After the separation, the family had a lot of fish and meat every day, and the best was furious

"This Lin Ting not only has a wide range of business, but her husband, Shen Qingzhou, the current Minister of Industry of Dongxia State, is even more ambitious."

Bater raised his eyebrows. Xiao Chu's words became more and more interesting.

"Not only did Shen Qingzhou support Xiao Jingchuan, but two years ago, he had just passed the imperial examination and became a compiler in the Hanlin Academy.

But he proposed to build a dam in Yunzhou. Now that it has been completed, does Your Majesty know what the purpose of this dam is?"

Bater heard that because there was a drought in the border town that year, Yunzhou built a dam to store water for the people downstream, so that it could be used to irrigate farmland in the event of drought.

"I know, irrigating the farmland?"

Butler was still thinking too simply.

"If the dam was only used to irrigate farmland, then why was Shen Qingzhou able to become the Minister of Works right after the dam was built? Doesn't your Majesty find it strange?"

Bater didn't know much about Yunzhou of Dongxia Kingdom, but Xiao Chu was right. Why could he be promoted to Minister of Works just for building a dam?

A compiler in the Hanlin Academy was promoted to the Minister of Works in just two years. Such a rapid promotion could only be achieved by making great contributions.

Building a dam is a great achievement, so this dam cannot be as simple as the rumors in Dongxia Kingdom say.

“Is this dam used to deal with Xi Luo?”

Bater had a serious look on his face, with the dagger in his hand inserted into the roasted leg of lamb, staring at Xiao Chu with cold eyes.

“That’s right, Xiluo’s plantations are mainly concentrated in Yangcheng, and Yangcheng’s irrigation relies on the Luo River.

Shen Qingzhou had already checked and found out that the source of Luo River is in Yunzhou of Dongxia Kingdom, so he built a dam in Yunzhou and now opened the gate to allow water to continue to flow into Luo River. That's why you didn't notice anything.

But Your Majesty can ask someone to find out whether the water level of Luo River has decreased a lot in the past two years.

There is also this dam. After storing water, the water is diverted to the northern part of Dongxia Kingdom. This year, the northern part of Dongxia Kingdom has produced a large amount of grain and is extremely rich.

If the Dongxia Kingdom is in a bad mood one day and uses the dam to release flood water from the Luo River, the crops grown in Yangcheng will be washed away by the flood.

If Xiluo runs out of food twice a year, will it have to buy it from Dongxia? But if Dongxia stops supplying food, what will Xiluo do then?

It turned out that it was to deal with Xiluo. They agreed to sign a 20-year friendship agreement, but now Dongxia Kingdom is behind him.

"Dongxia is despicable..."

Bater suppressed his anger and stopped eating meat. He pulled out his dagger and stabbed it into the dining table with brute force.

Seeing Bater's anger, Xiao Chu was secretly happy in his heart, because his anger was the anger of the Xiro people.

"Does Your Majesty think this is the end? There is still more to come."

Bater said nothing, looking at Xiao Chu fiercely, trying hard to suppress his anger.

"The Seventh Prince wants to use my hand to help you seize the throne of Dongxia. If the old Emperor of Dongxia knew that you sold out Dongxia for the throne, I wonder how he would feel."

Xiao Chu sneered: "I have worked diligently in Dongxia for many years and I think I have talent. He was the first to treat me unfairly, so why should I be loyal to him? I only want Dongxia. If he doesn't give it to me, I will take it myself.

As long as I become the emperor of Dongxia, I am willing to give the border town as a gift to the king, and I am also willing to pay tribute to you unconditionally as before."

Bater can deal with the Dongxia Kingdom, but he cannot destroy the Dongxia Kingdom because there are other small countries around the Dongxia Kingdom. As the saying goes, "the lips and teeth are cold when they are gone", those small countries will not let the Dongxia Kingdom perish.

They will spare no effort to save the Dongxia Kingdom and build a wall for them. If the Dongxia Kingdom falls, it means that their doomsday is approaching.

This is why Xiao Chu dared to come to him openly and tell him the plans and secrets of Dongxia Kingdom.

Bater also understood this logic. If the Dongxia Kingdom dared to attack them, it would be even more disadvantageous to Xiluo if Xiao Jingchuan became the emperor in the future. It would be better to send Xiao Chu, the idiot, to the throne so that he could be easier to control.

"The Seventh Prince wants me to help you. That's fine, but I need to know all of Dongxia's plans."

The two men raised their glasses, and the cooperation was almost reached, so they both drank it all in one gulp.

"Okay, then I will tell you everything I know, my king, and let's talk about this woman Lin Ting.

Your Majesty, don’t look down on her because she is a woman. Her ability is equivalent to that of a hundred counselors.

It was her suggestion that Dongxia sell grain at a low price, mainly to prevent Xiluo from growing grain in the future.

In order to speed up the Xiluo people to stop planting, she opened a clothing workshop. Now Mrs. Wei Rui, who buys fox furs at high prices in Xiluo, is Lin Ting.

Your Majesty has probably noticed in the past two years that most of the people in Xiluo have stopped farming in order to hunt foxes.

The idea that farming does not earn as much as hunting foxes has become the subconscious of the Xiro people. This is chronic murder.

After the Xiluo people earned the money, they bought a large amount of Wushan peppers, Huayan products, and grain to build new houses. The final destination of the money was back in Lin Ting's hands.

Lin Ting thought that the woman was very sensitive. I came to Xiluo, and it wouldn't be long before she would withdraw all her business from Xiluo.

If fox furs are no longer collected, the people of Xiluo will lose their income and great chaos will break out among the people."

Bater had never heard of the two words "Lin Ting", but the four words "Mrs. Wei Rui" were well-known to him.

It turns out that Madam Weirui is Lin Ting. There was a drought in the border town before, and Xiluo could have captured the border town in one fell swoop. It was Madam Weirui who, with her own efforts, made it possible for everyone in the border town to have water to drink.

He was very interested in this woman at that time. Mrs. Weirui was the first woman who could frustrate him.

But he thought Lin Ting just wanted to find a water source in Biancheng, but he didn't expect that he also wanted to undermine him.

If Xiao Chu hadn't told him today, in two years, Xi Luo would really be sidelined by her, leaving only a blank space.

Lin Ting was just as Xiao Chu said, like a wolf, once he bit something, he would eat it alive.

"Second Prince, I will help you seize the throne, but I will take over the Lin Ting couple's orders."

Xiao Chu stood up, clasped his fists and nodded: "Deal!"

Bater looked at the can of Wushan chili peppers on the dining table, picked it up, and smashed it hard into the middle of the hall.

......

The next day!

Bater issued an order to arrest all the businesses of the destroyers in Dongxia State, and handed this matter over to Bai E.

One day later, Bai E came back breathlessly to report.

"My lord, this is bad. Hua Yan, Wushan Chili, and the fur shop are all deserted.

I went to inquire and found out that they had all withdrawn three days ago. The Dongxia Chamber of Commerce in Xiluo also took away other Dongxia merchants."

Bater gritted his teeth and smashed the tea table in front of him with one punch, which scared Bai Edu. He had never seen the king so angry.

"She ran away. What about the other Dongxia merchants? Are there not a single one left?"