I am King Zhou of the Conferred God System

And because there are still many merchants in the territory of Dashang, all of them are raising rabbits. At this time, these rabbits were bought by the Emperor, and the rabbit meat was processed into canned or dried meat by means of factories, and used as military rations.

However, this news was like a bolt from the blue to Jifa's Xiqi. Suddenly, because the price of Xiqi's pottery and hemp became extremely low, countless Xiqi's rented houses closed down in an instant.

Chapter 965 Panicked Xiqi

And the land that should have been used to grow food is all abandoned. After all, the Lanyou Grassland is not a high-value item in the first place. No wonder there is a shortage of food!

People who were supposed to grow food all went to the workshop to make those rare earthen pottery. The few plots of land in their own homes have turned into orchid grass. There were some harvests at first, but now there is no harvest at all.

There was still some grain in Xiqi's original granary, but due to the need to deal with the big merchants, the number of Xiqi's army continued to increase, and the grain could not sustain the war at all, and could barely cope with daily consumption.

If Xi Qi lays off the army now, it may be effective, but the army that has been built with great difficulty is originally an army that can stand out in the world, and it is impossible for Ji Fa to give up.

Fortunately, they made some money planting orchid grass and making Xiqi clay pottery during this period, so they should spend the money to buy food, which is also a helpless move.

However, when Ji Fa and Jiang Ziya were about to buy grain, the Emperor issued another edict, which wiped out Ji Fa's hopes, that is, prohibiting trade between big merchants and Xiqi, and not doing business with rebels.

As soon as the decree came out, Dashang closed all the gates and strictly prohibited any caravans from entering or leaving, and civilians were only allowed to enter but not to leave. Merchants in Dashang were not allowed to do business with the outside world during this period, and could only do business in Dashang. Business, if violated, will destroy its nine clans.

At the same time, all the gates have been closed. If the southeastern princes want to trade, they must abide by the regulations and be approved by the prime minister. Moreover, strict restrictions have been imposed on the types of trade. Jiang Hengchu was also directly targeted for economic sanctions.

Only then did Ji Fa and Jiang Ziya wake up, alas!All of this is the method of the Emperor. From the very beginning, the things that the Empress likes spread throughout the world almost instantly, until the Emperor took the lead to make these things popular among the big merchants.

Then it caused Xiqi to start planting orchid grass, farmers began to make Xiqi's clay pottery, and then agriculture was abandoned. Later, the emperor denied these three things, and the prices of the three things plummeted. Until now, trade is prohibited. Which of these is not a well-planned strategy?

Every detail is done so carefully, interlocking, relying on money means, and then attacking the enemy, I have never heard of it, and the effect is so strong, it is worse than a real fight. To be powerful, it easily destroyed the economy and livelihood of Xiqi and the north, and also controlled the two regions of the east and the south.

Even if it was Jiang Ziya, he felt that he was superior in strategy, and he couldn't help sweating from the back. The figure of that stalwart appeared in his mind, and his heart was extremely cold. This is the tiger, right?Even if he fell asleep, it would be terribly scary. The tiger has woken up now. In fact, Jiang Ziya didn't know that the tiger in his heart had never slept at all!

Faced with this situation, Ji Fa was helpless, but at the beginning, he also tacitly allowed the people to plant orchid grass and make Xiqi clay pottery. He wanted to make more money and military expenses, but now he was beaten back by the other party. out of shape.

Thinking of Jiang Ziya's persuasion that he should not abandon agriculture that day, he couldn't help regretting, but now regretting is useless. The key is how to find a solution to the lack of food. If there is no food, the consequences will be disastrous, and Xiqi's army will be finished.

Jiang Ziya's solution is to find some wild things first for emergency use. Another solution is to find a way to buy food and raise food from the east and south at the same time.

Chapter 966 The Treasurer

However, they didn't expect that Jiang Hengchu and Eshun's food was also in short supply, because the food consumed in the war was too much. Although it was not as miserable as Xiqi, when the news of Xiqi came, some people were helpless. Because since the ban on trade, grain merchants have been helpless.

As for the grain in the east and the south, one is consumed by the war, and the other is bought by a mysterious company at a low price, all of which belong to the big business. Now they have no surplus food, and the price of food has risen all of a sudden. .

