Chapter 240

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As the army of the Qin Guo, under the command of Wang Yi, formally approached the State of Han.

When the news reached the court of Xinzheng, the monarch and ministers of the State of Han were terrified.

Earlier, when the Qin army invaded the border, they guessed that the Qin Guo might take the opportunity to take action against the State of Han, but they were still lucky. Coupled with the fact that if Han Fei could borrow grain and the grain and grass were sufficient, the State of Han might not be unable to fight the Qin Guo.

But as a result, first the grain borrowed by Han Fei was hijacked by bandits when it was about to reach the border, and the Qin army took the opportunity to make trouble.

The Crown Prince of Han on the throne was terrified.

Facing the invading Qin army and the military reports constantly sent from the front line, he could only let the border army of the State of Han block the Qin army's invasion while collecting grain everywhere to supply the border army on the front line.

But at this time, even if he was the Crown Prince of Han, he was essentially the King of the State of Han. Wanting to raise grain and grass was not an easy thing.

Because of the severe drought earlier, much of the grain and grass had already been taken down by him for disaster relief. As a result, the disaster was not relieved, and the domestic grain price rose again and again. Earlier, Han Fei went to the State of Wei to borrow grain, even if it was bought at a flat price lower than the market price, it still cost a lot of money. As a result, that batch of grain was hijacked by bandits.

The current Crown Prince of Han, wanting to raise grain and grass, could only use money to acquire it from the grain merchants in the country. However, facing such high grain prices, even if he used money to acquire it, it was just a drop in the bucket.

But the grain and grass of the border army could not be left unsupplied. The State of Han still had to rely on the border army to resist the attack of the Qin Guo.

Just when he was at his wit's end, the Chancellor, Zhang Kaidi, made a suggestion to the King of Han.

That was, with the country in trouble, how could they let those unscrupulous merchants make a fortune from the national disaster? At this time, they should forcibly take away the grain they had hoarded to resolve this crisis first.

The Crown Prince of Han thought it was very reasonable.

And so, with his order, countless grain merchants were raided and exterminated, and the grain they had hoarded was collected.

But he did not notice that after he did this, Ji Yihu's expression was extremely gloomy.