Iron Dynasty

The golden sunlight poured into the imperial study, bringing a touch of warmth.

Pang Yukun pondered for a while and said, In this case, this steam engine cannot be given to the Dutch, but it's a pity. 500,000 taels of silver is not a small amount.

Don't worry, I can't sell it now. Maybe it will be sold in a few years. Lin Wentao has been improving the steam engine. After the steam engine in the Great Yu Kingdom is replaced, it will not be too late to sell it to them. Xiao Ming smiled lightly.

Brandon's eagerness to buy a steam engine gave him a preliminary assessment of the level of Western steam engines, at least this shows that the steam engines of the Great Yu Kingdom are now more advanced than those of the British.

The emperor said very much. If this is the case, the lower official will go back and send him away. Otherwise, I don't know how long Brandon will stay in Qingzhou. Pang Yukun frowned.

According to Brandon's plan, he should have left Qingzhou and returned to Relanja City, but now he obviously regards Qingzhou as a treasure land and is looking for treasures in Qingzhou with great interest.

Speaking of this steam engine, Xiao Ming remembered the last auction, he said; By the way, the last auction did not add a lot of money to the national treasury.

A total of 18 million taels of silver. Hearing this, Pang Yukun showed the expression of a miser when he saw the treasure.

Xiao Ming nodded, no wonder Pang Yukun was a little shaken by Brandon's suggestion, this steam engine is a cash cow.

That being the case, the government office now has the money to build cement roads and improve arable land. Xiao Ming said, now that the Great Yu Kingdom is in vain, it needs a lot of money to resume production. In addition to the construction of the royal workshop, This place for money is everywhere.

However, he asked Pang Yukun to spend a lot of money in order to stimulate domestic demand and promote the circulation of the Great Yu Country's silver, so as to revitalize the Great Yu Country's business.

After all, the people needed money to buy things, and their money was generally only obtained by selling grain and coolies.

This infrastructure is booming, people can make money by relying on coolies, and if they have money, they can buy industrial products. The sales of industrial products can promote the development of industry, and the development of industry and commerce can provide more tax revenue for Da Yu. , which is a virtuous circle.

It is because of this consideration that Xiao Ming asked Pang Yukun to spend the money from the treasury.

Your Majesty, Xiaguan and Mr. Feige have already set the amount of money needed for each state. If the money goes down, roads, schools, and government-run workshops will be established in each state. Pang Yukun bowed and said, looking at the Bowen College. There are few government affairs books, and now Pang Yukun can understand the causal relationship.

That's good. Now the barbarians are ready to move, and we don't have much time left. Once the barbarians wake up and abandon Goryeo and directly attack the Great Yu Kingdom, it will be a fierce battle.

After a pause, he continued: In addition, you leave another one million taels of silver for Lin Wentao and Lu Tong, so that they can have enough money to study craftsmanship.

Yes, Your Majesty. Pang Yukun answered very succinctly. He didn't understand the function of these crafts before, but now these crafts have brought such great changes to the Great Yu Kingdom, and he has no reason to object.

In fact, not only him, but now more and more officials are beginning to pay attention to the development of industry and commerce.

Of course, the fact that officials can think this way has a lot to do with Xiao Ming. As the so-called emperor and courtiers, Xiao Ming attaches great importance to these things, and the ministers naturally choose to do what they want.

After deciding on these two matters, Pang Yukun went out of the way, and Brandon is still relying on his official office and refuses to leave.

Back at the mansion, Brandon immediately came up eagerly, and he said, Dear Pang Shoufu, what does His Majesty the Emperor say? Can we bring a steam engine back?

Brandon said, Rhodes translated the words.

Shaking his head, Pang Yukun said; The emperor ordered this official not to sell the steam engine to you, because this is the highest secret of our Great Yu Kingdom, Brandon messenger, you should go back.

Brandon showed a trace of unwillingness. He said: Pang Shoufu, now this steam engine has been sold by you to the merchants of Dayu Kingdom, how can this be a secret? Since we can't buy steam engines from the government office, we can buy steam engines from other Buying in the hands of a merchant?

This is also not possible. Every steam engine sold by the Great Yu Kingdom is registered. No businessman can take the steam engine out of the Great Yu Kingdom. Otherwise, the government will severely punish both parties who sell the steam engine. I also hope that the envoy of Brandon will not disobey the emperor. Your Majesty's order, otherwise this official will have to drive you out of the Great Yu Kingdom. Pang Yukun said sternly.

Brandon still refused to give up, he spread his hands, Pang Shoufu, Dayu and the Dutch are not enemies. I think we have many places where we can cooperate.

In the face of Brandon's death hammer, Pang Yukun shook his head and simply found an excuse to go out.

Lord Count, what should we do now?

Pang Yukun lost his shadow, and Brandon and his party could only stare.

Looking at Rhodes, Brandon no longer had the arrogance he had when he first came to Qingzhou, and he said angrily; What else can I do now, it is clear that the people of Dayu never believed in us, just like we did to them. .

Rhode said: Lord Count, what I mean is that the steam engine of the Great Yu country is not important. It is who gave them the technology of the steam engine. In short, I don't believe that a backward indigenous country can have such a superb technology in such a short period of time. Technology.

You don't believe it, and of course I don't believe it, but now the fact is in front of us, the Emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom is really not a simple role. Brandon said.

That's right, according to what we know, the emperor once explained the source of these techniques when he was King Qi. He said that it came from a missionary, but a missionary cannot know the craftsmanship that we do not have in Europe, so I have always suspected , All this technology comes from this emperor, but this emperor is aloof, no one dares to ask him these things. Rhodes said.

Brandon nodded slowly, Yeah, unfortunately he is the emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom, he doesn't want to say it, no one can force him to say it.

With a sigh, he continued; But this way we must maintain the current good relationship with the Great Yu Kingdom. When I return to the Netherlands, I will tell the Congress in detail about this matter, so that the Congress will finally decide how to communicate with the Great Yu Kingdom. In addition, During your stay in Qingzhou, you should know as much as possible about various technologies in Qingzhou, even if you only get one, it will make us rich in Europe.”

Brandon's fanaticism made other people's blood boil too. Didn't they come here thousands of miles to get rich overnight?

At this time, they suddenly realized that in addition to products such as porcelain, they had another way to make money.