"Prefect Ruan, you are the local leader after all. How can you crawl on the ground like this? Get up. We have a solution for this. You just need to cooperate." Jiang Ping smiled and said, "It's not as serious as you think. Besides, Qitian Village will not abandon any of its friends. You are our friend, and we will guarantee your safety."
Ruan Shiping also felt that it might be too much to continue acting, so he quickly stood up and said with gratitude: "Thank you, Mr. Lu, for your care, and thank you, Mr. Jiang, for your care. Just tell me what you need me to do, and I will go through fire and water without hesitation." Having said that, Ruan Shiping also bowed seriously in the direction of Qitian Village.
"You don't have to be polite, Governor Ruan. The matter is very simple. You just need to submit a memorial saying that because the Daliang Empire sent reinforcements to Qinghe County, Qitian Village did not have the upper hand in the war with Qinghe County for the iron ore. Now one company owns half of the iron ore, so Qitian Village has to cut production and reduce the export of pig iron to Cambodia." Jiang Ping began to talk nonsense seriously.
"Ah? Your idea is just adding fuel to the fire..." Ruan Shiping wailed and almost fainted.
"It's okay, it's okay, Governor Ruan, it's not that serious. Cambodia is vast and rich in resources, and we still have an iron mine to sustain us for a while. Once we sell our current inventory to the Chen Dynasty at a high price, we can recover and retake the iron mine. Then we can resume the supply, right?" Wang Wu added, "We're doing this for the good of Cambodia."
Upon hearing this, Ruan Shiping, who had just recovered his breath, fainted completely.
"Your Majesty, acting prefect of Mengyang Prefecture, Ruan Shiping, has submitted this memorial with tears in his eyes. The ancients said that merchants are disloyal and bandits are unrighteous. Now, the people of Qitian Village have abandoned Cambodia for high profits, using the loss of the iron mines as an excuse to stop exports to us and instead increase supplies to the puppet Chen... If the puppet Chen learns of this, their arrogance will surely increase. Our brave soldiers... I believe that outsiders are unreliable. I implore Your Majesty to restructure the domestic iron mines, increase production, and achieve self-sufficiency. This is the correct path..."
That night, while writing a memorial, Nguyen Shiping sighed and said to the dark window: "Your Majesty, this is all for the good of Cambodia."
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