After binding the loving mother system, I was so bad

Wang Buxi found Wang Jiuhe in the Hongfu Opera Troupe Building in Huaishuo Town.

When she saw Wang Buxi, the proprietress of Hongfu Opera Troupe's eyes lit up, as if she had seen a savior: "Sir Wang, you are finally here, come and persuade the Imperial Envoy!"

When the girls in the Hongfu Opera Troupe learned that a war was about to break out, they all expressed their desire to go to medical school to learn nursing knowledge so that they could rescue the wounded in the future.

The proprietress also felt that no one liked to watch opera at this time, so she planned to close the Hongfu Opera Troupe.

Most of the guests expressed their understanding and said that they were all busy and really had no time to come to the troupe. Only the imperial envoy wanted to drink, and refused to leave the building, insisting that the girls perform "Five Finger Mountain" for him.

The boss lady tried to persuade him here and there, but he just wouldn't listen. She was angry and anxious!

Wang Buxi waved to the proprietress, who heaved a sigh of relief as if she had received some promise, and very tactfully left the huge opera house to the two of them.

"What? Lord Wang wants to personally perform "Under the Five Finger Mountain" for me? I wonder if Lord Wang is going to play the role of Tathagata Buddha or Sun Wukong?"

Wang Jiuhe shook the somewhat empty wine jar, curled his lips in dissatisfaction, and threw it away.

Wang Buxi moved a few steps to the left, and the wine jar fell right where he had just stood.

"There are no idle people in Yunzhou, so who has time to act? The emperor said that he would show you the battle plan and send it to Kyoto when he has time."

Wang Buxi unfolded the battle plan, but before Wang Jiuhe could see it clearly, he quickly retracted it.

"Done? Once you're done, I'll leave."

Wang Jiuhe hummed a tune and drunkenly watched Wang Buxi's leaving back. When he could no longer see him, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, revealing a sarcastic smile.

This cousin was born a child of destiny and never took his peers seriously. Naturally, he didn't know that he actually had a photographic memory!

No matter how quickly Wang Bushi retracted his movement, Wang Jiuhe still memorized the battle plan at a glance!

Wang Jiuhe stood up slowly, walked to the window, pushed it open, opened his drunken eyes, and looked out the window boredly.

Humph, I knew that Wang Buxi would send someone to keep an eye on me!

Wang Jiuhe returned to the table, opened a new can of fruit wine, staggered back to the window, and poured the wine into his mouth unrestrainedly.

The wine flowed down the corners of his mouth, soaking his clothes.

Wang Jiuhe burped and sang loudly: "Drinking and singing, what is life like? Come, go buy me a pound of braised mutton!"

The few people who were ordered to monitor Wang Jiuhe looked at each other, and one of them, a smaller one, ran quickly to the end of the alley.

In the entire Huaishuo Town, there is currently only one store selling braised mutton, and the owner is a cripple due to his poor legs and feet, so he did not follow Manager Xia and his group out of the city.

When the mutton shop owner heard that the imperial envoy Wang Jiuhe wanted to eat a pound of mutton, his eyes flashed and he cut off two pounds neatly: "I'll only charge for one pound. We in Yunzhou are serving that person at a critical moment, don't let him cause any trouble."

The man in charge of running errands grumbled and complained, "Of course, it's because of him that several of our brothers are tied up! The general is short of people, alas!"

The shopkeeper glanced at the man sympathetically, then took the jar and planned to go to the theater with him: "Well, just bear with it a little longer. Forget it, I'll go with you! Braised lamb is better when it's freshly cooked!"

"How does this work?"

"It's alright. Anyway, I've been in the store all day and night, but there's no business. I'm going to make this trip so that the imperial envoy won't do any more evil things, and my brothers can relax a little bit."

"Okay, thank you very much. I wonder when Manager Xia and his friends will be back. I hope the food purchase went smoothly."

Manager Xia and his team are not doing things very smoothly.

They originally planned to go to Shuozhou first and then to Henan County in Hezhong.

But the next day after they bought food in Shuozhou, they heard some bad news.

"The government has issued an order to prevent unscrupulous merchants from maliciously hoarding grain and raising grain prices during the country's crisis. It is also to prevent people from scrambling to buy grain. Starting from the 15th, all grain stores in Da Zhou will implement purchase limits. Each person cannot buy more than one pound of grain per day!"

Shopkeeper Xia was shocked. Starting on the 15th, doesn’t that mean it starts from today?

Merchants in the same industry were also worried because the price of grain in Shuozhou was not cheap and they only spent half of their funds in Shuozhou.

Even once it comes out, the remaining half of the funds cannot be spent even if you want to!

"Manager Xia, what should we do?"

Shopkeeper Xia's right eyelid kept twitching. He didn't know why, but his heart was pounding up and down and he never felt at peace.

Shopkeeper Xia glanced at his companions and gritted his teeth and said, "If you trust me, let me take two or three people and the remaining funds to Hezhong County! You can go back to Yunzhou with the food and grass you have collected first."

"Of course I trust you!"

"Are two or three people enough? The world is a bit chaotic now, let's take a few more!"

Shopkeeper Xia nodded: "Okay! I'll take five people with me! Without further ado, I'll set out right away to see if I can create a time difference!"

Hezhong County is a fortress on the north-south waterway, and many merchant ships transit here.

Some grain transport ships from the south of the Yangtze River also have to pass through Hezhong Prefecture.

Shopkeeper Xia wants to go to Hezhong Prefecture to see if he can find the right opportunity to contact those grain merchants privately, without going through the grain store, and do transactions secretly!

It’s not that I don’t trust the imperial court, it’s just that the imperial court is too slow!

The Yunzhou army was about to set out, but there was no sign of reinforcements.

In the past few days, Manager Xia also visited the Shuozhou Governor He Yunyan.

He Yunyan's official information is much more accurate than the private information. According to him, Duke Ji is still recruiting soldiers in Kyoto!

A conscription list was rejected several times by the government!

The government said that the reinforcements were related to the safety of the entire Yunzhou and the entire Great Zhou, so they had to be selected from the best! In order to prevent the Tartars from planting spies, the family background of each soldier had to be verified!

Upon hearing the news, Shopkeeper Xia's eyes went dark and his cheeks suddenly swelled up!

Fifty thousand soldiers, if we investigate them one by one, how long will it take?!

Grand Tutor Tong said that if it really didn’t work, then all the Jinwu Guards and Baiyu Army should be transferred over.

Lord Li disagreed, saying that the Jinwu Guards and the Baiyu Army were there to protect the capital and the emperor's safety. They were the last line of defense for the Great Zhou and must not be moved!

The court argued about this matter for several days.

When Master He said these things, Shopkeeper Xia remembered stamping his feet, wishing he could rush to Kyoto and shout at them, "Send someone! Send someone quickly! The general is about to set off!"

Because of this incident, Shopkeeper Xia became even more worried about transporting grain to Kyoto!

"Let's go now!"

Upon learning that Manager Xia was going to take his men to Hezhong County overnight, the manager of the Baida Post Station in Shuozhou immediately brought about twenty people to escort Manager Xia.

"Manager Xia, don't worry. Our Baida Post also has a station in Hezhong County. I'll give you a token. You can take it to them. If you can raise food, you don't have to worry about manpower. Just hand it over to our Baida Express!"