Back when the two kingdoms were at war, suspending trade with each other had been perfectly normal. But now, by targeting Jing Kingdom in this way, Qing Kingdom had crossed every bottom line governing internal disputes within the Human Race.
Because most of that grain was meant to feed Jing Kingdom's common people!
Once Qing Kingdom halted the grain trade, Jing Kingdom would lose its food supply, and famine would inevitably follow.
After years of war with the Barbarian Race, most households in Jing Kingdom had already exhausted their grain reserves.
Feeding hundreds of millions of people was no small matter. It would have an enormous impact on Jing Kingdom's future development, and no one in Jing Kingdom dared shoulder that responsibility.
Silence filled the bamboo hut. Soon, the other bamboo huts nearby fell quiet as well.
Their conversation could not escape the ears of the nearby Grand Academicians and Great Scholars.
The officials from the other kingdoms conferred privately for a moment, then all shook their heads slightly. Even the officials from Wu Kingdom, who had always wanted to help Jing Kingdom, were helpless. Wu Kingdom had only managed to hold on by purchasing grain from Qing Kingdom and Qi Kingdom, and when it had been hostile to those two kingdoms, it had suffered no shortage of humiliation over this very matter.
When the Barbarian Race invaded, Wu Kingdom had honorably sent a great army to help, but it could do nothing about the grain supply.
Jiang Hechuan said slowly, "You people of Qing Kingdom are no different from those who lead beasts to devour men. How dare you speak of propriety?"
Xiang Shanling smiled faintly. As though certain he held the advantage, he raised his chin slightly and said, "You misunderstand, Mr. Hechuan. This is merely ordinary business