At that time, Qi Mohan did this because he had grasped the weakness of the new Emperor. The latter had just ascended the throne. On the one hand, the foundation of the court was not stable. On the other hand, the Qiushui City area had been in turmoil for many years. The barbarians were brave and the soldiers of Daqi Kingdom were suffering terribly.

The new Emperor took this opportunity to throw this hot potato to Qi Mohan.

If Qiu Shui City was really in danger, it would be Qi Mohan’s failure to guard it. It has nothing to do with him as the Emperor. He can even use this to punish Qi Mohan.

In this way, Qi Mohan took away Imperial Concubine Yun logically.

At that time, Prince Heng and Prince Jin also advised Qi Mohan not to make impulsive choices. The three brothers could work together and not choose Qiushui City. In this way, the Emperor would have nothing to do with them, and things might turn out differently. There would be a good turnaround.

They knew that choosing Qiushui City as a fiefdom was equivalent to having a knife on his neck.

Once the city was lost, Qi Mohan would lose his fiefdom. It was a small matter, but the most important thing was this would give the Emperor a good reason to take his head.

Qi Mohan’s attitude was very resolute at that time. He promised in front of all civil and military officials in the court that he was willing to live and die with Qiushui City in this life.

Qi Mohan was only a teenager at the time, and no one thought highly of a young boy like him who could defend Qiushui City.

But no one expected that this young boy whom no one thought of, would successfully defend Qiu Shui City beat the barbarians to pieces, and also make the people of Qiu Shui City live a prosperous life.

Qi Mohan’s eyes were piercingly cold, and he felt angry when he thought of that person in the capital.

“You two imperial brothers don’t need to say too much. If I had so much food, I would rather distribute it to the people in the fiefdom than send it to the capital.”

Regarding this point, Qi Mohan had a very firm attitude.

It has been more than two years since the drought hit a large area in Daqi Kingdom. That man in the capital has never thought about the life and death of the people, except for thinking about how to get supplies from the hands of the vassal kings for their enjoyment.

Over the past two years, he has repeatedly submitted letters to ask for help from the imperial court. As a result, the letters were like stones that sank into the sea, never to return.

Now, he doesn’t know this person listened to temptation and asked them to get food. No need to mention that Qi Mohan couldn’t bring out so much food, even if he could get it, he wouldn’t encourage the other party’s arrogance.

Seeing Qi Mohan refuse so simply, Prince Heng and Prince Jin both had a look of bitterness on their faces.

The imperial edict clearly stated that the three brothers worked together to collect 10,000 fans of grain and send it to the capital. In other words, if they were divided into three equal portions, each person would bear more than 3,000 dans.

The fiefdoms of Prince Heng and Prince Jin were different from Qi Mohan’s. When they discovered the drought, they also imitated Qi Mohan and used their private treasury money to hoard a large amount of food. However, the food Qi Mohan hoarded was used to relieve the people in the fiefdom. While theirs was left in the house to enjoy for themselves.

As for the people in their fiefdom who had fled early, they looked like two empty cities.

Despite this, the food hoarded by Prince Heng and Prince Jin had long been used up. Later, they bought some at a high price, and they could barely keep the people in the mansion from starving to death. As for the rest, they didn’t even think about it.

They finally waited for the first rain in more than two years, but at the same time, they also received that hateful imperial edict…

Now, Qi Mohan has made it clear that he will not give the imperial court any food. What about the two of them?

If it were possible, they would also like to imitate Qi Mohan in resisting the imperial edict, but considering that their imperial mother was still in the palace, they could not care less about their imperial mother’s life or death.

The situations of Prince Jin and Prince Heng were basically the same, but he was more direct and would say whatever he thought of.

“Brother, let’s not about food here. I can’t get it, even if I am killed. But I can’t abandon my mother and don’t care about her life and death. For the sake of our brothers, you can’t just watch us get in trouble and don’t help.”

Qi Mohan was thinking about Si Si at the moment and had no intention of discussing these things.

But Prince Heng and Prince Jin were his older brothers after all, and even though they came here late at night in the heavy rain. He can’t just watch them.

“The two imperial brothers who are here late at night must have thought of some solution. Why don’t you tell me and let’s discuss it.”

Speaking of the solution, Prince Heng sighed.

“To be honest, brother, I did think of this as a solution. Because this method is a bit far-fetched, and the chance of it being possible is not high.”

Qi Mohan raised an eyebrow: “What do you want to do?”

Prince Heng glanced at the door unconsciously, and then said: “My brother must have also heard a legend, there is a mountain lake named Suolan in the middle of our three fiefdoms.”

“It is said that there is a millennium-old clam growing there, with a total of 108 pearls growing inside the clam.”

“When I first arrived in the fiefdom, I heard the local people mention it. Does my second brother believe this legend to be true?” Qi Mohan only listened to it as a story at that time and never took it seriously.

When he asked, Prince Heng reluctantly explained: “I thought it was just a rumor at first. Before the drought, I sent people there for fun. When they passed by Suolan Lake, they saw something with their own eyes. A huge white object floated on the water.

After careful observation, he determined that the clam was a huge river clam. Combined with the legends told by the people, I could confirm that the millennium clam did indeed exist this long.”

Qi Mohan knew about Prince Heng. His second brother was not the kind of person who likes to tell lies. If he can tell this in this situation, he must be fully confident that the millennium clam does exist.

“What the Second Imperial Brother means is that he wants to catch these river mussels and send them to the capital to pay for the 10,000 dans of grain?” Qi Mohan asked what he was thinking.

Prince Heng nodded: “I have this plan. In this year, let alone ten thousand dans of grain, even if it is 10 dans, I can’t get it out.”

Qi Mohan asked again: “Second Imperial Brother, are you sure that the one in the capital will take the pearl or food?”

Before Prince Heng could speak, Prince Jin said first: “I don’t know about that. What I know is that person, in the capital, knew about the legend of millennium clam somewhere and wrote to my second brother and me about it.”

“He said in the letter that whether my second brother or I can catch that millennium clam, he will agree to one condition.”

“We still have the letters from that year. If we catch that millennium clam, we don’t have to worry about him denying it.”

Qi Mohan didn’t know about this. At that time, Qiushui City was in turmoil for many years. Even if there were any letters, they would probably be intercepted by spies just after entering the city and would never be delivered to him.

“What the two imperial brothers mean is, you want to catch that legendary clam now?”

Prince Heng nodded solemnly: “Third Imperial Brother and I can’t get any food now, and we don’t want our mother in the palace to lose their lives because of this. For their sake, we can only take advantage of this millennium clam.”