The rich man took the initiative to ask you to be his friend. Are you going to do it or not?
The answer was, of course, yes!
Chu Han smiled." Old Zhao, wait a moment. I'll be done soon!"”
After instructing the group of laborers to move the goods into the warehouse at a faster speed, Chu Han went to wash his hands, and naturally sat down beside Ying Zheng.
At this moment, Ying Zheng and Meng Yi had been eating for a while. Meng Yi said with his cheeks slightly red,""Shopkeeper, this wine of yours has a rich taste, a fragrant aroma, and a strong energy. It is indeed a top-grade wine. I am not boasting, I have tasted almost all the good wine in the world, but I have never tasted such a delicious wine!”
Chu Han scooped out a spoonful of wine from the bronze cauldron with a wooden spoon and filled the wooden bowls in front of Ying Zheng and Meng Yi. He smiled confidently and said,""You've come at the wrong time. This wine is just the processed wine I bought. The wine I personally brewed will be ready to drink the day after tomorrow.”
"Oh?" Ying Zheng's eyes brightened. Compared to the wine brewed by the shop owner, this wine could not even be considered good wine?”
Chu Han waved his hand." Of course not. That's not even close!"”
Not to mention this low-grade, turbid wine, even the white wine and red wine of the future could not compare to the wine he personally brewed.
Ying Zheng laughed out loud." Then I'll wait for the new wine to be opened. Come, drink!"”
Hearing Ying Zheng's laughter, Meng Yi could not help but glance at him.
Ever since His Majesty ascended the throne at the age of 13, there had been constant struggles and wars. He had always maintained a tense state, and even during normal times, he had to maintain an unfathomable emperor's posture in front of his subjects.
How many years had it been since he had seen His Majesty laugh so heartily?
Chu Han was completely unaware of this. He smiled and raised his wooden bowl."Alright, Yin Sheng!"
"Hiss ~ Good wine!"
The wine had only been distilled twice by Chu Han, barely reaching a temperature of over twenty degrees, yet Ying Zheng was already drinking it in an incomparably carefree manner. He could not help but praise it.
Putting down the wine cup, Ying Zheng pointed at the carriage that was about to leave and asked with a smile,""Is the shop owner preparing to go all out? It looked like they had a lot of goods.”
Chu Han said casually,"That's not the case. The main reason for hoarding goods is to prepare for the soaring grain prices."”
Hearing this, Ying Zheng frowned and said in a deep voice,""Rising grain prices? Could it be that there were still grain merchants in Xianyang City who were preparing to hoard the grain? Controlling the price of grain?"
Chu Han shook his head and said,"Who dares to hoard and control the grain prices in Xianyang City?" How many heads did he have to chop off? The main reason was that the war was about to start, and the price of grain would definitely skyrocket!”
"War is about to begin!"
Meng Yi was shocked. The wooden bowl in his hand fell to the ground and rolled far away.
"Is there a need to be so agitated?" Chu Han said helplessly. How many years has it been since our Great Qin has not fought? You guys should be used to it. Lil Tang, bring me a new wine bowl.”
Meng Yi hurriedly said," I'm sorry, shop owner. I was shocked to hear that a war was about to start. After all, you know that we businessmen are most afraid of war!”
" Shopkeeper," Ying Zheng said in a deep voice," the world has been unified. Where can the war start?"”
Chu Han poured another cup of wine for Meng Yi and said casually,"Where else could it be? Of course, it was the Land of the Hundred Yue! "In my opinion, Great Qin will be sending out troops in the first half of this year. Before the troops move, we have to prepare our rations first. In the next few days, the Imperial Court will probably start to stock up on rations. Of course, our small shop has to stock up on rations in advance. If we wait until the price of rations rises before buying them, how much money will we spend?”
Ying Zheng and Meng Yi looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes.
The southern expedition to the Yue was a military strategy that was proposed half a month ago. After more than ten days of discussion, it was only decided a few days ago that the southern expedition to the Yue would be carried out.
Could it be that the news was leaked?
No!
Not to mention the fact that those who participated in the discussion were all important ministers who had fought alongside Ying Zheng, even if the news was leaked, it was impossible for a mere shopkeeper to get the news!
Could it be that…this information was analyzed by the shop owner himself?
Meng Yi couldn't help but ask,"How did the shop owner know that Great Qin is going to war with the Yue?"”
Chu Han pointed at his head.”
Meng Yi was stunned. He then took out a dozen or so pieces of jade and stuffed them into Chu Han's hands. He smiled and said,""Can you tell me in detail? The shop owner also knows how much this war has affected us merchants.”
Chu Han immediately smiled." Hey, who are we talking to? Of course I have to talk to you guys."”
After stuffing Qin Banliang into his sleeve, Chu Han said,"Old Zhao, Old Meng, the conflict between the Hundred Yue Lands and Great Qin has been going on for a long time.”
Meng Yi nodded and said," I've heard of this before. Four years ago, Great General Wang Jian led his troops to wipe out the Chu army and continued his southern expedition. He used more than 300,000 troops to attack the Baiyue region and occupied the River East. He set up Kuaiji as his prefecture.”
"What did the Land of the Hundred Yue do?" Chu Han nodded lightly. Why did Great General Wang Jian want to conquer the South?”
" This…" Meng Yi was speechless.
"No reason, right?" Chu Han smiled. Let me ask you, what can you tell from this?”
Ying Zheng frowned slightly and said," The royal family of Yue served the Chu Kingdom with the courtesy of a minister. They surrendered to the River East in order to prevent the remnants of the Chu Kingdom from borrowing the power of the royal family of Yue to launch a counterattack. After destroying the Chu Kingdom, they will definitely destroy Yue!”
This was the reason why Ying Zheng sent Wang Jian to conquer River East!
Chu Han nodded lightly.”
Ying Zheng felt a little warm in his heart.'This was my decision in the first place. How could I be wrong?'
However, Chu Han continued,"But your vision is limited to this. Compared to His Majesty, you're still far behind!"”
Ying Zheng looked at Chu Han in astonishment.
My taste is much worse than mine?
Why don't I understand what you're talking about?
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