And it's not just the price increase, but there is no stock at all, and they can't buy it even if they have money. Now the group of princes, big and small, are mostly anxious, but of course the people who suffer the most are the common people and slaves. Countless people died of starvation. , It can be said that starvation is everywhere, and there are countless fugitives.

Dashang's current policy is to only let in and not to let out. If they can escape to Dashang in the future, this group of people may still have land if they want to come. For this reason, Ji Fa sent all the troops out. kill.

However, this bloody method not only failed to solve the crisis, but made the situation worse. Those nobles or ordinary people complained, and they kept writing letters every day, asking for help, and finally appeased the nobles who had been attracted, and now they started to make trouble The voice of opposition made Ji Fa anxious.

At this time, the envoys of Jiang Hengchu and Eshun also brought back bad news. Since Eshun was defeated and retreated to the south, supplies were also in short supply. He wanted to ask Ji Fa for help, and Jiang Hengchu was the same. The words made Ji fly into a rage, and she didn't care about her appearance in public, slapping the table and cursing Jiang Hengchu and Eshun!

At this time, the Turkic king also came to ask for help, and the urgent letter floated over like snowflakes, which made Ji Fa almost faint from anger. At this time, Jiang Ziya made Ji Fa calm down.

However, Jiang Ziya brought a piece of news. His spies discovered that some time ago, when someone was harvesting Lanyoucao and Xiqi pottery, a firm of Dashang bought grain at a low price and hoarded a large amount of grain. If you are willing to sell, you can help them tide over the difficulties.

Hearing this, Ji Fa felt a lot more at ease. He had heard of that firm before. It was called Regal Firm, and it was considered the largest firm of Dashang. The shopkeeper of this firm in Xiqi was surnamed Keng. There are the most people, and there are also many cooperations between rich companies and officials. During the severe drought, they also cooperated with Ji Chang to transport food for disaster relief.

After Ji Fa became the Marquis of Xibo, he also supported the businessman surnamed Keng very much, and even offered him gifts. Businessmen in Xiqi like profits, and the practice of hoarding food by wealthy companies is nothing more than to get more money. Ji Fa also believed that as long as he personally ordered to buy grain from this branch, the shopkeeper would never refuse.

However, the shopkeeper of this pit is also very powerful. He has the foresight. When everyone is making Lanyoucao and Xiqi's pottery, he actually bought so much food. An official, maybe this guy will take the initiative to offer food!

As expected, when the shopkeeper Keng heard the summoning from the king, he rushed over immediately. Hearing that Ji Fa was about to distribute the officials, the shopkeeper Keng was very happy, and expressed his willingness to sell part of the grain and give it to the common people at the price of ordinary people to relieve their urgent needs. A large amount of grain was sent to Xiqi.

Chapter 967

Ji Fa couldn't help being happy, proud in his heart, thinking that these businessmen are really low-class people who are greedy for money, and they couldn't be an official before, but now they suddenly become officials for him, which can be regarded as honoring their ancestors.

Ji Fa is proud that he can solve the food problem through a small official, but what happened next has to make Ji Fa commit suicide. After the shopkeeper returned to the company, he kept his promise and opened a warehouse near Xiqi The food is released, and it is free for the people to eat.

At this moment, when all the people were grateful to Dade, the shopkeeper of the pit came out, patted his chest, and tears were about to flow: "Fathers, folks, sisters, listen to me."

Everyone's eyes fell on the shopkeeper Keng. After all, the shopkeeper Keng has such a kind heart and gave them food for free. He patted his chest and said: "I am a businessman in Xiqi, thanks to the support of all the folks and elders." I value it, the business is booming, and I have a little money. Now I see that Xiqi is short of food, so I open a warehouse to release food to everyone.

But I am a citizen of the great merchants, I have received the grace of the emperor, and I am anxious to solve the world's evils, save thousands of slaves, give food to the people, and let the people live and work in peace and contentment. In the name of a sage, the people of Xiqi and the north were once again enslaved. He is an eternal villain!

Na Jifa let me into the palace yesterday, saying that he was giving me an official position, and asked me to use food to help him fight against the emperor. Although I haven't read any books, I also understand the principles and should not do ungrateful things. "

The people around were still clamoring to snatch the food, and suddenly they listened to the shopkeeper Keng's words in silence, and saw the shopkeeper spitting all over the place, and said angrily: "Although I am a businessman, I also know the word "honesty, how can I do it for you?" How about a small official position that is bent on rebels?

