As soon as this order came out, the people were all in an uproar.

Shen Chu was especially dissatisfied, "Wouldn't they think the food looks a little too ugly? You can just clean up the mess you caused, and they even made it clear that they dug holes for you to take the blame for you."

Li Di didn't care about this, "The so-called big things don't care about small things. If you can get rid of me, it doesn't matter if you do something ugly. Once you are settled, it will not be difficult to win the hearts of the people."

"It's just that this trip will take at least a few months. You see the childbirth is imminent, but the orphan can't see the child is born." He couldn't help but reveal a trace of regret and pity, and he seemed inexplicably pitiful.

Shen Chu was a little worried. He felt that Li Di's trip was full of dangers. Not only would he have to face Beihu's aggression, but he would also have to deal with backstabbing. "How about I go to the northwest with you?"

Li Di: "What nonsense are you talking about? It's bitterly cold in the northwest, and the border war is dangerous, so just stay in the capital obediently and wait for my triumphant return."

Shen Chu: "But I always feel that something bad might happen."

Li Diximi gently kissed his forehead and face to comfort him, "Don't think too much, the most important thing for you now is to give birth to the child safely." But his eyes could not help but become gloomy.

Recently, the prince's faction has been making frequent moves, and the situation in the palace is not very optimistic.Physician Sun sent him a message secretly, saying that the emperor's physical condition is getting worse every day, and the crux of the problem cannot be found.

Of course, the Korean, Chinese and military ministers don't know yet.Now that there are internal and external troubles and the situation is tense, no one dares to disclose the true physical condition of the emperor. Even the queen mother chose to copy scriptures and worship in front of the Buddha, and did not say anything more about the situation in the court.

Shen Chu really didn't like the feeling of being in the whirlpool but seemingly calm and powerless.Even though the hairball added BUFF to his pregnancy status, the people around him still regarded him as a precious and fragile item, and they were restrained in everything they did.

Soon, Li Di led [-] forbidden troops to the northwest border, but the follow-up food and grass were still a problem.Although the court thought of a solution, it was far from enough to solve the problem.

Shen Chu wrote a memorial overnight, requesting to exchange salt to Jianghuai salt merchants for grain and grass. This Yanyin can not only sell salt in the Jianghuai area, but also sell to the Northwest and even the Western Regions and Beihu.As long as this order is issued, the shortage of food and grass for the northwest defenders will be eased a lot.

He handed the booklet to Zhongshu Province, and visited Lu Xiang several times in person.However, although Zhongshu Sheng handed over the paper to the prince's desk, it was put aside, and there was no news after a few days.

The front line couldn't afford to wait, Shen Chu was so impatient, he could only try his best to enter the palace to ask to see the prince, but he was blocked by various reasons.On the one hand, he had to win the support of Lu and others, and on the other hand, through the relationship between King Yun, Su Zhan and Princess Changle, he continued to ask to see the prince, but the prince made it clear that he did not want to see him.

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Thousands of miles away from the border, when Li Di arrived in Weizhou, he quickly rectified the defenders and launched an attack on the Beihu army in one go.The northern Hu people were intimidated by Li Di's residual prestige when they came, and they also avoided his edge when they came again, so as not to cause heavy casualties on their own side, they did not meet the enemy head-on, and after a little resistance, they abandoned the city and retreated.Li Di led his army to pursue for more than ten miles, killing hundreds of enemies, and it was not suitable to go deep, so he retreated to Weizhou City.

But the city has been plundered, and it is almost in ruins. There are ruins and walls everywhere. After burning, there is nothing left.Looking around, the eyes are full of sadness, and the soldiers are all sad.

Soon, many ragged and embarrassed people heard the news and packed up their homes spontaneously.Although Weizhou City is not very safe, everyone is unwilling to give up and leave easily, and the people also trust and love Li Di.

It's just that there is no food left in the city, and the food and grass for the defenders is not enough, but it is impossible to watch these emaciated people starve to death.

Li Di camped in the city, and Feng Jing accompanied the army on this trip as a military supervisor, responsible for the provision of supplies and supplies.After making arrangements for camping, he went to Li Di's tent to find him and said, "Now food and grass are in short supply, and there is only enough for half a month for the soldiers. But there are more than a thousand people in the city, all of whom escaped after surviving and came back after hearing the news. No rations."

Li Di frowned, and said in a cold voice, "The duty of the officers and soldiers is to guard the home and defend the land. They watched the people starve to death. Wouldn't it be a waste of money and can only provide part of the rations for the people?"

Feng Jing: "But spies came to report. This is likely to be a conspiracy by Beihu people to deliberately drive these people into the city to consume our insufficient food and grass."

While looking at the map of the northwest area, Li Di tapped it lightly with his slender fingers, and said in a calm voice, "It's no longer a conspiracy. If it's placed in the open, whether it is or not, we can't watch the people starve to death. "

"But now there is not enough food and grass. Free relief to the people may cause some soldiers to be unjust, and then it may breed laziness among the people. We will organize the young people among them into the team, and let the ordinary help do some chores such as patrolling and tidying up the city. In exchange for rations, women can also do some make-up washing in exchange. If there are a large number of people in the family, the insufficient part can be credited, and the wasteland will be offset after the beginning of the next spring."

Feng Jing couldn't help showing a sad look on his face, "This kind of strategy is also a good one, but it's just for today's plan, there is not enough food and grass, no matter how good the strategy is, it is difficult to cook without rice."

Li Di tapped the table lightly with his fingers, thinking that King Yun would find a way to send him another batch of food and grass in charge of the imperial merchants. Unsupportable.

He pondered, "If the follow-up food and grass can't keep up, we have to die and survive."

