If water control can be successful, it will be a good thing that will last for a long time.

Both of them naturally knew this, but it was indeed difficult for the national treasury to come up with this hundred thousand taels of gold.

If this is taken out, it will almost empty the national treasury.

"Master Lu, but Da Cang National Committee really doesn't have that much money."

The two of them looked at Lu Chensheng with bitter expressions and said, "Young master Lu knows that Jiang State only collects a few million taels of silver in taxes a year, and this kind of money is no longer enough.

The annual tax collection of Da Cang Country is not much higher. You have to spend money everywhere, so how can you have enough money to pay for these 100,000 gold?"

There seems to be a little bit of truth in what you say?

Lu Chensheng naturally knew that the other party might not be able to come up with the money.

After looking at the other party, Lu Chensheng said, "If you really don't have money, there are a lot of mines in Da Cang, right? It's okay to sell a few of them and let Seoul City mine them."

Lu Chensheng thought about it and realized that the other party probably didn't have that much money. Watching stars in Seoul was also very profitable, but the speed of spending money was even more impressive.

As for the one hundred thousand taels of gold, even Xing Hancheng couldn't get it.

Lu Chensheng didn't originally think that the other party could come up with so much money, so his idea was still to focus on the other party's mines.

Hearing Lu Chensheng's words, the two of them suddenly felt happy, the mine, the mine is great!

Anyway, some of the mines in the country were privately sold to some merchants by some people, and Lu Chensheng suffered no loss at all when they were taken back.

My heart was moved, but I couldn't agree so easily, otherwise Lu Chensheng would ask for a price that would be bad.

Thinking of this, the two of them looked at each other and understood each other's thoughts. They turned to look at Lu Chensheng with a look of confusion on their faces.

"I wonder how many mines Mr. Lu needs?"

Zhao Qianhua asked with a somewhat cautious look, as if he was afraid that Lu Chensheng would ask for too much and that he would not be able to make the decision at all.

"It's not too much to ask for five mines, right?"

Lu Chensheng thought for a while and then said something.

Five seats?

Five mines are not many, there are dozens of mines in Da Cang, so giving Lu Chensheng five mines is not a problem.

"By the way, the requirements for the mines must be close to Xinghan City, easy to mine and rich in mineral resources. The five mines will deduct some silver. You will get two hundred thousand taels of silver. I agree to control the water."

Lu Chensheng said something, which made both of them stunned.

I originally thought that the mine would directly deduct all the silver, but I didn't expect that Lu Chensheng would still need two hundred thousand taels of silver.

Thinking of this, the two of them suddenly felt a toothache. The man in front of them was really not that easy to fool.

It's just that the price seemed a bit high, and the two of them were a little undecided for a while.

"Master Lu, you have brought out five mines, and you still want five hundred thousand taels of silver. Is that too much?"

Zhao Qianhua did not dare to anger Lu Chensheng, so he could only say tactfully, "Da Cang Country is not rich, and the asking price is really unaffordable."

"Fifty thousand taels of silver is still more?"

Lu Chensheng frowned slightly when he heard this, "You must understand that water control is not a simple matter. When the time comes, we may have to dig mountains and dig rocks, and the manpower required may be tens of thousands."

Do these tens of thousands of people eat and drink for free every day? Their wages also need to be settled. In addition, when controlling the water, we need to use things unique to Xinghan City. You can go and see the walls built by Xinghan City.

The dams that will be built at that time will also be made of this kind of material. It is extremely difficult to produce this material, and it will cost countless manpower and material resources.

If the water control is successful, it will be a good thing for the Great Cang Kingdom for generations to come. From now on, the king of the Great Cang Kingdom will be a king whose name will go down in history. Go back and ask the Emperor of the Great Cang Kingdom if he is willing to spend the money to control the water?

Da Cang Kingdom invests a lot of money every year to control floods, or after floods, right? How much money does it add up year after year? How much money do you think you need? "

Lu Chensheng looked at the two people who were still trying to bargain, and then said a few words.

In Lu Chensheng's opinion, these five hundred thousand taels of silver are already considered very small. If it were not for the purpose of plotting the mine, his price would have increased a lot.

Hearing what Lu Chensheng said, the two of them looked slightly startled, and thought about it carefully. The city wall they saw when they first came in was indeed very different.

At that time, he even touched it with his hands and felt that the city walls had become one whole body.

Thinking of this, he immediately became energetic. If this thing is used to build a dam, it must be extremely stable, right?

"Master Lu, can you let me think about it when I get back?"

Although he was already a little moved in his heart, after thinking about it, he still felt that it would be better to go back and think about it more and think about whether there was anything inappropriate in this condition.

In addition, if you respond too hastily, you will inevitably expose yourself and others' urgency for water control.

At this time, we cannot be anxious.

Having been in officialdom for many years, he has developed such composure.

Lu Chensheng nodded, "Arrange for them to stay."

Upon hearing this, the attendants on the side immediately led everyone towards the outside.

There is a courtyard built in the valley specifically to provide rest for the envoys.

“Is this asking price too harsh?”

I want grain from the mines and other items, and I also want five hundred thousand taels of silver.

Five hundred thousand taels of silver cannot be obtained casually.

Shouyue now also knows how difficult it is to earn this money, so he also feels that this money is really too much.

"How can this be considered too much? We need human, financial and material resources, but this is not too much."

Lu Chensheng shook his head quickly when he heard this.

Shouyue curled her lips, "But you should let those Tatar prisoners build the dam, right? They don't need any wages, so they can use it as they please."

"That's not how the accounts are calculated. Think about it, these Tartars have been transferred to build dams, so do I still need to transfer them to the canals, foundations and other places they were originally going to build? These people who were transferred there

Do you need wages or something?"

Speaking of this, Lu Chensheng paused slightly.

"And, who do you belong to?"

Lu Chensheng was speechless. Shouldn't the other party be on his side? Why do he still feel that his price is too high?

Shouyue listened and looked at Lu Chensheng.

There is some ambiguity in Lu Chensheng's words. Whose person does it mean?

Thinking of this, Shou Yueqiao blushed and walked away without responding to Lu Chensheng's intention.

Lu Chensheng felt a little baffled, but he didn't care about anything. The people from the Da Cang Kingdom's mission would probably agree.
Chapter completed!