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

"Don't worry, you can't sell it now, maybe it will be sold in a few years, Lin Wentao has been improving the steam engine, and after the steam engine in Dayu is replaced, it will not be too late to sell this to them." Xiao Ming smiled faintly.

Brandon's eagerness to buy a steam engine gave him a preliminary assessment of the level of steam engines in the West, at least it showed that the steam engines in Dayu were now more advanced than those of the British.

"What the emperor said is very true, if this is the case, the lower officials will go back and send him away, otherwise I don't know how long this Brandon will stay in Qingzhou." Pang Yukun frowned.

According to Brandon's plan, he should have left Qingzhou a long time ago and returned to the city of Gerancha, but now he obviously regarded Qingzhou as a treasure land, and searched for treasures in Qingzhou with great interest.

Speaking of this steam engine, Xiao Ming remembered the last auction, and he said; "By the way, didn't the last auction add a lot of silver to the treasury?"

"Eighteen million taels of silver." Hearing this, Pang Yukun showed Scrooge's expression 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.

"In that case, the government now has the money to pave cement roads and improve arable land." Xiao Ming said that now the Great Chongqing Kingdom is in ruins, and a large amount of silver is needed to restore production, and with the construction of the royal workshop, this place with silver is everywhere.

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

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

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

It was precisely because of this in mind that Xiao Ming asked Pang Yukun to spend the silver from the treasury.

"Your Majesty, the lower officials and the elder Fei Ge have drawn up the required amount of silver for each state, and if this money goes down, roads, schools, and government-run workshops will be established in each state." Pang Yukun bowed down and said, I have read a lot of government affairs books in the College of Liberal Arts, and now Pang Yukun can understand the cause and effect relationship.

"That's good, now the barbarians are ready to move, and there is not much time left for us, once the barbarians wake up and abandon Goryeo to directly attack the Great Yu Kingdom, it will be a vicious battle at that time."

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

"Yes, Your Majesty." Pang Yukun replied very simply, he didn't understand the role of these crafts before, but now these crafts have brought such a big change to the Great Yu Kingdom, 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, it has a lot to do with Xiao Ming that officials can think like this, as the so-called son of heaven and a courtier, Xiao Ming attaches so much importance to these things, and the ministers naturally like it.

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

Back at the office, 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, and Rhodes translated it.

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 Envoy, you better go back."

Brandon showed a hint of unwillingness, and he said, "Pang Shoufu, now that this steam engine has been sold by you to the merchants of the Great Yu Kingdom, how can this still be a secret?" Since we can't buy a steam engine from the government, can we buy it from other merchants? “

"This is not good, every steam engine sold in Dayu is registered, and no businessman can take the steam engine out of Dayu, otherwise the government will severely punish both sides of the steam engine seller, and I hope that the envoy of Brandon will not disobey the order of His Majesty the Emperor, otherwise this official will have to drive you out of Dayu." Pang Yukun is colorful.

Brandon still refused to give up, he spread his hands, "Pang Shoufu, the Great Yu Kingdom and the Dutch are not enemies, I think we have a lot of places to work together." “

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

"What now, Lord Earl?"

Pang Yukun disappeared, and Brandon and his party could only stare at each other.

Looking at Rod, Brandon no longer had the arrogance he had when he first came to Qingzhou, and he said with some annoyance; "What else can we do now, it's clear that the people of Dayu have never believed in us, just like we did to them."

Rhodes said: "Lord Earl, I mean that the steam engine of the Great Yu Kingdom is not important, it is who gave them the technology of the steam engine that matters, in short, I don't believe that a backward indigenous country will have such superb technology in such a short time." “

"You don't believe it, of course I don't believe it either, but now that the facts are in front of us, this emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom is really not a simple character." Brandon said.

"That's right, according to the information we know, this emperor once explained the source of these technologies when he was still the king of Qi, he said that it came from a missionary, but a missionary can't have a craft that we don't have in Europe, so I have always suspected that all this technology comes from this emperor, but this emperor is high, and no one dares to ask him about this." Rod said.

Brandon nodded slowly, "Yes, it's a pity that 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 said again; "But in this way, we must maintain the current good relations with the Great Chongqing Kingdom, and when I return to the Netherlands, I will tell the Congress in detail about this matter, so that the Congress can finally decide how to deal with the Great Chongqing Kingdom in the future, in addition, you should learn as much as possible about the various technologies in Qingzhou during this period of permanent residence, even if you only get one can make us rich in Europe."

Brandon's fanaticism has made the other people equally enthusiastic, and they have come all the way here to get rich overnight.

At this time, they suddenly realized that in addition to porcelain and other goods, they also had a way to make money.