Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

Chapter 1034: Change of strategy, direct purchase

"But if we conduct practical research and use our mechanical skills to specifically study their weapons, we can quickly find a solution. I absolutely believe this, and you should also have faith in our mechanical skills."

Hearing this, Hua Yunhong burst into laughter.

"Isn't this just self-deception? How much money did I invest in mechanical workshops across the country six months ago? Isn't the research aimed at how to balance Daqian?"

"But what about the results? Even if the masters of these research institutes rack their brains, can they create a weapon as lethal on the battlefield as a tank?"

Duanmu Jiang dared to come here today because he had made all the necessary preparations.

Even if Hua Yunhong spoke eloquently, Duanmu Jiang would not give in.

"Even if we're developing, we should prioritize machinery over Daqian. Daqian's technology does have its merits, I can admit that."

"However, how to use them should be decided after collective discussion by the imperial court."

Duanmu Jiang spoke very eloquently, and with just a few words he wanted to make Hua Yunhong take a step back.

If we take this step back, there will be two or three more steps to follow, until Hua Yunhong's decree becomes ineffective.

Hua Yunhong keenly realized the trap the other party had set for him.

So he said lightly:

"Teacher, what you said is correct, but I have been to Daqian and have some understanding of Daqian's mechanical techniques."

"You take these people with you. I will make the decision on the mechanical engineering and Daqian technology myself."

Duanmu Jiang's heart sank, and he immediately said:

"His Majesty……"

"Du Zi, send them away."

Hua Yunhong interrupted Duanmu Jiang and spoke to Du Zi beside him.

"Yes."

Du Zi came directly in front of Duanmu Jiang, bowed and made a gesture of invitation.

Duanmu Jiang snorted coldly and left with a flick of his sleeves.

Seeing this, the remaining officials who were caught in the middle also breathed a sigh of relief and followed him out.

……

A few days later, several decrees regarding oil mines were issued to various areas of the Shenmu Kingdom.

These laws are extremely shocking.

Tax cuts, financial support from the imperial court, additional official positions...

The news reached Qin Ming early on.

At this time, he had already selected two oil mines and was ready to hand them over to the Wulin Alliance.

Chu Ying hurried over and said as soon as he saw Qin Ming:

"Your Majesty, this is bad news. The court of Shenmu Kingdom, in addition to some special laws, seems to want to compete with us for the oil mines."

"They reacted pretty quickly. Do they have the technology for telegraphs?"

Qin Ming was very curious. His actions were fast enough, but Hua Yunhong seemed to have also learned the news and responded quickly.

"It should be with the help of Tongbao Pavilion somewhere."

Chu Ying looked embarrassed and began to explain.

Tongbao Pavilion is spread throughout the entire Shenmu Kingdom. Even if Chu Ying manages it more carefully, he does not have that many people on hand.

Tongbao Pavilions in many places are managed by local people of the Shenmu Kingdom.

This can easily lead to some infiltration.

"Have we been stopped from acquiring oil mines in various places?"

"No, but the court of Shenmu Kingdom has used so many tricks that the price of the originally worthless oil has increased a lot."

“How much has it increased?”

"It's tripled, and the value is still rising. It's already very difficult to get one now. Big families from all over the country are getting involved."

Chu Ying sighed.

Originally, they wanted to take advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention to the oil mines and get as much as possible into their hands.

But now, let alone taking more, even keeping the oil mines in their hands is a bit difficult.

Some big local families originally wanted to cooperate with Qin Ming.

After all, this kind of thing will not attract too much attention, and it can also make Qin Ming familiar with it.

If there are any benefits in the future, Qin Ming, such a particular person, will definitely not forget them.

However, after the court of the Shenmu Kingdom issued the decree, they no longer had to look far away.

Follow the laws of the court, you will earn a lot of benefits and there will be little risk.

In this way, they naturally had no choice but to help Qin Ming.

"Well, it's someone else's territory after all."

"Yes, Your Majesty, what should we do now?"

Chu Ying had no way to deal with such matters at the dynasty level.

They are all doing business, and what matters is how to make money by using all their skills within the rules.

But Hua Yunhong obviously doesn't play with them like this.

Seeing that they could no longer control the oil fields, they changed the rules.

This made Chu Ying unable to exert any strength no matter how capable he was, and even many of his original plans were now disrupted.

After Qin Ming thought for a moment, he suddenly said:

"How about this, you go talk to Hua Yunhong and decide we don't want the oil mine anymore, we can just buy it directly from them."

"Huh? Is this...appropriate?"

Seeing Qin Ming change so quickly, Chu Ying's eyes widened.

"What's wrong with this? Daqian has a lot of silver, and the price of oil mines is high, so we won't buy them. We can just buy the output directly from them."

What Qin Ming did was also a win-win approach.

It can not only provide reserves for itself, but also allow the Shenmu Kingdom to earn money.

The most important point is that Hua Yunhong has not made any achievements as emperor since he came to power recently.

He only cares about interacting with the ministers in the court. If he continues like this, he might not even be able to sit firmly on the throne.

In order to help him, Qin Ming also chose another method.

"Then give the two oil mines to the Wulin Alliance, and these we have..."

Chu Ying immediately asked about these oil mines.

Qin Ming said calmly:

"Just take it in your hand. Hua Yunhong wouldn't let you take even this little thing."

Hearing this, Chu Ying nodded.

"I understand."

As Qin Ming made changes here.

After thinking for a while, he suddenly said:

"By the way, please help me write a letter to Hua Yunhong later."

"Yes!"

Soon, Qin Ming's letter was delivered directly to Hua Yunhong's palace.

There was a mountain of documents in front of Hua Yunhong that needed to be reviewed.

It was full of criticisms of the new policy, and some were also dissatisfaction with the oil and mines.

Many ministers believed that these things were only needed by Daqian, but not by their Shenmu Kingdom.

Just because they wanted to cut off their purchase of oil mines, the court spent huge amounts of money to issue decrees and influence the private market.

This is definitely an act of missing the forest for the trees!

It is precisely for this reason that the criticism of Hua Yunhong's series of actions after he ascended the throne has become increasingly louder.

Faced with so many documents, Hua Yunhong chose not to read them.

But today, Du Zi came to him with a letter.

"Your Majesty, there is an urgent document."

"Didn't I say I wouldn't watch it?"

Hua Yunhong subconsciously thought that these old ministers below had used some connections to send this to him.

When this situation occurred, he felt a little surprised.

What does it mean that Du Zi knew about it but still gave it to him?

But what Du Zi said next made him stunned.

"Your Majesty, this was sent by Qin Ming."