General, the lady escaped again

Chapter 1155: Supplies in Exchange for Food (1)

"You don't have to tell me whether it's a lot or a little... There is only this much food, and we have to save some for ourselves! The people in your main city are human beings, but aren't the people in my Heyang City also? We can't let the people in our Heyang City starve to feed the people in your main city, can we?" Tie Lao San snorted coldly.

"This..." Xu Cheng looked at Tie Lao San in a cold sweat, not daring to say that he really thought so.

Seeing Tie Lao San's unfriendly expression, Xu Cheng quickly shut his mouth, but if he couldn't fulfill the Prime Minister's request... he would be dead if he went back.

"Sir, in the main city... not to mention the civilians, there are even soldiers..." Xu Cheng said slowly, wanting to tell them that there are millions of mouths in the main city waiting for food...

"What does it have to do with me?" Tie Laosan asked directly.

"We are not emperors, so why should I care how many mouths you have to feed? Are you trying to kidnap us with the power of morality?" Xu Ziyang couldn't help but sneered.

Why didn't he say that the soldiers were short of food back then? Now he is using those soldiers as an excuse. How ironic.

"I... I don't have it." Xu Cheng said tremblingly, just wanting them to sell more food.

"You can take this one-fifth or not. It so happens that the Second Prince's people are next door. I think he will be happy to accept the portion you don't buy." Yang Hua smiled faintly and moved his eyes to the next door. Bai Yichen was also receiving the envoy sent by the Second Prince and was in the process of negotiating.

"Yes, yes, yes, yes! I want as much as possible!" Xu Cheng was shocked and nodded quickly. He wanted it no matter how much it was. He would take as much as he could. He definitely would not return empty-handed.

"What are you trading for?" Xu Ziyang and Tie Laosan looked at each other and asked.

"Tens of thousands of taels of gold have already been prepared." Xu Cheng immediately smiled, and he looked quite proud when he said this.

"Gold? What are you talking about?" Tie Lao San said disdainfully. "Don't you know what the Fourth Prince uses to trade? Why don't you ask in advance?"

"This..." Xu Cheng froze. Isn't gold a hard currency? Why not?

"Can it be turned into food?" Xu Ziyang raised his eyebrows and questioned. "We want to trade with items equivalent to food, instead of taking this gold. If this gold can be eaten, you won't need to buy our food."

"What do the adults need?" Xu Cheng understood and asked with a bow.

"What's in the main city? Fabric materials? Wood? We want this kind of resources, materials unique to the main city!" Xu Ziyang said calmly. "Gold? We don't care about it. You can keep it for fun."

"I understand! I will immediately send people back to prepare." Xu Cheng agreed.

"Go." Tie Lao San waved his hand, and Xu Cheng saluted them respectfully before turning around and leaving.

"Haha, what a irony." Xu Ziyang sneered at Xu Cheng's back. "He used to be so high and mighty in front of us, but now he is begging for mercy in front of us."

"He is just a chess piece that can be discarded at any time, the Prime Minister's lackey." Yang Hua said calmly. "Back then, the Prime Minister withheld our food. If it weren't for my eldest brother taking us to rob their secret village of food, we wouldn't have been able to survive."

"Then big brother still sells food to them?" Tie Lao San said depressedly.

"That's a personal grudge between us and the Prime Minister. No matter how ruthless we are, we can't use the lives of innocent people as bargaining chips." Yang Hua said slowly. "We are human beings, not like these beasts."