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Chapter 468: After one wave, another wave arises

The wise king was reprimanded and left the palace with a gloomy face.

The coachman waiting at the palace gate saw the wise king approaching angrily, so he quickly moved a wooden ladder to the side of the carriage and lifted the carriage curtain.

The carriage is equipped with a fixed tea table and a set of jade tea set with ruyi patterns.

The wise prince sat in the carriage, grabbed a teacup, and smashed it against the carriage wall: "Damn bastard."

He thought he would be made crown prince today, but who knew that Zhao Yi, that bastard, would appear out of nowhere and ruin his plans.

The Northern Qi emperor had raised a bunch of useless people, yet he still managed to bring Zhao Yi back alive.

The confidant following behind was startled: "Your Highness, please calm down. Be careful, walls may have ears."

The wise king could not swallow this insult.

Why did Zhao Yi gain power step by step and become so influential in Northern Qi?

Even though the emperor was dissatisfied with Zhao Yi, he dared not offend him openly.

"Your Highness, I know you are upset." The confidant knew very well why the Prince was angry. He lowered his voice and comforted him, "Once you get through this difficult time and sit in that position, it will be just a matter of a word for you to deal with whomever you want."

The wise prince was appeased, but the thought of the amount of embezzled silver gave him a headache: "I've used all the silver I have to buy grain, how can I possibly gather the silver in three days?"

Moreover, he kept a detailed record of every penny he received from the people, not a single copper coin was missing.

The confidant said optimistically, "His Majesty only has one son of pure blood, you, so he won't abandon you. Why don't you wait until His Majesty's anger subsides, and then go to the palace to plead with him?"

Thinking of the Northern Qi Emperor's attitude, the wise prince shook his head: "My father will not help me."

He had the idea of ​​killing Zhao Yi.

Once Zhao Yi is dead, he will no longer have to return this ill-gotten silver.

But Zhao Yi is a bit strange; he's too difficult to kill.

He was afraid of making a mistake and causing an even bigger mess.

His confidant wanted to persuade him further.

At this moment, the carriage stopped at the entrance of the Prince Xian's residence.

The wise king alighted from his carriage.

The gatekeeper, seeing the Prince Xian return from the palace, hurriedly reported, "Your Highness, a gentleman surnamed Zhang just came to visit you. He showed you your identification token and said he had urgent business with you, so I had him wait for you in the front hall."

The wise prince was slightly taken aback. Zhang Weiping had returned from Yongqing County?

Did he sell the grain?

The wise king's gloomy expression finally brightened up.

He was just worrying about not having any money.

But in the blink of an eye, someone brought money to their door.

The wise prince strode into the mansion, and after passing the screen wall with white marble trim, he saw Zhang Weiping standing under the eaves of the front hall.

With many people and eyes in the mansion, the Prince Xian said to Zhang Weiping, "Come with me to the study."

The master and servant went to the study.

As soon as he entered, the wise prince asked impatiently, "Have we sold all the grain we had? How much silver did we earn?"

“Your Highness, we’ve been tricked.” Zhang Weiping was even more anxious than the Prince Xian: “There was no high price at all. It was a scheme set up by the Prince of Guangling to lure grain merchants to transport their grain to Yongqing County to sell.”

"Once the grain merchants have transported the grain to Yongqing County, the Prince of Guangling will allow them to sell it to the people at a low price. The government will then sell them lead and silk fabrics in return, which will be considered a barter. If the grain merchants do not agree, they can simply transport the grain away again."

“If grain merchants transport the grain away, it will increase various costs, and they won’t be able to sell it at a high price elsewhere. Doesn’t that make it a losing proposition?”

“If the grain is sold to the people at the market price, the grain merchants can buy lead and silk products and sell them elsewhere, making a huge profit. Anyone with eyes can see which option to choose.”

"We paid double the price to secure the grain, but if we sold it at the market price, we would still lose some of our capital. Even if we resold lead and silk fabrics, we could at most break even."

The wise king was extremely anxious and had no patience to listen any longer: "You mean we neither gained nor lost?"

“We lost 60% of our cost.” Zhang Weiping handed a box to the Prince Xian: “The sweet potatoes and taro we collected were originally stored in the cellar. The current climate is humid, and we did not preserve them properly. By the time they were transported to Yongqing County, most of them had rotted, and the rest were either moldy or sprouted.”

This news was a complete shock to the wise king.

The money was lost.

What will he use to fill the hole?