The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty didn't know what to say, and they didn't know why after listening to the words of the Dawan envoy, the first emperor's face suddenly became a little unsightly, so the relaxed atmosphere above the court suddenly quieted down.

And Chen Xu also stood up with a slight tremble, looked at several Dawan envoys and said to Tongyi: "You ask them, where did the Dawan people get the enamel pots, kettles and teapots they said just now?" ”

"Yes!" The interpreter hurriedly discussed with Dawan's envoy for a while, then turned to Chen Xu and said, "Back to the left minister, they said that these enamels were resold to them by merchants from the Western Regions, each worth five taels of gold, of course, they can also be exchanged for various equivalent gems, these enamels are not only easy to sell in Dawan, but also very popular in Kangju and Daxia and other places, one can buy seven or eight taels or even ten taels of gold......

"Wow~~"

There was an instant uproar in the court, and many people looked at Chen Xu, and they muttered to each other to discuss.

"I really can't imagine that an enamel tea jar can be sold for ten taels of gold.

"Yes, yes, I always thought that Qinghe Hou had black P eyes, but I didn't expect these barbarian merchants to be even blacker!"

"Yes, it's too dark, ten taels of gold, and the old man's monthly salary is only so much!"

"It seems that we are indeed not suitable for businessmen, I really don't know how those barbarians in the West can afford it, is it full of gold!"

"Hey, there is some truth in what the Ministry of High Households said, I have heard a folk legend that the West has a country of poison, likes to raise peacocks, and everyone in the country is covered with gold ornaments, which is called the country of gold, and the palace is even paved with gold bricks......"

"I rubbed it, it was so terrifying......"

"Hiss~, forgive sins, forgive sins, a certain drooling ......"

The sound of muttering above the court was everywhere, and only a few words fell in Chen Xu's ears, and in an instant, the black-skinned eyes were almost invisible.

Nima a group of people who don't know how to do business, don't understand the truth that things are scarce and expensive, what is scarce to a certain extent will be valuable, the less the more valuable, jade jewelry is so, enamel glass is even more so, at least in the Western countries, agate gems still have a provenance, this enamel glass is basically like the gift of the gods, can be asked for but not obtained, with the businessman's sense of smell and vision, it is not strange to sell an enamel in Daqin for only a hundred and ten dollars to a few thousand dollars.

In the history of mankind, this plunder was a common practice of all explorers after the rise of the Western Voyages.

After the Spanish explorers arrived in the Americas, they plundered a large amount of gold and silver from the indigenous people with a large number of cheap glass products, because the natives did not understand ah, and only saw all kinds of beautifully made glass products crystal clear and very beautiful, and thought that they were very precious items, but they did not know that this kind of thing was smelted with ordinary sand, which was basically the cheapest industrial product.

It was through this low-value, high-return plundered gold that the Spanish colonists bought a large number of ships to build weapons, plundered a large amount of gold from the Americas and trafficked people to Europe, and quickly became the hegemon of Europe and the seas, reaching the most powerful period in history.

Spain's actions soon made many European countries jealous, Britain, France, Portugal, and the Netherlands all went to sea to rob, and the isolated American continent became a gold mine for European robbers to make a fortune, and a large number of pirates also ran rampant in the Caribbean, making a fortune by robbing colonial merchant ships in the past.

Through the words of the Dawan envoys, Chen Xu already knew in his heart at this time why the enamel equipment equipped by Jiang Hu and Li Xin's two-way army would be damaged and lost so quickly.

Don't think too much about it, it must have been secretly sold by soldiers, and maybe it wasn't sold secretly, and even generals at all levels participated in blatant large-scale smuggling, otherwise why would they lose tens of thousands of sets a year.

And this idea is actually not only Chen Xu, Feng Quji, who has been sitting and not moving much, even turned his head and glanced at Chen Xu meaningfully.

The emperor's answer through the envoy naturally almost thought of the content of Meng Tian's letter, so his face twitched slightly and became more and more cold.

