kvmb Chapter 118 Rongguo Seeks Help
Chapter 118 Rongguo Seeks Help
In such a vast country, the weather and customs vary from place to place. The natural disaster that Cheng Yu encountered during the test finally came.
Ever since Murong Yu, Yuan Heng and others captured two cities again, Murong Qian ordered the three armies to continue attacking the Li Kingdom Imperial Court.
Cheng Yu also began to expand her business empire here. First, she asked Zhao Fan to open Huichuntang into the city occupied by the Mu Kingdom.
In Huichuntang, everyone can come to see a doctor, but for ordinary people, doctors only charge a symbolic fee;
As for those rich people, seeing a doctor is fine! Use money to exchange, anyway, these wealthy businessmen in Liguo are very rich and don't care about this little money.
Ever since he knew what his Majesty meant, Lord Zheng couldn't wait to apply to come to Liguo. After all, the land of Liguo had been rumored to be magical, and he wanted to see it with his own eyes!
He hurriedly brought his granddaughter (Zheng Rong) and Cheng Zhiwen here, and also brought three appointment letters.
One was for Cheng Jin, because he pacified the people in this battle, His Majesty conferred him the position of a ninth-rank agricultural teacher, and the other was for Cheng Shang, who was promoted to an eighth-rank agricultural teacher.
After all, in the past few months, the two brothers have worked together to develop and utilize the land resources in Li Country. They have produced a batch of fresh fruits and vegetables and started to transport them to Mu Country for sale.
The last appointment letter was for Cheng Yiyu, who was originally a minor official of the seventh rank and was now temporarily promoted to a sixth rank official, responsible for assisting Cheng Zhiwen in quickly taking over the city of Liguo.
"Boss Zhao, Boss Lu who left the country is asking us for help!" After receiving the news, the clerk of Huichuntang immediately reported to Zhao Fan.
"Because of what?" Zhao Fan immediately took it seriously when he heard it.
He thought about how it was Boss Lu who found them when they were short of medicine and gave them as many herbs as they asked for. It's easy to imagine who is behind Boss Lu.
"Boss, they said that it hasn't rained in Rong Country for half a year and they are short of food now. They would like to ask you to help them buy a batch of grain from Mu Country in the name of Rong Country!" the attendant continued.
"Then I'll go ask our boss. You should first ask them how much they need?" Zhao Fan said.
He had to ask Cheng Yu. He would definitely help, but how to help was up to Cheng Yu.
Rongguo is suffering from drought, so are the medicinal herbs becoming less and less? Then they have to preserve some of them now.
After all, the useless ruler of Li State is still struggling and has taken the people of the two cities as hostages. The last of Li State’s military forces are all concentrated in these two cities. Those people have no way to speak out and dare not even resist!
This made Yuan Heng and Murong Yu dare not act rashly, for fear that the people of the two cities would really be thrown off the city walls by the Emperor of Liguo.
"Xiao Jiu, let me tell you, this place is so weird. There's plenty of rain here, but there's no water here. So I'm afraid the residents will have no land to cultivate, so I'll let them cultivate this area first!" Cheng Jin and Cheng Shang took out a piece of paper and drew two places.
"Hmm? Does this border our Mu country or the neighboring Rong country?" Cheng Yu pointed to a very obvious dividing line.
Her father's painting technique is a bit abstract. You say you can't see it, but that's not the case. It's just a bit difficult!
"Oh? This? This place borders Rong State!" Zheng Yexi also came forward curiously to take a look, and then immediately said.
"Rongguo?" So, this drought happened in Rongguo?
No wonder the voice asked her at that time, are you sure you want to save her? So that's how it is!
"What's wrong?" Cheng Shang looked at his daughter with a serious face. What happened?
"There's going to be a drought!" Cheng Yu said in a serious tone, but when he saw the three more serious faces, he immediately said, "Don't worry, don't worry, it's not our Mu Kingdom!"
"Granduncle, dad, uncle, look here! This is the dividing line. If there is a drought here, then the river here must have dried up..." Cheng Yu said, pointing to her father's map.
This is so abstract. Can't her father improve his painting skills? I don't know where to point. What is that winding thing? A river or a mountain?
As a result, when Cheng Yu saw the border area the next day, he couldn't even say a word of disgust.
