrowing his silver taels, not robbing him. The Xiaoyao Wang Mansion is extremely rich, and the silver is placed in their warehouse, but it is just for storage. If we lend it to us, we will increase the interest for him, and we will pay him back in a few years." He is ten times better than putting dust in the warehouse..." The emperor paused, his eyes sharp.
Tantai Mo frowned slightly: "This..." That's true, but the relationship between him and Ouyang Shaochen is mediocre, and it's really not enough to lend him a million taels of silver...
The emperor shook his head in disapproval: "Friends, we all got along with each other. Ah Mo has a good literary talent and martial arts skills, and he has a good relationship with Ouyang Shaochen. If you go to him, he will definitely lend you money..."
"But… "
"Amo, the grain and grass you brought last time are almost used up, and the new grain and grass are only enough for more than a month..."
"You have to buy hundreds of thousands of tons of grain and grass within a month and bring them back, otherwise, 250,000 elite soldiers will starve..."
"Ah Mo, don't hesitate anymore, go and borrow money from Ouyang Shaochen as soon as possible, and set off early, the food and grass for twenty-five hate elite soldiers will be tied to you..."
The emperor's painstaking persuasion echoed in the imperial study room, Tantai Mo was upset when he heard it, he left the imperial study room with a light rub on his forehead, and walked aimlessly along the corridor, unknowingly, away from the crowd, came to In front of a quiet and elegant courtyard...