The so-called wealth is moving, in order to solve the situation that the Western Army is far away from its homeland and is not adapted to the harsh environment, the imperial court spent a lot of money to build enamel pots, military kettles and tea jars and compressed military rations, and successively arranged tens of thousands of cattle and horses and tens of thousands of soldiers and prisoners and slaves to transport seven or eight thousand miles to the Western Regions military camp, these food and equipment have indeed greatly improved the lives of soldiers and soldiers, but today it seems that these military equipment has become the Western Army's soldiers and soldiers for profit, and they will be secretly sold to merchants in the Western Regions, and they will be sold secretly to merchants in the Western Regions. There are even long histories and generals who have repeatedly asked the imperial court to produce and replenish in the name of damage and loss.

The emperor was tumbling inside at this time, and he didn't know how he should deal with this matter.

The so-called law does not blame the public, the loss of millions of dollars must be irreparable, everything that should be sold has been sold, and it is impossible to arrange for Yu Shi to go to the barracks to recover it, and what levels of generals and officers are involved, especially whether Meng Tian knows or not, or how deeply he is involved.

As a general in control of the Western Army, although Meng Tian sits at the headquarters of the Longxi Military Camp, there are messengers to and from the two armies all the year round to transmit military information, and both armies have captains and supervisors of the army, so it is impossible for Meng Tian not to know about this matter.

The Northern Army has just captured Wang Li, and if the Western Army disposes of Meng Tian......

The First Emperor instantly felt a little panicked in his heart, and his body was also a little chilly at the same time.

"I swept the six countries to unify China, and achieved the current prosperous foundation of Great Qin, this time is only eight years, why did the army with strict military discipline and invincible in the past become like this, not only the soldiers began to sell ordnance privately to provoke the people in disobey military orders, but even the main generals all began to cheat and deceive the ...... of the imperial court, why is this happening? What the hell am I supposed to do? ”

Qin Shi Huang sat on his dragon chair, twisting his beard, his eyes flickering brightly and darkly, and his face was unpredictable.

"Does Your Majesty have anything else to ask, if not, the minister will arrange for Dawan to leave!" A voice pulled the First Emperor back from his tangled thoughts, it was Yang Zhu of the Ministry of Rites.

"Let's take it down and rest first, and arrange for the Pawn Office to hold a banquet in Qinghe Garden, and as for the things they want to buy, we will reply to them after the court has finished discussing!" Qin Shi Huang's face returned to calm and then waved his hand.

After listening to the translation of the words of the First Emperor, a group of Dawan envoys did not dare to plead again, and left the court after saluting together.

Because of the enamel matter, the first emperor seemed to have too much mood to deal with government affairs, and half an hour later, the afternoon court ended, and all the civil and military ministers also left the court hall in twos and threes and returned to the office.

"Wait a minute!" Chen Xu Shi Ran walked out of the court, and Feng Qu, who quickly put on his shoes behind him, chased after him in three or two steps.

"It turned out to be Prime Minister Feng, I don't know if Zhao Xu has and orders?" Chen Xu turned around and smiled and arched his hand.

"Don't dare to take the order, thank you Zuo Xiangfang for speaking out in detail, otherwise the old man will have to bear a bad name for this matter!" Feng Qujian returned the salute with gratitude on his face.

"It doesn't matter, Xu is just suddenly moved, this enamel was developed relatively late, and the process is more complicated, and the output is not high, so it is sold very little, and Dawan can know thousands of miles away from Xianyang, and he also wants to buy a lot, it can be seen that he has a very good understanding, and the two armies in the Western Regions are equipped with a large number of enamel supplies, and the source of the way is clear at a glance, this matter is promoted by Xu, how can you not pay attention to one or two!" Chen Xu shook his head slightly and said.

"The recitals of the Marquis of Jingwu are disagreed with the old man and the Ministry of Soldiers, and in view of the identity of the Marquis of Jingwu, the old man directly submitted the recital to His Majesty for review, and please don't blame the Zuo Xiang!" Feng Qujian said in a low voice.

