Qin Emperor Ziying

Chapter 546 Trading
"Xu Yushi, I wonder if you are resting in the palace these few days?" Joseon King Weiman asked Xu Cheng in a soft voice, raising his wine bottle.

"Okay, okay..." Xu Cheng replied drunkenly: "Your Majesty's hospitality is in my heart, and I will definitely say a lot of good words for you when I return to the Emperor of Qin in the future."

Although Xu Cheng was drunk, his IQ was still online. Naturally, he knew that the reason why Wei Man treated him so respectfully was because he had sent a lot of money, and the second was because of his status as the Imperial Envoy of the Great Qin Dynasty.

As long as he bears the label of Daqin on his body, representing His Majesty the Emperor of Daqin, even if he is just a commoner, if he is not forced to a certain extent, Wei Man probably will not do anything to him.

"My king has something unclear, so please invite Xu Yushi to see him." Seeing that Xu Cheng was seventy percent drunk, Wei Man replied tentatively: "I wonder how much food and grass Xu Yushi brought for this trip?"

When Wei Man said this, all the civil servants and generals in the hall immediately pricked up their ears, because Xu Cheng's answer might be related to North Korea's "national policy" in the next few years.

Today's North Korea can be said to be poor and white. Although Weiman occupied the original territory of the North Korea and expanded to all directions, but now the treasury is very poor and very touching.

The main reason is that when the last king of Osmundaja Joseon fled to Chenhan, he not only took the treasures in the palace with him, but even took the grain stored in the Pyongyang grain depot to Chenhan.

All that was left to Weiman was a blank slate.

In the past two years, the reason why Weiman frequently used troops against small countries such as Zhenfan and Lintun in the surrounding area was because of the food they had hoarded.

Because only enough food and grass can support his plan to form a large army to attack Ma Han and Chen Han in the south.

"Grain and grass, our Daqin has a territory of tens of thousands of miles, so we have as much grain and grass as we need." Xu Cheng squinted his eyes and said, "Have you heard of Aocang, Xingyang, Daqin? There are 3000 grain storage cellars in Aocang. There are 8000 shi of grain in stock!"

After Xu Cheng finished speaking, the entire hall fell silent. All the civil and military personnel of the Joseon Dynasty, including King Weiman of the Joseon Dynasty, were calculating how much grain there was in one granary in Daqin.

And the calculation results made them even more unbelievable. If Xu Cheng's words were true, Daqin's granary alone had 400 million stones in storage!

(The grain storage data of Ao Cang has not been found. The data of Luokou Cang in the Sui Dynasty is used here. Ao Cang has not finished eating hundreds of thousands of troops from the turmoil at the end of Qin Dynasty to the struggle for hegemony in Chu and Han Dynasties. The grain storage should not be much worse. , the weight of one stone was different between the two dynasties, and no distinction is made here.)
We must know that in the Qin and Han Dynasties, a stone of grain was about 31 kilograms today, or 62 jin. The grain needed by a high-strength soldier was about [-] jin every day.

That is to say, one stone of food per month is enough for a soldier. According to Wei Man's calculation, it would take about [-] troops to defeat Ma Han and Chen Han.

An army of 40 shi needs [-] shi of grain every month. It is estimated that it will take three to four months to conquer the two countries the fastest. This is the demand for [-] million shi of grain. Such a large batch of grain is not without any accumulation. Weiman can come up with.

Moreover, one hundred thousand troops is not so easy to gather. Now the entire population of North Korea is only more than one million, and the one hundred thousand young and middle-aged people are basically more than half of all young and middle-aged people. If we plant in spring and harvest in autumn, then there is no need to fight this battle.

Just wait to starve to death...

Xu Cheng's words undoubtedly sparked a fire of hope in the eyes of Weiman and his ministers who were worried about food.

Xu Cheng's next words made Wei Man's blood boil even more.

"I only brought [-] stones of food and grass this time, but for my Daqin, it is no problem to say that it is a hundred thousand stones and a million stones."

"Come, come, come, Xu Yushi, the king, will toast you again. I hope Xu Yushi will give you some kind words when he returns to the court, so as to relieve my urgent food shortage." After hearing this sentence, Wei Man immediately raised his wine glass again At the same time, he gestured slightly to the two beautiful maidservants beside Xu Cheng, and the two beautiful maidservants immediately poured the wine and sent the wine bottle to Xu Cheng's mouth very cooperatively.

Xu Cheng finished the wine beautifully, touched the softness on both sides, and said to Wei Man with a drunken face: "It's easy to talk about the food, but my Daqin's food didn't just fall out of thin air."

Immediately afterwards, Xu Cheng changed the subject and said, "However, if there is a suitable reason, it is not impossible to send food to North Korea."

Hearing this, Wei Man was overjoyed and said to Xu Cheng: "I have always admired the majesty of the third emperor, but I am deeply regretful that I have not seen it. Now that Emperor Shengming is in power, we in North Korea should obey God's will and return to enlightenment. Millions of people in North Korea are attached to Daqin, guarding the eastern frontier for Daqin from generation to generation, and offering sacrifices every year."

As Wei Man spoke, he took a roll of bamboo slips from the attendants around him and handed it to Xu Cheng himself.

"This is my request from North Korea to join the Great Qin, and I hope that Xu Yushi will forward it to His Majesty the Third Emperor."

Hearing Wei Man's words, a gleam of light flashed in Xu Cheng's seemingly drowsy eyes.

"The King of Joseon has such an intention, and the emperor is sure to be very comforted. Your Majesty will just sit and wait for the good news."

Although Xu Cheng was a bit greedy for petty gains, he was not stupid. Being able to hold the position of fake internal history in the smoky court of Zhao State before was also a testament to his ability.

The King of Joseon's careful thinking, Xu Cheng, naturally understood that he probably wanted to ask Daqin for food by using the excuse of becoming a nominal vassal state of Daqin. However, the purpose of Ziying sending him this time was to deliver food to North Korea. Wouldn't it be more convenient to send.

Not only did he complete the mission, but he also took over a vassal state. Maybe he could make further progress in the Great Qin Dynasty when he returned this time.

"Then this king is here to thank Xu Yushi in advance. From now on, you and I will be Qin officials, and I hope Xu Yushi will support you a lot." Wei Man said to Xu Cheng with a happy face.

In this era, the suzerain country does not have much control over the dependent countries, and what it maintains is just a superficial name. It only needs to pay tribute a few times a year, and it may be that the suzerain country pays tribute back every time. The value of the tribute paid are high.

Therefore, surrendering to Daqin did not have much psychological pressure on Weiman at all.

However, at this moment, Wei Man's face suddenly changed, and he became a little aggrieved. "I don't want to hide anything from Xu Yushizun, the current North Korea is not all in our country, and the remnants of the sons and daughters are the vassals of the previous Zhou Dynasty. They don't respect the Qin order and are now fleeing to Chen Han. There are also Ma Han who disobey the Great Qin. This is a great rebellion!

He wanted to send troops to conquer it and make the two countries submit to the Great Qin King Hua, but he was unable to succeed due to the shortage of food and grass. "Speaking of this, Wei Man's face even showed a little helplessness, as if it was his fault that he failed to bring down Ma Han and Chen Han for Da Qin.

Hearing this, Xu Cheng immediately understood Wei Man's intentions, and immediately said with extreme indignation on his face: "The king is worried about the country, and I will report the truth to the emperor. Such a treacherous and small country, if you don't accept Wang Hua, you will be punished soon. "

"Your Majesty can immediately recruit soldiers and horses to practice. I will write a book and send [-] stones of food and grass first."

(End of this chapter)