Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

"How can this be?"

"If you say one or two cities, or even more than ten, I'll believe you."

"Why have all the capitals in the land been bought out? Who has so much silver?"

Zhuge Yuheng's face was full of disbelief. With such huge financial resources, he could only think of one place, and that was Daqian.

But why did Daqian spend so much effort to deal with them?

Even if they defeat me, or even make the entire Western Shu negotiate, they won't get much benefit.

Compared to the money he had spent, it was nothing. But even so, Qin Ming was still willing to spend such a huge price to deal with Xishu...

Is he crazy?

"What should we do, sir? The market is full of misery."

"Even our army has run out of food. If we were to send troops, we would have to prepare at least two months' worth of food and fodder for them, but right now we only have half a month's supply."

Listening to their reports, Zhuge Yuheng felt a little headache, but he soon thought of a solution.

"Take out the grain stored in the treasury and prepare it for the army first."

Every country has a treasury, and the treasury contains some reserved grain and grass that can be used at critical moments.

"It might be our reserves. If we act rashly, His Majesty will probably not agree."

"What do you mean by acting recklessly? This is an emergency. If we don't take action now, are we going to have to wait forever?"

"Qin Ming won't wait for us."

Zhuge Yuheng snorted coldly, his tone full of disdain for Liu Mian.

Telling Liu Mian what he had decided was just a notification.

The next morning, as soon as Liu Mian arrived at court, he started arguing with Zhuge Yuheng in the court.

"It's impossible that this war wasn't necessary in the first place. Now that you insist on fighting, you're even trying to use the national treasury's grain reserves. This is what we can only use in times of crisis. Are you going to give it to the troops like this?"

"Isn't your majesty in a critical moment now?"

Zhuge Yuheng looked at Liu Mian coldly.

Liu Mian slammed the table and yelled:

"Why don't we just not fight? As long as we live in peace with Daqian, they won't bully us."

Although this is not entirely correct, Liu Mian does not have many resources in Western Shu, and there is really nothing worth fighting for.

In addition, they originally pursued a national policy of peaceful development, so they have been surviving and developing very well.

These words might have been okay in the previous dynasty, but now they became a joke in the ears of the radical Zhuge Yuheng.

"Your Majesty, you are still too naive. Is it true that all we can do is ask others to grant us peace?"

"At least we must demonstrate our authority, so that we can intimidate kingdoms big and small."

"Absolutely impossible. Even if I release grain, I will put it in the market to protect people's livelihood."

Like Zhuge Yuheng, Liu Mian also learned about the many turbulent problems in the market last night.

He knew that it was definitely Qin Ming who took action behind the scenes, and this was also a warning to them.

After learning about this situation, Liu Mian became very worried.

However, the most urgent task is no longer to negotiate peace with Qin Ming, but to ensure that the people are not affected first.

He planned to release the grain and other resources in the national treasury first to allow the market to operate normally.

"Your Majesty, please think about it carefully."

Seeing that Liu Mian did not agree with his opinion at all, Zhuge Yuheng simply waved his sleeves and left.

Liu Mian knew what Zhuge Yuheng was thinking. This guy was no longer prepared to discuss with him and was determined to directly use resources from the national treasury.

After guessing the other party's actions.

Liu Mian roared angrily:

"As long as I am here today, no one is allowed to use the national treasury to fight a war."

Many officials present felt that what Liu Mian said made sense, but although Liu Mian was now the emperor, Zhuge Yuheng was the only one in the court who was in the limelight.

There are even so many followers who help with work and monitor the court.

Under the pressure from the other party, no one wanted to offend Zhuge Yuheng.

So after Zhuge Yuheng proposed to use the national treasury, these officials had no choice but to help him.

Seeing that his words were no longer effective, Liu Mian was immediately furious, but anger was of no use.

After thinking about it, he turned around and left, then returned to his room and wrote a letter.

"Help me deliver this to Daqian."

Under Zhuge Yuheng's influence, there are only a few confidants left around Liu Mian.

Fortunately, the people around him were all trustworthy, so he handed this secret mission over to them.

Several guards said hesitantly:

"But Your Majesty, if we leave, what will happen if Zhuge Yuheng intends to harm you?"

Now there are only a few of them left around Liu Mian, and if they leave the palace to escort this letter.

Liu Mian would be in danger.

"It's alright. I can't let our ancestors' legacy be destroyed in my hands. You guys go ahead. I'll handle this myself."

Liu Mian sighed slowly, his eyes becoming more determined.

If you want to destroy it, you must first make it crazy.

Gao Chao now completely disregards everyone. In the past, when Zhuge Yuheng was in court, he often contradicted Liu Mian.

But he had never directly bypassed Liu Mian and made a decision on his own.

This time he finally showed his fangs, which meant that he would no longer pretend. This would only make Liu Mian's situation more difficult. At this moment, he had no choice but to discuss with Daqian whether he could kill this guy.

Liu Mian knew that Zhuge Yuheng was also the mastermind behind the death of a high-level craftsman in the capital.

On the third day, while great changes were taking place in the court, drastic changes also occurred in the entire territory of Western Shu.

Many soldiers took to the streets to patrol under the arrangement of the government.

They have all received news that someone is deliberately disrupting the market, and today they are going to catch a few typical cases to serve as a warning to others.

Governments in all places do this.

But they soon found themselves in trouble when they went out to the street to see who was disrupting the market today.

They suddenly discovered that several people were selling all kinds of resources in the empty market, and the prices of each resource were sky-high.

Especially food, which now costs three hundred coins per pound.

This is what Lu Shidao did in Xindu.

After seeing his actions, a group of angry officers and soldiers immediately rushed to him.

"You bastard, who told you to sell things like this?"

Even though they caught him in the act, Lu Shidao still had a smile on his face.

He spoke directly:

"If you guys don't want me to sell it, I can leave now."