"This is not right, and that is not right either. Do I really have to admit defeat?" Lei Zhan was very anxious.

He was very clear about how much food and supplies were needed every day to feed so many people at the border.

Lack of money could lead to collapse. We have put in so much effort to get to where we are today, and then everything will be over.

"Don't be anxious yet. Believe that His Highness will definitely come up with a good solution!"

Although Princess Ruyue couldn't think of a good solution, she had confidence in Li Ye.

After Li Ye thought for a moment, he came up with a good idea.

"I have an idea, but it's a bit far-fetched! It might be troublesome.

Once this plan is implemented, the conflict with the Third Prince and his men will become even more intense."

Li Ye said.

"Tell me what the solution is, and we'll discuss it together.

There are always more people who can get the idea!"

Princess Ruyue said.

Li Ye nodded and said, "Okay, you all can help me with some advice!

It’s actually very simple. Don’t the Third Prince and his men want to take away our business?

I guess they have no idea about business.

In fact, we still rely on the power of Yunlu Pavilion to purchase goods, which means that the purchase of goods is directed by Shi Wushuang."

"That's right! The Third Prince is definitely not capable of doing business." Princess Ruyue praised.

“In fact, many of the goods are exclusively sold by my company.

Because of our superb skills, the quality of our products is better.

It has almost achieved a monopoly.

All other businesses operating in the country have to buy from me.

This includes porcelain, silk, fabrics, and many other supplies."

"Could it be that Your Highness means to forbid the sale of goods to them, so that they can't buy them and naturally can't sell them to the enemy country?"

Lei Ying asked doubtfully.

"No, no, this method doesn't work at all! They can buy in batches from all over the place, even if we don't sell it.

They can still send other people to buy from other businesses, and there's no way to prohibit it." Li Ye shook his head and said.

"Then what should we do?" Everyone became even more curious.

Li Ye smiled wickedly and whispered, "It's actually very easy to deal with him.

First, let someone find out who is helping them purchase the goods.

Then they deliberately produced a batch of substandard goods and sold them.

When they finally sold the goods on Caoqian after a long journey, they found that the quality of the goods was very poor and they were all broken within a few days.

Even if it costs less and is cheap, it is simply useless.

In this way, the Third Prince will completely lose his credibility.

You still have to continue purchasing from us!

But this move is really too insidious. I am wondering if it will accidentally hurt our own people. Should I use it or not? "

Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this.

Without any hesitation, they all agreed.

"Anyway, these goods were sold to the enemy country. They are unreasonable. We are just fighting back. We must not be malicious at all."

"I think that's right. The barbarians are really bad! They found other supply channels and immediately broke off relations with us. We should teach them a lesson."

"I'm willing to do this. We're all enemies, so why bother with the little details?"

"Your Highness, please make a decision quickly. If you delay and transport all the goods away, it will only give the enemy an advantage."

"Well, since you all agree, let's do it! I'll write a few letters right away and send them over quickly at 800 meters. The sooner the better.

Remember to deliver the letter to the shopkeepers and have them destroy it immediately after reading it.

Our plan will fail if the news leaks out."

"Your Highness, please rest assured. I will buy the best horse and send it to you." Zhao Wudi said.

In order to complete the task, Zhao Wudi decided to send out military horses.

The mail is delivered faster.

Li Ye did not hesitate and wrote a letter to all the shopkeepers.

There was also a seal on the letter, which only they knew.

Send someone to deliver the heart immediately.

After arranging everything, Li Ye thought about it carefully from beginning to end, checking for any omissions and filling them in.

Suddenly, I remembered something very important and slapped my forehead: "Look at my brain, I almost forgot the most important thing."

Everyone saw Li Ye's face full of confusion: "What's wrong, Your Highness? What did we miss?"

"There's nothing wrong with our plan. Just think about it, we suffered such a huge loss, and we didn't react at all. How could the other party not be suspicious?

We should immediately send someone to strongly negotiate with the barbarians.

The more intense the reaction, the better.

We must make them continue to buy our goods, and if they don’t agree, we will threaten to never do business with them again.

Only in this way can the other party feel that their plan is successful.

It caused us a great shock and harm.”

Li Ye said.

"Yes, how could we not have thought of such an important thing!"

Lei Ying slapped his head excitedly and said, "Leave this to me. I'll go and negotiate with them myself."

I have to say that Lei Ying has a very high talent for performance.

Call all the other party's trading partners to come in for negotiations.

He was extremely excited during the negotiations, banging his hands on the table and yelling hysterically.

But those people looked as if they didn't care.

Businesses can either do it or not, they can offer their best goods at the lowest price.

Or they won’t buy it.

Anyway, there are better channels. Since I can't get any advantage, I will cut off business dealings.

After all, they have been secretly colluding with the third prince.

When the army is strong and powerful in the spring of next year, we will send troops to eliminate Li Ye.

Take back all the supplies.

If Li Ye cannot make any money throughout the winter, it will be a blow to him.

The negotiations lasted for most of the day, but there was still no result.

Lei Ying roared until his voice was hoarse, and finally he said harshly: "Okay, okay, since we can't reach an agreement, we will completely cut off all contact from now on.

Don't even think about buying any Dayuan goods through us anymore.

How will your people live in the future?"

"Hahaha, don't worry about that! I won't buy any of your products again."

The news of the negotiations soon reached Shi Wushuang.

Shi Wushuang told the third prince the details of the negotiations.

"Congratulations, Your Highness! Our plan was very successful! After we snatched away all of Li Ye's business, they were very angry.

We called the barbarian people over and negotiated for a long time, but there was no result.

It is estimated that Li Ye suffered a great loss. After all, he has so many people to support. If he can't make money, he might not even have enough food to eat.

It won't be long before he dismisses all the people.

There was no way to build enough walls to keep out the enemy."

The third prince was overjoyed when he heard this.

"Great, now I wonder how Lao Liu can fight me!

We are about to defeat him without spending a single soldier!

He was really stupid. He actually wanted to lead so many people to farm and build city walls.

How much silver will this cost?

I'm afraid even the imperial treasury can't afford such a large amount of money. He's a complete fool.

It's even better if we can't afford to build the city wall. When the barbarian coalition marches south in the spring of next year, we can crush it to the ground."