Chapter 124: The minister has a way
The autumn mood was full, and he sat on the carriage again. Wang Siqi closed his eyes slightly and let out a long breath. Wang Siqi knew in his heart that the so-called revolt by the ministers in the court today was actually just an appetizer. If it were not an obstacle,
Because of his identity as the son of Uncle Qingyuan.
Then the attack on him in the court today would probably be countless times heavier than what he encountered today.
"I'm such a cheap dad... I'm afraid he has paved the way for me a lot on weekdays..."
Thinking of this, Wang Siqi poked his head out of the carriage and looked at Wu De who was driving the carriage and said: "You will go to Baoyuan Bureau later and send all the things that were originally in our house back home... Since you all feel that
I made a lot of money in Baoyuan Bureau, and even Baoyuan Bureau is rich...what else do you need my things for?"
Wu De responded with a smile: "What the young master said is that when I get back, I will ask the servant to go to Baoyuan Bureau and send all the furnishings and ornaments in our house back home..."
"Well... let's do it like this!"
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In the palace, Zhu Di is sitting in the upper position, with the royal meal on the table. Today he is hosting a banquet for two old friends.
"Hahaha! Wang You...you are really a little unreasonable. Your boy actually made such a huge family fortune in such a short period of time, but you didn't tell me at all...you are unauthentic and unreasonable.
Authentic!"
Listening to Zhu Di's words, Wang You's eyes turned red...
He quickly picked up the wine glass and said, "Your Majesty! I really didn't know that boy had such a talent!"
"Originally, no one in the capital knew that there was a famous prodigal son in my family... If Your Majesty hadn't thought about the friendship between monarch and minister, it would probably have been the trouble caused by that bastard in my family..."
"If you don't say this, don't say this..."
Zhu Di interrupted Wang You's words, and Chen Xian on the side also looked at him and answered: "Yes, the emperor invited us to drink today. Ever since we came to this capital from the north... I don't know how long it has been since we were like this.
Like, come to think of it, I, Chen Xian, am still taking advantage of you! Hahaha..."
"There are a lot of affairs in the country, otherwise... I would have to see more of you, old people, no matter what I say... The government would still have to rely on you old people!"
"You... don't worry!"
....
The next day.
In the palace.
Zhu Di looked coldly at Ji Gang, who had just walked over quickly, and said, "What? Have you checked everything out? Are those hills that that guy bought in Jurong really that valuable?"
"Back to the Emperor... Although I have tried my best to investigate..."
"Maybe there is very little information found... The coal reserves in the mine are indeed amazing, but I'm afraid I have to ask Wang Siqi how much..."
After hearing Ji Gang's words, Zhu Di didn't feel any dissatisfaction.
Even if Jin Yiwei's hands and eyes are all over the sky...but facing the mountains of Jurong, facing a mine, it would be too difficult to ask Jin Yiwei how much coal reserves there are.
"Then ask that boy to come to the palace again..."
....
The breeze was blowing, and Wang Siqi, who was like a big girl, was once again dragged out of her home, just because of Zhu Di, but this is the Ming Dynasty... This is the emperor, the emperor, his ministers, father and son, there is no explanation.
"I asked, can the Emperor ask you all at once if you have anything you want to ask... Seeing that winter is coming soon, Baoyuan Bureau is still anxious for winter promotion!"
Wang Siqi is puzzled, can Ji Gang understand?
The expressionless Ji Gang didn't look relaxed... The level of security in the Jurong Coal Mine had exceeded his expectations. When he arrived overnight with his royal guards wearing stars and moons, hoping to find some of the craftsmen to take out to find out,
Ji Gang was shocked...
He saw...the barracks.
Under the moonlight, at the foot of the mountain.
The first thing they saw was not the dark coal, but the vast barracks... The flat school grounds and the siege equipment clearly displayed in the open made Ji Gang unable to help but curse a few words.
"Where the hell did this army come from? Who has the courage to disobey the court's orders and send troops to Jurong privately, at the foot of such a mountain..."
When it comes to intelligence, Jin Yiwei is indeed a good player.
But the soldiers under Chen Zhi are not all young soldiers who have never been on the battlefield. They are all veterans with a strong aura of killing.
If they disagree with each other, they will be treated as a traitor and killed.
Then I'm afraid my death will be in vain...
Ji Gang, who didn't dare to take risks, went and returned overnight. He put together all the things he had collected about the Jurong coal mine and made an explanation to Zhu Di.
But no one would say it... Last night, Jin Yiwei wandered around outside the mining area.
In the end, I didn’t have the guts to rush in... let alone someone who seemed to have noticed it at that time. Even if someone was standing guard in the middle of the night, how come there were still people burning a large number of charcoal basins around the mining area all night long to keep the night from getting dark?
This made Jin Yiwei, who was hiding in the dark, very uncomfortable.
....
"The emperor asked you to come to the palace to meet the saint. Naturally, he wants to see you for something..."
"Then can we finish it all at once..."
"Where do you come from with so many words...?"
"how.."
"many!"
"Okay, okay...Master Ji..."
Returning to Zhu Di, Wang Siqi's expression did not change much. Instead, Zhu Di's eyes looked at Wang Siqi with a bit of complexity. Then he asked slowly: "Before, I had nothing to say.
After asking, I am very curious... Why do you say that your wealth of hundreds of thousands is based on that coal mine?"
"Is it that valuable?"
Wang Siqi didn't think much about it when Zhu Di took the initiative to mention the value of Jurong Coal Mine.
He quickly waved his hand and said: "Who knows how much it can be worth? It's all nonsense... It should be hundreds of thousands of taels... almost..."
"You kid... how much is the difference? Please tell me clearly!"
"Several... tens of millions of taels?"
"!!!"
"How many?"
"Tens of millions of taels of silver!"
After hearing Wang Siqi's answer, Zhu Di's eyes instantly lit up.
This is not a coal mine, this is clearly a gold mine! No... the gold mine is far more than that, but then Zhu Di's expression quickly became ridiculed...
"Tens of millions of taels... You kid is really good at joking. Even if the value of this coal mine is immeasurable, so what? People don't want to use coal, and they can't sell it for a price. Moreover, this thing can easily breed poisonous smoke and cause death.
Come... it will be of no use!"
Others don't know, but Wang Siqi knows very well that the so-called poisonous smoke is actually coal smoke... Not just now, even in the autumn of future generations, every year countless people die because they fail to disperse the coal smoke in time.
Carbon monoxide poisoning eventually led to tragedy.
Chapter completed!