Chen Ze was now preparing to negotiate the price of the official mine, but Li Yuankang showed a bit of worry.
"Master?"
"Um?"
Li Yuankang hesitated for a moment and then said: "Are you sure you can bargain?"
Since arriving in Qingzhou, Li Yuankang has long been accustomed to Chen Ze's lavish spending. Not to mention other things, he spent a lot of silver just on rewards. The most outrageous thing is to go to Wanhua Pavilion. He slapped the gold ingots on the table.
The more Li Yuankang thought about it, the more he suffered.
Although he also knows that men will unconsciously become generous when they go to hook up.
But the problem is...there is nothing to play with!
I just had one meal and it was gone.
With that amount of gold, it’s no problem to book the venue.
And when I went out to buy something, I really didn’t see Chen Ze bargaining.
It's not like there's nothing wrong with it. It's possible to bargain with Zhangya people, but the problem is reverse bargaining!
Let's just think that when the young master goes to talk to people about the price of the official mine, don't start raising the price again while talking.
"Don't worry, I have my own sense of discretion."
Chen Ze waved his hand, didn't Li Yuankang underestimate his ability?
"I'll show you what bargaining techniques are later!"
Soon after, Chen Ze and his party arrived at the ore storage warehouse built by Qingzhou Mining Division not far from the city.
Although it is called Qingzhou Mining Division, it used to be under the jurisdiction of local yamen, but now it has nothing to do with Qingzhou yamen.
The mining companies in the eight southern states were all appointed by the royal family. They sold not only iron ore, but also a large amount of coal and a small amount of copper.
Before, Qin Boyang came to negotiate in his own name to buy official mines.
Of course, this time is different.
The Qingzhou Liangshi people were waiting for business at the door, when they suddenly saw three carriages approaching from a distance.
At first I didn't take him seriously, he just thought he was a businessman who came to buy mines.
As a result, as soon as the three carriages stopped not far away, white figures jumped directly from the two carriages in front and behind them, and immediately rushed towards the ore sales office.
This shocked the people who were buying the mine and they didn't dare to move.
When the man at the ore sales office saw the white tiger robe appearing, he was frightened and stood up immediately.
Not everyone in the palace is qualified to wear the white tiger robe.
Usually they are secret agents, people who protect the two systems.
There are only a few people who can command the White Tiger Robe.
The priorities from high to low are Chen Wuping, the king of Zhennan, Liu Yanzhi, his staff, Liu San, the crown prince, Chen Houzhao, and the princess, Chen Qingling.
The guards usually guard the palace in Hanzhou unless there is a special mission.
When Chen Ze came to Qingzhou, he was specially escorted by the guards. When he arrived in Qingzhou, the guards returned.
What needs to be made clear is that most of the house searches were carried out by spies.
All of them have rich experience in confiscating homes and occasionally destroying them.
Not to mention the common people who were panicked when they saw the white tiger robes, the people in the palace were also panicked, especially since these white tiger robes were equipped with waist knives.
This posture was so frightening that the people at the sales office had their legs trembling a little and they didn't dare to move at all.
One of them, Bai Hupao, patted the table and shouted: "The Crown Prince has arrived, let your stewards come out to greet him!"
"Yes Yes!"
One person hurriedly went to call the steward.
When the steward heard that the prince was coming with a white tiger robe, he was immediately panicked.
"Have you been caught taking kickbacks!?"
"No, it's impossible! We are the only ones who know this. Who dares to leak the news? At the risk of his life?"
"Besides, every mining company does this!"
The person in charge didn't dare to delay and hurried over to greet Chen Ze.
Thinking about taking kickbacks is an unspoken rule, and the manager spent a lot of money on gifts in order to get this lucrative job.
The base price is set by the palace, and most of the transportation costs are borne by the mining companies themselves, in exchange for a certain degree of pricing floating rights.
Generally, it fluctuates around a few cents per catty.
This is certainly profitable. After all, iron ore and coal can be transported by tens of thousands of kilograms each time.
And to a certain extent, this is also tacitly approved by the palace!
Anyway, the manager felt that the current situation was unlikely for someone to come here to cause trouble. He quickly calmed down and went out to greet Chen Ze. When he reached the carriage, he quickly bowed and saluted: "Ma Yongsheng, a humble servant, comes to see His Highness the Crown Prince."
Chen Ze's voice suddenly came from the carriage: "Ma Yongsheng, this name sounds familiar!"
Ma Yongsheng said hurriedly: "His Royal Highness, my father is Ma Ping, a subordinate of Sun Dutong."
"Why does it sound so familiar to me? It turns out he is Commander Ma's eldest son!" Chen Ze said in the car: "Why did you come to Qingzhou Mining Company? Your father didn't find a job for you with Sun Dutong. Errand?"
Ma Yongsheng is not too old, just in his early twenties, and he is a little embarrassed: "A humble position... A humble position doesn't have any generals, and I don't have the ability to charge into battle, so I came to the Qingzhou Mining Company to work for the palace."
"I see, you have your heart too." Chen Ze smiled and said, "You must know about the fact that our palace is in charge of Qingzhou, right?"
"Yes!" Ma Yongsheng quickly flattered: "His Royal Highness is in charge of Qingzhou, which is a blessing for the people of Qingzhou!"
"I think so too."
Ma Yongsheng:?
Hey guys, I just said that casually.
"My prince has the ability to navigate the world. This Qingzhou is in my hands. It won't take long for the people to live and work in peace and contentment."
Wow!
So damn shameless!
Ma Yongsheng hurriedly bowed: "The prince must be so talented."
"My prince must let future generations admire my majestic figure, so I plan to erect a cast-iron statue specifically for me, and it will be erected in Qingzhou City from now on!"
"Yes, yes, the prince is wise, and erecting a portrait also has the effect of reminding future generations and setting an example."
"That's what I thought about, so this portrait must be as big as possible. The stone sculpture is too classy and not worthy of my status. It must be made of pure iron anyway!"
"I need a lot of iron ore right now to make a statue of me, do you understand?"
Ma Yongsheng's expression suddenly changed, and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I am humble enough to ask you, how big of a statue do you want to cast?"
"It has to be as high as four or five stories!"
"..."
Ma Yongsheng's heart twitched.
Although Ma Yongsheng had never seen what Chen Ze looked like, he had heard about the prince's deeds when he was in Hanzhou.
Because of his bad temper, he often does some ridiculous things, and if the people below him don't respond, he will be beaten and scolded in all kinds of ways.
Now Ma Yongsheng realized that this prince was not only grumpy, but even shameless!
Without doing anything else, he just wanted to make a statue of himself for future generations to admire. He even wanted a statue as high as four or five stories high.
Ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous!
"Why are you silent? Do you look down on me?"
"I don't dare to do it in a humble position, I don't dare in a humble position."
"Now I will give you a chance to go down in history!" Chen Ze said leisurely: "Get 100,000 jins of iron ore and 50,000 jins of coal."
"Free shipping."