This land is really like this. Not only is it winding, but the three big mountains also look like a painting. It can't be said that her father's painting is 90% accurate, but it can be said to be exactly the same!
"Xiaojiu, Xiaojiu!" Zhao Fan called Cheng Yu from afar in the yard.
Zhao Fan has been very proud recently. He expressed his feelings to Yu Qianqian, and Yu Qianqian agreed. When the situation stabilizes, he will ask his mother to go to the Yu family in Jianshuizhou to propose marriage.
"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Cheng Yu poked his head out of the house and asked.
Her cousin is so impetuous and doesn't seem to be able to calm down every day. She doesn't know what Sister Yu likes about him!
"Xiao Yu'er, Xiao Yu'er, didn't Miss Yu and I owe Rong Guo a favor last time?" Zhao Fan poured himself a cup of tea as he entered the door and said.
"Hmm? Then what?" Cheng Yu asked with a raised eyebrow.
"That's right. Just now, our Huichuntang guy told me that Rongguo is suffering from a drought and they want us to help buy food. He said he would negotiate with us at the national level." Zhao Fan finally calmed down and told everything in one breath.
"Rongguo? Then why don't you tell our Majesty?" Cheng Yu asked in confusion.
She didn't quite understand the ruler of Rong State. If they wanted to negotiate on a national level, they should go to His Majesty the Emperor. What did it have to do with Huichuntang?
"Xiao Jiu, do you think there is a possibility? He knows that you are the master behind Huichuntang?" Zheng Yexi said. He thought of this possibility, it was definitely the case.
"Is there any other possibility? They are close to here, and they don't have much food left!" Cheng Jin said.
He felt that Rong State had high mountains and many rocks, so the grain harvest should not be good. After all, he had visited the seed bank of Li State and found that there were no corn and potato seeds in Li State.
If there is no Liguo, does that mean there is no Rongguo either? That makes sense!
Now that Rong State has no food available, this possibility is quite high!
"It's not impossible. It's been a year and a half since we started the war with the Li Kingdom. Even if there is food in stock, it must have been eaten up," Cheng Shang said.
If the King of Li still refuses to accept surrender this time, then Brother Yuan and his men plan to attack directly, otherwise dragging it out will not be a solution.
"Okay, how much do you want from them?" Cheng Yu thought that his father's army was able to turn danger into safety this time thanks to their medicinal materials, so he had to repay this favor.
"Boss Zhao, Princess, there's a Boss Lu from Rong State looking for you outside!" The secretary announced outside.
The main thing was that as soon as Boss Lu arrived, he immediately asked to see Boss Zhao and the princess, so she didn't dare to delay.
"Okay, take him to the reception room, we'll be there soon!" Cheng Yu said to the secretary.
It seems that this boss surnamed Lu is not simple!
My great uncle was right. Rong Guo had long known about the relationship between Huichuntang and her. He came directly to them as if he knew the place well and said he was looking for the princess and Boss Zhao.
Then they owed a big favor, after all, Zhao Fan and Yu Qianqian brought back more than 50 carriages of medicinal materials for them...
Even when Rong State knew that it would face drought, it still gave so many medicinal herbs to Mu State!
Upon hearing this, Zheng Yexi immediately tore up the letter he had written and continued to rewrite it. They couldn't just ask Cheng Yu to repay this favor, as the soldiers from their Mu country were the ones who were going to use this batch of medicinal materials!
"Let's go, cousin, let's go meet Boss Lu!" Cheng Yu called Zhao Fan and said.
"Okay, let's go!"
"Your Majesty, the Queen is fine, don't be too nervous!" said Doctor Chen.
The emperor called him in a hurry and found out that it was because the queen had eaten one bowl less of rice. The emperor suspected that the queen was sick.
"Ah? Are you okay?" Murong Qian scratched his head embarrassedly. Was he too nervous?
"Your Majesty, don't be nervous. This is not the Queen's first child, so there will be no problem!" Doctor Chen said with a smile.
How could His Majesty... The Queen is pregnant with her fifth child, but she is still so nervous. Oh! It's so hard for Old Chen!
"Hehehe..." Murong Qian continued to laugh embarrassedly. At this moment, he was just an ordinary father, not an emperor.
