"Questions?" Li Changfeng's tone sank.

"Nope! No! The person in charge hurriedly replied.

Li Changfeng nodded, turned around and was about to leave, when the middle-aged man shouted, "Lord Founder, stay behind." ”

"What's the matter?"

"The person who burned the Azure Tree in White Rock City found out a clue."

Li Changfeng's eyes flashed, and he asked, "What clues?" ”

The person in charge said: "Our people went deep into the territory of the barbarians to investigate, and found two corpses in a river, because the temperature was very low just after winter, and the preservation was quite intact, from the dress and figure, as well as some items carried with him, it can be judged that it is a person who is a big Qian, but the corpse is decomposed and the face is difficult to identify." ”

Li Changfeng frowned slightly and said, "Based on these, how can you tell that they are the ones who burned the Azure Tree?" ”

"Of course, it's not just that, they all have fire cracks on their bodies, and they also have the smell of fire oil and smoke on their bodies, and the most important thing is that their clothes have rubber sticky to them, and the Azure tree closest to them is in White Rock City, and the location of the barbarian rubber tree is too far away from them!"

"How did they die?"

"There were no external injuries, and our people found signs of poisoning after investigation, and judged that they should have been poisoned and thrown into the water after death."

"Can you find out who they are?"

"We found a hidden and sealed letter from one of the deceased, and we will soon be able to find out who did it according to this clue."

"Okay, two things are going on at the same time, and I will be notified as soon as there is a result!"

Li Changfeng said murderously.

It took him a full ten years to plant the Azure Tree, and he invested a lot of time and energy in the early stage, and if he found out who did it, he would never give up.

Leaving the Skynet stronghold, it was already dark when Li Changfeng returned home.

Early in the morning of the second day, Li Changfeng led the crowd to the scientific research institute to appease everyone's emotions, saying that no matter how much the price was paid, he would find out who was behind the scenes, and would do his best to ensure the safety of scientific research personnel in the future, so that they could advance scientific research tasks with peace of mind.

The scientific research institute cannot be leaderless, Li Changfeng asked penicillin to be manufactured, and Tang Yi, the dean of the highly respected medical college, temporarily acted as the dean of the scientific research institute, and talked with Tang Yi for a long time before leaving.

The hearts of the people in the scientific research institute have stabilized, and all scientific research work has been carried out in an orderly manner, but nuclear weapons research has to be suspended because there is no Liang Dafu, and Li Changfeng is helpless about this.

For several days in a row, Li Changfeng would go to the scientific research institute every day.

What disappointed him was that neither Emperor Qianwu nor Tianwang had found any valuable clues.

Li Changfeng could only wait.

As a result, Liang Dafu still had no news, but Zhou Jianbo came to the Grand Canal Wharf in Beijing with all the ironclad warships.

Zhou Jianbo left Daqian with nine ironclad warships to carry out ocean trade for a long time, and Li Changfeng was also very much looking forward to what he would gain, and he also wanted to go out to relax, so he took five hundred guards to the dock.

When he arrived at the dock, he saw two ironclad warships unloading from the shore from a distance, surrounded by people watching the excitement, pointing at the ironclad warships.

Li Changfeng looked at the draft of the other seven ironclad warships waiting in line in the distance, and couldn't help but smile.

When the ironclad warships left with full supplies, they did not have such a draft, and now this situation is obviously full of goods, as for what it is, it is difficult to say.

"His Royal Highness the Nine Emperor Princes have arrived!"

As the guards shouted, the onlookers got out of the way and knelt down to worship, Li Changfeng came to the dock and saw that most of the goods being unloaded were gold and silver, as well as many irregularly shaped gemstones, as well as some precious spices and other items.

As far as the naked eye can see, they are all valuable.

Li Changfeng was in a good mood, and he said that if these nine ironclad warships were all loaded with gold and silver, they would really make a fortune.

The voice of everyone paying homage to Li Changfeng was heard by Zhou Jianbo, and he hurriedly ran down from the boat and knelt respectfully to pay respect.

"Meet His Royal Highness the Nine Emperor Princes!"

"It's hard work, get up."

Li Changfeng personally helped Zhou Jianbo up and looked up and down.

I saw that Zhou Jianbo's skin was tanned, many places on his face had fallen off and he looked extremely rough, the clothes on his body were slightly dirty, and his hands were full of calluses, obviously he had gone through countless ups and downs.

However, Zhou Jianbo's eyes were very bright, like two bright lights, exuding excitement and pride, and there was a fierce aura on his body that he had never had before.

Li Changfeng smiled: "It seems that the harvest is good." ”

Zhou Jianbo's eyes lit up and his expression was excited.

"It's not just good, where is this to make money, it's just picking up money! Your Highness, you don't know how backward those small tribes and small countries on the sea are, and seeing our big ironclad warships is like seeing a god, and the goods we bring are ......."

As he spoke, Zhou Jianbo danced with his hands, looking more and more excited.

This trip to the sea for ocean trade really gave him a lot of insight.

There are many countries dotted on the sea, most of them are very backward, and even people in many places are in the stage of drinking blood, and they don't know the use of gold and silver, and they use diamonds and gems as decorations and throw them away casually, as children's toys.

They can just take out a little refined salt, or even a few torn clothes, in exchange for these precious things, and they can pick up a few pieces on the road, which is really no different from picking up money.

Even Li Changfeng couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard his description.

How can there be such a backward place now?

No wonder Benjamin that guy was so generous, and then he met such a tribe on the road to fool or rob, didn't he get rich?

"So these ships are full of gold, silver and gems?" Li Changfeng asked tentatively.

"How can it be so exaggerated, Your Highness, many backward countries and tribes don't know how to mine and don't recognize its value, now this ship is loaded with more gold, silver and jewelry, and most of the other ships are filled with spices, ivory, corals and other treasures."

Hearing Zhou Jianbo say this, Li Changfeng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

It would be an exaggeration to say that nine ironclad warships were filled with gold, silver, and gems.

Once it is put into the market, it will certainly impact the purchasing power of gold and silver, and this will be a fatal blow to the ordinary people and the big dry business, because after all, the big dry productive forces are backward, and the value of the output is limited.

However, Zhou Jianbo's next words still shocked him.

"If you don't count the treasures, there are about eight million taels of white alone, and seven hundred thousand taels of gold, if those treasures are ...... I guess it's worth at least three or four million taels. ”

Li Changfeng was overjoyed: "Haha, good! The brothers are fortunate, all the crew are rewarded with a hundred taels of silver, and after entering the city, they will go to the bottom of the lake to fish, and the wine pipe is enough to eat the meat tube openly, and it is all counted in the prince's account! ”

(End of chapter)