Steel Dynasty - Chapter 609

[Chapter 609: Get rich suddenly]

“The emperor defends the country, and the king dies in the country!”

Fiji murmured and repeated this sentence, the look on his face becoming more and more solemn.

After a long silence, Fiji bowed deeply to Xiao Ming, “Your Highness is righteous and will be a wise king in the future. This is the blessing of our great country of Chongqing and the blessing of the people.”

Xiao Ming smiled and did not explain. In his opinion, Firstly, making Youzhou the capital is very close to the seaport. Secondly, only making Youzhou the capital can completely solve the border troubles in the north.

Rejecting Fiji’s proposal, Xiao Ming followed Ye Qingyun to Prince Wei’s Mansion.

Different from the simple style of his palace, the Wei Palace is extremely luxurious. The main hall alone is as majestic as the Chengqing Palace in the imperial city. Behind the main hall is a winding stone path, and at the end of the path is a river that crosses the palace. , a stone bridge spans the river.

On the other side of the river is another group of buildings. This is the sleeping palace of the King of Wei and his princesses.

“When I was in Chang’an, I heard that Prince Wei’s palace was extremely luxurious. Now it seems to be true.” Fiji said.

Ye Qingyun said: “This King of Wei is not the most luxurious place in Jinling City. His Highness and Mr. Fei Ge will understand what luxury is after seeing the treasury of Jinling City.”

Xiao Ming and Fiji looked at each other. This was their time. The key point of coming to Jinling City, Xiao Ming heard this and said, “Then what are you waiting for? Why don’t you lead the way.”

“Yes, Your Highness.” Ye Qingyun smiled.

Then the two of them came out of Prince Wei’s Mansion and walked westward. Ye Qingyun stopped by the Xuanwu Lake in Jinling City. He pointed to the folk square on the side of the river and said, “Your Highness, this is where the treasury of Jinling City is.”

Xiao Ming looked at Ye Qingyun. In the direction Qingyun pointed, there were many pavilions in the folk square not far away, just like a palace complex.

“Is this the treasury of Jinling City?” Xiao Ming asked.

Ye Qingyun said: “Yes, Your Highness, Wei’s tax revenue over the years is all in this treasury.”

Fiji was also a little stunned. The buildings in this private square were connected one after another, as if they were a long dragon.

With some expectations in his heart, Xiao Ming walked towards Minfang. After walking for twenty minutes, everyone arrived at the treasury of Jinling City.

When he got closer, Xiao Ming realized the hugeness of this treasury. There were wide halls in front of him, and each hall was connected from front to back. At this time, soldiers of the Dengzhou Army were guarding in front of these halls.

“Your Highness, please see, this treasury contains silver taels. The general has sent people to count them. There are eight million taels of silver in total.” Ye Qingyun said.

The glasses of Fiji and all the officials widened immediately. Fiji said: “The King of Wei is indeed extremely rich.”

At this time, Xiao Ming’s heart beat unfavorably. What is lacking in Qingzhou Bank now is silver. If there is any With enough silver, he could issue banknotes based on silver.

Now that King Wei has so much silver stored in his treasury, it is a timely rain for him.

Under the guidance of Ye Qingyun, he and Fiji entered the treasury together. Suddenly, a silver light made his eyes sting slightly. He saw neatly stacked silver ingots in the treasury, each of which was in the shape of a long strip.

He picked up a silver ingot and weighed it. A silver ingot weighed at least one kilogram.

Eight million taels of silver is only eight hundred tons. It is estimated that all the savings of the King of Wei in the past ten years have been here.

“Your Highness, we are rich.” Fiji couldn’t help but dance excitedly at this time.

Ye Qingyun smiled and continued: “Silver is stored in this hall, and copper and copper coins are stored next door. Compared to silver, this copper is more.”

“Let’s go and take a look.” Xiao Ming He was elated. This time he really got rich overnight. This time he made a lot of money from the business of conquering Wei.

Then the group went to the Copper Hall, where twelve hundred tons of copper were stored. Then they went to the main hall where cloth, raw silk, tea, and porcelain were stored.

At the end of the trip, they went to the granary in Jinling City. However, Ye Qingyun didn’t know the specific amount of grain in the granary yet. Because the amount was too large, it was impossible to weigh it. They could only refer to the account books of the granary. The total was five million stone. .

After understanding the treasury of Jinling City, Xiao Ming seemed to feel relaxed. He said: “Now the food problem has finally been solved. With the food collected from Wei, the feudal army will not have to worry about running out of food. “

Exactly.” Fiji smiled, “With the support of Wei Di, His Highness is even more powerful.”

“Hahaha…” Everyone laughed at the same time.

Coming out of the Jinling treasury, Xiao Ming said to Ye Qingyun: “By the way, where is King Wei?”

“Back to Your Highness, King Wei is currently being held in a prison in Jinling City, and his family members are also being detained. “

Xiao Ming nodded and said, “Take me to see him.”

“Yes, Your Highness.”

Ye Qingyun took Xiao Ming to the prison of Jinling City.

After walking for another twenty minutes, Xiao Ming and others arrived at the prison in Jinling City. At this time, Ye Qingyun sent someone to take King Wei out of the cell.

After a while, the dirty King Wei walked out of the prison.

Seeing the pale-haired and slumped-looking King Wei, Xiao Ming sighed slightly. Compared with the previous energetic King Wei, the current King Wei was just a bad old man.

At this time, King Wei squinted his eyes, as if he was not used to the bright light outside. When he adapted to the light outside, he could clearly see Xiao Ming standing in front of him.

“Xiao Ming, you’re still here.” King Wei laughed and said, “How is it? My Jinling City is very prosperous, right.”

“Jinling City is indeed very prosperous.”

Xiao Ming said lightly, he saw it in King Wei’s eyes A touch of hysterical madness.

“Hahaha, I owned such a wealthy Jinling City but lost it to you. Why! Why on earth!” King Wei stared straight at Xiao Ming.

Ye Qingyun was standing closer to Xiao Ming at this time, for fear that King Wei would get angry and hurt someone.

“Because the destiny does not belong to you.” Xiao Ming gave King Wei a desperate answer.

“Destiny, destiny.” The madness in King Wei’s eyes gradually turned into sadness, “Yes, destiny is not in me, destiny is not in me, it is not my fault, it is destiny!”

Fiji sighed: “Your Highness, Wei I’m afraid the king is crazy.”

“No, he’s not crazy, he’s just too unwilling to fail.” Xiao Ming said, “How does Mr. Fei Ge think he should deal with King Wei

? Wine can go with it,” Fiji said firmly.

Xiao Ming’s eyes narrowed, the feudal dynasty was so cruel, and eradicating the roots was what every emperor would do.

Now Xiao Ming has gradually adapted to this world. This world has just sprouted civilization, but barbarism is still the rule. If you want to survive in this world, you must learn to be ruthless.

He nodded, “Give him a glass of poisonous wine. The Kingdom of Wei is dead and there is no need for a King of Wei anymore.”

(End of Chapter)