"Your Majesty, the envoy of Rong State wants to see you!" Eunuch Pan was stubborn and had to do it himself.
Didn't you see that the emperor's eyes were fixed on the empress? But the envoy from Rong State insisted that he had something extremely urgent and must report it!
Well, it’s really my fault for protecting my fellow Taoist!
"Okay, Madam Tian, please keep an eye on your queen and don't neglect her!" Murong Qian looked back every few steps. He was so reluctant to leave his little wife!
"Your Majesty..." Eunuch Pan didn't dare to remind him. Isn't it said that women become stupid for three years after pregnancy? What is his Majesty doing?
"Eunuch Pan, ask the imperial kitchen to bring me a bowl of sour plum soup. I suddenly want to drink it!!" Murong Qian said.
He didn't know what was going on, but ever since he was sure that Li'er was pregnant, he had become more and more fond of eating sour food.
"Okay, now!"
"You mean, your country has run out of food reserves, so you thought we were closer and wanted to transfer some to us first for emergency response?" Cheng Yu asked curiously.
"Yes, that's the situation. Indeed, our country has no grain reserves, and this is indeed a catastrophe for us!" said Lord Lu.
It is too difficult for them. When two countries are at war, it is their Rong State that gets hurt, and it is their Rong State that is the first to run out of food!
"Then I will give you 3000 stones first, and then give you more after our emperor confirms it!" Cheng Yu said.
The 3000 stones are to repay their kindness in saving Yuan Heng and the others. The rest will be discussed between Rong Guo and Murong Qian themselves!
"Thank you, thank you, Princess Bai Ze, you are such a good person!
But our Majesty said that we can’t take it for free, so we brought fifty carts of medicinal herbs here!” Lord Lu pointed outside and said loudly.
3000 shi of grain is a lot. If you save a little more, it will still be enough to eat for a while.
It can be used to deal with emergencies, but it can also ensure that they will not starve to death.
"Then I will give you fifty truckloads of fruits and vegetables in my personal capacity!" Cheng Shang said.
The main thing is that he is an agricultural official and cannot bear to see the people starving to death! The main thing is that her daughter seems to like their Rong country very much.
As soon as the Cheng family had money, they liked to buy land and houses, so he also bought a lot of land during this period, so the production of vegetables and fruits was also quite a lot!
"Then have you explained the reason to our Majesty?" Cheng Yu asked.
She actually didn't have any big aspirations, so she had no interest in any game of thrones, and she didn't want to arouse the suspicion of the Emperor of Mu towards their Cheng family.
"I've told you that our Minister of Revenue went directly to the capital of your Mu Kingdom and should be here now!" said Lord Lu.
"What did you mean by surrendering? Is your emperor crazy?" Murong Qian couldn't believe such enormous wealth.
After all, which of the three countries doesn't want to annex the other two countries, unify the three countries, dominate and no one will submit to the other, and then it becomes the current situation!
Zhongyuan "Your Majesty, you heard it right. Our king said that as long as you lend a helping hand this time, our Rong Kingdom will be your vassal state!" said the Minister of Revenue helplessly.
Their Rong country is mountainous and high, and apart from anything else, the grain output is pitifully low.
Moreover, their leader is really scared by the government affairs and is always thinking about going on strike. They are tired and exhausted!
"Why? Isn't your king a good king?" Murong Qian asked puzzledly. His subjects were loyal and he had no brothers or sisters who wanted to seize the throne.
Unlike him, he has a brother!
Rong Che, who was planning to run away: Do you want to listen to what you have to say?
Murong Yu, who was leaving the country to finish his work, said: Why don’t you listen to what you are saying!
"Your Majesty, please ask the Mu Kingdom to take over our... Rong Kingdom!" Rong Kingdom's Minister of Finance said, oh my god, he almost let it slip, the word "mess" is not allowed to be mentioned!
"I..." Murong Qian was about to say that he would consider it, but he was frightened by the Minister of Finance of Rong State and didn't know what to say!
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I am your most loyal Minister of Revenue. This is the detailed income and expenditure of our country. Please check it!" The Minister of Revenue of Rong State knelt on the ground and immediately expressed his loyalty. Then he asked people to carry out three boxes, which were full of accounts.
"Ah! Help!"