"Hehe, Feng Xiang is reducing trouble for me, Xu is too late to be grateful, why would he blame, since His Majesty already knows about this matter, he will naturally think about it in a few days, I don't have to bother, Xu still has something to do today, so I won't invite Feng Xiang to drink tea and chat!" Chen Xu smiled and said goodbye.

"Haha, the old man won't bother Zuo Xiang anymore, farewell!" Feng Qu smiled and arched his hand.

"Please~"

"Please~"

The two prime ministers of the Great Qin Empire, one old and one young, bowed hands to each other at the door of the court hall, and Chen Xu smiled and swaggered down the steps to his carriage.

"Virtuous son-in-law and so on!"

Just as Chen Xu walked to the side of his carriage, a middle-aged man with a jade crown and a purple ribbon around his waist strode behind, with a handsome face and three long beards swaying in the wind, it was Meng Yi, an old handsome man and imperial envoy.

"My son-in-law has seen my father-in-law!" Chen Xu hurriedly stopped and bowed.

"Why are you so pretending to be polite, the old man asked you, just now you and Feng Qujian were in the court, and they were preparing to deal with which unlucky bastard!" Meng Yi arched his hand and pouted and asked.

Chen Xu's face was kind, and he inserted the wat board on the jade belt hook around his waist and said, "How could Uncle Yue be so interested in the transaction between his son-in-law and Feng Xiang today? ”

"Recently, the old man has been in a panic, and he always wants to do something, so as not to be quiet in the court for too long, and many people will forget the old man......"

Chen Xu: ......

"What, don't you want to tell the old man?" Meng Yi's eyes widened.

"Hehe, where do you really want to do something?" Chen Xu laughed dryly and spoke.

"Naturally, the matter you and Feng Quji discussed, wouldn't it make me very uncomfortable without me, if you don't let the old man know, then the biggest possibility is that you want to deal with me!" Meng Yi had an unhappy expression on his face.

Chen Xu was silent for a few seconds and then said with a smile: "Uncle Yue, this matter is really related to Montessori, you'd better not know, otherwise you won't be able to eat or sleep, and then Wan'er will complain that I didn't take care of you!" ”

Meng Yi's eyelids twitched, and his face froze instantly, and he glanced at Chen Xu vigorously, and found that Chen Xu did not look like he was lying, so he slowly stroked his beard and muttered for a long time before speaking: "You really can't tell the old man?" ”

Chen Xu shook his head slightly: "It's not that it can't, the main thing is that this matter involves Jingwu Hou, and Feng Xiang and I are still confused at the moment!" ”

A cold light suddenly flashed in Meng Yi's eyes, staring directly at Chen Xu's face: "You just dragged Wang Li from the position of the general of the Northern Army, and now you want to deal with my brother, what do you want to do?" ”

Chen Xu couldn't help rolling his eyes and said: "My son-in-law is sitting upright, how can I deal with Jingwuhou for no reason, do you think I am such a boring person?" ”

"Like!" Meng Yi nodded coldly.

Chen Xu: ......

Your uncle has a gourd scoop, Chen Xu looked up at the sky with a twitch of cheeks, except for visiting the garden, the two of them couldn't pee at all, and the chat was never smooth.

"Forget it, my son-in-law was very busy, but since my father-in-law is so concerned about this matter, why don't you invite me to have a cup of tea and talk about it in detail!"

"It's over if you don't say no, recently a new Quyuan garden has been opened in the south of the city, and the little ladies in it are all water spirits, go with the old man!" Meng Yi raised his hand contentedly and summoned his carriage over.

"Uncle Yue, Wan'er is about to give birth, and you are about to become a grandfather, it's not good for you to invite me to visit the kiln, once Wan'er knows about it, she will be excited to give me a daughter......"

"Fart, gibberish, be careful that the old man beats you, Wan'er will definitely give birth to a son this time, and the title of the Marquis of Qinghe must be the grandson of the old man!" Meng Yi interrupted Chen Xu's words very rudely, climbed into his carriage and ordered to set off.

Chen Xu had no choice but to climb into his car with a frown, and ordered him to accompany his father-in-law to visit the kiln.