Three days later, the battle reports from the two places were sent back.
After reading the battle report, Su Han grinned and nodded, then laughed softly "hehe", then "hehe" louder, and finally burst out laughing "haha".
Xiao Muting watched and followed her, starting from smiling, then grinning, and finally her smile deepened simultaneously, just because her smile was so contagious.
"Why do I feel that you, the emperor's brother, are a bit immodest..." Su Han started laughing again after saying this.
Xiao Muting disagreed with his words this time: "He is no different at all."
"That's not bad...it's obvious that he can't defeat him, but he has to let these soft-footed shrimps, who haven't had much salt in the past few days, make a last-ditch effort. He thinks that he has too many people and the burden is too heavy. This is why he wants us to help him.
Do you want to start clearing it up?" Su Han pointed at the battle report and looked at him with a smile.
Xiao Muting shook his head: "I agree with what you said about the last fight. If they can really win the two cities on the edge of Cangque County in this fight, they will also have bargaining chips. But if they fail to win... let's talk about it separately.
"
"Say something else? What should I say? Now that he has no leverage, how can he talk to you? Will he give in? Can he bow his head?" Su Han snorted.
Xiao Muting shook his head decisively: "No, he will only forcefully issue an imperial edict!"
Su Han's brows furrowed slightly: "Yes, he is the king, and we are ministers. No matter how powerful we are in Cangque County, we are still on the land of Sheng Qin, the land of the king, and we still have to listen.
His word."
Xiao Muting came over, sat next to her, and put his arms around her shoulders: "He will definitely ask us for it, but we have to be talented. If we don't have it, what can we give him? Besides, we can't
Let us lose money by supplying him with it. It’s okay if we want it, but we have to pay for it. We can only set the price.”
Su Han suddenly looked at him, stared at him in surprise for a long time, then stretched out his finger and poked his handsome face: "Mr., you are so dark!"
"Haha... not bad!" Xiao Muting was very pleased with the compliment and laughed heartily.
And this laughter also made the Prince of Baoqing, Prince Yi and Marquis of Yanyang, who were on their way, stop outside the door of the study, pointed inside the room, and glared at the guard: "What's going on?"
The two guards also shook their heads: "I don't know."
Prince Baoqing immediately waved to them: "Let us report first."
"His Royal Highness Prince Baoqing, His Royal Highness King Yi, and the Marquis of Yanyang have arrived..." the guard announced loudly and clearly.
"Please!" Xiao Muting's voice came from inside the room.
As soon as the three of them came in, they saw only Xiao Muting sitting behind the desk and no one else. They couldn't help but be surprised, and they all craned their necks to look for him.
The smile on Xiao Muting's lips disappeared, and she pointed to the seats: "Sit down, everyone."
Prince Baoqing sat down and asked, "I heard that the battle was won?"
"Yeah!" Xiao Muting's smile deepened and he nodded.
Seeing his "coquettish" smile, King Yi immediately understood something. His eyes were still scanning the bookshelf behind him, but he found nothing unusual.
The Marquis of Yanyang was much calmer and said politely: "Although the battle was won, our background has been exposed. If we withdraw these people immediately, they may take advantage of the loopholes. I still feel that we can stay here for a while longer."
For the best, we still need to have a deterrent effect.”
Prince Baoqing shook his head: "We don't need so many people. It's not good to leave them all outside. I think it's enough to leave only a few garrison troops. I'm afraid they won't be able to raise an army again and they'll all be beaten down now."
Already."
King Yi also said: "How about the situation in the outside world? Why not send someone to check it out? You can let the merchant ships explore first, and you can also know the actual situation around it."
"Merchant ships can go out, but they must be equipped with some personnel to follow them to avoid casualties. The garrisons in various places are not in a hurry to withdraw. Let's take a look at the situation. There is chaos over there. The extent is not yet certain. The news from various places
, a bit scattered, it will take a few more days to see the effect," Xiao Muting said in a relaxed tone.
