With His Majesty's praise, the veterans immediately put on relaxed and proud expressions.
I don’t know what the two of them were muttering before, let alone what His Majesty’s eyes were glancing back and forth between them!
Only now do I realize that it was His Majesty the Crown Prince who informed His Majesty about yesterday’s purchase of grain!
Firstly, I can excuse myself, and secondly, I can inform His Majesty about buying grain and delivering supplies to the people of Yizhou, so that His Majesty can praise me in front of the civil and military officials of the court!
His Majesty can suddenly change from being furious to smiling, which shows how satisfied he is with this matter!
Although it is a good thing to spontaneously buy food to provide supplies to the Yizhou soldiers, they cannot bring it to the court themselves.
It can only be relayed through other channels, otherwise it will appear too contrived!
"I said these old guys came out of the shipyard yesterday. Why didn't they go straight to the bank to withdraw money to pay the balance? It turned out that they had this wishful thinking!"
"Hmph! I have to say, people are always treacherous, horses are always slippery, these guys are all full of crazy ideas!"
"No! What you said about sending supplies to Yizhou soldiers is nothing more than a navigation route map!"
"They have so many tricks up their sleeves. They got the road map there, and they gained a good reputation in front of His Majesty, the soldiers, and even the people...!"
After the morning court, the ministers gathered together in groups, all muttering about the old guys' tricks.
The envy, jealousy, and hatred on his face are undisguised!
"People are rich and don't care if they spend this little money. At least they can grab the first wave of dividends! If it were us, even if we thought of this, we might not be able to do this!"
"That's right! A steamship is so big. If it goes out to sea under the guise of delivering supplies, it can't just carry a few bits and pieces, it must be almost the same. To buy that ship of grain will cost thirty to forty thousand gold!"
"That's for sure. The sum of the several ministers together is more than 200,000 gold! The imperial court has taken such a big advantage, it's strange that His Majesty would be unhappy!"
"Yizhou will be developed sooner or later. If you give them the drawings a few days earlier, you can get more than 200,000 gold. Where can you get such a good thing...?"
The ministers analyzed the matter sourly.
The old guys were walking behind, and looking at the way they were whispering to each other, you could guess what they were muttering about.
"Humph! As soon as the news comes out, these guys will probably be unable to sit still!"
"So what can we do? Our people have already found the crew. At this time, the food should be loaded on the ship, packed up, and ready to set off! Even if they can't sit still, the food in Xianyang City is not enough for them. By the time the food was brought from other places, it was estimated that the navigation route map had already been printed, and it had become something on the street. You could buy a copy for just a few pennies. Why did they bother to do it? Could it be that they were really making a contribution to the imperial court? "
"Yes, we visited all the large and small grain stores in the city yesterday, and all we bought were empty. Where can they find so much grain?"
"Even if they really find food, His Highness the Crown Prince may not be able to give them the map in advance, so he will just find an excuse to get over it!"
"You're right...!"
Thinking of this, the old guys behind the officials burst into hearty laughter, making the ministers in front of them very angry!
After leaving the palace, I inquired and found out that these old guys were raiding the city for food yesterday afternoon, and all the ships had set off early this morning!
The most they can do is to ask Huang Yuan to put all their ships at the Weishui Pier and try to set off as soon as they get the map!
The headline news in today's newspaper is about the imperial court's plan to develop Yizhou. Anyone can go to Yizhou and encourage people to immigrate!
However, this encouragement is only verbal, and the specific encouragement policy has not yet been discussed!
Mainly I want to see people’s reaction!
The immigrants from Nanyang have been relatively mature, and they have established counties and adopted management methods similar to those in the mainland of Great Qin!
Perhaps the same is true in Yizhou, where people are enthusiastically signing up!
"Old Zhang, our Daqin soldiers have captured Yizhou, and the newspapers are encouraging immigration!"
"Immigrants are just immigrants, it has nothing to do with me!"
"Hey? How can it be okay? Didn't you say you planned to immigrate before?"
"That's right! I do have this plan, but it also depends on which policy is better! Other counties and counties have telegraph machines, so you can keep in touch with your family at any time, and the transportation is becoming more and more convenient! Even in Nanyang, there are several people every day A round trip by steamer! It can vary from state to state. It requires transportation but not transportation, and communication but not communication. Who is going there?"
"That's right. If the imperial court doesn't come up with a decent incentive plan, probably not many people will be willing to go...!"
When ordinary people saw the newspaper, they had no big reaction at all.
They couldn't afford a ship, and even if they knew that Yizhou had wealth, they didn't dare to think about it!
The only thing relevant to them in this news is the word immigration!
But if you talk about voluntary immigration in vain, who is willing to go there?
There were no spices all over the mountains and there was no rubber that could be exchanged for money. What were the people doing there? Open up wasteland for farming? The same is true in Daqin itself. Why leave your hometown and travel so far away?
To put it bluntly, when you get there, no one will know even if you die!
Unlike them, those wealthy and distinguished people immediately went crazy after seeing what was in the newspaper.
When they developed Nanyang a few years ago, they also raised funds to start buying steamships and operated them properly, which made them a lot of money over the years!
Now that we are developing in the state, won’t the opportunity come again?
"Stop, stop, stop! Stop, everyone, and put out the fire in the steam engine!"
Among them, some steamships had just returned, unloaded a shipload of cargo, and were preparing to load up supplies and set off again.
But the family owner told me not to go to Nanyang. When the road map is printed, I will go directly to Yizhou!
After all, the area there is vast, many times larger than Nanyang, and the wealth obtained is always more than that of Nanyang!
And those who, like the ministers, had ships that happened to be out of town, were very anxious!
If your family is weak and you don't have the strength to buy another boat, you can only wait and leave two months later than others. With the state being so big, they can't plunder all the wealth at once, right? There is always something missing!
Others eat meat, and they drink some soup. Who can let their strength be inferior to others!
But those members of the aristocratic family were different. They just waved their hands and went to the shipyard to buy another one!
As a result, powerful nobles from all over the Qin Dynasty rushed onto the train one after another, carrying banknotes in their arms, and rushed towards Xianyang!
Among them, some are native to Great Qin, while others have tall noses and big eyes, and are full of exotic customs!
Although these people belonged to different countries before, they are all under the management of Da Qin now.
What's more, they are businessmen. As long as they make money, it doesn't matter who manages the country!
After mutual trade, they heard a lot about the development of Nanyang, which made their hearts itchy!
Fortunately, the opportunity has come again. No matter what he has in Yizhou, he must rush forward!