It is better to give the grain to the elders than to ruin the jade. I will say goodbye to everyone. Let’s take a step first. Take care of the elders! "

After he finished speaking, he pulled out his dagger and committed suicide on the spot. At the same time, the granary in the rich man's business caught fire.

Soon, a large amount of hoarded food was burnt clean, and the matter of preferring broken jade to tiles spread quickly and caused a sensation. When the news reached Chaoge, Ren Huang was also moved by it. He wrote down a few words "Loyal Minister" with his own hands, and pursued the posthumous shopkeeper of the pit as a "national scholar" of a big merchant.

People all over the world also remembered that the shopkeeper's name was "Kengshini". When Kengshini committed suicide, Ji Fa got the news and felt cold all over his body. All food was burned.

If it weren't for the people who received the food favor of the Kengshini, Ji Fa would even have wanted to tear up the Kengshini's body and throw the body out to feed the cows, but after all, it was helpless in front of so many people. Burial the pit room.

The people dare not speak on the surface, but behind their backs they talk a lot: Kengshini is such a kind and good deed. During the severe drought, he took the initiative to open a warehouse to release grain, and was praised by Ji Chang as "the country's unparalleled", but now he is forced to death by Ji Fa. Well, this King Wu of Zhou is indeed what Kengshini said, he is a rebellious and rebellious thief.

Ji Fa also understood. I'm afraid this pit nun should be Chaoge's dead soldier. He has been lurking in his Xiqi for so long without him noticing, and the most important thing is that he actually returned it to him at this time. Here comes a knife!

This stabbing was too harsh, not only damaged his reputation, but also made Ji Fa the most frantic because he had to protect his reputation, and in front of the people, he had to respect this national scholar, holding back Qu's almost made Ji Fa vomit blood.

Chapter 968 The Immortal Crosses the Danger

However, before he finished spitting out this mouthful of blood, another mouthful of blood was about to come out, because what he didn't know was that the student nun who was buried by him quietly crawled out of the grave, covering up his traces. After that, he immediately changed his face, walked out of Xiqi swaggeringly, and at the same time publicized the matter of the Kengshi nun.

But the deeds of Kengshini, the more they spread, the more noisy they became. After a while, the food shortage in Xiqi was finally resolved. The solution was similar to the original Conferred God World. With the help of Daoxing Tianzun, he borrowed Xiandou and filled all the granaries.

However, Ji Fa took advantage of this to make a big fuss, saying that he was blessed by God to overcome such a difficult time. Although it has the effect of mending the situation after a dead sheep has been saved, the incident of the pit nun has spread widely, and the impact caused by it is definitely not what it is now. It can be concealed.

The people of Xiqi are in slavery. After learning about the Kengshi nuns, they also recalled that before Ji Fa's rebellion, they owned land and lived happily. Compared with the present, life is simply worse than death. He hated Ji Fa that much.

Human beings yearn for a free life, which cannot be prohibited. There are more and more fugitives, and they cannot be killed or banned. The economic sanctions in the south and the east are also very effective. Jiang Hengchu has no intention to deal with it now. Baiyue, it can only be a single-minded adjustment.

The people complained a lot, and because of the sanctions, the princes who supported Jiang Hengchu expressed their dissatisfaction with him. After all, there are so many princes in the east, not all of them support Jiang Hengchu, and there are others who support Yue Linglong.

During the economic sanctions this time, not only were the princes who supported Yue Linglong not sanctioned, but they received a lot of benefits and support. They were very happy now, and the other princes who heard the news turned their heads and started Supporting Yue Linglong, more and more people supported Baiyue.

On the other side, Eshun was also in a very difficult situation. The princes under Eshun left his alliance one after another, and started to deal with Eshun instead, which made Eshun almost cry.

Daoxing Tianzun's Xiandou is also very powerful. It can provide food to solve the crisis of food shortage. However, it is a heretical emergency method after all. But it doesn't just fly by in such a short while.

Ji Fa's trust has also gone wrong. The people don't trust him, and the princes don't trust him anymore. Xiqi doesn't have any outstanding specialties. Now food can only rely on those magic weapons, and ordinary daily necessities have become food. Luxury goods are only temporary solutions to problems.

