Just after Han Xin led his troops on the expedition, he sent the grain, grass, guns and ammunition team sent to Shangjun to Meng Yi. He also took a train from Xianyang and could arrive on the same day.
In the evening, the old guys quietly entered the city. Before returning home, they ran directly to Bieyuan to find Ying Feiyu.
"Your Highness, did you inform His Majesty about the oil?"
"Do you still need to ask? All of us in Great Qin regard stone lacquer as waste. Only His Highness the Crown Prince and we know the function of stone lacquer. And if we are not in Xianyang, His Royal Highness must have informed us!"
"Your Highness, can't you give us two more days to find a few more buildings?"
"That's right! I spent all my efforts to buy a stone paint mine. I was planning to buy a second stone paint mine with the magistrate of Mingyuan County. But I just saw that the contract was not even signed. Your Majesty's The edict is here! Even if it's two hours later!"
"Hi! My situation is similar! If we are given more time, we can definitely buy two more...!"
The old guys sat angrily in the main hall of Bieyuan, gulping down tea and trying to quell the annoyance in their hearts.
"well……!"
Facing the scoldings from all the veterans, Ying Feiyu shook his head and smiled bitterly.
"Your Highness, what do you mean?"
Feng Quji raised his eyebrows and asked.
They were complaining here, but not only did this kid not give them an explanation, why did he laugh instead?
"What else can I, the prince, mean? I'm just treating my kindness like a donkey's liver and lungs...!"
Ying Feiyu was helpless, "Do you know the value of the stone paint mine?"
"value?"
The veterans looked at each other.
"It must be worthless now. The one I bought and the entire mountain cost only five hundred gold, hehe!"
"You have the nerve to say that you spent money? Mine is a nephew of the family. I heard that someone was going to buy a stone paint mine, so I brought a gift and I had to give it to someone!"
"The stone paint mine is not valuable now! If it can be used as fuel for cars as His Royal Highness said, it will indeed be able to sell some...!"
Although veterans are aware of the function of stone paint, they still don’t fully understand it.
I rush to buy it like crazy just because I can make money by selling it in the future, but I don’t know how much I can sell it for!
"I will tell you this, owning a stone paint mine is not only equivalent to owning a gold mine, it is also equivalent to owning a silver mine! Not only will you benefit in this life, but all future generations will benefit in the future, and the price It’s only going to get higher!”
Ying Feiyu explained briefly.
In later generations, oil was expensive, and many small and inconspicuous countries continued to grow because of their oil!
This stuff is a mineral resource and cannot be regenerated.
In other words, the more you use it, the less it will be used, and the price will naturally get higher and higher!
"Gold mine, silver mine?"
"More and more valuable?"
"Isn't that true...?"
What he said made the old guys dumbfounded.
Did they really not expect that stone paint that no one wanted would be so valuable and could be passed down from generation to generation?
"So, isn't it just like the railway? It's a business handed down from generation to generation!"
Chunyu Yue blinked and asked.
"You can say that, but railways are a long-term business, but stone paint requires no investment. You only need to spend some labor to mine it and you can make money. The benefits are immediate!"
Although the several railways that have been repaired have begun to generate profits, these profits have to be used to build other railways.
It is absolutely impossible to get dividends in a short period of time!
We will have to wait for decades at the earliest!
But stone paint is different, as long as it is mined, it can be sold for money, which is much faster than the railway!
"Since this stone paint mine is so profitable, His Royal Highness should not tell His Majesty so quickly, at least let us buy a few more!"
As soon as they heard this, the old guys became greedy.
It's not like he's taking advantage, but like he's suffered a big loss!
"Shang Shu, this prince is doing this for your own good!"
Ying Feiyu said seriously.
"What? Is it for our own good to inform His Majesty so quickly?"
The veterans curled their lips, obviously not believing it.
"Of course...!"
Ying Feiyu nodded firmly and said as if it was the truth, "You two are also serious. When you submitted the petition for leave, you all gave the same reasons. My father didn't believe it at all. He immediately got angry and threw the memorial away. On top of the Dragon Case!”
"What? We all have the same reasons? What did you say?"
"The family member passed away, how about you?!"
“I said my hometown’s grave was moved!”
"A certain person is talking about returning to his hometown to worship his ancestors...!"
The old guys gave their own reasons, and they were pretty much the same.
The old guys' faces turned green when they thought of His Majesty getting angry.
"It's over, it's over, it's over now!"
A bad premonition arises spontaneously.
Tomorrow's morning pilgrimage won't be their last morning pilgrimage, right?
Will he spend the rest of his life in prison or in exile in a remote area?
You won't send them to mine, right?
well!
If I had known this, I shouldn't have been greedy for petty advantages and rushed to buy some stone paint mine!
For this plan, the only one who can save them is His Highness the Crown Prince!
Thinking of this, the old guys quickly stood up and ran to Ying Feiyu with a sad face, "Your Highness, you have to save us!"
"Yes! Considering that we have been officials in the same dynasty for several years, you must help us!"
"Hey! Isn't it time to question this prince about informing his father about Shiqi?"
Ying Feiyu hugged his shoulders and deliberately did not look at the people.
"No, no, no...!"
The old guys shook their heads like rattles one by one.
"Okay, everyone, sit back. It's such a hot day, with this prince surrounded in the middle, I can hardly breathe...!"
Ying Feiyu pushed the old guys away, and then continued: "As I said just now, I informed my father about the Shiqi matter so quickly just for the sake of several ministers! My father became furious after reading the leave memorial, and I The prince can only use the Shiqi Mine incident to divert his father’s attention!”
"Originally, my father wanted to nationalize all the lacquer mines in the world. In this way, several ministers would have wasted their efforts. Finally, under the strong persuasion of this prince, my father gave up part of it and agreed. We only ordered that those without owners be taken back to the state, but those privately owned by the people were not taken back!"
"I see……!"
After hearing this, the veterans suddenly realized.
"It turns out that His Highness the Crown Prince revealed the matter about the Shiqi Mine in order to reduce His Majesty's anger!"
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did this for us, but we came to question His Highness the Crown Prince. It is really inappropriate!"
"Yes! His Highness the Prince thought comprehensively and helped us keep the few stone paint mines we just bought. Otherwise, these would already belong to the imperial court, and our efforts would have been in vain!"
"Thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince...!"
After the veterans came to their senses, they all bowed their hands to Ying Feiyu and thanked him.
Greatful!
