It has been several months since Bian Xiao retreated.

However, the hinterland of Wu State was still full of devastation. Bian Xiao killed too hard, and the scope of it affected more than fifteen counties, and nearly one-third of the land was harmed.

Many people were killed.

The key is food shortage.

Because when Bian Xiao robbed, he didn't know how many granaries he burned, and even the unripe grain that grew in the fields was burned.

So this year's autumn harvest, Wu's grain production cut by one quarter.

In addition, the failure of the expedition to the Angry Tide City has made it even worse.

In the past few months, the whole country of Wu has been resting and recuperating.

The King of Wu was young and had a special beggar in order to show his majesty.

But after a big defeat a few months ago, he shaved his beard.

It is called a yellow-mouthed child. The maturity of a king is not something that depends on his beard.

Now the King of Wu has once again welcomed the envoy of Chu, who is still the Minister of Rites of Chu who had dealt with King Yue.

"The King of Yue is seriously ill and wants to compromise with our king, but he does not want to bear the crime of losing power and humiliating the country, so he proposed this ridiculous border hunting." The Minister of Rites of Chu said: "The King of Wu has heard of this."

Of course, the King of Wu heard about it, and it would be difficult to even not hear it.

This incident has been circulating.

"I heard of it one or two."

The Minister of Rites of Chu State said: "Ning Yuanxian's move is very shameless. It is obvious that he deliberately let Shen Lang and Ning Zheng be cannon fodder and ceded the interests to our Chu State in exchange for peace on the border."

King Wu said: "What happened?"

The Minister of Rites of Chu State said: "I heard that the Wu State has been famine recently, so I wonder if this is the case?"

King Wu said: "It is true that food shortage is true, but famine will not happen."

The Minister of Rites of Chu State said: "Our Chu State has a great harvest this year. We are a brotherly country, so we are willing to lend the king a million stone of grain."

As soon as these words were spoken, the King of Wu was stunned and the ministers around him were happy.

One million stones of grain is more than one hundred million kilograms, an absolute astronomical figure.

This batch of grain is enough for two million people to eat for two or three months. Although there is still a certain gap, at least this winter can be overcome.

Is Chu so big a deal?

The King of Wu said: "The King of Chu is so kind and righteous, which really touched me. I will write an IOU to your king."

The Minister of Rites of the State of Chu said: "King of Wu, we are not only willing to borrow this batch of food, but also have no interest."

The King of Wu walked down from the throne and bowed to the southwest and said, "The King of Chu is a true king."

The Minister of Rites of Chu State said: "Of course, but my king has a small request."

King Wu said: "What are the requirements?"

The Minister of Rites of Chu State said: "I heard that the king had signed a secret covenant with the King of Yue before?"

King Wu said: "No, I don't know where the noble envoy heard it from?"

The Minister of Rites of Chu State said: "There is no better, but my king wants you to declare the world. No matter what secret agreement you signed with King Ning Yuanxian of Yue before, it will be invalid."

This is to let the King of Wu tear up the secret agreement between Wu and Yue.

Of course, no matter what secret agreement in this world is used to tear it down.

But the tearing speed is too fast. It’s only a few months, and it can almost be considered as the ink is not dry. Is it going to be a paper to wipe my butt?

The Minister of Rites of Chu State said: "Not only that, my king is willing to sign a secret alliance with the State of Wu, and you and I will become brotherly countries."

The King of Wu said: "My State and Chu State are originally brotherly countries."

The Minister of Rites of Chu State said: "The sense of ritual is still needed, just talk about a covenant."

The meaning of Chu State is already very clear.

As long as the King of Wu tore up the alliance signed with King Yue and signed a secret alliance with King Chu, he would be able to borrow one million stones of food and no interest.

This actually doesn't require the Wu Kingdom to pay a little profit.

Wu Zhi, the Privy Councilor of the State of Wu, suddenly said: "Encourt, it seems that the so-called border hunting is simply because King Ning Yuanxian of Yue deliberately cuts his flesh to you, Chu State, right?"

The Minister of Rites of Chu State said: "No more, Ning Yuanxian is seriously ill, and the domestic throne-winning is getting worse and worse. King Yue was afraid that our Chu State sent troops. He originally wanted to compromise directly, but he felt it was too shameful and ugly, so he proposed absurd border hunting. It was obvious that he was deliberately losing to us and sacrificed the two unknown soldiers, Ning Zheng and Shen Lang."

Wu Zhi said: "What about after this ridiculous border hunt?"

He understood his meaning very well. Does Chu's appetite stop here?

After winning the Border Hunting, he received a 20-mile border line and 800,000 gold coins. Will Chu let Yue go?

Or do you gain more attention? Further blackmail in war?

The Minister of Rites of Chu State said: "Of course it's over here. My king pays the most attention to credibility."

Wu Zhi smiled and said, "The credibility of the King of Chu is indeed well known."

The Minister of Rites of Chu State said: "The king can get one million stones of food by just abolishing the secret agreement with Yue State and signing a secret agreement with our Chu State. Why not do it?"

As soon as these words were spoken, many ministers nodded.

King Wu said: "The envoy goes to rest first, which is of great importance, and we need to discuss it first."

The Minister of Rites of Chu State sued his retreat.

Then the Wu Dynasty immediately talked about it.

More than half of the ministers agreed.

This is a totally unsolicited deal.

Tear up a covenant and sign another one again, and you can get one million stones of food.

Where can I find such a good thing in the world?

If you don't agree, you'll be a fool.

So many ministers bowed and asked the King of Wu to agree.

"Your Majesty, millions of hungry people are hungry, and they are terrible!"

"Your Majesty, this winter is getting colder and colder. If you don't have food to eat, you will really starve to death."

"Your Majesty, all people are like their sons, and I hope your Majesty is like your parents."

The implication is very clear, that is, to get the King of Wu to agree and get the food first.

The King of Wu smiled and said, "I know what the ministers mean, so I will retreat to the court first."

Many ministers took advantage of the retreat of the court and kowtowed again to ask the King of Wu to pity the people.

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Inside the study, the King of Wu was furious.

He was not angry with the State of Chu, but with his ministers.

Is this king who is so shameless and has no credibility?

The just-signed alliance will be invalidated in a few months?

For one million stones of food, put it into the arms of Chu?

What is a man? Are prostitutes in the kiln? No shame!

Wu Zhi said: "Your Majesty doesn't have to be angry. The ministers consider it differently from the king."

The King of Wu sneered: "Yes, in the eyes of these ministers, the reputation of my king is not very important. Why not exchange food for reputation? But they didn't think about how many times can I sell my reputation?"

Wu Zhi said: "Their ideas may be more than that."

The King of Wu said: "My country of Wu is short of food, but it is not short of food. These ministers are rich in their families and have piled up grains. They are afraid that I will beg for alms from them. In order not to bleed, of course I have to sell my reputation to exchange for food, so that their food will be preserved."

Wu Zhi said: "Not these matter. What matters is the next situation. How can our Wu Kingdom deal with it? A shocking hero will appear in the south of us."

Qijun!

When the name was mentioned, the King of Wu was extremely impressed.

This Jin Jun is several years younger than him, and when he inherited the king of Nanou, he had almost nothing, and he was a puppet.

It took only two or three years.

He might actually become the co-lord of the entire Sha Barbarian tribe.

When the Nanou Kingdom was rebelling, everyone thought that Jinjun would be crushed to death like an ant.

But I didn't expect that in just over a year, a king was about to rise in the south.

It's not as good as you.

This Jinjun really went against the current from desperate situations and created miracles.
To be continued...