"My father's words are wrong, and my sons have a plan, not only can they let a few Shangshu rush back as quickly as possible, but also control all the stone paint mines in the hands of the imperial court!"

Ying Feiyu's smart eyes narrowed into a slit and said with a smile.

"Say it! How? ”

Ying Zheng asked urgently, for fear that if it was too late, Daqin's stone paint mines would be bought!

"Father, don't worry, looking for a stone lacquer mine is not to go to the market to buy radish, just take it there and leave! A few Shangshu have to inquire for a while to find it! ”

In this day and age, no one can accurately find the oil mines that are hidden underground.

The only people who can hear from it are the oil that is exposed to the surface.

Even if that's it, I'll have to ask for a few days!

"That's it! Speak quickly, boy! ”

After waiting for a quarter of an hour, Ying Zheng felt that countless gold and silver had flowed out.

I wish I could send someone out now and grab these minerals from the old guys!

"Stone paint, like salt mines, is the mineral resources of Daqin, which belongs to the imperial court, not to individuals! As long as the father and emperor order, from now on, all ownerless stone paint mines are owned by the state, and the government is not allowed to sell them at will! Isn't this much better than the emperor sending people out to buy it now? ”

Ying Feiyu smiled indifferently.

"Huh? It's a great idea! ”

Ying Zheng's eyes suddenly lit up.

Now send someone to find it, if you can't keep it and there are still leaks, it will be cheaper for others.

It's better to go down with an edict, as long as it is ownerless, it is Daqin's, and no one wants to buy or sell!

That's a lot faster than snapping up with them!

"Good! I'm going to arrange it, haha! ”

After speaking, Ying Zheng hurriedly ordered someone to go and arrange it.

As for what the old guys have already bought, let them go.

Anyway, he was loyal to him for half his life, and the imperial court took all the stone paint mines back, and the few that were missed were all for them to drink soup!

Anyway, the edict will be able to reach all parts of Daqin in a few days, and how much they can buy depends on their luck!

As for the hands of the people, if it is forcibly collected, I am afraid that it will cause resentment among the people, and they can only pay a high price to recycle, if they are unwilling, there is no way!

After the railway, the transmission of news was much faster than before, and within seven days, this edict had spread all over Daqin.

However, in remote areas such as the Xiongnu, Loulan, and Yueshi, it will take ten days and a half months to deliver all the news!

Even if you want to get a few old goods, no matter how fast you are, you can't go as fast as the imperial court.

What's more, it's impossible for the old guys to go that far to find it.

Thinking of this, Ying Zheng's heart is finally at peace!

……

After a period of preparation, the team of the Western Expedition is scheduled to set off today.

Since Great Qin was too far away from the Peacock Dynasty and there was no train that could reach it, Ying Feiyu suggested taking the waterway!

The 300,000-strong army first sailed to the South China Sea to the Bay of Bengal, where it landed on the Mauryan Empire.

The speed of the steamer is not slow, it travels day and night, and if it goes well, it can travel thousands of miles in a day.

At most, half a month, you will be able to reach the Peacock Dynasty!

In order to show the importance that the imperial court attaches to this expedition, Yingzheng led hundreds of officials to send them off in person!

Hundreds of ships were launched one after another, and the scene was shocking.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister will return triumphantly!"

Han Xin bowed his hand and led an army of 300,000 to board the ship.

Of the 300,000 troops, 50,000 were navy.

In addition to fighting, you can also operate steamships very skillfully to ensure that the army reaches the Mauryan Empire smoothly!

"Woo ......"

After all the soldiers boarded the ship, the steamer sounded its whistle and set off slowly.

Watching the hundreds of ships gradually move away, Ying Zheng couldn't help but sigh, "You kid has made a lot of money again!" ”

"Poof......

His words directly made Ying Feiyu laugh.

He really didn't expect that in such a solemn scene, this old man would talk about money in a hurry.

"One and a half million gold per ship, why don't you grab it?"

Yingzheng, who originally had a straight face and watched the soldiers go to battle, suddenly turned his head and stared at Xiao Zhengtai through gritted teeth.

The steamship went from one million gold at the beginning, to one million and fifty thousand gold.

Now the price is 1.5 million gold.

All the way up!

In just a few years, the price has risen by a full 500,000 gold.

He spent 150 million gold to buy these 100 ships.

He didn't sleep for several days!

"Father, there is no way, Daqin is developing, and the people's demand for iron is too great, causing the price of iron ore to rise again and again, even if the son wants to lower the price, it is impossible!"

Ying Feiyu had a bitter face, and seemed to be very aggrieved.

In fact, it is.

Most of the iron ore is in the hands of the imperial court, but there are also many in the hands of the common people!

Seeing that the demand continues to rise, the people have unanimously increased the price of ore.

And the steamship is full of iron, and the cost will definitely rise!

"Humph! I now wonder if you kid suggested taking the waterway because the shipyard's ships can't be sold! ”

Ying Zheng, who had been distressed for a few days, used Ying Feiyu as a punching bag after the army successfully set out, in order to vent his grievances in the past few days.

"Father, you did this on purpose, right? Don't say it sooner, don't say it later, but wait until the army goes out to fight before you speak! If it had been earlier, the ship's retainers would not have been sold......! ”

Ying Feiyu pursed his lips and glanced at him, "Father, think about it, the soldiers set out from Xianyang to the Peacock Dynasty, at least 10,000 miles away, and people eat horses and chew along the way, just grain and grass, it costs a lot of money!" Coupled with the long distance, the climate is different in various places, the soldiers will inevitably have the water and soil adaptation, the loss of one or two soldiers is a trivial matter, if it is infected with infectious diseases, a large area of transmission, not only the Mauryan Dynasty can not be defeated, the 300,000 army can come back I don't know! ”

"Beyond that, what about the delivery of the message and the subsequent supplies?"

"Once there is any crisis situation, just passing the news will take several months at the earliest, and the daylily will be cold by then!"

"Even if we successfully arrived at the Mauryan Dynasty and did not have any accidents, we won the battle and returned smoothly, and we would have to delay for a year back and forth! With this year's time, how much benefit can the entire Peacock Dynasty bring to Great Qin? ”

Ying Feiyu crackled a lot, and glanced at him fiercely.

"Humph! Stinky boy, I complained casually, you kid is still energetic, aren't you? ”

His words, the frightened Ying Zheng was speechless, unable to refute, so he could only brush his sleeves away.

If he didn't understand these things, how could he agree to take the waterway?

It was in consideration of the difficulties and dangers on the road that he took out 150 million gold to buy those 100 steamships!

If there was a better way, he wouldn't have paid this big sum of money!