Your Majesty, the princess is fleeing famine with her child!

Chapter 266: Lost your mind?

Yun Fuling couldn't help but frowned when she heard the word Japanese.

"Are you sure you are Japanese?"

Zhao Xuesi nodded and said affirmatively: "Jinzhou is by the sea, and there are many overseas businessmen coming and going to do business. I have been in Jinzhou for so many days, how can I not recognize Japanese people?"

"Looking at the way that person is dressed and his accent, he must be Japanese!"

Whether in the past life or this life, Yun Fuling has no good feelings towards Japan.

I always feel that the islanders living in that tiny place have nothing good to say.

This smuggling business might be a collaboration between the Wen family and the Japanese.

One of them is responsible for internal affairs, while the other is responsible for external affairs. One is responsible for bringing things in, while the other is responsible for sending things out. So there is naturally convenience for cooperation between them.

Smuggling is not only about bringing in things from outside, but also about selling one’s own things overseas.

The golden paste is sold in the Wen family's Jinyu Tower. Perhaps the origin of this golden paste is related to Japan.

Yun Fuling's mind moved slightly, and she continued to ask: "Then what?"

Zhao Xuesi said: "That Japanese man came to discuss grain business with Wen Zhao."

"The Japanese want to get ten ships of food through Wen Zhao."

Yun Fuling's face flashed with surprise, "Ten ships of food?"

This number is definitely not small.

When Yun Fuling was crossing the Chishui River, she chatted with the boatman.

In this era, ordinary civilian grain transport ships could carry two to three thousand shi, while larger ones could carry five to six thousand shi.

The largest one was the government-built sea-going vessel, which could carry 10,000 dan of grain at a time.

However, there are not many ships that can transport 10,000 shi of grain.

If the Japanese wanted to transport grain, they should have used ships that could carry five or six thousand shi of grain.

Assuming that one dan equals 120 jin, and a ship carries 5,000 dan, the ship would weigh 300 tons.

Ten ships equal three thousand tons.

Three thousand tons of grain! The Japanese are really bold in asking for it.

The current production level is not high, and the annual output of one acre of good land is only about three stones.

This is still the case when the weather is good. If the weather is bad and there are some droughts or floods, the output will not even reach three stones.

What's more, it takes a long time to cultivate good land. How can it be possible that all the land of farmers is good?

When Yun Fuling first came through, she encountered a severe flood.

The entire village was forced to flee because of the flood.

Fortunately, the reigning Emperor Jing was a good emperor, and there were many capable and smart ministers in the court who formulated disaster relief measures in a timely manner.

Although the victims who fled the famine were resettled, many of them lost their previously accumulated belongings and were forced to start all over again.

It can be said that after decades of hard work, we are back to the time before liberation.

The Great Qi Dynasty had not yet become strong and prosperous enough for everyone to have enough food and clothing and no one to go hungry.

I don’t even have enough food to eat, and yet there are outsiders who are still thinking about me.

Yun Fuling asked, "Did Wen Zhao agree?"

Zhao Xuesi shook his head. "That's ten ships of food. Even if he wants to agree, he can't get that much food!"

"It's possible to collect one or two ships of food and sell them to Japan, but how can we collect ten ships of food?"

"Even if the Wen family is in the grain business, it's not that easy to gather these ten ships of grain!"

"What's more, the imperial court strictly prohibits the export of grain. Just imagine how great the risk is!"

"That Wen Zhao still had some brains and refused directly!"

"but……"

At this point, Zhao Xuesi changed the subject and said, "But the man in the cloak and mask gestured a few times with his hands, and Wen Zhao changed his mind."

"He promised to give the Japanese two ships of food, but the Japanese wanted weapons in exchange."

Yun Fuling raised her eyebrows: "Wen Zhao wants to use weapons as a bargaining chip. What does he want to do? Does the Wen family want to rebel?"

Today, the world is at peace and the four seas are stable.

Jing** was also a good emperor who worked hard to govern the country. Although the people's lives were not rich, they were much better than in the early years of war and chaos.

In this kind of environment, who would be so desperate as to rebel?

What's more, the Wen family is a prominent family with a history of hundreds of years in Jinzhou, and many of their descendants have entered officialdom.

Almost all local officials working in Jinzhou will try their best to be on good terms with the Wen family, for fear of offending the local tyrant Wen family and having a hard time in Jinzhou.

To some extent, the Wen family can be regarded as the local emperor of Jinzhou, with both money and power.

As the legitimate son of the second branch, Wen Zhao is very likely to be the future head of the Wen family as the first branch of the family is in decline and silence.

Is Wen Zhao crazy to give up his bright future and start a rebellion?

Zhao Xuesi gave a meaningful smile, "You also think that Wen Zhao is crazy, right?"

Yun Fuling thought for a moment and suddenly said, "The crux of the matter lies with the man in the cloak and mask."

Wen Zhao refused directly at first.

It was the man in the cloak and mask who made a few gestures that made Wen Zhao change his mind and instead proposed to provide two ships of food to Japan, but in exchange for weapons.

Not only did the man cover his entire body tightly, he didn't even make a sound, only using hand gestures to move.

Unless he is dumb.

But even if he is a mute, there must be something wrong with him acting so secretively.

And as soon as he gestured, Wen Zhao understood what he meant. There must be some special relationship between these two people.

Zhao Xuesi gave a thumbs up: "Sister-in-law is smart!"

He continued: "There's definitely something wrong with that man in the cape and mask!"

"However, the Japanese man is definitely a big suspect. The prince suspected that the golden paste appeared in Jinzhou at that time. It is very likely that it was smuggled in by the Japanese man."

"So when the Japanese left, the prince and the left commander followed him, hoping to find out something along the line of the Japanese."

"I stayed behind to investigate the man in the cloak and mask, at least to find out his true appearance."

"But I didn't expect that I wasn't the only one staring at him."

"It just so happened that the other party was careless and made a noise, so he was discovered."

"When they started fighting, they happened to hit my hiding place, and I was caught in the crossfire, and then I was exposed."

"Wen Zhao and the man in the cloak and mask thought we were in the same group, so their first move was a killing move."

"Fortunately, I have learned martial arts and my skills are pretty good. I managed to escape despite being stabbed several times."

"The person who caused me to be exposed is so disloyal. While I was fighting, he took advantage of the opportunity and ran away!"

"If I hadn't been lucky enough to meet the brothers from Shadow Blade Division, I would have lost my life to that guy this time!"