Chapter 480: Feeling Refreshed
Xie Zhuoning looked at Ye Wuque and heard him say word for word, "Don't you want food and grass? I'll give it to you."
Her expression changed slightly, and she became more serious. "Ye Wuque, this is not something you can joke about."
"My words are as good as gold. When have I ever joked?" Ye Wuque fiddled with the folding fan in his hand. "Western Chu has had bumper harvests for several years in a row, but the price of grain has become lower and lower. Originally, the peace treaty with Daye was intended to open a market to exchange what we have, but not long after the peace treaty was signed, Duke Xin, who was in charge of the Western Sichuan Army, ordered his men to close the market."
Close the city?
When Xie Zhuoning heard this, he had only one thought: Duke Xin is crazy!
"So," Ye Wuque spread his hands and shrugged, "The people of Xichu can't sell their food, and as the crown prince, I'm also very anxious. I can only come all the way here to discuss cooperation with Miss Xie."
It sounds good, but Xie Zhuoning is not sure about doing business with Xichu.
Ye Wuque continued to tempt: "The price is only 80% of the original market price of your Daye."
Xie Zhuoning swallowed his saliva: "..."
You should know that the current price of the Sima family has increased several times the market price.
"And I can open a hole in the northern border of Western Chu so that grain and grass can reach the northern gate directly without passing through your territory of Daye."
"make a deal!"
As for the last one, she would be willing to do it even if Xie Zhuoning doubled the price.
There are many obstacles in Daye. Even if Western Chu transports grain and fodder here, it is not known whether it can be smoothly transported to Beiguan.
But now it was directly delivered to Beiguan by Ye Wuque via Xichu, which relieved her of the biggest worry.
The two men agreed on the amount and price of grain and fodder, and the matter was settled.
Ye Wuque and Shisan did not leave. Shisan ran around and showed his courtesy to Xia Ju, and Ye Wuque also wandered around in front of Xie Zhuoning every day like a idle person.
The euphemism is: he is a hostage.
If there was any problem with the food, she would be the first to hold him accountable.
Xie Zhuoning thought, with his and Shisan's martial arts skills, as long as Xiao Jinxuan was not here, who could catch them?
But as long as the food and fodder are in place, who cares what he does.
Soon, the food and fodder from Western Chu were delivered to the Beiguan battlefield.
Xie Zhuoning sent someone to pick them up in advance, and the whole process went very smoothly.
The Zhenbei Army breathed a sigh of relief because of the food and fodder, and began to prepare for a counterattack.
Xie Zhuoning, who received the news in the capital, had no time to be happy before the entire Prince Xuan's Palace was surrounded by the imperial guards.
The palace wanted to summon her to be questioned on the charge of treasonous dealings with the enemy.
The cause was that Xie Zhuoning did not buy the grain and fodder that the Sima family had spent a lot of money to stockpile, so they suffered a huge loss. When they learned that the issue of grain and fodder in Beiguan had been resolved, they immediately traced the cause to Xie Zhuoning.
When Xie Zhuoning heard the news, he was very calm.
A collaborator and a traitor to the country. A collaborator and a traitor to the country again.
In the previous life, my father and his men were accused of this crime. They served the country and the people all their lives, but in the end they were despised by everyone.
Ever since she knew that her second uncle Xie Heng was working for Princess Jing'an, she had been wary of this day.
Princess Jing'an hates her father, and will definitely make everyone in the Zhenyang Marquis's mansion suffer, and even after death they will be cursed by thousands of people.
The charge of treason is the most appropriate.
In the previous life, they implicated their father for colluding with Northern Qi, and in this life, they implicated her for colluding with Western Chu.
Okay, let’s see who dies first!
Xie Zhuoning changed into a princess' formal attire and came to the palace.
In Yu's study.
Xiao Bicheng summoned all officials above the third rank to wait for Xie Zhuoning's arrival.
As soon as she arrived, a pile of memorials were thrown at her feet. "Princess Xuan, would you like to take a look at these memorials impeaching you?"
Xie Zhuoning opened the books one by one and his eyes became darker and darker the more he read.
No matter how they look at it, they are all talking about her collusion with Xi Chu.
She stood up, looked around, and suddenly laughed, "It says here that I sent a large amount of money to Western Chu, and was suspected of colluding with the enemy and betraying the country? But I remember that Western Chu had already negotiated peace with Daye, and we had mutual trade and mutual benefit. I was just doing normal business with them. How could it be collusion with the enemy, how could it be betraying the country?"
Someone complained: "You can do business anywhere. Why do you have to do it with the people of Western Chu? You're just letting them take Daye's money for nothing!"
Xie Zhuoning sneered, "You high-ranking officials, if you had gone to the market to inquire about the recent prices of grain and cloth, you wouldn't have said this to me. Some people lost their grain, and some took advantage of the national disaster to make a fortune. You didn't punish these people, but came to me, a person who delivered grain to the front line. Are you crazy or am I crazy?"
"You, you, you! Xie Zhuoning, this is in Yu's study, not a place for you to act wild!"
If it wasn't for Yu Shufang, Xie Zhuoning wouldn't have said these things.
She raised her head and looked at the Crown Prince, then at Sima Youxiang, and said with a sarcastic smile, "Why are you two silent? Did I say something wrong?"
Xiao Bicheng frowned and said, "Xie Zhuoning, no matter what, you secretly purchased food and grass from Xichu and asked them to deliver it to the Zhenyang Marquis. This is indeed very suspicious."
If the Marquis of Zhenyang colludes with the Crown Prince of Western Chu, wouldn't this plunge Daye into dire straits?
The most important thing is that her relationship with the Prince of Western Chu always makes people feel inexplicably uncomfortable.
Xie Zhuoning was so angry that he laughed. "I don't let Xichu deliver the grain to Zhenyang Marquis. Do I let them deliver the grain to Daye and let others rob it again?"
"You!" Xiao Bicheng was poked and looked a little embarrassed.
She did not give him a chance to speak, and continued, "If His Royal Highness is really worried, then fine, I will break the treaty with Western Chu and withdraw all the food and fodder. I think His Royal Highness has great magical powers, and he must have prepared enough food and fodder to send to the front line."
In order to raise money to buy food and fodder, she had almost taken out all the cash on the shop these days.
The profits from the Niyifang were considerable, and she was able to hold on.
Since they are all so righteous, just let them go. She doesn't want to bother with this.
Xiao Bicheng felt guilty and didn't dare to speak, "It's not possible to collect this food and grass in a short time..."
"Why not?" Xie Zhuoning immediately took out a receipt and showed it to everyone present. "You may not know that these businesses are all owned by members of the Right Prime Minister's clan. They have recently stockpiled a large amount of grain, grass, cloth, and medicinal materials. I think it is to relieve the Crown Prince of his worries."
"No……"
"No what?" Xie Zhuoning did not give Sima He a chance to speak. "Does the Right Prime Minister want to deny it? It's not a festival, why are you hoarding so much? You can't be trying to make money from the national disaster, right?"
Before Xie Zhuoning arrived, the Left Prime Minister Shen Lian had already fought a round with a group of ministers. Even though he looked down on that girl, that girl, as a daughter, bravely stood up when the country was in danger. It was a great courage she showed.
Now, hearing her scolding again, he felt refreshed, and all the anger he had suffered during this period of time was relieved.
He took advantage of the situation and immediately bowed to Sima He, "I am here to help Zhenbei Army. Thank you, Right Prime Minister, for your generosity!"
Immediately afterwards, officials from their faction also echoed, "I will take over the Northern Army, thank you for your righteousness, Right Prime Minister!"