Chapter 159 Step by step
After a series of discussions, Panlong Kingdom finally aimed at the second princess. After all, she did not confess their people like the first princess before, which proved that there was a chance for cooperation.

The second queen originally didn't want to meet these people, but after thinking about it, they promised to help her ascend the throne as empress before, but they didn't take any real action, which ended up making the current new emperor cheaper.

The sixth prince who is enthroned now seems to want to establish a good relationship with her. As for the purpose, everyone knows it well, but she is not stupid.

Since she wanted to bring down the eldest princess, there were some things that she couldn't get her hands dirty with, so she secretly asked her confidants to meet the people of Panlong Kingdom, and to make sure everything was safe, she even asked one of her hidden guards to follow.

The two sides spied for two hours before leaving one after another, and the content of the two sides' discussion reached Lianyi's ears in less than half an hour.

"Empress, Panlong Kingdom wants to sell us the surplus grain of their own country, saying that it is to help the second imperial daughter, so that she will have the confidence to do things after she has grain, and they also promised to sell it at a price of three pennies per catty lower than the market price. Sell ​​it to Fengqi Country."

"With such a good bargaining chip, what are Panlong Kingdom's conditions?"

Lianyi would not believe that there would be pies falling from the sky.

"Let their food transport team enter Fengqi Country, and allow them to sell other things."

"I remember that there is a special trading market with Panlong Kingdom. Are they trying to open up a new trading market?"

"They wanted to go to the five occupied cities, and they also gave the reason. After all, after the cities were occupied, the people of Panlong Kingdom did not leave, but continued to live in the cities. They also had some relatives and friends. , wanting to bring them back."

"Hmph! I'm afraid the drunkard's intention is not to drink! What does the second princess say?"

"Her confidant replied that they could only go to one of the cities and let them think about it, the two sides are still arguing.

However, that confidant inadvertently let the other party know the whereabouts of the third princess and the city where she is located."

After Feng Shou replied, he stood aside with downcast eyes.

Lianyi was a little annoyed, she didn't know whether to say that the second princess was smart or stupid, she knew how to kill people with a knife, and used the people of Panlong Kingdom to eradicate the third princess for her, and she could even drag the eldest princess into the water.

It's stupid to seek skin from a tiger. Once this matter is revealed, she may not even be able to keep her current status as an empress, let alone a superior. After all, she is still alive as an empress!
"If she can buy a large amount of food for disaster relief at a low price, then let her operate it, but she must be well controlled, and don't let the Panlong Kingdom shoddy it.

Those people from the Panlong Kingdom have been closely watched by me. It is best to follow the vines and pull out all their people, and then arrange for people to use these identities to send a generous gift to the Xuanwu Kingdom and the White Tiger Kingdom. "

Ripple ordered directly.

"Yes, this subordinate will order you to continue."

"Arrange people to bring back the third child and the virtuous servant, and make sure that they are not infected with the plague."

Ripple added another sentence.

"Yes."

Lianyi cut off a peony flower, inserted it into a small crystal vase, and asked Lan Xin to send it to her daughter. This child is more sensible, and after finishing her daily homework, she will come to greet her.

Sometimes he would ask some questions that he didn't understand. Lianyi had already begun to instill in the little girl the way of thinking of a superior person, subtly influencing the little girl. In Shijiu's words, she started practicing trumpet.

Three days later, the second princess came to see Lianyi. After all, buying food with Panlong Kingdom is not a trivial matter, and she needs to use the reserve silver of the treasury, so she must let the queen know and stamp the queen's seal, otherwise the money cannot be transferred.

"Your Majesty, the people from the Panlong Kingdom proposed this matter on their own initiative. They contacted the minister's daughter in private. At first I thought the other party was a big grain merchant, but I thought the timing of their appearance was too ingenious. After several investigations, I found out It was discovered that they were from Panlong Kingdom.

However, the price they offered was very attractive, and it could also solve the urgent need of the food shortage, so I didn't expose them, dealt with them for a few days, and agreed on the price, and then I came to report to the empress, to be honest The daughter has no idea, and always feels that Panlong Kingdom will definitely not be so kind. "

The second queen's words left her clean, and she also handed over the final decision-making power to Lianyi's hands, showing her respect for the queen, and also revealing herself that she was not a native of Panlong who she took the initiative to contact. , but the other party concealed his identity and contacted her.

Lianyi smiled, feeling that the second princess's rank had improved, and she knew how to separate herself from the relationship and share the risk.

"The disaster-stricken cities will have to live on relief grain until the spring of next year, and after the spring, they will have to plant good seeds. You can ask the people in the household department to do a detailed calculation to see how much grain is stored in the treasury's granary. The gap does not mean that if he sells, we must buy."

After hearing this, the second princess immediately said:
"The minister has asked the Minister of the Household Department to make statistics, and the current gap is 50 catties of grain."

The second queen obviously came prepared.

"In this way, you buy [-] catties of grain first, and every bag of grain must be inspected. Don't let the people of Panlong Kingdom take advantage of it. You also doubt their intentions. If this is the case, you must be more cautious."

Ripple proposes a compromise.

"The empress still thinks long-term, then buy [-] catties first, and I will definitely send someone to watch over it. I will let them transport the food directly to the disaster-stricken city, so that I can further test the other party. What does the empress think?"

"Yes! As I said, you are now in charge of the country. If you have any doubts, you can come and ask me. If you have an idea and a decision, just do it. Don't procrastinate!"

"Yes, my lady, thank you for your trust!"

The second princess bowed and left Zhuo Xiuyuan with a smile on her face.

On the morning of the second day, this matter was brought up, and all the ministers agreed with the proposal of the second emperor. The Ministry of Households still had enough money to buy [-] catties of grain, and the matter was finalized.

The next step is to wait for Panlong Kingdom to bring the grain, and everyone will inspect the goods face to face, and then pay the money.

Panlong Kingdom also received the news from themselves, knowing that Fengqi Kingdom is willing to give money to buy food, but the gap is too big, they can't get together such a large amount of money for a while, and they are also worried that they will cheat, so they only propose to buy [-] yuan first A catty of grain is also a kind of temptation.

"Your Majesty, the queens of Fengqi Kingdom are always suspicious, we just promise them, even if the other party is a temptation, our food transporters can enter Fengqi Kingdom, and the second princess said that all the food this time is used for disaster relief , so it will be directly transported to the affected city, and our chance will come."

Zhang Zhang made the pros and cons very clearly.

"Okay, let's not do anything with this first batch of food, and send it over first, mainly to allow our people to enter the five cities smoothly."

(End of this chapter)

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