"Salt transportation has been controlled on the main roads out of the county. Water transportation cannot be lax. The control must be strict, so that the results can be seen faster." Prince Baoqing smiled.
Xiao Muting nodded: "Therefore, all water areas must be blocked. Yi Jiazhen has been notified, and his Qingjiao Army has taken action. Haichuan Hou is also fully cooperating. Now there is only one place that I am worried about.
, it’s the Yunfan Salt Field in the coastal area of southern Yunnan.”
King Yi said: "There is only one Yunfan salt field, and the salt produced cannot meet the supply requirements at all. South Yunnan is vast, but the people are sparse, and there are many tribes living in groups. They really don't seem to rely on sea salt."
"There is a difference between edible salt and sea salt, grass salt and coarse salt. The edible salt we use is not directly supplied from the salt factory. It has to go through many processes before it can be sold on the market and eaten. However, the salt factory
The salt produced cannot be eaten directly. If you eat too much, it can cause poisoning and kill people. I think some people don't know this."
Su Han's voice came from behind the bookshelf, and it sounded a bit far away. Several people looked at the bookshelf at the same time, but they didn't see where she was.
Xiao Muting answered her cooperatively: "There may be people who don't know, but it's not necessarily impossible for the homemade edible salt among the tribal people mentioned by King Yi."
"You also said it's a tribe. People are self-sufficient, so why should they provide food for others? Moreover, each tribe has its own secret method. No matter how powerful it is, if they don't provide food to others, they can still destroy the human race. But I want to ask
Your Highness, why do you want to stop the salt supply from Nandian County?" Su Han's voice came from inside again.
"What do you mean, don't stop supplying?" Xiao Muting also looked towards the bookshelf.
The three people looked at each other and shook their heads. They really heard his voice but didn't see him.
Su Han's voice came out again, and it was very close to them: "Yes, just supply enough to prevent them from starting an uprising due to lack of salt."
Xiao Muting was silent for a while with a slight eyebrow raised, then a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Why?" King Yi asked.
Su Han walked out from the innermost bookshelf at this time, holding two books in his hand.
"For the sake of stability, and also to break up the alliance." She said with a smile.
The Marquis of Yanyang suddenly nodded and said, "The princess has a good plan!"
"It's not that I have any good plans, but that you all don't take him seriously. What's special about Nandian County is not only thought of by King Cheng'an, but also by the wise emperor today. As for the mountains in that county, I think
There are tens of millions of people hiding in it, all hidden from view, and it is definitely a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. There are so many tribes and groups that only we can’t imagine or have heard of, but there are definitely many people who will
, why should we mess with a place like this? Isn’t this just looking for trouble?" Su Han walked over slowly, naturally picked up the water glass on the table and took a sip, then leaned half on the table and looked at them with a smile.
Prince Baoqing also understood what she meant and gave her a thumbs up: "High!"
"And in this way, their originally weak alliance will instantly collapse. The Holy Lord, who was already resentful of King Chengan, will no longer trust him this time, and King Chengan, who originally wanted to take advantage of the situation, will
, how can we trust him? It was clearly agreed that we would join forces to attack, but now it seems that he has lost the most people. Half of the army was captured by us, and the defeat was so embarrassing. Even if all places are really
His behavior seems to be nothing more than a small fuss, will he be angry?" Su Han smiled mischievously.
"That's it. King Yi, please send me the notice. There must be an adequate supply of salt in southern Yunnan, so that we can't kill them!" Xiao Muting snorted coldly.
"Yes, uncle." King Yi responded.
Xiao Muting said again: "Inform all the checkpoints to strictly control that no illegal salt is included in the goods shipped from South Dian County, so that they cannot leave the county even with a grain of salt."
The Prince of Baoqing County and the Marquis of Yanyang also chuckled, thinking that these two people were really smart.