Chapter 3483 Trampling the Seedlings
Nan Yan followed him towards the golden carriage, and as she walked, she asked, "Your Majesty, do you think they can find out anything?"
"Um?"
Hearing this, Zhu Feng turned around to look at the figure on the platform that was so small that it was almost invisible. A faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and his eyes became even more profound. He said, "What do you think?"
Nan Yan didn't even think about it and just shook her head gently.
Zhu Feng chuckled again, turned around and continued walking forward, saying, "I didn't expect them to find out."
Nan Yan's heart moved when she heard this.
Zhu Feng didn't expect them to find out the truth at all. So, what was the meaning of him giving them those things?
She looked at Zhu Feng, her brows slightly furrowed, as if she wanted to ask something, but after thinking about it, she didn't say anything in the end. She just silently followed Zhu Feng into the golden carriage. Soon the convoy left here and returned to Yongzhou City.
On the other side, although everyone was confused, Li Wu Yu did not want to stay on the high platform exposed to the sun, so he hurriedly took Xiahou Jiu and the others away.
As soon as I approached the carriage, I heard Hu Meir's charming voice coming from inside.
"Your Majesty, why did Your Majesty come back just now?"
When he heard her voice, Li Wu Yu felt relaxed again and got into the car immediately. Chen Biri and his two nephews followed behind him. They wanted to say something, but when they saw that Li Wu Yu didn't even turn his head, the people outside lowered the curtain.
After a while, an unbearable sound came from inside.
Chen Bi Ri sighed deeply: "Alas!"
Chen Wenxiao said softly: "Uncle, if you have anything to say, let's go back first. It's not convenient here."
Chen Bi Ri had no choice but to do so.
So, everyone got on their carriages and left soon after. The rest of the people quickly dismantled the platform and restored it to its original state, as if nothing had happened.
The carriage of the King of Yue State went along the main road all the way to Doubei Town. Although the road was flat, it was not as smooth as the carriageway in the city. The wheels bumped against the stones on the road and were bumpy from time to time, causing the curtains on both sides of the carriage to shake constantly.
Li Wuyu was lying on Hu Mei'er, completely lost in thought, when he suddenly heard Hu Mei'er pointing outside and saying, "Hey, what are those?"
Li Wuyu said impatiently: "Beauty, are you still distracted at this time?"
Hu Meir smiled and said, "Your Majesty, would you like to take a look?"
Although Li Wu Yu was very impatient, since it was the beauty who spoke, he could only turn around and look through the gap in the curtain. He saw green rice fields on both sides of the road.
That was the fertile land that Chen Biri opened up near Doubei Town after he persuaded him for a long time and finally got his approval.
At this time, there were still a few farmers working in the fields with their trouser legs rolled up.
Nowadays, all the limited farmland in Yue State has been planted with mulberry trees. The farmers who originally farmed have also turned to raising silkworms and reeling silk. Only in this way can they make money. There are not many farmers who farm seriously. After all, the grain they grow after working hard for a year may not even be worth a few hundred yuan, while the raw silk produced from the same acre of land can be worth several times the price.
Especially just now, after listening to what the Emperor of Yan said, he had already reached trade relations with the countries in the Western Regions. Although Li Wu Yu usually didn't care much about these things, he was still willing to listen more about money matters. He knew that if the silk and brocade of Yan were transported to the Western Regions and sold, they could be sold at a price dozens or even hundreds of times higher than in the Central Plains.
No wonder he needs Vietnamese raw silk so much.
The grain he had just given out, especially the whole cart of jewels, was just the beginning. If more silk could be produced this year, the money earned would be piled up like a mountain.
Thinking of this, Li Wu Yu felt so happy that his whole body was itchy.
Seeing the rice seedlings on the ground again, I find it an eyesore.
He said, "Stop the car."
The people outside stopped immediately.
Xiahou Jiu, who had been riding beside the emperor's carriage, heard him speak and immediately rode to the window. He bent down and asked, "What are your instructions?"
Li Wu Yu leaned out and said a few words to him, and Xiahou Jiu's eyes suddenly lit up.
He said, "I understand."
After saying this, he immediately rode his horse back to his team and gave a few instructions to the soldiers below. The soldiers took the order and immediately rode their horses away from their team and turned to run towards the fields.
At this time, Chen Bi Ri, who was sitting in the carriage, was still angry. Suddenly, he felt that the convoy had stopped and couldn't help but asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"
He reached out and lifted the curtain, and saw a scene outside that made him heartbroken.
A group of soldiers rode their horses and rushed directly into the fields. The seedlings that had survived a late spring cold snap were trampled by the horses' hooves and were soon crushed to pieces. However, the soldiers seemed not satisfied and laughed as they rode their horses back and forth several times, then leaped into another field.
The farmers who were still working in the fields were terrified, and some were almost trampled by the horses' hooves. They cried and climbed onto the roadside path, watching the soldiers crush the seedlings they had worked so hard to grow. Heartbroken, they knelt on the ground and cried, "Sir, sir, spare my life!"
"Stop stepping on it, stop stepping on it!"
"What are you doing? We worked so hard to grow this!"
Seeing this scene, Chen Bi Ri felt as if the horses' hooves were stepping on his chest. The dull pain made his vision go black. He stumbled out of the carriage and rushed directly to Li Wu Yu's carriage: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty! What are you going to do?!"
Li Wuyu lifted a corner of the curtain and said, "Master Chen, you just heard that the price the Emperor of Yan State asked is exorbitant. Planting these useless things is a waste of money and manpower. Why not have them switch from rice to mulberry trees? When they make money in the future, they will benefit, and so will our Yue State. Isn't that a good thing?"
"No, no!"
Chen Bi Ri coughed in anger, feeling only a sweet and fishy taste in his throat. He said with deep sorrow, "Your Majesty, we absolutely cannot do this. The people of Yan Country want us to be completely dependent on them for our livelihood. If they cut off our food supply, we will be killed if we refuse to give them what they want!"
“That’s enough!”
Li Wu Yu said coldly, "You don't need to say anything more. I have already made this decision. Come, trample all the rice seedlings here for me. Before it's too late, plant the mulberry seedlings quickly. When you make money, they will be grateful to me."
The soldiers below took the order, jumped on their horses, and rushed into the wheat field one after another.
Seeing this scene, Chen Biri’s eyes went dark and he passed out.
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