Feng Jing said in surprise, "What does Your Highness mean?!"

Li Di looked decisive, and tapped his finger on the map, "Deep into the enemy's rear, defeating the enemy's army, and preventing them from invading again."

Feng Jing was a little hesitant, "But this would also be very risky."

Li Di: "That's why it's called death and rebirth."

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On this day, Shen Chu had dinner after returning home, King Yun called him to the study and handed him two jade talismans.

Shen Chu was quite surprised, "What is this?"

King Yun: "This piece is the letter talisman of Lang Commercial Bank, as long as it is based on this, all the materials of the commercial bank can be dispatched to the greatest extent. ?

"This piece is a relic of the late emperor. With this, Tonglu Trading Company can agree to any of your requests."

Shen Chu's eyes widened. It is self-evident what these two jade talismans mean to him, to Li Di, and to the hundreds of thousands of soldiers at the border. The emotions in his heart are complicated and unspeakable for a while, but they seem to be perfectly normal. It was what he wanted, what he needed, and what King Yun could give him would be delivered to him without hesitation.

But Lang Commercial Bank is not completely owned by King Yun, and most of the income is to fill the national treasury?

Shen Chu worried, "Will the prince be disadvantageous to you if he finds out?"

King Yun Yun Danfeng smiled lightly, "No matter how you say this king is his uncle, the crown prince can't do anything to me."

"Besides, what time is it? The prince wants to ignore the soldiers who are bloody and killing the enemy on the battlefield. It's really muddled."

Shen Chu took two pieces of jade talisman, and for a moment, words could not express the gratitude in his heart, and felt that thanking seemed too light.

Seeing his appearance, King Yun couldn't help but sighed in his heart, and said with a smile on his face, "This king also watched Xiao Wu grow up, and I can't really watch him die."

"The accounts are all with Liu Sanniang. If you need to make arrangements, you can go to her. The manager of the Tonglu Commercial Bank is also in the capital, and Liu Sanniang can also help you get in touch."

After coming out of King Yun's study, Shen Chu went directly to Liu Sanniang without delay.After looking at the accounts, the materials that Lang Commercial Bank can mobilize are indeed not too much. Most of the previous support for Nanhu and the rescue of people affected by the snow disaster have been spent, but it is better than nothing?

Liu Sanniang was indeed capable. After understanding Shen Chu's intentions, she immediately sent people to quickly pass the goods that the firm could dispatch from all over the country.

Sitting in the study, King Yun was a little lost in thought. If it weren't for Shen Chu, he might not have made a move, and he might have chosen to sit on the sidelines, just like he has been doing for so many years.Perhaps, he was even happy to see the situation where Li Di and the crown prince were fighting for both sides, and he didn't mind letting what he cared about the most be destroyed faster.

However, the existence of Shen Chu changed his original thinking.He suddenly felt that he was already old, and all his time and thoughts were no longer enough to miss one person, and he didn't have much time to spend on other people and things.Except for Shen Chu, as long as it is what he wants to do, he is willing to support him, just like all parents who dote on their children in the whole world, regardless of right or wrong.

Of course, he knew that Shen Chu was not a spoiled child.He was a little regretful that he didn't have such an opportunity.

For the rest, he just needs to do what he wants to do.

The next day, under Liu Sanniang's help, Shen Chu met the head of Tongqu Commercial Company, who was obviously the head of Duan Chongduan whom he met on the way to Yangzhou to inspect salt, and the other person was sitting behind the screen, shadowy.

Shen Chu smiled and said, "Once a stranger and second acquaintance, I didn't expect to be an old acquaintance."

"Since that's the case, I'll get straight to the point."

After speaking, he gave the jade talisman to Mr. Duan.

Director Duan's eyes flashed, and he respectfully presented the jade talisman to the person behind the screen.

The person behind the screen looked at it with a jade talisman, but couldn't see his expression clearly, then he waved his hand to ask Mr. Duan to take down the screen.

Director Duan and Liu Sanniang both retreated outside the door.

Murong Bai looked at Shen Chu and said with a smile, "I don't know what condition Shen Shizi wants to exchange for this jade talisman?"

Shen Chu: "Providing enough food and grass to the northwest frontier army, of course, is not free. At that time, it can be exchanged for salt in the northwest area. Even the sea salt in the Jianghuai area or the South Vietnam area can be sold to the northwest and outside the pass."

Murong Bai's eyes flickered with interest, "Oh?! I don't know that Shen Shizi has such a great ability, that he can exchange salt from the northwest area?"

Shen Chu sat on the chair of the Eight Immortals in the hall in his spare time, narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Murong Bai and said, "In the current situation, it's either you die or I live, why should I cover it up, wouldn't it be refreshing?"

Murong Bai laughed and said, "Young master's temper is very suitable for this deity, but someone has already negotiated a deal with this deity first, so it seems that helping His Highness King Qin and Shizi Shen is not a very profitable business?"

Shen Chu lowered his brows slightly and said, "However, I think that Lord Murong is not a real businessman, but more like a character of a Jianghu person. It should not be based on whether it is worthwhile, but on whether you are willing or not?"

Murong Bai: "Then how can the young master be sure that the deity will be willing to help you?"

Shen Chu: "Leaving aside this jade talisman, if the prince succeeds to the throne, it is really a question mark whether the Juzi sect can be preserved, not to mention how many shady transactions there are between you, assassinating the emperor at the Wan Guochao meeting is a big treason.

"But if His Royal Highness King Qin can succeed, I will definitely keep the Juzi family."

Murong Bai's eyes flashed, and he said with a half-smile, "Sir Shen, don't talk nonsense, how can I trust you?"

Shen Chu: "Isn't everything in the Lord's calculation?!"

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