Moreover, in recent years, due to the policy of Chaoge, many businesses have developed rapidly and become the most important base. After the trade was banned, many goods were cut off and the goods could not pass through, although some methods used complicated means Shipped over, but the cost is scary.

Over time, the prices of goods in Xiqibe began to rise, the currency began to depreciate, and inflation began. Inflation is not so easy to solve, and the economy is about to collapse.

Of course, when Li Zhi dealt with Xiqi, he was also affected. This can be regarded as an economic war.

Chapter 969 Battle

Under the premise that many commodities can be self-sufficient, there are also many substitutes, and the speed of things produced in the steam age is very fast, far exceeding the current manual age.

Under such circumstances, the complaints of the people became more and more intense. In order to divert attention, Ji Fa had no choice but to send troops to crusade against the big merchants. After launching the attack, the Turkic side also responded, marching from the north, and after taking the initiative to attack, The princes from all over the country were very dissatisfied and began to condemn Ji Fa, and the people were even more indignant towards Ji Fa.

People in the Northwest and the Northwest are panicking. At this time, the voice of public opinion is getting louder and louder. In fact, the power of public opinion is only so strong. It must be who has the bigger fist.

Li Zhi had expected that Ji Fa would do this a long time ago, so he directly strengthened the defense, and sent additional troops to each pass, Chentang Pass, Sishui Pass, etc. God, knowing those places that must pass through, has set up a large army to camp and guard the throats.

Jiang Ziya led the army all the way to Jinjiling, and learned that Jinjiling was actually guarded by Wen Zhong, so he didn't dare to attack easily, so he had to set up camp.

The next day, Grand Master Wen ordered Hong Jin to guard Jinji Ridge, and he took the four generals of the Mo family and others, as well as the general Yu Hua, to the camp of Da Zhou. With a murderous look, it looks like he is well-trained.

Grand Master Wen was wearing armor, with a black cloak on his back, a black unicorn on his crotch, and a golden whip in his hand. He had an extraordinary bearing. Five generals sat down beside him, namely the four generals of the Mo family and Yu Hua.

At this time, Jiang Ziya on the opposite side was wearing a mask and sitting on the four statues given by Yuanshi Tianzun, surrounded by Huang Feihu and others.

He has always longed to wear armor, "I hope the grand master will forgive me if I can't give the full gift."

Hearing that the grand master was sitting on the ink unicorn, he sneered: "Jiang Ziya, you are also from Kunlun Yuxu Palace after all, so you hide your head and show your tail like this, aren't you afraid of embarrassing Yuxu Palace?"

Jiang Ziya knew that he had been seen through by Wen Zhong, so he took off his mask and said, "The Grand Master is really amazing, I admire, admire! But Lu Wang is also my real name."

After Jiang Ziya finished speaking, Wen Zhong sneered: "You are just a sorcerer born, the emperor will never give up, you have a lot of trust, you have been promoted all the way, when you were promoted to prime minister, you didn't want to repay your favor, but defected to Xiqi instead. How ungrateful!

Just like Najifa's infidelity, unfilial piety, inhumanity, and injustice, she used illusion to deceive the people, and wanted to add the crime of being the emperor, and she still established herself as the king of Wu in the Western Zhou Dynasty. Extremely shameless! "

Jiang Ziya blushed very much when he was said, but fortunately he was thick-skinned, and he recovered after a while. Huang Feihu rode the five-colored bull beside him and said: "I don't think it's been 15 years since the last general left the grand master, but today we meet again. He is an opponent, he has a lot of emotions, and the grand master has also fought for many years, when the two armies are hostile, how can they become the prestige of words? It is better to fight each other, what do you think?"

Wen Zhong looked at Huang Feihu, and said with a murderous look in his eyes: "Your Huang family is also loyal and good for generations, and now you have rebelled and come to Xiqi, and you have betrayed the king's kindness, how dare you defend yourself?"

9 Chapter Seventy

Huang Feihu's face was firm, and he held the spear in his hand and said: "This matter has its own conclusion, don't talk too much, each is in charge today, and we must compete with the Grand Master!

At this time, Jiang Ziya regained his composure, and looked at Huang Feihu gratefully: "What the King of Wuchang said is very true. Now that the two armies are facing each other, if we dare to fight, I will compete with the Grand Master."

Wen Zhong glanced at Huang Feihu, retreated into the formation, pointed at Jiang Ziya and said, "Who is going out? Take Jiang Ziya down for me!"

Yu Hua, who was next to him, appeared with the blood-transforming magic knife, and said in response: "The last general is willing to go!" When Tima came close, he shouted: "I am Yu Hua, the pioneer official of the great merchant, how dare Jiang Ziya go?" Fight me!" Yu Hua's seat was the Golden Crystal Beast, but it was majestic.

"Jiang Ziya's disciple in Xiqi, Wu Ji Te, is here to meet you!" Then Yu Hua urged the horse to fight, and found that the spear in Wu Ji's hand was quite capable, so he feinted the shot and pretended to avoid it. .

Unexpectedly, Yu Hua took out a soul-killing flag from his bosom, which was Yu Hua's magic weapon. With one stroke of the soul-killing flag, countless black air came out from the soul-killing flag, directly covering Wuji. How can I resist the power of my body?

Wu Ji was directly sucked away by the black energy, leaving only one horse behind. With a wave of Yu Hua's hand, he threw the black air into his own camp. As soon as Wu Ji appeared in place, he was directly tied up by his subordinates.

Yu Hua laughed loudly, and said to the other side: "Jiang Ziya, your subordinates are really not very good!"

Seeing Yu Hua's ability, Jiang Ziya looked around and found that none of the generals brought out this time could resist him, so he said, "What's the ability of heretics? Why don't you and my army confront each other and see who is stronger!"

The reason why Xiqi dared to attack Da Shang this time was also because of the strength of the army. The main reason was that the weapons and equipment were so novel and tough. Against Da Shang, Jiang Ziya had the confidence to defeat Da Shang.

Wen Taishi's subordinates stepped forward and said to Wen Zhong: "Taishi, you can't agree to this matter easily. I have long heard that there are strange weapons in Xiqi, which are very powerful. Beibohou Chonghouhu was defeated by them, so don't take it lightly." Promise him! Why don't we use our magic weapon to kill them."

Wen Zhong smiled mysteriously: "Don't worry, I have a way. His biggest reliance is just those armors and weapons. I have a way to dampen their confidence and make their morale disappear."

After Wen Zhong finished speaking, he shouted to Jiang Ziya: "Okay! When the two armies clash, the two armies clash. My Dashang is an invincible teacher. I can defeat you without Taoism. Come if you have any skills!"

Jiang Ziya was overjoyed, he didn't expect that the Grand Master Wen was willing to use his own weaknesses to take advantage of the enemy's strengths, he was overjoyed at the moment, he waved his long sword, and the people behind him pushed out a crossbow cart.

After these huge ballistas appeared, Wen Zhong opened his eyes, saw the ballista launched from the opposite side, and waved his hand to order, but he saw soldiers with shields appearing behind the big business camp.

Wen Zhong looked at the crossbow carts on the opposite side, and sneered in his heart. It must be known that when they expeditioned to Baiyue, the Emperor of China had already smashed the cannon carts from the beginning. If the cannon cart appeared, it is estimated that Jiang Ziya's team would not be able to withstand a few shots, and would have to flee in all directions.

Chapter 971 Heavy Armor

The formation on Wen Zhong's side has already opened up. There are shields in front and longbowmen behind. Dashang has already begun to design the power and range of these divine bows, which are farther than Jiang Ziya expected. , shot over with the sound of breaking through the air, and suddenly, Jiang Ziya's team fell down a lot, and many ballistas had already lost their function before they were still in use.

Jiang Ziya quickly asked his archers to fight back, and at the same time the ballistas also started shooting, but these ballistas did cause some casualties to Da Shang's army. Although there were some casualties, the losses were too small.

The range of Jiang Ziya's archers is too short, and they can't hit them at all. Even if they hit Dajun, they will be easily resisted by Dashang's soldiers. Don't look at them wearing extremely light armor, but these armors The defensive power is really amazing.

Jiang Ziya had roughly calculated that the range of the archers used by the Dashang when they conquered Baiyue was far less than the range of their archers now, but why has the distance increased so much now?Could it be that the secret department of Dashang has developed a new bow and arrow?